May 2012
5 posts
my tutee just got a B for her case study! :D:D Awesomest news in a while!
Hello Tumblr,
I think that over the past few weeks, I’ve managed to understand a little more about myself, and by extension, a little more about human nature.
Some weeks ago I was really happy to have been accepted by NUS. After my first application completely fked itself up last year I was epic sian-ed about the whole thing. So I guess what contributed to the jubilation was the fact that...
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Hello Tumblr,
Its been quite some time, I’ve missed you. So sorry for the erratic updates, its not as though I haven’t been feeling like blogging; I do, its just that whenever I feel like posting an entry I don’t have my trusty computer near me. My Blackberry, while equipped to carry out the task, is (as I have realised) a far cry from my first choice. In fact, it doesn’t...
Too often, too close
Dear Tumblr,
Its been a while, but I bring great tidings!
Heard from NUS today:
You have been offered Law and Master of Public Policy in academic year 2013 - 2014.
:DDD
Praise the Lord.
I’m so happieee!! Doesn’t the orange font just look so lovely to your eyes? :):)
(edit: whoops no orange font visible)
Life’s looking perfect now from where I am, having (seemingly)...
April 2012
19 posts
Pink skies and silver streaks
Dreams
Dear Tumblr,
I’ve been dreaming some strange stuff recently. Particularly last night and the night before. Usually I have no recollection of my dreams, but for some reason (and I postulate it could be due to the afternoon naps) I’ve been able to remember them recently.
On Friday night I dreamt I got accepted by NUS, and accidentally accepted Notts instead of Bristol by mistake....
Dear Tumblr,
The local blogosphere’s been up in flames recently over the death of the NSF I told you about and certain insensitive remarks made by individuals of the society. Even though they are by no means representative of the sentiments of the majority, such comments did manage to stir up quite a response.
Many have already reacted, some rather aggressively and often in...
Dear Tumblr,
Recently an NSF died. He was a Private, newly passed out from Tekong and probably just in his initial phase of unit training. He was one of Sam’s closest friends. When I first heard the name of the soldier who passed away, a part of my mind registered the connection with Sam; she had mentioned him multiple times before. The next thought that crossed my mind was: ‘it...
Hello Tumblr
I’m stuck in the opsroom doing duty now :( Everyone else went for the weekly morning run and nobody seems to be coming to take over from meeee :’(
hungry.
Anyway, I did manage to catch two movies on Monday, just that it wasnt the two movies I thought I was going to watch. I was under the impression that we were to be watching American Reunion for our platoon cohesion...
Dear Tunblr,
I took my written test for the law entrance exam this morning. There were sooo many people there! The lady told us there were more than 850 kids at the venue but only 250 positions o.o Anyway I felt the question was quite alright, definitely easier than last year’s one. Or perhaps my brain just couldn’t function properly this time last year; I remember having a terrible...
Dear Tumblr,
Went for NUS interview v2.0 today. Think it went quite well :) Am pleased with myself. Written test tomorrow at 9 am. Ack. Will tell you how it goes. Fingers crossed.
Love, Me
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are...”
– Gary Provost (via vinylmemories)
Just started reading Ellen’s book and its absolutely hilarious!
Watching the uniformed kids going to school on the mrt while I head for the beach. Sometimes you gotta love being an NSF.
Seriously, someone go save the dude stuck in the lift already. The bell’s been ringing the past hour and its driving me nuts.
Character vs personality.
Read about it yesterday, but there wasn’t much elaboration so I’m still slightly confused about the difference. Or rather, I’m having some trouble reconciling the differences between them. Is there a line where your character ends and your personality begins, or is there this huge overlapping grey area?
Oh, and does being nice to a person you don’t like qualify as being...
I smell of steamboat. Should I shower now and risk pneumonia?
Seriously, why is the lightning so strange. Silent lightning; creepy!
Weird lightning in the sky :s is the world ending? :(
Midnight steamboat in camp. Lagi shiok
Living essentially
Eat, sleep, drink, shit.
The Month of Abstinence
I have decided that the time is long overdue to start being more conscious of some of the stuff I keep putting into my body. Hence… a list! Of food and drinks I shall now dutifully avoid.
1) McDonalds! Not that I consume it regularly, but I figured I should include it here.
2) KFC. Surprise surprise. But I am such a sucker for the original chicken skin ;D
3) Polka Iced Milk Tea....
March 2012
14 posts
Okay so I just discovered that I had Microsoft installed in my comp. Goodness knows why I’ve been using Open Office for all my uni apps -.-
Anyway, as I explored the program I decided to type out my econs notes for my tutees since I now have two of them! Seems like spoonfeeding ttm to me but I guess it works lah. This is the reason for me being up at 0150 in the morning and cooking instant...
Notts, King’s, Bristol.
By 7th June.
And then I’ll have to choose between them and local :/
Ah wells maybe I won’t get admitted into a local U and then that’ll be the end of all my problems
okay need to release some application angst here.
So I know it was probably alot harder to apply for universities during our parents’ era, but I swear, we’re fighting a totally different war right now man. Dealing with alot of unnecessary stuff for one. Let me give an example. Why, do the schools need you to send in a copy of your results if they 1) are able to get one perfectly well...
I HATE UNI APPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The management committee of SSC appears to be conspiring to make me hate the place, level by level. Last year they took away Starbucks on the first floor, and replaced it with some stupid restaurant with a not punny at all name. Then they closed down the Ministry of Food on the second floor, opening an Ajisen freaking Ramen in its place -.- now all they need to do is shut down the third floor...
Yay had a surprise bdae present from my platoonmates today so touched :’) couldn’t have been cheap either :D
Maybe I should really get headphones hmmmmm its such a good way to shut the world out but its sooo inconvenient to lug it around everywhere :/
Finally got my itouch back from sam! Plus side: music, at last! Down side: one earbud’s missing. Thought about getting headphones, figured I have no money so nvm D:
Borrowed a travel guide on Sweden from the library just now. Figured I could go visit my brother there when he goes for his exchange program at the end of the year. Maybe just before I ORD, or as a post ORD trip. Flipped to...
Dear Lord,
Things in camp have been extremely trying recently. Actually, no. Its just one “thing”. He is constantly getting to me, and I am letting him. I know you told us to love our fellow men but I am really really really finding it very hard to do so. I know you have allowed this individual to come into my life for a specific reason; to teach me a specific lesson. But as of right now I am...
why my piratebay no work :(
I remember when I first got paid following my first month of National Service, it felt like such a large amount of money. 420 bucks. Compared with my allowance in school, which amounted to 300 bucks on a good month, it felt like WOW. Partly because I was still getting my original allowance :p But anyway, this increase in disposable income, coupled with the fact that I had absolutely no time to...
Staring at the PSC scholarship question and wondering why they ask “What kind of Singapore would you like to see in 15 years’ time?” instead of “What kind of Singapore do you envision seeing in 15 years’ time?”.
9 more months
Before I’m out of this ridiculous organisation.
They say never fight a war you can’t win, because that’s just stupid. But sometimes it gets so damn hard to swallow the crap that this place churns up so incredibly regularly.
They say love thy neighbour, but what if the devil was next to you? Are you supposed to love him too?
I was really super angry this evening, and it...
Uk colleges why don’t you all wanna reply me? :( even a rejection would be better than this silent treatment you’re giving… At least LSE had the decency to tell me they were processing my application. Are the rest of you just stringing me along? D:
February 2012
6 posts
I was expecting a rejection from LSE when I came home today, but instead I got an offer from Nottingham! :D
This outfield really drained me, and I blame this on the large number of people in my detachment who decided not to be present for this exercise. 4 people present in an 8 man detachment. Its a wonder we managed to deploy the fire unit at all lah. This week I slept lesser than I’ve ever did in an outfield, approx 5 hrs in 3 days and its a real rude transition from my daily 10 hour shut eye...
havent heard back from any of the UK colleges :/ kinda worrisome? At least LSE hasn’t rejected me, perhaps there is hope yet!
Once upon a time, I met up with Pris after my medical appointment to go down to Sentosa to get Sam’s gift. The initial plan was to get her the VS foundation powder she wanted, and in case you were wondering why we had to go down to Sentosa, it was because she had specified a brand she had wanted (from VS) and as it so happens there is only one outlet in Singapore! Talk about a difficult gift...
January 2012
10 posts
I’ve officially got random yusheng gravy all over my hair >
Alright so I was waiting at this bus stop for my friend’s dad to pick me up and this cute korean kid waddles up to me and plonks himself on the seat next to me. Didn’t quite catch his name but apparently he’s 4 and on his way to school! XD I love kids who aren’t shy/ squirmish abt everything and this kid was really well behaved too! :):)
Over cny I was playing slap jack...
CNY has definitely got my vote for the busiest holiday of the year. I just feel so tired right now nothing appeals to me… I just wanna go to bed. Super sian that I hafta go down to pair ris tml zzzz stupid cohesion event. Who on earth wants to go all the way down to the east at nine freaking thirty to play soccer -.-
when asked to guess a girl’s age, just say twenty. regardless.
Just observed the bus driver catching a fat china girl for not scanning her ez link card. I experienced a curious satisfaction and I am inclined to forgive smrt for all its past mistakes.