thevirginsuicides it's very very cult. (not many people will warm up to it) and a little trashy, but not all the time, and very different from neverwhere/ things I've been reading lately. I stumbled upon it while doing my philo summative- the one on euthanasia, and went on wiki to look for the definition of suicide, which linked to the virgin suicides, a r-rated movie with kirsten dunst and josh harnett. So it turned out that the movie was based on a book, and I went to look for it. It's about four sisters aged 13-17, who are eventually driven to suicide. The book is taken from the point of view of neighbouring adolescent boys who are intrigued by the girls and their seclusion. It is the type of thing that adults say will "give you ideas", since the first sister kills herself at the age of 13 over a boy. 0_0 and the rest kill themselves partly because of the grief and partly because their parents have been overprotective. The author sets the story in the 70s, (I like things like that; see summer of the swans and dancing in the cadillac light) with the boys being middle-aged men recounting their experiences. It it a social commentary of suicides and the emotional/ psychological turmoil that teens undergo, and might not be appropriate for younger readers, and may not appeal to a lot of people.
more tomorrow.

inconsistency right so after kino crystal and I went window shopping, while geeru and michele were enjoying their purchases at coffee bean, and charisse mooched in kino for more reading. We discovered that prices in takashimaya decrease as you descend; the shops on the same level as kino were practically empty and had really really nice things with crazy prices and we looked pretty strange walking in uniform. So down we went, to moderately-priced stores- warehouse! and looking at shopfronts but stood out very nicely in a bridal fair which had a grey floor that was supposed to match the white on the dresses, I think. back to coffeebean and got a pink lemonade! which was surprisingly sour. well, just for me, because crystal finished half fairly quickly. and then off to hmv with michele, where I gawked at the prices (again), at austin powers goldmember, and at a $7.95 spirited away vcd. I finished off with a brisk walk back to the library at orchard to look for the virgin suicides/ a book to keep me sane, but instead met matthewchan and andrea/ laura/ mel(anie), though not in the same group. hightailed to bishan for my german results, but got to sleep in a darkened auditorium with __ in the background and no results. Mostly Martha was a very slow german movie (with subtitles) that I could sleep and still follow the plotline- my legs were killing me by now and sleep was excusable (.") and that was the end of end of eoys.

grr. emo rants up ahead. I smell like cheese. being a geek today, I went to the central lending library to look for the virgin suicides and spent 1/2 an hour sitting on the plush seats looking at the illustrated version of mirrormask, which came in a heavy books and art by dave mckean, with whom neil gaiman collaborated. It's just the story boards of every single frame, but it came with a foreword by you know who and email records of first drafts and everything. The footlong hardcover was too heavy to bring home, so I sat and read, which was nice to do when it was all quiet at ten in the morning. I went to search for the virgin suicides, and it turned out all copies not on loan were in the library at esplanade. all copies of anansi boys not on loan were there too. >:( so much for running all over for a single book. will probably go to the esplanade on wednesday to get that and anansi boys to keep me sane from rereading everything I have. left the library with sirthursday and neverwhere, and a reading of wolves in the walls, which is a picturebook for young children and could be lovely reading aloud. It took a lot of me not to sit one of the running kids in the library down and start reading, complete with sound effects. It must have looked pretty funny for a person my age to look at the section for junior readers for wolves in the walls and sirthursday. Actually it would be tons easier if I just bought everything I wanted in kino on friday with my christmas vouchers, but I wasn't sure if the virgin suicides and anansi boys were worth spending money on.

I feel fairly bored after eoys, and I must sound like that, but I have to catch up on tcamp, cap application and next year's stuff, because mum doesn't want me to fumble like I did this year and the year before that. Still keeping biochemphysicslit- will be a huge challenge to keep up. I have lots to catch up in terms of german and chinese><" which I cannot mess or I would be dead as a doorknob. starting off with the procrastinator's handbook, but neverwhere is a thousand times more appealing.

note to self: radishii [story], http://inkstain.inkquill.net/isf/archive/28/pariah.html ,
nanowrimo.org and I think I'll talk about thevirginsuicides, which turns most people off at first (haha me.)

Let me tell you all about friday! even though it's 1230(am) and I should be sleeping early for once. but this will be quick. <15 minutes.
I am typing on my grandaunt's windows 98 computer and it's very fun actually, with its supersized font and elderly- friendly giant mouse. Only fun when a report isn't due. The internet connection on the other computer doesn't work right now because my mum forgot to pay the internet bill --" or just another effective way of getting me and my sister off the computer for extended periods of time.
Friday was when the eoys ended! so after the drama at jblock, crystal charisse michele geeru and I went to subway, where we were promptly greeted by a whole bunch of rgs people. Which was good because the fastfood place beside subways was empty :D the fast food industry is a highly lucrative business and you don't know exactly what's in that burger so go underdogs! and places which still care about the health of the customer. But subways is in a way a fast food place, at least it has veggies that you can taste. after that we went to kinokuniya[sp?]! to browse and browse but at least michele and I got fragile things! by neil gaiman. Crystal and I went to look in the art section, and concluded that kino was where one could spend one's entire afternoon in.
>< eek this is pretty brief but will continue later.

I messed up geog. very badly. but I won't have to look geog in the face for the rest of my life! Actually 2 years of studying geog isn't very long, but I alwaysalways do badly in geog because I fail to memorise the diagrams properly and actually study, so it's all my fault. But geog would be pretty useful if I ever decided to work at greenpeace, for example, which I have considered doing. Because working at greenpeace without a geog alevel is pretty useless, because its all humanitarian issues and stuff. (. .) I don't even know what exactly is it they do [I am useless!], but they dabble in all kinds of things, especially environmental issues so obviously someone has to use geog. And my entire point of this is that I will never ever ever get a job involving environmental conservation because I am not continuing it for the rest of my secondary school life- and if you don't do geog in sec3 and 4, you can't do it in JC right? so yes, no more geog, unless I take humanitarian studies 101 or something in university. Butbut my gpa is much more important! and I don't really like geog, to be honest. You might ask, how can someone who is so into conservation not like geog?! honestly! but conservation is a weenie bit of geog and I find the rest of it boring): (sorry andrea and joyce) Though it is fairly easy to do the essay questions and mcq in geog, I always flunk the structured questions! the ones you actually have to study for -_-' at least there are no structured questions in history, which I initially decided on doing, instead of physics.
But I think I will adopt the very inconvenient method of trying to juggle tripscience lit for a month or two to see how I manage, and then switch to history if I suffocate. Mum firmly believes that I will have no life/ job /future if I don't do triple science, and what can I do, work in the ura? look at all the a*star people! they all major in biochemistry, biotechnology, [insert variant] No one majors in english literature or history! To which I go: "All those smiley people in the paper will become research assistants and have less of a life unless they take their major to the phd level, which takes a ridiculous amount of funding and time! I don't want to be a college student forever trying to pay for tuition and pass my finals!" you get the point. Although I obviously will not have the ability to go that far, much less get a scholarship from a*star, and I am thinking in extremes- I could stop somewhere in the course of getting my phd, get a job, and then continue.
>< its 1230 already and this teacher keeps on coming in to see what I am doing (I'm in 210) so wish me luck for math! and congruence and similarity and the crazy proofs and ratios.

I'm in school! and chinese is over. ovarrr for the rest of the year xD though my tuition teacher wants me to work on it during the holidays, so): will attempt to construct this post in 10 minutes. and speed-type. but usually hurried posts aren't that good. and are usually made of crap. I am being/ writing like my sec one self because I just wrote a very childish essay on the protagonist being sad with not being able to work with her best friend and then blaming the teacher for not participating herself, because the teacher rearranged the pt groups in class. Everybody is having hiatuses now because of the eoys, but I am not! well this is rather a semi-hiatus because I don't update as frequently, and my posts are much much shorter and shrink in comparison to charisses'. What's the plural form of hiatus? hiatuses or hiatri? horcrux/ horcri XD
I don't think I'll be applying for cap, even though I really want to, and even though i'm going to write the application samples anyway. Because I am too much of a wimp to ask ms ng for a teacher review. maybe I'll just tag on to somebody else's application and she can do it at the same time as that person and I don't have to go look for her! but with her review I dont think I'm going to get in anyway. I would like to do a cap RS on harrypotter and do a theory analysis- type thing. and write an editorial of my own! I'm not even sure that comes under cap rs but that's the least overwhelming thing; as compared to fps. seeing crystal rush her reading/ writing every tuesday has influenced my desicion to a great extent. or I can not apply for everything (and not go for the cap cluster activities) and just do rs on my own- on harrypotter editorials. a paring-theory editorial! lol
okay I've exceeded my tenminutes time limit- its 15 minutes now and I have to rush off home to mug for history and lit- will write more on friday.

hello. it is 4 am. I am rushing RS. It is a very unwise desicion to rush RS. I don't want to go to school tomorrow. I am driven to my very extreme and am going to resort to cheap coffee to stay awake in school (and sleep in assesmbly). I hate windows 98 and my grandaunts' computer with big elderly-friendly font and funny layout and tempremental disposition. Though I'm using the normal computer now, which eases the stress just a little. I hope my printer dosn't bail out on me. If it does, tomorrow (or today, rather) I will be down with a serious case of sleep deprivation, and I will faint if I go to school. Or I will stab the printer in a fit of blind fury. With my pen. The last time it happened, I flooded it with praises of adoration in a bid for it to take pity on me and actually start working. The printer, as of today, is a living thing with moodswings.

I notice during math, while everyone is having those wavy square-ish chips, I am having my apple crisp granola bar. (very loserish, I know.) Which is one of the nicest granola bars there are- it's not crumbly, it fills you up nicely, and it smells very genuinely of apples and cinnamon. Unlike the atkins diet smores bars lying at the bottom of my fridge which do not remotely taste like smores; rather mashed cardboard with the barest hint of sugar. Why I do not eat crisps like everyone else: firstly, I tend to get broke quite often, and would rather spend my money on something more permanent, i.e. books/ cds etc. Secondly, crisps aren't exactly vegan with everything else added, and since I am in the transition stage of becoming vegan (more of that later), I do not partake of crisps. Although sometimes my human instincts get the better of me and I end up stealing laura's food.

lalala. Okay in reference to the last post, hardcore potter fans seem like a fairly small group of people. Those who fancy being hardcore, I have a couple of PotterPackages for your enjoyment.

The OxyCore(kol!) PotterPackage:
1. 3 episodes of Mugglecast/ Pottercast for your listening pleasure
2. 5 fiction links provided by crystal, sihui, geeru, charisse, and siling
3. A Harry and the Potters link for study breaks
4. a Spinner's End and The Underground Lake editorial
5. The Harry Potter series books 1 through 6 for supplementary reading

The Hardcore Potter Package: (for those who prefer a crash course in all things harry)
1. Jay Tryfanstone link
2. Episode 50 of Mugglecast
3. An editorial of choice (preferably on snape/hocrus theories)
4. The Harry Potter movies one through four for a summarised version of the Harry Potter series

PotterPackages provided (free!) upon request. I appreciate feedback on what should be taken out of/put in these packs.

I feel materialistic! Which is not a very admirable trait. But I have a inane desire to own certain things, i.e. 40s peeptoe heels of reasonable height, skinny jeans, tunic-ish top to layer with, and a dress. All these things require money, a holiday job might help. Anyone wants to hire an able-bodied youth with um 8 years of formal education? Or I might take a WEP, but not the 8am-5pm, 20th nov to 31 dec ones, even though the pay is enviable. I might just give tuition/ babysitting/ admin services/ I can even walk your dog for you! or sweep the floor, wash dishes etc. Anything that comes with a salary! Part-time preferably because of ttskit and other stuff. I feel awful, money-faced, and greedy. or thinking in extremes. I have not been acting very responsibly lately. And forgetting things. and I find my enthusiasm for anything waning, being lethargic for no reason at all. sm does not help and the prints won't go awayyy. I have devised a system where 1 hour of study time can be exchanged for 1 hour of going- out time, in a valiant attempt to cajole myself to study properly and NOT FAIL. Any study strategies proven helpful are welcome. I don't know what to talk about. I am just wasting space. and I have to come up with things for my cap application that ms ng probably won't recc. though nothing has been inspirational of late and my vocabulary is decreasing so I'd better hurry off and do those vocab mcq books that we used to do in p6 but I personally find reading more effective in increasing one's vocabulary.
ohoh you have to see the official OotP stills on mugglenet- umbridge resembles a certain Josephine Queen. haha immature me. and there is no one particularly drool-worthy, unlike GoF ): dan looks horrible and is at his worst- I really hope his acting skills haven't disappeared with his locks.

Hello. I'm just blogging for the sake of doing so. German Oral on thursday was not very nice. the end. I really hope I pass the written test and babelfish has been very helpful in my revision :D I really should stop sleeping in class. I sm because of that, and because of other things and I really shouldn't wallow like a hippopotamus. I like sm-ing. It helps with anger management and keeps me from wallowing too much and hopefully will give me a reasonable gpa that I won't get killed for. But I'll sm myself to death first and so it'll be a death of honour and I'll die with dignity. I sm and it doesn't show! Icing it helps, to all sm-ers out there. I would like to know if you know what sm is! (I didn't leave a typo- it's not sms)

Since mugglecast has all these live stuff like Lumos2006 and live in vegas that I never get to go to, I was thinking of having a hp hardcore gathering in singapore! We could have a book reading like what mugglecast did- everyone brings their copy of a hp book and gets their chance to read an excerpt, complete with voices and sound effects. Or we could have a theory discussion(!) on topics like snape and horcruxes. Or even a movie marathon and critique after- I'll bring chips and salsa and crudites. And because of a high turnout (in a turquoise moon), we could hold it at the national library as part of literature awareness x) Though I don't yet know of any hardcore people who would come- except crystal, geeru, etc. I could look for mugglecast listeners in singapore though. But it wouldn't be as much fun if the people who would come didn't/wouldn't talk/ backed up theories properly.

eoys in three weeks. and after that, lightningonthewave! and yearouting hopefully(:

ohoh before I forget: a veryvery belated happy birthday to ceiling, sihui, jiaying and cherie((: Feel free to do anything you want to me if I've forgotten anyone.

I've just finished American Gods. This is about Shadow, an ex-convict, who meets Wednesday on a plane heading home. Wednesday strangely knows all about him, perhaps more than Shadow does himself.
It was a pretty long stretch of 3 or so weeks- I started on the monday of the school holidays, and today is monday of week 2. I'm writing this late, so it will turn up as tuesday on the post heading. Getting to savour the book really slowly made me appreciate it more in its entirety and the vast depth that Neil Gaiman went into, and the magnitude of the story. This also applies to its themes of gods and belief, which are very universal, despite the title of American Gods. It is seemingly disconnected when you first start, but in the end all the knots get tied quite neatly, so you have to read the uninteresting parts first before you can understand what happens next. It is slightly haunting, but he brings in a more fantastical, yet philosophical side into his writing that is not seen in things like Coraline or Smoke and Mirrors. Like all other Neil Gaiman books, this is best enjoyed on a comfy sofa on a rainy afternoon, or in a toasty bed in the wee hours of the night. This is what Neil Gaiman has to say about his novel- be sure to check the reseach section- I found several drool-worthy diners on the Roadfood link. What if American Gods were used as literary text? See what a lit teacher says. I would never ever sleep in a lit lesson again if the teacher did this.

I've recently been on a book-movie spree: Coraline, Ootp, Eragon and Artemis Fowl are all coming out soon! I know for sure Ootp is out in the states July 13 2007. Coraline is going to be voiced by Dakota Fanning yay but the release date isn't confirmed. OH stardust is out on march 9th 2007. His dark materials: the golden compass on Nov16 07. Spiderwick Chronicles on christmas day 07 (children's fantasy not unlike others; for younger readers) Hairspray on dec21'07 (musical on broadway) I need funding/ a job- I won't stick watching Ootp late on dvd):

The break between new posts are getting longer and longer): and will be getting longer as exams are imminent. Please bear with me as I attempt to rush my revision in 5 weeks- if I fail, many many people will be after my blood, skin, bones and flesh. Deadlines are horrible things. They tug at the corners of your mind; always there to remind you that you haven't done your homework. A deadline is the slimy monster in your dreams that you manage to escape from- only to find that it is waiting for you the next day. Escapism is only temporary and stalls the problem instead of solving it; the deadline will always be there; lurking in the the depths of your conciousness; permeating every dream and haunting your waking hours. I sound very dramatic. mwahaha. beware the deadline!

It's late. I should go to sleep soon. I will type really quickly! And mooch a little till I find something to talk about.

The reason why I don't really talk much about what happened today etcetc and more about "ooh mugglecast!" is because I don't really want other people to know stuff. Like the angsty stuff people moan about- "I hate you" "today sucked" etcetera. Not that I have anything against them, but these people have the courage to rant openly, and I respect that. I don't have that kind of courage, because I am eternally reminded that my blog is for everyone to see, and that means everyone. For example, if I said " you%#@*" someone else may read it and think it is him/her, and will therefore result in a misunderstanding. Secondly, I believe in a polite policy and that also means no words that rhyme with witch. (I have never found a need to call anyone that anyway) And also I have met loads of flamers on forums who talk like it's the only word they know, as well as fics written by people who have a very limited vocabulary, so you don't have to see another person like that here. I know someone who is supposed to be a role model (noodle for short) and noodle goes **** left right and centre on noodles' blog, and I don't know what kind of image noodle's showing to people who don't know noodle in person.
Back to angst. The feelings I feel that make me mad occur because of either rgsrcy-related problems, family problems, or school problems, all of which I feel are too personal to be put here. Firstly, I am very aware that many sagas can happen, have happened, or are happening right now because of things people have said on their blogs. I am also aware that inter-unit spats can happen because of what people say, and are best to avoid. And school problems are entirely my fault.

I think I said too much. And I feel like barfing because of the comp. I can't/don't want to sleep today because it's so late that it doesn't matter if I sleep or not. I have problems keeping on track, and I keep digressing. I felt oddly lonely today and yesterday and the day before and flat. I need a shrink. Or a yearmate. Or my blue nicole teddy that I just can't find. Everyone seems to be ranting. This technically isn't ranting because of the fact that it is so randomised. I think the only think I am good at is being random and longwinded and fibbing and making up stuff. Which aren't usefull skills unless you work in the advertising industry, or the government. Can someone call me? I need a lovely long telephone conversation. Oh and it would be cool if you haven't called before. Maybe I should call someone. But everyone else is doing something. And I am doing nothing. I wonder how this might look to somebody else. I am not trying to be funny or anything on purpose. I have the right to post this on my blog because this blog is mine and you don't have to read through all this crap because I have a feeling ( and you should too) that everything from this sentence on is pure and utter nonsense. I absolutely cannot write a personal exposition keeping on topic and on point and making it have unity and coherence. I am trying to make this as vague as possible so that a therapist won't think I need to have a pill anything or that I've been shooting up or anything, but this is so incoherent that I probably have. This is exactly how I'm feeling right now and you can probably guess. You know how Sally in Peanuts offers therapy for 5 cents? I wish somebody else did.

I'm at school now and it isnt a very convenient time to be using the computer. I feel sick. um as in not *coughsneezehackwheeze* sick but 'im feeling funny' sick. though I wish I had a tummy ache to take my mind off the real sick.

I got 25/30 for math, which is what I got for the last test. (quadratic graphs I think)and it comes out to be 83.33333 percent on my calculator. and 25.5 is 85%. hahaha I think I'll go get myself an icecream or something since I expected to do a little better and could have put in more effort- though I was doing math all through the national day holidays. At least I passed geog. Which isn't really something to be happy about, since I could have gotten better marks if I had studied properly. and not blanked out): I hope I do well for history.

Speaking of academic stuff, I went to the mit talk yesterday after school and um it was mainly to dream a little bit (well a lot, considering what you need to get in) and to see what it was like, since I was all over the bio lectures they posted on the web. There were many foreign students there, and it seems they really plan ahead and know exactly where they want to go, which made me feel very guilty. 14 is not young to start planning for your college education, and there is some extent of planning need to get in to mit, or any other reputable instituition. Considering the chances and criteria, there is practically a 0% chance I'll get in, so yeah my head is in the clouds and I don't know where my feet are going. It seems like you need:
1. consistent academic records (nil)
2. a leadership position (none to speak of)
3. participate in a international competition like the math/ chem/ bio/ physics olympiad (nope)
4. play a musical instrument/ dance/ theater/ sport (I have a GRADE 2 in violin and very limited dance background)
writing this has made me sicker.

FA comp tomorrow- goodluck esther jane siling :D dont freak, yeah(: and even though lots of yearmates can't be there, we will still be supporting you in our hearts! haha it sounds like mouldy cheese.

I apologise for my absence. It has been a depressing week-> pts, tests, getting back tests, etc. and on top of it all, I got sick. Running a temperature puts you into a very surreal mood, especially on monday when I had pe. And you're into 'I have to take more liquids' mode and feeling fairly sleepy, so getting to sleep on time isn't a problem((: And when you're learning bio and sick at the same time, you're more worried about who might catch what you've got than how feverish/delerious you are, which is good. Having a fever makes one do stupid things. I drank so much water I had to pee almost every hour! --" It started with a sore throat on friday and today is wednesday and I'm fairly ok! yay but I'm still sniffling.

Thankyou everyone for all the birthday smses/ tags/ presents/ cards :D and happy birthday to all august babies! My birthday didn't exactly come smack in the exam period, this year- a first! I got a blackforest cake with lots of cream, and if I get at least a 85% for math (I reallyreally hope I do!) I 'll go get myself a spicegirls cd. Yesyes the spicegirls are so 90s, but um retro is in! i.e. spicegirls are in! This is not a very convincing argument. Or I'll go get anansi boys/ thursday for my reading pleasure during the september holidays, even though the september holidays are for mugging. Because I can't afford christina aguleria[sp?] , Panic! at the disco, Snow Patrol cds etc.

I apologise for the brevity of this post, but history is tomorrow and I cant fail so I'll update after that. yearmates are love!

I'm the only yearmate online. Because everyone is at pop chalet! (except me juan yruoxi wruoxi yunhan hweefang) They're probably still awake and playing mahjong/taitee/watching a movie or something. *sigh* I really really really wanted to go for pop chalet. But mum says I have to stay home and study and that it is 'uncontrolled' and 'far away' since there aren't any adults present and it is in pasir ris.- I live in Newton. 60 noisy people will be carted away in the middle of the night by demented psychopaths who want to suck your blaahhd. I missed pop chalet last year so next year will be the first time I go for pop chalet- if I ever will be allowed to. Come to think of it, pop chalet is like an enormous sleepover for the entire unit heh. But I think mum has reasons and my non-existent gpa is very valid evidence. I also have a severe lack in responsibility and general sanity; therefore mum doesn't really trust me to get home in one piece. (and with a sound mind)

ndp! <3210! Some people demonstrated excessive public displays of affection. tsktsk. and some other people got a little wonked. 'little' is an understatement. Public displays of affection (pda for short) put me off to an extent. I mean go ahead and do your thing, but not in plain view of everybody who pass by. I lose my appetite over these things. -_-" It corrupts little children- when I was little, I used to see people snogging in movies and in public. It was kind of weird for me- I tried to snog my year-old sister. It gives kids the wrong idea of how they show their affection to others and also seems as if these people are oblivious to whoever's around them and their personal (dis)comfort.

Today I learnt how to play taitee! ( I never know how it's supposed to be spelt) From bubbles adele and sheepoling. It's a lot like poker, except that you get more cards. Because speech day goh ended at 1230, our year slacked and finished the pop presents till 3. I helped joan write the ma'ams letters and it was fun((: and we apologise if we were in any way repetitive. I tried to learn how to play mahjong, but all I can grasp is that it's a lot like poker, which involves getting the right combination of cards (or tiles) by putting them down/exchanging some with other people. And we sang highschoolmusical numbers which I almost got sick of, as well as the tear-inducing popitem song:D and then everybody went to the chalet, with pillows and snuggle toys in hand.

German test today was, shall we say, not very pleasant. As always. I find that escapism helps with someone as sensitive as me. Having an eternal apathetic expression helps you feel apathetic towards what bugs you, as well as ensuring that you don't blubber at any moment, however inconvenient. I should have stayed awake in lessons. I should have studied harder. I should have just paid attention. Not that saying these things now will miraculously help me get a higher score, but maybe it'll help me not fail for the next test/end of year. I can't afford to fail anything anymore, but I just did today. this is stupid and pointless and will not amount to anything substantial. Back to being apathetic, there are also many downsides, many of which I experienced today. Firstly, you tend to be very irritable, which is ironic because being letting things get to you as much. Secondly, having a 'whatever' attitude may result in a lack of responsiveness, espcially when being called. Thirdly, one may appear to others as being aloof, arrogant, and way too uncooperative to work with, resulting in the genral lack of apathy towards you. (i.e., 'daoing') Therefore, I conclude that being apathetic will not solve the problem at all, so please do not try this at home.

ohmygoodness neil gaiman has sexual references in stardust and smoke and mirrors! That means it has content not suitable for my level! I won't read neil gaiman anymore and persuade others to boycott his literary works, including his website and livejournal, as well as any short pieces in anthologies. Why wasn't stardust marked nc-16 in bright red letters? Why was I allowed to borrow it from the library without being arrested? Why isn't kept, well guarded in a Restricted Section, and why wasn't I asked for my I/C? I am not even supposed to mention this here because neil gaiman's writing is too mature for my young, innocent, 13 year old mind. I am also revealing private information that I shouldn't. But I will go to all odds to make this clear to all young people out there: Neil Gaiman corrupts. Do not read.

Pop is tomorrow! or should I say- pop is tomorrow)): it is very very very quick. And i don't feel worthy of ___. jiayou yearmates for goh!:D

It's been some time. erratic blogging schedule.
a chorus line!

The singing's reallyreally good, but there's not much dancing in this number. According to wiki, it's the 4th longest running musical behind cats, less miserables and the phantom respectively. And it's coming back to Broadway soon! I want to look for the dvd, but in the meantime, I'll keep myself satisfied with the stuff on youtube. (Most of which are amateur high school productions; don't bother looking at those.) To be honest, I've heard of A Chorus Line but didn't know what it was about till I wiki-ed it. Oh there's a 1985 movie so I'll try to look out for that. It reopens this year on October 5th at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater- haha I don't know where that is but yay it's opening again:)

lollipop
This Saturday! Which is so incredibly fast... this year I have more faith in the year that is taking over, and they are worth leading the unit- haha probably because I know the ma'ams better. I, however, am not exactly ready for leadership- wait scratch that- not ready AT ALL, emotionally, and in terms of my ability. I think some of my yearmates would be very suitable for *ahemahem* posts; and I hope that they get the acknowledgement that they deserve. I am sorry yearmates, for missing so many goh practices, it's just that mum's been putting the pressure on me lately to study 24/7 to be able to manage triple science (hello, if pigs could fly) and she's convinced that having once a week trainings are a bit too much. I know perfectly well that that was not an excuse, and I should take responsibility and start scoring reasonably well so that she will be assured that I can manage. About CAC, jiaying seemed like she really wanted the lanyard, but if it demanded the kind of effort RS demands, I think that we, as yearmates could help share the workload and make it easier for the people participating. I feel like having a syf gathering. and am thinking of trainingcamp, of all things. and how the sec1s haven't had an overnightcamp before. but I have faith! and hope and love and joy.

lightning on the wave's been getting draggy. and I'm only on chapter 18 of book 1! I will have patience and persevere. andand you absolutely have to go take a look at the fall/back to school catalogues of delias, urbanoutfitters and target.

last training!
You know, I don't particularly feel blubbery or anything, which is very weird, since last year people were wiping their eyes on their sleeves left right and centre. And last year we were all in a much subdued mood. I have a feeling it's the sugar in the cake. Or something. Maybe we were all spiked! And tomorrow we'll wake up drunk. I mean I was blubbery last night because of stuff which were not exactly related to __. I think I'm getting off-topic. Today we learnt lots of new cheers, songs, chants and war-cries! (though no rain dances) And we were very very high:D and happy and today we also had our last firstaid lesson with the sec4 ma'ams- we haven't had fistaid since before sfa (as far as I can remember) I don't think the fact that the ma'ams aren't going to be back anymore has set in properly. It might get settled in comfortably after pop though, and goh. andand jiayan was a l33t i/c! we were stalkers today heh.

Mrbrown went to the ComicCon! pfft. kol and mugglenet were there, okay. though they probably didn't go to those booths, since middle-aged adults tend to be interested in video games, i.e. rpgs and whatnot with great graphics etc. I wanted to go to the ComicCon! Its a convention in SanDiego for nerds. and people go there to talk to other geeks. Though it would be lovely to meet other harry fans and discuss theories! and probably get to meet jick(creator of kol) if I get lucky.

Something that I found today:
MerLarry
MerLarry's characteristic 1960s Jaqueline Kennedy coif is what makes her such a fashion icon. She is trying to bear the weight of her hundred and fifty years but has self-doubts, in particular, her personal gender issues. The mermaid-like curve of her body is partly why she thinks she is overweight, but the caricature looked so well on MerLarry merchandise, that her manager thought, "Why not?"
MerLarry has a human-like face, with the slight curves in her fish's body bringing out the shine in her red and yellow scales. Her triangular, neon green fins might now be serving a mere aesthetic purpose since she spends most of her time on land. Her big 'do used to be the most popular fashion in her time, but she was convinced that it is as timeless as Jackie O., although her critics call it a 'mushroom head'. Constantly petting her hair and applying hairspray in liberal amounts, MerLarry is self-concious and wants to look her best for the press always. Her buck teeth are almost concealable after years of botched-up dental surgery.
Often seen commenting on the latest trends, MerLarry has her own fashion line. She has embarked on a quest; to get everyone to wear her clothes, which will hopefully boost her self-esteem.
MerLarry is technically a fantasy character- she has a quest, self-doubts, and is a mythical creature; though it doesn't really fit the fantasy genre in terms of language and style, but whatever. It is a parody of whatever you like- Singapore's national icon, Anna Wintour, or even today's celebrities. (everyone who is anyone has a clothes/perfume line.) Chimp might have preferred it if I were to change 'personal gender issues' to 'sexual orientation', but I wanted to keep it PG-13. R&R if you feel like.

Haven't blogged in a week- is that good or bad?

In general, please don't call people names. Support your assumptions with evidence and elaboration and don't jump to conclusions. Everyone has a right to say whatever they like, and you can choose whether to take offence or not. You don't have to see each other every day if you don't want to, and you don't even know them/him/her/it personally. And if you don't like what she/he/it has said, you can go wiki your thoughts and cite sources etc but don't say anything without doing your homework first, or you're just as good as a flamer.

yearmates post a lot about rcy stuffums, and I don't usually do that because anyone might be able to visit your blog, and also because I have a very short attention span and I tend to blog about whatever I am doing at that that moment. For example, kol, fanfiction, crystal/geeru asking me to go to sleep etc. Though if you have noticed, these also include things that I am blubbering about. If you want me to talk about something, tag/msn me so I have sufficient inspiration to keep this blog going. I am sufficiently longwinded to write in full detail about anything, which should logically mean that I could keep this going by myself, but the things which I think about are too boring/ordinary to be mentioned, for example, my sister's squashed doughnut from xiamen. I should learn to keep my entries short and succinct so that I will have a higher viewership. Like people who go " It's all your fault. Why do you have to do this to me?" =end of entry= They convey their emotions of angst effectively in two sentences.

rhd
Bhangrarobics! [sp?] loong and other dancey people had a lovely time. I did too! I have a feeling old ladies do this. Very bollywood((: It was fairly sunny, and everyone had worked up a good sweat. Then we had food, where we mostly slacked and ate lots of bad stuff (that were also vegan, which was ok) Went upstairs and tried to look for devil's curry, which crystal recommended but mush and I couldn't find. Masala tea was very nice-smelling-a lot like herbal tea with milk. Then the performances, where almost everyone used highschoolmusical so our ndp item has to be revamped): or onelove, which we also have. The dances were ok, though I especially liked the second last performance because it had the most technique and genuine dancability but not as much relavance, so they didn't exactly get any prizes): but __ won! woot. and I like someone's shoes :D and I know why we couldn't have goh prac today.