Song of the day: TWDY featuring Too Short and Mac Mall - Lovely Day (remix)
Today has been anything but. Well, it was not that bad actually. Since today was the day that the GREAT BATTLE begins (Read: Exams), it's just obvious that it can't be a lovely day. I had a paper as early as 8am, which comes as no surprise that I acted like a zombie half the time and once, nearly fell asleep right there and then on my desk ....... while writing down my answers [sweat]. The thing is, I was pretty complacent with this paper. Halfway through, I thought I would pay the price for my nonchalance seeing that I had still so many questions to do and time was essentially running out. Somehow or rather (perhaps it was my mind's ability to work capably when under duress), I managed to finish writing all my answers before the stroke of time and even got a chance to sort of check my work through.
I dragged myself back home as soon as the paper finished as images of my lovely bed beckons. Needless to say, I had a whale of a time sleeping (4 hours!) but when I woke up, I was lethargic. Till now, I still am and hence, not much studying was done tonight. My next paper is on WEDNESDAY!! Damn.
[background music for the battle at hand: Star Wars Imperial March]
Altogether now ..... tan tan tan, tan tan tan, tan tan tan..........(such a cool anthem!)
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
That's Life
Song of the day: Frank Sinatra - That's Life
Great. It's 2am. In the middle of a freaking cold night. Supposingly studying Management Accounting. The notes are still opened (Page 1) and is laying on the desk beside my laptop. Practically begging me to take a look at it. I looked. "Cost Management Analysis" was what was written in big bold blue ink. Yawn. I turned back to my laptop. This is definitely WAY more interesting.
I NEED help.
And before you can say, "You study in HELP, that's why you need HELP!" crap, let's take a moment to discover exactly what I'm in need of help for.
Hmm... let's see....
1. I can't concentrate on my revision.
2. My revision is taking a backseat while I'm busy hanging out.
3. Nothing is going inside this supposedly-smart brain of mine [Note: Words of others, not mine]
4. Exams in 5 days.
My whole life is flashing before my eyes. All that I've accomplished the past year will go to waste. What matters is NOW. Year 2. If I don't do well enough this semester, I can really kiss my scholarship goodbye. Adios, Brisbane! Gold Coast, Koala bears, Great Barrier Reef.....
Ok. Maybe it won't be so drastic. Maybe I would still be able to salvage Credits or maybe [wishful thinking and crossing fingers] Distinctions. And maybe the questions will be as simple as ABC and as such, High Distinctions will be highly probable! [grin]
I had a mini mini excursion again today. We had dinner at Pandi's. After dinner, I just had to open my big mouth and asked, "So, no plans for tonight?". [shakes head]. Before you can say, "EXAMINATIONS!" we were on our way to Bangsar. My head says "This is wrong" but my heart exclaims "Yay!". I had an overwhelming desire to have Baskin N Robbins and so it was our 1st stop. Mich was craving for coffee so it was Coffee Bean where we ended up. Nevertheless, the 3 half-crazy, giggling girls had no company for the night. Yesterday's ruse would not have worked on the 2 poor fellas again and plus, we felt sorry for them.
And so, there were three. We had a pretty deep conversation regarding life in general. C'mon. What else did you expect from 3 girls, sipping latte and binging on calories? Therapy-in-session, of course! At the end of it, the wheels in my brain were working overboard. I don't think I came out of it feeling any better (in the 1st place, I wasn't feeling lousy at all) but it was enlightening. Thanks girls. We should do it sometime soon....... After exams.
On a lighter note, Manchester United's playing tonight. In the league cup. Against a club I didn't even know exist till today (No offence, Southend). If you haven't already figured it out, it's absolutely my favourite football club in the world. Top of the league with such a superior goal difference, what could be better? Oh wait, what about wiping that obnoxious and cocky grin off Moan-rinho's face when MU lift the Premiership crown come May next year? That would be priceless.
Football is my passion. So is music. You can say that it's alarming and a tad disturbing that a girl could know so much about football even more than some of her male peers. What can I say? I adore the game, the footballers and the excitement it brings with it. So sue me.
Currently, Elvis is swooning that he wants me, he needs me and he loves me [smile]. If only you were 25 and still alive, I might just consider. Now, it's BeeGees saying that they started a joke and they made the whole world laugh. The joke is really on them. Sigh. Being 21 and loving oldies. Weird, you might say [shrug] but I don't really care what you think. Note: I am a bit defensive today due to the aforementioned therapy session.
Oldies can be so emotional sometimes. Inspirational too.
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end,
waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
There is really such a lot of world to see but will we be able to see them all in our lifetime? Is everyone really after the same rainbow's end? Ultimately, what does we as human want in our life? Success? Love? Happiness?
Billy Joel - Vienna. We were just discussing this song the other day. Looking back at it, I think I can say that this song could really resemble my real life now.
you're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told..
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Tonight...
Too bad but it's the life you lead
you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. You're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Guess this will be my heartsong after all. The penguins in 'Happy Feet' took my previous song "Somebody to Love" away from me.
So, oldies can really be a life lesson in disguise. Plus, when they have a voice like Sinatra's, you just can't help but be enthralled by it.
Sigh. All this hogwash and I'm still back at where I started. Revision, revision, revision. "You've got SO MUCH TO DO and only so many hours in a day". Even my heartsong isn't giving me any encouragement. "Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true".
Enough ramblings for the night. The clock indicates 3am. My accounting notes is still on Page1, untouched. [shakes head]
Great. It's 2am. In the middle of a freaking cold night. Supposingly studying Management Accounting. The notes are still opened (Page 1) and is laying on the desk beside my laptop. Practically begging me to take a look at it. I looked. "Cost Management Analysis" was what was written in big bold blue ink. Yawn. I turned back to my laptop. This is definitely WAY more interesting.
I NEED help.
And before you can say, "You study in HELP, that's why you need HELP!" crap, let's take a moment to discover exactly what I'm in need of help for.
Hmm... let's see....
1. I can't concentrate on my revision.
2. My revision is taking a backseat while I'm busy hanging out.
3. Nothing is going inside this supposedly-smart brain of mine [Note: Words of others, not mine]
4. Exams in 5 days.
My whole life is flashing before my eyes. All that I've accomplished the past year will go to waste. What matters is NOW. Year 2. If I don't do well enough this semester, I can really kiss my scholarship goodbye. Adios, Brisbane! Gold Coast, Koala bears, Great Barrier Reef.....
Ok. Maybe it won't be so drastic. Maybe I would still be able to salvage Credits or maybe [wishful thinking and crossing fingers] Distinctions. And maybe the questions will be as simple as ABC and as such, High Distinctions will be highly probable! [grin]
I had a mini mini excursion again today. We had dinner at Pandi's. After dinner, I just had to open my big mouth and asked, "So, no plans for tonight?". [shakes head]. Before you can say, "EXAMINATIONS!" we were on our way to Bangsar. My head says "This is wrong" but my heart exclaims "Yay!". I had an overwhelming desire to have Baskin N Robbins and so it was our 1st stop. Mich was craving for coffee so it was Coffee Bean where we ended up. Nevertheless, the 3 half-crazy, giggling girls had no company for the night. Yesterday's ruse would not have worked on the 2 poor fellas again and plus, we felt sorry for them.
And so, there were three. We had a pretty deep conversation regarding life in general. C'mon. What else did you expect from 3 girls, sipping latte and binging on calories? Therapy-in-session, of course! At the end of it, the wheels in my brain were working overboard. I don't think I came out of it feeling any better (in the 1st place, I wasn't feeling lousy at all) but it was enlightening. Thanks girls. We should do it sometime soon....... After exams.
On a lighter note, Manchester United's playing tonight. In the league cup. Against a club I didn't even know exist till today (No offence, Southend). If you haven't already figured it out, it's absolutely my favourite football club in the world. Top of the league with such a superior goal difference, what could be better? Oh wait, what about wiping that obnoxious and cocky grin off Moan-rinho's face when MU lift the Premiership crown come May next year? That would be priceless.
Football is my passion. So is music. You can say that it's alarming and a tad disturbing that a girl could know so much about football even more than some of her male peers. What can I say? I adore the game, the footballers and the excitement it brings with it. So sue me.
Currently, Elvis is swooning that he wants me, he needs me and he loves me [smile]. If only you were 25 and still alive, I might just consider. Now, it's BeeGees saying that they started a joke and they made the whole world laugh. The joke is really on them. Sigh. Being 21 and loving oldies. Weird, you might say [shrug] but I don't really care what you think. Note: I am a bit defensive today due to the aforementioned therapy session.
Oldies can be so emotional sometimes. Inspirational too.
Moon river, wider than a mile
I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after the same rainbow’s end,
waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me
There is really such a lot of world to see but will we be able to see them all in our lifetime? Is everyone really after the same rainbow's end? Ultimately, what does we as human want in our life? Success? Love? Happiness?
Billy Joel - Vienna. We were just discussing this song the other day. Looking back at it, I think I can say that this song could really resemble my real life now.
Slow down, you crazy child
you're so ambitious for a juvenile
But then if you're so smart, tell me
Why are you still so afraid?
Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day
But you know that when the truth is told..
That you can get what you want or you can just get old
You're gonna kick off before you even
Get halfway through
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Slow down, you're doing fine
You can't be everything you want to be
Before your time
Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Tonight...
Too bad but it's the life you lead
you're so ahead of yourself that you forgot what you need
Though you can see when you're wrong, you know
You can't always see when you're right. You're right
You've got your passion, you've got your pride
but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?
Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true
When will you realize, Vienna waits for you?
Guess this will be my heartsong after all. The penguins in 'Happy Feet' took my previous song "Somebody to Love" away from me.
So, oldies can really be a life lesson in disguise. Plus, when they have a voice like Sinatra's, you just can't help but be enthralled by it.
Sigh. All this hogwash and I'm still back at where I started. Revision, revision, revision. "You've got SO MUCH TO DO and only so many hours in a day". Even my heartsong isn't giving me any encouragement. "Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true".
Enough ramblings for the night. The clock indicates 3am. My accounting notes is still on Page1, untouched. [shakes head]
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Desperado
Song of the day: The Eagles - Desperado
Yawn. Day 2 on my Intensive-Study-Week Operation. By my last count, I had fallen asleep involuntarily at least twice today. Afternoons are the worst. There's something in the air that induces you to close your eyes (if only for a short while), rest your head on the comfy pillow placed perfectly at the nook of your head and before you know it, you had fallen deep into slumber. These days, I had learned my lesson. Everytime I revert my studying stance to the oh-so-inviting bed of mine, I will switched on my phone alarm just in case. It's my fault, really. Why the hell do I study on the bed, knowing fully that I would fall asleep in the 1st place? Go figure.
Yeap. It's Day Two. Countdown remaining: 5 days. My resolve to study intensively was not aided by the mini-excursion I had with my friends yesterday. I was all ready, dressed for dinner (hoping that it would be a Chinese place this time around or maybe some Mamak besides Murni's) but in the end, where did they choose to eat? In boring Ol' MC. Yawn. Same ol' spaghetti, same ol' fried mihun, same ol' Wan Tan Mee. Seriously, one of this days, I could really puke with just the mention of MC food. Anyway, since the company was good, I had no qualms and I ate my dinner (without puking!). A friend of mine, whose exams are on Friday wanted to release stress by banging some pool balls. Normally, I would have declined to follow since I was way behind schedule on my revision and time is really running out. But on this occasion, I was all dressed and was hoping for a break of environment so desperately that I was roaring to go and de-stress with them.
The problem was, we were lacking company. It was just the 3 of us girls from the dinner table that was interested in playing pool. Somehow or rather, we devised an idea to "coerce" some guy friends of ours to come along with us. We called them, telling that we will come to their house to pick them up in just 5 minutes. We hung up on them before they had a chance to say No. The thing was, they were in the midst of exam period too and were probably intending to study intensively for the remainder of the night. We arrived at their house, kept blowing the horn but they still would not come out. They even had the nerve to shut the lights, pretending there was nobody at home. The funny thing was, they kept peeping through the window to see if we had given up and had driven away. Our resolve finally paid off when the both of them came out, albeit reluctantly.
The rest of the night was needless to say, fun. After we had picked them up, we went to Pandi's for a quick bite and surprisingly, some of our other friends were there too. Exam period? What exam period? Haha. After Pandi's, we went to play pool for about 2 hours and then, ate a late supper at Devi's Corner. By the time we reached back at our respective places, it was 2am. Poor fellas. They were like our prisoners, at the mercy of 3 half-crazy, giggling girls looking for a good night out. They probably wished that they never knew us in the 1st place. Hehe.
Guilty conscious as I was, I took the liberty to sort-of study till 3am. This morning, I can safely say that nothing substantial went into my over-frenzied brain.
It's Day Two. And yet, I'm blogging. After an impromptu night out yesterday. Sigh.
Adios, High Distinctions! Hola, Distinctions!
Yawn. Day 2 on my Intensive-Study-Week Operation. By my last count, I had fallen asleep involuntarily at least twice today. Afternoons are the worst. There's something in the air that induces you to close your eyes (if only for a short while), rest your head on the comfy pillow placed perfectly at the nook of your head and before you know it, you had fallen deep into slumber. These days, I had learned my lesson. Everytime I revert my studying stance to the oh-so-inviting bed of mine, I will switched on my phone alarm just in case. It's my fault, really. Why the hell do I study on the bed, knowing fully that I would fall asleep in the 1st place? Go figure.
Yeap. It's Day Two. Countdown remaining: 5 days. My resolve to study intensively was not aided by the mini-excursion I had with my friends yesterday. I was all ready, dressed for dinner (hoping that it would be a Chinese place this time around or maybe some Mamak besides Murni's) but in the end, where did they choose to eat? In boring Ol' MC. Yawn. Same ol' spaghetti, same ol' fried mihun, same ol' Wan Tan Mee. Seriously, one of this days, I could really puke with just the mention of MC food. Anyway, since the company was good, I had no qualms and I ate my dinner (without puking!). A friend of mine, whose exams are on Friday wanted to release stress by banging some pool balls. Normally, I would have declined to follow since I was way behind schedule on my revision and time is really running out. But on this occasion, I was all dressed and was hoping for a break of environment so desperately that I was roaring to go and de-stress with them.
The problem was, we were lacking company. It was just the 3 of us girls from the dinner table that was interested in playing pool. Somehow or rather, we devised an idea to "coerce" some guy friends of ours to come along with us. We called them, telling that we will come to their house to pick them up in just 5 minutes. We hung up on them before they had a chance to say No. The thing was, they were in the midst of exam period too and were probably intending to study intensively for the remainder of the night. We arrived at their house, kept blowing the horn but they still would not come out. They even had the nerve to shut the lights, pretending there was nobody at home. The funny thing was, they kept peeping through the window to see if we had given up and had driven away. Our resolve finally paid off when the both of them came out, albeit reluctantly.
The rest of the night was needless to say, fun. After we had picked them up, we went to Pandi's for a quick bite and surprisingly, some of our other friends were there too. Exam period? What exam period? Haha. After Pandi's, we went to play pool for about 2 hours and then, ate a late supper at Devi's Corner. By the time we reached back at our respective places, it was 2am. Poor fellas. They were like our prisoners, at the mercy of 3 half-crazy, giggling girls looking for a good night out. They probably wished that they never knew us in the 1st place. Hehe.
Guilty conscious as I was, I took the liberty to sort-of study till 3am. This morning, I can safely say that nothing substantial went into my over-frenzied brain.
It's Day Two. And yet, I'm blogging. After an impromptu night out yesterday. Sigh.
Adios, High Distinctions! Hola, Distinctions!
Sunday, November 05, 2006
A Hard Day's Night
Song of the day: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
If the above chant sounds eerily familiar, that's cause you heard it from the movie V for Vendetta. In actual history, the 5th of November was the day that Guy Fawkes, the notorious British renegade attempted to bomb the Parliament. It's probably that time of the year again when people rejoiced in seeing a strawman being burned by a bonfire. Seriously, isn't it creepy witnessing a man (albeit made out of straw) being burned alive? Go figure the Brits.
Anyhow, no festivities here in Malaysia this time of the year. Instead (at least for university students) it's FINALS period. Yes, it is that dreaded time of the year. When all activities are put on hold, where one hardly has time to sit back and relax with friends, when students will isolate themselves in their room to revise (or attempting to but failing miserably), when anxiety and pressure heightens considerably and most notably, when appearances appear to be more shabby than usual.
I hate exam periods. But then again, we have study breaks which means I don't have to wake up early to attend lectures (Yay!). So I guess my feelings are ambivalent.
Countdown: 7 days
Shit.
1st paper: Statistics. Good news is, I did pretty well for my mid-term test (14/15) considering the fact that I partied in Laundry 12 hours before the exam. Bad news is, it's the 1st paper but it was the last subject that I started revising for.
2nd paper: Financial Institutions. Double shit. I fear for this subject the most. Mostly its because I have no idea where to start revising. Though my midterm test did reasonably well (23/30 - which is the highest in class, hehe), I can feel my chances of scoring a HD slipping away already.
Ok. Enough about exams. What else has been happening? I watched The Departed the other day (apparently I do not abide by the exam observations as stated above) starring Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. My 3 favourite Hollywood actors. Plus Christian Bale of course......... And numerous others including Eric Bana, Clive Owen and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. So sue me. I happen to like drop-dead gorgeous men [defiant look].
Actually, I've got no inspiration to blog these days (hence, the really-boring-and-crappy entry). Writers are actually pretty similar to artists. We need some form of inspiration to build our ideas and be able to express them in a creative way. Guess this is what it feels like to suffer from writer's block. I think it's cool to be an author (though I doubt I have the talent to be one). I mean, I think I have the imagination and ideas for plots and characters but alas, no talent to write them out. Oh well, I think it's cool to be a secret agent too but that does NOT mean I really want to be one. 1 hour on the job and I'll probably get killed by a single headshot.
Great. I wasted 1 hour blogging. 1 precious hour whereby I could have finished reading 1 whole chapter.
Countdown: 6 days and 23 hours ..........
Triple shit!!
"Remember, remember, the 5th of November"
If the above chant sounds eerily familiar, that's cause you heard it from the movie V for Vendetta. In actual history, the 5th of November was the day that Guy Fawkes, the notorious British renegade attempted to bomb the Parliament. It's probably that time of the year again when people rejoiced in seeing a strawman being burned by a bonfire. Seriously, isn't it creepy witnessing a man (albeit made out of straw) being burned alive? Go figure the Brits.
Anyhow, no festivities here in Malaysia this time of the year. Instead (at least for university students) it's FINALS period. Yes, it is that dreaded time of the year. When all activities are put on hold, where one hardly has time to sit back and relax with friends, when students will isolate themselves in their room to revise (or attempting to but failing miserably), when anxiety and pressure heightens considerably and most notably, when appearances appear to be more shabby than usual.
I hate exam periods. But then again, we have study breaks which means I don't have to wake up early to attend lectures (Yay!). So I guess my feelings are ambivalent.
Countdown: 7 days
Shit.
1st paper: Statistics. Good news is, I did pretty well for my mid-term test (14/15) considering the fact that I partied in Laundry 12 hours before the exam. Bad news is, it's the 1st paper but it was the last subject that I started revising for.
2nd paper: Financial Institutions. Double shit. I fear for this subject the most. Mostly its because I have no idea where to start revising. Though my midterm test did reasonably well (23/30 - which is the highest in class, hehe), I can feel my chances of scoring a HD slipping away already.
Ok. Enough about exams. What else has been happening? I watched The Departed the other day (apparently I do not abide by the exam observations as stated above) starring Leo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg. My 3 favourite Hollywood actors. Plus Christian Bale of course......... And numerous others including Eric Bana, Clive Owen and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. So sue me. I happen to like drop-dead gorgeous men [defiant look].
Actually, I've got no inspiration to blog these days (hence, the really-boring-and-crappy entry). Writers are actually pretty similar to artists. We need some form of inspiration to build our ideas and be able to express them in a creative way. Guess this is what it feels like to suffer from writer's block. I think it's cool to be an author (though I doubt I have the talent to be one). I mean, I think I have the imagination and ideas for plots and characters but alas, no talent to write them out. Oh well, I think it's cool to be a secret agent too but that does NOT mean I really want to be one. 1 hour on the job and I'll probably get killed by a single headshot.
Great. I wasted 1 hour blogging. 1 precious hour whereby I could have finished reading 1 whole chapter.
Countdown: 6 days and 23 hours ..........
Triple shit!!
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