Destination

I'm in China! Yup, I'm currently in my host's house blogging! Cool eh? The trip has been...really really long, to the extent that I'm unable to simply unable to describe it all in one post. Yup. Also, I'm unable to upload my photos, thanks to me being addle-headed and not bringing my USB cable for my camera. As such, this post is simply an update on my general situation and nothing more. I'll leave all the juicy details to the following posts as well as the Tianjin blog itself, although the TRULY juicy stuff will only be made known to the select few people...

Oh, I was ill for most of the previous week, spending most of the time sniffing or coughing away. I'm feeling much better now though. My host family is real nice, and the boy is a true fan of aeroplane and Gundam models. He doesn't look anything like my Kor, although he is bespectacled, and pretty amiable. The parents remind me of my own... I miss you Daddy!... and the house is superbly quaint. I'll be joining the official school lessons tomorrow, my first 3 lessons are English, Chemistry and Physics. Yup. I'll either fall asleep or stare blankly at the blackboard for two hours. I can feel it. Sighx. It feels good to blog again. I have an entire room to myself, so I feel a little sorry for my host who will have to room with my brother, but I know its unavoidable.

I'll start uploading photos as soon as possible, so you'll get to see all the picturesque places I visited. Took lots of photos, around 270 at last count, and I've only been in China for a week. Oh well. Shall take photos with the host family and of their home. Believe me, its totally sweet.

Well, I need to bath and unpack, so I shell leave this as it is....

"I like my men with both brain and brawn; don't give me hot idiots or smart geeks, I want a proper male..."

Limbo

Once again, I'm in the airport. Terminal One again. Ahh. Using the Internet connection again. Well, but with a difference. Firstly, I'm with Kellie, Stella and Jamie. Secondly, the Internet connection today is seriously slow. I suppose its due the the fact that everyone is using the same terminal or server. The current discussion among the few of us centers on a0 how slow the Intrernet connection is and b) how expensive thermal socks is. Yes, indeed, we seem to be aging prematurely judging by the kind of conversations we hold. Oh, I think the biometric pasport machine likes me. Honest! Its as I was one of the few who were able to proceed through the gate with no hassle. It is pretty fast, much faster than the conventional stamping, typing in your pasport number... etc. Only problem is that it tends to be rather problematic if the machine doesn't like you. Oh well. Not my fault. Oh. Mechanization also results in the loss of employment. Ah, the price of efficiency. The boarding time is in 10 minutes. Only 4 minutes left until the computer reverts back to the home page, due to the 15 minute rule. Sighx. Nothing else to say. Shall leave...

Sorry, no picture to attach as I'm using public Internet acess.

"Do you think I'm being paranoid to think that the whole world has been taken over by giant bugs?"

Prepare

Okay, I am totally in a rush here. I need to go to bed early simply because I need to be at the airport at 7.30AM tomorrow morning. Well, after you factor in the 45min travelling time, coupled with 25min morning clean up and a 15min breakfast... I'm sure we are all well aware of the fact that I need to wake up at 6AM. I'm too excited to get much sleep I suppose. Oh. And because I'm such a doofus, I accidentally 'created' a new ear hole today when I reinserted my earring after cleaning it. Yup. Idiotic right? Ah. So I have totally wasted some 5 weeks of pain and discomfort because I have to treat my ear hole as a new one from now on. And I'm going to Tianjin tomorrow. Wowie. What wonderful timing.

My bag is packed, well save for the toiletries, which I can only stuff into my already stuffed bag tomorrow morning after using my toothbrush, the gifts are ready... All that is left is the actual person to leave. I'm pretty nervous because this is the first time I'm leaving the country without a guardian, the first time I'm leaving the country with the probability of snow, and the first time I'm going to be in the same house for an extended period of time with a male with no blood relation to me. A lot of firsts. Oh. Its also the first time someone asked me to buy a pink Victorian umbrella for them as well. You know who you are. In any case, if anyone wants presents, souvenirs, or just someone to buy something on their behalf from Tianjin, China (Please don't ask me to bring back anything against custom regulation or weighing more than 3kg), feel free to SMS me. I have Autoroam, so while I won't be answering any phone calls nor replying to any SMS, I can still receive it. Yup.

I doubt I can update this blog in China, because the Chinese government banned Blogger (damn it), but I promise to upload pictures taken as well as lengthy, tedious, boring essays on the description of my activities in China. I'll try to put everything down in writing, even the time I go to bed and how long I take to brush my teeth will not be ignored. As if. Oh well. I did bring writing, and study materials, so I suppose I can just write down the content during my free time. Yup. If I'm not bathing, using the toilet, sleeping or stoning.

I know lots of people love me (please stop choking and coughing), so can one of the said persons give me a birthday present? I'm not asking for the Sun, Moon, Atobe, Kurei, an ocean or anything so difficult. All I ask is:

1) HYDE's CD Faith (can be bought in CD-RAMA - I am NOT joking. By the way, CD-RAMA in Toa Payoh has a storewide 50% discount)
2) Scrapbook of Atobe/Kurei/HYDE/ any other guy that you know I like.
3) MONEY! (I'm sorry, but I tend to be practically blunt. Geddit?)
4) DVD of HYDE's movie Kazen no Tsuki or something like that. NOT Moon Child. I have that.
5) Soft toys! I have yet to outgrow soft toys. No idea why.
6) Treat me to good food. No need to be expensive, but it must be yummy. Definitely.
7) Gift certificates for Borders/Kinokuniya. This is for the lazy, boring people who can't be bordered. I understand, just give me the present.
8) Spa/ Manicure/ Pedicure voucher. I need to pamper my poor body. I mean, I have aching muscles!
9) Recommendation to a good tailor and help me pay for the coat I need tailored. I will ADORE whoever can do this for me.
10) TIME!!!!! Stop giving excuses and go out with me! Hello??? When was the last time we had a roaring good time?

See, I'm not spoilt nor high-maintenance. I just happen to be a greedy girl who knows how to enjoy life. Haha.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

Living

I've packed my bags. I've bought all the things that I feel that I ought to buy. I've corresponded with my buddy. Now all that is left is for me to get onto the plane and fly to Tianjin, China on Monday. Serious. That's all that's left. Okay, I still need to finish my packing, as well to buy a gift for the host family, but I'm more or less done with the entire preparation part of the trip. Oh. I forgot, I still need to borrow a costume from the dance store for the presentation in the school. I happen to be the one modeling the Chinese Dance costume. Damn it. Anyway, what still need to be stuffed into my bags stands at:

2 sets of long johns
Undergarments and more socks
Toiletries (Towel, shampoo, conditioner, facial wash, moisturizer, toothbrush, toothpaste)
Hairdryer
Stockings
Universal Adapter
Chinese Dance costume
Gifts
Literature homework
Vitamin C pills
Medication...

I'm certain you get the idea. Its just the little things that I still need to pack, not the sweaters, pants kind of things. The general things are already more or less sorted out in my suitcase. Hmm. I'm actually quite tired. I suppose its from the multiple dance practices as well as the excitement of going overseas. Damn. Just remembered my homework. I shall have to complete about a third of my Math by Sunday if i want to leave this country with a guilt-free conscience. i guess its from enrolling in a mugger school like NJ that has spurred me to become so... aware of assignments. Oh, and it totally does not help that my Promotional grades were pretty lousy, with the 'A' levels being 11 months away as well. Shoot. A girl can no longer just enjoy a holiday; there are truckloads of things just WAITING to be completed by said girl, with commitments flying all over. I mean, schoolwork, dance, roller-blading, friends... and I have yet to do any REVISION! I am so totally screwed. Yup. I wonder how people with more extra-curricular and those with a more diverse social life keep up with all things going on. I mean, you can't have quality relationships and results without dedicating time, money and effort into all the areas. I mean, money can easily be pumped in, effort can be from coffee, sheer mental willpower to endure and time from reducing sleeping hours, multi-tasking and reducing travel time... but will you really enjoy your life like that? I mean, I like my sleep, I like slacking once in awhile... so I guess its not possible for me to sacrifice living for the sake of life. Oh well, everyone has their own priorities, so people will make their own choices. And our choices ultimately determine who and what we are. Sighx. We dig our own grave and build our own paradise. How good to be slammed into the brick wall of reality.

Shall go to bed now, I happen to have dance in about... 9 hours. Need sleep.



"I'm looking for a faerie which can lie"

Drool

Been watching the music videos of Laraku. The only thing I can say is that the band is in serious need of medication. I mean, every music video seems really special, to the extent that if you were not familiar with the band members, you would think the music videos were of completely separate bands. Truly. Case in point is Daybreak's Bell, Driver's High, finale and Blurry Eyes. Go and watch the music videos, and be shocked by the difference between them. From a surrealistic MV to a robbery to a documentary programme to Hyde cross-dressing. God. If they were not all sung by Hyde, I would be really tempted to dismiss it as fluff. Serious. But it helps make the MV very special, to the point that I'm inclined to blog AFTER watching the MVs, and not during. Dang. If not for my time limit... I suppose the difference in the MVs can be due to the time when it was produced, after all Laraku is a 15 year old band, so the difference in the general atmosphere of their MVs is expected. Oh well. No matter what MV it is, the clothes of the band are always really cool. Even when Hyde cross-dresses, he looks definitely cool. Albeit a little effeminate. Yet still cool. I guess its his personal charisma. Topped with those smouldering eyes of his. Deadly combination of hotness.

Hmm. Just realised that I seriously adore charismatic guys. Oh. Who doesn't? Kaen should know full well who I'm referring to. This post is dedicated to Laraku so I'm gonna gush about Hyde only. *Sorry guys, but I love all of you too.* I guess its the most obvious when you watch Seventh Heaven MV. Its so unbelievably ridiculous, so if Hyde can still look cool with neon backgrounds, the entire band dressed in black and dancing 'chicken' things... He is cool. Uber cool.It just goes to show that you can still be an utterly hot male even if you wear dresses, have French coiffs, shape your eyebrows and use lots of eyeliner if you are charismatic. The epitome of cool. You realise that I said that you have to be charismatic enough to pull this off? Good.

Shall revert to my hero-worship cum drooling session...


" Three may keep a secret, but only if two are dead."

Update

Kk. Kaen demanded for an update, so here it is. I realise that I'm always apologising for not being able to update my blog. Really, its often not my fault. I can't help it if my parents are mad at me and refuse to allow usage of the computer right? Sighx. I shall do an update of the past two weeks...

First and formost... PROJECT WORK is OVER!!!!! Yippy! I had so much fun deleting the PW folder in both my computer and my USB drive. Really. Although it was just a simple action of pressing the 'Delete' button on the keyboard; the sense of satisfaction is something not easily replicated. It was that high on th 'Feel-Good Factor' scale. HAHA. I survived! Eat that you hellspawn aka PW!

Well, back to the material world...

On the 2nd of November, I went out with the Family, namely Mum, Grandmother, Aunt and Pesky Brother. Yup. We first went on a boat to Kusu Island. It was a scenic, boring place, with loads of turtles, as the name implies. I have been there before during OAC last year. Yup. So now the only draw was the boat ride. I'm really attracted to boats and the sea, so the boat ride was purely enjoyable. Ahh. After that, we had dim sum lunch at The Revolving Restaurant, which was a bit expensive, but the food was pretty good, we had an unobstructed view of the harbour area, so it wasn't a major waste of money. Then we took a cable car from Mt. Faber to Sentosa, locals have a 60% discount. I'm serious. They charge foreigners $32 for a round trip, but locals pay only $10. So bring your Identification Card along! The view from the cable car was great! I saw the deck of SuperStar Virgo, and boy, was it pretty. It looked like something out of some television show, white, clean, with all the amenities and pool decks... so unreal. And so enormous. At Sentosa, Pesky Brother and I went to play this go-cart like vehicle called a Luge. I have no idea how I am suppose to pronounce the word. Anyway, it was so fun that I wondered if I was really in Singapore. I mean, since when did my boring island country have such fun stuff?! Racing down a hill before taking a ski-ramp back up... It was superb. I shall bring my Tianjin buddy, Yuzheng, to play, but more on that later.

The rest of the time spent leading up to this update was spent in libraries, Borders ( I know its bad for the economy to only read and not buy any books, but I'm that broke. Shh.), dance practices (the newest dance is based on the movement of a Chinese writing brush, but how we are suppose to look like we are writing?!), attending Geography and Literature lessons in the morning, two inline skating lessons in the evening, as well as a two-day dance camp. Whoa. I had no idea I have been so productive *preens*. Well. Next week will be homework week. Sighx. Well, all good things must come to an end. So next week, on top of the numerous dance practices, homework that screams to be completed, library books that complain that they ought to be returned... I need to pack for the Tianjin trip and attend my own early birthaday party-outing. Yup. That's all.

About my Tianjin trip... I'm shocked. My buddy is a guy, called Yuzheng, two years younger than me. Its sort of ineveitable, with China's emphasis on sons and the one-child policy. Oh well, you can't expect all 15 of our buddies to be female. I think its sort of a phenomenon in Singapore. A mainly female group of ambassador. Yup. Oh well, nothing that we can do at this point in time.

Sighx. Been watching Laraku MVs. Shall continue. See ya!

Oh. Watch Seventh Heaven at this link. Damn nice. I think its my favourite Laraku song, and the MV shows a really... liberal HYDE. Yummy. Oops. Kaen wants me to stop wanting to munch on delicious guys.

"Every hour wounds. The last one kills."