Brevity is not always the soul of wit

Speechless.

Sunday, November 26, 2006

I'm beyond pissed right now.

Because of all the family drama that's been happening (which I didn't contribute a whit to) and a particularly sticky ticket situation, my trip to Paris/London has been pretty much cancelled. Note that I say the word 'my' cause my parents are going. Without me. For 2 weeks. FUCK sia. To hell with proper English.

So they're jetting off tomorrow. Yay.

I'm still in a state of semi-disbelief. All that anticipation, preperation and excitement...all for nought. Obviously, there is a lot of bitterness and resentment encased in my being as of right now. But I'll get over it. I have to.

The only good thing that has happened the last couple of days is that M is helping me get a job through his friend who works with Lifesciences. Admin stuff that shouldn't be too taxing. The pay isn't too bad as well - Around $6.50 - $7 per hour.

Anyway, just to conclude a short post, let me reiterate: FUCK sia.

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Prom

Thursday, November 23, 2006

So Prom was last night. T'was fun to see everyone dolled up and looking gorgeous. I didn't have enough time to do my makeup properly (At 5.30 Mum decided to go to Parkway to buy sushi for my dad after my hair was done) so it was barely visible in the photos.

The emcee...was pretty entertaining. Couldn't stand his running gag with PCD's 'Dontcha' though. I took a whole bunch of photos, with teachers/mrs Chia/friends/acquaintances. Who knew that camwhoring was so much fun? Best thing that happened that night was Kash and Suad being there...after giving me a cardiac arrest last night.

I was damn reluctant to wash my hair last night. It was the first time I ever had true-blue curls~

Have been editing my CW essay ( I managed to find it in some obscure sub-folder) for the school magazine. Hopefully, it doesn't turn out too badly. Apparently a lot of the people who congratulated me didn't know I could write. Lol. I don't really blame them cause I don't look the part. At least a word of congrats is infinitely preferable to the lambasting I got from a certain green-eyed Miss TKGS finalist. Anyway, enough rambling..here are the photos.

Me, Suad, Kash, Push, Tanvi, Preeti

Mrs M Chia

All of us giving attitude to the poor bull in the lobby who was practically sexually harrassed by us.

Jacqueline, Aradhna, Xin Yu, Bhav, Adelicia, Me

Suad and I

Mrs Karen Tan and I

A Maths Teacher, Ms Lee

Sarah-Ann the resident Literature Pro

Mrs Chan, FM who teaches Chem and gave us saga seeds

Me and Faiz~

Beatrice with her electric blue mascara and dyed hair (swoons in envy)

Mrs Loe--FM teaching English. Note to self: Get her a pastel coloured fan from Chinatown.

Me and Yan

Mdm Adela Chee! HCL teacher who snuck in at around 9/10+

Tanvi and Me!

Mrs Shirley Hoe..Lit teacher

Anne-Marie, Tanvi and me. Gawd my double chin is showing here.

Me and Bhav!!

I like this photo even though it's dark. Beatrice, me and Melissa

Pushpa and me~~

Xinya ^^

Suad and me! Love this pic.

Besties. Suad and Kash~ My shawl was falling off and I grabbed it at the very moment the camera went off lol.

There are probably a few more photos I haven't uploaded yet. Will get around to it soon.

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aureliaz out
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Parking Pontianak

Oh. Mein. Gott. This is some funny shit. The minah accents that the Dim Sum Dollies use are so cute! "I say 'Hello got no choice must meet my quota!'"

NA BEH

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aureliaz out
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OVER

Friday, November 17, 2006

It's over! IT'S F*CKING OVER! WHOOOO~

But damn, I spotted the wrong chapters for History. Damn bloody ulu la the questions. So basic but so unexpected. I think a lot of us didn't study UN and League of Nations...hopefully my SS will save my Comb. Humans. Wow, we went wild (alliteration *whoo*) after the exams and Suad was there even though she had no papers. We dropped our bags and ran one round around the circular block screaming our lungs out and trying to stifle the screams and giggles outside the conference room where the invigilators were. Unfortunately, we had to drop our Swensens plan because of 'unforeseen' (I sound like Source A) circumstances. But we (Suad, Kash, Faiz, Yagnya and I) pigged out on Cornetto, Coke and Lay's Sour Cream and Onion on the Caltex floor. We were desperately hunting for the halal symbol on the Ruffles and Doritos but to no avail--nevertheless I had a blast making a fool out of myself. I recall singing HSM/Evanescence/ Irene Cara/ Forbidden City songs at one point but who cares? Certainly not my friends.

I'm going to miss the aunties and uncles in TKGS. So very very much. Aunty Alice--I used to think she was weird but now I converse with her in Chinese everytime I see her..she has some really interesting stories. Oh and she likes to form a tag team with the orange plate aunty to give me nutritional advice--nagging me to eat more vegetables and telling me what soup the stalls are selling. The Western Food stall Aunty who remembers my name and preferences and never fails to greet me with a warm smile and a quotable line or two. The Drink-stall-Aunties- who-should-quit-and-become comedians who remember that I like chee cheong fun, siew mai and ice lemon tea and chat with me about Korean serial dramas and everything else under the sun. The uncle who helped me in D and T in my early Sec years and wished me good luck this morning..I could go on and on..They're sorely underappreciated and I wish they weren't so for they deserve all the praise and respect they can get from us students.

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aureliaz out
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Stones

Friday, November 10, 2006

I won't blog about the horrors that was Paper 2 of E Maths, suffice to say that an A1 would be incredibly hard to achieve.

I will however, blog about my dad's discovery of his kidney stones (2 small ones in the left, 1 big one 11mm in the right)

This morning was a whirlwind of activity and shock for me. I learnt that when I was sleeping the previous night, my father had to visit the hospital--being in intense pain does something to you. Before the exams, he had to go take an X-ray. During my exams, he was getting the results..Apparently, the pain is due to the big stone moving around.

Anyway, he was scheduled to see the doctor on Monday to begin the treatment, something about soundwaves breaking up the big one, but being in that much pain he didn't think he could hold out that long and his very rich/influential friend managed to get his private doctor to contact him.

He's on his way to the hospital again. My mother and sister had to accompany him, and my mum was supporting his arm.

Seeing the man who has been strong all my life being in this vulnerable a state is decidedly unsettling and worrying.

I swear--I'm going to cut down on my sodium intake from now on.

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aureliaz out
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Propaganda. Over and done with.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Yes....E Maths 1 and SS today. E Maths was surprisingly fine. For once I found myself being able to do the damn polygon and int/ext angle question. There was a 4 hour 'break' between the papers so Kash and I ended up in the Tamil Language Room studying with Amanda and Sumati..I was quite lucky in the sense that 2.5 out of 3.5 of the topics I spotted/studied came out.

(Cass! I told you Sustaining Development, Merger and N. Ireland yesterday. Muahaha. Admit it lor, I'm the best ^^)

I missed a few points in my SBQ though. No matter-I *think* I did enough to scrape a 20 for it.

When I was studying in the TLR, I whined to Kash so much, I think she might have secretly wanted to bang me over the head with a club. Just how stupid does the government think we are if they want to believe that we can't identify bullshit/propaganda for what it is? What ticks me off the most is that we are actually forced to swallow it down and not utter a single word of protest.

对不起，我实在是咽不下这口气。想来想去，我心无法平静，却充满着怒气。

The greatest truth/irony found in the English Teacher is one that we as Singaporean students are faced with everyday.

Fancy eating some "dead mutton" anyone?

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aureliaz out
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Mugged Up and Repeated

Thursday, November 02, 2006

I regurgitated everything about I knew about the theme of education.
Everything except two crucial quotes. "I mug and repeat and they mug up and repeat in examinations" and "What about our roots?"

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That's what I thinking about that right now. But then again, there really isn't much point in crying over spilt milk now is there? The unseen was..fine. I had about 30 minutes to hammer out 2 answers of decent length and against all odds, I did.

CAN YOU STOP F*CKING HARPING ON ME? Giving me that "You're just being 'modest' about your lit, you bitch" look. There's no guarantee in this. No matter how I think I fared, it doesn't matter. I haven't obtained an A1 for Literature in 2 years so just...stop. I'm growing so unbelievably weary of you. I have trouble with remembering the quotes, I 'mug up' just about as much as everyone else and the only subject that comes naturally for me is English. Not Literature. Period.

Yes, my standard of English is higher than that of the average person. In the sense of vocabulary and grammer. That's it. I'm not boasting or anything, it's just fact. Does accurate English mean a high grade in Lit? F*ck no.

Because I lack a natural flair unlike some people I know - but that's okay with me.

Because I know I have talents in other areas besides putting my pen to paper.

I have had 'friends' (okay just one) stab me in the back for my supposed writing skills. But that's fine. Because I grew from that experience, I learnt from it, I dropped that 'friend'/'acquaintance' like a hot coal and I lost some of my naivety.

Point of this entry is: Shut the f*ck up about my 'writing skills' and my so called 'prowess' in English. Because I honestly think I will throw the contents of my stomach (Which believe me, is a lot considering there's a reason I'm overweight) up the next time I hear your self-righteous spiel and whining.

I know you won't ever read this but DAMN, whoever said blogging was cathartic was right~

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aureliaz out
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