confuddled.

* Tuesday, July 14, 2009
1:37 PM

MOVING IN TO HALL NEXT FRIDAY.
no more worries about whether i can get permission to go for all the camps. 8D

oh gosh but this means i have to finish all my packing soon. @___@
and i have ALOT to pack. :x

sigh ohwell. *goes back to colouring*

...i wonder whether they have scanners in NUS. :/ otherwise, i'd have to wait until every Sunday before i can get art scanned in. x___x lollll i really worry about everything, huh.

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* Monday, July 06, 2009
11:43 AM

why are my blog posts separated by such long, unnecessary breaks? :/

driving test tomorrow, and due to my ultimate powers of procrastination, laziness and sloth-iness, i still have 78 pages of the manual to read and mug. =___=

and of course, i am here, blogging, even with an impending driving theory exam in less than 24 hours time. not because i can totally expect to finish everything within the next hour, but because the manual is so dry and effing BORING that i can't read it for an hour straight without falling asleep halfway. brilliant attention span and focusing skills, nic.

also.
this thursday, i.e. 3 days from now, is my grade 8 piano exam. i'm feeling a tad bit unprepared and worried about it, especially since the bloody exam cost me (i mean, my parents ^^") $357. GOOD GOSH. when i was taking grade 3, grade 8 cost only $180.
blaming this raise in price on inflation would be seriously overdoing and exaggerating it. it's not as if everything costs us twice as much now as it did back then. sheesh.

so these past few weeks have been relatively...dull. mugging for driving, practising like crazy for piano... i actually strained my arm muscles from practising this technique for too long. o__o
NIC YOU'RE BECOMING WEEEAK.
(not like you were strong to begin with but...)

i miss dance training. i miss feeling fit. now i feel like a flubbering mound of SquishyStuff. i can't wait to move into Eusoff hall! the whole prospect of living on my own, living 10 minutes away from school, being able to do whatever i plan/want within weekdays is just so encouraging. /random shout of joy

on a side note, i've been accepted into LPP Korean. :)
i was looking forward to studying Jap in uni, but:
1) there's no Jap LPP. :C
2) NUS Jap student exchanges are totally irrelevant to me, as the universities we're tied with are mostly science/research/engineering universities. yes, a Game Designer-wannabe has much use for Biomedical research exchange program in [insert renowned top Science University in Japan]

so, Korean it is. an extra 8 hours of lesson a week, i think, which at first glance seems crazy, but after brief comparison with Pharm and Med students, it should be manageable.
(wth Pharm students have lessons 8am-6pm every day @__@)

school's starting soon, but while i'm excited and eager and everthing (alliteration!), i'm worried about my modules. as i'm planning to major in Game Design under Communication and New Media, i want (and need) to take Game Design modules. duh. but i have to compete with i-dunno-how-many people who wish to take Game Design as an ELECTIVE. for leisure. not. for. career. purposes. which is interesting, i guess, since Game Design is fascinating. however, it's bad news for me.

because of such a high demand for Game Design, i have to put up a ridiculous number of credit points for bidding. 700-800 points on average! and we only get 1000 points a semester. =__=
*seethes*
i'm supposed to squeeze my 200 remaining points for the rest of my modules for the semester...? D:
*fumes*
MEARGHHHHH.
*rage*

well. since there are people who have majored in Game Design before, there should be a solution for me. i guess.

i hope i can pass the auditions for NUS Blast! and Eusoff's annual dance production thingamajiggy. :)

i heard that staying in a hall means you'll make a lot of new friends and stuff. well, i certainly hope so. i haven't been going for any camps. the first FASS camp is a small one, with only about 300 places available. seeing that there's 1700+ ppl in FASS, i guess i wasn't the only one who missed out on this. ;)

the Comm and New Media camp is this weds to fri, but unfortunately, as i have mentioned before, my piano exam falls on thurs--the day right in between. weds is reserved for intensive (last minute) practising and mugging. i'm not sure if there's much of a point of me joining the camp on thurs afternoon/fri morning when they're breaking camp on friday. :/

the Varsity Christian Fellowship camp is on next monday to thursday. i can make it for this one, but my mum is a little uncomfortable about the camp being so...long. (is 4 days considered very long?) and it's at Camp Christine. which i'm...a little turned off by. :x

so the only remaining social activity that's left for me is FASS Orientation week, WHICH I AM DEFINITELY GOING FOR.
i've missed out on too much already. :c i can't afford to miss out on any more. T_T

sigh. Lex is right. sometimes i worry too much.

...

BTW iSKETCH IS A FABULOUS WAY TO PASS THE TIME IF YOU'RE FEELING BORED. 8D

...did i just say FABULOUS. O_o

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* Tuesday, June 23, 2009
1:09 AM

due to the emergence of my twitter account, i find that i have been dao-ing my blog. :C
(now i know how it feels to be Tacky HEHEHEHE)

currently watching Season 3 of America's Best Dance Crew and it is SICK. wow the crews are just...NGAH. AWESOMEEEEE <3
i shouldn't watch too many episodes in one day or i will just kaboom.

beginning bitch rant/
on a side note, i am rather pissed at my boss for continually giving me last minute classes.
/end of bitch rant.

this week i am under self-quaratine because i have gotten the dreaded FLU (no, not pig, poulty, or civet cat related flu. just normal...human flu.) and my mum says i should stay home till Saturday. D: I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO DO OUT OF THE HOUSE THIS WEEK.

1) buy wrapping for Penang food
2) buy fabric paint for Willy's cap
3) Lex's concert
4) Junior's BBQ (which coincides with #3, btw)
5) buy belt for dance (without studs that poke holes in teeshirts)
6) teach classes

T_T

i can't imagine having to stay home till Friday. it's only been one day and i already feel like getting outta the house.

OKAY SLEEP NIC SLEEP. SLEEP AWAY THE FLU.

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* Saturday, June 13, 2009
11:01 PM

last night, i had a rather unpleasant dream.

the first half of the dream was awesome, i could fly! i had these neat, awesome wings and i was flying around messing up the base of this group of bad guys and none of them could catch me because i was too fast and too quick and because I COULD FLY. (my favourite power ever besides telekinesis) i was really owning them! :D

then halfway through my dream, i started losing my powers. not only my fighting powers, but also my wings... ( T__T ) i couldn't fly as quickly or with as much agility, and i couldn't fight off the baddies as efficiently as i had before... there was one point that i was cornered, all pugilistic-style-like and drama-like, at the edge of a cliff.
they mocked me.
they said i couldn't fly anymore
and that there was no way out for me
and that they had won.

i was shouting at them
i don't know why i was so full of confidence
but i told them that i was going to fly away
right before their eyes
and that there was nothing they could do to stop me.

they laughed, they said i was delusional. that i should just surrender.

and with every last ounce of strength i had, i lifted off the ground and took off right before their eyes.
over a vast blue sea, over shores of white sand, i flew faster and faster. but it was so hard.
it was so hard to keep that height, to keep that speed. several times i was falling, nearly plunging into the sea, but i eventually rose and flew high, with all the strength i could muster.

then, for some reason, i flew all the way to Hong Kong to meet my dad. who was there on a business trip. .__.

and together, we plotted how to infiltrate the baddie base again, without using my powers since they weren't as strong as they were before anymore.

i woke up halfway during the infiltration, when i was just discovered by some of the baddies.

i woke up because my mum threw my pretty white bag RIGHT SMACK INTO MY FACE.

thanks mum, really. -__-

...i think i've been watching too many action cartoons/anime/movies and reading too many action manga/comics. heehee :D

but really, when i started to lose my powers, a great fear gripped me. i couldn't imagine not being able to fly or fight again. it was really horrible. x(

back to reality:
today i encountered a student in my Beginner's Hip Hop class who could only speak Mandarin. D: (i only found out 15 minutes to the end of the lesson)

which made me think about something that has been bugging me this past hour.

HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO TEACH HIPHOP IN MANDARIN?
i don't even know how to say isolations in Mandarin. :[

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i have 2 very different videos to share with the world. :)

the first is a beautiful sight:

the second is ...indescribable. XD skip to 0.55 if you're lazy, though i recommend sitting through the whole ~~retarded~~ awesome thing. :D

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* Monday, June 08, 2009
11:57 PM

okay time for a proper blog post. YOSH!
*focuses*

today i took this Basic Theory Driving Test that i need to pass in order to take my Final Theory Driving Test which i also need to pass in order to qualify to take my Practical Driving Test which would then enable me to apply for a driving license. IF i pass that test.
hurmph. :/
my cousin told me that in America, you can take your Practical AND Theory test on the same day without having to wait for weeks in between. and if you fail the Practical test on one day, you can come back the next day and take it instead of having to wait for months.

-___-

ANYWAY THAT WASN'T THE POINT. what i wanted to say was that, taking the test today was a rather interesting experience. i mean, i've never taken a test together with people that are twice my age before. there were all kinds of people there, all ages, all races. and to see everyone looking at the test instructor for um...instructions (BEHOLD MY BRILLIANT AND VAST VOCABULARY) like eager students was...amusing. i was just...bored, i.e. head on table/arms. still. it was amusing to watch grown-ups taking the same test as me. :D
and finishing later than me. ^-^

i thrive on cheap thrills. :P

on the bus home today, i also thought about something regarding children. i've always admired children, to them, simply boarding a bus is like embarking on some epic adventure. the little seemingly insignificant things in life intrigue and amaze them, they don't need much to be happy, or satisfied, or at least, that's how it used to be.
oh to be a child again! :<

alright! that about sums up everything i've meditated on today. :> heehee.

oh yes! quote of the day! courtesy of yours truly.
"ew. i hate eating pineapples. pineapples are only for living in."

see you next whenever-i-feel-like-blogging-again!

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* Saturday, June 06, 2009
12:17 AM

GOSH. i haven't blogged in ages.

i'm feeling rather sian and dead now. going out is the only thing keeping me alive and awake. besides Pokemon, Wild Arms, and anime.

i can't wait for school to start.

wow. weeks of not blogging and all i can come up with are these few incoherent insubstantial sentence fragments.

way to go nic the genius.

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* Monday, May 18, 2009
11:29 AM

as sali has pointed out, it's been awhile since i last blogged. :x so here i am with updates on my life!

I BOUGHT A NEW SHINY SLING BAG WHEEEEEE *SQUEAL*

aside from that groundbreaking event, 3/8 of EPC went to support Sali at her Acapella concert Youth Voices, along with Betty and Andrew. they sang really nice songs and Sali's singing improved! :D wahaha. also, that night i laughed so much till my cheeks and throat actually hurt. :/
too much of a good thing can be bad.

these few days, it's mostly been dancenight pracs after pracs after pracs, choreo for DOPE, and squeezing in time in between for comics, designs and art practices. i'm actually really looking forward to dancenight :) i'm looking forward to meeting up with everyone again! :D dancenight tensions have been on the rise these past few weeks, but they're starting to tone down now. we seniors sure have gone through a lot for ONE item. :/ hmm.

on a side note, i really love the choreo and concepts of the juniors' items this year! the juniors are really a talented bunch, and all their training really has paid off. seeing them dance like this now makes me feel so proud of them as a senior. ^-^ the J2s have improved so so much from last year, it's such remarkable progress! and the J1s are already proving to be really talented dancers. :):):) i can't wait to see them show their stuff to everyone coming for dancenight. their performance is worth so much more than $6. srsly.

been feeling better these few days. :) still kind of stuck in a rut, but i at least feel in a better condition to do work. suu and i still need to search for a printer who can help us print our tshirts for this project we're working on. :x

i also have to learn the Eat You Up dance by Thursday. @_@

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