probably going to be a long one again.

1. doctor's appointment again
had to go back to see dr for another blood test again. sigh. this time it's for the liver function thing. and again, he couldn't get any blood out of my right arm. sigh. is it just me or is it the fault of the needle thing? anyway, so no blood in the right arm, so go to the left arm. and he uses a syringe for the left arm. ouch. this blood test better be clear cos i don't think i can stand getting poked so much anymore.

2. lectures
so now all my lectures have started. tutorials start next week. have to go and prepare once i finish up here. anyway, i've ranked my lectures so far. my fav lecture is maths, coming next is cultural studies, then comes language/linguistics, biotech moves up from the last spot, and lit is my least fav lecture.

explaination. maths is my fav cos for now, and i can't believe i'm saying that. i can actually understand what mr toh is saying. did i mention he kinda resembles some channel 8 actor? anyway, he's not so formal, sometimes he (lame) jokes around with us. he was emphatising with us when the cors system broke down during tutorial balloting. and he can actually control the class. haha!

next favourite is cultural studies. no surprises there. prof philips is very interesting and knows how to make his lectures not boring. last lecture, he let us watch clips of spiderman and see clips of superman comics. of course with educational purposes in mind. made friends in this lecture cos we need to do group work. yup, one of my most enjoyable lectures. reason why it's not in first place, cos it's a 3 hr lecture. it's fun but it's kinda long.

then, language/linguistics. i still haven't decided if this course is about language or linguistics. but they are similar right? anyway, this course, dr maddelena is ok. bit boring sometimes. we were all stoning at yesterday's lecture. 8am is too early in the morning lah. dr maddelena tries to be interesting but it's not really working. she uses transparency, which is ok since most of it is in her textbook. did i mention she wrote the textbook? anyway, this is a can-do lecture. not that great but not that bad.

biotech, biotech...(aka genes and society). the first lecture was so disappointing but the second lecture saved it from tying with lit as the worst lecture. it's a bad lecture cos of the lecturer. i mean, the material she's trying to teach is fine and interesting but she... dr ge. she's got this cheena plus american accent that's so strange. and she's got a really nasal voice. sounds like she's pinching her nose and talking. and she cannot control the class. people strolled in half hour late, and now and then, the class will erupt in loud whispers. like i said, the second lecture saved it. yesterday's lecture was all right. not as bad as the first.

last of all, the worst lecture. literature. this is very very disappointing. but i kind of expected it, seeing what happened in the first lecture. dr roy is doing "lolita" now. and her voice is the most hypnotically boring i've ever heard. it's just made for sleeping. and she kinda telescopes every sentence together so that one point seems miles long and i have no idea what to take down and what not to. lit has no handouts (expected) so we have to take down from what the lecturer says. i think, i'll have to bring my recorder and record and then come back and take notes at my leisure. can hardly stay awake in her class. sigh.

3. choir
now i'm in the nus choir. alto. not too sure alto what. i guess 2. hopefully. but alto 1 is ok too. went for the first meeting thursday. it wasn't a practice. more of a ice breaker session. it was ok. made new friends. discovered someone (claudia) who used to live at balam rd. cool! but she's moved away now, too bad. paulus is the only other meridian in the choir, other than me. there was this speed-dating game we were doing and when it was me and paulus, instead of discussing what we were supposed to discuss, we were talking about why my friends didn't join choir. that paulus, we were playing whacko, where someone else was supposed to protect you. and paulus kept calling my name. my poor partner had to keep thinking of other people to call. i didn't get the chance to get back at paulus cos no one called my partner's name. lots of exchange students. found out that american girl's name, tiffany. another american exchange student lata. there's this laos guy vi (visayon). lots of malaysians, prcs, filipinos. of course , indonesian paulus. i think there's another indonesian but i don't remember who. there's 2 people with the same name. wei wei the sc and wei wei the prc girl. :D different intonations though. interesting, especially when playing whacko. couldn't tell which wei wei people were calling cos people didn't bother too much with the sound.

the choir's going shah alam end of the year (9-13 dec). not too sure if i'm going. it's between $400 and $500. the 'voyage of song' competition, like the one in genting. should be fun, if i can persuade parents to let me go.they were kinda planning for a holiday during that time. choir's doing 2 categories. should be less stress than when at mj. that was so stressful. but fun. wei wei (i think) mentioned carolling too. wow.

right. enough for now. back to work.