marlz. daughter. sister. friend. cousin. girl. 1988. born to die.
tiistaina, tammikuuta 31, 2006
another one
thanks ar wanwen. whoever told you i like to do this kind of things is SO DEAD. DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE. but because i'm nice i will do it. heh.
The tagged victim has to come up with 8 different points of their perfect lover.
Need to mention the sex of the target.
Tag 8 victims to join this game & leave a comment on their page saying they’ve been tagged.
If tagged the 2nd time, theres no need to post again.
Target: Male.
1. Knows when exactly i'm sad, when i'm happy and when i'm glad
2. Good with words, so i always lose our arguments haha
3. Someone whom i'd like to grow old with
4. Loves children and my cooking!
5. Someone who knows when to scold me and when to give me hug.
6. Someone who makes me smile through my tears.
7. Someone who makes me beautiful because he loves me
8. A superb personality, with some musical inclination
8 victims?
1. Jannah (payback time dearie)
2. Huda
3. the froggy Huikoon
4. Weijie! haha
5. the drunkard Wenqi
6. Natalie cos i know she reads. heya nat *blows a kiss*
7. Tiong Li! i haven't forgotten you yet you know
8. See Hua
1/31/2006 02:42:00 ap.
sunnuntai, tammikuuta 29, 2006
my greatest asset
i've been taking time to watch a few movies that my mom has loaned from videoez. one of them was monster-in-law. wasn't too bad really, clearly funny. just not haha funny you know, just heehee funny. if anyone gets what i mean.
there was this part of the show where the lead female Charlie, played by JLo was on the beach with her soon-to-be boyfriend, and eventually, husband. so in this scene, she asks him what colour her eyes are. and he says this:
Well, at first glance your eyes are brown. But when the light hits them, they change to amber. And if you look really close around the iris, the colour is pure honey. But when you look into the sun, they almost look green. That's my favourite.
coupled with the way the yellow gold sunlight was filtering down on them, the way the sea behind them was gorgeous, and the violins were playing in the background, it was pretty romantic stuff. but that's not my point.
my point is that my mother claims that his description of her eyes are an exact description of mine. i doubt my eyes are that pretty. like she replied : i'd settle for just brown.
sure i've had ppl tell me that my eye colour is nice. BUT i don't get what's so nice about brown eyes. i think they dark and boring. i want green eyes, like the absolutely heart melting pair that really hot guy from charmed had. or maybe like harry potter. or frodo from lord of the rings. if not, grey, like my grandpa, the bestest man in the whole wide world. then i'd resemble him some heck, i'd even settle for blue eyes. anything but brown. but NOOO i had to have brown eyes.
i like asian eyes even, though i think they'd look weird on my face. i look too matsaleh to carry the exotic jap/chinese looking eyes. and i found out that one eye is slightly smaller than the other.
hmph. if only i had prettier eyes.
marlz
1/29/2006 12:28:00 ip.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 28, 2006
oh okay, i hope you're fine
there's been a lot that i've not updated about. i shall attempt to do it now. ah well, last minute stuff is what i do ALWAYS
last sunday: met up with jacob. was awesome awesome awesome to meet up and chat and talk nonsense after such a long time. since i hardly have the time to do anything this year, i might as well get it done before things kick into full gear (hah, as if they haven't already. i really mean higher than full gear, which is highly possible in mjc) so i resolve to meet up with people that i haven't met all before the month before block test. huda is first up on my list, so huda you must must call me! and then oke and ranjani and eileena and all the ppl who mean much to me but i have neglected. i'm a terrible friend. period.
monday: raised a flag for an empty assembly plaza, but went ok nonetheless. day was boring otherwise.
wednesday: band practice, went through phantom, which i adore, and carmen which i don't quite like although it sounds nice. i get this feeling that its a bit disjointed. junior's fear of vincent has increased even more because he tested them on scales. hope james and chelsea and geraldine didn't die when he did it one by one haha. he's not that bad really, he's quite a good soul and a very good clarinettist.
friday: half day. had lion dance in the morning which i didn't see that much of. after which we had lessons during which i was half dead and sleepy and whiny. then the concert, in which MCS and ICS really rocked, and when Yijun sang like a goddess and Evelyn in CO looked and sounded very nice on stage. then came this whole dialogue on chinese which i didn't understand cos they didn't provide translations. justin did that for us and we found out they were talking about love, which totally baffled me because i don't quite get what it has to do with new year. after that i went for a swenson's outing with 7 others from class, which proved to be enjoyable and quite an adventure to some of us haha. i want the WHOLE CLASS to go out next time. would be more fun. aft block test maybe?
what took the cake during the week was the student dialogue. seriously, i pity the SC that has to put up with ridiculous and DOWNRIGHT RETARDED suggestions which, sadly, came from the J2s. shouldn't we, as the seniors of the school have more brains? some of the most ridiculous suggestions i've heard in my entire life?
1.
build bridges to better connect the school. i thought we should ALL know by now how much a problem it would pose in terms of COST and ENGINEERING THE DAMN THING. AND you have to hire an architect to make sure that it doesn't bring the building tumbling down on us as its being built. just making sure it is stucturally sound is one thing. then after that the school has to make us pay for it because it'll be probably over budget.
2.
the western food is too oily. if you don't like the food, don't eat it. i've never tasted the food from there, BUT i do know that there are people who like the western food in school, and need a western food fix once a week. now, you can always oycott the western food stall to get your point across and place your money somewhere else like the noodles stall or buy sandwiches from the snacks stall or fruits, since you're such a health nut. ugh.
3.
water heaters in the sports complex. the suggestion isn't stupid, or retarded, and i understand the fact that people like to bathe with warm water. but the thing is really that if they were to undertake the project of installing a water heater in the shower area, again WE'D HAVE TO PAY. its not like we all of us are rolling in money, and its just not practical, because of the cost and the energy water heaters consume, thus translating to higher electricity bill for the school and a bigger hole in our pockets. geography students take heed! energy = burning of fossil fuels = pollution. besides, a little cold water never killed anyone. perhaps the heaters that use solar panels for energy would be a better idea, like we had in prcs. only downside is that they don't function when there is no sun, and that they are a bit expensive. but quite a good investment if you ask me.
there were of course some very good and valid suggestions. like the school is leaking. which is true. it makes things slippery and dangerous. and the plate size thing. and study tables.
if only some students would be more satisfied with things we have, and learn to distinguish between what we actually need and what we want. it is a school for pete's sake, not a hotel, so we can't exactly have everything we want now can we? i hope next year's student dialogue would be much better, and that people ask for practical things, not just anything. then again i had better be resigned to the fact that some people will be irrational even if you don't want them to be, or try not to make them be that way.
watched starwars. realised that it was a tragedy, which i didn't notice when i watched part of it last year with the rest of last year's j1s during learning journey. it is really sad, now that i think of it. the tragic hero is of course anakin skywalker, a great jedi, the chosen one, who falls into evil because of being naive, his aspirations and because of his great love for his wife. i used to think that star wars was some science fiction mumbo jumbo, but it really is deeper than that when you look past the surface. appreciate it better after i looked at it again. reading twice, or in this case, watching twice, really helps sometimes.
my dad is whining to use the computer. therefore i will get lost.
marlz
1/28/2006 12:58:00 ip.
keskiviikkona, tammikuuta 25, 2006
dang it
i had a weird fairy story that comes from a weird dream. AGAIN
i wonder why i have weird dreams. is it because i think weird or is it because i just think they are weird?
anyways, i've been plagued by DEJAVU during lessons this week. i keep getting this shiver down my spine and go, oh, haven't we discussed this topic already? when we actually haven't. or when people say things at places, and i could guarantee you that i've heard you say it at that place before, only you haven't.
i digress. my weird dream. it was about this guy whom i know not. and i'm feeling rather eloquent today (i think it is because of Lit tutorial today) so...
this boy so fair, with voice musical and purple-sounding. it reminded me of wisps of ribbony mist around mountains far away. he told me, "i have something to show you" and took me by the hand. and we took to the air, the world whizzing past, no worries to plague us and no time to care.
so this boy so fair, he had clear eyes. so clear and bright that the sun waned as he met my gaze. and so we soared, past gleaming seas, past glistening meadows, and all i saw was his eyes and his mind.
higher, higher we pushed ourselves. fingers entwined, circling, circling. a sudden stop. he gazed at me a moment more, which felt like the eternity that it takes for a tinkling dew drop to form. he whispered, voice melodic and melancholy, whispered that we had to land.
down we came, and the boy so fair with looks so fine yet indescribable gazed once more at me. we plummeted, faster, faster, till all time stood still, and we were caught on a drift of air in a dark place.
"where is this place?" i ask him, scared.
"the noplace, the nowhere, the place in between"
a voice so sad then said to me. for though i need you i have to depart. you are what made me. you are my inventor. but now my dearest, i'm complete and need to leave you here, to find your way back. i loved you i love you and i shall love you still. for what you've done and for the time of my life. but as my creation has drawn to a close, i need to move on to another place.
and so he left me, my fair, golden boy. with voice melodic and purple sounding. with looks so fine yet indescribable. with eyes clearer and brighter than the morn. with love so great and heart so warm. he left me in the place in between, staggering, blinded, cold and alone.
so i bid goodbye to my fair boy. i hope i meet one like you again. for though you leave me in this cold, dark place. i smile with the memory our flight, our moment, your creation and your brilliant smile. for smiles are enough to keep me warm.
and that my friends, is the point at which i wake up from my nightly slumber, wondering why i dreamt of something so sweet and painful yet again.
marlz
1/25/2006 02:21:00 ip.
tiistaina, tammikuuta 17, 2006
ANGRY
i spell this out clearly and without any discretion of any sort. i am infuriated. i found out today that a particular someone has spread annoying rumour about me in school to people that i know. and what makes me even more angry is that the information was entirely WRONG.
fine, if you choose to uncover something undesirable about my past which you have heard from someone else (which is according to your standards mind you, cos i don't feel anything is shameful, and what is i've already made clear to the ones closest to me) i wouldn't mind. PROVIDED IT IS THE TRUTH. not hearsay, and not made up.
i don't see why you have to create false reports about me. i know who you are, and you know who you are. what have i done to provoke you? the fact is that i've done nothing. i've been a bit cold, perhaps, and maybe even appeared unfriendly. but i've tried to be civil as far as i can, and when we are forced to chat with each other or just happen to pass by. but I HAVE NEVER SPREAD FALSEHOODS ABOUT YOU.
heck. i just don't know whats your problem. i've kept to myself when faced with you everytime, and i've not said a thing to you or about you at all. and when i have, i've tried to create to maintain the reputation that you hold, and not destroy it to you. i ask you when did i do anything that is against you.
people ask me if i have something against you. and i reply with truth. YES I DO. but i've not gone further than that. i've not told on you the real reason that i don't quite like you, and even if i have given an excuse, its a VERY FEEBLE ONE that most people dismiss as me being silly. WHY i ask you WHY did you find the need to spoil my reputation?
so you want to know. really why i don't like you? here it is. I SEE SOMETHING OF MYSELF IN YOU. you happy now? you wanted to know didn't you? i don't like you cos i hate myself, and in my eyes and opinion, i feel that we are similar in some ways, therefore my dislike. so i'm foolish. big deal. it does NOT give you a right to create falsehoods about me.
i just don't understand what it your problem. just because of some friction between us.
sheesh. i should have known all along. and i actually thought that you might have been better than that and that you ought to be held in higher esteem than me.
marlz
1/17/2006 11:32:00 ap.
maanantaina, tammikuuta 16, 2006
lost
my day ended at 5 today. and i felt totally bushed at the end of it. sigh. mental exertion does make one exhaust so.
aft the last tutorial with mr low i just stumbled my way to the bus stop like one in a drunken stupor. my mind was just so tired. i wanted to let myself indulge in something mindless, like watching desperate housewives. not that it is mindless, i know all about that you are registering the information subconciously whether you like it or not blah blah crap, and i don't care. what i mean is turning on the telly and watching, but at the same time, letting yourself look past the flitting images onscreen and past the boxlike figure. tune in to your own telly, if you know what i mean. just not care about what you're watching. sort of like, when you're drinking coffee or tea early in the morning, and you fix your eyes on a spot somewhere far away, without actually having anything to look at there.
i must say i've come to enjoy my bus rides to school in the morning and back home. its all quiet, and there's no one around. you see ribbony green flash past the windows and the cool grey morning/evening just move around you, envelop you, embrace you. wisps of pink and orange clouds, in the distance. you can see the different stratas of light, just as the sun is rising, or fading away. its sacred, somehow. not like the rest of the day. bright, breezy. its nice too, but there's no hush about you, this stillness that just lets you be calm, and gather your thoughts isn't there. its jarring, and bright, and cheery. its bustling it grabs your attention and moves you about. but its not like my bus rides home.
i've come to a realization really, that i like to talk alot about the surroundings on my blog. i don't know why. the surrounding environment makes me feel alot, depending on the time of day, and depending on what the weather is like on the day. also depending on what is on my mind. somehow i feel the environment that i'm in is an extension of my thoughts and my feelings. it makes joy all the more exquisite, pain even keener, sadness excruciating and the anger fiercer. i'm being flighty again. bleah.
talking abt school, we had a very interesting paper 4 lecture today. abt the elektra complex and the ivory tower syndrome. i don't quite like the topic though, i feel extremely uncomfortable with it. it seems as if ann radcliffe hated men with such intensity that almost everything in her book shows how men are evil and domineering. and i don't see why there is this whole chunk about emily wanting a father figure to love, and to eradicate her mother.
personally, i love my mother. ALOT. no compromise if you were to ask me to choose between something else and my mother. it would be my mother hands down. why would any girl want to annihilate her mother? its madness.
i also think that women who think they can escape playing home maker or even doing house chores are nuts. i'm not saying that women should be locked up in the kitchen, slaving over a hot stove, struggling with a billion soap suds and with a truckload of laundry all day long. no. but i do think that even if you don't play home maker to a man in some point in your life, you probably are going to have to take care of yourself. having maids is no excuse to not learning to cook, or sew, or iron your own clothes. heck, i even like to cook and sew and iron my own clothes. whats wrong with doing that? feminists would probably shoot me down by saying that they are trinkets of enslavement from a long history where patriarchy is the norm. i don't care what they say or what colour bra they are burning this time.
i think having maids is a lousy excuse to escaping house chores for any girl. i rather learn how to cook than have a maid wipe away my snot at the age of twenty. i like playing little miss housedaughter, making cheese pancakes on a certain saturday and going to the market with my mom so i would know how to pick out the freshest leafy greens and meat. i like calculating which type of milk would be better to buy, so that you could save a few cents and buy something else with the money you've saved. i like baking cinammon buns on public holidays and messing about in the kitchen when i can spare the time. i even like *gasp* folding the clothes.
say that i'm born a few centuries late or whatever, but i rather be locked up at home doing chores for someone and feeling needed by people (not necessarily a husband even!) instead of wandering the streets, a destitute, with no one to turn to when you need to let your hair down and a shoulder to cry on. i rather wipe little chins in a hectic and lively household and put on tiny glossy black shoes for my own daughter one day, and show her off to my friends, instead of living on my own in a most magnificent house with noone but a cat for company. i rather have someone protect me than knowing at the last minute, that i can't protect myself because thats the best i can do on my own. two heads are better than one, and three and four and five are best, aren't they?
hah. i've developed a sort of dislike for what mysteries of udolpho preaches. i feel it is most unnatural. but i'm not supposed to judge. lit students have to be objective. i still hope that such a topic never comes out in the exams though, even if i wouldn't have trouble being neutral while writing essays.
my body is aching! i need rest. and i want to read. last night was a late one so i skimped on bedtime reading. till next time
marlz
1/16/2006 11:35:00 ap.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 14, 2006
fridays
friday was a draggy day. it really was. anyways, it wasn't that bad, just that i felt some people were off spirits. and that someone asked me a really terrible question before lit, which i felt most angry about because after i answered it, the person's reaction was quite annoying. and don't even talk abt the long long long break in between that made me start to nod.
but as i said, it wasn't that bad. loads of things were good about friday. my OG asked me out to lunch with them! so nice. and i found out that so many of them are applying to be ogls. i hope do become ogls. they are such nice people. then james came to find me during lunch cos he was afraid he didn't know how to play the circles of four. and then later i went to check out the ice cream shop and found out that the ice cream flavours are quite nice. i won an ice cream voucher from mr chen cos i answered his question correctly during geog tutorial (though i think he has forgotten abt it already). we had cake to celebrate the jan babies birthdays, which is inclusive of marilyn, justin, muhadher, alan and me. i realise all of us have been on groups one time or another. either for gp or for pw. then we had ms k's tutorial which was fun. and the best was band. where i saw chelsea and juliana. so fun.
so yes friday wasn't such a bad day after all. just terribly long. haha
i received the loveliest package in the mail today from isoäiti and säsä. the outside was rather tattered but the inside was very nice =). it consisted of licourice tablets and candy, a very nice calendar, a book abt narnia's wisdom in finn. and the bestest thing about it was the last present. The Kalevala in english. i've been searching high and low for it, even tried getting it over the net. but it was nowhere to be found. and lo an behold when i opened the package, there it was, brand new and untouched. i'm so happy. i don't have the teeniest idea where isoäiti and säsä got it from, and how word reached them that i was looking for it cos i didn't tell my sister about it. but i love it. bedtime reading tonight is not going to be adele or silas marner. i'm finishing that book first.
some background info for you if you've never heard of The Kalevala. it is a great Finnish epic, which was part of the oral tradition in Finland and Karelia in the past, but was put into print by Elias Lönrott. it tells of Väinämöinen and of his mother, the water maiden. its hard for me to understand old finn, though i suppose its been modernized over time, but even then i'd have a bit of difficulty reading it because of some difficult words they use that i don't understand. i've never studied finnish lit, so i wanted the english copy so i could read it and study it in that way. i wish i could be like Aleksis Kivi and Elias Lönrott and make Finland proud one day by writing. but first i'd like to study them and know in detail about their works. a mini project of my own, that i intend to finish hopefully sooner than later.
i've already read some of the first few chapters of The Kalevala, and its nice! entirely in verse, of course, because it is actually songs and verse put into print. a little sample from the chapter "fate of aino", abt aino, who is unwillingly pledged by her brother to the ancient väinämöinen because he lost a duel. this is after the news of her drowning reaches her mother, and she weeps for her daughter's fate.
When the lone and wretched mother
Heard the sacred cuckoo singing,
Spake she thus, and sorely weeping:
"When I hear the cuckoo calling,
Then my heart is filled with sorrow;
Tears unlock my heavy eyelids,
Flow adown my, furrowed visage,
Tears as large as silver sea pearls;
Older grow my wearied elbows,
Weaker ply my aged fingers,
Wearily, in all its members,
Does my body shake in palsy,
When I hear the cuckoo singing,
Hear the sacred cuckoo calling."i shall not gush about The Kalevala any more after this i promise. its just that i've been looking so long and hard for it. =)
i hope next week will be as nice as this week was! till then.
marlz
1/14/2006 12:31:00 ip.
torstaina, tammikuuta 12, 2006
back ache
first and foremost, thank you to all for the well wishes on my birthday! and the gift from van, nurc and rad. it was very nice! i loyke!
my parents gave me something totally unnecessary but that i like for a present. an mp3 player *smiles widely* i was a bit dumb and didn't recognize it for what it was when i first saw it, so i asked what it was. hah.
i've settled into routine very easily this year. perhaps it is because of the my own expectations of the year ahead. i don't know. i'm starting to feel entrapped again. routine isn't something that i like. then again, i've never had a penchant for the mundane. i miss the orientation. everything was new, everything was unique. each day, each moment different. i'm making sure i pick a job like that in future. it has to be a joy, a challenge, a passion and something exciting. all at the same time.
so, you say that everyday is different. sure, but i say that its too little of a difference. i drift in, drift out. same ol' clockwork precision. the same rustling of papers. the same people telling you to do the same things. the same chatter and same pens. yes. its different, but its still all the same. don't you see? i want excitement. i want something that will sweep me off my feet and make me run for fear that i can't catch up. literally. something that makes my heart pound in anticipation.
its something like how i feel when i'm onstage with the band. i feel the energy coursing through the room and take it all in. i let my body, my mind, my heart, even my soul ride on that wave of energy. and then i take things a notch higher and higher, till i'm soaring and no one can pull me down until i'm willing to come. and when i do, i feel exhilirated, and energized. most importantly,
i feel ready for more.
not like school. it makes me feel like crawling up in some hole would be of more interest to me. i thank my class for making everything so much more bearable. nothing beats having a class who would rush down to the lt 10 min before the lecture starts, knowing full well that there are still people in there, just so that they can grab the best seats in the lt. nothing beats having a class that is so hyper that their tutor keeps asking them whether they are ok. nothing beats having classmates who patiently bear your taunting and then try and get back at you, in the name of fun. nothing beats having a class like A202. they spice things up, they make things alive. i'd hate to be in any other class.
nothing is more routine than school. i wish there was more spontaneity about it. but there you go, when you're studying for a certificate you can't afford to be fun and exciting. you have to be nerdy and dull. and YES i've been studying and completing my assignments. despite me complaining. i do like brainwork you know. but not when its the same everyday.
gee whiz, i hope i graduate in one piece.
marlz
1/12/2006 01:10:00 ip.
maanantaina, tammikuuta 09, 2006
official first day of school
well well. i'm quite surprised that i managed to get through my first official day of schooling without dying of boredom. quite the contrary. instead, i've managed to pull through today and feel fairly optimistic about days to come.
the geog teachers were more forgiving that i thought! ogls are allowed to take the test next week, meaning i won't flunk out. rocks and landforms may be my favourite topic in geog, but without studying i would still end up writing trash. i find no point in doing a paper when you have not studied for it. unless its a surprise test. then theres a point in not studying for it =)
my sweet sweet alhena 6 freshies wished me happy advanced birthday today! hope they had a good first day. i hated mine. but i had vanessa and yingjie with me that time so i didn't feel it to be that dull.
mr low took us for the last tutorial period and asked us to mimic the style of writing from this passage in our promo paper. i wasn't feeling particularly emo, but i tried, and instead of writing one paragraph i ended up with half a page before i knew it.
i've seriously nothing blog worthy today. i'm just happy i got through my first day of school ok. i wonder how the rest of the week will go, the timetable looks awful. i cannot bear to look at it besides checking what comes next. thank goodness for saturdays, sundays and band. they'll help me keep my sanity in some way.
on another note, i managed to finish the books i received for christmas. kalle gave me pride and prejudice and mummy gave me the whole set of narnia books. i quite liked pride and prejudice, though i find the ending a bit of a cliche. for some reason i'm quite partial to books that have uncertain endings. the kind that leaves you hanging, lets your imagination wander a little. unendings, if you like. or at least if the book has to have a cliche ending, let it not have a cliche middle or beginning. pride and prejudice was nice, but i found jane, lizzy's sister, was an annoying righteous prick. i wondered why that rich fellow wanted to marry her at all. eugh. i liked lizzy and mr darcy well enough.
and i absolutely LOVED narnia. childrens book i know, but can't a girl indulge in some childishness once in awhile? although many people think that it is too fantasy like, i feel that it isn't so much a childish fantasy as some other books are. if i were to pick between harry potter and narnia, it would be narnia hands down. when i was reading it i felt there were alot of allusions to christianity and the bible, but i know for sure there are people going to disagree with me on that point. nevertheless, it was a good read. dark in some ways, yet in other ways so light. dark somewhat like the way the lord of the rings is. in many ways i feel it revolves around fate and what is out of your hands rather than in, yet in others, i also think that it concentrates on the actions of the characters when faced with such an idea that one may not have a choice after all. not surprisingly, i also found out that tolkien and lewis were friends. perhaps thats why their work mirror one another in some ways.
yes yes. i like my books. i do wish we could move on to jane eyre soon. thats like my all time favourite book. i wish i could write like that. wishful thinking. even those people who write trashy romantic (i detest using this word here, but i have a lack of a better word to use) anime spin-offs write better than i do.
oh ya i went to watch the movie for narnia too! it was nice. the woman who played jadis was so convincing. its a pity they didn't ake a show for the first book. would explain loads of things in the lion, the witch and the wardrobe. aslan wasn't as magnificent as i expected him to be, but there you go, when you imagine things tend to be more fantastical than it is possible to recreate. haha
i'm happy cos tomorrow's a holiday! yipee. enjoy everyone!
marlz
1/09/2006 10:27:00 ap.
lauantaina, tammikuuta 07, 2006
alhena
orientation has just ended and now we all face the greatest anti climax after all that exhiliration and all the high. i've to return to studies! AND there is a test on monday. great. what a way to welcome back the ogls to classes. i do wish that teachers would be more forgiving at times.
however, i cannot help grinning from ear to ear as i think back on orientation. i woke up this morning with aches and pains everywhere, and a massive headache. i don't know how it happened. maybe its a hangover from being so high last night. hehe.
i had the most fun in the world this past week, and i don't even think that the freshmen had as much fun as i did. the Alhena 6 freshmen were great, and i hope they are as happy with us ogls and we are with them.
anyways, the first day was kind of dull. that was because we didn't have any games, save for the icebreakers and some talks. after that was more fun because the freshmen learned the livin da vida loca dance, which is the finest example of a fun mass dance.
the second day was the couple dance and csi meridian. had a minor mishap bcos i was dancing as a guy since we have a lack of the male species in the OH. so since i'm tall and my partner wasn't as vertically inclined, my back gave an awful crack when we did the full turn in the later part of the dance and i had quite a bad back ache later. thankfully i was a game i/c for csi, and so wenjian and pangker brought me to the game station and got me my clues and some deep heating rub. and very luckily, i had some sense to bring medication in the morning, so i took some and within an 45 minutes or so the pain started to subside. the rest of the time at the game station was quite ok. a bit draggy, since i had nothing to do. then we made water bombs, loads of them, and had quite a terrible time transporting them back and forth because of the sheer amount that we had to make. was very tired when i got back.
third day was mmm. i was so tired cos i woke up early. a tad too early, in fact. when i reached the mrt station i took the first train that came and to my horror, no one that i knew save for councillors boarded it. means i was VERY early. and when i reached the harbourfront station i saw almost no one, so this sargas freshmen tagged along with me and talked to me until we reached the bus station. only chunwai was there lar. madness.
anyways, we finally reached sentosa in one piece and there was a bit of bad weather halfway through the game. was a game i/c again, and some people chased me and vanessa out of our shelter. i had to run back and forth to sarah to get help because they were a pain in the butt, and set up their log so near to our games. but the game was fun otherwise.
finally we had to retire to the shelter cos of the bad weather and we had to end the entire mmm. then we had dances and all that nonsense. was very fun! i think the freshmen thought that i was a bit crazy. i certainly acted like it. got to know some other freshmen from the other groups. played with vega 5 a little. and i played with alhena 8. i even played pepsi cola with anting. and danced like nobody's business. and cheered like i've never cheered before. was so much fun. later i went home with zhijun, sooyee and jon ma. was very cold and it was all because of jon ma. i swear he beats righteous when it comes to being lame. even yosua and xuanwei don't stand a chance against him man. i had cramps from laughing when i got home. sheesh.
yesterday was the bestest, most super-de-duper day of all. we started off with wet and wild. i wasn't supposed to get wet due to certain reasons, and i ran at the back so that i wouldn't overstrain myself but in the end i still ran in front and got wet. that fabian (who has been given a rather new and interesting name, fababina) sprayed me with a hose. ying lin and yijun took good care of me, and tried to not get me that wet or injured. and later on in started to rain, and then other councillors sprayed me. some guy from another alhena og had the audacity to bomb me at the tennis courts and my og freshmen dumped a pail of water on me there as well. then i played water at the basketball courts and splashed the water in the puddles on the other councillors as revenge. muahahahaha.
it was a blast. after that was campfire.
two words. blown. away.
it was just so high. initially, i was rather stressed cos A6 had some problems getting their props done and the act together. so i was a bit bummed. then the campfire started and alhena went up first. ogls did the hakka, and the freshmen were great! was super proud of our little chicken dancer and the retarded dragon! haha. then as it progressed things just got better and better. everyone was on their feet, dancing and cheering. it was like being at a massive rock concert. i think i even revealed some dancing that i do from time to time when no one is looking when i'm in my room. terrible lar, i don't know what the freshmen must have thought of me.
i was breathless with joy and exhiliration and probably every other positive feeling in the world. Alhena came in third in the end, but we are all champions to meeee.
by the end of the night, everyone was high. so high that i think i left my brains in my bag at the end of campfire. lucien made the most inspiring speech to us all, and i was feeling rather emo at that moment. haha. reminded me of when kaisheng spoke to us in last years orientation. he came to school yesterday too! there was this bottle of sparkling juice that got sprayed haha, courtesy of one of the other ogls, i think it was adrian. and then we lingered around until the school authorities got mad at us.
it was great. the best campfire that i had in my entire life.
so 2006 started sweetly for me. i hope this lasts. =)
marlz
1/07/2006 12:54:00 ip.