Friday, October 15, 2004

 

bits and pieces cos 15 days and i'm still jetlagged. god. and you'd think it wouldn't matter to someone who used to sleep in the day and work (i.e. play) in the night.

the brits refuse to speak to me cos they don't understand me. :( that is no good.

either that or i'm ugly. :( that is no good.

i've spoken to a few brazilians, indians, malaysians, polish, taiwanese, chinese, hongkongers, pakistanis, greeks, mauritians, japanese, malaweans (i think this is how you spell it), south africans. even the french were willing to speak english to me. that is good.

they talk to me prob cos the brits don't wanna talk to them too. that is no good.

some people ask me if singapore's in china. i say no, but i really don't think it matters to them either way.

i love tesco. they sell $0.24 spaghetti-in-a-can. that is good.

my polish flatmate insists that it's dogfood. i think she is wrong. i think dogs eat better food. it worries me a bit too that tesco also carries another type of spaghetti that they advertise as being "made with fresh pasta".

i am poor. i like being poor. campus life = where ideas are many and money is little. where birds sing and ponds ripple. where geese poop and children giggle (just to make it ryhme, the kids here bawl really). where ang mohs drink and chinese don't mingle. where i'll just shut up now.

i met a tesco employee, and tried to ask him questions. for some strange reason the only words he would consent to say were, "yeah", and "no". we resorted to sign language. it was funny. sorta.

i am very sad the brits make me feel like i don't speak english too well. i've even begun to stutter, sometimes.

i understand a little now what people mean by "essex girls". hrmnmnm.

heathrow airport staff are generally not happy people.

it's fucking cold here. the brits told me (ok so they talk to me a little) very gleefully that it's not even begun yet. i'm already piling on three layers of clothes. you know what they say about not needing to bathe as much? rubbish. i've never perspired more in my life. and laundry costs $6 a wash. drying costs a further $3. i'm so sorry i used to screw up my noses at the smelly people back in singapore.

we have a cleaner for our flat (and i thought the vaccum was for us). her name is rose. i really like her.

i stayed in london for 2 nights. i didn't really like it. too many people. and the shopping wasn't even all that good. there was a square with a preacher. she was mad. there was a park with people sitting on benches. they were lonely. maybe they were enjoying themselves, i dunno. asians like to travel in packs. ang mohs don't. except when they're drinking, or drunk.

i met a fellow singaporean at ju-jitsu (martial arts for the intelligent) the other day. it was nothing short of a miracle. there are so few singaporeans here i've joined the malaysian society.

i also tried out for basketball. i'm surprised i can still play after all these years. i was really good. they were really bad. they were so bad i couldn't believe it. however, i wasn't picked for the team. i'm not going for any more practices.

how many times can a brit boy say to his girlfriend, "i'm going to stick my member into you, doggy-styled" with me within earshot? lots, really. i'm so sorry it was dark and i don't know who to avoid now.

the place i'm living at is called avon way house. the tap drips and the flush doesn't work and there are weird patches in the carpet. they told me it takes "only about ten minutes to walk to school, fifteen minutes if you're slow". i've always thought i was a fast walker, so they must have been talking about someone 2.5 times my height, because i can make it in just under twenty minutes if i run.

i get hungry on the hour. i was joking when i said i'll keep full even if my parents have to sell the house. now i'm not so sure (that i can still say it was a joke, that it). unless i keep eating the $0.24 spaghetti. the words of my polish flatmate the first time i polished (hehe) off an entire can in front of her are still ringing in my ears though.

"it was nice knowing you," she said.