i finished the entire language section of SATs in two days. and have the math, and the practice papers to go. i'm so tired of it. and my frustration is compounded by the inability to understand some of the language clauses that Americans advocate. sadly, i think language is an innate ability. if you get it, you just do. if not, well, that's just life.

on a very random note, the trip to school to get a few documents (which can be emailed!!) from zhu lao shi was such a waste of time. it took 15mins for her to get her computer from the techie, another 15mins to realise her hard disk cannot be opened. 10 more mins to call e techie back and do a virus scan. 15 more mins trying to download some document reader from a china website(to no avail). and 10 seconds to save everything onto wang lin's thumbdrive. wow, sometimes we over complicate things to this extent. anyhow, she said something that amused me for a day. (loosely translated in english) "WANG LIN, can i pass you research i did for denyse?" - Wang stones for awhile and asks why. "COS i ALWAYS see you sitting with her during class" at this time, i burst into laughter and started poking wang. zhu lao shi gave a sly smile which further added to this comedic moment. and then, wang gave the patented erps look. sigh, i tink i'm so deprived that i've to resort to this to self-amuse myself at 1.20am

i'm looking forward to thursday, tho it's gonna be a huge surprise for a very good, if not, one of the best friends. haha. and as i read rui an's post on how he misses colorado, it kinda resounded in me as i chanced upon the photos he took while we were there for CMPS. that trip remains fondly etched onto my memory as i recall the great company + scenery + weather there. i also kinda miss my host family. it was fun waking up to the empty house where rui an and i will be searching for food and things to do hahaha. memories as they say, merely reflects the transient nature of life.

i've about 9 more hours before i've to give a 15minute presentation(or was it 5?) and an ELEVATOR pitch to eileen tan. right now, i'm sitting on the PPT slide i hastily created in under 20mins a week ago. wow, i'm officially screwed. looks like i've to pray that tristan's aura descends from ? and perhaps i'll be able to smoke my way through the session. its strange how i can crap my way out of some situations, i hope i'm as lucky tomorrow.

its time to re-energise my mind. perhaps i can just point to my two ulcers and tell mrs tan i cant speak. then again, the easy way out usually isnt the best way to do things.