i survived today :)
did our project presentation which was okay i thought. although some people in the class "snickered" at my V6 wallpaper -.-"
handed in company law assignment too and slacked for almost four hours in the graduate seminar room, trying to study for that lousy 205 quiz. didn't really get down to it though. talked about PA, chatted on msn abit and in the end... played a few rounds of bridge.
i got four aces and three kings in one round! but that meant some others didn't have enough points.
no chance for me to show off :(
the quiz was.. demoralizing.
i admit i didn't really study for it and was already a little angry at myself for that. i haven't gone for a test with that little preparation but i guess i have only myself to blame.
it doesn't bode well when you know that you completed a test which was one huge "tikam" session.
i don't want to know the results of the test either.
on a better note-
i received a letter in the mail.
日本語能力試験合否結果通知書: 合格
with a score of 396/400.
4 marks deducted from grammar.
ahh i knew my grammar wasn't that strong...
but yups, i'm satisfied.
it didn't go down very well with me to find out that the other blogging service i used for my "private" entries met with hard drive failure recently and hence had to close permanently.
it took along with it almost two years worth of entries before i started blogging here; and the private ones i still wrote this past eight months.
not very rattled by this.
just felt a little... sad. coz there were stuff that i wanted to remember-
most of all, details of my trip to japan last may; and certain feelings and memories that i wanted to keep and cherish.
but...
this provides an excuse for a new beginning.
2004/2005 was really a trying time for me though.
having said that, it would have been nice to be able read back and relive old times :)
despite feeling sian-ified at the beginning of the week at the workload, i still found time to slack, play mahjong, rewatch my entire archive of VVV6 and rebond my hair haha.
but in a way..
i like the way things are now. it makes me feel useful.. and needed.
it was good while it lasted :)
tiredtiredtired
admist endless graded projects and organizing project meetings
i had a nice weekend :)
spent saturday reading the company law text and searching for articles before meeting jw in causeway point for dinner
mos burger.. possibly my fav fast-food outlet
the rest of the night spent in the al fresco macs at the library building
just chatting about _______
sunday morning
left at nine plus to go get vday present before meeting the girls to exchange later in the day
walked round kino for more than an hour since it was my
first time there in two weeks(!!)
jaded enough to ignore myojo sitting innocently on the shelf and
proceeded straight to the japanese novel sections
read three chapters of OUT before pulling myself together in search of a vday present for laypeng
i like the way we do things-
the organizer asks everyone to pick a number from 1-8 and arranges who is to buy for who
makes things so much easier methinks
i got to buy for laypeng
conincidentally she was supposed to buy for me as well
i got her a bookmark with a dangling bell that cost eighteen-point-five bucks
possibly the most expensive bookmark i've ever seen
and received a twenty dollar club 21 voucher
lunch at cream bistro
lobster salad i like
we shared our food and everybody just kept feeding me...
i'm too nice that's why
happy with the food there
did our gift exchange
gossiped about the waiter there with the mohawk hairstyle
then went fareast to take neoprints
second time in my entire life
but reminded me of the anderson days where we used to frequent that place
had a riot of a time
six ppl squeezing into a booth and trying to get a place in the pictures
mindless decorating
and shopping after that
stopped for yami yoghurt after awhile coz those wearing heels were complaining of discomfort
spent the night around wisma-
topshop warehouse espirit with
you guessed it- chris
main aim of the night came last
borders with the 30% off per book newspaper clippings
i got confessions of a yakuza and was tempted by so many others
but shall not succumb to them i swear
after tomorrow i will have spent more than two hundred bucks in three days
amazing aye-
for a person like me
and that was my weekend summed up =)
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27歳誕生日おめでとう、森田剛さん！
いつも「やくざ」というイメージが見せてけれども、本当に子どもっぽいだね.. 特に子どもとおばあさんがいい付き合いところをあたしは羨ましいですよ. 東山さんとのドラマを頑張ってください.. 来年もよろしく！ =)
やっと着きましたよ!
term break. not much of one, but nevertheless... seven weeks gone in a flash.
so i'm left with the following to complete in the next nine days-
x 205 risk register.
x study for 205 quiz (review readings).
x 205 project site visit and analysis of external/internal factors.
x application of marketing concepts into project research.
x develop argument for biz comm putra audio case.
x company law lecture 1-6 notes.
x look for newspaper article to complete company law assignment.
i am one busy girl aye?
and it's fascinating how matters of the heart can inevitably end up controlling your mind.
いまフランス語の宿題のことになっているけど、ここで日本語で書くこともある.
もしフランス語にこんなやる気があったらよかったと思う.
最近めちゃ気落ちさせる. いろんなことのせいなのか、いま自分の心境もまだ全然分からないし、ふらふらする. 昨日、悩みが全部表にする. 結果は問題の根源はすべて同じですよね.
何か示すだろう...
もう何も語れない.
日本語がそんなに下手になっているんだから =(
almost all the papers i've read have commented how commercialized this day has become- they've done all the work for me.
but..
i still feel bad about yesterday. although it would have been best for him.
..why can't we just be friends?
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since i uploaded this for xinen, might as well put it up for everyone before the link expires.. yoru no umi by domoto koichi from the SHOCK soundtrack.
lyrics are on the jan 11th entry. enjoy!!
元宵 today and my dad just said he'll make a nice dinner for us :)
it may be an irony
but recently i've been cursing the overuse of computers in our coursework
i mean everything requires the use of computers
biz comm assignments
marketing project research
205 assignments
instep essay
its a wonder why my eyesight hasn't deteriorated
maybe it has
actually i'm quite sure of it
i'm just running away from reality by not going for checkups
oh well
how bad can it get right
typing in the above fashion can be addictive.
okay, just finished reading 4 chapters of the marketing text.
and my eyes are already killing me, not to mention i've to write my INSTEP essay now~
nothing much to blog about
what do you want to know about the past few days?
french test- one hour com law tutorial- bad sore throat just before a presentation- taking two hours to get home just to space out- wearing heels for the first time to school- farewell dinner for chris at waraku- argument with the parents about trivial stuff-
that pretty much sums it all up.
but-
i still feel frustrated about __________. and there's almost nothing i can do about it.
zx: i'm sorry to hear that. i really am.
hong: dun think so much k? you still have your friends around :D
corin: are you really going to get all three editions? o.O
back then, i would have done things differently.
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avex and JE are out to kill me.
pre-order for V6's concert DVDs are out.
a hundred and forty buckeroos for each of the limited editions?! and the MC comes in part a and b, so i can't decide which to buy.
the first press of the normal edition which costs about eighty five bucks with a special photo book is already out of stock.
grrrr.
howhowhow?
haven't been that tired in a long while to crash at ten plus at night, but that was what happened last night.
rushing for the last train and bus two nights in a row isn't going to do wonders for my health in the field of sufficient sleep :(
on the upside, at least it was fun. won almost twenty bucks at mahjong with my relatives and nearly tore my hair out helping my primary three cousin with her math problems.
after twelve years, i still think drawing models for foolproof sums are a total waste of time.
but her foundation's quite weak.
hope my uncle doesn't call on me to tutor her in the near future =X
off to do some french for tomorrow's test. i'm horribly lost in it.
tsuyoshi's new song kinda sucks =X
am now taking a break from the sudden 205 assignment that blew plans to relax between the hectic events of the weekend all to magical fairydust bestowed on the queen of lalaland.
forget it, i'm crapping :)
settlers at clarke quay last night.
wasn't too bad, although the constant screaming of the other occupants towards the end almost took a toll on my patience.
favourite game we played? it had to be the 'apple' thingy. word association. i like, especially when ridiculous words turn up here and there.
and i like the present they got for melvin haha. good job girls XD~
mervyn's party tonight. family chalet tomorrow.
it's a wonder how i manage to finish my homework-
but i will heh.
i find that i am now growing more and more distant from JE.
aside from SHOCK and the normal mix of songs, i've no idea of other activities that the various groups are up to. even V6, yes.
maybe its a sign, maybe.
but like the previous time, i've no comments about the incident. if you aren't mature enough to upkeep your image even when you are underage, then you don't really deserve to be in the genoukai.
first uchi, now kusano. is NEWS jinxed?
aside from that, i had a good day yesterday, despite being so stoned during biz comm that i took to writing random japanese to keep myself awake.
the 205 tutor wasn't as obnoxious as before, and my groupmates were better to work with than usual.
i hope this keeps up; this will make my life so much easier =)
saw ______ again after four months~
although we only converse like twice a month, he's been really easy to talk to. even for a person like me. and he's the only other person whom i know will spend longer time than me at kino.
after i'm done wandering around the japanese section, he hasn't finished browsing through a shelf of his scifi novels =P
busy weekend ahead.
the year's shaping up to be a better one than i thought.
all because
i wanted it to be.
end of cny holidays.
went visiting as usual.
shopping just now, where i discovered that winkup, duet and potato didn't interview tonisen (!!!) and that burberry was far more pricey than i thought.
what can i say?
i enjoyed myself =)
and here's a happy 21st to melvin and belated to weiting!