やばい！

been surfing and through deviantart, i’ve stumbled upon a site called poupeegirl which basically involves the user dressing up the digital doll. 

and…i’m hooked! *weeps*

not only that, i’ve since regained the urge to go shopping~! 

マジデヤバいヨ！

 

last one…promise!

last trip for  awhile…all this city/town hopping is burning a hole in my already crummy pocket…but guess where i was?

*picture = hint*

CHESTERRRRRR~! (^-^)b finally got there after a year of procrastinating to go visit Inga…anyhoo, with all the recent phototaking, i had forgotten to charge the camera (i usually run out of space before battery but ever since i borrowed a larger SD card, its been other other way around and i keep forgetting!) so…the one day i wanted and was ALLOWED to get all tourist-y like…my camera refused to work..m(_ _)m

it’s alright~ main purpose there was to visit “The Cheese Shop” (^-^); so i got my cheeses (a garlic staffordshire cheese and halloumi) and we made off to go see the Museum & Amphitheater before going down to sit by River Dee with some Ice Cream…weather was pretty horrid so we hurriedly crossed the river, took a picture with the craving and headed for shelter at Inga’s place..

she also made lunch! and gave me tea (^-^); pai seh but…i’m kinda feeling realllllly fortunate now…the accommodation at Chester Uni for International Students is pretty bad and is TINY! something always appeared to be broken and they only have a fridge half the size of the one we had last year for practically the same number of people…and even that was broken for a couple of weeks…

so, granted it’s not my place to complain about it…i’m just finding it really unfair…=_=

OH OH OH OH OH!!! I’ve finally seen THE picture! Remember the house we thatched last summer? 

IT SURVIVED FINLAND’S HARSH WINTER!!!!!

YES!!!!!

 

summer-ing~

it’s been awhile…yet again…(^-^); but summer’s been busy! with work, travelling and my random weekend runaways. Not too sure if my last post was before or after my trip to Italy earlier this month (EDIT: it was before! xD)…

Since then, every week has been spent somewhere, doing something…it’s been really productive! and now that i’m back from Cambridge after chatting with the newly graduated bunch, i’m kind of all fired up to get started with work already. I think it was absolutely AWESOME we all got to meet up again as a bunch. All thanks to Inga! (^-^)b

so yes, as with anything with these guys, i’ve tried something new again…hahaha, these are the cycling instructors who have not forgotten the *ahem* 5 hours to cycle back from Kierriki…or the fall into the nettle bush… m(_ _)m in fact, it might have been the nettle bush that spurred me to learn how cycle…but anyhoo! we all went punting!!! (^.~) we left it to the expert to get us through the first half of the journey…

beautiful day! this was the FANTASTIC weather the ENTIRE time we were there (^-^)b i now hope for Tom’s sake that the weather carries on like that because parading in the rain in furry graduate gear doesn’t sound very appealing.

the entire route was beautiful! with every new bridge we passed (there were tons) the scenery changed. There was this part in particular that reminded me of Clarke Quay xD i think i might just be a -little- bit more home sick then i thought….

LOL! but the fun part only began on the return journey…when i took control of the punt…HAHAHAHAHA…oh dear lord, that was probably the worst idea i had all year. the punt kept colliding into the sides of the bank, into unsuspecting ducks and geese…and more memorably…into other punts!

Laura, Inga and Phillipa all took their turns after me too..LOL! switching punters in the middle of the river is probably the most horrifying thing EVER. not because we’re afraid of getting hurt falling in, but because it’s generally hard to accomplish and really hurts the pride when you pull in to moor and everyone’s soaked! lol, but we were fine under Phillipa’s awesome steering! erm….this is just her feet, but you get the idea.

We did some sight seeing around the colleges after Phillipa and her friend, Melissa, left to pack…she rejoined us for dinner later at one of the BEST asian restaurant i’ve dined in since coming to the UK. it’s called Asia (^-^); but the service was spectacular and so was the food! just a tad pricey though…a bowl of rice set me back £2.05! however, taking the rest of the meal into consideration, it was well worth it!

Sent Phillipa off the train station after this, and went back to the hotel to rest our feet….it probably was not a very good idea on my part to decide to use this trip to break in the boots…(^.^); After abit, we left to meet up with Tom again for a drink at the Eagle, a pub that the discovery of DNA was announced at apparently. It was also here that i learnt what ‘pennying’ is the hard way.

because i take FOREVER to finish any drink, both Tom and Laura popped pennies into my drink and i had to down it…it was all in good time because the pub was about to close in 5 too… ‘When in Rome’ right…so i did and dear god…that short walk around cambridge’s allies in search of the few remaining gas lamps in the UK was the hardest thing i had to do in a long time. 

still, i must say i had the best sleep EVER that night…got back, showered and just knocked out till the next morning when we visited the Uni’s Anthropology and Archaeology Museum along with the Fitzwilliam. In the middle, we stopped for the famous Chelsea Buns! Just LOOK at them!

SUGARY GOODNESS! we all had to clean our faces after this..lol, there is no easy way to consume this, but it was worth the hassle…like fudge though, this should probably only be eaten conservatively…(^-^); SOOOOOOO SWEEEEEEEEEEET!

Inga has the other with Phillipa…but anyhoo, last group picture in the park~ 

i like cambridgeeeeeeeee! *runs back*

 

ε≡(ノ´＿ゝ｀）ノ yay!

why…of all nights to have fallen asleep from shopping around too much…did it have to be the night the magics played fantastically?!

m(_ _)m 

well, they are leading the series 3-1 now so *waves pom poms* yay!

mnnn, went down to town today to get some groceries and…lookie lookie…

and i thought the singaporeans were kiasu…lol…13 stickers…THIRTEEN…xD

lol…ok, i get amused easily~

mnnn, i’ve also been thinking about things to do in summer. i was a little late in applying for museum work for this summer it seems and the next round of interviews will be in september…m(_ _)m so that’s sorta not going to happen now…the BM forwarded my application, but i doubt that will be any different from the other museums…so…T-T i’m thinking it’s back to Gilds for me…running odd jobs here and there is still better then nothing. 

once i get back from turin, it’s off to work for me…no pottery, no riding…will sit down and get research redone for the dissertation with part time work on the side. 

but…i’m looking to learn how to drive this summer now…(^-^);> and i’m the kind that crashes into the wall the minute i get into the car in the arcade…oh dear lord…help me…

it’ll be veryyyy useful getting around in…i can’t cycle for days just to get to a secluded dig site in the middle of nowhere i suppose…i’m thinking it’s either learning to drive or photography (the camera and it’s lens costs JUST as much as the driving lessons and tests do) and well, while both will be useful, i suppose one option is more practical at the moment…i can always learn photography on the field when i need to. 

*fingers crossed* we’ll see…have a few more procedures then usual because i’m not local, so hopefully everything will go smoothly.

 

in the words of my housemate…

poopie!

went to manchester yesterday mainly to attend this tour agent job ‘open day’ thing…it turned out to be a bunch of (i wouldn’t go so far as to say crap)  RUBBISH! and to think i stayed up the night before just to get my resume rewritten and formatted…pui!

it was actually a weird pyramid selling thing~ major copy of what amway already does…that i don’t mind…but tardiness is a MAJORRRRRRRR pet peeve of mine…and THEY, the organisers, were LATE…not by 5 mins like the hotel staff told me the first time…so i went to get KK while they were still open…they were also not 15 mins late (like the staff told me again when i got back) but 50 minutes! 

THAT was crap…an entire hour of my life i will never get back…worse thing is…the weather outside was PERFECT! it was summer for hell’s sake…

and even with the additional hour, they could not set up their presentation right…ex-lawyer my poop! no powerpoint, everything was streamed from websites that because of their nature the computer kept going to sleep mode only every 5 mins…

instead, in that one hour we (a grand total of 4 people including myself in a room that could cater to 80 comfortably) waited, they had the balls to play out, tickling each other and chasing each other around the front of the room and entrance…

i couldn’t leave…not being one of a 4 people audience…so i waited to hear them out…you…come and show me a promotional video about the travel industry being big…ok, i know…i understand…but it was a bunch of poppycock! how is comparing the coffee industry to the travel industry representative of anything?! the former would of COURSE be smaller for fuck’s sake…now, if it were the F&B industry versus the travel industry, you’d have my attention, but WTH! the audience isn’t DUMB…

as if that wasn’t bad enough, they get their MOST EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEE to come and speak to us…HE had a grand total of 15 months with the company…i’m sorry? most-experienced? he made NO POINT….absolutely zilch…and he kept pointing to an imaginary presentation with slides and figures as he talked out “the figures” or “the numbers”…

alright…so WHERE in fuck’s sake are they?

you want me to BUY into your business, SHOW me the evidence…

it’s just a bunch of baseless crap…and even that doesn’t sufficiently describe it..

worse of all, they then wanted the four of us to SIGN UP and PAY UP FRONT to JOIN their pyramid selling scheme…some poor sods stayed behind but i bloody had enough and stormed out…

no…i’m paitient…i’m a complete newbie to the travel industry but…WTH was that?!

grrrrrrrr! getting me mad just thinking about it…

…

haix, still…it wasn’t a wasted day in manchester…got some donuts, went window shopping and had an amazing dinner before fend and charles returned to pick me up to go home…

the KK donuts…

Lai Wong Bao…fried custard buns you dip into condensed milk…DELICIOUS!

so the day wasn’t COMPLETELY wasted…got home, helped charles move with fend and jen…got home and hung out abit in the living room with everyone (kin, hany, simon, aik thong were there playing mahjong) lol…i love thai advertisements!

once again stayed up till 5 watching the magics beat the cavaliers (WOOHOO!) while jen dyed fend’s and kin’s hair…lol…supposed to be a light brown, but it was formulated for use on blonde/light coloured hair…so whatever highlights the boys had was darkened! ahahahaha!

so, kin’s now gone home~ hany and jeremy too~ mnnn, it’s that time of year again…

m(_ _)m

anyhoo, got some actual shopping done today at L1 with jen…(^_^)b we’ve been looking for straw hats…still haven’t settled on one that we like yet…(well, we have, but it’s £30! as opposed to the not to nice ones going for 6 quid) so, i think she’s going back to shop tomorrow before leaving for Greece…i’m just tired…mixed up the painting day~ (^-^); it’s thursday! not tomorrow xD 

ahya, better lar, i want to SHLEEP! it’s been too bright to nowadays so i’m just lethargic all day long now operating on less than 4-5 hours of sleep a day…

i.need.curtains!

 

huhuhu~

 was bored today as always…so i pulled out the sculpy…and made some faces (^-^);> 

you can’t see anything, but they have mouths too xD 

this is just about as creative i can get…m(_ _)m faillll~ i made a cast of my finger…lol, the utter dryness of my skin makes for some interesting texture (^__^)b although i don’t quite know what to do with these once they’ve gone into the oven…we’ll see~ i’ve got some acrylics and glaze anyhoo~ just gotta get my brush back from jen first…

 

oh oh oh~ i’ll be helping to paint a mural for a kids center next week (it’s apparently an under-the-sea themed one)…i love the opportunity to get messy~ first step to ridding pre-summer boredom and return a little to the community i’ve grown to love!

 

school’s out!

and i’ve never been more bored.. (^-^);

it’s only been 6 hours since the last paper ended and already i’ve run out of things to keep myself busy…will pop by town tomorrow of friday to the job/volunteer agency to get some stuff worked out to make the resume look good. (^_^)b

gonna be in manchester sometime this weekend to look into things…and if i can squeeze in some time, chester too~! will begin sorting out my research information again next week before leaving for turin…TURIN! finally…lol, been itching to fly over since i arrived in 2007. just ask the housemates~! xD

as for the rest of summer (besides a job and volunteer work hopefully) i’ll have to start with the French language again…that and hieroglyphs are on the top of my list~ i will hopefully practice some japanese and mandarin on the side…ahhh~ it’s gonna be a terribly linguistic-ie summer. i’ve been considering some outdoorsy stuff like riding or pottery (by outdoorsy i mean out of the house xP ) but that will have to wait till i find the moolah!

other then that, i’ve only got plans for when school begins! if things go my way, i’ll be interviewing for a summer museum internship in september, working on the dissertation while ‘mentoring’ the freshers…hahaha, i promised i’ll try to be nice~

 

i….need a drink.

first pills…

now drinks…

not too sure what is worse right now…(^-^);

ahhhh, i’m far from being an alcoholic…i just like hanging about vegetating and if there arn’t any affordable starbucks, TCCs or any other cafes to hang out at…why not the pub? lol, i’ve upgraded from having orange juice (last year) to this…this year…

the glory that is pimm’s…i HEART! it doesn’t taste alcoholic and is only a litttttttle carbonated tasting…bad cause if you drink it too fast…WHAM! lol…i’m terrible with alcohol lar…which is brilliant because i don’t need to spend alot of cash to get drunk if and when i want or need to

(^-^)b

mnnn…been busy…been sooooooo busy…

HDD died and took my assignments with it (which thankfully is proving to be good news because if it didn’t, i would have handed in a SHOT report as i’m learning this very minute…PHEW!)

i did brilliantly well on my last osteoarchaeology assignment that even earned a ‘fantastic’ from the lecturer who attacks us like a rabbid dog on smack for the smallest issues. so i think that’s quite an achievement…

i just hope i do as well in the exams less then 2 weeks from now which i have yet to even GLANCE at because redoing these essays are taking more time then i predicted…what with the books being impossible to locate and my brain shutting down for 2-3 days on end because of the NBA…(GO MAGIC!!!)

*ahem*

been in a relatively bite-ie mood lately too…it’s not the all round GRRRR thing…but it’s targeted at certain people…i don’t know why…you know when you suddenly notice all of a person’s faults and read into all of their actions…negatively? i don’t know why…

well…i do…kinda…

i find it nice that people like me spending time with them, but when i say i’m busy with work…I AM busy WITH work for god’s sake…i like my coffee time as well…they then take it out on my work…

“oh~ why work so hard? i work so much less and get roughly the same results…”

the hell..i’m sorry i’m dumb but i need time and work in order for something to stick in my head…

“You guys seem so free all the time”

DO I?!?!?! i’m sorry you’re never around when i’m taking a break from workbut…i really don’t like to be interrupted when i’m actually on a roll and get indirectly accused of being anti-social (which, to begin with, i am sorta anyway!).

“I see you have a new buddy”

am i not allowed to have other friends…i’ve been through this before and it didn’t end well…even after close to 5 years, we’re still not as close as before…argh! am i THAT bad a friend? 

this is why i sometimes like being by myself…i don’t have to answer to anyone.

haix, i HAVE to remember…that at the end of the day…i am here to study! those are MY priorities. i’m not going to risk it because i want to be popular or whatever…those are my work ethics, and i really wish some people could understand that.

ok…*breathe* ranting’s done…i’m gonna go and try to get back into working mode now…but not before i do this…

&^&*@%&*$@OY*^!*%@!$$&@(*&@*!GEHU!I£!*(^*£&!

 

annoyance

the worse part of it all is needing to smile.

 

i feel dangerous…

for the first time in a long time…i’m not depressed, not hyperventilating, not sulking or whining or wallowing in self pity…

i’m mad.

vexed.

OUTRAGED.

at everything. 

i’m hardly angry, and when i am, i handle it well…better. rationally.

i’m just violent now. restless. it’s the teenage anger targeted at myself that i thought i had grown out of. 

i need to hit myself.

pierce myself.

burn myself.

cut myself.

again

i’m disgusted.