Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Notice the slight change? I realised that the previous fonts were wayyyy too big. Smaller fonts look more elegant. And I centralised everything so my entries are now easier to read, I hope.
More homework assigned today during SpFEx class. More drawing. *tugs on hair* I thought my Visual Compositon (VisCo) assignments were tough, SpFEx is worse. Thank goodness I have SpFEx with Pei Ling. She's so funny and without her I would probably be dozing off in class. MTPre lessons were cancelled again today, for the second time. According to the notice, they will conduct make-up lessons next week. Which means, bye bye to next Saturday because EVERYONE has a different schedule and only weekends are free. =(
Felicia, don't fret okay? I'm sure you will make friends with some people (or maybe all the people) in your class and lessons won't be so dreadful anymore. Who wouldn't want a Manhunting/Eyecandying-pal? Wahahaha. That was funny, wasn't it? And anyway, your schedule only lasts for this semester. You MIGHT take the same electives as some people you know next sem! =)
Bestie comes back from camp today! Happy happy joy joy. Glad you liked that sms. Looks like only something like that can jolt you and make you want to spend that five cents to reply. Haha. Kidding...
Three more days to Friday. Can't wait. I want to have a moment to forget about my VisCo drawings, SpFEx model-making and ComDI assignments and projects. To just be free from all these stuff for awhile and completely immerse myself in enjoyment. Friday. Three more days. Soon.
I'm leaving on a jetplane. Don't know when I'll be back again.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
6:33 PM
Monday, May 30, 2005
I found Foo Hua in Colour Class today. I thought I was going into a class full of strangers but seeing her was definitely a relief. We exchanged blog addresses. Finally. You must visit her blog is you happen to drop by. She is an EXTREMELY TALENTED designer. I'm so envious. I have yet to do passable grunge. I'm way too neat. NOT that I'm saying you are messy, Foo Hua. Haha. You are Friendly Foo Hua remember? And I'm Modest Min Yu. Gosh, HILARIOUS.
I met a new friend today. This girl named Sara, she's really nice, softspoken. We spent most of our four and a half hour lunch break chilling at Tampines Mall. I always thought Tampines was ulu-ated and today I was proven wrong again.
Bestie isn't replying my smses. Must be really busy in camp. Hope she's enjoying herself. Space And Form Exploration (SpFEx) tomorrow. Followed by Media Technique Presentation (MTPre). I'm not sure if I bought the right stuff for SpFEx. Have to check with Pei Ling again tomorrow.
Piling, piling. I'm starting to feel the pressure and it's only the second week!
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
8:43 PM
Sunday, May 29, 2005
I bought a new pair of jeans and two new t-shirts. Don't you just love the Singapore Sale?
Dinner was fabulous. Japanese Buffet at Sobasei. Great Japanese Cuisine and eat all you can! Which is alot for me.
Dee, I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you when you were down. I spent the whole of Saturday at the Singapore Art Museum completing the project for that dreadful ComDI class. And today I went for retail therapy. Nevertheless, I have the whole of this Wednesday free and we can just chill. You can tell me everything that has been bothering upsetting you.
Can't wait for Friday's concert! Trust my Fairy God-mother to arrange these magical events. =) THANK YOU.
Have to go to sleep now. Can't be late tomorrow. I will be marked as absent. Two absences equal to fail. Bad.
I will pray for you but, being a free thinker, I don't really know who or what to pray to.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
11:55 PM
Friday, May 27, 2005
My current obsession is desktop wallpaper. As Malvolio noted, I spent 20 whole minutes searching for a single wallpaper that day. I have no idea why I get obsessed. I went through this mobile phone phrase once; I would spent HOURS infront of the pc searching the internet for mobile hone specifications and reviews. And I would yearn to have this phone or that phone. Crazy really.
Today's lessons weren't so bad as yesterday. I have all my Friday classes with Pei Ling and Michelle so it's cool. Lighting study was quite fun. We had an out-of-classroom-group-assignment. We were supposed to form groups of 4 or 5 and draw diagrams of different types of light bulbs (or lamps as Perry Ng insists we call it). Pei Ling, Michelle, James, Iskandar and I formed a group and went to the library to get some info. We were so noisy that the librarian had to keep shushing us. Haha. Iskandar completed his diagram faster than the rest of us so he started rubbing his drawing to create shadows and said, "Press, press." as he did it. It was so funny we laughed and the librarian shushed us again. From then on we called him Press press. Though it sounds kinda sick if you don't know what the joke is about.
Digital Architectural Drafting is great too. AutoCAD is abit like Adobe Photoshop. =D I lunched with Xin Lei today. We hung out at the library and went to the TP bookshop to check it out. It seemed more like Mustafa Centre then a bookshop. They were selling EVERYTHING there. Oh and Xin Lei if you are reading this, I do not like him okay? He is all yours, don't worry. I just find the two of you so cute.
I had another one of my Dory-fied, psychotic moments on Tuesday. While our course manager was talking to us, he mentioned the University of New South Wales which is located in Sydney. I had to control myself from blurting, "P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Street Sydney!" I need professional help. Communicating Design Ideas (ComDI) is such an awful subject. And what's more it's a diploma core subject which means I am not allowed to drop it. It's like English + Literature + Life Skills. Ewww...
Oh and the update on the camp video: it's going to be released on DVD! Yay! Dee, you can come over and watch it and laugh all you like.
The party's over. It's time to start working again.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
5:02 PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
I love camps. I never thought I would type those very words but I really mean them. Yesterday was a total bore. We had some Director's Briefing Convention consisting of talks, briefs, lesson introductries and blah. The only good thing was that I saw my friends again and made new friends. There's this girl Pei Ling who is in the same course as me. And guess what? She was from Mayflower. The strange thing was that I didn't even know. I was hanging out with some people from Indigo at the com lab. We were checking out the camp pictures when she breezed in and introduced herself as Paris Hilton. Gosh, she is so funny. We talked a little and this is how I found out she was from Mayflower.
Me: Which Secondary School are you from?
Pei Ling: Were do you live?
Me: Bishan area.
Pei Ling: Mayflower.
Me: How do you know?
Pei Ling: Huh?
Me: How did you guess I was from Mayflower Secondary?
Pei Ling: No, I mean I was from Mayflower Secondary.
Me: No way, so was I!
Well, I guess another highlight of the Convention was the screening of the edited Camp Refresh Video. It was almost as fun to watch as to attend the camp itself. I am trying to obtain it so I can stream it for you people to watch. So WATCH THIS SPACE.
Meanwhile, check out some photos I compiled: Camp Refresh Photo Album. You can see all the photos here: Official Camp Refresh Photo Album. A feast for the eyes! =)
I just wanna hve fun! For now...
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
4:17 PM
Sunday, May 22, 2005
I know, I know, I haven't been updating for a long time. The design orientation camp, the FOC Sentosa outing. They just took up all of my time. I take back what I said about the design school, what I said about the lousy orientation and what I said about non-FOC participants being stoners. It's all UNTRUE! We have the Most Spirited School Award to prove it! =)
The conversation I had with some Radon people at Harbourfront's MacDonalds' really brought things back into perspective. We compared our experiences and it seemed that the design school orientation was the most activity-packed. Which school goes to Sentosa for a night trail till 4am? Which school has jam and hop during orientation camp? Which school cheers the Engineering School and SP Business School into silence? None other than Temasek Design School!
We truly are one wacky crazy bunch. Or NUTS as one of the GLs would say it. Every single skit during performance night had a drag queen in it. And the drag queens from TDS really go ALL THE WAY. From halter/tube tops to mini skirts, make up, accesories. The works. There were so many drag queens that night, Moses, the Director of TDS, had to make an announcement the next day about how TDS doesn't condone cross-dressing! Haha.
I can't wait for school term to start. I'll be taking interesting subjects like Lighting Study, Space and Form Exploration and Architectural Drafting. And I've just checked with the students' handbook and my subject combination gives me the maximum credit units for the semester. Yay! All I need to do is attend every single lesson and hand up my assignments before the deadlines. I'll be seeing my new found friends on Tuesday. Can't wait. There's this girl, Xin Lei, whom everyone says we look alike. And I guess we click well because everyone has been asking if we knew each other before. Which we haven't.
I starting to love TDS. We have no tests/exams. No textbooks. No fixed classes. We can mix and mingle all we like. And although we are the smallest school in TP, we sure did made ourselves seen and heard during the Temasek Regatta. We screamed at the top of our voices and was probably the only school grooving to the music. Even the School of Engineering, which is 1400 students strong, is no match for us.
Response number 5: Sombady's gonna get hurt real bad! Somebady! =)
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
2:23 PM
Monday, May 16, 2005
I am extremely sad and depressed. I know I shouldn't be so pessimistic but I really can't help it. Today completely sucked. It was so boring I wanted to cry. Everyone was so un-sporting and not outgoing. Everyone refused to cheer.
I used to be in Radon, the largest empire. And now I am in Crimson, the smallest sub-empire. Radon used to have 40-50 over group leaders (GLs). Now, we have only 3 GLs to one sub-empire. And they aren't even half as loud as the Rawak GLs. I know they try their best to rally up our group, but there are just too little of them. And instead of the enthusiastic and spontaneous people, I have a groupful of stoners. I know I shouldn't make judgements based on first impressions; they are often inaccurate. But when I compare the first day of camp to the first day of orientation, it is just too much of a contrast to ignore.
By the first day of camp, everyone was cheering and singing songs. Today was just a disaster. No one was cheering. Everyone was practically half-asleep. No one attempted to take part in the games properly.
Dee, I hope you are right. I hope tomorrow will be better.
I want to relive those glorious days. When I was a Radon lover.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
11:39 PM
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Yes, Dee, I know you'll go I TOLD YOU SO but I really did have a blast at orientation camp. I have to say TP students are the wackiest and noisest bunch of people I've ever seen. I did the wackiest things I have ever done in the course of the seventeen years of my life. I did the silliest looking mass dance ever (silly in a good way of course), cheered the silliest meaningless cheers at the top of my voice and actually did the holy wave AND THE CHICKY DANCE in front a public bus that stopped at a bus stop. The passengers on it were dumbstruck by our wacky-ness. WHAT A SIGHT TO BEHOLD.
Three days ago I would have violently refused to have buckets of water thrown at me, flour poured on me while I was still wet or SWIMMING POOL water splashed at me. I truly am a changed person. =) I have never ever enjoyed myself so much. And the GLs (Group Leaders) are truly amazing. They can be so loud and enthusiastic it's overwhelming.
I love mass dancing. I love how you can dance silly-ly and not care at all 'cause everybody else is doing the same dance. I love JAM & HOP too! It is this discotheque-like event, completely with strobe lights and smoke. WOOT! Because it is so dark, you can just groove to the beat however you want. And what rocks is that the GLs told me that TP holds JAM & HOP events regularly. Dee, you HAVE to come to one and have THE time of your life!
Go, Radon, go! You go! We go!
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
1:12 AM
Sunday, May 08, 2005
I have finally understood why Trina didn't choose to enter JC for the first three months even though her preliminary aggregate was excellent. She didn't want to take on a double-blow. When you graduate from Secondary School, you leave all your friends and memories behind. And when you enter JC, you make new friends and adapt to the new environment. But, after that three months, you have to say goodbye to most of them. Two orientations within a short time frame of three months? Way too emotionally taxing. Not to mention saying goodbye to your friends TWICE. Bestie, you did a great job surviving that. =)
I had always thought that by missing out on the first three months, I was missing out on everything. Sure, I made friends at work but the first three months of orientation sounded so fun! Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves and made tonnes of friends.
I am having mixed feelings about the orientation camp which starts tomorrow. I am excited about it because it's going to be fun. And I will officially be a student of Temasek Design School! How exciting is that? I will be doing the thing I love most: DESIGN.
On the other hand, I loathe camps. I am anxious I will not make any friends. And designing and conceptualizing ideas everyday? It's going to be tough. The last inspirational spark lasted six blog layouts (approximately 1 week). By the time I was on to the third layout, I was recycling code! A big no-no for me, I take pride in my painstakingly hand-scripted code. But everyone is happy with their new and unique layouts yeah? And I will have to learn how to draw. DREADFUL. The pen and the computer are my friends but not the pencil. I have a bad relationship with the pencil.
Tomorrow, I will try to be friendlier, smile more and talk more. Now for the goodbyes. Goodbye to my lounging lifestyle of television and reading novels-of-frivolity. Goodbye to my nice, comfy bed. I will miss you for 2 nights. Goodbye to my soft, feather-fill pillow. Goodbye to my darling Snowy who wakes me up every morning and greets me at the door the moment I reach home. I hope SOMEONE remembers to feed you, refill your water bowl and feed you fruits.
Pray for me will you? That I will survive this camp.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
12:45 PM
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Today was a good day. Despite some downs. Went to play pool with bestie and her friends, Sherman and Lb. And, no, I'm not a closet pool queen. As much as I want to be. I could have done that double port if you didn't distract me with comments about the big-breasted guy. Hahaha. But, seriously, you do play better than me. And Sherman is a real pro. Not to mention he looks alot like you-know-who. So uncanny. tch. Oh, and everytime someone called for Sherman I had to resist saying, "P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Street Sydney." Like The character, Dory, in Finding Nemo. I'm DORY-FIED I tell you. And not to mention PSYCHOTIC.
Went shopping with Mj and Wq yesterday. And we met Wq's friend, Wayne. No, sorry, I don't like him. The whole world seems to be attempting to matchmake me. First, it was Janny trying to hook me up with her brother. Then, it's Wq trying to hook me up with Wanyne. GAG. Now it's my mom trying to hook me up with Eric aka some-guy-I-don't-know-at-all. Anyway, back to the shopping. I bought my mom perfume and a handsfree headset for Mothers' Day. She likes the perfume alot. But, she already had the headset. Ugh! I had no idea.
After shopping, Mj and Wq left to attend my brother's passing-out parade. I was left to wait for bestie for ONE AND A HALF HOURS. Okay, I won't make you feel any worse, I know you feel bad enough already. =) I amused myself during that time by shopping for tee-shirts at Far East. It was after awhile I noticed there was this weird guy following me from shop to shop. SCARY. So I whipped out my phone to call bestie and THANK GOD the guy disappeared after that. I was really relieved when she finally arrived. We had a great dinner and I got to meet all the people she told me about.
Oh, and I met Ming min and Eddie today! Ming min was with her boyfriend! And the guy was holding on to her waist and when she saw me she tried to detach the guy's arm but to no avail. Eddie was with his girlfriend too and boy is she gorgeous. She has this flawless porcelain complexion.
If I were a closet anything, it would have to be closet jazz singer. Really. Because everyone thinks I just sing classical but I think I can handle jazz. Dee, you are a CLOSET POOL CHAMPION/TAI TAI. You completely trashed me at the first and last game. I was putting effort into playing, not giving you chance as you think. It's true.
I wanna fall from the stars, straight into your arms...
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
10:36 PM
Thursday, May 05, 2005
I gave some thought to what you told me, Dee, and here's what I figured.
Firstly, I think this I guy could have mis-interpreted J's words. Perhaps J could have been joking but I took it seriously. I really don't think that J meant those words to be malicious. Anyway, anyone who lives by rumors and gossip is a very shallow person. You can't judge another person by what you have heard of them. It's stupid. Really. So you didn't need worry about your reputation.
You have so many friends around you. I'm sure you will survive JC. You have Ele, Joce, Jx and Lb. Ele, from what I gather, looks very fierce and that will keep the bitchy girls at bay. Joce, from what you told me, will make any hot-blooded guy swoon and that will keep the bitchy guys at bay. Jx can carry you and run as fast as the wind. That will help you escape from any malicious characters. And Lb can blow his salivia bubbles. All those people who are trying to ruin you will contract some saliva-transmitted disease and drop dead.
If all else fails, you have always got me. Always. Although I don't have your friends' super-powers. I CAN try hitting that third octave B-note but I don't gurantee it will scare anyone. And if J EVER upsets you again, I might just have to kidnap him as retribution. I know alot of of ex-convicts. ;)
I hate my housewifely chores. No, I am not a housewife, I am not even married yet. My chores are the housewifely ones. And I have to do them because there's no one at home to do them. My sister is in school, my brother is away at camp most of the week (thank god!) and the parental units have to work. Ugh!
Dee you owe me big for the Takoyaki research I helped you do. =)
When you are broken, I will fix you.When you are down, I will help you up.
When you fall, I will catch you.
No matter what it costs, I will be there.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
1:13 PM
Wednesday, May 04, 2005
It's up and running people. My blog I mean. I simply can't stand the awful templates that blogger provides. They look so mass produced, which they are, I suppose. The tagboard's up so you can post all you like. It even has cute smileys.
Some people are just so petty and bitchy. It's no wonder that they are so afraid their girlfriends will choose another guy over them. I hate bitchy guys. It is so not masculine to be bitchy.
My bestie doesn't seem to be replying to my sms. Wonder whether aliens abducted her. Hmm...(this is where I put the "hmm..." smiley but blogger doesn't seem to have an add-smiley-option)
Had a weird dream this morning about origami. So I woke up, took out my mom's origami book and did some origami. I have forgotten most of it already. Back in primary 6, I could do every single design in the book. The only stuff I remember now are the basic shapes.
Just finished reading the book Finding Cassie Crazy by Jaclyn Moriarty. Great book. I really recommend you read it Dee. It has tonnes of nonsensical humour you will so enjoy. I'm so bummed you are not playing for SYF. And that JC is taking up all of your time. But not to worry, another breather is coming your way soon. Vesak Day is on the 23rd. That's a Monday. Meaning another nice, long, restful weekend! =)
You wanna know more, more, more 'bout me. I'm the girl who's sweeping you off your feet.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
1:08 PM
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
A private blog? Right. Who was I kidding? The internet is one of the world's most popular mediums, was a psuedonym really going to protect my identity?
Anyway, I had a rather pleasant labour-day holiday. Friday was spent at Janny's house. Ate really authentic korean cuisine and had a blast exchanging ghost stories. I wanted to tell those scary korean ghost stories to my bestie but she refused to listen to any. I will tell them one day when she is less chicken. Haha.
Saturday night we had jappo-italiano dinner. Some cousins came over. I laughed alot and joked alot. And my parents finally opened that bottle of Villa Moscatel which I had been eyeing at for days. I will definitely make my mom go back to Amara Hotel to buy the other blend of Moscatel. I think I'm addicted to dessert wine. Alchoholism might run in the family.
Sunday was spent shopping at Queensway. I bought a Nike messenger bag for school. So glad of my purchase. But, I am kind of sore I missed out on the party. Like bestie says, I should grab every opportunity. I did try grabbing this opportunity but it was just too slippery and it slipped right through my fingers. Nonsensical, I know.
Monday was strangely eventful. We went to this chinese restaurant along telok ayer to eat noodles. And we went to a Marche rip-off, the Vi'lage, along chinatown to eat their heavenly chocolate fondue. The chocolate must have been really rich because I felt extemely groggy after eating it.
Someday we'll know, why I wasn't meant for you.
diagnosed of lucid psychosis
2:28 PM
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