Might as well make a "Want List" while I'm in the mood.
And also because it's my 21st birthday and I have every right to! :D

I WANT:

1) a 2010 planner!
(These dastardly things are exorbitantly priced! Appalling! For mere pieces of paper!)

2) a super pretty Christmassy patterned Starbucks Tumbler which I can bring hot water around in.
(You know I can't do without my hot teas.)

3) A PROPER WATCH OMG.
(No more cheapo plastics and no more rusting cheapo metal pieces. Can I have a PROPER functioning lasting watch for once??)

4) A year's supply of the finest tea in the world - Twinings of London! Peppermint / English Breakfast please!
(Thanks Bel, who's already given me this!! LOVE!!)

5) A PINKKKKK Subaru R1
(Have you seen how chic it looks? SERIOUSLY! My dad said no way in the world we can afford this and if I want it, I should work hard for it. I say it's easier to start putting my plan to marry Michael Phelps into action than to work for a Subaru R1)

6) to lose 10kg
(Slimming pills, liposuction vouchers, I welcome everything except piteous lettuce leaves.)

7) black bug shades.
(I look ridiculous in them but what does that matter. It just seems like a must-have this season.)

8) to catch the silly Christmas Tree Mouse, the Worker Mouse, the Scrooge Mouse with their loot!
(And you can help me by giving me SuperBrie+ hahaha.)

9) SISLEY phyto-lip star "Precious Coral" lip gloss (Code: 6) / Dior Addict Ultra-Shine 2 lipstick (Code: 256)
(I'm running out! Just as your eyes are the windows to your soul, so your lips are the windows to your, uh, mouth.)

and to round them all up to a perfect 10,

10) to reclaim all the friends whom I've lost for stupid reasons over the years
(You know who you are.)

*

Back to work.

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I'm not ready to turn 21.
I'm SO not ready.

Being 21 means assuming responsibility which I have so cleverly deflected to others in authority in the past.
Being 21 means I can now get married without my parents' consent, sign contracts without having a parent/guardian signature, and buy 4D.

Not that I intend to do any of those, of course.

I've spent the last 21 years of my life learning lessons the hard way, growing up, maturing, going from slim to plump to downright obese back to plump and now in this inbetween plump-slim level.
And I've done most things that 21 year olds have done I guess.

Even till my actual birthday, I don't think I'll FEEL 21. I feel trapped in this kidult phase, where I'm not really a kid and not really an adult (anyone who starts singing Britney's "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" is going to get slapped from me), but somewhere stuck in between.

I'm perfectly happy not throwing a party even though it's almost a SIN to not throw a 21st birthday party.
On the other hand, I wonder if I'm missing out on something by not having a party?
Still, planning and executing a party is too time and financially consuming, not to mention tedious.
And with a timetable like that, 6 projects to settle, 2 reports to write, and one musical to direct, you can hardly blame me for not having time to throw a party.

After much thought, I stick by my stand that parties are overrated, and all you need to have, really, is friends.

But, what happens when you don't?

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Kanjani 8 is gg to be on SDK agn! YAY.. to me i think k8 w kk has great chemistry!! and they nvr fails to make me LOL..

soooo i m anticipating it!! (:

lalalalala

and and J album, the pictures are sooo pretty!!

So life's been pretty crazy so far with project meetings everyday, endless research to do, and running musical auditions at the same time!

Can't deny that I secretly enjoy being kept busy and feeling useful, but there're times I wished I had some time all to myself..

Musical has been going on, well, fine I guess..
More on that soon when things are more confirmed :)
For now, we're ironing out the last few bits of audition and cast should be confirmed by this weekend - I can't wait!! :)

For all the times I advised people about back care, I did something stupid yesterday.
Bent over to pick my dog up from the floor (he's only 1kg, mind you) and as I straightened up, I felt this searing pain through my lower back.
It hurt so much I had to lie down immediately on the sofa.
When I got up and tried to walk back to my room to rest, I sneezed, and the pain soared.
'Shittttt," I thought; for we'd been taught that back pain which increases during sneezing and coughing means there's something wrong with the intervertebral discs (think: slipped disc).

For the rest of the night, I was in great pain, with sitting being my most painful posture.
Could barely sleep, since every position change = pain and that woke me up alot.

The irony, after how I've educated people on correct lifting postures, good sitting postures, etc.
GAHHH.

Spent the whole day in awkward postures, trying to wriggle to find the perfect painless position to rest in.
The 2 hour neuro lecture almost killed me; sitting was agony!
I was praying desperately all day for healing - I can't be a proper PT with back pain like this!
Heck, I can't even function normally as a normal person!

Miraculously, nearing evening, I started to feel better.
By after dinner, I was able to sit without pain!

Right now, I'm feeling awesome :)
Except for the occassional twinge of pain when I bend over, I'm so so much better :D

MY GOD HEALS! :D

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has ended, the manga at least. on a sadly strange note. :( oh wells, just looking foward to the last season of the anime and 2 more live action movies. :) sigh.

in other news, been watching a lot of anime :) yay!

off to malacca tmr... :)

hm, these past few days have been hectic! what with getting home from australia then off to egypt, back from egypt and off to malacca soon! argh!

results were not too good, shall go check my scripts and find out what went wrong??!!!! 3 credits and 1 distinction. first time with a credit average, oh dear me!

well, egypt was good. relaxing kind of and saw a lot of interesting things. :) tired now...shall go rest some more. hahaha.