Sunday, January 01, 2006

lesson #263: new years are just another excuse to hype everybody up about nothing much

And yet we all fall for it. Suckers. Anyway, the reason I'm so grumpy on this glorious and rainy New Year is because I have been nursing an acute headache ever since I woke up, and it feels like the kind of headache that will be followed by cold sweat and mild fever. It feels like falling sick.

Crap!

Oh well, on the bright side, it WILL be the first time I get sick this year.

Speaking of firsts, this is my first post for 2006! Yayay yippee yay. Read title above.

And my neighbour is roasting chestnuts for the first time this year. The smell's wafting up to my room. Damn I love roasted chestnuts.

So. Been doing a load of unpleasant chores today which include reading up on how to write a good CV and randomly remembering stuff that needs to be done soon. It's a taxing process, this random recall business. How it goes is you remember something, for example that you need to e-mail the Dean of Students to ask about scholarship matters, and then you promise yourself that you will remember to do it and that you will jot it down somewhere, and then you slowly let that thought float away from your brain, and then when it's halfway gone from your mind, you wreck yourself with guilt that you didn't do the chore straight away, and then after a few moments of anguish the thought floats away completely and then you're back to feeling fine. Then an hour later while you're chatting with various people on MSN, you recall another matter which needs to be settled and the whole process repeats.

Then at the end of the day, which is now, you try to think back on the list of things to do and can't seem to come up with the whole list, and stress yourself up about it for a bit, then shrug the forgotten thought off as 'then it mustn't be as important as I thought it was then'.

Gosh the aroma of roasted chestnuts is killing me.

20 Facts About Myself, Because Syd Tagged Me

1. I like dance, but recently I've been having nightmares about it.
2. I have a headache.
3. I think Ducky's really cute.
4. I'm still in denial over the fact that school is starting in just two days. Feels like the holiday hasn't even started!
5. A lot of people think I'm a party girl but I'm not.
6. Though I do pride myself in being spontaneous, eg. playing mahjong / going to Sentosa / chilling out at a wine bar on a whim.
7. I have never really got around to cleaning up my room, and the goodies from each shopping trip just kept piling up. Ironically, I was obsessively neat as a child and I still psychotically enjoy putting plastic covers on textbooks. Darn good at it too.
8. I have pad thai craving sometimes.
9. Lost is really quite addictive.
10. I like soft juicy chestnuts.
11. I do not particularly enjoy French kisses, speaking of soft and juicy stuff.
12. I like eating sausages with honey.
13. I kinda regret not continuing my ballet training.
14. I hate it when alcohol makes me sleepy instead of hyper. And I prefer champagne to liqueur.
15. I like the feeling of having a crush on someone. But I'm not feeling it now, so that's sad.
16. I like the smell of new books, and the sensation of cracking them open for the first time.
17. I'm finally near the end of Shadow Hearts 2. It's one of the best games ever.
18. I find broad shoulders very very sexy.
19. I get queasy with blood.
20. I like men who are strong, dependable and trustworthy.

Think I'm gonna go procrastinate now. It's amazing how many hours can pass by when you're watching Lost. That Sawyer guy is hot! And Boone is kinda a loser.

Happy New Year!