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Bad..this is bad..i did bad for my written assignment..

And it pulled down my overall grades..

The older u get..

..the more competitive u are..so says someone..


This comment came after i told her that i dropped from 2nd to 3rd position is my latest exam results..she said it was the same case for her when she did her post-grad in recent years..


This was further confirmed by twinky(who dropped by on a random visit and ended up having to break into my room for me - using a paperclip & credit card) But of cos, the common consensus was that we're studying something we're much more interested in (since we took them up out of our own accord)..which explains why our grades matter much more now..though they probably have much less 'impact' on our lives..who cares if i scored 90% in my psychology test right? But it was a really big deal if i'd scored A1 in my GP back then..


The irony of it all..

random..or not?

i was just scanning thru my entries..& then it struck me..

As random as i thought my activities were..i realised there're some common factors..i mentioned in my previous entry that i went for a bbq on nye right..in fact, i went for a bbq last last year's nye too..

Okok..i know that's nothing 'wah' in that..but i went home from the same place..it's not a place where one usually find themselves on nye..i went home from my (ex)office..though last year's & last last year's reasons are totally different..

AND..i took the same route home..again, nothing surprising about taking the same route home right..i mean we take the same route home all the time..but it was EXACTLY the same, but different route...confused?

From my (ex)office, i always take the CTE home..but for 2 nyes, i took another route home..through the city..cos i thought i'd be kaypoh and check out wat's the party scene like..

It's a case of same same but different..u know wat i'm talking about?!

2010

New year, new decade, new post! Sounds quite lame actually..

Some 'exciting' stuff has happened in 2010 so far..by exciting i mean, it triggers the 'maybe i should blog about it' button in me..and they're stuff which would happen anyway..whether 2010 or not..yes, the point is..i'm not going to make a big deal out of the new year..or have i already?!

Thing is..i have quite a number of half-written blogs stashed in the drafts section..should i work on them first before moving on to new posts..or leave them in 2009 as..well..half-written blogs?

There was this day when i was just chatting with MOM and she commented i'm 'anti-social' & 'selective'..of cos i refuted them..i replied i was just being 'random'..

Indeed, i looked back at some of the things i've done over the past month or so(one can only be truly random when one is free..right?)..some of them are really quite random..including:

• Going for a 3 hour dim sum brunch(with a char siew bao tat tasted like dou sa bao), followed by a 30mins bike ride and followed by a HUGE plate of rojak with only yau char kway..
• Eating curry fishhead for lunch on Xmas eve with 4 other people, whose only common link is through me(more or less)
• Counting down to Xmas at the KTV with 2 other people who also like to thrust the mic to others(& i thot i was the only one)
• A random list of Xmas presents given - this is one of the years where i bought some of the random-est stuff(which includes a box of the famous everton park ang ku kueh - at least it's practical k) to some of the random-est people (though this is partly due to a somewhat random are-we-are-we-not-going-trip)
• A last min, even more random BBQ on new year's eve where i hardly knew the people..

The strange thing is..i like this kind of random-ness..though i know some people don't really like it..and are, in fact, put off by it..

Oh well..i guess ZXL is ZXL and ZXL is as random as it gets..

Happy Birthday BMW!

Opps..actually my dua bai is a merc..not a beemer..but big merc white mah..aiyo..identity crisis..

Despite a kiss here, a scratch there..i think my dua bai is doing well..

Wanted to put up a lovely pic of my dua bai...then i realised..eh. the only proper shots i have of it are taken exactly one year ago when i first collected it..which, in any case, are not suitable for viewing anymore..

Jia you dua bai..tmr bring u go bathe k?

Inspiration

Now that i've some free time and am in a relatively stable and contented mood(it's festive seasons afterall), i thought i'd rearrange & blog some of those thoughts tat raced through my mind in recent months..but other than the fluffy entry on cheenatown, i haven't really been tat productive..

Hmm..seems like inspiration only comes to me when i'm:

a) down & out

b) stressed

c) busy

d) broken-hearted

e) all of the above

Me & My Cheenatown

I've got lots of draft entries saved..but haven't had the will to sit down and go thru all of them..anyway it's unlikely that all will eventually surface for 'public viewing'..

I've had a busy Nov..this i think anyone who have had contact with me in the past 2 months will know..i had been complaining/lamenting/whining to well, practically anyone and everyone who have had contact with me in the past 2 months..

Of cos, 'busy' is a relative concept..what i term as 'a busy day' could very well be a slow day for someone else..but tat will come in another blog..which is currently under 'drafts'..

Wat inspired me to blog 'urgently' today were..2 things:

#1. I have been spending more time in my office lately..and as usual, when i get hungry/bored, i will go for a 'walk'..At my previous office, my fave walking venue is of cos the supermarket..Ever since i shifted, i practically shop the whole of cheenatown when i had planned to just get a quick bite..u would think that me being a cheenatown kid would be 'sian' of the area by now..

Anyway..i didn't know i was going for my teabreaks so often enough tat the stall owner recognises me already! Oh dear..no wonder my jeans feel tight these days..and the worst thing is, when i get to the area(whichever hawker it maybe), i can't resist but eat all my fave food..i end up having a 3-course tea break everytime..@.@

I wonder which is worse..walking to supermarket or walking to the hawker centre with all my fave food..

#2. I came across this scene..which i found very 'jarring' with the whole cheenatown backdrop..I saw this uncle..in a white singlet and khaki berms..exactly the kind u expect to see at the kopi tiam with one leg up the chair, drinking lao hu beer..well, wat was 'strange' was he was walking across the hawker centre holding a packet of Mac fries and eating away happily..

I dunno about you, but that was one of the last few sights i expected in a cheenatown hawker centre..