polite form, plain form

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Switching from polite form to plain form and back again is confusing. However, I finally totally understand what Per said years ago. Like “どこにいるの?” and “おまえ、くるぞ!” I mean, I understood before that the former was asking where I am, but I didn’t really understand the context of the question.

でも、私は頑張ります!

PS: I hate going through registration every semester. It always makes me sad and panicky coz my time ticket is always later and the classes I really want end up full. I hate having to FIGHT for my classes. Maybe when I become a Junior, I will have less problems. Ok, that’s one more semester to go…

cosplay and lolita

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I think I’m just…old. Parties are just not for me. Hmmm…or maybe it depends on the company. SSA had their Halloween party last night at Yongji’s one-bedroom apartment. I have to stress that it was a one-bedroom apartment coz the number of people in there was…IMPOSSIBLE. While everyone was so freakin’ high, KS and I were just relaxing at one corner on the sofa. I sort of vowed to take more photos this time round since I was in a full proper lolita dress, but I just couldn’t bring myself to have that mood. It started out pretty ok, but then later, half the time I was trying hard not to get my toes being stepped on. Worse, some bugger started emptying the jack-o-lantern buckets filled with candy and throwing the candy. At that point, I totally wasn’t enjoying myself. Besides, most of the drinks there were alcohol. KS had to help himself with a can of 7-Up in the fridge. I don’t think anyone was really drunk at that point, but most of them were high, crazed, and were pretty much acting drunk and TOTALLY ANNOYING. :angry:

It’s not like I can’t get high. I have had some really fun moments with 7ners where we do crazy things together and get all high. They drink too, but the difference is they DON’T act drunk and stupid. Anyway, that’s not the point of the entry. So much for thinking I could get a pretty decent shot of myself in my lolita outfit and possibly send it to the USA version of Gothic & Lolita Bible. I think the best costumes at the party were Lin Yan’s and Zhan Fan’s. Lin Yan cosplayed as Evil Alice, though I think the dress was not totally correct? Evil Alice has puffy sleeves to her dress. Zhan Fan got a Ghostbuster’s suit complete with an inflatable backpack-machine-thing. So cute! If I ever tried cosplay, I would want to cosplay Evil Alice or Shinku (Rozen Maiden). Maybe Suigintou (Rozen Maiden) wouldn’t be a bad idea too. But, like I told Shine, it’s no point cosplaying if you don’t really sew/make your own costumes.

Anyway, earlier in the day, I wore my lolita outfit to class. Ki-san wore hers – she was a hot librarian. She told me she saw this row of guys as Spongebob Squarepants in one of her classes and they were taking their notes with crayon on paper. Hilarious!

I wonder if the helicopter flying around last night was meant as surveillance? Campus Police got alerted when someone found a note in the toilet saying that he (person who wrote the note) had damaged someone’s car window in Savoy and would shoot someone on Green Street on Halloween. In sensei’s words “I am not going to Green Street. I want to see November.” I guess most people would have stayed away from that area.

Last but not least, a photo of myself in my lolita outfit. Not the best shot, but at least it’s something. (I think I look fat. Ok, I AM fat.) Photo credit: Peiyi

present for me

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Ok, shall post up those long-awaited photos.

“Autumn is upon us once again…” This was what I had in mind when I saw the tree with its flaming leaves. (I think the tree is botak now.)

 

My room at Stoughton St.

Deary had a surprise for me yesterday. There were 2 parcels from Amazon waiting for me to open them. I knew one of them was the magazines I ordered, but I wondered whether the other huge box was Shine’s since I asked him to get my stuff for me using his free trial of Amazon Prime. Yea, we’re all making use of the free 2-day shipping by signing up for a one-month free trial of Amazon Prime. I contemplated opening it for a long time. Well, it was addressed to me, but just in case it isn’t mine… Ah, heck, I’ll open it since deary did leave a note saying “SURPRISE!” TADAA! Klipsch Groove PM20 speakers! So, they are supposed to be my advanced Christmas present (and possibly next birthday present). Thanks deary! :love:

Recently, I received an email about Fujitsu’s new products. THEY HAVE A NEW LAPTOP WHICH COMES IN PINK! Why didn’t they have that earlier?! It’s the Fujitsu L1010.

Tomorrow is Halloween. Got my lolita dress ready. Ki-san asked me whether I’m going to wear it to class. I said if she did wear something, I’ll wear it. Thus, we both agreed to dress-up for class. SSA is going to have a party at Yongji’s apartment at night. I guess most of us will be avoiding Green Street since campus police sent out an alert coz they found a note saying that someone will be shot on Halloween night on Green Street. Whether it’s a prank or not, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Last, but not least…check this out. Do you see my name? Do you? Do you? Hahaha…

a little update for now

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Wah lau…class is cancelled for today. o_O And I stayed up to read 3 chapters of “Tales of The Heike” just to be prepared for class. Ok, what am I talking, I should be prepared for class. If you think it’s some boring history shit, it’s not. It’s mildly entertaining, reading about monks gone bad, people who spontaneously combust because of bad karma, and a whole lot of decapitating. Haha, that was just my humourous interpretation of the text. It’s really about Japanese history – the Genji and Heike. Now, I just wonder why they keep preaching about Buddha and attaining enlightenment when the next moment they are at war and chopping of people’s heads. How is following the Way? It’s so funny when you read about someone (who has taken the tonsure) killing an enemy and then he goes back in, changes out of his bloodied gear and into a clean white monk’s robe. Like HUH?

I got back my Econs mid-term. Hahaha, I got 95/100. I think my TA is a easy grader coz I really feel I don’t deserve that high a grade. The most dulan part is that I lost 5 marks coz I made a calculation error. I forgot that the income multiplier is 1/1-MPC. I already had the MPC calculated in the first part of the question and I happily copied that as the income multiplier for the part where I had to calculate government spending during inflation. So…*kwa kwa kwa* wrong. I KNEW HOW TO DO THAT QUESTION OK. As in, I knew the formula for calculating government expenditure, just that I plugged in the wrong value.

I only hope my second Japanese exam would get full marks. I found the paper easier than the first. Less writing to do. Anyway, I have been sort of whining to sensei that Japanese is difficult. Just coz I went to one Japanese Table session and almost everyone was from the intermediate-advance classes and they could speak Japanese fluently. The biggest problem is I actually understand most of the conversation between a student and Sadler-sensei. Just that I can’t reply in Japanese. 🙁

I went to my first barcrawl (despite, having my Japanese exam the next day). Ok, I didn’t actually stay for the whole barcrawl. I left after Geovanti’s. And I made friends with the Japanese exchange students this semester. Note: Xuefang is a fellow Singaporean. Yohei is the president of J-Net. The rest are the exchange students. The barcrawl tee is obviously huge for me. The printing company made a mistake with the sizes so everyone had to upgrade a size. So for me, it was S to M. S is already a little big for me, what more M. Do note that I was freezing in the photo. I took off my pullover in Geovanti’s coz it was freakingly hot. Then when we left, I was too lazy to put it on again since we would be going to some place warm again. Only thing was that I decided to leave after the queue outside Legends was pretty long.

Have been obsessing over Lolita stuff lately. I discovered the fantastic use of the Google reader. So now I keep track of lolita livejournal communities there. I bought my first lolita brand dress from Metamorphose. It was on sale, so paid about USD90 only. Normally, brand dresses are about USD200-300. I also bought a second-hand Angelic Pretty dress + headdress from someone on the EGL sales community.

More for later…

mihimaru GT

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The first time I listened to a mihimaru GT song was “I Should Be So Lucky”. A remake of Kylie Minogue’s song. 1) I was curious to hear the remake. 2) I have heard people talking of mihimaru GT, but have never listened to their songs. By the way, the song was kinda cute.

The second time I come across another one of their songs was when I went blog hopping and got to Celestine’s sister’s blog. Her sister put “いつまでも響くこのMelody” on her blog. Now, I’m kinda hooked on the song.

Recently, I downloaded a new mihimaru GT pv. I really love the new song. It sounds like one of those meaningful songs.

Enjoy all 3 songs now…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x809Q4NMvXg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do_t09_qtog

it’s always a trade-off

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There are so many wonderful activities out there and I wish I could be part of them all. BUT…I also realise there is a huge trade-off. More time spent on activities = less time spent on studies = studies CUI!!! How now brown cow~~~ *whines*

Yes smartypants, I know that it’s all about time management. However, different people have different rates of absorption of material and mine happens to be (VERY) low, so I need more time to absorb material.

All this sucks. :angry:

PS: I got 95/100 for my Meteorology exam #1. It was relatively easy that’s why. Short of 2 marks to an A+, but it’s still an A, so yea… :happy:

PPS: Economics quiz #2 tomorrow. I have the CUI feeling. 🙁

PPPS: Because I need time to study for Economics, I’m putting off reading “The Tale of Genji” for EALC305. Grasping for more time… I really need to complete reading the 2 chapters coz I have a worksheet to complete.

i should be reading…but…

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Yea yea, I should be reading for EALC305, but here I am surfing the net. Did I mention I love doing surveys? So, here’s a meme I grabbed from Ling’s blog.

1. Do you have secrets?
I should have a few. Who doesn’t?

2. Would you fall in love with a boy younger than you?
Yes. In fact, KS is younger by 14 days.

3. Do you enjoy going to school?
Well, I think I do, but I certainly do not enjoy 8am classes. Even 9am classes are a pain at times.

4. What would you do with a billion dollars?
Save some, spend some.

5. Will you fall in love with your best friend?
Hell no. My bestie is a girl.

6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone?
Both.

7. List five favorite movies.
NANA, Kagen no Tsuki, Casshern, Taiyou no Uta, Koizora

8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do?
Attached people are out of the question.

9. Is there anything that has made you extremely happy?
Of course. Tons of stuff has made me extremely happy. I’m a happy person to begin with.

10. Do you have any regrets?
I guess I do. Like not putting in more effort in my studies in Secondary school and Poly.

11. How would you see yourself in 10 years time?
Happily married with kids. (Hopefully…)

12. Who are currently the most important people to you?
Family + KS. That goes without saying…

13. What kind of person do you think the person that tagged you is?
No one tagged me, but I grabbed this from Ling’s blog…so, Ling is very sociable and nice.

14. Would you rather be single and rich or married but poor?
Married but not too poor.

15. What is your favourite colour?
Pink…it was white and blue a few years ago. Well, white and blue are still among my favourite colours.

16. Would you give all in a relationship?
It takes 2 hands to clap, but anyway of course I put my whole heart into a relationship.

17. If you fall in love with two people simultaneously, who would you pick?
That’s not possible with me.

18. What are the top five countries on your ‘to-go’ list?
Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, anywhere in the UK.

19. Do you prefer being single or having a relationship?
Both have different nice feelings, but ultimately I’ll want someone close to me at the end of the day, so I’ll go with having a relationship.

i found my path

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This is about the best thing that has happened to me this week. I am no longer major-less! Woohoo! I GOT ACCEPTED TO COLLEGE OF MEDIA, ADVERTISING MAJOR!

*dances and twirls around*

Thank you Deary for helping me with the application essay. You deserve a treat from me + a big hug and kiss! :heart: