i'm quite tired so just a short post to complain about unfair service:p
dinner w reggie! haha. it was fun:) one of the waitresses was so biased.. man.. not that i really minded or anything but it was rather amusing.. the water in our glasses would be at the same level, but the waitress only filled his glass and happily ignored mine.. actually i thought it was just a one-time oversight, but constant observation proved otherwise. so i was laughing while pointing it out to reggie and promptly collapsed into more laughter when it happened again for the 4th time the entire course of our dinner (and the 1st time after i informed reggie of this rather interesting fact).
oh we had a nice time browsing cds. so tempted to buy david lanz/latin or flamenco guitar but i don't know if i'll like it. even though i liked david lanz's finding paradise, i think his other cds might be along different lines. and i'm actually rather sick of shopping: bah. okie off to sleep.
okay, i woke up at 8 today. marginally better. i suppose it's gd to wake up early in that it gives me more time to do stuff (as compared to waking up at 11 and half the day is gone) but maybe i should sleep earlier then heh. would like to get nice 10hrs before i end up not-sleeping-at-stanford.
and i had a rather amusing time looking at photos of poor eng seng in the library and rachel scolding him. haha. christine is so funny.. but it made me miss everything, kind of. although i'm happy not being cooped up in a workplace, i miss annoying rachel in the library! aah. well.
anyway.. dropped by weiying's house to return her chem txtbk. then i went to nus and stoned for like 20mins waiting for M1 dna lect to end. finally fiona n candice appeared. n monmon n raphael! yay:) mini-class gathering. haha. lunch at coffee grounds. and met hweeying aft that. oh listening to raphael reminds me of all the bio lects when i wanted to strangle him due to the plethora of lousy jokes.
shuttle bus to visit candice's room.. it really looks like a condo la.. from the outside anyway.. i always liked those type of bricks.
it also has the most gorgeous view. candice says drunk international students go and wade in the fountain sometimes.
well yeah. her room was full of ikea stuff.. and not very full of stuff like my brother's. but i guess it's diff cos she gets to go home every weekend/anytime she wants.
uh. lemme see. sat around chatting. then went off to orchard to do my shopping. as usual, didn't accomplish everything i set out to do. i seriously underestimate the time needed for me to make decisions. this is why i go shopping alone. haha. even the most patient person would find it a sore trial to put up with me. the worst thing was the shoes actually. i think i spent at least 1 hr in total trying on all sorts of shoes. the salesgirl was very nice though. she got me a basket and asked if i was frm poly haha. and "isn't it boring to shop alone?" so i was like no, i take very long to decide (not that she couldn't tell that frm my indecisiveness/pickyness)
so, i figured if i'm not satisfied i shan't waste $$. at least i got the shorts n track pants at a gd price. but now i need waterproof track pants. also at a gd price. hmm. and gd cut. haha. oh and i found vacuum packed pillows! yippee. unfortunately my vacuum packed bolster has already expanded:( hopefully i can stuff it into the vacuum pack bags without much problem/deformation. and i couldn't decide which pillow was better, even though i surreptitiously glanced around before dumping them on the bed and trying them out. haha.
and i need a new wallet. i shall attempt to find one tmr or something. although i wish i'd found nice comfy walking shoes sigh. i am really too picky. i have this tendency to want to buy a lot of things which i may/may not use when i see 20% discount. haha.
anyway, then i walked (very quickly) down to borders to look for old school, but it was not to be! ugh. i can't believe it.. kiat went down to buy last week or sth, and this week they tell me they don't carry the book anymore.. saves me $$ i suppose. but really..
dinner at venezia with lijia and pam who was like 1hr late cos she severely underestimated the journey time for 67 from tampines and then ended up stopping 2 stops late, bcos i didn't tell her it was guthrie house. oops. that poor girl, i can totally empathise given that i took 67 frm bedok home. and lyd who was 2.5hrs late bcos she went to get her phone (so she could return me mine) and eat dinner w her mom. but it was fun.. and it reminded me of mugging days with lijia (and occasionally joon). they revamped the decorations though. so black now. hmm.
alright. now to think about what to do tmr. i am so not ready to go. haven't started packing, haven't finished buying stuff, haven't read my books, haven't packed my room, haven't haven't haven't. i had better make all those things "hads" soon, if not i'm done for.
i was in a very horrible mood because of all the wrong things i did today. (and the unbelievable amount of time needed to choose a new school bag/books to buy which i didn't buy in the end).
but i checked the mail and surprise! mag sent me a letter! so heartwarming:) cheered me up quite a bit at any rate. and the quote was so sweet. thank you dearie!:)
and my bill has finally arrived so dad can stop bugging me about it. it's not my fault stanford is full of idiotic things which drain money. i suppose they have the luxury of that as well as sending stuff late and pple will still go there cos of who they are. argh.
uh. oh.. something i forgot to say. i look around my room, think about the days left. so i'm supposed to leave in 11 days' time, live a different life for 4 years, and come back.
sigh mac mini is giving me problems. why does it not have an audio in??? i am so annoyed
oh i have remembered something else. on sunday i was at sim lim with my dad and bro trying to find keyboard/mouse/webcam.. it was rather surreal. now i'm drawn into the world of computer specifications and hunting down the best bargains in sim lim (which my dad totally adores) . and thanks to the mac mini not having an audio-in i'm trying to find out if there's a webcam with usb mic. all this i wouldn't be doing on my own in normal circumstances.
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cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
oh!
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
it's 1am.
clar:] 2 weeks says:
well done
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
i thought it was still midnight
clar:] 2 weeks says:
you can tell time
clar:] 2 weeks says:
oh wait
clar:] 2 weeks says:
you can't
clar:] 2 weeks says:
oops
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
haha
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
i'm set on GMT +7
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
that's why...
clar:] 2 weeks says:
for wat??
clar:] 2 weeks says:
that's so silly
cosmos - 18th sept, 0915. T2, SQ16. says:
i'm just joking...
i'm too gullible. haha. anyway, that was an interesting conversation. who here thinks i act like a kid? rofl. i suppose i do sometimes, that's why rachel n christine are so amused. hmm. maybe it's a way of keeping the child within.
shopping tmr! oh i must go and check my bank account for my pay! yippeee haha
ahh. i just remembered something i forgot to say. on sunday bible class teacher was just asking the other girls how many guys will be left next year and then i just realised that we'll be moving out of the class cos we've been there 3 years already. and i still thought i just finished jc. it is rather unnerving how the year is almost over and i don't seem to realise it. maybe that is why we need to be more aware. instead of rushing along all the time. esp those working. "no time!" is the most common complaint. but so much has been said on that already anyway.
i shall go finish reading my books so i don't have to pay library fine:p
bah i still woke up at 7.30 today:( this is not gd. at least i finished writing my diary stuff and have started getting my act together. it's not very nice to look around my comfy room and think, 2 weeks left. oh well.
melvyn who likes to annoy me. and then claim that it brightens up my day. he says he is not photogenic and prefers to be photographed in a hakama and a bokken (so a more impressive image is created).
deborah the all-things-jap girl. we ate so much at sakae sushi today! it's a wonder we could still roll. haha. and i'm sure she must be a really gd hostess.. can just talk and talk and talk.. chatter-box deborah.