according to the talented computer advisors i have, it is either the death of my hardware or motherboard. i REALLY hope its the motherboard. *crossfingers* hm. then again, i hope it's none. x__x
how i came to find out about the dying of my computer is really hilarious. i switched on the main power, and clicked on the power button of the cpu. then, it started singing. yeah. the cpu was sort of playing a tune. jeez, a pretty freaky piece of technology i have. o__o
anyway, i have tons of pictures i wanted to upload. but apparently it seems impossible now.
did quite alot these few days. went for a christmas outing with the girls. eating, shopping exchanging gifts, eating again and lots of chatting done! i've gotten a very cool deathnote ring -featuring L- from ahtan! lols. it was nice, but a little too big, so i may have to switch it to a necklace. haha. thanks darling! oh yarh, we went to esplanade and signed on that huge white balls that are going to be thrown into the sea on new year's eve. we wrote ALOT and even took photos with it. (ah, my computer...)
then, just that day my family and i went to the Singapore Garden Festival! we got complimentary passes so we got in for free. it was really beaaautifuul. *sighs* as usual, took lots of photos and dad even posed a spastic one for us! hahaha. all the photos are in my handphone. (wait for the recovery of my computer....) hais.
have been studying with yann this few days. lols. doing that stupid 'maclaurin series' chapter in maths. it's soooo tedious and mindboggling. gahh. i hate maths. and chem. and econs. especially econs. still, i have to be a good girl and finish up the homework before the start of school. bleahh.
anyway i'm now at ying's house. lols. yeah she's back. so grabbing this chance to use the internet to my fill. *grins* ying's suppose to 'motivate' me into doing homeword later, which i shall see if i can actually be motivated. so meanwhile, maclaurin can wait. ^__^
oh i have to say this: i'm sooo addicted to the song 'welcome to the black parade' by my chemical romance! yayy. thanks to yann.
till the healing of my computer, ciao!
loves*sarah //
Monday, December 25, 2006
@when are you coming home?
maybe you've already watched this on youtube, but i wanted to share it here at PS.
this is a video featuring a six-year-old little girl, heather martin, singing a song 'when are you coming home' written to her brother. it was composed by her mom. her brother is currently serving his country in Iraq.
You were almost sixteen when I came into the world. Mom and Dad had you first then 3 more boys I'm the baby girl. I sure have a lot to look up to in you, you're really smart and funny with a big heart too. After one year of college you knew what you had to do. It's just like you wanting to help with the war. So you joined the army when I was only 4. This time of year we talk of big plans but you're over seas in some distant land. You can't be here for Christmas, I don't understand.
Chorus: When are you coming home, Shaun? When are you coming home?! We lit up the house like we always do but it doesn't seem bright 'cause we can't have you. In my prayers I ask God to keep you safe. And I'm trying to be really brave. Tell me that the fighting's through. Come home! I really miss you.
It's hard to enjoy the holidays without you. But we're so proud of you and all the red white and blue. Remember that Jesus is your best friend, And someday our families will be together again. Wow! You know we'll have a great big party then.
Chorus
I want to show you how tall I've grown and introduce you to my new friends at school. Maybe we could go and get some ice cream together but I really don't care what we do.
Chorus ----------
i read the comments people gave about the video, and honestly speaking, i don't understand how one can take something so beautiful and heart-wrenching and twist it into something evil. *sighs* regardless of the progress in civilisation, i guess the world will always remain ugly.
loves*sarah //
Sunday, December 24, 2006
@for the bookworms
took a trip down to the library today, and i found a lot of books that piqued my interest. except for the sad fact that i've got only a sad four-books loan limit (like the rest of the world), adding on to the fact that i still have three currently on-loan. gahh.
anyway, under recommendations, i picked up a book of poems by william blake. up till now, i've found several favourites. that i may just post here if i have the time. although all the thou, thy and thees are making my head spin, it is interesting enough to make it worth the effort. why, i might just borrow a book of yeats if i get through this one. haha.
just finished 'deep blue' by kat martin, i realised i've found another novel author, with a writing style that i've come to appreciate. yayy. another new source of reading material, besides my all-time favourites like julie garwood, linda howard, etc. recently, i've sort of broadened my scope of reading to include more non-fictional titles that contains more philosophical aspects.
So, i've made a list of the titles i'm going to start on: o1. Papa Hemingway - A.E. Hotchner o2. If I were a man, I would marry me - P.S. Wall o3. Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom (has been on the list months ago) o4. The Life of PI - Yann Martel
julie garwood's 'shadow dance' had been out for quite some time. but i haven't manage to get hold of a copy for myself. rahh. maybe i should just splurge a little to reserve the book or simply grab one at the bookstore. >___<
i'm trying to curb a sudden urge to buy a book and pamper myself. sighs.
christmas is just 55mins away. so in advance... Merry Christmas! ^___^
loves*sarah //
Saturday, December 23, 2006
@06S304 BBQ
well, well, well. time to add another successful class outing onto the list.
06s304 BBQ, on the 20th of december, could be considered pretty much a fun one. delicious, scrumptious food, an inexhaustible source of laughter and to top it off, the terrific weather that seemed entirely too rare in a rainy season. guess we got lucky, didn't we? *grins*
since there's a proverb that goes: a picture speaks a thousand words. i shan't waste my words. haha. enjoy the photo ride! ^___^
okay. that was 13pictures, 13000words. lols. what a pity. if they change the saying a little, like a picture's worth a thousand dollars. i'll probably be rich. *winks*
loves*sarah //
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
@buckets of rain
christmas is round the corner, are you armed with presents waiting to deliver? ^___^
these few days are really horrendously wet. it has been raining for three consecutive days, and almost everywhere will be flooded if not for the extensive drainage system we seem to have. of course there are still places that are not able to escape their fate of being flooded with rainwater waistdeep. o__o just that day, a few tiny leaves got clogged up in the drain at the corridor of my house. almost instantly there was a mini flood up to the ankles just on the other side of the door. the cutest thing was the water was only accumulating at the front of my doorstep. my neighbours were totally unaffected. x__x lols. weird water.
grandma came over our house to recuperate after she was discharged from hospital. just to explain, she just underwent an operation because apparently without her knowledge, she swallowed a 3cm-long fishbone. o__o and what made it worse was that the fishbone poked through her intestinal wall and got outside. which eventually caused the stomachaches. eww. but anyway glad she's okay!
oh yarh. i was trying to create an avatar for my signature at AHN. but i ended up fooling around and gotten entirely off topic. wahaha. here goes:
well. this is totally unacceptable. lols. i shall go do another one. >__<
loves*sarah //
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
@another hole
i finally did it. after two entire years of yearning and whining, i finally gathered enough courage to do what i've been wanting to do.
i pierced another earhole!
although it was unusually painful -yanhong thinks otherwise- it was definitely worth it! haha. we nearly didn't do it 'cos it was freaky. but we decided to be reckless -something we are not- just for today. *grins* yanhong is already planning her next one. apparently she finds the pain a real kick of adrenaline, which i must fervently disagree. >__<
went to the airport under the disguise of 'doing homework' today, with yan and quan. we ended up going through a 'quadra-pop rally'. those who are using sonyericsson might find this game in your mobiles. haha. i managed to maintain the highscore for half a day before yan broke the record. lols. but i broke her highscore on her phone, so we're even! lala.
took a few photos at the airport and parkway parade, where we got our piercings.
oh yarh. i realised i've never put any photos of my electric guitar -oreo, that's the name- before! so here goes:
gahh. being out the entire day is tiring. going off now. besides i still have to try to do some of the homework to lessen the guilt. >__<
ciao!
loves*sarah //
Thursday, December 07, 2006
@i want to go ikea now
i went pooling today. *cheers*
anything that gets me out of the house from my darlings -dustmotes, and boredom- is worth cheering for. lols. met up with ser at to have lunch together first. it's been ages since i've met her and she looked so different with her new hairstyle. =))
we ordered the couple's meal from burgerking which was damn filling. oh and i officially broke my record today by not finishing my burger 'cos i was too busy drinking my coke. hehe. we decided not to start playing pool until ahma and ahtan came, so we went around in the arcade playing all sorts of weird games. haha. first stop was the 'photohunter', which we didn't manage to clear ourselves a place in the topten. then went to play a really idiotic and bloodless game involving guns. we were just not meant to have a future with guns and targets, so be it. our last stop was suppose to be the infamous 'bishibashi', my primary school favourite. but we ran out of money. gee, that sucks. i really wanted to try that game again. haha. it's violent, stupid but well, fun! ^_^
spotted the basketball gang at the arcade as well. almost couldn't recognise andrew 'cos he had gotten himself sooooo tanned. didn't see kwang anywhere though. lols. we also saw yisen, who came over and played a few rounds of pool with us. it was ahtan's first time at pool! haha. i would say it's not half as bad as i was when i started. lols. gambatte ne! *grins* we shall pull you out for pooling more often.
i want to go ikea. and i want to go now! *sticks out tongue*
loves*sarah //
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
@unanswered questions
i have finished watching '1 litre of tears'.
okay, i knew for sure she was going to die. but that doesn't mean i could stop myself from crying. *sniffs* i love the last christmas dinner they had together, and the last family phototaking. what really triggered the tear ducts was what aya-san's okaasan wrote in the diary. *sniffs*
like watching any other tragedies, i always tried to imagine what those who are still living are going through. how is it possible to continue the normal way of life without having to think about the dead constantly? it's like you'll never be able to see the person again. whatever one has left are the memories, the photos. yet no real flesh and bone to hold on to. you can't hear their voices anymore, can't see their expressions. how can one survive the days missing another so dearly? won't everyday be filled with constant tears? i'm not writing this for the sake of writing. because i really don't understand why people keep believing that time will fade the pain. if it was someone really close, someone important, won't the memory of the person continue to hurt ten years down the road?
also, i kept asking myself: supposedly one day the person i was dating got sick, will i harbour any doubts in continuing the relationship? will i continue or break it off cleanly like what aya-chan's senpai did? it's always to easy to say 'of course the former!' and avoid being labelled as heartless, cold-blooded etc. but truth is, when things indeed happen, the decision people so often make is usually the latter. i don't want to be self-deceiving, which really defeats the purpose of bringing up the topic, but i seriously hope i will be able to stand firm and choose the first. then again, i hope i will never be put into the situation where i would have to choose.
ugh. that's enough for today. too many mind-boggling questions.
oyasuminasai. ^_^
loves*sarah //
Monday, December 04, 2006
@1 litre of tears
For me, as long as it's you saying it,
it doesn't matter how slowly you say it, I'll still listen.
If you want to walk, no matter how slow it will be,
I'll walk with you.
i watched '1 litre of tears' youtube the entire day today. and if you were in my shoes, you would have done the same thing as i did --cry a litre of tears. it's amazing how i could continue to watch the show while the 'flooding' occured. *grins*
damn, but that show is nice.
i was practically crying at every scene. and probably because i was already sent to tears before that, every little thing can cause the floods to resume. my aunt actually rolled her eyes and threw the entire box of tissues to me. haha. i can't believe i am only at episode 8. i really need to regulate the amount of episodes i watch a day. this could permanently damage my tear ducts. lols.
now, i have to wait for the miraculous recovery of ying's internet connection so i can get the theme song -Only Human by K- from her. yippee!
P.S guess what? i switched to I.E 7! wahaha. the interface is way too cool~ *grins*
loves*sarah //
Friday, December 01, 2006
@salt in the wound
today, i have truly experienced the actual meaning of "rubbing salt in the wound", literally.
my mom accidentally nicked my hand with her perfectly-manicured, neatly-painted french nails, which totally -and, grossly- scraped off a piece of my skin. ugh. after cleaning up the wound and stemming the blood flow, i made a very wise decision of eating french fries. *note the sarcasm, please*
you can vaguely guessed the sequence of events after that -- i sprinkled the salt into the wound. well it doesn't sound very painful, since the nick is small. but i guess for someone who has such well-developed pain receptors (according to everyone), it is definitely no exaggeration.
moral of the story: don't eat fries or anything that is able to spurt salt when you have a wound on your hand, mouth or even toe. just to be on the safe side.
sarah is dying of boredom at home. yes, i am definitely rotting. four straight days at home without going out is sure to make a sane man mad. *shudders* and though i admit i am considerably insane, i am going even crazier by day. so just a call-out to anyone who thinks he/she is spending too much time with the dustmotes in the house, like what i'm doing, please call me out to play! i'm getting claustrophobic. *sighs*
oh yarh. i got to watched a terrific drama called 'taiyou no uta' by sawajiri erika! lols. i got hooked on it after listening to the song 'good-bye days' by yui. although that's the theme song for the movie starring yui. sawajiri is really pretty and though her singing is no match for yui, i still like her loads. wahaha. besides, i really love her acting in the show 'ichi ritoru no namida'. three cheers for sawajiri~
i've attached the music video of 'good-bye days' by yui! thanks to youtube.
Friday, December 29, 2006
