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Thursday, April 14, 2005
the pearl

alright i shall officially break the monotony of the 'weekly' update ritual.
haha. noticed i used monotony! the same word hodge used to describe my results.
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haha well the humans interview went alright i guess. left school early (tho not as early as chengchai and trixia who abandoned math lecture, in which joanne lui incidentally pmsed at lawrence's 'insolent' humour) and skipped kwok's lecture with the rest. we (huanna zhifeng hanyi shumin ying terence yeeler etc.) ate at j8's food junction before walking around buying sweets and finally reaching there at about 130pm. the few of us (huanna zhifeng hanyi shumin ying and me) met wong siew hoong below the buliding, at the ATM machine haha and we said hi. just as they were talking about his wife he came from behind and started talking to zhifeng. mwhahaha. but he was nice, i suddenly had a sense of assurance come over me after his wise words of encouragement. when we arrived at the podium level 3 we saw chengchai burying his face in his hands, as if he was crying, while a bevy of fellow classmates crowded around him. haha i really thought he was crying but alas from what he recounted i figure he did very well. the same went for yeeler and many others who felt they gave risky answers, but when i heard it i felt that as an interviewer i wld actually be impressed and interested in that person. chengchai spoke words of wisdom about the theatre scene, lust, circumcision, trannies and what have you. yee ler joked around with them as usual i guess but i was really amused by the fact that he chose to recommend wee kim wee's book- glimpses into the past or smthing like that. hahaha so politically correct!

so a few more went in and came out and recounted their experiences to us. imagine! it was actually more nervewrecking to listen abt other pple's interviews than not knowing abt it at all. anw my mind was in a whirl and i was so entertained by the juicy experiences that i didnt bother to continue with The Pearl or look thru some prep stuff i brought along. smthing in me just made me feel confident that if i followed my heart i wld be fine.

so terry came out and when the bell rang i created my first unglam moment. thinking that the interview was in room 17, as indicated on the letter, i went to the door, knocked on it and opened. what greeted me was pitch blackness and total malu-ness. how himbotic! it was only then i realized that room 19 had a large sign saying HUMANS INTERVIEW and feeling stupid i knocked on the door anyway and came face to face with the panel of three- hodge, winnie, and the man.

so anyway i was quite calm by then as they eased me into the questions. tho i figured i flopped my first question by answering it in one sentence. [tell us about your preparation for O levels] afterward i cldnt believe that i was speaking so freely and easily, until i met some questions that stumped me [what would your class lose if they lacked you]. but on the whole the mood was cordial and i managed to illicit plenty of smiles and a few laughs so - i can only hope for the best. of course i wished i cld do it all over again but well that was my chance and i guess i made the best i cld out of it. i guessed i convinced them that humans was my passion and for hodge, that the pearl is indeed a great book. hahaha you shldve seen his face when i mentioned that book. apparently he read it many times but didnt like it. whee! with much conviction i defended john steinbeck. haha sheesh. the woman kept nodding her head and smiling and me and writing stuff down. my most unfavourite question was posed by the man, whoever he is. [you were warrant officer in red cross. how did u do it?] technically it is a valid question, but he was pretty condescending about it but heck i think i managed to salvage some dignity. oh well. maybe im overanalyzing this whole thing but on the whole- i felt alright so hopefully and with all luck i left a lasting good impression on them. prithee give me the scholarship i really really want it so bad dont you know how thankful i would be? i will study everyday if need be! (ahem)

meanwhile i wld like to thank a few pple for the interview-
my classmates for being there and mutually supportive (yes even terence who commented that i looked HAGGARD- i mean like (chengchai style) whatever! haha nah just joking)
our seniors esp those from 1a01a for giving us advice
my sister for her usual flippant advice
the panel (maybe only if they give it to me)
my parents for being relatively supportive
alan for his directions on buona vista mrt
zee for watching the interpreter with me and taking my mind away for awhile
the teachers esp. mcconnell who gave us tips and reassurance
wong siew hoong for his enlightenment
and last but not least...
mdm ng day yorke and her assistant for taking our calls. reminds me of robin. {ok, you can go in now} mwhahaha.

hmmm this waiting period is even harder than all the campaigning thats going on right now.
the more i think about it the more i worry about those low profile people who really deserve it but are just not popular enough to garner sufficient votes. i already envision these pple. those who didnt get enough cheers when they went up. i think im gonna vote for some of them even tho theyre completely strangers. but 10 votes- suddenly seems like not enough.

the speeches were fun to watch i thoroughly enjoyed the AA one, the rubbish bin one, akshay's one, and cc's home one. hahaha. must thank him for the desperate housewives poster btw.
whee. how i wish i was campaigning. there is this sudden vision of me not holding any position in the future. just being a student with his studies and you know, having a boring life. a not busy one. a non-enriching one. how?! i dont want that to happen! but i see it coming.

maybe im just too caught up with the whole process. im letting others affect me.
oh well. may it be.

oh yeah borrowed sandman from the library. shall feast upon them soon. nash is hyper about it. alright. a busy weekend ahead now. napoleon, econs, ra mag, uniform...enough to occupy me. i feel like im busy for the wrong reasons. hmmm. i guess ive to live my own life yeah.

p.s. cant believe that america chose Scott over Nadia. disgusting! repulsive! fie on them! its smthing like jennifer hudson. except no one expected that. hmmm lets see i really like Bo, Nadia, Anwar, Constantine. The rest can lose for all i care. like really. undeserving. strange tho. im usually on the girl power side but this year the guys are just much more interesting. i like the rock factor and uniqueness they have. girl power is getting boring (without fantasia or jenny) and just when nadia was bringing smthing new, america dumps her. how ingrateful! just like poor jenny! frankly i felt nadia's song When I Dream was inspiring. shall try to listen to bohemian rhapsody again. hmmm. really smthing needs to be done. imagine. 34 million votes. not enough for everyone. and then u contrast it with school council. pathetic.

anw news flash for jennifer hudson. her EP is coming out real soon! keep a lookout. www.jenniferhudsonmusic.com.
shit its so late again. so much for sleeping in the afternoon. now ive to earn it all back again.
>> offhand>> dont u just love the conjured word "fcukstrated"? im fascinated.
goodnight. and thanks liyana for kelly's album.

to quit or not to quit. to aim or not to aim. to be or not to be.

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