time

time and tide waits for no man.
indeed.
slowly running out of time.
school's starting.
and i realised i dont have enough time to settle what is needed to be settled.

of all things.
i thought i had it all planned out properly.
sigh.
sometimes, it just takes on thing to screw up the entire plan.
moving in.
but the problem is.
when.
trying to squeeze time out to move my things into hostel so that i'll be ready when school starts.
omg omg omg.
and i realised. i really only am left with that short time.
whatever it is.
now my schedule is packed until i can nvr imagine.
all the way till 24th.

that's if. everything goes on ideally.
packed properly with enough breathing space once in a while. ideally.
i wonder how crazy it'll turn out if it isnt ideal after all.
i can just shoot myself.

stressed.
but at the same time excited.
the irony?

the stress is wearing me out though.

if music be the food of love

a title of a song that i sang years back when i was still in chorale.
totally love the tune of it.
i love music. music is lovely.
haha.

anyway.
was reflecting on the way i eat today.
i realised. i totally have no image to speak of when i am eating.
so today. during my 20 minutes long dinner break.
10 minutes was spent shopping for groceries at cold storage.
which leaves me with 10 minutes for eating.
and yeap. what happen was. i went to kfc.
got myself a shrooms burger meal.
i was monitoring the time quite well because i cant get back late from my break.
so what hap was. i realised.
including the time that i take to walk to kfc and ordering. and then start eating the burger as i walk. then to sitting down to eating it at a place nearby. to the time i finish eating the burger.
it took me about 3 minutes.
which effectively means i took less than 3 minutes to finish eating, or should i say gorging, the burger.
woohoo. i cant imagine how i looked as i eat and walk.
bet i was a total embarrassment.
then again. i took less than 4 minutes to finish up the whipped potato.
why is it slower than the burger? cos the whipped potato was really hot. or else i would have taken less than half the time i took i guess.
so all in all. i managed to finish my dinner in less than 10 minutes. i reported back to the stall even before the 20 minutes is up.
amazing?
sigh. not in my opinion.
reflecting on it. i am more appalled than anything else.
i guess. i should learn to appreciate the art of eating.
i have yet to perfect it. or should i say, i havent even got to the basics.
sigh. a bad habit cultivated.
eating should be a pleasure. a pleasure that i should learn to indulge in.
like seriously.
i wonder how long it has been for me to take more than 10 minutes to finish off my food.
like never?
even in restaurants, i can finish off an item rather quickly i suppose.

time to really improve on my eating habit.
gonna start eating more slowly.
or else i'll really suffer from indigestion soon.
and no one will dare to dine with me anymore. haha.

the art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.

~ michel de montaigne (1533 - 1592) ~

basic courtesy

shall for once stop being so self-centred and post about my daily happenings.
but well. gonna post some of my trashy thoughts here for today.
very much cos of what i went through today. but well. here goes my crap.

queue cutting.
basic human instinct to wish that you are in the front of the queue when you see yourself standing in this queue that most probably gonna make you waste time standing there.
doing nothing except thinking when it'll be your turn.
greatest wish at that point in time you can "cut" into the queue without having one or more unsatisfied homosapiens commenting that you jumped queue.
my view is. i like to hope to be able to jump queue. yet i dont do that. and i totally hate having people cutting in my queue.
there are times when i have ignored people cutting in, pretending to chat with the friend who is in front. then by the time you know it. that person already squeezed the butt into that queue.
yet, there are times i feel a strong desire to ask that person who "cut" queue to get the hell of that place. managed to hold myself back as yet.
finding it rather dumb to kick a big fuss out of such things.
yet.
there are times i really plan what i will say if someone cuts my queue. haha. dont meet me in a queue when i'm not in such a fine mood.

an incident today made me rather pissed off.
was standing in the queue waiting to make payments for hostel accomodation at ntu today.
met a whole huge bunch of people who were, like me, paying for hostel accomodation.
apparently, they knew each other quite well.
so ya. i was surrounded by this large group of people who was making a hell lot of noise.
first thing, when it's really a din. i get pissed easily. i wonder why. but i cant stand having people talking nonsense so loudly.
then this girl in front of me. called her friends at the back to just join the group in the front.
argh. she herself already cut my queue. damn it. i didnt make any comment.
then before she shouted to her friends, already have 2 idiots automatically cutting into the line.
so by the time she shouted to her friends at the back. my tolerance level was close to max.
haha. should see the way i stared at her when she made that comment. gosh.
i wasnt going to let anyone get away taking so much advantage.
crap. i stared or maybe glared at her. luckily, her friends said they dont want to.
or else i will really blow my top.
gosh. i was telling myself any other bunch of people that come shuffling their butts in gonna get it from me.

maybe i over-reacted. but well.
i dont like people to cut my queue.
so i make it a point not to do the same to others.
i take it as a form of basic courtesy.
yes. someone in the queue might just be some stranger that you most probably wont get to meet the next time for your entire life.
but. just as you might most probably be in a rush. someone else too cant afford the time.
dont say. it's just one person butting in. wont really make a lot of difference.
but one bad example set might just allow others to do the same.
i get offended at times when people jump my queue.
although i dont always force my displeasure out.
but there'll be someone who just might.
and i most probably will next time.

not sunny sunday

bleh.
rainy day today.
but well.
that makes the weather cool.

simple day today. dont really have much thoughts to share.
went grandma's house today.
had a great time there.
lovely tong tong was there. so everything was so fun.
how nice la. she actually allowed me to feed her for lunch.
she was ignoring my other cousin la. haha. i won!
lol. what kind of sense of achievement is that.
after that played with her.
then she wanted me to play this ktv vcd for her and she was dancing so happily to the songs.
so cute.
she'll come and hug me as she dances.
my my.
being a child is how fun.
played until i was so tired.
end up falling asleep for dont know how long.
then after that woke up didnt really feel like having dinner although there were a lot of splendid food. so end up having 3 slices of the french loaf. lol.
dumb.

then after that was like finally exposed to gb for so long.
haha. should call it gb wc now.
haha. my cousin was playing with her account then end up asking me to play for her when she heard of my rank.
lol. damn la. so long nvr play. totally like made a fool of myself. haha. then end up.
played 2 games for her.
lost one. the second one hanged.
lol. but still some teammate thought rather well of me. haha. commented that i was quite good.
lol. i believe it was more of luck cos i really dont know what i was doing.
haha.
but well. dont really crave to game that much.
i'm happy with my animes.

back at home now.
feeling slack.
another week of work gonna start.
have to go down school-to-be tmr maybe to settle payment for hostel.
sigh.
another week.
cant wait for school to start.
then i can finally get a more fixed schedule.
working isnt really enjoyable.
sigh.

food for thought.
is it really possible for a guy and a girl to be purely friends?
platonic friendship. the possibility of that.
close friends who are of opposite sex.
i wonder.
maybe i should start counting the probability.
hehe. :)

packed day

today have a rather tight schedule.

morn abt class.
7 sessions already.
5 more to go i think.
but still not getting really really fit.
but i guess i'm improving slowly.
classes will end next month.
hehe. must find some way to continue keeping fit after that already.

after that got back home for tuition.
today 2 tuitions in a row.
supposedly 2 to 4 then 4 to 6.
but one pushed tuition back from 4 to 5.
so end up. i smsed cheryl to tell her that i cant join them for dinner.
ending at 7 then rushing down is too crazy.
sigh. really becoming more and more pang seh.
sigh.
bad habit.
really need to organise my time properly.

then tuition end at 7.
went down to town with sis instead since she had to get sthg.
went popular bookshop to get myself notebooks.
hehe. one for lyrics that i like. one for food that i like.
haha. how lovely.

then had dinner at cineleisure foodcourt with sis.
the hokkien mee is ok only. haha.
sigh. cos i dont like sotong. then i was practically eating only noodles with tao gay.
and the only meat is like 2 prawns.
eh. sad.
after that walked around cineleisure a little.
nothing much to really shop for.

then took neoprint with sis.
how nice.
we took a neoprint on 9th may when since got back.
took one on 9th june when it was my bday.
then today is 9th july. and we took another neoprint.
and i love the pics.

overall. today is a good day.
tmr will be better. i guess.
haha. everyday is supposed to be better than the previous.
supposed to go watch movie with teeseng. but cancelled it.
haha. mutual agreement.
some other time. i'll go find sthg nice to watch. haha.

carefree sunday i guess. it'll be good.

tgif

hehe.
finally end of the week.
worked 4 days this week and today i'm like totally shagged.

today went to ps's place.
went swimming.
but end up didnt swim much laps also.
sigh. so sad. i am how unfit.
bleh.

ps's mum made lunch for us.
how nice.
hehe.
picky me gave her a lot of trouble i guess.
sigh. how useless.

after that got home.
then got ready for work.
today had some food fest promotion.
yet so few people. stupid promotion.

yay. results of hostel is out.
hehe.
i've got my home. my home.
lalala.
where i belong. where i keep my heart and soul. haha.
sounds familiar. that's ndp song a few years back la.
so i've got a place.
but i'll only get the exact room number and all after i've made payment.
sigh. omg.
broke.
eeeeeeeksssssss.
but still. i'm happy.

again. tired but happy zhien.
messed up entry. but. out of here for now.

ahhchooooo

sneeze sneeze.
i've always been glad that i'm a rather healthy child.
really. havent really fallen terribly ill.
i dont have fevers that really make me lethargic.
i of course dont suffer from some terminal disease as yet.
i dont have fainting spells.
except for certain rare occasions.
in fact, yet the one and only thing that bothers me is flu.
damn.
woke up sneezing like crazy.
drinking hot stuff didnt help either.
sigh. the flu bug, my dearest friend, loves coming for a visit once in a while.
and i get irritated when it comes at such an unusual time. how inappropriate.
sneeze sneeze. bleh.
i hate this.
i hate this.
i really really really hate this.

other than that. today was great.
woke up late.
but still sufficient time to slack around before work.
ample time to prepare myself.
then off to work.

during break time at work.
went coffee bean and bought the packet of chocolate powder.
then went back home and made my very own ice blended pure chocolate for the first time.
hehe.
of course success la.
the instructions are given.
hehe.
i so love it.
yay. my first step to cooking right. eh, if that's considered.
shall try my hands on more stuff.

i want to know how to make cream of mushroom.
shall try out with campbell maybe.
then after that get hold of the recipe from my mum.
haha.
i want to know how to cook many nice stuff. hehe.
food is ever so tempting.
how nice if i can eat and eat and not grow fat.
in my dreams maybe.
dream on.
haha.

whatever it is.
today we have a busy and tired yet happy zhien.
:)