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Friday, February 18, 2011
The Ballad Of Mona Lisa is probably Panic! @ the Disco's best song since I Write Sins Not Tragedies.Except the latter was a ridiculously long time ago. But I think it still sounds great. New album!
The video of TBOMA is almost as fancy as IWSNT. Hope they go on world tour haha.
Ms Ng, I swear, she's suppose to come back this week. I heard. But apparently either next month;
Or early this month .___. TBK is an ok math teacher (though his lessons make me really sleepy)
It's Ms Lim I cant stand. It's her a lot of us cant stand anyway. Bad enough she's teaching Physics.
Speaking of Physics. Im now certain Imma flunk it this yr. HMT too. Slacked one whole lesson;
Since LLH wasnt hear and HKK was too busy for us. Ytd's was spent listening to chinese music.
Some SHE song and the Wa Meng Ti song hahaha. This week wasnt particularly uplifting.
Vday. I got a note and a friendship band haha. Whoever gave it, thanks! I gave flowers :D
Pink crepe paper haha. Got quite a bit too :D (pics on FB) Was accompanying PY...
Pink crepe paper haha. Got quite a bit too :D (pics on FB) Was accompanying PY...
Though didnt hv CCA. Dont want PY lonely D: Haha was crapping at the back of Audi.
Turned her rose the other way lol. Threatening kidnap messages in Chinese ftw LOL.
Tues, for some reason, had a 2 way lesson swap with Wed. Which means Bio quiz on Wed haha.
But also the graded English Newscast on Tues .___. which is plain stupid. Or just mean.
Cuz we just typed out the report in class on Mon. One day to prepare for Newscast?
Thankfully I prepared for the Newscast over the weekend. Newscast was... Ok I guess.
We got 19, highest in class tied with PY's group :D except PY prob spent more time on hers haha.
So, there was DV too. Had to prepare for Presentation2. Teachers said Presentation1 not good;
Too info-overload. Butbut. I think it was ok. They say our topic for Presentation2 difficult...
Damn la, both topics is I choose leh. Worth a shot bah.
Wed, with Tues timetable, was PE. Ran 4 rounds. Proud to say I only walked less than 1/4 round.
So much conditioning. My thighs ached till this morning. (considering it's Friday...) Napfa;
Aiming for Silver this yr. So far I've 2 Bronze and 2 Silvers. Bio quiz was... Ok la, I studied.
Thurs. Mentoring gah. LPP wanted us to read the article given by NE Dept and do reflections.
Needa feedback to the NE Dept leh. I dislike the article reading a lot. Ok maybe not;
Reading it is interesting, its just the reflection part I dislike. I was doing work instead lol.
Though LPP specifically said cannot haha. I think everyone doing work (or at least most)
But only Madhu and NTZ kena caught. Hahaha. JB also I think. Art was... Brain frying.
Ok I'm terrible at Art but I suck more at Music. So I went w Art. WJ and Del damn imba ok.
Friday. Today. Physics wasnt very happy, almost failed A2 D: Eng was super slack;
Library reading Nat Geo. Super quiet until scary ok. Esp teacher was keeping watch...
Ethan was being noisy. Sigh. My grp is made up of... Del (insecure), Anders (Anders), Ethan (noisy)
Amazing how we did so well for English. Maybe cuz script, ideas and stuff all I do one hahahaha.
Anders was being an Anders. Well, Anders usually haves like an Anders. 203 ppl would understand.
For a while all of them ganged up against me by staring at me. Cuz my nose was being leaky;
And I has no tissue D: Firstly, it's awkward. Secondly, I hate ppl looking at me. Bleh.
And I has no tissue D: Firstly, it's awkward. Secondly, I hate ppl looking at me. Bleh.
Chem. Prac at lab :D I is starting to like CHL :D
1. She has no issues with me doing graded work on pathetic pieces of paper. (me no like use sch paper)
2. No issues with me writing in pencil. (somehow quite a few teachers have an issue with that)
Lots of ppl actually. Even Woo Jin and my older sister :/
3. She thanks me. She doesnt treat my duties like... My duties. More of something I'm helping w.
She even sent an email to me (actually Chem reps of the 3 classes she teaches) thanking us :D
Lunch was dragging PY and David around. Station games to celebrate their bdays :D
First task was to take pic w some ppl in jackets in the canteen. Hahaha some strangers.
She had to go for Chem remedial, which I didnt anticipate. Had Art make up lesson;
Redid the previous work since most ppl didnt do well. I was... pretty screwed I guess.
CCA was ok, stuff and briefing by TYA. It rained. So I couldnt take105 home D:
When I went to the bus stop near backgate, it stopped raining. Sigh.
Sunday, was the release of INBOX02. which I helped to design. It was.. pretty ok I guess.
Though... Slightly discouraging for me. This week, on the surface was ok. Not so. Whatever.
INBOX, Physics A2, Chem Quiz were... yeah discouraging for me. Couple of others stuff too;
One which made my week month suck. This is where Kinder Bueno comes in.
To someone who is probably equally upset as me about the same matter:
It's not like I'm not upset. I am. I had my hopes high and yeah. At least we tried I guess.
My lips have a weird dull tinge to them. Bleeding and stinging more too.
Sigh. There is an issue to be addressed in class but not by the teachers. I wouldnt care less;
Except I am somehow involved and out of the 2 main folks, 1 happens to be my friend.
Not sure of the situation so far but so far this yr, but I am appalled of the shallowness of the Idiot.
For those who dont know what's going on, if youre interested just ask me or something.
Its not like its a secret. I mean, its was probably meant to be the totally opposite.
New music, new stuff, new thoughts. New articles by VC too. New song by Lady Gaga :D
Top Billboards a few days after release wth unbelievable.
Top Billboards a few days after release wth unbelievable.
Thing arent fantastic, but they're good enough for me.
"Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.
Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.
She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.
Buy her another cup of coffee.
Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.
It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.
She has to give it a shot somehow.
Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.
Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.
Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.
If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.
You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.
You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.
Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.
Or better yet, date a girl who writes."
—Rosemary Urquico