Home!

I'm finally back! And it feels like someone forgot to turn off the heater, oven, toaster, hot water and stove all at the same time. for once I can sit on the toilet bowl without cringing at the cold, and I can shower and come out without shivering first. WAH

But somehow I suddenly feel like going back to brisbane too

I'm sorry for the lack of updates, my youtube and blogger have been pretty wonky lately and I'm gonna try and ask Liner to fix it. Hopefully my laptop doesn't die on me, I've finally built a relationship with it.

ARGH why so blarrdy hot!!!

I wans to goes homes =(

Meals

You don't realise how much a 'family lunch' or having 'a meal with your parents' means until you aren't able to have one.

Mid study-break break

I can't wait for December!! This is officially (hopefully) my sister's aisle song, although I doubt she'll have to cover the amount of distance to last a 4 minute song. Unless she decides to have a couple of slow lorises preceding her and a 2 year old flower girl who decides to inspect every flower petal before throwing it to the ground.

If not her walk down the aisle should take less than a minute.

Oh my gosh I just can't wait for it all to be pieced together when the big day comes! And don't you think the song is just so perfect for weddings? Listen to what Lea Salonga says about the song, just splendid =)

It's such a teary song though, damn sweet la! :D:D

Oh boy! SO Exciting!!! :D

Perhaps I should abandon my course and become a full fledged Wedding planner. HAHA

It's Winter!

One more day of school before it's all over! Well, that is except for the exams. It's officially winter and my tedency to hibernate has kicked in, not very good when there's work to be done. I can't believe that I'm actually using the term 'winter', a word we poor perpetually hot and sweaty Singaporeans rarely hear. Winter!! Acually the sun's still shining in my face, just that it isn't a very good idea to walk around with a sweater on.

We have fireplaces!!! I set a fire that day, but a very puny one though. Here's a picture of something called Damper being cooked. Basically it's a sort of scone which you can simply cook by chucking it into the fire. They add beer to the dough sometimes, which is what we did on Tuesday. It tastes AWESOME when it's warm (but a little funny due to the beer)

We should do this back home!
And look! I started a trend! I stuck this up on my door to hide the gay/bisexual/transgender sticker. It recently caught on with my floormates and now we all have stupid pictures up!

C 4.1 My roomC 4.2 Michael's

C 4.3 Kayla's

C 4.4 Mel's

(It says: Death by Cake)

Haha.... I love our floor.

Wave Motion

2 weeks to exams! After a year, it's finally back to the good ole' days of counting down to exams! Haha, though it would be a pretty dumb thing to do at a tertiary level considering you have finals every 6 months. Still, it also means that the time to go back home draws nearer and nearer, and I'm praying damn hard that the stupid pig flu here doesn't get any worse. I'm not looking forward to being quarantined in any way.

It's been a pretty nice day.=)

We were going through something called Garden Path sentences in Linguistics the other day, and boy are they confusing. Take a look at these sentences:

The rat the cat the dog teased chased ate the cheese.
The elephant squeezed into a telephone booth collapsed.
He helped the old lady across the road.
Before the police stopped the driver panicked.
The pen the author the editor liked used was new.
The horse raced past the barn fell.

Which of the following would you consider grammatically correct?

...

Decided?

Guess what, they're ALL grammatically correct sentences. It's just that comprehending them requires more than our brain can provide sometimes. If you give them a read through again you'll be able to understand. Fun eh?

I feel like Noah

It's raining and raining and raining and raining... and raining.

Been raining for practically 48 hours, which is SWELL because I have no school for the rest of the week, (implying that I can actually cuddle up in my bed whilst people at uni get all cold and squishy... muhahaha)

=) Yay Rain rocks!

Toy Shopping

Forgot this photo the last time I posted. MASSIVE MAGIC MUSHROOM!!!! [Ok not magic, but perhaps genetically modified]

It REaLLY is larger than Siyi's head. She'll be eating it the entire week man!

Anyways, I went toy shopping on Friday for the symbolic play test I'm supposed to carry out on my kid next week. Toys are so expensive!! We spent a collective amount of $35 on toys, plus an additional $9 on books and stickers. At least I'm sharing the cost with a classmate from Speech, or I'd be $20 poorer and stuck with a whole bunch of toys. I must admit it was quite fun though, toy shopping is probably one of the more interesting shopping trips ever.
The collection of toys we spent about 2.5 hrs hunting down. The tea set was SUCh a pain finding, not to mention expensive. We needed a fork, knife, spoon cup and saucer. For some retarded reason, most tea sets just have two or three components of the set we need. Thank goodness we found this at Krazy Klark's (this kind of cheapo shop).It was seriously such a pain. Never felt so exhausted in my life. Shopping for a list of required toys is seriously not an easy task.

Anyways, I can finally say...

I'm home sick!!!

I hate getting those sudden bouts of homesickness when I'm doing my work, like...

Missing the blueberry buns from the bread shop downstairs

The funky smell of Plaza Singapura (it does have a really weird smell, really!)

Being able to sit at a hot, crowded kopi tiam eating lousy western food

Eating the AWESOME grilled chicken from the Marina Square food court and chilling with Feifei (we shall do that when I get back fei!).

Oo! Walking along the Esplanade

tapping my hideous EZ Link card on the musty 106

GROCERY SHOPPING with my family!! (I miss NTUC)

Where the word 'satay' means meat on sticks and not a fusion curry/peanut/sweet flavouring they put in the sauce and blend with mysterious things

Having unlimited use of the internet and not having to scrimp on Youtub-ing

Being able to call my friends when I want and wherever I want and not just see them on the screen

Just nuah-ing on my sofa watching recorded episodes of Hannah Montana (Omg I'm gonna spend a day watching all the episodes)

Rushing to grab a coffee and muffin at the East Coast Starbucks before church service at 9!

Having food portions that are of human proportions and not that of a giant's

Omg... MILO DINOSAUR/T-REX/GODZILLA/KING KONG!!

Jay walking! hehheh

having my laundry being done by my mum for meeee

The national library and the amazing breeze that goes through the building because of the air pocket created around the building. AND the smell of the library!

walking around in horrible ugly t-shirts and FBTs when I go down to buy stuff

The list goes on and on, I'm sorry if it bores you or makes you feel more homesick (for us who are far from home), but typing all this out actually helps me deal with it much better. It allows you to reminisce in a very sweet manner, the way you would look back and remember fond memories of your childhood or of someone. =)

I watched the Butterfly Effect again, I shall talk about that another time though, it'll probably be quite boring.

On of those sunset days at IH