today was my mummy's birthday, so she had to wake up early and pretend to be surprised when she saw a cake and presents on the dining table. this has been the family birthday ritual for as long as i can remember, so there is some sentimentality to it, plus the reassurance that everything will be just as well in the year to come. the only things i object to are the getting up early and my dad's insistence that we take photos. i have not a single strand of photogenic hair on my body, and this syndrome is especially bad in the morning. nonetheless chocolate tiramisu = a yummy breakfast. and guess who persauded the father into getting her mother a chocolate tiraumisu cake!

the other bad thing about this morning was that i forgot to get my mother a present, so i had to print a crappy childish-looking card off an online card making site at midnight last night. my dad usually helps me get something in case i forget, but this year: PANG SEI, i say!

being the daughter with a functional conscience, i made up for it by getting my mom chocolates and flowers after school. a very boring present, but guess what, there's a reason why people give women chocolates and flowers: it WORKS. plus i had a great time picking the chocolates from the fancy pants restaurant at raffles city. in fact, i think i have rediscovered my love for pralines in great glass refrigerators, and so i'm adding it to my list of Things I Will Own When I Am Rich.

anyway now i need to rush off to familiarise myself with the perineum, which was the region we were learning today during the anat lec which i totally slept through. of all things! on the upside, i have also discovered that eating cheesecake helps me sleep well and have happy dreams. so not all is lost.

lastly: ARSENAL KICKED POOL ASS! 3-0 says they were clearly the superior side from the start. sadly, there were no brilliant henry goals, but while waiting for someone to upload 'arsenal thrash liverpool' onto youtube, i just rewatched his hattrick against roma. heehee :D