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I don’t know why I thought, at 4am last night, that listening to gangsta rap/techno music would make me fall asleep faster. So I happily put on my GANGSTA playlist and yes, the soothing tones of 50 Cent overcame my caffeine-induced insomnia and I fell into a much needed slumber at about 5am. Yes, hip hop beats do have a soporific quality about them.
Anyhow, I was awoken by daddy dearest at 5.15am for the US Open; did a split-second CBA whether compromising sleep to watch Rfed knock Murray around the court was worth it; decided it really wasn’t, and promptly flopped back to bed. Srsly, I have utterly no resolve. I have LOST COUNT of the number of times I set the alarm to watch the Euro Championships, Beijing Olympics and now the US Open, woke up to slam down the alarm and go.back.to.bed. I have no resolve. Bad bad Tsus. :(
Anyway the moral of the story is, staying up late is not a good idea. Wrong, staying up AND drinking coffee as a before bed snack is NOT a good idea. What’s to do? Me and mumsies dearest were translating the stupid questionnaire into Chinese until the wee hours and decided to fix up a little supper of oats, cheese and table water. AND COFFEE. Yeah, we are awesome that way.
Speaking of which, butchering translating the questionnaire into Chinese was nothing short of a certified nightmare.
Of course, my proficiency at Chinese is well-renowned (Tan Wus, anyone?) Gah, my C awesome 6 for stupid Higher Chinese really reared its ugly head today when I had to translate while doing street surveys. It was srsly, a Genius Takes Time moment. What the hell is “ethno-heritage charm” in Chinese? Throw in “Eclectic mix of the old and new” and “STB’s rebranding of Chinatown as a tourist destination has led to only the easily marketable features and aspects of Chinatown being conserved, allowing only a pre-selected history of Chinatown to be represented”!!!! and it was like, die tsus die.
And ooh I must totes mention me and mumsies’ feeble attempts at translation the night before. We couldn’t stop laughing because mumsies kept translating:
“Traditional Chinese goods” into 中国土产
and “Chinatown is losing its relevance for Singaporeans” into 牛车水已经没有前途了
GUFFAW. That’s mumsies for you.
Anyway, RENT. I can’t really imagine what it must be like for all the RENTHEADS who have been in love with this rather, dare I say, legendary, rock musical since 1996. Cliché, but this qualifies as one of those “end of the era” moments and yes, I have never watched RENT (Don’t need to remind me, I AM discounting RENT REMIXED) except for watching the DVD, which I watched because of Idina anyway. But ah, to be able to watch La Vie Boheme performed live (YES, I am still discounting Rent Remixed, thank you) and not to mention, Over the Moon (This version is apparently Idina's Broadway first :0) , which I won’t deny, frightened me to my very core when I first saw it. Perhaps, I should have watched it when in NYC over Easter. But well, what you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts, so that’s that really. But on a more positive note, I’m betting on a RENT REVIVAL within the next 5 years, who’s with me? Hah.
Most of Wynford Wonders should remember how I used to like, loop Over the Moon when we were back in StavC. I am deeply apologetic. No one should have to hear “…push over the cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse…I gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta find a way…to jump over the moon”, when they are studying Facebooking. I don’t care, I’m the Housemate-from-Hell-and-I-bring-along-people-from-hell muahaha. And lol, looping Menzel is the less-est of the evils that were committed in SC, if I might be allowed to say so *coughcoughwwpdcoughcough hrmps. But love you guys more for it!
Hokay, let’s just listen to it for the last time! Because we must.
ANDDDD! Does Mamma Mia sneak at AMK GV? Pretty please do. Hearing Meryl on the OST is not enough. :( And as luck would have it, it premieres the day I fly: 18 September 2008. Oh, I love you Singawesomepore J Anyway, this reminds me of the time I tried to find out if MM was sneaking at AMK and my brain was a little disconnected from the rest of my body:
*Me, looking around at the ticketing booths and appearing all confused.
Salesperson at snack store counter: Can I help you?
Me: I need information.
Salesperson: I have information.
Me: Oh. Ok. Does Mamma Mia have sneak previews here?
Salesperson: I don’t have that information.
Me: Oh. Ok. *ambles away and a little dejected :(
I leave in 10 days and I must have mentioned this a thousand million times. Sorry, it’s to get a little perspective for a slacker like me. Ok, I need a plan. A PLAN.
WED: Slack and maybe pack, Dissertation
THURS: haircut (?), Lunch with E and C; Cookbook to SH; Meet S to buy JBL Speakers; dinner@home
FRI: Sentosa, S’s party, Drinks with J (?)
SAT: Lunch with S (?), MTB (?), Visit Grandma (?), Crab dinner with Brains and Babies
SUN: Pack, Dissertation
MON: Mamma Mia Sneak (?)
TUES: Pack, Dissertation
WED: Pack
THURS: Fly
*and find sometime in there to give XC Pushing Daisies.
This is called planning, peoples. :S
Anyhow, I was awoken by daddy dearest at 5.15am for the US Open; did a split-second CBA whether compromising sleep to watch Rfed knock Murray around the court was worth it; decided it really wasn’t, and promptly flopped back to bed. Srsly, I have utterly no resolve. I have LOST COUNT of the number of times I set the alarm to watch the Euro Championships, Beijing Olympics and now the US Open, woke up to slam down the alarm and go.back.to.bed. I have no resolve. Bad bad Tsus. :(
Anyway the moral of the story is, staying up late is not a good idea. Wrong, staying up AND drinking coffee as a before bed snack is NOT a good idea. What’s to do? Me and mumsies dearest were translating the stupid questionnaire into Chinese until the wee hours and decided to fix up a little supper of oats, cheese and table water. AND COFFEE. Yeah, we are awesome that way.
Speaking of which, butchering translating the questionnaire into Chinese was nothing short of a certified nightmare.
Of course, my proficiency at Chinese is well-renowned (Tan Wus, anyone?) Gah, my C awesome 6 for stupid Higher Chinese really reared its ugly head today when I had to translate while doing street surveys. It was srsly, a Genius Takes Time moment. What the hell is “ethno-heritage charm” in Chinese? Throw in “Eclectic mix of the old and new” and “STB’s rebranding of Chinatown as a tourist destination has led to only the easily marketable features and aspects of Chinatown being conserved, allowing only a pre-selected history of Chinatown to be represented”!!!! and it was like, die tsus die.
And ooh I must totes mention me and mumsies’ feeble attempts at translation the night before. We couldn’t stop laughing because mumsies kept translating:
“Traditional Chinese goods” into 中国土产
and “Chinatown is losing its relevance for Singaporeans” into 牛车水已经没有前途了
GUFFAW. That’s mumsies for you.
Anyway, RENT. I can’t really imagine what it must be like for all the RENTHEADS who have been in love with this rather, dare I say, legendary, rock musical since 1996. Cliché, but this qualifies as one of those “end of the era” moments and yes, I have never watched RENT (Don’t need to remind me, I AM discounting RENT REMIXED) except for watching the DVD, which I watched because of Idina anyway. But ah, to be able to watch La Vie Boheme performed live (YES, I am still discounting Rent Remixed, thank you) and not to mention, Over the Moon (This version is apparently Idina's Broadway first :0) , which I won’t deny, frightened me to my very core when I first saw it. Perhaps, I should have watched it when in NYC over Easter. But well, what you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts, so that’s that really. But on a more positive note, I’m betting on a RENT REVIVAL within the next 5 years, who’s with me? Hah.
Most of Wynford Wonders should remember how I used to like, loop Over the Moon when we were back in StavC. I am deeply apologetic. No one should have to hear “…push over the cliff by a suicidal Mickey Mouse…I gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta find a way…to jump over the moon”, when they are studying Facebooking. I don’t care, I’m the Housemate-from-Hell-and-I-bring-along-people-from-hell muahaha. And lol, looping Menzel is the less-est of the evils that were committed in SC, if I might be allowed to say so *coughcoughwwpdcoughcough hrmps. But love you guys more for it!
Hokay, let’s just listen to it for the last time! Because we must.
Click to viewANDDDD! Does Mamma Mia sneak at AMK GV? Pretty please do. Hearing Meryl on the OST is not enough. :( And as luck would have it, it premieres the day I fly: 18 September 2008. Oh, I love you Singawesomepore J Anyway, this reminds me of the time I tried to find out if MM was sneaking at AMK and my brain was a little disconnected from the rest of my body:
*Me, looking around at the ticketing booths and appearing all confused.
Salesperson at snack store counter: Can I help you?
Me: I need information.
Salesperson: I have information.
Me: Oh. Ok. Does Mamma Mia have sneak previews here?
Salesperson: I don’t have that information.
Me: Oh. Ok. *ambles away and a little dejected :(
I leave in 10 days and I must have mentioned this a thousand million times. Sorry, it’s to get a little perspective for a slacker like me. Ok, I need a plan. A PLAN.
WED: Slack and maybe pack, Dissertation
THURS: haircut (?), Lunch with E and C; Cookbook to SH; Meet S to buy JBL Speakers; dinner@home
FRI: Sentosa, S’s party, Drinks with J (?)
SAT: Lunch with S (?), MTB (?), Visit Grandma (?), Crab dinner with Brains and Babies
SUN: Pack, Dissertation
MON: Mamma Mia Sneak (?)
TUES: Pack, Dissertation
WED: Pack
THURS: Fly
*and find sometime in there to give XC Pushing Daisies.
This is called planning, peoples. :S