Sunday, August 29, 2004
G-Max Bungy!
I went Bungy!!
Yes, i did!Seriously!
Unbelievable, i know.
Me, the perpetual coward, strapped onto a metal spherical contraption that catapults living, breathing human beings to great heights, 60m up in the air at a speed of 200kph and then leaving it to gravity and fate do its job after that. That's like the most absurd thing ever. But, yea, i did it.
I was forced to do it.
Chip made me do it.
Yea, blame chip.
And thanks to him, i had the most exhilirating time ever.
One of his friends said i was screaming my head off like there was no tomorrow, scaring the shat out of everyone waiting in line far below. So yea, that was how jakun i was.But it was awesome.And the view around Clarke Quay at 12 midnight, 250 feet in the air, with nothing around us but two metal rods and a whole lot of sky was breathtaking and romantic to say the least.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Malay-ed Boredom
I'm bored stiff. Sunday's have always been boring in nus, dont ask me why. Man....i think i'll try typing in malay, since there's nothing quite like it going on over here.
aduhai....hari ini bosan sial. Tidak tau nak pergi mana atau buat apa walaupun masih tertinggal banyak hal and perkara yang perlu dibuat. Terperap dalam bilik sepanjang hari, lebih lebih lagi, makan biskut "terhadam" (dunno what's the word for 'digestives') untuk sarapan petang hari ini lagi. Mak dan nek tentu akan naik darah terdengar saya makan makanan sebegini setiap hari. Tapi, apa boleh buat? Makanan di s'pura ini, bukan sahaja terlalu mahal, lebih lebih lagi tak ada rasa. Memang terkenang akan makanan di PJ, roti canai kat restoran mamak sebegitu besar dan berisi. Roti prata kat s'pura ini pula keci sial, tikus makan pun tak cukup. Pada asalnya, nak pergi bersarapan dengan aunt marlyne kat medan selera yang menghidang teh tarik syok di clementi. Mana tau...aunt marlyne ada perkara lain yang perlu diselesaikan, di'postpone'kan ke minggu depan. Maka....hari ini, sesuntuk hari di bilik lo.
Aduhai...memang terkenang akan makanan dan keluarga kat m'sia. Setiap hari terjaga dari tidur pasti akan berharap saya masih berada di rumah sendiri, menunggu nenek memasak makanan yang sedap sial untuk sarapan. Terkenang juga akan masa mag dan saya keluar untuk membeli belah kat 1U. Di nus pulak, mereka ghairah menelaah pelajaran dan tidak keluar dari bilik mereka untuk pergi mambo atau 'wet' kat pusat membeli belah. Tempat yang paling syok yang penah saya pergi untuk membeli belah ialah Fairprice NTUC. Kesian betul. Dan benda yang paling mewah yang pernah saya beli ialah....um.....penyapu berbatang besi.
Tapi...masih terdapat banyak kerja yang belum saya siapkan di sini. Jadi, sekiranya saya mengumumkan kepulangan saya kepada ayah, tentu dimarah kau-kau. Tambang bas juga mahal sial. Aduhai...walaupun KL taklah begitu jauh dari pulau yang keci molek ini, tapi masih susah nak pulang rumah. Tak apalah....september masih berpeluang pulang. Masa itu, tentu akan menghargai masa dengan ahli keluarga dan kawan-kawan dan of course, chip.
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Oh damm...my malay!!! It's going down the drain!!! Oh no no no.....
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Laptop
One reason to celebrate : I finally got my laptop!! *skips around the room* After waiting for almost one month, i've at last garnered a medium of privacy for myself. And thank goodness for some ingenius smartypants who has created the most wonderful device ever, Skype, i can now literally chat online without worrying about the the phone bill and my dad's blood pressure.
Arghhh....can somebody refresh me on whatheheck is pKa and pKeq and pH!!! I'm most probably the dumbest person in the entire tutorial class. See what can six months of idling can do to the human brain? It shuts it down...and it takes one hell of a tutorial class to reactivate it and shake it back to its (non)senses. Gosh these s'porean kids, they actually FINISH their homework!
NUS rocks ( :-0 ) because.....
1. It's queaky clean loos
2. Efficient transport systems
3. Well-planned strategic locations
4. Friendly staff
5. Top-notch security systems
6. Some of S.E.A.'s most beautiful men (thanks to NS)
7. Most of S.E.A.'s most gorgeous women (thanks to Slim 10)
8. Uncle Mee Pok stall speaks Teochew rather than Canto
9. NUS Jazz Band
10. There's a NUS TV website where we can catch S'pore Idol online
Sunday, August 15, 2004
Homesick
Oh shit, i miss home sooo much.
Especially on this sun-sunny sunday where unfortunately, i'm stuck in the central library, typing away coz my laptop is still MIA. Most of the dorm rats are back home eating home cooked food and watching the olympics on TV already and i'm still here, feeling so darn hungry because i don't wanna spend another singaporean cent on overpriced nothing-compared-to-kl food.
Got a lecture from dad the other day regarding the phone bill. Called chip the other day using the international phone line for 35 minutes and blady heck, the phone bill was a friggin 83 ringgit! So....now, the only mode of conversation i can relegate on is thru sms or worse still, telepathy. Gosh, i miss him soo much. Last week's trip back home was a real eye opener in terms of our relationship progression. I've never realised how much i missed him until i was in his arms again. Pure heaven! He sent me off at the bus station on monday evening and when the bus took its leave and me seeing him standing outside, waving me off, i felt a sudden tug at my heartstrings. I knew then, that, even though i was 'leaving' him, i don't think that i'll ever be 'away' from him. In other sense, i've got a gut feeling that we'll always stay together, distance or otherwise. Chip, if you're reading this, this is my mode of transparency to you. I'll remain so till i can see and hear you again, personally.
Dad's coming down next week to sign the guarantor form for the tuition fee loan. I just can't wait. Finally, someone from home! Think i'll be asking him to buy some liquid detergent down as the clothes i laid into the washing machines to be washed always have a funny fishy stench. My best bet is that it's from the guys' sweaty sports outfit after their ball games and stuff. Ugh!
Classes will be moving full force ahead starting next week. Have spent like, 20 sing bucks on printing stacks upon stacks of notes, which is painfully, burning a huge hole in my pocket. I have to be more thrifty already (replacing meals with biscuits is one alternative). Dont think i'll be able to go home during the weekends reason being 1. The bus fare is cutthroat and 2. I have pracs on sat morns. Looks like the next time i'll be back home will be in september during the 5-day long holiday. Simply envy those people staying in JB, where it's only like a measly 1 hour trip back to h-s-h.
Oh lynn, you wanted to know about the bash? Yep, i wore that top i 'stole' from you. Hehe. But, the clubbing scene in s'pore is not much different from the one back in kl. They have the same dress (or lack of) sense and the same clubbing scene. If you ever were to come down, go check out Chinablack or Rouge Club along Orchard Rd and obviously, the mother hen - Zouk. It's Ladies' Night on Thurs back in KL right? In s'pore, it's Wednesday Mambo night where ladies are granted free entrance and free flow of house pours, if i'm not mistaken. Cool huh? Sad thing is, i have classes on thurs morning.
