we sit at the extreme ends of activity and inertia, simultaneously. life here is slow moving. it could be because we are so close to nature, and we are at least half an hour away from "civilization". or it could be the whole self-sufficient nature of this place. yet, we are constantly bogged down with an increasing amount of work. there is no time ( Read more... )

i found you standing right beside me. my pitch rose in mid-sentence, a futile bid to calm my nerves. i laughed louder than the joke warranted, to block out the startling image my eyes picked up. i stared steadfastly ahead, holding my neck stiff. never allowing myself to turn in your direction. all the time knowing you were there because i ( Read more... )

i did not realise how much i miss reading something that is not a textbook, or official teaching aid, till i was surfing the net for materials on persuasive writing. i read the site, which was nothing fantastic, with hunger, which speaks of my desperation. i could not tear my eyes away from the screen. it actually made me look back on research ( Read more... )

i have finally finished my last last paper in my nus academic career: computation and machines. i sincerely hope that we all pass ( Read more... )

took my very last lit exam in my nus academic life yesterday--tragedy. even as some modules were a bitch to study, i will miss reading lit here; the good, the bad and the pure evil *shudders*. but mostly the good. last paper on 5th. that's a long break.

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spent allllllll night trying to cut down my ht to no avail. ta ma de. it's still as huge as before. why??? it seems to have taken on a life of its own, ballooning beyond my imagination. to sleep. i shall conquer it soon! *roars*

this was meant to be an entire entry done in chinese, but i'm ashamed to admit that typing in chinese is a little too tedious ( Read more... )

Let us be resolute in prosecuting our ends, and mild in our methods of so doing.
--Aquaviva

from my cryptic, super-"focused"-when-studying, chilli-loving, peanut-cracking-GERMAN-beer-guzzling-"uncle" friend, whom i've spent many happy-fruitful (in spite of, or precisely because of, the chatting and giggling) hours studying with!