Pagan Poetry

Check out more of these demotivators at www.despair.com! I so love this site, and I love Serry for introducing it to me. It's so depressing it's hilarious!

Went to Fans-tasia on Saturday. First time I've been to a cosplay thingy... looks like fun, but also looks like a lot of work. Now I know why Laire likes dressing up as a Nazgul... just black cloth, and make a sword. I liked the Samwise costume someone had (with pots and knapsack, the whole works!), and I saw about 3 Arwens I think... and some other LoTR characters. And some people wearing Hogwarts robes, a Quidditch!Draco, Sailor Moon, Angel Sanctury characters, and Mortal Kombat people, if I'm not mistaken... others I had no idea who they were supposed to be. Mae was asking me if I wanted to join in the next time, but considering how lazy I am and how much I hate sewing and all that troublesome makeup... maybe if I'm crazy enough.

Watched "Billy Elliot" yesterday, and I so love that boy... Jamie Bell, is it? So cute and huggable... almost as huggable as ickle Tom Felton when he was in "Anna & The King"... I am such a paedophile *twacks self*

Am mildly annoyed by the way channel i censors off all the swear words though... it's so distracting! They did it with "Green Mile" too, the night before... like, would it kill them to not mutilate the movie? Maybe it wasn't a major plot point or anything, but for "Billy Elliot" I felt the swearing was part of the working class lingo, and leaving it out was like leaving out a chunk of the scenery.

And watching that movie makes me wish I lived anywhere but here, in boring ol' Singapore. Actually, watching almost any movie makes me wish I didn't live here. I mean, just look at this place... buildings, buildings, more buildings.... so depressing.

View From A Window(excerpt)
by Alfian bin Sa'at

looking out

at the next block
at the curtains on the next block

is to feel as if
one is viewing a wall
at a columbarium

at ghosts behind plaques
hunting for their souls
in drawers, in woks
in the television box

is to laugh, a little sadly,
because even gravestones
have names.

Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread
Through shadow to the edge of night,
Until the stars are all alight.
The world behind, and home ahead,
We'll wander back home to bed.
Mist and twilight, cloud and shade,
All shall fade, all shall fade.

And Pippin singing the above song is about the only thing in Return of The King that redeemed it from being one of the most boring movies I have ever sat through. Well, ok, that and all the slash. And I'm not just talking about Sam/Frodo and that whole hobbit orgy... I mean, just look at Legolas's Don't-Marry-Arwen-Marry-Me-Damnit gaze and Arwen's (in Aefallen's words) I'm-Carrying-This-Banner-Because-I-Cannot-Stand-To-See-The-Way-You-Look-At-Him. And the Gandalf/Pippin, Faramir/Pippin, Denethor/Pippin... slashiest movie ever. Even slashier than "Good Will Hunting", "Saving Private Ryan", or any other film about male bonding. But what I found amazing was that I found it even more boring than The Two Towers... the trailer was a lot more emotionally charged and intense than the movie, which is pretty pathetic really. The journey ends, and good riddance.

You are every goth-kids dream!

Which Ultimate Beautiful Woman are You?
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Whatever.

It's the a cappella version of Dahil Sa Iyo!.... very nice! Hear it here.

Aefallen is coming back from London today! *glee* But I won't be able to go to the airport cos my family will be celebrating my sis's bday early. Actually my sis's bday is on the 15th, but since I won't be in Singapore... *sigh* And I have not finished Chapter 10 of my fanfic even though I promised it'd be up before X'mas... damn... too lazy to sit down and force myself to write. And of course, I haven't been writing my poetry other stories either... Bad, lazy Dobby. Oh don't mind me, I'm just in a grouse-y mood today and will complain about everything just for the heck of it... must be the weather and the fact that I woke up too early today.... zzzzZZZ

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Geez... Verbal diarrhoea much? What rubbish have I been typing for the past 5 mins? *slinks off to reconfigure brain cells*

Stupid NTU internet server... apparently it's something about the rain and that my hall is one of those ulu-ated blocks with numerous screw-ups. Anyway I'm only in my room to sleep, so... yeah, whatever. But it sure is a pain in the ass when you need to do research and keep up with the rest of the world that is not campus.

Whole week has been choir choir choir... And another 5 days seeing the choir ppl from morning to night, stuck on a foggy hill doing practically everything together... we're either going to bond really really well this year, or just get sick of seeing each other's faces ^^;;

Oh well. Tired. Brain dead. Am incapable of coherent thought. Have piano lesson at 11 am, and should sleep if I want to get there on time (2 hours commute again...ack).

My internet is finally working again.

This is a very tempting list to try out.... Ten Ways To Irritate LoTR Fans At The Movies:

1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, "Wait... where the hell is Harry Potter?"
2. Ask everyone around you if they think Gandalf went to Hogwarts.
3. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!"
4. Point and laugh whenever someone dies.
5. Finish off every one of Elrond's lines with "Mr. Anderson."
6. When Aragorn is crowned king, stand up and at the top of your lungs sing, "And I did it.... MY way...!"
7. Wonder out loud if Aragorn is going to run for governor of California.
8. Imitate what you think a conversation between Gollum, Dobby and Yoda would be like.
9. Talk loudly about how you heard that there is a single frame of a nude Elf hidden somewhere in the movie.
10. In "The Two Towers" when the Ents decide to march to war, stand up and shout "RUN FOREST, RUN!"

Oh wow.... James... your group's video project has made it to Singapore Forums, and has been taken for the real thing. Got to admit it was pretty well done though. But what is this I spy with my little eye? Could it be... more fodder for the Be Evil To James Club? *wicked grin* Hope you didn't catch a chill from the water and mud.

Just finished registering subs... ack. Bing, it's not fun at all. But thank you for all the tips anyway, they did help and they made the experience a less traumatising one I think ^^

I got T3 instead of T1 (which I initially wanted) for Social Psych... wanted to change, but in the end was too lazy to and figured not having a morning class on Friday was probably a good thing. Doesn't make a difference unless I get Jap Lang actually, in which case I'll have to speak to Dr Gan about it... either move me to T1 or T2, or have me come in 10 mins late every time... and what I know of Dr Gan is that she's pretty flexible (and late for class herself... haha), so no worries there. Unless she resigns and we get a sucky lecturer, in which case I am completely screwed.

And my roomie totally ignored my warning that this stupid registration thing is like... war.... and she is registering her subs only now *sweatdrop* (it's 5 mins to 5 pm, btw) Just looking at her register makes me nervous. How can she be so calm and do everything in slow-motion like she's doing now? Most of the classes have like, zero vacancies left! Freaky freaky freaky.

The best shows to bitch about: Beauty contests and MediaCorp's Star Awards.

Did you see Fann Wong's skirt? Mein Gott... looks like she cut a hole in her carpet and just put it on like that.

Not Waving But Drowning
by Stevie Smith

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving, but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.

Interesting quiz thingy from Dhika's friendster bulletin:

Choose a band/musician and answer only in song titles by them: Third Eye Blind

Are you male or female?: New Girl

How old are you?: Graduate

Describe yourself: The Background, Invisible

How do some people feel about you?: God of Wine

How do you feel about yourself?: How's It Gonna Be

Describe your ex girlfriend/boyfriend: Darkness

Describe your views on significant others and crushes: Never Let You Go, Blinded When I See You

Describe what you want: Semi-charmed Life, Tattoo of the Sun

Describe how you live: Narcolepsy

Describe how you love: I Want You, Deep Inside of You

Share a few words of wisdom: Good For You

Interesting fact learnt today: it is actually possible to laugh yourself hoarse... which is what a bunch of us did during and after supper. Completely has nothing to do with the heck of a lot of roti prata or the 14 Dinosaurs we ordered. Totally. And of course, as has become the tradition for choir outings, the conversation progressed (degenerated?) to unmentionables and weirdness. Like the 16th Century definition of 'a sweet guy' is a stud. An obscenely scandalous outing it was (not that any of us are complaining), and not for the first time I appreciate the fact that it's not that easy to spot the "NTU Choir" on our collars.

And today, we celebrate the "official" founding of the Be Evil To James Club. Everyone feel free to join! *smirk*

My roomie has gone home, thank god. She's having a major flu, and I have been diligently avoiding the room because I really don't want to get sick less than a fortnight from the competition, especially since the room has bad ventilation and I can't open the window because there's a wasp buidling a freaking nest outside my window and leaving dead caterpillars all over the windowsill. (Yes, ick.) But she's been a really sweet roomie, and this morning I was pleasantly surprised to discover she credited me for this article for Comma (that's the SCI school mag) that I merely gave her some ideas for and didn't help to write. And anyway it's a good thing she went home. The incredible moron who plays the neverending song loop did it again, and this time, it was just Joan Osborne's "What If God Was One Of Us". Just that one song. And if you've ever heard that song you'd know how repetitive it is. Went over, did my best Snape-impression of "Would you please get a life and turn that thing off?" and there has been peace and quiet ever since. If my roomie had been here like she was the previous times he did that, she'd have stopped me again... probably afraid I'd commit homocide or something.

Random note: the field behind my block would be a great place to just lie down and look at the stars, if I had a canvas (or my poncho...hm...) to put on the grass in case it's muddy.

Watched Love Actually with the choir people today... pretty nice, not overly sweet and happy-ending-y. And Rataliens (especially Dreamcatcher you worry wart) I'm still watching it with you guys. I need Aefallen here with me so we can squeal properly over our beloved Potions Master *grin*

Have piano lesson tomorrow before this choir workshop thingy at NUS, and I am so dead. Was supposed to finish learning a Bach Prelude (half of my exam piece), and so obviously have not. Oh well... I'll just wing it, like I always do =P

I need to change my layout. This one is getting extremely boring. Although at the moment I never want to see html coding again in my life. Oh alright, for the next couple of days.

Anyway. Have not properly blogged in a long while actually... just kind of busy lately with choir stuff, so much so that Dreamcatcher has declared her undying hatred for choir because I have less time to meet up with the Rataliens ^^|| Man, it's tough being popular =P

First sem of Uni finally over.... a kind of closure somehow missing. Getting back results feels like getting back a mid-year paper or something, not important (although of course it is if you're a crazy nut like me who wants to try and see if I can get first class honours). Results weren't that fantastic really, but at least my parents aren't going to drag my sorry ass out of choir, so that's a good thing. But all of it still seems so unreal... times like these, I get really annoyed with the internet and all it's pseudo-reality.

Wait, did I just say I was sick of the internet? Ye gods, the sky is fallin' down on our heads!

I think I've been staying in all day staring at the computer screen and now my brain has sunk into the depths of boredom and (temporary) depression, and now I'm just typing nonsense. Hopefully the weather will be nice to me and I'll be able to go swimming tomorrow before practice.

My song of the moment... very poignant.

Unsent
by Alanis Morissette

Dear Matthew I like you a lot
I realize you're in a relationship with someone right now and I respect that
I would like you to know that if you're ever single in the future
and want to come visit me in California
I would be open to spending time with you
and finding out how old you were when you wrote your first song

Dear Jonathan I liked you too much
I used to be attracted to boys who would lie to me and think solely about themselves
and you were plenty self-destructive for my taste at the time
I used to say the more tragic the better
the truth is whenever I think of the early 90's
you face comes up with a vengeance like it was yesterday

Dear Terrance I love you muchly
you've been nothing but open hearted and emotionally available and supportive
and nurturing and consummately there for me
I kept drawing you in and pushing you away
I remember how beautiful it was to
fall asleep on your couch and cry in front of you for the first time
you were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself
what was wrong with me

Dear Marcus You rocked my world
you had a charismatic way about you with the women
and you got me seriously thinking about spirituality
and you wouldn't let me get away with kicking me own ass
but I would never really feel relaxed and looked out for around you though
and that stopped us from going any further than we did
and it's kinda too bad because we could've had much more fun

Dear Lou We learned so much
I realize we won't be able to talk for some time
and I understand that as I do you
the long distance thing was the hardest and we did as well as we could
we were together during a very tumultuous time in our lives
I will always have your back and be curious about you
about your career your whereabouts

second day of choir camp... fun if tiring. yesterday was the first day of singing after almost 2 months without proper practice *dies* The entire choir is on Nian Ci An and strepsil overdose at the moment. But my voice is still here with me. Barely. I'm not complaining.

Am too tired to blog... falling asleep in front of the computer... *blasts Alanis Morissette songs and hope ppl knock on my door and complain, so that I'll wake up*

Have a performance on Thursday... on the day Mae comes back *sigh* Should go practice songs...

My HP plot bunnies are finally back from wherever they went. Chapter 9 up, and Chapter 10 on the way!

The trailer for The Prizoner of Azkaban is out! *grin* See the Windows Media Player version here!!!

It is so cool... especially the Wanted poster, the Dementor, and of course, Boggart Snape =D I can't wait for the 4th of June!

Dobby is FREE!

One more exam to go - an exam that doesn't have a textbook, and has pointless readings and lectures. Am trying to figure out the failure rate for this class, doesn't seem too bad though. So either everyone is really good at crapping, or everyone did so badly it was moderated. I hope it's the latter, cos I sure as hell don't want to repeat this module.

Behold. Another bunch of losers protesting against HP:

"Yes we scared them, but I'd rather scare them to heaven than just let them go to hell -- because hell's kind of scary." Basham said. "What we were trying to do was a peaceable protest against witchcraft and sorcery which Harry Potter is directly involved with. The Bible says to raise your children up in the ways of the Lord, not in sorcery. The Bible speaks out against witchcraft and sorcery throughout the old and new testaments. We believe that this Harry Potter thing is wicked. All we were trying to do is open the people's eyes to reality -- it's not just a little story book."

Basham, who admits he has never read any of the Harry Potter books, believes that the author J.K. Rowling is a witch herself and is trying to promote witchcraft through her books.

Peaceable protest my arse. According to the report, they were shouting things like "Don't go into the library, you'll go to hell!" at the kids. And this crazy nut hasn't even read the books! Judge not and thou shalt not be judged, man.

Last 2 to go!!!!

A fan site says Singapore will only start showing Jason Issac's "Peter Pan" from January 29, 2004 >_< I suppose the distributors are trying to avoid the Christmas competition from LoTR and Matrix, but isn't it even siller to show it in the middle of term? *scowls* Oh wait... it's the Chinese New Year thing is it? *sigh*

Also, the teaser for PoA will not be in Matrix as rumoured, but in a Looney Tunes movie *narrows eyes* Am so not watching a looney tunes movie just for a 1 min and 26 sec teaser. Even if it does have boggart-Snape.

Happy Birthday, Dreamcatcher!

"Love Actually" will show in Singapore December 4th! *cheers* It's of yet unrated.... please let it be at the most M18. Otherwise for the first time in my life, the very obedient and guai1 me (You there. Stop sniggering!) will be forced to break the law.

One more down!

Quiz from Sena:

If I had one wish it would be: Unlimited wishes =P
Love is: like oxygen! XD
If an angel flew into my window at night I would: Depends. If we're talking about The Metatron.... *grin*
If I could see one person right now it would be: Eh. Dunno.
If I could be doing anything right now I would be: having a sleepover with the Rataliens (and hobbits!)
Money is: Something I wish I didn't need
One thing I don't have that I wish I did is: Right now, a VCR and my kindaichi tape. I haven't watched it yet ;_; And I missed this afternoon's anime version because I was in a freaking exam
One thing I have that I wish I didn't is: The headache I'm having now.

Something I want but I don't really need is: A cello. I don't know what I want one for since I can't play it. But I want to learn.
I live for: tomorrow
It makes me angry when: people blast Cher's "strong enough", the original "American Pie", "Otherside" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and some Macy Gray song over and over and over again in a neverending loop when I'M TRYING TO STUDY, GODDAMNIT! which is what some utter idiot was doing last night. I was thisclose to going over and beating him to death with his radio.

Yesterday I:
1. was writing two freaking 2000 word essays.
2. was plotting to kill the idiot listening to the neverending loop of four songs
3. restrained self from killing said idiot
4. played five rounds of spider solitaire
5. was too busy and stressed to eat

Today, I:
1. FINISHED MY BLOODY 104 EXAM! YES!!!
2. AM HIGH ON CAPS *ahem*
3. am planning to burn all my 104 notes
4. will not budge from the computer
5. will kill the idiot with the neverending song loop if he does that again tonight

Five Songs I Know All the Words To, Even Without the Music:
1. whatever I'm listening to at the moment
2. Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
3. the choir competition songs... sing dunno how many times liao
4. Garasu no Shounen
5. er... nursery songs =P

Five Bands You've been listening Lately:
1. Matchbox 20
2. KinKi Kids
3. Er. Whoever who played the Sonata No. 3 I'm listening to now
4. whichever orchestra played the Harry Potter soundtrack
5. Elliot Smith

Top Five Locations I'd Like To Run Away To:
1. Japan.
2. England
3. Scotland (Hogwarts! XD)
4. Germany
5. Ratal

One exam down, four more to go.

You are Form 3, Unicorn: The Innocent.

"And The Unicorn knew she wasn't meant to go into the Dark Wood. Disregarding the advice given to her by the spirits, Unicorn went inside and bled silver blood.. For her misdeed, the world knew evil."

Some examples of the Unicorn Form are Eve (Christian) and Pandora (Greek).
The Unicorn is associated with the concept of innocence, the number 3, and the element of water.
Her sign is the twilight sun.

As a member of Form 3, you are a curious individual. You are drawn to new things and become fascinated with ideas you've never come in contact with before. Some people may say you are too nosey, but it's only because you like getting to the bottom of things and solving them. Unicorns are the best friends to have because they are inquisitive.

Which Mythological Form Are You?
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Me? Innocent? *smirk* I'm sure anyone who really knows me is going to disagree violently *LOL*

Went studying with Dreamcatcher yesterday at National Library... actually managed to finish almost 4 chapters of extremely boring readings on the political structure of Singapore, ethnic integration, and the education system. Go me! Productive day, it was. And also managed to, somehow or other, borrow another couple of heavy books for further reading for exams ^^; I feel like Hermione everytime I go to libraries. I'm practically grabbing everything off the shelves, because everything looks so interesting - whether or not it's related to what I'm looking for!

It's also a bad idea to read World War I poetry during exams. Got attracted to the book because of "Regeneration" - Sassoon, Owen and Graves are all in that book - and once I got started I couldn't stop reading. And then I got depressed >_<

In other news, I heard that Elliot Smith died of unknown causes or something =( Of course popular people seem to die ever so often, repeatedly, only to be discovered alive and well and fairly amused. Be a big pity if he's dead - I totally loved the songs he wrote for "Good Will Hunting". Got talent, he does.

And like Yoda talk, I do. *sweatdrop*

which groupmember are you?

But of course. *smirk*

I just realised blogger did the stupid thing where it eats up my layout again. @$^&$@*&)*^$% blogger! And I couldn't check it because the NTU server hates my blog and always gives me some stupid message about the gateway not liking the server. *mutter*crappyuselessimbecile*mutter*

Anyway... I'm trying to look for the play version of "Dr. Fischer of Geneva" by Graham Greene. Anyone seen it anywhere? Although I haven't been told whether I'm in the Paparazzi main comm yet, I figured I'd just think of some interesting plays to try out... so far they've been suggesting Ibsen's Doll's House, but I don't really like Ibsen's plays because somehow the translation from Norwegian to English makes the lines very awkward. Another one they suggested was a local play I haven't read and can't remember the title of... maybe that would be a better idea. Had originally intended to inflict Private Lives on more people, but I don't think we have that kind of budget to pull it off ^^; Cos we would need to build a balcony-ish set... and also we would need actors who can sing and play the piano and speak French. Anyone have other suggestions?

I want to go downstairs to hear Kerri singing =( But am in the middle of tutorial now, bored out of my mind while I wait for my teacher to approve my draft. Blehz.

Exams in two weeks. Next week is what our lecturers call "dead week" - kinda ominous, yes? I'll only have lessons on Mon, Wed and Thurs one lesson only on each day *narrows eyes at lecturers* And all at 8.30 in the morning. Stupid stupid stupid stupid.

You are Will turner. You are ignorant and refuse to accept the truth that your father was a pirate. You don't like to be betrayed but, unlike Captain Jack, you forgive. You are hard working and good with a sword.

Which Pirates of the Caribbean character are you?
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I resent this result! Am not this sissy creature!

I do not have 107 homework to do. I do not have 105 homework to do. The exams are not in two weeks time. Each day is 100 hours long.

As you can tell, I am In Denial.

Just heard from my friend that a classmate beat a cat to death with a baseball bat *snarls* *hisses*

Feel like learning how to drive one of those huge lorries so that I can go run over that bastard a couple of times, but that would be too kind. Mummify him alive a la The Mummy - now that would be more fitting. Then bury him in the Temple of Bast. Serry also suggested throwing in a handful of man-eating scarab beetles - bloody brilliant idea, that. Torment him slowly to death as he gets eaten from inside out.

Found a deleted scene on the Dogma website... it's after the Holy Bartender part, where Jason Lee does his "evil is an abstract" thing. Just woah. That scene just fucking blew me away, even if it doesn't have Alan Rickman in it. People who I've already inflicted Dogma on: here's the scene. And for those unfortunate souls who have yet to watch it, catch the trailer here. Be warned - lots of swearing, rated "Restricted" for religious sensitivity.

Also learned that Matt Damon went to Harvard. Damn that guy is smart.

Random thought of the day: "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at Star Wars as well."

Do you hear that? I think that was Oscar Wilde turning in his grave XD

Had lunch with a couple of seniors before focus group today... this seems to be turning into some sort of Wednesday/Thursday routine - wander off to Can B, bump into a few seniors, have lunch with them and feel slightly extra because I have no idea what they are talking about when they start talking about schoolwork.

One of them going on exchange programme next sem. I wonder if I should go - or if I will even be able to take part in it. *sigh*

Just learnt that Stephen King got the National Book Award for lifetime achievement *cheers*I've read every book he has written except that online one which I cannot remember the title of, and I've been waiting a few years for him to finish his Gunslinger series ^^; Besides, the guy is a Potter fan *grin*

I'm not, and am never going to be a Christian, but some evangelists have pretty interesting ways to gather their shee- I mean, faithful that I found cute ^^

How can you possibly be a self-made man?
I specifically recall creating you. -God.

I was thinking of making the world black and white.
Then I thought Naaah. -God.

What do I have to do to get your attention?
Take out an ad in the newspaper? -God. (I particularly liked the postcard version of this one)

Keep using my name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer. - God

And just because.... Friend Test!

wah... I long time never blog sia. Totally swamped with homework, as usual. Plus exam in a month's time ^^;

Had to make a trip to Bukit Merah Lib on Friday because the National Library Board has such an intelligent and user-friendly way of archiving its collection so that random books that it only has one copy of will be scattered to the far ends of Singapore which take heck of a long time to get to. Don't you just love these abysmal morons.

I think I'm going to get lots of demerit points from my hall, haha.... forever never go for anything, and I quit hall choir *victory sign* But then again... does it look like I actually give a damn?

Went for choir outing on Weds... fun! =D

Day out at Sentosa... I haven't been there since end of last year when XW wanted to go sun-tanning and we all got drenched by a thunderstorm instead. Luckily the weather was nice... only 17 out of about 60 ppl turned up, but still was fun =) We started by playing team building games... which were followed by mini "sermons" by James. And of course, we threw him kicking and screaming into the sea after that *LOL*

After that we played flipping people into the water... sort of like trust fall, except you trust people to flip you head first into the water, not to lift you up n drop you in, like we did to poor Bing. =P And then we started singing while trying to stop drifting with the tide and half submerged in the water... bunch of weirdos, us ^^ Happy weirdos though =D

you are yourself...u r a true person and you never pretend to be something you're not..well done!

WhAt kInD Of pErSoN SHoULd U suBcOncIuOsLy bE?
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A true person. As opposed to being an alien in a human body, like in the picture perhaps?

New layout! =) Got tired of the whiteness of the previous one...

Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost

Whose woods are these I think I know
His house is in the village though
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake

The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep

Which Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Character are you?

You're Kayashima!

You're the shy psychic. You can read people's auras, besides seeing ghosts, so you're very good at determining people's feelings. Because you're Nakatsu's roomate, he's the only person you're really close to. People sometimes harass you because of your abilities, but you have a group of friends who really respect and like you. You're an extremely cool character.

Kewl.

The following taken from Hyanda:

Audrey Hepburn: Moon River
Bach: Sonata No. 3, 2nd Movement Adagio
Cooper, Alice: Poison (all because of the Slytherin Sex Gods! *grin*)
Domoto Tsuyoshi: Machi
Elliot Smith: Between The Bars
Foo Fighters: Everlong
Gertrude Lawrence: Someday I'll Find You
Handel: Water Music Suite 3: Allegro in D
In Demand by Texas (yes I know it's supposed to be band name, not title of song, but...)
James Marsten: Rest In Peace
KinKi Kids: Mihari
Luna Sea: Gravity
Matt Damon: My Funny Valentine
Nerf Herder: Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme
O???
Paganini: Variations
Q???
Rickman, Alan: Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
Santana: Put Your Lights Out
Third Eye Blind: I Want You
U2: With Or Without You
VAST: Touched
Wang Lee Hom: Revolutions (I can't think of anything else!)
X???
Yoyo Ma: Cello Solo Suite No. 1, Prelude
Z???

Reading ppl's comments on Mctabby's Summary Executions is almost as hilarious as reading the summaries themselves. The newest comment to I don't know what this is about, read it, cos I'm pretty: "Draco! Stop posting over here, get back to Nocturne Alley!"

*smirk*

*laughs so hard she falls off chair*

Wow, it's been a long time since I updated huh. Well, been pretty busy with school work... to tell the truth, I'm starting to find it kinda fun (shh... don't let voice-in-my-head no. 367 hear that). There's the usual essays n research n stupid project work, but there's interesting stuff too, like interviewing ppl for Basic Media Writing and oral history reports. Though I think I need some lessons in compulsive note-taking from you, Chris - I can barely read what I've scribbled. And they're all very disjointed notes too.

Couldn't watch Down With Love with the hobbits yesterday because I had piano lesson in the evening and Orchard is too far away from my teacher's house *mopes* (And that stupid &$^%#^* mutt of hers bit me again *scowls and wishes dearly for Faol's broadsword* If that dog hadn't belonged to her, I'd have skinned and gutted it and left it hanging upside down on a tree - still alive.) Anyway I had to interview Wee Keat for my assignment that afternoon... Thanks again for taking the time to answer all my questions even though you were so busy with your own homework, Wee Keat! *grin*

I believe I once asked why night is said to fall.

One of the best things about living in NTU is the sunsets. Sometimes I stand at the stairwell for a good 2 hours, just watching the sun hiding slowly behind the hill in the distance. Watching the sky spliting horizontally into layers - the lightest, purest gold where the sun is, and a deep dark blue descending upon it that will eventually turn purple-ish black. Two halves that never mix, the falling darkness cushioned by the gold 'til the light is compressed into a thin stream like an aura around the hills, and the streetlights flicker on.

If this life is all I'm going to have and this world is all there is, then I want to spend every last moment in awe at the beauty of the world.

Found the trailer for Love Actually! *grin* Alan Rickman in glasses *laughs* Reminds me of when he was in The Search for John Gissing. But it's such a Hugh Grant and Colin Firth centred show... *sigh* (but not Hugh Grant and Colin Firth together!) AR only got a little bit of screen time...

Am feeling kinda... strange. My brain feels like it's gone bonkers... eaten up by piranhas, probably... *hums "Going Bananas" from Dick Tracy OST*

What Mary Sue Will Get You Reported? by ZanneChaos
Your Name
Your Mary Sue	Charlotte Suella Weasley
Her Love Interest	Draco Malfoy
Her Hair Color	Soft green, like a rolling valley.
Her Eye Color	A sparkling hue of violet.
Her Fate	She sacrifices herself so all may live.

Created with quill18's MemeGen!

*bursts out laughing*

"green like a rolling valley"?! Hair??? Wait, let me guess... she's Ginny's long lost twin sister and the only Weasley for generations to end up in Slytherin? *sniggers*

I've got a LJ account! *glee* Thanks to Claire for generating the code for me =) No more anonymous comment posting for me... although I've got to admit it was rather amusing having ppl trying to guess who posted... heh heh...

Btw... an icon that Isilme made to commemorate the union *smirk* of our two youngest Rataliens:

Don't they just look so cute together? *smirks more*

Random Quiz time!

How Will Voldemort Torture You? by goseaward
Name
Favorite Character
Why Will Voldie Torture You?	Snogging Draco, his boy-toy
What Torture Mechanism Will He Use?	Forcing you to watch him make sweet, sweet love to Snape. And only watch.

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NOOOOOOoooooo~! *weeps* No snogging the Amazing Bouncing Ferret! Am not a pedophile! And also no "only-watch"ing! Bad Dark Lord!
I much prefered the one below:

How Will Voldemort Torture You? by goseaward
Name
Favorite Character
Why Will Voldie Torture You?	Snogging Snape, his bitch
What Torture Mechanism Will He Use?	Tickling

Created with quill18's MemeGen!

How will you be fandom_wanked? by morrigain
Username
Number of LJ Friends
You will be wanked for	supporting bottom!Draco
On this date:	July 25, 2017

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LOL...but I most definitely do not support bottom!Draco.

The Afterlife, V1.0 by silentounce
Name
Favorite Color
Your fate	Escaped from Matrix to Zion

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Haven't been able to post or even go online for a while because the NTU server is down with a virus *scowls*

Have discovered that when it rains in NTU at night, there'll be a misty foggy thing after the rain stops. Rather pretty really. Am singing some strange song about trees and another about bridges for choir ^^|| Also realised that I'm in 2nd alto (which is the lowest female range) and according to this personality test we did during class I belong to the masculine sex type. *suspicious look at Faol*

Anyway...went to ChinaBlack last night for the faculty bash... am super tired now... so sleepy. I didn't dare to sleep after I got back to NTU in case I couldn't wake up in time for my lecture in the morning, so I ended up going for supper with Caroline, Kailing, Fred, Yihui amd Weimin. (Note to self: Fred's definition of "not very far away" is very subjective.) Then I went over to Yihui's room to help her with her campaign stuff until morning. And now my caffeine fix in the wee hours of the morning has worn off a little too quickly...hm...maybe I should have drunk tea instead. Or possibly shouldn't have drunk that glass of bourbon coke and other sips of misc concoctions (although the vodka ribena was quite interesting ^^). Bloody hell, still have one more 2 hour tutorial to go... zzZZ

Went to Chris's house yesterday for a major movie marathon with Claire and Ann *grin* Thanks for having us over, Chris! We watched CoS and went looking for deleted scenes in both the HP DVDs (and managed to convert Claire to the Potter fandom! muah hahahahaha *cheers and congratulates Claire on her good taste* =P) and Moulin Rouge. Must say I've never watched Moulin Rouge... nice songs though, and Ewan McGregor has got a nice voice =) Then after Claire and Ann left, me n Chris watched Truly Madly Deeply *glee* Alan Rickman playing the cello and singing and reading Spanish poetry... which of course left the two of us in a blissful daze.

In other news, I passed my Grade 7 piano exam! Go me! Of course I only passed it by 9 marks, but what the hell... Probably because I failed my sight-reading or something. But my teacher said I got a distinction for one of my pieces... the one that I thought was absolute crap *laughs* Good enough for me. And I also passed the 2nd round of choir auditions ^^

Fight Club!

What movie Do you Belong in?(many different outcomes!)
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"Many different outcomes"?! Of course you've got to have different outcomes, abysmal idiot! Otherwise what, many same outcomes?

"Love takes off masks that we fear we
cannot live without and know we cannot live
within."

You love the thought of Snape and Harry using one another as a means of escaping the coldness of reality in a few minutes of warmth. Though it is usually an unconcious decision, when your boys fall in love all of the masks come off. Your favourite stories most probably include a lot of angst, confusion, and sex. Wahoo!

What Snarry-applicable Quote Are You?
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Hm. Well I'm not a Snape/Harry shipper *cough*H/D*cough*... but nice quote at any rate.

*snickering like mad*

Just read the newest Summary Executions from mctabby... Hey I didn't know Snape was a veela! Explains the legions of screaming fangirls despite the greasy hair and caustic personality though. Other wonderful plot lines include Barney the purple dinosaur as some minion of Voldemort (or perhaps the Dark Lord himself! gasp!) and some incomprehensible summaries. But the best one of the lot..."Rated PG-13 because it gives you slight suicidal tendancies, I'm afraid." Hey you ought to rate your summary too you know, it's a health hazard. I'm dying of laughter over here.

Yanting from AHS is in NTU photog too! *glee* We were running against each other for darkroom chairperson, which felt really strange because basically she and Yingzhi taught me most of what I know about darkroom ^^|| Neither of us got it... went to this French exchange student with a really impressive portfolio =) His photos were so awe-inspiring! (And he was the only one out of the four of us running who had photos to show, at any rate. even though all of us were doing impromptu rally speeches.) Plus he was telling us how he studied under a famous photographer in Paris... so cool. But I 'ave ze feeling zats I whel 'ave za problam catching hiz akccent. *big sweatdrop*

Walk Through The Fire...

Which Buffy Musical Song Are You?
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I'm supposed to be writing my stupid essay! What the hell am I doing? ARGH!

Was actually feeling kinda crappy and stressed today... Extra credit stuff from 4.30 to 5pm, Photography club AGM from 5.30 to 10.30pm (who the hell holds five hour meetings?!), choir audition all the way over at Nanyang House from 9 to 9.30pm (seeing the problem here?) and JCRC Polling Day 8.30 to 10.30pm. Plus essays to write, readings to read, research and projects that are due soon... Basically I need more of me. A lot more. Was stressing over how to be in time for everything and yet skip as little of the AGM as possible and still manage to take into account that the bloody shuttle bus ceases servicing at 9pm and the SBS bus takes only about half a million years.

But am now feeling slightly better after laughing over the entries in Chris's LJ ^^ Laughter is the best medicine after all... though not a particularly long-lasting one. *sigh* Can't wait for the weekend...

You should be dating a Virgo. (23 August - 22 September)
This mate is known for his/her ability to work with the helpless, to evoke strong feelings of empathy and to keep a household strictly organized. Though the virgin can sometimes be scathingly critical of others, cranky and irritable, he/she will seduce their partner with finesse, charm and subtlety.

What Zodiac Sign Are You Attracted To?
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Hmm....Mutable Earth. Some how doesn't seem like such a good match to Fixed Air.

Absolutely hilarious fact of the day: Someone said Harry Potter is divine because Isaiah 64:7 states: "But now, O Lord, you are our Father; We are the clay, and You are the Potter."

*rolls on floor laughing til I cry*

Trying to finish my readings so I'll have the weekend off and won't have to lug all my texts back home over the weekend. Also, Jap Appreciation Club welcome tea today... Free dinner again! Yay! (For some reason things like these become important when you realise how expensive hostel living is... ^^||) Also, blogger went crazy and ate up my page, at least on the NTU server... *narrowed eyes*

Watched "Lost In Yonkers" on Friday night, a production by SCI's Paparazzi. Quite good... the funny bits were done well, and Yew Meng, playing Arty, was amusing and very convincing as a 13-year-old (even I don't know whether I meant that as a compliment or a gibe)... I saw Yixin (a.k.a. Miss What's-my-name-and-what's-her-name?), who was acting as stern and steely old Grandma, trying very hard not to laugh ^^; Aaron's Jay was also rather endearing as the more straight-laced sibling always getting sabo-ed and coming up with the loopy ideas like running off with their mobster uncle and yet being very protective and loyal.

Transition between scenes were well done, sound, lighting and costume and props were ok... I haven't read the play, but I have a feeling some lines had been meddled with... hm. Aunt Gert and Uncle Louie also seemed to be very cameo sort of roles, with not much opportunity to be fleshed out as a real character unlike the 2 boys, Aunt Bella and Grandma. Some slips in the dialogue, though not major and possibly 1st night jitters. But overall effect was still ok, and very enjoyable =)

The rest of my weekend was spent trying to wade through 4 chapters of the promo comm textbook, which was so immensely boring and wordy and econs-y that I would have fallen asleep if not for the pictures. And I still have 2 essays to write and heck of a lot of General Meetings and auditions and crap like that which all seem to happen on Thursday, and an inter-wing billard competition which is silly because I have no clue which form of billard they're playing and I've only played snooker once in my entire life. Bloody hell.

Btw... Hobbits, is our stayover next Friday confirmed? And Chris and Ann haven't updated their blogs in ages!

Oh darn. I actually passed the first round of choir auditions despite the disastrous melodic memory thingy I had to do. Makes me wonder why I signed up for it since I've been spending the last 12 years trying to escape choir teachers... ack. There goes my voice, holidays, evenings off and common sense.

Fencing training today was such a killer... my legs hurt after being in "on-guard" position for a good part of 2 hours. And my neck and shoulders are so stiff... oh dear I just realised that if I get into choir, then I'll have to miss fencing *sigh* oh well... I got no money to buy the lame and the suit anyway... 300 bucks ^^|| And I can always join next time... got long long loooong 4 years ahead to try everything slowly.

I don't care if my lecturer ever reads this. He is damn super egoistic and I'd probably be better off just reading the textbook on my own because he spends most of class time telling us his wonderful fascinating life story, which is so fun it's not. And in excruciating detail too. There's another one who makes us read some of the academic papers that he's written, which isn't as bad since it's actually relevant to the course. Like why would I care what you bought for your wife, or how much it cost? And why do it need to know about how you had no life during your university days because you spent it mugging and going for summer school? Totally nutters.

The Media Resource library sucks. It doesn't have the Bach sarabande I want and no movies to watch. False advertising! At least nobody hogs the comps around here, and there's aircon, which is more than I can say for my room.

Ought to go for fencing class... ^^ will go get some work done before I go try to poke someone's eye out.

Long time never post... ^^ quite busy with school work... only third day of school and I already feel so stressed. Man... at least tomorrow only got one lesson, even if it's all the way over at North Spine. Time to catch up on readings...

Anyway. Found 2 ex sec classmates staying on the same floor as me. Even though I wasn't like super super close to them, but they're very nice girls and easy to talk to. Someone else I know is in both Akido and Fencing (can't believe I'm joining so many... will have every evening just training, at this rate.) Also, I conclude that this place is over-run with VJC pple. Or I just have incredible luck and keep bumping into all of them.

And as a parting shot before I go on to do my readings and post a random quiz result... SIA SUCKS!!!!!!!!

Which Wolf's Rain Character are you?
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Went to Claire's place for Writers' Circle bbq... thanks for having us over! Basically it was me, Claire (duh), Chris, Ann, Serene, Allen and David... Jon couldn't make it cos he's at the NDP rehearsal and Mark cancelled last minute *frowns* It's one of my major peeves... pple who are late, and conveniently forget to inform me they're not coming anyway until I've been waiting for them for half an hour. Luckily for Mark, I'll be angry for a grand total of about 3 minutes, otherwise I'd have throttled him to death. Or possibly cut his heart out with a spoon. Bought way too much food, and for desert we had Allen's amazing white-choc strawberry cheesecake. Fwoah. And yes, it tasted as good as it sounds =D (I've never seen a guy bake before... so bowled over by it.) Then we wrote trashy fics as traditional of every Writers' Circle meeting, one of which involved Darth Vader serenading Luke Skywalker and reduced all of us to tears of mirth because it was so nonsensical *grin*

Home at last... no more keying in stupid passwords to go to the toilet, yes! And also got fridge *hugs fridge possesively*

This week was a little too busy for my taste after that 7 months of slacking... and so far I've basically done nothing except watch Tombraider 2 (which was so super boring I fell asleep halfway thru it), spend way too much money, and sign up for more CCAs than I could possibly handle. I feel so out of touch with the hall people because basically I dun spend much time there, and when I'm there I'm holed up in my room on the Net. I didn't even realise Peck Chia from AHS was in my floor as well... *sigh* Plus I dun like my block (even though I do get to hog the TV lounge... everyone's too busy playing cards) 'cause it's mainly guys. And engineering, nerdy PRC guys at that.

The following weeks are going to be even more expensive and packed with activities, some of which I want no part of at all. Bloody hell... On happier note, I joined some silly CCAs for the heck of it, like fencing ^^ it just looks so cool when AR or Lex Luther does it *swoon*

My roommate went home for 2 days now I have the room to myself, muah ha ha ha ha...

Explored North Spine of NTU today.... very big ^^; but I have some lectures there. Also, two of the three libraries in this place are there... and not knowing where they are is not a Good Thing. Tomorrow have to go for Flag Day and act chirpy... sigh... the things I do to gain a few miserable points and get my 6 hours community service over and done with for this year. Not that it's compulsory to do the 6 hours now at uni level, but since I dun buy flags at all, it makes me feel sorta charitable, for the day.

Finally met my elusive roommate (actually I was probably equally elusive ^^;) Quite nice girl, same course as me and same tutorial groups too! Although she's got a bible on her shelf and listens to Backstreet Boys *weeps* I foresee some problems there. Also went out for a while with some OG ppl after the welcome ceremony... was actually rather amused that we had to wear these robe thingys as freshmen for the ceremony. Except that the robes were kinda navy blue and looked more McGonagall-like than student-like, but still has a Hogwarts kinda feel. Plus turns out Siying from A54 is in NTU too... biz fac.

Kinda sad to find out that orchard road seems so very bloody far now... went there for a while come back want to die already. The commute is really killing me, and singapore isn't even that big!

Check this out! It's a video clip of one team's entry to this jap variety program they used to show on Channel 8 called "Cao Ji Bian Bian Bian" (dunno what the jap name is)... it's a well done Matrix spoof ^^ Link courtesy of senior YeeLin =)

Finally updated Chapter 8 of my fanfic... *whew* Think it's going to be a long long time before Chapter 9 is done...

Am back. Award ceremony was mostly silly, but was fun taking photos with David and Chris afterwards. Then we snuck into the staff room to look for Harris... cheap thrill ^_^; And we made him take a photo with us while he made sarky comments to the poor girl he trapped to be the photographer. I'm going to miss his evilness *wicked grin* Too bad those adorable children of his didn't come along to school... one look at them, and another look at their dad, and you wonder how in the world that happened (just kidding Mr Harris =P)

Oh yes... Dae's bday today! otanjyoubi omedetou~! =D

Comments link not working again! *Crucios Enetation*

Anyway I have to go for College Day today...to get an award for slacking. *fidgets and tugs at collar of shirt* I hate having to wear all this formal stuff. Would it them kill to let us turn up in T-shirts and tank tops? Huh? Would it? Ahem. Sorry, stupid rules always get me slightly psychotic. I wonder if my poor secretaries ZhengRu and JianYu are getting service awards too... heh heh... they so poor thing, always get stuff dumped on them and get abused and bullied by me.

Hm... I wonder if there's any place at all in Singapore that has the VCD or DVD of The Search for John Gissing for rent... anyway I saw the trailer for Pirates of the Carribean. Orlando Bloom looks ugly in there, ha! No wait, what am I talking about... he is ugly. *smirk* But Johnny Depp looks pretty amusing in that getup... plus all the stuff about cursed coins and undead pirates sounds interesting.

And I finally found that poem Colonel Brandon read to Marianne in Sense & Sensibility. It's from "The Faerie Queen"(Book V), by Edmund Spenser.

Had my piano exam today... hm. The pieces should be quite ok though I made a few mistakes with the first piece... the scales staccato were crap but luckily the examiner (a Scottish lady with the surname McLeod and who looks like Professor McGonagall) was very nice and only asked me for 3. Arpeggios... I flubbed the first one. But the sight reading was COMPLETE. AND. UTTER CRAP. I was playing random notes in random pulse with random articulation and random flats for most of the piece, then the last 2 lines were ok. Sure fail one. Aural... with luck will pass lar. Though I said the piece modulated to dominant, then the examiner was like "Hm, su- never mind, now for the next section..." *sweatdrop* And I got the treble portion mixed up with the bass, so I sang half treble and half bass *big sweatdrop*

Now just hope that overall can pass lar... *cross fingers, toes, hair...*

Argh, Mae left on Saturday and I didn't even know... *apologises profusely* I kept thinking you were leaving on the 22nd... blur me. Anyway hope it was a nice trip and you have no probs settling in.

Was supposed to go for Hall camp (er... okay, a few milliseconds of it) but I didn't go after all 'cause it was so silly to travel 2 hours there, say hi, then take 2 hours to come back again. And speaking of my piano exam... *sigh* it's on Thursday, and everything just seems to screwed up.

Then there's my parents... man if this is their reaction when I'm just going to be on the other side of Singapore, I can't imagine what they'd have done if I had gotten the scholarship and went off to Wales. It's very nice of them, but... Makes me think of the song Giles sang in the Buffy musical... well the idea is somewhat different, but anyway...

You�re not ready for the world outside
You keep pretending but you just can�t hide
I know I said that I�d be standing by your side
But I�

Your path�s unbeaten and it�s all uphill
And you can meet it but you never will
And I�m the reason that you�re standing still
But I�

I wish that I could say the right words
To lead you through this land
Wish I could play the father
And take you by the hand
Wish I could stay here
But now I understand
I�m standing in the way

The cries around you, you don�t hear at all
Cause you know I�m here to take that call
So you just lie there when you should be standing tall
But I�

I wish I could lay
Your arms down and let you rest at last
Wish I could slay
Your demons, but now that time is past
Wish I could stay here,
Your stalwart standing fast
But I�m standing in the way
I�m just standing in the way

Christmas
by Goran Simic

I'm blind, I say
I don't speak again for a very long time
Of course I'm lying about being blind

If I look out of the window to where the children are singing carols
I see how the snow seems to fetch a rainbow
I see frozen songbirds fall from the branches
I see a butcher haul a slaughtered lamb down the street

It is night
An icon burns in the stove
There's a seamless drone from the airport that makes me want to weep

I'm blind, I say
I'm blind

She doesn't say a word
She beats the devil's tattoo on the tabletop

I've forgotten, I whisper
I don't speak again for a very long time
Of course I'm lying about having forgotten

I think back to hoofprints in the snow and dogs on a leash
It was a manhunt

I remember my father laughed when I barked at the birds

Have you ever noticed how a vacuum cleaner sounds like a plane in takeoff?
Or how a TV left on too long will fix a room with a hot and heavy smell?

Have you noticed the depth of frost?, I ask her
Have you noticed this incredible frost
at all?

She's got nothing to say for herself
She might not have heard

I won't speak again
I'll sit here and watch the traffic lights adapting endlessly
to whatever's best

That's me
I'm just like that

The whole universe buzzes above the control tower
Isn't that strange?
Fish in the depths are strange
the way they live
The smell of hay in an orchard is too strange for words

Now and then, someone winks from the bottle
The genie, the perk
of plum brandy

Can you see me?, I ask
Can you see any jot of me, any tittle?

She nods
But of course she's lying

As if I cared
As if she could understand the half of what I say

Finished clearing up my hostel room yesterday. The yellow colour scheme is warm n cheery, but kinda... er... too bright. And the hall crest has a winged lion, so very Gryffindor. Plus my wing is called "Melrose" *disgusted* what a girly name!

After that went out with some of the pple from Artemis... a lot of time spent unproductively sitting around and playing stupid games. This is the life man... *grin* Mucho thanks to Yanru for organising it! Too bad only a few of us turned up... me n Yanru, Michele, Bev, Kailing, Daniel, Adrian n Marcus. And none of the seniors were free *mopes* Ah well there's always next time...

And I found senior MunPong's blog! I felt so bad about not really remembering his name during FOC because he could remember mine... ^_^|| And link-chasing at Shin's blog also led me to Khor Kai's Blog! *glee* Long time no see girl, was wondering what you'd been up to, and now you've got a blog too! *big grin* But what is that poem I wrote doing on your blog? eek! Anyway...Now I've got a tabula.com account too, just so I can comment on KhorKai's blog, heh heh... see it here. I think I shall use it to post random poetry...

Man today my blogger template damn screwed up. *kicks the bloody thing* Anyway, went to clear out my hostel room today... ok lar, quite nice room. And I'm on 3rd floor near the balcony, so got fresh air, not too bad. Was amused by the fact that the girl's washrooms have passwords, like some high security area. Then after having to enter the password about 10 times to get water to clean up the room, am not amused anymore. If my roommate wears her shoes into the room, I will kill her.

And now I'm having a discussion on appreciation of western music with my senior Weimin *waves at Weimin, if you're reading this...* This is damn weird. Never mind. BTW Serry, I've found another person who likes the Moonlight Sonata! *grins*

Went back to VJ for a while today cos my sec sch friend Jody wanted to have a look at the place... no particular feelings for it actually. I can't rem some stuff about it anymore, like pple's names and stuff... also snuck in to listen to Cook's tutorial for a while and enjoy the aircon at LT4 *grin* he looked quite perturbed. And the ickle science fac morons he was teaching kept turning back to look like they had never seen people out of uniform before.

Anyway, went for dinner with Jody after that... she's migrating to Aussie, so I won't get to see her for a long long time... at least we took a lot of photos and there's always email ^^

Just finished this jap sci fic/horror movie..."Another Heaven". The subtitles were a bit wacked sometimes, but it wasn't cringe-worthy like that time when they translated Kindaichi~Shanghai Gyojin Densetsu, so that's ok. Or maybe it's because I wasn't listening to the dubbed chinese track.

Anyway... the story starts with this bunch of police inspectors arrive at the scene of a murder to find a stew brewing on the stove and a lovely flower arrangement on the table. While the rest of the inspectors are happily eating the dead guy's food, the main chara Hayase Manabu checks the body and finds that it's missing a brain. And guess where the brain ended up? After everybody's done doing their accidental Hannibal Lecter thing, there's another murder and they find their suspect very dead and without much of a brain left. basically it's like one episode in "Angel" where the demon goes body hopping. And it seems that the thing has taken a liking to Hayase and keeps leaving er..."presents" for him...

Was so surprised to see Kashiwabara Takashi in that show...man what's a cute guy like him doing acting as a psycho? A psycho who bloody kissed Eguchi Yosuke at that. And there was this really crappy part of the show where this girl tells her guy victim that when the person has bad thoughts you can see it in the hair... with regards to the Ratalies, I wonder what's gonna happen to the lot of us then *grin*

I find the weirdest links. Anyway... there's this cartoon called "King of the Hill" and AR did a cameo on it as King Philip Motzinger a while back. There is this part where he goes "How now gas man." (think The Avengers... apparently he was supposed to be in that movie but he turned the offer down) And then, for some strange reason, he started speaking with a Texas accent. You can hear it here.

Palmistry thingy from here:

You have a good imagination, and often exhibit sensitivity to others.

There is a tremendous amount of intensity in your mental processes. Your ability to concentrate is excellent. At times you have the ability to focus your mind so strongly that the rest of the world is shut out.

You have so many interests that you may have trouble deciding which ones to pursue. This can make you seem very contradictory, since you are so passionate and sincere about each new idea you embrace.

There may be times in your life when you give in to feelings of sadness or depression. (me, depressed?!)

You have the ability to detach your emotions from a situation and make objective decisions.

Your personality is dynamic and attractive to most people. The more branches you find in your heart line, the more friends and lovers you will have. However, you may be tempted to treat the opposite sex unkindly. (*thinks back to ice breaker games played during SCI FOC at Raffles Marina... especially the "ouch obit obit" thing.... ^_^||* poor whoever it was that sat next to me, heh heh...and damn I can't even remember the poor guy's name)

You are naturally charming and inclined to be flirtatious.

Your high energy level draws people to you. (right.... high energy level my ass)

You have a basically strong constitution, and should enjoy good health most of the time.

You are likely to make many changes in the direction of your life. This may be based on interruptions due to health problems, or it may be that you just have trouble focusing your energy.

There is a strong intuitive side to your nature, which may border on psychic or mystical ability. (*chokes*)

Sensual, classic, artistic. You are Gackt.

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Yay! I got Gackt-kun! He is so uber cool. *grins* That's the only reason why I took this quiz actually...

Gods I was such a klutz today... I kept bumping into or tripping over everything. *twacks self*

Anyway, got that truly ugly orange thing that is my matric card today (and no Adrian, I did not find it particularly worth admiring). And I went to check out the hall and got "coherced" into joining the hall orientation =P And since my exam is in the mid of the camp, I'm going to do my famous disappearing-act thing again ^_^|| Behold, the great Snape-ini! *ahem* Excuse that brief bout of insanity. As I was saying.... there's a piano in one of the blocks, but the touch is way too light compared to my teacher's grand, so it isn't much use really. I might even be better off practicing on a comp keyboard.

Will be collecting my keys sooner than I expected I think... since the seniors said everyone will be rushing to do it before the mayhem that is orientation starts, on the 12th. Which means I should collect it on the 11th to miss the crowd... which really doesn't make much sense either because everyone else would have thought of that as well. Oh heck. See, this is my just deserts for slacking for half a year... now when something happens, it happens all at once, like some great booming voice from the cosmos going "Get off your ass and stop slacking!"... and I'm blabbering now and I should just shut up and go do something productive.

Which Female Buffy Character are you? Find out!

Me, fiery n reckless? I'm all five by five.

Which Flower Are You?Find out!

FIRE is your chinese symbol!

What Chinese Symbol Are You?
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How very Snape of me *smirk* Nah, actually I got the result below:

SPIRIT is your chinese symbol!

What Chinese Symbol Are You?
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What star are you?

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*arched eyebrow* okaaay...

Seer

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"she embarked on a torrid love affair with the still-married actor Robert Stephens, giving birth to their son Christopher in June 1967, 10 days before their wedding. A second son, Toby, was born in 1969, but the marriage foundered on Stephens's alcoholism and bouts of depression; she later married Beverly Cross, and spent a long period in the US, where both of her sons grew up to be actors."

I was reading the London Evening Standard and came across the above article.... on Maggie Smith. Ye Gods, Professor McGonagall was so havoc in her youth! I'll never look at her the same way again I think...

What Finding Nemo Character are You?
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Chapter 7 of my fic is up... need to post Chapter 8 before my one-reader fanclub starts flooding the mail again, but feel so lazy.......

Lasombra--Turning their backs upon the humans they once were, Lasombra give themselves wholly over to the dark majesty of the Embrace. Murder, frenzy, predation: Why fear these things, many Lasombra ask, if one is meant to be a vampire?

Vampires want you... which ones hunt you?
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Human-hating, Darkness-loving clan? *smirks* Not quite Deacon Frost, but good enough for me.

The trailers for "Peter Pan" are out! Apparently the movie will be out around Christmas. Check them out here. No long blond hair and snake cane, but Jason Issacs still looks pretty cool. Think Lord Felton but with other ppl grovelling around him instead of the other way round *grin* There's also one really adorable bespectacled kid (I suppose he's Michael. or is he one of the Lost Boys?) who says very haughtily to one of the pirates, "English gentlemen do not beg"...so cute!

And rumour has it, the trailer for PoA will be out with Matrix Revolutions. If that's true, that's my one and only motivation to go watch it.

I'm back from orientation...erm...again. And yes, it's the same orientation, just that I went for the 1st day, skipped a day and a half, then went back to extra again. ^_^|| Turns out Yanru from VJ is in mass comms and in my OG too (then I went link chasing at her blog and I found Shin's blog!)

Anyway... we had real-life Cluedo last night, very amusing. And today was loads of fun, too bad I couldn't stay until tomorrow morning cos I've got piano lesson *mopes a bit*... (speaking of which, I better go sleep soon ^_^;) Our seniors were so sweet, bought hashbrowns for us in the morning. Then I tried wake-boarding and that banana-boat/float thingy at Raffles Marina... fabulous country club even though it seems more of a misnomer, and cool activities. The water on the other hand left a lot to be desired, since it was filled with rubbish. Also got stung by jellyfish and I didn't even realise until I got home. Blur me. Kayaking on the other hand.... just remind me never ever to partner up with Marcus, a.k.a. Mr. Let's-Crash-Into-Everything-Just-For-The-Heck-Of-It! again. *narrows eyes at Marcus for the umpteenth time*

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Dull and thoughtless? I'll give you dull and thoughtless, you infuriating insolent little squirt!

You represent... apathy.
You don't really show any emotion. You can be considered cruel and cold, but you just don't really care about anything. This is just the way you are... you're quite a challenge to get close to, and others may perceive you as boring.

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Went for orientation camp yesterday... lots of VJ ppl. There was Chuan Hui from the senior class (kinda silly really, we kept finding each other familiar but couldn't remember where we'd seen each other) and a few grand-grand seniors (the guys, cos of army)... my former OGL Theresa... a couple of S4 ppl and Alison from S62. Plus Tiffany and Michelle from AHS. Was ok lar, and as it turned out only 80+ ppl were there even though the cohort size this year is about 185.

But one thing that's really really annoying... it's like being in Arts Fac all over again. We're the smallest fac and the fac that's different from all the rest of the facs (the rest of the facs are like Business or Engineering) which of course makes for a lot of angst, like back in Arts Fac. We have a reputation to keep up for being super-on and happening and noisy. We are testosterone-challenged, with about 4 girls to 1 guy. And, to top it all off, we have that same stupid bloody "neh-neh-neh-neh-neh" cheer. ARGH!!!

LUST
"passion, awareness, aliveness"
You exhibit an excitement and enthusiasm about life
as well as multi-faceted creativity. You have
the gifts of perception, extended vision,
insight, and intuition and display an eagerness
to display your full creative expression. You
have the ability to fully express yourself,
free of lies and masks and falsehoods. You can
overcome your fears using your creativity, as
shown by the woman on the card.

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The Major Arcana does not have a bloody lust card. Card Eleven should be Strength. Anyway I can't see why I got this card, I'm not a Leo.

Followed random links and found Hyanda's LJ... the following questionaire is from there.

who was the last person...?
You touched?: mussed up my sister's hair to annoy her
You talked to?: my sis
you hugged?: probably Chris.
you instant messaged?: my aunt
You laughed with?: my sis
You cried about?: cried over, stupid. anyway... it was my cousin I think. when I was about 10 years old... cos she died
You cried with?: cried with? as in like mass hysteria? fun as it sounds, I dun believe I've every done anything like that.
You kissed?: no comment
You danced with?: I think it was my junior Eugene. If there is anything I ever miss about VJ, it's Mass Dance!!
You punched?: hm... one of my cousins. We were trying to see whose fist was harder. ^_^||
You bought something for?: my mom. groceries.
You had sex with?: ....

Have you/are you/do you...
Have tattoos?: I wanted one, but I can never make up my mind where to put it or what picture I want... so better not ^_^||
Piercings?: yup. ears.
Own a webcam?: no
Ever get off the damn computer?: yes... to go to the library *LOL*
Sprechen sie deutsche?: Ja, ziemlich.
Habla espanol?: not really. I only understand bits n pieces of it.
Ever broke the law?: er...define "broke" *shifty eyes*
Hot?: in what sense? *smirks*
kissed a boy/girl?: .....

Currents...
Current Clothes: NUS orientation shirt *LOL* my sister's. and shorts.
Current Mood: bored out of my mind
Current Hair: think Hagrid
Current Annoyance: none, actually
Current thing you ought to be doing?: praticing piano, packing my bags, filling out my hostel forms, calling the orientation leader...
Current Desktop Picture : KinKi Kids F Album Concert in Sapporo
Current Favorite Group: Third Eye Blind, Elliot Smith, KinKi Kids
Current movie In DVD: Truly Madly Deeply. Well it's the only DVD I own, actually.
Current Refreshment: chilled water
Current Worry: that I am going to be SO broke.
Current Crush: none
Current Music: birdsong. or rather, crow screeches.
Current fear: wouldn't you like to know.

On Dating...
Long or short hair?: I don't really care.
Dark or blond hair?: see above.
Tall or short?: a bit taller is better.
Sensitive or Funny?: sensitive as in the kind that bursts out crying if you insult their mommy? I'll take funny only if it's intelligent humour.
Good or bad?: hm...bad-ish.
Dark or light eyes?: I dun really care.
Hat or no hat?: hat...? what hat? can't imagine why anyone would want to date some idiot who walks around in a tophat or tourist-y sunhat.
Pierced or no?: dun really care, as long as it's not too many and not in strange places.

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I declare that I've just landed myself in the most eccentric hall in NTU. Or at least the hall with the most eccentric founding batch. It's the only one out of the 15 halls that has rows of dorms called "Animal Farm" and "Twilight Zone", instead of just the usual numbers. Unfortunately, the most interesting names seem to belong to the guys' dorms. I pity the guys who get rooms on "Campus Rose" *smirks*

The following taken from Anya's LJ:

Your life's movie soundtrack:

Opening credits :
"Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence

Average day scene:
"Jaded" by Aerosmith or "Building the Mystery" by Sarah Mclachlan

Best friend scene:
"Someday" by SugarRay

First date scene:
"My Funny Valentine" the version sung by Matt Damon from The Talented Mr. Ripley, or "I Only Have Eyes For You" by The Flamingoes

Falling-in-love scene:
"Poison" by Alice Cooper or "Disease" by Matchbox 20... sensing a trend here? ^^

Love scene:
"I Want You" by Third Eye Blind or "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls

Fight-with-friend scene:
"Complicated" by Avril Lavigne

Break-up scene:
"My Favourite Mistake" by Sheryl Crow

Get-back-together scene:
Any guy who comes crawling back to me will not get the time of the day, therefore, I will cheerfully sing Texas's "In Demand"

Wedding scene:
"I Shall Believe" by Sheryl Crow or "Absence of Fear" by Jewel

Long-night-alone scene:
"To The Moon And Back" by Savage Garden or Singaporean band Peculiar Remedies's "Light"

Heartbreak scene:
"Motorcycle Driveby" by Third Eye Blind

Mental-breakdown scene:
A variety of discordant sounds. or perhaps Paganini's Variations

Driving scene:
"Just A Girl" by No Doubt or "Hotel California" by The Eagles.

Deep-thought scene:
"Machi" or "Panic Disorder" both by Domoto Tsuyoshi

Regret scene:
"100m Backstroke" by Josh Rouse

Lesson-learning scene:
"Miss Misery" by Elliot Smith, for subjects I hate.

"Life's okay" scene:
"5x9=63" by Kinki Kids. Because it's just nuts. Or possibly a cheerful rendition of "Natsu no Ousama" or "Flower", also by KinKi Kids

Party scene:
"Elevation" by U2

Happy dance scene:
"KinKi no Yaruki Manman Song" by Kinki Kids. Yes, I do know it's a cartoon song, and it's also silly and nonsensical.

Flashback scene:
"Cello Solo Suite No.1 Prelude" by J.S. Bach

Death scene:
"Nothing" by Peter Searcy... 'cause this is the song they played when Alex died in the Roswell episode. I even wrote a short story with the lyrics as inspiration

Closing credits:
"Sonata No. 3 2nd Movement in Adagio (BWV 1029)" by J.S. Bach

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If this had been a HP quiz... watch me strangle the quiz author

Cute. *smirks*

You're Severus Snape! You worship the deity that is solitude and you adhere religiously to your principles, whatever those may be. You certainly have no qualms saying what's on your mind and take a special pleasure in your bouts of cruelty.

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Nobody will find a single mistake in your fics--not
a spelling error, not a grammar error, and
especially not a canonical mistake! You'd
probably be mortified at so much as even a
comma out of place. You work hard on your fics,
and does it ever show! Your plots are complex
and intelligent, and your characters are almost
perfect replicas of their canon counterparts.
Yours are the kind of fanfics people can get
lost in, and even forget they're not reading
the real thing! Thanks for writing such great
stuff. Just remember it's okay to losen up a
little.

What Kind of Fanfiction Writer Are You?
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Pretty much yar, though not so much for grammar. I've got notes and notes full of plot lines and structures, and I take my research seriously. And don't even start on how pissed I got with all the great big gaping plot holes in a certain someone's writing. You'd think she'd spot them after three years of, in her words, "fine-tuning" her work.

mood

Translation:
Nemo nisi mors.

the subject

utopist. dreamer. cynic. poet. a contradiction. eccentric. cartesian. a starlight in the gloom.

The patient, born in 1984, suffers from a history of idealism of unknown onset and duration.

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