Filed under: Reflective | Tags: christmas, church, events, imu life, outings, projects, updates
Yup. It’s been an okay week. Despite not being able to meet my 1.30 target bedtime since the “treatment” plan started on Monday night, I’m on track with everything else. Tonight, I was able to write about 50% of my selectives report, leaving the other half for when I get more data about the treatment phase in my project. Ah, bliss; one worry lessened. Hung out with Rae & David while writing it. Rae studied for her last exam, which is tomorrow. All the best, love! :) Dea’s at a camp right now, can’t wait for her to come back so we can all hang out and update each other fully!
Also, I bought the OldTown White Coffee 2010 organizer. I couldn’t resist after Rae showed me how she customized hers to look very chio! Having second thoughts now, though–I’m really quite attached to my Starbucks 2009 organizer and was really looking forward to making my own refills… We’ll see how I feel after selectives end and I have less on my mind.
Attended meetings for the IMU Ball and MEDT1/08 convocation magazine planning this week. There’s a lot to do, and not that much time left; need to make good use of time. We have good committees for both things, so hopefully the enthusiasm keeps up and everything falls into place before deadlines creep up on us. Semester 5 won’t be as light as Semester 4, especially with the heavy-duty MSK & CNS!
Musical rehearsals aren’t letting up anytime soon, with performance dates approaching mercilessly. Oh, if you want to attend, you need to tell me by Friday so that I can put in my request for tickets! They’re fast running out. For more information, see the Facebook invite that I sent out for “Season of the Year! the Musical“. :) It’ll be held in my church, SIBKL. A 5-performance run beginning Christmas day. You get to see me play an interesting character–very unlike who I am in real life. It’s been a real journey. The script for the musical is completely original, as are the songs (with the exception of one parody). Admission is free, so what are you waiting for?
It’s a little sad that I can’t do much in the days leading up to Christmas–will be heavily involved in the final practices for the musical. But at the same time, when all the performance excitement is over, I’ll hunger for more again… Self-control, Jade! There’s a flipside to every coin. :)
I’m in a strange mood right now. Don’t know how to describe it–somewhat peaceful and wistful about life.
Had a nice dream yesterday.
(Could be the caffeine from the xi mut milk tea I had earlier.)
As you all know, I am (unwillingly) doing psychology a.k.a. BS for my selectives.
60% of my mark will be determined by a behaviour modification experiment applied to myself, and then presented in the form of a 2.5k-word written report.
Because I am cool like that and like to amuse myself in small ways, this experiment is henceforth referred to as NUIT 0130 (nuit means “night” in French).
Therefore, I will be conducting an experiment on myself where I will lose RM5 for every half hour I sleep past 1.30am for the next 7 days (last day will be Sunday, December 13th).
What should she do with this money (if there is any)?
Suggestions open now.
Full article can be found on Yahoo! News.
How terrible is that!? What a prime example of the damage that ignorance about HIV/AIDS can do.
A 35-year old man injected his HIV+ blood into his sleeping wife, so that she would start having sex with him again. What a sinister way to go about it–says something about the level of trust in that relationship. Strangely enough, when he discovered he was HIV+, his wife and two children weren’t. Hmm. I wonder what happened in between the 2nd child and his infection.
On the wife’s part… though sex is one of the ways for the transmission of HIV, protected sex will very, very greatly lower the chance of transmission. HIV is transmitted through blood and body fluids (such as vaginal & seminal fluid), and can enter the body through contact with minor abrasions or by penetrating the mucous membranes of the anus or vagina. I don’t think it’s fair for her to have denied her husband his needs. Having said that, her husband’s response was totally uncalled-for.
And guess what puts the icing on the cake? Even though the woman is now infected with a slowly-killing virus, all the man will get is 14 years in jail. What does that do for her??? How long more will she live to take care of her children? Are her children even old enough to understand what will be slowly killing their mother?? =/ That is such a disgustingly selfish act! He should be charged with murder, not willfully transmitting an infectious disease. Pshh.
It chills me to think that people are capable of such an act–either he didn’t fully understand the consequences of his actions, or he’s truly, maliciously injecting her. Shudder, shudder, shudder! :( I am heartbroken for this lady. Can’t even begin to imagine what she must have felt upon waking up and seeing her treacherous husband beside her, guiltily staring at what he had done.
HIV is such a horrible infection… It’s only in this imperfect, sin-ridden world that such horrors can enter the body. Picture yourself living on the outside, but on the inside, all your body’s defense walls are just breaking down. It makes you so weak, that anything else can come in and take charge of your body. Even the commensal microorganisms that used to live in harmony with your body rebel and turn on you. You fight yourself, or the lack thereof.
Sigh. Goes to show, for all mankind’s stolid achievements, there are still these tiny, micro-invaders that spit in our faces, reminding us of our innate fragility. Humbling, isn’t it?
My new blog design makes me not want to make any ranty slash emotional posts–
It’s too festive for such content. (yet appropriate for the season)
You know what’s difficult? Shutting off one side of your brain, i.e. the side that’s wired for attraction to the opposite sex, while having to spend extended periods of time with the said stimuli, who, at the same time, shows no interest or indications of such thoughts. Hmm.
Yes. I am being vague, and for very good reasons.
It’s strange, also, when you and I talk, and it’s still fun. Like that one night when I drew and cut out stars and made a star jar of sorts. Familiarity with a new flavor, a new twist. Almost sadistic, because I keep coming back for a taste, again and again. I discover something new each time, and it helps, sorta.
I was looking back on old posts as I properly tagged them, and this has constantly taken up a significant number.
Also:
My biological clock is screwed up, big-time.
Filed under: Excitement, Pictures, Shoutouts | Tags: christmas, dumb moments, events, God stuff, imu life, presents, sugar
NB: Long post, so it’s been truncated into a “click me to read more” format. :)
So! These two days have been nonstop days of sugar and fun. :)) MERRY CHRISTMAS! For this year’s Christmas celebration by IMU’s CF+CSS (Christian Fellowship + Catholic Students’ Society), I didn’t sing/perform, but instead, I helped plan the doorgifts. I love making pretty things (and no, Ben, not babies).
Yesterday, the CF peoples helped make the doorgifts, which were customized bookmarks + shiny plastic star accessory + swirly lollipop + pretty ribbon! I’d pre-bought everything on Monday & Tuesday, so it was just an assembly line last night as we bertungkus-lumus-ed to finish making all 450 of the gifts… phew!
A separate bunch of 24 were also made for lecturers/staff, which were decorated tealight candles + glass tealight holders wrapped up in fancy tissue wrap. The extras ended up being given out as trivia prizes. Many thanks to everyone who helped to make the doorgifts: those who sketched stars, cut the stars, punched holes in the bookmarks & stars, glued the bookmarks, cut the ribbons, tied the ribbons… et cetera. :) Many hands really made the work more enjoyable & faster!
Back to today!
Hopelessly fell in love with his deep, manly voice: those lips emit a killer flow. Trapped even more by his roguish good looks: chameleon-esque in the sense that he can be sophisticated or urban (or bishounen) in the blink of an eye. Arghh! Men in suits make me weak at the knees. (keyword: men)
You can examine me any day, oppa.
He even likes cute useless things! Like me! Le sighh.
Once upon a time, I didn’t like BIGBANG because I found their music arrangements disjointed, and G-Dragon’s whiny voice (and odd hair) annoyed me. After the release of GD’s solo effort, “Heartbreaker” (the song that got me was “Butterfly”, coupled with that absolutely captivating PV), and the advent of BIGBANG’s “Koe wo kikasete”…
I think I’ve changed my mind. <33333
It’s Christmas fever all over again! :) As commercial as it gets, Christmas still boils down to a celebration of the gift of Life from God, and a time to draw near to family & friends as the year peters out to its last few days.
I’ve changed my banner for the season, and yes, you get to look at my happy little face every day of the Christmas month when you visit to read, nyek nyek. Like the obviously-drawn-on Santa hat? :)) AND MY 1337 PHOTOSHOP SKILLS?
The IMU CF Christmas event is this Thursday, 3rd of December, at the IMU BJ campus! Do drop by in the afternoon to be blessed with a sumptuous lunch, and then at night to see the special program that’s being prepared. For what but the greatest gift of all comes from above?
What are you doing in the days leading up to Christmas? Don’t let it all go to waste!
p.s. – for the sake of having a cute and functional tag cloud, I have spent the last hour or so tagging all my 2009 posts. When I hit the mid-point mark, I couldn’t take it any longer… SO YOU WILL ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH 2008 BEING UNTAGGED. x______x luff, Jade.
Filed under: Pictures, Shoutouts | Tags: exams, family, imu life, presents
Today was a day of many good things. :) (The fact that my exam is tomorrow is not one of them.)
Good Thing #1: The Coffee Bean has officially stolen my heart, with the help of their Dark Chocolate Peppermint Latte. Just a few days ago, I ranted to Rae about how Starbucks has sucky Christmas drinks… because I don’t like toffee and I don’t like nuts. Little did I know, that my dream Christmas drink of minty dark chocolate + coffee was to come true the moment I stepped into a TCB outlet. :))) It has a rich, dark chocolatey taste, with a minty-fresh aftertaste. Good studying fuel!
Good Thing #2: Zhiven came back from the UK, and brought me a mini Paddington Bear!! THANK YOU UNCLE. :p Jo has its twin. I originally thought he wasn’t gonna, because he tweeted about how expensive they were, lol. It was a really nice, unexpected surprise. Paddy made me happy. :) Along with Iris, a little bear I’d been bringing.
Good Thing #3: M207’s convo mag came out, and it was thoroughly entertaining reading Pam’s copy. Made me feel nostalgic because a lot of my senior-friends are leaving… T__T It’s just not gonna be the same! Besides that, I got a few ideas for our mag layout & design… really excited to pitch them to the committee.
Good Thing #4: Mummy bought me suuuuushi for dinner. :))))) All-week craving finally satisfied!
Good Thing #5: Studying Revising was good today. :) Everything still feels like water running out of my head, but the idea of pouring more in is so that whatever remains is proportionally more than what would have remained had I not topped up… SOUNDS OPTIMISTIC EH.
It’s been really hard to trust God this time around, mostly because of personal problems, and a certain situation with a group of persons we shall deem “Q“. Q have created an aversion in me towards certain activities that I previously enjoyed. It’s been really dry, lonely, and difficult to get through this round of studies… And I can’t help but feel that it’s for a particular reason that will remain unsaid (but I know). =/ Things always happen for a reason. I’m so behind in my Bible-readings. It’s shameful lar…
Feels like it’s a one-way conversation, but at this point, all I can do is surrender it all and just trust.
Thanks go especially to: my mommy, who painstakingly boiled soup + cooked + made me food + snacks whenever and wherever I demanded AND cleared out the study so I could use it AND listened to my daily rants and frustrations about my studies and people :p ; my daddy, who endured my barrage of questions about the female reproductive tract + funded my study snacks + quizzed me; twink, who sent me to uni the one day and provided me temp relief from the boredom of studying; didi, who teman-ed me on skype when I was bored and unable to study alone at home; imu friends and batchmates, for the random snippets of information, laughs, and quizzes; finally, GOD, who blessed me with all these wonderful, wonderful people in my life. :)))
LET’S KILL THE SUMMATIVE 4 TOMORROW!
MEDT BANG BANG BANGGG!!!!!
[rant]
:(((((((((( COME ONNNNN.
I put LITERATURE as my first choice for selectives, and I get my LAST CHOICE, Psychology a.k.a. bee ass.
And on TOP of that, we get the SUCKIEST timetabling: AFTERNOON CLASSES FROM 2-6pm (on average). Ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. And EWWWWW.
One would think that to balance the horrible punishment of having to endure BS throughout the 3-week selective, they would at least give us a decent timetable that would leave us with most of the day free, i.e. 10am-12pm class slots, or 8am slots… you know?
I really wanted to do Oedipus. :( If anyone wants to switch with me, I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER. AND I’LL DO ANYTHING. ANYTHINGGG.
Siggggh.
There. Is. A. Reason. For. Everything.
Everything.
everything.
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Back to endocrinology.
Things have really changed this year. Was just looking through my photo collection of the year and noticing how certain things have become so different.
For one, I miss this:
And this doesn’t happen anymore:
Haven’t seen this in a while, either:
The clock keeps ticking, and with every sweep of the hour, the old falls away like dust. Semester four is almost over. What, you mean we’ll be the oldest medical batch in IMU BJ soon!?
Feels like a Peter Pan complex–not wanting to grow up.
But herein lies the problem: what’s my never-never-land?
Sobriety shouldn’t come at such an hour.
Line comes from one of my all-time favourite songs, Let Go by m-flo loves yoshika, recently redone by another male Japanese artist in an m-flo TRIBUTE album.
What happens when pride gets in the way of love?
Ruined relationships.
:) hah.
So. Been studying recently (almost done with repro!! YES.), and procuring more music to fuel my studying concentration. Found myself listening to songs from the 90’s again. I want to go for karaoke… Or perform. Sing. Something like that. Singing in the musical is different–it’s repetitive and not something I completely enjoy. Vocals have decreased from lack of practice. :( And this chronic sore throat thing; I don’t like it.
I miss doing a LOT of things. :((((
Jippie emailed to ask when I’m free! :) He might be coming to visit, YAY! I hope he does come. Can’t wait to see him again and show him around this little tropical peninsula. GREAT EXCUSE FOR HOLIDAYS (especially beach ones), HEH HEH HEH. Maybe he’ll bring Snowie. :))) Snowieeee!
SORRY. I know I’m ranting. I’ve had a long day of nothing but penises and vaginas and discharges and infections… Something’s gotta give.
If I could play RO, I would, instead of ranting. Unfortunately, my RO’s still down with the “rebirthro.bin” error. :( Tried everything on the forums to save it, but nothing worked. I guess a full reinstall is in order. Woei Jin! Where’s the installer? >_>
And I banned myself from facebook. So the only places I can let go are twitter and here.
I’m such a lazy pig. I know I’m not meant to do performing arts as a career. But I like bling photography / vids of myself… Is that considered narcissism?
…why are Korean boyband members so perfect? :/ And local boys so…
/cough.
I reallyreallyreally like “manly” men, i.e. those with broad shoulders, tall, a deep voice, square chin +/- chin dimple (BEN BARNES DROOL DROOL DROOL), nice build, immaculate dressing sense, with a masculine scent, strong arms… And the list goes on. Semi-longish hair is nice too. :) It bugs me when guys don’t smell like guys… or if they smell like girls. Don’t ask me why! One of the first things I notice are peoples’ scents. If you don’t smell nice, male or female, I probably wouldn’t be hanging out with you, shallow as that might sound…
…
I think I need to shut up now. GOOD NIGHT WORLD.
And suddenly thrown into pregnancy! (can you tell where I am in the notes journey?)
Progress with studying is so-so these few days, only because I haven’t had rehearsals (except for Tuesday night). Repro is surprisingly much easier to digest and understand than endocrine, BRRRR.
This time around, I’ve become severely dependant on coffeecoffeecoffee to sustain my wakefulness and studying capacity. Discovered how badly I’m dependant when I missed my morning coffee (and rushed to CSU late) today… By 1pm my head was nodding in lecture. Got my fix as soon as lecture ended.
Had the first IMU Ball 2010 meeting today with didi & the rest of the committee… Things seem great, everyone looks enthusiastic and responsible. :) Let’s hope this is maintained throughout our time together as a team. Convo mag seems alright too, albeit a little relaxed now because of the exam period.
I’m glad all the external events are over, and I can just settle into my corner in the library and study study study. Missed that. :)
…looks like I’m still a nerd at heart. xx
PARTY COME NOVEMBER 26, from PM TO AM!!!
Dearest Alice & Chee Wee,
You are both an amazing couple, and I wish you nothing but the utmost joy and blessing in your new life together! I’m so glad you guys invited and included me into your celebration. Don’t think I would have ever seen the sides of you that were revealed in various events leading up to and even in the wedding. :)))
Don’t forget Ps. Chandran’s advice, hahaha!
<3 May your new life become even more beautiful with time, as you grow together in the Lord.
Hi, readers. Today’s blogpost is a rant about what I’ve been thinking about for the past couple of weeks. It’s been a while. It will be depressing, sorry.
I’ve been so stressed about studying with whatever time I get that I’ve been neglecting reading my Bible and hanging out, like really hanging out instead of having my mind and body in different places all the time. Today I semi-hung-out and semi-studied with Minny at Wong Kok, SS2. I’ve missed that.
Not to mention the difficulties I’m facing with trying to break out from thinking too much about my character in the Christmas musical… Minny, you diagnosed me correctly. And like I said, why have you never told me all these years?? Haha. <3
I noticed that I stopped singing in the shower, or even just plain singing a while back.
My throat still hurts and I’m still phlegmy. How to sing this Saturday?
On a good note, though, I counted and I have 51 notes left to read, with a total of 20 days… so an average of 3 notes per day should let me finish in time, with a few days to spare to do PBLs and a partial second round (which I desperately need for endocrine–I can’t remember anything that I studied in the beginning, i.e. adrenals & all the diagnostic tests).
And thennnnn I’m gonna try not to think about how I can’t go for the YA camp that I was really pumped-up about going for but can’t now because of rehearsals throughout the weekend and to add insult to injury the NST peoples can go for their camp in December–at least part of it. :((((((( Boo.
And the many other things that I’ve had to forgo because of musical practices, like the mobile clinic. And Adrian’s birthday. And various other birthday dinners and outings with my uni friends. And the list goes on…
Sometimes I feel like I’m married to this controlling beast of a musical which doesn’t want me to have a life outside of the show. It’s really hard to focus on the bigger plan because of all the smaller things along the way that demand immediate attention.
Yes, this is my current struggle, with all due honesty. I’m neither 100% at practices, studying, nor 100% anywhere else. My mind runs ahead of me to the next activity, the next meeting, the next job on the list, whatever it may be. Everything’s an appointment, scheduled in to my neat little Starbucks planner.
I guess this is almost like a public apology to all my friends whom I’ve had to push aside because of plain busyness with activities. I may do things/go out with you, but never truly spend time to get to know you, or ask about your day, or how your life is going. I’m really sorry…
Really sorry.
I HATE BEING SICK!
But anyway, crazy week is over… and all that’s left now is a friend’s wedding before there’s absolutely nothing to do and I will become library furniture for a good 3 weeks. Hello November! :))) you mean Christmas is coming soon! I LOVE CHRISTMAS.
Here are the things I did last week:
The crowd at acoustic night. :) Thanks, guys!
Tuesday: Acoustic night @ the dance room, IMU. Turnout was awesome–about 50 or 60 peeps showed up to support, play, or watch. Of course, the food was a success. Thank you so much, Faye-sama, MY-sama, and Su Ann for the cooking and chopping!! And definitely, thank you to the photographers, Tay & Esther. :))
The group song at the closing, Here in My Home.
Thursday: Flavors of Malaysia @ Atrium, IMU. I wore a kebaya-cheongsam, borrowed from Farah. Got a lot of compliments! Turnout was, again, more than we expected, but due to not-so-great planning and a lot of underexpectations, we ran out of food and encountered a few problems. Apologies to those who bought coupons but didn’t get to use them all… T_T; Thank you for your support, though! Nevertheless, we had fun!
The spooky/kinky group amongst the graves...
Friday: Hallowe’en night @ Chancellor hall, IMU. I went as a Japanese schoolgirl, with a rotan. So did Esther, but without the spanky item. Deco was awesome, food was okay (I didn’t like the spicyness because I had a sore throat, but whatever), and costumes were really spectacular! :) People really dressed up! The last time I saw that was about 2 years ago at Kings’ halloween dance. The dancefloor didn’t quite work out because of the lecture hall sound system, but the BAKING WAS AWESOME. <3 I luff Faye-sama’s pumpkin cake & pumpkin tarts.
Me & Alice, the fantastic bride-to-be!
Saturday: Alice’s Hen Night @ Souled Out, Hartamas. Dresscode for the ladies was a white top with jeans, and the bride can wear whatever she wants. No naughty pix disclosed publicly, just one of me and the bride. ;) It was, indeed, a fun night out for the bride, complete with some cute guys, albeit a bit older. I’ll be ji mui and singing at her wedding this coming Saturday! :)))
Off to IMU now. :) I’ve got to prepare for CSU. Bye, loves, and happy November!!
