my first prints - taken during culturefest, behind the scenes at newcomb dining hall. the top one is a tad too dark, probably need to reprint it. bottom one is a little fuzzy, but that's because the negative itself isn't in focus. so i can't do anything abt it.
halloween was spent first, at nic's place, watching fifteen, eating kacang putih and tausuan, and pregaming. then we headed off to sakura for the angel and demons party (nothing angelic or demonic about it). my first real party in charlottesville actually.
ning the spy/bus boy, me the french maid
a gruesome murder took place that night...
russell, scary eyes
gm, who suffered a terrible death, and a terrified me
ooh blood tastes so sweet
the phantoms - jervis & dominic
stalker venessa, and jonathan.. they came as themselves, spooky enough!
i just wished two good friends from primary school happy 21st birthday. ive know them for more than ten years now. its nice, and yet scary, to be able to say that. how we've grown up, but not quite. funnily, my best and most vivid memories of them are of tiny little girls in blue (or yellow-team pe shirts).
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on travelling:
i went for my bus driver "interview" today. im on my way to becoming certified! wooohooo! the paper work and all is SUCH a chore tho *grr*
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on pants:
after my interview, i "walked past" old navy (i noticed they were having a sale last week). and i bought a pair of jeans from the kids section for 97cents. woooot! i love crazy american sales.
so indecisive me has another dilemma.. here's the deal, help me out please?
Option 1: Nicaragua in January I applied for J-term in Nicaragua, and got it. It's basically a 3 credit class, and hopefully an easy A, which I need desperately to pull up my GPA. (I did some calculations, and I need 30 credits of A's to get my GPA up to stb standards, which is basically perfect score for these two semesters.) If I do J-term, then I have the option of taking only 12 credits next semester and take it easy. And I get to visit Nicaragua, which is kinda cool. One problem is that stb is taking a long time to say yes to funding it. It'd be a clear option if they said no, but right now its just left hanging and I have to pay the full amount by Oct 19.
Option 2: Bus driver training in January training is during the first two weeks of january, before school starts, which coincides with J-term. I really like the idea of driving a bus. haha. Seriously, I would never get another opportunity like this in my life time. haha. Imagine me, driving a school bus. And I get to earn money, which will go to post-graduation travelling funds. Which I need desperately too.
one cool thing about charlottesville, and uva, is that we have secret societies here. they go by names such as the seventh society, AMP and the pumpkin society. the pumpkin society goes around during halloween all dressed up, giving out pumpkins to people who have contributed significantly to the university. some society also supports the entertainment aspect of uva, and i think donates money to the greek clubs here.
so i went to speak to my anthro prof about my next essay. and he invites me to a dinner organized by the seventh society. *eeeps!* i dont know and i dont think he's a member, and i dont know if members of the seventh society will be there at the dinner (since it's all annonymous and secret, nobody knows who they are). but how cool would it be if i got recruited to join the secret society?? haha.
so im saying this now, in case i really do become part of it, because i'd have to be sworn to secrecy and i wont be able to share it with anyone. dam, i cant put it on my resume either. hahaahha
ps: according to my prof, the seventh society might have affiliations/associations/some sort of relation with the ku klux klan. not too far a stretch, what with the very white-ist (?) orientation of this area.
i am the girl who never crawled but instead learned to first move around on her butt. i am the girl who'd wake up every morning and cry when her mum was getting ready to go to work. i am the girl whose parents forgot to enroll her in nursery school. i am the girl who won the erasing contest with her paint palette eraser, not because she had the best eraser, but because she used the most force. i am the girl who'd do her work first thing when she got back from kindergarten, but i am also the girl who later on played in her uniform until 10 at night before coming home to do her work. i am the girl who carried her worksheets around in a tattered paper bag. and mysteriously lost the whole bag one day. i am the girl who tore the corners of her sister's workbook because she wanted her mum's attention. i am the girl who cried because she didnt know how to spell 'together'. and then learnt that it was spelt to-get-her. i am the girl who tore up a play script because she didnt get to choose what play her group was going to put up. i am the girl who lost a wallet every year, and tingxie books and shou ces about 5 times a year. i am the girl who's pri4 chinese teacher thought she was not good enough for higher chinese, but later on got A1 for alevel chinese (im not sure if that means anything). but i am the girl who couldnt answer when this lady asked her in mandarin how much the fairy costume at disney store cost. i am the girl who came back from recess every PE lesson with dented specs cos she sucked at basketball. i am the girl who went to coffeebean almost everyday after school, and sat in the elevators up and down till she felt nauseous cos she was bored. i am the girl who stood on the escalator and along the walkway to the taka toilets doing funny poses. in her SCGS uniform. *gasp* i am the girl who collaborated with her friend to boil and decorate eggs, and placed them outside her classroom door, for easter. i am the girl who carried a basket of muffins to school on valentines day. i am the girl who skipped school to watch 'the divine secrets of the yaya sisterhood'. i am the girl who eats all the biscuits in the house. and i am the girl whose family is reminded of her when they see the biscuits piling up. i am the girl who sets high expectations for herself, who achieved them fairly easily in the past, but finds herself slipping further away from them now.
she jumped off the swing @ 10:19 PM
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i am the girl who loves travelling but is terrible at making travelling plans... that's how i found myself stuck in frankfurt overnight for 12hours with no warning in advance i am the girl who has learnt to be vulnerable i am the girl who used to complain about being fat, and now wonders what in the world she was thinking i am the girl who can take three naps in a day and still have no problem sleeping at night i am the girl who always leaves things to the last minute, stresses out over it, but never learns her lesson i am the girl who stops to watch the leaves turn red in fall even though she is late for class i am the girl who practised her scream before jumping out of a plane i am the girl who lives life so far out to the edge that sometimes she falls off
don't have any pictures of the gauley river, where we rafted, because we didnt pass by a lookout point where we could stop, and we couldnt bring our cameras with us to the river. it would have made a really pretty picture though.
last minute decisions, no planning. we rented a car, jumped in, and headed off. five hours instead of three. winding roads. detours. colours of the fall - green, yellow, orange and red. loft cabin. barbeque. budi and his corn. charlie, real or imaginary?. stuffed silly. budi and his cat. late night conversations. scrambled eggs and fried eggs. nutella. horseback riding. gorgeous scenery. my prissy horse betty. vineyards. dr emmet brown at walmart and his fried chicken. outlet shopping!. funny tshirts. getting lost. getting lost somemore. head banging. three hours instead of one. dinner at midnight. budi and his corn. having to drive to take a shower. boys taking longer than girls. smores by the bonfire at two in the morning. marshmallow in my hair. chocolate toe nail polish. stuffed silly. white water rafting. rescue mission. class 5 rapids. jumping off the raft. budi the sexiest asian.
date function friday - cecil, mick, hwajung and me, picnicking at the polo grounds. it was soooo cold so i had to keep my blazer on
alex, the birthday boy, and a tipsy me (just after one cup of wine! so lousy!)
apple picking saturday - we rode up to Carter's Mountain Apple Orchard, where the view was fanstastic and the air was crisp. it was Apple Festival and so they had hay rides, pumpkin patches, hotdogs & hamburgers, and yummylicious apple cider donuts that i didnt get to eat =(
look who's up in the trees! (i look ridiculous in this picture haha)
a perfect family outing.. check out the old man dancing at the beginning of the video
skydiving sunday - skydive orange, at orange county (no not the OC california, just OC virginia)
signing my life away.. the page says something to the effect of: skydiving is dangerous, you may die, but you cant make us take responsibility for anything that happens
new additions to the power rangers - guang ming and me... check out my funky flight suit, its got roses puffypainted all over
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