Wednesday, March 29, 2006

purchasing power...

I'm so tired! I went shopping with Hye Jung and Liwen today. Bought nice stuff! Haha! I LOVE SHOPPING!!! Wahahahaha! We took the bus to Central London. Got off at Tottenham Court Road. I love the name of that road. I'm sorry, lame as it seems, I do have a reason. It was mentioned in one of my favourite movies, My Fair Lady, starring the legendary Audrey Hepburn. Ok, fine. Oh, and we passed Drury Lane! Haha! Where the gingerbread man lives! Hahahaha! You don't get it? Sigh. You people have no childhood. A hint, it's a nursery rhyme. Sigh. Some people.

Anyways, we hit the shops immediately the moment we got off that smelly bus. (The red double deckers no longer have the same effect on me when I first arrived here in jolly ol' London.) First stop: Dorothy Perkins! Big sale, man! 70% off! We went nuts in that store. Haha.

We headed to Starbucks after that for a perk-me-up. My first Caramel Macchiato in a very long time! Heaven!

Hye Jung. She's camera shy.
Liwen and I. (I look ugly today.)
Hye Jung and I.
The remains of our meal. (I was bored, ok?!)

Then we slowly made our way up towards Oxford Street. Along the way, we stopped at The Body Shop and then a tea shop. According to Hye Jung, the tea they sell is quite famous. So I bought a couple bags of tea leafs. They smell nice. Haha. Then we went to Topshop. (Duh. A visit to Central London is NEVER complete without a stop at Topshop.) I bought a black halter top! Yay!

Weather today was horrendous. I thought it was gonna be nice and sunny and calm all day long, with an occasional breeze. I thought wrong. It was sunny and warm at first, but then an absolute gale started and it started raining when we got to Starbucks. And smart little me wore a skirt. Skirts and strong, blowing wind are not good bedfellows. Remember that.

Monday, March 27, 2006

down, down, down...

I had my English exam today. Bloody disaster. It was an absolute massacre. English usually is my best subject, if I may say so myself. It was tough! I was sweating bullets there in the examination room. What a cliche! If only I'd sweated a gun along with those bullets! Then BOOM! No more exam torture! It would still leave me with a slightly complicated situation: me being dead. That, is not exactly what I want.

Today was Brazilian Night. This basically means that the Brazilian students in my college throws together some gunk in the kitchen and call it Brazilian cuisine, and then they force everyone in the canteen to eat it. Their sweets were pretty nice, I'll give them that. Aslan (That's my Math teacher. He's from Turkey. Isn't his name cool? It mean 'lion' in Turkish. Incidentally, he has the same name as the lion in The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe.) told me my math exam grade in the cafeteria during dinnertime, amidst all the samba music. Pity such great news still didn't make me feel great. (I saw a certain BOY talk to an unimportant, undeserving GIRL. Bitch.) I got a freakin' 93%! Woohoo! I haven't seen that number written on any of my papers for such a long time! Come to think of it, I haven't seen a 93 on any of my papers before at all! Well, of course there's Primary 1 and 2, but those don't really count, do they? I mean, practically everyone get's like 100% for their exams then, right?

Well, I watched two Hugh Grant movies today after dinner with Liwen (from China), my classmate. First, we watched Bridget Jones' Diary, which is all about a fat girl who gets lucky in love and has two gorgeous guys fighting over who gets to bonk her. How interesting, huh? Well, I probably would've enjoyed this movie more if I hadn't already watched it a dozen times. Oh well. Next, we continued with About A Boy. This one's slightly better. It's about a boy (DUH.) who befriends a guy. Oh heck, go watch it urselves. I can't be bothered to type out the whole story here. It's depressing. So if u're a fat, lonely, pathetic, soppy, sad singleton like me, watch it. Its feel-good ending makes u feel like drowning a cute little puppy. (Don't worry, I'm an animal lover. This is just a figure of speech.)


Do u think it's possible? Hmm. We'll see. You make me fly, mister.

Sunday, March 26, 2006

my lists...

As promised, here are my two lists. Enjoy! (Who am I kidding? This is my worst post! I've got writer's block!)

10 Things I Hate
1. Being single
2. Cheating boy/girlfriends
3. Not having enough girlfriends to do 'girly' things with
4. The sucky weather in London
5. Not being able to live without makeup
6. Backstabbers (I see this in everyone's list of things they hate, so I figured I should include it in
my list too)
7. Underground muggers (the type that keep asking u how u study and borrow ur work to see
what mark u got)
8. Not having any drinking buddies to go pubbing/clubbing with
9. Watching people be sick after too much alcohol
10. Being sick after too much alcohol

10 Things I Love
1. Orlando Bloom (Don't ANYONE try to talk me out of this one.)
2. Shopping (Duh. I LOVE SHOPPING. Period.)
3. Lilies (Is that how u spell it? God, my English is going downhill.)
(I heard roses are for eternal love and lilies are for sweetness)
4. Pubbing/Clubbing/just drinks with friends
5. Starbucks Caramel Macchiato
6. The fact that I'll be spending the next 3-4 years in lovely ol' London
7. Being romanced
8. Parties
9. Loving someone with all my heart (ok, this hasn't happened in a very long time. But hopefully
I will one day.)
10. Long walks on the beach during sunset with that special someone (same as above)


See? This is the problem with having too much free time. You start to do really silly things, then u question ur own sanity. And THEN u start talking to urself/the four walls. And that, my dear friends, is the point when u realise that u have gone totally and completely insane with boredom.

Moral of the story here? Don't ever let urself succumb to the forceful pull of boredom. Strap urself into a straitjacket and practice trying to be Houdini.

Saturday, March 25, 2006

babbling...

I'm so bored now. Now that the Math and Business exams are over, I have so much free time on my hands, I don't even know what to do with it. I hate feeling bored. It gets to the point where u start to watch crappy clips on the internet (youtube.com. Hehe.)

I went to watch Corpse Bride just now on DVD night. It's a nice film. Nothing to go like "Ahhh!!!" over, but it's pretty sweet. The story is really predictable, but the animation is pretty cool. I like Tim Burton (the director). Don't ask me why. His movies turn out pretty ok usually. I wanted to watch this movie mainly cos Johnny Depp was the voice of Victor (the male lead). I love Johnny Depp! That guy is one talented actor. Anyways, the ending of Corpse Bride is really touching and sweet. Moved me to tears! (I'm emotional. I can't help it. So sue me.)

After a night of crazy fun, I feel sort of wild. I'm just itching to get out there and have some fun. But too bad. All my friends are such stay-at-home type of girls. No drinking girlfriend to go out with, all guys only. So sad, right? Can't wait for Tuesday, though. Shopping! My all-time favourite pastime! Just my luck to have no cash!

I'm trying to read A Tale of Two Cities now, by Charles Dickens. Failing miserably. It's a tough read. This is one of those days where I have absolutely no interest in anything around me. I need something to occupy myself! For instance, a BOYFRIEND. Damn it, are all the good guys all taken already?!

Ooh, and I heard some good news today! Somebody potentially hot broke up with his girlfriend recently! (My god. I'm such a bitch! Here I am rejoicing in someone else's misery. What have I become?!) Haha! Oh who cares? Now I can try my luck! Hahaha! And the best thing is, he's asian too! I'd prefer a Caucasian guy, but this fella is pretty hot, so heck! (Oh god, I sound like a bimbo. Yeugh.)

Sigh. Ok, back to boredom again. Since I'm so bored, I shall go think of a list of things I hate most and a list of things I love best. Will post it once I'm done.

Partay!

Yesterday was great. I had a marvellous time at the boat party. We (Yu Ting, Yu Yi, the twins, Michelle and Melissa, and I) all were so crazy last night. Hahaha! We had such a great time laughing and joking around. These girls are tremendous fun.

We went up the River Thames, up to Westminster. London by night is really beautiful. Unfortunately, it was pretty cold, what with the wind blowing out on deck. After an hour's time, the dance floor inside was totally cramped with gyrating bodies. As usual, the Russians went totally crazy and danced the night away. We passed the Tower Bridge and the London Eye. Gorgeous!


London view by night. This was at Cutty Sark pier.

Haha. I accidentally pressed the button just as Michelle was taking a picture for Yu Ting or Yu Yi. (I forgot which.)

Michelle and Yu Yi.

This photo was taken by Melissa. We were acting totally mad.

Another crazy picture. We were just getting warm.

Photo whoring.

Tower Bridge is beautiful by night.

Another picture of Tower Bridge. Beautiful.

I can't remember what I was trying to take, but it looks artistic anyway. Haha.

London Eye! Sorry it's so blurry. The boat was moving pretty fast.

I really wanna go on that! I heard the view from way up there is absolutely brilliant.

Another mad photo. Michelle (middle) gets kissed by Yu Yi (left) and Yu Ting (right) and I am supposed to look angry. Wahahahaha!

My boyfriends! Haha! That's Faik in white and Yusuki in black. Faik's from Turkey, Yusuki's from Japan.

Michelle and I trying to act like bimbos. Hahaha!

I drank so much last night! We had Smirnof ice at first, then Chung (Vietnamese guy in my class) bought me tequila. First time, man! It was great! I love tequila! I had a total of four shots. (1 with Chung, 1 with Faik, Chung, Adil and some other Turkish guy, and 2 with Michelle) Tequila rawks! After that, Michelle and I shared a beer. Fosters! Hahaha! I think the party ended too early. Only 12am! I was a little woozy when I got back. Totally pissed. I have such a headache now though. Sigh. I'm never gonna drink again. (Ok, that's just a plain lie.)

Friday, March 24, 2006

touchy feely

I don't believe it! That does it. He wins. Hands down. He's the king. No competition. I give up. He should get an Academy Award. Loser of the Year, anyone? Holy shit. He really is completely clueless. Un-fucking-believable.

I was studying in the library today, minding my own goddamn business. And who should come along, but Mr. Brain-dead himself, in the flesh! Just my luck, huh? And of course, with the rotten streak of luck I've been having lately, he has to plonk himself RIGHT NEXT TO ME!!!!! And, NO, he CANNOT TAKE A HINT! I moved my chair away from him and I even sat more towards the other side, far far away from him. My butt was like half off the chair already. Still he sat there, nonchalant like anything. What's he want me to do?! Stand on a chair and yell at the top of my lungs, "GO AWAY, SHITHEAD!!!"?! Seriously, man. And do something about that hair! Golden colour is only for Ah Bengs.

HE TOUCHED ME! He actually TOUCHED ME! ARGH!!! When he was going off (I was doing my best trying to ignoring him. If he actually used his brain abit, he'd have noticed MY MP3 EARPLUGS WERE JAMMED INTO MY EARS.), he tapped me on the shoulder. UGH!!!!! I felt a shiver go down my spine and my skin totally crawled. YUCK! It was totally GROSS! I mean, COME ON, MAN! Don't anyhow touch girls! We can shout molest or rape even when it didn't occur and you'd still be totally screwed! It's our word against yours!

So a warning to all guys out there: Unless the girl u're groping up is YOUR GIRLFRIEND, keep ur dirty paws off the fine female specimens around u.

Boat party tomorrow! Can't wait! Course, there'll be the darn exams first. I'll take lots of pictures at the boat party, so don't worry! U guys won't be missing out on much. Except the music. And the people. And the food. And the dancing. And the boat going up the River Thames. And the drinks. Oh, the drinks! Ah well. It's ok. U won't be missing out THAT much. Hahaha! That's all then. So long!

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

thou shalt leave name when tagging...

"You walk around everyday, meeting hundreds of people, without knowing who they are, what they feel and the pain they have inside." - a quote from the Invalid, a film made by the Russian media students

I have nothing much to write about today. I think I went overboard yesterday. Hahaha. Just the usual today. Woke up, had breakfast, saw HIM in the cafeteria, had math class, saw HIM again (he came to my class about the school yearbook) (man, his blue eyes are GORGEOUS up close!), went home, had lunch, slacked around, went to the library, saw HIM again (this time studying with my pretty friend whom he's probably interested in so this means that I now have no chance whatsoever), tried to study, ended up feeling fucking sleepy, nothing went in at all, and yada yada yada. You guys fill in the rest of the gaps.

I have this thing about people who like to tag on your tagboard but don't put their name. Like, WHAT THE HELL?! There's nothing wrong with putting your name down! Grow up, please! What can I do to u even if u put ur name down? I'm like halfway across the world! And it's not like I'll get offended at every little teensy thing people say about me. If I were to be that kind of person, I'll be out of my mind already! There's such a thing as FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I know that, ok? So please, people, enough already. Anonymous people are just cowards. You wanna insult me, then do it with guts. You wanna just leave a comment, fine, but it sure is nicer to know who it is. I'm not gonna block my blog, like put a password so only people I trust can read it. I want anyone who stumbles across it to have access to it. If you don't like what u read here, then don't! I didn't ask YOU to come here to read my thoughts! I have every right to write whatever I want. Who are u to judge me? So please, people, leave your name when u tag.

Remember, the owner of the blog shall not be liable for anything u read here. No defamation too, please.

Right. Well, that's really all I have to say for now. Later, then.



Oh, and by the way, anonymous, please don't get too smug that just cos u're "anonymous", I don't have a pretty good idea of who u are. *smiles sweetly* Oh, but don't worry, I love all mankind. Or rather "all of god's children". (Thanks for reminding me, by the way.) So u're perfectly fine. Ciao!

my longest post to date...

Tired. So tired today. Well, with only 3 hours of sleep, what else can I expect huh? Woke up today feeling totally zombified. My eyebags have quadrupled in size and darkened like the thunderclouds that hang over cheery ol' London these few days. At least i'll fall asleep pretty easy tonight. Yeah, right.

I went to Deptford to get my shoes repaired today. Thanks to the fact that I have almost zero girlfriends to hang out with now (because of three people whose names I shall not mention) and those that I'm actually friendly with all have class in the morning when I don't (because of the fucked up college people who arrange the timetables), I had to endure a whole freakin' hour of absolute mind-numbing, eyeball-popping, brain-squishing, blood-sucking, hair-raising, limb-tearing, nail-clawing hour with a totally brainless, humourless, unintellectual, uninteresting excuse of a male specimen. Can u say fugly?! This guy totally takes the top prize for Loser of the Year! I can just hear everyone asking now, "Then why'd u choose to hang out with him?" That's just it! I DON'T! This fruitcake constantly, and i do mean constantly, comes to me! And I am such a nice person, I couldn't hurt a fly! I couldn't be so mean to people who were nice to me in the first place. But seriously, this guy keeps coming on to me. I wish I had a boyfriend. Here are 3 reasons why:

1. I can tell the guy to back off cos I'm already off the market! (Woohoo! Boy, what I wouldn't give to actually be able to say that!)

2. I can tell my boyfriend that LOTY is hitting on me and my bf will then proceed to tear and rip his wussy little body to shreds.

3. If I had a boyfriend, I wouldn't need to be seen in public with this fruit basket cos i'd have my boyfriend to call out.


See what I mean by "I HATE BEING SINGLE"? Don't even try talking me out of this.

So anyways, this guy is just totally horrendous and what actually makes it all the more funny (for me) and worse (also for me), is that he is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, INCREDULOUSLY CLUELESS!!!!! I mean, how much can I hint that I am so not interested in u fugly little puny ass?! We're walking back to the school right? And we're taking the church path and there he is telling some stupid ass story about a monk and some kid and his mute grandma. I kid u not. And I was totally not listening! (the big, fat crows in the leafless trees were so much more interesting) (trust me, it was BAD.) And in the end he asked a question (which I didn't hear). (At this point, my eyes were already glazed over.) I didn't hear it right? So I didn't reply. Then suddenly i realised that it was quiet. I was about to jump around and shout "Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!" in sheer and utter unbridled joy, when he started all over again. By this time, we'd reached the traffic light near the college. Now, this traffic junction is my bane. It is the slowest light to turn green and the fastest one to turn red. So I unintentionally interrupted his speech on God-only-knows-what-the-fuck-he-was-yabbering-about and said, "For the love of God, turn green NOW!". And then I realised that I'd just blurted that out aloud. So as not to appear like a total meanie, I said, "Uh, cos it's so cold, y'know?" And will u believe it, he agreed with me, paused for awhile, and looked me over once. (I swear, even though I was pretty warm under my new Dorothy Perkins jacket, which, by the way, is really cool, goose pimples started to crawl all over my body.) I mean, I felt that I was being molested! It was GROSS!!!!! And then he said, "You should wear more clothes, u noe. Like my jacket." WTFH! His jacket looks like a reject from the Salvation Army Charity Store!

I know some of u out there are probably saying, "Why are u so mean?! Give this guy a chance! He sounds pretty nice! And he can't be all that bad right?" U can all fucking kiss my ass. Before u judge me, allow me to indulge u in some lovely, lovely thoughts of what this guy looks like. He's taller than me (Duh. I know I'm short. So bite me.), pretty puny body (He tells me he goes to the gym. I am not fooled.) and no fashion sense whatsoever (I mean, a green tee over a red long-sleeved tee. What, is it Christmas already again? And always the same ratty pair of jeans everyday! I know u can wear the same pair of jeans everyday and supposedly no one will notice. But some people do! The very least u could do is interchange the pairs u have everyday!). He doesn't take care of his skin at all! (His lips are cracked and sore to the point of almost bleeding, his face is like peeling and his hands are bone dry and cracked. Hello?! Ever heard of face lotion and chapstick?!) He doesn't shave sometimes, so there are long (and i mean LONG), straggly hairs poking out from his chin, that hint of stubble on the sides of his face, (which can be really sexy on some men but DEFINITELY NOT on him) and the moustache on top of his mouth.

Digressing a little here, I saw this Turkish/Russian/Kazhakstan/Ubekhistan guy who has a goatee (which is not what our friend has here. a PROPER goatee.), well-kept, well-groomed. HOT, HOT, HOT, man. kudos to Turkish/etc guy! Now why couldn't he have been the one to have the hots for me, not Mr. I-don't-give-a-shit-about-my-looks-cos-it's-natural-baby? Huh, HUH, HUH?!


Wait, I'm not finished. I'm sorry if I am boring u poor, poor people with this endless deluge of complaints.

Mr. Loser here thinks that he is God's gift to women (or the world). He seriously needs an ego check. I think he might just explode from sheer delight that he's such a total bombshell! (pun intended. haha!) Man, this guy is such a joke! He is so obnoxious that he's totally oblivious to the insults people throw to him. Some random guy who lives in my residence block said LOTY (Loser of the Year) acts gay and probably is too. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE. I have nothing against gay fellows. (I love Brokeback Mountain. Brilliant film.) If this guy looked anything close to Jake Gyllenhaal (who is a total hottie) or Heath Ledger (an absolute gorgeous hunk 'o burnin' love), sheesh! I wouldn't be here complaining my ass off already. LOTY is so gay he doesn't realise it himself. (You kinda have to be here to see how funny it gets. I laugh my ass off EVERY SINGLE TIME. I am not joking.)

Plus, he makes really weird comments or exclaimations. No, not weird like English comments, like "Cheers, mate!" which means a whole lotta things. (LOTY is a chinese by the way, so i'm not being racist here. hah!) That can mean "Thanks, friend!" or "Thanks, and have a great day ahead!", et cetera. No, he makes weird exclaimations like, "Ah dui!" WHAT THE FUCK IS "AH DUI"?! That's like the sound that dried-up, prune-textured aunties who go to the wet market everyday to gossip and inhale the fresh, pure scent of raw fish, chicken and pork make when they bang into something. THEY go, "Ah dui!". NO EXCUSE FOR THIS ONE, MAN.


Bottom line: I DON'T LIKE U, MAN. GET THE HINT AND STAY THE FUCK OUTTA MY FACE.



Shitters. This entry is so long and I haven't even started about the film fest my college's media students had. Oh wells. U guys have more to read then! Haha!

Well, as I mentioned above, my college's media students held a film fest today. I saw some really cool short films. Most were great, but some were totally crappy. The media students did short films as their coursework. (Lucky bastards. No exams for them this term.) Some of my friends were the stars in the films. They also aired a short film that a group of Russians did during their own free time. It's called Invalid and it's Russian. I guess u could call it a foreign short film then. It had 3 stories in the film. One was of this quiet, shy girl who secretly liked this popular guy, who also secretly liked her back, but he was already attached to one of the popular girls. This popular girl had a deep, dark secret: her brother was a druggy! muahahahaha! the guy who acted the druggy looked totally drug-free, rosy cheeks and all. So not realistic. Anyways, this popular girl has a best friend who is a model. The story is as follows:

One day, quiet girl is in the library, scanning books on the shelf, and who should be directly opposite her looking at books too! The camera zooms in on the girl pretending to look at the book titles when all she's doing is sneaking peeks at the guy. Then the camera cuts to the boy who's doing exactly the same. Then, Little Miss Popular and her best friend come into the library. She bangs into Quiet Girl and she falls to the ground. Popular girl barely glances at her and immediately leeches herself to her boyfriend who just gave QG a cold stare. Camera zooms in on QG glancing up at Mr Popular hopefully.

QG now heads to the park and sits on the grass with her notebook, doodling dreamily. Incidentally, Popular girl's model best friend is about to have a photoshoot at that exact same park. (Ironic huh?) Photographer gets there early and takes some random shots of the park and it's surroundings. It so happens that the photographer snaps a picture of QG stretching slowly with a smile on her face, which makes her really pretty, which I guess is a key point in the film, cos she doesn't smile at all throughout the rest of the film.
Now, model girl leaves popular girl after she asks mr popular for moolah. Then cut to the school counsellor who counsels popular girl who tells her her parents died when she was young and that her brother is a druggy.

Councellor: "Do you have any friends?"
Ms Popular: "Yeah, of course. I have my best friends."
Councellor: "Why do you think they're your best friends?"
Ms Popular: "Because they won't betray you."

Then another counselling session, this time with QG. She confesses her secret love for Mr Popular and that he doesn't care for her.
Counsellor: "Then you must end it." What kinda crap advice is that?
QG nods sadly: "Yes, I must end it."

Cut back to model girl. She's prepping for her shoot and her makeup artist brushes on some non-existent powder on her cheeks. She holds a mirror and admires her. Photographer yells at her to hurry and she turns around so quickly and suddenly that she drops the mirror, which shatters to a million pieces. (GASP!) (The director of the film made a really big deal out of the mirror falling and breaking.)

Now, cut back to a very dark room. A shadow sits on the bed, curled up in pain, misery and inner demons. It's the druggy brother, held tight in the claws of drug addiction! The good sister rushes in with the money her loving boyfriend gave her on the pretext of her love of shopping. Druggy then goes out, looking all spright and with a lovely grey hoodie that I am positive all drug addicts will be sure to wear. He exchanges the money with some guy for drugs. (Duh.)

Cut now to the model girl. After her shoot, she's rushing to meet up with her friends. Talking on the cellphone, she crosses the road. And guess what happens? Yup, she kena langa by car. (Only we don't get to see the actual langa-ing, but we hear tires screeching and a piercing scream and the screen goes black.) So I guess bad luck catches up on u. (remember the broken mirror?)

Back to the druggy brother. (This part is good. The director did all the proper research. LOL.) He's administering the drugs now via injection. He tightens the belt on his arm, slaps his arm abit and the camera closes up on his face, full of concentration and determination to get to the ultimate high. (This part is now abit sucky.) After the injection, he got high a tad to fast. Drugs act fast when directly injected into the bloodstream, but not THAT fast. This guy took all of 3 seconds to get high. Hahaha. The guy collapses onto the floor, obviously due to an OD. Popular girl enters and runs to his side, calling his name hysterically, finally dissolving into tears. (Ever heard of 911, girl?)

Cut to the quiet girl. She's in her room, also in semi darkness, and she has photos of the guy pinned up. She writes a note, ending with "I love you, I love you, I love you..." and pins that up too. Then she downs a handful of sleeping pills and after awhile she heads to the shower, turns on the water and slides down to her knees.

Back to model girl. She's lying in bed, supposedly crying (she was looking pathetic and was sniffling like anything), looking at the newspaper. Apparently, she's out of danger but will never be able to model again. But, the newspaper proclaims, that is ok, because of another new rising star (some unpronouncable Russian girl's name). The popular girl comes in but leaves shortly to get her friend some water. In comes the boy, and he tries to console the model girl, but she snaps at him and tells him to care about himself and his girlfriend first. She then reveals her best friend's secret (the druggy brother) to the boy.

Mr Popular leaves the room in a storming rage, banging the walls. Finally he bangs on a door of a flat, which so happens to be QG's room. He enters without permission (no more privacy nowadays!). The bathroom door is open and from our view, the girl is lying motionless on the floor of the shower. He pushes the door close. (Everyone laughed at this part.) He notices his pictures and the note pinned on the board. He sees the pills and pieces everything together. He opens the bathroom door slowly, only to find his love soaking wet, possibly already dead. Instead of calling any emergency numbers to get help, he bolts out the door, down the stairs and out into the streets, finally collapsing into a heap.



Like, what the hell right? So anticlimax. Hahahaha. One thing's for sure, though. Russians don't have emergency numbers. The number of people who could be saved if they only knew the three magic numbers: 9-1-1. Haha.

Well, guess that's art for u, huh? Hahaha. It was pretty good, considering these people haven't shot any films before.

Ok, enough. My fingers are numb with cold already. (The radiator in my room switches off automatically every 2 hours. What's the use, I ask u?) I've been typing for over an hour. See how much I sacrifice? Be thankful. Hahaha.

Enough, no more. T'was not as sweet as before.
Good God. I still remember my Sec 4 Literature. Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, if anyone's curious.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

fuck u insomnia...

I can't sleep. I can't fucking sleep. I'm tired as hell but i can't bloody get to sleep. all thanks to this lovely thing we call insomnia. and thanks to it, u all are gonna have to endure being bored out of your minds reading the next paragraph.

According to Wikipedia, insomnia is characterized by an inability to sleep and/or to remain asleep for a reasonable period. Many believe that insomnia is a sleep disorder, but it is not. It is a symptom, as insomniacs typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or 'rest their mind' for more than a few minutes at a time. As opposed to being a sleep disorder, insomnia is most often caused by sleep disorders, though they are not the only causes. Other causes include fear, stress, anxiety, medications, herbs and caffeine. An overactive mind or physical pain may also be the cause of the problem. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 60 million Americans each year suffer from insomnia. Insomnia tends to increase with age and affects about 40 percent of women and 30 percent of men. Whatever the case, it is important to find the underlying cause of the insomnia if it is to be cured.

Tell me, then, since I am neither American, nor am I old, and I'm not on any medication of any sort, and I am as relaxed as a mountain goat in the Swiss Alps (figure of speech please), why the fucking hell can't I sleep?! I'm resorting to math to put me to sleep! The amount i'm doing ought to put me into a coma by now! Man, at this rate, I'm gonna get a 100% for my math exam already! (Ok please don't take this seriously. I am not liable for any comments I make in my blog.)

ARGH! FUCK U INSOMNIA!!!!!!!

Monday, March 20, 2006

lovely (slightly marred) day

holy crap. i'm pooped. my feet hurt like hell. (damn those high heels that look great but pinch your toes like anything) what i wouldn't give for a nice big old-fashioned bathtub with four claws as the legs filled with warm water, with scented bath oils poured liberally in, sprinkled with rose petals. ahh, heaven! sorry, do let me indulge in my little fantasies here. haha.

i went shopping with katie. we were supposed to go to hard rock cafe with the other under 18s. but that got cancelled. so we went to canary wharf for some long awaited shopping. man, retail therapy totally rawks! i bought my favourite style of underwear at topshop (oh, come on! like u don't wear underwear?), and a coat (finally!) from dorothy perkins. SALE! my absolute favourite word in the entire world. haha. katie is great to go shopping with. what a fun girl! so bubbly and perky. she's from hong kong, like sophy.

after that, we headed back to greenwich village and went for dinner at this chinese restaurant called Da Wan Mian (Dae Won Mein in cantonese and Big Bowl of Noodles in english. oh the evils of direct translation! hahaha!) nice food. pretty reasonable too. i think one of the guys working there has the hots for katie. haha. she was so disgusted. i'm so full now. sigh. my stomach's satisfied, but my heart isn't. feel guilty for eating so much!

we came straight back after this. oh my god! one more thing! it was horrible! i bloody hell overslept today! what the fuck! i had mock exam today too! so freakin' pissed with myself. i got up and i was absolutely flabbergasted to see the clock hands pointing at 12.10! all cos i forgot to turn my alarm clock on last night. sigh. so terrible. lessons cost a bomb here and here i am oversleeping. sigh. well, that's all for now. take care all, and god bless.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

no one cares

thanks to haiqal for quoting me on his blog. spread the love, yeah? unfortunately, i have this feeling that it's like what the journalist in Hotel Rwanda said, "they'll all say it's horrible, and then go right on and eat their dinners.". it isn't gonna do a damn thing. sigh. i'm not being preachy or anything. I know some people say, "heck, like u aren't racist at some point in your life!" alright, that is true. i have allowed prejudice to get the better of me. let me tell u, looking back, that is definitely not something i'm proud of. but hell, i'm no angel. but i can tell u one thing, i'm gonna try to change that part of me from now on.

well, gotta run now. i'm not supposed to be using my laptop. i really should be studying. sigh. it really is getting me nowhere. hard rock cafe tomorrow. i'm not that interested in it now, but i've paid, so now i gotta go. ok, later then.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

spread the love

"why are people so cruel?" "hatred. insanity. i don't know." that was an exchange between two men in the film Hotel Rwanda. yes, that is extremely true.
i just returned from watching a truly inspiring film. it certainly touched a chord with me. as usual, tears really couldn't be helped. it filled me with such sadness and emotion. i believe i have written on this topic in yesterday's post, but allow me to unload again.
why must there be racial discrimination? if only we could have racial harmony in this world, it would be a much better place. peace would reign. no fighting, no wars, no petty arguments over who's right and who's wrong. why can't we ever learn to love our neighbours? god made us all equal beings. aren't we all the same? don't we have the same two eyes, the same four limbs, the same organs? don't we all breathe in the same air? don't we all have the same beating heart? we are all god's children. why can't our hearts beat as one, and learn to love each other? racial discrimination is cruel and stupid. really, it is. why can't people see that?
so, people, love your neighbours. spread the love. pass it on.
then there won't be so much hatred in this world.

Friday, March 17, 2006

world peace

back from a hectic day. can someone explain why everyone does their laundry at the exact same time? murphy's law working against me. sigh. had to fight teeth and bone to get an available washing machine.

school was so utterly boring. at many points i felt tempted to pull the trigger to the gun i had held against the temple of my head. boy, wouldn't i like to punch out my business teacher's lights out! if only i could. he is getting on my nerves, which are as strained as can be as it is.

i'm starting to feel ostracized from my group of friends in class. i get this weird feeling. we are just so not on the same frequency anymore. and just cos they're moving out of residence into private housing and my dear darling mother refused to let me. sigh. it's sad. but i guess being alone is ok huh? as i so eloquently put it in my entry yesterday, being alone is not THAT bad.

i've been reading pride and prejudice, written by the legendary jane austen. beautiful story. there was a movie made too, based on the book, starring keira knightley as elizabeth bennet. well, they couldn't have picked a better choice to starr as the heroine of the story. I think that reading the book is actually far better than watching the movie. i mean, as u read, u imagine the scenery and the characters and the situations. what a sad, sad world it would be without imagination! that's the pure beauty of reading. it leaves the reader to process the beautiful words and transform them into magnificent images in his/her mind.

i shall watch hotel rwanda tomorrow on dvd night. another great story, this time perfectly true. and totally gruesome as well. the story is of genocide. that's really so sad. my teacher was telling me today, that he had a friend who was a Rwandan and he went abroad to study, bringing his wife and child, cos Rwanda didn't have any university. when he returned to Rwanda after all the unrest, he discovered he no longer had any family. absolutely no one. his mother, father, brothers and sisters, everyone he held dear had been brutally murdered. and the worse thing was, he actually had to negotiate with those cold-blooded murderers for the return of his mother's body so that he could give her a proper burial. god rest their souls. i feel so sorry for those who lost their lives or those who lost dear ones in that horrible act of unthinkable cruelty and stupidity. why do people want to fight just because of race, or skin colour? aren't we all the same underneath it all? we're all living, breathing creatures. what's so different if one is white and the other is black? i don't see any difference. sigh. if only this world didn't have so much anger and hatred, it'd be a better place.

enough venting now. i really must focus on my work. 1 more week to exams.

being alone ain't all that bad

it's 2am now, uk time. so that makes it effectively 17th march 2006. so this doesn't count as 2 posts in one day right? alright, stupid comment.
moving along. something occured to me today. it struck me as i was looking around at the students in my college. so many of the couples don't even look compatible together. i don't mean that they don't look good together. cos they do. they both look great, absolutely gorgeous beings. but i can just sense they're not that into each other. only 2 reasons for that.
1. they've been together so long that they're already so comfortable with each other and the passion in their relationship has almost/completely fizzled out
or 2. they're together cos they're afraid of being alone.
and the latter got me thinking. is being alone that difficult? is being alone that bad? this makes being single seem like a sin.
from my point of view, being single isn't THAT bad. well, u have ur stormy days. but it's also pretty ok. i mean, u don't have to handle all the problems couples have, for one thing. sure, the feeling of love is great and all. but what if that goes? what will u be left with? will u be left crawling on the ground, scrounging around for what's left of your dignity? or will u be left with ur dignity intact and leave the other picking up the pieces of their heart?
anyways, back to the point. people are so afraid of being alone that even if they have totally no feeling for the other person, they agree to hook up. where's the fun in that? it'll be so one-sided.
guess u can fake it. but what satisfaction does that give u? is it possible to actually learn to love a person gradually over time?
from my observation, some couples in my college are so not for each other. i mean, imagine this. (this is true, by the way. i noticed a couple in the library today. see, no wonder i am not concentrating on business notes huh? so much more interesting stuff going around me than maslow's hierachy of needs. haha!) the guy is a hot dude and the girl is fugly. i mean, REALLY fugly. i'm no stunning beauty, but seriously. anyway, the girl is fawning over him like some kind of leech. and the guy couldn't give a damn at all about her! she was talking a mile away for at least 15 minutes and the guy was flipping through a magazine the whole time! he wasn't even paying attention to her! then she got kinda irritated and asked, "Are u even listening to me?" and (get this, this is the best part!) he went, "What?" and pulled the earphone of his ipod out of his left ear. (she was sitting on his right) hahahaha! i wanted to burst out with laughter at the expression on fugly's face. it was priceless! and the guy just got up with a laissez-faire expression on his face and said, "i gotta go for class now. see u later." in a dull tone, plugged his earphones back in his ears and slouched off. felt kinda sorry for fugly then. she looked like she was gonna start bawling away in the middle of the graveyard quiet of the library. i swear the books were tearing themselves out at the spine over her sad, sad situation.
the point is, this guy's friend is also attached. now that is a match made in heaven. the couple is beautiful beyond words. they were a couple even before they came to this college. apparently, the girl's parents sent her here and when her boyfriend heard, he also enrolled into this college. now that's love, man. of course he's also super loaded, hence the ability to uproot from wherever he was and join her. so fugly's guy hooks up with her only because his friend is happily attached and he thinks he can achieve the same high with fugly. unfortunately, that is so not the case. he doesn't even give her the time of day. well, all the best to them. wanna bet how long this relationship's gonna last? face the facts. he is so not into her. one thing i've learnt, love is a force of nature (quote courtesy of brokeback mountain) and there's no use fighting it. u just cannot force someone to love u against their will. it just will not work. and vice versa.
alright, gonna go right now. eyes closing already. by the way, thanks for the song, mei ying. u guys, go see my current playlist. haha. great song. it's on repeat. makes me feel all nice and warm inside. and a bit sad too. ok, really must go now. adios.

new blog

well, this is my second blog. too many posts in the other one already. and i'm getting sick of the bloody slow download.
ok, update. exams next week. bloody fuck. this is worrying. i don't feel that prepared. next monday, i'll be going to hard rock cafe with katie along with the residential supervisors and some of the K and L block people. it better be good. cost me a hefty 28 pounds. it better be well spent.
can't wait for next friday. BOAT PARTY! we'll be sailing up and down the river thames. there'll be a bar too. woohoo!
ok, drastic and sudden bump back down to earth. i better hit the books.