2nd Last Visit to NUS???

Went down to collect my gown for the convocation. Super ugly n damn big gown, juz perfect for pregnant ladies. Sianz! An even sibei damn disgusting mortar board. When I put it on, I look like some crazy scientist's experiment gone wrong!!



Not to mention the flocks of $$-driven people trying to pull bizness their way. So many photography shops fighting for my ugly photo. Such irony! One of the personnel there even tried to get me to patronise them (some photograph while receiving degree on stage) by specifying dat my parents wun b able to take pictures of me receiving my degree.



1) A minor reason dis wun work is dat my parents are not dat high-tech enuf to use a camera.
2) A major reason is dat I DUN WAN MY PICTURE TAKEN!
So wad can I say?? Screw dat old lady! She think I'm so proud of my 'beauty' meh??



There's oso the making of a plaque; which I did ordered for the sake of a friend's commission; and juz too flaunting for my liking. It's no big deal I'm receiving a degree. Nothing ever changes. I'm one of the Outsiders, can never stray into the spotlight but always remain in shadows.



Last of all, the selling of memoribilla. For goodness sake, why the hell would I take a photo wif dat not-so-cute lion doll thingy?? Hey, I'm too old for dat okay!!!



Juz 2 tix, for my parents. 3 in the family. Dat's my family. No need spotlight/photos. Mayb juz a group photo wif some of my dear friends oso graduating. No need for flashy stuff. Dat's me.....

Job Hunting

A nightmare.....Am I so poorly qualified dat no company wants me???



Juz caught ABC DJ on TV; quite a light series juz for getting time to pass.....



Now watching Mad Hot Ballroom.....



BTW, whoever has caught the car advertisement using the Time concept, plz lemme noe.....

《遣怀》

落魄江湖载酒行，



楚腰纤细掌中轻。



十年一觉扬州梦，



赢得青楼薄幸名。

Roswell 3 Episode 18: Graduation

"I can't tell you much more than that.
It wouldn't be safe for you or for us.
I can tell you that we are far away...
and that we are all trying to avoid the law and do good in the world.



Oh, and I guess I should tell you that...
Max and I did eventually tie the knot.



Give my love to Mom.
Let her read this journal too.
Then give it to Maria's mom...
and after that take it and burn it...
out in the desert by the ruins of the pod chamber...
where my husband was born.



So that's the end.
Our life in Roswell.
What a long, strange trip it's been.



Will we ever go back?
I don't know.
Even I can't see everything in the future.



All I know is that I'm Liz Parker...
and I'm happy."



Finally, the last of the last. The ending entry of Liz's journal dat explained the story to her dad, as well as provide a fitting finale to the series. The show end wif dis quote depicting their departure from Roswell, Liz's marriage to Max, as well as their ever on-going journey to hide from the law. Yes, I cried at the fact dat they probably will never get to return to Roswell, and yet still smiled at them being able to stay as a group together, all 6 of them. (Max, Michael, Isabel, Liz, Maria & Kyle)



As a meaningful quote, I love how Liz sums it up as a long strange trip. And yes, nobody can see everything in the future. All we have to know is WHO WE ARE & dat WE ARE HAPPY!

Roswell 3 Episode 18: Graduation

"Hi, um, I'm Max Evans.
I thought I'd take this opportunity to, uh--
to say a few things on behalf of myself and the graduating class.
Some of us are--
are here tonight...
to walk across this stage and get our hard earned diplomas...
and throw our caps in the air.



But there's another group here tonight...
A group of people who are here for another reason all together.
They're here to say goodbye.
Goodbye to their high school lives.
Goodbye to their families and friends.



You see, this--
this group has been through a lot...
And tonight is the night...
they've decided to call it quits.



It's been a long, hard road for them.
They have a lot of... wounds.
They've lost people...
People that were close to them.
They've had each other to cling to,
but tonight that's all coming to an end.



I'm a member of that group of. . .
outsiders.
I always knew I was different.
And for a long, long time...
all I wanted was to be another face in the crowd.



But in the end, it wasn't possible.
I guess it never was.



So from now on I'll just...
concentrate on being who I really am.
Some of you might not like that.
Some of you might even find that frightening.



But that's not my problem anymore.
I have to be who I really am...
and let fate take care of the rest.



So thank you Roswell.
thank you for--
for letting me live among you
Thank you for giving me a family.
Thank you for giving me a home."



The touching n rather tear-jerking graduation speech by Max Evans. (Yup I cried, so wad?) I was deeply touched by the meanings behind the speech. So significant. So depressing. So....moving. To give dis speech, one muz really have been through a lot and in tune with his/her deepest emotions.



I'm also gonna say goodbye, to NUS, to schooling, to a phase of my life I'm in for the past 24 years. Now, it's time to move on. It's time....to grow....



As you can see, I highlighted in large the really apt phrases. Pay special attention the the largest. Dat really describes the life, not juz of Roswell, but perhaps oso myself......

Roswell 3 Episode 18: Graduation

"The trouble with making plans for the future...
even when you can see the future...
is that fate has a way of intervening...
and upsetting the best laid plans of mice and men.



Robert Burns, 1785"



Found in the last ever episode of Roswell. Such an apt way of describing fate's unpredictability. Fate always has a way of intervening and upsetting our laid-out plans. Spontaneous. Unpredictable. Hard to please. Dat's Fate for you.

Roswell 2 Episode 16: Heart of Mine

"We try to live responsible, logical lives.
But we can't tell our hearts what to feel.
Sometimes our hearts lead us to places we never thought we wanted to go.
And sometimes our hearts can be the sweetest, gentlest things we have.
Sometimes our hearts can make us feel miserable, angry, excited and confused...
all at once.



But at least my heart is open.
And I'm writing again.
I'm feeling.
I'm breathing. "



We never ever could learn the ability to tell our hearts how or wad to feel, isn't it so? A human heart encompasses strange, exciting and yet sometimes heartbreaking emotions dat makes our life a roller-coaster ride. A truly wonderful and amazing part of life......

Roswell 2 Episode 16: Heart of Mine

"And there we were. All together.
with everything we'd all been through over the last two years.
The battles we'd fought,
the relationships that were formed,
the feelings for each other, stronger than any feelings...
we'd ever known could exist.
And somehow in this moment...
I had this really strong, really upsetting feeling...
that this was the last time we'd all be standing together. "



Dis is the quote that Liz mentioned in the episode regarding their prom night, before Alex died and throw the series into disarray. Isn't it somehow amazing that dis quote actually quite describes the 'last days' of our different phases of life? Such as last day of primary skool, last day of secondary skool etc. We juz find dat it might perhaps be the last time we ever stand wif the same group of people.



Dis quote holds even more sway over me, perhaps due to the fact I'm entering such a phase again: End of university.....End of skooling....
No more studies but work. No more 'standing' around wif fellow classmates and friends......