Friday, November 24, 2006

only smarties have the answer

after doing my own laundry for one and a half years, today i realise that i've been using softener instead of detergent the entire time. no wonder there's never any lather whenever i wash my clothes by hand.

brilliant, eh? oh the level of intelligence of an undergrad.

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on another intelligent note, i come back from an awesome thanksgiving break (more on that soon) to find that the food in the fridge has gone rotten/moldy because my roomie clever-ly turned off the power before going back home for the week. the fridge smells like CRAP.

absolutely lovely.

Labels: a-musing

10:14 PM

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

just because im procrastinating

the week usually rolls by with not much ado. eat. sleep. work. exercise. in varying amounts. on the rare occasion its more work, or more exercise; but mostly, more sleep and more eating. i wish this week was one of those work & exercise weeks -- lots of assignments due before thanksgiving break next week, plus i will be hanging out on the beach in bahamas so exercise would come in real good. but no. this was one of those sleep and eat weeks. funny how they usually come together. (but like zhi says, fat people go to the bahamas too what.)

yesterday, i had a l'oreal case competition presentation. we sucked so bad. i was not nervous mentally, but my body couldn't stop trembling. i had no idea why. seriously, i was like telling myself, STOP IT, but i wouldn't listen to me. anyhow, it was just bad, plain embarrassing, and such a waste of time.

i came back and wanted to eat my ben & jerry's (it was on sale - 2 for $6). and guess what (no prizes for guessing correctly) - it was stolen. bloody hell. i wrote a nasty note on the whiteboard in the kitchen, complained to jenn (who's my rc), clara and just about anyone who would listen to me. not that my boys will appear back in the freezer. screw you whoever took them from me. GRRRR. i guess maybe its a good thing, helps with the whole bahamas bikini business.

i shall end off with a song:

Aruba Jamaica ooh I wanna take ya
Bermuda Bahama come on pretty mama
Key Largo Montego baby why don't we go
ooh I wanna you down to Cocomo
we'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow
that's where we wanna go way down in Cocomo

- cocomo, the beach boys

peace out homey.

Labels: a-musing, daily scoops

9:47 AM

Sunday, November 12, 2006

makan sutra

we cooked up a feast yesterday. oh, how i miss home!

on the menu:
charsiew barbequed pork in sweet marinade
beef rendang tender beef cubes in a dry curry
emperor's chicken whole chicken steamed with herbs
beef and onions stir fried beef with sauteed onions
breaded shrimp and fish served with wasabi mayonnaise
baby bok choy broiled and served in sesame sauce
broccoli and mushrooms in special egg sauce
egg omelette fluffy eggs with sweet onions
sambal brinjal pan fried eggplant with spicy shrimp paste

i smelt like a hawker center and felt like a glutton after though. ooh, but heaven... =)

12:04 PM

Thursday, November 09, 2006

the devil's marbleyard

on the ascend..

rocky road

view from the top

Labels: weekends

9:37 AM

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

big plans

i was talking to my turkish friend that day, and now im inspired to go travel the mediterranean - italy, greece, turkey, egypt at the very least, and spain, france, israel, and morroco if possible. heck, and everything else.

backpacking, anyone?

Labels: travel

4:28 PM

the boy who cried wolf

the fire trucks came again. at 4:30 in the morning. NOT fun at all. *grrrr* and for no real apparent reason too. *double grrrr*

Labels: daily scoops

8:49 AM

Friday, November 03, 2006

the boy who cried: chicken or pig!

the fire trucks came. its quite common, really. everyday you hear the trucks (or the ambulance) run up and down the streets of charlottesville at least twice. but this time, they ran to munford. and we (or i) had to stand in the cold in shorts and slippers while the macho firemen valiantly walked into the not-burning building and put a fan in to the kitchen to dispere the smoke. all that training was put into good use.

and when the all-clear signal was given, i scrambled in to my room to grab my camera to kpoh some photos in true photojournalist style (trying to be, lah).

i took some photos with my slr too. i finished up the roll and wanted to rewind the film but nothing seemed to be happening. so i cleverly opened my camera and happily exposed my film. gone. my macho fireman pictures. my cute halloween kids. gone. =(

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i emailed home telling my family about my birthday plans. i said something alone the lines of having a kiddy party.. but i probably used the word 'children' instead of 'kid' (i dont remember). so my uncle replies:
i think the children's party is a good idea. where are you going to get the children from?

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and the million dollar question is: are you a chicken or pig?

ham and eggs
pig and chicken
the pig is committed, the chicken is involved

which are you?