Of tonkatsu and mangas...

Was actually planning to blog about the best tonkatsu place I've ever eaten at but after I read the manga I bought, the focus shifted. =P But the tonkatsu place still deserves a mention. Well, the place's called Tonkichi. The picture's of the Ngee Ann City branch but we actually went to the one at Isetan-Scotts. Both J and I agreed that here's a place where the food they serve actually looks like the food on the menu and in the model placed outside the store. Price's reasonable for the quality of food served. =)

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Today I spent 20 over buckaroos on a single volume of manga. Now normally I wouldn't spend that kind of money on a single bloody book ya. But this one's special! Oh man! I'm actually raving bout it! It's been ages since I raved over any manga (Naruto and One Piece excluded).

Ok, I know the title sounds cliché but it's surprisingly good. Though I do have high expectations after J told me it's good. =) Was not in the least disappointed. It's one of the least explicit of mangas in the yaoi genre. Storyline was strong enough and artwork was good. A minimal of melodrama so typical in yaoi mangas. Needless to say, I just absolutely love it! *goes into fan girl mode* =P

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Sense of community...

Perhaps because the semester is coming to an end and I know that I’ll get distracted after exams. I think I should blog it all down before my attention is moved to other matters. For the first time in my 4 years in NUS, there’s this sense of community. I feel as though I belong to a class of my own. For the first three years in NUS, I feel that my life revolved around NUSKK (and friends of course. =_=) I take little or no notice of the lessons I went to or the people in my class (Prof M and his lessons excluded of course =P).

As for the honors class, its just like any other normal classes, you won’t be close to everybody, there’ll always be people you don't really like, and there’ll be people whom you are close to. But it all boils down to the fact that all of us are part of a class. The honors room really helps to foster a sense of belonging. I’m not always there but the times spent there either eating or attempting to study or basically just crapping/gossiping or watching the guys play chess or mahjong are all enjoyable times. When I think back on my NUS days, I’ll surely remember the noisy and smelly (only a little lah) honors room.

I just can't wait!!!

I just can’t wait for tomorrow’s paper to be over!! 1 question in 2 hours... I bet I’ll finish in half the time because I don’t really have a lot of information in my brain now. It’s killed by endless hours of crapping and gossiping in the honors room today. Hehe... but I’m sure I’ll be able to churn out something for tomorrow.

ZX called about some tickets for sale for “Ghost in the Shell” on Saturday but I can’t go... coz I still have exams. T_T

We started talking about training and I realized that I’m so going to die when I go back for training. Prolonged period of inactivity is so going to retard my performance. ZX even said he want to keiko with me when I go back for training. I’m so gonna die... Even without the long absence in training, I get trashed by him every single time. I shudder to think of the outcome when I next go back for training. And yet, in spite of the fear, there’s this weird sense of anticipation.

Ahhhhhhh... I can’t wait for exams to be over

Feelin’ Sick

Started the day with a headache… seems that I’ll end the day with one too. There’s this crazy moth in my room and it absolutely refuses to fly out. =_= Toby went crazy trying to catch it.

The room’s in a mess because of a crazy moth and a crazy dog. =_=

Virus...I HATE thee...

I so want to kill its fucking inventor... If I ever meet the person who invented this virus, I want to crack every single finger on his/her hands... so he/she cannot touch a keyboard ever again... I want to break their necks! A chill ran down my spine as I typed that. Haha... I guess my violent tendencies have not receded fully.

My msn was infected today by this weird virus. Of course I have to admit that I was being stupid. Sigh... I really don’t know what was the matter with me. First the stupid debit card issue then now this stupid virus. Why was I so baka? I’m really not thinking clearly these days. =_=

Thanx eddie for attempting to help me with the problem this afternoon. =)

Hopefully the system restore will work!!

Thanx chris for suggesting this. =)

Anger-management...

I think I have this innate rage inside me. It’s being tampered by a lot of factors. But it boils to the surface every once in a while and I don’t really know how to handle it. When I’m irritated, every single small thing will irritate the hell out of me. It’s a vicious cycle.

I need to go back for training... it balances me.

MRT incidents

Well, I’m sure lots of us have had incidents on MRTs. Encountered weird, rude, even obnoxious people. It’s public transport after all… we’ll get to meet all sorts of people. Well, I’ve met people who pretended to sleep so that they don’t have to give up their seats, some looked anywhere else but at the old fellow, some looked damned uncomfortable yet refused to stand up. I’ve also met people who blatantly refused to give up their seats (well, at least they’re honest bout it).

Today was the best! I was standing, this middle-aged woman was to my right and an old man was also standing to my left. We were the only three people standing in that particular cabin. The people sitting were mostly young people, teens to people in early twenties. You get the drift. One person stood up and alighted at the next stop. The empty seat was right in front of me. Being the nice person I am (haha) I did not sit down. Just as the old man was making his way towards the seat, the woman made a dash for it and sat down. Can you imagine the cheek of it! And then, proceeded to take out a book which turned out to be a bible and read through it. =_= oooohhh... how pious.

Needless to say, I was extremely disgusted. =_=

Short People

Ra sent me this song... It’s a blatant attack against short people... haha... but it’s a damn nice song lah!
Got the lyrics from here

Short People by Randy Newman

Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
Short People got no reason
To live

They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
`Round here

Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A Fool Such As I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's A Wonderful World)

Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
Short People got nobody
To love

They got little baby legs
That stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That go beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time
Well, I don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
Don't want no Short People
'Round here

and then its done!

The essay's done! I'm going to school soon to hand it up. Thanks be to the powers beyond and to ermita and celine. haha... without whose help, the essay would never have seen the light of day. But its still crap lah! =_=

And thanx to J for the cheering and the @_@ pictures sent that woke me up from lala land... thus made me go on to finish the stupid piece of crap... *snigger*

yosh! off to school to hand in stuff and get dvd from ra now! ra is the best lah!


Edit: today's my er jie's birthday!! happy happy birthday er jie!! buy me lots of stuff when u go japan next week k! i can't wait! my new shinai's coming back with u ya! *drool*

Taking a break…

J suggested that I take a break from lockie’s essay. Have bout 500 or so words and brain refuses to work anymore. Reading through what I just wrote, I’m not sure of its viability. I mean… even I don’t buy what I wrote… how can lockie buy it?

So what am I doing now? I’m playing solitaire on the computer…T_T
Honestly, I can’t think of anything less loser-ish than this. But what to do… thinking too much hurts my brain… T_T

DON'T MESS WITH THE PIG!
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Haha...it's my wallpaper now. Thanks J, for sending the link over. It's really really adorable!

The end is near…

Finished my last presentation, went for my last class. There’s only one more essay left to do before I’m done. Exams excluded of course. =_= It seems that the end is approaching, soon I’ll cease to be a full-time student. (yes, NIE is another academic factory but I’ll be getting paid there... so it doesn’t count. =P)

After being part of the system for 18 years, inclusive of kindergarten, I fear I’m very much a product of the system. And that scares me because I do not want to be stuck in schools for the next 20 years to come without trying something else first. But I guess it all boils down to my own decision. Teaching is something I really want to try out. If it doesn’t suit me, *shrugs* then I’ll just have to start afresh 4 years into the future.

Mood was not the greatest after getting back DDR’s paper. =_=

A good dinner with good company never fails to put me back in a good mood. J my dear, thanx for the company! Was sitting on the floor at the taka sq eating ice-cream with J just now when I realized that it’ll be hard doing the same thing in the future. =_= But hack it, I'll probably be doing the exact same stuff I'm doing at the present. =P

Watching this anime called “Monster” now when I should be doing my SEA essay. It’s about a young boy who’s apparently a psychotic killer. It’s freaking me out. T_T I don’t know why I do this to myself. T_T

Of impulse buys and weird kitty...

I don’t know how many times I told myself “never again”, but I never seem to follow my own advice. T_T Impulse buys seems to be very much a part of my life. Just bought 50 bucks worth of Korean drama that is DUBBED! Words alone cannot express my hatred to dubbed stuff…and yet I still bought it. Ahhhhhhhh…..my 50 bucks!!!! I’m so going to live on bread and water for the rest of the week. =_=

I must let J watch this too….absolutely refuse to suffer alone. T_T buddies must share everything… even the excruciating pain of watching Korean actors speak Chinese with a Beijing accent! =_=

Oh….I really must blog about the latest weirdness of the kitty kat. He wants to be a kept man! Hahaha...

O_o XXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
i dun mind for a certain sum of $$ and food to be a kept man

after some crapping....he actually said he'll do BDSM....=_=

O_o XXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
i can learn how to tahan candles...
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
lol
T_T says:
LOL!!!
T_T says:
I cannot stop laughing lah!!! silly kitty@!
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
see see... how good i will be.. or am actually lol
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
lemme test out with this little candle... oooOOoooO pain pain.. sia...
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
lol
T_T says:
entertaining lah.....but unfortunately i cannot afford u lah.
T_T says:
you're beyond my means
T_T says:
=P
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
nooooOOoooooo....
O_o XXXXXXXX - early april back in 05...what a very special time for me... to do assignments what a night.. says:
now i have to go back to the 55 yr old tai tai..
- -'

I have ultra super duper weird friends!!!!

Edit: at his request...I got to admit the fact that he's an ultra nice kitty lah. Helped me alot with conceptionalising my japanese occupation essay. Though the actual question is not exactly out yet, I do have a better idea of what I'm going to do! Thanx kitty!

Grumpy

Think I’m losing hair... must be due to stress... T_T How?!!! I don’t want to visit Yun Nam with slart and hen! =_= blew the whole morning and afternoon watching or rather fast-forwarding through this ridiculous Korean drama called Memories in Bali where in the end, 3 out of the 4 main leads died. =_= I so wanted to throw the vcds away when I saw the ending! Then I remembered that the vcds are my cuz’s, not mine. *pissed* Freaking waste of my time!!!

Spent the rest of the afternoon looking for pictures of the Japanese Occupation. I swear my eyes are like this @_@ now. Found some good stuff but I just can’t seem to find any good pictures of the Japanese, especially the Kempeitais. T_T It’s 1 plus in the morning and I’m still searching... it’s not as though I don’t have the pictures, but scanning will be such a hassle! =_=

Have to miss training again tomorrow because of the stupid presentation. =_= It’s the last presentation of my NUS life. I do want to put in more effort. But I want to go training... I’m afraid that I’ll spend away the $60 meant for SKC membership fees if I don’t pay tiff soon.

As usual, BT hates me and I'll have to wait 160 hours before my download completes. =_=

Black Saizou, Grey J

Retail therapy works, but if it doesn’t, we’ll just mow down the world. =_=

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty
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Went out with dot yesterday night... and dot sent me home in a lorry! Haha... pretty cool though. Dot’s skilled man. Can drive any vehicles. Hahaha…evening was marred when dot revealed that one of the rabbits have scabies. Oh god... I nearly freaked out! J was freaked out too... when I told her bout it. Poor J... was in super close contact with the jacket of the super-infector! Hohoho... come to think bout it... I was holding the jacket for quite a long while on Thursday as well. =_=

Anyways, we went to watch Stage Beauty. It’s a damn funny show! The emotions were pretty intense as well. Billy Crudup was beautiful. The scene that really got me was when King Charles II wanted Kynaston to act the part of Othello on stage, wanting him to show that he could act as a “he” as well as he could act as a “she”. Man... it wrenches my heart to see him sobbing on stage because he couldn’t do it despite repeated attempts. T_T His range of facial expression is amazing... especially compared to Keanu Reaves ! =P But the show was astonishing... I so want to watch it again... on second thoughts, I think I’ll get the DVD. =)

On a happier note, my group managed to finish our MNO project today! Though I think half the things we said about Yamashita is dubious at the least, it’s done! Now we’ll just have to see if the poor TA marking our projects would fall for it or not. =P

Parcels thru the mail!

I got a parcel from N0g0al nee-chan today. A lot a lot of candies, chocolates and a UCLA t-shirt that now smells of the candies he packed it with. =) Heh. I’m not really sure why he sent the parcel. The postage must have cost him. =(

But I’m pretty happy. Getting parcels thru the mail is truly a wonderful feeling... I don’t get them very often but when I do, I’m really happy. Thanks ng-neechan! *hugz*

MOE Briefing

Went for the briefing at MOE today. Even though J warned me bout being late, I was still one of the stragglers... coming in at 135 out of 150 in total. Woah…the wait was horrendous. I forgot to bring anything to read. Hungry and bored... the worst combination... T_T lucky I have celine, val and gang to keep me company. =)

Heh. It seems that everyone and their mothers are going to teach. Met Terr para para toh there. Haha... it has been ages since I last seen that bugger. =P I knew he was bonded! But I just didn’t expect it to be with MOE. Even charles is going to teach! Shocku! Correction: I think Charles is already teaching at a school, teaching PE and English. *Double Shocku*

But I think they’ll gonna be very popular with the girls. =_= well maybe charles will be popular with the guys lah. But terr definitely will be popular among the girls. Sigh... hard to believe it’s been 4 years since I knew these guys. Terr even said he still has the video we shot for the stupid JS project in our first semester. Projects were fun back then. T_T

=_=

I have this horrible headache… and a stiff neck. I think it’s stress-related. Why do I always do this to myself? =_=

Life should be simple.