history creates dreams

Yup, you heard me right. History creates dreams. 

How so, you may ask.

Just go to the History lecture that I went to and the rest will fall into place. 

It was boring with a capital B. However, the interesting thing is that though I was nodding my head off, I don't feel at all pissed about getting this kind of crappy elective. I guess it's the history streak in me. To copy SAJC, once a history student, always a history student. 

The first thing I have to do when I get home is to read up on The Enlightenment. Completely had no idea what the lecturer was talking about. AND we only touched on the topic What is History? Very deep right? Also must read up on who the hell is Leonard Dan Ranke, or someone with a name close to that. ALSO, must brush up my politics, must brush up on current affairs, and like it or not, brush up on Iraq War and an irritating person called Bush. 

However, NO SCIENCE AND MATH! Usually I will say I am speechless. However, as a CS student, I need to voice out my innermost feeling, which is, FUCK YEAH! =) 

Things to buy when I get home and bring to hostel:

1. Files from DAISO (preferably 6, each for the different subjects that I have)
2. Print out photos at Harvey Norman and then buy thumbtack and paste all over my board! =)
3. Decoration stuff from DAISO
4. Decoration stuff for mao's birthday card. ARGH.
5. A dozen bottles of mineral water. Ice Mountain is good. 3 for $1 at NTUC. 
6. Bring those pillows lar. I am soon to be Nearly Headless Fifi
7. Blankets!
8. More clothes
9. Detergent

That's all that I can think about as of now. More soon. LOL.

I gotta go meet Ronald and Kenneth for Nanyang Chronicles meeting, and I haven't packed up for home. SHIT. Damn you online shopping!

hall life

First day of school is not a breeze at all. We were all shocked by the following:

• Getting lost while finding ways to get to WKWSOCI
• Long breaks.
• Long walks from one place to another.
• STARS

STARS is like your nus/smu style of bidding. Just that ours much easier, just be the fastest, and you are good for a semester. 

I got all my choices, which are: History, French and Understanding China Today.

Yup all the choices are rather different from what I planned. Firstly, that's because we realised Year 3s and Year 2s are all doing STARS first, meaning Year 1s will get crappy electives. Hence, the strategy. French was very shocking, it has ALOT of vacancies. So weird.

Good thing to look forward to: tomorrow's the last day of school for the week. Thursday's lecture has been cancelled. I shall go home and SLEEP BIG TIME.

photo update

NTU Freshmen Welcome Ceremony 2009 on 6th August 2009

Very important ceremony of lighting up your torches - "sea of lights" as quoted from the host. 

Both hosts were from WKW! 

Everytime they mentioned WKW, we will scream like crazy. Damn high can?

ChayTeng and I! Wearing our gown robes. 

Finally went out with Lohla! Details on the post below this. 

My freebies from COZYCOT! =)

wan shui

Change is good.
FINALLY!

anger management issues

Before I address my take on anger management, I would like to post this photo here.
I received an email a few days ago asking me whether I photoshop or edit my photos in any ways. The answer is yes and no. I only photoshop a photo whenever it has sentimental values i.e. a gathering with someone I missed, or when I don't really like the lighting of the photo.
I do not cover up facial flaws using photoshop, I do that using makeup. The photo up there has no editing whatsoever. It just so happens that at 2pm everyday, the lighting from my window is excellent for self-shots. And, sometimes it's just the correct angles at the correct time. haha. =)

This was what I wore to Ruiping's birthday celebration and HBP. I rediscovered my leopard blazer in a huge way. =)

I simply love the combination! =)

I'm now done with the light-hearted issues. Moving on to the always-fashionable topic of anger management.

The reason why I am embarking on such an issue is because I have just witnessed how anger can change and hurt an individual.

As you all already know, the man we all know is not the most friendly guy you will know. And yes, he has just stepped up a notch in his quest of becoming the worst man I have ever seen in my life.
My mom of course will always be the victim. Sad for her. Sad for me too, cause I can't do anything as she chose to stick with it.

Whenever he has a problem, he will go crazy. Door slamming, voice at the top of his lung, face so scrunched up it looked like a used table towel. Then, my dear mom, as foolish as she almost always is, will choose that exact timing to ask him a question regarding groceries, laundry or just anything simple. And then he will bark like crazy. It's just like a bomb. And my mom is the one who always drops it.

I think my mom has extreme optimism almost to the extent of extreme foolishness.

But hey, it's not about my mom.

Being angry is one thing, being angry and making people around you hurt is another.
For me, his outrages are common. Much like waking up and then eating breakfast. It's that common. I have been the object of his utter cuckoo-ness for a while. As soon as I turn 17, he realised I could no longer be a punching bag. I knew how to retaliate and I won every single round. Therefore, he turned to my mother.

She cries a lot. I just don't let her know of my knowledge. I can only look from afar and do nothing. That hurts me a lot.

So...
For people with anger management issues, please do get help while you can now. It's easy to deny your problem. It's easy to let the anger out on someone. But when your anger has led to someone's despair and depression, it's no longer as easy.

If you have some problems now, and you accidentally take it out on your best friends, an apology will be suffice. However, if you do that umpteen times, no longer will your best friend be there for you. Waking up from a nightmare is easy, waking up from reality is not. I understand that sometimes, life's just too hard to understand. Still, you should not forget who are the people who care.
Being bitter is okay for a while, but don't be bitter for too long. I used to think my friend was a person with his values in the correct direction, however after that incident, he has evolved into someone completely different.
Ending the friendship was heartbreaking. Him still not realising his mistake is even more heartbreaking. I still tear up when I really think deep into the matter. No matter what we were very good friends for a long time. The three musketeers are now really gone. And his challenge is now a thing of the past. "see who will lose out more" is not a sentence easily taken in by someone as quick-tempered as me. His words have scarred the friendship.
It's not about his nice house, his rich parents or whatever else. I treasure the friendship more than those. I guess he doesn't know me well enough to see that I'm beyond such shallow wants.
Oh well. let it be.

Ya, it's two different matters altogether.

But still, please do not let you anger break your life. It's not worth it.

Anger is not something I would like to be associated with, that is why I have been trying my very best to halt the emoing sessions and all. I have tried my very best to be cheerful about everything and to look at the positive light of things.
I'm glad I tried.
I don't want to hurt anyone dear to me.

To man: fuck off and get a life
To boy: friendship is more than money. I hope you know that I treasure these words.

good or bad?

I cannot sing a happy birthday song for Ruiping because her birthday is yet to come. Shall resist the temptation. TAHAN.

Finally I caught Half Blood Prince today. My expectations were dead low due to the horrifying experience of Order of Phoenix. I am very happy to say that I was entertained. Darkness aside, I think humour is injected appropriately.
What David Yates did was commendable because I think he understood the fact that some audience will watch the show without reading the book, so he focused the movie more on the romance between Harry and Ginny, and Ron and Hermione. For readers, the movie will be quite a disappointment, especially for avid readers, since facts were twisted. =.=

Spoiler:
How come it was Luna who found Harry in the carriage after Malfoy kicked him in the face? I thought it was Tonks???


I think it's worth my money to watch it again. Just because Daniel Radcliffe is too hot for words. Emma Watson has developed quite a bit. =) And for some weird reason, Rupert Grint was rather pleasant in this movie. Must be the love potion.

I pity those people who didn't read the book. Though there were parts that you could laugh at without reading, there were others that needed prior knowledge. And the heavily-accented British english is no joke for Singaporeans with very fluent Singlish.

Distraction: Wu Zhong Xian is unbelievably funny. =)

I am in huge trouble. I saw a lot of footwear that I fancy. Shit. Tuesday I must work hard and earn my money. Then WEDNESDAY SHOPPING! Like finally. windowshopping sucks to the max. Image Turn has nice sandals. Studded!! =)

Ya, I lost 6 kg. =) More to come!

what the nenepok

I am super emo-ing. SUPER EMO-ING.

Hate that dream so much, nightmare to be exact.

ARGH!

Update at 11.41pm

Not emo anymore. Listening to old-time classics on youtube are therapeutic.
Westlife
Backstreet Boys
Celine Dion
Spice Girls

Nothing can beat them.

Well maybe Black Eyed Peas can.

Ruiping's birthday celebration tomorrow. Finally going to catch HBP! Hooray! Mervin is treating me, NS men are rich people! HAHA. I love Mervin!! Most handsome guy ever!
*I sounded sibuay realistic, got treat then praise....*

Move aside Handsome Warner, time for a new eye candy! Bah.

busy days predicted

All photos are finally uploaded. It was rather tedious. Facebook simply loves me too much.

OG Outing at Timbre@The Substation

A whole lot more photos on Facebook. I just chose random ones to be here. =)
This is Ivan, he is my FindingNemo 2009 buddy! He is also the one whom I pangseh-ed halfway through FindingNemo. Paiseh hor!!
He is also in the running for the skankiest guy in our OG. His competitor is Hendric. LOL.

Good beer and good company = priceless good time!

I love the beer. I cannot stop saying it. I am certainly going back for more beer. Stufu, I go back with you ok? =)

Eye checkup at West Coast. FREE!

I was rather flabbergasted with all the equipments. This eye checkup took 3 hours, very very tiring. But at least I had a good time camwhoring.

MR YEO YEO!

Shopping with sexylegs siashangying=)

This was the photo that got her so excited. She said her legs look damn long, and I must agree. Once again, who took the photo? HAHA.
And she's only 158cm lor. =)
Guys, if you see her as a potential wife, FLOCK HER LAR!

These days I have been wearing the Wee Kim Wee shirt a lot! regretted buying only 2 colours. I should have done what huiying has done: to buy all 4!

-moment of silence-

I really feel proud to be in this school. Cannot wait for school to start!

My neutral palette arrived! I'm in love with this palette. All colours are pigmented after just one swipe. Amazing stuff. I have a feeling the other palette I bought from Ebay was a fake one lar. This one more pigmented lor. By the way, it was from myclassycloset.blogspot.com.

Even the blushes work great!

Some swapping here. I chose the colours randomly. One swipe only! Crazy right?


Many exciting things happened and many more to anticipate. Amidst all the fun, there are things to be done promptly. I logged on to the NTU portal and realised I have a lot of things to complete. Heng I checked, if not I will miss all my datelines.

Things to do:

• Go NTU tomorrow with siashangying to hand up interbank giro form.
• Before going to NTU, call Office of Finance first, see need to bring anything else or not.
• Buy printer ink. Just when I want to print out all the forms, the ink died. I always have fantastic timing.
• Fill up Tuition Fee Loan form.
• Print out Tuition Grant form.
• Call up NTU to ask about application of Tuition Grant for Singapore PR.
• Print out Hall FOC Indemnity Form.

One more thing, Leonard's not feeling that well these few weeks. Let's hope nothing bad happens to him! Leonard TAKE CARE!!! DON'T STAY UP LATE TO PLAY CABAL LAR! SLEEP!

In a dizzy spell.

I have started on a new chapter of life. The beer at Timbre is sibuay nice. I am super addicted. Definitely going back for more.

Let's recap the day for my own sake lar. Must remember today unless I KO now and forget everything.

For my dearest Yeo JunYi, I woke up at fucking 6.30am. I am his guinea pig for his student optometrist assignment lar. Wasted 3 hours of my time there. And I must emphasize that I hate the feeling of contact lenses in my eyes. FUCKING HATE IT. I'd rather wear some ahma glasses than wear contact lenses. =.=
All the meals are on him though. HAHA.

After that went for OG outing at Timbre@ The Substation! =)
Love these guys to bits lar.
I think I drank a tad too much, but the beer is damn addictive, or did I already say that at the beginning of this post? Argh, lazy to scroll up.

GUYS, PHOTOS ARE BEING UPLOADED AS OF NOW! I'm crossing my fingers ALOT.

Super headache now, but I must say this last part:
I met Joshua on the bus just now. Mr Joshua who used to be damn horny and dirty. Typical of a CCKSS NCC member.
So he was enlightening me with his "banging experiences", and I was very surprised. People change alot, don't they? Innocent little kids grow up to be some player lar.
But hey, I'm not judging him. He is what he is, so shall not be biased. =)
The fact that I am 3 years his senior slowly faded into the background because I think he has more in his life than mine. Salute. HAHA.
And he thought Kengyang was still wooing me till now. =.= Damn backwards lor he. =.=

OK, shopping time with siashangying tomorrow. I shall try my hardest to resist the temptation of tagging every single person in 170+ photos.

Oh well, might as well...

spam

After harry potter 1-7,
off to SAW 1-5.

I have great days, I know.