Thursday, March 31, 2011

So Over Drama

What with my Financial Econs test today and the fact that I've been watching Gossip Girl, I think it's pretty safe to say that my noble goal of giving up swearing this Lent has gone bust :s


I do not want to speak of Financial Econs ever again. And as for William Sue....I have no words for that man. I'm not listening in his next lecture so there.


Gossip Girl.


Oh my goodness.


I just watched Season 3 of Gossip Girl and boy am I sick of drama right now. These people are absolutely insufferable! I can't watch the next season until....well I think at this rate I need at least a year to get over my hate for these two clowns Serena van der Woodsen and Jenny Humphrey. And if I spelled their names wrongly, trust me I could not care less.


Serena van der Woodsen is a self absorbed, 'I think I'm all that', 'I know all' kind of girl. And she has daddy issues (boo hoo) so somehow she's never, ever, ever single. It's just guy after guy after guy and she screws every single relationship up. After 22 episodes, you just get to a point where you either hate her or despise her. I'm well past despising her, I'm somewhere around the 'loathing' area right now. 


Jenny Humphrey is a little girl who thinks she knows everything and sticks her nose everywhere it doesn't belong. She causes endless amounts of drama in almost every episode and is a total jerk to everyone, including the only person who can somehow stand her-her stepbrother. And you know what? She still has friends. It's amazing. And after all the ruckus she caused-almost causing her parents to split up, trying to steal her stepsister's boyfriend, lying to...well pretty much everyone........


In the season finale she's sitting and crying about how everyone hates her. 


Really? She seriously didn't see it coming? If you're gonna be a bitch at least admit you're one right? 


The other characters are pretty okay. I love Chuck Bass, he's awesome. Blair's the only one who really sticks it where it hurts with Serena and Jenny which makes me love her. And Nate is played by Chace Crawford so I don't think I need to say much here :)


On another, much sadder note, it has been 72 hours and 52 minutes since I last watched JC :( I had this dream where I had a terminal disease so I flew to LA to meet him. Boy, was I sorry when I woke up.


Going to uni today was fun despite the test. I missed Vadakai (Larry) and Shu and Anna and Qades babi and Joanna and Beh Jian Fung and Christina and Aaron and Jordi and....I think that's all. Yeah...I think that's all.


But yeah, it was fun. 


Sigh got an early class tomorrow. So lazy. And for some reason sleep eludes me tonight.


Oh well I should probably study. That'll put me to sleep in minutes for sure. Ah there it is, even the mention of studying and my eyelids are drooping. Wow, I think we may have a breakthrough in insomnia medication here. I'll think about that in the morning. I mean it is morning now, but whatever. 


I'll try and be more interesting next time :D

Monday, March 21, 2011

Another Long Week

It has been so insane this past week. I had two tests, Advanced Calculus and Financial Econs. They both turned out pretty all right but its been quite exhausting.


Our Calculus lecturer, as it turns out, is just like all our other lecturers. By that I mean that whenever he says a test is 'easy' it really isn't. And after all those reassurances of "I don't know what your other lecturers mean when they say the test is easy but mine is really easy" he told us like 5 seconds before the test that there were some things in the test that weren't in the tutorial (gasp!) but that we had discussed it in lecture (stare at him angrily for figuring out that I never pay attention in lecture). It wasn't a disaster, I could still answer most of the questions. But still, he said it was going to be easy. I thought he was different *sad face*.


There was this one question that I think no one knew how to do. It was a proving question. He must have pitied us cause he gave us hints on what we were supposed to be proving. The hints didn't help in any way but oh well, at least he tried lol. 


Financial Econs.....I'd say that I don't wanna talk about it but how else could I display to the world my intense dislike for William Sue, our beloved lecturer who gives us very helpful suggestions on committing suicide? He had just finished Chapter 4 the week before our test and it was actually being covered in the test. As if that wasn't disastrous enough, the tutorial for Chapter 4 was THE DAY BEFORE THE TEST. Yeah, we had less than a day to study Chapter 4 tutorial answers. Wonderful. And the questions in the test looked nothing like the tutorial questions. Thanks a lot William Sue. 


And that's not the last of it too. The test was last week. Just a week later, we're having a quiz. On Chapter 5 and 8. Chapter 5 which we just finished, and Chapter 8 which we have not. We have not covered ANY tutorial for Chapter 5 or Chapter 8. Isn't William Sue the best?


On a brighter note, my siblings and I have finally registered for our driving classes. We had our 5 hour lecture yesterday, a Sunday of all days (how dare they take away 5 hours of precious JC time from me?? *angry face*). I think it's safe to say that the guy lecturing us was kind of a psychopath. He was so lame and yet the entire class was laughing at his jokes. I mean, even I was laughing at first but after 5 hours? It gets old really fast. And the food. I almost died. The one day a week that I get to eat meat and we had to eat this sorry excuse for edible food. Such a waste. And I thought some fruit would help but having the watermelon was like drinking water. It was totally tasteless. Goodness, the horror.


I am not looking forward to the next lecture we have to sit for, fortunately only for 3 hours. The other three hours is 'practical' work, hopefully away from that horrible place we went to in the middle of nowhere. Not looking forward to that either, but for now I'll just focus on the test I have to pass. 


Oh when I was in the lecture, Chris of course had to remind me of all the fun I was missing at church. He told Leanne that me, sis and Joash all had dengue LOL. And then he said Lisa was there too and he should tell her that we're having diarrhea. I was struggling to laugh quietly in the lecture, it was so funny. And they actually might have bought it, because the next thing I know Lisa is calling me. And when I got home Leanne called me too. I couldn't stop laughing.


It has now been 12 hours and 32 minutes since I last watched JC. Spent a lot of quality time watching JC videos early Sunday morning (almost up to 3am) then as soon as I got home from the 5 hour lecture fiasco. It was enough I suppose. But I miss his adorableness already. I discovered this thing called 'The Reel NSync'. It's on YouTube. It's just a collection of videos that one of the NSync guys took in the first years of their fame. They're mostly goofing around and its totally hilarious. *sigh*


So yeah, Shu and Larry are coming over later. We're gonna get started writing a script for our musical that we're doing at uni. It should be fun, if my experience at writing the script for our drama in foundation with Shu is any indication. I just hope they don't finish my Cream Crackers. 


Until I have something to report then, I bid thee farewell.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Half A Week Down..

Almost 20 hours since I last watched JC. Mere mortals like me were not meant to try and give up beholding things of painful beauty like JC Chasez. 


So yeah, half a week down. About a million more to go til Easter. Not very encouraging but I'll take what I can. Sundays are not included in Lent for some reason so I had a good time. Surprisingly, having meat wasn't what I was looking forward to the most. All I wanted to do was sit in front of my laptop and watch JC Chasez videos. Shocking isn't it?


Saturday was fun. It was dad's big birthday/anniversary of ordination party at Dr Chong Su Lin's place. She has a very nice house. Big garden and mini zoo :) Yup, you read right. Mini zoo. She has all kinds of parrots and other animals. And the garden was absolutely awesome. 


Needless to say, I waived my resolution to give up meat when we got there. The food was absolutely mouth watering. So none of the young people from church were there. Thank goodness for Hari and Sarath. Where Hari is I always end up having a good time, and this time Sarath and I spent a fair amount of time dissing UTAR and talking about how much it sucks. Hannah and Beth took to them pretty well. At one point they were both walking around Joash, Hari and Sarath in circles casting a spell it seems to turn them into frogs. Fortunately I was spared. 


Emmanuel came with his dad and sister so obviously sis was kept occupied until they left. Auntie Hayma and Auntie Kalai were very excited that they finally got to see Emmanuel.


Speaking of which, Uncle Michael Northcott, dad's old lecturer and good friend, thought that me and Hari were a couple LOL. Here's how the conversation went...


Uncle Michael: (to Hari) I like your vest there. It's very stylish.
Hari: (looks at me and wonders what to say) Thank you.
Uncle Michael: (to me) Is he your friend?
Me: Err...yes. (Clueless as to why Uncle Michael was smiling very oddly as he asked)
Uncle Michael: (smiling) You made a good choice...


And I'm sitting there like an idiot wondering what choice he was talking about. By the time I figured out what he meant it was too late; he had already walked away, leaving me and Hari to stare at each other and laugh hysterically. Later, even Beth asked me if he was my boyfriend. I couldn't answer; I was laughing too hard.


After dinner me, Sarath, Hari and Joash spent most of our time looking for a place to sit and talk. And when we finally found a spot in the garden obviously we were joined by Hannah, Beth and Thanesh who provided the evening's entertainment. 


When I got home that night I waited up until midnight so I could watch a video of JC. He's so hot. 


Mom was so semangat in the morning, waking us up at 7 to go to church. Sis was the only one conscious enough to point out that mom had told us the night before that we were going for 10.30 service. So we went for 10.30 service and spent some time after that with Bryan and Leanne and Chris. Stephanie made a guest appearance for a couple of seconds before she had to split to head for ACA. It was fun.


Uncle Michael came over for dinner in the evening so mom had us all busy in the kitchen. Hannah and Beth joined in on the 'fun' when they came over. And when Uncle Michael was there mom and dad laughingly set him straight about me and Hari. Or the lack of a collective pronoun when it came to me and Hari. 


Shu and Larry came over today to 'study'. Meaning of course that as soon as they got here they asked for food then spent the rest of the time talking. It was fun though. 


And I'm just hanging in there, waiting for Sunday when I can finally watch JC again. 


This sucks.

Friday, March 11, 2011

Lent

Ah here it is, that time of year again.


Lent.


To those of you who are unaware, Lent is a period of time observed by Christians before Easter as a reminder of the time that Jesus spent in the desert fasting.


In honour of this, I usually give up something that I love. It's difficult as hell, but that's the entire point. I mean there are people around the world starving, what am I complaining about right? Last year I gave up meat and attempted (and failed miserably) to give up swearing. It was tough cause for some reason I become extremely unpleasant when I don't have my meat. Fortunately I have very patient friends lol. 


So this year, I am giving up 3 things.


Firstly, meat. I know, I know I'm gonna become downright repugnant in behaviour again. But Larry's the most patient person I know. And if these past few days are any indicator, meat isn't the hardest thing to give up for me :s


Secondly, swearing. That's right, I'm gonna give it another try this year. I'm doing very very very badly at the moment so I'm hoping I'll get better. It's just awful how much I rely on swearing to express myself. Kinda scares me how I completely run out of adjectives when I don't swear. You'd think after the millions of books I read I'd be able to find other words to say what I'm trying to say. Weird. And again, swearing isn't the hardest to give up either.


Thirdly, watching JC Chasez videos. I am DYING!!!! I need help. As in a psychiatric facility kind of help. I CAN'T STAND NOT WATCHING HIS DROOL WORTHY HOTNESS!!! AND IT HAS ONLY BEEN THREE DAYS!!! *sigh* To those of you people who lived under a rock during the nineties and don't know who JC Chasez is, here's what you do:


1. Jump off a cliff please.
2. If you survive, go watch a song called 'Pop' by NSync. He's the hot one in brown with long hair. *drool*


So yeah, apparently even giving up meat is easier than giving up JC. He's just too hot. Darn. I've watched all the NSync music videos and concerts so much that I can picture him in my head when I'm listening to all those NSync songs on my phone. Even Hannah and Beth are hooked on NSync now. What have I done?


So yeah, Lent. A most painful time. I'll let you know if I survive. 


Oh and you know what sucks? Tomorrow there's gonna be this big bash for dad cause he's turning 50 and its the 25th anniversary of his ordination. And I can't eat meat. 


Wonderful.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

A New Discovery

*Me in the morning*


Voice in my head : This bloody Picasa 3 icon has been on my desktop since I got the laptop back. Perhaps I should be a busybody and...


Argumentative voice in my head: Errr HELLOO, it's YOUR laptop. How are you being a busybody if you take a little peek at what Picasa 3 is for??


Voice in my head: Oh, it's you again (rolls virtual eyes). I AM a valid trained voice in her head you know, you don't have to come butting in every time I'm trying to get her to do something.


Argumentative voice in my head: Well there should be a little healthy competition so she knows she doesn't always have to do what you say. I mean come on, you were trying to get her to study for Financial Economics. As exciting as that sounded, I thought getting her to switch on her laptop would be a little bit more entertaining. (virtual devilish grin)


Voice in my head: You just had to slip in that you won that one, didn't you? Well I got her to study Actuarial Maths and that test didn't go as badly as she thought now did it? (virtual triumphant smirk)


Argumentative voice in my head: (virtual evil laugh) And you got her to study Actuarial Maths the night before her Microecons test, which turned out to be a bleeding disaster now didn't it?


Voice in my head: (virtually flustered) We're going way off topic here. Let's get back to Picasa 3 shall we?


Argumentative voice in my head: Oh someone's decided to be nice to the smart voice in her head now. Yes, I guess we agree she should poke her nose in Picasa 3 and find out what it's for.


*The End*


So yes, that's how I ended up clicking that little icon and discovering I have this awesome thingy that makes collages!!! :)


I'm such an amateur it's shocking but my first collage looks a little like this.







So yeah. I thought my first should be just me and the girls. The church gang would take forever so I thought I'd save that for...oh I don't know....sem break? :)

A Long Hellish Week

Finally it's Friday. TGIF man!!!!


It has been indeed a long and hellish week, hence the title of this post. Just finished my Actuarial Maths test today and I can't believe I'm saying this but....I've been studying all week. Yup, that's right. I actually studied for more than a day before my test. It did pay off I guess. The test wasn't that bad. But it did ruin my entire week though. I spent most of it in great agitation about all the formulas I had to magically memorise. 


The Microecons lecturer...I have just demoted him to not deserving to be called by name on this blog. He screwed me over. The Microecons test was on Thursday and he made the questions all tricky and sneaky. I hate him. 


Even Dr. Chua (my Actuarial Maths lecturer) didn't screw me over. The Actuarial Maths test was more straightforward than I ever dared to hope. Damn, I hope I didn't just jinx the second test which should be coming in a couple of weeks. 


Anyway, I haven't had any time for leisure or pleasure this week. Except for Monday of course, when I was watching the Oscars. It was great this year, everyone was so funny. Somehow everyone developed a sense of humour just in time for the Oscars. Which was wonderful timing :) 


James Franco looked......*drool and faint*


He was heavenly. When his stint on General Hospital was mentioned, to YouTube I went. He is sooooo hot in General Hospital. He's this mysterious, sexy assassin. Soooooo irresistable.


I hope he wins an Oscar someday. Soon.


Oh and Justin Timberlake was adorable at the Oscars too :) To those of you who didn't watch the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, you don't know what you're missing unless you watch it so....GO WATCH IT WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???


I just realised I'm rambling. I must be tired. So tired that I forgot what I really wanted to blog about. Oh, got it.


Today was Auntie Kalai's birthday. So we went out for dinner :D


Finally I felt like I had a life on Friday night. It was really fun. It always is whenever Hari's around. And Auntie Kalai. And Auntie Hayma. And Ramyah. And Thanesh.


So yeah I had a good time and we just got home. 


And....I don't know what else to say.


Maybe I'll blog tomorrow when I'm not so exhausted and scatterbrained.


Night, all.

A Heartfelt, Post Traumatic Thank You

About five months ago, this album called Post Traumatic was released. Three months ago, I went to Bangkok to watch Mike Shinoda perform...