hiii! In yesterday's Sunday Times or lifestyle, there was an article on calling people 'aunty' and 'uncle' right. Man, it really hit home. I mean generally my fashion sense is still quite teenagey and I've been mistaken to still be in school (WOOHOO!) but there are always these random nutters who call me AUNTY and I get all aaargh. Like last year, when I went from NUS to music class, the mother of the kid there (who knew I was still in uni) said "See how well that Aunty ...smth smth smth" - I couldn't even hear the rest coz my brain just blanked out at the aunty part!! I mean seriously?! The girl's barely10 years younger than me! SIGH. And also this incident. So sad. Just wanted to add in my brainless feedback on that article hehe.

Had my FIRST class-teaching experience today!!! For the Art Outreach programme. It was such an interesting experience! In Cedar, I remember as art rep and chem rep, I used to hate going to the front of the class and asking everyone to hand in their stuff. It was really unnerving. I always used to get the people around me to help out (yes yes scaredy-cat I was). And thankfully today, when faced with a whole class of 40 primary 5 students, that didn't happen! I actually managed to shout and kill my throat instead of being all shy. It was great. The only problem I had was when some nut in the class made a dumb joke and started talking and making noise, I felt compelled to smile/laugh instead of asking him to shut it. I need to work on my 'anger' skill heh.

And finally, to the 5th year meddies, the much-anticipated day is finally here!! Just 3 more weeks and you'll all be doctors, making everyone proud of you and ready to start a new chapter of your lives :) Even I can't wait for it to end! heh. So All the best, Good luck, God bless (and everything else of that nature)!!!

Jai Jai Jai Hanuman Gosahin, Kripa Karahu Guru Dev Ki Nayin
(from Hanuman Chalisa)

btw, I've updated my SEAfaring blog. I've still got about 2/3rds of the trip to cover though :P

gosh. the rain's crazy. wicked lightning. and falling every 2 minutes. and each strike is HUGE. i'd hate to be out there right now. hope everyone's alright.

quick one:

saw in the papers today that there's a new "application" that's getting circulated on facebook which tells users that their friends have problems checking out their profile, and to activate the application to rectify this.

If you see such a message, IGNORE IT. It's a virus. Sigh.

I'm gonna slowly start deleting my older photo albums.. signs of facebook-fad dying away heh.

Lame random post but I can't get these songs outta my head!

1. Tere Naina - Chandni Chowk to China (RUBBISH movie) - Shankar Mahadevan & Shreya Ghoshal
2. Aahista Aahista - Bachna Ae Haseeno (again RUBBISH movie) - Lucky Ali & Shreya Ghoshal
3. Khuda Jaane - Bachna Ae Haseeno - KK Menon & Shilpa Rao

heh all non-ARR but I love Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy too, and my impression of Vishal-Shekhar is going up steadily! :D

Slumdog Millionaire has done amazingly well in the Academy - of its 9 nominations, the movie won 8 awards. That's quite a success rate! Congrats to all the people involved :D :D I have got to see what this movie's all about soon.

Wasn't planning to sit and watch the whole thing, just towards the end. But Hugh Jackman was the host and I couldn't resist. *swoon* Four hours gone :P

CONGRATULATIONS TO

A. R. RAHMAN

FOR BEST MUSICAL SCORE

AND BEST SONG!!!

JAI HO!!!!!

finally had a chance today and blew it.

edited to add:
something's totally off. dunno if it's me or my surroundings. or maybe it's both. but i'm feeling angry (with myself), v guilty, slightly upset and well, just not right. and it's all engulfing the tiny spurt of confidence that's trying to show itself. feel like just brooding in my room with a book.

hiii! Got inspired by nutti's really cute new template and decided to check out the website for something less boring than my previous one. So here it is! It's called Pyjama Party and it's blue so it works :D

Still doing job apps but there have been a coupla breaks here and there. Nothing has changed yet but will update when I actually sign a job contract. Other than that, I've started volunteering with the Art Outreach Programme which is a non-profit organization that aims to promote and teach art to the society. It's highly interesting and I look forward to the sessions! Also signed up with organizations like SINDA and NLB but have yet to do anything useful. There's also paatu class keeping me busy as usual.

Yesterday's Art Outreach session was at Jurongville Secondary School. Since I'm a novice, I opted to just sit at the back of the classroom while a veteran, also an NUS graduate, did the teaching. It was great. I was back in a classroom (complete with the class joker, action bedek, back-bencher and over-eager-beaver) for the first time since '01. Since it was a non-examinable art lesson, the kids were typically noisy so I have a feeling it'll take me a while to get used to teaching. Really good experience and it'll make me decide whether or not to consider teaching as a career (since relief teachers are not at all needed at the moment!).

Celebrated Valentine's Day a few days late at East Coast Beach. We went to Scruffy Murphy's, an Irish pub, for dinner. Totally NOT a romantic atmosphere but the beach more than made up for it :D but anyway, it was wonderful! Food was really good and reasonably priced. Best veggie burger I've tasted so far. And they have a TV screen inside so just imagine how exciting it would be to watch a soccer match with all the fans! Felt all nostalgic with Euro '08 memories. Very nice feel. And what better place to walk off all the heavy food than the long stretch of beach. It was great.
And thanks for the lovely roses, they're now making my table look a 100x prettier :)

I'm trying to pack my days with as much activity as possible as my productivity turns out much better this way. There's always something great to look forward to everyday!

K, time to plan out tomorrow. byeee.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

hiii! I've been super inactive here, sorry hehe. I forgot to welcome the month of feb! It's probably one of my favourite months. Nice and short with 28 days. And the best part is, Valentine's Day is right in the middle. So we can spend 2 weeks daydreaming and looking forward to it, and 2 weeks after vday daydreaming about it :D I've heard of many people saying that vday is overrated.. like why be extra special to the special someone or loved ones in your life, just on that ONE day.. isn't it supposed to happen everyday? But let's face it. There's no way you can be extremely romantic or whatever every single day of your life coz 1. it becomes insincere, and 2. it loses its charm. So I would gladly look forward to a day that celebrates love, coz it's one of the greatest things in the world (love, I mean). And I'm gonna be totally romantic and mushy and hiiiigh on vday (AT, nee gaali). Of course, this is just my personal opinion and I'm sure many people disagree :P I'm kinda idealistic that way.

Here's to love!

THIRD ODI VICTORY AGAINST SL!

SERIES WIN!!!!!!!

GO TEAMINDIA!!!! :D :D

I miss appa :(

Still in the midst of apps. I've got to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Stocked the house with bananas, apples, oranges and multi-grained bread for the upcoming week. Now working on my sleep schedule. Breaking the habit.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!