yay Lostprophets.

 


happyhappyhappy.

yesterday was one of the better-est days i've had since mebbe..bugisCAP?
and i liked it thoroughly even though i was down with the cold. *sniff*

skule was okaaay, was sick so i could slack of during random chosen times and more importantly, tedious and not-so-interesting *coughenglishcough* lessons. spent pe sitting at the bustop listening to my discman, waving at this cute little kid who just discovered how to drink from those packet drinks [..aw] and croaking encouragement as my classmates ran towrds the finish point before promptly instructing them to do sit-ups + push-ups. mmph, Teacher's Little Helper. whee.

it's fun telling ppl to do stuff.

....especially if ur exempted from it. *ponders* you know, i think i wouldn't mind being a Dictator. first thing i'll do would be to send all the act-cutesy, pink-obsessed lians and the mats+minahs who dared to laugh at me before i rose to power to siberia. i'm sure putin wouldn't mind...um, he's still Russia's big man isn't he? or is he dead? hrm.
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after skule, we headed off to Ngee Ann's open house. [note: ACJC open house; 21 feb] which at first started off not quite so well cuz it was sweltering and we were aimlessly wandering around.

and we got free Cornetto. yum.

oh!oh!oh! but in the first FIVE minutes we stepped in, we spotted 4 really hot guys. yay to eye candy. by the end of the day, our count went up to...23.
23 real head-turners. and they all looked like Gatsby ads w/o the tacky clothes and equally tacky soundtrack following around.

the library is really gorgey there. it's just as nice as the one at Esplanade except better [to me] because well, the one at E is dedicated to theatre and music but the one there was really extensive. they even had a great Humour section [something as possible as liquid fire in my school] and i found a quote in one of them:

"the only orgasm a woman gets is from shopping."
- Cher

which brings me to the next and bestest point!!
*BEAMS*

..i went shopping! there was a fair there with all these stalls and one was selling tees and it so turns out that she was one of the main suppliers who imports the stuff and send out them out to the random shops in Orchard. and, and AND! they had Emily!! and not /ONLY/ did they have Emily tees, they had them in BAGGY sizes which canNOT be found anywhere else! she told me that shops normally order the smaller sizes [idiots!] because they think that's what we Asian girls want. pooey, what do THEY noe?
AND! i got them friggin' cheap! 3 for $25. that is UNbelieveble. one shirt normally costs $18-nish and that's the small sizes...*blissful sigh*
so now, i have 2 very nice tees and one long sleeved im using as a sweater.

AND! i bought my replacement leather cuff. yay, me! it's muchos nicer than the one at Heeren and very, very much cheaper. shall not reveal the price lest people think im a complete cheap-o. which coincidentally, i am. -blinks-

orgasmic.
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*the trip to the poly was only productive in the sense that now i know that i HAVE to go JC because i do not like what's at poly.
i used to be able to say tht hey, nvm, i can always go poly if don't make it to jC but now i can't. ..i'm just not interested in what they teach at poly except mass comm and EVERYBODY want's tht. and the guy says their only taking in 200 for 2004 then what about OUR batch?? in case you dont know [which i doubt], we're the babyboom batch ie. LOTS of competition. merp.
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and here's another AND!

if i thought they day couldn't get better, i was wrong.

i just bounced back home and was tokking with my mudder gloating about my day when kass called about the debate to ask whether i wanted to go whic of course, duh, i did. in fact, i've been moaning to my skule friends about how much i wanted to go but in my true typical self, hesitated asking ppl about the details in fear of um...grk. it's my social insecurity. [note to self: must get rid of that]

so anyways, even though i just got home, i left again after scoffing down a burger my mom had bought. whee.

came just in time to see IJ vs. Nanyang. IJ did great, nanyang..erm. but ppl said tht their Team 1 was muchos better so yeah! *shrugs* it's all about experience. or the lack of it.

it almost felt like CAP again. lots of CAPpers there. including ppl i ddn noe by name but look familiar. see? i remember you Random ppl!!
hrm. wished the day lasted longer. and aaron maniam rawked, heh. he was one of the judges and mid-way, he got up and left the room to shout at the ppl outside to tell 'em to shut up. whoo!

couldn't find the 67 stop opp. AC and it was kinda dark and all creepy so ddn dare to wnader around by myself. got directions from this guy and ended up talking to him on the bus as well. glad to know there are still nice ppl out there *remembers the lady who slammed her car door in my face b4 driving away when i asked her for a lift to the main road w/o saying a word when i was stranded at Turf City.* niway, the guy told me CJC=not a condusive learning environ so keep tht in mind ppl! and when i reached my stop, he ominously told me to "study hard". *shudders* are the O's gna be tht bad?...

--}hugs to bern+vince! didn't manage to see you guys but pretty sure you did great...and somehow, if you look at a situation properly, winning isn't the only thing that matters.
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what makes bad HP fanfic.

- bad writing; ie. awkward conversation. do people actually TALK like that??gerk. and, when they don't get the characters right. it's painful reading a draco who's just shallowly mean and jerky etc. ouch. vernon all 'it's ok harry'?snape all smiley and not even parody-cally so?

- overly sappy fics. i've read good ones but the bad ones are worse than bad. their HORRID.

- american-ising. HP is british damn you! this is the worst. i can't stand it. i don't know how to define it but you can tell when you read the fic. it just feels wrong.

- oh and i forgot. if the author intentionally or not slips in his/her own's petty biasness and prejudices in the fic. it's usually small hints and more likely accidental but it makes the fic just so very ugly.

i'm not condemning the authors. in fact, i think it's great that they've got the nerve to put up their works on the internet leaving them vulnerable to fussy readers to criticize. brave enuff to face the possible condemnation. something i hesitate to do myself. oh well.

and i have read fantastic fanfic. authors who successfully manipulated/altered the characters to suit the plot and yet manage to keep the essence of Rowling's character there. it's possible, and i think THAT'S the mark of a good fanfic writer.