Friday, August 31, 2007

11:33 PM

state of polo girl rushing essay: friends, research and carbo load.

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2:07 AM

in chatterbox with mr lu jianhao now. training ended late again, tmr lesson at 10 argh.

2am and he's conducting a writing centre for freshie junior tung ni talking about how lingerie reinforces patriarchy. we spent 4 bucks each on nasty hawaiian toasted bread and minimelts :D

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1:02 AM

thanks for the outpouring of concern >_< i feel so loved X) thank you thank you, i'm feeling much better now that i'm clearing at least some work.

to make up for all the emoness, check out what i found on my way to class the other day...

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

11:41 PM

at home and hungry, but i don't dare go kitchen to get food because then my mum will know i haven't eaten dinner and she'll get so irritated again. but i'm really hungry...

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Saturday, August 25, 2007

9:55 PM

i'm tired and pissed off and home is just not a relaxing place. i'm going to be tired and pissed off tomorrow because it'll be a whole day of games, and no matter what i do, i always seem to be wrong.

if i take initiative, then i'm wrong, because i should have followed the plan. if i do nothing, then i'm wrong because i'm being too rigid. "polo is a flexible game."

i really want to continue commiting and go down for trainings next week, but i really just have such a shitload of work to catch up on. caiwang makes it sound so easy. there is no recre team for polo. if you have decided that you want to play, then you owe the team to do your best. if you think you want to do other things, that your career and studies are more important, then you also owe it to the team to end it clearly, and don't drag them back with your absence.

caiwang you can get third class honours with no regrets, but i can't, and i don't plan to. i haven't done my readings for all 5 of my modules, i have one long essay due by end of the month, i have one PR campaign to submit to Hong Kong in two days, i have a response paper to do in two weeks' time, i have 3 tutorials to do in 3 day's time, my new UCV prof who just came back from Middle East doing archeology thinks we're as free as him to go dust dinosaur bones in our spare time and he's assigned us 80 pages of readings to do by 6 sep. in the meanwhile he expects us to post regularly and intelligently on ivle, and do our local AND overseas heritage watch project.

and i can't do all of these because firstly i'm tired as fuck from the competition today, the whole of tomorrow will also be competition, i'll probably reach home at 10pm and drop dead immediately. then monday 6 hours of lecture back to back, followed by tues training, wed feeling tired, thurs training, fri feeling tired, then it's the weekends again, the second week of IVP games.

and my mum's worried cos she says i've lost a lot of weight and i'm losing a lot of hair. and she gets irritated when she talks to me and she doesn't understand why i have to choose to make myself so tired all the time. then i get irritated and i don't feel like coming home. but i can't stay at school, because i sleep like shit at school, which just makes me more tired.

i really don't know how to finish my work when my brains are falling apart and i can't concentrate and i don't feel like doing anything.

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Friday, August 24, 2007

3:39 PM

Correspondence within the USP Community

From: ManagementWhoShaltNotBeNamed
Sent: Mon 8/20/2007 8:21 AM
To: USP 4th Year; USP 3rd Year; USP 2nd Year
Cc: USP Admin Staff; USP Faculty
Subject: USP Student Activities Survey

Dear 2^nd, 3^rd & 4^th Year Students

As you know, Learning Beyond the Classroom is a key component of the USP mission. To this end, USP has developed two specific programmes, namely, the Global Programme (GP) and the Student Opportunities Programme (SO). These are on top of the many other non-GP or SO activities which may be USP or student-initiated, not to mention the numerous USC activities.

We are in the process of reviewing the plethora of activities that are currently organised by USP. We would like to invite you to participate in the USP Student Activities Survey (please click https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/esurveys/jsp/index.jsp?id=SUR0049) that will help us gauge the interest in these activities within the community.

Your feedback is extremely important to us in identifying the type of activities that will be of interest and relevance to you. This will enhance the effectiveness and values add of USP.

In appreciation of your participation, you will receive a different free souvenir when you complete the survey. We thank you in advance for your time and effort.

This survey will end on Sunday, 26 August 2007 at 2359hours.

ManagementWhoShaltNotBeNamed,

On behalf of USP Management

From: ProfWhoShaltNotBeNamed
Sent: Mon 20/08/2007 10:20
To: ManagementWhoShaltNotBeNamed; USP 4th Year; USP 3rd Year; USP 2nd Year
Cc: USP Admin Staff; USP Faculty
Subject: RE: USP Student Activities Survey

Dear ManagementWhoShaltNotBeNamed,

Learning beyond the classroom is fine but learning within the classroom is also important. I have been complaining many times about the classroom facilities, e.g., the whiteboards have to be replaced - they have a limited lifetime you know. At SR1, the projector screen has run its course; it has been an eyesore at USP for a long time. As our Prime Minister said yesterday, upgrading is the key word. I feel that USP must devote more time and effort into maintaining classroom facilities. I should think that there are sufficient funds for this.

As an immediate measure, can the projector screen at SR1 be replaced by the end of the week please?

Kind regards.

ProfWhoShaltNotBeNamed

PS: I wish USP students would also complain when they find inadequate classroom maintenance.

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

5:23 PM

stayed alone in chatterbox last night because missed the last bus back. ate froot loops alone in study room 2. slept alone on the mattress.

very liberating and peaceful, but also very lonely.

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5 cents a hug

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

1:28 AM

it's been one week and eight hours :| the world hasn't ended yet, so there.

this sucks.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

11:56 AM

OAC Fireworks Gathering 2007

oh but i do have pictures! :D these are donated by the generous nilia, love her big big :D

shawnees reunion! after god knows how long. sebas, me, say moo moo, nilia, and alp~!

30th oac fireworks goers :)

we're just such fireworks whores. it seems like everytime we go out, it's always something fireworks related. but this year we were at the Open Field Beside Floating Platform (Which I Bet Will Have A Skyscraper Next Year And Block Our View) which was significantly better than last year, where we ran insanely around trying to find a patch of sky that's not a reflection off glass buildings. no patches of sky available in CBD, no.

until next year then :)

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Monday, August 20, 2007

8:10 PM

Welcome to the newest issue of Chatterbox Today!

i'm pretty sure i blogged during the exam period about how conversation topics in chatterbox revolved around sex and pornography and perversions and kinks.

Me, at table, on whitebook: ohmygod.
Friends: *ignore*
Me: ohmygod, you know how macs cannot maximise windows and you can see the windows behind the main one?
Friends: um hmm.
Me: is that a moving breast i see at the bottom left of my screen?
Jaesson: Breast? Where??
Me: ohmygawd it became a moving nipple.

i blame it on Facebook. i'm sure it's their pop-ups. i knew it was unhealthy, but i didn't know it was unhealthy like that. but gabriel was extremely amused, and it's not funny when he's amused.

Gabriel: moniza, look. *shows moniza laptop*
Moniza: gah, octopus sex!
Me: gah, octopus sex, again!

what's my gay fetish compared to sotong fetish? chatterbox is just so weird.

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8:04 PM

This is to update you on some latest developments on campus. We will be introducing a new massaging service in the TV lounge @ YIH starting 20th August. In addition to watching TV progammes, students can now choose to enjoy foot reflexology and neck/shoulder massages.

- NUSSU circular

wtf...? i know the NUS student union's days of organising protests and rallies are over, but these days, they're just getting so strange. organising all those endless bazaars must have made them bizarre...

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Sunday, August 19, 2007

12:19 AM

it's just been so blardy cold lately with all the morning rain... just came back from watching fireworks at the National Floating Platform. they were pretty, but when i tried to take pictures all the bursts of lights came out squiggly, so no pictures from me :( there were also these floating spots of light that zoomed around bulidings and the audience, i don't know what to make of them. they looked like mechanical firelies from far.

also discovered today that BK has a value menu that offers $2 burgers. $2 burgers!

also, love for BK has increased since BK opened an outlet in the NUS arts canteen :)

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Saturday, August 18, 2007

12:39 AM

the more i think about the new school term the more work seems to pile up. i have a probably 20 page china paper due by the end of this month, and i still have no idea what the topic will be. also considering participating in a PR campaign/competition to buff up CV, and the initial entry is also due by month-end.

rag tiredness is not leaving. still feel half dead everyday, but that might be because of polo. every weekend packed with friends that i miss but don't feel like entertaining at the moment. i'm a lousy friend.

need to sort out commitment to polo. will chiong until the IVPs are over and medals are won. and then i'll have to do quarterlife things like examine my goals and directions.

what i need most right now to make life more comfortable:
1. daily contact lenses
2. sleep
3. hair cut
4. my new textbooks
5. cleared out room

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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

1:44 PM

nataliedee.com

here begins another phase of my life. the new sem starts. at the moment everything seems so dull and tiring, but i'm sure eventually it'll pick up.

the rag team plus the china group went down to send alex off on tues. we china people camped over at the airport cos the flight was at 6am. here are pictures of breakfast after the send-off:



i suddenly realise that i don't actually have pictures of the subject person, erps. but alex appeared in like hi, wow, thanks for coming but i'm like, late for my plane so thanks again and bye! or it would have been, except that he almost couldn't fly because he was short of his I-20 form or something. which was with yours truly, somehow, so that was cleared. apparently the check-in process was extremely stern and involved a patronising security guard who gave instructions on how life was supposed to be like in america. and you were supposed to give forms in a particular order, and they have names like the hundred dollar receipt and the two hundred dollar receipt.

and this reminds me of a funny post from Maya's blog (she's awesome - read her Quality of Mercy, boycott Deathly Hallows.) from when she was arranging to go to america:

And why have I been offline? I have been recovering from the Great M.A. Fuck-Up and preparing for this business I am about to announce. About Halloween, I am leaving home and hearth to do a six months' publishing internship in New York City.

And wow, has it been complicated to arrange. Application, phone interview, done and dusted a while ago. But the process of moving to America is madness, y'all. A few vignettes from recent weeks:

SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SHOP:
MAN: Don't move your face! America requires photographs with your face right there!
MAYA: oh.
MAN: Don't smile!
MAYA: Ha ha.
MAN: I'M SERIOUS. AMERICA DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SMILE.
MAYA: oh.

EMBASSY INTERVIEW WITH MOST EVIL OBJECT IN THE WORLD.
MEOW: Why do you think you can do this job better than an American?
MAYA: Well... I was chosen?... Because I was the best... qualified...?
MEOW: Why are you taking a job from an American?
MAYA: Well, I mugged an American and found the job in their handbag, and I thought I kind of looked pretty in it.
MEOW: ...
MAYA: ...
MEOW: How do we know you don't want to move permanently to America?
MAYA: Are you kidding? You people have to pay for college! And your writers get taxed!
MEOW: Why haven't you graduated yet?
MAYA: We have the graduation ceremony in December.
MEOW: Why is that?
MAYA: Because that is how Ireland works.
MEOW: Why is that?
MAYA: Well, it takes a while to get all those goats for our pagan celebrations, you know?
MEOW: ...
MAYA: This interview may go better if you accept the fact I have Trying To Be Funny Tourette's when under stress.
MEOW: Any medical condition should be on your forms.

USIT, AKA PLACE WHICH WAS MEANT TO PROCESS MY APPLICATION:
MAYA: Here are my forms! Please to process. Here is my 100 dollar processing fee!
USIT: Thank you. Please to give us 700 more dollars for, like, processing.
MAYA: Ahahaha. Perhaps you misunderstood me. I want to go to America, not, you know... actually buy it.

and anyway that's over. here's how the sky looked like from my block when i got home... it's pretty.



i wish i had more time, and more memories. but.

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Thursday, August 09, 2007

2:39 AM

Please find your bidding result for Acad Yr 2007/2008, Semester 1 as follows:

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Allocated Modules
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Module Code : FNA2004
Module Title: Finance

Module Code : DSC2006
Module Title: Operations Management

Module Code : BSP2001
Module Title: Macro And International Economics

Module Code : UCV2207
Module Title: The Politics of Heritage

Module Code : PS1101E
Module Title: Introduction to Political Science


i tried to do 4 core, i really did. but i didn't, because i couldn't, because my was-going-to-be timetable looked so dismal when i built it. i still have like 5 out of 14 foundation modules left to clear... that's like, one whole sem's worth of modules. how am i ever going to graduate...? i really am such an arts girl, i really am :(

but on the brighter side, ucv2207 is going to bring me to cambodia during the recess week, hurrah! :D i love ucv modules! (china was ucv2006 XD)

usp rocks, loves usp big big deep deep :)

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2:25 AM

recently heard this nice song on the radio by Joan Osbourne, What if God was One of Us. it's beautiful, but if it were me, i'd just appreciate the song alone without the mtv. if you watch the clip, close you eyes and just ignore the nosering.



What if god was one of us
Just a slob like one of us
Just a stranger on the bus
Trying to make his way home
Just trying to make his way home
Like a holy rolling stone
Back up to heaven all alone
Just trying to make his way home
Nobody calling on the phone
Except for the pope maybe in rome

you have to listen to the song as the lyrics like, unroll. i was so surprised when i first heard it, i just sat down and stared at the radio. maybe it's because i've talked more about religion these two months than i have in probably my entire life, but i like it very much.

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1:39 AM

backdated news 1: harry potter


went with shieh yuan and angela as usual to queue for deathly hallows. i swear, age catches up with you. we get there later and later with every book released, and the natural thing that happens when you get older is that more and more people become younger than you, have more energy than you, and hence get there earlier than you, and stand in the queue in front of you. it's so annoying.

enthusiasm goes down as age increases. i didn't even pre-order this time, but trusted that if they have books to sell to you, they will sell to you, pre-order or no. and did they order in extra stock...:


staff setting up the stack. couldn't see what was going on during the countdown (couldn't even hear the countdown) cos the queue was all the way to the back of wheelock place already by the time i got there. i remember during sec 4 when we were early enough to be in the store itself and there were tv people everywhere getting stupid responses from every person they interviewed. we were so crazy we even collected the tape sealing the boxes that had EMBARGO UNTIL 7.01AM on them. pah.


just happy that we have the books:


also, collected a pair of gold and black balloons that i thought would be so cool to have despite them sporting the words 'i got my harry potter at borders'. but when i tied them to the paper bag they were at a height to keep bouncing at my ears and throughout the day i was so terrified they'd burst. not cool.

later that day went to repair macbook charger and buy new laptop case (SO PRETTY.) with kiak, who gave my balloons to ang mo kids.

oh no, my life sounds so boring :|

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Monday, August 06, 2007

9:50 PM

souvenir from the last day of project:


that's me on the left, looking, admittedly, rather feminine and pretty. on the right, looking dorky, is the most adorable boy in the world :)

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Sunday, August 05, 2007

12:54 AM

long absence from posting, but layout's changed this time round :)

significant events that happened includes, in chronological order, polo camp, usp freshmen camp, fixing whitebook, festering in chatterbox sofa room trying to get china work done, getting china work done (recent development), failure of Master Plan Which I Have Only Told A Few But Which Everyone Knows About and usp rag (work in progress).

i'm going home like 2 days a week; family has been much neglected, but i hope it's okay >_< they'll be seeing my sorry eyebagged face everyday once school starts.

and it's always the wrong time to blog, really, because everytime i feel like it my pictures are not with me. i thought with a spankin' new camera i'd have many many blog posts, but it's holding me back because now i don't feel like blogging about anything i don't have pictures of.

tmr will have hands on whitebook and pictures within. whitebook is currently buried under dirty laundry in sofa room. i've had warnings from the usp admin not to hang my wet clothes around cos it's blocking the fire exit. imagine, people might die because of my soggy flapping underwear. i've taken to climbing out onto the window ledge to hang my things. i secure myself by making sure that every time i climb out, there's someone in the room and i request that if i die, to tell my mum i love her.

well, so much for now. love my spiffy new skin :)

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