Monthly Archives: December 2008

You know how sometimes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, then it hits you, like, damn life is good after all! Here I am, in the lounge in my friends’ dorm (the sort of lounge with wooden flooring/paneling, beautiful fireplace, mood lighting, large armchairs, like something from an Enid Blyton book), slumped low on […]

So this is it. Final exams are finally over, and winter break has officially started. Tomorrow morning the residence halls will be closed to anyone who didn’t sign up for winter break housing, and almost all my friends will be leaving to the airport at some ungodly hour like 6AM or something. There will be […]

As I’m typing this, it is -18 degrees Celsius here. I shit you not. Yesssss -18 degrees Celsius! OMGAWWDDD it is so damn COLD! Like, can’t-touch-my-ears-because-it-hurts-so-bad Cold. Like, I-have-trouble-walking-because-my-toes-have-completely-lost-feeling Cold. Like, it-hurts-to-breathe-the-icy-cold-air-so-I-have-to-take-small-breaths Cold. Like, I-am-wearing-thermals-and-sweater-and-shirt-and-downjacket-and-FCUK-I’m-still-cold!- Cold. But most of all, like, Dammit-nothing-is-worth-this-not-even-a-good-education Cold! Like, kill-me-and-end-my-misery Cold. =( -18 degrees whattheheck. Somemore got windchill okay! Ohhh […]

I am so so so so embarrassed! I’m at the Spencer Grill, I have my laptop with me, I’m working on my paper. People here are quietly munching on food, working on their paper / studying for their exams. Then there are the few people who’re so happily discussing begitu loudly. So, I have my […]

I have only three things to say – 1) I have gained 6.5 kilograms in 3.5 months. Yeahhhh you read that correct, 6.5 in 3.5! Before coming here, I used to read about Freshman 15 (gaining 15 pounds in your first year), and I’d go, “Eeeeh I eat a lot in Malaysia also don’t have […]

I spent an hour writing a really bitter post. Then I realized it was too negative and personal to publish on a very public blog. On Facebook, on the “status updates” page, I counted 8 -EIGHT!- people who are counting down the days. Till the finals are over, till winter break is here, till they […]