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Is nothing ever permanent anymore?



EL

Now this is what we call evolution. :)

Darwin would be so proud!

EL

Jack chopped the beanstalk, and down came the giant.

It's been busy, with Math DIs and CTs done, there's the silence before the storm--being an event-free week next week--and then the eruption. Trials feel closer than ever before.

Still, it does not stop this lass from accessing the Internet (finally!) and thoroughly enjoying herself before returning to the grinding board. It's about time that she checks on updates from Coldplay.com, drools over the coveted seats that Coldplaying fans have snatched up for the Wembley performances (which no doubt will be awesome--there's nothing more amazing than watching the entire stadium singing along every line), reads long outdated entries on Twitter, and in the midst of everything, realizes that her Facebook profile is still keyed in as "In a Relationship".

I'm not.

It's up to you how you would like to react, if you had not known that already. I would accept any emotional offers but sympathy. I'm not in such a state that you would have to sympathise with me.

In fact, I feel a new kind of happiness. So this is the feeling of rebirth. Renewal would probably be another word to describe it.

It's the time when this girl pays extra attention to the beautiful unique details about the people around her i.e. her friends, now that she is released from any sort of emotional bonds, and is pleasantly surprised to discover beautiful things about them.

It's the time when she feels closest to her mother, whom all these while, had been the greatest pillar of her strength. Her mother, who taught her that cooking was a simple but effective outlet of tension and internal turmoil.

It's the time when, despite the recent break-up, the girl goes ga-ga over prom, even when prom is still two months away, because she's going to it with the most unlikely person in the world, and she finds that she's actually looking forward to it.

Trials is only a week away, but I'm running on a euphorical high everyday, because I'm phasing into a different stage of my life. I could feel it so clearly that it's almost physical.

Reflections aside, Muse's Time Is Running Out has never felt sexier.

We tried it out yesterday during band practice in that musky studio in Subang Jaya, and we are pleased. The drums and bass are amazing. Pleased, except of course for the singers themselves, because they feel as if they sound like they are on karaoke than trying to pick a second song out for the impending prom performance auditions. Who can match the God-likeness of Matthew Bellamy's shrieks?

This girl is off to lunch, and then it's back to the guilletine.

EL

As the holidays draw to a quiet end, my mum's would be beginning, as with tens of thousands of high school students' around the country. I have not had a very exciting holiday week, albeit tumultuous, but not exciting.

Still, we had Sunway Lagoon, which was really something I had looked forward to eagerly the entire week. Pity time had to rush us by. It had a plane to catch, I presume.

So here's a picture of not me, not Coldplay, but of Rui Sheng, his buddies Boyce and Kai Shen who did the most outrageous thing on the roller coaster I've ever seen. This shot was taken in Genting.

That's a chessboard in Rui's hand, in case you can't see.

Chris Martin has the best speaking voice ever.

And Jonny is absolutely adorable. <3>"Does it play be-bop? Yes...YES."

I love the MJ part and the Mr. Roboto part. Heh.

I'm off to look for articles on how to organise a successful study group. I wouldn't want my friends and I to end up laughing hysterically at nothing and talking and not getting anything done, as how study groups usually end up with.

I have strangely lost all desire to read books. In turn, I've acquired the amazing ability to finish an entire plate of freshly fried vegetables. But they must be. Freshly fried. Jing Yi would be proud.

Hello college!

EL

A long-awaited holiday

And the ulcers just went away in time for the holidays. :)

I've taken to cooking since the hols began. So the stench (or fragrance?) of garlics are permanently stamped onto my fingers. I'm not complaining. It's a nice smell! And the taste of freshly-cooked vegetables is simply mouth-watering.

Bittersweet Symphony has got to be the longest, most repetitive, least climatic song I've heard.

Am going to Sunway Lagoon with my classmates on Thursday. Can't wait! It's prolly my only plan for the holidays.

What entry would be complete without a slight dose of these lads? :)

Jonny, lead guitarist

Guy, (hot) bassist

EL

College life is pretty awesome.

We breathed in helium today. :))) Videos coming up soon.

Premiering the new haircut.

The hols are approaching, and my mouth is invaded by oral ulcers. Four oral ulcers. FOUR.

EL

LEY TIAN IS GETTING MARRIED! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!

Being in the young women division has its downs. For one, like this, your friends steadily disappears from the division as they start to marry, leaving the younger ones behind. But nevertheless, I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!

CONGRATS GIRL!

EL