i have been feeling incredibly stressed the past few days, and am not in the mood to say much except for a few little things today:

1. yawn! it has taken me a long time to make this connection, but now i know that the reason why i yawn so much is because yawning is an involuntary reflex enabling our lungs to take in great amounts of oxygen, and i need more oxygen because i have low blood pressure! it occured to me today during anatomy tutorial when i was freezing my ass off in front of the air con vent and my fingernails had all turned 50% blue and i couldn't stop yawning to save my life. incidentally, i admit that part of the yawns might have been out of boredom since we had our first TWO HOUR tutorial in the creepy anatomy hall. plus i was being blocked by a hanging skeleton, so halfway through i had to get up and push it aside. somehow, i managed to accidentally knock some of the bones, and almost toppled the entire skeleton onto myself, which was when i obviously let out a very unladylike swear that sort of resonated in the excellent acoustics of the creepy hall. definitely a good thing that our tutor is going deaf and wears a turban.

2. vote for paul twohill! i would normally be ashamed to admit that i follow singapore idol, but today i have to say that paul's sad face at the end of the judge's comments really struck a chord with me. it's as if he's always been the insecure, awkward child who's just trying to make something of himself, and today the immense strength that it takes to keep up that front really showed. he may not be hot, but he reminds me of all the times i tried to pretend that people's stares didn't bother me and all the times i tried to fit in only to trip on my face. poor paul! last week i was really rooting for joakim just to stick it up ken's face and i'm glad he made it through to entertain us again with a much-improved but still hilariously poor performance. in fact, i look forward to watching joakim every week because his lousy singing is truly testimony to how singaporeans really do have a sense of humour, and are prepared to show it by voting religiously to keep him in. but, as much as i've been endeared to him, i think this week paul deserves a break. remember all the times you've been publicly humiliated for trying your best in a competition and sms 5 to 43657! let's save paul!

i have been a Class A grouch recently, but now i have hope that tomorrow will be a better day :)