Why Act Dumb When You're Smart?

this topic began when i had a casual conversation with this NUS undergrad, X i recently got to know.

i was really curious about life in NUS so i blurted something stupid,"so how's the girls in university? do they have cliques like..the sporty ones, the nerds, edgy type and bimbos...etc." (the moment i completed my sentence i thought the question i just popped sounded really...stupid) X kindly answered anyways, and went, "yup, like those you mentioned, however it's ironic of universities having girls who act all bimbotic."


"maybe they act dumb for the attention, or they might personally think it's somewhat cute" i replied with a laughter. he then told me it is one of the stupidest idea of a undergrad to act all innocent, cute, whatsoever just to grab people's attention. X went on mimicking how this smart woman he knows that acts dumb, which annoys him and his friends to the core.

"you have brains, you have brawns and i just don't see the need to add the extra flavour. sometimes overdoing it is unnecessary." he said.

i interrupted and told him Paris Hilton might be smart after all, in a bimbotic manner, of course. so i gave him this anecdote of Paris Hilton being the new age blonde - the dumb meets dumber-er. i further explain that despite the fact Paris Hilton being all stupid, she earns income with all the publicity stunts and the growing talents she discovered: modeling, music and acting careers which are pretty 'smart' moves.

digression! digression!

i just don't get it. why would smart women act dumb and bimbotic when they already have brawns and brains? is that some kind of strategy? do guys do that too?!

Somebody, Please Kill Me

for a moment i felt utter devastation, and i was hoping someone kind to kill me at the instant. my moment of depression began after having my brows threaded at BrowHaus Wheelock when i thought of checking out the Apple store one storey down.

the moment i walked in, i recalled my friend telling me about the new MacBook Air which she personally thinks is millions times hotter than her MacBook. i listened to my intuition and headed towards the PC and laptop section where they display the hottest ones in the market now and i was drooling over every kind when my eyes set upon the MacBook Air.

i swear my eyes started bleeding, so are my ears, mouth...nose..

very *chio can!

so anyway, i forced myself to shift my attention elsewhere so i pranced away to the iPods section. swiftly, i took a piece of brouchure and browsed through. my eyes fixed on a particular line that says: iPod Classic 80GB, SGD388

curiously i approached the salesperson to point out which iPod Classic they meant. (i thought iPod Classic would be the older version a.k.a iPod Video, so i wanted a conformation) he pointed at latest iPod Classic!

omg they call me cheap!

at that point of time i wanted to scream 'fuck!' so loudly my insides boiled literally. i took my iPod Video and asked the staff at the information counter how much the market value is. he took out a blue file, flipped and pointed at the super tiny printed words. it says : iPod Video 30GB SGD50
huh! i paid this piece of shit for $500 2 years ago!

everyone heard you, now shut up!

WTF, WA LAO I REALLY FEEL LIKE HATING IPOD NOW! v_v

why are they doing such a thing to me! i got my iPod 2 years ago and i didn't expect the price of the new iPod Classic to plunge that bad! 80GB! for $388!

urgh! somebodyjust kill me right now!

*chio means pretty in hokkien

The Way We Speak English Sounds Weird?

i came across this article about how we Singaporeans can't speak proper English language for nuts. when i found out the people who had been criticizing this flaw that a handful of Singaporeans have, i sniggered away. like, hello! they can't speak proper English language for nuts too? the pot calling the kettle black? *clears my throat*

i have to agree that a number of Singaporeans have problems speaking clearly to just a certain extent. perhaps speaking in one or more languages or dialects just makes pronunciation sounds incomprehensible. so whenever we speak, some words doesn't sound like what it's supposed to be. oh wait, we speak Singlish too! so don't expect us to be perfect! Singapore also made attempts to promote good language speaking; the Speak Good English Movement was launched to help speaking better English! BESIDES, every individual country have their own unique way of speaking the English language, so i don't see why such criticisms should be made.

let me just cite an example:

Americans speaking English sounds totally different as compared to the English people.

if you're unable to agree with the above statement, then really, i wonder whose ears are working.

anyway, this discussion will end just right here. don't wanna cause any unnecessary trouble v_v

O-M-G

i tried posting one of my entries and Nuffnang flashed this error message that says:

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Error adding URL. Blog must be registered with Nuffnang, have a currently running Nuffnang ad unit and belong to a Glitterati member.

HUH! WHAT HAPPENED?!

i've been trying to post this particular entry since last night but the error message always keeps flashing at my face. so i gave up and thinking that maybe posting it the next day might just be smooth deliver but to my surprise, the error message is still there!

what's really happening?! *screams in horror*

PS: im trying to post this entry as well. if the error message still shows. i really... *waves the white flag*

apparently, the attempt to post this entry was yet again a failure so i've decided to write to Nuffnang for assistance. i've posted similar points i've mentioned above and hopefully able to receive their reply.

earlier, i opened my mailbox to find Nuffnang technical support replying to my request! *jumps for joy* omg they sure are efficient! they discovered a glitch in the system and they fixed it up immediately! so here i am here posting up my entries again! :)

a big thank you to Nuffnang's Technical Support Team!!!

Get A BF!

X Blink-182 - I Miss You

its 2 days away from the new year and iraq tryant, saddam hussein got his sentence at 6am sharp in the morning. i felt sorry for the old man, who was unable to see the new year and his family who kept in vigil. by the way he is executed by hanging.

then my friend nigel snapped,"who is gonna feel sorry for those people he killed?"

okay point taken. what comes around goes around.

2 more days to the new year, and i must say im not really prepared for the new year. seriously, i am not. apparently people around me are really excited, looking forward to the new year; i dont really see myself feeling that. in fact i was wondering what on earth i should be doing and preparing myself for the new year when i actually came out with a list of what i should be doing :

be a better person in general

becoming more sociable

work my ass off to a great bod and work my ass off again to get into my desired course in poly

get a boyfriend; though i still think my friends rank #1

stay happy, strong, confident and positive

seems pretty simple to accomplish...fuck no! i wished! haha nothing comes easy without the determination and the drive. therefore i will strive to achieve what i really want in 2007. wish me luck and love, friends. (:

Merry Fucking Christmas Y'all

X The Reveonettes - The Christmas Song


alright, its really MERRY CHRISTMAS. so uh, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

i tried sleeping but apparently the TV shows airing were so entertaining i skipped beauty sleep which doesnt really matter. cant wait for the meet up with my girls in the afternoon and also we'll be having a night over at sam's as usual (please let me leave a towel over your place sam).

took a short nap and i knew that my energy is going to be totally drained by our night activities. i mean, picture 3 crazy girls. alcohol,gossips, cute guys and HOTEL, baby! lol i know. GIRLY

had a wonderful time at Essential & Brew located at Holland V. its my second visit and i still like that place. the coziness, all warm and fuzzed makes you feel more like home rather than being in a restaurant. they played cheesy music, i love the dimmed lights and the beautiful lightings decorated hanging loosely on the huge glass window. and this time i actualy enjoyed the food they serve for the very first time. had this sandwich that has a generous serving of medium rare beef patty, sautee shitake mushroom and melted cheese. the combination was perfect and the cheese and mushroom literally melted in my mouth. heavenly! okay enough this is making me hungry again.

though time flies fast, the time i spent with the girls are uncountable, unreasonable, unexplicable, in a good way duh. we went through all the silly things in life, falling for stupid people and saying 'fuck' out of the blues. we did many first times together and that feeling is great. nothing beats doing first times together; that feeling is just amazing. ps: love you girls.

we had bourbon; damned i wished i have a few more glasses. i love burbon! and the packet of cheese curlies i got from 7-11. the game of HOTEL is challenging -- its so business la. haha anyway, sam fell ill all of a sudden. could see it on our way back to her place actually. she looked kinda pale and i was worried. the night ended soon after sam fell dead on the sofa and ave trying to sum up the last game of HOTEL. oh she fell dead on the floor too.

so im all left alone. lol whatever

before im done with this entry, something to reminise the older times -

christmas'05

White Christmas

X Nat King Cole - White Christmas

i cant wait for christmas. where people gather close, warm, fuzzy wuzzy, lovey dovey. i can give up all my days just for christmas, just this day to spend with the ones i really truly appreciate and love.

when i was a kid, i celebrated every single year of christmas with my family; that feeling, i tell you was great. till now its still as great, just that i have lesser people celebrating it with me.

my dad, my sis and me -- in celebration for christmas. no presents, but home made cookies and cooking, of course. it was a small athering, but i make sure that everyone is happy and jolly; its very important for me. extremely important for me.

and every year spent, something is missing. the christmas spirit, the feel for christmas wasnt as strong. its not as happy or joyous as compared with the past. and just a few days ago, while i was ransacking some of my old cassette tapes; ya you've heard me, cassette tapes. and i suddenly stumbled upon this which says "Nat King Cole Greatest Christmas Songs". i clumsily placed the cassette into my hi-fi player, rewinded it and played.

soft, vintage sounded kind of christmas went "I'm dreaming, of a white..Christmas" i went YES, thats it! the answer lies in the music!!! and so, while listening to the carols sung by mr. sexy voice, nat king cole, i started making my christmas cards. i hope all of my friends loved it, stayed up the whole night to complete them.

and now ive completed them and got all my songs lined up, i guess christmas spirit's back, BACK with the capital B. (:

Tonight I Wanna Cry

X Keith Urban - Tonight I Wanna Cry

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finally! its the last day of my school term! though it's just a 15-day holiday, i think i will enjoy pretty much because know why? because once school reopens, i have 3 more months before graduation! something that im looking forward since day1 of school! ha. wish me luck!

anyway to all reading this, have a smashing holiday; Merry Christmas in advanced (sorry this year im going on budget so therefore no presents) and a fucking fucked up 2007-in-advanced. hmm i wonder how fucked up its going to be. lol

sing along this lyrics to the song. its bitter-sweet beautiful.

Tonight I Wanna Cry
(Monty Powell / Keith Urban)

Alone in this house again tonight
I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine
There's pictures of you and I on the walls around me
The way that it was and could have been surrounds me
I'll never get over you walkin' away

Chorus:I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show
And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-contro
lBut I'm just drunk enough to let got of my pain
To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain
From my eyes
Tonight I wanna cry

Would it help if I turned a sad song on
"All By Myself" would sure hit me hard now that you're gone
Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters
It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better
But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way

(REPEAT CHORUS TWICE)

<3

Label Whores & The Rainbow

X PCD - Buttons

if you are wondering why i have not been blogging or going online these few days, well... im studying. ow! whats with that look? i do study alright, its just... RARE, thats all. besides no matter how much i try stuffing in leaks out. so, i dont really get it.

anyway, the test turned out pretty alright i supposed. scoring an A is subjective, and i shant say much about it because it can make me snap right away.

cant believe this. im actually typing this entry now because my eyes are semi-shut and my mind's neither really here nor there. just feeling very drained and restless; i have not been sleeping regularly therefore explains the irritate.

seriously, ive got an EC in school. although i wont reveal who that is (who on earth is ever so stupid to tell this to everyone?!) but you can try guessing (lol like you can..HA HA) i guess its a first sight thing. he caught me by the eye, like a fish on a hook, gives me the chills and looks of those really down to earth. there's this something about him that im attracted to, however i have no idea what it is. too bad he's attached. (apparently not married! *sniggers) hey thats not being a bitch. and bitches dont do that! its just being girly. girl thing, okay?! *flings the feather boa around and prances*

hur.

another thing. i dont have a good impression on label whores. apparently label whores can be very generalised so i will just scan down to this group called the 'i-love-"branded"-schools-cos-the-cool-and-hott-are-there-and-so-i-want-to-be-their-best-friend-too" like, HELLO they are not the only cool and hott people around alright? haha ive tried that before(aeons ago) and seriously its quite a turn off; so hey, get a life aye? -- which i did *smirks

5mins ago, shawn went aw-ing and aw-ing in msn and i wondered what happened. he continued by saying,"i can see a rainbow out from my window and its beautiful." at this point some girls would go, "huh you mean guys appreciate such things?gay." haha meet shawn. he sent me this folder of pictures of the rainbows taken and i must say that I LOVE RAINBOWS! the pictures; BEAUTIFUL! will flash my favourite one here. enjoy and have a blast! (though tuesdays are boring -.-)

somewhere over the rainbow
i wonder what lies within?

If He

X Death Cab For Cutie - Marching Bands Of Manhattan

If he is infinitely good,
what reason should we have to fear him?
If he is infinitely wise,
why should we have doubts concerning our future?
If he knows all,
why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers?
If he is everywhere,
why erect temples to him?

-Percy Bysshe
Shelley

We Bloody Hypocrites

X Muse - Sunburn

"A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. “Never leave that till tomorrow”, he said, “Which you could do today.” This is the man who discovered electricity. You’d think more of us would listen to what he had to say. I don’t know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I’d say it had a lot to do with fear.

Fear of failure. Fear of pain. Fear of rejection. Sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you’re wrong? What if you make a mistake you can’t undo? Whatever it is we're afraid of, one thing holds true: that by the time the pain of not doing the thing gets worse than the fear of doing it. It can feel like we're carrying around a giant tumor. And you thought I was speaking metaphorically.

The early bird catches the worm; a stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we haven't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to ‘seize the day'.

Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore, until we finally understand for ourselves like Benjamin Franklin meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying. "

-Meredith from Grey's Anatomy

earlier on, my sis dropped my hamster from a high height. she fell on her back and apparently her nose bled. is she going to die? will she live? i almost cried as i carefully helped that puny furball wipe her blood off her nose. she struggled as if she is in hell of pain. i prayed.

its funny how we human treat each other sometimes. when X is still around, you treat him/her like they never existed and when you know X is going to die, all of a sudden your whole world revolves around with X.

**this does not only apply to a dying person.

we bloody hypocrites.

Twitchy Guts

it started off with a twitch in my guts. then it completed with more squeezing and kneading. it paused and then continued in that cycle for the whole day. and thats my tummy for the day.

my tummy hurt so bad my head starts to hurt too. the suck-iest part were the unprofessional bus rides whereby the buses i sat in jerk to and fro, up and down like a lively carousel in the fair. and i swear i almost hurled what i ate and i would really pity if that hot babe had my barf all over her. imagine, Ralph Lauren's Ralph with my throw-outs? lovely.

well my day wasn't so well and so was my dad's. shit what is wrong with me today? ugh wish me for a speedy recovery. i will be just fine. *grits her teeth*

and therefore, i will survive.