Slaughterhouse-Five

"Welcome aboard, Mr Pilgrim," said the loudspeaker. "Any questions?"

Billy licked his lips, thought for a while, inquired at last: "Why me?"

"That is a very Earthling question to ask, Mr Pilgrim. Why you? Why us for that matter? Why anything? Because this moment simply is. Have you even seen bugs trapped in amber?"

"Yes." Billy, in fact, had a paperweight in his office which was a blob of polished amber with three ladybugs embedded in it.

"Well, here we are, Mr Pilgrim, trapped in the amber of this moment. There is no why."

- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut


Oh. There is no why. 

***

I believe Mr Pike has competition, time to re-read The Starlight Crystal.

您奶奶呀你!!

Stuck

So many places to go.... I don't want to see them as pixels on my screen or scenes in my head :(

Poot you

Interviews

Me, during the NTU admissions interview:

Interviewer: Hi!

Me, squeakily: hi

Interviewer: So where are you from?

Me, in my head: What does he mean, where am I from?

-Silence-

Me, in my head: Oh shit, better say something.

Me, out loud: Er, do you mean my education or my house?

-Silence-

Me, in my head: Oh shit shit shit

-2 seconds later-

Me, out loud: Punggol! I come from Punggol!!

Me, in my head: Oh shit


Me, during the SMU admissions interview (group setting):

Interviewers: So, tell us something about yourselves!

Me, after four other interviewees have answered: I like to read Harry Potter.

-SILENCE-

Me, in my head: Oh shit

Later on....

Interviewer: I would like each of you to give some comments or ask something about the [political] article you have read just now.

Boy 1: Actually I've been following the Bersih rally since 2.0-

Me, in my head: Wtf is this

Boy 1: - and I'm also from the young PAP blah blah

Me, in my head: Ok bye


Me, during the job interview for Best Fries Forever:

Boss: So why do you want to work here?

Me: Because I like to eat french fries

Boss: ... ok.

Me, in my head: Oh shit


Me, during the interview for my internship (group setting):

Interviewer 1: You will be required to help with F1 and do a lot of work, you know?

Me, meekly and demurely: It's ok, no problem.

Interviewer 2: Can or not, you look very fragile leh.

Me, in my head: Knn I thought must be demure

Me, out loud: Haha no la :)

Me, in my head: If you could hear me here....

Update (you don't say)

Kim's party! 

Yay happy birthday Kim (even though you don't read my blog)

Yeah only 3 pictures because I sat in a corner and read my book for most of the night. Ok no narrowed eyes please. It was a very interesting book - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Some of my favorite bits:

"You'd better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It's unpleasantly like being drunk."

"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"

"You ask a glass of water."

***

And then there's the babel fish part where God vanishes but I'm lazy to type it out.

***

"Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for titbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived.

The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the "Star-Spangled Banner", but in fact the message was this: So long, and thanks for all the fish."

I have painted my toe nails a strange blue green and now I feel ill looking at them.

Hard Times

Me, before entering Uni: I hope I get As.

Me, 2 months after entering Uni: I hope I get at least a B+.

Me, one semester after Uni: I hope I don't go lower than a B.

Me, one year after Uni: Just let me pass la, ok?

Brb, busy holding up the bell curve.