Gold Gun Girls.

An air of enchantment,
day of half-smiles and secret flutters
Like a spark in evening light.

There's something about the striped sweaters,
and mischievous grins.
Maybe she'll love somebody
Someday

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So yesterday I spent the whole day taking naps, listening to Metric and Closure in Moscow and painting. And yes, it was a school day. Mom thinks the occasional skive is healthy; playing a bit of hooky never did anyone harm ;D

School has become a blur. Days filled with teachers yelling at me for no apparent reason (I kid you not), essays after essays, and the endless lessons. Still, there are always the chalk-doodles on class tables and my two awesome 'sidekicks' (literally. Cause they are beside me. Get it? Yes.) Tiara and Suatty.

Friday we had Alfresco! It was hella more fun than I would have imagined it to be. Had to perform for it and being the slacker band that we were, we choosed, arranged and practised three pieces a couple hours before the actual event.

A day full of stuffing our faces and well, stuffing our faces.

Found this series of photos highly entertaining.

'wait for me! 2T07 photo!'

'eh- you're not from our class! GO AWAY!'

'UM okay?!'
*Success*


Besides that, everything has been rather quiet.

Went for Island Creamery with Clare and Joan today, and off to NTU so that Luki could give me a tour. Ended up reaching at 530 because 1. The bus to Clementi MRT broke down in the middle of the road, 2. Pioneer MRT might as well be in Malaysia and 3. NTU is just too massive for its own good.

Its really pretty tho. Nicer than NUS. Hmmmm.

Watched a ridiculously bad movie after that, which name now escapes me. Professer something and the immortal something. OH GOODNESS. But we scoffed tons of food at Fish&Co. after that cause Luki found out about this top secret $1 fish and chips deal with NO STRINGS ATTACHED teehee. We are cheap like that.

Teppanyaki/Fish&Co. again with the girls again tomorrow, and movie with patrick and will! Whip it whip it whip it!

Up in five hours. Night everyone :)

whispers hello, I miss you quite terribly.

This is where I belong
On a dark October morning
Wrapped up in sheets and
fleeting
moments

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This whole sodding week has been pretty much bollocks. I hate to say that I haven't done as well as I would have liked for CTs, when it brings the dull introduction into the 'U' world (thanks math, you've done it again.)

Today we went to the Mandai Crematorium to have final service for Wesley and say bye. It was so sad to see Aunty Vivien sobbing and collapsing and my dad crying. It made me think how I could have done more, to prevent him from jumping to his death at eighteen, when he had so much to offer to the world.

I hate feeling helpless and useless.

Love is.

'Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day' Noelle, 7

'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth' - Billy, 4

'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones' - Lauren, 4

'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your french fries without making them give you any of theirs' - Chrissy, 6

'When you love somebody, your eyelashes do up and down and little stars come out of you' Karen, 7




What love was before we all grew up. Although Lauren is probably just a product of an older sister's scheme to get new clothes (! sounds like a lot of people including me) and I'm thinking Karen just watches waaaay too many cartoons, it is pretty sweet :)

Since when did we lose the innocence? It's rather sad that now love and relationships have become more of breaking hearts and politics. Enough about senseless musings! These are what the last couple of weeks have been like.

These are some random cross country pictures from ages ago!

Miss brother Paul like mad now. He was one of the best parts of CJC and now... well, shall not comment on current leadership except EWWWW TTM.




Vintage photography

Then there was Desiree's party which was impromptu but kinda fun. Since like HALF the people there worked at ICC there was tons of free ice cream. And tell me, what is better than free ice-cream which you do not have to queue two hours for (free cone day which I missed AGAIN.)


Geeky specs are just plain awesome.

Love sissy


Went for NUS open house with Clare and Rach a couple of weeks ago if I'm not wrong and it was kinda fail. Well actually we basically took a train for about a 5000years just to get there, eat some pretty average Japanese food and hopped on a random train. Only thing accomplished was that we managed to get some free ice-cream and check out the facilitis+dorms there. New goal = to stay in block 5, which is the so called happening block!! Town for shaved ice and shopping after!

Hanging out with the cube girls in town last week :) Larking about and as usual not getting much done at all. Hahaha!

Finally met up with Sarah G who is heading off to stiff-upper-lip-agogo-land next week, or more specifically, the hometown of SKINS, to study. Crepes at Marche and Alice in Wonderland was brilliant. Hope to see them again tomorrow!

Lastly there's the wedding of the year! Daniel and Yvonne finally got hitched yay :) Loads of 'disasters' that day, like absolutely torture-instruments called heels and standing in front of the whole ceremony so I could go to the loo but finding the door locked and having to sit down again. Ah.

A nice picture with Nick for once! He looks nice when he is not fooling around and making spastic faces.


whites vs black, good vs evil!
YAY TO JEN AND I! miss mel like mad. But she is coming back soon! :))

They should totally get together two decades later.



School is a pain in the behind as per usual. Have no idea why I go there day after day just to flunk math tests and do senseless things like run 2.4 (THANK GOODNESS ITS OVER THO and we never have to do it ever again) or go for CCA.

MM auditions however, was pretty fun. Nice that Andre went home cause he was sick (nice one mr president of mm) and Alastair had soccer so I was left alone. Rather disorganized but by the end of the hour managed to get everyone 'auditioned' < in inverted commas since they are not really auditions. Not like MM rejects anyone anyway!

Alfresco on Friday! Sssssh(!) is totally unprepared for the gig but hell. Since its an acoustic set I suppose we can just wing it? Hahaha.

Also rather excited for an acoustic band that Jared and Jared's friend and I are forming. Performing at Timbre's over the holidays are our first goal! Should be fun.

But for now there's a bunch of other things to worry about. First, scraping together a decent set of grades so that our wonderful principal won't be such a twat about letting me go to Australia in June. Ah joy.

Throw back your head in laughs

And thus, the story of creation.

Blow bubbles with their gum, take photographs for fun, have fun.

Note to self;

1. Get magnetic poetry, well, because our fridge magnets all need a little spice.
2. Buy dress for Daniel&Yvonne's wedding this Friday, get shoes and accesories, get currently-ghastly-and-amazingly-out-of-shape-hair CUT.
3. Send letter to Mel. Pronto.
4. finish math prelim papers Ignore any form of homework, coursework, projects till coming Sunday night.
5. Buy Ukelele and form ukelele band with nick glascow. Utmost importance.



Also, SKINS fever is all the rage! Half of the literature workshop today was spent having passionate talks on Tony Stonem, Effy, and the like. And well Max, as a response to your question, here are my top five favourite SKINS characters from across the seasons.

5. Effy Stonem a.k.a Kaya Scodelario

The only character to surf through all four seasons and still have viewers lapping the opal-eyed, freckled girl's scenes.

And she's smokin'. I guess that's reason enough for the lads.

4. Maxxie Oliver a.k.a Mitch Hewer

Skins portrayal of gay characters remind me very much of 'Perks of Being A Wallflower's Patrick. So, Mitch isn't a dangerously fantastic singer or actor, but by jiminy, he can DANCE. Doesn't hurt that he is sex on legs. (Teehee)

3. Freddie Mclair a.k.a Luke Pasqualino

'He was a sk8r boi, she said see you later boy.' You're good enough for me, Freddieeee. R.I.P.


2. Naomi Campbell a.k.a Lily Loveless

Two hopelessly hilarious names, crazy hippie clothes and a mess of white blond hair later, you get Naomi. From the time she gets Cook to show everyone the oh-so-lovely tattoo in the first episode, till she cries her heart out during the drug-episode with Sophie, there's not one moment you stop loving her.

That, and the Naomily couple *winks


1. Cassie Ainsworth a.k.a Hannah Murray

The psychotic lass. Says 'Wow' and 'Oh, Wonderful!' alot. Beautiful, but in more ways than meets the eye.

More likely you remember her as the 'Girl who never f*cking eats' (for three days so she could be lovely!). In all four seasons, there has been no other character quite like Cassie, whose eccentricities make her the very embodiment of a modern day, Jerry Spinelli 'Stargirl', or Truman Capote's Holly Golightly.

So, boo to Scotland and bulimia and trying to kill yourself over pathetic sodding Sid, we want Cass back!


SKINS FOR LIFE.

Today's Lit WS was bullpoopy. Thank God I had a reasonably sane group. Out with Suat and Kai later on! Lost jackets and chasing Jack Neo+wife around Cineleisure (I kid you not.)! Fun times.

Finally meeting SRAH G tomorrow. Stoked for AliceInWonderland and also Marche<3

You know what's left? Love.

Think cranberry juice
and dresses of autumn leaves,
Taking snapshots for fun,
Ribbons in summer hair
With grief I am done.

Forget about the
dressing for impressing,
And eyes on you today.
I'll like to sing when
everyone or no one
is watching.

Why the chin so low, lovely?
Don't dream of love,
Fight for it.

Because all we want is for people to say,
Hello stranger,
I think I might love you.

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A week of mugging sessions has reduced my brains to mush (CTs was rubbish. What's new?) I'd like to say I've been doing fantabulously productive things the past two days but the truth is... well I haven't. More like, sleeping a lot and watching my favourite flicks all over again. plus catching up on SKINS.

Episode 7 was pure bullpoopy. The killing of Freddie Mclair by insane shrink Dr. Foster was TOSH. This season has been so intense. Heartbreaking, deep, sometimes with waaay too much of the hanky-panky... but man. It's been a good ride :)

R.I.P Freds.


On a lighter note, finally got my diana mini rolls developed in malaysia when I skived school on tuesday! Some were good, some were terrible. Of course, the 72-exposure roll that Sarah Anne ruined MERELY by touching it with her radioactive hands came out more-than-half black. Sighhh.










And of course, last Sunday was one of the most Legendary nights of my life.

PARAMORE@SG 2010

what can I say? ten hours of queueing, all the moshing, fainting, pulled-out-strands-of-hair, and it was worth it. To be able to catch one of the best bands (and a personal fave) in the world is like a surreal dream.

I must defend myself with the fact that after all the drama after the first two songs, Jared and I fought our way back in front valiantly and thus I have captured some marvy shots to share with ya'll. Scuse the blur-ness.










So here's saying hello to the march holidays! Days are packed packed packed.

So many things to do, so little time. See you guys around soon :)

Are you perspiring, from the irony?

Here's all that you had wished right here.
She says,
Live your thoughts,
Cause pavement dreams shatter easier
than I thought they would.

Don't you wish for one day
to be rain hitting the sidewalk
or sweet flowers by the evening light?
Beauty in repose.

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Isn't it just a horrid time to start re-watching the first two seasons of skins? Ah shoots.

(Where's Cassie/Hannah Murray? 'Crazy bitch. Never eats.' - Mich)

And of course, there's the reason why most skins viewers are gals.



All he wants to do it dance!



Wednesday was cross-country and as per usual, it was a waste of time. Island Creamery and Adam's Road for some good ol' 'makan' with Clare and the rest before, which was good. Everything else was tosh. Must develop and scan diana-mini shots in soon!

Our mascot was brilliant, why it did not win, escapes me.

The only thing I can remember from today are ms yoong's more-than-usual rants and raves and rambles etc. Carrying a somewhat indifferent attitude towards the subject. Common Tests are a joke.

Chinese A-level results tomorrow! If I don't have to take Chinese-B, I will treat my chinese mentor SUAT NING to ice-cream! It's a deal.