tech geekiness

Microsoft Office Standard 2007 (Suite): USD399.95
Microsoft Office OneNote: USD99.95
Microsoft Office Project Professional: USD999.95
Microsoft Office Publisher: USD169.95
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer: FREAKIN PRICELESS
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IMToo Ipod Computer Transfer: USD25.95
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TOTAL: USD 3585.74 = SGD 5217.61

ALL MINE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOO.

What an awesome way to start my weekend.

perfection is overrated

I'm so fed up with people and the world.... if you don't believe in me then don't bet on me- it's that simple. I just need to get through this month and I shall rediscover my happyplace!!!!

Meanwhile, everyone should just stop telling me what I can or cannot do. I will not believe you. My will is mine and mine alone and whatever I say I can do, I know I damn well can.

Short getaway tomorrow to Sunday night, this could not have come at a more perfect timing. See you guys on Monday.

chasing boho dreams

So it's official.

I'm going to be a Year 1 Arts Management student at Lasalle College of the Arts come August 3rd, and after 3 years I'll get my B(A) (Hons) in Arts Management. I'm hoping to specialise in Performing Arts and maybe take an elective in Fine Arts, but we'll see.

I'm so excited!!! (:

goodnight world, I am exhausted

Introducing the Sylvia-diet (guaranteed effective): Work both ACE Fest and NMS Children's Season simultaneously in addition to your regular slots at NMS GT, have shows during mealtimes like 12nn and 1pm and 6pm and 7.30pm, have a Red Bull for breakfast cos you'd rather sleep an extra half an hour than eat, eat only half your lunch cos it's cold by the time you get to it, have random non-filling things like frozen yoghurt or bagels from Coffee Bean for dinner only at 10pm or later, all while squeezing in gym during breaks in the day/on dark days. Lose 4kg in 3 weeks while still being able to eat Subway, pizza, prata, Milo dinosaur, Nasi Goreng, Nasi Lemak with extra chicken wings stolen from your sound guy during lunch etc everyday! Try it! Free eyebags and dark eye rings included in package.

We think about it, sing about it, dream about it,lose sleep worrying about it. When we don't have it; we search for it; when we discover it; we don't know what to do with it; when we have it; we fear losing it. It is the constant source of pleasure and pain. But we can't predict which it will be from one moment to the next. It is a short word, easy to spell, difficult to define, impossible to live without.

It's love.

Keri Smith

who?

There are so many people I know who are in the position where they are seeing someone despite the presence of a third party- the girl who sees the boy who is seeing someone new but unable to let her go, the girl who sees an ex because she is unable to let him go and doesn't know that he is seeing someone new, that someone new seeing that boy despite the constant niggling presence of the ex, the girl who sees an ex because she is unable to let him go despite the full knowledge of the fact that he is seeing someone new and not giving a fuck, the boy whose indecisiveness over two girls very much in love with him allows him to see both and take both for granted.

So who's the third wheel? The new, or the old? The one in control, or the one helplessly (and hopelessly) attached? Who's at fault? Who do you blame?

I was trying my best to find a painfully honest quote to put everything in perspective, and I couldn't.

Maybe, cos in situations like this, there is just nothing that can be said.

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave."

- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Mum... How much like do you need before it becomes love?"

"That, is an interesting question."

"For example: you and Dad. When you first met, you like each other first, right?"

"Yes. Yes, we did."

"Then when did you realise that you love each other?"

"I don't know... I guess... we knew each other for a very long time."

"Does it mean that, when you know someone for very long, you fall in love with him?"

"No... No, it doesn't necessarily mean that. You know- I guess love is very difficult to understand. I mean, people talk about it all the time, they sings songs about it, they write about it but when it comes right down to it I guess nobody really knows where love comes from.. or where it goes.""

"You're confusing me..."

"Yes I am. Love is like that."

The Morning After

Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjo28ya5rDI

Part II: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRxvvXRkle0

Part III: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JMCyYI672g

Print-to-screen adaptation of Christine Suchen Lim's eponymous short story. This version is a concatenation of the scene excerpts containing only the gay storyline moiety of the complete film broadcast.

seriously

"I strive to better my ability to conceptualize ideas and a place in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences to read English Literature will allow me to explore the different avenues of the literary world. I am also confident of my ability to contribute to NTU as a leader."

You just read 50 words.

Seriously, how the hell is anyone expected to show how worthy they are of a place in NUS/NTU if they get only 1000 characters or an even more ridiculous 50 WORDS to express themselves? And how the hell does anyone expect to be able to see how worthy someone is of getting a place in uni in 50 words??! This is nuts. The system is so ridiculously, stupidly flawed I have nothing to say.