...Then promptly drove right off the highway.

I have such a bright future.

ANYWAY. I notice that I didn't mention my mother's new purchase. We were at the market on Saturday and she bought a rose plant. It's so pretty, all bright pink and stuff. I could just sit on our doorstep and stare at it the whole day...if there weren't so many lizards and other freaky insects lurking about.

I need to get out into the sun. And it seems like everytime I want to do that, something crops up instead. Like today: I woke up and it was raining. It never rains unless I want to go out desperately!

I gave up on Fire Emblem, by the way. Hector's Story is IMPOSSIBLE. I mean it. There are like double the number of enemies from Eliwood's Story - and all the characters start at ridiculously low levels, mostly 1. At only the third chapter, almost my whole army died! What the - ?! But that said, his story is more interesting 'cos you get his point of view, and not only Eliwood's. Too bad I can't live to finish it. I mean, my characters can't live to finish it. :P

Less than two months before my life starts again. I mean, less than two months before my school life starts again. Hmm.

Jessica wrote home at 11:24 pm

Jessica wrote home at 11:24 pm

So I stayed at home and sulked. Haha.

Okay, okay, I was occupied with something else. Last night I took out my GBA SP again (argh, GBA SP...) to try Fire Emblem. Suddenly had the urge to continue Cheryl's existing game. Upon getting her consent, I spent like two hours trying to get through the sealed lava cave chapter. It's usually extremely easy but I wanted to train up Priscilla (whom Cheryl didn't train) and she kept dying. Oh well. Other than that though, I spent the time wondering how on earth Cheryl managed to get both Sain and Kent to such high levels, and why on earth didn't she train Raven.

ANYWAY. Pointless stuff. After completely losing track of the time, I went to bed. As usual, played my CD. It sounds so good in the quiet darkness. The good thing was that I had just finished my favourite track ("Holiday") when the discman went dead. The bad thing was that "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" was the next song. So I had to get up again and go charge the thing.

I woke up at 1 p.m., well aware that everyone had been awake for ages. Haha. Had lunch then spent another hour listening to my CD whilst studying that stupid vocab list of mine. Satisfied, I went back to Fire Emblem. Finished that quite fun chapter where you have to defend Castle Ostia. I managed to kill that idiotic Denning guy by surrounding him with Hector, Eliwood and Hawkeye, plus I got Legault to steal everything in sight. So that was pretty satisfying. :)

Okay, enough about FE...for today. Haha.

Have been feeling extremely stupid (as usual) the past two days, ever since my mother came home saying how much she enjoyed her Beginner's Chinese class.

She'll probably be better than me in like five lessons...

***SPOILER***

That sounded pretty lame. Like I'm revealing the ending of some book or movie...

ANYWAY, I entered my IC no. As expected, didn't have to wait long. The page changed and the first thing that I saw was SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC. Then the rest of the words there finally entered my vision. It took so long for the rest of it to sink in since, obviously, if I got into SP then duh it would be Media & Comm right?

Okay, my first thought was...

Aww...didn't get into my first choice.

Second thought was...

Ahhh...then I can still go to school with Cheryl!

Final thought was (after receiving Cheryl's sms)...

Argh!!! Why's everyone going to TP?!?!

After that I stopped thinking completely and started wallowing in self despair. Well, okay, I tried my vainest to find someone else going to SP. By the end of the day I only found two. My clump of friends (haha) are all headed for TP (that part not haha) or JC. Cheryl and I even lamented on how our sad lives never let us get into our first-choice schools (this includes that depressing part of our lives after the PSLE - I still remember 12-year-old me not daring to look at my posting, and 12-year-old Cheryl coming up to me and waving her slip, laughing - not in a happy way - as she exclaimed about getting into her last choice, SHSS).

Hey, I almost convinced my mother to let me appeal for TP. But in the end she was like, "Stick to your course lah!"

Hmmph. My mother mentioned the other day that if I was still living near TPJC, I would've applied there. If I was still living near TP, I would've applied there too, as my second choice still. Not my third. Makes me wonder if I could've gotten into Comm & Media Mgmt there...but whatever. Like I'll ever know.

Anyway, until I find some more people who are going to SP, I'm just going to sit here and weep.

Kidding.

Only comforting fact is that I got in without getting off my swivel chair and making the trip down to apply for DAE.

(Man, am I lazy!)

So that's the Major Irony of everything. On the 28th of February YQ, Sam, Joy and Cheryl were all saying in unison that they were going to SP...not me.

...and on the 22nd of March I became the only one going there!

Left all alone. Sniff.

Yesterday was supposed to be "The Last Outing". Sam made it sound like we would die the next day. We joked about dying quite a lot. All getting-rammed-down-by-cars and stuff. Ha.

ANYWAY, we took neocards at Bugis. "Our Last Memories" or so Sam called them (told you she was being morbid!). Then we walked to City Hall where we ate dinner at Cafe Cartel. I think I'm going to miss those Saturday outings. Seriously. It's one of those things you take for granted after so many months. I settled for pan-fried linguine and spent the time moaning about spending so much money. To make up for that, we all ate bread but didn't order any drinks.

Then YQ wanted to buy a CD-RW but the nearest Popular was at Orchard. Sam wanted to stay out late, but we had to convince her for quite long before we got her to come along. Took a bus there.

At Popular they went about hunting for stationery while I followed behind, annoying them (as usual). I think I might actually miss buying stationery. Or so much stationery at least.

Her stuff bought, YQ abandoned us. Haha. "Our Last Memory" of her was her sticking her tongue out at us as she rushed out to the MRT.

Then I had to go torture (unintentionally!) Sam by dallying in CD-RAMA while she kept reminding me she wanted to go to the bathroom.

I (finally) got my CD and we headed for Takashimaya. Sam wanted to look at the desserts in Dairy Queen but she didn't buy anything; in the end we went to Cold Storage where she bought some pomelo drink.

We sat outside the exhibition area - the same position we sat with Shawn just 3 days ago. The difference was that the baby fair was gone. And I so wanted the Barney bolster too!! :P

By that time it was almost 9.30 p.m.; the shops were all closing so we were left with nothing to do even though we didn't want to go home. We went out of the building and sat by the staircase watching everyone walk past and talking about meeting once every month.

I'd like to see how many months we can actually keep that up!

But still...from everyday to once every month?

At first Sam suggested we walk to Hotel Rendezvous to take our buses, but then she got lazy and I took so long just to get her walking again. We headed for the nearest bus stop where Sam found out her bus was coming in less than 5 minute's time. My bus arrived first though.

At City Hall I waited for my second bus and it was only when I got on that Sam said her bus had arrived. So we should have walked!!! :P

I was pretty tired when I got home. So didn't really bother to argue when my mother made me sleep at midnight. Even though I wasn't as sleepy as I was tired. Instead I got out my discman (thanks to that pile of poly guides, my earphones were bent out of shape!) and played my CD. You'd think rock music would keep me awake, but I actually nearly dozed off at track 8.

I slept for 3 hours maybe, then woke up and couldn't get back to sleep ('cos this time the music worked!). At 6.30 a.m. I gave up and went to wash up. Had just taken the lid off my ready-to-eat cup noodles when WH sms-ed saying he already checked his results. That was just before 7 a.m.! If I had known I would've gotten it over and done with long ago! I made a mad dash for the com. My fingers trembled as I typed since I forgot to switch on the light and couldn't see clearly. But I got my results all right.

Jessica wrote home at 11:08 pm

1. Never disturb Jessica Yeo when she is writing. Guess what happened to the ant who crawled up her journal last night?

2. Jessica Yeo hasn't been writing for a long time. So after dealing with said ant, she completely lost her train of thoughts.

3. Stupid ant.

4. Posting results out tomorrow. Don't think I will sleep.

5. Anyway I'm an insomniac so it doesn't matter.

6. My bet is on me getting into SP. Employing the use of probability, which was probably (haha) the only thing I was good at in Math.

7. I don't need to do Math anymore.

8. Unless I get into Biomedical Science.

9. Upon which I will appeal to somewhere else.

10. Somehow I don't think I could get in even if I wanted...

11. It's 2.51 p.m.

12. Wasn't I supposed to meet Sam and YQ at 4 p.m.?

13. I should change.

14. I don't know what to wear.

15. I'll probably spend the next 3 years of life not knowing what to wear.

16. I need to buy more clothes.

17. I'll probably spend the next 3 years of my life needing to buy more clothes.

18. I'll be broke soon.

19. I'll probably spend the next 3 years of my life being broke.

20. Life stinks.

Jessica wrote home at 2:47 pm

xxxxSunday, March 20, 2005xxxx

I was so tired last night that a few things completely slipped my mind. Now the only one which I can remember is that I saw the Saiyuki Reload VCD on sale!

Unfortunately both Box 1 and 2 do not feature Hakkai on the cover. The DVD cover shows all four of them (the pic is very nice), but it costs $69.90. Sigh. Oh well.

ANYWAY.

As everyone may or may not know, I have been eagerly anticipating the release of the sequel to Fire Emblem since the day I completed the game (which was three-quarters of a year ago). Unfortunately Nintendo isn't as yet releasing the true sequel (Japan's Fire Emblem 6) to Fire Emblem (Japan's Fire Emblem 7).

But the good thing is, they are releasing Japan's Fire Emblem 8!!! Finally!!! And it's not that long away, either - May 23rd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

.....................eh..........................

Isn't May 23rd the day Poly starts?!?!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. See, my happiness is always short-lived. :(

Jessica wrote home at 3:52 pm

xxxxSaturday, March 19, 2005xxxx

Also extremely tired today so don't talk to me. Like who's going to talk to me anyway. Haha.

Anyway, originally I intended to just sleep in and stay at home the whole day playing The Sims 2 or something. Was still pretty exhausted from yesterday. But I ended up having lunch with my father at Orchard. Then during lunch that irritating friend called and I agreed to meet (not knowing Miss Yan Qing would abandon us again). Which made all my shopping plans go awry, sadly. I had a few things to buy but I only ended up at the Liat Towers Zara branch, since that's the only place they have the kids' line. Picked three shirts and happily went to try them on. Bought a nice pink one. Was having so much fun I had half a mind not to meet our friend. Haha. Unfortunately I had to rush all the way to Far East Plaza (which I absolutely hate).

Well, the whole evening was really spent walking from Takashimaya to Far East Plaza and back, then to Far East Plaza again...and back. By the time we got back to Lucky Plaza, it was slightly past 9.30 p.m. so all the shops had closed and I couldn't continue with my shopping. *sob*sob* Never mind, there's always tomorrow...

Jessica wrote home at 10:54 pm

xxxxFriday, March 18, 2005xxxx

Currently half-dead so must make this quick. I had less than 3 hours of sleep last night...not entirely my fault 'cos I couldn't get to sleep. In fact I went to bed earlier than usual.

Anyway, today was pretty pointless. But then again I had nothing planned, so I followed YQ and Cheryl to the Creativex Fest at Jurong. So happened Sam and Shawn were on the same train, but they took the shuttle there whereas we hopped onto an SBS bus.

It was damn crowded and the queue was damn damn damn long. Like as we were making our way to the end of the queue, we passed by like ten zillion people and still there seemed no end to it!

Can't say the whole thing was very Fest-ive (haha), but then again I was the only pathetically poor person who went there with no intention and no money to buy an mp3 player or whatever weird stuff.

We lost S & S inside. Didn't stay round to browse, just joined the queue. YQ had a choice of colours for her mp3 player. I told her to get the light blue one, then when she paid, purposely annoyed her by saying the pink one was nicer. Well, I think the pink one's nicer. I only said light blue 'cos she likes the colour more than I do! :P Oh, and Cheryl bought her father a black player (different model). Shawn (I found out later) bought the same model as YQ but of a different capacity and colour. Sam bought a red cover for her mp3 player, and noise-cancellation headphones for who-knows-what. Probably too much money to spend. :P Anyway why am I listing all this pointless stuff???

Right after that YQ, Cheryl and I went to IMM...ate some snacks. IMM was extremely boring so we didn't stay long. YQ went to the interchange to take a bus, whilst Cheryl and I took the MRT down. On the way I confused her with my long-and-complicated Sims family tree, and we also discussed the JAE posting results. We're both highly doubtful we can get into our first-choice courses. But we'll see on Tuesday.

I got off at City Hall while Cheryl continued home to Pasir Ris. Took the connecting train to Orchard where I met Sam and Shawn some time after that. Sam was complaining she was so hungry that she was going to faint 'cos her blood sugar level was too low (she's beginning to remind me of our Bio text these days...). We went to - surprisingly - KFC to eat. She ate till she was so full she said she was going to faint. If you noticed she wanted to faint when she was both hungry and full!

Our next stop was Kinokuniya. Shawn wanted to buy that Harry Potter guidebook Sam bought that day, but it was out of stock and the new shipment would only arrive in like a month's time. Then we left to go check out dangly earrings for Sam. Went to Perlini's Silver and Bits 'N' Pieces. She finally bought them on our second visit to Bits 'N' Pieces.

After that we - I am ashamed to admit - made a trip to the toy department, stopping for an interestingly long time at the Spongebob Squarepants shelf. With nothing better to do, we then browsed around the baby fair downstairs (which was totally lame) and Cold Storage.

It was getting late so Shawn went off to the MRT and I went to the bus stop, whilst Sam stayed to wait for her parents.

Yawn. That's the end of a long day. Now I'm gonna add the quizzy thingy I promised YQ...

The Perfect Guy
Created by madhatter and taken 13287 times on bzoink!
Hair color?	anything, does that matter?
Eye color?	(as above)
Height?	1.8 preferably...or at least 1.78?
Six pack?	not necessary
Long hair or short?	does "I hate F4" mean anything to you?
Glasses?	whatever, not like I have perfect vision
Piercings?	siao
Eyebrows?	huh?
Big butt or little?	what the...
Chest hair?	this is getting too far...
Buff or skinny?	i don't care for muscles, if that's what you're implying
Teeth?	whatever, not like I have perfect teeth
Section 2
Funny or serious?	serious
Party-hopper or more stay-at-home?	stay-at-home...like yours truly
Should he be able to bake or cook?	that's fine...but then I'd feel guilty...cos I don't know how...haha
Does he have a best friend?	what's wrong with that?
Is it okay for him to have a lot of female friends?	erm...I guess?
Out-going or shy?	shy...awwwwwww...
Sarcastic or sincere?	both? I like sarcasm...just not to me...haha
Does he love his mother?	why not?
Should he watch chick-flicks?	no movie questions please
Would he be a smoker?	he smokes, he goes
How about a drinking?	hmm...*evil glint in eye again*
And swearing?	gah...not too much
Would he play with your hair?	my hair's not nice to play with, sorry
Would he have more than one girlfriend at a time?	stupid question
Would he pay for you when you're on a date?	not all the time or I'd feel guilty...haha...
Does he kiss on the first date?	let's see how that famed first date turns out first...
Where would you go for dinner?	I don't care...I just wanna eat...haha
Would he buy you flowers?	please don't
Would he lay under the stars with you and spout random philosophies?	wow...think you can find that sort of guy?
Would he write poetry about you?	he better!!! :P
Would he use endearments?	huh?
Would he hang out with your and YOUR friends?	I'd rather not...not sure what those darling friends will say about me...haha
How about you hanging out with him and HIS friends?	me = antisocial. enough said.
Would he walk you up to the door at the end of the evening?	awwwwww...how nice
Would you hold hands?	eh...whatever
Section 3
Does he play soccer?	please? *looks hopeful*
Baseball?	I hate baseball
Football?	I hate football (american football that is)
Basketball?	I hate basketball
Water polo?	I hate water polo
Golf or something equally boring?	I hate golf or something equally boring
Does he surf?	I hate surfers
Skateboard?	I hate skateboarders
Snowboard?	tell me, does Singapore have snow?
Can he sing?	he better not...cos I can't...don't make me feel bad!
Play the guitar?	whatever
Play piano?	he better not...cos I'm not musical...
Play the drums?	(as above)
Can he keep his room clean?	bit hypocritical since I can't, right?
Is he an artist of sorts?	poet, sure...artist, maybe
Does he write his own music?	song about wonderful me? then that's okay...hahaha
Does he have pets?	a doggie please! a husky! a husky that likes me...
Section 4
Does he use the word dude?	I hate the word "dude"
How about tight?	whatever
Would he watch the sun rise and set with you?	man, must be some boring guy
What kind of car does he drive?	can't say I care
How old is he?	not that much older than me...but certainly not younger
What's his name?	shhh...............
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Jessica wrote home at 8:39 pm

xxxxThursday, March 17, 2005xxxx

Sorry, was bored. More to come.

Bored? ((Over 100 questions))
Created by xSwtLilAngel666x and taken 76218 times on bzoink!
[x] Part 1 -- The Basics [x]
What's your name? ::	Jessica Yeo
Birthplace ::	Singapore
Age ::	17
Age you act ::	At Home - 2, Outside - Varies
Current location ::	Home
Eye color ::	Dark dark dark brown
Hair color ::	Black
Right, lefty or ambidextrous? ::	Righty
Zodiac sign? ::	Capricorn
Height? ::	1.72 or 5'6"5 (why won't I grow???)
[x] Part 2 -- Describe... [x]
Your heritage/nationality ::	Pure Chinese, Pure Hokkien
Your hair ::	Slightly below shoulders, wavy (and proud of it!)
Your fears ::	I'm not stupid enough to let you manipulate me!
Your perfect room ::	Canopy bed, carpets, window seat, wonderful view, etc.
What you practically do in a day ::	Eat, sleep, read
[x] Part 3 -- What is/are... [x]
Words you overuse ::	Can't think of any...anyone like to tell me?
Phrases you overuse ::	"Crazy ah you!"
Your first thought when you wake up ::	Can I go back and sleep?
Your greatest accomplishment ::	Nothing
Something you want to do ::	Accomplish something great. Haha.
[x] Part 4 -- This or that [x]
Pepsi or Coke ::	Coke
McDonald's or Burger Kings ::	I hate Burger King
Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera ::	Christina Aguilera
Chocolate or vanilla ::	Vanilla!
Adidas or Nike ::	Nike (:P to YQ)
Black or white ::	Black
Bills or Coins ((Think $$$)) ::	Bills
Burgers or hot dogs ::	Hot dogs
Egypt or France ::	Tough...but I'll choose Egypt...nothing beats ancient history...
Rock or rap ::	I hate rap
[x] Part 5 -- Do you...[x]
Smoke ::	Never have and never will
Cuss ::	?
Sing well ::	NO
Sing in the shower ::	Sometimes
Talk to yourself --a lot-- ::	Always! :)
Believe in yourself ::	Hardly ever
Like taking these longass surveys? ::	Not really
Play an instrument ::	Not musical
Want to go to college? ::	Yes
Want to get married? ::	Yes
Want to have children? ::	Maybe
Think you're a health freak? ::	The opposite, as Sam will point out!
Get along with your parents ::	Yes
Get along with your siblings? ::	Not really
Think you're popular ::	NO, or else not in a good way
[x] Part 6 -- In the past month have you..[x]
Gone out of state ::	Nope
Drank alchohal ::	*evil glint*
Smoke ::	Like real
Get high ::	Erm...I got high when I managed to access JIS for the first time...
Done any drugs ::	Very funny
Eaten an entire box of oreos ::	Don't have a sweet tooth, sorry
Been on stage ::	No stage to go on!
Gone skinny dipping ::	Crazy
Been dumped ::	No one to dump me, sorry
Dyed your hair ::	Of course NOT!
Stolen anything ::	You wish
[x] Part 7 -- Your friends! =D [x]
Craziest ::	Sam or Cheryl (haha)
Loudest ::	Sam
Most shy ::	Me...am I considered my friend? Nvm...
Blondest ::	A little unfair to say...
Smartest ::	(as above)
Kindest ::	(as above)
Best personality ::	(as above)
Most talented ::	(as above)
Best singer ::	YQ, duh
Most ghetto ::	?
Drama Queen ((or King XP)) ::	YQ, haha
Pain in the ass ::	Then he/she wouldn't be my friend!
The one you just want to strangle to death ((Homer Simpson style))::	Dear Friend!!!
Funniest ::	They're all funny...I'm not (ha)
Best person for advice ::	YQ
Dependable ::	It depends...mwahaha
Trustworthy ::	YQ (see, I think so highly of YQ!)
Druggie ::	?
Most likely to end up in jail ::	Haha...*evil grin*
Person you've known the longest ::	Known the longest - Dear Friend, Been friends with the longest - Cheryl
[x] Part 8 -- The Last... [x]
Last dream ::	Was quite a good one...but can't recall!
Last nightmare ::	Erm...I killed...EVERYONE...........
Car ride ::	My memory fails me
Last time you cried ::	You think I'm gonna tell you??
Last movie seen ::	Meet The Fockers...haha...making me feel guilty for not watching more...
Last movie rented ::	I hate movies
Last book read ::	Haha...(everyone groans)..."Dumb Witness" by Agatha Christie
Last word said ::	Haven't talked for some time (MSN not counted)
Last curse word said ::	Is "damn" counted?
Last time you laugh ::	Don't remember...
Last phone call ::	YQ on Friday night, I think
Last CD played ::	Haha...haven't been playing CDs lately...must go buy some first
Last song you listened to ::	Something on radio of which I have since forgotten
Last annoyance ::	Who else but Dear Friend? Haha
Last IM ::	Still chatting on MSN...
Last weird encounter ::	Erm...haven't left the house in 3 days...no chance to encounter anything!
Last person you hugged ::	My mother
Last person you yelled at ::	Don't know
Last time you wore a skirt ::	The last time I went out
Last time you've been evil ::	I am ALWAYS evil...mwahaha
Sarcastic? ::	Sarcasm is my middle name...
Last time you fought with your parents ::	Fighting with parents = unproductive so I don't waste my time that way often
Last time you wished upon a star ::	Last June at the class chalet
Played Truth or Dare ::	Haha...5 years ago!
Spent quality time alone ::	Always (Haven't gone out in 3 days remember?)
[x] Part 9 -- I swear this is the last one! -- Randomness [x]
Are you talking to someone on AIM ::	MSN, yes...YQ came back
Do you feel lonely ::	Usually but I don't have a problem with that
Ever TP'd someone's house ::	I'm not so free...
How about egging someone's house ::	...and I don't wanna get arrested!
Do you not like dislike not like me? ::	This is a pointless question
Ain't Eminem and 50 Cent just fine? ::	No comment
Yo Momma ::	?
Ever been so hungry you felt like you could eat the person next to you? ::	No cannibalistic tendencies, sorry
What do you think of George Bush? ::	No comment
Any secret fetishes? ::	Nothing secret
Do you like to wear chains? O_o ::	?
How many languages do you speak? ::	English. The end.
Damn.. are your fingers tired? Cause mine sure are! ::	Hell yeah
Glad this is over? ((Say yes and I'll stalk you =P)) ::	Yes (go on and stalk me!)
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Jessica wrote home at 1:07 am

xxxxWednesday, March 16, 2005xxxx

*sniff*

So I rushed through Dumb Witness the whole day and finished it slightly before 11 p.m., then made a mad dash for the com to get on MSN.

And - they - ABANDONED - me!!!

*sniff*sniff*sniffle*sniffle*

Well, okay, they humoured me for a little while, then dear friend (or irritating friend or whatever) had to go home and YQ had to go off 'cos she was aching from going on her wilderness trek today. You know, that treetop thingy at MacRitchie? Actually, what the heck, I don't really know.

The main point is that now poor me is left alone to insult them on my blog.

Fine, so I'm not really insulting them. I mean, YQ will read this sooner or later anyway.

But in the meantime, "Hmmmmph."

Jessica wrote home at 11:05 pm

xxxxMonday, March 14, 2005xxxx

(Jumps around happily)

Yay!!! I only just realised it after updating my booklist. I finished book 20!!!

FINALLY!

Now I have 5 more to go. Oh well. Haha.

Must say I finished that last one extraordinarily fast; only just completed Lord Edgware Dies yesterday afternoon. ANYWAY, the sooner the better. Then I can get on with other less morbid genres. Haha.

What's that? Oh right. Another thing I forgot. Apparently everyone on earth (or at least everyone I know) decided to have their birthdays within the span of the next five weeks. Was quite astonished when I saw my phone calendar clearly highlighting at least one birthday every week. This was completely not helped by my father and sister, whose birthdays are exactly one week apart. Argh.

Hmmph. Very bored today. Finally returned to my Sims but nothing remotely interesting occurred, then settled down to get The ABC Murders over and done with. Sigh. Waiting for 23rd March...

P.S. Eh, I was just browsing through my Microsoft Word files and stumbled across four Biomedical Science course overviews that Sam got me to print before the results came out. Came up to quite a pile of print-outs, I remember. And she didn't even choose that course in the end!!! Grr. Okay, fine, haven't gotten over the betrayal yet. *sniff*

Jessica wrote home at 10:52 pm

xxxxSunday, March 13, 2005xxxx

Oh well. Decided to blog now since you miss me so much. (Hears Ana and YQ puking in the background) Heehee.

Anyway, I'm kinda surprised, too, how fast one week just went by. How on earth did that happen???

Oh. Right. I stayed over at Sam's house again on Wednesday night. With YQ of course. Ate two cup noodles again. :) Actually, ate a lot. Potato rings, one-and-a-half muffins, waffles with ice cream, Slurpee, Campbell's soup...erm, you get the idea. So you see, I am such a pig in more ways than one. Oink.

Honestly I don't know what the whole point of staying over at Sam's house was. Not like the last time, when we were discussing JAE options. (Speaking of JAE, it seems like only yesterday Sam and I were online at 3 a.m. and grumbling about the site still being inaccessible, till I started browsing the MOE website and came across school tuckshop vacancies. "Let's start a stall if we become drop outs because of stupid JAE!" Sam suggested. My reply: "Haha, and we'll call our stall Just Appetising Eats!"...)

ANYWAY, in reality we spent like half of Wednesday night mulling over a dilemma - should we stay up to watch Juventus vs. Real Madrid and miss breakfast, or should we miss the match and wake up for breakfast at McDonald's?

In the end we neither stayed up for the match nor had breakfast at McDonald's. Well, okay, we didn't stay up to finish the match. Even before it started Sam said she couldn't stay awake; not long into the match she was fast asleep on the couch. YQ stayed awake but got bored before half-time since it was still 0-0. She said she was going to sleep at half-time and obviously so was Sam.

So at half-time I gave up (grudgingly) and went to bed. Although I didn't sleep immediately since I wasn't tired.

The next day we all left at 4-something - Sam to meet her parents, YQ to Music Synergy, me for home. To sleep. Oink.

The first half of Friday was like a dream. A dream for me, that is. I went to yet another buffet lunch with my mother and aunts. This time, however, my jaw nearly dropped when I found out why the heck the buffet was so expensive: abalone, shark's fin, sashimi, smoked salmon, pepper crab, oysters, weird soups...the list went on and on, although the most delightful part was the wine. There was this sign saying that people under 18 shouldn't take them, but did I care? Like who was gonna haul me up and yell, "You're not 18!!!" Anyway, not like I even took the glasses myself. I helped myself to my mother's red wine. Then she gave me a glass of white wine. And I drank more of her red wine. I don't know if it was the alcohol or because I had so little sleep the previous night, but I ended up spending the rest of the day being tired out.

And that evening, everyone was happily enjoying themselves at the barbeque while I *ahem* was wondering why I always get myself into trouble for no rhyme or reason. Thus began a very miserable weekend, which explains why I was in no mood to blog or even surf the Net.

Saturday I had a lunch appointment. On the way there YQ sms-ed to tell me about the 25% discount for privilege card members at Times. What timely news. Right after lunch I rushed down and bought the remaing three books on my list. :) :) :)

Saturday night I was actually in no mood to do anything again, owing to the fact that Sunday was doomsday for me and everything. I finished another quarter of Lord Edgware Dies but couldn't continue since I had to sleep.

And sleep I didn't. I was up for who-knows-how-many hours, tossing and turning and thinking till I got a giant headache.

This morning I was awoken at noon by my handphone ringing. I thought it was my mother calling to wake me up and thus make me feel even worse.

Turns out things were much, much different...

Jessica wrote home at 1:41 pm