What's an antonym for Drought? Hmm... Harvest? No...


Sigh, I live in a country with not much climatic or calamatic upheaveal that my vocabulary of such related words are severedly limited. Or perhaps, I have just bad vocabulary. Period.


But anyway, this is my 2nd post today! Right after the Jay post! Although I know this appears above it and you would probably read it before reading the Jay post, so if you have reached this point and have not read the Jay post yet,


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Fun??? Haha??? I am so oh-mi-gosh-roll-eyeish-crappy. But I can't tell jokes for NUTS. And this is going to be a problem because next saturday, for Emcee-ing course, we have to tell Jokes. Yah. I'm not joking. Not at all.


Anyone who has ever heard me tell a joke at all should go right now, hmm... sorry ok too late at night. Go when it is open, Go to the 4-D or Toto or Strike or Singapore Pools or Turf Club to place a bet. Please. You're one of the luckiest person ever.


I can't tell a joke for nuts!


At this point, you might retort "Kidding... Michelle is quite humorous what..."


Thanks for your compliments, I am flattered.


The truth is, I s*ck at telling jokes... People don't laugh when I tell jokes... Shit. They only laugh when I do stupid things, or pass a lame comment. Think I'm mischeviously sneaky. One primary school teacher of mine, when I was in Primary 4, I think... said this to me, right in front of the whole class when we were all sitting on the floor listening to her teach. "You always have something up your sleeves." I searched in my sleeves, feeling a bit apprehensive... no, I didn't hide anything there... but anyway, I don't know why she said that of me!!! Am I a Sneaky Dicky or what?!?! Gosh... Then I asked her back what that meant, and she said Mischievous. (pardon my spelling. whatever..!) I think I could be mischievous. I still am! Pulling a trick on my dad, mum and bro (the latter is my permanent victim who introduces me as someone who "has a mentality of a 12 year old although she's 21" to his friend. Thank you.)


Oh! Ok sorry, enough of rambling, back to the point. Aiyah, I can't tell jokes!


Help!!!


Ok, don't worry.. you have 1 week to research and rehearse your jokes such that it sounds natural... Maybe I shall type "Humorous Techniques" which I shall do so right now............xxx..........ooohh! I found something good! Anyway... Shall take a look at it later :)

Anyway, Think I'm more of a "Situational Joke" person, someone who cracks a funny liner within the context. I can't joke for the sake of joking, and I'm more of a deadpan kinda person... = "Cold Joker". Haha.. I know this guy, this senior who amazes me... During my orientation in year one, we were all blindfolded and made to walk 5 hours this manner in the wee hours of the morning around the school campus. For 4 hours, he kept us entertained by dishing out his wide assortment of jokes, riddles and all that. And this is the guy who made it to The New Paper, cuz he is an accountancy grad that earns what, $20 or $30K a month right? Awesome

Anyway, I shall hit the Bed now... It's been 1.5 hrs of blogging. Need to wake up early tomorroW!

I remember telling myself at 12 midnight, 27 november 2004 that "Today is a bloggable. I shall blog about it when I wake up."


22 hrs later, I had clean forgotten the events that happened just one day ago. Have to wreck my brains to recall. Don't worry, I don't think I have a clinical problem with memory. I don't know what problem I have. I don't seem to be able to remember things.


This is bad.


Yes! I went to Jay's concert yesterday!!! The crowd wasn't that "High" though... expected to go wild, and lose some of my voice, but didn't cuz this morning I was able to do the voice exercises at the Emcee-ing class (shall blog about that later) Anyway... It was the first time watching a 4-sided stage concert, although it's the third time watching a Jay concert for me. Conclusion that I draw: UnUsUaL Production has BAD sound system. Really BAD.


The first time at Suntec Convention Hall, the speakers were blasting so much that I went deaf despite sitting some 20 rows away from the stage. And you know, I had a friend who was rich enough to buy the most expensive tickets but unfortunate enough to get one right in front of the speakers. When I called her after the concert, she couldn't hear me at all! Gosh!!!


The second time I didn't remember having such a bad experience, so UnUsUaL is spared from some brutal comments.


This time round, the fast numbers were barely audible. (I mean, it's already bad enough when you can't make out what he's singing. Even worst when you can't even hear him at all.) That happened right at the start. The first song. Which happens to be one of my favourite: "Yi Fu Zhi Ming". GROWL. He was drowned by the band and his backup singers... Sigh... Thankfully the slower numbers can be heard, but there was so much echo. Eeeekkksss. Sennheiser phlueaseeee.... We deserve better sound systems!!!!!!


Bad sound system aside, I was mesmerized when he played Rondo on the piano!!!!! Gosh... The segment with him and Yu Hao from Nan Quan Ma Ma was my favourite can.. They were playing "4-hands" (not duet... just one after another) on Jay's pinky piano that looked way OFF (i feel... Cute, but not Kakkoii!) Yu Hao began with Fantasie Impromptu which just blew my mind away although his notes wasn't that slick, but impressive enough... then came a few more pieces, then RONDO! Just reminded me of Li Yundi and Jay playing together..... (I miss Li Yundi!!! Please come to Singapore!!!! I will try to sneak backstage man!!!!!!)


Ooppsss... I thought I went to a pop concert...


...Anyway! Yah was mesmerized and all that... You know, with the holding-the-breath thing... Eeemhahaeeemhaha. Anyway...! Jay can't dance for nuts. He shouldn't dance. Looked stupid. Whhoooopss. Haha. Am I a Jay fan? Why did I go and watch his concert and have so many stupid related comments? zz??zz??zz??


Maybe I won't be going for another Jay concert anymore.

I was excruciating with so much boredom just now that I typed "Bored" in the yahoo taskbar. With that, I was led to an even more boring listing of slides that I couldn't even bear to click on. *Groans*


Mingli got into Deloitte! (Is this how I spell?) Congratulations gal!!!! You did it! :) Was really happy for her... and I was promised a treat when she gets her first pay check, which is next October.. Well...! Counting down, there are 11 mths... Haha... Somehow right now, we're on the topic of jobs which I wish not to think or comment about. So ZIP.


It has been a wild week...! Mad with JLPT revision. I need a Jap-Eng dictionary. Shucks. I have a Eng-Jap dictionary but why the hell do I need this now since what I can't understand is the words in japanese... poof! (Oh yah! watched 50 First Dates on VCD yesterday and realised that they used the word poof a lot of times! Haha... Adam Sandler is the next cute thing on my list after Colin Firth.) Back to JLPT, and yes, Brother is helping me get a Jap-Eng dictionary from Borders now... Hope it's not too expensive... BORDERS leh.... Shucks... Hope that he can get something in the 30 dollar region. I'm spending so much money on this language sometimes I wonder why. But I guess the answer would be similar to another person who's asked:


me to choc lover: Why do you love Chocolates?


choc lover to me: Because... (wide smile & the you-know-why look)


me: (Thinks aloud in my head: I don't know!)


Actually recently when people ask me why am I learning Japanese, my answer would be forthrightly "Because I wanna get a Japanese Husband." Which happens to be a product of teen-hood fantasy especially in the late 90s when good looking Japanese guys such as Kimura Takuya, Yosuke Eguchi, and when I was in Sec One, Domoto Tsuyoshii, who unfortunately has lost his charm, dominated the TV Screen. TV 12, I think... So, searching further back to Primary School. I would stare at my father's "Nihongo No Kiso" (meaning: Basic Japanese) books lined up on the shelf, and take his book and try to comprehend whatever I can. Obviously I couldn't read anything more than the Chinese characters (Kanji) or ABCs. So, why do I want to learn Japanese?


Wakaranai.


The law of diminishing returns is probably one of the greatest LAWS economists had ever contributed to the real world. Why? Cuz it is so aptly applied across many situations, from production capabilities to eating ice-cream to watching VCDs. I watched so many VCDs that I had to shut off one that I tried to start on just now. Let's make a list.


1. 50 First Dates
**** out of 5. Aloha Hawaii!


2. Confessions of a teenage drama queen
Clearly, this is the show that transformed Lindsay Lohan to a full blown bitch. Therefore, * out of 5. And, it SUCKS. Totally. Disney made a lousy film. Stick to cartoons. Cartoons! (not animation even)


3. Ella Enchanted
Anne Hathaway is a darling!!! So, ** out of 5, for a plotless show would be a bonus.


4. Mean Girls
Lindsay Lohan looked better without mascara, so ** out of 5


5. Go! ??????
Some Japanese show that won the Nth Japanese Film Awards. Kou Sabasaki (is this how I spell her name?) Didn't really get the movie. Haphazard to me. ** out of 5


6. "Di Xia Tie"
The Yida song was so irritating... kept "lalalafalatiso-ing" in the background. Weird and didn't like the show!!! ** out of 5 for being a Hong Kong Movie.


7. My teacher, Mr Kim
Beyond ratings can define. This was the show I had to shut off.


Aargh... I watched so much teeny flicks that I vow I had to shut away from it for awhile. If not when The Princess Diaries 2 comes on, I would go "Poof!". Shucks... Suddenly yearned for a thriller of some sort, not those that sends shivers down the spine, maybe some with action or something. Don't know. Any titles to recommend???


Can't wait to buy The Sims 2. Or should I settle for a tycoon game? Downloaded Mall Tycoon the trial version this afternoon. Waited 2 hrs in front of the comp (yes, hence my excruciating boredom) and there I got "You have 60 minutes to trial the version". Bloody idiot...! My first time downloading a game ok!!!!!! Bleahhhh!!!!


Getting dizzy...

Think I'm getting irritated for nothing recently.


Having prided myself for being very unirritatable for 2 decades, my irritation with a friend of mine last saturday made me realise that I have indeed become more irrtatable than before. After refusing to accept these, on afterthought, yes. I think I have.


Time to re-examine why.


Reasons can be attributed to... (Note: Reasons, not excuses)


1) 3 lonesome letters that, when combined together make a lovely acronym that stands for temporary depression, temporary irritation, temporary imbalance. When these 3 letters are read one after another, the effect is akin to hanging a "Out of Bounds" sign that is often seen outside a teenager's room. Nobody knows what is going on inside the room, yellow becomes blue, red becomes black. Like troubled teenagers, some PMS-ers wallow and wilt. The religious morning ritual of accenting our features turns from ritual to chore.


Temporary it is, this situation that happens for as little days as its acronym suggests fails to explain the phenomenon that lasts from the 1st of jan to the 31st of dec. So,


2) Impatience.
How about getting impatient with impatient people? That's quite something yah? Yes, it happened to me. You know, those assholes who stand right in front of the MRT door, failing to regard the slanted yellow lines that are, excuse me, a shoe width thick?!?! If I happen to be standing beside them, i really feel like stepping on the back of their shoes so that when they take a step forward, they will trip and fall flat into the MRT. If I am in the train waiting to get out, I would be wishing that I have magical powers, and Hocus Pocus, with a shower of golden stars, I am armed with 10 shopping bags. Yes! And I shall shashay my way into the imbecile ungracious group of people who will be attempting to push me back but NO! They can't. Neh Neh Ni Bu Bu! Bleah!


*A Sudden thought. If I were a sociology student, I would do a project on GRACIOUSNESS in public transports. I would go and interview those that I see whose toes are stepped across the yellow slanted lines, who stand in the funnel, who refuse to give up seats, whoses asses are so big they can't keep them within their own seats. Peeved.


*There are 2 lines of "fault" here, apart from un-GRACIOUS people. Perhaps SMRT should review the way these lines are painted. Well, these lines are painted loooking like a funnel. Ok, symbolically funneling people away. BUT, in a funnel there's always a bottleneck, and yes, they've just created as many bottlenecks as MRT doors open. So, re-paint your lines, SMRT! Don't allow the un-gracious chances to bred! Well! Have a sudden urge to apply to SMRT. Is registration closed already?


Unfinished post, but time's up. Continue later.