konnichiwa.

driven many miles and eaten many many meals i will come back with many many snacks and be very huggable see you all soon.

i think.


i don't want to leave! ):

we have stuffed our bags with coats and scarves, sour things to eat, and phrase books
flight is in 4 hours i will be back on the evening of 2 january 2008
if you do not recognise me it will be because i put on 10kg from eating
i will try to miss everyone while eating japanese food everyday (: haha
also please forgive me if i come back acting cute i am very easily influenced and jap girls are the champions at acting cute (taiwan girls come a close second)
when i get back i expect the air to smell different and all of you to be happier from christmas and the new year, so work on it alright?

i just finished 2 boxes of melty kiss and writing new year cards disguised as christmas cards. melty kisses are not appropriately named because if kisses tasted this good, i am certain that nobody's lips would be neglected. i'm also not sure my cards will get to their destinations in time for christmas or new year's because i am lousy with stamps and addresses. i have one extra card and if i had the address of ____________ i would send it to him ((: HAHA

screw time, so must blog. head is overflowing with thoughts it feels as heavy as my stomach so here goes -

prime society again i didn't think it would be worth a second visit but ah lamb this time it was good stealing fries tattooing screws on our bodies i wore shorts again but at least they weren't nike shorts like at andre's birthday anyway they are not so high crass la then stinking ps cafe made us wait 30 minutes for table by which time it was nearly 9 so went to clark quay instead ohh yum then walk walk walk sing a bit met crazy old man stef saw rat we looked at supreme court no it will not be our fate then with pregnant bellies we went home.

today i will pack for japan buy writing book (hon) origami paper cards revise some japanese (nihon go) and study the maps i am getting excited but also am missing people already wow so tired my head (atama) is so heavy head >> stomach (onaka) i think i should sleep (neru).

next time i blog i will remind myself what i have to look forward to when the first week of 2008 rolls around and i will complete the list for mission 101 over and out.

ahahaha

timmok:
hello

timmok:
hows life

timmok:
tts a damn lame qn



but that's what my holiday has been about so far- catching up catching up.

15. make sisters happy
this one seems easy (with money)

16. keep away from MSN at least one night a week
siewchi would approve

17. burn some good music to play in the car
because i'm tired of westlife and hearing the same band over and over again

18. obtain a superpower
... says stef

19.


i cannot think anymore because oasis taiwan porridge is gone gone gone it's strange but i feel horribly sad ): and i don't think eating the last of andre's yummy cupcakes will help, even though they're really good. hello ming, we spent your birthday there remember? that was one of the best days of my year. aaaahhhh i didn't even get to go back for the last time THIS SUCKS.

mission 101. commencing 08 01 08

(work in progress)

1. donate blood
i've been rejected twice already but i'm determined to do it.

2. watch a gold class movie
... and not fall asleep, haha.

3. buy a spectra polaroid and shoot 50 portraits
i hope i know 50 people, hmmm.

4. learn golf
it's taking practically a year to get down to it, wth lol

5. watch fireworks
ordinarily this wouldn't be on the list but the crowds are a huge turn-off :/

6. learn a new instrument

7. finish time crisis 3... with 5 or less tokens
otherwise it wouldn't be a challenge (SMIRK)

8. learn one of mozart's sonatas

9. for one week every 2 months, sleep at 10 and wake up at 6 to fetch everyone to work/school
maybe the week of fathers' day?

10. re-learn how to sign the alphabet
and maybe some simple words.

11. keep a moleskin and stop being paranoid about someone reading it
but keep it somewhere safe all the time anyways.

12. read 15 good books
enough of casebooks already! (i know, after one sem -_____-)

13. eat dinner at home twice a week
at least, obviously.

14. make parents very happy
and pray it doesn't involve a dress

15.


there are a lot more stuff i feel like putting down, but goodness knows i will probably never have nice fingernails,
i'll never get over the fear of doing a forward roll,
and my dad will probably flip if i cut my hair short. twice. the last time i went for a haircut, he dropped me off and then called me back to say, 'if the stylist wants to be creative and says cut short, tell him NO'.

i am still recuperating from the last 3 months in school, is it possible? i don't think school's been too tough on me physically. i've had to deal with tougher, like when there was still training. no, this sem in new school with new people and new challenges (okay that one not really) has just tired me out in other ways.

last few days have been nice and slow. long long meals, like at ps cafe where pretty lights and the chocolate fudge cake make an appearance (although we only allowed it a brief one). 10-12 hours of sleep everyday, a lot of reading (2.5 books and counting), emailing (hello faze, hello vy), playing the piano a lot. just taking it reeaaaallly slow.


so when daddy called from india sending me on an emergency trip to the airport, it was a bit more than what my heart could take.
3.43pm: honk at mother to skip the lipstick and get into the car.
3.46: mother comes into car with lipstick anyway and i release handbrake in exasperation.
3.53: ECP is jammed like a bitch.
3.59: still jammed like a bitch because there's an accident and singaporeans like to look at accidents even if it means holding up traffic behind.
4.03: man calls to say his plane leaves at 4.30 and couldn't we hurry please.
4.06: i am at the fastest speed i've ever been at (145km/h)- on wet roads, no less, but i am fearless (i.e. young and reckless). i weave in and out and tailgate on the overtaking lane until the cars in front get the hint and get out of my way. it's like parting the red sea I AM MOSES!
4.09: until that is, while turning up to departure hall we SKID. i brake gently at first and spin the wheel as we head straight for the solid wall, then i brake hard and we run into the curb hard enough to be jerked in our seats. nobody screams. mother grips arm rest and tells me calmly to continue to gate 1.
4.11: frantic man waves frantically at us and mother runs frantically out of car to pass him 2 CDs. yup, 2 CDs. RISK OUR LIVES FOR 2 CDS.
4.12: car check. no scratches on bumper, but tyres are scratched white. i do not go above 80km/h on the way home, and mother still grips chair when i make turns.

i will allow daddy to sign me up for the bmw emergency driving course when he gets back.

i blorg for stef.

right after contract pompi came over and asked if i wanted to go get our lawr group result ): WHAT A DOWNER. shall not comment further.

post-exams had food food food. the indecisive girls sat in my car going umm uhh harr while andre the lone boy got frustrated again with our indecisiveness. one day he will just smack us and shake us till we make decisions quickly la. ended up with cakes at canale and then soup spoon. then long-awaited scry time was mainly waiting for miss seto and her tardy self, then more food and dessert, and then arcade. i shall never have enough.


now i have sorethroat and slightly hoarse voice and head wants to explode. much r&r needed this week, much much much.

EXCITES ! in 4+ hours i will be out of the LT free as a bird in the botanic gardens and that thought is just !! i just read christine's blog and uh, i didn't recognise some cases she used so a bit scared la. andre last night: next sem we really must start earlier. I ALSO SAY.

resolutions 2008:
1. go for all tutorials

i have neglected many things since coming to law school. i tried to balance life in school with life outside school, but almost everyday was full. i will make amends this holidays, promise.

so this is what it was...

"'I remember one morning, getting up at dawn,' Clarissa Vaughn tells her daughter Julia. 'There was such a sense of possibility. ...I remember thinking: "This is the beginning of happiness. ...This is where it starts. And, of course, there'll be always be more." It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning: It was happiness. It was the moment, right then.'"

-Michael Cunningham (The Hours)

the past 36 hours have been quite unbelievable. christine's fun day of exams turned out to be nightmare 22 hours. i slept for 2 hours, waking up with mixed fear- that i'd dreamt the whole torture of spitting out four essays and that i'd drooled in my sleep. when i finally finished the second essay i wanted so much to give up and go to sleep because it felt impossible and i've been so spoilt. i would not have survived if not for some of you.

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brunch at dempsey was heavenly. everything tasted good, whether because there was quality or relief in every bite, and i was happy and content. it is very satisfying, feeling happy and content.

i don't think it used to be, but now, people can make me so smiley. it feels a bit dangerous, actually.

i've been a horribly absent daughter and sister, so post-exams will be dedicated to family. i can't believe the sem is up. i feel like i've done so little, and yet so much because i feel changed. i feel like i have so much, now and ahead.
bloody hell, that sounds so lame.
anyway you can bet i'll probably be feeling different when tomorrow morning comes and i realise i have only so much time left to prepare for contract. but for now, i feel quite content (: