Sunday, April 27, 2008

creepy crawlies

i hate to sound like a girly girl, but there are BUGS in my room. ever since i boarded up my fireplace ive noticed bugs trying to get out from under my cardboard, but then they get caught up in all the tape and all and so i get to see them, stuck, in all their full glory. bugs stuck in scotchtape=3

then today i saw one in my laundry basket, dead=1
and one crawling around, alive=1

and i am freakkking out abit. i googled "brown bugs london" and all other variations, and strangely i cant really describe them. they do have alot of legs, but they're not exactly any of the categories of bugs on the internet. ive narrowed it down to maybe the lavae of carpet beetle though, which is apparently common in southern england, totally fits.
;(

looks like i have to get a bug spray even before i buy my mice traps.

edit: im slightly obsessed i swear. two hours later i spotted another one, only bigger, crawling OUT from under. naturally i changed into my jeans in record breaking time and i went out to get pesticide. only that when i lifted my cardboard to spray into it, i dont see any bugs. none at all.
now i think it might not be carpet larvae but it might be woodlice, which is attracted to damp conditions and is generally not harmful. its not even an insect! and besides woodlice generally die out if its dry (silica gel, anybody??)
;(

bing: "especially for teojia"

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her
thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked,
"My dear child, why are you crying?" The seamstress replied that her thimble
had fallen into the water and that she needed it to help her husband in
making a living for their family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and
pulled up a golden thimble set with sapphires.

"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked The seamstress replied, "No."

The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble studded
with rubies.

"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No."

The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble.

"Is this your thimble ?" the Lord asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The
Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three thimbles to
keep, and the seamstress went home happy.


Some years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the
riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared under the
water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are
you crying?" "Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!"


The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney. "Is this
your husband?" the Lord asked.


"YES!!" cried the seamstress. The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an
untruth!"


The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to George Clooney, you would
have come up with Brad Pitt.

Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have come up with my husband. Had I
then said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best
of health and would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so THAT'S
why I said 'yes' to George Clooney.


And so the Lord let her keep him.



The moral of this story is:

Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in the best
interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.


Signed,

All Us Women

Friday, April 25, 2008

holborn library


studying at the holborn library turned out really well today. although this is what making notes for fundamental rights in the EU looked like;) during my lunch break i read the league of extraordinary gentlemen! i didnt know they were so... hm twisted. anw the foreword had something like 'there are three things that you need to know... blahblah.. the chinese are smart, but evil. ' haha.
;)

holborn library!

edit: how can the americans vote carly smithson out?! i am truly upset. argh;(

Thursday, April 24, 2008

all i ask of you

i know i should be studying, but damnit why am i always so caught up with american idol(ie andrew lloyd webber night). if theres one thing i hate about old brits its the coloured pants that they love to wear- be it green, dirty yellow, or hey, burgundy coloured ones that andrew lloyd webber was wearing. why cant they be boring and just wear normal coloured ones and leave the coloured ones to the mats!

anw im falling in love with michael ball's dimples, and i really want to catch les miserables, again.

i can listen to those songs over and over again, and never tire of them. ah, the magic of theatre.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

always be my baby

i absolutely love that rendition
"you'll always be a part of me i'd be a part of you indefinitelyyy"
listening to it really cheers me up:) im glad we (tan and i ) got cheryl hooked on it as well! boo archuletaaaa.

went for a run today and it was really much needed. weather was fantastic (finally, spring!), and the stopover later at cheryl's place was really fun;) im glad we sorted out whatever we could for summer, although bummer, our glorious plans for a complete eastern europe trip seems to be pretty out of the window (although if i defy my parents and book the cheap air ticket and come back early anyway id be filthy richhhh and yes im still sore). but if no one wants to tag along anymore, you and i baby, we'd be tanning our skins off at that oh so heavenly santorini beach and feeling the greek winds in our hair as we cruise along the, erm, greek sea. ;)

am definitely keeping up the runs. feeling strangely restless recently.

Monday, April 21, 2008

personality test

my morality score is 3. haha;) but i kinda think the test is pretty accurate even though it says i procrastinate.

test results


Sunday, April 20, 2008

arghh

i cant read my own handwriting. grr;(

Friday, April 18, 2008

my secret admirer(s)

here's the confession letter, and since they're not online for me to strangle them, here it is. ;)

Dearest most-loved yunnie, tjy, jy, Jia Yun, (in that order of frequency!)

I think it’s time for me to finally say, my favorite yellow spark, how I really feel about you.

I never thought I could really love someone as much as I love you. We started out as friends just talking, you that obnoxious tkg girl, but over the last couple of months I've truly fallen for you the way you’ve fallen for Clooney — head over heels. You're not one to admit how you feel but I know somewhere in your heart you have feelings for me too because I know you would not have just wasted your time, over girltalk, dark chocs, pizza hut lunches, Friday dinners, 7-11 visits, shared secrets, bus rides and showers, for nothing.

I am sincerely sorry that I cannot be there with you to celebrate your twenty-first birthday, because of this distance that separates us; Toa Payoh + Tampines (or for now, Seattle) + Simei + Pasir Ris is a veryyy long way from you. The fact that we're a thousand miles apart is not a matter at all because you are always in my heart. But I want you to know that I miss seeing you around in 04s22, or in Singapore, for that matter, and I am, and will be, always thinking of you breaking my bed.

I cherish any thought of you, prize any memory of you that rises from the depths of my mind, and live for the day when our physical separation will no longer be; i.e. December of 2008

Until that moment arrives, I send to you across the miles, my tender love and my warm embrace, to keep YTT warm. J

Till we finally meet again,

Love now and always,

Your favourite teetees (:

i want my mariah carey cd

mariah week at idols never sounded weirder. poor guys;) but i really really liked david cook's version of one of my fav mariah songs, always be my baby. ah i know mariah's weird nowadays(e=mc2, really??) but i really liked her songs when i was younger.

way to go david cook!

Thursday, April 17, 2008

go orange

two days ago i bought a pack of carrots, 2kg worth of all the orange fibre goodness, simply because it was only 99pence. and it tied in with my new diet- more vegetables in my foods! besides i love eating raw carrots, im quite a rabbit at that, and on the first day i easily ate like ten sticks- five for lunch, five for dinner.

THEN today cheryl had to tell me that eating too much carrots makes you turn orange (freaking oomphaloompa) i dont remember this but she thinks it was in greys, and anyway she really knew someone who turned orange from snacking on oranges and carrots.

i dont want to turn orange!!

so please, if you see me and you think i look orange, TELL ME. even if you have to point a finger at me and laugh.
in the meantime, im taking a break from carrots;(

Monday, April 14, 2008

falling slowly

i know i should be studying really hard but i couldnt stop thinking about this song after andre showed it to me;)

Sunday, April 13, 2008

i miss choir

i had my radio tuned to the classic fm as i studied today, and then there was a short clip of interview with eric whitacre. then they played 'sleep', which to be honest has never been my favourite song. i always think it boring compared to the other whitacre songs. but then the choir sang it so well- the control, and oh man the sopranoes just kept the top line so well. then i lost my concentration for studying and i just had to come on my computer to listen to our past recordings. i tried to find that choir's recording on youtube but i cant -Polyphony, and apparently in some cd called cloudburst which topped charts. well, they should be:)

but of course my all-time high is leonardo.

nelson really is a genius i think he did the song with us very much the same way whitacre did.
ps. confession: okay im a lousy sl. i never sang the last part right hahah i just anyhow lala throughout :D bing was probably the only one who got it damnit.
pps. i still think of caroline and her 'ma-a-a-a-a' everytime and i want to laugh;)
ppps. sopranoes are the best.

sometimes when we touch


original by dan hill though.

"and sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much
and i have to close my eyes and hide"
:)

Friday, April 11, 2008

letter.

Dear Ashraf,

I don’t really know how to tell you this, but you’re a pervert. I think I realised it when your dwarf bit me in women’s clothing and pulled the toupee off my best friend.

I’m sure you’re middle-class enough to understand that there is no solution to this.

Im returning your love letters back to you, but I’m keeping the results of your blood sample.

You should also know that I was interviewed by the Times about a new life as a clone.

Fuck off now,
Jia Yun

ps. thanks to nab:) i did get a shock when i first read it (esp the ring part!)
pps. sorry ashraf:D

Thursday, April 10, 2008

yummy brown kaya

So. ive been having alot of fun since easter started- southern france, mummy, paris. and now, study. no panic attacks yet, but thats probably because i havent looked at anything that slightly resembles lawly studies;)

went to paris with mum and we were brought around by her friend. the only regret i have is not having walked the streets of paris more (we were tramming around alot and driven around) but i think versailles and louvre alone are worth it. i wish i could have spent more time in both places -i truly felt very excited looking at all the big paintings, poor mum had to follow me around;) although i think she enjoyed it as well! i didnt really make it to marie antoinette's gardens, i thought that was really quite a pity. but oh wells, one more place to visit again. ;)

so mum's gone back just this morning, and its back to the books. till summer hols!

ps. WE MADE BROWN KAYA and its quite heavenly;)