I am so totally NOT readysteady for asian art history (aptly abbreviated as AAH!!!) tomorrow!! And I haven't started on history of graphic design (tuesday morning) either!!!

In times like this, everyone wishes they had Doraemon and his magical Memory Bread. No kidding. Google for 'doraemon memory bread' and will result in 5000000 other pre-exam-frenzy-induced-cries-for-the-unobtainable like this.

You can buy it here but I highly doubt that it will work. Or be digestible.

For the people who have no idea about what on earth this whole post is about:



P.S. (why is crazy a smiley face??!??)

This is more like an update for the sake of not stagnating my blog again. When yux questioned why I didn't blog anymore I told her it was because I didn't have anything to blog about, to which she answered "But you study very interesting things what!". I shall try to live up to the perception that art people live very exciting (and possibly even vagrant) lifestyles and update more regularly.

Truth is, I've become lazy. In the spirit of "busyness", I have allowed myself to sleep as early as midnight even when 3 major deadlines are looming on top of adhoc events. This indulgence has affected my stamina for functioning normally without sleep even without sleep, something I used to excel at! Cannot already, exams and assessment (how many 's's are there?) deadlines are coming so I need to get back my stamina!

Went to laogong's house today under the threat of never being able to enter again if I missed the opportunity (wo bu yao! ><) and it was quite strange cause we didn't know what to do! Haha but thanks for the invite and the food and trying to be a gracious host and your house (and room!) is really quite pretty now! :D Then dar and I went to Botak Jones (!) after lots and lots and lots and lots of walking around. Somehow we've spent the majority of our time walking and getting lost the past week. (Maybe there'll be a recap!) The food is nothing to shout about, and we thought it was rather perculiar that the whole place was swarming with BJ staff, even though almost half of them were idle at anyone time. Felt sorry for the Bak Chor Mee stall (the only other stall open) though, everyone there seemed to be ordering from BJ.

Came back and played princess maker 2! (He played while I watched+did work) It's funny how he's picked up pm2 from me while I've picked up WoW from him >< Need to get away from games! Hadn't intended to play WoW at all but when he was showing the character creation page to me the gnome was SO DARNED ADORABLE and now I'm a spiky pink haired + bushy bearded rouge gnome called Gaarden (Gaarden Gnome!) and he's a paladin dawrf with brown braids called Flowerr (Flowerr in the Gaarden!). Haha matchy matchy names! But most of the time I'm just following him around to complete quests and live for the moments when I acquire new armour or weapons or herbs or ingredients to cook. Hoho househusband!

Anyway it's 1.20am and I'm pass the sleepy stage so it's time to conquer the earth! Or if that fails, my 2D assignment will do. (I don't know if anyone remembers but the phrase "It's time to conquer the earth!" is actually said by Rita, the original badass mastermind in the original Power Rangers) 2D is a horribly tedious subject with assignments like "Create Patterns with Classical, Art Deco and Modernism Influences" and "Draw the Same Scene 24 Times, One for Each Hour, And Reflect the Colour and Mood Changes" (current assignments). Oh happy dagger! I shall leave you with a happy picture of part of my class on our school's rooftop/ unnescessary maintenance/ cool gimmick.

During 3D today we revisited Chris Cunningham's mtv of Bjork's 'All Is Full of Love' and it is going on over and over again like a steamroller on my brain. Ugh! (Sidenote: while I have to admit that the execution of the video is sheer genius, it is an incredibly disturbing concept X:)

Be well!

( Last thursday )

This thursday;

submission for 2D ended in a complete and utter frenzy. Again, I feel incredibly lucky to be in block50! Everyone is so supportive and helpful and full of love, it makes the tough going go smoother. Actually I think I'm rather lucky to have been allocated to such an amazingorgeous class, and happyfun block! Hurrah hurrah (: Anyways, 2D is most definately the bane of my existance -- everything I do for it turns out like some kindergarten art and craft product and it's killing me! I hate producing end products that I despise. Some of the postcards turned out pretty good though, but I've stuck them down with tape so it's going to be almost impossible to compile them into a proper collection, unless anyone knows how to magically remove double-sided tape?

I have been hoarding stuff like crazy; I need more storage space in my (hall) room. Collage-making is incredibly rewarding but it makes it hard for one to part with one's stuff! Because there is always this voice going "This one later can use!" incessantly everytime you turn to throw something away. Oh woe!

I'm peeling ): (Effects of last thursday.) I hate it, it makes me look like a leper ):

Group IX! I miss dress up days ):

The week has stormed by in a whirlwind of panic and anxiety attacks by I have survived! The comms hall has been sealed and transformed into one of the dreaded exam venues and every time one walks down the stairs past the hall, you can watch him/her die a little because we are all so unprepared and not in the mood for preparation. Okay or maybe it's just me.

I've developed and unhealthy obsession for James Blunt of late and have fed myself indecent amounts of his music, which is not really good because while lovely, they are generally rather depressing.

People, please do not buy Value$'s tissues, because cost-friendly aside, they have about the texture of wasted bark, and when you have a nose like a leaky faucet, the last thing you'd want would be to blow your nose on wasted bark, trust me.

More photos and art should be up soon, soon!

I think I'm going through a teenage menopausal stage of sorts of late, so instead of writing emo entries, I shall post happy pictures.


( groupIX (: )

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I've just spent a good part of the past hour sweeping and mopping my floor in two different ways (down-on-hands-and-knees style and magicclean style) and there still is 50,000 strands of hair!! I utterly and completely despise and loathe these stupid strands of hair that are too weak to hold on to my and jia's scalp! With all the hair still on the floor, you'll be surprised that we still have any on our head!!! ):

Because I pulled an all nighter last night to chiong The Juniors' coursework, the 26th and 27th have become siamese twins (like Chang and Eng!), and I can no longer distinguish what happened on which day, so this post bears 10 things! Hooray hurrah bladibladibla.

(1)
Alarm rang for about 15 minutes before I woke. I think I'm getting immune to it already, which is a Bad Thing because that means I have to scout for a new alarm.

(2)
Went promptly back to sleep, only to be awakened by Kenny barely five minutes later (return charger).

(3)
Hummed and hawed and put off setting out for V/JC to help The Juniors. Only left at noon when I planned to be there by noon!

(4)
Fell asleep leftright¢re on the MRT in a super unglam way. Became object of gossip for two aunties sitting across me, but too tired to care much.

(5)
Bought a bag for 5$ at Eunos! (Also, just realised that I've forgotten to bring it back with me! I have no idea where it is now ): )

(6)
Became chicken rice ta bao ah soh/ caterer.

(7)
Became soil/ sand carrier/ coolie.

(8)
Went through coursework horror part II (the sequel is muchmuchMUCH worse. Long story, which I will cut short by not talking about it at all). Survived (on two Big Breakfasts)! Somewhat.

(9)
Came back to hall half dead, and realised that PHONE IS GONE.

(10)
Forgot about soil spray-adhesived palms (don't ask) and now I have sticky soil prints on my laptop. If you find a way to remove the stains, I will love you forever and ever and ever. And maybe give you some munny.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the ladies of my class!! :D
(Don't you just love how hip and fun-loving we look? I know I do! :D :D)

P.S. Once again, expect more camera-joy as tomorrow is DUD (Dress Up Day) again! But also, once again, do not expect too much too soon.

I have been so boringly absent! Which actually really translates to my being extremely busy in real life (case in point: I have six assignments/projects due next week, not including readings and mini-essays to complete for lit and history). Of course, being stuck in hostel with only my handphone as the only form of communication with people beyond Boon Lay Chalet ('City' would've been too glorious, 'kumpong' too dismal. Life here's actually not unlike that of a 24/7 resort, except you come here to work, and not get away from it) also hampers my blogging abilities, but I now have my laptop so expect updates more frequently! :D (But as you all already know, I'm always just saying that.)

Sometime last week, in the wee hours of the morning, SW broke cricketcheer and asked:

"你做得开心吗？"

I couldn't answer that at that time, because all I wanted to do was to get the work over and done with. Skipping everything to do art has become such a part of me over the past two years that I don't particularly feel dismal or overjoyed when faced with mountains of art assignments to complete. But that doesn't mean I feel nothing for school! On the contrary, I LOVE school. Lessons have been scary (so much free reign!) yet stimulating, and our (most) of our professors as the coolest things to step into teacherpants. Everyone is amazingly talented and creative it just makes you want to push yourself more and more! I still find it amazing how like-minded we are, and how I can talk to them about art, photography (of which I am still an utter noob at, and still trying to make friends with Confucious) and lomography without people going "Huh?/What's that?" or worse still - "....-looks at someone else- aiyah art people...", as if being a person inclined towards the Arts makes ones speech and behaviour infinitely more incomprehensible than your average Jill! (Fret not my non-"art people" friends, I still love you very mucherly really!)

I'll probably upload A/HS farewell pictures in my next post! In the meantime, please fall in love:


who knows if the moon's
a balloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should

get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their balloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited,where

always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves

-- e. e. cummings

TQ: 咪啊, 昨天有没有我的信？
Mummy: 做么？你在等谁的信？
TQ: 没有啦，昨天我的朋友很多都收到大学寄来的信了吗，所以我问看我的寄来了没有楼。
Mummy: 哎哟！我昨天忘记开信箱leh，你现在快点去开！
TQ: Orh. Ah Yang! Go down with me!

2 minutes later, my brother stuffs this in my hand and I almost peed in my pants:


(of course the envelope window wasn't empty then)

20 seconds + some frantic ripping + 413317.534ohmygod-dings later I see this and jumped ten feet (damn, where was this magical ability when I needed to pass my standing broad jump?):



Hurrah! You can't see the school that I've been accepted to, but it's there! Highlighted in yellow and surrounded by purple arrows (omg subconscious complementary colours!)and along with my name and the yellow-highlighted CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME ABROAD!!

HELLO DREAM SCHOOL!!! :D :D :D I made such a racket my brother thought I had gone insane and wanted to kill me for destabilising the elevator with my high-jumping molecule formed body. Hooray! I haven't been this elated since I got into VJ for PAE! (That's the first 3 months admission name right?) Hooray! :D

In fact, I'm so excited that even the semi-discriminating booklet that they included which featured a businessman and a scientist (both occupations which are highly unlikely to be mine in this lifetime) didn't get to me!


The cover of the offending booklet.


And while I'm updating this stagnant rag, behold the new layout! :D

Jalanjalan-ed with Best Cousin yesterday! Then met 53 for dinner at Pepper Lunch, followed by dessert at Spinelli's followed by booze at Dubliner's where my circulatory system got completely discombobulated by bottomsupping which led to random splotches of red along my arms and all over me from chest up, making me look like a very badly sunburnt person who, prior to tanning, had a toddler throw up sunblock on me at random areas. Even my stomach was reddish! Sharon likened me to Barney, a comment which I would take as a complement to my compassionate and nurturing self.








Cupcakes from the cupcake bakeout at Blaire's place ten years ago (timezone: TQ +50000; TQ, Ang)


Baked hashbrown-friedrice casserole made with Sister a hundred miles ago.

Ohmygosh! 'Perfect Day' just came on my playlist and I remembered my choppy application video and application essay which I submitted in unfinished! THANK YOU PERSON UP THERE WHO LOVES ME AND CARES FOR ME!!! :D :D :D

Yesterday was the most tremendous day of my life. I don't think I've felt so much in such a short span of time.

Now that it's all over, I have only one thing to say -- I can only choose one subject to study for the rest of my life for the next four years?? What?? How am I supposed to choose???

I'd always thought my choice was an unwavering one, but of late, it's been wavering, and wavering.

There are so many things I want to do, but youth only lasts for so long!

Today was the best working day of my entire working career (granted, it hasn't been that long). Small and sweet apples, Delifrance tarts, tea and tart cookies!

Note to everyone: Be rude to your friendly customer service officer and run the risk of hatemail forever.


YUX: I can't seem to reply to your comment! Anyway I wanted to say, that if you go to school now, you'll notice this HUGE banner above the canteen featuring three boys in winter suits smiling at this slogan: "BE COOL. CHILL OUT AT THE SC SCTUDENTS' LOUNGE" (or something like that). Perhaps the school's financial board i.e. our dearly beloved hippyhop principal was feeling guilty about bestowing such extravagant gifts to just about everystudentbodyintheschool, they'd decided that it was time to admit that well yes, we do exist!

(stolen from Hwee)

Start off with 100% and minus off 1% for each thing that has happened to you.

Smoked.
Drank alcohol.
Cried when someone died.
Been drunk.
Had sex.
Been to a concert.
Given a handjob/gotten a handjob.
Given a blowjob/gotten a blowjob.
Been verbally sexually harassed.
Verbally sexually harassed somebody.
Felt someone up and/or been felt up.
Laughed so hard something came out of your nose.
Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before.
Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Been to prom.
Cried at school.
Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store.
Went streaking.
Given a lap dance.
Had someone of the opposite sex in your room.
Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over.
Slept over at someone of the opposite sex's house.
Kissed a stranger.
Hugged a stranger.
Went scuba diving.
Driven a car.
Gotten an xray.
Hit by a car.
Had a party.
Done drugs.
Played strip poker.
Got paid to strip for someone.
Ran away from home.
Broken a bone.
Eaten sushi.
Bought porn.
Watched porn.
Made porn.
Had a crush on someone of the same sex.
Been in love.
Frenched kissed.
Laughed so hard you cried.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Laughed yourself to sleep.
Stabbed yourself.
Shot a gun.
Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day.
Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours.
Been online for 9 consecutive hours.
Watched an animal die.
Watched a person die.
Had sex and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present.
Pranked somebody.
Put somebody in the hospital.
Snuck into someone's room and/or your own room after being out.
Kissed somebody of the same sex.
Dressed punk.
Dressed goth.
Dressed preppy.
Been to a motocross race.
Avoided somebody.
Been stalked.
Stalked someone.
Met a celebrity.
Played an instrument.
Ridden a horse.
Cut yourself.
Bungee jumped.
Ding dong ditched somebody.
Been to a wild party.
Got caught stealing something.
Kicked a guy in the balls.
Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend.
Went out with your friend's crush.
Got arrested.
Been pregnant.
Babysat.
Been to another country.
Started your house on fire.
Had an encounter with a ghost.
Donated your hair to cancer patients.
Been asked out by someone that you never though you'd to be asked out by.
Cried over a member of the opposite sex.
Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for over 3 months.
Sat on your ass all day.
Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself.
Had a job.
Gotten cut from a sports team.
Been called a whore.
Danced like a whore.
Been mistaken for a celebrity.
Been in a car accident.
Been told you have beautiful eyes.
Been told you have beautiful hair.
Raped somebody.
Danced in the rain.
Been rejected.
Walked out of a restaurant without paying.
Punched someone/slapped someone in the face.

64%, what a dull life!

I'm using the artroom's computer now (hooray for big screens and speedy connecetions) and it feels vaguely peculiar to have air-conditioning accompany the sounds of styrofoam shaving and mistertang (art history lecture, poor things).