Unpolished Gem

Beautiful Stockholm from the sky. On the way out of Stockholm city centre to the airport. Absolutely tranquil. The water looked almost glassy. Posers! I had a sunglass urge! This large swing we took, i love this picture! The swing was right beside the river so it felt as if we were flying over the river. Cool! Free-fall -- almost! Theme park! Kids once more :) But we realized that we were way too old for themeparks! Squeezing with the little kids and screaming like teenagers! Vasa (Ship) Museum. This ship was lifted out from the coast just off Stockholm like 50 years ago, almost in entirety. It sank in the 1600s. Nordic Museum Outside the Nordic museum which explained the Swedish way of life. Out-of-place Chinese Pavilion which the King built secretly for his wife as a birthday surprise hundreds of years ago. No idea why a Chinese pavilion though. Outside this Guard tent. We saw many guards and everyone wanted a guard each cos they were rather good looking, on our way out, we discovere...

Sweden's awesome! It's a feel-good city ( i can actually imagine myself living here (minus the freeezing weather)), courteous people, excellent food (better than London anyways! well fed throughout the trip), pretty architecture, hips shopping, beautiful people, spotted our fair share of Orlando Blooms and eye candies, Scandinavian hunks haven't failed to deliver! Better than the French or the Italians, i think from what i've seen so far, the Welsh are the least desirable (oops!) I want a Swedish boyfriend! And it helps that they all speak English, not in the heavily accented Brit way, easy-going, just the way i like it. Well, when you put 5 girls in a group on the prowl, you get raging hormones, shy giggles, lots of eye exercises and breaking out into Chinese whenever we were sizing someone up. I shall let the pictures do the talking. I love Stockholm! Sometimes, it scares me that i feel so at ease living a life of my own. Just 2 weeks ago, hf and nat asked if i was lo...

Alas, it has ended! Barely have sufficient time for myself! To sit, stone, reflect and think about what has come and gone in the last eight months. But, it's good to be kept busy for now, i'll have more time after i come back from Sweden (yay! With 4 other lovely girls, i'm sure it'll be a blllllaaassstttt!... we must seduce those hot and hunky Swedish guys okae!) Oh, and i must announce my coming of age. Because i finally clubbed here!!! Fiona, i know you're disappointed! But at least i've done it!!! Even my mother was surprised that it was my first time! Haha! It was really fun!!! Really let my hair down!!! Yeah, literally too cos my hair is soooooo long. Woohoo! And i drank a tequila shot and some Bailey's shot and was still perfectly sane at the end of the whole thing! It's great when you go clubbing and you don't know the people i think, cos it's so embarrassing to dance infront of people you kinda know but don't know! I really hate the ...

I was so nervous i was lsing 15 minutes before the paper. And i was like s***! No time! The questions were manageable but i still managed to screw it up. I had 20 minutes to finish one essay! How cool is that! But it's okae, strangely, i don't feel that upset. In fact, i felt really happy when i was writing the card to my teacher on how i screwed up the exam! I still like IR alot. It has transcended the "I hate the subject because i don't do well in it stage" And of course i still like my teacher alot. One more exam to go!

Apparently, eating pork makes you smarter. (notice the irony) I had many different forms of pork today before being told that it makes you smarter. Hopefully, it will help to give me the streak of genius i need to survive tomorrow. Also, Chilli is the reason why most Singapore girls are flat chested. ( After 4 of us successfully devoured 4 bowls of chilli) Because according to a keen observer, other Chinese girls are more busty. The Chinese guy sitting opposite me is gross. He burps unabashedly. He wears ear plugs that looks like he's been wearing for years, it's out of shape, faded and damn dirty looking. Wah lao! The Jap guy sitting beside me has a nose problem. He rubs his nose so hard and makes that ew ew mucus sound. Very strange people indeed. If my IR teacher were 10 years younger, i would have a crush on him. It's just exams... It's always about your own expectations, you're not accountable to anyone effectively. Noone's going to scold you if you screw...

... in words. Damn... can i just declare my IR dead. Saturation and then i try to do essay outlines and it all sounds so yucky. Boohoohoo. i need more time time time!!! OMG... i'm really going to screw up IR... i just know it!!! I can't even memorise the points properly. This is killing meeee! And i'm eating such crappy food now. I'm never ever stepping into subway/wrights bar or anything that has to do with BREAD once the exams are over. How How How. Pulls hair, stamps feet, shoots ceiling, punches fist in air. K.O.

I guess i'm not that unfortunate afterall! The passport is ready for collection! Phew. How my fate changed in a day. Funny how it was always taken for granted. Now... 2 days to the start of exams. Oh, man. Liberation awaits. I can hardly wait. I've had enough of studying... I just want to run outside and breathe nice fresh air instead of stale recirculated air indoors, lie on the grass and picnic. What am i doing indoors when the weather outside is SO inviting. AWAY and OUT with the exams. NOW i say!

~@"~£#:?"" The Swedish embassy just told me that I can't travel to Sweden on a Document of Identity (DOI) in case my passport isn't ready by the time i'm leaving. Oh, i'm so pissed ~@!##?&*^% What's wrong with the keys anyway, doesn't even look like i'm spouting all the bad words. I even backspaced the "badwords" just to make it look badder. Argh. Why Why Why. Please SGP passport, i neeeeeeed you. More than anything else NOW. Can they just HURRY UP. I'll bawl like a baby if i can't go!!! Damn Jinxed! I hate not knowing that i can't control my own fate.

Hello! Lest you think i've disappeared, i'm actually still kicking, messing and alive! The books have sucked alot of my energy but alas, it's just exams... a ritual we've gone through, year after year. Inspite of all the late night muggings, i'm still glad for things like eg Florrine who goes home with me in the wee hours, as we attempt to "laugh" very loudly so that the robbers wouldn't dare to come near us "yeah right!", for eating Benjys dinner in the Brunch Bowl, and friends whom i know would be available for dinner anytime. Makes the mugging less of a chore :) There are so many things to be grateful for, so many things to look forward to after the exams... I can't wait to go Spain! I can't wait to slack around, watch all the drama serials whole day long, movies, go shopping in all those markets we've been talking about, just stay in, chill, read a book! And most importantly, HOME awaits. Let's take it one step at a time, ...