it was supposed to be a farewell bash for yc
but he didnt turn up
-thbpffft-


nonetheless it was masses of fun
havent hit the clubs (no, wait, i meant club-- notice the use of the singluar noun) in yonks
nothing like a bit of good old fashioned booty shakin' to obliterate the pre-exam jitters, for one night, at least
the night involved tonnes of drama and scandalous activities but because this blog is rated PG (HAH!)-- i wont go into the gory details


righty ho photos once again!
lots of 'em this time


the girls waiting to get into isobar

the boys waiting to get into iso

with songmin & joanna by the bar

peng and jaspal

joanna peng me

jo is my favourite '38' friend and classmate-- without her i'd be lonely and friendless during chem and zoo hahaha

peng is drunk-ish, i am sober

bryan yena me kelvin (who rather resembles a blur orangutan in this photo HAHA)

yena is libin's daughter, i am libin's sister-in-law / les partner, and libin is my les partner and bryan's wife and ah peng's wife and gawd knows what else.

bryan and kelvin strike a pose

libin and the jane boys

kelvin hates his hair in this shot

hmm. this photo is not rated PG

peng squeezes the life outta bryan

us with paddy durkin, another jane rugger

kelvin and jaspal, but can you see peng's spastic smile in between?

me and the jane boys

the boys again

the darlie posterchildren are at it again

another random shot of us

big smiles now, everyone

why do we spend all our time hunting for mr. right
when we can happily settle for mr. good enough for right now?


and anyways
everyone knows that you usually find the best things when you're not actively looking for them


on a totally unrelated note
dont you just hate it when people are unreasonable
and SELFISH, on top of that
when they constantly place their OWN needs before the needs of others
that, my friends, is a nasty thing to do
especially so, if one behaves in that manner to a person they are supposed love
it gets very oh-so-verrrry frustrating
and it makes it THAT much harder to love that person


righty ho
am currently very distracted by beer, instant noodles, movies, friends and similar
one last night of mad fun before the intensive revision starts next week (gee is it swot vac already)

be prepared for RED OVERLOAD


today was jane rugby day
at least 80% of college went down to the uni oval to support jane, not counting the masses of old boys/girls who went down as well!
played christ in the finals
the girls won
but unfortch the blokes lost


nonetheless celebration abounded back at college
rugby party was pretty good fun
as was the drunken madness that ensued in kelvin's room after the party ended


ok so photos as usual
(red alert warning)


watching the finals at uni-- decked out in jane colours (if you're wondering where the 5th member of the gang is, bryan was part of jane's starting XV so hurrah for him! AZN POWER HAHA -shakes fist in air-)

shot of the oval

at the party now! kelvin libin (who is SMOKING) me (who is drinking haha)

the 4 of us minus bryan who's disappeared with the rest of the rugby boys

wearing ah peng's cap, acting cute

libin's turn

even more of us

whenever this song's played, EVERY DOODE DROPS HIS PANTS and gets jiggy to da beat naturally these gung-ho intl' students are no exception hahaha

my part-time les partner and me

bryan me simon roberts, jane's ex president

finally the 5 of us get a picture together (haha libin stands out in her black getup)

remember the very secret LOTR diaries?
that cracked me up majorly


as does this
everyone, get ready for:
TROY, in 15 minutes


doesnt help that there're tonnes of LOTR references either
it is FUNNEH stuff indeed
now go read and enjoy

on my wishlist right now--


a camel/beige trench (the chanel one i spied online is hideously out of my league but with luck i should be able to find cheaper alternatives elsewhere)
pretttty baby blue bikini (all i need to do is FIND IT here)
warmer pants for winter
funky textured tights
ugg boots (they keep the feet nice and warm, esp now when its freeeezing)
pretty heels (i SHOULD have bought those sandra miller ones, even if they were $90)


that's what $10 worth of magazines, a warm snuggly bed, hot tea, chocolates and heavy rain does for you
when really i should be studying in earnest with the exams less than a month away


anyhooow
chris and lauren are my 2 fave people for today
chris the incredibly nimble boy, managed to procure the enameled kookai ring i've been wanting for me

and laurie gave me a french manicure set!

+ they both travelled all the way to jane just to pass the goodies to me
i LURVES them for being such sweet people!

hormonal overdrive mode:
HOT MEN IN SHORT SKIRTS
give me this verrry tingly feeling haha


and if you factor in william bradley pitt as one of the hot men (no, wait-- make that THE hottest man on planet earth) wearing short skirts (and at times wearing nuffink at all)
all i can say is
OMG
-drools enough dribble to fill up the entire aegean sea, swoons and collapses on the floor in a starry eyed heap-
it was bloody amusing, to see libin on my left, and joanna on my right, with their mouths wide open when achilles first appeared on screen
and our collective gasps of horror when he was killed
etc etc etc
basically we were in serious fangirl mode and it felt GOOD to go crazy and squeal our heads off like teenage schoolgirls once again (something i think we ALL havent done since, what, secondary school haha)
i just pity the blokes who watched the movie with us though


but brad pitt aside
troy was a spectacular movie
gorgeous, gorgeous, GORGEOUS costumes
amazing locations with a stunning set


HOWEVER--
it was a rather crudely condensed version of homer's illiad-- from what i can remember of the book, some major themes (the role of the greek gods! they were THE catalysts for the war- if not for them the whole thing would never have started)/characters (Diomedes springs to mind! also, Cassandra the seer and Hecuba the queen of troy and SO many other important people) were cut out from the movie in its entirety, and other storylines were grossly modified (Clytemnestra killed Agamemnon, NOT Briseis; Menelaus DOES NOT DIE! Helen made the decision to marry Menelaus, she was not forced! and so much more yada yada blahblah yes you get the drift) to add more ooomph/drama to the movie


all in all
i still give it 2 thumbs up
and i'd still highly recommend it (i am biased i am)
and methinks this movie will appeal to the girls a fair bit (i mean there's the gorgeous mr pitt, eric bana who does a mighty fine job of portraying hector, orlando bloom is just URGH to me with his unbelievably wimpy attitude and the legolas-esque archery scenes but y'know, one man's meat is another man's poison and vice versa)
one thing's for sure-- there'll be many hearts a-flutter in the movie theatres, yes sirree

taking a break for a while
i'll be back
probably
maybe
who knows?

today has been a grim day


2 close friends have broken up under horrible circumstances
i feel so bad for them
actually
i feel exceedingly bad for ONE of them
i hope they pull through this really tough period
and focus on the bigger picture ie: the impending exams


and then there's THIS
and THIS
it makes my blood boil BOIL BOIIIL like never before
i feel SO ANGRY
SO INCREDIBLY ANGRY
and UNBELIVABLY SAD
in fact
i feel sick to my stomach right now
i honestly really feel so bloody sick, and so incredibly disgusted
how can ANYONE do something as HORRIBLE as that to your fellow man?


i hope you lot BURN in hell for the things you've done
FUCKING BURN.

prac exam is OVERRRRRR HURRRAAAH and it definitely went better than expected
corrrectly guessed one of the dratted specimens to be part of phylum echinodermata, class holothuroidea (hmm not sure if i got the speling right on that one though) and get this-- ACCURATELY waffled my way through the long answer questions on cestode body plans and evolution
hiphip!


watched tonnnes of naruto in libin's room ate lots of chocolates and crisps thanks to kelvin and i just spoke to my darling zeebaby and i feel incredibly chirpy now. p'raps i'm on a junk food induced high. or something.


been hit by waves of insomnia these past few weeks and i end up looking at the glo-in-the-dark stars tacked to my ceiling, thinking about the past and the future and its been rather overwhelming at times. regrets from long ago... uncertainties that i forsee myself facing in the near future... but i'm leaving that for another post because right now i'm too darned upbeat to get all emo and shite.


anyhow its back to libin's room for more naruto and maybe. just MAYBE. some studying after that. whee. havent felt this cheery in quite a while-- its a wonder what no assignments, no tests, no exams (at least for 3 weeks) can do for you!

it is 3am and i am FINALLY done with the essay
hideously over the word limit but i'm hoping they wont notice


been bumming around watching Naruto (this really funny japanese anime thingy) with the gang these couple o' days
we are all addicted to it now
in fact
i can even provide you with the photographic evidence



hooo boy i tell you everyone laughed a HELLUVA lot (and trust me, thats the understatement of the century for libin at least) after seeing this photo i edited (albeit rather unprofessionally, but you really cant blame me i was having an attack of the giggles which results in v unsteady hands, while trying to complete this 'work of art')
i mean, when someone (ie: bryan) poses like this
passing up on a photoshop makeover would be a tragic, tragic waste don't you think

puja (my dArLiNg pSycHic gErfWeN) as promised i am blogging about this
NOW LAUGH UNTIL YOU DIE, WOMAN!
and remember--
aii laaaaau yoooou loonnng taaaiimmeee!!!


+


pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
cos we were reading this case called pao on v. lau yiu long
and he was like how the crap do u pronounce that
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
shiit im grinning already
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
i was like LAU YOU LONG
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
and he was like ahahahaha
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
i lau you long
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
laaauuuu yooou looong time!
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
PUJY I LAAUUU YOOOU
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHAHHA LOOOOOOOOOONG TIME
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
we sound like thai transvestites HAHAHHA
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHHAHAH YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
ahahahhahha we can never have a normal conversation can we
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA


pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
JOYCE! CHUMPY DINNER!
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHA FUUUUUCK SHUTTUP U!
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
if our boifwenz bweakkup then hor we hor must cheer up each other lor, FweNz foreva!!
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
PUJY!!! I LAAAAUUU YOOOU LOOOOOONNNGG TAAAIIMMEEE
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAA
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
oh no i might really die
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
HAHAHAHAHHAA

pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
my face os on my book and i am TRYING TO CONVULSE SILENTLY!
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
ahahahha
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
ahhaahahahhahahahahahhahaaahhahahahahaha wahh we are clowns man clowns hahahah
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
FwEnZ 4EvA puJa~~~!!!!
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
*MuAcKZzzZ*
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
i had better get abs thanks to thisssssssssssssssssssssss

pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
then i'll really be pujaaaahahhahahahahahahaha
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
hahahah but are u NOT already pujahahahhaha?!?!?
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHAHAHHA oh yes
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
i aM!
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
hahahhahaha
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
yessss
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
i should be joycieeeeheeehohoohohohehehe
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
no actually i am pujielicious but nevermind
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA YES
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH that is a well good name
.: j o y c e i s m :. says:
daaammmn my tummy hurts
pujaaaahahahahahahahahha. says:
MINE TOOOOOOOO

i think the bit that touched me the most in 50 first dates was this song
and like i've said many times before
a song just says it better


+


wouldn't it be nice if we were older
then we wouldn't have to wait so long
and wouldn't it be nice to live together
in the kind of world where we belong


you know its gonna make it that much better
when we can say goodnight and stay together


wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
in the morning when the day is new
and after having spent the day together
hold each other close the whole night through


happy times together we've been spending
i wish that every kiss was neverending
wouldn't it be nice


maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
baby then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
we could be married (HMMM about this bit. marrriage and me, i just dont know)
and then we'd be happy


wouldn't it be nice


you know it seems the more we talk about it
it only makes it worse to live without it
but lets talk about it
wouldn't it be nice


the beach boys / wouldn't it be nice

today has been nothing short of dramatic
1st kelvin gets admitted to hospital for a severe case of gastroenteritis
went to visit him after he and libin + bryan got back from the hospital at around 9pm
poor poor poor dude i hope he recovers real soon
and spent over an hour there, during which we were all very puzzled as peng was MIA
didnt see him at dinner, wasnt in his room, didnt pick up any calls on his mobile which is very unlike him


and then i come back to my room
to my horror i left my door unlocked
and was even more horrified when i opened my door and found the room in total darkness (i never turn off the lights)
and when i turn ON the lights i see this pair of feet poking out from under my blankets on my BED
with clammy hands and an irregular heartbeat i pull off the covers from the mysterious intruder's face
and lo and behold
tis BLOODY PENG, verrrry gassed and wasted from a massive drinking session at the unibar
now he's sprawled on my bed and absolutely refuses to budge
sheeesh man methinks we'll have to swap rooms tonight because i doubt i can hoist his body weight on my back down 2 flights of stairs from asten 2 and drag him 2 blocks away to aldridge and climb up another 2 flights of stairs to aldridge middle where he lives.
bloooodyblooodyhell.
he's gonna get it from me tomorrow for this ruuuude invasion of privacy
hahahahhahaha

its about a month to the exams and i feel as unprepared as unprepared can be
i'm not entirely sure how i've been breezing through the semester, attending minimal classes/lectures/tutorials/and HELL even PRACS (oh incidentally i missed my THRID psych prac of the semester on tuesday because i overslept. and skipped my chem prac on monday to start on my psych assignment. why fook mi.)
i'd like to think its because i'm just naturally brilliant/incredibly intelllliiigeeent (HAHA fat hope) but i attribute it more to luck and good fortune
i need to buck up and start working a helluva lot harder


as james atkinson so verrrry succicntly put it at formal tea one evening-- "wow with all that money you're paying to study here you sure don't want to fail anything would you"



so yessir.
studying starts as of next week.
once the last psych assignment is over and done with
i will work my arse off, even if it means having to give up partying (WHY WHY WHY is there Hat Night on friday! LT Weekend! House party invites!!! most of which i've turned down!!!), movies (I NEEDS TO SEE TROY. STARSKY & HUTCH. KILL BIIILLLL but i cant), and other things
i should apply what i've learnt in psych lectures to my studying--
massed rehearsal (ie: last min studying) may seem superior because it makes the initial accquisition of information easier. however in the long run, spacing study sessions over longer intervals (ie: spaced/distributed rehearsal) tends to DOUBLE (!!!) long-term retention of information



okok am inspired.
must.study.very.hard.
and i will go into 2nd year with nothing less than high credits and distinctions (one can also dream of HIGH distinctions but i'm a realist at heart eh)


You can do it put your back into it
I can do it put your ass into it
You can do it put your back into it
I can do it put your ass into it
Put your back into it
Put your ass into it
I'm gon' do it, gon' do it
Gon' do it, do it, do it!!!!
(hahaha ok so i know the lyrics ain't actually talking about studying here but well.)

to my bestest ninja gorilla friend MAYMAYMAAAY:


here's a bit of a belated birthday shoutout (because i havent been able to log on today damn)
so here goes nuffink--
HAPPY 20th, woman!
cant wait to see you and the rest of the gang when i get back in june
-bigass hug-


with lurrrrrve,
your turkey friend joyce

give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
because I don't wanna leave you lonely
but you got to make me change my mind


baby, I got your number
and I know that you got mine
but you know that I called you,
i called too many times
you can call me baby,
you can call me anytime
but you got to call me


give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
because I don't wanna leave you lonely
but you got to make me change my mind


i don't want no one to squeeze me
they might take away my life
i don't want no one to squeeze me
they might take away my life
i just want someone to hold me
and rock me through the night


this youthful heart can love you
and give you what you need
this youthful heart can love you
and give you what you need
but i'm too old to go chasing you around
wasting my precious energy


give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
give me one reason to stay here
and I'll turn right back around
because I don't wanna leave you lonely
but you got to make me change my mind


baby, just give me just one reason
give me just one reason why
baby just give me one reason
give me just one reason why I should stay
because I told you I loved you
and there ain't no more to say


tracy chapman / give me one reason


>>>


maybe i'm just tired today
or maybe i've been tired for the longest time
its just that i haven't shown it


came across this whilst clearing out the inbox
overused, hackneyed and clichéd it may be
but i think its still a good mantra to live by


"Grant me the Serenity to accept

The things I cannot change,

Courage to change the things I can,

And Wisdom to know the difference."


i need courage in great abundance
hoo boy do i need it
so help me God!

international night at JFH was fandabidozi!
kudos to kai for all his superb effort-- i can safely say that ALL of us were not expecting it to go as well as it did tonight
great food, lovely decorations (HAHA OF COURSE! i helped how can it possibly not be nice), good performances (save one hmph stewpid american ditzy chick)
definitely a night to remember!



picture is self explanatory innit

3 of the 4 ushers for the night-- bryan as a native malaysian (haha), kelvin and peng as traditional chinamen

making silly faces at our table

eileen just before she started playing her er hu

ying from china, me from the land where the laughs are many (hahaha<--trying to prove my point), joy from canada/m'sia

eileen joy libin miharu ying emi me

darlie should hire us to be their spokespeople hahaha

the 3 'chinamen' kelvin kaiyang and peng

doesn't joy look like chun li with her hair and blouse? thus we coerced her into doing the classic chunli pose. haha

peng joy eileen kelvin bryan libin me

more toothy smiles

libin loves torturing me with kitchen utensils, but i still love her anyway

from 12o'clock going clockwise-- yena's peng's libin's mine (complete with horribly bandaged toe-- someone steped on my toe during a jane party and the toenail sort've folded back on itself and basically split right down the middle. nassssty. also, PAAAIN.)

from 12o'clock going clockwise-- yena peng me libin

all the international students at jane!



casino trip after dinner was also incredibly funny
everyone won money 'cept for poor peng who lost 150 buckeroooos
ouch.
well ping en lost money too actually, $4
bryan won over $40 after feeding the slot machine $2 and of course all of us were inspired by his win
so we all played at the same machine after him
like i said
everyone broke even or won a BUCK at LEAST except for ping en and he was SOOOO sore about that
his miserable/sad/pathetic expressions were priceless hahaha
and i finally understand why people say gambling is adddictive
the RUSH of winnninnng monneeeh (OOOH BABEEH more more gimme more) is a rather SHIOK feeling
haha
but thankfully i have v good self control when it comes to gambling (unlike my eating, shopping and sleeping) so i dont think it'll ever be a problem for me



remember kids, excessive gambling is bad for you!