I think my laptop is pretty much dead. I guess Penelope came alive one last time to let me back up my data before falling into eternal slumber. Sigh.

So besides this piece of bad news, this week has been quite fun. On Tuesday, we gathered at 11.30pm to celebrate Denise's birthday. We surprised her with a yummy chocolate fudge cake at the stroke of midnight and the first thing she said when she opened the door to her room was, "What the hell?!" Denise never ceases to astound me. Earlier that night, Cherlyn and I set off the smoke detector again. We decided to bake cookies once more and we were prepared for it to go off again. Unfortunately, this time we set it off in the evening when most people were in hall, so many people actually rushed to the kitchen to help. I felt pretty embarassed about it cos it (the ringing) was really annoying everybody hence the decision that it would be our final batch of cookies made in Cornell.

Thursday I had no lessons. Normally I have one lesson in the morning. However, the instructor issued the second prelim paper, which was a take-home paper, the previous Thursday so we submitted it on Wednesday and there were no lessons on Thurs. Cherlyn and I braved the wind and the irregular TCAT buses to go all the way down to Winli oriental supermarket to get ingredients for our "feast" on Fri. We decided (a pretty long time ago in fact, just after Chinning's laksa) to treat the guys (Alvin, Yizhuan and Chinning) to a home-cooked meal to thank them for all they've done for us (which is really really alot). We (back to Cherlyn and I) detoured to Walmart where I picked up a pair of chunky light brown boots (yipee!) that promises not to leak from the soles or the sides (goodbye wet soggy feet). Then we had to hunt down some really elusive ingredients at Wegman's and wait 40 min for the bus back to school. So we were pretty damn worn out by the end of all that.

So anyway, Fri was one busy day. The guys actually forgot about the dinner. Wouldn't say I was mad cos we did send out invitations a very very long time ago and I guess it's no wonder they'd forget so... Cherlyn and Denise had a wild time reminding them about it. Things like Alvin nuggets, Ning minced meat and Yizhuan Kongba bao were frequently mentioned. Think they got the idea about what would happen to them if they couldn't guess correctly haha. Our lessons normally end at 1.10pm but we had a review lesson at 4pm, so as soon as that ended, we headed over to HILC to commence Project Iron Chef!! *insert dramatic music* The dishes were: Tom Yam Fish Soup, Chawanmushi, Stir-fry Kangkong with Sambal (yes there is kangkong here, albeit imported...) and Fried Chicken (which deserves special mention). Desserts courtesy of Denise were Blueberry Cheesecake and Agar-agar. The fried chicken, oh my... think we will all avoid chicken for the next couple of days. In short, the chicken totally did not turn out the way we wanted. Thank goodness for ketchup.

Today, I went to do community service. It's a Cornell thingy organised annually, entirely voluntary with no strings attached but we decided it'd be a good experience so we decided to participate. We picked rubbish at the local YMCA, cleaned windows (well not me but some members of our group), broke our backs trying to move an outdoor basketball hoop thingy indoors (up a slope no less!) and painted the pavilion the wrong colour (oops!). So now, I'm taking yet another brief respite from mugging for my prelim on Monday to blog. Gosh, who am I kidding man...

As a closing note, I do feel that love is in the air. It's so contagious that all my best buddies have fallen into its clutches. I'm still immune though, should go do a blood test to check for the antibodies that give me the resistance. Perhaps I can make some money out of it.

I'm kidding.

Aiyoh, my dahling Penelope is going bonkers again... yep my laptop has refused to be switched on yet again. In fact, it's exactly one week ago that I had the same problem. How suspicious. Anyways, judging by the previous time, I probably can't use her until Thursday or so... and that's if she still works. Amitahba man...

Mood=(quote Jyang) sian-half.

I just did the craziest thing ever: Riding a rollercoaster at near zero degrees celsius in the rain!! Well make that 3 rollercoaster rides actually... Siao boh...
Another trip organised by HILC, Cherlyn and I happily chup in haha. We went to Six Flags Theme Park at Darien Lake, Buffalo. The bus left at 10, we reached at 12.45pm or so, where we met up with Jowyn. Jowyn spent the weekend at Rochester with a friend and judging by the interesting stories we heard, she had a rather wild time there. *cough, frat party, cough cough* Yeah anyway, it was the worst day to be at an amusement park because it was cold and wet. It rained almost perpetually and temperatures were definitely sub-10. I'm pretty certain that as the afternoon progressed, it hit sub-5 at some time cos we could see the mist from our breath. But did that deter us? Of course not!
The first ride we took was the Viper. That one was pretty cool, turned us upside down once or twice with the loops. Then we headed for the Boomerang. The Boomerang was pretty interesting. We were first carried up a slope backwards so we were looking down on the slope. Then suddenly, without any warning, the brakes were released and we zoomed down the same slope we climbed up, up and down, sideways, a couple of loops and then a slow climb up another slope, this time facing forward. Then the entire ride repeats backwards. Wicked eh? We did the bumper cars too but I was quite unlucky cos my car wouldn't move. If my estimation is correct, I was displaced a grand total of 5 metres from my original position, thanks to the other cars bumping me along. Shucks.
By then, it was really unbearably cold so we hid in the theatre for awhile. Halloween's around the corner so the performance was entitled "Dead Man's Party". A mix of song and dance, it wasn't too bad plus it kept us out of the rain for quite awhile. After that brief respite (I admit I really needed it cos I dun have a high threshold for fast rides, even though I like the thrill...), we went for THE ride. Ride of Steel a.k.a the Superman ride is one helluva ride. The start of the ride is the worst. Here are the Ride Facts:
1. First Drop: 205 Feet (about 62m!!!)
2. Angle of First Drop: 70 degrees (argh!)
and there are some more but not that important. I really really hate the feeling of free fall after that ride, cos after the first drop, there were at least two more not-so-high-but-bad-enough drops so the feeling really really sucked. *shiver* But the rides are damn fun la. See how contradictory I am? Sigh.

So that concludes my weekend. Some highlights next week include having Thursday off cos the only lesson that day is a take-home prelim, hopefully getting a pair of chunky boots cos my track shoes are leaking from the soles and my cheap boots are slippery, a big cooking event and comm service at YMCA. Yeah man.

Alrighty, finally found the mood to blog. Mood = crappy.

Guess most people know about the scare my laptop gave me. I bought this second-hand Dell to bring to Cornell so it's only 3 months old. Wait, I should correct that. It has been in my possession for 3 months. It's actual age is *gasp* 4 years. Of course the guy I bought it from didn't tell me its age. I found out when I was surfing the Dell website looking for the technical support hotline. I keyed in the service tag number and this window pops up, telling me how ancient my laptop is. Maybe I shouldn't call it an it anymore. She's (my laptop) very much a woman, concealing her real age from me. See how crappy I am?

Anyway, there is more. Apparently I overworked her on Sunday cos Monday morning when I tried to switch her on (to check the weather so I know how much to wear, and yesh I'm serious), she didn't. Then on Tuesday, she still didn't. And Wednesday. By then, she was placed at the corner of my desk already, instead of the centre position she previously occupied. On Thursday, I was packing my bag and ready to retire to my bed with a book (not textbook I assure you), I decided to try her one last time and voila! She decided to grace me with her kind attention. So now I'm happily blogging and I promise to treat her well lest she throws another tantrum. Yup, guess that's enough of my laptop (should I call her Penelope? hmm....)

I had 2 mid-term exams this week. Relatively manageable. The daily temperature is low and still lowering. It's just below freezing point at night and the highest daily is around 15 degrees celsius. According to the forecast, snow is expected on Monday but I'm not counting on it. I bought a bottle of marinade-cum-stir-fry sauce and suddenly, fresh meat is so much more palatable. I've lost my tan from FOC so my skin colour looks much like the Hainan chicken skin colour. Ugh. But my hair is straight *grin*. It's still straight. And I'll repeat that again. It's still straight.

I've got about 2 more months left here. Gosh time really flies. I wish it wouldn't. Mood = subdued.

My laptop is working again. Phew. I promise to be good from now on. *nods head fervently*

Just a quick note to say that my laptop has crashed. Damn. Anyway, calling out to all laptop experts, I'm a damsel in distress. (Er, ok maybe not damsel... doesn't suit my image) Basically, my laptop doesn't start up. After I press the button, the indicator lights flash for a moment, but the hard disk doesn't start to spin. Please email me if you think you're able to help. You can email me or leave a comment if you can't help but can offer some comfort haha. Otherwise, let's just hope I'll be able to keep this blog up yar?

Oops, almost forgot... Zing, I do hope I got the date correct. I'm thinking that your birthday is tomorrow (19 Oct) and if I'm wrong, I've just embarrassed myself publicly in my blog no less... Anyways, happy birthday to you, the high-flyer of our midst. You should grow out your hair and layer it, and stop standing around when there are nice, comfy chairs to sit on and meet up with us more often because I think that our company is therapeutic *grin* Stay warm in UK and best wishes!

Still about the trip...

We were very proud of our identities as mountain turtles (or suakus if you like). We even came up with our own pledge:

"We, the turtles of the mountains, pledge ourselves as one united family, regardless of size, species and habitat, to build a suakufied community, based on loyalty and unity, so as to achieve happiness, longevity and progress for our mountains."

Let me back-track a little to the night at Boston. So after we stuffed ourselves full with seafood, it was a 45 min drive back to our inn. We followed behind Alvin's car but when we reached the toll booth, there was actually no one manning that particular booth. (Alvin always had such wonderful luck in choosing lanes at the toll...) So we had to reverse and take another lane, and in doing so, we ended up in front of them. Being the crazy people we were, we gave them the "loser" sign before driving off. Remember the "Loser" cheer? I think platoonmates will know yar, esp El :) Anyway, we knew they were just behind us, so when we entered the inn, we (the 4 girls naturally. It was all too childish for Chinning...) decided to wait for them a little and performed the loser cheer just for them. Yeah man.

That sparked off our mini-performances for the rest of the trip. Yes, very reminiscent of my NCC days. I've gotta confess to my platoonmates that we did Truly Madly Deeply when we reached the corn maze. Hope you all dun mind, cos it was such a long time since I've heard the song and just couldn't help it *grinz*.

We performed our pledge (song and actions!) at the Teddy Bear Factory. I even got the video clip of it. Bribe me real well and I'll show it to you hee. Rest assure that nothing about Jing Yin has changed. She's still as nutty, crappy and crazy as ever :)

Last week at this time of the day, I was still at the Premium Outlet shopping. Now, I've gotta study for my mid-term test on Monday. What an interesting revelation. Well, just taking a short break here (yeah right who am I kidding... I haven't even started much studying) cos I just read my roomie's blog on the Massachusetts trip and mine, in comparison, is woefully inadequate. So let me make ammends :)

The MIT hacks are perhaps the most intriguing aspect of their culture. Besides the "police car" hack, there are plenty of other things that the students put up on the roof of the great dome, including a snowman on a very hot summer day and a gigantic screw. Another famous hack involved turning all the chairs in a lecture hall to face the back of the hall. Mind you, these chairs were bolted down to the floor individually and it was all done overnight so it's really quite amazing how they were able to pull it off.

Here's a picture of the 4 of us in our coordinated clothing:

This was the second day, the one we spent at the Premium Outlet shopping. The picture was taken at the recep area at Day's Inn. We spent 3 mornings eating bagels by the window and waiting for the rest to wake up. Yesh surprisingly, most of the time, the girls were punctual but not the guys. Kind of makes you wonder what the world is coming to.

This the pic we took after our dinner at Legal Seafood. The guys from left: Jian Long, Chinning and Wee Lee (yes, I did get the spelling wrong haha). It's amazing how well we got along as dinner companions within 3 hours. As mentioned earlier, the 2 MIT guys left dinner with 2 very very silly nicknames and it all started when we decided to guess one another's JCs, secondary schs and primary schs. I think Cherlyn's school was perhaps the hardest to guess out of the 4 of us girls. Then when we tried to guess Jian Long's sch, he very nicely gave us some clues. He hinted that his school is actually some sort of confectionary and it's six letters long. And guess what happened next? Cherlyn was shooting out words like cupcake, donut, cookie, muffin etc. If I never told you before, one thing my roomie well-versed at is snacks of all sorts. So we (the 4 girls) started laughing non-stop, leaving the guys rather bewildered I guess. And Cherlyn wouldn't stop calling out different types of food! She kept going on, gosh! So if you take a step back and think about the situation real carefully, 2 of the smartest guys of '83 (they're all scholars) being laughed at by 4 silly girls is really quite sad on their part I think. Yeah I shan't disclose their nicknames here, think that's quite enough already hee. Btw, turns out Jian Long was from Pandan Pri and I (yesh the all-magnificent me) guessed it haha. *victory sign*

Yeah think that's enough for the night, back to mugging :)

More than a week since my last post, sorry about that people. It was my fall break that started from last Friday (7/10) and ended on Tuesday (11/10) so here's a super duper nice long post about my trip to Massachusetts :)

7 October
There were still lessons on that very rainy Friday. Luckily for me, I only had two. Only 50% of the students turned up for lessons, judging by the attendance in the classroom and lecture hall. So after our lessons ended at 12.05pm, we returned to our room to prepare for our departure.
A little more background information on this trip: It's a mighty 5 car convoy with a total of 25 people going to Boston in Massachusetts. Yesh, coordination was a pain in the neck but it wasn't my pain. Bascially, the people in this trip were the 7 Toronto Trip people (Alvin, Yizhuan, Chining, Denise, Cherlyn, Jowyn and I) and the Singaporean freshies. Directions from Mapquest indicated that the journey there will probably take more than 5 hours but we all knew it would take more than that because traffic conditions were not good. Rain and fog was expected.
So we were supposed to depart at 4pm but only left Cornell close to an hour later. My car contained the 4 of us exchange students and Chinning. Needless to say, that poor guy had to endure our funny antics but let's leave that for another time. Anyways, the scenery was gloomy cos of the rain. The first 1 1/2 hours was pretty slow moving too cos we were driving through the small towns and the speed limit was 30 mph. Furthermore, our car, which Chinning borrowed from a friend, didn't seem to have much accelerating power, so we literally crawled up every slope. There were always 4 cars behind us on that road but they can't overtake us cos of the double yellow line so.. *shrugs shoulders* We had a few stops here and there, drove thru McDonalds for dinner (cos we were the slowest car already, so we dare not stop to eat haha). We finally reached our hotel (Day's Inn) at midnight, so that was about a 7 hour drive. Our room was very nice and pleasant to say the least. There was wireless network so Cherlyn and Denise could use their laptops. The laptops also doubled as our jukebox during the long car trip. There were 2 double beds so all 4 of us were able to get a good night's rest comfortably. Which we didn't really actually, we played cards till 3 hee.

8 October
Sort of looked forward to this day of SHOPPING! Yesh, one whole day devoted to the Premium outlet where most of the brands are gathered at one location. We started at 10am or so and managed to cover the entire area. Oh I forgot to mention, we (the 4 of us) decided to coordinate our clothing that day haha. We all wore our red Cornell t-shirt and denim skirts, which of course drew alot of stares. I bet they were just jealous *humph*. Although I bought a couple of things, it was actually rather disappointing. Well Levi's let me down actually. The colours, designs and sizes there were awful. I came out of that shop empty-handed. Sigh. Oh well, at least I have my second-hand Levi's to comfort me. We bumped into Alvin and Chinning at Guess and we were thorougly insulted by them. Their shopping bags were larger than ours. 'Ours' = 4 girls combined. You see what I mean? Gosh, how can we lose to them?! Anyway, we were only about 1/3 through so we soon caught up to them in terms of purchases. Well not really me actually. I splurged on a necklace for Mommy, a t-shirt for Kor, a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and a watch for myself. That's all. Jyang, sorry I didn't get your Birkies. They had started to keep the summer stock and replace it with the fall/winter shoes so Gizeh was unavailable. Madrid was beyond budget. Lips, didn't see Hollister, sorry. Yeah so we literally spent one whole day there, headed back to the hotel at night, where I watched Iron Chef America before going to sleep.

Caramel apples! We shared one chocolate chip apple, yummy!

I met Rachelle!! What a coincedence! Rachelle's my Sec 4 classmate and gee I look fat next to her...

9 October
We went down to Boston City where one of the guys' friend brought us on a tour around MIT. One really interesting part of MIT culture is their "hacks". They've got this prominent building which has a dome-shaped roof and once, to protest against some parking dispute, a group of students spirited away a police car, took it apart and brought it up to the dome where they reassembled it. There are plenty others too, not just involving the dome and some of them are just pure ingenuity. We also took turns sliding down two of the corridors on chairs (those with wheels, like the ones in the computer lab). That wasn't too bad either :) MIT

After MIT, the day sort of went downhill. Boston was a mega-hard city to navigate so I dubbed this day as the Day of Hollanding. Holland=getting lost. We went to a restaurant called Penang for lunch, where we had a really good treat of Singaporean and Malaysian food (chicken rice, hor fun, duck rice, chicken curry, oyster omelette, kangkong). After that, we headed for Salem. And that's where we hollanded repeatedly I can't even keep track. I think probably the reason for that is we didn't have a proper map of the place. So it was a very frustrating experience for our poor driver (Chinning) and navigator for the day (Jowyn). We all took turns sitting in front btw. Well we finally found the place after approximately 2 hours of hollanding. The museum had closed but we managed to catch the show, which is pretty much a summary of the Crucible and the Salem witchcraft trials.

Salem. Those are buskers but you'll have to tip them to take a photo with them so I just took pics of them hee.

We headed back into Boston City for dinner at this seafood restaurant called Legal. Any bad fish would be illegal (bad joke, sorry). We were the last to arrive because we mega-hollanded again. So it was about close to 9pm when we placed our orders for food. The 5 of us shared a table with 2 of Chinning's friends from MIT, Willie (not sure of the spelling actually...) and Jian Long. I think the 2 of them regretted it sorely cos they walked away with very very hilarious (on our part, embarrasing on their part I'm sure) nicknames at the end of dinner. Anyways, I think that dinner was the start of the laughing sickness that afflicts our car. Up till that point of time, I haven't laughed so hard for a very long time. We said our goodbyes at around midnight, returned to the hotel room about 1am and promptly went to sleep.

10 October

Another mega-holland day. We set off for Vermont. Our first stop was the corn maze which took a long time to get to cos we had to navigate through the more mountainous regions and we couldn't call for help cos there was no reception for the handphones. But well at least it was a scenic route. Beautiful, beautiful scenery. The leaves have started to turn yellow, red and orange and some trees have shed their leaves completely. It was a clear day too, so we could see the mountains amidst the clouds (might have been mist or fog actually...) far far away.

The Great Corn Maze. Gosh. We split up into 4 groups according to our cars. Our car didn't even make it through 1 quarter of it. It's humiliating. Let's not talk about it. Wait till I return to Singapore, you can take a look at the videos I took haha.

Our original plan was to go to the teddy bear factory after the corn maze but it was too late by then and everyone was tired from running around in the maze. The alternative plan was to go to Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory because it closes later but I think every car hollanded while trying to get there so in the end, we decided to just check into our hotel. Our car was the first to reach. The rest of the cars hollanded and arrived about 45 min to an hour later. To pass the time, we played some taitee and indian poker. We then had Mexican fare for dinner which I felt was rather delicious.

I guess I should just do a little sidetrack here and talk about some more trivial stuff here. Well when I went to Toronto, we stopped by the Niagara Falls on the way back. Out of the 8 of us, the 4 girls (us, the exchange students) obviously have never seen the falls so we were all "ooh" and "aah" over it. The other 4 guys are upperclassmen so all but one have seen the falls like countless times I think. So Yizhuan very happily nicknamed the 5 of us (Denise, Jowyn, Cherlyn, Chinning and I) "mountain turtles". And on this trip, the 5 mountain turtles were all in the same car and very frequently, our car was the slowest. Well that's not our fault cos the car itself doesn't have much accelerating power so it crawls up any slope. Oops I think I've mentioned that before. Well anyway, we felt pretty good about coming in first that night. Turtle Power!

11 October

We went to Ben and Jerry's first thing in the morning haha. It's a very happy place, that's for sure. And yesh, we of course had ice cream despite the cold. Btw, it's about 10 to 15 degrees celcius daily now. Cool right? Next stop was the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. There's the Vermont Teddy that costs a bomb and then there are the "exchange students" cos those teddys are made in China. No I didn't get a teddy, I've got my bear waiting for me at home. Cannot be "flowery-hearted". Hee. After that, it was another long long ride back to Cornell. We reached after 8pm, dropped off our stuff at Balch then went down to Collegetown for dinner. And dessert afterwards. I think within that short span of about 2 plus hours, I laughed so hard until my sides hurt. Why? Because of Cherlyn la. *glare* That girl and her funny antics. And Denise just goads her on... yar it's a bit hard to understand I guess so let's just leave it there. Wait till I come back and you can look at the photos and videos and get a better idea of what happened.

Ben and Jerry's. (that's quite a duh thing but nvm...)

Yup so that sums up my fall break trip and probably the last of my road trips. Quite sad actually, cos road trips are really so much fun. Hope to be able to do something like this in the future. This whole week is gonna be rainy and rainier. Plus the cold. Brrr.

Birthday dedication: Tingfeng

Happy belated birthday! (Well technically I'm not late from the POV of my side of the globe...) Guess who reminded me? Here's a hint: I received an interesting (to say the least) video in my email this morning. Seems like you and your love are doing well *evil grin*. Be nice to Engel hor, or else... haha best wishes!

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And Calamity Jing Yin strikes again! My latest escapade: Cookie-baking 101. 1.5 credits, no letter grade, only pass/fail. Ok sorry if you don't understand any of that. I was baking cookies at noon today. All was going smoothly cos, well you can't go wrong when you buy the ready mix and just add an egg and magarine right? So we put it into the oven and it's supposed to cook for 10 min. After 5 mins, smoke came out from the oven and set off the smoke detector in the kitchen. OMG. It was NOT our fault at all, it's the FREAKING OVEN!!!! That stoopid piece of scrap metal set off the smoke detector and the irritating beeping sound rang and rang and rang. We managed to find an RA who lent us a fan to blow the smoke away. So after about 10min, the ringing finally went away. At least it was only the kitchen detector that rang. It would have been worse if we set off the entire hall's fire alarm. That would have been disastrous. And no, the cookies weren't burnt. They weren't even cooked properly. Gosh that oven must be the bane of my existence.

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End of rant. Thank you for reading. Be sure to tune in to the next installment of Calamity Jing Yin.

Ah it's been some time since the last post, sorry about that. It's October now, the weather is still kind of fickle. Think the coldness last week might have been some remnants of the hurricane or something. This weekend was pretty cosy. Gosh I keep talking about the weather now. Reflects my boring personality. Hmm. Well anyway, here's a summary of the past few days.
After class on Friday, Cherlyn and I went to the second-hand clothes shop to pick up some warm clothing. If you don't mind wearing second-hand, then it's really a great place to shop cos there's some really nice stuff among the racks and no lack of branded goods too. Then we had mahjong again at night hee.
Saturday morning, we checked out the Ithaca Farmers' Market. They had fresh farm produce, but mostly organic, so the prices weren't very cheap. There was some interesting food there though, like Cambodian, Thai, Cuban and many more. I had a Cuban sandwich for lunch. It's some kind of bread with ham, tuna, and some yellow thing I can't identify filled in the middle. The entire thing is then grilled so the bread has a crispy outer crust. Quite tasty but full of calories. Oh well. We went to the second-hand clothes store again haha cos it was along the way back. I got a pair of second-hand Levi's for $9! Haha :) Ok it's not like extremely nice-looking but I like the colour and it's really comfortable, so yup I'm glad. Retail therapy works.
Jowyn's mom is here visiting for a week so she cooked us a delicious dinner, with bak kut teh (yummy!). Yar it has been some time since I had a meal of rice with 4 dishes so was really really very grateful for her treat. Mommy, when I return, can you please cook for me? I miss your cooking!
Then we had late night badminton. Played from 10pm to 1am in the Helen Newman Gym. I've never ever played so much badminton in my life I think, which goes to show how little I exercise. Incidentally, I just learnt that why exercise is especially important to your bones is because the stress on the bones actually help to keep bone mass and density high so there's less risk of fractures. Yup gals are more susceptible to osteoporosis so I shall try to exercise more regularly from now on. Needless to say, my body aches now la.
Sunday was shopping at the factory outlet in Waterloo. I didn't spend much actually cos we only had 3 hours or so at the outlet. And this was just a small outlet. There are the bigger ones coming up soon in my itinerary hee. Yup so do let me know if you would like anything specific, like a particular brand or something. Best if you can provide me with some details like size, colour etc. Otherwise you'll be at the mercy of my horrid fashion sense hahaha. I'm definitely going to one the coming weekend. It's my fall break and I'm travelling to Massachusetts and definitely will stop by their factory outlet so do let me know soon yar?
Then there was the Third Eye Blind concert at night which was pretty cool. Not really my type of music but the band is really impressive, especially the guitarists. The sound and lighting was fabulous too. We had late night bubble tea and spicy cajun fries after that before we headed back to bed.
Today I had an acute case of the Monday Blues. Boo hoo. Yar you guessed it, caffeine-sustenance was the key. What really woke me up was my last lesson of the day, Plagues and People. We watched a ghastly video about the Great London Plague in 1665. I was in need of fresh air after watching the show. It was a very well-made documentary, but definitely not for the squeamish. *shiver*
Yup so that sums it up so far. TCAT isn't going on strike thank goodness. All that's left now is my prelim results. Good luck to me :)