just so at least someone knows...

... and that is if anyone cares ...



i'm heading to london today and will be in london until the 30th.

will avoid travelling via the underground but... well, u know.

staying near kings' cross. hey, the safest place would be the most dangerous place right? right???

alrights. i gotta dash. i'm still not done with packing and my train leaves in 2 hrs!!!

hmm, i seem to be blogging onli once every week now. *lol* busy larr...

anyways, i'll be posting on my exploration of manchester and my playing tour guide to my parents as well as CONVO soon. (piccys included!!!)

but for now... this blog shall be my way of paying respects to s u m m e r 's grandpa who passed away a couple of days back.

and i'm sure u'll hav noticed that Windchimes isn't playing any songs. well, it's a moment of silence in memory of s u m m e r 's grandpa. even though i don't think i've ever met him. [>.<]

my dear s u m m e r... i hope u and ur family are alrightys... wish i could be back home with u. but i'm here for u always. remember that k? *huggz*
remind me that i owe u loadsa hugs!!!

limbo...

neither here nor there
or anywhere for that matter...

a state of uncertainty?
indecision?
to be or not to be?
happy or miserable?

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havn't been blogging in a week now. nothing much, just been busy at work and hanging out with precious frens. i cannot stop being thankful for passing bvc. especially after i saw how i nearly nearly did not pass one of my subjects. amazed at how far i've gotten and how much i've changed in some ways. discovered as well that the subjects i thought i was good in were actually the subjects i was weak in... and that for the subjects that i feared the most, i actually did really well in them! wow.

anyways, back to my week since results were released...

wednesday, hung out with frens at metrocentre. did a lil' shopping but mostly window shopping. BUT i did get a dress... *winks*
caught War of The Worlds there at metrocentre too. omg. for the first time in like ages, i was actually sitting on the 2nd row from the front!!! neck pain...

thurs and fri was spent at work with the elderly and the young. THURS! the london bombings. my goodness. was at work when at noon i got this sms...

Hey Winter are you ok Just saw the news

*lol* silly spring... i didn't have a clue what she was talking about. had to call her and that was how i found out about the bombings in london. silliness. and i nearly didn't get to go home. the metro between gateshead stadium and monument were closed, and the trains were running and stopping for 10 mins at all other stations. but lucky me... got on the metro, waited about 5 mins and then they announced that the security was being lowered so the trains would be running as usual, albeit a lil' delayed.

saturday had a lil' trip to the coast. had a lovely long walk along the beach barefooted. *sigh* i love the beach... the feel of the soft white sand between the toes, the caress of the wind which leaves a salty touch to ur face, the rush u get when u step into the icy cold water... the vastness of the ocean itself. makes me feel so small and insignificant. there's something about the beach which just leaves me feeling both relaxed and exhausted. oh, and also really really hungry! *lol*

a lil' me and u time every now and then isn't bad is it? feels bad sometimes... like neglecting the frens who needs us the most. but i love the me and u time. it's really really fun.

sunday, hung out with frens...

but i don't want to be mendoksey. seriously... am i a lil' mendoksey???

mon and tues, been at work again.

today, been busy getting my preparations done for the arrival of my parents tomoro. settled some stuff, bought groceries, hung out with frens, had pizza buffet (AT LAST!!!), clean room and house, do the laundry... make tiramisu.

speaking of which... i havnt quite completed the last two... so, i shall be off!

going down on the 1008 train to manchester. hanging around the city for about 4hours before heading to the airport to pick my parents up and then returning to newcastle on the 1942 train. hmm.. mixed feelings....

omgomgomg

*heart pounding*
"stoopid rain"


ero jian called to say that results are out and it's NOT EVEN AFTER 12PM!!!


*heart beats faster*
"stoopid rain"


arrives at the steps of sutherland building and is greeted by a really happy marlon. no guesses needed to know he's gotten thru.

*omg i'm so scared!*

enters building and everyone's standing around a notice board. laulau tells me i've passed but i won't believe her.

*omg*

finally builds up courage to look at the board...

...and somehow the first list i had to look at was the VERY COMPETENT list... *siao*



...no name!!! one more list to look at... the COMPETENT list...

*oh pls be there*



*pls pls be there*



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!! IT IS THERE!!! I PASSEEEDDDD!!!

*grins* *sobs* *jump for joy* *hugs everyone i see*

so there it is... all my work not gone to waste. praise the lord!

to erojian... CONGRATULATIONS!!! thanks for being my study partner! seems like the countless times we spent in the library really did pay off eh? though... i was wondering did we really do much cos i seem to remember more chitchatting and coffee breaks and checking out the chun babes than serious quiet study! *grins*

and to lena and ren... WE DID IT!!! thanks soo much for the sudden msn msgs that just say "ganbatte"!!! actually, thanks for being there, well, not really... but at least i knew u guys were always one msn msg away!

and to my fellow budding barristers... WE GOT THRU!!!

omg i'm sooo happppyyyyyy! all my worries are gone now... well, sort of. now to worry about where to work and all... *grins*

pssst... i got pecks on the cheeks today! marlon, priyaduth and tream! my goodness...

oh and btw... to those who didn't think i would make it thru unscathed, I AM SO CHUFFED I PROVED YOU SCEPTICS WRONG!!! *bleeeehhhh*

and on another note, to my frens who didn't get thru, what's done is done and there's no point regretting in what u should have done or should not have done. just remember that we are always here for u. all u need to do is just ask. cos we don't know what else we can do except be here for u when u need us. *huggs*

oh gooood grieeeff

*gasp*


*worried look*


t-tomor-ro i-is t-the da-ay the tr-ruth is reve-ealed.
have i been good enuff to say goodbye to my status of STUDENT for good?

oh notice board please please say yes. please!



-to be continued-

that is of course, if, the results are good...

oh, and to a very good fren... thanks loads and sorry for adding to ur dilemmas. good frens shouldn't be adding more troubles to an already troubled fren... they should be helping and listening. sorry. [>.<]
btw... neither do i want for this frenship we hav to be jeopardised by anything. and i don't wanna hurt anyone else apart from myself. BUT i gotta say this... for awhile, it really felt really right. impulse or hormones. [>.<]


oh, and to all my darling frens waiting for the truth to be revealed tomoro, all the very best to each one of us! and don't worry too much! we hung on for sooo long... we'll do it! see you tomoro in front of notice board after noon!!! and kak eme... MISS YOU!!! don't worry, u'll do fine too!

the weird things...

... i read while at work today.


no.1
I don't know why they left the fly...
IF ONLY the fly on the wall could have made a documentary, what a story it would have told. Instead, the insect sat it out while the brains of a top City accountancy firm spent four hours trying to work out what to do with the pest. At first, a secretary at KPMG e-mailed her 'facilities service department' asking for help in killing it. A terse reply from someone called Susan informed her aerosol fly sprays have been banned on health grounds. She offered to call a cleaning firm, but pointed out the fly would probably be dead before they got there. The secretary - called Victoria - then asked for a fly swat, but none turned up. A colleague, stunned by the tortuous exchange, forwarded it to office magazine PersonnelToday.com.

errrm... well, hmm... why didn't she just opened the window and let the fly fly out? orrr... is it also another rule in the company that windows cannot be opened?


no.2
A sexual high is just the tip of the iceberg - by Sarah Hills
IT CERTAINLY explains a lot about rabbits...
Lettuce is an ancient Viagra which can boost your sexual performance, scientists revealed yesterday. It produces chemicals which act as stimulants and was used by the Egyptians as an aphrodisiac.
The discovery was made by botanist Giorgio Samorini when he solved a riddle which had foiled experts for decades.
Min, the ancient Egyptian god of sexuality, is often depicted in bas reliefs with a vegetable - and nobody knew what or why. But Mr Samorini identified the plant as a bitter-leaved wild lettuce known as Lactuca serriola.
This initially confused him because, since Roman times, the sap produced by lettuce has been thought to dampen sexual desire. Emperor Nero is said to have eaten it to rid him of erotic dreams and Pliny the Elder wrote that lettuce 'can cool sexual appetite as well as a feverish body'.
The Italian botanist carried out tests on the vegetable which revealed that in small amounts the sap does, indeed, have a sedative effect. But in larger doses the substance - which includes a cocaine-like chemical - acts as a sexual stimulant.
'About 1g induces calming and pain-killing effects,' said Mr Samorini, editor of the botanical journal Eleusis. 'At higher doses, 2g to 3g, the stimulating effects prevail.'
He added : 'This finally solves an ethnobotanical riddle and explains the association between Min and lettuce.'

errr, okayys... i just had one-quarter of an iceberg! does that amount to 2g-3g of sap?! urm, i don't wanna be err... 'nuff said.


no.3
NO TICKLING
Ever wondered why you don't laugh when you tickle yourself? It's all down to our need to be ready for the unexpected, research shows.
The brain anticipates trivial sensations, such as your own touch, so it can focus on more important ones, such as a tarantula crawling up your neck. Sensation is less when the brain expects it and 'combining senses with the expected gives a picture of the outside world', researchers at University College London said.

so i don't laugh when i tickle myself... BUT WTH AM I DOING TICKLING MYSELF!?! in fact, why are people tickling themselves?!?!?!


no.4
GERMANY : Women should not play beach volleyball unless they want sagging breasts, a top plastic surgeon warned yesterday. Dr George Khoury said the growing popularity of the sport had led to dozens of women coming to him complaining of the problem.
'Breasts were not made for swinging up and down 300 times within a short period,' added the 39-year-old, from Hamburg. 'Men should also wear tight pants to stop their testicles from sagging.'

urm... so men should wear tight pants but women should not play? hmmmph... gender discrimination??? aiyoh, sagging breasts and testicles are part and parcel of life... isn't it?


no.5
Girl marries dog
A NINE-YEAR-old girl has married a stray dog in front of more than 100 people in India.
The tribal custom is intended to protect the child from evil, reports the Press Trust of India.
Karnamoni Hasda married the street dog in West Bengal state's Hooghly district.
The Santhal tribe believes a child is in grave danger if their first tooth appears on the upper gum.
A canine marriage is said to be the only way of warding off evil. The child can remarry a human after growing up.
The report says Karnamoni's canine marriage did not take place immediately after her first tooth appeared because her father's financial problems did not allow for a wedding at the time.

marry a dog?! err... well, i guess dogs would make a better husband since they are loyal unlike SOME MEN who can be cheating lying husbands. but on the other hand... animal sex?! that's just soooo wrong!!!




sigh... the things i think about while at work. what's up with me?





all news taken from METRO (June 30,2005). there's the online version of the paper too... click HHHEEERRRRREEEE to read more if you want.