#07 - Welcome to Hall 11, home of the brave.
Date: Jul 25th, 2005 5:31:11 am - Subscribe
Mood: mortified
Music of the Moment: Why Does It Always Rain On Me? - Travis
I really wanted to write about my first day of dogdging lectures, skipping stuff that didn't mean anything and blowing it all off so I could go off and have lunch with my bunch of course mates.
But I went to collect my dorm keys today and I just had to simply put these up. I don't know whether to be glad to have moved out or sad that my room is just something out of a spanish telenovela with the slums of mexico as the backdrop. I guess it wouldn't be that bad once I furnish it up and all.... but currently, it just looks freaking depressing.
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I'm sure its not that bad and its probably that way because the person has just moved out... and i had higher expectations, like a slightly larger and more sunshine sort of room. but you get what you pay for.... at 160 a month, i should be rather grateful.
or I should just hang myself.
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#06- the cat\'s finally out of the bag.
Date: Jul 24th, 2005 9:46:04 am - Subscribe
Mood: forsaken
Music of the Moment: Victory Theme from the Return of the Jedi OST - John Williams
finally broke the news to the folks that i got the letter from the hall of residence last night. mom and dad took it rather calmly... in their own way of course. mom was crying over her breakfast and dad promptly asked me to move my stuff out of mystudytable so that my brother could use it for his own room downstairs.
its funny how people react to news or realities that they never thought would happen. like my parents who thought that they would never see their eldest daughter make her dream of living on her own sans marriage come true, despite familial and parental pressures.
so now, after all that's been said and done... my room looks like the first day i've moved in... with all my books and cds on the floor. its rather surreal, knowing that a week from now, i'll be spending my nights under a dormitory roof, witout the view of the carpark outside my window. with a strange girl in a strange bed on the other side of the room. i wonder how the shadows will look like, or if i like the stranger that will be my room mate.
anyway, took a snapshop of my room after i had emptied all my stuff onto the floor.
my room:
room sans study table
surreal.
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watching 'the untouchables'. bloody amazing movie. they sure don't make movies like they used to.
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#05-Defrost the ice and let the wolves out.
Date: Jul 21st, 2005 9:02:01 pm - Subscribe
Mood: charming
Music of the Moment: Everything You Want - Vertical Horizon
Let's see. System check.
I'm feeling slightly better. Maybe because I got more sleep than I had expected.
Borrowed H2G2 from the library to read it. Wanted to see how different to book was from the movie. I know. Should have read the book first but I really, REALLY wanted to see Marvin the depressed robot. Plus, it looked like a really good dry comedy. The book's better in some ways though but I'm not writing a critique on it, now am I?
My last day at the school's today. I've got my thank you cards and chocolates ready. If the florist's open, I'd like to get some flowers as well to go with the cards. Yeah, it looks like I'm sucking up to my colleagues and superiors but I do mean it to all of them. One of them, somewhat but just because I don't like her - it doesn't mean that she didn't do her job.
I'll miss the kids. *sighs* But I'm so glad I won't have to face them for the next 2 years, 3 if I do well and they bump me up into the BA prog.
On another note: Its funny how the random mood selector always chooses the mood that I'm drifting into. Its rather accurate and I've never had to change it once. Ever. Even when I was feeling absolutely foul and nothing worked out for me... this mood generator got it right as if to say - "There, there, hemlock. Don't kill yourself just because you're neck deep in shit. I know it isn't much of a difference but at least I got your mood right and you don't have to bother moving your fingers and your mouse to get something done. I've already done it for you. 
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Should I laugh or should I just drift into being charming?
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#04 - NDP Rehearsal... Argh.
Date: Jul 15th, 2005 10:40:41 pm - Subscribe
Mood: pooped
Music of the Moment: Shut Up - Simple Plan
The computer's finally up and running. Normally, I'd blog from home but the connection's still down and I can't resist using Isnis's so-much-better computer.
Plus, it has been ages since I blogged.
At any rate, have a long day ahead of me. Going with 17 other teachers to chaperone 180 11 yr-olds via MRT to City Hall. I don't know how we're going to coordinate and control that many students on the public trains. I'm not really looking forward to it. I've brough my camera along in case anyone wants shots of what it is we're doing today. And oh, charging the Zen and brought along a magazine in case I get bored - which seems like a scenario likely to unfold.
On another note, I'm finally starting NIE on the 25th and I'm sort of looking forward to it. Its been so long since I've been to school. And it would possibly be the last time I would ever be a full-time student.
Isnis and I will finally be in the same school and that's rather novel since I've never dated anyone who went to the same school as me. I wonder if we'll end up killing each other... or more likely, him killing me because of my innate talent of irritating him to death. hehe.
Beginning to feel rather tired out with all the work and extra errands I've been doing. I guess 'pooped' is a good word:
1. completely tired out
and
2. feeling completely covered in shit.
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#03- Hello, Mr. Gaiman.
Date: Jul 3rd, 2005 11:48:51 am - Subscribe
Mood: explosive
Going off to meet Neil Gaiman in the flesh in a matter of hours. The last time I met an author I liked was when I was 14 and went for a workshop with Paula Danziger.
Its like going to a rock concert.
I'm like majorly in awe.
Wondering if I can still get a copy of Endless Nights for him to autograph.
And batteries, if they allow cameras.
Whoa.
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