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[11 May 2008|11:16pm] |
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Awesome Mothers' Day lunch at grandparents' (: Gonggong was quite funny, he said "Politics ah. Then next time you can fight with Lee Kuan Yew" hahas. It was real good to see him so alert and all (he says the funniest things) after so long.
Awesome dinner at Crystal Jade La Mian Xiao Long Bao with Jon (:
I'm so full right now, but very contented.
Friday was pretty cool, awards ceremony in the morning where Gareth amused me the entire time and meeting Milli at SP for lunch with Anne as a surprise! OT-ing at work till 8plus wasn't fun, but it gave me money I guess...3 more days to the deadline! Oh man. Seeing Jon again that night made things so much better
I had dinner at Blue Ginger with the Lauw's last night too, for their food tasting. Peranakan cuisine is...hot. Hahas I could barely survive!
I'm so happy with where I am now, work sucks but at least I'm earning money, uni is secured, I know what I want to do, relationship's going stronger than ever and well today being Pentecost, it will be the first day of Mandi's attempt at being more considerate, thoughtful, less whiny and airhead-ish.
30 more minutes to the title!!!
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| best i ever had |
[08 May 2008|09:14pm] |
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Awww thanks Siew Woon for calling me last night (:
I'm so jealous of Stelli! Have fun in Phuket dear (:
I really hate work, no not really I just really can't stand my supervisor, who is ridiculously inefficient, incompetent and can't find her own solutions and doesn't know there are Indian Muslims! And she is horribly racist. I cannot stand her. Gahhhh. And she has bad breath all day long, which really doesn't help. Errrgh.
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| i like, need to pull myself together. |
[08 May 2008|12:20am] |
My technique is farrrrking screwed.
Cabbed down from sectionals to meet CPL Moses James and Stelli for Starbucks chill-time (: Mm haven't had so many past-10.30pm nights in so long! I'm such a n00b hahahas. We had such a weird chatty cabby on the way home!
ZOMGGG David Archuleta's singing Love Me Tender, Love Me Sweet on AI now!!! Ahhh sing to me!
Hahahahas.
Hil, during sectionals: Can we try not to sing like a bunch of bimbos?
Teehee. Sorry, I am one! Maybe? Hahas. But really, I need to work on technique or next Wed, I'm screwed to the depths of major hell.
Vanilla Latte is love (: But now I can't sleep! Hahahas. Last kickboxing session tmr :( Oh well. Friday's gonna be preeetty action-packed too, by Mandi standards hahas.
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| oohlala |
[06 May 2008|09:46pm] |
Got a surprise today! (: (: (:
Accepted FASS so the headache's over, and applied for hall accomodation. I need to start studying to stop the rot in my brain and well, to move on with life.
GG is taking forever to load, so annoyed!
3 more months of being an airhead, then serious studying from freshman year. I don't understand the credits/modules/bidding crap.
Newcastle lost to Chelsea dammeeeet!
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| wanderer |
[05 May 2008|09:56pm] |
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Sectionals on wednesday (yay!), Manado audition next week. Have to get past that one or nothing.
Am seriously contemplating staying on campus, but the application procedure makes me feel highly un-happening and unworthy hahas. But it will be so fun!
Am also trying to take the Family Prayer seriously, and hope some magic happens.
Having Chris and Sammie over last night was seriously da bomb! (:
And...I believe that love conquers all.
Cures for eyebags?
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| WYD |
[04 May 2008|01:30pm] |
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I realised that when Milli runs away to Sydney for WYD, I'll miss her so so so much.
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[03 May 2008|10:01am] |
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Ran away from work at 3 yesterday to meet up with Jon after his SMU Business interview. He told me how introduced himself...typical Jon style lah hahas. After he went back to camp, went to meet Andre and his friends for Ironman! Which was super shiok! (:
Some people know what they wanna do, and will do well. Some people know what they wanna do, but aren't sure if they're cut out for it. I'm...in the latter group I think. Nehhhhmind. I'll make it work out somehow. Hopefully after the confuzzlement of first year I can get to do pol science and history, or I'll die.
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[01 May 2008|11:32pm] |
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Watched Harold and Kumar today with Moses and Jon! Freaking funny hahahahas.
Dinner-ed at Miss Clarity's with Stelli and Jon. Kinda sad that Zul couldn't join us, oh well. I miss that guy ALOT.
Can someone knock some sense into me?
Edit.
I should just shut up about uni.
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| ZOMG |
[30 Apr 2008|11:20pm] |
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Went to do my routine app status check on the NUS webbie...and I got FASS (: (: (:
I know, its really lame to be happy about FASS as it seems anyone can get in, no interviews, nothing, but DO I CARE? (: (: (:
So what do I do with CS?
Edit.
NTU Communication Studies
NUS FASS
SMU Law
Edit.
Enough about uni.
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| makan! |
[29 Apr 2008|07:37pm] |
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Met Iddie for lunch again (: Ate at the market next to Bedok interchange, the curry chicken noodles apparently from the makan places lost and found show! Never thought I'd actually chance upon any of them. Damn shiokkkk!!!
Does anyone else get post-lunch headaches? Damn strange seriously.
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| being morally upright... |
[27 Apr 2008|09:56pm] |
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Is not absolutely possible. Which is a pity.
Had a late lunch at Cedele with Tricia, Marianne and Zehra today (: It was a lot of fun! Haven't met them all together in ages so it was really gooood. Tricia's other half is in Hotel as well, which is a pleasant coincidence hahas.
So assuming I do get an offer for FASS, me and Jon will likely go to different unis, seeing as how that genius got into NTU's aerospace engineering course, and is ridiculously excited about it hahas. Well the next best thing other than flying a plane is tinkering with one I guess hahas. Zeng my plane! I don't think it should matter very much, cos the first 2 years will be apart anyway, leaving another 2 to negotiate with. It will be very childish to always want to be in the same place at the same time. Very naive to believe that it is necessary. So whatever lies ahead, as long as we're together, no matter where we are, we'll be fine (:
Pretty excited that I got the H1 Math prize thingy again, but it sounds kinda lame. 9th May!
Crashed SP on friday and had lunch with Milli, followed by Starbucks with her, Sammie and HR.
Let the good times roll!!!
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| NTU |
[25 Apr 2008|10:35pm] |
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The news from CS was well received by the father, my reaction and preference for the yet-to-be-heard-from FASS was not so good.
I don't know what to do.
Hahas how am I to survive with Siew Woon and Hattie breathing CS propaganda down my back tmr?
Gahh people have to stop saying FASS is a dumping ground. The father feels like I'm gonna throw my future away there or something.
God may I never hear from SMU. Would make life alot easier.
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| big ben's |
[24 Apr 2008|09:39pm] |
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Met up with Charissa and Stelli (+Brendan) for dinner last night (:
My supervisor and the other payroll colleague treated me to lunch at Big Ben's today! I wanna try all the pies! And I guess I know why they're all so weird...the office politics is damn screwed up. Bleah.
All I want is to be with you all of the time, all day, and all of the night.
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| life on mars |
[22 Apr 2008|11:43pm] |
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I've listened to Mig's CD two and a half times in one day. Can't believe I impulsively spent my last USD10 credits of my iTunes card on it. But it's worth it (:
Meeting up with Iddie for lunch was a HUGE breath of fresh air from lonesome lunches (cos I really really detest the company of my supervisor who is a self-made loner). I love you Iddie!
Had a pretty late dinner at 9ish with Andre at good ol' Mengs and a drink at Liquid Kitchen thereafter. I liked how the conversation flowed, I'm usually afraid of one-on-one outings cos I'm goddamned shy. I really enjoyed myself (:
Is there life on Mars?
Is there an alternate reality, a parellel universe that exists, that I am rejecting? What's the opportunity cost of choice? New horizons, experiences, good times and bad.
Do I delude myself into thinking that where I am, is the best I could be? Are there really greener pastures?
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| shagaleo gigolo |
[21 Apr 2008|09:05pm] |
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Mig Ayesa is more than I ever hoped We Will Rock You would ever be. Crap-ass plot aside, everything else was just WOW and Mig as Shagaleo *ahem* Galileo was just...orgasmic, to say the least (: (: (:
I wanna watch it again. Sponsors? (: Hahas. Mig's voice has been ringing in my head all day..."I want to break freeeeeee..."
Oh yeah.
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| matador. |
[19 Apr 2008|10:35pm] |
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Is the word of the day. Hahas.
I think I'm a pretty lucky girl, I mean how many boyfriends send their girlfriends (who pick them up from camp) home? Mmm. He was damn lucky to book out too, and early than almost his whole company. Many lucky stars shining I guess. Had a chillout morning, where we spammed Borders' 3for2 shelf. I think we made pretty good buys (: I can't believe he was that interested either cos he doesn't even read! Hahas. Had pepperlunch for lunch, starbucks after that. Rehearsals were okay today, another audition in 3 and half weeks? I really have to get through it this time.
Farrk there's work again on Monday. Workload's drying up, which is a VERY BAD THING cos I hate being unoccupied. Even Michelle used to tell me I'm the only person who offers to do other people's work cos I have nothing to do! I just like having something to do, I hate boredom, sitting still, being alone, which happens alot at work actually. Gahh. I can't believe I'm the only temp either. So now SP-like friends or banter, which sucks big time. I'll prob stay on though, for the cash. Oh well.
What's the best job to get to get by during uni?
There are prospects of meeting up with first3months girls next week!!!
Hmm. Jon is my life. No, God is my life, but God put Jon into my life to be...Jon. Okay that probably makes sense only to me but, it's what I truly believe.
I hate my back zits.
I am increasingly random.
Probably gonna dye my hair tmr, the same colour to touch up. Wanted to get a couple of blonde streaks, but I really hate the prospect of bleach, so unless someone really convinces me to do it, (and that I can pull it off without looking lianxzz-ish), I won't. Gahhhh. Many money come like free liddat.
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[17 Apr 2008|11:55pm] |
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I panicked when Iddie wasn't home yet just 10 minutes ago, realised her phone was dead/off, and in a desperate move, msged mrs chia in the hope of getting Iddie's coach's number. Thankfully it was all unnecessary. But am I just paranoid/overprotective? No, I believe not, I can't even sleep properly alone in the room when I know she's not home, even though technically I can't see her frm my bed. I can feel it though, like a sixth sense, whether she's just down in her bed below or not. Strange. I love Iddie very very much. In an odd way, my life would be highly incomplete without her emo-ness complementing my airheaded behaviour. I dunno, maybe its just a one-way thing, but I can't live without her. My little baby sister.
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| bleah. |
[16 Apr 2008|11:17pm] |
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Officially rejected by SPH. Having no way out of paying the 6k-odd tuition fees seems a very very real reality. I really didn't want to put my parents through that...dammit. They both had free uni, but I guess that's cos they were really really smart. So...too bad their daughter's not good enough lah yah.
No word from NUS, anywhere else, so...maybe I can't even go to uni? Hahas. I need moneyyyy.
My supervisor is freaking annoying, she is whiny, cheeeeeena and old and weird, paranoid to the max and seriously I want to strangle her. She keeps making mistakes and dumping her work on me! And she can't spell 'hassle' and pronounces 'employee' as 'empoyee', 'problem' as 'pobem' and gahhh. I is not liking corporate life. Office beetches.
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[15 Apr 2008|07:04am] |
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Jon's got an interview for faculty scholarship! Pretty excited for him hahas. I guess that's what happens when one get so many As. Unlike me. Whoops. Aiyarh, just hurry up let me go to school lahhhh. You know, get on with life.
Had to OT yesterday, AND bring home work which really sucked. At least I earned about...12.60 for the OT? Retarded. I really hate office work.
The weekend was not bad! Aside from spending half a day at NTU and another half a day at SYC, finally got to see Jon for Carl's for dinner (: Grandparents' 50th anniversary on Saturday was quite the success too so YAY! Gong gong smiled! The short time at Stelli's was pretty eventful too, considering how Summer jumped all over everyone and over herself hahahas. She's damn cute lahhhh! (: (:
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| michael johns. |
[11 Apr 2008|08:41pm] |
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Whyyyyyy. I wanted him to win!
Okay interview coming up tmr, gonna go to Sammie's in the morning then her mummy will zoomzoom us to NTU hahas.
SYC...sigh the songs now aren't the most pleasing to the ears but oh well, maybe I should learn to appreciate all kinds of music? I've just come to hate the word 'contemporary'...it seems synonymous with 'rubbish' some times.
w00t.
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| hmm. |
[10 Apr 2008|02:12pm] |
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So..erm. Is the public perception of FASS very negative? Is it still seen as a dumping ground for average grades? I really hope it isn't, because I'm very likely going to get a degree from there. What if it leaves me...jobless? Is a lack of a professional degree like Law, Business/Accountancy going to make the job search exceedingly difficult? Farrrk. If I do get offers for Comm Studies, Law and FASS, it's going to make the decision really really hard. They've all got their merits. CS will mean I've got a few toes at least into the media/journalism industry, Law speaks for itself. FASS is the most...sigh. It's probably got the most options, but no guarantees. Maybe I'm too obsessed with my dream world and my theoretical musings that only Jon hears. A brief conversation I'll always remember that keeps giving me doubts about FASS is this:
Jon's dad: So what do you want to do with your FASS degree after graduation?
Me: I'd like to go into research.
Jon's dad: And who's ever gonna read it?
Bleahh. True in a way. Unless you're a history teacher or student, you'll probably never pick up a book on SEA politics right?
Me: I'd also love to do a Masters in Public Policy, maybe a PhD in SEA studies if I get that far (and that good). Be a faculty member.
Jon's dad: Oh. Interesting.
SCREW IT! Remember mandi, Jon's gonna be a pilot earning 17k a month, and you'll be his loyal tai-tai wife on shopping sprees when he's not around, maybe flying to Greece or Italy every year to hunt down the hot guys (!) and worshipping the GSS, HK, Paris and Milan (:
Breaking news: I'm gonna take over 2 Sec 1 math classes at the tuition centre next Monday and Saturday! Hahahaha they're probably better than I am.
Out of point: I love to read. I really do. Just finished The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. It was...wonderful, a breath of fresh fresh air. Ran out of books to read at home so I'm spamming newsweek. I wanna go out and get Pinker's The Stuff of Thought. It's 38 bucks at Borders. Okay, more for the cover than the content (says the inner bimbo) but it'll definitely make for good reading. Since work dulls braincells quicker than I grow new ones.
Pol science and history double major here I come! HAHA.
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| silence is easy |
[10 Apr 2008|10:33am] |
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Jon had a night off yesterday (: So I made my way to Jurong Point where we had Swensens. It was such precious time spent...just really happy that we had that time lah. Sent him back to camp in a cab. Bittersweet. I love love love him so much.
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| portfolio? |
[08 Apr 2008|08:30pm] |
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NTU comm studies interview this sat, it says 'you may wish to bring along a portfolio...' OF WHICH I HAVE NONE! The yearbk piece on OCIP doesn't even have a byline to prove I wrote it hahahas. Oh crap. Hope it turns out okay. I'm so unimpressive hahas.
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| day one again. |
[07 Apr 2008|09:27pm] |
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First day of work wasn't terrible, but I can foresee it getting terribly boring. But the food around is pretty good though! Hahas. Okay at least 19 more days to go, maybe more if I can't get any internships or whatever lah. I just wanna get into uni and have uni start now.
So that gong gong will actually be able to see me into uni. Sigh. Gone by May? I shudder to think about it. And all the mr dizon can think about is what songs to sing at the funeral, and if we should have a 'special item' of Ave Verum Corpus. And asking me to sing? And I wouldn't fucking be crying? WTF?! Of course, he'll say he has good intentions of having a nice farewell and all. But. Songs and singing is simply not the point. People will remember the man, not the funeral.
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| dammit 2-2! |
[06 Apr 2008|10:52pm] |
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Man Utd drew with Middlesbrough. BLEAHH.
Friday was my last day at SP. Got a letter and toblerone from Michelle, some Body Shop stuff from Jennie (: (: and a cake from the other temps! SO HAPPY I was super touched okay. In four months, I've gotten to know pretty well and gotten along swimmingly with 9 complete strangers. Aaron (the phone buddy), Puay Bing, Sera, Michelle, Aiysha (we hate UNESCO!), Lestari, Sabrina, Candera, Kong Tat. We've been through pretty much I guess, from post-A's, to pre-results jitters, post-results ups and downs, f-ed up SMU interviews and frantic newspaper reading! Plus annoying callers both local and from our next door neighbour, the weird 'You people are animals!' woman. The mad rush of enrolment, stoning during JAE apps, gross old documents and so much more. Never knew an admin job could be so fun seriously. Kinda dreading tmr, because I know it'll be so so different.
Different crowd, different atmosphere, work philosophy, job scope. Oh well.
Waited eternity outside Pasir Laba Camp after work, cos he said he'd be done by 7. He eventually booked out close to 8 so actually, it was pretty hilarious. All the guys ard him were being damn vulgar and complaining to each other and all cos they were all pissed off! Interesting. Seriously, adversity can unite mere acquaintences.
Saturday morning was spent at Sentosa (with Jon, again), and now I'm burnt crispy. OH NO! Haven't felt the sunburnt feeling in ages. Years, to be exact. Met Moses after that and talked, listened to them bitch about NS, and watched the Arsenal match at Jon's place.
I wish today were more eventful. Sometimes I wish me and Jon were a more 'happening' couple you know, going to explore new places and going for drinks and whatnot ya. At the same time, I really like the way we are, the way we spend our time, just chilling, talking (alot!), being beach bums and couch potatoes. (: Very precious time.
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