Grossed Out!

Updates on my knee injury...i tot it wud be a pretty simple, uncomplicated one...
But till nw, it still keeps oozing disgusting watery stuff n heez, i peel ard e sides of e wound n nw, it's still one raw, pink patch which looks absolutely disgusting!
N it hurts....

N my cough seems to be making a comeback bt wad's worse is tt i can sorta taste e metallic like taste of blood whenever i cough n it freaks me....well...i think i shud be okie, guess is cuz e weather's jus too damn hot these few days...

Nothing reallie interesting happening in my life. Pretty much relaxed with rgds to studying which shud so NOT be e case. Hven't started packing for my trip yet, sheesh..i hate packing. I've decided to be a sensible ger n nt do any cardio so as nt to aggravate my injury. Think e more i do tt, e more likely i end up sustaining new injuries, totally nt worth it. Will stick to crunches n free wts for nw, sigh....no exercise makes me feel like such a slob, i've oredi gained wt....with e lethal combi of bread n apples, hahah...N Thailand is a food paradise too!!! Heez, so glad tt my best guy fren will be in BKK whilst I'm there too, hope we'll ged to meet up! Hven't seen him for quite some time, miss him lots....n gotta thank yf for taking e risk to pick me up in e cab to swoop me off to the airport, esp since time is reallie tight, i'll onli be able to get off at 440pm...thanks thanks!

K, i think i better get back to Kra, 2 more papers to come up, shud nt be thinking abt my hol plans nw. Korea's next...sick, if onli we're gg in Autumn..nt summer...bt heez, it's such a romantic place n i'm a romantic at heart, will be visiting one of the shooting location of Winter Sonata, if onli it's Autumn in my Heart instead, hmm...suddenly miss tt show a lot, think i'll go play e soundtrack nw, haha, taz!

The curse of April..

Someone muz hv placed a curse on me for the whole of April....at least i hope onli for April...
I'm positive.

I was jus recovering frm e pulled muscle injury n was looking fwd to being able to run but since i can't reallie run under stress, been skipping n swimming these few days, hoping to hit e rd onli after DDR.

So, i was crossing e zebra crossing after my swim at SRC yest n was engrossed in deep tot..
Then, all of a sudden, i twisted my left ankle n fell down in e middle of e rd n injured my right knee.
It was jus DAMN MALUATING...imagine e cars n pedestrians there n there i was plonked on e ground.

Managed to make my way across, then realised my right knee was bleeding.
Long long time since i last fell n hurt myself n bleed.
Always been accident prone since I was small but as i grew older, e injuries i normally sustain r those with rgds to e bone or muscle, blood is seldom shed.

Yeah n then i managed to make my way up e shuttle bus n nearly fell down e steps of e bus as i was gg down.

N my knee injury is producing some sticky watery stuff every nw n then which soaks e plaster n is jus grotesque.
It oso means I can't run again..

I can't wait for May to come.
CiaoZ..

Of Nostalgia...

"The Politics of Nostalgia" By Christopher Lasch

"To cling to the past is bad enough, but the victim of nostalgia clings to an idealized past, one that exists only in his head. He is worse than a reactionary; he is an incurable sentimentalist. Afraid of the future, he is also afraid to face the truth about the past."

Was studying AI and this struck a chord...
It is indeed more comfortable for me to think about where I have been than to think of where I'm going....

Totally Screwed...

Great....my hols plan flushed down e drain..
Tot Lockhart's noon paper at 1 pm, ends at 3 pm, still hv time to rush to e airport for my 550pm flight to Bangkok..
Great..i jus found out it's at 230 pm instead....n the next flight is the next day,....
Urrrghhhh.....i can't believe hw suey i am...n Lockhart's paper has 3 qns, nt 2 qns!! Hw am i gonna leave earlier??
Gawd. I hate my life.

My Kind of April..

To summarise my April:

Disappointment......Fever....Lost my voice...Terrible, prolonged cough.....laid off running.....run.....pulled my muscle....bad limp...laid off running AGAIN.

Current Mood: Cranky n Depressed

Great, i LURRVE April...

Back with a Vengeance!

I ran today!!! Finally...after almost 3 wks being laid off running.
Eh, i'm gg to be a posting whore today n this shud be a pretty long post given e fact tt i'm feeling esctatic after finally finishing my last 2 essays for my academic life. Woots!!
Yeah, so i set off at 630 for a run, felt a bit nervous yet excited as i was tying my shoelaces.
It was pretty bright at e canal n there were lotsa pple at e canal this evening, lots...pple running, cycling, fishing....it felt like a mini jogathon n i was exhilarated at e festive like atmosphere.

Started off by jogging reallie slowly....cuz my right side of e ribs ached a lot frm excessive coughing n i was prone to coughing fits every nw n then. Then i increasingly stepped up my pace..bt by e middle of my run,after 5 km, the ache at my side was so bad i was crouched in pain on e bench plus i was in e midst of a coughing fit then which onli made it hurt even more. Eh, din wanna gif up cuz wanted to do 8km so kept at it then e pain gradually diminished though it was quite a challenge hving to suppress my cough cuz it limited my lung capacity n affected my breathing. Then after dg 8km, decided to jus go for 10k to commemorate tis day, much like wad i did a few days after e breakup last yr...i ran rounds ard e sch track under e hot noon sun in last April's heat wave. Then...after dg 10k, i realised i wasn't tt exhausted yet n decided to break my record...bt after 11km, my legs were seriously wearing out bt 11 is such an ugly number so yeah, pushed myself harder to complete 12.

By e time i finished 12km, i cud hardly feel my legs, all my pent up coughs was threatening to explode my lungs n i was jus shagged man..plus half of e lampposts along e canal were nt lighted up n when darkness descended, i was running in almost complete darkness for half of e canal n when i saw someone cast a fishing net into e canal (tt's nt allowed! shud ask Ching Ling to gif them a lecture!), i tot of e fishing presentation i did, abt fishers fishing by their hearing rather than sight n there i was a runner groping abt in darkness, running by my sense of touch rather than sight. Almost tripped, actually cuz din see a depression bt thank gawd e usual klutzy me managed to scrape thr without any falls or bruises.

Lotsa little stories, actually...haha, there was tis little Malay boy who was pushing a bike n crying after his father, felt so sorrie for him, wanted to gif him a little hug to comfort him though i dun think he wud exactly appreciate tt given my sweaty, stinky state then, hahaha..
Then there was another cute little Chinese boi who was on a mini bike n he gaf a little yelp when he saw me behind him...i hv no idea why too..but he jus giggled n rode out of my way.
Saw tis weird guy in his 30s who was wearing a sweater whilst he was running.
I gaf him an incredulous look e first time.
Then when i saw him on my run back, he was wearing the hood of his sweater n i almost flipped!
He either imagines he's in North Pole or he has e misconception tt wearing more layers n hence sweating more equates to more wt loss...tt's onli water loss, sheesh... though yeah, he did need to lose wt, hahaha..
Yeah, then an uncle on a bicycle passed me n said Jiayou! to me, he was off before i even registered n hence i was leftin smiling stupidly to myself ltr...nice encouragement like tis always warms my heart.
Lotsa pple there when i started my run n as usual by e time i finished my run, there were none of those pple left.
Looked up at e skies, saw a lone star, it may hv been a planet, actually...n....tot of ....dinner!
Hahha...wad's e connection? mebbi i'm hungry..

Telly on nw, Quan Yifeng has nice shoulders n sexy legs though i dun like her n i think she has a mooncake face...

Yeah, so i finally scaled new heights in my runs....so happy! Had to limp back, n it was a lopsided limp cuz my right side ached even more after e run so i looked like i had a crick in my neck... Saw the papers today...The Big Walk in May.....so many yrs since i last went for the Big Walk, onli went twice before n tt was cuz it was compulsory for the cross ctry team. It's 10 km...fun n race category...hmmmm....May 22nd...wondering if i shud join jus to get a feeling of hw it's like to race again, though i'm actually those slow, steady runners..haz, i can't do speed, esp nt tog with distance. Mebbi i will if i can grab a fren along..
okie, hoping to break 14k next time n then 16km...cuz to do the half marathon, 20 km, read tt one muz at least be able to do 16km....Standchart marathon in Dec...agst all odds, i shud be ready by then...

N yeah, though it was a gd run n i felt accomplished after tt....well, there was a price to pay too..battle weary legs which ached so much i cud hardly believe it....n yeah, tt painful ache at my right ribs...n then, gt nagged by Mum for sneaking out for a run whilst I was still a sickie...n hee hee, i indulged in my fave post workout drink...Iced sugar cane juice with lemon n it tasted so good! Even when i was nt nursing any cough in e past, sugar cane juice wud make me cough, haha...so nw, i guess it shud be worse bt i'm sick of being unable to eat or drink anything. Plus, after all e medicine n remedies, perhaps i shud go for a more controversial healing mtd, using poison to counteract poison...yi du gong du! Okie...so it din work...at least i tried. So next time, dun try it!

okie...I'm physically exhausted nw...taz..

It's been one yr..

Us in Happier days..

April 17th 2005. Finally, e day i've been waiting for has arrived.
April 17th 2004, the last day of my exams, shud hv been a happy celebration with him bt turned out to be the most devastating day of my life ever.
Told myself no dates till after 1 yr..okie, so i din reallie keep to tt.
To summarise e romantic encounters tis one yr: Wrong person, Wrong time. Right person, Wrong time.
Was hving din with 2 of my closes 2a chums n both mentioned tt they feel tt amongst all, they still feel that he seems to be the most suitable one for me.
Felt tt familiar heartache again...

It's been a yr. Time to forget, let go, move on....as in entirely.
U'll be banished to e historical annals of my buried, long forgotten memories frm nw on.
Bye, Ric....

Blackout..

Yest, Soph almost blacked out in e middle of the presentation.
Then after hving a gab fest with e history peeps at Munchy Monkey's, I felt faint n dizzy on e bus, on e verge of a blackout too.
Dinnoe it's contagious....sigh...
I wan my health back. Truly..

On a more solemn note, Titanic's 93rd death anniversary today...
Rest in peace, all those departed souls who perished in the icy Atlantic Ocean 93 yrs ago...

The History Babes...:)

Pics of history honours class 2004/2005!

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2128207371
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password: witchy

One yr ago..

Doing up my slides for Kra's presentation, telly on, NKF show nw.
Looked out of my window, beautiful amber colored skies with a tinge of pink and violet...
Truly enchanting....i stopped my work for a moment n walked to e window.
Stood there for a while. Thinking. Remembering. Reflecting.

Tot of the NKF show last yr. It was on April 11th, same day as the wedding of Darren Lim and Evelyn Tan. On a Sunday too.
Was at his house, studying for the exams.
Stressful period but a veri fun n happy one as well.
I rem we were wrestling whilst watching the NKF show. Hw childish, in retrospect.
Jack Neo did the bee stunt. I scorned his act.....until....i stepped on a bee the veri next day, gt stung n cried.
That was when i realised i shud nvr belittle the potent effects of a bee sting.
It hurts.
Terribly.
Ouch....

That was one yr ago. One yr later, have I grown, matured or changed?
I suppose I have.
Now, I'll just hold a tribute to the memory of that poor little bee which perished almost a yr ago.
Rest in Peace.
I still rem u.
Cuz it hurt then...n now..

My Baking Fetish..

3 n a half hrs of baking...jus ended. One woman show. One word. EXHAUSTED.
Woke up at 630 to start my baking stint n onli officially ended at 10.
Din wanna baking to eat into e time meant for my work so yeah, jus woke up earlier than my Sunday usual.
I din even bake a lot, think i'm jus slow, i'm e kind who has my flour stained nose stuck in e recipe bk all e time, nt like sis who can jus whip up a batch of choco chip cookies jus lidat... She's off for a hike again, BOO HOO, i want to hike!
Snitched a few bites here n there...SINFUL...grrrhhhh...but i jus had to taste it before i even dare to let anione try.
Hmmm..i think it's pretty decent, actually, haha..if i may say so myself.

The rest of e day is reserved for detoxification! Green tea, hot water n apples!

I think i'll go take a bath first, i "reek" of nice, homebaked smells, haha...
Get back to work after my bath, tis will be a productive Sunday! The battle is oredi half won..haha, with all e productivity in e morn, afterall...
Hv a nice Sunday, all!

Reflections..

Been terribly sick, think ever since last thurs n it has been getting worse...Fever n cough...hven;t been tis sick for ages tt i finally had to overcome my aversion to e doc n drag myself there....okie, so it wasn't as scary as i tot but i was still pretty nervous...It's almost 3am nw but i still can't ged to sleep cuz i've been in bed for e whole of yesterday... e only times i was out of bed were mealtimes n it was pretty short too since i din hv much of an appetite....Tuesday was e worst, i lost my voice completely, so much thx to dear Wens for taking over my part, appreciate it, ger! Wed's pretty bad too, e fever had me freezing one moment n sweating profusely e next, e terrible cough kept me up the whole nite plus i jus felt so weary after coughing e entire day....jus nw was veri bad too, was literally freezing, all my goosepimples were up, wrecked by coughing fits...then all of a sudden, started feeling reallie hot n yeah, gt a bit better but it comes in a vicious cycle, hope i reallie do ged better frm nw on. It is way sucky to be sick esp now.

Tml or rather today, since it's oredi Thursday....i'll be making a veri impt decision in my life. That's after i call n ask them whether there's any bond plus e pay n stuff lidat, hopefully they can hear wad i'm saying cuz i croak now rather than tok. I think there shud be a bond given it's secretive n all tt but e duration of e bond's pretty impt too...Yeah, been giving it some tot or trying to in my delirious state of mind...n yeah, although e organization stuff seems pretty intimidating plus the escorting of e delegates n gg for lunches n dinners with them makes me feel like a flower vase, i do think tt e multidimensional nature of e job is pretty challenging n makes it more interesting. Heez, plus the head's a pretty interesting guy, tt is if i ged to join his division, he's in International Affairs, meaning e rest of e world other than Asia...though the Asian region seems more dynamic given that we hv more interactions with these ctries afterall...it's e nature of e job i'm most concerned with ultimately but it's a gd thing tt this job does entail wad i'm interested in..current affairs n politics though tt does come across as boring to some pple, haha..though i wudn't mind joining Soph at MICA, nice, colorful building! Bt well..i'm reallie nt tt artsy or cultured..

Heez, may be trying my hand at baking tis wkend, tt is if i can squeeze in some time, i think so actually, chose some simple recipes but in order nt to waste time since i hv presentations n essays to do, i've decided to bake in e morn, ain't it a perfect feeling to wake up to nice, warm scents of homebaked bread n cakes? It's nice to be baking for someone...:) budden i always bake for pple rather than myself anyway, jus tt they ain't much appreciated...okie, i think e ham n egg pie was quite successful, jus nt e brownies n cookies... trying for sthg more ambitious tis round but still relatively easy, at least i hope it is. It sure looks easy, haha....

Work wise, i'm gg to e lib tml morn to research on Kra..interesting topic: FISH, close to my heart too since tuna ranks as one of my top fave foods. Was looking thr Lockhart essay topics n yeah, think i may try getting bks for his essay too, time to do so! n sob...i hven't been running since last wed, i think...feels like forever...i feel like a blob....bet my stamina will go way downhill...n wonder when i'll start recovering to start running again...miss running so much, esp in e wee hrs of e morn...:)

Heard sthg frm my fren...gt me a bit down., worried abt her...yt, hope everything goes well n do update me, k? Jus rem u still hv lotsa gd frens who're concerned abt u..:) n all e best with ur job hunt!

okie...tis is a pretty long post tt i've made in some time....dun think i'll be gg to bed, haz...too bad can't go for a run...ciaoz!

Almost a yr ago..

Best frens for a decade! Happy 23rd bdae, my dear ger!

my dearie 2A chums!