I think the pre-departure seminar made me a little more excited about leaving.. but only for the moment. still fearful of many things!
and yesterday in office when I was looking at the MSN website, I realised that (today) Harry Potter 6 is out! but I can't buy:( oh well. some kind soul please lend it to me? haha. though it's not that such a big deal anymore, I think I was more excited for the 5th book.. now it's kind of just for the sake of finishing the series. I think I've moved on. to better things! haha.
as foreseen, I was quite bored at grandpa's bday dinner. luckily two of my cousins were sitting at my table and my bro was v fascinated at the size of their youngest bro (sitting at the other table). the youngest bro is pri 3, and weighs somewhere in the range of 55 - 60 kg. he's around 1.2m. calculate his bmi, anyone? rofl. anyway, the oldest bro pointed to the youngest bro's tummy and asked "how many months already ah?" rofl.. and the 2 of them came up with various nicknames for the poor guy, including "mohammed ali" and "incredible bulk".. I really like the last name.
oh and I recounted the story of the creative primary 1 kid to my bro.. he sed he wud have given the kid A+ instead of failing him like the teachers apparently did.. totally agree there.. hahaha.
tinky has just related this to me, and it amused me hugely so i hope everyone else has a good laugh. the basic topic was to write about quacky the duck in united square :
this primary 1 wrote about quacky the duck who was walking around united square and then the duck rice seller at the food court saw him and caught him and turned him into roast duck.
tinky says she thinks they failed him. rofl.. although i sympathise with the poor fellow, it's actually quite an original piece of work:p creativity! hahaha. i must go dig up the pri1 file again and see if there's anything funny.
haha. i spent the morning reading the 2nd book in the chronicles of narnia. i.e. the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. it's quite interesting i guess.. although definitely for kids, given the language. which brings to mind my favourite bagthorpe series by helen cresswell.. it has a whole lot of super-cheem words and references I've never heard of and yet it's supposed to be for kids? hmm. anyway I wish they'd reprint it.. like my gerald durrell books.
okay back to the lion the witch n the wardrobe. the Christian references were really so obvious.. i felt kind of weird reading it. because it was too similar to the Bible. it's funny to have a lion instead of Jesus. even though it's a book.. okay nevermind maybe it's just me.
anyway, I stand by what I told Candice last time. Lunchtime is the highlight of the day when you're working! and of cos going home time, but that's at the end of the day so not counted.. I'm always very happy when it's time to knock off.. rofl
and I really wish I weren't writing for primary 1.. I don't think they're going to appreciate my style of writing cos it's been so long since I've done the narrative/descriptive thing. ugh. hmm. I don't know what I can write, actually. haven't tried satirising stuff in a really long time. or maybe that was only cos my brother egged me on. haha.
ah. and last night I woke up in the middle of the night, remembered I hadn't bought stuff to bring overseas, and I hadn't learnt how to cook. 9 weeks. or rather, soon coming to 8.
first day of work. something i realised, while i was staring around for inspiration. a lot of offices have no windows. that's why it's so oppressive, because everywhere you look, it's white walls. or cupboards. or walls. or computers. but actually even at home I don't think i look out of the window very much. maybe that's cos i have the luxury of not-staring-at-the-computer-all-the-time at home.. haha.
and taking minutes is very stressful. maybe cos it was my first time. or i didn't know what's important. i'm v glad i get to miss the 2nd meeting on wednesdays though haha:p
i think i shall take up my mom's suggestion and go read the lion, the witch and the wardrobe so i can, ahem, do my research better. haha. yeahh.... but after looking at all the pri sch stuff i'm like .. all this stuff is so long ago.. like narrative essays with a setting, building up to climax and resolving, different ways to describe stuff... synonyms for walk, anybody?
went to collect cheque today. i must say, i still think it was quite a waste of time to make both of us go down to collect it.. anyway, the tea cup set was so interesting.. i've never seen tea made like that. haha. oops. ignoramus. and he spent quite a lot of time telling us about ypag. some of which bored me to tears, rest of which was rather illuminating. i bet ting enjoyed herself though.. right? heh. this is exactly why i don't want to work for the government. cos i'm not interested. or maybe i'm one of the typical apathetic youth. not a very good sign.
anyway i start work tomorrow. finally, i'll be less broke. but i have to wait till end of the month to get my pay:( bah. therefore outings must be cut down until i receive some $$.
i guess i did have quite a fun time after all.. although i've come to dread the loooong walk to east coast park frm kembangan mrt. bleah. it's really long okay! even while i admit that i'm lazy. 1/2hr walk. and in the hot sun. it was nice cycling though, i haven't cycled in a looong time. a little wobbly at first. like amos said, one doesn't really forget how to cycle. or blade. or play the piano. just becomes rusty from lack of use of the skill.
daryl has taken to poking me cos of the various noises i make when poked.. this is vaguely reminiscent of serene's favourite hobby. not a good sign.
everyone keeps dwelling on the fact that i eat very little. i think it started from camp when my plate was usually quite empty due to the not-so-wonderful food at desaru. so anyway, today charm/daryl described my lunch as "2 grains of rice and a molecule of potato". during dinner jonathan said i was trying to distract them so i'd fling my chicken somewhere else n pretend i'd finished eating it. or fling it into daryl's plate and pretend "wah, daryl, u also never finish!"
there's some conspiracy among them to put me in the boot. cos there're always more than 4 pple when we go out, and only one car. so, in order to fit everyone in, the reasoning is as follows: the smallest (i.e. me) should go into the boot. as suggested by ruishan first, then cynthia, then jonathan. in the space of the afternoon, all at different times. i don't believe they heard each other really, which is even more terrifying. haha. -shakes head-
amusing pple.. although really, while i was in school i don't think i would have spent so much time going out.. so that's one thing to think about hmm.
ah, i just realised stanford's commencement address by steve jobs is in today's papers. roxy! haha.