After my Second Last Paper
I am currently in AS 7 enjoying some break before mugging for Geog Thot B later. Seriously, i can't wait for the paper to finish, get it done and over with. Yet at the same time, it seems a LOOOONNNGGG paper considering we need to do 4 questions it is really going to be a brain drain. Oh well, it is going to be over anyway so i shall not comment more about it. I'm sure everyone else feels the same way too.
Just now while writing my history paper i was disturbed by this small little spider beside me on the wall. It attempted to leap onto my table many times but it kept failing. As a matter of precaution, i shifted my desk gradually bit by bit away from the wall. All the time i was very wary of what the spider will do. On one hand i felt like just killing it yet it seemed pretty unethical and it might cause unnecessary commotion as well. so you can picture my apprehension on the paper and on the spider at the same time which ain't a good thing actually. I couldn't process my thoughts properly cos of this teeny weeny little eyes spying on me. But i was glad it went away somehow, not sure where it went. Hope i can find a better platform to pounce on. Not mine!! A good thing it didn't hop onto my desk cos i will definitely flick it to the guy in front of me. BUAHAHAHAHA. actually, it might be a good thing to do especially if the guy has some phobia of spiders. What a scene that will be. Hohohoho.
Ok...back to study
MiMi-fication
A term coined by Yi-en today. We are going to be mimi-fied on THURSDAY!! WOOHOO! I don't really care if people are going to call me insensitive or what but i shall proclaim to the whole wide world that I'm ending my exams on 26th NOVEMBER!! WOOHOOOOO!!! Give me a break woncha? Its my first time of my NUS life that i'm ending before december, at least give me this opportunity to hao lian abit. ;)
I think human are really interesting creatures. On one hand i look forward to the end of my examinations, yet at the same time i fear that the exams will end too soon. The thought of delving into my honours thesis seems pretty unnerving for me considering i still haven't settled what i really want to do. The problem goes like i think my thesis is not political enough and so i tried to come out with something more political. However, that new conceptualisation seems more like a Masters of Ph.D kind of research than an honours thesis. Sigh... i really hope i can iron it out very soon.
My family will be flying off to Korea on Thursday. I will be cruising off to Batam on Friday morning till Saturday night. When my family comes back on 3 December, i will be flying off on the same day to Bali and be back on 7 December. After 5 days or so, i will be flying off to Phnom Penh for my mission trip till 21 December. Come to think of it, its really scary cos i barely have time to WORK ON MY HONOURS THESIS let alone MEETING BOUNSI BOUNSI! ok.. i need to work on a timetable very very soon, maybe while suntanning in Bali while my friends are taking urban as their last paper. (hohoho)
Somehow, i must blog about this bizarre dream i had last night. I was dreaming about Henry Yeung and he is teaching geog thot A to me. Oh gosh, i can't believe i'm actually "still studying" in my dreams. I sure hope i don't dream of Higgs or Skeleton tonight *cross finger sweating profusely*
Exams!!
This post is not meant to be a rant, but i can't help saying that i have NIL concentration span for my exams. Even though i know it will be over in a week's time (YES my last paper is on 26 Nov) and i ought to piah the coming finishing line, i am too confused (with a module) and excited (with my holiday plans) to concentrate on my revision. Geog Thought A... i seriously have no idea what to study for it. I just hope i can get a B+ for all my modules and i will be extremely happy.
For my friends out there struggling STEEL, all the best guys!!
Late Night
i love the monsoon. Its so lovely to have the cool night breeze caressing your face when you are walking down the street. Just had a run with Ervin at around 11 pm and it was great. We ran a new route, from Ghim Moh to Commonwealth and back to Holland Village. It's probably 4-5 km and we managed to dodge a gigantic snail along the way. heh.
Somehow i don't feel motivated to study at all. What's wrong with me?
Thoughts
Every time i step into simon's office i felt like a part of my life is transforming. Sometimes its really scary how all these discourses can have such great impact on the way i think about the world. I always leave his office struggling with lots of new ideas, having this internal warfare in my head that will carry on for the next few days, at the expense of revising for my exams. When i tried to talk to my friends about some of these ideas, they look at me as if i'm from outer space.
In some ways, i think radicals are very lonely people.
And i think i'm beginning to embark on this journey of loneliness.
Rare Update
It was a weird day. Typed an email to Prof Bruce Lockhart and i tried to avoid him during lunch. Guess what? i have to bump into him right in the history toilet. It was good nevertheless, just that i wasn't exactly prepared to meet him face to face yet. It was nice of him to ask me to come to his office anytime to share. Lovely person. =)
Bumped into xintian, serene, ervin and xintian's friend at my downstair coffeeshop. Had dinner with them and we had some interesting conversations. Seems like the different cliques do talk about similar issues. We do have much in common. Hahaha.
Went for a run with ervin at around 10. Great running partner, i think i have hope of getting gold for ippt le. hee hee. I think he seriously quite zai in running, can have normal conversation while running somemore. I almost died replying him throughout the run. hahahhaa. Think will give myself a more relaxing day tomorrow. =)
Norweigian Dayout
Terje's 2 brothers came over to Singapore for a visit. Apparently they still didn't have enough of the sun in Tioman and decided to go to Sentosa for more suntanning session. I was supposed to meet them at Harbourfront before heading over to the island together. However, a tragedy happened...
I got trapped in the lift.
At first, i pressed the emergency bell. But after pressing it once briefly, i saw the emergency hotline in front of me. Instead of relying on people to save me, i think its faster to save myself. Thank God for mobile phones hahaha. I dialed the number and a female operator picked up the line. The conversation went somewhat like this...
Operator: Hello, I am XXX, can i help you?
Me: Hello, is this the number to call when you get trapped in the lift? (in calm manner)
Operator: Don't worry, i will transfer your call straightaway, don't panick ok, i will call someone to fix the problem (in a panicky mode)
Me: thank you.
Apparently the operator sounded more kancheong than me. Weird. I'm the one stuck in the lift not her!!
So i took a book out to read. Most of the time i made sure i was in a good position so that when the rescue man come to open the door, i won't be in an unglam state. Hahahhaa. But anyway, after 40 minutes or so, the repairmen came and the lift suddenly jerked to a move up to the 8th storey where i finally got my breath of fresh air.
Quite disappointing. I thought there will be ambulances outside, a crowd gathering shouting "are you alright?", media reporters taking photos... (watched too much drama perhaps). All i had were potted plants smiling gleefully at me. I didn't even catch a glimpse of the repairman. Sigh...
So i rushed down to Sentosa...
SOmetimes i think angmohs can be quite hard core when it comes to tanning. I mean they can literally be under the sun for HOURS! no wonder i can get sunburnt lah, despite trying to hide myself under the coconut tree. Sigh... i should've used an umbrella instead...
But it was a fun day anyway, going to Orchard to shop for things. I was shocked that i had a super outdated mental map of Orchard. Hahaha... fancy being a guide when i couldn't even find the right places cos they seemed to move all over the place in recent times. Oh well...
