first paper down, woohoo.
not sure if i'll do well enough to get a good grade but felt happy nonetheless since it's been ages since i felt this confident about a paper. (usually nus exams make me depressed)

so... *gleefully*

29 Nov lsm1201 general physiology
04 Dec lsm3262 comparative animal physiology
06 Dec lsm3251 ecology and environmental processes
06 Dec lsm3253 plant physiology

YAY :)
but why do my last paper have to be at bloody 5pm? grrr...

ahhh there's so much i wanna do during the holidays.
i need the money but i don't think there'll be time for me to take up a part-time job. anyway who would hire a part-timer that can only work for a week?

and i'm really pretty addicted to spree-ing. (jane, chin and jun should know =P)
ordered a couple of shirts, make-up and lip balm already. i'm trying very (x100) hard to resist ordering more items and making my already very empty bank account even more empty.

heh, i was browsing the animesuki forums yesterday and came to know of this fall '06 anime title. granted, i love japanese period stuff (like rurouni kenshin, akira kurosawa movies etc) so this edo period style certainly attracted me.

name of this anime's bakumatsu kikansetsu irohanihoheto (>< very lengthy!)
it's affectionately known as iroha which is a japanese pengram.
and doncha think the OP's so cool?
i adore the song as it fits the theme so well and the animation is so stylish.
the cliffhanger at the end intrigued me. why did she cry? whyyyy?
also it helps that the main character's so cool! <3
but why is he only 17? i don't like to fangirl over a boy younger than me!

i want to watch this so badly but both my drives' currently full.
maybe i should go to sitex'06 and buy some cd-r.

p/s: anyone wants to go catch phantom of the opera? i'm still in a dilemma over the money but it's been my wish to see this!

had a nice sunday night.

caught what was touted as the big match of the season - the clash between manchester united and chelsea, live over SCV at 11:55PM. which was quite the bummer for me since it meant that i had to go downstairs to that 24/7 desert shop at such an ungodly hour.

and surprise surprise, sweet daddy dearest (muacks) actually accompanied me to watch the entire match even it's way past his bedtime and he's not even a soccer fan in the first place. was really happy even though stupid chelsea came back from behind to equalise. ahhhh i shall not even go on to explain why i dislike chelsea as a team.

so manchester united squandered their chances of extending their lead but i left the place full of happiness over how i'm being loved by my daddy :)

and as always, jane and me the manchester united fans will squeal and shout while watching the match. this time it was over the phone. the match ended but our conversation didn't. just realised it's being eons since i last had such a long conversation with jane over the phone and it was really nice^^ can't recall everything we talked about since there were so much.

but now i really wish that exams would be over soon and i can spend more time with my family and friends. too bad mummy's shop would be ready for business by then so they won't be free when i'll be.

tomorrow's my first paper!
i can't wait for everything to be over.

i wished god made me a person with more self-discipline.
it's been a full week since reading week started and my progress is dismal.
only finished 50% and 20% of 2 modules; the rest still untouched.

someone, please save me.
everytime i switch on my laptop, the monster in me unleashes and the resistance to will time away vanishes. believe me, during exam time i can find absolutely everything to do online and not do my studying. why am i always like this? T_T

i really need to pull up my grades, at least to a 3.
to prove to some people and most importantly, myself that i can do this.
this semester has been one of the best for me, in terms of pre-exam results. never in my 2 years of varsity life have i not fallen below average in class for majority of my tests. it's really a huge morale booster. but why now? the most crucial period and i'm stumbling. i think i really need to get out of the house and go somewhere with absolutely no distractions whatsoever.

and i'm gonna leave everyone with some recommendations.
if anyone's bored during mugging and require some light-hearted entertainment, go seek out this japanese drama called Nodame Cantabile. it's a manga adaptation and is really very hilarious. it's about a bunch of music academy students and i love the way it shows the passion and love musicians have for music (even if it's plain old classical). plus it rejuvenated my love for piano! erm though it's not very accessible since it's not being uploaded on Youtube and can only be downloaded via torrent at the d-addicts website. the anime's coming out in jan 2007!



another one would be 花樣少年少女, a Taiwan drama which is also an adaptation from a manga. (Note: it's the chinese version of the manga that i'm besotted with recently, the one with the two leads gracing my layout currently) more info found here. if you're interested, you can go to youtube for the first episode. *coughcoughsupportmebyvisitingmychannelherecoughcough*



alright, everyone mug hard!
while zhuang, you can play hard and study hard for your JLPT.

p/s: anyone's reverted to the new version of blogger? i'm still apprehensive since it's the beta version and requires a google account sign-up.

phew.

FINALLY it's ALL over.
rejoice with me as I complete my last deadline of the semester as of today.
*cheers*

brrrrr. i wondered how i managed to persevere through the weeks.
i'm a champion in my own right! yay. everyone is too!
right now my body has switched to the 'holiday' mode, which is bad since i need to start studying to reach the high goals i set for this semester.
plus the biological aspect of my body (ahem rubes yeah) is draining my energy and totally souring my mood. i've been trying to curb it by gorging tons of chocolates.
they may be god-sent saviours but by the end of exams, i need to shed them off. eeks.

aiyo i'm totally incoherent here.
better stop writing already ><

I think most people watched this already.
BUT omg, absolute comedy gold!
Bored students sure are creative.

well szeman said my blog's extinct so i shall prove her wrong :)

so new layout!
couldn't resist making one since i've been crazy about the hanakimi manga.
(note: chin and eleanor should know since i've been loafing and reading this while laughing a lot when i should be studying instead)

wanted a clean and crisp feel.
took me a lot more time than i had expected since i had to painfully clean the scan and redraw certain parts. (if you look carefully you can guess which parts i drew in. ie the ugly crooked parts).

and since i opened up fireworks, might as well do the birthday banners.

BUSHA - 10th June 2006


ZHUANG - 14th June 2006


ELEANOR - 1st October 2006


CHIN - 12th October 2006

i'm missing hongxuan's pictures and we forgot to take pictures during rebecca's!
we haven't exactly celebrated for chun and meijun.
as for mine, i'm lazy. another day perhaps.

right now i'm jam-packed with work while fretting about the upcoming exams.
and then holidays will arrive once again.
feels like just yesterday when we had our 3 month break.
that three months were a period that i can never forget.
the 2 months' work, taiwan trip and the loss of my paternal grandpa.
i still miss him. now with both my paternal grandparents gone, our family hardly gathers weekly anymore. somehow the link seems broken.

it's really saddening.
but mum's always saying that one day when each one of us is settled down with their own matters and family, we won't be as close as we are right now.
and i don't know what will happen once we graduate from school.
chin, zhuang and i will be graduating next year while most of the others are still in school. seems like we are all going to approach a time when our phase in life changes.

perhaps i'm being too morbid here.