Me: If I do it'll probably be after church camp, I don't wanna come back and find it dead like last time... Seriously, until today I don't know what happened. :/ Jon: Maybe it missed you. *Pauses* I can understand how it'd die from missing you.
:o Altogether now, AWWWWWWWWWW!!! Okay fine, it might sound a little cheesy to y'all, but it's positively melt-worthy to me. x) ♥
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Updates for the past couple of days. :D
Friday Had dinner at Broadway with Jon before The Count of Monte Cristo. :) Walked to school, bumping into Thanh along the way, and managed to exchange our Saturday tickets for Friday ones at the door. The show was alright I guess, although The Odyssey was much better in my opinion. :/ Fewer draggy dialogues and more excitement, but I suppose I'm biased, haha. Jon was bored and kept making silly jokes, such as going "Vroom vroom!" when the main female character, very unfortunately named Mercedes, came onstage. Hahaha. x) Nevertheless, I thought it was cute that Priscilla and Bryant, who're together in real life, played Mercedes and the Count respectively. I couldn't help wondering if their kissing scenes were real. ._.
Saturday Woke up at 8am despite sleeping at 1.30am the previous night to meet Stef and Christabel for breakfast at Holland Village's Starbucks. :) Had yummy Belgian waffles and hot chocolate for only $6.50, which is super cheap considering it's Starbucks. :D Christabel had to leave after a couple of hours for a family lunch so I accompanied Stef while she got a manicure, then we both went to her regular barber's for a haircut. :) I got a trim and Stef cut her hair short. It looks really good on her, if only I had the confidence and facial shape to do that too. :/ The barber asked whether we were sisters, according to her we've the same hair texture. :o Cool.
Lazed around at O'Briens afterwards and ate and talked. :D Camwhored a bit as well, my hair was stiff and straight following the trim but it returned to normal when I showered, phew. :)
Don't ask. ._.
Stef then went home to get ready to watch Victor, Victoria with her cousin and I headed to Jon's because his parents had invited me to a pre-Christmas dinner at his sister's, since they won't be in Singapore on Christmas itself (they'll be gone from the 9th to 29th of December, sigh). :) Jon was in a bad mood for most of the night, thanks to something somewhat involving me that had happened earlier. :/
Prior to being picked up to go to his sister's, he'd been at a softball gathering at his teacher's house. He was leaving when this guy, let's call him A, who was also in softball but is three years older than Jon and had therefore already graduated, said to Jon out of nowhere, "Hey Taylor, your girlfriend looks like a slut." Jon was like, "What did you say? Say it again." A repeated it, and Jon gave him the nastiest stare he could muster before walking away.
Okay, allow me to clarify that I do NOT know A. At all. I've never even met him, he's merely the elder brother of another guy, B, who was in my class in primary five and six. B, like his brother and Jon, was in softball, and is my age. However, I haven't spoken to him since primary school. Jon and A themselves are barely acquaintances; although they were in the same CCA in the same school, they didn't play for the same division due to the age gap. Hence, A's comment about me was not only inappropriate, but completely unprovoked and baseless.
Oh, I should mention as well that when B found out Jon and I were together, he told Jon that I was really "fat and ugly" in primary school. Wow, classy. Like big brother, like little brother, obviously.
Anyway, Jon was majorly pissed with himself for not having done more to defend me. He reckoned he should've gone up to A and punched him square in the face instead of just walking off. I didn't find out about all this until we were leaving his sister's, and, can you believe it, A called Jon up. Apparently Jon had asked one of his seniors who knows A for A's number, and this senior must've told A that Jon wanted to speak to him. That means that A, after having said to Jon's face that I looked like a slut, had actually had the audacity to then call Jon and ask him why he wanted to talk to him. Hellooo, isn't it mothereffing obvious??? Clearly, A had no idea that what he'd said was even wrong. Maybe he goes around every day telling random people their girlfriend is a slut, who knows. I wouldn't be surprised.
Upon Jon informing him over the phone that his comment had been inappropriate, A finally apologised and Jon accepted it. Big whoop, like you need to have an IQ of 200 to realise that. Also, this guy is twenty years old. Twenty. I'd expect a bit more maturity than that, wouldn't you? On top of it, I'm 100% sure that I never offended B in the duration that we knew each other (and even if I did, six years is a freaking long time to hold a grudge), while Jon has never offended A. Like I said, they'd barely exchanged ten words in the past. So, why? Why do people do these things they do? Are they just bitter? Bitter that they don't have somebody to love them, to care for them, to stand up for them if the roles were reversed? Perhaps I'm being kinda presumptuous here, not to mention proud, but it's the only explanation I can think of. :/
Alright, shan't harp on it anymore. Dinner was good, we stuffed ourselves silly with turkey, potatoes, etc., exchanged presents and played with the adorable Aidan. :) Got a lift home after and slept late again. I need to start sleeping earlier, my eyebags are refusing to go away and I've a pimple on my left cheek that's been there since before As. :/ Still, if holidays aren't for sleeping late, then what're they for? x)
Off to watch videos and blog-surf, and hopefully start my research on universities and potential job opportunities too. :) Need to prepare a CV and résumé for the latter, rawr. Bye. :)
Okay, finally got some time to sit down and do a nice long update about everything that's been going on. :D Firstly, here're the overdue post-baccalaureate service pictures, though there'll still be more to come from others. :)
Six solid years of classmateship and friendship. :D
The three Vietnamese plus a fake one (Caleb) plus Michelle
The girls. :)
Mrs Saw and Caleb emo-ing on the left while the rest of us smile. ._.
4 for SA4. :D
We then went for lunch at Holland Village's Swensen's, which was, ironically, our very first proper class outing where everyone except a handful came. It was really good, being able to talk to the people we don't usually talk to in school because we tend to stick to our own cliques. I guess we may not be the most united class, but we can get along perfectly well when we want to. :)
Oh, class photos (click to enlarge):
Check Mrs Saw out, she's super cute. And Nat and John in skirts in the front, HAHA.
Anyway, fast-forward through the As to this week. :) Went out after the last paper with Stef, Jasmine, Joy, Thanh and Phu. Had Shokudo for an early dinner and caught 2012, which was a lot better than expected. Extremely suspenseful to say the least, I was on the edge of my seat for the entire duration of the movie, mouth open in horror at the destruction. I honestly thought it was scarier than a scary movie. :/ I mean, imagine the Earth splitting into pieces like that, or the ocean swallowing cities up whole... I was constantly thinking about geography too, what with all the rubbish about crustal movements and shifting faults. Hahaha. ._.
Walked around Ion for a bit after that, went home and was back there again the next day with Jon to do Christmas shopping. :) I've gotta marvel at how guys shop, I really do, Jon managed to get nearly everything he needed after visiting a grand total of three stores. :o I then dragged him around Borders to buy books, and this is what I got:
I'm currently reading The Lovely Bones and it's been great so far. In fact, it's coming out as a movie soon, which I can't wait to see. :) Here's the trailer:
Caught The Informant! when we were done. It was funny albeit a little hard to follow, and, once again, I kept thinking about stuff I'd studied. This time it was chemistry and economics, because the storyline involved lysine (an amino acid) price-fixing by companies. ._. See, this is what A Levels does to you, haha.
Accompanied Stef yesterday to do her prom shopping (I'm not going, might attend the after-party though) where she scoped out a few dresses while I blew a tidy sum on two pairs of heels. x) As of now, these are the pride of my rather pathetic shoe collection:
From left to right, nude Steve Madden heels, the Zara boots Jon bought me for my birthday (the picture doesn't do them justice, trust me, they look much better when worn), and metallic maroon heels from Charles & Keith. :D Smexy smexy smexy. I think the happiness I derive from a successful shopping trip is equivalent to scoring straight As. Not that I've experienced that since Os, but you know what I mean. x)
Anyhow, I probably will be getting a new computer after all, my father and I didn't realise that my laptop'll be obtained through my university next year. And that's also assuming I'll be able to make it into a university... I wanted to throw my notes and stuff out today and was stopped by my mother, who said I shouldn't in case I don't do well for As and have to re-sit them. :/ Sigh, I think death would be preferable in that scenario. :/
Alright, am off to bum around. Can't wait for the next few days, got plenty of activities planned. :D Enjoy freedom, people!
So the day we've all been waiting for is finally here -- the last day of the A Levels, the beginning of freedom. :D The past two weeks have really flown by, as I'd hoped they would, and I guess I couldn't have asked for more. The papers were fine overall, and despite making some stupid mistakes here and there, I've no regrets because there's nothing I can do about them now. Given the cirumstances at the time, I think I can say I've done my best. :) From 3pm today onwards, it's gonna be all fun and games. :D
In fact, I began enjoying myself a while ago already, got dark purple highlights in my hair on Thursday. x) Sounds Ah Lian-ish, I know, but I assure you they're not. They're more like dark red or reddish-brown, and you can't even see them unless there's light shining directly at my head. They're really, really subtle and natural-looking. :) Jon's met me twice since I got them and still hasn't noticed. ._. I'm waiting to see how long it takes him, HAHA. He'll probably find out through reading this though, and be like whaaat?! x) Actually, my original plan was to get dark blue highlights, until the hairdresser said I needed to bleach my hair for the colour to be seen and I changed my mind cos that'll spoil my hair. :/ Too bad, I think it would've turned out pretty awesome. :/
Gonna buy a laptop soon as well, I asked my father for a new computer and he suggested a laptop instead since I'll be starting university next year and will need one anyway. :D The thing is, I plan to replace my desktop completely with this laptop, so I need to make a good choice. Am asking Mence for advice, he's the only tech geek I know. Hahaha. x)
Oh, watched Fantastic Mr Fox after church and lunch yesterday. :) It was really enjoyable, not childish, as you'd expect from a movie based on a kids' book, but very quirky and cute. I'd recommend it to anyone who needs a little pick-me-up. :)
Outing with classmates later after the paper, Christmas shopping with Jon tomorrow, regular shopping with Stef on Wednesday, and The Count of Monte Cristo on Friday (hopefully that is, I need to change my Saturday tickets because Jon suddenly isn't free). :D Life is great and it's gonna get better. Freedom, sweet freedom, here I come. :D
"What would you do without me?" "I don't ever wanna know." ♥
Music spammage time. :D I've only recently discovered the genius that is John Mayer, so sue me. Coincidentally, his new album Battle Studies as well as OneRepublic's Waking Up, the album from which all their songs in this post are from, are both out today, so I guess I've got great timing. Hahaha. :)
This one turns me to mush. <3
I don't really wanna talk about exams right now. They've been okay I guess, not as much of a breeze as I'd dared to hope but definitely still manageable. I'm just looking forward to Monday afternoon, when freedom will arrive... :D Can't waittt. Meanwhile however, I have to get back to economics. Sigh. Hang in there people, it'll be over soon. :)
Jon and I's latest obsessions. :D A warning though, the Little Britain videos are pretty disgusting, albeit hilariously so. x) Haven't laughed like this in a while, HAHA. Enjoy. :)
