{ Wednesday, December 16, 2009 } 1:10 AM

Woo... Holidays!

Ok, I've meant to update ever since exams were over. This is almost the first time in my life when I can't wait for exams to be over. I guess this shows how tough life is for Year 3 Sem 1.

Anyway, exams are over!!!! Holidays have come and 2 weeks have passed - yes, time flies! I've lots of stuff to update. =P

First thing I wanna talk about was one of the craziest thing I ever did in my life - to go out with my clique immediately after the exams! Usually I would go back home to sleep. Lan, Seoh Thin, James and I had dinner at a chinese cuisine restaurant and together with Mandy, Chia Yee, Rachel and Madeline, we went to Marina Square to watch 2012. Because I only slept for a couple of hours for Food and Health exam, I thought I would fall asleep while watching the movie. It happened before. I was sleeping while watching a movie with a friend and I woke up when everyone was laughing. I only managed to keep awake through the movie because it was it was a funny movie. 2012 is definitely not comedy-like, so it was challenging for me. Haha. James sat beside me and made sure I didn't fall asleep - which I didn't because I didn't want the movie ticket to go to waste.

Actually, the whole outing was to celebrate Lan's birthday and it was quite rushed for us to make it from the exam venue to City Hall. We were supposed to have ample time for travelling and dinner, if not for the module lecturers who took almost 40 minutes to collect and count the exam scripts. Hello, it's only 100 plus to 200 plus students lor. Why take so long?

I still remember how dehydrated I was. The exam period was the time when I had dry lips that tend to crack - no, it's not due to lack of Vitamin C. LOL! So when I was waiting for the announcement to be released, Geraldine, who was sitting beside me, said she was hungry. Me too! Haha. Zhi Wei was sitting in the column beside Geraldine and one seat behind. We saw each other and he smiled. I smiled back and OUCH! I think I tasted blood. Haiz.

Now back to the topic of 2012. Overall, the movie was very predictable - disaster comes, people hide and run for their lives, in the end, a small group of people survives through it. I don't really know how to appreciate 3D effects, etc, but I like the fact that the US President in the movie decides to die instead. And the Italian PM too. I mean, the movie shows that it doesn't mean that if you are an authority, you survive. Even if you have money, status and whatnot, you can choose to live, or rather, like the Russian millionaire in the movie, he has no choice but to die. But he died a worthwhile death because his sons get to live. Argh, what am I talking about? Haha.

The movie ended later than expected... So by the time I got out of the cinema, it was already 11.30 pm. I almost forgot that I have to chase after the last train which was at 11.51 pm. But I needed the toilet and the shopping mall was closed! ARGH!!!!! Out of desperation, I took a cab with Lan and I told the taxi driver to drop me off at the nearest MRT station. Which turned out to be City Hall. Haha. But I haven't went for my toilet break yet, remember? So I ran all the way to the MRT station, checked that the last train would arrive in 6 minutes' time and ran all the way to the station's toilet and used only 2 minutes in the toilet - usually I take more than 2 minutes, haha. I ran back to the MRT gates and because I was in a hurry, I stopped by Passenger Service and caught my breath while the staff was looking at me.

Me: I... want to take the last train to Woodlands. (huff, puff) Which way do I go?
Staff: Red line, number 4.

I ran through the gates and down the escalator and found out that I had 2 minutes to spare. LOL!

Maybe because it was the last train, I had a seat. I looked at my file and saw my notes through the file. Suddenly, I felt sleepy but I didn't sleep because I wasn't sitting in the priority seat and have nothing to lay my head against.

Exams are finally over! Happy holidays, my friends!

P.S: While I was typing out this post, some randon person on Facebook who I added just for a free ingredient in Restaurant City was chatting with me. I felt suspicious all the time. I don't know why. Oh well. And I've lots more stuff to blog about! I wonder how many pages my updates will take. Haha.

Ah, edit. I feel like this person is God-send. Haha. He thinks deep. I'm impressed. He's a nurse and lives in Philippines and has been working for 5 years. And when I said it's amazing how he can hold out for so long, he replied, "Patients are like families who need help, think of them like as if they are your family, helping them is a therapy!" I shall keep this in mind. =)