i woke up at 11.30pm today! shit! with so much revision undone...
but i can't possibly be studying when i'm eating breakfast, right? so let me scribble around for a while

(with due acknowledgment to fang and pirater 1, sun)
My idiosyncrasies

1) i can write legibly with my left hand
2) i normally write with so much force that the desk i'm writing on shakes. i have no idea how i came to write in this manner
3) i look at the Account Balance in my saving account periodically to ensure myself that my nest egg is secure.
4) i go downstairs to the 7 Eleven store at 11pus to 12plus every Tues to get my copy of 8 Days. otherwise, i can't sleep soundly
5) i'm an impatient reader. i typically plog through half the book before i give up and fast forward to the ending pages.
6) i don't drink sugarcane with lemon. i think it tastes like washing powder. and no, i havent tasted washing powder yet. though i must highly recommend the sugarcane (with lemon) in Vietnam. shiok!
7) i have this need to fill up every inch of a piece of paper, usually in minute writing. this's my small way of trying to preserve our environment.
8) i must multi-task while i eat, be it watching VCDs, surfing the net, reading storybooks or studying.
9) that's why i'm a slow eater. some girls finish their meals faster than me. enff said.
10) i have this need to hunt for accessories whenever i travel. so far, i have been quite successful.

okie lah, shall be a good boy and start studying now....

hmm, got this from www.astrology.com. amazing how they can come up with such lengthy chunks based on my name and birthday and birth time

Section 1: How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others
You are a natural diplomat, reasonable, tolerant, fair, always willing to listen to varying viewpoints, and ready to see the other side of an issue. Even if you strongly disagree with someone, you will try to find points of similarity and agreement rather than emphasizing the differences. You often avoid taking an extreme or one-sided stance on anything. You have a strong desire for harmonious and pleasant relationships, and express a spirit of cooperation, compromise, friendship, and fairness. You very much want to be liked and because of your need for approval and acceptance, you are easily influenced by others' opinions, especially when young. You so much want to please that often you will suppress your own intense or unpleasant feelings in order not to offend others. Sometimes your politeness is interpreted as phoniness or wishy-washiness. Find out more with your full-length report...

Section 2: The Inner You: Your Real Motivation
At heart you are modest and humble, and you rarely strive to be in the limelight or in a position of power. You have a sharp analytical mind, a keen eye for detail, and you prefer to observe, dissect, and study life from a distance. Conscientious and conservative, you can be relied upon to be careful, efficient, and thorough in your work and you take pride in doing a job well. What you may lack in self-confidence you often make up for in skill - developing expertise, technical knowledge, and competency in some specialized area. You are adept at using your hands to create or fix things, and meticulous attention to detail and careful craftsmanship are your forte. Some would say you are a little TOO meticulous, for you can be extremely critical and petty if everything is not done exactly as you think it should be, and you worry about things that other people consider trivial and unimportant. You like to organize, categorize, and arrange everything into a logical system, and you are often distinctly uncomfortable when something does not fit into a neat category. Disorganization vexes you. You probably wish that you were not such a perfectionist, for besides being a stickler for details, you can be mercilessly self-critical as well. Whether in your environment or in yourself, you tend to focus on the flaws, with a desire to improve, refine, and perfect. You are strictly factual, truthful, and scrupulously honest in your self-estimation, and you often do not give yourself enough praise or credit. Find out more with your full-length report...

hmmm, i don't think anything interesting has occurred since my last entry but i feel this need to update my life on this space, so that i won't think of myself as one who takes on this blog-writing as a fad.

ya, a bit duh...an entry for self-gratification?! but well, we all operate in different ways, i suppose...:P

1) i emerged relatively unscathed from this semester of never-ending assignments. bonus pats on the shoulder because i am taking 5 modules, one more module than the rest of my hons classmates and necessarily have more things to handle on my plate.

it never ceases to amuse me how i would be struggling for viable approaches to this so-and-so assignment one day and complete the assignment the next day. i also like the way how i live dangerously, typing furiously in the dying hours before the deadline necessitates my submission. good to know i am reliable regarding this aspect.

2) dim sum buffet with hons classmates. interestingly, the discussion evolved around eating and driving, arguably two of singaporean's favorite past-times. isn't it cool how aquaintances can talk animatedly about the same topics? isn't this what the Singaporean psyche is all about?

i cant imagine making my home anywhere else

i felt really motivated and gung-ho to pick up a motorbike license, at least. but the moment has now passed and i'm back to feeling lazy

sadly, i learnt more about my classmates in one lunch than i have during this semester. but there's always next semester, ya?

3) watched 15, the gangster flick by Royston Tan

liked it so much that i hastily deleted all other movies in my Friendster profile. seriously, Titanic and I Not Stupid look like cruel jokes next to this provocative film

actually deliberated for a while because i wanted very much to extol the virtues of this film in my profile. or make a public plea so that others will feel intrigued and make a point to watch it

i feel angered that 15 wont receive the box-office sales that mainstream movies will enjoy. i feel pissed that most people will rather drown themselves in silly meaningless romantic comedies than to engage in a reality that's happening in their own backyards. i feel saddened that I Not Stupid with its patronising ending could raise so much public consciousness, publicity that 15 is more deserving of. i'm entertaining silly fantasies that maybe i would get hold of a copy of 15 and screen for my students, should i teach these errant folks next time. tell them that hey, you arent so alone after all.

yeah, 15 has the potential of unleashing the arty-farty, arrogant bastard in me. ha!

anyway, in the end, i wrote nothing except the title because i don't know what ought to be written. maybe i'm too apathetic to bother much, even after my proclaiming that 15 is excellent and so on...

i think 15 is haunting and disturbing. and i dont think i would ever live life the same way again after watching it.

big words here. i guess we shall see?

4) went to paint at Metta Cattery again. Mango, a male dog, tried to mount on Christy, another male dog!

tata