December 30, 2005

time-a-lot me

lemme introduce you two fine specimens from the the 'a-lot' land - love-a-lot bear and like-the-curtain-a-lot cat.

this is gonna be the last few days before i'm swamped with school work again.
argh.
have got to get my waking-up time back to the way it was - 0745 hrs.

i wanted to write about the assimilation of the gifted programme kids with the mainstream kids but topic dah basi.
but since i've already touched the subject, i'll just give a summary of what i think.
i really, really don't see a problem here. gifted kids have always done okay socially. some may lack abit of eq but lack of eq does not only affect the gifted. the gep guys i know back then were as social and gatal like normal guys. they sure did not have that 'i'm gifted n u're not' mentality. sure, they go through special curriculum during sec school, but after sec school, they still go on to normal tertiary institutions like the rest of us. if that is not assimilation, i donnow what is. besides, there is no such thing as a gifted tertiary institution like an mit for 10 year-olds here in sg is there?

the problem here is not non-assimilation, but rather the labelling of kids. i wish the labelling would just stop. no more labels like em1/em2/em3/gep/express/normal/technical or whatever (the labels keep getting more and more don't they?). once there's a label, there will be segregation.
why, oh please tell me why then that they don't hightlight the problem of non-assimilation of weaker students? and please don't tell me that there isn't a problem when even the teachers themselves tend to discriminate?

they sure do address the wrong problem sometimes and it's very irritating when the wrong problems gets addressed and nothing's been done to the real problem.

such is life.

luv, tash 10:51 AM

December 29, 2005

hot policemen

is it me or is detective john clark played by mark-paul gosselaar (of saved by the bell fame) in nypd blue HOT?!

i donnow i've always had this thang for certain detectives in certain tv cop shows.

kay, another example would be detective joel stevens played by donnie wahlberg (of new kids on the block fame) in boomtown.

and another example would be detective scotty valens played by danny pino (of the shield fame) in cold case.

see what i mean.


HOT!


kay i'm partial to him just cos he was from nkotb.
hurhurhur.
and yes, you did see him as a police officer *again* in saw ii.


HOT!

luv, tash 11:51 PM

December 27, 2005

same old brand new me room

i donnow what took me so long, but i finally decided to do something about my room.
i've been living out of my luggages and boxes ever since i came back, and it's just not fit for a girl. so after much procastination and decisions, i took up the gargantuan task of redoing my room, alone.
so anyway, after reorganizing and throwing away lotsa stuff, i still have loads of stuff!
argh!
not only did i collect way too many things, these things were also collecting way too much dust!
argh!
anyway, one of the good things that came out of this has got to be finding my nkotb cassette tapes which i thought were lost. in fact, one of them is still wrapped in plastic!
there were so many things i found that i thought i've thrown them out. i must've stuffed them somewhere instead of actually throwing them out then.

i started cleaning out my room a couple of days back and as of now, my room is still not ready yet.
argh!
there's still a few minor things to do, like getting my Kendall painting framed and put up on the wall, getting some sort of shelving done to 'display' all my soft toys (i have like 3 boxes of soft toys still in their plastic wrapping), get rid of all the boxes cos they're falling apart and install lighting fixtures.

so many things to do, so much dust!!

luv, tash 8:46 PM

December 20, 2005

supasampling

Okay, here's the verdict.
On my first attempt at super sampling, I only came up with 3 pathetic nice-enough-to-me photos.
I know that the thing doesn't have flash and therefore not suitable for indoor shots or rather anywhere with no sunlight. But I didn't realise it'll be that bad. So most of the photos turned out dark and basically quite pathetic lah.

The photo lady actually panicked when she saw the developed photos and threw out most of it. When I went to collect the photos, she told me in her sorriest voice that only two photos got developed.
I gave her a loud 'WHAT?!' and thought, 'I can't be that bad can I?' so I went on to explain that the pics are supposed to be dark and with 4 pictures captured. She gave me a funny look and said, "oh ni yao jien pu ah? pu hao de ye yao har? na ke mao ni yao mah?" and i replied, "yes, yes, especially the ones with the cats"

so after reprinting from the negatives, i had 13 photos developed and only 3 are nice-enough-to-me kind.


yup, only 1 / 8 of the care bear pics came out ok


it'll be cool to animate this.

luv, tash 2:25 AM

December 19, 2005

"we almost didn't make it"

He, was one who travelled to where she was, twice.
She, made sure she's free to receive his long distance calls every evening.
We, were the lucky housemates who got to eat breakfast before we had to rush to school.

from this, back in 2002:

this was taken at gold coast, pre-dawn, on a road trip to sydney.
i loved the way we all looked.
this pic is obviously for posterity's sake. so we can tell our grandkids, "your grandma was very active last time and always woke up before dawn."
haha.

to this, last weekend:


one by one, we're slowly *ahem* growing up and *ahem* getting married.

Congratulations, Yus & Ebot!!

p/s click on the last pic for more photos from the weekend

luv, tash 10:24 PM

December 16, 2005

with anna, ben, jerry, share-a-lot and love-a-lot

today has *got* to be one of the best days of my quite pathetic life.
kay wait, before i begin.
am i the last person *again* to know that there's a Ben&Jerry's at Suntec?
and nobody told me?
i almost went crazy just seeing the shoppe from the second floor. i might've flew down if i weren't so afraid of heights.
anyway, they're having a merchandise fair 16th-18th Dec so i think it'd be cool to get some stuffs.

and i got the much awaited super sampler!
i was shaking and drooling when i received it. i also almost peed in my panties.
exciting, you!

and i managed to catch the care bears show!
almost cried cos i went back 20 years to my childhood!
i did take a polaroid pic with a live care bear then at Cathay when they were showing the care bear movie but i don't have the pic anymore. so just now was like a super flash(way)back!






thank you student services for picking me!
i've already took 8 pics of the care bears hahahah.

on another note, i can't wait for this weekend!

luv, tash 12:13 AM

December 15, 2005

never gonna stop

i miss doing this at southbank!
flavored sausages and spicy meatloaves!
when shall/can we do this again?

sometimes it seems like i'm living in the past.
it's like i can't move forward.
but it's just that i've never had memories this fresh and clear, and i'm not filtering them out.

luv, tash 11:44 PM

December 13, 2005

scratches

The results of your analysis say:
You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a person who thinks before acting, intelligent and thorough.
You are diplomatic, objective, and live in the present.
You are a talkative person, maybe even a busybody!
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

What does your handwriting say about YOU?

luv, tash 1:22 PM

i don't get it

fights and brawls happen all the time in suburbs all over down under.
pick any night, any club/pub/bar/TAB (basically any place that has booze), in any suburb and chances are, there's a brawl or one that's about to happen.
sometimes it doesn't even have to be in a club/pub (in this case, it happened at the beach).

so then, why is it a racial issue now?

i'm not condoning the acts of the lebanese gang that started the whole thing. they were probably looking for potential targets to do their no-goodness (like alot of delinquents all around the world do). i'm not sure, but i doubt if they were looking for specific targets (eg tourists or lifeguards), they were up to no good and they could've attacked anybody and everybody there.

what i don't understand is how the rest of the community can come up with a 'plan' to wipe out people who looks lebanese and justify it as 'reclaiming their country'. i'm not sure if that's a good way of showing patriotism. acting like that makes them worse than the original culprits. news footage showed how barbaric the mob became after being fuelled by lotsa alcohol. i mean, they were attacking even the police who were escorting victims. there's absolutely no reason to attack the police or the paramedics. the ones i saw on tv sure did not look lebanese at all.

i think it's embarrasing.

and i still don't get it.

luv, tash 1:06 AM

December 10, 2005

at the line

i finally made it to the line before the year ended!


kay, it can't be seen clearly here, but i like the uniform the girl is wearing.



i had pasta for my third round. for my first round, i had sashimi (salmon & tuna), second round i had chappati and tandoori chicken. and oh, after pasta i had sate. dah fourth round tu.
yes, i'm the best person to bring to a buffet. berbaloi!



me, unable to decide what to eat for dessert, finally settled for tiramisu which was placed above my eye-level. you should've seen me tip-toeing just to see the goodies on the upper shelf.


ice-cream condiments. they had like 6 flavours of ice-cream, including green tea!


see that chocolate fountain? it's taller than me! i felt like sticking my tongue in that damn thing.


this is my favourite shot. i was trying to take alot of pics without flash and most of the pics turn out orangey. urgh.



overall, i rate the place ***1/2.
sate highly recommended!

oh, how does one take pics without establishments thinking that you're trying to steal their concept?

luv, tash 1:59 AM

December 07, 2005

i've got the hots for what's in the box with the dots

...not anymore!

cos i made some (pizzas, not boxes with dots), and i'm now feeling guilty for giving in to mindgames the brain plays on me.
i am weak!
and ooh! the mindgames it plays!

earlier, i was hallucinating or daydreaming (you choose) that i was still in brisbane, in kelvin grove, about to walk out to the nearest domino's pizza (which is like damn far).
i can't believed we walked that far then!
past the petrol station, past the longkang, past the furniture shop, past the dingy pub.
*shudder*

anyway since i was dying from hunger and i didn't have the dough for pizza (pun intended), i desperately rummaged through the fridge for leftovers and found fried tofu (with a touch of fungus), tandoori chicken (which tasted way too sour), sausages and mozarella cheese.

that should do it.
i kinda suspected that the chicken dah basi, but i'd like to imagine that it's sour cos some yoghurt might've touched it.
nevermind.
so together with bits of garlic and lettuce and cucumber i made pizza!
on sliced white bread (i didn't even have pizza dough base).

before going into the oven:


done!


in the end, the chicken did not taste sour anymore, and of course i threw out the fried tofu with bits of fungus.
i did, however, did a basi test on the chicken.
i gave it to my cats and they didn't even go near it.
verdict: it was basi after all.
*burp*

luv, tash 3:54 PM

pick me! pick me!

am anxiously hoping they'll pick me to try out the "new Lomo Super Sampler".
new?!
i donnow, i thought it's been around for ages.
nehmind.
i just wanna be picked ok.
thing is, there's a catch.
if i do get my hands on it, i then have gotta take pics with the following themes: nostalgia, dream, love, playfulness and wish.
and ooh ooh ooh!
winning entries stand a chance to win a pair of tickets to Paris to see Anna Sui's Fashion Collection .. or, get to keep the cam!

*cross fingers and toes*

-----UPDATE!-----
i got picked!
i've got one month to go on 'shoot-from-the-hip' sprees!
yeeeeehawww..!
oh, i do need help when i go on these sprees cos i can't take photos for nuts.
and photos with themes? oh where am i gonna find 'inspiration'?
so help?

luv, tash 12:14 AM

December 02, 2005

realisation

excerpts from conversations over lunch:

Me: so do you really wanna have kids? as in really? but we're supposed to hate kids!

V: yes, i wanna have a kid. i've learnt so much in life that i want and have to pass on what i've learnt.

Me: kena sai. you've betrayed the sisterhoodlums.

and she went on and on about how my body clock is spoilt and not ticking, how at this age, i shouldn't be insisting on not having kids.
er, reality check, i'm not even married (or anywhere near there) lor.

all these slack from someone whose love life is hanging precariously over the edge of the grand canyon. someone who's betrayed her boyfriend's trust by seeing another guy (totally unexcusable). someone whose boyfriend is taking time out to think things through and has not contacted her for more than two weeks already.
hmph.
now then she realises that she loves him and wanna have his kid(s).
*rolls eyes*
it's true, y'know, when they say you'll only realise you love someone when you lose them.
i donnow V, i've already told you a gazillion times to never, ever betray the trust of someone you love.
i told you so.

luv, tash 9:08 PM