Sunday, April 24, 2005
I should be studying. But I'm not. So I'm probably going to flunk. To reiterate my point about the Common Breeding Ground (CBG) in my room, I found a Large Spider on my table. It was crawling across my table and onto a wall before I saw it and decided to do something about it. So I took the most insignificant heavy thing I could find (A Math Textbook) and decided to slam it against the Spider. The Spider's reflexes were evidently much better than mine. It escaped, horror of horrors, onto Minas Tirith. Is it really that much of a sanctuary? I though, with all the rough edges, it would be the last place a 1cm by 1cm organism would want to go. Anyway I chased it out of Minas Tirith and onto the table where I promptly smooshed it. I'm happy to say it died instantaneously, with minimal pain and suffering. The problem is I haven't seen a spider in my room for FOUR years. And 4 years ago I was killing spiders daily. I thought they were GONE but no, apparently spider eggs take 4 years to hatch. Or maybe it's a new species. The kind that really takes 4 years to incubate. I hope it's a new species then I get to name it. I'd name it spiderus irritatus for obvious reasons. It's common name could be Minas Tirith spider. I just hope Hong Jia (The flattish dog. Don't ask. It was a joke. But the name stuck.) wasn't too traumatised by the spider crawling all over its head. If you must know, Hong Jia is flatter than he/she/it(?) was when I first got it. I wonder why. (No, the spider did NOT die on the dog. It died on my table).
Oh and I saw a lizard crawling out of the room. Must have been looking for the spider to eat. Do lizards eat spider? (This is where I should realies my lack of biological knowledge and should prceed to study. As we all know, hardly anything ever goes according to plan).
oneSTEPcloser @ 05:43 p.m.
Friday, April 22, 2005
I'm still alive!! I thought I'd be, well, dead, after a certain embarassing situation with Empress Dowager. Details at Siewch's blog but the brief is that we were a little TOO excited about the nature week quiz and didn't quite get the clue properly. So, as we have already determined Her Royal Highness' motive in torturing me (i.e. to kill me), this situation would evidently prove the final straw, the final motivation, the final stroke of the sword etc. After all, where better to slaughter than RS presentation?
Luckily, assembly ended really late so we started the presentations later. Evil woman asks a lot of questions. Poor Weilin's face was dropping throughout the Q & A session. What's more, next week, she won't be here to grade it! Excellent!
On that note, Evil Chem Lady (as Siewch would put it) has decided not to teach us rate of reactions. After 4 years, you'd think she'd understand this: What goes in MUST come out. And what kind of insane teacher does not teach a whole unit that consists of one-THIRD of the paper? The only thing I remember from that chapter is something about effective collisions and how particles collide to do stuff. Oh and a huge stack of notes she dumped on us before the March holidays then SARS came and she never explained them. Then like 1 week before the exam, she dumped another huge stack of notes on us. My notes are buried under this huge pile of papers (evidently, MORE notes) and probably have fungi growing from the edges. I'm sure my cupboard is a Common Breeding Ground for living organism things that have nowhere else to go. Who says I'm uncaring? I house the homeless!! I truly believe its diversity is comparable to the Amazon rainforest.
Quotable Quotes:
"What is the smallest mammal?" "ME!!!" -Shuhui
"Oh! 2 times 3 is SIX!" -Do you really want to know who? It's my DARLING lab partner. Who else right?
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:44 p.m.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
I cannot believe I'm getting my TV fix from TelevisionWithoutPity. This blows! Screw you evil BitTorrent and screw you evil people who earn billions of dollars a day but still want to track down piracy. Oh and screw you stupid Channel 5 for not showing Gilmore Girls the day after it shows in the US.
I realise I haven't blogged in ages. Well that's because my life has been a HUGE BORE yet somehow I still haven't found the time to do anything constructive (i.e. arrange my CD-Rs properly so they aren't strewn all over the computer desk). Yes, I am anal retentive. Sometimes.
The other reason I haven't blogged is because there are 2 types of blogs. Not-so-angsty (but still quite angsty) and over-the-top angsty. I prefer to stay in the former category so I refrained from blogging. Oh and of course. The PTs. Who can forget the PTs?
The Empress Dowager is out to get me. This is borderline child abuse!!! She dumped like 10 books on my lap and expected me to be able to label the books and keep them all in balance at the same time! Ok so it sounds really little right? Well try to balance 10 books on your lap and snatch the labelling machine away from HJ at the same time, and when successful, wait for the stupid label to come out and cut very neatly (at right angles!! But mine were all crooked anyway) and paste ONE FINGER SPACE above the bottom of the book. She said she "didn't get to torture [me] in class" and was thus making up for it. How could she do this the evil woman!!! On the same note, guess who's overseeing our RS/PLE presentation? [It's NOT FUNNY, IVANA and BIBI.]
So for all you know, this could be my last entry. By Friday she might have finished the job off. You might find my body in a toy chest, buried under someone's swimming pool only to be dug up when owner commits suicide. Except I have no hunky Mike looking for me. Ok TV shows are BAD for me.
TAR spoiler ahead
IS THAT ENOUGH SPACES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO KNOW?
Should be right? Ok. Lynn and Alex got kicked out!!! Stupid driver in the little tuk-tuk thing. No idea what they call it in India but it looks like the Thai one. Brought them to the wrong place................ But Meredith and Gretchen are really strong... So much for being the old and weak couple. Ray and Deana must be fuming!
On a happier note, wonderful news for Man United! Ruud van Nistelrooy is OFFICIALLY BACK! Of course, 4-1 is a wonderful score, even against a heavily depleted team. Paul Scholes' goal was an absolute belter! That header was really spot on. Don't think the cross or the timing could be more accurate than it was for that particular goal... Of course, the direction of the flight of the ball was perfect too. But what more can you expect from Paul Scholes right?
Should I move blog? I'm sick of Pitas and Shuhui is begging me to move to Lj. My Lj feels sick and abandoned. HA I bet you didn't know I had an Lj. Well because I don't use it. There's ONE Meme on it. How wonderful right?
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:01 p.m.
Monday, April 11, 2005
QAF FINISHED DOWNLOADING!!!!!! *JOY TO THE WORLD* My first reaction would be to spend the next 50 days watching all the episodes... right? But NO. Why am I blogging instead?! Because of something called Sports Fest. Meaning, in a few minutes, I have to run out into the oh-so-effing-glorious rain and jump on a train to Toa Payoh so I can cheer for the blue house. Except I won't be cheering for the blue house. (I'll be cheering for the RED one. Because RED rocks.) Actually I won't be doing anything, if all goes to plan. I would be sitting at a tiny corner reading Queen of Camelot....
Luckily, though, we get tomorrow off!! That only means one thing....QAF!!!!!!
Notice I'm not mentioning football. If anyone DARES to so much as MENTION the match or Man United in a condescending tone... Well I'm not in the mood for pleasantries.
Due to the fact I'm a lazy pig who can't be bothered to blog about Shuhui and Clara's Adventures on Jalan Besar, and because Shuhui has already done the honours of blogging about it, I won't blog about it. However, you should go read it on Shuhui's Lj because it was memorable. Definitely memorable.
Had a seafood dinner at East Coast Park yesterday. The place that most of our class thinks is too old, filthy, disgusting, boring, family-like, or, to sum up in one word: traditional. Well to hell with them. I highly doubt Sentosa provides gloriously wonderful seafood for reasonable prices. Unless Coffee Bean and Sakae have rebranded. Well unless I have an Amex I can assure you East Coast is still WAY better.
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:52 a.m.
Sunday, April 3, 2005
I'm sorry because I feel like I'm going to destroy all my morals and values (yeah right) but I have to. I also hate that I have to use this word but you know, it summarises perfectly how I feel. Fuck. Oh and there's another word. Third. So: Fuck, third. On the other hand, all we have to do is hope that Arsenal slip up and that today's performance will never again be seen on a football pitch when Man United is playing. Because it's the most unfortunate performance I've ever seen coming from United. Not to mention I have lost all respect for Mike Riley, who booked Gary Neville for a small tackle while Matteo was tripping Ronaldo left, right and centre. But so as not to sound Sour Grapes, I will leave the cursing-at-referee at that.
Maybe the players are too tired and facing Blackburn, who has few internationals, was a bit too much. But wait! Rooney played wonderfully for England. Oh joy. Paul Scholes did not play at all for England. Nor did Alan Smith. And Ruud scored a goal. Maybe it's just one of those days (oh I sound so Lynn Johnston) but how many times can that be an excuse before we realise that it's the players who aren't fully committed? I hope this will never be an excuse again. It's like they totally gave up towards the end, like the league wasn't worth playing for, like 2nd place was guaranteed, like they only score late goals when it's the European Cup final. You know, this is why United isn't going to win the league (and don't say I'm pessimistic. 13 points behind in 3rd, it's going to take a lot to overtake Chelsea and they're 1-0 up now). At the end of the day, this isn't a season where people are going to say, hmmm, we won against Liverpool twice, Arsenal twice, got to the Carling Cup semi-finals and lost to Milan at the R16 of Champions League. It's going to be a season where we didn't win the league, lost out for the 3rd consecutive season in the first KO stages of the CL and for the first time ever, didn't manage to regain the Premier League title after losing it the previous season. It really puts things into perspective.
Tomorrow will be a better day. Next match will be a better match. I just need to get this off my back.
oneSTEPcloser @ 12:28 a.m.
Thursday, March 31, 2005
We were making language lists today and I cannot believe I COMPLETELY FORGOT about CATALAN. I mean, if there ever was a Spanish club I thought about supporting, Barcelona would be it (because darling Edmilson is there among other things but not the point). Aurgh, feeling pissed at my horrible memory.
I also forgot Gaelic and I pray fervently that Nicola never reads this for she will kill me.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:48 p.m.
Monday, March 28, 2005
Today was a horrible day. I had forgotten how evil and demoralising school can be. Well, the memories come rushing back. [Yes, short term memory non-existent. So what?] Chinese test returned. My class really sucks and we're supposed to be in the middle. We have a mark range of 20, i.e. 50-70. Nobody FAILED would you believe it. I believe I am somewhere near the bottom, assuming that from 50-60 there are very few people and I asked around, most people got higher than me. Of course, if you don't know, the people I hang around with are... ZAI at Chinese (among other things, especially when one's intials are OE). It doesn't help that my darling PRC CCA friends, when asked about their results, say that it is terrible. Well let's just say the lowest among the 3 of them was around 1.5 times my result. That's how bad I did, and how good some people are.
D.H. 16 has been uploaded! All I have to do is pray for a fast connection and tomorrow I should be able to watch it already.
Brazil won Peru, although Argentina are still top. But that means a certain Mr. Heinze will be happy. Anyway Edmilson isn't playing for Brazil anymore. Didn't expect Brazil to lose to Peru. What an embarrassment that would've been.
I was watching Bahrain vs DPR Korea the other day and asked my dad if we were as good as Bahrain. The answer is a quick, obvious NO. Bahrain managed to beat DPR Korea who aren't that bad. Bahrain, if you recall, is this tiny little island in the middle of the Gulf and is very very rich. It is also a remote, sandy desert island place that probably has very few football fields. And we lose to them. What kind of standard of football does our region possess if Singapore fails to beat Bahrain. Singapore, currently, if you recall, is the SE Asian champion! That is unbelievable isn't it? With our passion for football (there IS a reason why ESPN bases its Asian [or SEA] HQ here and the studio, which airs all the way to India is in Singapore) you'd think the standard will be raised. Goal 2010? Pah.
oneSTEPcloser @ 05:52 p.m.
Sunday, March 27, 2005
You know, sometimes it's not worth complaining about something because some people will forever think that what they're doing is right and can't see the other point of view. Especially when what they think they're doing is better than what I'm/we're doing. Maybe I complain too much and I'm betting it pisses people off but I don't burden my friends with things to do. At least not the kind of thing I'm referring too anyway. We all have our lives to lead and frankly that doesn't include whiling my day away. Sometimes I wish I could throw those things back at them and say "So there." So I'm an evil person, I knew that already. I'm just not a nice person so I really don't care what they think of me at this point even if I'm making it perfectly clear what I think of them. At least, one specific person who can't shut up. Well I can't shut up too. But you know, I'm not going to waste my time and energy trying to convince them what they did was wrong. Because they took up enough of my time already and because I think there's more to friendship than certain things they made us do. But if you think you're so great because of what you're doing and that I'm heartless enough not to care about certain events, well you're wrong. I do care. Much more than you think. But I don't go around blabbing things like that around. Just be grateful that most of us showed up.
For the record this was not aimed at any one particular person. I just needed to get this off my back and I have. If it pisses you off amd you're petty/childish/immature enough not to talk to me, then I honestly don't need your friendship, do I?
Bleargh I sound angsty. But anyway, back to reality. England vs N. Ireland. I really pity N. Ireland because they honestly tried their best but England are too good. 4-0... It's really sad because I think 1 of the goals was deflected and render unsave-able and another was an own goal that was a poor mistake. It's not like they could have won the game but they held on for the first half which is no mean feat. Rooney played well, which is always a good thing. You know, with all the criticism he faces you'd think he'll want to bash the fans up. I honestly don't know why he still plays for England. Sure, it's for honour and all that but when he scores a goal, do you shout at him for not being a true blue? When he gets a red card, are you grateful for what he's done in the past enough to forgive him? Of course not. You didn't do it for Beckham in '98, now he's a saint isn't he? You didn't stand by Scholes when he couldn't score for England and now look where he is. Playing some of the best football of his life. For Manchester United. Oops, he retired from international football. If that's what it's like supporting other teams other than United then I'm glad I support the right team. At least I don't boo them off. So what if you can go to the stadium and support your team? I hardly consider booing as supporting your team. I don't even boo Alan Smith and he's the most boo-able because of where he came from. I no longer support England because I don't want to be recognised with that bunch of people whose ingratitude is highly distressing.
Poor Wales too, though. I want Wales to get through because I don't want Giggs to have the title of "Most Accomplished Footballer Who Has Never Made It To A Major International Tournament". That's just sad. And it'll be his last World Cup I should think because 2010 is FAR away. He might not even be around for Euro 2008 although the though of that is disturbing.
oneSTEPcloser @ 11:04 a.m.
Saturday, March 26, 2005
There is seriously something wrong with my alarm clock. I wanted to watch the Germany U21s because the famous Michael Rensing was playing and then I didn't get up. Even though I set the alarm. Happened that day when we were supposed to sell tissue (in future, also known as The-Day-I-Wanted-To-Kill-My-Friends) and I only woke up when my mom dashed in and told me I was going to be late because she thought it started at 7.30am but it started at 7.45am so I wasn't late but I had to rush. So I only woke up at 9.30am today.
Anyway I went to play badminton in the evening with my aunt and uncle and the people in their condo who like to play badminton. They all play almost everyday compared to sad me who hasn't played since my sister went back to Melbourne. Not that I was much good at it but I deteriorated even more, meaning that they could all probably play with their left hand and beat me. I was randomly practising with my uncle and he was giving me these super-fast shots which I had trouble retrieving and then I realised he was using backhand, and he's supposed to be injured. As a result I have now discovered the existence of Muscles I Never Knew I Had. I.e. Muscles Found Beneath Layers Of Cellulite Otherwise Known As Fat. And there was this guy who was really short and fat and he's Sec 1 this year and there was no use playing with him, even in practise. Why? Because he'll just send over this incredibly high and powerful shot which is Unretrievable. By me anyway.
So after that I showered at my aunt's house and ate my uncle's delicious Kuching laksa, during which my cousin was ranting to me about Spongebob. It was then I realised that he Never. Stopped. Talking.
No, wait. That's an underestimation.
HE.
NEVER.
And I mean,
NEVER.
STOPPED.
TALKING.
He sings too. I asked him when he bought a book (Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 5) and he said,"Yesterday." That did it. And it's not like he sings in tune. He doesn't. Nor does he know the lyrics. So he makes them up. And since he doesn't sing in tune, there's no rhythm either.
When we reached the restaurant, he still never stopped talking. Even throughout the meal. He'll go on about how delicious the Hor Fun was (which, by the way, was fantastic) and what that weird thing on top of the chicken was (beancurd). And he'll ask WHY everytime they came to that restaurant (which was the first restaurant to serve Yu Sheng. I didn't know that but yeah.) they would order this chicken dish (which had the beancurd). And on and on.
On the way back, he went onto this monologue. It wasn't just ANY monologue. He imitated his mom on the phone to my other aunt. It was highly amusing. He 参s Teochew, Mandarian and English all at once and it really sounded like his mom. He doesn't even KNOW Teochew and let's just say I feel like a total pro at Mandarin when I listen to him speak in it. Oh and he'll ask me what my PSLE result was ('cos he's P6 this year) and what school I'm in (actually he asked which secondary school I WAS in until I told him I was still in secondary school), after which he'll gush on about my results and ask how I did it. Which, till today, remains an unsolved mystery. He talks too much.
But that's enough. OC downloaded and it's more important than blogging. Bye.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:15 p.m.
Friday, March 25, 2005
Why. WHY. WHY?! This is not good at all. I have 4.09GB of disc space left. In order to download this enormously large Bit Torrent file containing ALL the QAF episodes, I need 12.26GB of free space. I need to go kill myself now. Or else, start burning SATC even if not watched yet. Must do so ASAP.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:46 a.m.
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
You know, I really think I'm quite evil. Or schizophrenic. Or both. (And a terrible speller. How do you spell schizophrenic?) When I got off the MRT, the train towards Expo/Changi Airport was just leaving and a kind, sympathetic thought came to my head ("Oh those poor people have to wait 10 minutes for another train...."). However, I didn't manage to finish that thought before this high-pitched evil laugh (which Ern should be really familiar with) went through my mind followed by a "HAHAHAHA these people gotta wait for the next train!! I get to go home!!!"
And I realised something else. On the way from the foot of the staircase to the end of that little pathway from the MRT, there are FOUR dustbins. That's a dustbin every 8m or so... Ridiculous. They probably only need to clear out the dustbin once a year because
1)The place is super ulu and no more than 10 people probably use that pathway.
2)People don't exactly walk along and decide to throw 4 different items at 4 different areas. In fact, the people you see there are those who are trying their best to reach the MRT station without ruining their wonderful hair and make-up, or innocent students like me who have nothing better to do but count dustbins.
In fact, the dustbins will mostly be filled with LEAVES that drop from the trees rather than rubbish. Because there are more trees than people using the path. So, WHY are there FOUR dustbins there? It's a complete waste of resources and they should put the dustbins somewhere else. We don't need 4 giant green monstrosities "beautifying" the place up.
oneSTEPcloser @ 05:38 p.m.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
 | You scored as Donald Duck. Your alter ego is Donald Duck! Try as you might, you have a nasty temper that is hard to control. But you try hard to please, and you arn't one to go down without a fight.
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oneSTEPcloser @ 02:15 p.m.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Brain Lateralization Test Results |
| Right Brain (44%) The right hemisphere is the visual, figurative, artistic, and intuitive side of the brain. Left Brain (62%) The left hemisphere is the logical, articulate, assertive, and practical side of the brain |
personality tests by similarminds.com
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:00 a.m.
Sunday, March 20, 2005
You know, I change my mind. When I grow up, I want to be a cardiologist. In Manchester. Why? There are lots of Mancunians who will get heart attacks if Man United continue playing this way. My word! 1-0 against Fulham, who are struggling in the Premiership and not one of those 6-figure-salary men could finish off the job. Thank goodness Ronaldo scored or we'd be left staring at Arsenal and Chelsea from lowly third-place. Last 10 minutes was horrific, yet very exciting. How many time do the players have to clear off the line before they realise the best solution is to get the ball out of their penalty area and into the opposition's? Have we not learnt from playing Fulham at Craven Cottage the last time round? Oh come on!!!
THANK YOU SIEWCH! For finding a nice Lj site that uploads ALL QAF episodes!!!
Can you believe there is a Spongebob movie? I can't, for the life of me, understand what's SO terrifically great about a sponge who lives under/on (or something like that) a pineapple under the sea. Firstly, how does the sponge move underwater? It'll absorb so much water that it will be too heavy for it to move. Secondly, SPONGES DO NOT HAVE LEGS. Or EYES for that matter. Have you seen a sponge with eyes (IN REAL LIFE)? PLEASE, I beg you, do show me one, because I feel extremely deprived.
I just found out our class is selling tissues in WOODLANDS. While Ching WHOOPS for joy at it's proximity to her home, I WAIL in disgust (oh and I can hear Shuhui in the background too). DO YOU HAVE ANY (AND I MEAN, ANY) SEMBLANCE OF THE DISTANCE I HAVE TO TRAVEL? IS IT NOT BAD ENOUGH I HAVE TO BUST MY BUTT FOR SIX FREAKING HOURS ON THURSDAY SELLING FREAKING TISSUES FOR FREAKING ONE DOLLAR? Who on EARTH is going to buy that? Oh did I mention, each person is supposed to sell approximately 67 packets of tissue each. FFS!! I'm sorry if I've offended anyone who is working on the project but where's the pragmatism? UNLESS I'm in DIRE need of tissue during an EMERGENCY, I will most definitely not even THINK about buying it.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:34 a.m.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Lynn and Alex are first!! YAY!! Gay guys rock! If you've had the type of day I had you'd think so too alright? Several episodes of QAF and Will and Grace (which took up the whole afternoon) later and an extra dose of Lynn and Alex... Well I'm beginning to sound like Siewch. This is bad. But Siewch loves Brian/Michael too!! Yay!! Someone to talk about QAF with. But I can't find any torrents with the remaining episodes.
Anyway back to TAR. Rob and Amber are SUCH chickens. 4 pounds of meat is NOTHING. For a guy anyway. My brother could probably eat that amount, let alone some guy who survived Survivor. He should be tougher than that! Although I got to admit that's one smart guy for dragging 3 teams down with him.
Anyway I cannot believe how idiotic I've been for the past few days. On Saturday I was so tired when I came home from the BBQ that I forgot to push the button on my alarm clock. I set the time already, but I actually FORGOT to push the button! AURGH this is so pissifying because it was a nice 4-0 win although I bet if I was watching I'd have jinxed it. But 4-0!! Anyway and then last night I wanted to watch a couple more matches in the CL and the Premier League and I did THE EXACT SAME THING. You'd think I'd remember after ONE encounter right? NOOOOOO~ It HAD to happen AGAIN. It had better not happen tonight. I need football. Live football. I'm evidently deprived.
Ok back to more reality TV. American Idol-Is it just me or does Mikalah (I'm sorry if I spelt her name wrongly; it was completely unintentional despite what I'm going to say)have a terrible voice, looks completely ugly and tries to act TOO sweet? And does Carrie remind you of a Barbie doll? At least Carrie can sort of sing. Mikalah? ICK.
My sister got 2 pairs of shoes from Adidas at $110!!! Can you believe the freakingly CHEAP price of it?! I WANT TO GO TO MELBOURNE. Specifically I WANT TO GO TO SMITH STREET AND RICHMOND BECAUSE THERE WILL BE GREAT SALES ON NOW. OH AND MYERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SALE TOO. WHY?! Why does like have to be SO CRUEL?!
Anyway the NRP interview was TERRIBLE. I didn't know what to say. Am I suppose to GUSH on about my fascination towards seashells? Ok never mind but whatever. They haven't emailed me or anything so I suppose I'm out. Just as expected anyway.
I still can't believe the school is making us sell tissue packets. For $1 each. It's hard to complain because of who's organising the thing but all I've got to say is that $1 is a total rip-off. We're suppose to be doing charity, not ripping people off. I'm going to leave my complaints at that because I don't want to get killed by anyone but yes, ripping people off.
If anyone is bored, they should go visit because there is a very interesting taxi incident there. She is SUCH a bimbo and VERY spoilt but I don't think she's a prostitute. But oh well, that girl has way of tracking people who criticise her down so I'm going to stop RIGHT HERE.
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:40 p.m.
Wednesday, March 9, 2005
I guess I should've expected this... or at least prepared for it... Milan was always going to be a tough prospect; just look at their teamsheet. Even with Shevchenko, they have Kaka, Crespo, Pirlo etc... Not to say that United don't have those kind of players but it looks like they didn't bother to turn up. So clones aren't really clones after all eh? Because the normal Paul Scholes doesn't slip on the corner, nor does Ruud miss such a chance. It just sucks that the team barely put up a fight, or maybe it's just that now we're going to have to rue missed opportunities.
All in all, over 2 legs, Milan were clearly the better side. I don't know what happened but there used to be this team who at least made it to the quarter-finals, regardless of the opposition. I guess you could say that Milan are a fantastic team, champions 2003 etc. but you know, so are United. It's not like they play like sh1te usually. Just that they did last night.
It appears that the FA Cup is the last realistic hope of a trophy. Perhaps the league as well should Chelsea slip up with increasing fixtures to overcome but they've looked strong this season. It could just as well be one of those inevitable things in life, sort of like last season Arsenal's unbeaten run. But the only way to keep Chelsea from taking the league title is to keep winning games. Dropping points against Crystal Palace isn't an option anymore. Southampton in the FA Cup this weekend. Please, end this week of misery.
Anyway it looks like TV serials are having a mid-season break or something. I'm feeling deprived!! The O.C. will only return next week or something and D.H. another week. Charmed as well... Something to that extent.
School has been weird. I realise that I don't pay attention in class anymore. And when I say don't pay attention, I mean, take the worksheet, finish it in 5 minutes and continue an animated discussion about something or other with Shuhui, Ern and Anisha. Anisha didn't come today 'cos she had something on... Hahaha can't continue her Chinese lessons. I think she's quite good... If she took Chinese hers would be way better than mine. Oh gosh the thought of it makes me so depressed.
This has been SUCH a depressing day!!
oneSTEPcloser @ 05:03 p.m.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Oh my gosh the next episode of Desperate Housewives is not showing in the USA until 27th March meaning I won't get to watch until 29th of March because my computer doesn't download fast enough!! I'm DYING from the suspense!! Why do TV shows that seems so shallow attract interest from people like ME?! Never mind at least I have The O.C. to entertain myself with.
I SWEAR that emails hate me. I spent 2 hours trying to attach a document to Hotmail and Gmail and neither worked. In fact, Gmail even told me it COULDN'T SEND THE EMAIL because THERE WAS NO DATA IN IT. There were FOUR HUNDRED words in it. If that isn't data then I don't know what is. In a final act of desperation I actually used my Yahoo! Mail account! I haven't been in that thing for eons and guess what, I'm guessing NONE of you know that I have a Yahoo! Mail account. (Notice that I actually spell Yahoo! Mail with the exclamation. I'm feeling particularly anal today. Just ask Shauna. I rewrote my Chemistry practical results out because the previous one was messy but it was no messier than usual.)
Speaking of Chemistry, the Empress Dowager paid us a visit again. She made HJ and I learn how to use the label maker. It was easy to use and once again, a menial job, showing just how much she trusts us. Well I don't blame her distrust. As usual we worked super FAST because well, it's a super easy job, and let's face it, lazy people DO find out how to do stuff the fastest way. In the end she got really pissed because we kept finishing WAY faster than she could catalogue the books and made us start shelving.
Anyway guess what we got to eat sandwiches!! 'Cos it was sandwich-making competition so afterwards Missliah brought up a plate of it and said we HAD to finish it. Not that we had a problem finishing it. They were GOOD. Evil Xinhui erased my koalas off the board last week so I drew 1 more on the board. Koalas should always be on white boards...
We got a DVD recorder!! It records stuff from the TV to the hard disk or the DVD so we can record lotsa stuff instead of relying on that ratty tape recorder which no longer works reliably...
The house seems so empty now... They can be such pains in the ass but once they've gone back it just doesn't feel quite right. Or maybe it's that queasy feeling deep down in the pits of stomach that I should study for Chinese.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:44 p.m.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Thank goodness we got over that little Portsmouth jinx!! 2-1! The game was a little more scrappy than should've been but a win means 3 points and 3 points means putting more pressure on Chelsea which means a higher chance of them buckling which means a higher chance of winning the league. Early goal from Rooney seemed to be all that was needed to start of a goal rout but missed opportunities and, dare I say it, complacency allowed Portsmouth a beauty of a goal courtesy of Gary O'Neil. Thankfully Wayne Rooney followed up his earlier goal with another strike that determind the 3 points...
Of course there was the little factor of Arsenal slipping up so winning 3 points means gaining pulling away from them, thus better able to secure at least a confirmed Champions League spot. In any case the important thing was to come back from the Milan defeat and not move onto a slump because that's the last thing United need. Hopefully Gary Neville is alright because apparently he needed X-rays at the hospital and that can't be good. We need him!! He's a SOLID right-back and the best crosser United have at the moment...
Anyway I managed to download the Bayern Munich CL Final 1999 and Newcastle FA Cup Final 1999!!! AH!!! Love those matches... Spent the whole weekend slacking around watching more videos. I would LOVE to rant about The O.C. but I don't want to give anyone spoilers if they don't want.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:47 p.m.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Milan won 1-0!! :'( This is so freaking sad. But luckily it's over 2 legs so as long as we win the next one United are still in the competition. 2-1 or 2-0 will see them through to the quarters. It's just that it seems like we're making life so hard for ourselves by losing 1-0 at home. At the end of the day, will that away goal cost us? I really hope not because I feel that this team has the potential to go all the way, if they just play the way i KNOW they're capable of. Next year... Keane may no longer play at his best, the way he's doing now. That guy's done wonders for the team and there's no doubt that he's the driving force behind the recent form. If only that form could be as good in Europe. At 1-0 Milan will go through, I just hope next leg Ruud van Nistelrooy will be back to his booming best. 36 goals in 38 games, that's phenomenal to say the least. The main thing will be to improve his match-fitness back to the form he was in before he got injured.
I haven't seen the goal yet but apparently it was Carroll's fault that it went in. I won't be one to quickly blame him because I do rate him as a pretty good keeper. You just have to look at his record in the league, having ever only lost twice (to the same team, Portsmouth), to know that it's no fluke he's up there in the first team as first choice goalkeeper. He's waited his chance and throughout the course of his Old Trafford career and now he's got it. He made mistakes against Lyon, Tottenham and now Milan and so far it hasn't cost him his place nor cost United too much (just the 2 points from Tottenham). I don't know how lucky he'll be this time. We'll just have to wait and see.
On another note, Arsenal lost 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium and basically have a mountain to climb to get through. Chelsea lost too, 2-1, but the away goal is precious...
Ok Siewch and Wen E want to watch the Ronaldo vid. SIGH.
oneSTEPcloser @ 01:39 p.m.
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
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oneSTEPcloser @ 08:40 p.m.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Stupid Everton fan. How could anyone be so malicious as to throw a COIN at a player (Roy Carroll at that)? Hello?! Are you nuts? You could've injured him but luckily he wasn't. At least that guy wasn't stupid enough to throw his mobile phone unlike some Liverpool fan because that makes it uberly easy for the police to track down who you are.
Anyway apart from that it was a nice win for United. Pity I didn't quite enjoy that because I was too busy trying not to sleep. Beautiful cross from Ronaldo on the right wing to find Fortune spot on the head... Of course Ronaldo followed up with a second half goal when Nigel Martyn failed to collect Paul Scholes' driving free kick... In the end pretty comfortable but Everton aren't very dangerous with Cahill and Beattie anyway.
Anyway I'm downloading the '99 Champions League final and guess what the freaking download is stuck at 98.2%!!!!!! AURGH!!!!! For the 1st half anyway... Seeders! Oi what you doing?! COME ON IT'S JUST 9MB!!!
I realise I'm getting quite addicted to coffee. Stupid National Geographic article. Ever since that day every time I walk past a coffee place I get a craving. So that day after PI before meeting my mom and sis I got one from Coffee Bean and quickly threw the cup away before my mom came and threw a fit. In the end didn't get much shopping done that day because there's nothing much. Although Fila's having a T-shirt promotion and some of it is quite cute... 3 T-shirts for $30 is seriously quite worth it...
Guess what I found after ploughing through the things on my desk? An Australia map! My sis must have put it there after tidying up her room and I didn't know it... Lalala I might put it up but that means having to compromise my Two Towers poster... Hmmm...
PI was really... familiar. The speeches... they were... familiar. Except that I actually know who the head prefect is this time. And our class actually cheered for Asiyah! Our introverted class!!
Yeah 412 is like REALLY introverted but that's expected. Especially after you see us in class stoning. I'm an ENTJ. Shiyun is my exact opposite. No wonder she keeps hunting me down like a predator.
House prac yesterday was crappy. There was this EVIL Sec 2 PIT who came over and asked me why I wasn't cheering. Hello?! I haven't cheered in... *thinks hard, to no avail* Anyway she told me she wouldn't give me house hours if I didn't cheer. What utter rubbish. I told her that as Sec 4s we were drained of energy and Hui Juen is an anomaly. She obviously didn't believe me. ME, the epitome of innnocence. Evilness. And she didn't believe me when I said I didn't have my house card. Hello?! Is it my freaking fault the PE Department ordered less cards than required and guess who has to go without?! US!!!!
This is evidently another "the world is against me, shall I go kill myself" entry. But I'm not going to kill myself because it's stupid, my house is 2 storeys high and I'm scared of pain.
oneSTEPcloser @ 06:09 p.m.
Monday, February 14, 2005
The Empress Dowager is BACK. And DRIPPING, I mean, POSTIVELY DRIPPING with sarcasm. We ALL know who I'm talking about. In the lab she scolded me for chit-chatting. Hello, I'm ALWAYS chit-chatting. There isn't a moment in a day when I'm not opening my mouth to talk. My vocal chords are constantly on the move. And then she said that I had not finished clearing up and should proceed to do so immediately or face a death sentence. Obviously she didn't say that but I'm sure that's what those vindictive statements meant. In any case it's not my fault that I hadn't finished clearing up. When I left to go and compare answers other people on my bench were still using them. I'm sure it's very inconsiderate to remove chemicals when other people are not done with it. Lab decorum...
In any case there are FOUR people on my bench. That means that it's up to any of the 4 of us to return the chemicals. That's a 25% probability of me having to do it. Why should I go against the odds? If I've learnt anything, it's that people who bet absolutely detest those who go against the odds. It causes them to lose money you see, not that anyone ever bets about anything as insignificant as this.
After I made the long and strenuous trip to the other end of the lab just to return the chemicals that 3 other people had also used, she proceeded to complain that I had not properly cleared up my things and should quit chit-chatting to Emm. It took me all of 20 seconds to turn around, dump the remaining things into the drawer and turn back again, only to bump into Her Majesty once again... The sink area was wet and it was not up to her, Ms Maria, to clear it up. Oh and afterwards, she made me hang the cloth back up as well. I was SO relieved when the lesson was OVER that I practically chased Shuhui out of the lab and down the stairs.
But of course, as life often turns out, it was NOT the end. For the first time this year, Hong Jia and I decided to be late for library because she was taking her time eating every strand of her kway teow. I'm sure it's fun, but I've never tried torturing someone by doing that. Fortunately she got bored halfway and realised the time. And up at the library, who should be talking (or should I say, chit-chatting?) to the rest of the group but Our Majesty, the Empress Dowger.
She duly informs us that we have half an hour to shelve all the books on the trolley, inclusive of tidying the shelves so they look nice and neat. And while I was INNOCENTLY shelving the books, she came over and tsked at the condition of the books and shelves and went, "You better hurry up, you have a lot of work to do ah." All this while, I can assure you, calling us CHILDREN. CHILDREN. How absolutely, horrendously, pissingfyingly disturbing.
After that she decided to split us up into groups of 2 or 3. That is, 2 groups of 2 and 1 group of 3. There are 8 of us. Guess who got left out? (Clara Seah, you will come with me." *IS UTTERLY HORRIFIED AND SPEECHLESS*) Guess who got to spend the entire afternoon sitting next to her doing menial tasks? By that time I was so sure she had some sort of personal vendetta against me that my mind wanted to blow up.
Of course, evil likes to give things in little doses. She HAD to make me wait for eternity for my impending doom didn't she? She also had to rub it in that I'm a stupid and ignorant student by looking absolutely HORRIFIED when I said I didn't know how to do cataloguing. Well HELLO of course I don't know considering I only did it ONCE and that was like eons ago.
By then she must have been so pissed at my low-skilled abilities that she gave me menial tasks to do. I.e. type in book titles into MS Word. Then hanflway through, the imbecilic laptop for some odd reason decided to restart all by itself. While I was restarting, of course, SHE JUST HAD TO CHECK IN ON ME. There goes that *tsk* noise again, especially after having found out that I forgot to save.
Suddenly halfway through she comes to me and informs me that I'm not only a typist, but I'm suppose to access the condition of the book as to whether they should condemn it or not. That after I've typed in about 25 titles.
Yet, I managed to finish with lots of time. Hello is it my fault I RUSH through everything? Obviously she didn't believe me. She just stared at me incredulously as if I was lying. Then she got more books for me to type. And when I told her we were ending soon she complained about the short day we had. We are SLAVES I'm telling you. Free labour. Then she told other people to get more books for me to type since I'm so free. Gah.
This is NOT a good day. But anyway will blog about the game last night. Nice derby win, not the best performance but if it's good enough for 3 points, by all means. Didn't know Richard Dunne liked Man United so much either you know. Deflection and an own goal... My, my... what a way to show his passion for the club. What he should do is buy more shares for Man United!! Through Shareholders United. Since I can't buy obviously. Malcolm Glazer is an evil person who has a personal vendetta to destroy the hearts of I don't know... 500 000 United fans? All he cares about is making money.
Speaking of which I think the way he's trying to make money is totally RIDICULOUS. It's too complicated to go into details but Glazer does not have the capital to takeover Man United at an estimated price of £800 million. Thus, he borrows money, with the promise of Man United PLC profits to repay the debt. So companies loan him the money. In other words, he's buying the club with the club's money because after all, he's going to use the club's money to repay the debt that was incurred in order to purchase the club. GET IT?! Ingenius, some might say, but deceitful nonetheless. I'd much rather he went and married Carly Fiorina. She just got around US$21 million as severance money and will get another US$21 million for shares and other stuff. RIDICULOUS. The woman got FIRED FFS!!
Ok back to that ridiculous Malcolm Glazer. So obviouusly, since he's trying to takeover United for the MONEY, it would actually leave the club *HORROR OF HORRORS* in DEBT for the first time in a gazillion years. We don't want that do we? And in order to clear the debt, EVERYTHING ELSE will get more expensive. Such as ticket prices, stuff at the stores ETC. to regain profits, which will ultimately be dumped into the pockets of this EVIL MAN. THIS IS BAAAAAAD for the world.
And it's not just for Man United. If Man United get taken over, it's just the start of the collapse of English football. Imagine Glazer coming in and demanding pay-per-view rubbish and pulling out of the normal TV deals and leaving other clubs struggling for cash flow. Imagine a ridiculous and ludicruous European Super League. The end of football as we know it.
Don't ask me WHY I'm suddenly ranting on and on about this. I've known this for months... If you MUST know that git just submitted a 3rd proposal for a bid to takeover the club. Thankfully, with due diligence as a condition, the board rejected it.
Anyway I just realised that some people are really quite nice. Today is Valentine's Day of all days and if you know me well enough, it's merely a day for (a) Hallmark to earn big bucks, and (b) for people to become depressed at their unattached predicament. But there's this guy on the forum who's super super nice. He's a LIVERPOOL supporter mind you, but his girlfriend is a Man United supporter. And instead of doing the stupid thing and getting roses on V-day, he bought her shares. How unromantic right? But get this, she asked for them. It sounds stupid doesn't it? But that's the way it is and to me he's a really really nice guy for being so obliging. And he isn't one of those brainless people who come on and start shouting man u sux man. lids (leeds)/ liverpool is e best man!!!!!!!!! ROFLMAO!!!!
oneSTEPcloser @ 07:57 p.m.
Saturday, February 12, 2005
I'm bored now so I shall blog about CNY.
New Year's Eve: Nothing different from last year's really. We went to the restaurant, food came, we ate. Except I never truly realised how much guys can eat and how many guy cousins I have. I mean, I've always known that I had excessively many many guy cousins. Let's put it this way: genetically, the ratio is supposed to be around 1:1 or so right? At reunion dinner there were 10 cousins including my sis, bro and I. 3 are girls. That leaves 7 guys. Exclude my direct family, that's a ratio of 6:1. Now you can go on about how the sample size isn't big enough and the statistics are inaccurate and whatever, but 6:1 is a HUGE ratio!!
On guys eating a lot: By the time the second last dish arrived, we girls were stuffed. And waiting for the dessert which is the yam paste thing that's super delicious! Ok never mind but the thing is the second last and third last dishes were prawns in mayonnaise and siew mai respectively. So that leaves 6 guys to finish it off (my brother was at the other table). Let's just say we put around 5 prawns and 5 siew mais on their plates. And they finished it. All of it. Oh and did I mention that the adults couldn't finish the prawns because of high cholestrol? Well there were NONE left. I WONDER WHY.
Then we went walking around the Chinatown Pagoda St. market. It wasn't a pleasurable experience I can tell you. YOU try walking around a crowded place with a stuffed stomach that's suffering from cramps. Not funny. So I went to Maxwell Market and sat down till my brother drove by to pick us up to our aunt's house where we watched movies.
This Chinese New Year was one big sleep fest for me... The moment I got to my aunt's house I sorta fell asleep on her couch. Then the next day at my other uncle's house, I fell asleep on their couch too... Don't know what's wrong with me. I don't usually take afternoon naps. Then on the 2nd day when guests came I sort of sneaked up to my room. Guess what I did?!
On the first day we went to visit my dad's older brother and his family. Nothing much but I have another niece/nephew on the way. Once removed that is. The ba gua at their house was positively dripping with honey and that makes it so incredibly delicious! Then that night my mom's side came over for dinner... Was my cousin's birthday so my aunt bought this amazingly delicious Haagen Daz ice-cream cake!! Yum yum!! Oh and my cousin went to New Zealand and he bought kiwi wine with goldflakes in it! Let's just say that was an expensive dinner.
The second day is always the most horrible. My dad's brothers all came. Imagine this: 8 nieces and nephews and 3 other cousins all running amok around my house. Actually, correction: 8 of them were running amok around my house and into my room. My neatly arranged soft toys were strewn all over the bed by the time I reached up there!! What were the other 3 doing? They attacked the computer WITHOUT ANYONE'S PERMISSION. If they download anymore games I might kill them. Ok I can't because I'd probably go to jail or otherwise die but I will take direct action. My gosh can they not be polite and responsible enough to ask if they could use it? What if they downloaded a virus? What if all my documents are gone? Do you have any idea how long it took for me to download all the vids?
That's basically my CNY. Oh and I went to watch Finding Neverland yesterday. Quite fun! I love the Irish accent!! And I still don't like Kate Winslet. No idea why.
oneSTEPcloser @ 05:17 p.m.
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Whoosh!
For Shuhui's benefit the credits to the song is from http://www.mufcusa.com/ but Darren's since taken it down. The official site of the Munich'58 memorial is http://munich58.co.uk so there you go. No, I did NOT write the song since I'm incapable of such sentiment.
Speaking of which, I did not cry during Hotel Rwanda, but then again neither did Wen E. I still have not cried during a sad movie. I am heartless and apathetic of other people's emotions.
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:44 a.m.
Sunday, February 6, 2005
The Flowers of Manchester
One cold and bitter Thursday in Munich, Germany,
Eight great football stalwarts conceded victory.
Eight men will never play again, who met destruction there,
The flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester.
Matt Busby's boys were flying home, returning from Belgrade,
This great United family all masters of their trade.
The pilot of the aircraft, the skipper Captain Thain,
Three times they tried to take off and twice turned back again.
The third time down the runway disaster followed close,
There was slush upon that runway and the aircraft never rose.
It ploughed into the marshy ground, it broke, it overturned.
And eight of the team were killed as the blazing wreckage burned.
Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor, who were capped for England's side,
And Ireland's Billy Whelan and England's Geoff Bent died.
Mark Jones and Eddie Colman and David Pegg also,
They all lost their lives as it ploughed on through the snow.
Big Duncan he went too, with an injury to his brain,
And Ireland's brave Jack Blanchflower will never play again.
The great Matt Busby lay there, the father of his team,
Three long months were to pass before he walked again.
The trainer, coach and secretary and a member of the crew,
And eight great sporting journalists who with United flew,
And one of them was Big Swifty who we shall ne'er forget,
The finest English goalkeeper that ever graced the net.
Oh England's finest football team it's record truly great,
It's proud successes mocked by a cruel turn of fate.
Eight men will never play again who met destruction there,
The flowers of English football, the flowers of Manchester.
It took Sir Matt Busby around 10 years to build up a team, to build up the Busby Babes. They could've been England's best ever team, they could've won the European club, but it was cruel fate, such cruel fate that killed them, 8 of them, on one evening in Munich, Germany. What could've been will never be known. But they will always be remembered. Forever remembered.
RIP
Roger Byrne
Tommy Taylor
Billy Whelan
Geoff Bent
Mark Jones
Eddie Colman
David Pegg
Duncan Edwards
6th February 1958. Manchester United died. But its spirit didn't.
29th May 1968. Manchester United rose from its ashes.
oneSTEPcloser @ 12:48 p.m.
Friday, February 4, 2005
In view of the fact that I can no longer run 2m without panting, I decided to jog. Bad idea #1
I didn't warm up. Bad idea #2
I decided to time myself. Bad idea #3
I started by sprinting. Bad idea #4
By the time I reached the 2.4km mark, I felt like throwing up all my innards. So I stopped and looked at the canal. Bad idea #5. There were disgusting bits of weird floating objects.
After about 5 minutes I thought I could go and cool down. Bad idea #6
When I was walking home I decided to jaywalk across the road like I usually do because the traffic light is a million miles away. Bad idea #7. My poor oxygen-deprived mind was trying to focus on staying sane, let alone cross roads at peak hour.
So I decided to follow this woman who was also crossing the road. Bad idea #8. She thought I was stalking her and looked utterly suspicious of me throughout the time we were standing there waiting for a break in traffic.
When I finally got home, I basically plonked down on the sofa with all the nice new cushion covers for CNY. Bad idea #9. They now smell of... sweat. Lalala
Conclusion: I am full of bad ideas.
Haven't blogged in awhile but anyone who's seen me over the last couple of days should know that I am really HIGH. And they should know WHY too. MAN UNITED WON ARSENAL!!!!! 4-2!! And Arsenal actually led 1-0 and 2-1 before United came back so it's doubly sweet! Done the double... take that you arseholes!
oneSTEPcloser @ 11:07 p.m.
Sunday, January 30, 2005
So Hewitt lost... This entry might sound a little sour-grapish but there you go. He's never gone further in an Australian Open before so I guess that's one way to look at it, but to be so close... He must be crushed... Safin really was playing brilliant tennis this whole tournament and today especially... I mean, even Federer couldn't beat him! After 3 Australian Open finals, this had to be it. I don't think he could have taken 3 final defeats. In any case he deserved the Grand Slam so well done to him... As for Hewitt, there's always next year, but it sucks that he came so close, to be just 3 feet away from the trophy knowing that you came so close, but it's not yours... At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. What really matters is that he tried his best, and no one can fault him for that. He's spent the most time on court than any other player and refused to give up... It's hard to forget that kind of spirit even in defeat, and even Safin applauded him for that...
In more optimistic news, Man United beat Boro 3-0 at home in the FA Cup... O'Shea opened the scoring with a cool finish and Rooney's perfectly-executed lob and blast of a shot finished it off. One of the nicer games of football in recent weeks...
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:14 p.m.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Holocaust Memorial Day: 60th Anniversary
Sometimes it's these little things that remind you how much the rest of the world suffers while we just sit around doing nothing. Sometimes they remind you just how stupid and ignorant the developed world is when just 60 years ago people were dragged by the train-loads to concentration camps and it irates me that Prince Harry, an heir to the British throne, has just forgotten about how the Jews suffered and paraded a Nazi uniform in a fancy dress party. And did we get any coverage here? Not really. Does the world care? Probably not. The pictures are available for viewing worldwide. It's available on the internet and probably no one cares. It's just a completely joke. A bloody joke. Just because the genocide was decades ago doesn't give us the right to joke about millions of deaths. And we haven't learned from it have we? I don't know, the world's most powerful country decides to go to war. Twice in 2 years. They fail to even protect the Rwandans during their genocide just 11 years ago. Where was the UN? How anyone trusts them to protect the world when they can't even control and prevent such things is amazing. How it doesn't even manage to prevent the US from attacking Iraq is amazing. Human beings pride themselves for being civilised. Oh how wonderfully civilised we are aren't we? We think cannabalism is immoral and unethical don't we? I suppose genocide such as the Holocaust and the murder of innocent lives whether in New York or Iraq is self-righteous isn't it? I'm guessing you didn't give a single thought to the victims of the Holocaust today did you? That just basically goes to prove that human beings are just about the most pathetic species in the world. We take up the most space on this Earth, yet it seems that, as I speak, little by little, we seek to destroy it through this tiny insignificant process of global warming. So what if you've got a 20-inch computer screen with some out-of-this-world resolution that makes my blog layout look absolutely shitty? So what if you live in a 100% urbanised country? So what if your parents have given you everything you wanted? So what if you've just been re-elected president of the US? So what if you're an heir to the throne of Britain? Quite frankly it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter one single bit that we've come all this way from the time we weren't distinguishable from chimps. It doesn't matter because we still act like them. No wait, we act worse than that. At least chimps don't go about warring with each other every 5 minutes. We're still cannibals in our own way, eating up people's lives without a care.
oneSTEPcloser @ 10:32 p.m.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
HEWITT WON!!!!!!!!!! He's never made the semi-finals of the Australian Open before so I'm just praying for the best... Anyway I didn't watch the first 2 sets and I thought Hewitt would definitely win after being 2-0 up and then he went and presented Nalbandian this brilliant opportunity to equalise the score which of course Nalbandian took. The 5th set was nerve-wrecking! Basically both refused to let the other break and thus it was really down to the wire... I mean, since A.Open has no tie-break rule it means they keep playing until one of them breaks the other to win by 2 games. It was at 8-8 EIGHT-EIGHT is that lucky or what:D... Then Hewitt broke Nalbandian's serve... It was a 30-40 in favour of Hewitt and then I couldn't watch. I tell you it sounded like the world's longest rally but I liked the end result :D. In front of a home crowd it's got to really pressurising all that while when you know it's been DECADES (30 years I think) since an Australian last won the Open on home soil. I guess it's good as well 'cos the crowd is behind you all the way...
Anyway Hewitt's playing Roddick next. It's probably going to be really close but I'm hoping the fatigue won't set in since Hewitt's already played 2 huge 5-set matches... C'MON!!
Man United are playing Chelsea tonight in the Carling Cup... First leg was 0-0 so everything counts here, especially since this is a GREAT chance to dent Chelsea's confidence and make them lose. Let's make this a nice Australia Day...
oneSTEPcloser @ 09:21 p.m.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
| You Are 30 Years Old |
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Ah, over the hill.
| How Your Attitude Ranks |
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I knew life sucked.......
| You Have A Type A Personality |
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ATHLETIC SUCCESS?! 'nuff said.
oneSTEPcloser @ 08:57 p.m.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Ok obviously this is a layout that sucks but it's THERE so bear with it.
Went shopping last night at City Hall... Finally replaced the shoes I spoilt during PE. Bit silly having to buy new school shoes when I think JC you get to wear normal shoes but I think my other pair is going to fall apart so too bad. Anyway we went for dinner at Cafe Cartel and MY GOODNESS IF YOU LOVE MEAT IF HAVE TO TRY THE MEAT LOVER'S SPECIAL!! It's got this LONG sausage, quite a large and VERY TENDER chicken cutlet and porkchop! And fries. And some veggies which I managed to wolf down in the middle of ALL THAT MEAT. I am SUCH A CARNIVORE!! Did I mention the whole thing is covered in black pepper sauce?! Well it is and OH MY GOSH YUM!! I'm becoming slightly incoherent. Actually slightly is a vast understatement. In any case it was GOOD and my sister had this look of astonishment when about 10 minutes after the food came my plate was empty. Ok it was covered in black pepper sauce and leftover remnants of bones from the pork chop but all the food was basically GONE. After that I was so full I could barely move and then we realised my mom's order had a problem so when the entire set meal finally came I had to drink the soup which was Cream of Asparagus and even though it sounds completely disgusting it actually wasn't. It was a bit salty but once I drowned it with the usual pepper ritual it tasted just delicious. I wanted to order dessert but it was kind of late and the match was starting soon. Let's face it I probably would have needed help with dessert and I didn't think my sis or mom had the ammo required to polish off brownies. But I really want those brownies!! They look freaking delicious in the menu and it didn't help that the picture was blown up to cover practically the whole page save for this tiny portion where they had to insert the price. Ok I'm exaggerating but the point is that I want those brownies.
Mom just went to buy some CNY goodies... Yum... But the pineapple tarts aren't as good as last year's. A bit dry. Oh and Shuhui made cookies!! *looks forward to cookies!!* Maybe one of these days I should go over my aunt's house and help her make kueh lapis... I swear she makes the best kueh lapis known to man. Of course once you find out how much butter goes into each one you'd realise why they're so good!
Anyway guess what I can still pass 2.4!! I went on an impromptu jog on Friday and I realise that this fat pathetic slob (not to mention greedy and ungrateful) can still move at a decent pace.
oneSTEPcloser @ 01:04 p.m.
Sunday, January 23, 2005
Ok finally have a new layout up. Comments everyone. Thank you.
Man United beat Aston Villa 3-1! Nothing especially spectacular but haha Mourinho, we're still in the title race and did not slip up like you expected us to this weekend. Don't boast about the title race being a formality until the table says so. Anyway Ronaldo, Saha and Scholes scored but unfortunately the clean sheet run comes to an end. 8 matches without conceding is a club record!
oneSTEPcloser @ 02:09 a.m.