Saturday, April 22, 2006

dont cheat taxi drivers please

Even zanlun has updated his blog... how can i not.

Countdown two days to my first paper. And i havn't even started on that module.

Well there's always tomorrow.

Have been making my way back to school almost everyday this past week (yes to study!!) so after my last rambling i was back on the MRT the very next day. And i saw a few "interesting" things unfolding before my eyes.

1. Two uncles with bags (who apparently do not know each other) fought it out for the priority to board the train right in front of me.

Problem is the train was packed.

2. There was this auntie who i think was waiting on the train for her friend (supposed to have a prior arrangement for her friend to know she's in this carriage (correct me if i'm wrong but everyone has done it before right). So she boarded the train and positioned herself by the door (the one that is supposed to open) and when the train reach the station she stood her ground and poked her head out to check. It startled the hell out of the lady outside waiting to board and needless to say blocked her path into the train and many more behind that lady.

3. Two secondary school students were having a delightful chat at the top of the staircase blocking the entire stairway.

4. Someone cut the queue of another person in a wheelchair just as the latter was almost approaching the larger exit gate.

5. Someone provided free audio music entertainment from his handphone for the entire carriage. Very loud some more.

6. A child was taking up two seats and the parent do nothing at all.

7. People just refuse to move in.

Well there are my findings. And yes i'll be back on the train again tomorrow. Haha.


And my father was cheated yesterday. Someone took his cab (i'll not state the nationality) and upon reaching his destination, opened the door and sped/fled off. My father don't even have the time to stop the meter yet.

Please don't do this.

Seriously.


See ya again soon then. Wish me luck.

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

please stop the squeeze...and i don't even know why i'm saying please

I really hate taking the MRT during peak hours. Seriously hate it.

Does everyone has to block the entire carriage door and squeeze with one another to see who can board the train first?? Is there a prize for this stupid competition that i do not know about??

Why cannot we let people alight first so that it is easier to board?? Is trying to squeeze past the people alighting as you are boarding really that fun?? Why is it that i find myself overwhelmed when i'm just trying to alight fast so you can board?? Can't we even leave a gap for at least one person to alight??

And why give me "that face" when i bump into you when it's you who initiated this stupid squeezing?? Especially when your hands are filled with stuff. I seriously don't think it's my fault. Really. So i'm not sorry.

Don't you find it funny that people run when changing trains (yes... at JE station)?? You can walk briskly and i can assure you the train will not depart without you. And why run when there's obviously no seats on the other train whereas standing space is abundant?? What's the point?? You run so you can stand at a spot that you most probably will still be if you walk??

No don't get me wrong. I can understand why people run sometimes. But everytime?? Hmmmm.....

And you know there are those people that like to board and immediately position themselves at the entrance when they aren't even alighting at the next stop. So if you are boarding the train after them you'll have to get past another obstacle.

And there are those who like to "expand their territory". Know what i mean?? They are the ones who will squeeze with you when they actually have ample space around them. So sometimes the charitable me will move a bit more to give these people a bit more space but the next thing you know they are at it squeezing with you again. And the weird thing is i'm not even a female and even if i am not a pretty one also.

What i would like to say is that i can understand the need for the squeezing in the train carriages themselves as a lot of people are rushing for time. But what i cannot stand is that we cannot even be courteous and patient enough to let people alight first before we squeeze on board. While trying to rush and make up for time we are actually delaying it instead.

Sigh....

Just some useless rambling. Not that this will cause much of a difference. And i'll most probably be back on the dreaded train again tomorrow. So i have actually wasted precious minutes here when i should be studying for my exams.

But since i've lowered whatever expectations i have of myself i'm actually feeling a lot less stressful during this period. I actually only want to get past the next two years trying to maintain my lowly standard. I know i will most probably be laughed at by people who even when closing one eye can make it into the Dean's list. And yes it's true that i'm not as clever as you are when it comes to studies. In fact i dare say i'm not even clever when it comes to studies in the first place. But i'm not ashamed. And i never will be.


Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the fame, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today


Ok so that doesn't make that much sense. But you know what i'm driving at right. Ok... thanks.

Hopefully i can actually get my 3.6 this semester. The talk of a loser.

And thanks for "California". Really nice song.


I don't know
Well I don't know
Why you still feel alone

Tell me because I want to find out
Do you still feel alone?


Happy Birthday Yuxing!!

Happy Birthday Jethro!!

Happy Birthday Kenneth!!

One after another. And to you if it's yours as well.

Friday, April 07, 2006

queries-less

Why is it always that other people have a lot of questions but i have zilch??

Is it because i'm too clever or too stupid??

I would like to believe i'm the former but my grades tell me otherwise.



17 more days.... 0% downloaded....



Everyone's just looking for a beginning....

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

dui lian

It's amazing what a boring lecture can get out of a person (actually it's two). It can inspire the poet out of people.

八句对联:


It may seem ridiculous. But actually it's not. And most probably you'll not get it. But it's OK.

Yes... so what if we are chi-na?? I'm proud to be a Chinese.



I need a kick up my ass to start studying. No the offer is not for the taking. Sorry.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

happy birthday

23 days to my first paper. Don't look good right now. At least i'm done with all my projects. So it's back down to all my overdue notes and tutorials. Yeah.

Don't know if this matters.

This may be a bit belated.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YINGKAI!!

Hoped you enjoy yourself over in the US.

This may then be a bit early.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENG!!

The arsenal fan not the blackburn fan. Why twins birthday different one ar??

Though i must say arsenal are playing very well lately. Very nice.

And hope you enjoy yourself in Singapore. Haha.

These two singled out because i'm now in the middle of theirs.

But i know got many birthdays this time of the year. So Happy Birthdays all of ya.