HEY everyone. =) I'm more or less alright le ba. Applause!! Hahaz... Crazy.
Just come here to jot this down: " No matter how down i feel, the right person will always come along and comfort me in ways that i would never think of, even if it is just plain conversation or a hug." =) I know u have no idea how much u matter to me. But if u ever read this, just know that i'm thankful for ur presence that never fails to drive the dark clouds away and let the sun shine through. Pooh!
Jiayou squashers!!! U all can do it! I'm sure of it. =)
First time for ages that i felt like this. Feeling really lousy and bad and uncomfortable and lost. It is not a nice feeling. I hate it. I hate the person all these emotions twinning inside of me is making me seem. I need a calm mind i need solace i need love i need comfort i need understanding and i need you.
First for me. Feeling like that and being unable to express it. Why? I can't seem to answer that question. I don't even feel like blogging but i figured after getting much outta my system i would feel less burdened and therefore be able to stand tall again and face the world. I know i make it sound serious but i feel as though everything is now a facade and all of us are staging a play in which no one knows their lines but the show must go on, making everything seem clockwork and normal. In fact it is one huge mess. I need to brainwash myself... Seriously...
Maybe i should... Spend one day entirely by myself buried in my own thoughts. I might go crazy though. It is killing me. Everything. I feel so oppressed that laughing is not as easy as it was before. I wonder where have i gone. Drowned? No one knows...
They say that by hugging someone u release some sort of hormone that makes u feel loved and cherished. No wonder i love hugs. I need a time out. How about "Have a break-have a kitkat". Could it be stress?
I do not feel like speculating....I'm so exhausted. I hate expectations. I don't want any more burden. I want laughter and surprise. I want love. I want hugs. I want to be myself again. Help me... Pls.
-loves-
You don seem to care at all. Dejected. Thought u were different. Aww i'll just like date my books.
The bloodshed and the war is officially over!! At least for this period of time. Rations must be gathered soon to get ready for the next round of battle.
I'm too tired to say anything else. Oh except maybe "I miss you"!!!! =)
EMOTIONS!! Keep them in control...
Tml's the first paper for block test. I'm totally freaking out. I hate any sort of test that i am not prepared for it. =( I am just gonna go in there and write any amount of crap that i can think of. Hopefully my skills in smoking would help me pass one or two subs? Geog and econs. haha.. Fat hope.
Study study study till i explode. It is really possible for one to study till they are insane or at least fall into depression. Haiz. Wad a poor life all students lead.... If only it is possible to abolish the education system. If only.....
-loves-
Oh i wonder what is happening. I do not expect much but i'm just disappointed that you are treating me like this. I feel like i'm freezing slowly. Coldness from you is something i don't ever want. What did i do wrong?
This is a real long overdue post about the trip to malaysia. Geog trip there. Travel for a longer time than the actual amount of time spent there wandering about.
Took a train to that ulu place that i have never heard of. The whole point of the trip was to explore rivers. haha. Oh anyway the train ride was really long and uncomfortable. After that ride, i will not complain about the long bus rides anymore. At least on the bus i'm able to curl up and sleep. The train?! Haiz.. Oh and goodness. You should just see the toilets. ARGH. Okie not that they are really dirty but... How nice is that thought that u are peeing right onto the track as the train moves?? And moreover, there is no flushing system and the train bumps around lots. ARGH!! Imagine my horror when i had to use the toilet. U better had gotten a good grip and well have nerves. Did i mention that there are cockroaches on the train as well?? Horrors of horrors. Journey punctuated with screams as girls realised the presence of those hateful creatures that seem to be able to inject fear into us gals. We were just thinking about the probability of one crawling on us while we are sleeping. The thought itself is enough to send LOTS of shivers down our back. EW! Now now now. I know that these creatures can also be found on public buses but compare the amount of time spent on each. U have to endure the uncertainty of traveling with companionship for a torturous amount of time on the train. I think it is around 9 hours? I forgot... And that was just the start of the trip. What more can i say?? The air conditioning was not that wow too... Suffocating in there.
With a sense of foreboding we reached our destination luckily safe and sound in Gua Musang. So dark early in the morning around 6 plus am. Time for our breakfast. At least the breakfast was decent and i loved the thick milo that i was given. The noodles was not bad too. Being the pampered people, we were once again marveled by the chicken roosting and of course our dreaded enemy-insects! U can see the locals laughing at us silently watching us avoid the flying insects by twisting our bodies this way and that. LOL!! What a fool we made ourselves to be! The toilet at the station was also quite bad. We missed how we can always trust the portable water in our toilets back home. There we can't even brush our teeth without fear using the tap water... We were advised to use our bottled water... Depletion of resources i should say. Oh and malaysians speak to us in malay and when they realise we don't understand them, they go "Oh u are not from malaysia?". Fascinating.
The hotel called "Fully inn" was decent and nice. The water pressure for bathing was great and the beds were like nests. Jumping into the bed would almost render me unable to leave it. Haha.. I guess exhaustion also has a part to play for that. All the girls first piled into one room to change for the cave expedition. Haha.. Long lines for the toilet and gals were practically stripping everywhere, trying to be discrete but somehow with a whole roomful of people simultaneously changing, it does not come across as discrete in any sense. LOL!
Caving. My first time i should think. I shall sum it up saying that it was a really fun, scary, freaky, uncomfortable, cry for help, shrieking, shouting in terror, enjoying it, kinda experience all rolled into one. I know it sounds more scary than anything but at the end of the day you really feel a great sense of achievement knowing that you have conquered your fears and believed in yourself, putting your life in your hands (and legs literally) to get out of that cave. There were lots of elements in there including bats, a tortoise, lots of soft mud, slippery rock, claustrophobic environment, cold water, sharp surfaces and rough surfaces, far apart stepping surfaces. It kinda represents something that you would find in high elements but in a total dark environment and wet too. Your task is simple, keep yourself on your two feet, get out of the cave while making sure that ur camera is kept dry despite waters that rise to almost shoulder level and hold the torchlight to shine your own way through. You should really experience it to understand. A great experience. Now i'm hooked on caving. I know the potential dangers though luckily nothing happened while we were in the cave. I shudder to think about the life threatening situations that i would otherwise be in. Lets see... When the water started to get really high till the height of my shoulders i started freaking out. With bats overhead, i wanted to go home or be held in a warm embrace or hear someone's soothing voice.
Getting out of the cave i felt so dirty. Covered almost from head to toe in mud. YUCK!! Oh i should take some time here to complain about the lousy tourguide or wadever he is. I think he is just a poser or quack. He didn't even tell us that there would be high waters in the cave only mentioning that we would see a small river. Thanks. Our cameras "thank" you from their broken hearts. -.-" Fed-up la. So many ppl's cameras were rendered useless after contact with the lousy water. Sad. And moreover, his facts were peppered with "and so on.." it is so obvious that he doesn't know his stuff AT ALL. In the cave, he was also unsure of the path that should be taken. OMGness i can't imagine what would have happened if we had lost our way...My shoes declared themselves disgusting and my socks joined them in expressing their total disgust at the unsightly colour that they have become. Thank goodness my clothes didn't give up on me and they declared themselves good for wear after spa treatment back in the hotel. Whew.
Lunch was KFC after bathing. See how globalisation has made an impact? The meat was not bad and i was so full!!! The counter ppl were curious about us seeing that we spoke English rather than the conventional malay that they are so used to hearing. I caught one of them staring at us. Along the road, the shops there are mainly those that we can find in old estates in Singapore. Maybe something like bedok? Lots of minimarts around too. I realised that chinese gets you understood when purchasing from the chinese shops. Nothing much to buy. Things are lots cheaper there. I didn't wander to their fashion shops though. Xp
Back to the hotel to pig out and rest. Then after that time for river studies. This time it is a visit to one of the plantation as the river runs through that particular stretch of land. The roads there were really bumpy. It does resemble those kinda roller coaster rides too in terms of the lay of the road. We had a fun time riding in the minivans. Bouncing up and down in the seats. River water was cooling and really nice. Whoo!! Orange racing down the river. Velocity. Nad and her craziness. I swear she won't be nad without her craziness. Blahz. All of us went really high doing river studies and i reckon it is due to exhaustion from the caving earlier that day. Compared to the river studies i did during the UK trip, this was nothing and i should say boring. I was more interested in learning how to skip rocks on the river surface. Didn't succeed though. Anyone can teach me?? I think the ripples are real cool. =) River spiders, rapids, clayey rock used as chalk, braided river, lecture out in the fields. If only every subject that we learn can be taught outdoors instead of in the classroom i bet i would have much much more interest in studying. LOL!
After the river studies, it is back to the hotel for the second pigging out session and sleeping session of the day. Oh bathing session too. Flat out battery. Haha! We used the hair dryer to dry our wet washed clothes till it gave up on us and asked us for surrender and subsequently quitting on us for a while going on strike. Lol! Slp slp slp. Then we had to pack up. Time to meet for train back home was 11pm. See! We did not even stay in the hotel for even a DAY!! Pathetic amount of time spent there. We survived on biscuits mainly for dinner because of laziness to leave the hotel. LOL!Reluctance to crawl out of bed and miscommunication made us late and everyone was waiting for us at the reception area. Hahaz. Left the room in a hurry.
Walked the long dark way to the train station once again dreading the journey with the cockroaches but having no choice. This time the train was cooler and we were so tired out we fell asleep easily. Craps everywhere contorting into various sleeping positions. I found out that my shoulder was used as a pillow while i was asleep. haha! Seems like my shoulder was about the right height for loraine. Now.. If only i had -someone's- shoulder to lie on... I probably would have slept more peacefully. On second thoughts, i might not be able to sleep at all. HAHAH!! What rubbish.
Glad to be back into "civilisation" relatively. You should have seen us rushing for the toilet when we reached singapore. Whoo! Clean toilets with available toilet paper. What a relief. LOL!! OKie it is not that bad but it is just....... I donno. More comfortable?? Haha.
My trip to malaysia. "Dao ci yi you"
Kelantan, Malaysia
Will be there for the next 3 days!!
Miss me won't u? =)
NUS&SMU open house!!
What a wonderful day i had yesterday!!
Company for the day: Sebastian
Hmm... Wanted to go to the open houses to take a look. Didn't know that sebas would be able to go with me and i thought it would be weird to ask him anyway. Lol! Go figure why... Umz anyway i'm glad i asked him because he was great company!! Haha! If he wasn't falling asleep on buses that is. Went to SMU open house first. It was so sober and lowkey and boring to sum it all up. Probably we were there to early that there was basically no one to hype up the whole atmosphere. However, it was a disappointment as i expected it to be pumping full of energy as open houses usually are. The courses there for business is not bad and i think that their excellence in teaching might be the pull factor for me if i were to follow the business route. I like the idea of having more hands on and small class sizes. More through learning... No one would be left out that way then. =)
Walked around bugis after that, walking all the way from city hall (okie it is not a long distance considering..). Did not do much in bugis except going to the arcade there. Reminds me of the days that i often go to the various arcades with the scouts... Happy days those were. HAHA. Till now i can still remember the various scenes in "Time crisis 2" and "world combat" Lol!! Imagine!! The number of times i have to watch them play that to remember the exact scenes and where the opponents would attack and appear from. OMG!
Time for NUS. Took the train and got squashed all the way to dover mrt where there is a shuttle bus to the nus campus. NOW! NUS open house is what i call hip and happening. Not dead like the above mentioned one. Hmm.. Lots to look at here and i realised that the students are targeting the next immediate batch of students, promoting camps that would be held very soon. For the price of 30-50 bucks you would get to know the future possible fellow faculty members even before you officially step into NUS. Quite cool don't u think? It appeals to me. I mean the idea. =) Found out that if i'm interested in the physiotherapy part of nursing, i would have to go to poly. OH WOW! So what does that mean if i'm really going to go there? Waste 2 years in MJ. GOODNESS. I do not like that idea at all... TOTALLY. Went to the arts and social science department. Talked to an engaging guy who told me about geog and what the curriculum would consist of. COOL! Ever heard of cultural geography?? I think it is damn fun. Whoo! Shall learn more about it when i go for the geog open house soon. =) What if i end up being a geog major!?!? What will my career path be?? No no no i shan't think about such matters now. I will get all frightened and freak out. Now's just not the time.
OH OH OH!! I saw angel!! angel=wen xiang=vj senior. =) Haha.. To think that i would see him there at the arts and social science department. Unthinkable. Such a science freak at an arts booth. LOL! Thanks to his gf that he was there then... No change for him. So i was entering the booth looking in a direction that i felt this compelling need to look to my left. I turned and there he was grinning at me. LOL!! He told me it must be his wonderful telepathic forces that made me feel his presence. Oh well... *rolls eyes* Haha! Whatever it is i'm glad i saw him. =) The person who made the dark periods after posting results were out. The person who talked to me made me feel cherished and all. HAHA. Thanks angel! Continue to watch over ur mortal then. Heez...
Aiyo lots more to say but there seems to be no more time. Point form then.
Parkway to play pool (failed attempt)
Tampines then colin's house
Exposed to the world of MAPLE (by sebas and colin) I think it is really cool!! And pretty!!
Went home. =)
-loves-
Love is really like chemistry. There needs to be two reactive mixtures before there can be a reaction between the two different chemicals. Sometimes there needs to be a different concentration or a change in some component to make the reaction works. Some takes lots of time before they happen and some can only happen under extreme conditions.
So.. now i wonder if i had been working with the right chemicals all these while or?? I need to study chemistry with more vigor now. LOL!!
Just thoughts. Sebas started it. =)
BYE!
It is back to my old love of blogging. =)
Hi everyone and hi to myself. I'm sick! As in real sick and not sick in the head. Lol! So i'm down with a flu and a contagious one to add, i have to stay at home and recuperate. Who said being sick was all that miserable? It can never be when there are so many people around u who cares about you and show their concern. =) All my wonderful friends and also of course my parents...
U noe, i really should be thankful for having such loving parents. Ytd when i came straight back home after sch, home very much earlier than normal days because my gp teacher was on course and therefore we could leave sch early, my mom opened the door for me and u should have seen her face, Concern was so apparent. =) She asked if i wanted to see the doctor but i was just too tired and the sun was scorching hot anyway so i just went to bed. She fussed around a little more before leaving for work. At night, i still felt horrible so i asked my dad if he would accompany me to the doc. There was no need for a second request. He agreed immediately. =)
This morning, i accompanied my mom to the market, figuring that the walking would make me feel better, afterall exercise is good yeah? She was so nice to me!! Asked me what i wanted to eat and all. Ooh... i feel so loved. Hahha!!
This is just one occasion. There are also other little things that they do for me that really makes me feel like the most loved kid in the world. Haha.. Who cares if they are not able to give me the best of my material wants? That is not what i really need anyway. I am thankful for the fact that i am able to tell them about my problems and the difficulties that i face in the course of anything. I can tell them straight out that i am stressed and they would ask me to relax and listen to music or something or just go to slp early. Oh well aren't i lucky? xp
-loves-
Recently, i visited my grandmother(father's side) and i'm really sad to say that i think she has developed a serious case of memory failure. It is so bad to the extent that she is unable to recall who i am! And this is despite the fact that she brought me up. Can you feel the amount of sadness and pain that i felt? She even refused to believe who i was when i told her, insisting that i am someone else from some faraway estate. Haiz... I really did not know what to do. For the entire visit that lasted for around 2-3 hours, i was upset. My own grandmother, the one who took care of me when i was just a toddler and taught me Hainanese and brought me to the market and to the temple cannot recognise me anymore. I guess i shan't dwell on such sadness... Move on girl... She is just getting caught up by age and there is nothing i can do....
-loves-
Nothing is predictable. Life definitely isn't. Just recently some gal frm vj collapsed and died during pe. Treasure...
Tell the people around u that they are treasured. And if they also tell u that u are treasured, be happy because to them, you are someone special.
- i told u i treasured you but i hear nothing in reply...-
MELANCHOLY
That's how i am feeling right this instant. Reason that i feel this way shan't be disclosed but be assured that it kinda hurts me much that this had to happen. I feel sad. =( I'm so sorry that this had to happen. I regret it...