Tuesday, November 27, 2007
gaoli getting hyped about the donuts
MY DONUTS! A WHOLE DOZEN!
the varietyy
haha, long hours? NO WAYYYY
WHEEE!! im officially in the group where crazy singaporeans actually queue hours to buy donuts. nuts u think! i think so too, but the queue was short today so gaoli and i decided to join the crowd! and sooooo i bought a dozen donuts. hahhha never felt sooo accomplished because people actually queue for hourssss but i queued only for 10mins! SCORE! hahaha elated ((:
Friday, November 23, 2007
WORD OF THE DAY
deipnosophist \dyp-NOS-uh-fist\, noun:
Someone who is skilled in table talk.
At the age of six his future as a deipnosophist seemed certain. Guzzling filched apples he loved to prattle. Hogging the pie he invariably piped up and rattled on.
xiao long bao in less than 2 hours! JASMINEEEE!! damn excited to meet u! dou jiang, you tiao is missing u! you stone, 3 more days!! hahahha quickly come back. cheesy n chesty r coming back tmr ald! shopping and slacking kakis, cuz the rest of sunny spore is having exams. boo.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
wiseacre \WY-zay-kuhr\, noun:
One who pretends to knowledge or cleverness; a would-be wise person; a smart aleck.
A wiseacre on the Oakland to Los Angeles shuttle this week said the next technological leap would be implanting cell phones into people's heads. He was kidding -- we think.
Yay! went to cut my hair today. my hair stylish resigned to open his own hair salon in sabah! goshhh i was sooo upset. didnt see him for some time already, wanted to visit him but he's gone! sighhh. anyways, the haircut by his peer turned out not bad. plucked my brows too. sweet. i think i look different now...got a luncheon on tmr! funky. i wannnaa eatttt. shall eat up, since amanda says i can ((:
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
WORD OF THE DAY
extirpate \EK-stur-payt\, transitive verb:
1. To pull up by the stem or root.
2. To destroy completely.
3. To remove by surgery.
A plant growing where it shouldn't is a weed. An object for which you have no need or sentimental attachment is garbage. Extirpate the one, toss the other.
I AM HOME! wheeeeee haha had supper after i touched down. many thanks to sam, kx, tim for fetching me! had prata but i had diarrhea once i got home. how sad is that man! my 1st meal in sunny (wait. it's rainy these days) ended up in the toilet barely 2 hours after. haha anyways, im REALLY glad to be home. good to see familiar things, though i think there r many new changes too! o wells.. needa go cut hair, repair phone and do a dozen things! BLAHHH WHY DOES EVERYONE HAVE EXAMS NOW!
Monday, November 19, 2007
i can hardly wait to be back! in 24hours, i'll be on the plane, prolly talking to evan and sam or sleeping! but im kinda missing perth now ald. i will miss cooking for ppl, going to school, studying in the med lib, cleaning / washing plates, going to chloe's, shopping, jogging to cottesloe beach, hanging out with friends, church n cell. gosh. now ice world kallang is back! how 4 mths made such a BIG difference. im sooo gonna check it out this week.. CANT WAIT! howdy and g'day my sunny island mates! ((: I AM ALMOST HOMEEEEE
Sunday, November 18, 2007
comport \kum-PORT\, transitive verb:
1. To conduct or behave (oneself) in a particular manner.
intransitive verb:1. To be fitting; to accord; to agree -- usually followed by 'with'.
Considered friendly and funny in private, the queen has a formal, remote air in public that some people attribute to shyness and others say is a reflection of her belief that, as monarch, she should comport herself with dignity and restraint.
Had a reallyyy good weekend at amanda's in north dandulup. haha it was a unique experience, 100acres of land with wild animals, and the house was marvellous. atop the hill, we slept in a room that u could watch stars thru the windows, wake up amidst the trees, like what cheesy says and it's just sooo serene and laidback. loved the quad bike! it was so fun riding it. now i think i shld b able to drive a car pretty fine, altho i think i almost killed mich n yvo when i jerked a lot. must say that amanda's dad is very cool, his inspirational words really hit me. joe's session was also very interesting. learnt how some people perceive love and romance to be, and lo and behold, songs of songs was mentioned. haha i think it's a sign to me. it can't be all that coincidental. i love that book. it is such an interesting book and "do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires" is repeated 3 times in that entire book. then again, i should be thinking of my first love, God. how he ought to have priority over all things. sometimes, we only remember God amidst our troubles. when we are in joy, happiness, success, we are often more self-gratified. guess i have to learn how to share my joys and sorrows with God more and be thankful.
Life down under has been soo fantastic. i can't imagine leaving this life for 3 mths, and i'm already starting to miss the weather, company, church, cell and so on. i really do love life now. God is so gracious. i think im starting to see His purpose for me in coming here instead of staying in singapore. i'll miss perth for 3 mths. can't wait to eat and catch up with family and friends back in spore tho! i hope u all miss me enough!
2 more days!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
WORD OF THE DAY
hector \HEK-tur\, noun:
1. A bully.
transitive verb:1. To intimidate or harass in a blustering way; to bully.
intransitive verb:1. To play the bully; to bluster.
salespersons who glom onto you and relentlessly hector you until you buy a service agreement.
FUNNNN DAY! i took loads n loads of chocolates, and we had great dinner at ciao italia. jo, her dad, cher and colin! yummyy... the pasta n linguine n pizza were authentically italian, i rushed down from broadway just to eat! woooo the joy of ciao. tired.
12:17 AM
WORD OF THE DAY
flaneur \flah-NUR\,
noun:One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.
The restricted hotel lobby has replaced the square or piazza as a public meeting place, and our boulevards, such as they are, are not avenues for the parade and observation of personality, or for perusal by the
flaneur, but conveyor belts to the stores, where we can buy everything but human understanding.
-- Anatole Broyard, "In Praise of Contact", New York Times, June 27, 1982had a GREAT DAY. woke up late, and cheesy came to help me to bake. some hiccups happened after she left tho, like i burnt myself and i totally ruined 1 mud cake. sigh but o wells, dinner made up for it. met amanda,chustin,jl,shane,cheesy,chez,aarky for dinner and we went to funtastico! cool restaurant, but it was not cheap. haha then i headed to sam n carol's where i had 2nd round dinner. haha it was supperrrrr fun. tmr will b MORE FUN!! sooo looking forward to our swan valley trip! ((:
o im liking the word of the day thing. it's fun, and i like today's context of use.
"boulevards, such as they are, are not avenues for the parade and observation of personality, or for perusal by the flaneur, but conveyor belts to the stores, where we can buy everything but human understanding." especially the last part. now it seems quite true to me that indeed we can buy anything and everything off the streets but human understanding. how enlightening!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
sorry i missed a day of word of the day! was cramming for last paper today! wahahh anyways, here goes!
WORD OF THE DAY
perfervid \puhr-FUR-vid\, adjective:
Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion.
Or under the button-down exterior of a familiar Westchester suburbanite was there a giant cockroach eager to mud-wrestle a man in black? Or was this merely a quirk of Miss Polk's perfervid imagination?
WHEE! looking forward to beach tmr, swan valley on thurs, cell retreat fri - sun! it's gonna b SOOOO FUN! ((: play, here i come for u!!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
WORD OF THE DAY
mercurial \mur-KYUR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
1. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god Mercury.
2. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.
3. Having the qualities of shrewdness, eloquence, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
4. Changeable in temperament or mood; temperamental; volatile.
5. Of, pertaining to, or containing mercury.
6. Caused by the use of mercury.
The bulky, white-thatched Georgia congressman was a mercurial, impulsive personality; a brilliant visionary one moment, a petulant, uncontrollable four-year-old the next.
OMG. THE WEATHER KILLLEEEDD ME TODAY. it went all the way up to 37 degrees. it was MADNESS. i wished it was FREEZING COLD. i hateee heat. nerd-ed at the med lib with kris, ange n john. ange's car is awweesommee. poor fuzzy. his car got scratched by someone, a long scratch from the front door to the tail of the car. ouch. blahhhh the heat is driving me nuts. i nneedd cold airr
Saturday, November 10, 2007
deleterious \del-uh-TIR-ee-us\, adjective:
Harmful; destructive; pernicious.
Heat, especially year-round heat, has an even more deleterious consequence: it encourages the proliferation of life forms hostile to man.
the party was not bad. at least everyone more or less enjoyed it i guess.. chloe was in suchhhhh a shock when she realised it was not the cambodia team that was in her house but us! awww.. she was really touched. i was moody the entire day, perhaps because of the cacophony of joys, laughters, endless talks and stuffs. i don't know. blah, i dun feel good. been having IBS n it's not going away. the party reminded me of the pre-perth party 52 had at mine. it was WAYYYY cool. sigh. it's sooo cool to have surprise parties!
A thousand different words
I wanna say
Yet I don’t know how to say it out.
It’s just this feeling inside me,
All jumbled up that I can’t express.
I wish I could have my way.
If only things all went well,
Troubles and sorrows all at bay.
What’s with me I say?
I guess it’s just a bad day.
Friday, November 09, 2007
polyglot \POL-ee-glot\, adjective:
1. Containing or made up of several languages.
2. Writing, speaking, or versed in many languages.
noun:1. One who speaks several languages
Yes, Burgess loved to scatter polyglot obscurities like potholes throughout his more than 50 novels and dozens of nonfiction works. He could leap gaily from Welsh to French to Malay to Yiddish in one breath.
I'm glad Chloe lovedd the spongebob shirt and the funky rockmelon i gave her, as well as the bunch of lilies. that silly girl, she makes me smile. dinner was awesome, and the cake was cool! i wish my bday will be like that too. it reminded me of my lovely gingerbread house i had for my 18th. that was MEMORABLE. i miss my sunny island friends... bleah. 10 days!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
gone with the wind. i was blown away literally. jogging at 7 is just terrible. jogged from layton to cottesloe beach, but i couldn't jog back because the wind was pushing me. yet again i zig-zaged, then i gave up. it was tooooo tedious. aching now. terribly klutzy. banged my knee in the med lib, banged my toe on the wardrobe after. little wonder why my toe nail fell out today. blah. o wells, i bought A LOT A LOT OF CHOCOLATES TODAY. i was craving it but the lady went off already. but the reason i bought them was cuz they were on sale and im sure my sunny island friends will LOVEEE THEM. 2 packs of fredo, 4 bars of Heaven, 4 bars of Cadbury. More to comeeee!! i love woolies. mehhhhhhh. i read something cool yesterday.
song of songs: throughout the entire chapter, this was repeated 3 times.
"Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires"
i'm marvelled. i saw it once, then i saw it again, and then i concentrated on looking for more, so it was three. the holy number 3. haha i'm tickled by it. seems so satirical though.
i'm gonna go on a quest to improve my deteriorating english.
WORD OF THE DAY
Ameliorate \uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt\, transitive verb:
1. To make better; to improve.
In the socially fluid and (until the crash of 1837) economically expansive 1830s, the legislature frequently appropriated public money to investigate social problems, forestall dependency, and ameliorate human suffering.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
another strange thing happened to me today. was walking out of winthrop hall after ebs exam today and i sort of tripped the pavement a bit. guess what,that broke my thong. the thong part came off and i couldnt walk without the thing flapping! in the end i had to tie a rubber band to it while attempts to call hostelites failed to retrieve a pair of slippers. went to city to shop thinking i will find something easily. murphy's law held. i didn't find any till realllyyy late in the day. a nice pair of gold heels for 16.90 was COOL! haha. tired, can't tink anymore. expended all my ATP and im left with all the ADP. red bull made me HUNGRY, because of increased metabolism this morning. it's not nice to drink, but o wells, it kept me awake for the day. nitenite, alas! a good nite's sleep is coming my way.
given up on giving up. it didn't work. tactic 2 in progress.
Monday, November 05, 2007
the day has been bizarre. was hungry while studying in the med lib n so i got dear wan ting to bring me some food. she could only get bread but it was sweet that she got butter and sugar as well! so ehhh i was in a nice position where everyone could see what i was doing. i tried to get the butter onto the bread using the serviette to as my "knife". and then i poured the sugar on. i felt quite embarassed but o well, stomach over glam. hahahhaa and i think everyone saw how weird i was. o wells. can't help it, i was THAT HUNGRY. Cher sent me home though i wanted to stay longer to do the papers and we dopped by chelsea's! YUMMERICIOUS. i had chicken tandoori while he had a nog. yummmmm. vast difference from the bread i had earlier on i must say! and when we were heading back to his car, i walked to the car, and tried to open the door.
Cher: What are you doing?
Me: Oei why you don't open the door?
Cher: What are you doinnggggg?
Me: *looked down and realised it was not Cher's car.
LOL!!! IT WAS HILARIOUS. we spent the wholeeeee minute laughing at my sillyness. i do not know how or why i thought that was his car. it was not even the SAMEEE type, or colour! it had 4 doors, not 2 and i don't know whyyyyy. but i didn't have any squids! as Amanda says, squids these days are expensive, and so i havent had them. WHY. i think it was the exam. blahhh
Sunday, November 04, 2007
indeed whoever wise said there's no shortcut in life was right. i tried to save time by frying an egg in a pot instead of the frying pan and guess what? yes right right, the egg got stuck to the bottom of the pot because it is not non-stick. blah. in the end i spent a lot of time trying to scrub the pot clean. o wells...
2:51 PM
yay! i found someone else who flys on 20th nov at 10pm to singaporee!! yay EVANN! i shrieked in the carpark in broadway when i found out. silly me. less boredom now that there is at least 1 other person that i can talk to! FA and EBS, cant wait for those 2 to end so i can focus on studying for management for 1 wholeeeeee week. sleepy.
i give up. it's painful. it will come to me in time to come.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
wheeee!! im happy after seeing fireworks. it was cool cuz i was baking and out of a sudden i heard fireworks sound. i dashed out n i was right! stood on top of the table to try to see it cuz there was a tree blocking my view. -_- hahhaa but it was fun. it's common in aus tho. when i was in sydney years ago, a school funfair ended with a fireworks show too! that was romantic tho, i remembered sitting on the grass patch watching it. study study! macro was hmmmm ehhh not that ok. mcq was hard. i took an hour, and then the short answer i didnt know what to write for one n so i smoked my way thru. bleah. FA n EBS right up!
