Today I MUST post. 'Cos I've finally really realised the fun and use and importance of having and interacting with my Yr 2 and 3 seniors. Yesterday a senior was full of advise for us concerning our project (advise that my tutor himself told us the very next day...). Today while I was sketching the plot of plants outside T5 some seniors came to guide and advise. And later while attempting to abstract my composition, a senior came to see me if I wanted any help. Another senior did give some tips regarding the project again too.

DLA people are cool. I don't think I'd enjoy school as much without this inter-link network of trust and reliance between the few of us...

I love all of you in SP's DLA course, lecturers included. Always hoping to see ya on weekdays! Stay cool! I *really* love you all...

Oh I'm having a horrible migraine...shucks...

Aishah is still stuck at abstracting. Please approach her to help and give advise when you can. She cannot think well when her head's throbbing like its gonna burst anytime due to headache/migraine. So also, please try not to provoke her. Joke with her at your own risk. She might just raise her leg to try kick your head off your shoulder.

Or...break down. She can't help it when she's sick.

System shutting down...

This'll be the shortest post I've done in a long time...I'm really busy right now, slightly stressed...but I still love school to bits and will strive to get the Director's Honors Roll at the end of Yr 1...(am I too far achieveing? I mean, if my sister could do it why can't I aim for it?)

OKies I'm working on my Primer project Task B, to super-impose my leaves composition, and later to abstract it...after that'll be to make a story out of it...I'm actually lagging behind schedule compared to most of my classmates...aarghhh...slow me...

And my dad just found a handphone...and I obediently helped to delete the existing contacts...no prank calls made, 'cos the contacts are mostly overseas numbers..e.g. in Africa, London, Saudi Arabia...I don't wanna tax my Hi!Card, haha...

Okay, back to super-imposing...I'm gonna use my fish tank to trace out my printed composition. I guess finally there's one good purpose as to having a pet fish in the house!

Wow...my mother *finally* has resumed communication with my 2nd sis...they hadn't acknowledged each other for weeks!

Hmm...all of my 3 oniichans birthdays are in May...so is my 2nd sister's birthday...May is such a busy month...and may I *not* gonna be real broke, haha.

I'm having a bit of a trouble trying to figure out how to tweak the html of my other new blog (*surprise!* I'll only reveal the blog address when the template finally looks okay...)

Aaahh..I'm supposed to buy my Muji notebook and my parallel roller ruler today...I'll go do that after posting this...

Yesterday was a fun lesson. I got to know many many many more things about one of my oniichan: Calvin a.k.a. Xiaoming! Haha..he's really full of experiences to share...makes a good public speaker, really...

On Monday, school will *finally* begin for real! Lectures, tutorials, projects...whaa!! I can't wait to dunk into the stress of DLA life! Might sound crazy to most people...but hey, I've been laying 'dormant' for too long a time already...I can't wait to let my creativity juices ooze out from my brain...

Hmm...I accidentally stepped on a moth yesterday...my mother accidentally stepped on a lizard today...I did accidentally run over a lizard the other day...and someone did accidentally squash a lizard between the folding doors of the toilet last year...weird...

By the way, everyone is class is fussing over my TK doll...even the guys...haha...

I'm gonna be learning how to bake cakes from my best friend Lyz! Yay! I can't wait to learn that too!

Whooohoo!! I'm done doing my assignment for today! Had to sketch 5 trees and 5 shrubs found in Pulau Ubin...and I finally completed it! Yay!

Right..Pulau Ubin...yesterday started badly. We were *late*. Instead of reaching Changi Jetty at 0830hrs as instructed, we (quite a group of us DLA kiddoes) reached past 9am. Late lor...

K k..that aside...we going to set off to Ubin, we took a picture. Reached Ubin, took a picture. Pictures and more pictures. Even took pictures of plants, haha. But when we were all told to do our sketch at that time, I didn't want to...I don't know why...but once I took some peeps at some of my classmates, I felt compelled to sketch 2 plants (together with their respective common name and scientific name) in the end. Some of my classmates are really good artists! Wish I could learn from them...

I kinda got lost together in a group of us during the trail...

Oh, and I wore my OBS polo-t! Go OBS, Junko watch rocks!

Uh, yah, then...go prawn farm! I was totally convinced that someone should start a Diploma in Farming. There's so many things to learn! Some of us even ate live and fresh prawns...
And after that...home-ward bound! I stayed behind with my usual group of guys (excluding Wenqiang)(including new member Michelle) to go cycling 'round the island! That's the best part of the day to me. Cycle till we didn't realise we went one round. Cycle till we often need to pause. Cycle till our butts hurt madly right now...Ariffin told me he's got muscle aches on his arms and legs only, though...

Take bus 2, reach Bedok MRT, parted ways, copying plant names at McDonald's, go home...pray, bathe, pray, computer! I logged into MSN 1st thing, as always...then began my internet lookup on plants that can be found on Pulau Ubin to sketch them (in the comfort of my house and fan...). I even missed watching Jewel in the Palace, WHRobin and Sunabouzu so as to complete my work. I feel so happy having done all that drawing already...so I started to tweak my official custom-made logo using Ulead! I don't really like the coloured version...my original black-and-white brush-painted logo is still prettier.



This logo, by the way, shall be seen on every single piece of work that I produce as a Landscape Architecture student. For the whole of 1st year. I love my logo!!

Oh yeah, probably by tomorrow or Saturday hopefully I'll be able to post the pictures I took of my wonderful class onto my blog!

(Aishah turns away to check how much darker she got from after the Ubin trip *again*...)

It's all Paul-kun's fault lah that we were late to arrive at the jetty yesterday! >:(

I deem yesterday's post -INVALID-. Therefore I shall re-write for yesterday's blunder's sake.

Okay, okay...yesterday had a very bright beginning. I met up with Paul-kun, my classmate, a.k.a. my oniichan ('big brother' in Jap) at Foodcourt 2 at (apparently) 7.30 in the morning to eat breakfast (or so he thought. I didn't, you see. Haha.) And then we arrived at our most beloved Studio, T531, quite punctually at 8am, the time we're supposed to report for class.

After which...we were introduced to another lecturer for our course, Mdm Siti! She's a building architect, right as we 'speak' (I'm typing, aren't I? Not 'speaking'...) but she'll be teaching one of our modules, Environmental System and Process, I think. So far, I find that she's a really nice lady!

Oh, then, we watched a video made by the Yr 2 students of DLA. Something they've been compiling for the whole of their 1st year as Landscape Architecture students. It was very enlightening to some, it was a touching video to me...maybe it was the background music that they used. It's really not much of the fun that I'm looking forward to, it's the opportunity to realize myself and my potential, the opportunity to do things anew, without having burdens of my past around to drag me down. 'Cos as it is, there's no one in my course whom I know from my secondary school, but only one guy was actually a schoolmate from my primary school, but that's not so much of a burden.

Then we personalised our workspace! Yay! I've got my mini Zen garden, 3 postcards with pictures of beautiful historical gardens from Busan, Korea (I happened to buy them on my choir competition trip to Busan in Sec 1), my drawings of Dio and Luciola from Last Exile and Kouji and Kouichi from Digimon Frontier, all pinned to the divider board with my cute ladybug pins bought from Borders! And lastly, there's my ever-so-comfy wrist-pad. I've been having a problem with my wrist these few months. Sometimes a nerve inside will simply hurt so much, very sharply. I'm so scared I might get that weird syndrome of people who use the mouse/keyboard too often that they suffer from such pains.

Then we collected our stationeries! I was one in my class who might've bought the most number of things..till my plastic bags broke, even though I doubled it...sheesh. In any case we all left them at our workspace in the studio, and proceeded to Pasir Ris Park! BUT, meanwhile, in between, Aishah here attempted to return Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG boxes 1 and 2 at the school main library, and also borrow boxes 3 and 4 at the same time. I ended up making my classmates wait for me! Aargh!! My oniichans actually went to the library to wait for me!! And my classmate Alia was so worried that I'll be left behind. Nyahaha. Hontouni gomen nasai, minna-san!

Then, the trip to Pasir Ris. We took a train, a bulk of DLA Yr 1 students did..together with our tutor/lecturer (I'm still confused as to how we're supposed to spell his name. Haih.) Reaching Pasir Ris, we took 354 to the bus stop where you would get down if you wanna go to Escape Theme Park, and walked our way to our 'site' at the beach. I feel so bad for making the Year 3s wait for us! But along the way, I spoke to a lot of my classmates to get to know them better. ^^

Then we were teamed in groups of 5. I was with Ryann, Wenqiang, Ariffin and Ernest (apparently I was the rose amongst the thorns)(Nevermind, I noticed Paul was the thorn amidst the roses in his team, haha) and then paired up with a senior group of 4 people. So far I've only managed to remember 2 of the seniors' names: Tuson and Rainie. Tuson-san was our team leader. And we played a simple game to try memorise each other's names. Unsuccessful, in my case. I now remember about 8 more of my own classmates' names, though. After which my own group had to go look for materials (picked up from our surroundings) to make a sculpture, based on a concept. Our concept was...funny. But I liked one team's idea, they used an umbrella, a shoe, drink cans, with some other stuffs, and make into the life story of a migrant who came to S'pore. Haha. So innovative!

Then we were let to go home. I went with a few of my guy pals to eat at McDonald's at Downtown East (they're basically my team mates + Paul-kun). *smiles* That's all I can say. I don't know how on earth to explain my feeling of freedom, going out with a group of guys again. I've always been doing that back in primary school, but was barred for 4 years while being in a girls' school, and now I'm back to the ever-so-cool mixed-gender environment. I love it. I just socialize around guys better than with girls. And, HEY, I'm not flirting okay, if that's what you're thinking. It's just that guys are way more open are easy-going than people of my own gender are. More fun. More freedom.

And I applied for my Tertiary student Ez-link card at the Pasir Ris bus interchange's Ticket Office.

Such were the events of yesterday. As complete as I can relate. I don't wanna talk about home-stuff. I'm not feeling too good about my situation at home..

That episode of WHRobin last Thursday...it left me feeling painful. Robin..she cried out "Amon...Amon..Amon...Amon...Amon..Amon..Amon..." so many many times...she was so desperate...it made my heart go out to her. So desperate...

It reminds me of in I'm the King of the Castle (those who took 2005 GCE 'O' Level Literature would know) when Kingshaw cried out "Mummy...mummy...mummy..." countless of times...he was desperate too. Repetition of calling out for someone can really make you seem vulnerable, weak...in despair.

But anyways...today was a REALLY, hontouni fun day! Had so much fun with my classmates and the Year 3 seniors! I don't feel like explaining at length what today was all about, only that we went to Pasir Ris Park for an outing-desu!

Uhh..there's someone I really like right now...but I should think it's too soon and too rash if I were to tell him how I feel...he'd *definitely* get a shock. So...let's leave it at that. See how things go...then when I think I've seen his 'real' or 'true' self as you may say, I might eventually confess. Oh well, oh well...Aishah is *actually* letting people in on her deepest secrets. Once in a while, I just need to let the whole world know what I'm going through. It's *damn* sickening to keep it all to yourself.

Hope he'll notice it. Or maybe not. Anything goes...

I'm feeling so delighted now. The Pasir Ris Park outing has made me so happy. Nyahaha.

And today I finally got all my stationeries! Well, all except my parallel roller ruler and adjustable set square. Only these 2 things and I'm raring to go as a DLA 1st year student!

And so I got to know many more classmates today...and I started personalizing my workspace today too...there's now 3 posties of Korea's historical gardens in Busan, my fanart drawings of Dio and Luciola from Last Exile, as well as Kouji and Kouichi from Digimon Frontier, and my mini Zen garden. Haha. Still quite spacious eh...

Oh, and I realized Sunabouzu a.k.a. Desert Punk has yet to have an official fanlisting.

After 3 days...I'm finally updating again! There's so many things to tell you guys! So many new friends to introduce here! Wait, slowly ah...I said I wanted to explain why I like Amon-kun in my previous post right? So here goes...

Amon-kun is imply *hot*. Yah. Fullstop. No questions, no doubts.

Okay, so on with my life. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...

Monday:
I went for my 1st day of SP Orientation. 1st, I got to know my lecturer! Then, we learn all about our school's Internet/Intranet/computer systems, called SPICE, as well as the SP Library's system ELISER! Then...go home!

Tuesday:
Official opening ceremony! Introduced to SP Library, Student Alumni, Sch of Built Environment club, amongst other things...and got to know some of the lecturers in my course! Then...oh, I ordered my stationeries too! I chose to order with Art Friend...then..we got to see where our classroom is! It's a studio!! Air-conditioned, by the way...and we also got our tin cans and t-shirts and licence to do SP Flag Day for President's Challenge for the next day! And then I went to Orchard to buy Gundam Seed Destiny's postcards-and-portraits book!

Wednesday:
Met up with 3 classmates to do flag day together-gether...at Somerset area...don't ask how much I collected...this is my 1st time doing Flag Day. And took bus 14 from Dhoby Ghaut back to school once done...and...later we got assigned our personal workspaces!!

Ya, that's about it...and, like I said, I made so many new friends! But still so many more to meet! There's no official programme for tomorrow, but I'll be watching my borrowed DVDs of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG at home for sure!

I never knew being an anime fan-girl could be sooo...exasperating.

I'm dying right now.
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DYING TO GET TO SEE AMON AND SAKAKI AGAIN!!!

I noticed something. I easily can have a crush (almost immediately) on a male anime character that has gone through a pitiful state. I get moved by my sense of pity very easily.

That's how I came to have such a HUGE crush on Sakaki from Witch Hunter Robin. Yup yup. All because...

Sakaki got attacked in Episode 'Faith'; he was chocked with chloroform. Aaand...ta-da...his weak look as a result of the attack caught the 'pitying side' of me...



And so I'll always love him thereafter.
Forever.

By the way I got the above screenshot from exonesis, Hikoto's 'blog' and so, THANKS A LOT FOR UPLOADING THIS SCREENSHOT HIKOTO!!!

I bought my Poly stationeries today, by the way. Went to Kinokuniya Takashimaya with my mama after visiting the bank. And spent around $30 on my new stationeries. I even bought myself a new foldable umbrella, lilac in colour!! So kawaii...my sister has *exactly* the same design, same size, same brand, same price umbrella, hers is green apple in colour! Matching! Even more kawaii!! Haha..

And the other day I uploaded a Junni Kokki screenshot as my handphone wallpaper...



Yup. Got this pic from exonesis too!!

I'm still dying here though. Energy depleting. Dying to get to see Amon and Sakaki again...I'll tell you guys the story of why I love Amon so much mext time, okies?

Haha! I bought my new clothes for poly yesterday! It's the 1st time I bought so many clothes at one shot! Well it may not be many to most women, but it's a lot to me. 3 pairs of bottoms, and 2 pairs of tops, specifically

2 pairs of (deep blue; jeans blue) Hang Ten jeans [size 26],
1 pair of (white) Bossini chinos [size 25],
2 pairs of (dark blue; light pink) Hanes t-shirts [size M]

Yay! My mother (as expected) grumbled about the white pants (I mean, the other colours are light colours too, it makes no difference if I've got dirt on any of the other colours 'cos they would be visibly dirty just the same...) but yay! My sis says it's nice. They're nice. Haha. Yay! New clothes for poly!!

Oh! And shopping with a friend is certainly fun!

I've got a couple of 'to-do's today...but I really just wanna relax on the comp listening to my anime songs 1st. After this maybe I'll
play Age of Empires II Expansion Pack,
and after that I'll go to Meidi-ya at Liang Court to buy my mum's powder chili, my facial wash and hair treatment wax,
then I'll go check out the Kinokuniya on the 3rd floor,
then I'll proceed to Far East Plaza to buy the Rey figurine (I hope it's still there!),
and then I'll go to Takashimaya to check the stationeries at B1 and Kinokuniya, and also buy M.A.G.E. magazine (yes it's *finally* out!),
then if there's time I'll visit La Tendo, What!Comics and KKnM at Sunshine Plaza,
then I'll go home to watch Gundam Seed at 6pm.

Still have yet to wash my Deuter bag and my handphone pouch. And my black office wears and my 2 sets of kebaya. Wash wash wash...

Whee...next week Freshmen Orientation for School of DE (Design & the Environment) will start! And next Saturday I'll be going to Jurong Bird Park with my eldest sister's family and my 2nd sis!

I'm *the great anime freak* I've always liked to be right now! There's so many anime that I've been watching these 4 months of 'no-school'...and so many more to watch once school re-opens. I still have many 'unfinished businesses' with manga; there's a couple of series that I haven't continued reading for a long time now.

Falling, a light sleep
watashi ni michiru
I don't carry out
yakusoku wa yagate
Itsuka no kagayaki tsuteta
kaerenai asa no hikari no you

Yeah man...I'm listening to 'Half Pain' by Bana, Witch Hunter Robin's ending song. It's so smooth...