Friday, December 31, 2004
I hope I didn't spell my title wrongly. It'll be a further disgrace if I got my hanyu pinyin wrong. =x Anyhow, happy 2005 everyone. It has been a really err, well I can admit it was a crazy year, yeah. I learnt a lot of things, and I taught many people things as well. I suppose that's what's Life's all about, you live and learn. Alright, skip what I just said, I think I'm too sleepy. I don't even think I can countdown this year, I'm so bloated I just might -*burp*
Aahh, that felt so much better.
Eck, whoops. o_o Sorry about that.
I'm sure many people have been writing this on their blogs; the Tsunami. Sigh, I don't really know what to say about it much either, I just end up half in tears whenever I see that Channel NewsAsia trailer. I'm that much of an emo-kid, ey? Har har.
Just came home from my grandmother's house, where we had steamboat and ice cream cake from Swensens. Mm, yum. My parents never appreciate such nice things though, they like it tra-dee-tion-aal. So even though they enjoyed the steamboat, they skipped the cake. Don't know why they can bear to not eat such yumyums like sushi, spaghetti, lasagne, and ooh, the fruitcake I helped to make. =D (probably that was the reason why they didn't want it.. ._.) But yes, the fruitcake receipe from Hilton Hotel. Hurr. My grandma's legendary cookbook is like a freaking treasure. It's almost as old as my dad, ffs! =o Nothing can beat my grandma's cooking, because with the cookbook by her side, the peranakans shall rule the wok!! Haaarrr~~
Okay. Time for bed. Enough crap. Nighties. ^^
OH YEAH. I forgot my new year resolution.
Well, for 2005... I WANT 6 A1's for O levels!! HAR HAR. As if I'll ever get that. -_- I don't really have a resolution, I just want to be sure I get to make everyone happy, and make myself happy as well. No matter how I achieve that. =D
Happy new year, everyone.
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 11:01 pm
Thursday, December 30, 2004
*sigh* It's so troublesome to like someone. All you start to see are his/her good points, and totally ignore the flaws he/she posseses. After you fall out of love, it's all vice-versa. I've seen too many incidents like that. What, do I look like a 'consultant'? ._. Someone actually tried to recite Shakespere and asked me if that was a nice 'catch phrase'. Well, in my humble opinion, NO. 1stly, you've got it all wrong, as I've already claimed on the phone yesterday when you didn't believe me. 2ndly, you + shakespeare does not make you the new Romeo. You should borrow my shakespere book some time. Pffft I say, pfffft. Men.Why can't they just lay off and be themselves? I'm like trying to tell everyone that, and they just go "but she doesn't like me that way.."
My answer: THEN DON'T FRICKING LIKE HER GOD DAMN IT. *regains composure* *breathes slowly* Sigh, what, you despo or something? If she doesn't like you that way, find someone who will like you that particular way. You're not supposed to be someone else to be loved. It's common sense, even for me to say all this.
Aaaaanyhow. After yesterday, I pulled out my little wubby-dubby shakespere book, filled with nice lovely quotes, and I suppose I should just write them down. No using it for new catch phrases though, I'll be after your numbskull and thwacking it with my bag.
Romeo & Juliet:
"My bounty as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep. The more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite."
"Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow,
That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
Twelfth Night: (Someone else actually recited this one for me to know. <3)
"If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die."
A Midsummer Night's Dream:
"Thou, thou , Lysander, thou hast given her rhymes,
And interchanged love-tokens with my child.
Thou hast by moonlight at her window sung
With feigning voices verses of feigning love,
And stolen the imoression of her fantasy.
With bracelets of thy hair, rings, gauds, conceits,
Knacks, trifles, nodegays, sweetmeats - messengers
Of strong prevailment in unhardened youth -
With cunning hast thou filched my daughter's heart,
Turned her obedience which is due to me
To stubborn harshness."
The Sonnets:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By change or nature's changing course, untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st.
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 9:22 am
Sunday, December 26, 2004
"Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat!Please put a penny in the old man's hat,
if you don't have a penny then a half-penny will do;
if you don't have a half-penny then God bless you!"
Ahh, Christmas. Every year without fail my crazy sister and I will start singing this song, regardless of whoever's present at the moment. Presents, turkey, ham, big trees with uber-kewl decos, and presents. Oh wait I mentioned that one already. Bah.
Anyway, everyone has got nice presents this year. My mum with a Prada bag, my dad with a new Monte Blanc wallet (he sooo needs a new one, thanks ah yi!), my sister with her Levi's, and me with my new shiny wallet. Hurr, I did need one, seeing that my pink OP one had already got old and all. Ooh ooh and also even though we didn't have much presents as much as the old days.. *sigh* It's cool. My list of presents this year: (Yes Santa if you read blogs and catch mine, I'm sorry I was impatient and opened them before boxing day. Besides, you didn't grant me any thing from my wishlist; they came from different people! GTFO! *boots*)
1) Pretty new wallet: Uncle Richard & Auntie Angie (Didi-doggy too =P)
2) Sexeh shoes from Nautica: Ah yi~ <3
3) Uber-kewl metal bookmark: Godpa & Godma =D
4) Black shirt from.. um, bossini: Uncle Gabriel & Auntie Peggy.
5) Pink OP bag: Um, my sister? o_o;
Might be getting more tomorrow so hurr, await my good/bad news!
PS: Might be taking nice screenies of my presents, the Nautica shoes are simply AWESOME. Thank you soooo much to whoever suggested buying it. And even though my shoe size is a 5 1/2, 7 was a perfect fit. XD!
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 1:08 am
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Well, my parents were really delighted to know about my results, and as usual.. my mum had to go around boasting about it. I mean, it's only N levels.. I don't see a need to be so happy about it. She was even doubting me before the exams much more than I was. Sigh.Anyway, Vince's family went to Shanghai for about a week. His maid came over to stay, seeing that no one was at home and they'd rather err.. put her somewhere where she wouldn't be alone, I guess. She spoke plenty of Indonesian Malay, of which I understood as much as a cat who knew how to swim. I guess being a mixed child.. doesn't pay off! xD Her malay was seriously chim, lol. Even my parents were having problems, although they're either half-malay or malaysian.
For a treat and to celebrate my little 'surprise' I gave my parents, they brought me to Fish & Co. along with the maid.. which to this day I have no clue what her name is. I called her Yati, but apparently my uncle didn't call her that. Bah, confuzzling.
Now, I'm on my sister's computer and doing all my stuff on the internet whilst my computer is being reformatted and currently MIA. ;_; But oh well. I'll get it fixed... approximately by around tomorrow or Thursday.
Nice song.. *sigh*
[i.hate.everything.about.you//3.days.grace]
Everytime we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
Every roommate kept awake
By every sigh and scream we make
All the feelings that I get
But I still don't miss you yet
Only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Every time we lie awake
After every hit we take
Every feeling that I get
But I haven't missed you yet
Only when I stop to think about it
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
Only when I stop to think about you
I know
Only when you stop to think about me
Do you know
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
You hate everything about me
Why do you love me
I hate
You hate
I hate
You love me
I hate everything about you
Why do I love you
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 9:39 am
Friday, December 17, 2004
This is to be the scariest. Day. Ever.I was already shaking in fear when I arrived at the canteen wehile waiting. Seriously, I was already ready to accept the fact that I would not make it and go to ITE/SHATEC to further my studies.
I received a letter from the Singapore Navy last week, and was kinda shocked, seeing that they thought I would go to ITE to be some mechanic specialist. Tsk, I'm not made for these kinda jobs.. but something caught my eye. They offered a SHATEC course somewhat for people who wanted to be a Naval Chef. I thought: That's not too bad, besides, I kinda like cooking like every female (apart from my dear sister *sigh*) in my family. If I fail, I just might sign up for that.
So I was pretty much scared, since I do want to go to Sec 5 and complete my O's for the sake of my want of the Mass Communication course. Mr Chan, Tiger, and Mr Tan didn't seem to be able to make the AVA Theatrette any less a place of anxiety.. in a horrible way. Their solemn faces, that ever-threatening look.. I was ready to just drop dead right there and then. I was so regretting writing a thousand words for my essay, and also that article format for my Situation Writing was such a headache. I even thought of failing my English. All sorts of horrible thoughts started to swarm in like some irritating bee, or in other words, a bee that resembled.. Nicholas. Lmfao.
So when my principal stepped in, I was like "Great. Does she have to watch us suffer?" I was over at my seat with Jiamin, and ready to just grab her and cry my eyes out when I fail.
Dear Mrs Ong started speaking. She was glad that we could make it, and those that couldn't would have to strive for their education.. blah blah and so on. Then she said "I'll now announce the Top 5 students of the Normal Acad stream." My heart sank, knowing I'd never get anywhere close to that. I've been only top 20. I didn't even make any effort for my subjects, other than my Biology and Chemistry, which are my favourite two apart from English itself (but since I already lost hope in it.. I didn't give two hoots about top 5. I was even hesitant about passing, lmao!).
My principal went on. "Okay, I'll start from the Top 5th. Um.. Chua Shu Mei?"
My heart stopped.
I gaped.
All eyes were on me and people were like, "whoa Gloria! Not bad sia~!"
As I walked down the aisle, I started to feel tears welling down my eyes.. I was crying. I wasn't going to disappoint my mum. Back in my mind, the voice of my principal went on.. "She has got 3 A1's.."
I couldn't stop disbelieving it. I was just feeling totally shocked. I never expected myself to pass, let alone be among the top five..
I was shocked Qian Nan, our China 'child-prodigy', did not get 1st. Instead, she got 2nd and Aishah took her place. Well, everyone was shocked as well.. but I suppose we can't let her get the crown always. ^^;
When we returned to our seats, I was walking up the stairs and crying while going back to my seat. Reaching my seat, I merely whispered "tissue please.." among everyone that seemed to yell "Congratulations Gloria!"
I couldn't stop crying.. Jiamin just hugged me every now and then to remind me I did a good job and not to cry. But afterwards it was her turn to be all jittery. She was like me, hella scared of failing. I assured her she would definitely make it, seeing that I already did.
And indeed, she did.
Well.. I didn't let any of my teachers down, and my mum is definitely glad. Can you smell Marche tonight? ~_^
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 5:03 pm
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Eck, sorry I couldn't post for so long. There have been some factors as to why I was delayed..- I was actually hooked on a game called MapleStory of which some people have asked me to play with them. So I left my poor bloggy alone. *pats*
- In order to play Maple, I had to upgrade my computer to Windows XP version since my Windows 2000 did not seem to be able to support Maple no matter how hard my friends tried.
- Computer starts to "contract" trojans and viruses.
- They led to the disability of viewing the Internet webpages and also, to totally no MSN access.
- I had to reformat my computer a couple of times, and finally fixed and reinstalled everything.
- Then there are the typical outings. Sundays are reserved for my family, and I had to go out on some occasions, be it with friends or relatives.
- Or the last possible reason: I didn't give a flying eff.
Anyhow, I'm back to blogging. BUT. I'm tired today, so I'll do this tomorrow. Hah.
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 8:26 pm
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Happy birthday to myself. *pops confetti and watches as the streamers float down..*Sigh. Today's nothing special.. Especially when your own computer's down and you have to rely on your own sister's computer to rant on your blog. No special presents other than a pair of branded jeans and a nice shirt from your aunt. Oh yeah.. there was a very big present though, from my classmates. Heh, thanks for that.. Really appreciated that chalet. =D
On the 6th, I went to Seoul Garden with Celest, Vince and mei. I was having a lot already.. and getting stuffed with chicken. x.x; That was my only meal for that day.. I really felt bloated and kept complaining to min on the train, lol. ._.
When we reached the chalet (took some time to find it.. x.o), the place smelt of cigs. But that's okay, it wasn't that strong a smell, considering it was pretty a mild smell. And no, stop saying I'm a smoker. >> I don't even look like one! =< Anyhow. I was enjoying part of the nasi lemak I had for "dinner", although I gave like almost half to Yanliang.. and didn't even finish the rest =x We later had some liquor, some Jack Daniels and mixed with Coke. Min drank some.. and couldn't on. I finished the cup, seeing that I've drinked some before.. so I took it all and did feel quite drunk, lol. We had a very nice cake as well.. chocolate.. yum. xP
Stayed up till around 1am.. then min and I were already asleep on the mat. Jiemin asked us to go up and sleep 1st, lol. Took some time to wake her up.. but we both went on the bed anyway. xD For about an hour I lay there motionless, unable to sleep. Around 2, I finally closed my eyes and went to sleep.
At 3am, I suddenly heard Nick's voice saying "Eh Sean, come sing Good Charlotte with me!" I was thinking "Oh.. no.." For all who don't know, Nick's singing.. is as good as a crow with a worm stuck in it's throat. With Sean in it, my god. He then came in, switched on the lights, and started putting on his weird makeup thingy, trying to pose as the drummer of Good Charlotte. Riiiiight. I told him off and he went out, bitching. xD I couldn't sleep, I felt really sneezy and bothered. I was squishing myself in a spot.. and couldn't stretch lol. I'm too much of a 'princess' at home to share a bed. xD After a while, min suddenly wrapped her arm around me, and one of her legs on me as well. I was like "uh oh.. o_o;" Fell asleep only at 5am. Of course, by then she had already let go of me and was elbowing yanliang. Or bee quack xP
Woke up again at 6, where min and yanliang (the two people who slept the longest) woke up. Since I couldn't sleep any longer, I got up as well.. took a bath, washed up and all, and went for a morning walk. I was feeling a little sick of the dust and seemed like I was gonna get a flu, but tahan-ed it anyway.
Min and I went home and got a flu, but hers was pretty bad. Get well soon okie! *hugs* Thanks everyone, Jiamin, Jiemin, Nick, Yanliang, Haobin, Sean, Sebastian, Isaac, and of course Nasri. I actually enjoyed it, laughing so much. Well.. next time you all go to play pool, do note that I will be there bugging you to teach me! XD
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 1:52 pm
Saturday, December 04, 2004
I'm going for the class chalet.. heh. Gonna be so busy this week, birthday! =D Monday going out with Vince, Celest and meimei to Seoul Garden.. so sweet sia. ^^; Then later evening go out with min to the class chalet, I feel so paiseh sia, go there sure 1st to sleep de. -_-; I'm not one who stays up late.. everyone knows that!! T.T~ Oh well. I'm really gonna appreciate this, a biig thankew to all! *huggs*Finally.. 16, hehe. Although I still look 12. Damn. >>
anyhow whacked by gloria @ 11:21 am