today a terrible thing happened: i peeled! i noticed a whitish patch on my left shoulder just after i got back from a quick run, and on closer inspection, a whole roll of skin literally came off my arm. i thought it was a skin disease and that i was going to die. so i decided to take a long hot bath, and at the end of it, i discovered patches on both my right and left shoulders. now i look like i have barnacles growing on me, which i suppose is retribution for laughing at mandy last week. damn, and i kinda liked my tan :(

school is starting very soon, and so i have been slacking like mad the past few days. for someone who doesn't even own access to cable, i sure watch a lot of tv. a typical day involves me sitting on the couch from 6-12, watching tv nonstop except for quick runs to the kitchen and toilet. i have watched enough oprah to be almost completely desensitized to the usual tearjerkers she loves to feature. this is certainly no way to live a fulfilling life, but i am to be excused because i am making up for the slack time i will inevitably lose in the near future.

yesterday was bond signing and matriculation day, and for the first time in a long while i felt the familiar surge of Stress and Death which i feel whenever i know i'm doomed. the bond period is for the course of studies plus housemanship plus another 5 years in government slavery, which means that i will most probably never get married and have children, and so i will die a lonesome death all by my lonesome self. plus, i finally went to get my textbooks with mark, and they cost like five million bucks which is a huge rip off because all they have are like pictures of skeletons. the fact that i couldn't even carry them by myself is certainly not a good sign either...

in happier news, today i cooked cheeseburgers for dinner! the patty turned out a bit weird but at least everyone agreed that my fried veges rocked. and on monday i cooked prawn noodles and attempted tsubaki-inspired prawn tempura, which was very brave considering that the batter requires 1 cup flour and 1 egg, which means that i came into contact with a real live raw egg. it was disgusting but i braved it in the name of food. anyway according to my sister the tempura was ok albeit bland, plus i can't figure out how to cook it without having the damn prawn curl up halfway in a most unappetizing pose. help, please!

oh and on sunday night i treated my TP debaters to swensons and they gave me this really cute bouquet of roses. i was quite touched! then i left the bouquet in my room till just now and the bloody baby breath began rotting and stinking up my room. so now it's hung upside down on the little bamboo screen behind my study area where they will become dried flowers which i can admire forever and be reminded of the time when i was actually responsible for the wellbeing of people other than myself.

time to catch project runway now!