Beautiful Beautiful Spring

I'm thinking the spring, she has sprung.Today was glorious and lovely, and I walked into town wearing my Chacos and it was heavenly. Only then it turned out that my winter feet weren't quite ready to be walking 4 miles in my Chacos, so right now they're needing some TLC. But they've also got to understand that they're about to get a week of this, so they'd best shape up. That's what I told them, anyway, as I hobbled the last few yards to my house.The sun was out and the weather was warm and I swear to you people were beaming for no reason. And around here that's saying something. It's like we all had this attitude of "Look everyone! It's sunny! It's just like living in a happy sunny place like in the films!" Even the sight of a 2-year-old-boy scampering about with a thick gold Mafia chain...

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There is a beam of hope...

I felt I was being toyed around for this past week. Whenever I come home, all nervous and checked my email inbox and the house phone's missed calls. I saw no news of Temasek Polytechnic. All the hopes, the elation that I would get from seeing positive reply have been destroyed by the total void of replies. Then the sadness crashes into my heart and breaking it even more. If I happen to be listening to Mutter, things would have been much much much more worse. The only thing I didn't do is to cut myself, but that is an act of foolishness, so I shan't do it. In addition, I have not been eating well recently. Imagine only eating a puny fish burger to last you let's say 10 hours? Hunger has became a trivial issue now. Okay, imagine that whole dread and wait, randomly popping out of your heart...

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Stupid Blogspot erasing my posts!

Grrrr. Now all my funny words are just gone, GONE!So here is my list of things I've already done to get ready for my fabulous upcoming vacation. As I write this I am listening to the torrential rain outside. Hah hah, torrential rain, soon I shall escape your clutches. Although I should say that there was a moment today when the clouds parted and the heavens opened and all was sunny and bright. I was lucky enough to be outside at the time, so I closed my umbrella and took off my jacket and walked around in the sunshine while everything smelled fresh and clean. There's a little hill on campus next to the library that looks out toward the lovely hilly green English countryside. Because I think I'm in a Jane Austen book/film, the first words in my head as I stood there were "Is there any felicity...

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The things brainwashed child brides do for love . . .

I didn't write this next bit. It came off imdb news, which I know I should never ever read because it's made up at worst and completely exaggerated at best and does nothing to make the world a kinder and less tawdry place, but this still gave me a huge chuckle. Here's the latest on what that Dawson's River kid is up to. Mom-to-be Katie Holmes is reportedly gearing up for the silent birth of her first child after Scientologists were spotted carrying signs into her home, reminding her to keep quiet during labor. The actress, 26, is awaiting the arrival of her baby with fiance Tom Cruise any day now at their Beverly Hills, California mansion. Since she began dating Cruise last April, Holmes has abandoned her Catholic beliefs to become a Scientologist like Cruise. Late Scientology...

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The voidness.

Amor E Morte - Cradle of FilthHer bouquets are wiltedToo long has She sleptTheir cruel red mouths darkenedTo bowed silhouettesI saw in a new moonWith Her scent on my breathBut then all to soonCame the hunger for fleshI held Her in eyes like necropoliLaying Her on a tomb with a viewLighting Her from Her feetTo the stars in Her hairDrove sweet blood to Her throatAnd My lips parted there(In the tone of splintered bone)She screams benightedMy limbs igniteA carneal carnivoreOn all fours to go...An ebon NemesisFrom torture gardens of DisHaving never breathed an EveAs far narcotic as thisTwo spellbound hellhoundsHearts pounding loudRacing Heaven out of focusUnder quicksilver clouds"God is maimed come let us prey..."To lunar deities that pave deadwaysTwixt the living and the graveAmor e MorteTo cast...

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Spring forward! Or, you know, don't. Up to you.

Sunday was the day when everyone moved their clocks ahead by one hour. Only it turns out that Landlady J and I are not everyone, since neither of us remembered to do it. We both got up at the normal time, got ready, went to church, and then it STILL took us both a really long time to figure out that something was off.In my case, I walked into the nursery and thought, "Huh. Why are they having snacktime at the beginning?" The other teachers figured out what had happened before I did, but they were too nice to say anything. It wasn't until parents started showing up to get their kids that I became all befuddled and the other girls started laughing at me.But hey, shorter church! And it was sunny and 60 degrees that morning, and we took the kids out to look for birds, and I wore my kicky red...

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Bitte...

My heart is in total chaos. Adrenaline has been pumping in my veins. I can't do anything without with a disrupting thought of my poly appeal.Jia Hao, Calven, Jacinath all got their positive replies from the polys that they appealed to already. What is mine?! Where?! Please just say a Yes, my dearest TP! I really really really really wanna get into TP. Please...Okay, I should stop here as I am ranting non-stop and being desperate... But I really want to get into Temasek Poly!So far, there's quite a number of people I know is in TP, there are Aaron, Alden, Jia Hao, William, Edwin, Mac, plus a whole group of Soft people. If my appeal were successful, me and William are going to start a flourish club in TP. I will be The Co-Founder! How cool is that?! Plus, in addition to the reasons of an exciting...

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This is me afraid of jinxing the whole thing

But I can't hold it in. I think . . . shhhhhh . . . it just might be Spring!Shhhh! Don't tell anyone! Don't even say it outloud or it might go away!And seriously, if you ruin this for me I will find you and hurt you. Don't mess with that SADD patient. Not that, you know, that's actually been confirmed by an actual medical person, but that's not the point. And it won't save you from getting pummelled.There have been three beautiful sunny days this last week, and things are turning all greenish, and daffodils are popping up, and I just can't even take how exciting it all is. Because it turns out that in scientific terms:England (January + February...

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Have no idea.

Due the mounting worry of me not getting able to appeal successfully into Temasek Poly, I went down to TP itself and have a talk with Course Manager. I really hope they can appreciate my effort in coming down twice, once for the appeal, once for the 'interview'. Please... just... let... me... in... I beg you... Please. Please. Bitte...Well, the Course Manager said she would take special notice of my case and seriously consider me. I hope so, really. I really want TP... My gut feeling tells me that my appeal might be succcessful, let's just hope so... Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. Have faith, as advised by Travis who graduated from TP.I want TP! Badly!Anyways, ever since school started, my novelette has been on a halt indefinitely and it's a wasted effort, I have planned on the...

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Am I starting to like SRJC?

OMG Jesus christ! Am I starting to like SRJC? Fuck. No. This can't be happening. I forbid it to happen. Hell No.The reasons being my growing liking to That Sad Place are that, the people really appreciate my magic, there aren't many hecklers around like those in NCHS to ruin everything I try to do. That is just fantastic. The feeling of being engulfed by a circle of audience is just brilliant and refreshing. It feels I got back my old self again, not being that loner I have been for the past few days. Now I have people calling me The Magic Girl by many including one who is a rabid fan of yours truly. And he, also known as Elfie, gave me Oreos as a token of appreciation. Thanks Mr Bedok! =) I appreciate you watching my Pre-Lect Magic Show. And I swear, oreos are the weirdest token of appreciation...

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Women are from Venus, Men are from WackyTownVilleLand

Now, don't laugh, but I was in this discount bookstore yesterday and I found a trendy chick-lit-looking paperback copy of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus for dead cheap. I skimmed through the book back in 1995 or whatever when my dad bought it for my mom, but I didn't remember much beyond caves and rubber bands. Plus, I'd never even been on a date in 1995, so it wasn't like the information had any practical worth.Only now I'm dating dear sweet WR, and sometimes I think we are both a bit baffled by what is going on in the other person's head. "Are you serious? That's what you think?" This isn't made easier by the fact that WR is a smart...

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There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more enjoyment in music than myself--or a better taste

This guy in the computer lab just now was listening drinking his Coke and listening to his I-Pod. Not that I can judge him for the Coke--pretty much everyone eats and drinks in here. I just finished a Cadbury Dairy Milk Whole Nut bar. Anyway, and I suddenly recognized the music: it was Must Have Been Love by Roxette.First off I had to laugh at the sight of this rugby-player-looking guy zoning out to cheeseball early 90s pop love songs. At the same time I was transported back in time to 1991 when I used to listen to the Pretty Woman soundtrack in my Walkman because it was one of the three cassette tapes I owned (the other two being the Footloose soundrack and a Paula Abdul cd). And just typing that for the Internet to see makes me realize yet again how very, completely uncool I was as an 11-yr-old.Of...

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Over.

It's over. All over.New me. New life. New startings. New people. New whatever. Thank you for everything.Best of luck for you.Auf Wiederseh...

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Motivated

At this point of time, I am really very spurred and driven in all aspects. Reasons being, I just watched a whole tonne of flourish videos and getting really inspired to work even harder on my flourishes. Secondly, I was flinging my head off like a pendulum sped up at a 100 periods whilst watching Live Aus Berlin, singing along with Herr Lindemann and getting a good workout. Metal music NEVER fail to revitalise and ressurect me.Next, Dan and Dave just announced they will be embarking on a project to shoot 2, yes, 2 DVDs this year. Yes! I am so getting them, especially for the flourish one!This was what Kevin said in the forums:[quote]Wow!One on magic and one on... ace prods? You guys sure have a shitload that really inspired me in that area.I wonder what they'll be called..."Hooked on Dan...

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Finally.

The reason why I am updating this so quickly is because I am actually feeling happy enough to blog unlike the period when I was updating as irregularly as a puberty girl. Haha. I am so crapped out.The reason why I am so eurphoric, well, not really THAT eurphoric, is that I have found like-minded people in SRJC whose common interest is to pon all crappy programmes like Health and Fitness Workshop. Here goes the crazy ponning action:First thing first, I walked into the canteen toilet for whatever reasons I think you are intelligent enough to infer. When I am done and not yet out of my cubicle, I heard a wave of audible murmurs that distinguishingly sound like a secret Escape Plan. I wanted to pon as well, so I thought for a while, and finally decided to join them into the Grand Espace Plan....

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Lest anyone think my father is growing soft

So I was on Skype with my parents tonight, and Mom told me that she bought the new Pride & Prejudice. And I got all wistful and jealous, because man that was a good movie.Dad: The new one is TOTALLY better than the old one, by the way.Me: Are you just saying that because it's shorter or do you actually like it better?Dad: Absolutely because it's shorter.Mom: He would have liked it better though if it had that Catherine Zeta-Jones in it!Dad: Well yeah, any movie would be better with Catherine-Zeta Jones in it.Me: Yeah, but who would she play? She's too old to be anybody in that movie.Dad: I don't care who she plays.Me: So what, she could be the tavern wench or something?Dad: Heck yeah, man. That's a great idea.Mom: You could make a subplot out of it--Mr. Darcy's Indiscretions.Me: What,...

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Philosphy for me.

You scored as Philosophy. You should be a Philosophy major! Like the Philosopher, you are contemplative and you enjoy thinking about the purpose for humanity's existence.Theater100%Chemistry100%Biology100%Philosophy100%Linguistics100%Journalism100%Sociology100%Engineering100%Psychology100%Art100%Anthropology100%Mathematics92%English92%Dance75%What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)created with QuizFarm.comSo, I am supposed to be a Philosophy maniac.I knew it... I have been thinking along that path since secondary 2, but didn't go research on it until recently after my O levels.So, people, await for the next Nietzsche! =)Posing a classical Nietzsche stance,Ling19th March 2006...

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Some updates.

It seems like I haven't been updating regularly even since the start of school. Nonetheless, I'd try my very best to keep you, my beloved reader-fiends, updated on my recent morbid thoughts and accursed whereabouts.Now. Where exactly to begin in this morass of thoughts?First off, Operation Pon is a roaring success, I felt as though I have escaped from a concentration camp, which is rather true to a certain extent. The subsequent roaming around at Orchard ressurected me in every manner, making me feel so much more alive than being a zombie in school. Then came the march holidays which are short-lived indeed, being one week. To futhur reinforce the love for the school, those horrible fuckers made us go back to school for holiday lectures. I coined a brand new term for lectures, I call them...

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I've been using some fruity soaps, Maggie!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone, even if I don't know if I'm allowed to just wander around saying that over here.My Scottish lecturer told us today that she was supposed to be born on St. Patrick's day, but that she's glad she wasn't because they probably would have tossed her in the river in some sort of sack with a stone in it. "Not that I came from a secterian household or anything."So yeah. I'm going to be careful. I bet Streets will have some good stories today.If I were home in the States in my own house, I know exactly how I would celebrate. I would wear something green, and I would make corned beef and cabbage and invite people over and we would watch Waking Ned Devine. Only I wouldn't boil the corned beef this time, because that was kind of scary. I'm thinking slow-cooker or...

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This week just keeps getting better

So Tuesday afternoon there was a knock at the front door and Landlady J went downstairs to answer it. As she passed the window she said, “There’s a van out front, are you expecting a package?” I started to say No, only then I remembered that mom mailed me a package last week, so I said, “Oooh, it’s my package from my mom with the Reeses' peanut butter cups!” and ran downstairs, shoving aside furniture, cats, small children, abandoned puppies, you name it in my rush. Only when I got there I found a 3-feet tall cardboard box with flowers designs on the outside, which sort of made me stop dead in my tracks with my mouth hanging open and my brow...

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Hallo!

I know, I know. It's been one whole week since I have updated. Now, now, keep silent while I get my lazy arse or hands moving.First thing first, Ashford's Tornado DVD Trailer is out! And, well, of course, I got flattered so much after watching the trailer video, which can also be found here, PUTFILE BANNED SINGAPORE! Okay, I should be humble and modest. It's a virtue... =) Ashford should try featuring me as a bonus or something in the DVD, I believe it'd be good. Haha. Kidding! I'm not that good yet.Secondly, someone gave me a link on the chemical side of Hell. It's really interesting. For all chemistry nerds out there, you'd love this essay on Hell. Click here! I believe Hell is Exothermic, as Hell emits out heat energy from the rectants which consists from various sinners and blasphemers...

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Is Edwina going on holiday?

Ten points if you know what that's from.So. Yesterday was pretty much the best day ever, because I booked a holiday! My very first English holiday and I booked it and gave them English pounds and everything for it.In 20 days I'm leaving for Gran Canaria with Goldilocks, because she needs a break from the English weather as much as I do. We'll get to spend 7 heavenly days napping on the beaches and snorkeling and being warm and eating seafood and feeling actual sunshine on our skin and getting sand for my collection and avoiding cockroaches and the time-share salespeople.Our hotel will be "allocation on arrival" so we could end up at pretty...

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I am officially a victim, or, how I nearly died

So get this! Someone totally tried to break into my house with me inside it and I had to call the cops and everything!Last night I cooked myself dinner (spiral pasta with nastyish carbonara sauce, broccoli, and shredded mature English cheddar--quite tasty) and then walked out of the kitchen, planning to take the pasta upstairs to my room. Those of you who remember my stairs, and the part where tobogganed down them on my butt, will remember that there's a window at the bottom of them, which faces the front road. There's a pedestrian walk-through just next to my house and a bus stop in front of my house, so it's quite common to see people outside. Also it was just after 6, so it wasn't dark yet (but it would be soon).As I walked toward the stairs I noticed a man out the front window. At first...

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Because I need to finish a paper and my brain is gone

Today is the day of random news and tidbits, since I can't get it together enough to write something real.1. On Sunday WR's family invited us over for the traditional English Sunday Dinner (roast chicken, potatoes, yorkshire pudding, lots and lots of vegetables, brown gravy all over everything). I'm not used to putting brown gravy on vegetables-that-are-not-potatoes, so I usually keep my broccoli and peas and carrots and cabbage clean. Only then people get concerned that I don't have enough gravy. But I say WR has enough for the both of us, and possibly enough for three or four other really hungry people. Anyway, the meal was great and I was beyond full afterwards. During the cleanup I noticed WR sipping from a mug and asked what he had in it, since it seemed a strange time to all of a sudden...

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Famous by association

So today in my Child and the Book class we had Stuart Hill come in and talk to us. Of course, I had no idea who Stuart Hill was, but it turns out that he wrote a fantasy-type novel called The Cry of the Icemark, and it has done alright for itself here in the UK. I guess it's doing okay in the US as well, because he says he gets quite a few letters from American teenagers, but not so many from British teenagers: "Because I think maybe American teenagers are just a bit more forthright, whereas British teenagers are probably just picking their noses or something." So now they're publishing a 2nd installment and he's writing the 3rd now. Because trilogies are good things, unless you're talking about things like Austen Powers. The idea that anyone thought two more Austen Powers movies belonged...

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Your MOM'S on strike

So my lecturers were all on strike today, only I still had to go in and work because I have a piece of coursework due on Friday. And I finished it today, on account of I have become One Who Finishes Things Early.Anyway, the strike thingy you can read about here at the BBC. Also you can go to the actual Higher Education Union webpage if you like. I'm sure my Dad will be the first one to race over there, on account of he just luuuuurves him some unions. Anyway, I read some of the literature they were passing out today, and it does sound like they're getting the rubbish end of the stick. I guess last year the government said it would increase teacher salaries, only then when the academic year got started there was no change. And then the people in charge said they'd never actually promised anything....

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SRJC

I am in no mood to write paragraphs, so I will just do it in bullet-form.My OG is Sparta Delta. Yes. Red house. Yes, Gryffindor. Ugh.Thebes logo is nice, a snake coiling around the rod. Very Slytherin-ish.I had my own version of The College Anthem, now it rocks even more and sounds very weird to an untrained ear. [For more information on my version of the lyrics, do email me.]When my OGLs asked if I were a damn vegetarian, I almost said I am a Mein-Teilatrian. Hah!The 2 teachers who caught my attention are Mr Edwin Tan and Mr Philips Tan, they remind me of Mr Neo too much. I really miss Mr Neo and al things NCHS and the air con hall most of all.The food was okay. At least better than NCHS.The notorious song, Bestrafe Mich is playing in my mind all the way.I was imagining too many ought-to-be...

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The best gift ever

So I forgot to tell The Internet about this when I found it, but it's too good not to share. Back before Valentine's Day, I looked around online trying to think of good "guy gift" ideas for WR, and I came across the CATGee Home-DNA Kit (to see it, scroll down to the very bottom of the menu--it should be the last item).Here's what the description says:CATGee Home-DNA KitStore it indefinitely and in complete safety.In no time you'll be giving CATGee to your friends, your family and those you love.Its on course to become the craze of the decade.CATGee arrives in an elegant brushed alloy container, no bigger than a DVD case.DNA collection kit featuring the full medical bit. Everything to collect a sample of your DNA at home, simply and painlessly - swabs, sterile pouches and a pair of sexy disposable...

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A new beginning.

Dearest reader-fiends of this blog, tomorrow is an important day. New school. New Beginning. New People. New place. New personality to adapt. New me, basically. So you have probably guessed, I got into a damn junior college. Yeah, got into Serangoon Junior College. Justin's my senior! =) Hello flourishing fun in school!First thing first, I really hope there's some metalheads there, so I can at least have some 'Court Jesters' for accompanying purposes. Or better still, my sec school people or SMC people, although the latter group is more relieving to see. Sec school people = EEW. Bah, I just wish there's a better breed of people there, unlike my previous dwelling, NCHS. Damn. Proletariats.Secondly, I am feeling a little weird that I am actually going back to school! It's been around 4 months...

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I am SO gonna tell . . .

So did you guys know about the Hollywood A-list's dirty little secret? They totally come over here to England and do commercials for stuff like liquor and tampons, on the understanding that no one in America will ever see it because they wouldn't want us to know what sellouts they are.Only I know, and I'm telling. Here is what I've seen so far. And I'm not talking about the odd magazine ad for really really expensive watches and stuff that you see in GQ or Vogue, or the Halle Berry/Julianne Moore/Kate Bosworth makeup ad.I'm talking Gwyneth "Why Yes, I Win Oscars" Paltrow strolling around in a field on the telly, murmuring about the pleasures of Estee Lauder's perfume.And Ben "Why Yes, I Used to Win Oscars Before I Became Such a Smarmy Ratbag" Affleck in commercials for men's deodorant. His...

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World Book Day

Did y'all know about this? I guess there's this thing called World Book Day, and it's this big huge deal, only the UK hasn't invited America to play yet.Only now that we know about it, we can play if we want. For example, I will be going into town today to one of the fine bookshops, where I will check out the special 1 pound books that are available today. I'm thinking I'll get one for Savvy, just to scare her dad about the possibility of her growing up British with all the subliminal messages I send her (like when I use the word bit instead of part and say uni work instead of homework, or the way I'm going to start secretly mailing her packs of McVitties and pictures of Prince William).Anyway, I will let everyone else decide how they're going to observe this blessed World Book Day. A few...

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One Year Anniversary.

Happy Birthday, Once upon an atrocity! You are finally one year old! Look how much you have grown? [sobs like a proud parent whilst looking at a healthy and growing child] Make a wish, boy! Blow the candles! Today is your day! XDOkay, enough of the birthday crap. But seriously, this blog has came a long way. From a few rants here and there to a massive storage of uber crap spat out from none other than yours truly. It's truly amazing how fast time flies. I will devote more time into developing this venue to vent out all my pent up nonsense.Back to a more serious note, in the past few days, I have; Bought a Caravan deck. It turned out it's Aviators inside, and they are air cushioned! 1 Dollar Air Cushioned deck! Whoo! Had a undercharged Subway meal. Ordered Subway Melt at first, the cashier...

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