A voice was heard in Ramah.

profile /} e.n.t.r.i.e.s *affiliates -miscellaneous

drop a crochet note

This cat is HDB approved.

Jocelyn A. Monique

is currently an undergraduate student, and coping with her ~~overwhelming~~ commitments. I like long walks in solitude, cosy chats, usually sleep like a log, and beg your patience in tolerating my versatile humour

Saturday, January 29, 2011

2:30 AM

I have moved.

For greener pastures)

Just inbox me if you want the link (:

Travel Whims

Monday, January 17, 2011

1:03 AM

One day, with a light heart, a trusty companion and a sun that shines brightly.

first day

Thursday, January 13, 2011

12:00 AM

today was unforgettable in many many ways.

i was really surprised at how eventful it was, it got rather overwhelming and surreal at times. personally i've been dreading the start because somehow i am getting quite jaded with campus and the reasons for our strife so i guess a beautiful day is god's reminder of hope and enduring faith.

anyway.

in the morning i had a terrible nightmare that i overslept that D&D were lecturing me in the car so i jolted awake and realized that... my alarm had not even rung -_-. so i 'woke up' again and made it to the taxi stand on time! (10 POINTS TO GRYFFINDOR FOR PUNCTUALITY) but he wasn't there yet. D picked me up at 730AM (OMG I HATE EARLY DAYS) and there was terrible traffic from bradell to lornie it was insanely slow and halfway D calls D to ask about traffic conditions and I was the middle person so was basically translating into more politically correct form what D was trying to say:

"Idiots driving on the road I swear"

"Oh, he says it's because of some inconsiderate people on the road la"

We were 5 minutes late for our Tragedy lecture (aptly named) and Mel was already there! So sat down and played the role of diligent students until D walked in at 910 HAHA. It was really nice to see all the majors again! (: Somehow I feel that a small cohort can be cosy too because you really get to know people on a personal level. We made new friends and we ate brunch together at the Deck! Yong Tau Foo to kickstart my semester, never can go wrong with that. Unfortunately I was zero percent productive during our long break because I didn't bring my matric card, Mel wanted to pass the readings BUT she had to go home first so that means = I'm only getting it next week AND the book was out of stock. Wth. Bad things consolidate dot com. Went to meet KQ and JN and the twins for lunch! Really good to see them, haven't seen anyone outside of Lit/CSS for a semester now - we are engaging in plans to showcase our bright and vibrant campus HAHAHA sigh hope It gets into Action.

I was slightly late for my second lecture (Psychoanalysis) and she ended super early to the extend that I couldn't meet the seller. Think I must have gone paranoid trying to change the meeting time until the person texted to apologize because he thought I was waiting for him (which I semi was, but okay la I was going to go home soon) and he REDUCED THE PRICE BY $9. CAN SOMEBODY SAY AWESOME? (: Wow I was so happy I didn't even notice how LOUSY my ARTS CANTEEN GUAVA was in that moment.

D gave me a lift back too! Was really thankful because I had TONS of books I kid you not - D's 20th C books, the two books I bought from Mel, and the coursepack I bought. I dropped by the library to borrow Agamennon because shipment is being a crankypoo and I went home.

AND I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AT HOME ):
Magic words are "come watch movie" and DIEEEEEE - Bollywood movies being a grand commitment of 3 hours plus we watch the current drama series too so yeah came online to check stuff BUT ended up fretting about my M.Card which THANK YOU JESUS I found. I think I can get a cardio workout everyday just freaking out seriously.

Basically today was a grateful day for

1) awesome coursemates who are better friends - generally get along better with them now and i'm so proud of myself

2) good weather

3) THE AWESOMENESS OF PRIVATE TRANSPORT

4) FREE BOOKS

5) Mr Twitch. Ok irrelevant but it was just so peaceful sitting him on my lap today while he was sleeping, and looking at the gentle rain on the windowpanes. It really made me think alot about life and how people think it's important to be happy, but what I think should really take the cake is attaining peace. Happiness comes automatically.

Just a thought!

Florescent Adolescent

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

11:41 AM

Been listening to angst-ridden boy bands as an outlet for my perpetual rage.
Trying to stretch the last of my holidays before school kicks in for me. (:
How do people keep up with popularity man? I get 7 texts in an hour and I'm overwhelmed haha. Really need to have a healthy phone ettiquette this year, definitely. Together with Get Fit 2011 plan, and also Cap 5 2011. (Ha.Ha)
Computing textbooks are being elusive now.... am terribly reluctant to purchase one since it's >$30 even for secondhand and nobody I know has taken the module before. Photocopying seems tempting but it's open book so I think Imma be just getting it la.
Irritated by used textbooks forum because I can't sell off my lit texts this semester, none of the modules being offered boo life's a boat.
Distractions:
1) Shoes shoes shoes. This is the pair I tried on last week after scouring all the outlets during the holidays. Definitely not getting it because it's way out of the budget plus I don't foresee myself wearing them around anywhere for that matter. But oh so pretty! I'm all about quirks and those pseudo-laces are just irresistible! <3

2) Why he is the best head in the world (((: and seriously this is not his first time encouraging me! It's seriously getting a little stressful sitting at the deck and listening to all the...academic talk and philosophical debate and intellectual opinions. Even Becks agrees! (thought I was the only one) but yeah sometimes even the things we talk about may drive people away too so it's not just about presence I feel. It's about consideration for others and their level of engagement before we venture into some topic to talk about (Okay la, I'm just being fussy again)

Okay so after that rather useless post I realise how much time I spend on utterly useless things (gosh I'm sounding like my mother) I should be doing something academic right now...like reading up Hamlet or even thinking about potential thesis.......... Nah.

KEDS brown shoes @ World of Sports! Only willing to buy if I get someone who has the card.

And I really DISLIKE THE NEIGHBOUR at the opposite block who stands at the kitchen and spews vulgarities every morning and wakes up the whole of Avenue 10. It's NOT COOL man. Seriously he is SO loud that we can listen to his verbal abuse while waiting for the bus to come. Wa, you think your mother own the estate ah?

Okay, I'm off.

Last week of holidays.

Friday, January 07, 2011

10:18 PM

Such an unpoetic title. (IKR)

Blogging now because I am mildly irritated by my MOM who just told me off for going out and not informing her in advance. (Major crime whoa. After all I'm 20 and so young SHEESH).
Anyway. Slightly concerned because as of now I am unemployed and fyi I get zero pocket money from parents. What I get is occasional love offerings (ha, ha) when I complain about the price of literature textbooks/novels/seeing the doctor for my back.
Oh ya my back. Anyway the update is that,
I went to the doctor again this week, this time for an xray. Nothing as usual, but gosh what a persistent ache. Feels really paranoid not being as mobile as I would like to be, even the simple things like bending over and sitting down can be excruciating sometimes and it's making me worry so much ): Hopefully it's just a sprain and nothing life-threatening.
This week is a little melancholic because it's a sobering effect of a prelude to S C H O O L (Dreaded word!) Felt like the holidays were really short because I was really enjoying myself. (: I notice that my holidays are so extreme, either I am working all the way after a 2day break or I am totally nua-ing. Balance, Jocelyn. Balance.
Things that happened this week:
Monday. Polyclinic day. Lunched with my brother. Who wasn't mad that I was late HAHA. Homey day.
Tuesday. Novena with Arts Comm and random CSS people. So many of us were on the same train coincidentally! Lunched together but I was too full Blegh couldn't finish my food. Left to look for my nice KEDS shoe but I refuse to buy it until I get someone who is a World of Sports member! It's only worth it with a discount. Right now deliberating between the keds and the everlast - both are almost same price after the discount BUT keds has a better fit and of course more brand conscious. Etc etc.
Wednesday. Was at Chris' place doing our secret mission! :P Such great fun to play band hero, I wish I could afford stuff like that too but what makes it fun is people playing it together. Anyway I can just imagine parents making noise over storage issues. Night was rushing to attend the CAW training workshop but I was super late due to the trip from BBTK to SGN killer ride. By the time I got there they just ended. But made new friends and dinner-ed with new people (:
Thursday. Carmen for lunch and Kathy for dinner. Haha, TBS is having a POST XMAS SALE ): Why like that. Anway I think yesterday I overdosed on lemon because my throat is acting up again. We were walking around Bugis aimlessly, clothes aren't as enticing as I thought they'd be. Either that or we have high expectations. Met Kathy thereafter! Pretty stationery shops are trending all over Singapore - Papermarket, Stationery Island, NBC etc. So many pretty things! Pretty expensive too ): We ate Soup Spoon which was so terribly filling, despite the fact that we shared the naan, the tea and the salad. Had to doggy bag my half wrap home. We sat by the esplanade thereafter to talk about Life haha, and also to help random tourists take photos.

Today was JLC outing. Cycling at ecp,super tiring omg. I think we clocked in about 10km plus confirm, plus it was raining too! And some random police exhibition in the middle of nowhere but we got free stuff haha :D Trained home with R with sore legs and bums, and truly exhuasted.

Was watching the last episode of breakout just now waiting for parents. And came to blog instead after that because I was angry.
Think I'd just sleep earlier tonight.

news in brief

Friday, December 31, 2010

11:45 AM

Just a little update on what's been happening so far:
1)Mommy day out again - after ICA trip we went for a JB day trip. Cabbed to Angsana and walked around, before we were looking around for a cab back to City Square when something surprising happened. Basically this Malay lady looked at us and was saying "Tolong tolong!" because of her huge shopping trolley which she was trying to mount on the pavement. We helped her and I gently nudged my mom to ask her for directions. Then this very kind hearted lady offered to drive us to our destination. (: Along the ride she was really open about her life and told us about her children, occupation, shuttling to and fro KL/JB etc. I think this incident reminded me not to be so cynical about life and people in general because of random unexpected acts of kindness by strangers.

2) Shopping with Nikki (: We were in town again (gosh I've been haunting central area nowadays) but it turned out her shopping was much more productive than mine. She's a good shopping buddy because she always has sth constructive to say about shoes/bags/clothes and we laugh at how everytime I'm with her we always either eat at Soup Spoon or look for shorts.

3) Ban mian and Vanilla milk tea with Carmen! (: Yay so happy to see her too, after eons. I always joke that booking me is like booking for a SSDC driving lesson - must be always two months in advance. Not because I'm exceptionally busy, but because things tend to crop up last minute plus Carmen is hen mang one hahaha. It was nice to be back in my good old tpy and immersing in the super hectic culture downstairs of frenzied Christmas shopping.

4) Passing Threadless stuff to people. This included Daryl, Joel, Andrew and Fishy. The Erwin incident during the phone call was really funny though - we had mistaken identities on both sides so the conversation went on for quite some time before we realised we were NOT the people we were looking for. HAHA. Oh and on the 24th I decided to be ambitious and incorporate my exercise routine by walking from my place to J8 (about 20-25 minutes by foot). Was reaching J8 when Joel called and said he had already gone home -_-" so I had to change my route. Then when I actually reached his place I forgot which block it was HAHA SIGH. Ended up doing some saikang for church wrapping numerous fruit plus and various assortments of sweets into 30 pretty plastic bags and twining it with gold pipe cleaner. And halfway Andrew dropped by to exchange presents too!
After which I was waiting for my dad to come pick me up so I bought my favourite $1 honey peach milk tea from the shop! Drinking it made me nostalgic and think about my failed maths tuition days back in JC when I went to the place with Aiming and Audrey (:
Went to Little India with the parents thereafter, and had our lunch there. Btw I think festive indulgence is getting a little out of hand because I'm eating meat everyday :/ And it's super heaty and messing up my skin again ): Offered to wash the car when we got back BUT Daddy was super apprehensive about my parking at multistorey carpark skills HAHA so now we have to wait until this coming weekend perhaps.

5) 26th - 29th: Ipoh and KL trip!
Very memorable albeit the numerous hiccups and insistence of relatives. Will probably upload pictures later on because blogger is not very picture friendly. First time I'm actually buying alot of stuff (for myself! that's a first too!) and I'm slightly worried about how December has turned me into this consumeristic freako ): Ok need to start keeping my cards at home to discipline myself.

6) Tourist trip with Fishy and Tings
Very long overdue meetup - because we are all from different unis we probably only see each other like twice a year or sth (quite ridiculous considering that we are all in Sg). Ate Korean food! (: Very yummy but I think my throat is starting to be scratchy from the heatiness so will have to down some herbal stuff later).

Now it's time to stalk the breadth/UE page and do something about my life. Can't really say I'm looking forward to 2011 (it must be the jaded senior inertia syndrome catching on) but I guess I'd just have to stick around and soak it up.

Here's to a better new year folks,
xoxo.

results

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

11:18 PM

They always have the most sobering effect ever. What's worse than the aftermath is the flurry of Dumb Unfounded Accusations to deal with, despite the fact that I KNOW that I worked very hard.
I guess effort is nothing compared to competency.

the usual suspects

Aiming
Beans
Carmen
Cereal Tossers
Deborah Faith
Hao Wen
Jacq
Joel
Marie
Ngee Derk
T Lo