Dad knows best

Quote from the infinitely wise Papa on convincing Buz to work in Singapore:

- Singapore so small but got so many people, New Zealand only got sheep! You think sheep listen to piano or people listen to piano??

The List

Until a few years ago, I had a list for the perfect guy, just like the female lead in The Ugly Truth. He would be slightly taller and older than me, smart, play the guitar, Asian but with really good English, outspoken, just a bit chubby (so that I don’t feel fat), pleasant-looking (but not too hot as to attract unwanted attention), have good earning potential, and possess a car.

And then I met Buz.

Although he’s smart, funny, taller and older than me, he was also skinny as when I met him, white, didn’t have a car, quiet, plays the piano instead of guitar (lol might as well plug his channel here http://www.youtube.com/user/BuzBG), and just a bit too hot :P As you can see, he didn’t quite make the list but he got me anyhow (read: “I got him” for his version). To be sure, he has other qualities that I wasn’t specifically looking for, things which would top my list if I had one still, like being gentle, unassuming, patient, always understanding, funny, cooks, and I better stop now just in case he reads this..

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Moral of the story is, burn your list. When you meet someone you meet someone. We’re a dino couple now, and it’s kinda hard imagining what it’ll be like without him. Can't vouch for what’s going to happen in the future, but it’s been a great 3 years :)

Smile

The awesome folks at International Christian Fellowship gave a farewell booklet to all those who're graduating this year. It struck me how often my smile was mentioned:

When I was about 12 or so, I remember practising my smile in front of the mirror countless times. Looks like it paid off haha. Maybe I don't need braces after all.

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I don't know if my smile is particularly obvious, or whether all the other graduates got the same comments too. But I do think that my default position is to smile. Like when I'm stumped for answers in class, I just put on an insanely wide grin and hope that the lecturer will move on to other prey.

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It's kinda interesting thinking about what other people's default reactions are. I can think of other people who seem happy all the time, some who seem worried all the time, and some who seem sad all the time. I wonder if we're born a certain way, or whether it's how we were brought up that determines our default response. Probably a combination of both, as with all things.

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So that you don't miss my smile too much! :P

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PS: I'm blaming my big brother for the little chip on my front left tooth. Can't remember how he did it but he did it I'm sure.

Crybaby

I have cried a grand total of 3 times in law school.

Best place to cry: A toss up between the toilets (can be anonymous unless you have a distinctive sob) and the cellphone chat rooms in the library (cos no one ever uses them).

Worst place to cry: In front of the lecturer in his office.

Side note: The windows in the library consist of 2 slidable panes, top and bottom. The bottom panes have been locked. Being vertically-challenged, I have always been annoyed at how I have to climb on a chair and onto the window ledge to pull down the top panes when the rooms get suffocating. Recently, I found out that the reason why the bottom panes are locked is to prevent possible suicide attempts. Ahh, what a happy place this is.

Things I learnt at law school

Having less than 10 days before the last exam of my undergrad degree, I feel that I am in a position now to impart my eternal wisdom to those unfortunate enough to still be captives of the law school dungeon. Hopefully, these tips will make the sentence just a teeny bit easier:

• If you want to eat while at the computer, either go to the Honours room at Level 2 or the G01 computer lab.
• Make as many friends as possible in first year. Second year onwards, everyone’s got friends and they don’t need more.
• If you aspire to be class rep, wait til 2nd year onwards when no one wants to be one.
• Never go to Alberto Costi outside office hours.
• Be nice to the librarians. Might get special privileges eg free photocopying cards and fine waivers.
• Be a volunteer note-taker. Makes you take pretty notes.
• Do NOT make a habit of asking more than 1 question per class.
• On that note, people who talk most in class probably know the least.
• Never sit at the back row. Lecturers ALWAYS pick on people at the back.
• Failing a test isn’t the end of the world.
• Coffee is your best friend.
• You will get the most marks for the stuff you spent the least time on.
  Smile. As if law school isn’t unfriendly enough already.
  

Read Your Labels

I am somewhat of a health freak. Part of that involves scanning the labels of almost everything I buy. It’s a habit which I developed in my teens, when I was super highly weight-conscious. Also, I get bored in the toilet, so I got used to grabbing whatever stuff with lettering on it to read, such as shampoo and conditioner bottles. You get a few surprises now and then, for example:

Innocent-looking coconut-milk

Porn?!

Innocent-looking body shop lip balm

With cannabis

Don't play play, person you kiss might get high...