i'm a student; get me OUTTA here.

I MISS PARIS.

what i wouldn't give to be walking on the cobblestone streets now, instead of sitting here and reading Hamlet. oh dear GOD. 

faux pas

Friday seems some time away. Cannot say that I spent the weekend very productively study-wise. Caught Revolutionary Road yesterday. Guess it'll resonate strongly in times like these. But i can identify more with Kate Winslet's character than Leo's. Although I prefer safe generally, like her, ultimately I still believe the only way is up, and that we should never settle. I don't like challenging myself but really, we never know our limits until tested. I am very irritated by my exams. oh, and I hate hate hate the new MCYS family funeral ad. have you caught it? NOT touching at all. so contrived, so damn lame. and really, i cannot fathom how our singles can pick up subtle messages to start actively looking for a partner. i was NOT AMUSED even watching it for the first time. just thought it was draggy and so cringe-worthy. hate that the widow tried to deliver an oh-so-fresh eulogy by getting everyone's attention with her: i'm-going-to-talk-about my-husband-in-bed bullshit. please. if i were single, i would think that such idiosyncrasies are not unique to a life partner. friends are good enough. or dogs. anyhow, i hope they stop screening it soon. 

Colonizer and Colonized

terence observed that just now, after paying for it, i clutched my new issue of uk glamour and skipped out of Harris without collecting my change. HAHA. i wasn't aware! i'm just a little bit happy. one has to be, after finishing two papers with three to go (do you know, we're even supposed to SPELL out numericals in our essays?! i think i knew but forgot haha). i really just want to twirl about in a dress and watch Revolutionary Road tomorrow. and eat sambal stingray (which i know won't happen soon cos it's just too hot to go to hawker centres these days, even newton circus). as the may issues of magazines hit newsstands today, i'm concerned that time will just fly past, and that spring summer will be over soon (which is a valid concern if you think about it. the fall previews will be out in about 2 issues. ARGH!). wonder if silk playsuits will still be in vogue next season. hmmm. what recession. i need an in-between-papers little shopathon tmr. 

grounded

exams exams lalala...

austria austria... lake traunsee...road trip... 

freedom..liberation...Grazia...

divine intervention...focus...i need a massage...

there is more to life than exams. and that's life itself. and the wonders of creation. that's what an old taxi driver taught me yesterday. certainly puts things into perspective. taxi drivers are my therapy. they are the best people to talk to for abit of a laugh, a slice of life and honest, no-holds-barred opinions. they really make me happy. and i'm so glad i've only met the best of them so far. 

back to my text then. paper's tomorrow and so far so good.

The Great Sigh of Relief: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

With great joy and relief, I announce that I have submitted all 5 lit papers and am currently preparing for my exams! A happy Good Friday to all; I hope that what Christ did for all of us still touches you this day, and every other day too. I feel incredibly blessed, and I undertake my revision with hope in Christ and with complete faith in His strength :)

I touched a snake!!!

Currently besotted with my pair of snakeskin wedges.

 Quite costly; but I am still delighted that I am wearing a reptile (if you don't agree, don't drop me messages telling me I am evil. I don't care for what you think.) 

I never, never can comprehend the wildlife people on documentaries espousing the gloriousness of a serpent. 

the same way activists will probably never understand the 'cruelty' of wearing snakeskin for something as frivolous as fashion I guess. 

BUT. luxe skins are not a fad. they are classics and here to stay. 

my pair is not loud at all; bronze but not too glitzy. 

My darling darling friend Pauline is SUPER anti-snake/sequins/shine. 

but she approved of the versatility of this pair. 

A pedicure in Lincoln Park After Dark completes the look. 

Let me upload a picture of them soon.

But please don't wear fur. I beseech you. The Furries are our Friends.