stolen time

stealing time out of my ma2101 homework time. don't know how to do it. it's the last homework of the semester for this module. YESSSS!!!!! good news from prof lian also. the last chapter of the book (the toughest one about jordan canonical forms) is not going to be in the exam. best news of the semester. :D but for now, still slog through the homework that's due tomorrow. i'm practically completely lost for this. it's weird. he talks in the lecture and i feel like i'm completely on another wavelength from him. i'm hearing what he says. i'm taking down what he's flashing on screen. but i just don't get it. bad.

ma1102 wasn't too bad. the lab session was much much better than the last. at least, maple was cooperating with me and working. i only just found out that all those lab sessions that we've been doing and keying into ivle are counted in our grade. damn. on the one hand, it's good cos in the end there's not going to be a big lab test. on the other hand, bad days like the previous session will horrifically kill my grade. need to work harder for calculus. i'm lagging.

not much. i got another haircut. cos i cannot stand it when the hair is draping all over my neck like it was. it's cut REAL short now. andrew says it looks like ruth's hairstyle. older version of ruth. haah! oh well. it's cool and low maintenance. the hairdresser was saying i have to stop purposely doing center parting cos it's making me lose hair at the center. but...i tried. really. after cutting today, i didn't purposely go to style it center. but it just bounced back anyway. it's gonna take a while to undo the 'damage'.

fr simon pereira (can't spell the name) came to do mass today. and i screwed up the psalm. shit. i haven't sung so badly at the stand for a long time liao. don't know why. i've been cantoring for so long liao but i still cannot cantor without clamming up and feeling like i'll cough my breakfast up just minutes before going up there. i think (i hope) i redeemed myself at the alleluia part. but...on the bright side, andrew's got to do the psalm next week. it's a difficult one. so evil i am. lol!

anyway, fr simon. dunno. i don't really like him too much cos of that issue in novena during the 'davinci code' time. will not talk about it here. just suffice to know that he's been described as "that fanatical priest". i don't remember exactly what he homilied about today. but i do remember that he said that the church (as in the archdiocese) mustn't forget about the youths in the church and must make them feel included cos there's a trend that youths serve mass in the catholic church, then go to protestant church after that. as in...hopping between 2 churches. well...as long as they keep to the promise next year about sending the redemptorist team in for the youth development thing. mum was commenting, it's about time that the archbishop paid more attention to st stephen's. after all, we've got 3 priests that emerged from our church and one that's 'in training'. that's pretty good for such a small church.

other stuff. the SEP applications have opened. i think i'm gonna try and apply again. although i think that this sem's CAP will kinda pull down my chances. sad. but, i'll try. adeline and jasmine say they also thinking of applying. to UNCCH. hope we can go together. fingers and toes crossed.

for those people wondering what da heck is my new music...i'm wondering too. it's called "che sara" by this italian guy Patrizio Buanne. i heard it on pandora radio. sounds pretty cool. i wonder what it means. it's darn hard to find this song lah. the lyrics also. and worse cos i can't hear the individual words the guy is singing. so...anyone italian that knows, let me know k.

allow me to proclaim my want list in all it's self centered glory. i want:
1. a universal remote control to stop time.
2. credit card so i don't have to ... ... ...
3. SEP with my friends.
4. relinquish leadership and become a hermit.
5. ipod mini
6. OFC membership
7. lost 10kg
8. grow to 1.7m
9. "Love Actually" dvd/vcd
10. a nice pair of sneakers.
11. electric piano or
12. electone organ
13. golden retriever dog.
14. leave singapore (ie migrate).

alrighty. all for now. reluctantly, i go back to work.



mood: sian.
listening to: good news - clay aiken