Thursday, December 07, 2006
Before I start posting, I shall dedicated my eternal gratitude to my dear friend Jamie for having unbounded generousity. You see, she is posting this for me because my computer is screwed.
So that gives it away. Never mind, anyway Kyna's password is very very very gross. Before she starts having thoughts of executing a public massacre on me, let's get to the post proper.
Wednesday--
Stanford again. Basically, my whole life now revolves around Stanford.
I am really sad that this week is argumentative essay week as compared
to the personal essay week. I love personal essays – as we can
actually express ourselves. Of course, there are those weird people
who prefer argumentative. For people who cannot abide by a fixed
structure, I totally support creative writing.
Today is extremely blogworthy cos after Stanford I went off to Orchard
with (get this) Kewei, Baihui and Jamie. That's not surprising
considering they sort of know each other since we are all in Stanford.
But imagine a pair of 201 classmates with a pair of 307 classmates.
Maybe I'm just being weird, but it was really cool having 2 pairs of
your friends out together and trying to interact. Produces funny
results. I was originally supposed to meet Yanne with Jamie to DO
WORK, but our plans were foiled. Like, who wants to study after
Stanford?
First time going out with 2 groups of my friends who don't know each
other (except for the bit stated above). I think I did a pretty good
job making sure nobody felt left out :D Of course, everyone was
honoured to be in the presence of yours truly! It was an
accomplishment to make them erm interact because they are a totally
different group of people. Baihui and Kewei are the sarcastic, comic
crazy sort. Though it was a bit tiring skipping from pair to pair.
Everyone was pretty chummy and friendly, so it turned out to be a fun
outing. Deck the Halls was too late, so we boycotted the movie idea.
I am so proud of myself for coming up with the most ingenious idea –
forcing Yanne and Baihui to pierce their ears! For once, Kewei was all
we must let them make their own decision (so not her usual self),
while Jamie and I were trying to persuade them to pierce. It would be
much better and less scream-inducing than watching a sadistic horror
movie. They wouldn't budge. Then Jamie, Kewei and I tried to persuade
one another to get another pair of earholes. Obviously, it didn't
work.
Shopped around randomly. Since Kewei and Yanne are crazy over Korean
actors, we brought them to MISE. Baihui exhibited asexual behaviour,
much to my chagrin. Since her LJ display pic is that of a guy, I was
expected some major fangirling. We didn't find any pictures of
dachangjin's boyfriend, and the ones of KJH are ugly. Kewei is such a
copycat. Jamie had a vaguely amused expression on her face- coupled
with a tinge of disgust. She's the only person I know who doesn't know
any names of Korean guys. Pathetic!
Me and Baihui and now official CSI:NY fans! I like the sound of
fangirls but there isn't anyone to fangirl over in CSI:NY. Except for
Flack and Danny, Baihui says. I agree! CSI:NY is really a smart show
and what sets it apart is the character development. There's this
actress who looks like Angelina Jolie, but with brains. Brains and
beauty make a lethal combination.
I blew my money on Famous Amos cookies, lime juice and fries. Must
make up for the time lost when I had that horrible sore throat.
Goodness, Jamie says I like to gossip. I guess it's partly true, and
it's a very bad habit. But I think it's more of me liking to hear
about people's views on other people. But if I like to gossip, then
almost everyone else does as we discuss people we know and are curious
about in conversations with out friends.
Oh back to Expository. Yeah so I chatted with Audrie again. She keeps
saying that I'm lame-.- I feel like I'm interacting with a primary
schooler. Oh and she has a lot of fate with the person sitting in
front of her. They should just go and get married already. Too bad
that she did not accept my dare. It's really cool being able to talk
(naturally) with someone who I have no prior connections with. I'm
really shy, didn't you know? She shares my disdain for CCs too:) Hope
to meet up with her and Jofoo together, it'll be amusing seeing how
they interact with each other. I'm so weird.
I don't really think this course is helping me much. Perhaps it gives
me the chance to write, but my writing skills are still as bad as
ever. One of the remarks I got was that I make too many personal
attacks. I'm quite surprised.. I guess because I'm so UNaggressive in
real life, I express my anger on paper. My self-esteem would have been
ripped to shreds if not for the other essay which had pretty good
comments. Anyway, the main point is that I don't like organization and
structure ;D
--
Look at this! Got this from Jiamin.
http://www.paulgoldinresearch.com/cg/
(This is the result of my colour preference for black and red)
Jodi Picoult said in her book that red and black are SUICIDAL colours.
OMG! I guess I like them cos they are gothic-y and more
non-conformational colours. Of course, they are the colours on Avril's
2nd album which is the main reason. Really, I'm not suicidal.. I'm
mildly satisfied with my life as it is. Oh and artists who draw
tongues show signs of sexual abuse.
Enough is enough - you feel frustrated and rejected. You are fighting
back and the going is tough. It would be just wonderful if you could
be left in peace.
You are a leader in every sense of the word. You know where you are
going and you know what you need to do in order to get there. You
exercise an inherent initiative in overcoming obstacles and
difficulties. You either hold, or wish to achieve, a position of
authority by means of which full control can be exerted over events.
You are prepared to establish a particular relationship that is being
made available to you at this time. It could be a satisfactory liaison
but there could be a certain amount of conflict involved -try to avoid
direct confrontation at all costs.
Recent disappointment has led you to become truly introverted. You are
becoming suspicious of everybody and consequently you now feel that
you are unable to trust anybody. Unfortunately it would appear that
you are curbing your natural enthusiasm and imaginative nature -
perhaps this is because you are fearful that you may become over
enthused and find that you could possibly be carried away by wishful
thinking. You are keeping your distance to see whether attitudes
towards you are sincere - but this watchfulness could easily develop
into suspicion and distrust.
Perhaps in the distant past your trust and belief in your fellow man
was misplaced and you can now no longer accept anything as it appears
to be. You are untrusting and you insist that before you commit
yourself to anything, you examine the pro's and con's with critical
discrimination. The situation has now progressed to one where you are
apt to disagree yet not make any form of constructive criticism to
every suggestion that may be put to you. As a result you are in limbo.
There is a saying that goes 'The past does not equal tomorrow'. Think
about it - and let go.
My goodness, this is slightly true but not really. Just cause I like
red and black doesn't make me a rebellious, freaky person.
Thursday--
Yay we are going to watch princess bride tomorrow. Last day, so we are
having ceremony. Aud and I are giving jessica a card and present.
Shall bring my cam to take pics. Blah okay lotsa lotsa things to go
and work on. Ouch, my braces hurt badly! New colours- red and green
for what else? X'mas! :D
4:20 AM
