christmas is in the air

Pictures again! This time of the Boran Christmas gathering we had at Pauline's house haha. I had alot of fun! There was a lot of food: turkey, ham, sushi, beehoon, fried stuff, and log cake haha. So much that we couldn't finish everything. Boss' house is really very nice also. Damn class haha. Oh and we played spastic games with her Wii. And did our gift exchange :)

I baked my wonderful cookies for Juli! Heehee. I think baking cookies is the only culinary skill I possess haha. Well, at least they're NICE. Thanks to Simin for baking with me, and lending me your oven and mixer, and going out to buy the ingredients with me :) You're my baking buddy man haha.

My wonderful cookies packaged in a nice glass jar haha. But the wrapping is a bit err. Ugly.

I wonder what Qinyao is doing haha.

The turkey we painstakingly roasted in the oven for 1 hour plus. But I think we overcooked it cuz the meat was abnormally dry. And we forgot to add water when we were heating the gravy so it was too salty and we had to do it again ahah.

The boss serving the other boss.
The girls finally made themselves useful by preparing salad haha.

At the dinner table.

So yup, it was fun! Then yesterday we went to Kaishi's church to watch their Christmas performance. Not bad la, all the cast members were talented. Can sing and dance. And everything was professionally done. There wasn't a really evangelical message, though they sang my fav song "We Are the Reason" haha. I had forgotten about it till yesterday, and I can say that I was moved close to tears.

We are the reason that He gave His life,

We are the reason that He suffered and died,

To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give

To show us the reason to live.

I had forgotten all about the true meaning of Christmas, and instead, was too caught up preparing for my trip and meeting up with friends. But last night, I finally remembered the love and grace given to me through this great gift of His. It's too bad that I needed to hear a song to be reminded of it. Indeed, He is the "reason behind the season" (I think I say this every year haha, but to me, it's the Christmas statement with the most impact).

Oh and anyway I have been driving as much as I can haha. And avoiding as many accidents as I can. I almost got into a few accidents man. So scary. But EXHILIRATING woohoo!

Anyway now I have to get down to packing. Really really dunno how to start though hah. Can't believe I'm leaving in about a week. And I can't decide if I'm excited or not.

Ten nine eight and I'm breaking away

I'm all dressed up and I'm ready to play

Seven six five four and I'm all over you

Counting three two one and I'm having fun

PASSED!

I PASSED MY DRIVING!!!

Woots! P plate BABY! Hahahah! I dunno why I'm so excited also, prob cuz this is my last chance to get my license before I leave haha.

Really have to thank the Lord for this :) He gave me a nice tester who didn't mark me strictly. This tester was damn friendly and kept telling me to relax (I was super super nervous can) haha. So I did ok, even though my route was one of the kns ones. I got route 10, which goes through the kns Ubi Rd 4 which has all the cars parked on the side of the road. But thank God nothing serious happened hah.

Oh the first car I drove was a Merc! Thanks to hs haha. But I almost hit the kerb 3 times and gave hs a heart attack haha.

Thanks for all the prayers everyone :) Ok, now I'm off to practise a few rounds in the car haha.

gahhhh

OMG I'M DAMN PISSED RIGHT NOW.

I can't believe I'm prob gonna be spending 6 months with this f-ing piece of crap person.

Stupid haolian, know-it-all. Irritating shit. YES I KNOW YOU'RE DAMN SMART. STOP RUBBING IT IN.

I don't wanna talk to him yet I HAVE NO CHOICE.

God please give me patience. And tolerance. PLS help me to keep my cool and not explode before I even leave. HELP ME.

Maybe it's just me. Letting one incident ruin my entire impression of this person. But still.

No one even listens
The same way that no one ever laughs

fulfilling

Phwoar! Photo overload!! Since too many things happened in the past few days, I shall summarise them by using photos haha. But I can definitely say that I had a great time!

Mon: First up, S27 outing! Ok la, not really S27 cuz only half the class turned up -.- But nonetheless, it was still fun haah.

Outside Vilag'e (however you spell it)
The Taka Christmas tree. I seriously think they re-use the same tree every year haha.

Jie meis! Simin, me, Alaric.
Tues: WWF outing! (minus Nina and Jan) We caught "The Golden Compass" first, and I must say, the movie is overhyped. It really isn't that nice. Mostly special effects and all.
The 3 Stooges.
My fav study buddy! Not Pei, Starbucks haha.
The random acts we do.

Wed: Museum(s) with Shuqi and Hongsheng! Qi and I went to the Mint Toy Museum (bet you didn't know this place existed!) while waiting for hs, and we kinda lost our way haha. I think we asked 3 different pple for directions, and we still couldn't find it. Cuz the entrance is kinda obscure so we walked past the place like a few times before we finally realised it was there haha. Anyway it wasn't much of a big deal. Basically just shelves and shelves of toys haha. But it was cool to see what my parents played with when they were kids. Toys then were really basic, yet had detailed craftmanship, compared to those nowadays.

Then, after that we went to the National Museum to check out the Greek exhibits from the Louvre thing going on. It was quite cool, and there's so much to see (and read)! Too bad we didn't have time to see everything in detail. I really wanted to read all of the explanatory notes next to the exhibits :(
The Christmas tree at Raffles Hotel. We went in to ask for directions haha. And felt really out of place. Oh well, maybe next time when we're tai tais, we'd go back there for high teas wahaha!
The toy museum. Shelves and shelves of toys.

The earlier (and uglier) versions of Mickey Mouse. I'm so glad they made him cuter haha. This version looked quite scary haha.
Funky China dolls.
Arty farty picture. Maybe I should take up photography as a hobby haha.

Popeye the sailor man! Gee, he's so lovable haha
Tintin, my childhood fav haha.
Another arty farty picture taken by yours truly.
And Shuqi's failed attempt to do the same haha.

The National Museum.
Some art installation thingy. It's supposed to depict a world without trees, as a result of global warming. Like everything will melt. Like the pillars in the background, where the corners have "melted off" haha. Cool stuff.
So yeah, we had a great time being tourists in our own country, and pretending to be intellectual haha.

Then today, it was shopping with my Mum! Woots. Mango is having a sale! It's crazy I tell you. We had to queue to get in to the Shaw outlet?? And it was mayhem inside. Crazy women rummaging through heaps of clothes, with their men standing together forlornly in one corner of the store haha. Nevertheless, all that rummaging paid off and we bought loads of stuff! I think I settled all my shopping today haha.

Ok, gotta go sleep soon. Driving tmr! And it's driving me mad. I dunno why I always make stupid mistakes that result in immediate failures. This sucks. I really wanna pass!

And you're full of facts

But not things that could add up to words

Think about meaning more as an after word

wheeeeeeeeee

THE END IS FINALLY HERE!!

Woohooo!! Ok I have alot to say so I'll just give a brief summary haha

1. Boran's post-exam celebration: Casuarina's prata was good yesterday. The zoo outing was fun too! The penguins were super cute! My fav animal haha. And the sea lion reminded me of my dog haha. It's just too bad that it had to rain (and heavily, too). So we had to run around with umbrellas. We even watched the animal show under our umbrellas ("ella, ella, ella" sorry, I can't help it haha)! Dinner at Ang Mo Kio was good too :) (though I wish we'd have more outings in the East hah). In conclusion,

2. Everything looks brighter after your exams :D

3. Despite the *(#$#*^$ construction going on behind my house, I had a good sleep today! It's time to spend more time with my wonderful bed hahah.

4. Time to catch up with friends! Goodness, I MISS ALL OF THEM. It feels like years since we last met up hah.

5. Read, read, read, read, read.

6. GET A TAN.

7. I need a haircut, and eyebrow trim haha. And something to control my pimple outbreak :(

8. Try to lose weight haha. TRY.

9. Pack. Sigh. And settle my pre-term accommodation. And buy alot of nonsense.

10. Heroes ended already!!! WHY. Damn that stupid writers' strike. But oh well, I still have tons of shows to watch, like Grey's Anatomy, Pushing Daisies and 30 Rock haha.

11. Christmas is here :D I'm still deliberating on whether to put up the Christmas tree at home. Maybe when the mood strikes me haha. But I seriously think a tree really helps alot in adding some festive cheer at home hah.

12. Drive! Or rather, cram driving lessons. IT'S DO OR DIE.

13. I have lots to say, but the things I really wanna say I can't (and won't) say here. So there.

Ok, it's time to run off for lunch, and Parkway later haha. I think I'd really really miss Parkway when I'm in the US.

Shouldn't be so complicated
Just hold me and then
Just hold me again

diner dash

"Diner Dash" will be the cause of my downfall.

Hahaha but it's FUN!!! And damn addictive. Ooh I love brainless games. But it's stressful ok!

I hope my mum will get a Wii hahaha!! Then I'd never have to study again :D But of course, she wouldn't, for the same reason.

I am all the days
That you choose to ignore

massacred

Yesterday's paper was a massacre!! A murder of mass proportions!

I was happily skipping questions till I realised there weren't any left to skip haha. The only things that were going through my mind were, 'I dunno, I dunno, I DUNNOO!!!' before they gradually turned into a steady stream of vulgarities. How sad and disheartening.

But life goes on. And the exams must continue. The mugging can't stop! Go, Ade, go!

Oh and I'm beginning to develop this unhealthy dependence on coffee. Crap. I need to wean myself off after the exams.

And if it takes shit to make bliss,
then I feel pretty blissfully