More Doodles!

I just love EL2111 lecture with Lynnette and gang! These are more of her doodles from post mid-term test. Our dearest lecturer included the answer key with the question paper! LOL! Of course he asked for them back lah...hahaha... It was a first for me though...seriously... =P

Here are the wonderful doodles! Yay!


I just love these lah...so cute lor...heeheehee...

Lynnette! You should start a collection! ^_^

Sentosa

I went to Sentosa today! Very long never go liao wor...there was enough sun today, so I finally got an acceptable tan (abit burnt on the arms, not enough sunblock there). We went via the new Sentosa Express! Very nice, and fast. Quick and easy...much better than the silly bus...

It was cloudy at first...so we were all quite worried that we wouldn't be able to get a nice tan...fortunately the skies cleared up and we managed receive the bounty that is ultraviolet rays! Heehee...skin cancer here I come! Wheee.......


We plopped ourselves down at Cafe del Mar, and bought some drinks (as payment for the using the place of course). $5 cup of camomile tea...whew...cheapest thing on their menu already, but I just wanted to use the very VERY nice tanning chairs. Got cool cushions on it also...so nice lor...

I wanna see what Cafe del Mar looks like at night though...I think it would be pretty funky. Al took alot of photos with his LOMO, but I think some of the shots got exposed. I hope not too many shots were spoilt...we took quite alot of fun shots.

It was quite relaxing to sit on the beds and just play bridge and tan and check out random people walking by. I will definitely go there again...and there were shower facilities too! One stop for everything.

After tanning (or burning in my case), we took the monorail back to the mainland, freaking fast lor...very very nice....I am loving it sia. I am thinking whether I should get the Islander card so that I can have free entry via the monorail everyday. Then I can go on my free days...ah well...

A Proper CNY Post...

I guess I haven't done a proper post on my CNY activities. Heh.

Let's see, what did I do this year. Day One was spent doing the usual visiting to both grandparents' place. Dad's parents in the late morning for an early lunch with that side of the family. I usually see these relatives once a year only, and every year we have a blast. There are very specific means of address for each member of the family.

We usually refer to them by the last character of their names, or the numerical position in which they are born. Strange, but traditional. There is this one particular aunt who everyone hates. And every year the rest of family gets together to secretly bitch about the poor sob. She is this crazy woman who seems slightly bipolar and always makes inane or insensitive comments to members of the family. Here are some examples:

(to my Mom)
"Wah, this year never lose weight again ah?"

(to my very attractive cousin who has blossomed into a fine young woman)
"Aiyo, girl cannot wear like that! Must cover up! *rushes to button a cardigan that is obvious NOT meant to be buttoned up* How can like that? So indecent!"

She's very insensitive lah..annoying bitch. This year, my cousins and I were trying these pineapple tarts that were made my my grandma's Malay neighbour. A very sweet esture, but sadly, the tarts were slightly...umm...pasty? The pastry was too thick and felt somewhat sandy and hard to chew. Basically, you put one in your mouth and you basically have to shut up and focus on chewing the tart. My cousin was saying how it was like sand, then later it will turn to mud and finally, very sticky Blu-Tack. Hahaha...

Then we were very evilly suggested giving one to that bipolar aunt to shut her up. ^_^

Later at night was at my Mom's parents place, my own home base lah...so nothing too special about that. Everyone gathered for food and drink and Grandpa was happy to be surounded by family. Yay!

Second day was spent with friends! Went to Johnathan's place to chill out, and then later to Lionel's place to gamble! Hah! I had pretty good luck this year man. Vincent said that the Rat has a good year this year...so I tried my luck at Blackjack...and true enough...

Ban Ban! There sia! Freaking cool lor...I guess it's also because I hardly gamble, so the luck accumulates? Maybe hor? Hahahaha... After everything, was clubbing at night with the guys, and supper and then home at 5 am! Gosh...freaking tired sia...

Well, that about sums up my CNY Day One and Day Two. After that, I've been trying to study for the past few days lor....TRYING being the operative word of course. Sighz....mid-terms are coming and I've done nothing! Boohoo! Essays to complete somemore...grrrrrr...DUNCH LIKE IT ONE BIT.

Okay! Time for my movie screening liao...Much Ado About Nothing...

P.D.A. (I love this song!)

"P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)"

Let's go to the park
I wanna kiss you underneath the stars
Maybe we'll go too far
We just don't care,
We just don't care,
We just don't.

You know I love you when you're loving me
Sometimes it's better when it's publicly
I'm not ashamed, I don't care who sees
Us hugging & kissing our love exhibition all

We'll rendezvous out on the fire escape
I'd like to set off an alarm today
The love emergency don't make me wait
Just follow I'll lead you
I urgently need you

Let's go to the park
I wanna kiss you underneath the stars
Maybe we'll go too far
We just don't care
We just don't care
We just don't

Let's make love, let's go somewhere they might discover us
Let's get lost in lust
We just don't care,
We just don't care,
We just don't care.

I see you closing down the restaurant
Let's sneak and do it when your boss is gone
Everybody's leaving we'll have some fun
Or maybe it's wrong but you're turning me on.
Ooh, we'll take a visit to your Mama's house
Sneak to the bedroom while your Mama's out
Maybe she'll hear it when we scream and shout
And we'll keep it rocking until she comes knocking

Let's go to the park
I wanna kiss you underneath the stars
Maybe we'll go too far
We just don't care,
We just don't care,
We just don't...

Let's make love,
Let's go somewhere they might discover us.
Let's get lost in lust
We just don't care,
We just don't care,
We just don't care.

If we keep up all this fooling around
We'll be the talk of the town
I'll tell the world I'm in love any time
Let's open the blinds 'cause we really don't mind

Ooh I don't care about the propriety
Let's break the rules and ignore society
Maybe our neighbour like to spy, it's true
So what if they watch when we do what we do

Oh, let's go to the park
I wanna kiss you underneath the stars
Maybe we'll go too far
We just don't care,
We just don't care,
We just don't...

Let's make love, let's go somewhere they might discover us...

I just love this song man...it's just so nice. ^_^ Enjoy!

Been Awhile

It's been awhile since I blogged hor? Well, I guess there just hasn't been much impetus (been using this word lately, dunno why also) for me to do so.

I've been feeling slightly low on energy and motivation, and I know that this should not be problem for me, but it is. Ugh...losing consciousness...roars....dun like!

Anyway, Chinese New Year wasn't too bad this year. Grandpa did his usual thing, and cooked and made soup and made sure everyone was well fed. We all already told him to just rest and let us bring the food to him. BUT, of course, he refused, as is the right of all old and stubborn folk. Haha..

At least he has more things to occupy his time now I guess, so that's good.

This week is the mid-term break for everyone at NUS, but it doesn't feel like a break at all. The break coincides with CNY lah, and that is like cheating us a precious 2-3 days you know? So freaking gross lah...I wonder who plans the NUS work plan every semester...so disgusting.

I feel like I am falling behind in my work, and that there are so many things that have yet to be done. This week is crunch time already. Really need to start setting things in motion already. Need to go and shop for CCS things, and make sure that everyone is doing their jobs, and all that kinda stuff.

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Was studying in the PA room yesterday, and ended having important conversation with important friends. I felt happy that I could help, and I also felt appreciated by those friends. It's rare for them to say it to my face, so I definitely appreciate the sentiment. ^_^ Ugh, got so many essays to write, all of which I am not particularly excited by. I hate two of my modules this semester lah...so wishy-washy, and airy-fairy, and basically made of fluff.

I seriously hate modules like that...and we're not even talking about the good kind of fluff...we are talking the low-grade, non-biodegradable kind that is harmful to both the environment and its users.

Okay lah...signing off now...

Promise to post some pictures soon...been awhile since I had pictures hor?

90 plus

He's already 90+ already. There is only so much that can be done at this point in time. More cancer has been found and it maybe spreading all over his body as we speak. I don't know shit about all the medical nonsense that goes on in hospitals.

I only know that I cannot stand the patronising, sympathising, condescending tone that the doctors take when they 'break' the news to the family. For instance, I sincerely expect you (the doctor) to tell me the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Instead, you sugar-coat everything and try your best to buffer the 'shock' of it all. Oh please...it's not like I've not done this before, and not heard any of this before.

Your protocol be damned...I asked for the truth, so just tell me already. Beating around the bush wastes your time and mine. Of course I will be sad, of course I will feel helpless, but I rather deal with all that as soon as possible. NOT, put up with the medical jargon and 'kind' all liberally sprinkled with 'concerned stares' and 'dramatic pauses'. I can only begin to tell you how I wish I really could deliver 'death stares'.

Hah! Then you'd see some REAL action 'em hospitals...

**This marks the end of random, angsty section on incompetent doctors who don't listen. Whew...
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Anyway, Grandpa's finally out of the hospital, and the prognosis is far from what you would call 'fine and dandy'. Had a long talk with Mom that day, and she was telling me how sad she was that things were not improving for Gong gong.

When Gong gong was in the hospital, he was bored out of his mind (the ceiling of Alexandra Hospital is NOT the most interesting sight in the world, trust me, I checked). He just lay on the bed, and stared into white-washed walls, and slow-spinning ceiling fans. When he was not doing that, he just napped..or maybe he just kept his eyes closed. I will never know for sure...

I've lived with my grandparents for the longest time (since I was a young child), and they've been the next closest people I have in my life. I guess it never occurred to me that what I was doing, is hardly done by most people. At least in my family, my brother and I are the only grandchildren who live full time with our Gong gong and Po po, and we all take care of each other. My mom was the one who shared this with me. She was telling how one of my aunts was explaining/chiding/reminding the other bitching sisters that things were not easy for my mother and us, since we were always the ones 'at the front line' so to speak. I never thought about it that way, and then I realised that it really was true.

I have so many other cousins, but they hardly come down to see Gong gong. Xing Wei and myself are really the only ones around. And yet, we have people who have limited understanding of the situation, trying to give their two cents worth of opinions, when their opinions really don't matter in the first place (at most I'd give it half-a-cent of value?). I mean, I see the boredom and pain in his actions and face every single day. And do you truly want me to tell him that he has to stay in the boring hospital while the medical staff SLOWLY get tissue/blood samples from him for testing? NO right?

My Gong gong just wants to go home and rest and watch his CNA which he doesn't even understand (not the audio at least). For now, I just hope he listens to me and takes all his medicine, and eats/drinks properly. He really needs to understand that he needs to keep his strength up man...

Need to try and get to sleep...tired...and yet....awake...gosh...

Lethal paradox...

Doodles...

I love Lynnette's doodles!

Crazy Moments

Sometimes you just want to highlight your readings one paragraph at a time. Not to mention unlimited highlighter ink...heh


"Cover-face-and-pretend-to-be-ninja" Jutsu!

I realised I tend to do crazy things when I am wearing my Franklin shirt...hahaha... ^_^

Overheard on the bus...

I was on my way home from school and there was this woman sitting behind me who was talking really loudly on her mobile. She was extremely unhappy with some guy, who she felt was a total asshole I think...

Woman: I tell you hor, that guy is like...aiyah, you know lah...talking to him is like...umm...is like PLAYING PIANO TO THE COW!

I was left slightly stunned as I tried to figure out what she meant by that. Then it struck me...

对牛弹琴！

I stifled a laugh, and quickly alighted at my stop.