12.24.2004

 

[merry xmas!]

im too lazy to take any photos - plus the tree i have is a decidedly *mini* one that fits on my table (and therefore is easy to stow away during the other 11 months of the year, or basically any time i don't feel christmassy.. [ie never] heh)

so merry xmas and a happy new year ebdy!

not likely to be able to switch to a later flight from SIN - LHR so im still leaving dec 31 midmorning. bummer. keeping my fingers crossed, though.

ah finally managed to find this, and put it together: the Fencing Singapore International 2004 Corporate Stikfas figure! its just so cool.. was hunting high and low for it, but lo and behold, i've finally found it! pix to come, if i can overcome this no-picture inertia.

has gradually dawned on me that 1) i will need a REAL break next hols, because there's a couple of exams right at the end of term; 2) most ppl are either heading home or travelling to places i have absolutely no desire to see; and therefore 3) it is now a real possibility that i may travel by myself. i sorta welcome it, actually. part of slowly becoming comfortable with myself. but of course this plan has met with stiff resistance from my parents.. though to be honest, i don't think anybody would put up with more than a day or two of museums, art galleries, sketching, bumming around in cafes, eating from supermarkets/markets, staying in hostels.. and not much shopping.. well if that sounds like fun to you, and you can go somewhere in the easter hols, let me know ASAP. need to buy a travel guidebook before i go back, but i haven't decided on which one..

also - im swamped in turkey this xmas! had tons of turkey before i came back, and now we've got too many turkeys at home, too! *groan*

well, *feliz navidad, amigos!

*insert upside down exclamation mark here.

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12.23.2004

 

[link time!]

was forwarded this, and found it incredibly hilarious - Rules of Engagement and Other Things .. and a sister blog, Sgp Army Stories which is *priceless*. girls have to read it otherwise they won't understand what guys talk about.. and guys have to read it just to feel nostalgic.

been incredibly busy doing *nothing*, and its funny how it's a full time job. the best laid plans of mice and men...

but perhaps this best sums up how i feel now. it's another blog post by the same blogger i linked to above.

slowly finding my own two feet, slowly finding the confidence i know i need to get ahead, to be the person i'm meant to be, to be the person i want to be. i've come such a long way but now it just feels like i have so much more to go; it's an overwhelming sense of futility - that all you've strived for for so very long has just come to naught. i sit back and wonder why, above all, i bother.

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12.11.2004

 

[back in da singapura]

... to paraphrase rather badly from a boredphucks' album title. haven't fully got used to being back yet, my room's still a mess and my body's still somewhere in between UK and SGP time.. but basically i haven't been gone long enough to really miss anything from either side. haven't sorted out my photos yet (and some will never see the light of day, heh) so i'm afraid this will just be a short text-only "i'm back!" post.. still have a big progress test when sch reopens in jan - of which i have done NOTHING for and am currently plunging into the final instalment of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Trilogy, the System of the World (a brilliant book if you ask me) - so if you're around and wanna meet up, sms / icq / msn /etc me and book a slot soon! will be terribly busy this time around..

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12.02.2004

 

[end of term!]

8 weeks have just gone by in a blur - still as clueless abt anatomy as i was 8 weeks ago - and spending wayyyy above my budget. spending an inordinate amt of £ on music - vinyls, concerts, CD singles - and concerts are always heavy on the wallet because of pre-concert dinner, etc. that, coupled with the fatigue that just mounts with each passing week, means that i'm on the verge of collapsing, from the sheer amount of work that needs to be done as well as a vague malaise/fatigue/flu thingy.

in unrelated news, am slowly but surely becoming more confident - when you start from zero, *anything* is a huge improvement. but i am tempted to change, to be what i am not - and i always wonder how much of me actually IS like what i want to be, or whether i'm completely selling out. as with most things, it's always a shade of grey.


Joss Stone concert


Shiny Disco Balls... Ministry of Sound!


Stage from the production of Wit (play about ovarian cancer, really good)

and i've got a couple more photos on my camera (not the camera phone) that i haven't uploaded, so i'll do it slowly. net access is down for a day (at least) cos the college is upgrading the infrastructure. will be back soon.. catch you all then.

disclaimer: i have to work cos i have an exam when i get back.. not fun. hence, won't be able to be out the whole day, yadda yadda.

no songs - yet. ill add one if my net access is still up later, too many songs (without lyrics freely available) swimming around in my head.. i love the music scene here.

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