haven't been blogging for a while, mainly because i haven't really had the time to come online and also because there really isn't too much to blog about since i'm working almost all the time anyway. but i finally have time to come online now!
usp hasn't told me anything, so i suppose the interview didn't sit too well with them. ): never mind! it'd be crazy trying to keep my grades good enough in order to be within the five selected for the double degree programme anyway. see, there's a silver lining in every cloud if you look hard enough. not that i'm not disappointed over not being selected, it's just that getting all upset over it isn't likely to help matters anyway. i'll just go ahead with japanese studies and make sure i get into the exchange programmes at least. those are easier to get into i think.
and i passed my elementary 2 test! even though i really didn't study much for the test because i was working consecutively the week leading up to the test and didn't have time, i still managed to pass it. 95/100 for the written portion, and 8/10 for the oral! okay, my oral was really a fluke because i got massive hints from the sekizawa sensei haha. he kept giving me meaningful looks and asking me to repeat my answers. he's a really nice teacher! i don't mind having him again for the intermediate courses. which reminds me, i need to go register for them soon, before all the available dates are taken up.
driving's been pretty okay, i think i just need to really brush up on my braking and my coordination. i don't feel comfortable with booking my driving test just yet though, even though one instructor told me to go ahead and do so. my most recent instructor told me to wait anyway! i think the earliest i'll be able to get my license will be in october. or late september if i'm lucky. wynne's going to have her driving test soon. i hope she passes on her first time, because that's going to do alot to make me feel less nervous about it. everytime i drive pass someone on their test i mentally wish them good luck! i'm hoping that accumulates good karma for me for my test, haha. no seriously, i really do hope they pass. because that also means less people booking lessons and test dates which would make it tons easier for me to actually get lessons.
anyway, worked with wynne the whole day yesterday! mr tan was really nice and agreed to our request to work together once for the month. time passes extra fast when i'm working with wynne. before you even realise it you're doing closing already. estrina took leave for the entire month! i hope her eye is better now. everyone's been getting eye infections and the like. must be the dusty shop.
speaking of eye infections, a few days ago my eye infection got worse because it actually started to hurt. so my mum and i went to this 24-hour clinic to get it looked at, and we paid $75 for about five minutes of consultation with the doctor, who shined a torch into my eye and prodded it a little before saying "you should go to a hospital". and he made it worse, because after that my entire eye turned really red, like a blood vessel had burst inside my eye or something. so after that my mum got worried, and took me to cgh's a&e. okay sidetracking a little, but if ever you have to go to a&e, DO NOT go to cgh. it's horrible. really. if you're dying when you go there, by the time you actually get to see a doctor i think you'd be dead already. we waited 3 whole hours before we finally decided to just go home and sleep. i know they sort patients according to priority and everything, but it's just really annoying being constantly pushed back in the queue. and when my mum went to ask if we could just leave, the doctor on duty gave her contradictory answers. she told my mum that patients were sorted according to whether whatever their affliction was urgent or not, so my mum asked if we could just go off since evidently they didn't think my eye infection was that serious. to which the doctor said "oh, i can only tell if it's serious or not after i do a check up on it." which is just dumb really, because if it really was a serious infection by the time they let me in to see her i'd probably be blind already.
okay sorry for the rant. anyway, i got urgent leave from work the next day and went straight to the specialist i always see. the whole consultation and payment took half an hour, and it cost way less than what the hospital would have (unfairly) charged. little wonder why cgh is always ranked bottom amongst all the hospitals. don't ever go there, if you can help it. this is why you need to be rich enough to afford private medical care. the public hospitals (okay maybe it's just cgh) suck.
anyway, while working with wynne yesterday we were talking about songs. it's really interesting how different people think of different things when they hear the same piece of music. some people think of colours and shapes and stuff like that. wynne says she associates music with places! i'm somewhat like that too i think, just that more often than not i think of a scenario rather than just a place. i'll add people and a story to the place i'm thinking of, if that actually makes sense. like if i'm listening to the script's the man who can't be moved, i think of a street corner. the kind you find in europe or something, complete with the cobblestone pavements and green and white street signs and all. there aren't any people for this song though. i'm not making sense again. never mind.
i know where my next paycheck is going anyway!! it's been a while since there've been new games i really want to get. but these three, i'm definitely getting.
anyway, the games!
aren't you just itching to get your hands on them after watching the videos? especially assassin's creed 2! hidden blades on BOTH hands. i wonder how we survived the first assassin's creed with just one. the only thing i don't really get is, why are all his fingers intact? i loved that altair in the first assassin's creed had to chop off his ring finger to make way for the hidden blade. adds a whole dimension of reality to the game. the new assassin (i couldn't catch his name) has all five fingers on both hands. splinter cell conviction looks amazing too. the mark and execute function i really want to try out as soon as possible, because it looks so awesome! sam fisher and altair are like my all-time favourite video game characters. and master chief too, but since i haven't been playing halo much at all my obsession for him has kind of subsided. but altair! and sam fisher! i love love love them. they're amazing.
and l4d 2 just looks AMAZING. the trailer is AMAZING. the fact that you get to use a chainsaw is frigging AWESOME. that split second the screen was black and you hear the revving of the chainsaw i really started grinning to myself in anticipation. reminds me of doom3 all over again hahaha. I CAN'T WAIT FOR ITS RELEASE. and to think i nearly missed this. i only went to look for it after wj told me about it. and i'm so glad i took time out to watch the trailer. it's exceptional. i don't care if you've never thought a video i posted was interesting enough to watch, but you have to have to have to watch at least the l4d one. it's THAT good. i do wish they'd kept the old characters though. i really like the old four survivors.
and there's still starcraft 2 and diablo 3 to look forward to. why are all the good stuff only coming out so late this year? ):
