It's Over

Thansk to everyone who congratulated me on the end of my exams. I'm not very proud of myself becuase I'll flat out fail the last paper that I took. I think I only got about 5/100. I'm quite serious. If I pass I'll buy all of you out there a car.

I'm sure to choose better electives next semester! In fact, I'll do my research beforehand and suss out those that I can do well, or I'm interested in.

Anyway, it's not only the maths elective. The History one left me stunned especially when the tutorials were geared towards answering very specific questions (including the research and material) so when there was a change in the angle it was almost impossible to answer.

I need to take non-examinable stuff.

I'm still chilling out in hall, accompanying the people who made my days studying for exams bearable. It can get real crazy without company so I'm grateful and sticking around for a little while. I'm going back home this weekend though, and life after examinations can finally begin! I'm glad! I do feel like I've been missing out on stuff. On life! I can't wait to curl up on one of those tanbeds at Cafe Del Mar and read a novel or something. I'm more attracted to the novelty of doing such an activity than actually doing it! Haha... yeah, it's cool to not have to worry about examinations and assignments and lead a carefree life getting a tan, exericising, chilling out and... just basically not be burdened by academic stuff.

It's going to be one packed holiday!

It's kind of hard to see my friends studying like mad too, so I can't wait till everyone ends their exams so we can get out of this place and PLAY!

Breathless

Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic
Doncha know datcha Toxic

It's taking OvEr me.

Intoxicate me NOW
With your love NOW
I think I'm ready NOW

A guy like you
Should wear a warning
It's Dangerous
I'm Falling

You're Dangerous
I'm lovin' it

I took a sip
From my Devil's Cup
S l o w l y
It's taking OvEr me

Too HIGH
Can't come Down
Loosin' my head spinning rOUNd and rOUNd
Do you feel me now

I'm Addicted To You
Doncha know datcha Toxic

Twisted History

Herdotus is Hiro. Thucydides is juicy titties. Polybius is poly-breasts. Titus Livy is Lively Titties. Tacitus is taciturn. Petrarch is Petrovich. Boccaccio is Boh Ka Chio. Leonardo Bruni is Leonardo Dicaprio. Niccolo Machiavelli is a piccolo. Francesco Guicciardini is some kinda pasta. Martin Luther is ML King.

Now, if I can only think of something for Leopold von Ranke.

A Kid Again

I've settled in to a life of studying for exams. As bland as it may seem, waking up everyday for breakfast, studying and sleeping before enjoying the great food from Can 13/14, there's comfort in the routine. It's nice to know what to expect, with just a few deviations thrown in for good measure, like a movie or a long run. I'm also pretty self-sufficient. I've got all that I need to keep me holed up in hall for a long time.

Familiar old music from the net brings a sense of nostalgia. Where did good, soothing music go? Or maybe it's not so much the quality of the music but the ability to invoke memories of being carefree and innocent. It's great to live life like there aren't problems more pressing than exams after being used to thinking about things like whether I'm earning enough money, or whether I've split my time well amongst the friends I know. Not that that isn't important anymore but this is a time where exams are king. You're doing a favour by giving them time to study! Okay it's just me!

I feel like a kid again. Partially because people around me treat me like one. Of course I'm not that silly to think that I am; I'm not throwing everything I've learned in life out of the window. It's just that it's nice to be the one to respond to initiative instead of taking it. I suck at making things happen, but working with me to develop something, anything, creates impressive synergy. I guess I'm really satisfied with my lot now. I don't need more to be happy.

I just need this.

Exam Period

Some of the fun things you get to do during the exam period is waking up late (as we all don't have lessons) and make breakfast together. Well this was Sunday I think, so it was quite some time ago but it was good...



Sadly the next morning we woke up and it was raining terribly. We were all overwhelmed by the urge to snooze in our bed but peer pressure has its up sides too! Haha... so despite the bloody crappy weather...



... and strong winds, and wet slippers, we dragged ourselves up to make breakfast.



It is really kind of rare to see me cooking because I usually don't. I'm not really good at it but Daniel and Liqi make it look bloody easy. I make up for it by cleaning the dishes. Most of the time that is! The two of them really spoil me! Haha... So after the cooking session Yiping came down just in time to eat!

Anyway, apart from that, I've had pizza from Can 13 for supper for two nights in a row.



It's really no wonder why I'm getting fat. I'm quite disgusted with myself, but I think it's rather common for everyone to be less active during exams, yet feel terribly hungry because apparently, studying requires a whole damn lot of energy!

And it's boring. Eating keeps you awake. Haha...

On a not so hilarious and very ugly last note, this was how I looked moments before my first exam in three years:



I was spooked!

Luckily tomorrow is a rather light exam. I'm taking it seriously! I'll wake up to study for it tomorrow morning! I finished two movies with Liqi - Deathly Silence starring Ryan Kwanten, which was quite crap, and Little Miss Sunshine... a brilliant piece of work. I need to watch it again!

To everyone who's still having exams: Jiayou!!!

Exams

Yeah, they start tomorrow (actually today!) and I'm rather freaked about but I guess it'll be over by the time I know it. I know there's a lot of studying to be done, but I just can't continue! It's really taking every ounce of perserverance left in me to keep me from running away from this textbook. Heck. It's giving me a headache. And my brain's saturated, like everyone else's.

I think a lot of people were lying when they told me that Uni's easier than A levels!

The only kind of things I enjoyed these couple of days were having my meals with Daniel, Liqi and Yiping. Kind of feels like family. Haha... it's great to share that kind of connection. The way we all wake up early to cook our breakfast, or go off to Can 2 to have dinner and then plan what to cook for the next day's breakfast... Shopping for groceries and cooking just gives me the homely feeling. It would've been unbearable if not for them.

My mind's a blank now. Time to stuff it with more stuff so that there'd be stuff to throw up for exams tomorrow. I'm scared, I really am.

Because I know all of you are so good.