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Sunday, August 21, 2005 @ 5:47 am
I *heart* the weather right now... so cooling. ahhh... this is how a Sunday should feel like. besides that, tuition is replaced on tues. *smiles*
I looked at myself in the mirror just now. there's a distinct red line cutting through my eyes. I've seen it before. it's when I stay up throughout a 6-hour flight playing mario. I'm serious. I'm obsessed with mario. my eyes are like, always glued to the screen attentively. once I was onboard m'sian airlines and I think this stewardess got a bit worried and gave me a glass of coke. no wonder they've won numerous awards..
speaking of airplanes, guess who I saw on the airplane today on the kl to jb flight? c'mon. guess! none other than jac victor, the first m'sian idol! whee!!! at first, I was unsure but all doubt disappeared when she grinned widely at me. so nice! she wasn't at all hoity toity even though she was in the business class. dad said no when I wanted to go take a snapshot with her. awww. mom was being mom, egging everyone on to go take a photo with her, over-reacting as usual.
not that I'm being a big meanie but, y'know, she does tend to over-react. especially when it comes to photos.
righto. I dunno if I mentioned this but, I went to kl with my 'rents on sat to attend dad's high school reunion dinner and came back today. I didn't wanna go, but dad wanted me to. at first, I thought he had a motive. guess I was right.
before the dinner, I kept pondering to myself.. 'what will life be like for me in 37 years?' yes, that's how long they've never seen each other. 37! how 'bout that? and to think that 2 of their ex-teachers were present too. I would've thought that Mother Nature would y'know, run her course, but the 2 lady teachers looked fit and talked with much 'teacher attitude' still. after 37 years!
I've actually seen King Edward the VII School in Taiping before. my dad pointed it out to me once with much glowing pride. I bet a thousand childhood memories flashed in his brain just as he was doing so.
it really was something seeing old classmates catching up with each other after so long. will my class reunite once more after so long? what will everyone be doing then? amongst his classmates were a serious-looking pilot who I couldn't tell was joking or being serious at times, 2 rich men who had public-listed companies, 5 doctors (dad included), a dentist, a scuba diving instructor and an engineer. doesn't that make you go, 'wow!'??
from the little anecdotes from the classmates and teachers, I could tell that they really enjoyed school back then. one of dad's friends who also was with him in med school, was really quite an eloquent speaker. his memory was really something! as he said so himself, he has the knack of remembering irrelavant details. lol. but hearing him speak with an indian accent was really quite entertaining. especially since he kept making funny little comments from the back of the room at the speaker in front. he has 2 beautiful daughters that I thought looked younger than me. but you have no idea how old they are... both are doing medicine, one in bristol, the other in MU. no kidding! they really look very young for their age!!!
oh yes, before I forget, there was another school in taiping called st george. and the funny guy I was talking about just now, in form 4, he was actually weighing his options between st george & k.e. and finally decided to school in k.e. he mentioned that he never regretted it cos' he couldn't imagine himself being called a 'georgy'. rofl. georgy porgy!
k.e's school mascot is actually a tiger. which was why I found it rather sweet when they presented the 2 teachers with a silver plaque addressed to the tiger trainers. awww. but I think it should be tiger tamers, judging from all the commotion and noise during the dinner.
I had the opportunity to sit next to one of the tiger trainers during dinner. her teacher instincts sortta kicked in as she advised me on what path I should go after form 5. it seems her grandniece was also a keen writer who wanted very much to do mass comm, but due to her parents objections, did IT instead. and guess what? she's a writer now for hot magazine. haha. I guess it all works out somehow or rather.
during the beginning of the function, I met one of the k.e. wives who was a s'porean. she's a librarian with a very cute sense of humour. haha. she kinda reminds me of an old neighbour who used to babysit me when I was really young. anyhoo, she told me that her youngest daughter was in st andrew's jc and that she too, was from st andrew's, which is a coincidence, since my cousin, (coincidentally named andrew) is in st andrew's too! (ok, how many andrews did I just type there?!)
let's backtrack a bit. before going to the klgcc, where the function was held, we were at megamall. she really spent a lot.. goshh. my mouth was agape at the amount she had to pay for just one top from kookai. I can't believe she bought me an elle top for 70 bucks. goshh. I guess she was feeling guilty and all, but I didn't even like it and will probably not wear it till like, christmas or something.
it so happened there was a study in japan exhibition so dad & I went to check it out. I can't believe all the japs actually flew all the way down for this event. I like their uni tees! they're so cute!! we found out that in order for me to study in japan, I had to grasp the language as a foundation. dad was pretty open-minded actually. he didn't like, say, no way or anything. unlike mom, who still hasn't dropped the subject of me doing medicine. she even mentioned that she doesn't mind me going all the way to UK provided I do med. sigh. maybe I should just do it, just to make her contented. as the cute librarian told me, it's all for glamour's sake. '3 of my children are doctors.' huh. what's so glamourous about that? it's just a profession.
speak of the devil. she just called to make me do something to add on to her prized hall of fame. why can't she understand it's not all about 'face'? memo to self: never grow up to be like her.
now I am in no mood to blog any further. darn. perhaps later or something.
p/s: happy 21st b'day, daniu korkor!

Looking at your picture
From when we first met
You gave me a smile that I could never forget
And nothing I could do could
Protect me from you that night
Wrapped around your finger
Always on my mind
The days would blend cos'
We stayed up all night
You and I were everything to me
I just want you to know that
I've been fighting to let you go
backstreet boys ^ just want you to know

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