The Weekend in Point Form
October 26th, 2008
things i did over the weekend:
- staffed for a mock Enron committee for a model UN conference. that took up most of the weekend but it was mucho fun! i was a Republican National Committee representative (gasp). then i was the MD of Corporate Restructuring for Bank of America. then i was a cop who arrested half the board. then i was the attorney for Ken Lay. i was also Hu Jintao for a bit, but most of the time i just sat around eating cookies in the crisis room.
- crashed an early halloween party with the glorious malaysian ID that alloweth underage scoundrels entrance into any party because it stateth not thy birthyear. said halloween party was a very good gauge of what halloween costumes NOT to buy! too many ladybugs, bumblebees and nurses…
- discovered the heavenly deliciousness of ‘Pan-fried Noodle’. essentially yee mee, which i already know and love, but whatever, chinese food in america is a whole new and different world. Pan Fried Noodle ftw! with shrimp!!
- witnessed an indian guy from Bombay saying “tiu lei tiu lei pokai pokai!”
- a floormate asked if Singapore was Malaysia’s capital!!!!!! YES. i knew this day would one day come. but my excitement was quickly dashed when another floormate piped up and said - and i quote this verbatim - “Singapore is an independent city-state that used to be part of Malaysia and then seceded in the 1960’s. Culturally, and to an extent, historically, it may as well be still part of Malaysia.” this is the same guy who writes the most excellent facebook notes on the 2008 presidential race. i am not kidding; that stuff is New York Times material. i am a little bit scared of this guy now. i think he’s way too smart.
- trawled around the upper west side at 4 in the morning looking for pancakes. ended up not finding any, but a McDonalds instead, which serves up a cheeseburger with ketchup that looks so sloppy and gross that you will first wrinkle your nose at it, but then you will later decide that it is actually pretty good after you take a bite or two. i trawled with Marc, a guy from a country so small, you cant even see it on the map. no, he’s not Singaporean. if you can guess which country he’s from, i’ll give you one buck! clue: it’s in Europe and is not Vatican City.
- woke up with a burning headache from caffeine overdose three days in a row. for two out of those three days, i had a red bull hangover that was so bad, i would spout rubbish when the situation required me to talk. an example: “su ann, what’s the dining hall serving for lunch?”, to which i answered after a 5-second pause, “Herodotus would not be pleased because there’s not enough meat”. i swear to god. i’m so lucky this only happened after i took my midterms. sigh. no more red bull or vietnamese coffee for me. midterms week is teh louseh. i dread finals week.
- speaking of midterms, it is 4 down and 1 more to go. i totally tanked for my Lit Hum midterm because (as usual) i spent too long on one essay and didnt have time for the other, but i think i kicked enough butt in the other two. Frontiers of Science allows for a cheat sheet during midterm, and i put together the most awesome cheat sheet ever!!!!!, if i may so myself :D i am crossing my fingers for an A.
- camwhored with two delectable Mile High Club attendants at a college party. to my surprise, one of them is a senior from college, who at first glance, is a super cute and super innocent looking girl. i was scandalized! i mean, she brings to our meetings cookies that she baked herself!! (she later reveals that she did this while she was sloshed in the wee hours of the morning):
- put myself on a bubble tea quota because i think my bubble tea consumption is reaching dangerous levels. at the rate i am going, i could die of starch poisoning. or malnutrition, seeing how i always forego spending money on meals just so i can spend that $2.95 on bubble tea. so now, i am on a strict thrice-a-week bubble tea allotment. no more than that. no more.
- slowly read through a whole bunch of application essays from this year’s applicants. lots are applying to columbia, which i think is good, and some of them have written excellent essays. i am very proud! :) but the other day, someone sent me her teacher recommendation letter and asked me how she can improve it, and i was extremely annoyed to find that her letter was practically a carbon copy of my own teacher recommendation. the only possible cause of this is that my teacher sent HER teacher the letter he wrote for me, because no one else has seen this letter except for me and him. i am annoyed because i tried telling her that, and she just dismissed it like it was no big deal (”oh haha i guess our teachers just know each other then”). wtf. i’m also annoyed that there are applicants who got hold of essay topics that successful Malaysian ivy league applicants wrote about, and have no qualms about copying these ideas. see, this is precisely the reason why i didnt want to write the Essay section of my guide. i am disappointed.
- i sloshed wine into my eye :( it still hurts.
- learned how to say ‘Zut alors!!!!’ in perfect intonation and accompanying facial expression. you also kinda have to hold your palm up vigorously. ZUT ALORS!!!! ZUT ALOOOORRRSS!
- got cool stuff in the mail :)
- discovered that Cookie Monster has no nose
- a funny sign in the pantry of a suite that i found while traipsing through some residence halls one cold night:
and then above the sink, there was the most hilarious sign scolding fellow suitemates for not clearing food from their plates when they put them in the sink. it’s so true okay… the sink in the pantry on my floor is the most disgusting sight ever. there are remnants of chow mein take-out in the sink drain, ambiguous gray stains all over the counter, used teabags and containers just lying around.. and microwaveable pasta sauce stalactite all over the microwave oven. ew. not that any of these things should stop you from applying to my wonderful college…
- and lastly, i have not been studying enough for econs midterm on monday. which is why i should get my butt offline now and into the library. byeeee, all!
p/s : severe lack of pictures because a) i keep forgetting to take my camera out with me and b) macbooks dont have inbuilt cardreaders, and it’s such a pain to keep turning on my barely-alive former laptop to transfer photos. bah :(
Entry Filed under: College Life, Daily Grind, Photos
63 Comments Add your own
1. sweatlee | October 27th, 2008 at 5:22 am
zut alors hahahha
HEY they dont care if there's no birthdate in there and they just let you in?? got what mine is 880924 there got 88!!! how did u do it!!
2. Kevin | October 27th, 2008 at 5:42 am
Wow had i not know you, i would think you'll be a hot chick from the pic with that two stewardess hahah
And the answer is Vatican City…you owe me a lot of things other than the one buck
3. pinkpau | October 27th, 2008 at 5:50 am
sweatlee : zut alors!!! do you not know!!! that you can just tell them it's a random 6 digit number!!! heehee
kevin : ah but dont think i forgot how we became friends in the first place!! wait it's not vatican city. would i ask such an obvious question!?!? but aiya i should have clarified that it's not the vatican. okok i go back and edit. ok give you one more chance to guess
4. pinkpau | October 27th, 2008 at 6:00 am
sweatlee : zut alors!!! you can just tell them it's a random 6 digit number!!! heehee
kevin : ah but dont think i forgot how we became friends in the first place!!! it's not vatican city lah! would i ask such an obvious question!?!? but aiya i should have clarified that it's not the vatican. okok i go back and edit. ok give you one more chance to guess
5. povege | October 27th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Sounds like you had a great weekend! :D
The weather is getting cold in UK and I assume it's getting colder there as well? I wish I have bubble tea here… Miss all the great food from back home.
While you have dirty pantries, I have a dirty kitchen. But I managed to clean it up single-handedly today :D *indulge in self satisfaction*
Anyway, just to say hi and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Good luck in your midterms! I'm sure you'll excel ^_^
6. OneBuckChuck | October 27th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Marc is probably from Monaco. Judging from his name - very french in origin. By the way, He's probably the one teaching you Zut Alors too. At 4am. In the 103rd St Mickey Ds.
Too funny.
7. pinkpau | October 27th, 2008 at 6:49 am
onebuckchuck : WHO ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! chairman of the RNC, is that you!!!!!
8. kei | October 27th, 2008 at 8:49 am
i dont see pics of hot white guys who resemble CMM/wentworth miller!! HAHAHA
eh how come some applicants can plagiarise the essay one i thought ussually noone would put up a personal essay.. how did they get it :S
9. lishun | October 27th, 2008 at 9:11 am
darn it i was gonna say monaco!!!!!!!!
and that's probably marc. haha.
10. clarisseteagen | October 27th, 2008 at 9:51 am
That's just awesome. REALLY it is.
Your whole life is interesting :)
11. nyrac | October 27th, 2008 at 10:02 am
what's zut alors?
12. OneBuckChuck | October 27th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Zut Jalan Alors! (I am not RNC Chairman & definitely not Marc.)
Do I get the one buck??? :)
13. luxfare | October 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
LMAO…..dis post really cracked me up! Nurse costume will look good on u so dun pull out dat Ladybug suit frm last year…. Love dat Indian n tell him he should get a Malaysia citizenship ^^ ur floormate is downright scary……seriously….. Herodotus jus flipped in his bloody grave…. try gettin eye mo n pour da bottle into ur eye :P:P:P
14. carolyong | October 27th, 2008 at 11:33 am
i was going to guess either monaco or LICHTENSTEIN! which i think is a cooler answer! :D hahahaha.
15. mae | October 27th, 2008 at 11:58 am
I'm thinking Liechtenstein or Monaco too. :)
Glad to hear you're having fun Su-Ann. Uber jealous you're in such an awesome world-class city.
16. bananatan04 | October 27th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
since im bored in the library too, i was going to spoil the fun and say where marc's from. think snow, think mountains.
17. pinkpau | October 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
kekeke wrong! switzerland is big enough to see on the map. i meant his birth country though - he's not originally from switzerland. bananatan, you owe me one buck
18. Samantha L. | October 27th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I was guessing it'd be Latvia. -_-”
19. cel | October 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
i am gonna guess france cos of the alors that all them say all the time : D
20. kimberlycun | October 27th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
monaco? passive aggresive notes are the best!11
21. Kevin | October 27th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hahah well looks do change right???????? hahahaha =P
Aiyor not vatican then monaco lor ez pz…my geography owns, if not then tuvalu keke
22. Kevin | October 27th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Call me la when you're free ah paus, you being in u.s like not in u.s only hahaha, and i was joking about tuvalu before you start laughing hahah =P
23. truff | October 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
stumbled upon some good music locally made, and thought of sharing it with you :) <link>http://healingpot.blogspot.com/2008/10/bedroom-sanctuary.html</link>
24. suanie | October 27th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Luxembourg?
25. pinkpau | October 27th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
suanie!!!! i give you one dollar
26. Lynn | October 27th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
haha i'd send you a camera cable :p
27. skyler | October 27th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
your picture very hot will you marry me
28. WP | October 27th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Hehe, I was thinking Belgium, then I thought “hey, Luxembourg's smaller right?” and then I saw people guessing Monaco…and I wasn't sure what to guess any more :P So in the end it's Luxembourg… I guess I should listen to myself more than to other people…
29. whimsicaljottings | October 27th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Oooooh. Me likey your comfy looking white top. Where did you get it from? Tell me, per favore! Ciao bella ;)
30. Sarah | October 27th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I don't like people who copies my stuff too =( It's good that you didn't post up your essays on ur blog. Anyway, it looks like you have such a wonderful life there~!
31. pinkyboo | October 27th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
u're so pretty!
32. Ping | October 27th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
1)ahaha am trying to imagine the facial expression of the indian guy who swears in cantonese :-p
2) dun worry, su-ann. you are smart in your own special way =)
3) is there answer on where Marc's from? ah… there's a reply already :-p
33. roblee7 | October 27th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
luxembourg
34. chareli | October 27th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
i copy other people and say luxembourg.
HAR HAR HAR!
35. Shin Yi | October 27th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Totally get what you mean about ppl copying recommendation letters and such…I went through INTEC and was horrified to find out that the placement office decided to compile a bunch of our recommendation letters and essays for future students' references…of course some students proceeded to copy…
36. PulseNightlifeNYC | October 27th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Come party with Pulse on Nov 26th! Our Official Launch Party!
The Cathedral
41st Street and 10th Ave
10PM - 4AM
Chris Willis performing live!
“Love is Gone”
37. Yohan | October 28th, 2008 at 12:31 am
Told ya you'd be wandering around in the wee hours.
Glad to see that you're thriving over there.
38. tze | October 28th, 2008 at 1:08 am
zut alors! i have missed one! sacre bleu! what is this! how on earth could i miss! such a sweet little succulent crab! wtf wtf
39. pinkpau | October 28th, 2008 at 1:33 am
PANG TZE CHING I LOVE YOU
for saying that, i shall give you a dinglehopper
40. ShaolinTiger | October 28th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Bloody hell, buy a USB card reader for the mac it's like $3 or something.
41. kiasu andrew | October 28th, 2008 at 3:03 am
stupid su ann when i go new york you never go clubbing with me
42. zewt | October 28th, 2008 at 9:03 am
and u didnt give the bombay indian a taste of malaysian vulgarness?
43. isa. | October 28th, 2008 at 10:41 am
ooh, hello!!
i likey the mile high stewardesses!
i think ill be coming to NY soon.. hook me up?
haha, jokes aside, i might come to NY for thanksgiving,
could you facebook msg me your number?
ive been trying to ring you up!
44. MIchelle | October 28th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Su Ann, you've gone so much skinner!
Is chinese food in US good? Because chinese food in Melbourne is not good enough for me. I want char kuey teow and nasi lemak!!!! FROM KL.
:(
Anyway, I'll be back in KL on the 6th of December! Can't wait!
45. Grouchy Smurf | October 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am
zut alor = jalan alor in french. tsk tsk. mon café un goût de jus de chaussette
46. bananatan04 | October 28th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
dang. now, i remember. i saw it on his facebook and was like why luxembourg? gah. i'll chia you swedish fish just because i'm having a swedish fish obsession right now. :P
47. Janice | October 28th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Funny how i just learnt “zut alors” in class today muhahahaa
48. EVo | October 28th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Greetings from Shanghai…i'm here to extend ur blog coverage to china! or maybe u already have cheena readers kekeke.
Autumn rocks huh su ann?
Take care! =)
49. pinkpau | October 29th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
povege : omg it's just 4 degrees away from freezing =( i totally commiserate with you about the weather. *shares hot chocolate* and the bubble tea here is greaaat :) better than the ones back home cos they're so much more generous with the pearls!
kei : actually i must say i noticed there arent that many cute guys in my college. the ones that are.. are usually gay. le sigh. so, see no touch. but then again there's that rumor about wentworth miller being gay.. :P aiya u stick to your CMM lah u! dont so fickle! ya no one put up the essays.. but i guess the word got around about what they wrote about. or the writers themselves told the applicants.. and those applicants decided to copy.
lishun : haha no it wasnt marc. marc didnt teach me how to say zut alors!
clarisseteagen : haha there's always room for more interesting things! but thank u :)
nyrac : it means dammit or something in french
one buck chuck : no you dont :P it's not monaco, but luxembourg. and i knew you weren't marc because marc didnt teach me how to say zut alors. it was the mcdonalds thing that totally freaked me out!!!
luxfare : i already have a nurse costume back home, so i got something else this year! :) ya that floormate is really very very smart. he doesnt even look it because he's like a really fun guy.. but when he starts talking, it's totally mind blowing
carolyong : hehe no one buck for you
mae : wrong wrong :P please dont be jealous! come and visit.. i'll show u around :)
samantha : not quite!
cel : he wasnt actually the one who taught me how to say zut alors!
kimberlycun : no but pretty close! luxembourg
kevin : tuvalu wtf go die la u. eh i got my costume in the mail alreadyyyy *wiggles butt
suanie : suanie u so clevah
lynn : WOW i've been using a card reader for so long that i totally forgot about usb cables!! i didnt even bring mine over..
skyler : yes <3
wp : haha monaco is smaller than luxembourg! but good guess
whimsicaljottings : ho comprato la giacca da Armani a Hong Kong! it really keeps me warm :)
sarah : i would never put up my essays… i considered it briefly, but judging from the integrity of some of the applicants.. i'm glad i didnt..
pinkyboo : aww thank u *blush
ping : 1) he was just repeating what he had learned from some cantonese speaking friends :P 2) thank u :) 3) yes he's from luxembourg
roblee : correctt
chareli : but you dont get the 1 buck :P
shin yi : what ??? are you serious??? wtf….. i am beginning to think that malaysian colleges are totally not serious about their students getting into good schools… wtf is this…. i feel so mad now!!
yohan : hehe! nightcrawler i will always be
tze : *gives dinglehopper
shaolintiger :sure anot so cheap! where got so cheap -_-
kiasu andrew : stoopid andrew ppl got exams la that time!
zewt : he was already a lot better than me :P
isa : mssged you on fbook!
michelle : its not that the food is not good here.. i just have been too stressed to eat! chinese food here is good, yes, even the msian food! but of course nothing beats the stuff we get back home
grouchy smurf : did u hear that jalan alor's name is going to be changed?
bananatan : what is swedish fish!
janice : what??? you learned how to swear in class?!
evo : autumn is gorgeousssss but it turned cold here way too fast
50. Simon Seow | October 29th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
You look nice in gold.
51. Cher Hao | October 30th, 2008 at 5:02 am
- crashed an early halloween party with the glorious malaysian ID that alloweth underage scoundrels entrance into any party because it stateth not thy birthyear. said halloween party was a very good gauge of what halloween costumes NOT to buy! too many ladybugs, bumblebees and nurses…
Are you serious? Lol..
52. felice | October 30th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
swedish fish is the name/brand of a candy, i think. theyre fish shaped and red in color….id like to think they have chewy texture like gummy bears but since ive never eaten any, i cant really say.
53. Grouchy Smurf | October 30th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
re: Jln Alor - well, they finally decided NOT to change the name. ridiculous… i mean, how will the postmen find their way around now?? Poor postman!
(the reason given for the name change)
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008...
54. bananatan04 | October 30th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
i forgive you for not knowing swedish fish. After a year, I just discovered it on Saturday. It's chewy candy that you can find anywhere. It's very very high in sugar but apparently, fat free. DIABETES but it's good company for this week's midterm slog.
55. fag | October 30th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
>> a floormate asked if Singapore was Malaysia’s capital!!!!!!
BURNING RAGE. Please tell me you slew the bastard and bathed in his black unworthy blood? My national pride is molested!
56. chenchow | October 31st, 2008 at 2:17 am
Agree with the mentality of some of the applicants.
I guess we all just have to stand firm that there is no plagiarism. One thing that I always stress to the applicants is that if you want to copy, you can go ahead, but that doesn't mean others cannot copy from the same source (since if you can get it, others can get it too), and imagine the same essay that you submit is submitted by a few others… Just imagine the chances..
57. tze | October 31st, 2008 at 2:21 am
you know what i'm talking about /boo
58. Alex | October 31st, 2008 at 11:58 am
Wow, your MUM seems fun. The last time I attended one in Singapore, I was in the security council representing Iran. I keep finding chance to wage war with Israel. lol.
Would be awesome if I had a chance to attend your uni`s MUN.
59. mystique | October 31st, 2008 at 4:44 pm
zut alors, c'est francais?
what this bubble tea?
i love the way you write…..i'm addin you to blogroll n gtalk if you don't mind
60. sylvanna | October 31st, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I haven't had bubble tea for ages. :(
Oh I did't know personal essays were so private, thanks for the heads up… I mean, I went to the MIT website and there were two MIT students who posted up their personal essays and they were really really good. :D
And i think you're way too smart too! :D
61. mixue | November 1st, 2008 at 12:58 am
what is zut alors?? can someone pls tell me? hey suann, mind video-ing zut alors in perfect intonation and accompanying facial expression for ur readers to see? puh-lease??
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