Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Yes! Yes!!! I'm back in action again!!
Currently sitting in the Curriculum section of Fisher, after an amazingly boring lecture on sociologogical research and inquiry methods. *yawn*
It seems as though it has been an age since I've been to uni.
I've kinda realised since being back to sg that all my friends are really quite sweet. Especially people from the SC and Alex. Qinhui's still the same, as loud as ever, and goodness, but she's still so maternal. Offered to run upstairs and grab car keys so she could drive me back after Chaangru's party, and said that she could spend more time with me... Awwwww...... And its so nice to meet up with everyone again. I've always thought that meeting up with ppl that you were ok with, but not really close to would be awkward. But it wasn't really. Its just really amazing that ppl down there dun really met up as a group anyhow, except for each other's B-days, or when someone from overseas comes back.
And then again, its so amazing how eveyone will take time out just to meet up with everyone else. I've never really thought that I was close to Pin Yiing, but its so nice of her to take time out just to meet me anyhow, even though I know how tired she is after runnning around for orientation and all that. Same goes for Alex and Cheryl. Its so odd that I've never really talked to Alex a lot in PJ. Maybe cos he was always closer to Aml and Hsia. And now spending a day with him didn't seem as awkward as I thought it would be. It worked out really well in fact.
Everyone seems to have moved on in their lives.
Everone seems to have grown up.
And still, everyone still takes time out for each other.
Right.
Leanne rocked @ 7/27/2004 02:13:00 PM
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Saturday, July 17, 2004
This is tres amazing. I must be blogging almost everyday man. But then, I figure that since dad will be goin off with his lappie soon, might as well blog all i want before I have to livfe without an internet connection for the next week or so.
Wwent to downtown east today cos the little girl insisted on going. Mum said that I shouldn't keep harping on how crap it is and so on. Well... Had to restrain myself from saying "I told you" smugly when we got there. I mean, seriously. This is nothing compared to Oceap Park. Not that i'm comparing or anything. Its just pointless to go since qing goes to Ocean Park every so often... get what i mean?
That aside, just bought my new lappie today! So excieted! Can't wait to go home and use it. Bought a white and silver Toshiba, and its absolutely BOOOTIFUL!
That aside, mum and dad's freaking me out. They wanted to buy a little prezzie for him, cos they say that he takes care of me really well...... arrrr...... dunno what to say bout that. Managed to talk them out of it though, thankfully. I'm likey "hellloooo??" That's so weird man! He's nice to everyone lah. Aiyah. And then they go on about how we should show appreciation and so on and so forth. Oh well.
That's about it, I guess. Won't be blogging or anything for the next week or so. Its so boring here, and I feel like a recluse. Haven't really met up with anyone yet. Been spending time with family since I got back, except for the day I spent with Pam. Somehow, I think I'm just too burnt out. Been with people since stuvac when suds came, all the way till after AR. Think that's why I feel like I need time for myself.
Oh yah.
I'm so bitchy man.
I found HER blog. Been reading it. She's so YOUNG. Her bvlog's pretty boring, but makes for interesting reading..... err... yah. Just realised how contradictory that sounds. What I meant to say is, that her life seems pretty boring. Haha! I'm mean, but i kinda always thought that she was boring anyway! Even so, its makes for good blog entertainment time. ARRRRR.... I'm so mean. should stop it - NOW
Leanne rocked @ 7/17/2004 08:18:00 PM
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So, here i am, blogging again, honestly, i don't think i've ever felt the need to blog so much the past few days.
And anyway, its really spaz
All I wanted to say is...
I'm finally wearing the Rodney Clark skirt I bought from Melbourne.
Wore my Mango slippers with the kitten heels too...
And goodness me.
I look sweet.
Very sweet.
And disgustingly so -
I'm making myself sick
How odd.
Leanne rocked @ 7/17/2004 12:33:00 AM
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Thursday, July 15, 2004
Right.
So here I am, back in SG, feeling like a bloody alien in my homeland. There's just something about this place that I can't put my finger on. Somehow, coming home always feels weird, and I don't exactly know why. So many things seem to have happened, or changed in the past 6 mths, and I feel so displaced. I just can't keep up.
Took a little walk outside, and spent some time with Qing yesterday. Brought her to Jurong Point, and watched Harry Potter: The Prisoner of Azkaban on the big screen. Then I walked around Orchard with Pam today.
Everything just seems extrememly odd.
When I first got out of the plane and heard the airport people speaking in this strongly malay accented english, I just had to remind myself again that I'm in Sg now. Not HK, not Syd. And somhow, it makes me miss all those places all the more. I just feel so weird, and its just so annoying that i know that I'll be leaving once I get used to it all.
I can't breathe. The air's so thick I can't breathe properly.
I left my baby bolster back home, and I can't sleep properly at night now.
I sleep with the air-conditioning on at full blast at 16 degrees, and the fan switched on to Speed 2.
I shower 3 times a day in cool water cos of the thick heat.
Humph.
When I'm back in Syd, it always strikes me how loadsa ppl down-under think that Sg is too bloody govt run and controlled. And it never fails to make me thankful for it in a sense. I mean, we just don't have the social ills that they have such as homelessness and all that. Not to such a bad extent anyway. It makes me thankful that the people here are generally taken care of quite well by the government.
And yet, I can't help rolling my eyes when the I heard Edmund Chen's character on tv expounding on the virtues of some government retirement scheme thingy. Gimme a break man. It just emphasises all the more how government policies play a role in drama scripts as well. Hrumph!
Do you think Singaporeans are becomming too materialistic, abandoning the whole ideal of social democracy for the greater good? Did you know that they were thinking of building a casino in the name of tourism? I'm glad that the National Council Of Churches spoke out against it. Addiction to gambling is one big ugly monster we don't need. I just think its really sad if they really went ahead and built a casino anyway. Then that just cancels out all that talk about THE greater good and all that. When all's said and done, i just don't think that the extra revenue generated from this would-be casino actually justifies it being built. ARGH! I'm verbally constipated. Can't think of the right words to use. But just as long as you get the point lah.
I misss HK.
I miss Syd.
Cept for friends here and the fact that this is my homeland, there really isn't anything much tying me to this place.
Oh well. At least I know now.
Leanne rocked @ 7/15/2004 09:27:00 PM
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Sunday, July 11, 2004
thursday, 8th july, 2004
And so it begins. The end of my exams, and the beginnning of weeks of enjoyment and hedonistic joy and pleasure! Eeee Ha!
Just been to melbourne and back again. Don't think I spent enough time there, but oh well.... My main purpose was to go down and catch up with Shihui anyway, so getting a little bit of sightseeing in was a bonus of sorts! I did quite a bit of shopping while i was there though. Mainly some summary stuff though, cos I'll be going back to SG , and I realised that I don't have anything much to wear.
My schedule's really tight this winter.
1st July: Exams over!
4th-7th July: Melbourne trip!
8th-11th July: AR camp!
13th-26th July: Back to Sg!!
Mr Ang says that I may get sick. But oh well, we'll just hope that I'll be able to ;ast all the way till the end of the hols. There's so much I wanna do, it wouldn definitely be totally uncool if I were to get sick anytime now.
So anyway, as some of you will realise, blog's received a new skin. I just figured thaty I've already gone off blogging, and decided to change its skin in an attempt to prevent blog-death. Doesn't seem to be working though, cos I still don't feel any incentive to blog or anything.
I'm just sitting here, typing away on my little keyboard the few minutes before leaving for camp, and thinking of making some changes to my template... hmm... I shall see what I can so. Am thinking of changing those scolling words at the bottome left-hand side of my page, but not sure if I can find the code for that.
Finally watched Harry Potter 3: The prisoner of Azkaban. Frankly speaking, it was a tad disappointing, and I came out with rather mixed emotions. It wouldn't be wrong in saying that the movie was that bad. But neither was it that good. I suppose I went in there with really high expectations. After all, this is my favourite book in the whole series. It had just the right amount of teenage angst, and is the darkest book of the lot n my opinion. I guess the producers and the director had to walk a fine line between fathfully reproducing the book visually, and making the movie in such a way that would be appealing to all across ages. And that probably meant not making it too dark or scary for kids.
I've kinda read the reviews for the filmtrack before watching the movie, and I wonder if this has coloured my judgement somewhat. I gues the review was true after all, that John Williams must be losing his touch, cos the music wasn't altogether powerful, or magical in any way. Even so, I must admit that i did enjoy it in a way. What I don't get is the departure away from cues which are characteristic of certain charaters. I've only watched the film once, and i kinda noticed that there was a lot of celtic/folk kinda themed music in it. Maybe that's Hagrid's theme or something?? Not sure, but other than that, and the darker variations of Harry's theme, I couldn't really identify anything else. Not even the dementors' theme. Then again, i should probably listen more attentively before i make any judgements on the film-score. After all's said and done, I guess that I'd probably just get a copy of the soundtrack anyway. I figure that since I've already got the first 2 CDS, then I might as well make it a complete set, and get the 3rd one as well. Shall put that on my wish-list.
Leanne rocked @ 7/11/2004 07:44:00 PM
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