i can't believe so much time has passed since i last posted! anyway, here are a few quick updates for those who still think fondly of me. and i must admit, that number seems to be dwindling steadily ever since i started recruiting people to help me with dnd...

1. holiday!

i got back last month from a super holiday in the states with the family. we went to LA, vegas, and san francisco. i shopped like i have never shopped in my life. i had a blast!

although i never wanted to admit it, disneyland anaheim was one of the funnest places ever. my sis and i took almost all the rollercoasters there, including "california screamin'" which is this mega-long, mega-fast new attraction at the California Adventure Park. the most horrendous part of it is the 360 degree turn halfway through, during which you literally feel your guts fall through your face. there is nothing cool about it, it is just facial distortion and it is horrible. we also took the "maliboomer", where they drop you successively from heights starting at 180ft above ground. it's as if you're peeing and shitting all at once, and your legs (which are dangling in the air) totally have a life of their own.

but the fun didn't stop there! when i got back to the hotel room later that night, i was bending down to pick my luggage off the floor when something in my neck just snapped. the pain like radiated all the way from my face to my lower back; it was so bad that i contemplated skipping my bath for the night, and we all know what a freak i am concerning baths and beds and all the hygeine in between. anyway, for the next few days my field of vision was limited to whatever my peripheral vision could offer me, and if i needed to speak to someone next to me, i had to twist from the waist or turn my entire body to face the person. this obviously meant that carrying anything heavy was out of the question for me, and my dad and sis had to lug my bags around for the rest of the trip.

so as we headed from anaheim to vegas, i discovered that my whiplash was a most curious one indeed, as it seemed to prevent me from partaking in all activities except those pertaining to shopping. no amount of pain was to stop me from conquering factory outlets and macys. me and my sis bought so many things that i had to spend an hour or two every night rolling our clothes up and squeezing them into the extra luggage space, in order to fit in all the new stuff. and omg the cosmetics are SO CHEAP compared to what we get here. clinique and benefit are like 50% cheaper over there, it's unbelievable! i feel like i will never be able to shop in singapore again, as i keep thinking of how much the prices of everything are inflated by, and just cannot bear to pay exorbitantly for things which are clearly not worth such money. sigh. if only i had an extra day in san francisco, and a few extra grand. i think i would be a very happy girl indeed :P

2. medicamp!

last week was the much awaited medicamp, and the only thing i have to say is that ALOHA CHANGI SUCKS. our og got stuck with like this ant-infested shithole of a chalet, which ONLY HAD ONE TOILET. and there were like 24 of us! imagine everybody rushing to bathe and shit- it was just gross beyond words. by the end of the 3 nights, the smell from the toilet was so bad that it wafted all the way to the living room. i have no idea what they do in there, but guys are just disgusting creatures. how they can live and thrive in such filth is simply beyond me. even though i think the exco made the best out of the situation, i still have a feeling that this is going to be my last camp for a very very very long time. i am definitely not leaving my house as long as sanitary sleeping and bathing conditions cannot be guaranteed. i must be civilised even when others are not!

3. dinner and dance!

today is exactly one month before dday, and i grow more tense and more anxious as each day passes. i have become paranoid about everything, as i am convinced that everything that can go wrong will most certainly go wrong. it's always like that. this is why i absolutely dreaded organising RMUN. i am too impatient and too dictator-like. i ask others for their opinions, when i secretly only give a damn about my own. haha, at least i have great powers of self-awareness :D

4. catching up with friends!

for those of you who have been trying to reach me (walker, fishie etc), i am SO SO SORRY if i have missed or ignored your calls or smses. i swear, i am not trying to dao or avoid anybody. i have really just been very very busy, especially with micromanaging everything about dnd and doing household chores. in fact, till yesterday evening i was without a maid! which sucks extra much because i have a sister who doesn't believe in putting clothes in laundry bags before throwing them into the washing machine, and is really very good at being very bad. it is a cunning trick to evade being tasked with extra chores, but i am onto it! and there shall be consequences to bear, consequences in ways which she will never imagine :D hah. anyway i can't wait to meet up with the rest for 3j / 412 class outing! i hear there is much gossip to be shared. and remember, all gossip is good gossip!