And now it's a sweltering 19 degrees out.
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This is good news, though, because it's halloween today - hopefully it will be warm tonight. Fingers crossed!
31 October, 2008
29 October, 2008
27 October, 2008
*618 - the stump
In rehearsal, Meredith and I discovered a position (which only I can do) that makes me look like a really scary amputee with no arms and stumps for legs. We call it The Stump. It was so real that we couldn't stop screaming. Hahaha. Here it is:
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I can't tell if I'm all beat up because of dance or otherwise. Yesterday, I discovered 2 big bruises on each of my arms (the flabby tricep part) and a couple on my legs. I wonder how that happened. I like to think of them as dancer bruises, though.
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I'm malingering (except I don't even pretend to be ill) more and more as the semester goes by, which always seems to be the trend. I should have learned from last semester when 1073952190 credits worth of unattended classes all ganged up on me at the end of the semester.
I should be in Stats now. Meh. Hypothesis testing isn't that difficult, from what I remember. Right?
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It just sort of dawned onto me that I was spilling all my deep, dark secrets to I & D the other night, and I do that every time, because I get particularly verbose when I'm tipsy. Not that it really matters, but now they know a lot more about me than the average person. Ho ho.
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My first ever attempt to sketch a real-looking portrait, instead of the usual cartoons I'm only capable of. Drawn on my church bulletin, with me casting sideways glances to the lady across the aisle. I think she noticed.
She actually looks quite like this.
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre was ridiculous. We were hiding behind pillows and blankets watching it, until everyone fell asleep (???) at 5 am, whereupon only M and I were awake wondering why we were so obediently watching it when we really didn't have to, so we stopped and will never know what happened in the end.
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I'm so sore. I think I need to give my body a rest.
My room is in such a mess, and I haven't done laundry in 3 weeks. That's kinda gross.
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This is what they call stream of consciousness.
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I can't tell if I'm all beat up because of dance or otherwise. Yesterday, I discovered 2 big bruises on each of my arms (the flabby tricep part) and a couple on my legs. I wonder how that happened. I like to think of them as dancer bruises, though.
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I'm malingering (except I don't even pretend to be ill) more and more as the semester goes by, which always seems to be the trend. I should have learned from last semester when 1073952190 credits worth of unattended classes all ganged up on me at the end of the semester.
I should be in Stats now. Meh. Hypothesis testing isn't that difficult, from what I remember. Right?
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It just sort of dawned onto me that I was spilling all my deep, dark secrets to I & D the other night, and I do that every time, because I get particularly verbose when I'm tipsy. Not that it really matters, but now they know a lot more about me than the average person. Ho ho.
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My first ever attempt to sketch a real-looking portrait, instead of the usual cartoons I'm only capable of. Drawn on my church bulletin, with me casting sideways glances to the lady across the aisle. I think she noticed.
She actually looks quite like this.
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Texas Chain Saw Massacre was ridiculous. We were hiding behind pillows and blankets watching it, until everyone fell asleep (???) at 5 am, whereupon only M and I were awake wondering why we were so obediently watching it when we really didn't have to, so we stopped and will never know what happened in the end.
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I'm so sore. I think I need to give my body a rest.
My room is in such a mess, and I haven't done laundry in 3 weeks. That's kinda gross.
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This is what they call stream of consciousness.
26 October, 2008
*617 - baghistifaz parties and creme brulee
What a decadent weekend. I don't think I've done the "party till 5 am and wake up at 9 am for 2 consecutive busy days with no naps" thing before. Awesome fun but way tiring and, like Nuf warns, comes with increased chances of liver cirrhosis.
I've sent drunken texts before but yesterday's really takes the cake: "Haggy baghistifaz". I actually meant that to be a cheery "Happy birthday!" instead of the sinister, no-punctuation caveman garble it turned out to be. Hahaha.
And somewhere in between too many shots, some of us thought it would be hilarious to make creme brulee because we found ramekins and a blowtorch. So we did, and they turned out pretty decent. I would have been proud of them even if we had made them sober. Yum.
(And thank God for good guy friends who were watching my back yesterday.)
In other news, Makanmania was so much fun (the laksa was phenomenal) and I haven't done any work since Friday.
I've sent drunken texts before but yesterday's really takes the cake: "Haggy baghistifaz". I actually meant that to be a cheery "Happy birthday!" instead of the sinister, no-punctuation caveman garble it turned out to be. Hahaha.
And somewhere in between too many shots, some of us thought it would be hilarious to make creme brulee because we found ramekins and a blowtorch. So we did, and they turned out pretty decent. I would have been proud of them even if we had made them sober. Yum.
(And thank God for good guy friends who were watching my back yesterday.)
In other news, Makanmania was so much fun (the laksa was phenomenal) and I haven't done any work since Friday.
22 October, 2008
*616 - why is it so cold?
It's mid-October, and it's not supposed to be so cold!!!
Wednesday: A chance of snow showers, mixing with rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Snow, in October? You've gotta be kidding. High of 44 in the day?? That's not even 7 degrees C. What kind of high is that?
I guess it's not snowing for real yet. It's probably the sort of light snow that turns into soggy mist before it hits the ground. I will be optimistic and celebrate the fact that it's generally above 0 degrees for most part of the days. (Not the nights, though.)
It started snowing for real last year around mid November. The night Sergio left. It was like the sky was crying up a snow storm for me. I remember trudging back home through the whiteness the next morning, wearing Josh's sweats (imagine: ang moh wrestler 3 times my size) because I had worn a silly skirt just the day before. Wondering whether the sky was really crying with me, or whether it was mocking me by being so bitterly, prettily white. Haha. It's so easy to look back at your emo past and laugh now that the heartbreak's healed over.
Anyway.
A couple more pictures of fall leaves, before it's winter and it becomes unfashionable. Snapped discretely without even looking at what I was taking, because there were too many people around and it felt swaku to be snapping away.
Aren't red leaves so much more exciting than yellow leaves?
Wednesday: A chance of snow showers, mixing with rain after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Snow, in October? You've gotta be kidding. High of 44 in the day?? That's not even 7 degrees C. What kind of high is that?
I guess it's not snowing for real yet. It's probably the sort of light snow that turns into soggy mist before it hits the ground. I will be optimistic and celebrate the fact that it's generally above 0 degrees for most part of the days. (Not the nights, though.)
It started snowing for real last year around mid November. The night Sergio left. It was like the sky was crying up a snow storm for me. I remember trudging back home through the whiteness the next morning, wearing Josh's sweats (imagine: ang moh wrestler 3 times my size) because I had worn a silly skirt just the day before. Wondering whether the sky was really crying with me, or whether it was mocking me by being so bitterly, prettily white. Haha. It's so easy to look back at your emo past and laugh now that the heartbreak's healed over.
Anyway.
A couple more pictures of fall leaves, before it's winter and it becomes unfashionable. Snapped discretely without even looking at what I was taking, because there were too many people around and it felt swaku to be snapping away.
Aren't red leaves so much more exciting than yellow leaves?
19 October, 2008
*615 - midnight cuppa
I really thank God for Inshi and our spur of the moment, late night sessions. She's one of the few who really understand.
We had smoky lapsang souchong tea from thick porcelain mugs and good conversation about all things important and unimportant.
2 Inshi's and 1 Evelyn
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Ex's are interesting. Especially the kind that lasted for 4 years. You once knew every single thing about them - every detail of their past and present, every emotion, every dream, every unspoken thought. They've seen you at your happiest, at your lowest, at your sweetest, at your bitchiest. You grew together. Their life was yours and yours was theirs.
So it's interesting, now, how it's part familiar and it's part a surprise. How do you reformat the relationship between once-lovers when you have so much shared history you know you won't ever be able to erase? Being friends with someone who knows you so well but doesn't know you at all - I don't really know what to think.
We had smoky lapsang souchong tea from thick porcelain mugs and good conversation about all things important and unimportant.
2 Inshi's and 1 Evelyn
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Ex's are interesting. Especially the kind that lasted for 4 years. You once knew every single thing about them - every detail of their past and present, every emotion, every dream, every unspoken thought. They've seen you at your happiest, at your lowest, at your sweetest, at your bitchiest. You grew together. Their life was yours and yours was theirs.
So it's interesting, now, how it's part familiar and it's part a surprise. How do you reformat the relationship between once-lovers when you have so much shared history you know you won't ever be able to erase? Being friends with someone who knows you so well but doesn't know you at all - I don't really know what to think.
18 October, 2008
*614 - summer kisses
The leaves outside my house turned a dazzling red over the 4 days I was away during Fall Break. Fall is such a beautiful season. Yellows, oranges, reds.
Every time I think of autumn leaves, Diana Krall plays on loop in my head. But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.
Winter is approaching, though. It was -1 degrees last night and this morning. I saw frost on the cars outside for the first time this year. It's especially cold now (even though -1 was "warm" when we were in the dead of the Ithacan winter), because noone's quite ready to admit that winter is almost upon us, so we're all stubbornly dressed in fall outfits - flip flops, sweaters, leggings, fashionable cotton scarves. I brought out my peacoat yesterday, though.
The weekend is finally here. Actually, it's half gone. Whatever happened to wild Fridays and lazy Saturdays and restful Sundays? Every day is packed with activity. Maybe I'll sleep early tonight for the first time in a long time.
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A bunch of hurried photographs taken while sprinting from the house to the bus stop, with no Photoshop to salvage them ;)
Every time I think of autumn leaves, Diana Krall plays on loop in my head. But I miss you most of all, my darling, when autumn leaves start to fall.
Winter is approaching, though. It was -1 degrees last night and this morning. I saw frost on the cars outside for the first time this year. It's especially cold now (even though -1 was "warm" when we were in the dead of the Ithacan winter), because noone's quite ready to admit that winter is almost upon us, so we're all stubbornly dressed in fall outfits - flip flops, sweaters, leggings, fashionable cotton scarves. I brought out my peacoat yesterday, though.
The weekend is finally here. Actually, it's half gone. Whatever happened to wild Fridays and lazy Saturdays and restful Sundays? Every day is packed with activity. Maybe I'll sleep early tonight for the first time in a long time.
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A bunch of hurried photographs taken while sprinting from the house to the bus stop, with no Photoshop to salvage them ;)
17 October, 2008
*613 - English?
I try not to be a snob when it comes to writing because I'm certainly not an excellent writer myself. What I don't understand is how this can be part of a required reading for tomorrow's prelim:
"Computer cannot replace men!"
"Computer system can prompt if any mistake is made, it can prompt opportunities and it can prompt to take corrective action in a pro-active manner."
"One has to decide the importance, a good system or competent people, I suppose BOTH!"
At least, the article's providing some comic relief in the midst of all this studying. Heh.
"Computer cannot replace men!"
"Computer system can prompt if any mistake is made, it can prompt opportunities and it can prompt to take corrective action in a pro-active manner."
"One has to decide the importance, a good system or competent people, I suppose BOTH!"
At least, the article's providing some comic relief in the midst of all this studying. Heh.
16 October, 2008
*612 - bathtub & prelim woes
Seems like our bathtub is clogged. I have a feeling it's the fault of Hera and I; I can't imagine how the boys could have contributed to it, seeing that they don't have half as much hair as we do ...
Just traipsed into the neighbours' to take a shower in their bathroom at 1 am. Balmy.
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Too many prelims. It seems like the entire hotel school is in some sort of panic right now. It was full of feverish kids when I left today at 10 pm, and since when do you see Hotelies studying?? (I'm not doing much to dispel the "Hotelies have it easy" myth, huh.)
I'm running on too little sleep, and I should get to bed now because I have a morning prelim in ... about 8 hours. Managerial Accounting. Followed by Marketing. And then Information Systems. Together with Statistics and Finance homework due. And Finance prelim next week. Stats soon after. What posessed the profs to put so many prelims right after Fall Break? That's brutal.
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(*@^$(@$*(@$!! It just occurred to be that I have a choreography due tomorrow. I shall have to do it in my head and hope it works out in reality.
Just traipsed into the neighbours' to take a shower in their bathroom at 1 am. Balmy.
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Too many prelims. It seems like the entire hotel school is in some sort of panic right now. It was full of feverish kids when I left today at 10 pm, and since when do you see Hotelies studying?? (I'm not doing much to dispel the "Hotelies have it easy" myth, huh.)
I'm running on too little sleep, and I should get to bed now because I have a morning prelim in ... about 8 hours. Managerial Accounting. Followed by Marketing. And then Information Systems. Together with Statistics and Finance homework due. And Finance prelim next week. Stats soon after. What posessed the profs to put so many prelims right after Fall Break? That's brutal.
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(*@^$(@$*(@$!! It just occurred to be that I have a choreography due tomorrow. I shall have to do it in my head and hope it works out in reality.
13 October, 2008
*611 - hungover in nyc
A quick hello from NYC! It's almost 2 am but I'm waiting for my hair to dry. I usually sleep with wet hair and soggy pillows but it won't be pleasant if Ian discovers Evelyn-breed mould on his pillows in a few days.
Had a Filipino party last night where I was mildly drunk with about 7 shots of alcohol swirling in my veins. Was a sleepy drunk at that point even though everyone else was going crazy. Maintained consciousness because I knew I needed to get back to the apartment (Manhatten to Queens = quite far) safely by myself.
Got back to the apartment at 2-ish and it turned out that the boys had just got out the alcohol. Chugged mega vodka shots with whole grapes (??) from wine glasses and knew that I was losing it when everything started tasting like water. Became a happy and noisy drunk. At one point, I had an extremely loud argument with Dan about whether pad thai noodles were truly noodles or not. And then we tried to wash some wine glasses but ended up smashing them into the sink. Et cetera.
Then the boys started puking. Me, being the concerned (and un-pukey) sort, staggered around like a pinball against the walls and tried very hard to take care of the puking boys. Realised I was not being useful, hence crawled to bed soon after. We spent the next day nursing massive hangovers with Thai kuay teow, The Prestige, numerous naps, and dinner at 10 pm.
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In other news, New York City gets better every time I'm here. I think it's beautifully quaint and busy at the same time. And the weather has been crazy sunny warm - don't even need a jacket in the day!
MoMA, Cunningham, dance performances, shopping, crazy good food, friends. What's not to love.
:)
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I will dispel all thoughts of my 3 prelims waiting for me on Thursday. Teehee.
Had a Filipino party last night where I was mildly drunk with about 7 shots of alcohol swirling in my veins. Was a sleepy drunk at that point even though everyone else was going crazy. Maintained consciousness because I knew I needed to get back to the apartment (Manhatten to Queens = quite far) safely by myself.
Got back to the apartment at 2-ish and it turned out that the boys had just got out the alcohol. Chugged mega vodka shots with whole grapes (??) from wine glasses and knew that I was losing it when everything started tasting like water. Became a happy and noisy drunk. At one point, I had an extremely loud argument with Dan about whether pad thai noodles were truly noodles or not. And then we tried to wash some wine glasses but ended up smashing them into the sink. Et cetera.
Then the boys started puking. Me, being the concerned (and un-pukey) sort, staggered around like a pinball against the walls and tried very hard to take care of the puking boys. Realised I was not being useful, hence crawled to bed soon after. We spent the next day nursing massive hangovers with Thai kuay teow, The Prestige, numerous naps, and dinner at 10 pm.
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In other news, New York City gets better every time I'm here. I think it's beautifully quaint and busy at the same time. And the weather has been crazy sunny warm - don't even need a jacket in the day!
MoMA, Cunningham, dance performances, shopping, crazy good food, friends. What's not to love.
:)
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I will dispel all thoughts of my 3 prelims waiting for me on Thursday. Teehee.
08 October, 2008
*610 - batam
For once, I feel like a woman, because I'm actually getting PMS and food cravings and emotional (I'm very uncomfortable with using "emotional" in this sentence because it's not a noun like the first two in the list, but "emotionalism" doesn't exist and "emotionality" just doesn't sound right, but if you think about it, "getting emotional" actually works, but anyway). I can't believe I nearly cried when I had to miss class because I was running late, when I normally wouldn't bat an eyelid at the thought of skipping class.
Fall break in 2 days, hence I am frantically doing laundry at midnight so that I'll have enough underwear to bring to NYC. Off to the city I go! So excited about Cunningham.
I miss having a photo-laden blog and I miss Nuf so here are a couple of unedited (still no photoshop dammit) pictures from our Batam trip :)
Flying!
Prawn eyeball
A lot of prawns
And crab
We ate a lot
Kayaking
Very tiring hor?
Blurb blurb Nuf is drowning
We went cycling and motorized skate-skooter-ing. How cool is that. Hahaha.
Pretty sunsets
Sunny and beautiful. I'm never going back to Batam, though, because there's nothing much to do except eat, swim in the morning, swim in the afternoon, swim at night, watch olympics on TV, etc. That said, it couldn't have been a better trip <3
Fall break in 2 days, hence I am frantically doing laundry at midnight so that I'll have enough underwear to bring to NYC. Off to the city I go! So excited about Cunningham.
I miss having a photo-laden blog and I miss Nuf so here are a couple of unedited (still no photoshop dammit) pictures from our Batam trip :)
Prawn eyeball
A lot of prawns
And crab
We ate a lot
Kayaking
Very tiring hor?
Blurb blurb Nuf is drowning
We went cycling and motorized skate-skooter-ing. How cool is that. Hahaha.
Pretty sunsets
Sunny and beautiful. I'm never going back to Batam, though, because there's nothing much to do except eat, swim in the morning, swim in the afternoon, swim at night, watch olympics on TV, etc. That said, it couldn't have been a better trip <3
01 October, 2008
*609 - niu rou
Today has been out of the ordinary.
So, I intentionally woke up late to skip my first class, decided to sleep in some more to skip my second class, and decided to just stay home and skip my third class. Decided to give up my spot in a tutoring program and hence skipped the orientation session (because my schedule is pretty crazy this semester anyway).
(Justification: I was feeling ill. For real.)
Then, I went for the SAI mixer to talk to managers and such - the social step of an intensive interview process. Didn't go too badly, surprisingly. But it clashed with my Stats prelim, so I had to leave early.
Arrived in the Statler lounge at 7 pm with a leisurely half an hour to spare. Massaged feet and calmed down from the 10 minute trot in 3.5 inch heels and little dress in weather cold enough to form puffs of clouds when you breathe.
Ambled upstairs for prelim about 5 minutes early, walked casually into room with parfait in hand and heels in the other, only to discover that everyone was already half an hour into their prelim. Mildly surprised, maintained composure, finished exam and checked through twice, left half an hour before time was up (first to leave).
Trotted back in said 3.5 inch heels and little dress in even colder weather. Popped by Apollo to order what Nuf just taught me to say last night: "niu rou hua dan fan". (The lady understood me!!) Got to house and couldn't find keys. Called housemates and no one was coming home soon.
Camped in Heidi's house for an hour, alone on their couch because everyone was studying for prelims. Doodled on receipts and sent aimless texts because I had absolutely nothing to do. Suddenly had a brainwave, and ...
... Found keys. Hidden in a secret compartment in my purse so that I will always have them with me.
Now: back in room, reeling from the excitement of today, eating a third of said niu rou hua dan fan and wondering what to do with the rest of it.
So, I intentionally woke up late to skip my first class, decided to sleep in some more to skip my second class, and decided to just stay home and skip my third class. Decided to give up my spot in a tutoring program and hence skipped the orientation session (because my schedule is pretty crazy this semester anyway).
(Justification: I was feeling ill. For real.)
Then, I went for the SAI mixer to talk to managers and such - the social step of an intensive interview process. Didn't go too badly, surprisingly. But it clashed with my Stats prelim, so I had to leave early.
Arrived in the Statler lounge at 7 pm with a leisurely half an hour to spare. Massaged feet and calmed down from the 10 minute trot in 3.5 inch heels and little dress in weather cold enough to form puffs of clouds when you breathe.
Ambled upstairs for prelim about 5 minutes early, walked casually into room with parfait in hand and heels in the other, only to discover that everyone was already half an hour into their prelim. Mildly surprised, maintained composure, finished exam and checked through twice, left half an hour before time was up (first to leave).
Trotted back in said 3.5 inch heels and little dress in even colder weather. Popped by Apollo to order what Nuf just taught me to say last night: "niu rou hua dan fan". (The lady understood me!!) Got to house and couldn't find keys. Called housemates and no one was coming home soon.
Camped in Heidi's house for an hour, alone on their couch because everyone was studying for prelims. Doodled on receipts and sent aimless texts because I had absolutely nothing to do. Suddenly had a brainwave, and ...
... Found keys. Hidden in a secret compartment in my purse so that I will always have them with me.
Now: back in room, reeling from the excitement of today, eating a third of said niu rou hua dan fan and wondering what to do with the rest of it.
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