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Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:44 PM
Priests carrying bibles, hollowed out to fit their rifles
Had my Chinese oral yesterday. Sigh. You'd prolly guess it went terribly. I honestly thought Chinese A was harder than this Chinese B. My mind spiraled into complete blindness and death as i stepped into the exam hall, brain cells were not functioning and thoughts were not processing. Only the 4 words i had repeating in my mind. "I Am from China" In an attempt to make myself feel more chinese and perhaps score better. Apparently, that doesnt work. The Chinese word for apple is "Ping Guo". Clever Chinese educated folks will know that the word Ping is very similar to the Chinese word Cai, Vegetable. Somehow, by some marvelous stroke of good luck, the word ping didnt strike me as ping, but cai. So instead of reading "Ping Guo," i read "Cai Guo". Worst part about this is, the entire passage was about apples, so i successfully replaced every single ping guo with cai guo. Cai guo,by the way, means Thailand. I vaguely remember a sentance from the passage, translated in english, it reads, Back in those days, Apples were very expensive, my father couldnt afford to buy apples, but one day, he saved up enough to buy an apple, he brought it home and cut the apple into 5 pieces for us to share. Now, translated back into english replacing the "ping guo" with "Cai guo", this, is what i was reading. Back in those days, Thailand was very expensive, my father couldnt afford to buy Thailand, but one day, he saved up enough to buy Thailand, he brought it home and cut Thailand into 5 pieces for us to share. Fantastic. My examiners didn't burst out laughing though. Sigh. Well, now im gonna have to actually study for the rest of the chinese paper to pull up my overall grade. And whats up with the whole milk scam? Whats wrong with China. First they eat anything that moves, dogs cats beetles scorpions shit, then they put tissue into their paus, then lead into their toys, now plastic in their milk? I mean come on, i know people will do anything for money, but to the extent where you're putting shit into milk?? It doesnt quite help that China is the world's largest exporter for products like ice cream, M&Ms and other milk containing products. That means ice cream isn't safe to eat anymore. Nobody denies me my ice cream.Nobody. tsk. What can they give us next? Rubber apples? Candy floss condoms? Fish thats actually beef? I honestly will not be surprised. Didn't go to school again today. Watched grey's anatomy while breakfasting when i see a missed call from Liz, called her back and she asked me to go over to study since we both weren't in school. Bathed changed and cabbed over there in a record time of 40 minutes. Again, my wallet cried and burned. Studied a heck lot today, pumped the day's worth of Amath. Rachel had tuition around 3, so to not disturb her, liz and me were shipped over to one of her dad's empty office. Studied till 7, then her mom came to pick us back for dinner. Dinner was lovely. Usual dinner conversational routines, then hit the piano for a little jamming session. Played violet hill again while she insisted on me playing it over and over again. Even recorded it. sigh. Her mom gave me a lift back soon after 9 and she tagged along. I doubt i'll be doing much work for the rest of the night, perhaps a subject i love, but my brain is completely off the edge and can't quite function. Prolly wont be going to school tomorrow either, i honestly find it tons more productive to stay home and mug. Besides, even my mom's encouraging me to stay home. In case you didn't notice, ive added an archives section under the links so that all my previous posts can be viewed. My very first post on this blog was, far from normal, i really must insist that you give it a miss. My guitar's staring at me telling me to go play it, but i know i shouldn't, 27 days left to the start of the end, the final lap to freedom, the last bit of toothpaste that's a real bitch to squeeze out, but it'll be worth it. Maybe just 1 song, and im back to the books. I'll be seeing you. Before i forget. I have this friend, i've known her for ages, since we were really young, i don't know her very well, but our parents work together, she never really struck me as anyone special or important, but its the times when death kisses them do they strike out as more than just that plain acquaintance. She was walking along the road when a car swerved off the road and hit her. She's now suffering internal bleeding in the brain and has broken both ankles. Its in today's papers. She's a year younger than me, but somehow the straits times mentioned her to be 20. She's in a coma now, i can only hope for the best, but sometimes we need more than hope, we need something no one can give, we need to have lived without regret. Life's short, so live it while you can. If tomorrow never comes, then we'll make today the longest ever. ao |
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