[d]iRt@e Lau[d]ry
Saturday, August 26, 2006
dun wanna be fugly anymore
Today I'm reminded why I haven't been to orchard shopping on a Saturday for a lOOoog time. The reason - the crowd.
As I made my way from Orchard Mrt to Taka, I took the underpass way thru wisma.. you know that long stretch of shops and that big cylindrical aquarium that pops out in the middle of nowhere. Yuppers i was making my way thru that narrow narrow walkway, late and rushing. And i really think that the town planners or whatever you call the people that decide which direction large masses of people should head towards, i think they should consider some kind of road marking system there. We could have one lane called the "plenty-of-time-to-kill" lane. Primarily for people shopping alone with plenty of time, generally no shopping direction or goal, walking at pace that will allow them to fully appreciate window displays and then decide if it would be worth their while to slowly glide into the shop with both hands firmly tucked into their pants pockets. This lane should be placed nearest to the shops and their respective display windows. Next, we have a "we-r-so-darn-late" express lane for people like moi where really need to walk fast, pay no attention to the shops and not be blocked by pockets of people gliding along slowly with their hands firmly tucked into their pant pockets. And the author fully notes that these people totally deserve their saturday afternoon leisure stroll in the most populated part of singapore but she just wishes that they would not form a defence line and block the entire road while gliding! it is not polite and frankly rather irritating for those of us with a need for speed! And lastly we'll need the temporary stop zone, for people who are smsing, people with prams waiting for the "plenty of time to kill" people who have answered the call of the window display, people who really like to stop in the middle of VERY crowded place in the middle of streams of people, just to talk, gossip, act like a statues or look like there ended up somewhere they didn't plan to be at like "hmm i though i supposed to meet ah-huat at kopi tiam why come i now at orchard..hmmm bo ko leng leh" yup there are such strange bewildered people just stationary at certain areas in Orchard. They DO exist!
Hhhh'anyway i finally found my darling at Zara.. i hesitated stepping in.. i knew i shouldn't have. especially when i'm currently at my "i'm so fugly" mood. The place was crawling with trendy tai tais, trendy and cash rich japanese tourists and size 2 stick figures browsing thru the racks. Urgh. i feel so outta place at places like this i don;t belonging and its simply hard to be at a place where you know that once you spot something you like, its probably
(a) too small (no double digit sizes)
(b) too expensive (multiple digits on price tags)
(c) all of the above
Denise didn;t buy much today only some stuff needed to kick start my " i'm-so-darn-serious-abt-losing-weight" regime. Btw if you see me, please tell me to
(a) Not drink any can drinks or syrup drinks! only H-2-O!
(b) keeping snacking to a minimum. only allowed when battling going into comatose mode during uninspiring lectures
(c) Drink more water! more more more!
Thanks kew and goods nite. ¶ 11:43 AM 1 comments
As I made my way from Orchard Mrt to Taka, I took the underpass way thru wisma.. you know that long stretch of shops and that big cylindrical aquarium that pops out in the middle of nowhere. Yuppers i was making my way thru that narrow narrow walkway, late and rushing. And i really think that the town planners or whatever you call the people that decide which direction large masses of people should head towards, i think they should consider some kind of road marking system there. We could have one lane called the "plenty-of-time-to-kill" lane. Primarily for people shopping alone with plenty of time, generally no shopping direction or goal, walking at pace that will allow them to fully appreciate window displays and then decide if it would be worth their while to slowly glide into the shop with both hands firmly tucked into their pants pockets. This lane should be placed nearest to the shops and their respective display windows. Next, we have a "we-r-so-darn-late" express lane for people like moi where really need to walk fast, pay no attention to the shops and not be blocked by pockets of people gliding along slowly with their hands firmly tucked into their pant pockets. And the author fully notes that these people totally deserve their saturday afternoon leisure stroll in the most populated part of singapore but she just wishes that they would not form a defence line and block the entire road while gliding! it is not polite and frankly rather irritating for those of us with a need for speed! And lastly we'll need the temporary stop zone, for people who are smsing, people with prams waiting for the "plenty of time to kill" people who have answered the call of the window display, people who really like to stop in the middle of VERY crowded place in the middle of streams of people, just to talk, gossip, act like a statues or look like there ended up somewhere they didn't plan to be at like "hmm i though i supposed to meet ah-huat at kopi tiam why come i now at orchard..hmmm bo ko leng leh" yup there are such strange bewildered people just stationary at certain areas in Orchard. They DO exist!
Hhhh'anyway i finally found my darling at Zara.. i hesitated stepping in.. i knew i shouldn't have. especially when i'm currently at my "i'm so fugly" mood. The place was crawling with trendy tai tais, trendy and cash rich japanese tourists and size 2 stick figures browsing thru the racks. Urgh. i feel so outta place at places like this i don;t belonging and its simply hard to be at a place where you know that once you spot something you like, its probably
(a) too small (no double digit sizes)
(b) too expensive (multiple digits on price tags)
(c) all of the above
Denise didn;t buy much today only some stuff needed to kick start my " i'm-so-darn-serious-abt-losing-weight" regime. Btw if you see me, please tell me to
(a) Not drink any can drinks or syrup drinks! only H-2-O!
(b) keeping snacking to a minimum. only allowed when battling going into comatose mode during uninspiring lectures
(c) Drink more water! more more more!
Thanks kew and goods nite. ¶ 11:43 AM 1 comments
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Rock On
first week of school came and went.
Did i survive? barely. I'm so pooped i havent had the energy to do so many things and yeah it totally Sucks. Bleah.
Welcome Tea was a blast. I enjoyed it. Energy was high, people were happy. I enjoyed it and i hope you did tOo. FRESH MEN.. come back ok.. dun run away.. or I'll HUNT YA down AND... give you a HUG... ah HA... a BIG SWEATY HUG... muahhahahha. I spent so much time on that silly video and i'm glad pple responded well to it. Thanks all for your affrimations.. if this lifesciences thing doesnt work out.. i may just have found myself a backup plan.
Speaking of lifesciences, I was pretty apprehensive about the new sem mainly because i had decided to concentrate in Bio when the rest of the world is conc in BMS. so i thought i was gonna pretty much be alone for my modules. But i figured i'm friggin a legal adult so i should just suck it up and take it as a WOoman! anyway... i'm in Uni.. nobody takes modules just so they can be with their friends anymore right.. i mean you take your friends in consideration but it'd be real silly if everyone insists on taking the same modules and end up shortchanging each other la right. And so after much self cajoling.. i decided to go ahead and take whatever modules gave me the most decent timetable even if it meant no company. *pat on the back for myself*
I was pretty freaked out la but i kept praying silently on the cab ride to school. The Lord does hear every sincere prayer and he made sure i had company for every module i went for even though i thought i had none. New friends, potential good friends.. old friends.. some how i found a familar face at every lecture. *big grins* So i truly Thank Him for the bottom of my heart. And i decided to share this with all y'all because next time you feel apprehensive about anything, please P.U.S.H - pray until something happens :) Satisfaction Guaranteed.
K at least i got to see LL and Ziwei at Developmental Bio lect... but its so strange not seeing KK and MJ... but they'll be back sOOn.. YAY hopeful with lotsa souveniers!! k enough for boring school news... Pui pui pui... more on ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA...
YEAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! *smashes guitar* *bangs head* *jumps of stage*
Have you watched "Walk the Line"? You know Johnny Cash?? Heard "Ring of fire"? Nvm.. watch this:
And then watch this:
And now that you're blood's pumping and you're all ready to go crazy and rock, WATCH THIS:
YAY. i love her. I'm in love with her. She's so crazy. Singapore Idol contestants should watch this and weep in shame.. *evil laugh*
This one tOO Oh my goodness..Blows my mind
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Did i survive? barely. I'm so pooped i havent had the energy to do so many things and yeah it totally Sucks. Bleah.
Welcome Tea was a blast. I enjoyed it. Energy was high, people were happy. I enjoyed it and i hope you did tOo. FRESH MEN.. come back ok.. dun run away.. or I'll HUNT YA down AND... give you a HUG... ah HA... a BIG SWEATY HUG... muahhahahha. I spent so much time on that silly video and i'm glad pple responded well to it. Thanks all for your affrimations.. if this lifesciences thing doesnt work out.. i may just have found myself a backup plan.
Speaking of lifesciences, I was pretty apprehensive about the new sem mainly because i had decided to concentrate in Bio when the rest of the world is conc in BMS. so i thought i was gonna pretty much be alone for my modules. But i figured i'm friggin a legal adult so i should just suck it up and take it as a WOoman! anyway... i'm in Uni.. nobody takes modules just so they can be with their friends anymore right.. i mean you take your friends in consideration but it'd be real silly if everyone insists on taking the same modules and end up shortchanging each other la right. And so after much self cajoling.. i decided to go ahead and take whatever modules gave me the most decent timetable even if it meant no company. *pat on the back for myself*
I was pretty freaked out la but i kept praying silently on the cab ride to school. The Lord does hear every sincere prayer and he made sure i had company for every module i went for even though i thought i had none. New friends, potential good friends.. old friends.. some how i found a familar face at every lecture. *big grins* So i truly Thank Him for the bottom of my heart. And i decided to share this with all y'all because next time you feel apprehensive about anything, please P.U.S.H - pray until something happens :) Satisfaction Guaranteed.
K at least i got to see LL and Ziwei at Developmental Bio lect... but its so strange not seeing KK and MJ... but they'll be back sOOn.. YAY hopeful with lotsa souveniers!! k enough for boring school news... Pui pui pui... more on ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA...
YEAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! *smashes guitar* *bangs head* *jumps of stage*
Have you watched "Walk the Line"? You know Johnny Cash?? Heard "Ring of fire"? Nvm.. watch this:
And then watch this:
And now that you're blood's pumping and you're all ready to go crazy and rock, WATCH THIS:
YAY. i love her. I'm in love with her. She's so crazy. Singapore Idol contestants should watch this and weep in shame.. *evil laugh*
This one tOO Oh my goodness..Blows my mind
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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Majulah Singapura
i have no idea why its bloody 4:30am and i'm still awake. And then when i'm desperately muggin for exams, i collapse at 11pm. Hmmph. I think textbooks and notes release a hypnotic sleep-inducing scent that make even the most hardworking, caffeine addicted junkie fall asleep at first whiff. Bah. lets not waste impt bloggin space on such meaningless chit chat....today is NATIONAL DAY! theres this song my frens from Henry park taught me it goes a lil something like this:
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The 9th of August is a holiday.
We don't have to go to school,
we all can play!
I'm dressed in my best only for TODAY!
Hip Hip Hurray its our national day!
So we sing,
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to Singapore
Happy Birthday to YOU.
Yes for some reason my friend sang it to me once when we were in Crescent and it just got stuck in my head all these YEARS. which brings me to another great mystery - why issit i can't recall something i spent an hour memorizing just the night before for exams?? Arh well. Back to one of my favourite Holidays - National Day.
I love the fireworks. I love the parade. I love the slight of entire HDB blocks with the Singapore flags proudly displayed outside their windows. I love how the cars have the cute lil flag decals. I love how some taxis even have mini flags attached to the car window. I love how when i go for supper after the parade i see people decked out in red and white at the hawker centre. I absolutely am filled with child-like anticipation and excitement when it come to the parade. And even though i can recite to you by heart, the entire and exact sequence of the parade, i will still go to the loo before the parade so i don't miss a thing. I run to the balcony when i hear the roaring of the fighter jets. I stand during the national anthem and tear when they show video montages of the past. I wave at the Tv when the President does his round on the land rover ard the stadium. I get so excited for the soldier the President stops to talk to. I hoot and whistle at the sight the ladies in the marching contigent. I gawk in amazement at how neat and perfectly synchronised the marching is. I OOgle at the navy men with their wrinkle-free pants and gleeming white shoes. And i sing at the top of my lungs with true and sincere patriotism when they start playing what i like to call the " REAL national day songs" - Stand up for Singapore, Count on me Singapore, One people One Nation, Home, Muneru Valiba..etc. And i wait at the steps of Marina Square at 6 o clock on tuesdae, just to see a 10 minute showcase of fireworks at 9 pm, and then get herded to the mrt station together with the other 500 people that come to do the same thing :) Singaporeans do not always express how we feel. In fact we keep to ourselves too much. But that makes it especially heart warming to see people show love and enthusiam for their country on August 9th every year. Sigh. I think now i know why i cant sleep. I'm just too darn proud to be Singaporean on this very special National Day.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
The Lakehouse Decoded
This will probably only help those who've watched the movie and kinda sorta understood it :)
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