the perfection in the imperfection

im in school editing Yurie's essay now. i feel like fainting. her essay is just based on baseless imagination of her own. no research done, and the topic is "How can you not hate to gossip?". seriously yurie dear.... even if ur language isnt tt strong, at least make sure u put some research n thinkin into ur essay. but in any case, edit i shall.

last week was hectic to the max on monday tuesday and wednesday. on monday Dips, Xiang and i stayed back in sch to edit our 427 video assignment due on tue morn. and we stayed in sch till nearly 3am. saaaa like crazy. we dragged ourselves to JP's 24h NTUC to grab some cold hard sushi and stoned to the max sitting on a bench outside ntuc. then i sent xiang and dips home and by the time i got home it was about 4.20am. and by the time i showered and washed up, it was close to 5am. and i concussed on the bed. and the next morn [tue], ZOMBIE ON THE LOOSE!!! i was a walking sneezing zombie i tell you. omg i was so zonked out every one i saw that day told me one of the following comments - 1. you look drunk 2. you like very tired 3. you look very sleepy 4. are you crying?

well, yep, u guessed it, i went home and concussed and took a 2h aftnn nap b4 cell.

wednesday was the SHOWDOWN. our weeks and months of slogging and preparation, filming and a sad loss of dignity was worth it. it was Kaleidoscope recording and i was the director, eli was the cameraman, xiang the floor manager and feli the vt operator. the contestants were Steph phua my abs girl, dips, and jaynie.. haha.. and they were the best contestants one could ever ask for. the hosts were excellent as well. and we had the hugest live audience in Kaleidpscope's history! (: big win! haha... thanks boss for being so supportive.

and really thank God the whole recording was taken in one take. no cuts. small screwups technically here and there.nothing a little post production editing couldnt solve. editing seems easier this season compared to last. :D

well, the recording made me realise one thing, im a very nostalgic person. i tend to live in past glories and past fun times and short-lived satisfactions and happiness. well. i guess thats only human, isnt it.

and thursday, Ade, vivian, cheryl and i went KARAOKE!!!! omg Jap karaoke with them is the BREAST i tell you!!! hahhaa... i'd go karaoke with them ANYTIME. cos i get to sing my jap songs without ppl feeling bored or falling asleep on me, and watching me like an animal wishing they could join in the fun but cant cos they dont know  the lang. i mean i love karaoke-ing with other ppl as well la, but that the non-jap songs i know are extremely limited. and we celebrated ade's bday as well (: happy bday dear. im so glad i met u. (:

friday was an adventure. i took a psychology survey in Jayne's place, only to find out that i took the wrong study, so jayne had no credits :( but the funniest thing about that day was probably this line...

[talkin to the psych lady while jayne was on the line]

Me: "Hi, I'm Jayne and I'm taking HP 804"

Lady: "Oh what's your study name?"

Me: "Study name ah? hold on ah, i cant remember. let me go check my paper." [walks out of the lab] "Oi whats your study name?!??!!!?!"

hahahahha!!!! jayne was laughing like an idiot on the line while i was doing my "Self-intro". big big win.

after that, dips and i had a good lunch at the Palette. (: and i popped by her place for a while. (: we are strange children i swear.. we sat on her sofa pressing the acupoints on our feet with our knuckles. for 20minutes. strange. strange. aft tt we walked to Takashimaya. yep. we walked. hahaha. and i will definitely buy Kenzo perfume next time. i couldnt stop sniffing it like a drug addict! hahhaha... but dips says it smells like i just took a shower. haha...

Saturday was probably the epitome of my sleepiness man. i FELL ASLEEP DURING MUSIC PRACTICE IN BETWEEN PLAYING DRUMS!!!!!!!!! win or not, win or not. seriously!!! whenever i wasnt playin n michelle was talkin and discussin stuff w e guitarists i was jus dozing off man. the praise songs sounded like funeral marches. but thank God after a good dose of coffee and curry puff, i woke up and could play. so even when my resident critique joel ooi was busy ctiriquing me telling me i was off beat, i knew that i had given my best and it was definitely God who helped me. and honeslty speaking im so used to him saying im slow or off or outta beat, that i dont really give a damn anymore, cos when i hear the recording, it sounds perfectly fine. i think he should get the difference between a mistake in rhythm and timing, and a mistake in the cover. i used to play album covers of songs, but not anymore. so i dont sound like the cd, but my cover mistake doesnt affect the band and music and timing in any way. if i make a mistake, i will know and i will admit it. oh whatever it is, everyone's entitled to their own thoughts and comments. i've learnt to take everything with a pinch of salt.

gawd i sound damn bitchy. joel i have absolutely nothing agst u ok.

sunday was isaac n xiuyu's bday parties. b4 tt i went to city harvest to rehearse our cdp101 exam with sarah. and im glad we had that slot. cos we worked out quite a few things. (: the parties were really gd, just that i ate too much for my own good. and it honestly isnt the best coupling the pms. feeling fat plus pms really just sets me into bitchy.com.sg i swear.

and yesterday the YA leaders went Prawnin at Punggol Marina. it's like, malaysia man. ULU TO THE MAX!! and DID U KNOW, that if u went straight all the way fr Selegie, you'll end up in punggol then the sea? HHAHA. it was the LONGEST one straight road i ever travelled down!!! hahahaa.. it was quite funny too. hahaha.. PK went along too (: heehee.. and everyone was just like warm and like family. gosh i love the YA's.

tuesdays are acting days. this morn durin 427 tutorial we had an acting workshop n mr campbell hammered my arm with his shoe and i had to react really strongly. we watched this scene fr The Departed, and that was what the gangster did to Leonardo D. haha. so we re-enacted the scene. haha. and he gave us a script and asked us to act it out. so i partnered Lyon and Xiang partnered Melvin. and oh man, xiang is super channel 8 drama la!! big win! i've nv seen that side of xiang b4.. respect man. and mel surprised me too, i've nv seen him like that b4. really cool.

anw thank God our showing for our duo went well. we kinda nailed it, i gotta memorise my lines la. haha. but im really glad we chose comedy, cos the rest of the CDP 101 class chose emo n heavy stuff like Streetcar named Desire, Glass Menagerie, and other stuff. so we're e only pair doing Neil Simon's comedies. (: haha. i like funny stuff. i concluded ever since my vj yr 1 days that meredith yong cannot do angsty heavy stuff. hahaha.

anw, i was on LJ jus now, and i chanced upon this awesome picture of aiba chan. is it awesome or what. i just wanna run up to him and hug him real tight. i love his forearms. and everything about him, even his cute wrinkles!

aiba in My Girl

[credits to Jesychan on LJ for the scan]

alright. back to editing Yurie's essay. [i feel better aft releasing my pent-up feelings over the past week.]

waiting for jayne and winnie to go for cell.

meredicks. 220909. 1738h.

On Your Mind - Please Come Back To Me ~ KAT-TUN 

some baskit stole my cute 1800yen polka dotted brolly just now when i was hvg drama class in NIE.

im supax upset!!!!!! spoilt my day man, totally....

like, get ur own brolly!!!!!

BASKITTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

urgh.

meredicks. 010909. 1541h.

sch's gettin busier already. tmw's my first hosting with marksie! im psyched. but i'd be happier now if i found my brolly.

my shoes are wet

2 weeks ago i started dancing again. and OH MAN i wanted to faint. i was hiphopping like i was an aerobics over-enthusiast, seriously... i jus didnt hv the hiphop seh!! and i was damn sad about it. :(

but this week i think things started becoming better. (: and gabs joined us for dance today too! haha.but he still swears by the logic that he's not a dancer [but hell, he is.] haha. but i guess he just doesnt wanna be living in the shadow of being "gaius's brother" thats y he can dance well.

and today i finally realised my dream of learning locking!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D *prances ard like an excited idiot* haha.. YIPPEEE!!!!!! it's so fun!! haha. and crazy moon kept on playing in my head to facilitate nino's locking feel in my head.if it's someone whom i really admire for locking, it's nino. as hopelessly NUA as he is. i love it hahhaa!!!

nxt week we're gonna learn more House and more Locking!!!!!!! URESHII!!!! =D

i will walk out of my aerobics instructress shadow soon.... oh and keshia taught us a short street jazz routine. it was so cute. with the random sound effects here and there. haha.... well at least i think i hope i dont look like im doing aerobics..haha...

i really like dancing, i concluded. it's a different avenue of release...

oh the funniest thing happened today. i was given a poster of appreciation for playing the drums for Family games day yday for 10min. the win part is - 10 minutes... hahhaha.. but it was really sweet of the committee though (: haha.. much love!!

i finally wrote jie her belated bday card and gave her her presents i bought fr Japan (: heehee. and she sent me a really nice sms which i havent replied. i will soon.

i reckon i will hafta do my cdp101 journals soon. i wouldnt wanna hafta cheong 6 journals in 1 nite. can die man, that one. seriously.

tmw im fetching josey n adeline to sch (: it's gon be an early day! better sleep early. i cant afford to make ppl late. haha..

meredicks. 310809. 0028h.

Happy Birthday Matsujun!! you were the one who got me into liking arashi. and now it's no turning back.

Hadashi no Mirai ~ Arashi

深い思い出を心の奥に刻んだ

人生の中に一番大切なの６週間

素敵な人と出会えてよかった

重い荷物がない私は自由に遠いどこかへ行って、旅路が始まった

本気で笑って、本気で泣いて、本気で悩んで、本気で生きて

私はあんな思い出を忘れられない

永遠に

大切な友達と出会った、本当の親友と出会ったことは二度とないと思う

秋田の思い出を思い出した時、半泣きで笑う

心が温かくなってくる

国際教養大学のこまち寮の匂いを思い出したら、絶対に笑える

いろいろな国からの私達は一つ夢を見て、一生懸命やって、同じ夢を追いかける

私はシンガポールに帰ったもう３週間になるけど、毎日毎日秋田の期間を思い出したら、日本に帰りたい

日本語を久しぶり喋ったね、今日

嬉しかったわ、秋田のあの時に戻ったように

でも目を開けたら、「あっ、日本じゃないか」と気づいた

やっぱり日本が好きだよね

こんなことを思ったら、心が泣きたい

だって、あの頃はもう帰らないから悲しいもん

でも、紫乃の言葉のような、「’さよなら’の代わりに、'行ってらっしゃい’」

またいつか

メレディクス・２００９年８月３０日・０４４１ｈ

Beautiful Days ~ 嵐

ok i dont know where the FISHBALL idea came from. probably fr ethan's charm in winning a free stick of fishballs fr the old chang kee ppl this aftnn...

anw, a quick highlight and where in the world i've been these 3 months. i believe my last entry was in May. HUR HUR.. my bad. hahaha..

anw, i spent an awesome 6 weeks in the marvellous inaka AKITA in Japan. it was so inaka [countryside] i loved it. it was really an experience u cant get in singapore. i cycled to the mall and got lost, i cycled past amazing rice fields and paddies, chanced upon a natural spring, made awesome friends - Japanese, Korean and Spanish and of course Singaporean..... i nv knew that my mouth was THAT big.. i even went for TWO Kat-tun concerts in Sendai.. TWO dammit...

it was an experience i cannot describe. it was like, i left my burdens, responsibilities and cares back home in Singapore, and went to Akita free and happy to start a new chapter of my life. it was untainted and unpolluted by any stresses of this world whatsoever. and the ppl i hung out with who eventually became a few of the dearest ppl in my life, were extremely sincere ppl and i absolutely love them to the maximum. i wont lie and say we didnt hv our bumpy times, but i daresay that im proud of ourselves for overcoming the obstacles n emerged victorious in our friendship (:

the only things i had to worry about there were the daily vocabuary quizzes, being on time for my 9am classes everyday, what to eat fr the lousy not so appetizing meal plan menu, what to order from the amazing AIU cafe, what to do after lunch, whether or not we get to book the grp study room in the 24h library, whether or not i'll get more than full marks in the quizzes, whether my japanese is improving.. nice things like that.. and cos it's smth im passionate about, it wasnt all that stressful... (:

but now that im back im slammed with reality, ppl being extremely gd at what they do. i guess im selfish. i liked it when i was good at what i did in Akita. and i guess thats why i didnt find it all that stressful, cos i knew that i'd do well. but thats exactly where the uncertainty lies back here back home. the fact that i'm NOT better than others at what i do - videos and film theories and blah what have you. actually even in akita my classmates all had external jap classes and stuff but cos i didnt wanna ask and stuff i was ignorant and happy. but in CS, seriously, it's hard not to know who's pro and who's not-so-pro. and yeaa.. im in the latter bunch of sad ppl..

but well, the semester is whizzing by faster than my time in akita.. week 3 just ended. like, WHOAAAA.. HOLD YOUR HORSIES!!! it's crazy!! i just came back fr japan and BAM BAM BAM everything slams in my face. it really took me a while to readjust to singapore again. firstly my body couldnt really take it and i fell sick cos of the enveloping heat n humidity. it was unbearable. western japan was hot too, but the heat radiated outwards. but the heat in singapore radiates inwards and devours you alive. HENCE. i fell sick. haha..

sigh i really do miss akita. it was just so pure and simple. it taught me how to go back to the simplicity of life. life wasnt just about shopping and stuff like that. it taught me how to find delight in the simple things like cycling, jogging, breathing fresh air, drinking fresh spring water, trodding on the fresh and lush forest floors... things like that cannot be bought with money. that's why they're priceless.

and of course the friends. shino and ryoka will forever be in my heart. so will alba and jiyoung. yurie too, my roomie.. i really miss shino and ryoka. theyre the sweetest and cutest things ever. seriously. the events that happened really personified what true friendship was. :D

and it was really cos of adeline that i managed to go to akita actually. if i hadnt met her that fateful day on my way to popular to buy stuff for kaleidoscope, i wouldnt hv been motivated to go for the fee-paying scheme for akita. and i wouldnt hv had the best 6 weeks of my life. thanks my dear adeline. who else would accompany me to the train station and back just to get a ticket, and walk back to sch fr the station, and have bicycle adventures together. adeline really was a part of many of my personal breakthroughs. and i met awesome friends like vivian, cheryl, alba and jiyoung.

vivian who would without fail come knocking on my door in the morning to make sure i was awake.

cheryl, who would chope the table nearest to the tv in the canteen cos she knew that i had a show i wanted to watch on tv tt day.

jiyoung who's just so sensitive she's sweet.

alba who just exudes a special aura that attracts me to love her so so much.

God really meant for us to meet, huh. im really glad i got to meet each and every single one of you. and no matter where you are and what you're doing, ure alws in my heart and my mind and my prayers. [even though you girls wont ever read this post.] i just wanna say that i'm really glad i met you. 出会えてよかった.

anw now that im back in singapore, it's time and right to fulfill my duties and responsibilities here. i hv work here and i will do them well. God placed us in schools for a reason and purpose, and one of them is to do well. i will really work harder this sem. i needta pull my GPA up to a 4. after all that, my overall GPA is still a 3.99. like SERIOUSLY!!!!!! just 0.01 points!!! OMG!!! spare me man!!!!!!!

anw im taking theatre again this sem. and i love it. it's so nostalgic. doing things im comfortable with. doing things that dont make me feel stressed. though im not like shar or my tsd friends with a natural brain wired for theatre, i just love it for what it is. and i can feel the passion and the cheesy line "inspiration comes with passion" flooding back into my brain. thats what it is. i function a lot on passion. if i like it, i will do well. and that has really materialised and has not failed me in so many situations. i love geography, i did well. i love theatre, i did well. i love japanese, i did well. i realy shd do what i love..

i went for the kaleidoscope host and spectrum interviewer/presenter auditions last week. and boss says im shortlisted for the kscope host position. and i am damn thrilled about it. even though it's not even confirmed yet. but i really really really wanna do hosting. even in the future. i realise that i really do better on screen rather than off screen. im a pure actor/performer. i do what ppl tell me to in my own way. i just dont know how to tell ppl what to do and i cant plan and write clever scripts and shots and blah. in other words i cant direct properly.. just throw me on i'll do it myself.

i've found a direction. i wanna become a tv host. like location shoots and fun stuff. (: i really dont hv a knack for news n serious stuff and production work. i can do it, but im not gd at it. and when im not gd at it i dont like it. tho it's a circle - cos if i like it i'll do better at it.

speaking of the whole "like it, do well" thing, i concluded that im quite sick of being a jack of all traits but master of none. i have my finger in every pie, but i cant eat a whole pie by myself. like how i love singing, dancing, drumming, acting, hosting, performing, but im not exceptionally good in anything.. :( and it really kinda bothers me. well i guess thats another new resolution in life.

i miss AIU n akita so much that i wrote a poem-like thing in japanese during tcm lect last week. that will most prob be in my next post.

now, i feel like watching something. and i really feel like going for arashi's 5x10 concert! their concerts nv fail to make me happy. cos they're such happy and sincere ppl, they just make us fans feel the same way (: kt's gd too [i went for their con] but their feel's just different. i'd rather arashi than kt. tho kt has definitely grown on me and kame is just dropdead handsome. =D but my aiba-chan wins anytime... (: i cant wait for his My Girl drama. suits him to the max.

till my next post.

meredicks. 300809. 0217h.

5x10 ~ Arashi 

a miracle happened yday. my student and i ACTUALLY HAD FUN DURING TUITION. omg. skeeriously..... 2yrs of teaching, it has NEVER HAPPENED B4..

he got high on video-taking.. so we videoed down most of the tuition. haha!!!! and we were like, siao. haha!! and bluetoothing each other the videos. haaha.. and i hv hard evidence of him trying to kill me with his rubber dart gun (and it's srsly painful when the dart thing hits u, tho it's rubber!) and me trying to kill him back. hahaha..

praying b4 tuition realll helps. (: and when he has fun, he does his work well. last week his phrasal verbs were a record horrible - 1/10. 3/10... and my eyes nearly dropped out. but yday he was on a roll. he had 10/10, 9/10, 7/10 and the like. cool huh!! haha.. kids.....

his sci and math tutor are from NTU also. which led me to think today. kids really grow into their surroundings and who they're around. 3 of his tutors are in their early 20's, the rest of his friends are pri sch brats, and the other people whom he's ard are his mum n his elder brother who's 22 this yr. so naturally the ppl who spend lotsa time with him are our age, so he's kinda siao siao. hahaha..

and i rem wat pk once said - she's like tuition guru or the like. i rem her saying that she'll complain to her tuition kids abt sch and they'll understand and they'll understand tho theyre pri3. and i was like, true. he's a smart boy. i'll talk to him like he's a smart boy. and he wont feel stupid.

and no wonder he says im boring. cos with him feel more maternal than not. his standard of eng is smth i dont want my future kid to have. srsly.so i tend to be the "guai guai type" - this cannot do that cannot do.. etc. so i end up portraying the image that im damn guai and i have no life. haha.. but the thing is, i AM guai lor.. but i have a life haha!!

so sometimes i'l tell him abt my VJ days - climbing the gate coming in late for sch everyday, underage drinking, and to make things better, drinking a can of baron's on the way back to VJ from marine terrace, and feeling like shit aft that, not studying for exams, nearly having to run 20 rounds round the track for coming to sch late too many times, blahhh.. i usually wouldnt wanna tell him such things in case he thinks it's ok to do it, cos it's not. but if i dont, then that gap between us cant be bridged if he doesnt feel that im human too.

so AIYA. im a human too and i fall and make mistakes and do things im not tt proud of, tho i really enjoyed doing them.hahhhaa... and boys will be boys. everybody likes bad boys.. hahaha.. so i hope ive established some kind of bond with that fat boy. haha.. tho im not the most interesting person with the most exciting school stories ever. but oh wells. haaa...

oh and the sweetest thing yuwei did was he bought a $60 gundam figurine thing for his brother's bday. n when his mum asked him, "ur bro always scolds u and beats u up, why dya still buy smth so expensive for him?" and the sweet child said, "well, he's my brother after all".. and WA MY HEART MELTED LA...... im a SUCKER for sibling love!! for a 12 year old to understand that love. OMG. FAINTS. and according to the mum, his brother was all smiles.... AWWWWWWWW.......it was even more heartwarming when said in chinese. english just kills the delicate meaning of asian languages... GOSH SO SWEET!!!!

gonna go hosp now.

mum's coming back tmw. (:

meredicks. 040509. 1804h

my mum's in Mt Alvernia for a liver op now. i guess by now, with the past 3 ops she's had in the past 4 years, it's become a routine. and this being the final time. no more operations in Jesus' name!

in any case, the op's really the best choice to rid her body of all visible cancer. rather than taking the 10K per month medicine. [SIAO RIGHT, i know.] plus the medicine has side effects. so the op is the best option for cure - plus God's hand upon her. confim will have complete healing! (: Amen.

anw it's been a fruitful few weeks. 2 weddings, 4 exams, 3 birthdays outta which 1 i missed, lots of video downloading, shopping, and LOTS OF ETHAN!!! hahaha.. that boy is srsly. cute.

adrian & val and emil & sarah tied the knot. it was sweet. i teared during sarah's wedding. while we were up there singing for her, the memories of her teaching n leading us n being our friend and her really believing in me really grabbed my heart and i couldnt help but tear. she was the one who encouraged me to dance when i was 13, and was the one who actually gave me the idea tht i could vaguely dance. but being the chicken and irresponsible child i was, afraid of commitment, i didnt dare commit. so i only started dancing 3-5 yrs later. i wonder what it would be like if i HAD started dancing since i was 13.... hmmmmm.... anw it's over and i'm turning 21 in 2 months. damn it.

anw we planned a surprise for hui on her bday! (: jean n i only colloborated on it like, 2 or 3 days b4 the actual day. and MAN DID WE PANIC... the night b4 i was calling jean and jlow simultaneously coming up with the final plan. and cos most of berlin were having exams, so only try, pk and i replied to the chain. SO i gave up. SMS WORKS BETTER. haha..

the plan: [i have it written down on paper ok, dont mess.]

2130           SURPRISE PART 1. Hockey meet IN her house

2145           Estimated Time of Arrival Hway

2145 - 2215 Heeheehaha Heeheehaha [someone to say she's hungry, LURE hway to The Cavern]

2215/2230   BW meet in park in between The Cavern and hui's house

2225           Hockey + Hway walk to The Cavern

2230           SURPRISE PART 2. VJ A54 classmates surprise Hway in The Cavern

2235           hway order food

????           Heeheehaha Heeheehaha

????           SURPRISE PART 3. BW serve food!

MY BUTT AH. all on paper only lor. i panicked like some mad cow when siu msged at 9.15 to say they're gg home. so i msged BW at 9.25 to ask them to GET INTO POSITIONS.. HAHAHAH.. estee was still at cell la. and panicked. SORRY BIRLS. hehh...and i hurry left my house n reached her place at abt 9.54pm. and try n simo,came soon aft at abt 10plus. haha.. and the saga came when PK became uncontactable cos i kept spamming msgs every 2 min. HEHHHH.. and her phone DIED. n she didnt really know how to go to hui's hse. so she finally used the indian taxi uncle's phone to call me and we finaly found a really BLACK FACED pk, and picked her up. jlow came aft that with a sexy voice fr the screaming the previous day.

then jean msged to say theyre leaving the house, and the 5 of us waited at the park, pretending to be innocent passers-by in the park, dodging blind bats and trying not to laugh too loudly. berlin's laughter is recognizable fr ANYWHERE. haha and we succeeded!!!! BUT. we had to wait for hui to order food, so we can serve it. and they took so long, we waited till like past 11.30pm.. and even had time to eat ice cream and take pictures, purposely excluding simo while she was on the phone cos we were being naughty. hahahahaha.. of course we did include parts of her in the photo. like her butt. hehhh... 

and finally aft like half an hour or what felt like a damn long time, the pizza was FINALLY READY and we served it to her table, and the bday girl cried! SUCKSESS!!!!!! hahaha... a berlin bday is nv complete without the person in question CRYING. hehhhhh!! :D :D :D

we wanted to prance in earlier but cant la. not fun. estee came later on. and OH MAN jean's art is perfect. she sketched a photo of hui. and it looked perfect. not distorted at all! and pk and i were hungry so we sat and feasted on the pizza and carbonara.. hahahha!!! and ordered MORE food. haha. BERLIN WILL BE BERLIN.. srsly. we love food. we ordered super spicy Chicken, and MAN they werent kidding when they said it was REALLY SPICY. haha.. even the fumes were stinging.

anw i have to fangirl a bit here. I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE the Crazy Moon~ Kimi wa Muteki performance!!!! the dancing was like OMG. damn blerdy nice!!!!! Arashi reallllllyyyy suits lock dance!!!! nobody can do lock dance as nice as them!!! and the performance was so tight and close to perfection. gosh. and the song suits them too. not too pop. not too emo. just nice. love it. and NINO IS MY LOCK DANCE KING! but screencaps dont do locking justice. so i shant try.

but here are 2 screenies of nino! haha.. credits to aniera. if im crediting wrongly pls let me know.

Nino's lock dance

Nino crazy moon emo

nino's lock dance jus made me concuss. haha he has his nua days and all, but locking is his element man. it's THEIR element. i mean come on they've been doing it for ALMOST 15 years. they'd better be good at it.  and the 2nd screenie he actually grabbed the air and clenched his fist and pulled it towards himself. oh man. it's the eyes i tell u. nino's skeptical n cynical n all but when it comes to performing, it's hard to imagine he's a loner. whatever it is, he's a skinny muscle-less sexy dude. 

and it's all over LJ that nino n masami are apparently tgd, and going steady n commited. though i'm not a huge fan of masami, i have to say that the image of skinny nua nino being together with someone is really quite sexy. just the thought of him being manly.  fwah... gone....

and the sight of Aiba chan backflipping 5 times in a row jus slaughtered me. OH MAN. im a sucker for him when he flips. wait, then again, im a sucker for him when he DOES ANYTHING!!!! hahaha. who am i kidding????? crazyyy!!!!!! i love that animal-loving baka tensai... :D

IM GOING TO AKITA IN 2 MONTHS' TIME.. YES........cant wait to get outta here..

later gotta go back to hospital at abt 3 plus.

meredicks. 280409. 1239h.

tensai shimura doubutsuen 26 April 2009. 

it was adrian and val's wedding today!!!!! congratulations!!! they're such a sweet couple.

i was downstairs ushering for the church wedding. and bel's ex-boss [i found out her identity later on fr bel], requested a valet service. our church car park was full by the time she got there. so she asked for valet.

and herbert and keegan bel's cousin, didnt dare drive the huge merc - carplate number 7777 [one look at the huge merc and the nice number u can guess right away that the lady was really rich] so guess who had to do it?! so much for being men.. herbert worked those hugeass muscles for nothing. gosh. so i trotted down with much fear and trembling to the driver's side as the lady got out.

she just asked, "can you drive"

me: "yes i can drive"

her: "take good care of my car", and she got out, but wanted to leave her wallet in the front compartment, but she didnt know how to lock it with her high-tech car key. so i suggested, "er.. why dont u put it in the boot?"

and so i did. praying in tongues the whole time, hoping and praying even the wind wont scratch the car or smth. i dont wanna pay lots of money to someone i dont know for something that i had no choice but to do. i had some trouble releasing the handbrake, cos the handbrake was a pedal, and to release it u had to pull some fancy lever on the right somewhere.. and actually keegan wanted to take over, but i was too engrossed in releasing the damn handbrake that he didnt get to ask.

OH and the merc was cool. when u reverse, the side mirrors will automatically tilt down so u can see the road. COOL RIGHT. aft i'd parked the car opp at nallur road, i had to turn off the engine right? so i explored the car for a moment, wondering if there was any cool button to press or smth. like, OFF!!! haha.but no there wasnt. and i found a little slot to join the key with so the sensors can connect, and i can push the key in and turn.

so i did! haha. silly technology... and the engine was silent. but some display popped out saying it's 31 degrees outside. so i was like, wth, so are you off or not?!??! so i tried turning the key here and there. and suddenly i turned on the radio. GREAT. and the radio refused to shut up. so i was like, awesome.... how do i turn this darn thing off??

so i turned it clockwise, and i turned on the engine. so i thought, good! now all i have to do it turn it the other way and turn off the engine!!! hha. and aft some trial and error and TSKS here and there, it finally worked. and the coolest thing was, the steering wheel moved upwards into "neutral" positon. HOW COOL IS THAT.

but i was thinking, wa if i were in a hurry this isnt a very good car to drive. by the time i get the engine started and by the time the steering wheel moves to the right position, the appt over alr lor.. best.

anw, i finally got out and the woman specifically asked me to check if the car was locked and pull the lever of the boot to check if it was locked. so i pressed the button on the key and locked it. good. BUT cos the key has a sensor, everytime i opened the car door handle to check if it was locked, the lock will unlock itself and i opened the door. and i was like, =_="' not working.... so i tried it a couple of times, and the damn door kept unlocking itself.. but i saw that it was locked so i left it was that. n i had already developed my qualms about checking if the car boot was locked.

and i was spot on. i locked the car agn, and i tried to open the boot. and it opened. and i locked it agn and tried agn. but it still opened. and i concluded that i was getting nowhere in this stupid test. so i pressed lock 3 more times. OK. LOCKED. I DONT CARE.

haha. it was an adventure...

between the church wedding and the banquet there was a 4h break or so. and i SLEPT ALL THE WAY LA!!!!!!!!! darn... didnt study at all!!!! dangg...

tmw i'm singing for main svc, and i havent learnt the songs yet. must sing in chinese some more. haha.. prac's at 8. haha.. wow.

exams are starting next tue. i havent started studying. great. 

michelle will pause for a while and burst into song: "God will make a way.. when there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see. and He will make a way for me" haha.. adorable isnt she.

meredicks. 110409. 0107h.

All that's within me ~ True Worshippers 

i miss hui!!

i was just talking to her just now on the phone. smth we havent done at all this yr if i can rem correctly. srsly man. i miss u, hui!!!!!!!

at The Line

i miss the smell of our rm. i miss the feeling of falling asleep on the floor and getting woken up by u and gg to bathe tgd. i miss the feeling of talking over the shower cubicle abt stupid stuff as if there were no one else in the toilet. i miss being the only ones to shower at 4am!! i miss the image of u waiting for me in hall on sunday nights. i miss the time u scolded me for not calling u when i was falling asleep while driving back to hall, cos i didnt wanna call u cos u were sleeping alr. i miss lying across our beds for my daily aftnn nap. i miss drooling on ur side of the bed [oops]. i miss doing "legs" with u. i miss doing and collecting our laundry. i miss the "for recycling" box of 500ml ice mountain plastic bottles in between us. i miss our notice board. i miss sleeping nxt to u. i miss scooby. i miss jlow sleeping between us. i miss waiting for u to come home aft ur hockey trngs. i miss gg for dinner w u, and simo and try and jlow. i miss talking to u till late at nite. I MISS YOU LA OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i can just go on and on. but the need to read abt on camera focal lengths and lenses and technicalities and isp stuff and genre stuff stop me fr doing so.

HOW! i am so damn slack!!!! after handing in all my projects and assignments im like, chillaxing. squeezing pimples and whatnot. too free alr man...

anw ian oliver is the sweetest old man around. it's his last time teaching in NTU, so he catered lunch for us during our last 226 lecture. TOO BAD FOR THOSE WHO DIDNT COME COS THEY HATED HIM. he's just a misunderstood old man. he's an expert at his craft and his teaching methods just take a little bit of getting used to. jea and i had him for BJ and tv prac last sem, and media presentation and tv prac this sem. that's A LOT of oliver to deal with. we're more than used to his working style. WE LOVE HIM. haha.. i declared myself the president of the Ian Oliver fanclub man. haha!!

i'll seriously miss my awesome 226 and 225 groups!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Melvin, Jessica and Carmela for 226 and Melvin, Wen Han and Lyndsey for 225.. crazy!!! you guys are the BEST groupies one could ever ask for!!!!!!!!!!!

COM 226. some of us.

that's molly's wig he's wearing

he is so darn adorable

and the old man says goodbye

i jus had my Japanese Oral today. it was good. ARASHI SAVED THE DAY again today!!! :D itoh sensei asked me wat my hobby was. and OH MAN i was thinking, KITA!!!!!!!!!!! and i started talking very excitedly about arashi. haha. and we chatted on and on and on until the tape recorder recording my oral finished and the button popped up. haha!! best. hahaa.. but it was fun talking to sensei! cos she was genuinely interested in what we had to say. so it was ultra easy to open up to her without any stress. (:  she has that charm. (: she rocks la. haha. i even showed her a pic of aiba chan. and she was like, Oh! this person! i've seen him on tv b4! and we started this whole fangirl talk, haha!!

Ito sensei 1

Ito sensei 2

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i love itoh sensei. it's amazing how someone to amazingly small and white can be so genki and adorable. she looks like if i slam the door too hard she'll shatter into pieces. but she's in fact, far from it. (: she's super cute and funny in her own cute little itoh way. heehee.. :D 

anw sigh i guess i've wasted enough time. i will go forth and read my readings.... i feel so unmotivated!! must pray..

berlin's coming over tmw to visit my mum. HOW SWEET CAN MY BEST FRIENDS GET, SERIOUSLY!!!!!

meredicks. 100409. 0044h.

ooh it was yamapi's bday yday. happy belated bday! 

Once Again ~ Arashi

i know i shdnt be saying this.. but im suddenly damn free..... the ISP video and project file are FINALLLY handed in.. and my 227 treatment which stretched 19 pages [i have my qualms abt the quality of my work...ttz for being last min...] is FINALLY in.... so now i'm damn free la.. last week we finally finished our 226 stuff, handed it in and heaved sighs of relief. so now i'm just sitting at home, wasting time...

i wanted to go to school earlier today to catch up on the movies that i missed for Genre.. but... OH WELLLLL.. hahahhaa.. HUR HUR.. there's spectrum award night tonight.. im just happy that i contributed more to STV this sem.. last sem i did the simple unimportant jobs. but this sem i decided to step up and do more. haha my Kscope epi 3 is my baby!!! oh man. this sem is special.. super production intensive... the only non-production modules im doing is genre, jap and biopop...

nikki was super nice yday. during the 225 screenings, she bought boxes and boxes of donuts and tarts for us! super touched. wen was overwhelmed with emotions. hahaha!!! she was super touched la, so cute. ha..

in any case, i will miss my grps this sem!!! 226 with melvin, jess and carmela, 225 with melvin, wen han and lyndsey... oh man.. we slogged didnt we. LOVE U GUYS!!!!!

wen han's storyboard and mel's description of wen han's drawing still cracks me up.. i shdve taken a pic of it man, seriously... HAHA!!!! WEN!! ur drawing sucks!! haaha. sorry but u know we all love you! HEEHEE....

anw it's heartwarming that everyone's so nice and loving during the period when my mum was hospitalised. i got so many msgs asking how she is that i didnt manage to reply to everyone... much love!! (: and thanks berlin for ur love and support. love u all la...

oh wells. im still wasting time at home. yeahhhh....

sheesh i shd be mugging..

MF is annoying again... anw i found some more arashi subbers. and i realised that that girl is like, 4 yrs younger than me!! sheesh! but there are subbers older than me.. haha... but wow. it's really gd to have an upperhand in the language from a younger age... it's really cool. nxt time if my kid doesnt hate it, i will make him/her learn jap...

meredicks. 070409. 1433h.

Arashi Around Asia in Taiwan ~ MC