Friday, June 25, 2004
So much for promising myself not to do any more last-minute mugging. The exams start in two days' time but I haven't started my revision at all. Here I am, slouching around, finding any excuse to keep myself from studying. I know I will have to start sometime, but I'm procrastinating, doing useless things just to push the thought of the exams -and the stress associated with it- away. I've tried everything, watching television, reading, even practising the piano, to stop myself from feeling jittery about the mid-years. Everything but studying.
|| 11:46 PM ||
Saturday, June 19, 2004
I realised that the outback horse-ride in New Zealand, where all I had to do was to sit on the horse while it followed the line of horses in front of it, was a piece of cake compared to my horse-riding lessons in Malaysia. It was really difficult trying to control a naughty horse. The instructor said I had to kick the horse and pull the reins very hard, so that the horse will listen. But it seemed so cruel that I couldn't bear to do it. My brother was better. Haha. It was really tiring, trying to "follow the rhythm of the horse" by standing up and down on the saddle when it ran, but I guess it was worth it. Feeling the rush of adrenaline and the wind through your hair. I learnt Round the World too, where you turn your body 360 degrees on the saddle of the horse. I love horses. Haha.
And rabbits too. I went to the Rabbit Park, where hundreds of rabbits were left on their own in an open space, and you could go and feed them. They will scamper around you, pawing at your leg ever so gently for food. Awww so cute! I stayed there for one whole hour, feeding and playing with the rabbits. They must be the gentlest creatures on earth.
The resort where I stayed in at Bukit Tinggi was okay. Though except for that fact that it was French-themed and made a good photographic spot, there wasn't much to do. I spent the nights looking at the black swans swimming in the moat, painting plaster figures, playing arcade games and watched a magic show. But I guess it's a nice place to relax, a quiet scenic spot high up in the mountains.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Didn't go for tuition last night, partly because Madie was not going, and also because I was sick anyway, with a sore throat and stuffy nose. I feel better now though, the stuffy nose has at least become kind of runny, so I can breathe again, but my throat's still sore. I hope it cures before the Chinese O's Oral Exams.
I went to Suntec City to have a Thai buffet lunch just now and am totally stuffed, after eating four bowls of desert. Hee.
A few hours from now and I'll be on a midnight train to...no not Georgia, but Bukit Tinggi in Malaysia. Haha. That was lame. I can't decide what book to bring there to read on the train. I wanted to bring Far from the Madding Crowd, but it is thick, heavy and extremely inconvenient to lug around. Maybe I'll bring my Literature text to read. For the eleventh time! Urgh.
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Sunday, June 13, 2004
I had a dream last night. More like a nightmare, actually - I woke up with my heart thumping so wildly I thought I was going to get a heart attack. Yet I wish it would never end. It was the loveliest nightmare I ever had, kind of bitter-sweet.
It's fading though, images of it flashing through my mind and away again like a snatch of music. All I can do is to clutch onto the memories feebly...
I know I have lived Egypt.
Even if it is only in my dreams.
|| 5:10 PM ||
Friday, June 11, 2004
Stranger in Paradise
Sarah Brightman
Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry-eyed
That's the danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside an angel like you
I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the commonplace into the rare
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there's a chance that you care
Won't you answer this fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
But open your angel's arms
To this stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
A stranger no more
|| 3:15 PM ||
Monday, June 07, 2004
Yay! Waffletown opened in Crown Centre. Dan er, Mingfong and I went there for lunch. Lots of Hwa Chong people there. Haha. I had a Rum & Raisin ice-cream waffle. Love that ice-cream flavour. *licks lips*
We ate rather slowly, so as a result I was late for my English Prelims Oral Exam. Ming fong and I chased Dan er back to school with a tiny red flower (she's terrified of them) and I managed not to be
too late for oral. My passage-reading was okay but I think my conversation was quite screwed. I never know what to say. And I said "lah" once. Urgh.
My nose has been feeling itchy for the whole day. Maybe it is going to fall off. Hahaha.
|| 3:22 PM ||
Thursday, June 03, 2004
Went with Dan er and Youyi to watch The Day after Tomorrow at Lido. It was pretty good, not as thrilling as I expected, but the scenes are so spectacular that they themselves make the show a worthy watch. The part where the four tornadoes wreck Las Angeles just blew me away(forgive the pun), and the snow scenes were fantastic. I think it would be quite fun to get stuck in an old library, buried deep underneath the snow while the next Ice Age hit the earth, like what happened in the movie. Really! Don't you think it's such a cosy place to be in? Haha.
After the movie, we went to Mango and Pacific Plaza to shop, and I bought a Roxy handbag. I wanted to buy the white and purple Roxy wallet I saw but I didn't have enough cash on me so I'll get it next time I guess.
|| 11:02 PM ||