:: eLise is me ::: April 2007

Sunday, April 29, 2007

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pamper me

Sore throat - Checked!
Headache - Checked!
Feverish - Checked!
Tired - Checked!

The result of my very first Autumn.

I'm not speaking a single word to anyone tomorrow, or until my throat gets better.

And I need a cuddle!

*boo hoo*

Friday, April 27, 2007

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all well ends well

The first week of Term 2 has been quite a delight.

When the progress report came out for Term 1 before the college break, I saw that I did not meet the course requirement for Human Biology. That cracks my head open cos I can't think of what is it that I've done, or have not done, to render such a report. And worst still, they sent a letter back home to my parents.

So I asked my lecturer what requirement is it that I have not met, and surprisingly, I'm clean. So I guess it's the International Office then. He said he'll explain it to the office that there must have been a mistake. What a relief.

And then there's my English presentation, which went jolly well. Love it!

Was slightly late for Physics today due to the usual sensitive stomach issue, and on my way of walking frantically to the college, DB called me from behind. Apparently his bus was late. And so the two of us were rushing and worrying ourselves silly with the possibility of Steve not letting us in to the class.

But all ends well and Steve only asked our reasons for being late.

"So why are you late?"

"I missed the bus."

"All right. And how about you Elise? You missed his bus too?"

"No! I was stuck in the toilet."

Halfway through the class when Steve left us to work out the problems, he came over to chat with me and my lab partner. He said something which both shocked and amused me.

"So Elise, why are you late? The two of you coming together. Too much of a coincidence isn't it?"

"What?! I was right in front of him when he called me. His bus just happens to pull in at the same time."

"Are the two of you really just friends?"

"Steve! You have such an over active imagination!"

"Oh no I don't."

He then laughed at me and walked away. What a lecturer!

And why is it so hard to believe that a platonic relationship is possible between a guy and a girl?

Oh my gosh! Spare me the anguish!

I told DB about it when class ended and both of us laughed ourselves silly.

However, the real icing on the cake was bumping into Sugar. Though it was just a brief encounter, I've been smiling over it till now. Hohoho!

Pardon the bimbotic me, people. Lol.

What a way to end my day!

(^0^)

Anyway, will be heading to Metro tonight. There's this MOS event held by the Singapore Students Society again.

Was approached by 2 of the students on Wednesday and their selling approach just turns me off. Made up my mind not to go but Sharon went ahead and bought my ticket, in case I change my mind. Damn. And the girls are telling me to go.

So I'll be clubbing later on, in the cold cold Autumn night, and most probably get myself pissed off real bad from being bumped and shoved and elbowed all through the night.

Wow. I'm so looking forward to that.

Oh well, gonna go grab a short nap now. It's been a long but delightful day!

*grin*

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

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Turns Me Off

When a person is just plain lazy by nature, he will come up with a thousand and one crap excuses to avoid doing anything, even if his life depends on it.

And that's just the kind of person you are.

Motivation has never been a regular word in your dictionary, unless it concerns a gain or advantage. You only demand and never give anything in return. You do not play fair.

You have the ego of the typical caveman, expecting your girl to do as you wish and to bow to your every demand. You're just a civilisation away from dragging your woman by her hair.

You are the typical guy who lust over the stereotypical girl with long straight hair and snow white complexion. You want the girl-next-door because you cannot stomach a challenge.

You can never understand the meaning of "back off", thinking that being shamelessly relentless in your pursuit is the way to get your girl.

You, are NOT my type of guy.
Never is, and never will.

So stop your shameless act and pull yourself together. Do something to improve yourself. Don't be so damn proud of the fact that you've become stagnant. It's revolting.

I can never appreciate a guy who doesn't have drive, fire, passion and goal in mind. I will never like a guy who doesn't know when to push or pull, or to treat his woman right. And worst of all, I will never be interested in a guy who doesn't want to improve himself.

Don't come up with those crappy excuses to justify your laziness, and don't try to prove me wrong when I hit the spot. It only makes me despise you even more.

And please stop calling me by names which are meant for the special someone. It makes me cringe. I swear it does.

And regardless of how long it takes, nothing will develop. So drop the you-never-know-what-lies-ahead tactic, and the give-it-some-time approach. It just grosses me out that you do not know when to stop.

I'm not the object of your entertainment, and I'm not the girl for you. I'll never tolerate crashing out on the couch all day and doing nothing. And I do not fancy being stuck in a stagnant environment forever. If I can improve some aspects of my life, I will.

I want a guy who will go to the gym with me, go for a run or do fun stuff. Maybe I'll hang around a couch potato in the past because I'm one, but now that I've changed my lifestyle, so have my taste and expectations.

A cheeky guy can be charming too, provided he knows where to draw the line. Even though I have an abnormally high level of tolerance, I'll still blow up in due time. So don't go pushing my buttons to test how far you can go.

How many times must I tell you, or how else should I put it to you, that I will never like you beyond that of a friend. How will you ever get it into your brain?!

You're starting to irritate the hell out of me and my patience's running really low.

Back off now before you threaten the existence of this friendship.

I tried letting you down in a nice way but you insist on staging your demise.

So there you have it.

BACK OFF!

Sunday, April 22, 2007

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Petrified!

Tomorrow will be the start of Term 2, and I hope everything will be so much better. I screwed up my Term 1 so bad that if I don't do anything to make up for it this Term, I'll be beyond salvation.
Seriously!

Time flies and soon it'll be May. And before I know it, the final exam will be here.
Darn it.

And did I mention there's a mid year semester exam in June?

I need a break!

Oh wait, I just had my break.

$%@*(%*@*%@*#($@%*&^#)

Friday, April 20, 2007

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Sexy Greenies

Schwarzenegger urges greenies to get 'sexy'
April 12, 2007 - 9:29am
Source: ABC

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has told environmentalists they needed to stop nagging and make their cause sexy, likening it to bodybuilding's evolution from a weird pursuit to mainstream.

"Bodybuilding used to have a very sketchy image", the former bodybuilding champion told an environmental forum at Georgetown University.

"It ha fanatics and it had weird people, but we changed that ... it became sexy, attractive," he said.

"Like bodybuilders, environmentalists were hought of as kind of weird and fanatics also, you know, the serious tree huggers," Governor Schwarzenegger said.

He said those pushing for limits on greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutionwere not on the fringe, but in the centre of the debate on global warming, adding that the environmental movement nedds to get to the point where it "is no longer seen as a nag or as a scold".

"We have to make it mainstream, we have to make it sexy, we have to make it attractive so that everyone wants to participate," he said.

In Washington to meet with the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California, the Republican Governor said politicians who oppose acting to curb greenhouse gas emissions will endanger themselves.

"Your political base will melt away as surely as the polar ice caps," he said.

You will become a political penguin on a smaller and smaller ice floe that is drifting out to sea. Goodbye, my little friend. That's what's going to happen."

- Reuters

Well... that's a rather interesting point of view I suppose. Imagine bikini-clad women and hunky half naked men planting and weeding, cleaning out the swamps, and having lots of fun. Now a most likely commercial of that is playing in my head.

I'm sure there will be so many more volunteers once the whole business of cleaning up and being responsible for the environment is sexified and commercialised to appeal to the mainstream.

Whatever happens to the good old loving for the habitat you live in?

And I really marvel at his last comment.

"Goodbye my little friend."

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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Moods of a Woman

An angel of truth and a dream of fiction,
A woman is a bundle of contradiction.

She's afraid of a wasp, will scream at a mouse,
But will tackle her boyfriend alone in the house.

Sour as vinegar, sweet as a rose,
She'll kiss you one minute, then turn up her nose.

She'll win you in range, enchant you in silk,
She'll be stronger than brandy, milder than milk.

At times she'll be vengeful, merry and sad,
She'll hate you like poison, and love you like mad.

Monday, April 16, 2007

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Autumn by the Beach

Headed to scarborough beach today and I think that's a really nutty decision. Cos it's autumn right now and today's temperature is 24 highest!

And it sure was chilly. I think I've caught the cold bug.

The beach was rather deserted, except for a few families who's there for the barbie. And there's quite a handful who's doing para-sailing. I wonder if I got the sports right.

The girls headed down to the water but I didn't. Cos I didn't bring along any spare clothings. Hahaha! I've already made up my mind not to go into the water even before I left the house. Hohoho.

Got a lil' bored and ended indulging myself in a lil' bit of narcissism!

The weather proved way too cold and we packed up. But instead of heading off, we went to a cafe nearby to wait for the sunset.

Aww...
What a way to end the day.
Beautiful!

Alrighty people. I've had a beautiful day, and hopefully so have you.

*hugs*

Friday, April 13, 2007

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Ahoy Sailor !

Ever since I know of the existence of the Maritime Museum in Fremantle, I’ve wanted to visit it so badly. And today, my wish has been granted, with the company of a like-minded soul!

The weather was good, it’s the college break, and having set out bright and early, makes the day seems almost magical!

I left my college pass at home, but fortunately, the ticketing man was nice enough to still give me the concession rate. Yeah!

Purchased the tickets to the submarine tour too, and had an hour and a half to kill. So we toured the museum, and boy was it interesting!

Came across this rather hippie looking vehicle, and upon closer look, it has some really interesting bumper stickers on it!

I especially like the one that says “Don’t bother knockin’ if this van’s rockin’”.

We continued on and saw a variety of boats and ships. There’s even a buoy which is made to display as if it’s floating in mid air!

Then we came to this section where the tools used for building a ship are displayed. There’s even a miniature model of the structure of a bridge.

Interestingly, there’s a dummy hanging from the ceiling which fascinates me no end, and DB kept laughing at me. Bugger!

Moving on, we came to a section where there’s display of the tools used to catch fishes, lobsters and crabs, and even some models of the different kind of fishes.

One thing which really caught my eye was this old school goggle made of only the eye lens and had a tube tied to it. It’s brilliant how simple this device is. DB commented that it most probably didn’t work very well.

It actually baffles me that there is a section on the different spices, and even videos of men in weird costumes, playing the role of spice merchants and talking about some stuff which I didn’t really pay attention to.

We moved on to the second level and there’s a ship which you can step on to! DB was too afraid to join in the fun. Lol.

Further on, there’s a sailing boat which is used for competition and there are lots of dummies on it! Of course, being easily amused, I got real excited over it and became the butt of DB’s relentless teasing again.

We saw a display of the battery used in a submarine, which was said to generate 2 volts. And there are approximately 400 of such batteries on board, in order to generate 800 voltage. I can imagine how bulky it was as the battery is at least half my size!

Submarine time finally arrived and we were given a brief history of the submarine in question.

Standing high up on deck of the submarine gives a really good view of the surrounding.

In order to descend into the submarine, we had to go down a narrow flight of steps with our faces towards the step. It was kind of hard to get through and I was in constant fear of falling backwards and flat onto the ground!

The mess of tubing on the ceiling are the air supply, and the structures with the red tapes on them are the vents for the marines to plug their air tubes on the suits which they wear when the sub is in danger, or starting to get waterlogged.

The sub guide was explaining how the air supply in the sub works, and I switched off once I heard the chemicals involved cos it reminds me of chemistry! Haha.

The torpedo launchers reminds me of a space craft cos of its complexity and lighting. And do you know that sometimes the marines sleep on the empty torpedo beds when there’s not enough bunk beds?

We then moved on to the control room where there are an entire mass of equipments! Torpedo trackers, locator, graphing machines, navigator etc.

And did I mention dials?

I’ve never seen so many dials at one go in my life!

And of course, there’s the more domestic side of the sub.

And that concludes the sub tour. It was really a feast for the eyes today and I’m feeling really satisfied.

DB and I then caught the rail into the city for more nonsensical rattling!