This is not to spite all those who haven't finish their exams, but I am genuinely glad that I've finished mine. It was a nightmare, to be honest.
And the rest of the papers...

22nd April, Tuesday- HL205 Victorian Literature and Culture
I guess this paper was okaaaay too. Meaning, I should be able to pass. Hahaha. Meaning also, this was seriously an alright paper as compared to the horrible nightmare that is HL103. But the questions I chose were like, common questions that many people did. I hope my essays don't pale in comparison. *crosses fingers*

23rd April, Wednesday- HL211 Representations of Asia: Film and Fiction
At first, I thought the paper was alright too. I mean, I watched both films that I chose to do on- Shanghai Knights and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. But after getting back my research essay paper, I'm starting to think maybe the paper wasn't as okay as I thought. 'Cause I got the first B of the semester. ): Fine, I'm not exactly getting As (which is saddening) but at least it was a string of B pluses. They beat my B anytime. So..yeah, guess my essays would be quite general/shallow as compared to other people's. Sigh. And somemore I wrote so little for Shanghai Knights. As it was my second essay, I was like...bored already. LOL. I kept glancing at the clock and counting down to the minutes when I'll be free. Tsk.

I am really dreading my results this time, more so than last semester. So much for saying I'll study harder this semester. Hahaha. Guess I shouldn't have said such stuff. Let's just take it one step at a time now. I'll at least try to be more consistent in my readings next semester. And hope for useful tutorials. Hahaha. 'Cause I realise that I had an easier time with Victorian Lit because I rmbred stuff from my tutorials. Yay for my tutor! (:  And needless to say, the paper that was my shittiest was the one that I had really left readings to the last minute. So yes, even if I fail, I know I deserve it. *slaps self*

On a happier note, I finally managed to find S1 Episode 14 of Gossip Girl! LOL I'm such a tv addict. And such a fail at finding things on the internet. Oh well. At least there's _ochre to go to for all tech problems. Hahaha! Accompanied with stuff like, "NOOB." and "Once a noob, always a noob." Okay random.

We went to remove some stuff from hall today after lunch. Preparing to move out from hall. I'm actually quite happy about it. No more worrying whether my things are in hall or at home! And no more lugging stuff back and forth! No more sharing toilets! *big smile*

But I will miss the freedom that I had when I was in hall. The late night movies with Nat the Roomie. The convenience of it when I want to go for lessons or crash after lessons. I guess everything does has its pros and cons. And one more thing, despite being a resident of Hall 13, I will miss Hall 14/15's Japanese food. Very much.

Anyway, many thanks to Nat for being a great Roomie for these past few months. Because I'm generally a noob at many things, Nat has been very nice to tolerate my nonsense and took good care of me. Hahaha. So yup, THANKS NAT PANG. (:

ALL THE BEST TO THOSE WHO STILL HAVE PAPERS!

Oh, before I forget, its my bi-annual job hunt. Happens whenever I have holidays. Whoever got tuition jobs to recommend, TELL ME PLEASE THANKS I WILL LOVE YOU MORRREEE. HAHAHA.

Something else random too. I was genuinely surprised, shocked, appalled, ... (add in your own suitable adjective) because I found out some people actually don't know who is Kenny Sia?! OMG. I told one of them, that's like saying you don't know what is...Wikipedia...? LOL. At least they know Xiaxue. Or I'm really going into shock (no, not the medical condition) right this minute.

I've got a couple of movies that I want to watch, but somehow I haven't. I remember I really wanted to watch The Home Song Stories, the one with Joan Chen and Qi Yuwu. But nobody seems interested. Most people just go like, "HARH, Qi Yuwu ah??" or "What's that?? Nice meh??". Then I thought No Reservations looked quite sweet and heartwarming, and after watching Ratatouille (which was good, by the way!), I really didn't mind a movie all about food. (: But I haven't been meeting up with people, so its just too bad. The Nanny Diaries looks like a fun chick flick to watch, but I don't think its like must-watch so that's still okay. And now there's Lust, Caution that intrigues me, even more so after reading 8days's article on it. But I really cannot stand the fact that the censorship board just must cut out 9 minutes from it. 9 minutes is alot okay?! What's wrong with not taking any parts out, and making it M18?

Its so amazing that I didn't meet anybody this week. I think we were supposed to meet up for dinner on Thursday with Janesa, but due to some unforseen circumstances, I don't think we are anymore, right? I want to keep my Wednesdays free because I want to go home for dinner. And today had some SF meeting which went on for what seemed like a million years because it was freaking cold in the room. Oh and I only just found out today where the Student Activity Centre is! LOL. It has a nice cafe that looks a little like a food court. Food is not bad too.  Nat and Belle, next time we can go there to eat! Though I heard that it gets quite crowded during lunch hour. Katherine says that its the nicest part of the school, which is quite true. At least, it looks new and modern. She was shocked that I actually didn't know that place existed. Oh well. I'm sure my 2 good friends didn't know either! (: And I was telling Nat what I heard just now. Some people spotted 2 baby wild boars in school! Near the NIE area I think. One of them said at first he thought they were stray cats 'cause they were so small. LOL. So cute right?! I will try to look out for them and take picture! 

These 2 days have been rather pleasant (but still boring). (: Oh by the way I bought bus concession! So now I can take buses whenever I like! Okay wait, why am I saying all these? Tsk, you know your life is really boring when you are blogging about bus concession.   

Life has gotten so hopelessly mundane after school has started. Now all I can talk about is school, and maybe school, plus more school. I'm bored with myself. Its so weird how when school haven't started, I was complaining about only having work and nothing else to spend my time on. And now school has started, its becoming a routine too, a routine that's starting to bore me. I guess this is what people mean by the grass being greener on the other side. I'm hoping I won't be so bored after i get a part-time job/go back to bqt. Oh and we really should sign up for our E2 Jap Class before our results become invalid. About this, I'm speaking to _ochre, jan_esa and chew_on_itz. Whoever got a whole lot of time to spare, please feel free to ask me out. Maybe if I start having a flexible part-time job, Jap class and dinner dates, I will feel busier, with things to do, places to go. (: I don't really like the feeling of going back hall right after my lessons, unless its a Monday (because my Monday is very packed). There's nothing much to do in hall; I can't even watch my videos with ease. Youtube and Crunchyroll loads really slowly with the hall's internet connection. Sigh. 

And I'm kinda missing home. Even though going home would mean alot of nagging and getting scolded for the most ridiculous reasons, yeah I miss the comfort of it. And I also miss not having to share the toilet with so many people. YAY going home tomorrow! Did I ever mention I love Fridays? (:  

GOOD NEWS: I can finally use internet in hall! Went to buy my LAN cable just now. I was so embarrassingly noobish when I went to buy it that I shall not reveal the whole incident here.

BAD NEWS: The internet connection is sooo slow that I can't do anything! I don't know if its just my laptop, or if everybody else is experiencing it too. Sigh. So I can't download my MSN!! ): It says Estimated Time Left (to download it) is 4 hrs 50 minutes. Like WTF right! -crosses fingers and hope internet will get faster-

On a side note, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET A LAPTOP. And then me and Nat can like, finally move into hall. School is okay, but it is really quite tiring to travel so far to and from school. I seem to be enjoying my electives more than my core modules for now actually. LOL. Sociology is funny, especially when the teacher gives out-of-the-world examples. And Translation's quite cool, even though I was quite shocked when I found out that it was taught in Chinese. The lecturer's nice though, he would explain those cheem cheem idioms in simple Chinese or English. And he has a sense of humour, so at least his lecture is not boring. (: Speaking of Translation, I haven't done the homework yet! Tutorial is tomorrow! I'm so slack that somebody should smack me please.

We went to NTU today and it was.. 


And going to school today just makes everything seem even more real. We're starting school next week! I'm kind of afraid. I've never liked starting all over in a new environment. Sure, its exciting, like its university life after all. But what if I can't make any new friends? Thank goodness for the SR gang man. LOL. Though I do want to make new friends too. And I don't know how's the curriculum like. There is quite alot of free time, but I reckon we have plenty of self-study to do, since its Eng Lit. I hope I'll be able to cope when lessons REALLY begin. 

These past few months have flew past. I'm starting to think I didn't even spend them properly. Oh no! But okay, I guess I've caught up with the people that I wanted to meet up, maintained relationships (much love to 6TEETH and my sec sch besties!), slacked like never before, worked a little, took a very basic Jap class, went to TW, and also to HK just last month with Nat and Jan. So maybe its not TOO bad. (: And now that school is really starting, all the best to people starting sch too! Enjoy sch life! 

imagine how early i will have to wake up if i'm going to have class at 8 and i'm not staying in hall. 
so thank goodness i'm going to stay in hall.
and thank goodness i'm having a nice room-mate. (for the time being anyway; i don't know if we will have any clashes in terms of living habits. but being the nice person that i am, i'm guessing there won't be any big problems. hahaha.)

the medical check-up today was..alot of waiting. i can't believe i woke up super early and spent my entire morning travelling to NTU and then wait around for my turn. they should really speed up the x-ray thingy by having maybe 2 rooms for x-ray? all i can say is, i'm really glad i went with DR. i think i would be bored to death, and most probably get lost also (what if i accidentally fall and roll down one of those hills and nobody can find me?!), if i went alone. 

ohh and we met 2 girls, one from NJC and one from HCJC. and when they ask us what JC we were from, i said 'Serangoon JC' rather sheepishly. i do like SR and i think the school do have good teachers, and good students (ahem!) of course. but somehow, i'll feel a little intimidated when they tell me they're from those better schools. and, that sucks. i feel like a terrible student. i really want to be able to say proudly that i'm from SR. now don't get me wrong, i'm not ashamed that i'm from SR, its just that i'm reminded of what our teachers said about how we're going to have to compete with the higher-ranked JCs' students when we go to universities. and that's kind of scary. you can say that it doesn't matter which JC you're from, but there must be something in those students that allowed them to enter top schools right? so i guess its mugging time again in university..though many have said that university is easier than JC. well, i certainly hope that's the case. i don't really want to spend my entire uni life STUDYING. that's a really sad life man.