Haven blogged for a long time except for that short little message i left like ytd or the day before.....exams ain't over yet and i only have 3 papers but already i'm lethargic.........it hasn't really been smooth sailing this semester although it was very much better than last semester.......but somehow i'm just so worried........i do realise that i haven really put in 100%........heck i dun even come close to 30% if i were to compare myself with some of my frens who seldom or even NEVER misses their lectures and tutorials........but then at the same time tis semester was supposed to be important and CRITICAL for me...........it seems like when u're studying sth u have absolutely no passion for, things seem to hold no meaning of watsoever for u.........as for the consequences, well let's just say u only cry when the milk's been spilled..........
I envy people who studies sth they have a passion for........or have a job they enjoy doing a lot.......i came across a fren's blog and she was totally in love with her course, that being architecture. Architecture is like the ultimate worst nightmare course in Uni not because it sucks but because of the horrendous workload........archi students in NUS practically LIVE in thier studios.......they bring beds n blankets n pillows with them and can spend like days n weeks in the same studio rushing projects and stuff..........plus the course is for 5 years..........but she totally loved what she does, and i must say she does a very very good job too. But studies doesn't take up all her life............she's into photography, hangs out with her frens, takes French even though her course alone can probably kill her............
So what's wrong with me.............?
I have my last paper soon...........it's actually this friday.......and i haven started.............
It's too late to change course i guess..........i mean ya i probably CAN but the problem is (like i said before) i wouldn't know what i wanna do even if the chance is there.......i noe i probably wud have done a lot of things differently had i a chance to re-live my life, but choosing a course is sth that lies still within the grey area of doubt.........
At least i'm thankful that i have great frens in hall who are accompanying me on this pointless race to ace the exams, of which i tink are totally pointless.......the lecturers dun make themselves clear on certain issues, the exams format are still as pointless as before and they probably will continue to be that way for a very long time more, and we are competing against people who probably sits for a MENSA test every week...........
Why can't they ever learn that being able to solve more questions within a shorter period of time or being able to cram more facts inside your brain doesn't automatically mean u're smarter and will do great things in life........? I mean does it appear to you that scientist and inventors have only 2 hours to figure out a maths or science problem in their work? Or that they have the whole damn periodic table and all the elements' details in their heads....? What the heck is the internet for then....? I dunno about unis abroad, but most of the time from what i've gathered their emphasis on exams make so much more sense that what i'm seeing here......or at least in the asian region..........i mean what if i was able to solve that maths question had i had 30 more minutes to come back to it..........? Or that i was able to solve that MCQ regarding which metal corrodes 1st if u had given me their standard electrode potential......? The concepts are there, but the facts are not....does that mean i wudn't be able to solve that question in real life? I can google or wiki their potentials online u idiots...........as long as i noe that the ones with lower potential oxidizes, isn't that the whole point already? Am i being penalised for not "memorising" all that nitty bitty details when even a JC chem tutor/lecturer may not noe........?!
I'm bitchy and bitter..........i noe................
Sum pics from the best class i've been in thruout this whole year in this shit hole of uni...........
French 2 is my saviour this semester.........i ain't kidding.....................
From left: Joshua, Rhoda, Ling (the archi student i mentioned), Ian, Yannick, Vannessa, Xin Li, Me, Rae, Chirlyn, Andrew, Chin Seng, Iliana, Saori.
Monsieur Yannick Appriou
I envy people who studies sth they have a passion for........or have a job they enjoy doing a lot.......i came across a fren's blog and she was totally in love with her course, that being architecture. Architecture is like the ultimate worst nightmare course in Uni not because it sucks but because of the horrendous workload........archi students in NUS practically LIVE in thier studios.......they bring beds n blankets n pillows with them and can spend like days n weeks in the same studio rushing projects and stuff..........plus the course is for 5 years..........but she totally loved what she does, and i must say she does a very very good job too. But studies doesn't take up all her life............she's into photography, hangs out with her frens, takes French even though her course alone can probably kill her............
So what's wrong with me.............?
I have my last paper soon...........it's actually this friday.......and i haven started.............
It's too late to change course i guess..........i mean ya i probably CAN but the problem is (like i said before) i wouldn't know what i wanna do even if the chance is there.......i noe i probably wud have done a lot of things differently had i a chance to re-live my life, but choosing a course is sth that lies still within the grey area of doubt.........
At least i'm thankful that i have great frens in hall who are accompanying me on this pointless race to ace the exams, of which i tink are totally pointless.......the lecturers dun make themselves clear on certain issues, the exams format are still as pointless as before and they probably will continue to be that way for a very long time more, and we are competing against people who probably sits for a MENSA test every week...........
Why can't they ever learn that being able to solve more questions within a shorter period of time or being able to cram more facts inside your brain doesn't automatically mean u're smarter and will do great things in life........? I mean does it appear to you that scientist and inventors have only 2 hours to figure out a maths or science problem in their work? Or that they have the whole damn periodic table and all the elements' details in their heads....? What the heck is the internet for then....? I dunno about unis abroad, but most of the time from what i've gathered their emphasis on exams make so much more sense that what i'm seeing here......or at least in the asian region..........i mean what if i was able to solve that maths question had i had 30 more minutes to come back to it..........? Or that i was able to solve that MCQ regarding which metal corrodes 1st if u had given me their standard electrode potential......? The concepts are there, but the facts are not....does that mean i wudn't be able to solve that question in real life? I can google or wiki their potentials online u idiots...........as long as i noe that the ones with lower potential oxidizes, isn't that the whole point already? Am i being penalised for not "memorising" all that nitty bitty details when even a JC chem tutor/lecturer may not noe........?!
I'm bitchy and bitter..........i noe................
Sum pics from the best class i've been in thruout this whole year in this shit hole of uni...........
French 2 is my saviour this semester.........i ain't kidding.....................
From left: Joshua, Rhoda, Ling (the archi student i mentioned), Ian, Yannick, Vannessa, Xin Li, Me, Rae, Chirlyn, Andrew, Chin Seng, Iliana, Saori.
Monsieur Yannick Appriou
Me and Rae
Dun look so bitter now do I.........................
One paper down, 2 more to go.
French was disappointing, but hopefully i can retain my last sem's grade........
And i want an iPod Touch..............
French was disappointing, but hopefully i can retain my last sem's grade........
And i want an iPod Touch..............
Je suis mort..............
C'est tres horrible.............
Si je ne faire pas quelque chose, je sera.....................
Oh mon dieu......aide moi.............
C'est tres horrible.............
Si je ne faire pas quelque chose, je sera.....................
Oh mon dieu......aide moi.............
Read Alvin's blog the other day n he mentioned he got all A's for his 1st sem can???!! Den Kee also lor almost all A's and in Dean's List summore lar...!!!
Am i the only pathetic one here struggling to maintain my grades before i get kicked out frm NUS once the scholarship stops.....? The funny thing is my exams are barely 2 weeks away, i haven been attending my lectures nor tutorials.......i have a mountain full of undone tutorials plus webcast waiting for me.........i haven started revision...........BUT I DUN FEEL ANYTHING.....!
Where is that sense of urgency i use to have ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.....!!???
I miss him/her soooooooooo much...............
The most ironic thing is that i just finished watching X-Men 3 while munching my Double Whooper with Cheese...............
Plus i just finished watching Elizabeth - The Golden Age in the morning...........it was noon actually since i sleep 10 hours a day nowadays........... By the way the movie was really good......Or maybe i'm just biased when it comes to watching Cate Blanchette..........
Ok i need to haul my ass to the library tmr............i can't get anything done in my room...........
Whoever says money is the root of all evil is soooooooo wrong.............Laptop/Computer is THE root of all evil.........that and youtube as well as all those free-streaming movie sites.............damn i have the worst combination of sins right on top of my table...........
I am so dead....................
Am i the only pathetic one here struggling to maintain my grades before i get kicked out frm NUS once the scholarship stops.....? The funny thing is my exams are barely 2 weeks away, i haven been attending my lectures nor tutorials.......i have a mountain full of undone tutorials plus webcast waiting for me.........i haven started revision...........BUT I DUN FEEL ANYTHING.....!
Where is that sense of urgency i use to have ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY.....!!???
I miss him/her soooooooooo much...............
The most ironic thing is that i just finished watching X-Men 3 while munching my Double Whooper with Cheese...............
Plus i just finished watching Elizabeth - The Golden Age in the morning...........it was noon actually since i sleep 10 hours a day nowadays........... By the way the movie was really good......Or maybe i'm just biased when it comes to watching Cate Blanchette..........
Ok i need to haul my ass to the library tmr............i can't get anything done in my room...........
Whoever says money is the root of all evil is soooooooo wrong.............Laptop/Computer is THE root of all evil.........that and youtube as well as all those free-streaming movie sites.............damn i have the worst combination of sins right on top of my table...........
I am so dead....................
Pride and Prejudice is a very good movie........lol seems a bit late to say this since the movie has been on for quite sum time but i only wanted to watch it after watching Atonement, which was very good too. 2 distinctly different and yet similar movies.
Watching Elizabeth - The Golden Age. Liked the starting, hope it'll be a good one too.
Funny how come i'm watching so many movies when my exams are 2 weeks away..........lol...........born slacker like me can't be bothered i guess.............
Watching Elizabeth - The Golden Age. Liked the starting, hope it'll be a good one too.
Funny how come i'm watching so many movies when my exams are 2 weeks away..........lol...........born slacker like me can't be bothered i guess.............
Went for two seminars today in a row..........had my french comprehension in the morning and it sucked...........last seminar was at National Library and went wif Steve..........browsed Bugis Junction for a while after that be4 grabbing sumthing to eat at Clementi on our way bck...........had a long relaxing chat with him in my room for like 2 hours before i left with Chris and Xin Hui for supper..........since he had a car we went all the way to Newton for chicken wings, orh luak, ikan bakar and sugar cane with lemon. Den stopped by a veri famous tau huey shop in town for cold tau huey and you tiao...............
What a sinful night......................
Must pia tmr liao............veri guilty leh...............
But that's how u enjoy life..........wif good company....! :)
What a sinful night......................
Must pia tmr liao............veri guilty leh...............
But that's how u enjoy life..........wif good company....! :)
Had our Block E Senior's Farewell Supper today.........and we had many many graduating seniors this year.......i think altogether there's about 20 of them...........and we ordered supper from Sheares...........had too much food that we had to resort to playing open numbers to get rid of the remaining fish balls and gor hiang hahaha.....! Luckily luck was on my side and i tak kena cos was super full liao........... :)
Loads of discussion on whether i should move down to the 1st floor or just stay at the 3rd floor..........i dunno............it's all about the same for me so it doesn't really matter anyway hahaha...........
Freaking French written comprehension tmr.............and as usual i dun feel like studying..........the test is at 8am tmr morning and it's already 11pm now and i haven started shit..............but heck it's comprehension how am i supposed to prepare for that.........no mood lar.............
Loads of discussion on whether i should move down to the 1st floor or just stay at the 3rd floor..........i dunno............it's all about the same for me so it doesn't really matter anyway hahaha...........
Freaking French written comprehension tmr.............and as usual i dun feel like studying..........the test is at 8am tmr morning and it's already 11pm now and i haven started shit..............but heck it's comprehension how am i supposed to prepare for that.........no mood lar.............
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
I haven laughed so hard for quite sum time already.....! I tink the last time i did was when i was surfing all the "whose Line Is It Anyway" clips on youtube..........
Go watch Jeff Dunham..........! Especially the episode with Achmed the Dead Terrorist! It's FUCKING FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Achmed is my fav puppet in the show hahahahahahaha i just lurve him so much!!! I heart Achmed!!!!!!!
J'aime Achmed beaucoup beaucoup!!!!!! :)
Man i can watch and rewatch that episode for a hundred times and not feel bored..........!
I haven laughed so hard for quite sum time already.....! I tink the last time i did was when i was surfing all the "whose Line Is It Anyway" clips on youtube..........
Go watch Jeff Dunham..........! Especially the episode with Achmed the Dead Terrorist! It's FUCKING FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Achmed is my fav puppet in the show hahahahahahaha i just lurve him so much!!! I heart Achmed!!!!!!!
J'aime Achmed beaucoup beaucoup!!!!!! :)
Man i can watch and rewatch that episode for a hundred times and not feel bored..........!
Ahhhhhhhhhh.................finally i'm willing to pick up my guitar and strum the strings..........even though i tink most of the strings are like freaking out of tune liao..........and since i'm really not good at tuning plus i dun have a tuner (they cost a bomb), i just have to make do with whatever sound that's coming out of it............
I really have forgotten all that i've learnt..........so no choice have to start from scratch.........as in basic chords and notes i still remember lar...........but really ar i can't play no songs...........so i went searching for simple songs for "beginners" like me............and i found one that most people label as a song suitable for guitar beginners..........the title of the song is "Horse With No Name" by America. Doesn't ring a bell...? Well go youtube and listen to the song........i tink most of us would have heard of the song before.......it's a very very familiar song to me cos when we're in the car my parents normally listen to stations that play old classical songs..sth like class 95 fm or gold 90.5fm..........things liddat lar...........and this song is fairly common.........but i must say it's one of those few classic old songs which i like.........cos it's very simple but unique........you dun find many of such songs nowadays..........
Plus there's only like 2 chords for the ENTIRE song so freaking easy to play...........actually u'll find mostly 2 versions of the tabs, one that has only 2 chords (Em and D 6/9) and the other with 4 chords (Em, Em9, D 6/9, Dmaj9) but all sounds similar and the chords are all easy chords.......all on the 2nd fret anyway.
Nice song.............i wanna learn to play "Your Body Is A Wonderland" by John Mayer but the chords very hard to press hahaha.........so one step at a time bah..........
And actually it's getting easier and easier to learn how to play different instruments.......i mean there's tutorials everywhere on the internet.........plus you most probably will be able to find sum video tutorials on youtube for that particular song you want to learn..........so you got both the written instruction plus visual aid.............makes it so much more easier........!
Haih haven got around to my studies yet...........really not in the mood...........shall listen to more songs then.............
I really have forgotten all that i've learnt..........so no choice have to start from scratch.........as in basic chords and notes i still remember lar...........but really ar i can't play no songs...........so i went searching for simple songs for "beginners" like me............and i found one that most people label as a song suitable for guitar beginners..........the title of the song is "Horse With No Name" by America. Doesn't ring a bell...? Well go youtube and listen to the song........i tink most of us would have heard of the song before.......it's a very very familiar song to me cos when we're in the car my parents normally listen to stations that play old classical songs..sth like class 95 fm or gold 90.5fm..........things liddat lar...........and this song is fairly common.........but i must say it's one of those few classic old songs which i like.........cos it's very simple but unique........you dun find many of such songs nowadays..........
Plus there's only like 2 chords for the ENTIRE song so freaking easy to play...........actually u'll find mostly 2 versions of the tabs, one that has only 2 chords (Em and D 6/9) and the other with 4 chords (Em, Em9, D 6/9, Dmaj9) but all sounds similar and the chords are all easy chords.......all on the 2nd fret anyway.
Nice song.............i wanna learn to play "Your Body Is A Wonderland" by John Mayer but the chords very hard to press hahaha.........so one step at a time bah..........
And actually it's getting easier and easier to learn how to play different instruments.......i mean there's tutorials everywhere on the internet.........plus you most probably will be able to find sum video tutorials on youtube for that particular song you want to learn..........so you got both the written instruction plus visual aid.............makes it so much more easier........!
Haih haven got around to my studies yet...........really not in the mood...........shall listen to more songs then.............
Been listening to John Mayer a lot...........plus saw sum funny clips of him on youtube.........damn is he funny lol..........
Din realise he's been producing so many good songs.............i mean i dun understand y ppl classify him under "Pop" when his music is so obviously more than that.........it's unconventional, smooth, soothing, classy with an edge to it, and most of the time the lyrics make much more sense than a chapter in your "pendidikan moral" book...........
He's really really REALLY good...............
Some of his songs i really really REALLY like:
No Such Thing
Your Body Is A Wonderland
Gravity
Clarity
Daughters
Waiting On The World To Change
Say
The last song is also his newest single and it appeared on the movie...............wait i can't recall the title................
Oh it's "The Bucket List"! Featuring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman...........ok just these 2 names should make you get ur lazy butt off ur chair n rush to the nearest cinema for tickets right away................plus they say it's a really really REALLY good movie...........! I can't wait to catch it!
Back to the topic.............John Mayer's really good...............plus his guitar skills are equally good too!
So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
I am invincible
As long as I'm alive
How empowering............but suddenly after reading this i wonder what am i doing pursuing a degree in sth i have almost zero interest in..............
Well i can't sing.........and i can't really play the guitar though one is sitting right beside the mirror in my room..............
So then what can i do.....?
Or rather, what do i WANT to do.............? Well i noe i want to travel..........but other than that, what do i want to do in my life as a job that i'll enjoy....?
Is that supposed to be a trick question...............?
John Mayer ~ No Such Thing
Din realise he's been producing so many good songs.............i mean i dun understand y ppl classify him under "Pop" when his music is so obviously more than that.........it's unconventional, smooth, soothing, classy with an edge to it, and most of the time the lyrics make much more sense than a chapter in your "pendidikan moral" book...........
He's really really REALLY good...............
Some of his songs i really really REALLY like:
No Such Thing
Your Body Is A Wonderland
Gravity
Clarity
Daughters
Waiting On The World To Change
Say
The last song is also his newest single and it appeared on the movie...............wait i can't recall the title................
Oh it's "The Bucket List"! Featuring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman...........ok just these 2 names should make you get ur lazy butt off ur chair n rush to the nearest cinema for tickets right away................plus they say it's a really really REALLY good movie...........! I can't wait to catch it!
Back to the topic.............John Mayer's really good...............plus his guitar skills are equally good too!
So the good boys and girls take the so called right track
Faded white hats
Grabbing credits
Maybe transfers
They read all the books but they can't find the answers
And all of our parents
They're getting older
I wonder if they've wished for anything better
While in their memories
Tiny tragedies
They love to tell you
Stay inside the lines
But something's better
On the other side
I wanna run through the halls of my high school
I wanna scream at the
Top of my lungs
I just found out there's no such thing as the real world
Just a lie you got to rise above
I am invincible
As long as I'm alive
How empowering............but suddenly after reading this i wonder what am i doing pursuing a degree in sth i have almost zero interest in..............
Well i can't sing.........and i can't really play the guitar though one is sitting right beside the mirror in my room..............
So then what can i do.....?
Or rather, what do i WANT to do.............? Well i noe i want to travel..........but other than that, what do i want to do in my life as a job that i'll enjoy....?
Is that supposed to be a trick question...............?
John Mayer ~ No Such Thing
Ok my life is boring............
Let me spell dat out for u...........B O R I N G.............
N i'm not going to turkey liao sienz...............trip canceled.................damn it.............actually kinda expected it lar but still was harboring sum hope..............
Sienz..................
I shud get a job..............and wif money..............get a life..............
Let me spell dat out for u...........B O R I N G.............
N i'm not going to turkey liao sienz...............trip canceled.................damn it.............actually kinda expected it lar but still was harboring sum hope..............
Sienz..................
I shud get a job..............and wif money..............get a life..............
Oh ya...........just realised got new photos can upload...........but as usual i look retarded in them so just admire the rest and ignore me..............
Welfare Comm Pic 1
Welfare Comm Pic 2
Insights Pic 1
VPU Pic 1
VPU Pic 2
VPU Pic 3
Welfare Pic 3
Block E Comm Pic 1
Block E Comm Pic 2
Block E Comm Pic 3
Insights Pic 2
Insights Pic 3
TH Productions Pic 1
TH Productions Pic 2
TH Productions Pic 3
TH Productions Pic 4
I tink i look nicer with longer hair..........but short hair = fuss-free maintainence............
Damn..............
Welfare Comm Pic 1
Welfare Comm Pic 2
Insights Pic 1
VPU Pic 1
VPU Pic 2
VPU Pic 3
Welfare Pic 3
Block E Comm Pic 1
Block E Comm Pic 2
Block E Comm Pic 3
Insights Pic 2
Insights Pic 3
TH Productions Pic 1
TH Productions Pic 2
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TH Productions Pic 4
Damn..............
Finally the fever's gone...........! But heck my sore throat has just gotten worst.............no more fried food for me..........
Kah Sing stopped by today cos he had an interview nearby at Buona Vista..........so we went to Arts Canteen to eat again (we went there too the last time he stopped by....) Den it started to POUR as in literally POUR....! And i was stuck there..............in the end buey tahan cos got duty in hall soon for Comm Close Dinner so had to walk all the way to YIH to take bus back..............
Oh ya i bought tis cooler fan thingy for the laptop............S$19 and it was supposedly on sale...........but i dun really noe whether it's necessary or not............
Anyway i desperately need an external hardisk............who can go with me to Sim Lim and get one............? I dun wan those good brands wan cos all so fucking ex.........and everyone i've seen with an external hardisk have those nvr heard be4 brands one cos i tink cheaper............i dun wan to kena cheated of my money again...............budget is S$80 and below...........for i tink either an 80 GB or 120 GB.........is that possible....? Or better still...............160 GB..............or even 320 GB!!! Ok dats going too far..........i only need like eiter a 120 or 160 GB one.........cos everytime need to transfer videos for screening need external hardisk since the files are so huge..........and dunno y but my laptop's running out of space............i tink i left with less than 20 GB on both my C and D drive.................who can go with me....................I DUN WAN TO KENA CHEATED AGAIN..............!!!
Ohhhhhhh i'm uploading the ALKA OG video onto youtube............!!! :)
But it's the 1st version that we did during the interim period i think........the 2nd version i haven go and kope from the editing room yet...............
Kah Sing stopped by today cos he had an interview nearby at Buona Vista..........so we went to Arts Canteen to eat again (we went there too the last time he stopped by....) Den it started to POUR as in literally POUR....! And i was stuck there..............in the end buey tahan cos got duty in hall soon for Comm Close Dinner so had to walk all the way to YIH to take bus back..............
Oh ya i bought tis cooler fan thingy for the laptop............S$19 and it was supposedly on sale...........but i dun really noe whether it's necessary or not............
Anyway i desperately need an external hardisk............who can go with me to Sim Lim and get one............? I dun wan those good brands wan cos all so fucking ex.........and everyone i've seen with an external hardisk have those nvr heard be4 brands one cos i tink cheaper............i dun wan to kena cheated of my money again...............budget is S$80 and below...........for i tink either an 80 GB or 120 GB.........is that possible....? Or better still...............160 GB..............or even 320 GB!!! Ok dats going too far..........i only need like eiter a 120 or 160 GB one.........cos everytime need to transfer videos for screening need external hardisk since the files are so huge..........and dunno y but my laptop's running out of space............i tink i left with less than 20 GB on both my C and D drive.................who can go with me....................I DUN WAN TO KENA CHEATED AGAIN..............!!!
Ohhhhhhh i'm uploading the ALKA OG video onto youtube............!!! :)
But it's the 1st version that we did during the interim period i think........the 2nd version i haven go and kope from the editing room yet...............
I dunno whether my fever's gone......but seeing that i still dun feel as good as before, i guess not.............
This sucks...................
Utada Hikaru ~ Prisoner of Love
This sucks...................
Utada Hikaru ~ Prisoner of Love
Fever, flu, runny nose, sore throat....these were all that i felt this morning.............felt like dying..........after what felt like heaven ytd, today must have been hell.........and i had to force myself to mug for my french paper due at 4pm summore...........
Was this my punishment for 1.) eating too much and not following my diet plans and 2.) spending too much money when i said i wanted to save instead............?
I just want to get the freaking test done and over with.........den come back and plonk myself onto the bed (literally) and sleep thru the nite till tmr morning..............
Thanx to ee wuen who brought me medicine all the way frm eusoff...........
I feel like dying......................
Was this my punishment for 1.) eating too much and not following my diet plans and 2.) spending too much money when i said i wanted to save instead............?
I just want to get the freaking test done and over with.........den come back and plonk myself onto the bed (literally) and sleep thru the nite till tmr morning..............
Thanx to ee wuen who brought me medicine all the way frm eusoff...........
I feel like dying......................