He stared at the blur of heels, dyed hair, and flashy fabric. "I have a theory," he declared, after several moments.

"Let's hear it."

"Girls who wear red at a nightclub are desperate for attention."

She surveyed the the crowd before her, eyes lingering on the figures in red. "Depends on what shade of red they're wearing."

A pause.

"You're right," he gave a slight nod.

And they continued to people-watch in comfortable silence.

Bummed But.

Looks like the freshly brewed vanilla coffee from the IBM igloo did a fantastic job. 5-frickin'-am and I remain awake. For once, it's actually a positive side effect. Did some flashtrip-planning after our semi-reckless plan to Munich fell through. Probably a good thing else we'd be wandering through the absymally cold city in search of a place to stay. That said, I am quite bummed about the failed plan; was very much looking forward to meet up with a friend and getting out of ECP.

The day was an overall great one though and I've plenty to be thankful for. Made pizzas for dinner, satisfied my pizza craving and met lovely new people ("He sings in the shower!! I can hear him all the time! Never stops talking!"), received welcomed chocolate relief in mid-afternoon, got the photos I printed, came up with Plan B for Easter Weekend Blitz-Trip aaaand kind of understood what went on in class despite all the confusion.

Also, managed to lock myself out of my room today most stupidly. The lady at the reception merely grinned, daintily half-nodded, waved a hand and produced a form for me to fill before handing me another set of keys.

In other news:

"Hello! Do you have any more of those pretty bags? I'd like one! (:"

"Well, for a pretty girl, I'm sure we do!" -proceeds to hand me two-

So glib.

On posture

Mom, while attempting to get my dad to improve his unbecoming uncle posture,

"Imagine you've a delicate thread holding you up and you've to stand straight so the thread won't snap."

To which my dad immediately replied,

"But then my pants will drop." 

Not bad, dad. I was rather impressed.

On whining

"So how do you do a manly whine?"

-pause-

"In a baritone." 

Maternal Logic

 "Do you not trust me?!"

"It's not that I don't trust you." 

"THEN?" 

"I just doubt you a lot." 

& we're just talking about directions here.

Oh Mom.

"But MOM, I'm sentimental!"

"Ya, go take a knife and cut yourself."

Mother-sister conversations can be so interesting.

The Unfortunate Reality

"My vocabulary is shrinking."
"You're in engin, you don't need that much vocabulary."

Words don't flow as smoothly as they used to and I find myself speaking more in point form than in prose. Along with that is also the increased likelihood of jumbling up my words or saying things that are rather out-of-context. Evidently, there has been a distinct lack of prose in my recent-life.

The pace of school is picking up, what with the start of lectures, tutorials and graded labs. While it has been absolutely lovely meeting my coursemates and friends, this semester will see more of me studying and less of me partaking in one-too-many CCAs or social gatherings. I hope.

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 18

Today ain't a good day at all :( One of those days where things don't seem to go right & I don't feel right. Am retreating to my music-bubble.

My cousin's on a durian-delivery spree. She arrived on her cool blue scooter and left in less than two minutes. Didn't even bother staying to chat with my mom cos she was afraid her durians might go bad in this terrible weather. Also found out today that my uncle bought 50kg of durian yesterday. "Too little," he complained in Mandarin, "I initially wanted to buy 100kg, but the plantation didn't have enough." He goes to the frigging plantation to buy durians. Gotta love my durian-loving relatives. Am going to own a massive durian plantation next time.

Vroom vrooommm!

"You need to drive. More. Gently."

 Improvement despite my lack of sleep!!! (Although he still reached for the emergency brake a couple of times.) This is so amusingggg :)

HA HA HA

"Boys have no brains, even though both start with 'b'.  

The Source of My Eccentricity ♥

"That's me. That's your dad, cos he's the tallest, followed by you and Ade. & the last one's your idiosyncratic sister."

"Thanks mom. Nice to know you named your toes after us."

"What? NO! You were all named after my toes!"

Stir-fried One Liners

"[...] and eat all your vegetables, including the eggplant."

Completely unexpected endings crack me up xD

"Nothing happened doesn't mean Nothing Happened"

Quote of the day, as stated above. Interesting thought & interesting parties involved.

In other news, this evening beautifully wrapped up what was an otherwise awful day. The computer corrupted the document I had painstakingly worked on. Might have killed a computer in a fit of anger. Dropped my phone. Lugged a deadweight textbook around the whole day. Barely understood the stats lecture (omg, the backlog piling up). Spent the day impatiently waiting for 6 O'clock to arrive. It rained at 5 freakin' O'clock.

"OMG It's gonna rain! D:"
"I heard (literally) )):"

BUT

The rain stopped at 6. (THANK YOU GOD!!) The rain stopped at 6 (I've never been this happy to see rain stopppp). The rain stopped at 6 (I cannot even describe the GLEE I felt. I could've whoohoo-ed in the middle of the road). I got to play tennis (Never mind that I got totally ass-whooped). I got to play tennis (for a good 2odd hours!). I got to play tennis :D (& it totally made up for the terrible start of the day!).

Tennis + friends + cool evening weather + chatting + other random things== AWSMNSS. Looks like College Fridays will be making a return :D (except that strictly speaking, it's no longer college.)

Sleep well (:

It's All About Context

"I like to watch them die because I hate them."

My sister cracks me up.

ANW

"It's the most dubious congrats you've ever had."

Cracked up at this.

I like how the week always ends on a good note despite the nonsense in between Mondays & Fridays (:

"My friends think I've an obsessive affair with food."

"So why're you so superficial huh?"

"I'm not! It just so happens that I always have food-related stuff to talk about!"

"...that's because your depth is only up to your stomach."

"Christine, when are you going to get a boyfriend???"

"When I find someone who intrigues and fascinates me in a way I cannot explain."

"... Okay, you can date Mom then."

My Mom Says The Darndest Things

"You sexy dodo."

o.0 Like, whattt?!

To Infinity & Beyond/ An Update

"Hi Mom, guess what? I'm feeling optimistic about uni life! :D"

"You're always optimistic and look what happens in school."

"Heh."

*****
Starting tomorrow,the next 2 weeks will be some kind of mad rush in a sea of forced calm to complete The Project that I've to get done by the end of the month, if not earlier. Let us hope everything'll turn out well & I'll continue to sleep early every night (:

From what I can remember, the past week's been enjoyable - Mee Siam, Putri Salat, awesome chilli by Chef Abdul, paycheques (No longer as broke!), ISE camp & Post-SportsCampDeux meetup :D Thank you God for awesome food & friends!

For A Moment

"What's that white-coloured broccoli called?"

"... Cauliflower? -.^"