Chronic Procrastination

CHRONIC PROCRASTINATION is a condition where the signs & symptoms of acute procrastination persist for more than 20-30 days, and remain unresolved despite valiant efforts.

General features: It has overlapping incubation periods, and is generally caused by an intrinsic aetiological factor. Chronic procrastination, if left untreated, may also develop into its various complications.

Subject with chronic procrastination. Note the dull eyes, tortured expression & lethargy.

Signs & Symptoms: Similar to those of acute procrastination. The subject will burn the midnight oil in attempts to remedy the potential consequences of the procrastination. Drowsiness, lethargy, malaise, weight loss, pallor, confusion, angst, decrease in voluntary speech, decrease in social activities. More neurological effects.

A photograph of Messy Room Syndrome (MRS). Blue arrow: bedstuff. Pink arrow: personal belongings. Red arrow: clean, unsorted laundry.

Complications: Messy Room Syndrome (MRS), dark eye-rings (sometimes with eye-bags), chronic lateness, Mis-Prioritization Syndrome (MPS)

Management: Lifestyle alteration, which requires willpower and discipline on the patient’s part. Suggestions include cutting down on responsibilities, re-prioritizing, planning ahead, not dawdling, being more conscious of the time & traffic, and setting aside time with God (prayer & devotions).

What a revelation.

Of Jazz, Dessert, and Love

Life has really been throwing a curve ball my way, with me barely managing to slip on the catcher’s mitt as it hurtles closer.

It’s 1.15am Tuesday as I write now, but let me tell you about my weekend. Last Friday I had off because there weren’t any lectures scheduled. :) Glee and joy! Took the opportunity to traipse down to KL with Rae in tow to collect my poor, mishandled cellphone (which has been “in repair” since CHINESE NEW YEAR). Hello!*cough*Service*cough*centre is really slow, and has awful customer service.

“Miss, we’ll call you when your phone is ready.”

Never received the slightest hint of a ring. In fact, I’d only discovered repairs were finished when I called them two months later. I won’t say anything about how on my first trip to collect my phone I discovered the defect wasn’t fixed and had to come back two weeks later after calling them myself again.

:) So yes. I have my dear Nokia 6500c back in my hands!

Being in KL, we couldn’t resist heading over to Pavilion to visit a Japanese sweets & desserts shop, Ministry of Food. Heard about it ages ago from Cecilia’s blog, and tried it before with Jo. Rae looooooved it. We ended up on a sugar high and took fantastically dumb yet fun pictures. <3 Read all about it on Rae’s blog. I’m lazy to retell the story and she did an awesome job of it, hahaha.

After MOF was Groove Junction @Sri Hartamas for MORE lovely jazz. I’ve blogged about the David Gomes Jazz Band ft. Junji Delfino in a previous post, and they were playing last weekend again at GJ. :)) Of course, I HAD to go! And I brought Sufen, Rae & David along with me. Nothing like some jazz to end the day with. Once again, we were treated to a delicious spread of devilishly-devised tunes, with ‘that David Gomes touch’. I mean, HELLO, they did The Carpenters andThe Beatles ala jazz! AAAAND one of my long-time favourites: The Rose. Wow. Simply WOW.

I love jazz. It puts me in a really relaxed and reflective state, and lets me marvel at the wonderful synchrony and communication which takes place when a band comes together and makes beautiful music.

The lineup for the band was different from the last time. As usual, it was David Gomes on keys & vocals–Junji Delfino, his lovely wife, on vocals. This time, there was Daniel Foong on bass, and Jonathan Jacob on drums. They sounded so good! It felt like the bassist was struggling to keep up in the first set, but in the second set he was ON. It was so beautiful. So united. So grooovy.

I love it when my friends fall in love with jazz. Rae almost died with a huge sigh when David Gomes laid his hands on the keys and coaxed out the first few notes. She couldn’t contain herself when Junji joined in the fun. I was waiting the whole night for Junji to start scatting, and couldn’t stop my foot from tapping along when she did! Jonathan was mindblowing and cheeky with his drumming solos, dishing out surprises where you least expect it. Solid beats. Daniel was a little awkward at the beginning and kept going up and down the scale, but he really shined when the slow and sentimental songs came into play. As in Rae’s words, “Damn ON weiii!” He didn’t really solo much, though.

Junji & David, if you’re reading this, I just wanted to thank you again for a yet another fantastic night! You’ve got yourself another faithful follower right here. :) Definitely coming for more of your shows. It was an honor to be able to get introduced and properly meet on Friday.

Well, that’s “Jazz” and “Dessert” taken care of. Two down, one more to go.

Click to read about the last of the three. <3 Because it’s ranty and I don’t want it on the main page.

IMU Ball 2009 : Clair de Lune @ JW Marriott, Putrajaya

The theme, Clair de Lune, was supported by its catchphrase, “A night of enchantment.” What a night it was!

On the 19th of April, 2009, a Sunday, I was stunningly tired and very reluctant to get up and get dressed for the ball. I’d been up since 6am because I was on duty for worship at church, and when I got home I lay on the bed for a short while and knocked out for two hours… Didn’t put a lot of effort into getting ready–just applied basic makeup, pulled on one of my many LBDs-for-all-occasions, and ta-daaah! Hopped into the car. Mum drove me over to the hotel and dropped me off.

Everything looked opulent and grand. Deco was amazing–felt really bad because I was a deco subcommittee-member and really, did next to nothing. Nevertheless, everything looked great. The ballroom was lovely, and the stage was impressive. Soundcheck commenced, and it wasn’t too bad of a sound system. It was loud and clear enough. When we were done, the camwhoring unleashed! :)) Camwhored a LOT with my two di-dis Kyan & Korwoi (fellow batchrep!), hahaha. BURGER LIPS TIME!

One of many camwhorings. ltr: Rudy, Chin Nam, Keili, me, Korwoi

The grad videos were all really touching and sweet, and showcased some awesome vid-editing skills. Seriously. Made me realize how fast time has passed–next year it would be our turn to dress up, sit down, and watch the memories dance by on a silver screen mounted up high. We’re already semester 3 students and still it feels like we stepped into IMU just yesterday. Sigh…

The dance performances were top-notch and the breakdancers had some pretty sweet skills. Chloe & I were jawdropping at some of the male dancers. Bak Khan and Siew Kim won the Ball King & Queen title. Congrats, you guys! Such an adorable couple!

And why was I there? (when I didn’t even buy a ticket)

:) Click to read more about the elegant, moonlit, misty night.

Kiss the Batchre–err, what?

Today, my batchmates voted me in as the new female batch rep because the old female batch rep is now our new Student Rep Council prez. Thank you to all who voted–I will serve you to the best of my abilities, and be a great team with my di di, Korwoi!

Does this mean I can’t skip BS lectures or *certain* lectures by a *certain* lecturer anymore? :P Goodbye, my truant days.

I lol’d @ Jon today.

After being voted in, I went back to my seat next to Jon because the next lecture was commencing.

Me: “Eh, if I’m batchrep now I must be good-lah! Cannot skip anymore…”
Jon: “Shit. I got tendency to kiss the batchrep. Meaning Korwoi. But you also batchrep. And I’m single…”
Me: “…wtf, SWT, stay away from me. I tell you…” >_>

****** lecture commences, dialogue ends ******

He gets the benefit of being too feverish to know what he was saying, but it is still quote-worthy. A truly dumb Jon moment, which is rare. :)

:) Why am I blogging again? BECAUSE I FINALLY HAVE MY LAPTOP BACKKKK INNNN MYYY ARRRMMMSSSS. xxxooo

She was sent to the computer shop over the weekend to recover from her viral infection, and is now 100% cured. I is now back in ur cyberspace.

SIBKL Easter 2009 : In Christ I Stand

:) Ladies and gentlemen, this is an advertorial for your reading pleasure:

This Easter, my church is doing special music & an evangelical healing service! The theme is In Christ I Stand, and our speaker for the weekend is Dr Andy Lim. He’s a doctor (duh) with a healing anointing, and will be coming to share an amazing testimony of how God healed him COMPLETELY from nasopharyngeal cancer!

For my church’s location & a map if you don’t know how to get there, click here!

The dates of the sessions are:
Saturday, 11th April – 5pm
Sunday, 12th April – 8.30am
Sunday, 12th April – 11am

:) THREE sessions, count ‘em all. Please come visit and attend the service–you’ll be in for a treat and a witnessing of God’s awesome healing power. If you’re sick, feeling sick, need healing of any kind, this is the service for you! Let me know which service you’re coming for, so I can look out for you.

*ahem. Shameless: A less noble reason to come for the service would be because I AM SINGING AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME SUPPORT. :)) So there. If you want to know what song I’m doing, it’s a duet, and it was famously performed by Celine Dion with fellow singers such as Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban, except we’re doing a fully English version. I’m sure you can guess. ;)

SO YES! :) I know there are other flashy and more exciting musicals on for Easter, but if you’d like a gentler affair, with good music, good *cough* singing, and an amazing, life-changing message, come for SIBKL’s Easter 2009 service. There are 3 dates, so I’ll bet you can make at least one of them!

Signing out, this is Jade. ;)