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AH! It's been two weeks and i haven't updated! But frankly, there is nothing worth updating about except for some movies i watched, some of my dangerous driving habits, my DISGUSTING parking (i need like 2 lots to park, and i don't dare to park near lorries/vans/pick-ups for fear they'll hit my car... and my car is NEVER straight after i finish parking... but i don't really care... forbid the day when i'm forced to do parallel parking!). Yeah, in short, my life is just DAMN boring. But, i decided to update anyway and bore you with more of my boring life because i fear the day no one reads this anymore! Imagine, it'll be so sad me talking to myself. So yes, i don't want to lose YOU the reader! haha :)
Anyway, i seldom mention about good books but i've found a real polished gem in "Battle Royale" by Koushun Takami. It's really simply darn good. So, if you have about $28 to spare, get this book! It's about this group of 42 students (15 year olds) thrown onto a deserted island and forced to kill each other, only one survivor will emerge. Each of them is given a different weapon so it makes it more exciting! And plus, forbidden zones are announced every two hours so the students are forced to be always on the move, if they are caught in the forbidden zone, BAM, they'll get killed (= even more exciting!). Shall not divulge too much here... Hope i didn't make it sound too ordinary else it wouldnt do justice to the book. Really one of the BEST i've read. It's different from Western writers, refreshing :)
In other news, signed up for this camp facilitator thing with ping and we'll be "attachees" (learning the ropes) next monday which is also when Aviva Open starts. And yes, GADE is coming! I can't wait :) Hey, let's make "GADE, I Love You" Banners! Hopefully we'll catch his attention and he'll come over to thank us after he wins his match( yeah, all our love does wonders). And then we can fulfill our childhood dreams of shaking his sweaty hand and taking that Prized photograph. Wheee!
3 months count-down to London. And nothing has sunk in yet. I'm leaving? What? I'm prepared? No? Bleargh, still clueless about many things. And the school has yet to send me anything about when i can move into hostel( so i can book air tickets), readings and registration etc. I guess it's still too early so i don't feel anything. Wish they'd hurry send me some information so i don't feel so lost in space.
Perhaps it'll start to sink in in August, mad rush to pack my stuffs, i'm sure i'll forget to bring something no matter how detailed my packing list is. Sigh, really worried about EATING there. Their food is low-quality and expensive= i have to cook. My cousin who holidayed there paid 2 pounds ($6) for a bowl of rice, how unreasonable. In these kinda circumstances, i'd rather STARVE than to eat out. It really depends on which hostel they decide to give me. If i get a catered hall, wouldnt have to worry too much about cooking but if i get a self-catering hall... oh oh. And, it depends on what kinda room mates/house mates i get, what if they're unfriendly or have super different eating habits(how are we going to accomodate each other?), worst, what if they're on a different wavelength/frequency (like Vee says, they don't find what you say funny- i'll hide in my room and CRY!). Worst of all, what if they can't even understand what i'm saying? It's so hard to get rid of my Singaporean accent lah. In some ways, we the international students will be perceived by them, like how we Singaporeans perceive the PRCs, ASEAN ... scholars. There'll be some form of segregation and that defeats the whole purpose really. But, that's inevitable, they judge you by your skin colour. Not really about racism, as in you don't despise people of other races but, more about sticking to your own kind, finding comfort in that. Ah, i'll go experience that first hand and see how it goes, hopefully i get really nice and easy going house/roommates.
Lately, my head has been filled with thoughts of food, especially when i get out of the house. Always on the munch . . . And when i'm at home, like yesterday, there was ice cream, biscuits, cuttlefish, sugar peanuts, DURIAN. Much as i enjoy eating, i wish there were more interesting things to do and places to go! Recommendations any? What about Botanical gardens, i'm not big on nature but they've spruced it up recently so it might be worth a visit? Where else besides town, marina area is there to go? (throws hands up in exasperation)...
Anyway, i seldom mention about good books but i've found a real polished gem in "Battle Royale" by Koushun Takami. It's really simply darn good. So, if you have about $28 to spare, get this book! It's about this group of 42 students (15 year olds) thrown onto a deserted island and forced to kill each other, only one survivor will emerge. Each of them is given a different weapon so it makes it more exciting! And plus, forbidden zones are announced every two hours so the students are forced to be always on the move, if they are caught in the forbidden zone, BAM, they'll get killed (= even more exciting!). Shall not divulge too much here... Hope i didn't make it sound too ordinary else it wouldnt do justice to the book. Really one of the BEST i've read. It's different from Western writers, refreshing :)
In other news, signed up for this camp facilitator thing with ping and we'll be "attachees" (learning the ropes) next monday which is also when Aviva Open starts. And yes, GADE is coming! I can't wait :) Hey, let's make "GADE, I Love You" Banners! Hopefully we'll catch his attention and he'll come over to thank us after he wins his match( yeah, all our love does wonders). And then we can fulfill our childhood dreams of shaking his sweaty hand and taking that Prized photograph. Wheee!
3 months count-down to London. And nothing has sunk in yet. I'm leaving? What? I'm prepared? No? Bleargh, still clueless about many things. And the school has yet to send me anything about when i can move into hostel( so i can book air tickets), readings and registration etc. I guess it's still too early so i don't feel anything. Wish they'd hurry send me some information so i don't feel so lost in space.
Perhaps it'll start to sink in in August, mad rush to pack my stuffs, i'm sure i'll forget to bring something no matter how detailed my packing list is. Sigh, really worried about EATING there. Their food is low-quality and expensive= i have to cook. My cousin who holidayed there paid 2 pounds ($6) for a bowl of rice, how unreasonable. In these kinda circumstances, i'd rather STARVE than to eat out. It really depends on which hostel they decide to give me. If i get a catered hall, wouldnt have to worry too much about cooking but if i get a self-catering hall... oh oh. And, it depends on what kinda room mates/house mates i get, what if they're unfriendly or have super different eating habits(how are we going to accomodate each other?), worst, what if they're on a different wavelength/frequency (like Vee says, they don't find what you say funny- i'll hide in my room and CRY!). Worst of all, what if they can't even understand what i'm saying? It's so hard to get rid of my Singaporean accent lah. In some ways, we the international students will be perceived by them, like how we Singaporeans perceive the PRCs, ASEAN ... scholars. There'll be some form of segregation and that defeats the whole purpose really. But, that's inevitable, they judge you by your skin colour. Not really about racism, as in you don't despise people of other races but, more about sticking to your own kind, finding comfort in that. Ah, i'll go experience that first hand and see how it goes, hopefully i get really nice and easy going house/roommates.
Lately, my head has been filled with thoughts of food, especially when i get out of the house. Always on the munch . . . And when i'm at home, like yesterday, there was ice cream, biscuits, cuttlefish, sugar peanuts, DURIAN. Much as i enjoy eating, i wish there were more interesting things to do and places to go! Recommendations any? What about Botanical gardens, i'm not big on nature but they've spruced it up recently so it might be worth a visit? Where else besides town, marina area is there to go? (throws hands up in exasperation)...
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