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[Monday December 21st, at 11:29am]  i have been staring at my ils notes for like an hour and have not written anything on my essay outline :@@@@@  I AM GOING TO BAKE MY CAKE NOW. ZZZ.  oh yes, i passed my test omg thank you mr zachary for being lenient and awesome. :D nobody should sit in my car for the next one month until i've learnt how to stop hitting kerbs with my mother's car which i have realised is bigger and heavier than it seems. passing seemed so surreal. like seriously? i passed? with hitting a kerb and almost running a motorcyclist down? like seriously?  4 / beep!

[Thursday December 17th, at 5:31pm] okay people. please please please hope i pass my driving test tomorrow at 1015 at *&#$@ ubi with the crazy lorries and vans and taxis and operating bus lanes. ): the past three days have been really good, but it just has to work for another 30 minutes and my angst over this entire episode would be over. if not, i'll have to repeat the entire process again come june without the parking poles!! can you sense the despair. no more showers with dirty water up to my ankles; filtering water; cleaning up the basin; walking in the cold; wrapping and unwrapping the multiple layers;snacking; worrying about the traffic. and hello to green leafy vegetables; cooked warm food; FISH and good meats in general; clean beds; clean room; big tables; great company. BOY I SURE AM GLAD TO BE BACK. beep!

[Sunday December 13th, at 2:08am] my coach is coming in 4.5 hours to pick me up and SEND ME HOME (indirectly) YAAAAAY. SO EXCITING. I spent the wonderful sunny day having cake and skyping and buying presents and thinking of home. and right now i'm staying awake watching my socks dry on the radiator so i can keep them. like literally watching clothes dry. so boring. glad that peripheral activities are keeping me awake even though i should honestly be sleeping. OMGOMGOMG. I'M GOING HOME. i came with overweight luggage and that is how i'm returning. it's good to have come full circle in two months. i'll rest and prepare for the rest of the months ahead knowing that i've enjoyed a good month back where i love. what's the definition of homesick? beep!

incoherent #9342 [Thursday December 3rd, at 11:23pm] I HAD CHOCOLATE FOR DINNER!!! went for food appreciation society chocolate tasting omgomgomg it was so damn goooooood. came home to have yoghurt with apples and blueberries yumyum abillionthingstowashupinsinktmd. okay just had to say this before i started work again D: you know. doing work is like an epic proportion of my life right now. kheexuan despises me ): BTW there is an EXTRA HEATER IN MY ROOM!!!! it feels like singapore but with a dry throat!! HAHAHAHA. no more drinking for gen!! have started looking at cinnamon bun recipes, cakes and muffins. i cant wait to get back to a kitchen with an oven and all my baking materials. omg. i shall up myself on GWI (good wife index) hahaha. is there a job which allows me to enjoy my weekends. beep!

jubilation!! [Saturday November 28th, at 4:12pm] my mama is making me EXCITED about going back. because i GET TO EAT PROPER FOOD. not the shit food i get in halls or the day in day out tuna sandwiches i make but PROPER FOOD need i say more omg. i am going to eat tau huey in the car back home!! then i get to eat my char kway teow and chaipoh eggs and kway chap!!! OMGOMGOMG. i mean i'm happy here, very happy because i get a big room to myself on weekends (gen is more happening than me), i have a bunch of friends that i love hanging out with and just lately i've figured that my tolerance for stress is higher than what i expected it to be and i am somehow managing to get by quite well despite my subpar efforts in essay writing. admittedly, getting back crap marks makes me envious and doubtful of my capabilities but knowing is half the battle won RIGHT. so now that i KNOW i will IMPROVE and actually RESEARCH for my essays. i bet you people are wondering how the hell can she write a 2k essay without researching, believe me it's bloody possible LOL. and i like law. the fact that it makes me think about and watch the formulation of society from a legal point of view can be wonderful. honestly, i dislike criminal. but contract makes the world tick and public makes the government and society function. ils is wtf it doesn't count. so liking 2 out of 3 topics is good right? and i like the fact that coming here has made me realise that i am more competent (studies aside) than i thought possible. OH and shopping here is good. amazon.co.uk is my new best friend. walking down oxford street everyday has made it lose it's pizazz though. but i still like looking at shop displays and wishing for the day i could spend my money like water. back to main point: I CANNOT WAIT TO GO BACK. i am so excited just thinking about food and people. OMGOMGOMGOMG. and i come bearing presents!! :D 6 / beep!

so this weekend [Monday November 23rd, at 12:56am] i got really ELATED with FISH. in london. which wasn't fried oh my god. i love steamed fish. in makeshift steamers with ginger and tomatoes and lots of sesame oil. i have hit enlightenment. at the age of 19-21 we kids dont think we just act. okay. JUST DO IT. wait. think. YEP JUST DO IT. i swear train of thought is so limited when you're in the zone. we will try to stop the secrets! INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW INGRID IS TOMORROW meijiao aren't you jealous ;D 4 / beep!

overboard [Thursday November 19th, at 12:05am] love london 1. student discounts a. movie tickets b. food c. theatre d. musicals 2. shows a. an inspector calls b. ingrid michaelson!!!! c. freakenomics authors 3. shop a. need i elaborate 4. food a. turkish delights b. goldmine chinese food c. duck rice d. noodles e. cook outs f. drinking nights g. marks and spencer 5. see a. london 1. camden town 2. covent garden 3. leceister square 4. aldwych 5. brick lane 6. oxford street b. outside london 1. fleet 2. amersham 3. nottingham HATE LONDON 1. LSE LLB IN LAWS 2. MISSING PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE okay friends. i just showed you part of my notes. contract teacher popped a lovely surprise and changed my tutorial from 5pm to 10am :@@@@ i swear. if i cannot finish my stuff and i look like crap tomorrow i will haaaate him for the day even though i really love his classes and he's a lovely teacher in general. contract just got exciting!!! i can't wait for 1pm to come tomorrow. FYI: back on 14th december 7am! i am so ready to meet and greet, eat and sleep and live worry free. 2 / beep!

so wake me up! [Tuesday November 10th, at 12:34pm] yesterday, my heart went through reconstitution (:   + FRIDAY!! jy + jonhu + sengz made my daaaaay :D  2 / beep!

love to the people [Monday November 2nd, at 10:03pm] my brother skyped me and typed: "i drove on the expressway today, and it's mother scary. at least mama was next to me, but peak-hour-people aren't people, they're monkeys passing off as idiots. there was this bm who was trailing me right behind on a ONE WAY LANE DOWN TO THE EXPRESSWAY, and he tried to overtake me. wtf right? but no way, i said, and didn't let him pass. he horned, and well, it's his fault ain't it? that bastard." ok i think my brother is DAMN FUNNY. back to work zzzz. beep!

one month on and: [Friday October 30th, at 2:20am] favourite phrase: don't tell mama! that i bought clothes. that i ate too much. that i'm eating too little. that i'm staying up late every night. that everything here is so expensive i don't want to spend unless it's on clothes and food. that i miss the food. that i miss my friends. that i doubt my abilities. that i think they just blew a bomb on me. that i do not deserve this.  just read pingu's blog and i'm touched. she saw. so much. and i just felt like a crazy kid on that day. feeling pissed with my parents on the day that i leave and honoured to see all my friends turn out to send me off and a the torrent of fun,sadness, guilt, anger, longing all rolled into one. and boom. sitting on the flight out and clutching the papers and notes and chocolates and the realisation doesnt quite hit you yet. and you start reading them but you dont feel like it's real. even now. when i go out on the weekends it feels like a holiday. having freedom to stay out till 3 and walk home laughing about the cold and complaining about tomorrow's late brunch. the renewed faith in walking. but right now, i just want the people 3 storeys down to stop talking and lemme sleep. oh so incoherent but the bed beckons. beep!

[Wednesday October 28th, at 2:08am] staying up late is bad for health ): i think i've gained a) severe eye bags b) pallid complexion c) sleepy eyes d) weight - i do hope i'm not in denial about this one and that the dumb scale is screwed. at least i managed to get some notes done! i'm still on a back log and i have yet to complete tutorials for the coming week but at least i'm still sort of productive! go eemz go! i guess the only thing that's motivating me is the prospects of a fun weekend with minimal homework. it's halloween weekend! which means haunted trails, boat parties, mini-maf and happy brunches! THEREFORE i must study hard! gee my eyes hurt. spitalfield's market was an eye opener (lol). petticoat lane was like thieves market just tons bigger with things that you might really really pick up if you scavenged long enough. spitalfield's was cooler with indie designs and even some branded stuff, but the walk down bricklane was pretty spectacular. you end up in nook and crannies with lots of indie stuff, longlong streets full of people selling second hand clothes and goods, LOTS AND LOTS of food it was unimaginable. everywhere we went they sold gorgeous mouthwatering food that made us whine because we were hungry and poor. ended up with a huge sweet bread which will be split into my lunches for the next week. i wonder how long this 2am trend be sustained. anyway reading crim at 2 isn't cool. it's like how i am now going to sleep with the lights on for the night. 1 / beep!

i. [Friday October 23rd, at 3:06am] have broken record by staying up till 3 to do notes. notes that are done far far away from exams. am amazed by own persistence. question if this is sustainable. still catch no ball with Rastafarian case. z. how do you nus law people do it? books are so cheap here, and amazon delivery is free zoh will take advantage when more lucid. am debating over buying: alice in wonderland, the metamorphosis, wuthering heights, great expectations, and lolita. any preferences / recommendations? talks in school are amazing. cannot forget to wax lyrical how great it is that school has connections to pull in awesome speaks. have high expectations for alagiah's talk tomorrow, it ought to be awesome. school facilities on the other hand need a million dollar boost. no desks, poor lighting and mics and cramped seats in most places. amusing how the new theatre looks like crap and hallways are narrow and there's always a jam to get into lecture halls.  making friends is exhausting. going round and acting cheery when all you want to do is return to your little bunch of unpretentious friends. cereal for breakfast and dinner. with muller's yoghurt (best in the world!!) and fruit. may actually lose weight, am looking forward to it. miss the good old steamed pork with egg and chestnuts. noodles and rice and all carbs nice. nights get dark and lonely. curled up in cold bed, pull sheets close and bury head. bite lip and prevail. tomorrow will be a good day. 8 / beep!

[Wednesday October 14th, at 11:19pm] hullo. it's the third week of life in london and it's going um. hmm. LSE has thrown me and the rest of the little kids into the deep end of the pool. there's tons of resources and lots of things to do, it just depends on whether you have the time and energy to do them. like public lectures every week! i can't wait for george alagiah and FREAKONOMICS!! and the hundred other stuff to come. i might go on a mega-raid to cardiff (flag day haha) in november too :D law's comprehensible just tough to get started on because nobody can get comfy with a hundred pages of readings right? however, once you're in the mood things just come pretty naturally. there's free wifi around the school and we get awesome things happening like random celebrations and free vegetarian food so school life is really very vibrant.  the only thing i have to complain about is my dumb schedule. i have 12 hours a week and i have breaks ranging from 1 to 5 hours :x the library is unconducive for studying during these breaks so i am still trying to find an alternative ): and somehow school saps the energy out of you that by the time you're back you're ready to bathe and sleep which isn't very good considering it's only 7. food is disgusting. sometimes cannot bring myself to eat in halls because the food's way too salty and odd. the fish fillet comes out black, smelling and tasting of charred soy sauce and lemon; the pork is greasy and tough and the chicken's way too dry. looking at the food makes you lose your apetite and the mean lunch ladies do not help >( the only consolation is bran&muesli and the occasional banana for breakfast. fruits seem to be my favourite food right now, considering it's cheap, good and healthy.  singsoc AGM did make me think about all things i'm missing like my yong tau foo and meesiam and my friends ): i get reminded that i have bank accounts, flight tickets and laundry to do. salsa did perk things up quite a bit though cuz it  was quite amusing. jelly legs and bad hand-eye co-ordination makes for good fun! i think i'll go back next week and give it another go: it's like a midweek 2hour relaxation period :D beep!

london calling [Wednesday October 7th, at 11:42pm] exciting things have happened way too fast that at the pace i'm going i won't be surprised if i fell sick. first the cider party which made me go kuku for the first time in my life (i will never drink so much and so fast again), then the failed lantern carrying on MAF(!!!!) that ended up in edwin's smelly room with lots of glorious food and shangri-la mooncakes (om nom nom) and staying out till 5. following that, cookout at shimin&christabel lim's dorm!! and then MOS. woohooo. okay honestly, music was zzzzz, the rooms were hot and the crowd sweaty, but crowd was good because NOBODY grinds you and there's minimal groping plus there's actually real space to dance and let your hair down. besides, watching angmohs dance is DAMN FUNNY. not to forget, cool things that happen in LSE itself, like POSTER SALES!! omgomgomg so many posters so little money, and they're so cheap! like 3 for £10!! and they're huge mhmm. or free 500g bar of cadbury chocolate with every 30p daily telegraph purchased!! and hanging out in the awesome libary with hundreds of computers and conducive study rooms. oh and not forgetting wright's bar's cheapest sandwich and hot tea haha. i happen to also derive alot of joy from buying fruits from the store next to the building i'm studying in (thank yer luv) but  the best thing so far has got to be the free talks made available to all the students in the school. i get to hear the hungarian PM speak, tim harford from the economist etc if i want to, it's really great. LSE is dynamic and constantly abuzz which makes me excited once i'm in the school. walking to the school however, is another matter altogether haha. even though lectures have kinda started, i'm still on my darned honeymoon and i can't seem to get off it. i go shopping, i walk really slowly home, i think about m&s cookies and what fruits i should buy tomorrow, i'm not reading my lecture notes and readings now, i don't think i'll be doing it tomorrow morning, my room has become a junkyard yet again and all i can think about is going to spitalfield's market to see indie stuff on saturday. beep!

old world + new world [Wednesday September 30th, at 10:52pm] HELLO FRIENDS. i am enjoying the awesome weather lately :D haven't had much time to do much in the room which is fantastically big you'll be surprised. when i bother i shall post pictures, i can't take any right now because gen's delicates are hanging from the drawers and shelves lololol we aren't even capable of affording proper hangers for towels and the likes. anyway some major points are: 1. hall food is terrible. i eat oats+muesli+yoghurt everyday for breakfast, ham, sausages and even eggs are rubbery and quite bland. not v good. ): am dining out alot even though dinner is catered because it can be quite horrific :O 2. friends are v awesome: sg community to the max!! and all the internationals that i've made friends with in nutford and in lse. people are generally friendly, i can stop almost anybody on the road and get directions from them. you just have to put on a smile to get one back at you :D unlike in singapore where smiles end up with quizzical or cautious glances. btw there are such things as cute nerds!! :D 3.i walk THREE POINT NINE KILOMETRES to school everyday!! woohoo please congratulate me, the next time you see me i will have perfect toned thighs and calves :D btw i quote for one direction. if you wanna check google maps for nutford house to LSE. i haven't actually made it there and back entirely because i keep getting sidetracked by other stuff like paperchase (THREE STOREYS!!!:DDDD) and food (DUCK anyone!!:D) blahblah. no plans to join gym i think walking will keep me rather fit. btw it takes 45min if in a rush = the bus trip time hahah. 4. i <3 fruits. where else can you get gorgeous blueberries at only $2.40!!! and strawberries! and all the shops have offers on pears, peaches, plums, nectarines. GLEEE. aim: 5 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. 5. i would like to sykpe you please add me! eemz.says.hi or leong yi-ming whatever just type it in and find me! i miss the singapore people. so glad i talked to jonhu today ((: made my morning. alright. miss you peoplez ): sod incoherent for someone starting introductory lectures on friday. the brain's rotting, the only thing in my head right now is that ne win took over in 1962. ): 4 / beep!

hello world, again [Friday September 25th, at 1:24pm] i spent the second last day in the hospital. all you curiouskids go find out what is anaphylaxis is on wiki and tell yourself that it happened to me. i almost died. thank the otherworld-ly beings for rerouting the untimely disaster. but being pushed around in the bed from a&e to the ward was rather cool. you see the flourescent lights shimmer and zoom past you and you're groggy from all the medicine they've pushed up your veins, it's like another dimension altogether. no more goddamn crabs for the next 10 years. and i fly tonight. i'm bloody overloaded with the amount of clothes and human possessions that have been vac-packed and squashed into my suitcase and dhl box. it's mortifying how your more important things seem to only weigh 50kg. it's like carrying another me around (oh that sounds cool), but why is it still so light?  yesterday made me want to cry. that my lovely friends would come and visit me when i'm puffy and gross. that my grandma hugged me tight and told me to study hard and my grandpa said don't play too much. 4 / beep!

[Sunday September 6th, at 2:58pm] the closer i get to leaving the more stressed i get. after seeing stanley leave, a solitary figure a head shorter than everybody else, i get the feeling the same thing's going to happen to me. because even though i'm leaving with a whole bunch of people, there won't be anybody looking out for me because i'm travelling alone. i'll be carrying my own bulky bags, my own passport and ticket, checking in and going out later by myself: doing the things other people would normally do in pairs or trios.  i guess you see the friends along the way but the decisions come from you, not from your mum, aunt, brother whatever. it's just you. it was my choice, and i'm still sticking to it because i want to see how independent i am especially after i keep telling myself and everybody around me so. besides, if i have to start, i better start it sooner than later. so liberation aside, i guess i'm afraid. 3 / beep!

回忆 [Sunday August 23rd, at 12:03am] is it just me or is facebook like reaaaaally lag? could be my computer as well which refuses to let me comment on lj :@ like i think renying's photo comparison is SO TRUE hahaha. okay there you go rennie now you know. anw. met a few seniors from the 32nd council and they kept quizzing me about what i did in my term as an IPC and i forgot what i really did. i remembered scream. full stop. then they said valentine's day. then i said hc<3i week. I FORGOT ABOUT POP. which shows how much time has elapsed and how much i really miss council. THIRTYFOURTH SEE YOU AT MAF OKAY OKAY OKAY. and then i didn't hesitate about signing up for hc night comm hahaha. the word 'comm' coming from a councillor made me wanna relive council days (except cny, i didn't particularly adore you really) and sing songs and dance mass dances woohooo. am such a councillor at heart still.  hanging out with SnR last saturday was so great! getting to see familiar faces again, and having to stop feeling conscious about whether you fit in or not because you've known this bunch of people for 2 years and even though you might not have been exactly really tight, you're tight enough to do random conversation, jump topics and laugh like nobody's watching you. mhmm. <34 SNR!!! :D okay i'm getting really sentimental here.  alright and finally, i am GLAD and RELIEVED to see so many people in hwach going to london!! and basically the uk :D it's comforting to know that there are some really nice people out there looking out for you and that you'll always have bunch of people who you can connect with over common experiences. and i can't wait for mini-maf!! omgzzzz. now i realise how much i loved my hwachong experience. from getting really cool and awesome teachers and really kuku ones, to my class and council!! and all those other extra things like faculty stuff and generally hanging out/mugging all over school. shall never forget how much noise we made playing taboo during out 2hour break before lit began on thursday till everybody was glaring at us from all the way across the other end of the wing hahaha. 3 / beep!

[Thursday August 20th, at 11:57pm] DISTRICT 9 IS CRINGE-BLOG-WATCH-WORTHY. after UP (WHICH WAS AWESOME!!) go watch DISTRICT 9, you can skip GI JOE.  honestly, i think it's an elaborate depiction of society gone wrong, screwed up morals and ethics (how far will you go in the name of technology and research?) in a money making society, lots of dystopian action and great acting by the lead. i thought the directing was pretty unique too! the start was a mix of film+filmed documentary, and the first half was made in the style of a handheld camera before it leapt into the real action. and if it makes wk and jonhu cringe then it's really really scary and quite gory (totally m18) but it was awesome. In it's entirety, it's a simple story, but it throws in a few penetrating questions such as the understanding of the Other, acceptance and integration or the lack thereof, and social issues that plague our society now. okay not a very comprehensive review, but in conclusion great film! very cool wk with jonhu's cool green scarve haha. also concluded that one cannot trust time with woankeng. why hasn't army gotten to you!! oh yeah, my ex-colleague got married last week and i felt so honoured to be invited!! :D and we spent most of the time bitching about our ex-boss because pratically everybody in the admin office resigned by the end of july. it was the most unpretentious solemnisation i've ever been to, probably because it was rather ill-rehearsed but i think that made it very special. the groom thought of his vows on the spot, the bride forgot hers and pulled out a piece of paper, the groom put the ring on the wrong hand, and at the end of it all, the bride unabashedly took off her heels and strode around the room barefoot HAHAHA! that's the kinda wedding i want too! congratulations vivian! :D oh yeah below is really cute :D okay the end to long and incoherent paragraphs. beep!

[Thursday August 13th, at 10:42pm] i have but ONE chapter to read before finishing emma. but i haven't because i didn't want to carry two books around in my bag. so i started on sense and sensibility and still haven't gotten around to finishing emma. ): anyway, i've really enjoyed emma. austen makes excellent caricatures of ordinary real life characters that don't border on the absurd. and she somehow manages to inject life and whimsicality into the most boring events like walking down the lane and meeting someone. instead of just hi&bye it's an opportunity for flirting, for observation, for mixups and mishaps, it's that exciting! okay i do hope sense and sensibility doesn't disappoint. ANYWAY. can people throw me a few good opportunities for me to bake? i've marked out at least 10 exciting recipes i really want to try! and i think my family's quite bored with eating my baked goods though they are really really nice. there's a limit to how much chocolate you can ingest per week. since my sister adamantly refuses to eat 'butter in baked stuff' unless it's with chocolate, but obviously has no qualms with slapping it all over her waffles/pancakes/bread etc, i'm reduced to baking with chocolate. hence the innumerable brownies.    5 / beep!

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