update

here’s an update of my mundane life, if you really must know what i have been up to.

just sat for my legal theory exam paper today. 1 down, 2 more to go. so glad to get all the philosophical shit about the law out of my system once and for all. i still don’t understand why we have to go through learning various theories of law and be forced to take sides when they are like in the first place, erm, hello, FAILED and FLAWED? so illogical. it’s like NUS ran out of more sensible modules for us to take. whatever it is, goodbye hart. goodbye fuller. now both of you can go and fly a kite for all i care.

anyway, was driving to school earlier when i saw the skies turn into a dark shade of grey and dried leaves started dancing around like they had a life of their own. i was immediately reminded of the incident few nights ago when i was on my way to the study room to mug and a storm had just passed. i saw at least 6 trees had their branches fallen apart or had themselves collapsed due to the gale. apparently, there was a mini typhoon in singapore which 93.8fm reported. wow. what is the world coming to?

my travel plans to the US and canada in july is probably cancelled, thanks to my parents, who have shifted their own flights to september upon hearing the news about the untimely inception of swine flu. they told me that they would still sponsor my trip to the US if i wanted, but i would have to find new companions. but by the looks of it, none of my friends are probably willing to risk their lives to contract swine flu to accompany me. so there goes my harvard law school sweatshirt tee which i was so keen on getting as a souvenir, the gucci warehouse in new york, juicy couture, tiffany & co., forever 21…*sobs*. looks like i’ll be staying put in singapore for the upcoming 3-month school holiday.

somehow, i just can’t help but feel this ominous feeling creeping over me that the world is coming to an end sooner than i expect – what with SARS, tsunami, bird flu, world economic crisis and now, pig flu – all of which seems to be global problems coming one after another back-to-back, as if a message is being sent out to everyone to warn that this world and its system is in its last and final days. but no matter what is to come, i thank god i am already a child of His kingdom and i pray for peace in my heart to always remind me that i am already taken care of by the Almighty. i really take my hat off to the atheists, that in this time and age, when faith in a greater being than ourselves has become more significant and important than ever, they still can sustain their indifference that there is no god in this world. perhaps, it is time to wake up and smell the roses, before the roses are roses no more.

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anyway, i’ve just gotten a reply from sengkang town council, after i wrote in telling them that i was this close to writing into the media if they still cannot resolve the noisy racket which military planes are creating by flying over my block almost every half hour intervals. it has been driving me nuts. i have not been able to take my afternoon naps properly or concentrate on my books at home in preparation for the exams or even watch tv without being disturbed by the loud deafening noise of some fighter plane going by my block incessantly.

is there really a need to have so many planes patrolling our skies out of the blue? is singapore gearing up for another terrorist attack or what? i hope the ministry of defence can quickly stop the situation since i have already taken the liberty to write to the head of air operations and town council has also notified them of the situation they are creating for us poor punggol residents. i find it utterly ridiculous that the planes have to fly in such close proximity to the buildings and more so, when they are flying overhead from the paya lebar airport which is like miles away from punggol. anyway, let’s see if MOD takes any action – they have until 7th of may, the day which my exams officially end and thereafter, i’ll be very free to spend some of my quality time writing into the media and attending my neighbourhood “meet the people” sessions to get this noisy situation resolved one way or another.

fyi: while i was writing this entire entry in the last hour, 4 planes have flown past my room to be exact. it’s times like these when i wish that the bermuda triangle can be temporarily erected from the atlantic ocean and placed above my block so that these planes would just ‘disappear’ into nothingness. *poof*

FA cup semi-finals

“familiar everton, unfamiliar manchester united”.

i absolutely loved the commentator’s opening line for the match – it just got stuck in my head after that and i kept repeating it to Ju with similar gusto until i got tired.

i really thought alex ferguson made a statement by allowing his young punks to play and sustain a 0-0 score for a full 120 minutes against the first team of everton. impressive to see how the new boys of old trafford could keep the game against the men of everton at the same level, although their formation was quite messy. just a pity that they worked their asses so hard just to lose the game altogether at penalty shoot-out. i mean, what was wrong with berbatov?! i have been his avid fan since day 1 he joined the red devils, defending him against Ju’s criticism about his lazy antics and he had to disappoint me by taking such a crappy penalty kick. i do admit that he appears somewhat lazy, especially when he is next to tevez (who reminds me of the crazy tasmanian devil cartoon character), but he is by far the player with the best touch that i’ve ever seen, despite looking so sloppy. his goals for man utd so far have looked almost close to effortless and have created some priceless moments.

anyway, i just hope he redeems himself soon and silence all his critics who are rallying big-time to sell him off, after watching him take the worst penalty kick ever.

peeping tom

caught a peeping tom red-handed while i was peeing in my school library toilet earlier: 

nope, i didn’t call the cops.

idiosyncrasies

spotted Ju’s research on his essay spread out next to me on the tables of the study room and it made me smile to myself.

just when i thought i was one of those few who had this weird, obsessive habit of compulsively highlighting almost every sentence of my readings, i found out my partner shared the same quirk too. and worse.

ah, it’s moments like these which affirms that we’re so made for each other.

exam fever

stressing out again. this time, on where i can lug my books, notes, highlighter pens to study. home certainly isn’t a choice place to mug from experience, i simply have too many distractions.

in tkgs, i rented a study room at the marine parade community centre; in ngee ann poly, i crammed my books at cafes (mostly starbucks since i was part-timing there); in murdoch, my entire gang of churchmates camped at the school library…and now?

3 exams, 2 closed-book papers, 1st one starting end of this month and nothing substantial covered yet. i need all the prayer i can get and all the miracles in the world put together to get past year 1 at law school. this is harder than i thought for a 24-year-old!

damn. i need an extended hiatus to recuperate after this crazy year’s marathon with my books is over.