a lightbulb of an idea

Know what I would absolutively love to do when I get back to school?

Go to the computer labs.

And change the languages to Yiddish.

Or Krygyz.

Depends on my mood.

If I'm feeling particularly benevolent, I might settle for Google's Pirate.

Arrr ye matey! I Be Feelin' Lucky!

lunch

Allow me to set the scenario. My roommate Amy is staying at the INTEC hostel (Akasia) because plane tickets simply cost too much for two trips. In fact, all my housemates didn't go back to Sarawak because they are sitting for SAT2 on Dec6.

So.

I got a text from Amy at noon today:

[published with her permission, of course]

This morning i woke up, 

brush my teeth, realise 

the kitchen smells horrible...

Can't find the source, so i 

assumed it's from outside. 

Then, in the middle of 

washing my hands, i had a 

fleeting suspicion. 

Walked over to cooking pot.

Look inside, made a stupid 

decision to smell.

...

Now i know how two days 

old egg/vege/godknowswhatelse 

smells like.

>__<

LOL. The desperation and the horror. Love it.

Anybody wants to have lunch with Amy?

Maggots included :)

hello there, hottie

Is it just me, 

or did you also fall in love with him at first sight?

His name's Polar FT80.

again

See, it was my very first driving lesson. 

And it was all in Hokkien. And you know how great my Hokkien is! Oh, and a healthy mix of Mandarin too. And you definitely know how great my Mandarin is!

BUT, since I am such a great driver *ahem* I managed to do everything right even though my instructor(hereafter known as Geezer)'s instructions were pretty hazy *insert image of intrepid explorer*

I initially had trouble with the 1st gear cuz I didn't understand that you are NOT supposed to lift the clutch all the way up. But I got the message eventually :D

Things got pretty dull after that. I mean, how interesting can cruising along a road ten times over get? And Geezer kept going "Kah ban.. kah ban.."(Slower.. slower..). I was doing less than forty! On an empty stretch! Can't you see that tortoise zooming past?! Felt like pretending the accelerator was the brake, but I think I better get my licence first, yes?

Anyway, here is the most interesting part of the entire thing.

See, Geezer was reminding me to let go of the clutch slooowly for the first gear:

Ban ban gia khi lai, boy.

So I slowly....(!) 

What? 

What did you just call me?

(!!!)

Boy?

After you took my IC and freaking wrote my very feminine name on a paper?

Boy?

In bright sunlight and sitting barely 50cm from me?

BOY?

Confirm.

My driving instructor is blind :P

auditory mystery

LOLLIPOP

~MIKA~

Hey, what's the big idea?

Yo Mika.

I said, 

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

I said, 

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down.

Sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down.

Say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

I went walking in with my mama one day,

when she warn me what people say,

live your life until love is found,

'cause love's gonna get you down.

Take a look at the girl next door,

she's a player and a down right whore,

Jesus loves her, she wants more,

oh bad girls get you down.

Singing,

Sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down.

Say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

Mama told me what I should know,

too much candy gonna rot your soul,

if she loves you, let her go,

'cause love only gets you down.

Take a look at the boy like me,

never stood on my own two feet,

now I'm blue, as I can be,

oh love couldn't get me down.

Singing,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down.

Say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

say love, say love,

or love's gonna get you down.

I went walking with my mama one day,

when she warn me what people say,

live your life until love is found,

or love's gonna get you down.

Singing,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down.

Say love (say love), say love (say love),

or love's gonna get you down.

say love (say love), say love (say love),

or love's gonna get you down.

Mama told me what I should know,

too much candy gonna rot your soul,

if she loves you, let her go,

'cause love only gets you down.

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, lollipop.

Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, whoa-oh, lollipop.

Sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down,

say, 

sucking too hard on your lollipop, 

or love's gonna get you down. 

Tell me why am I bopping along to this song? It's like, stuck between my ossicles. It's too happy for me. Yet I like it. It's so freaking happy, it might almost make HSM. Gosh. I am in denial. It's so bloody happy! Nabe! What's happening to me? Why me? Why this?