wadduup

i haven’t blogged in ages. what i’ve been up to lately is..

CHANGE.

CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

YES.

i never believed that my double decker bed could be sliced into 2.. and now it is, so we have 2 single beds in my tiny lil nest, and it makes me soo elated to enter a room that’s so much more spacious than before. a room that have walls that i can actually see and touch. because my room is shared with my sis, so we have study tables that have shelves on top of them, double decker beds, and more cupboards for the purpose of storing books and all. so i actually don’t see the walls of my room. it smells like freedom now! FREEEDOM!!!!

my mum’s reaction was totally opposite from that of my dad. my dad came home and was so happy we revamped our bedroom. he was over the moon when he saw that we shifted our cupboard out, because it can be used to store more books, which is something he would love. my mum, on the other hand, was furious, because firstly, we messed the living room with books strewn all over. 2ndly, we moved the huge cupboard out to the living room, because we thought we could perhaps place it either in the balcony, or in my parents’ room. but she didn’t approve that. and also exclaimed that we would have to shift it back into my room.

but the problem is that, we have no more space for the cupboard because our double decker bed has been sliced into 2 and 2 single beds take up double the space! (and it rocks)

so we have a huge problem.. the 2nd problem, is with my lil’ sister, serene.

she has tonnes and tonnes of things, and she rarely even packs. her stuffs are sometimes neat, and that’s because helen packs them for her. it would be SO surprising to see her pack her stuffs one day. and me nagging at her, that doesn’t help. i think she’d all the more NOT wanna pack. our room is SO neat, except for her table which has boxes everywhere and basically rubbish strewn all over. she has a study table, but she sits on the floor and does her work on her laptop at the coffee table. that silly girl seriously needs a wake up call! so back to the point, serene has HEAPS of STUFFS that’s infested with even more unwanted STUFFS. but… she doesn’t know what to throw and give away… which leads me to the point that, we don’t know how much more space she’ll require.. because if she has an overload of things to store, we might have to place our things in the cupboard that we shifted out… and my mum wouldn’t be happy about that, because she JUST entered my room, saying that she doesn’t mind that new cupboard being placed in her room, BUT, they will be for DADS BOOKS. and he has A LOT A LOT of books. sooooo…. i really don’t know what to do, except to keep reminded serene to pack her stuffs and place her things in the new ikea boxes i’ve bought her… and also.. start to filter the books that we need and do not need.

i’ve never exactly had my own bed before.. and it feels great… the change in me is great, be it in terms of sleep or whatsoever.. sleeping in the double decker bed.. made me feel very restricted, cos it’s the ikea double decker bed and we bought it a while back when my sis and i were shorter. so… yeah i would hit my head all the time. and if serene were to complain that she doesn’t wanna sleep on top, i’d have to swop places with her (which i do not like). .. to the extent that i would carry my mattress out to the living room and just SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. feels like freedom once again

while i was packing my old stuffs.. it brought back a lot more memories than what i’ve expected..
i spent a lot of time reading my old diaries and journals.. it was quite funny.. like when i was supposed to pack my boxes, i was busy reading my old diaries.. with entries dated back to as far as the year 2003, when blogging wasn’t really that popular yet.
now, it’s so convenient to blog, you can even blog with your mobile phone.
but back then, even though i was an avid internet user, blogging was quite a hasssle, so i would turn to my diary, in which i could pen down more extremely personal and indepth thoughts.

its really funny la.. typing it out would be an understatement..

mmkays.. i’ve gotta manage my time properly and not waste the remaining 1.5 months of holidays i have left…

weightloss must be a success!!! i want to lose 3 kg in the next 1 month…

PS: i looooooove how i met your mother!!!!!

obama is THE man!

YOOOOO

after an incredibly exciting outing to sentosa with apples and his 2 bestfriends (yes! i finally am going out with them..), i got home and my dad was watching CNN… a programme so exciting that it got my plugged onto the television.

i sat on the rocking chair and was hooked onto obama’s speech as he addressed some jewish leaders at some huge event. this event’s broadcast WORLD WIDE… his voice got my intrigued and hooked onto his speech.

after mcCain had called obama an inexperienced an naive leader, obama rocked the masses with his powerful public speaking skills, and his in-depth explanation of the policies and changes that he has in mind.

CHANGE, that is what the americans are looking for, yearning for and hopefully they would be able to live the dream of hope and change that america (obama) soughts for.. change is something close to the hearts of americans, change is something that obama has been campaigning for, something that he is promising america. we hear about him rallying for “change and hope that they can believe in…” but what exactly are the changes he plans to implement in america?

he finally got a chance to explain in specificity last night, the kinds of plans he has for america. as you listen to him speak, it just feels different, it feels special, it feels NEW. it’s as if he is really going to bring america into a whole new level. i didn’t want to swtich channels, neither did my dad. after going into details the kind of implementations that he has in mind, the masses clapped enthusiastically. i just felt then like it was the president of the united states of america addressing the masses. people welcomed him with open arms, delegates congratulating him with wide smiles on their faces. although it was evident that obama is rather exhausted from the past 6 months of campaigning, i just felt like he was the one.

then it was clinton’s turn for her speech to be made. she addressed the crowd, evidently worn-out, while she attempts to put a smile on her face. i admire her courage, confidence and perserverance in this campaign. she is so strong, so intelligent, so incredibly determined (stubborn at times), but she’s like the kind of woman whom many people aspire to be. sometimes i wish i had her confidence and determination. she knew she was already losing, but she fought on with unrelentless faith and fighting spirit. although i didn’t like how she attacked obama (i thought that was unscrupulous), i guess that’s how they do it in the states, which really led obama to step up to his game. i truly respect her for her fighting spirit.

i took a quick shower and when i got out of the bath room, i realised that my dad had changed the channels. i was like “daddy!! why are you watching the china channel?! why dont you wanna watch clinton’s speech??!”, then he replied, “it’s nothing. it’s the same. it’s not different. it’s the same old thing, nothing new.” so i was like “let me see!!! just for a while!!”.

true enough, when he turned on CNN, it suddenly felt very different with clinton taking the stage. haha.. i was like, ‘what the hell is she even talking about?’

after 2 minutes, i told my dad he could watch whatever he wanted. i’m not interested in her speech already.

in any case, obama will be representing the democrats in the presidential elections, while mcCain would rep the republicans. from a amatuer’s point of view, obama would easily beat mcCain. americans want a change in their lives and would want to solve the iraq prob differently. mcCain (the republicans) has a bad reputation at that, with him supporting the invasion of iraq, etc. however, analysts have mentioned that it won’t be easy for obama to beat mcCain by large margins, and that it could be a tought fight between the both. obama is said to be not as experienced as mcCain, has problems getting supporting from blue/white collared americans (elitist? is he?), and people aren’t sure if his wife is ready/fit to be the first lady of the usa.

i think it’s going to be an incredibly interesting fight between the two. and i certainly hope that obama would win the presidential elections.