Romance and Stuff

Being a relationship has really changed the way I view romance in shows and books. Whether or not for the better is a whole other thing. 

Oh, and may I take this moment to credit this blog's inspiration to the movie 'Flightplan', which starts out with the death of the main character's husband. 

So back to what I wanted to say. In the past, or more specifically last year, I would have turned my nose up at romance novels. One example was Twilight when it first came out when I was Primary six. Everyone was into that book and I thought, why not try and join in? 

However, the moment I heard that it was about romance ( according to my classmates then, I only heard about the vampire part a year later or so ), I rejected the very idea of poking my nose into that book. 

Cheesy lines and oh so romantic stuff made me shiver and fidget in discomfort. The whole idea of it was just... bleh. Even having crushes made me feel uncomfortable. Thinking about it now, it seems like I was really a weird person! 

Moving on from there, I became more and more cynical towards people in relationships and the whole concept of luuuurve. Maybe it was because of my parents' situation, who knows? Romance didn't appeal too much to me and PDA (holding hands included) really made me annoyed. 

Okay at this point, maybe you're thinking that I'm just jealous or what. Hmm, a worthy point to consider, but I was really against relationships in secondary schools so, that's probably out. 

Buut that's not the point. The point here is that I was cynical about the whole luurve thing and stuff when coming across such things in books or shows, I would simply roll and eyes flip the page or forward the movie.

One change though, in upper secondary, I started to show interest in (eeks) high school romance mangas. What can I say? They're adorable! 

So this continued all the way until I got asked out and started behaving the exact same manner (holding hands) as what i had criticized my whole life. Quite a change, huh? Unknowingly, my mindset was changing. 

I realised this when I was reading Mitch Albom's 'Five people you meet in heaven' and felt so sad for the man when his wife died, sad in a way I had never felt before. ( Usually I'd be 'okay that's sad, but let's move on with life people'. Mean, yes I know.) This time however, I felt so sad that when he got to meet his wife in heaven, I felt so happy for him and touched that even after so long, he still loved her so much. 

So, back to Flightplan. At the beginning of the show, all I could think of was how horrible the wife must feel, having to see her husband dead and yada yada yada. 

Yes I'm getting tired of feeling all the luuurve and romance and stuff. But you get the idea. I've changed, end of story. 

I guess you can say that I'm more feeling now, and not that sadistic. In a way.

Now, I shall return to watching Flightplan which thankfully has no romance in it because otherwise, I would be squirming throughout the whole movie. =) 

Cheers! 
Yan Er 

Not so bad after all!

Today wasn't so bad, had a lot of fun but right now I'm like just really really tired. The worst thing is, I have training tomorrow and project work in the west. Kill me. 

I'm just kidding. About the killing part. 

Anyway, today, I met up with Samantha who agreed to accompany me to Giant to find a pair of cheap track pants for my camp next week since sadly, I have none. Or more like I threw out the pair I used in Secondary 3 foolishly believing that I would never have to use it for overseas trips ever again. I guess that goes to show that women's intuition isn't always right! 

So we took bus 168, which according to my sister would bring us there, but had no idea which stop to alight. Thankfully, Sam decided to double check with iris and we managed to get off the right stop before hitting the TPE. 

A rare moment where iris actually helps. 

Upon alighting however, instead of making a beeline to Giant to get the chore over and done with, we, like typical teenage girls, decided that we were hungry and should stop by IKEA first to get some food and other things while we were at it. After 'ooo-ing' and 'ahh-ing' over some stuffed toys on display in IKEA, we finally settled in the cafe and shared a meal of meatballs and soup, which was surprisingly very filling! 

I would love to post a photo here, but unfortunately, android isn't very user-friendly to me. Hopefully, I can figure out just exactly how to transfer photos to this computer...

Okay, while the device is installing or whatever, let me continue. =) 

Oh okay here! 

Meatballs from IKEA! 

After that, we walked around IKEA to 'digest our food' and I almost completely forgot all about the track pants I had to get. 

Finally at Giant, we found some track pants but holy crap they were so ugly. And more importantly, they made me look SO FAT. Okay not trying to be a bimbo about this, but seriously! It was so ugly and so fat. I couldn't stand them. 

Thank god I found another pair that fitted better on me and didn't make my legs look like walking chicken drumsticks. 

After checking out, I noticed they were having this book sale thing, $5 for a book! Being the cheapos we are, Sam and I began browsing through the whole mess of books and surprisingly, she found one and bought it! Her very first book bought by herself. *So proud of her* =)) 

Back in Tampines, we went to the specs shop near my house ( downstairs actually ) and spent around an hour looking and trying on different frames. In the end, my sister popped by and helped me decide on one, frameless! It was kind of pricey, but oh well! 

Went window shopping with Samantha after that while waiting for the guys to finish swimming so that we could have dinner and after waiting for them for a half hour after the time we were supposed to meet, we settled down for dinner at the food court before parting ways. 

I am so not looking forward to my Batam trip next week. I mean, come on, I don't know anyone there! And four days? Ugh. I am a city girl, not one who embraces the wilderness. Nope, never! 

Before I end, I shall post more photos because I think it's fun to post photos! 

Actually stepped into Crocs -.-

Yes, I cam whore only with friends because I have no self cam techniques. 

Oh and Gen, no need to thank me for the nail addiction ;) I would be too, only I'm way too lazy to be addicted to that! 

Cheers! 
Yan Er 

Deep Sayings

I just wanted to write this down before I forget! 

I was reading Fairy Tail and right on the front page of chapter 334 was Gray Fullbuster ( I think ) with this saying! 

" I don't know what the future brings. that's why I live and laugh in the present " 

It sounded so nice and cool, haha! 

Oh and by the way, Scarlett O Hara is from the book Gone with the wind! That's an 'oops' on my part. 

Okay I shall continue reading my manga now. 

Cheers! 

Yan Er 

Wasn't as bad as expected.

The computer is a great laxative I swear. Anyone with constipation should just sit and relax in front of a computer and whoosh, problem solved! 

Okay that was random and maybe a little too much information, heh. 

In any case, I thought that I would take a mini break from doing my econs ( Q1a haha ) and breathe some life into my usually dead blog! 

Today wasn't so bad a day; the only downside was the horribly long train rides from the east to the west. I honestly cannot understand how the westerners can sit in a bus or a train for hours travelling in the same state and not feel like dying. Well, not literally, of course, but you get what I mean. 

In the end, I was late for my training in Clementi but it wasn't a bad thing. When I reached the courts, I realised that they had just finished doing court sprints ( something that I hate and absolutely suck at ), big sigh of relief! After that, we just spent the next one hour or so training our backhand stroke but for the second half hour, the seniors introduced a new rule to the court; if our ball didn't land beyond the middle line on the court floor, it was 5 push-ups, and if we managed to hit behind the service box, he would do one push-up. 

Obviously, we all ended up doing a whole lot of push-ups, including myself. Yeah, I know that lobbing the ball would save my arms, but it ended up being out, so it was still 5 push-ups, clumsy me. On the plus side, Sherman had to do 40 push-ups in total! It wasn't so bad after all. 

After training, I rushed to Dover to meet my group mates at FC 4 and downed my lunch as quickly as I could before our long trek to the main library in the hot sun. Thank goodness I was already sweaty from the training earlier! 

As soon as we settled down, I trudged back to Moberly to take a quick shower before heading back to do our project on, yes, Crocs.  

It is still beyond me why such hideous ( personal opinion here, no bashing please ) clogs cost a minimum of $39.90. Then again, what do I know about consumer wants and fashion? 

Although it is generally agreed that any teenager sporting the classic Crocs clogs would be judged the instant light reflects the image of the shoes into our eyes. Don't tell me otherwise, we all know that's true. Most of the time. 

In any case, their company website was pretty informative, which made life a whole lot easier, so thumbs up for that! Good thing they're well-established, again for reasons beyond my understanding seeing that I'm so biased.

Oh before I end, let me write down/share what I read from my dear friend Genevieve's wordpress because the sayings are so nice and I'm afraid to forget them! 

" To be alone does not mean being lonely, and to be lonely does not mean being alone.  "

And 

"Tomorrow is another day."

I would do the Harvard style citation that my school insists we use, but I have no idea how. According to her, the first one's from a book I know not what, and the second is from the "Scarlet Letter" if I'm not wrong, since it's Scarlett O Hara saying it. 

Okay, deep sayings saved for another time. It's back to work for me! 

Cheers! 
Yan Er 

My best guy friend is the best for a reason.

Okay on that last post I kinda said that my best guy friend wasn't being 'caring' and all that? I take it back. 

Here's what happened. On Wednesday last week, I was supposed to meet up with Shu Ang to study Accounting together at BK but I was out of money, so off I went to the ATM. 

BUT. The bloody ATM ate my card so off I went to the bank for a new one. I was praying that the bank wouldn't be crowded (and it wasn't, I'm just picky) but there was a full queue oh my god. I thought to myself, " Hey no biggie, queue could be worse than this." Desperate to get my card since my wallet was completely void anything related to money, I just decided to queue and informed Shu Ang that I would be late. 

Probably five minutes after I started queuing, my body decided to remind me that I was still sick. Of all times. -.- The AC suddenly felt unbearable and my head was beginning to feel lightheaded and I knew trouble was coming. In reality, all I thought was "Shit are you kidding me! Not again oh god." 

Not caring about the judgmental people in the bank, I just slouched and bent over like a hunchback while leaning on the wall, thank heaven for the wall. Man I was feeling horrible. After a long while, I decided to inform Shu Ang that nope no way I'm going to study out, I have to go home and rest real quick! I quickly called him with the hopes that he would be able to, oh I don't know, help a little since he was the closest person I knew in Tampines and available. 

The response? " K bye. " And that was before I could try explaining anything. Maybe the frustration gave me strength to think a bit about what to do next, I can't say for sure haha. But in any case, I prayed that my best guy friend was awake and at home in Pasir Ris and sent him a message informing him I was unwell and at the bank so " if anything happens, that's where I am " 

Not long after, I was served and got out of that place with the same lightheaded feeling. Unsure if it had to do with sugar levels or something, I decided to just drag myself to Macs and get a drink. Obviously I wasn't thinking straight, because instead of a drink screaming HIGH IN SUGAR like Coke, I got Milo. Way to go, haha! 

Then, I got a message from Adam telling me to stay where you are and gosh imagine my surprise! I was like thinking, that dude is going to drag himself all the way here? 

And drag himself he did. One of my best friends on earth heard I wasn't feeling too good at the bank and came over to help me if needed and check if I was fine. Nothing can describe how touched I was! 

Thankfully, I was feeling better after getting out of that place and drinking some milo so I suggested lunch and we settled down for PastaMania before walking around a bit and then heading back home. 

But this isn't the end of it. 

Just the other night, he called to 'check up' on me, ask if the fever's still there and all that, any rash. I got suspicious and a little worried since it's the first time he's ever done that (don't scare me dude!) but he called just for that and it really made my day. =) 

So to the best guy friend ever whose belated birthday card is still non-existent, thanks for everything during my whole two weeks plus of being sick! When I say that ' you're the best ', I really mean it! =D 

Okay shall continue about today another day, maybe tomorrow? =P 

Cheers! 
Yan Er