Monday, October 30, 2006.

Today isn't a very good day.

It doesn't feel good when you get a headache coaching your sister maths, neither does it feel good when you're trying to get people to co-operate with you and they end up doing the opposite.

I abhor it when people take their own sweet time to do what they want, and do not show much seriousness and responsibility towards what they need to do.

It appalls me.

Yes, I know I am temperamental, I know my expectations are high, but I don't think you reserve the right to demean what I've done, and I don't think that's what you do when you check back and realise that you've contributed to the minimal.

I don't see how people can survive if they continue to carry this attitude even till the later years of their lives.

Even though the so-called SASR can be infuriating to hear at times, I am ashamed to admit it does have its value.

Some people just do not have a sense of appreciation and a sense of responsibility (not that I love the school a whole lot but this is just apt).

It's annoying that the amount of money and effort you put into trying to improve something never comes in effective.

Yes, so the attendance part is fulfilled, so there was a bit of the talk and the presentation.

Then where's the rest of it?

Sincerity?

At least from my point of view I see none.

I HATE it when people take things for granted.

I see it too often and I think I'm getting immune to the half-torture half-pain when it happens to me.

So I do all of it for you and when you talk you give that 10% of bullshit which should not be in there.

The point is that you should have done it YOURSELF.

Individual work?

Where's the element of that in your presentation?

You've been spoon-fed ; and I don't see how anything can work out unless something tangible is given to you which you can work on.

And what do you take all these spoon-feeding for?

For granted.

Do they fall from the sky?

No.

I take the time to type, to think and to refer.

What happens?

I really don't know.

I don't really want to know.

My eyes have been opened to so much this year I think I've changed in a few ways.

Sad.

Sad.

Sad.

If only I can holler, I'd feel much better.

Well, maybe.

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Sunday, October 29, 2006.

I'm a slave to technology.

Why?

Cause I've never given much thoughts to the tempatations of new handphones, but I really really like this one.










It's white, it's pretty, I like its functions.

Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle.

WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO YOU.

Seriously, we really are slaves to technology. Well, at least, I am.

Starting off in sec 1 with a Nokia 8210 (those were the days), then getting a Nokia 6510 for $68 (you see I even remember the model AND the price) afterwhich it was stolen by some unscrupulous person cause of my sole stupidity, I got a Samsung X430 for a hundred plus, and now, it's Samsung E630 for $288.

What now?

I'm looking at that and going, "Awww...how pretty."

GOSH.

Our expectations just keep climbing and they never do know when to start descending do they?

I'm such a slave to materialism too. Gahhh this should not continue!

But tell me how it can cease to continue?

It's rather impossible, given the environment and society which pressurizes you to conform. I do not like the word conform.

It makes me feel pathetic, like I can't follow what I think is the right way of doing things. Ch.










Rah I feel like HOLLERING at him. CH.

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Thursday, October 26, 2006.

I woke up to a so-called day, ate my so-called breakfast, boarded the so-called bus, and got to the so-called school.

Are you annoyed already?

Unfortunately, the so-called journey does not end here.

Tell me, how is it possible to command respect for a so-called authoritative figure when it comes to dressing down in the form of so-called sandals and socks?

Also, when so-called speeches are so highly irrelevant they steer towards personal history and achievements (some people have the tendency to do that often), all that comes into my mind is, "Oh, what a brag."

Yes sure, a thousand other people, if not more, are masters of organic chemistry and of the structures in a plant as well as the human body.

Thus, what point does it make to boast of that achievement? And how ironic is the statement about a student not grasping a language in the way he should when that someone who is judging isn't perfectly fluent with another universal language?

It helps if you can examine yourself before talking about someone else.

Yes, everyone makes that mistake, but not everyone blatantly and indignantly makes it in front of a huge crowd when the linguistic errors are so clear to your ears you can't help but try to stifle your laughter.

Believe me, stifling a laughter and trying to pass it off as a cough isn't easy when the room is so relatively silent.

Whatever that was uttered, I believe, only 2% of it had any relevance to why I was there in the first place.

This happens when you want to try to prove yourself and end up bringing the sins of yesterday on to today so one is able to harp harp and harp on it.

We don't really need to know how much you get, we don't want to know that you are capable of defending yourself.

I think it's stupid to ask stupid questions and expect answers which you know that the crowd won't give. So what if people actually comply and raise their hands? Not everyone wants to be so blatantly honest, and whatever modes or numbers of transport which we get to some place by, I believe, is the least of concerns amongst the prevailing and apparent problems.

However the argument got dragged and pathetically extended to NE was beyond me.

Traffic jams do happen, and innocent people who happen to leave their homes 1.5 hours before school starts are not always excluded from being held up.

The point is, scold once and it's pretty enough.

It sucks to be sitting/standing there listening to an old grandfather story over and over and about the 8 favourite letters of the alphabet people so love to emphasize on.

The reaction you get?

Yah yah yah whatever. I do not read the instituitions's 101 rules.

It's very easy to turn deaf ears onto what you do not want to repeatedly hear.

Alright enough of this so-called saga.










I feel bad.

Rather bad.

We're bad.

But what can we do? How do we salvage this situation? Is it possible to turn it onto a less rocky path?

AYE.

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006.

Annyong Hasaeyo!

Care to know about what I wrote in my history?

Even if you don't, you're going to hear it anyway :D

I PONNED SCHOOL TODAY!

For the first time in my entire life, and the last.

My parents actually allowed. That is a huge breakthrough in itself.

HUGE HUGE HUGE.

I think I emphasized my point.

Oh man Clara got me to watch a youtube video about a lecturer at NTU. He's freaking funny. I watched it twice and am not sick of it. The first video I favourited. :D

Alright anyway I had fun today!

It's the first time I ponned school, and what's best, is that I went out while I ponned school!

I'm surprised at myself and I was afraid that my father was angry so last night I asked him if I was allowed to go out.

He said, "Yes, why not?"

It was like some huge burden lifted off my chest.

Watched THE PRESTIGE with the girls at Bishan Junction 8.
We had to travel far to prevent any might-be and unforeseen circumstances.

Anyway the movie in itself is confusing. Utterly bewildering, but a good movie. I think the director did a very good job.

The acting was superb, the scenes and lighting and everything, the cast, the set EVERYTHING. This is the first time I gave so much thought to the artistic element of a movie. This movie surely has it.

Hugh Jackman is handsome, but his character in there is befuddling.

This is the first time I came to realise that magic tricks are cruel and magicians live to cheat, deceive, and to embrace the work of their deception with the thunderous applause of the audience.

Aye.

I guess this is my first time entering a cinema willingly watching a Hollywood blockbuster.

Everytime I go in it's for some korean show, or Harry Potter, or some animation that children go for.

Not forgetting the traumatising experiences of House Of Wax (yuck yuck yuck) and Silent Hill (eew eew eew).

Bleh. P wants to see those who ponned today tomorrow?

Sorry! I'm having PW. :
Anyway, aside from THE PRESTIGE, we went to take free neo-prints!

Yay again again again!

Edit:

Stupid blogger. I typed a long exciting post and now it's GONE.

ARGH.

All of my positive externalities rubbish is gone.

AYE.

STUPID BLOGGER.

Ch.

Tsk.

Pffffft.

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006.

HELLO!

I'm going to do something historic in Isabelle's history tomorrow.

Really really historical.

Anyway I'm done with the GP holiday homework and it was fun doing it! I like to challenge myself linguistically even though sometimes I do end up feeling pathetic.

Did you know raison d'etre was a phrase? My friend used it once and I never knew it had a meaning. It's fun exposing myself to such things and I never knew what avant garde meant until today even though I see it so often now and then.

ALRIGHT.

I think Singaporeans found themselves a new fetish.

A korean fetish.
(excited excited)

PRINCESS HOURS!
Goong in romanization, 野蛮王妃 in chinese, and 궁 in korean.

I think I know why.

Shin Chae Gyung is someone who is very lovable, Shin is someone who feels and is touched easily but doesn't ever show it, Yul is someone so devastatingly cute it's hard not to like him, and Hyo Rin is someone who deserves to be kicked out to outer space, especially after her time in Thailand with Shin.

I dislike the character of Hyo Rin a lot a lot a lot.

The third parties in these dramas may be all nice and sweet some way or another in the beginning, but they NEVER FAIL to become unbearable when it's nearing the centre and at the end of the show.

BLEARGH BLEARGH.

I felt highly triumphant when Chae Gyung was feeling dizzy and Hyo Rin was standing there talking to her watching her faint because who came to her rescue? SHIN GOON! And who felt utterly jealous? MIN HYO RIN.

HAHA.

Too bad.

Bleh.

As bad as I felt for Yul when he RUSHED to her and held her in his arms, I was screaming and shouting like an untamed wild elephant when Shin came in, asserted all his rights and authority as her husband without saying a word, gathered her into his arms, picked her up, and carried her all the way out.

Aaaah I love episode 15, 17, 23 and 24 :D :D :D

What's with the subbing on the television anyway. When I say Chae Gyung my siblings ask me who is that. I have to say 'Cai Jing'.

PLEASE.

And Yul Goon in hanyupinyin is Li Xin? More like Lu Jun, with the two dots on top of the first 'u' vowel which I can't depict here.

Anyway, I'm going to present 06A03's Shin & Chae Gyung. :D






















So cute right?

I know.

(:

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Friday, October 20, 2006.

Grease - An 06A03 Production

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Yesterday was a positively tiring day, but I really enjoyed watching my class perform up there on stage.

Yes, it's a competition but we didn't win, but we're a winner in our own right and we've gained much from this short period of preparation.

It's good.

I like how the Arts faculty is able to support each others' performances. (:

I was laughing my head off at Ivan's wobbly-rubber legs, Joanne's 'That boy shall be hung!' and at the Italian accents of Marco and Rodolfo.

Basically I just sat there and laughed throughout the entire thing.

The best show of my life, I guess (:

Anyway to those in 06A03 if you're reading this, I'm trying my best to complete the video. Summer lovin' took me one whole night to sub. My goodness.

And, Shin Goon is terribly difficult to make la. Ch.

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Thursday, October 12, 2006.

My friend Vania dreamed a weird dream a few days ago.

So she and Renee finally persuaded me to go clubbing with them (...). Like that will ever happen.

When we entered the club we saw six good-looking guys who could dance really well.

Since we were all Shinhwa fans we looked at them closely and realised that they indeed are Shinhwa.

Remember you're talking about Singapore. And this is a club in Singapore? Hmmm.

So according to her there were lots of expatriates there who probably didn't know who Shinhwa were.

Apparently when I realised they were really Shinhwa, I went 'ballistic'. - The exact word Vania used.

Alright so, we decided to go talk to then by offering to buy them drinks (?!). Girls treating guys...? Says something about the male gender nowadays...

They agreed and we ended up talking to them (!!!) in a mixture of Korean and English. It would be a miracle if I could pull this off cause I stop at a mere annyong hasaeyo.

Right so we talked and talked and it was getting late and we had to get home.

So, the guys offered to drive us home (!!!).

The moment we walked out of the place the paparazzi was present and they began snapping pictures. Paparazzi. Singapore is famously famous for not having annoying paparazzis loitering around.

And guess what?

Those pictures made it to the headlines of the newspapers on the next day.

And the three of us were grounded.

Why? We didn't let our parents know and told them we'd be staying over at each other's place that night.

And if it makes headlines they'd naturally take action.

The last thing Vania remembers is us conferencing on how we are grounded.















OH MAN.

I thought the dream was very unlike me and very Vania-ish.

SO BIMBO! :X

But I think it's rather hilarious.

Vania sure has a vivid imagination.

SHINHWA AND US.

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

That will never happen in a lifetime.

Not even nine.

Anyway I know I didn't give the promos my best shot cause I think I deproved at everything!

Improved in my GP and Chinese though. I got an A for my GP essay and 6/8 for AQ! That's like a first in my lifetime. :D

And Isabelle you're really stupid to waste your econs essay away! Really really really stupid. Just go bang your head against the wall.

And geog. AIYAH. Stupid. I hate human geog. The whole world scores better for human but me being such a contradiciting idiot did better for physical! SO WEIRD!

And maths. There's nothing much to say since 70% of the cohort failed even though I'm not proud to say that I'm part of that larger percentile. :(

And lit. I'd be getting it back tomorrow. Don't expect much though.

AIYAH.

Anyway everyone watch GOONG okay?





YAH! SHIN CHAE GYUNG!!!

Haha so cute. (:

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Thursday, October 05, 2006.

Promotional examinations are over and I know I'm going to screw my maths paper so let's not talk about it.

Let me teach you how to be economical and practical.

Why bother taking neo-prints?

All you should do is to bring your digital camera when you think of taking neo-prints.

And oh, make sure that it has a timer.

After all, in order to pose your newest photos online you have to painstakingly scan them in.

It is my conviction that uploading is a much easier job.

Alright.

All you have to do is to set your digital camera on timer, place it on some surface parallel to the ground, press the button, pose, and VOILA! You can take as many as you want and I think it's alright to hog the machine.

After all, when people see the presence of legs and shoes in a machine they would not have the audacity and stupidity to yank the curtain open.

Unless, of course, you are one of those.

So yes, that's the way you learn to be economical.





















See? The backdrop is there and we didn't have to pay an outrageous sum of 8/9/10 bucks for a few coloured and decorated photos.

I mean, stickers.

But who uses stickers nowadays?

Unless of course Winnie The Pooh is on them. (: (: (:

You can decorate the photos at home and you have much much more time then you'd ever get there.

One more thing.

You can add people in, people who didn't take the photo.

The art of photoshop/paint/MS Word.

In this case, it's the art of a stylus pen and MS Word.




















My decorations aren't very nice I know but it's alright, I'm like that. (:








I hate the haze/smog that is circulating in my neighbourhood. It's bad and it's horrid and I just hope that people can be more responsible for their actions and know the severity of the situation when it cannot be contained in just one area and insteads spreads over seas.

Go read the October 9th issue of TIME. It's essential and it opened my eyes to the problems which I thought weren't there before.

They are there, and they are there to stay.

Go read it.

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Sunday, October 01, 2006.

I screwed up my Maths paper :(

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Anyway Zhu Qing I'm a good girl. Haha. More like an obliging one.

1.Full name: Tan Wei Yee Isabelle
2.Name backwards: Stupid request. I'm not acceeding to it.
3.Meaning of name: Isabelle - Consecrated to God. 薇镱 - 薇中带刚 (or something like that)
4.Nick name: I've got too many embarrassing ones.
5.Screen name: Something to do with Shinhwa :D
6.D.O.B: 23/2/89
7.Place of birth: Mount Alvernia Hospital
8.Nationality: Singaporean
9.Current location: Singapore
10.Star sign: I don't like this rubbish.
11.Religion: Christian
12.Height: 162
13.Weight: Heavy.
14.Shoe size: 7/8/8.5???
15.Hair colour: Black
16.Eye colour: Black
17.Who do you look like: My picture.
18.Innie or outtie: Half here and half there.
19.Lefty or righty: Right-handed.
20.Gay, Straight, Bi or others: Straight.
22.Best Friends you trust most: I don't know.
23.Favourite Pals: No idea either.
24.Best friends of opposite sex: My brother!
25.Best Buddies: I don't label people like that.
26.Boyfriend or Girlfriend: Myself.
27.Crush: Kim Dong Wan.
28.Parents: My mum and my dad.
29.Worst enemies: None. Though they are people I'm apprehensive of.
30.Favourite online guy: Is there such a thing?
?31.Favourite online girl: Ditto.
32.Craziest Friend: I'm quite crazy myself.
33.Advice Friend: My bed.
34.Loudest Friend: I'm loud too!
35.Person you cry with: Myself.
36.Any sisters: Yes.
37.Any brothers: Yes.
38.Any Pets: No I won't get any pets.
39.Any disease: Toilet-obsessed disease.
40.Pager: I don't live in 1999.
41.Personal Phone Line: Handphone.
42.Phone: Samsung!
43.Lave Lamp: No.
44.Pool or Hot tub: No.
45.A car: I want a BMW.
46.Your Personality: Meticulous, crazy with equally crazy people, dictatorial, annoying. Haha.
47.Driving: Maybe never.
48.Room: Neat and nice.
49.What's missing: The context of this question.
50.School: JJ.
51.Bed: Nice.
52.Relationship with parents: Good (:
53.Believe in Yourself: Not really.
54.Believe in love at first sight: No.
55.Good listener: Not really.
56.Get along well with parents: Yes.
57.Save e-mail convos: No.
58.Pray: Yes.
59.Believe in reincarnation: No.
60.Make fun of people: Sometimes though I shouldn't be doing that.
61.Like to talk on the phone: Depends on who's on the other line.
62.Want to get married: Maybe.
63.Like to drive: Not really.
64.Motion sickness: Yes, sometimes.
65.Eat stem of broccoli: Uh. You mean people actually bite off the crown and leave the stem? That's weird.
66.Eat chicken with fork: No?
67.Dream in colours: HUH?
68.Type with your fingers on home role: What's home role. Hoho.
69.Sleep with stuff toys: I sleep with my Pooh Bear, Piglet pillow, pig beanie, bigger pig beanie and my cow massager.
71.On the walls of your room: Pastel pink I think.
72.On your mousepad: I don't use a mousepad.
73.Dream car: BMW.
74.Dream date: Eh.
75.Dream honeymoon spot: KOREA!
76.Dream husband or wife: Huh.
77.Bedtime: Fluctuates between 10 - 1.
78.Under your bed: The floor?
79.Single most important qns: ?
80.Bad time of the day: Afternoon.
81.Your worst fear: Not knowing the worst that is to come.
82.The weather: Hazy and not good.
83.Time: 2.06p.m.
84.Date: 2nd October.
85.Best trick did on someone: I don't remember?
86.Theme song: The Street - Shinhwa!
87.Hardest thing on growing up: The montly visitor which swarms in red.
88.Funniest experience: Have quite a bit.
89.Scariest experience: Not being able to find my parents in HK Disneyland.
90.Silliest thing you had ever said: I think I say fairly many silly things.
91.Most desperate and funniest things you have done to get the opposite sex: That is not in my nature.
92.Scariest thing while you are with your friends: I don't know.
93.Worst feeling: There are loads of worst feelings.
94.Best feeling: This is a very good question.
95.Six people i would tag to do this: I'm too lazy to tag. (:

Anyway Miss Loh Zhu Qing, there are only 95 questions la. Where did the other 5 come from?

I HATE MATHS.

I'm going to do Maths during the holidays. Please remind me to. Thanks.

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