twenty years it's breaking you down
the name is vanessa but everybody calls me van. estranged ex-NJCanoeist of 2004/05 K2-500m. I'm a WSO (FIGHTER) trainee and I'm doing my BA(Hons) English and Politics in the University of York. I like fast cars, literature, art and tulips. I cannot cook. When I was younger I wanted to be an astronaut. I am hopeless at math or anything remotely related to formulae. I detest parsley. I love the colour burgundy. My Macbook is my bestfriend and I've played with Macs since I was 15 so no, I didn't jump on the bandwagon. I have lofty dreams but I'm often afraid to chase them. I don't get angry I get disappointed. I intend to learn Spanish and German. Oh, and I think Liverpool kicksmajorass - I am not a fair-weathered fan. I think ambiguity is beautiful.


now that you understand
THE LOVEDAngela Angele Ben Charlene Cher Chewy Dav Dee Ginana Huiying Jinping Lings Vin Xintian Yanye Yif
MISC SITES Deviantart Phirebrush A Softer World Duane Keiser - A painting a day Depthcore


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DECEMBRE/DECIEMBRE/DECEMBRO
02 -- Thong's bday
05 -- Shumin's bday
07 -- Howeeeeee's bday
08 -- Daddy's bday
09 -- Commsparade!
11 -- Politics exam, snowball
14 -- MY bday!!
15 -- End of term!!!!!!!! To London.
17 -- 07
18 -- Flying home!
19 -- Touchdown 1855 SQ321
30 -- Back to London

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viernes, septiembre 30, 2005
SIGH. I'm really upset. I don't know how I did it but I somehow formatted my memory card for the cam, and all the photos we took today were lost. I SWEAR I pressed 'cancel' but the buttons screwed up and it became 'ok' instead. Shitness. Felt so terrible after that when I told the girls what I had done.. sigh.

Other than that, today was fantastic. It;s been two months since we got together as a FULL senior girls team and it was.. beautiful. Rach and I were held up in school and Mich messaged us, saying that those 10 lovely girls were asking for the both of us. So sweet. :) Well we got to PS in the end, and ordered our fish at Manhattan. But I was just gulping down my food without tasting it cos I was too overwhelmed by being in the presence of everyone. I was listening to conversations, laughing at jokes, that if you asked me what I ate, I can only say it's some grilled dory thing and the garlic rice. We sang the birthday song THREE times for Peishan, Mindy and Jas in that order, and it got increasingly louder and louder. Then Cindy gave out the testimonial thingy from Mr Yong and I found out I got promoted to QM. Reading what he wrote about me, I was kinda shocked cos I didn't know that Mr Yong actually paid so much attention to what I did throughout the two years in the team..

Everything just felt - in the words of Rachel and I - RIGHT :)

Then we walked past the Istana, and Mindy tried to make us do a cheer for our President (Gimme an N! Gimme an A! NATHAN OEEEEEIIIII!) so that "eh, we'll be in the papers!!". I dared Peishan to walk over to the guard and shout, I WANT TO SEE THE PRESIDENT! Gosh it was so bloody freaking fun. Trooped over to the Esplanade after that, and we were on the roof for a while, taking timed shots with our cameras with Peishan running to and fro trying to beat the 10-second blinking light. Xintian climbing up and down and Huiying nagging at her to NOT climb. Our whining about how we're so fat and unfit..

I wouldn't trade these 11 girls for all the money in the world. Really.
Vanessa Lim 1:07 p. m.
jueves, septiembre 29, 2005
Coursework is finally over. Really.. it was crazy like hell today in the art block. Everyone rushing their prep and stuff. Deadline was set at 5pm, but by 6, only Me Ben Grace and someone else had completed. The teachers were really pissed off. Sigh. But in the end everything was okay. Shall not elaborate.

I'm satisfied, considering that I was DEAD LAST to start but one of the first few to finish. Things wouldn't have ever been possible without WEEJIIIN :) He never abandoned me when I said I needed help, unlike - and I'm NOT afraid to say this - people who I asked and who agreed but in the end never showed their bloody faces. Caught up in the fucking EUPHORIA of your excellent prelim results perhaps? All the bullshit about "Van, I'll help you, I'm free on Tuesday" or "I'll do it during our free periods k.." All that were fucking empty and hollow.

You may argue that I didn't specify when I needed help, or I didn't specifically RING you guys up to ask you to come to the studio, but you all should know me. I do not like to pester people. On top of that, I'm so bloody busy - I even have to be pulled out of lessons to do my work - do you think I have the luxury of time to keep calling? I'm damn bloody disappointed, and I know that some of you might be reading this and I don't give a shit. I would say this to your faces, only that I won't see you guys in school this week.

ThankGOD for Weejin though. I think the final A Level grade for coursework would be half his. He helped me paint my space, stitch, mount my prep, and the best thing - hang the entire thing on the 3.4m wall. Watching him balancing precariously on that wobbly ladder, thinking of ways to secure my heavy painting, drilling the screws into the wall and without any complaint, I was bloody touched. He didn't have to do all that.. but he was willing to. Not only that, he fed the poor kittens in the studio, helped Amanda tape her work, clean up the gallery space.. he's like my personal gift from God. Really.

It's amazing how you can see hope in some people, when the rest of the world seems so bleak.


Vanessa Lim 4:00 p. m.
martes, septiembre 27, 2005
I flunked so badly for Math Paper 2. HA. Managed to scrape Paper 1 but obviously that wasn't enough. Shitness. Ms Ling wants to see me for Stats. Me and Peishan (Notice the trend -- canoeists who missed math lectures cos of nationals). EEEEEK.

I cut myself while sewing today.. forgot that sewing isn't a sport and it doesn't require BRUTE FORCE. Tried stuffing a needle with thick twine through two layers of canvas and ended up with the needle slicing across my right thumb. I'm hopeless. Then the bloody cut, albeit minor, couldn't stop bleeding no matter how many times I washed it and applied pessure. Conceded in the end and asked Mr Lee for a plaster. He wanted me to carry the 20kg emulsion but saw that I got a cut and so I escaped. BUT I CAN CARRY IT OKAYYYYY. BY MYSELF.

Anyway lugged 3 of my canvases back home to stitch. Mr Chia gave me a lift out to the bus stop and told me that I should be quite safe in completing everything by Thursday. It really did a lot to ease my frazzled nerves. At least tomorrow I've got my canvas hole-poker to help meeee :)


Vanessa Lim 2:45 p. m.
lunes, septiembre 26, 2005
He came to help me paint my wall today and it became utter chaos. Stupid Mr Lee was being an irritant!

Mr Lee (pointing): Who's that?!?!?
Me: My friend.
Mr Lee: OH! HAHAHAHAHAH WHEN ARE YOU GETTING MARRIED?!?!?!?!

And it didn't stop there. We were labelled fu1 qi1 dang3, and Mr Lee was grilling him "Are you her boyfriend? Her fiance? Her husband?" Oh my god I could have died of embarrassment, and I swear I turned a funny shade of pink which I'm sure Leepeng would love. But he was our muscleman! "Van's friend, help carry the 20kg tin of emulsion!!" (Amanda) , "OEI, WEEEEEJIN. Help me support the wood!" (Mr Lee). "Aiyah, get more boyfriends so they can help lehhh." (Mr Chia). Good grief. No matter what I said they wouldn't believe me. URGH.

Plus I've got this whole new problem I don't know how to deal with. WTF. Dav, if you're reading this, I'll tell you tomorrow k. Some people are just so freaking odd. I wanna like SLAP him. EEEW.
Vanessa Lim 2:48 p. m.
domingo, septiembre 25, 2005
TANWEEJIN! I'm gonna kill you for making me watch The Cave!!!!!! Eek. It was real scaaaary :( Ok fine, it wasn't as bad as The Exorcist or Samara but stilll, it was like gross. I hate movies like that! Mutated monsters with huge incisors attacking humans aint my cup of tea. When I watch movies I tend to transfer the characters' feelings to myself, so OUCH OUCH OUCH. The ending was pretty cool though, a real twist - and I suppose that was its only saving grace. Oh and I saw the trailer for Just Like Heaven starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo, and I really wanna watch it! Heh. :)

Okay so Mrs Cheng's coming tomorrow to view our stuff, and I have to be in school despite the fact that prelims are over. I still can't hang my paintings though, they're not dry. But hopefully I can start sewing tomorrow. Yay.

Oh, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVVVVVVVVVVV :)
Vanessa Lim 2:43 p. m.
sábado, septiembre 24, 2005
SORRY MY DEAR LINGY FOR NOT POSTING. On Thursday night, slept at like four am cos was rushing the bloody prep for Mrs Cheng's visit to the studio on Friday. I was kinda in deep shit cos my canvases hadn't dried and I couldn't hang them on the bloody wall and sew them together. I was intending to make Mrs Cheng and the VPs stand on a chair to view my paintings on the floor from a distance. Plus the walls weren't whitewashed yet and my space's walls were BLACK.

But in the end, very fortuitiously, they decided to postpone their visit to Monday.. yay. Actually, all this while I've been talking to Mr Chia about sewing my canvases on top of each other but I never told him the tiny little insignificant detail that I haven't sewed a single stitch in my entire life. So I finally confessed to him yesterday and I swear he wanted to stuff Yuehan's birthday candle up my nose or something. But I LEARNT okay.. I sewed my first 2 backstitches yesterday with Charmaine's super thick twine and a small needle. (Horrendous experience). So, yesterday was a MILESTONE. Oh yes.

Actually I'm gonna be quite sad that everything is ending soon. I'll miss going to the art studio and fighting with Jerome and Veli. (I won't miss Veli's CDs though) I'll miss charmaine and her cardboard roll kazoo/bazooka/Aborigines/Afghan act. Julie and her shoes. Shuhui and her tendency to make me sneeze. Rachel and our whining about missing canoe. Yenlin's basket. Huiminnypoo's flowers and our BITCHING SESSIONS. HELLO HUIMIN?!? Get well okay. This is an order. Suzy and her Number 0 brush. Grace, ms sewing queen. Ben and his "no comments". Yuehan and his "EH JEROME LETS PLAY TENNIS!". Junyi and our long chats about life. Lingee and our skipping art for history S. Amanda and her camera. Oh and of course the teachers :(:(:(

But nothing. nothing. nothing can compare to IJAEP. I miss all of you the mostest :(

Vanessa Lim 1:49 a. m.
miércoles, septiembre 21, 2005
GOODBYE SILAS MARNER, GOODBYE GEORGE HERBERT, GOODBYE MEASURE FOR MEASURE! GOODBYE LIT PAPER 1!!!!!

I just got home not long ago. How to study all 3 texts by tomorrow, 905 am? For those who are COMPLAINING about having NO TIME to study for prelims, you all should seriously do some soul searching. Only NJAEP students have the bloody license to say that, since our "no time" translates to "doing coursework". But hang on Aepians, it's gonna be over real soon k. :) No more termites!

As for History S? Lets just say I'm going into the bloody paper on friday and just REPEAT my same point over and over again. Have to finish my prep boards by Friday for Mrs Cheng to view, and I've only done 3/8 of the required.

Ok, back to Silas. I have A Real Big Phobia of that book, cos the way Mr Dio taught it is just.. scary. I know nothing about the damn plot, plus Eliot's style is so painstakingly arduous to plough through. Wish me luck, I'll need oodles of it.
Vanessa Lim 3:10 p. m.
martes, septiembre 20, 2005
Math was disgusting. Lived up to Mr Teo's words, a hundredfold more. It's really the first time that I look at the freaking questions and I don't bloody know how to even start. Oh well. They say this difficulty is twice that of As. So if I get like, twenty, that means for As I'll get what - forty!?!? Oh my Maclaurins.

This friday's the South Zone thing, and it's also the day where mrs cheng comes to view our coursework, and the day of my final paper. What the hell. Who says end of exams = relaxing should really go burn in hell. I hate wearing the blazer, and I'd rather be in school doing my coursework. Really.

My dad just messaged me from Vietnam asking about my paper today. Oops. I shall be very honest.
Vanessa Lim 2:15 p. m.
lunes, septiembre 19, 2005
van has been a bad girl today. sigh. went to school to do art, but art room was closed. had to leave at ten plus after weejin's paper so it was a FUTILE trip. ok, maybe not since I studied history. did math, and lazed around. ohhhhh no. Mr Teo told Weejin's class that the Math II tomorrow is gonna be veryvery hard, and that the teachers took 4hours to compile the answers. Ok assuming that Mr Teo aint exaggerating, how do they expect poor students like us to do the paper in three hours if the teachers take 4h to compile the answers? Either they think too highly of us (which I doubt), or they think that we're gonna all flunk it anyway whether its 3h or 4h, whether it's an easy or confuddlingly difficult paper.

Anyway, got an invitation today. "You are cordially invited to attend the SAF Merit Scholarship (Women) Tea Session 2005". It's weird. I don't remember signing up actually. I'm gonna bring my parents along, so maybe they'll change their stigma about women in the army. I honestly don't mind pursuing a military career though. It'll be a life-changing experience.

Oh yeah, the mooncakes (Champagne Truffle with White Chocolate Ganache) from Raffles Hotel are bloodydamngood.
Vanessa Lim 11:42 a. m.
domingo, septiembre 18, 2005
Ok based on the 0-0 draw between Man U and Pool (or 0-0 between van and andrew/huiying), we can say three things.

GOOD: Pool hasn't conceded a goal in 4 EPL matches
They, along with Chelsea and Man U, are still undefeated.

Now, lets hear the flipside. THEY HAVE ONLY SCORED ONE BLOODY GOAL IN FOUR MATCHES.

At this rate, I'm gonna lose hair every week, cos as I sit in front of the telly watching Garcia or Gerrard miss shot after shot, as I watch Alonso misfire more free kicks, as I see Cisse being selfish, I have no other option but to tear at my hair. Then my dad, with his laptop wobbling on his knees, smacks the sofa so hard that you swear the leather's gonna erupt and spew sofa-filling all over the carpet. Whyyyyy :(((((((((

Anyway. No paper tomorrow. I haven't been doing much over the weekend, except art stuff, but I think I've lost the stamina to continue for another five more papers. I hope for empyrean intervention here. But God helps those who help themselves, so I suppose He's gonna punish me.

Just don't punish Liverpool as well okay?
Vanessa Lim 2:00 p. m.
sábado, septiembre 17, 2005
I have decided to make my previous D&P entitled "heap" into "inert". So I won't have to do anything anymore. Whoopeedoos. The power of word play.

Tomorrow's Liverpool vs Man U. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE I can't wait. I'm not hoping for anything, but I wanna see Rooney play. He's so funny!!!

Oh oh oh and my daddy's back from Sri Lanka!
Daddy: Well, just bear with it for two more weeks, then my travelling will ease off and I can send you to school again. (punctuates with a glare)
Me: Butbutbut my school's gonna ease off too!
Daddy (happily): Oh what a remarkable coincidence!!!!
Vanessa Lim 12:07 p. m.
viernes, septiembre 16, 2005
Thank you for gracing me with your presence tonight. Pizza never tasted so damn good. We got spotted by some Lionel guy from NJ who msged him, and said "If I'm not wrong, that girl is from ARTS FAC right?" Sharp, people, sharp. My Chinese is damn lousy. I got mixed up between xi2 fu4 and nu3 xu4. Kinda forgot that the latter is for guys. WHOOPS.

Oh oh oh today's Prac Crit drama question came from JOURNEY'S END!! Lingypoo do you remember that play in Sec 2? Gawsh. I couldn't be more lucky! Jill and I were like.. OH MY GOD! haha. I remember being really sad when Raleigh died. Maybe I'll try to dig in my cupboards for the book.

Rooney got sent off.. again. What a retard. At this rate he's more of a liability than a ball genius for England and Man U. Eriksson still defends him though. Hasn't he heard the saying - spare the rod and spoil the child? Rooney expects to get excused for his ridiculous outbursts and fiery temperement, why? Because Eriksson jumps to his boy wonder's defence every single time. Look, there's no point saying that he's "young" and can't control his temper. Look at Owen. When he fired his stunner in 1998 World Cup, when he became the youngest league scorer, did he ever come under flak for his temper? What's even more ludicrous is that Eriksson urges us not to stifle Rooney's HUNGER to WIN. That, if you ask me, is utter bullshit coming from a cowhead himself. DESIRE and PASSION does not equate to BOORISH and SAVAGE. Stop defending him, give him the necessary discipline, and then perhaps.. he'll follow in Becks' footsteps and learn to keep his temper in check.
Vanessa Lim 3:27 p. m.
jueves, septiembre 15, 2005
Me, Amanda and Lingee wrote SEVEN essays in total today thank you. My left hand, and their right hands are aching like shit now. Tomorrow's Prac Crit, so it's THREE more. Then next week is another 7 essays. I just realised that for this prelims, I have to write 20 essays in total. Ultracool.

I'm horribly tired and drained.. sigh. I wanna go somewhere quiet and hide, away from the fusillade of exams that like spears, charge in my direction. (Okay, this sounds like Heart of Darkness). I want a massage, chocolate, roast lamb and beef from Cafebiz, and a Milo Dinosaur. Plus a striped deck chair complete with beach ball.

And of course, I wouldn't be alone. :)
Vanessa Lim 1:14 p. m.
miércoles, septiembre 14, 2005
I LOVE MY E730. Transferred all my photos via bluetooth to my Powerbook. Lala.

Ok, FIIIINE. I should be studying. But anyway, Pool beat Real Betis 2-1. Darn proud of them. I swear, they're jinxed in the English league man. Only scored one goal there but suddenly they unleash their attacking potency in Europe??! And you know what, to add icing on the cake, GERARD HOULLIER'S LYON beat Real Madrid 3-0. THREEEEEE nil. I quote my daddy when I sms-ed him about the result "HEHE. BLUR STARS." I miss my daddy :( He's in Sri Lanka now.. next week's Jakarta, then the week after next he's jetting to Hong Kong. Come to think of it, for the past 4-5 months, he's been travelling almost every week. Ever since we moved to Macritchie, he's been going abroad. Sigh.

The person at the Applecare hotline has very heavily indian-accented english, so much that I had to ask him to REPEAT like a gazillion times. Gosh. I felt SO DAMN DUMB. Urgh.

Hope Physics today was okay! Lucky you - day off tomorrow, while I write seven bloody essays. :(
Vanessa Lim 12:11 p. m.
martes, septiembre 13, 2005
Today's Math was sooooooo messed up. I couldn't prove the friggin trigo identity and the MI?!?! This is the FIRST MI question that has eluded me. FIRST. NUMERO UNO. DI YI GE. Then Weejin (smartass) told me you have to let n=0 instead of 1 since the range specified was n is a positive integer U {0}. During the math paper I was considering using some other value other than 1 but I didn't. Instead I stubbornly tried to prove LHS=RHS with n=1. Bloody hell. Why is he so smart? But he couldn't prove the trigo identity too, so nyeh. Gordon told me he took 3 pieces of paper for the trigo question and still didn't solve it. What perseverance! I did half a page and stopped. Haha.

Oh, and when we were in the library after the paper (he studying bio and me history), he suddenly let out a huge belch. I was like.. what in the name of the Graafian Follicle?!?! I think it's MY influence. OOPS.

No paper tomorrow. Maybe will do art? But Thursday's the KILLER. Art History and History together. 6 hours of essays. Oh my Chulalongkorn.
Vanessa Lim 8:25 a. m.
lunes, septiembre 12, 2005
Ms Champagne is gonna KILL me for doing the context instead of the essay for Brave New World. At least I'm not alone. Mel.. we'll get slaughtered together kays. I hope the context wasn't set for formality's sake, and it can actually gain you some marks, or i'm screwed. Pinter was bad.. but Heart of Darkness was pretty much okay I suppose, but then again, it's all unpredictable.

I honestly fear math tomorrow.. I hate the feeling of leaving so many blanks. Shit. Thanks for that sweet msg today :) REALLY made my day.. Hope everything's going fine for you. Good luck for Bio and Math tomorrow. Smartass!
Vanessa Lim 12:03 p. m.
domingo, septiembre 11, 2005
I'm really panicky now. ARGH. Help me.

I'm not prepared for Prelims. Not even freaking 75% prepared! HELPPPP.

Oh my Ford. Soma anyone???
Vanessa Lim 3:00 p. m.
sábado, septiembre 10, 2005
Sorry for the blogging spree, but it's Liverpool 0 Tottenham 0. Shit I should have bet on 0-0 and draw. Exactly the score I predicted.

I don't know whether to be upset that they didn't get all 3 points, or to be happy that they played well and got a point. Pool playing against one of my more respected teams in the League, I honestly didn't know who to support. Both sides played very well. The defence was rock solid. Spurs' new Korean guy was amazing too. And Steve Finnan is getting better and better. Benitez tried something new today, and I think it worked. Finnan, Carra, Hyypia, Warnock, then Garcia, Hamann, Gerrard, Riise, and finally Cisse, CROUCH. I think Riise works better than Sissoko in the side, but there's no denying the latter's dogged determination. Hamann's losing touch, but is still vvv reliable. Alonso (sub) was at his usual best. It's nice to know that we have 3 strong central midfielders we can count on. Crouch and Cisse do have lots of potential. More so than Cisse and Morientes. Too bad we can't see Crouch/Moro as yet. Reina did well in goal.. no butterfingers. :)

As for Spurs, I must say that Martin Jol has done a fantastic job with the team. A note to Eriksson who was in the crowd - looking for a replacement for Becks? Looking for someone to work with Gerrard/Lampard? Look no further for you have the answer in Michael Carrick. As for replacing Rooney against Austria? Yes, Jermaine Defoe would be perfect. I hope he has sense. But then again....... that's real debatable!
Vanessa Lim 5:16 p. m.
I just made a fantastic connection. An EPIPHANY!!!

I thought back to the time when my dad went to Germany to watch the Confederations Cup match between Germany and Tunisia. His business partners there got him VIP seats and stuff.

Now NOW NOW. Lets see.. where will World Cup 2006 be held?!

GERMANY BABYYYYYYY. Oohyeah. I'm sure my dad will bring me along. Amazing shit. England.. (Assuming they qualify..) BRAZIL, CZECH REP, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE.. I'm totally delirious..
Vanessa Lim 4:28 p. m.
Going to Cafebiz at Trader's Hotel soon to celebrate my sister's birthday.

I have nothing formal to wear.. *whine. Will go shop after prelims.

Finally spilled the beans to ling today.. eh, my cards are all on the table, there's nothing more I have to hide from you. But really, there's nothing.. for now. Lets see how after A Levels okayyy. Hah. Really must get together soonish k. Maybe for a study date or whatever. Then I can help you with MATH!!!!!

Oh today's word of the day is "hirsute", which means HAIRY. "His hirsute legs". omg hahahahahaha :)
Vanessa Lim 11:06 a. m.
viernes, septiembre 09, 2005
I hate hate hate my weak stomach.


The next two weeks is gonna be so crazy. Prelims - which I KNOW that I'm gonna do amazingly pathetically in, and rushing coursework.


But you know what, I fear nothing. Now that you've got your Internet connection back, and now that I don't have to fight with my sisters for the com, it's all good! I just can't wait till everything is over. No interruptions, no distractions, just.. delirium :)
Vanessa Lim 12:25 p. m.
miércoles, septiembre 07, 2005
First half, and it's still stalemate. Here's a tip to any team playing England - instant recipe for reducing the Three Lions to ten men:
  1. Guard Rooney to death
  2. Shove him a little
  3. Jump for the same ball as him over and over again
  4. Watch him get frustrated (and go for goal with a free kick in YOUR attacking half)
  5. Jump for the same ball with him again
  6. Watch as he elbows you or smacks you on the face (Warning: nosebleed may occur)
  7. Grin to yourself when he shoots expletives at the ref
  8. Grin even wider when ref flashes yellow card
  9. REPEAT steps 1-7
  10. Ref flashes second yellow card. Mission accomplished.
WHAT a moron. Rooney is gonna get substituted later, I guarantee that. My dad and I were laughing at his absolutely ludicrous free kick to nobody. What a retard. Lampard has been useless so far. So has Ferdinand. Props to Carragher, Wright-Phillips, Owen. Lets see what happens in the 2nd half. I say, ENGLAND ARE GOING TO LOSE.


Edit: 1-0 to Northern Ireland. I knew it. I knew the bloody 4-5-1 is not gonna work. It WASN'T a 4-3-2-1 Chew. Face it. It wasn't. It was an outright 4-5-1 with poor Owen not getting enough support. When they scored, Eriksson took off Gerrard and Lampard and put on Hargreaves and Jermain Defoe. What sort of screwed up tactic is that?! Total rubbish. Eriksson ought to be doused in vitriol.
Vanessa Lim 8:36 p. m.
I don't know if I should stay up/wake up at 2.30am today to watch England vs Northern Ireland. I'm really torn. Maybe I should have lots and lots of coffee tonight, and complete Social Change + Pinter + Good Offices of Secretary-General. Then I'll get to watch OWEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hoho :) I miss him :( I miss seeing him and Gerrard play together.. they used to have such a cute bond at Pool. Hopefully Carragher plays too, so it'll be a complete happy little family. (It would be a bonus if Murphy were in the squad like in the past too, but sigh. I guess that's impossible what with the likes of Lampard and Joe Cole and Becks in the squad).

Wait a minute, I'm assuming that Eriksson has enough sense left in him to play 4-4-2 or 3-5-2 instead of 4-5-1. Rooney cannot operate alone. I hope he has some cowsense to play two strikers. I'm more for the 3-5-2 formation actually. A 5-man midfield can do wonders. Ashley Cole, Joe Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and David Beckham. Dream team, one might say, but why is it that England are such FLOPS?! Is it because Eriksson is too naive? Or are the players finding it hard to gel? Personally, I would like to see the strikeforce consist of Wright-Phillips and Owen, cos I'm no fan of Rooney, but that's quite unlikely huh? Maybe that'll be the answer. The defence - Carragher, Ferdinand, Young. (In the long term - Carragher, Ferdinand, Terry?) With a team like that... sigh. I'm hoping I won't stay up for nothing tonight.

Mr Lee said that my painting style has become more "free" and I won't deny that. I'm actually having quite a lot of fun. Art is my staple. I don't show it, but there's no avoiding the fact that I love the subject. More so than Lit or History, and definitely MUCH MORE than math. So to all you people who think that I'm focusing on Lit, History and Math for my A Levels, you're so darn wrong. I'm aiming to be balanced. I do not view any of these 4 subjects in isolation, but as a whole. I want to do well in all of them. Ambitious, ignis fatuus? That's up to you. It's gonna be a David vs Goliath, but oh well, we all know who came off the better in that battle arena don't we?
Vanessa Lim 11:23 a. m.
martes, septiembre 06, 2005
Yay my parents are back! No more travelling by public transport! Not that I hate it much - it gives me time to think and muse about stuff - but that means that I can sleep in a bit more :) They got me a new cardigan and slippers and Smallville dvds and some other clothes. Yayee.

Finally started painting.. sigh. It's gonna be a mad dash to finish everything. Jenny Saville's really difficult to emulate. I kept getting the flesh dirty with adding too much brown, before Mr Chia told me that I had to be.. gentler on the colours. Don't add brown raw but add in colours like blues and reds to bring out the shadows. Hopefully the eventual visual effect would be - I quote Mr Chia - "powerful". Hopefully.

I hope I get to see you soon :)
Vanessa Lim 1:40 p. m.
lunes, septiembre 05, 2005
I'm tiredddd :( Sigh.

The baby hamsters are the CUTEST creatures on earth. If only my mom would let me keep one, then I'd take one from him, but then again, I wouldn't wanna prise the trio apart. They're soooo freaking adorable though. Squeaking and staring at me with those huge watery beadlike eyes. They're only about what - 4cm each? *squish. Never mind, will pay them a visit soonish.

Him: SO, what's the volume of a cylinder??
Me: (absentmindedly and without thinking) 1/3 pi r squared h.
Him: Does the damn thing look SHARP to you?!?!?!

Oops.
Vanessa Lim 1:58 p. m.
domingo, septiembre 04, 2005
Yesterday was great! Happy early birthday Mel!! We all met at the Straits Kitchen in Hyatt before Mel and her family came in, then when she walked in, she was SO STUNNED to see like 20 of her friends there waiting to celebrate her birthday with her :) We were darn good in keeping it sotto voce huh? It all happened during Champagne's lit lecture on Wednesday. We were passing notes around right under her nose and she didn't even have a clue on what was going on. Even Zhaoxin and Van Mok were there. It was just great to see them again. First-3-months 04A03 people :):)

The look on Mel's face was priceless! MEL, I'm glad you managed to open that huge glass lamp :) Must say that your mom's really really generous, and very sweet :)

There was this speaker at the PSC Seminar yesterday whose name was "Whee Jim". Dav, Junxu and Sam kept laughing at me. Gosh. It DID sound very odd when the emcee was introducing him though. Ha.

I hate guys who ask their friends to come up to you and get your number. I mean, just do it yourself you know? *shudders*
Vanessa Lim 4:17 a. m.
viernes, septiembre 02, 2005
My whole family's going Jakarta tomorrow for a short shopping trip WITHOUT MEEEEEEE :(

And I got the 15" Powerbook G4. Yay. Came with a free iPod shuffle and a mouse plus free upgrade of RAM to 1GB. Anyway, tried to persuade them to change the mouse to the sexy wireless one, but they couldn't, cos it was already the best bargain :( No more fighting over the PC with my sisters, and most of all, NO ANNOYING WINDOWS! All hail Macs!! Got new earphones for iPod too. It came with a remote control thingy that I can toggle without taking out the ipod. Discounted price of $51 (down from $68).

Tomorrow's the PSC Seminar. I don't even know if I'm applying for the bloody scholarship or if I'm even remotely eligible, but not everyone gets an invite, so I guess I better make full use of it. Now, WHERE'S MY INVITATION CARD?!?!? Shit.

So, how are you today? :)
Vanessa Lim 4:33 p. m.
jueves, septiembre 01, 2005
Hmm, looking at the works of Jenny Saville really gives me new insight on how to paint skin. Go google her if you're interested.

Chew pangseh-ed me today :( Was supposed to mug at KAP with him, but when I reached already, he msged and said he couldn't make it. ARRGH! So I sat alone and studied for three hours straight. I didn't even go get food. Okay, that was cos I had no money, but that's besides the point. Then I managed to get my portable ATM along. :) Thanks for coming to my rescue, I would have died of hunger. Bumped into Tom and Vivien, and filled them in on where the seniors lived cos of Mr Yong's round-singapore run.

I'm hopelessly BROKE beyond comprehension. I think I only have one dollar plusplus in my wallet now. Looks like I have to dig into my savings, but I hate doing that. It breaks my heart to see the notes dwindle in number :( Desperately trying to think if anyone owes me money. Guess not.
  1. Pay Mel $11
  2. Pay Dav $10++ (we'll see)
  3. Ask Sam how much Lingee's essay cost to zap.
  4. Pay Weejin $10 (shall pretend this never existed)

HOW. ON. EARTH. DID. I. RACK. UP. SO. MANY. DEBTS?!??!?!?!??!? Argh! It all started with that shirt I bought. Oh my goodness.


My parents are visiting the computer fair tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be the new owner of a Powerbook soon. Need a new desk. Ikea's catalogue came very conveniently in the mail today! :)

Vanessa Lim 3:23 p. m.