4, four, fourths

woke up from a nice dream (where i was playing a soccer game and scored a very nice free kick... i'll kindly go into details with anyone who's remotely interested) to read jiaying's very persuasive comment on my blog to update it. hah. see i've been pretty slack with my blog for the past two weeks... my last meaningful post was probably two weeks ago? ok think i gotta write about the very eventful past week.

first of all, was anyone outside yesterday when it was positively pouring cats and dogs? my gosh it was raining so heavily. i was walking along the Diag (getting soaked to the skin in the process) and vio la! the worms came out to play!!! there were shitloads of worms on the pavements everywhere... the rain kinda flushed all of them out from the soil... i think there were probably drowning in there? i was, of coz, very easily amused by this highly bemusing sight, and tried my very best not to trot on the slimy ones. i wondered if they'd stay out for a sun tan when the rain passes over.

so, back to the highlights of the past week. and what else can be more important than the successful conclusion of the Midwest Games? hah... my dream came through... albeit with a lot lesser number of participants than i thought. it seemed so bleaked in the months and weeks running up to the event, with logistical problems and all, but miracle after miracle seemed to happen in the two weeks leading up to the MWG, and i did get my icing on the cake after all. to all my committee members, well done!

so what else happened this week? well i skipped shitloads of classes. to anyone who's anyone in my circle of friends, you'd know that i kinda made a resolution not to skip classes this year after the debacle that is the last semester. i skipped so many classes then that i think i probably needed to pay only half of what i actually paid in tuition fees. anyhow, so i was actually doing just fine with my resolution until the sun decided to show up and ruin my damned plans. let's see: i skipped class on tuesday to play soccer, skipped class on wednesday to watch the champions' league game between asernal and juventus, skipped class on thursday because the sun was out so i went for a stroll instead. what the bejesus is wrong with me? i hope this doesn't last... not a good time to be skipping classes when the end of the semester is in sight.

i must say wednesday morning was pretty interesting for me. the darkroom bandits (me, eunice and jiaying; by virtue of the fact that we hang out in the darkroom watching eunice develop her photos) decided to convene at 1:23am on April 5th, 2006. to anyone who did not get the significance of that, owell, you're obviously not the romantic type. (very cynical too, i must add). we celebrated the once-in-a-lifetime 123456 event. well, to those who're interested, we're doing this again on the 4th of may. as cantona says, "watch this space".

anyhow, so hung out in bubble island until they closed at 2, then hung out further at eunice's place until 4am, by which time i was hung out to dry and had to go home to catch some ZZZzzz instead (thus contributing to be skipping class on thursday morning, as fore-mentioned). wow we talked so much... about friends, gossips, more gossip, more gossip, family, life experiences, blah blah. i must say, i thoroughly enjoyed myself, and i'm not writing this just because i know some people would actually read this. hah.

attended the Overseas Singaporeans Unit dinner mingling session on thursday night. well, i must say that its a good initiative, even though i did not actually get to talk to anyone from the office, due to:
1) me giving advice on polsci courses to gena
2) me giving advice to esther, who was dillusional about being abele to complete her organizational studies degree
3) me eating the pretty good food on offer. (what's not to like? food from evergreen... yummy)
4) me hanging out with the guys and girls who decided to degenerate their conversation to talking about who the next couple will be. (honestly, if the next singaporean girl gets attached to the next singaporean guy, i think i will go kill myself in shame)
i did, however, notice the cute ladies who attended the dinner: the lady from OSU, as well as a couple of singaporean graduates that i've never, ever seen before. Springtime in Ann Arbor is turning out to be pretty good afterall. hiaks.

speaking of cute ladies, received a totally unexpected email from miss ellyn tan this week. apparently she was online at 5am in the morning and ran out of things to do, hence the email. but anyhow, it was nice to hear from her, and i replied with relish. which probably means that she won't be emailing me anytime soon. but whatever.

so what's going to happen this super nice and sunny weekend? well, first i'm just kinda looking forward to soccer later in the afternoon. i hope the sun holds up and not play peek-a-boo behind the clouds. then there's seniors' day, and i still have not found what i want to cook for the potluck! probably serve up some of my very popular "samosas". heh.

IF WE GO TO STUDIO 4 TONIGHT IT WOULD BE MY FOURTH WEEK IN A ROW, AND THIS SILLY CLUBBING THING GOT TO STOP! it's funny... i don't drink anyways (since i'm DD), and i don't go do funny things with strangers (since i'm not drunk), nor do i want to do any dirty dancing with people i know (imagine the repercussions the morning after). so what the hell am i doing going for four weeks in a row? well, i think i just like to have some fun... nice music, nice dancing, nice mingling. hah. i hope that sounds convincing.

congratulations to joanne for doing well on your interview! seriously, i think i deserve a treat when u eventually get the job. hah.

have i exceeded the thousand word limit? haa i think i spend more time writing this post than i ever do working on my 1000-word essays... seriously, i need to work a little harder on my PS 300 papers. hiakz.

ok, there goes my whole week in review. nothing else to add. and before the sun sets, off i go!