drowning fighting fish

Do u know that fishes can drown? According to my lecturer, some fishes are so used to gulping air, that if u don't allow them to do that, they will drown.

That's so amazing. Kind of ironic too, isn't it?

Dying in an environment where u're supposed to thrive in.

I skipped env sci n tech lect this morning. Was thinking if i should skip sports n hist lecture too. Prof Crosswell's lecturing again on olympics and politics? My mind goes into auto-sleep mode whenever i listen to his lectures. Got to pass ting notes later though... So I shall be a good girl and go for lect. Right.

boring you with mundane details of my life (which u prob are not interested in knowing)

Woke up in the middle of the night yesterday cos i had serious muscle cramps... The muscles in my left leg were screwed up into one tight ball... The cramp went away after a while, though. Thank god for that... *phew* and i went back to sleep again.

Went back to Owen yesterday... I miss my bed! haha. I miss being home. Eating home cooked food, even. (Eve, my mum cooked dinner yesterday. hahahha.) *shhh*

Going for long run on saturday with macritchie with yl and perhaps, kr. I can't stay over at the chalet on saturday!!! *grr* no matter how hard i tried to plea, beg, bargain, persuade (and threaten!) my parents. So, i guess no night run at east coast for me. -_-

Stats test tmr, microbio test on friday, stats project and history essay due soon. Exams are less than a month away. HELP! I should get off the com and start on my work. Lazy bum.

This is a really bo liao entry.

Just look at the title.

strange

i think i dreamt of y0u last night...
and strangely
enough, it
wasn't a nightmare.

unfit me

Went to play squash with jh on friday... and i was aching like mad on saturday. Didn't even have to get out of bed to feel the aches. Gee. Ate qiu lian ban mian at bishan after squash. Yum. DELICIOUS!!! Studied at coffee bean after that.

Met kr to run at macritchie on sat morn. I'm seriously unfit. Once-a-week trainings aren't enough. Had prata at thomson after the run.

The long weekend is almost over. *sobz* Don't want! I don't want!!!!!!! Someone, pls turn back time or at least, freeze it. Pretty please?

food hunt '05

typed a blog entry last night... but something's wrong with blogspot and my entry disappeared!!! *argh*

anywayz, here's a short account of food hunt on saturday...

We, "anything LAH!!!" <---that's our grp name, came in 3rd!!!! *yipee* so proud of ourselves, despite being the last to retrieve the key out from an ice block during the ice-breaker game (or rather "ice melter" game, since we weren't allowed to break the ice, literally). The key was to be used to get the first clue to our first destination (The clue was : which subject involves the study of living organisms? and who do u call when u discover a dead body, in malay? The answer to that is biopolis.)

Ran around singapore for the rest of the day... I was so tired, i had trouble keeping my eyes open at 8pm. And guess what i did the moment i got home? Took a shower and went to bed la! *doink* haha.

Oh, and how can i ever forget to mention abt this irritating "cheater bug" group which keep crossing paths with us throughout the course of food hunt?! *grr* makes my blood boil just thinking abt them. Despictable pple who would stop at nothing to win the race. Cut our queue, refuses to let us go first even though we reached the place before them, didn't keep to the rules, jaywalked, looked at the next clue before they even ate their food (we're supposed to get the next clue after we finish the food), followed other teams cos their brains were too puny to figure out the answers themselves... bleah. Read eve's blog for a more detailed account of their doings.

I'm still aching today from saturday's food hunt. Oh well.

Food hunt '06? anyone?

Men are from mars, women from venus.

Men always like to say, "I don't understand how women think."

Likewise, I would like to say, "I don't understand how men think."

Perhaps, we really are 2 subspecices from different planets, eh? Same phylum, different classes? Talk about biodiversity.

english high tea, anyone?

I'm still feeling super full from the english high tea that i had at oriental hotel... Dad has this voucher for high tea buffet for 2 at cafe de artiste...

Was supposed to meet mum at 3pm outside marina square's macdonald's. To my horror, when i got there (marina sq)... I realized that the whole building's under renovation. *argh* I don't know where mac is now... Walked one whole round to get to the other entrance where macdonald's was supposed to be... and i couldn't find mum. Thought that my sis would be there too. So i tried calling her hp, but she didn't switch it on! What's the use of having a phone when u don't ever turn it on?!?!?!

I was hot, tired and hungry by then... and, of cos, not to mention, frustrated. So i walked back to raffles link and sat at pac coffee, ordered a potato salad and wait for my phone to ring. Luckily, it wasn't long before mum called me on my phone.

I thought the high tea was at marina mandrain... went to the 4th storey and couldn't find the place. Asked the receptionist and realized that i'm at the WRONG HOTEL! *doink* Oriental hotel is the hotel next to marina mandrain. But to get there, i had to walk round the whole marina sq cos it's under construction.

So, after walking for quite a distance under the sweltering heat, i managed to reach ORIENTAL HOTEL... went up to the 4th storey... that's where the cafe's supposed to be... and realized that the cafe's not there anymore! The hotel underwent quite massive renovations, apparently. When i was about to break down and start crying, this guy (some manager or somebody) came up to me and asked if i needed help cos i looked quite lost. And i started explaining everything to him... Really helpful guy, i would say. The voucher expires on 31st march and the cafe will only reopen some time in april.

Things ended up being, me and mum used the voucher at this other cafe. I had a english high tea set and mum had asian. I was really impressed with their standard of customer service. The staff were really friendly and nice. But the food was only average. (and not really worth the money, if i had to pay.)

Shopped around for a bit before i headed off for home. Retail therapy really works. I'm feeling happy. *whee*

God is good, all the time... and all the time, God is good

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. -Romans 8:32

Yes, i do believe in that.

Was doing my quiet time the other day and meditating upon the word of God.

Psalm 107
1 Give thanks to the LORD , for he is good;
his love endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say this-
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.

4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 for they had rebelled against the words of God
and despised the counsel of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the deepest gloom
and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.

17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways
and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food
and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble,
and he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent forth his word and healed them;
he rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings
and tell of his works with songs of joy.

23 Others went out on the sea in ships;
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the LORD ,
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunken men;
they were at their wits' end.
28 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
the waves of the sea were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love
and his wonderful deeds for men.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.

33 He turned rivers into a desert,
flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
and he did not let their herds diminish.

39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice,
but all the wicked shut their mouths.

43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things
and consider the great love of the LORD .

impulsiveness

I realized that i've been doing quite a number of impulsive things, of late. Highlighting my hair was one example, and so are: racing kelvin to the dance studio the other time at the count of 3, tapping daniel on his shoulder halfway through lecture and pretended that it wasn't me, playing around in the store the other time with zen, deciding to watch movie the other time when i was supposed to be studying with sining, and, oh, asking couzin out for dinner yesterday cos he said he hasn't seen me in person ever since i cut my hair.

Looking back on the past years, I think i've changed quite a lot. I wasn't like this when i was in, say, sec 1? haha. Part and parcel of growing up, eh? Oh well, people change all the time, don't they? The only constant in this world is change.

Don't we all do impulsive things, sometimes? Just doing things on the spur of the moment. When the idea just hits you, do it without much hestitation and thought. And you know something? I feel much happier after that. Perhaps, it's a way of relieving stress. Perhaps, it's just the feeling of not having any inhibition. The feeling of being free when in this world, we're bound and tied down by so many things.

Hold my hand, and let us run free in the field of dreams.

miss teo <--- the crazy thing

Sent Enya, Aunt Cindy and Uncle Chade Meng off at the airport today... Don't know when'll be the next time that i see them... Perhaps the end of the yr when they come back to visit again or next year when we go over to the states? Looking forward to going over. :)

Did some crazy things today...

Was out studying with zen... After dinner, we walked ard for a bit... Tried on some clothes and accessories at Forever 21. Pretended I was some office lady in a coat, some cool chick in shades and bangles, and a tai tai with chunky necklaces and handbags... Tried on lots of hats too! All in the middle of the store. I'm surprised we didn't get chased out of the store. Haha. Yes, I should start behaving like a 20 yr old should. (Though i'm still 19, strictly speaking)

Was on quite a high note after that. On my way home, travelling to douby gaut mrt on the train, I said "excuse me" to all the pple when i'm approaching the exit and stopped at the opened door, only to realize that I'm still one station away from my destination. *paiseh*

Ah, I don't know what's wrong with me. Crazy me.

At times like this, i just couldn't find the right words to say.

Wrote a long letter to peter today. I don't know if i should give it to him. He asked me why i wanted to quit dance, yesterday, during Synergy's AGM... His arm on my shoulder, looking at me, straight in my eye. I couldn't answer him. I just shrugged my shoulders and remained silent. I didn't know how to say it, or even what to say, and i just simply couldn't bring myself to say it straight to his face.

Linnea thought i was crying last night when peter put his arm on my shoulder. No, i wasn't. But deep down inside, I guess I was.

There is no need to report to him officially as to why i'm quitting synergy. But i feel like I'm obliged to do so. A form of showing respect to him, perhaps. Both as a trainer and as a friend.

Was talking to kelvin last night after i got home, on msn. And he said something that really struck me.

"Yes, i understand. There's just this small part of u that wants to stay... and u don't know how to say no."