College Funnies
May 5th, 2009
so my finals begin in 3 days’ time, my unpreparedness is of epic proportions, i just heard the “it’s been a great year, guys” speech from my RA, i have to be outta here by noon on the 16th of may or my college is going to fine me a hundred bucks for every hour i fail to comply, i am growing older by the minute as i type this, and my freshman year is ending in a matter of two weeks. i would love to pause and reflect on what a wonderful/awful year this has been, and tell you all about the college i’ve never found the time to blog about, maybe even put up a picture of my room which i said i would put up but never did … but i am FREAKING OUT. TIME, STOP. JUST STOP.
it’s such a cliche but my first day in columbia really felt like just yesterday. i was wide-eyed but businesslike. i remember checking off a list of things to do in my head as i ran down College Walk to go get my student ID. when i held the card in my hands, i thought, this is it? then i went up to my room. the 14th floor looked so sunny. my room was airy and spotless. the first thing i did was search the walls for the LAN cable outlet, then i opened up my luggage and moaned to Smartypants and Martian that maybe i shouldnt have brought so many shoes. it was nice having the both of them there with me — Smartypants fretted so much that i didnt need to do it myself, and Martian was as always my voice of calm and order. oddly, i dont remember the first night i fell asleep in my dorm room. i dont think i missed home at that time. yet i dont remember feeling excited either. come to think of it, i dont remember much of my first week at college. the more i struggle to remember, the more the already dusty memories seem to fall away. but i guess that’s not important. they’ll come back to me in time. they always do.
i’m happy to report that i’ve only gotten locked out of my dorm room twice. though the first time was in the middle of winter and i was wrapped in only a towel. S, who’s a real darling, lent me his jacket so that i could walk to Housing not semi-nude. the second time i got locked out was an important day, but that’s a story for another time. remind me. the keyword is heavy-hearted goodbye.
sigh, freshman year. one day i’d like to share with you all the Retrospective essay i wrote for a writing class, about my freshman year. but i’ll only share it with you if i get an A+ on it :)
some pictures of funny things around campus:
#1 this is O, a guy from my lit class, and his totally cool breast cancer awareness tshirt :P
#2 a funny poster in a suite that my floormates and i randomly burst into one drunk night. the door was unlocked so we went in and looked at people sleeping and took stupid pictures of their stuff. hahaha. and then my cell phone rang REALLY LOUDLY when we were in the midst of doing that…… but none of the residents woke up. wtf. anyway the poster should be put up on passiveaggressivenotes.com
#3 not so passive aggressive notes
#4 i really liked this poster cos it sounded like something i would say!! i like to point my finger at people’s faces and imperiously announce, emily yoon, dont be a baboon. or, roborovski, dont be a toucan. or, aira amira, dont be a parrot. hahaha.
#5 a graded problem set from my calc class with a response from the TA in red ink. i cracked up for like 5 minutes. the TAs who grade our homework usually write in big red ink on the front “STAPLE THIS!!!!!” if we dont staple our work. some people never staple their stuff despite repeated implorations, so sometimes the warnings get a little bit ruder
#6 found in a stairwell in one of the dorms…
#7 haha kingsmen posters are always the funniest. do you guys remember the vas deferens poster i put up once? the kingsmen is an all-male acapella group on campus, and their posters are all notoriously misogynistic. their concerts are as well — the last one i went for, they sang Enormous Penis by Da Vinci’s Notebook. hilarity!
#8 something that a friend wrote on my wipeboard lah. haha i like to force my friends to understand me when i speak in manglish, especially when i’m agitated and i cant really be bothered to force my speech into an American accent — srsly that can feel like the most restrictive thing ever. so if i can understand your accent, you should understand mine too!!! okay anot?
#9 HAHAHA this is a picture of my calculus professor that one of my floormates drew on his own wipeboard — he’s taking ODE with that same professor this semester. i really hated my calc class so i couldn’t hold back my giggles when i saw this. the prof actually DOES look like that… :P
#10 this is F from writing class, and no, he’s not a teacher :P our teacher was really late one day, so F just got up and started conducting a mini review session, cos that’s what we do almost every class anyway. we review what goes into motive and thesis, what goes into intro, what goes into body, what goes into conclusion… blablabla
#11 MG’s stoopid shirt. we totally hate each other
#12 i love CU because people are in denial!
#13 ahha an election campaign poster by a party running for student council. they really do have two asian girls! another one of their posters say “James Franco, CALL ME!!!” ya, everyone here has a James Franco story. his first couple of weeks here he kept studying in the most crowded lounge of our main library for some reason, so people kept going up to him to ask for pictures. i think he realized very late into the semester that we actually have quieter reading rooms and like a dozen other libraries scattered around campus…
#14 another hilarious kingsmen poster. Take Back the Night was an event that the women’s college across the street organized to raise awareness against sexual harassment and rape. so this was the kingsmen’s response to it. hahaha seriously who comes up with this stuff?!
#15 THIS IS MY FAVORITE. it’s a poster of Ninja Tips for Healthy Living on one of my floormates’ closet doors. it’s so freaking funny. let me share some with you:
- exercise is important, but jogging is for wimps. plenty of exercise can be had leaping from bushes and kicking joggers in the head.
- laughter is medicine. ninjas practice the art of inappropriate laughter. laughing when hearing about cancer also shows the ninja’s strength.
- ninjas occasionally, without warning, stab friends with throwing stars. life is random. ninjas embrace this fact of life.
- samurais are the source of much stress for ninjas. they think they’re soooooo cool with their armor and swords and those awesome helmets. it’s in a ninja’s best interest not to think about such things.
- when eating the still beating heart of an enemy, ninjas eat it all. there are starving ninjas in africa who dont have any hearts to eat.
– fiber in your diet is important. ninjas eat the shirt off a complete stranger’s back at least once a week.
- killing the wrong person happens. ninjas know this. that’s why it’s useless to live in the past.
hehe. okay. back to studying. wish me luck for my finals!!! if i flunk out of college, life isn’t going to be pretty.
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51 Comments Add your own
1. Tan Yee Hou | May 5th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
ahha LSA your college so much fun!
i hated uni T___T
2. alynna | May 5th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Love the photos! All the best for your finals! And James Franco, my god, woman..! Heissoincrediblyhothothothothothththtohto.
*ahem*
Yeah, like I said, bonne chance! =)
3. Ming | May 5th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
hahha exercise can be in the form of leaping from the bush’ so farniee :) ur so clever ok. gluck for finals.
4. Pauline Yap | May 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pm
many lucks for your finals. give your best shots in your finals, and it will turn to be alright.
cheers!
5. kennysia | May 5th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I wish I studied in Columbia than I can be as smart as Barak Obama and Lim Su Ann.
6. KY | May 5th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I stayed in Ohio for a year ok, nobody ditch Ohio!!!
7. vvens | May 5th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
aww. these are some funny notes that we cant see in m’sia colleges. not that i’ve seen them during my college time. haha.
anyways, good luck in your finals :D
8. sheon | May 5th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR FINALS!!!!
i’m now officially a fan of kingsmen’s random quote. hahaha… keep ‘em coming! :)
9. foreverjas | May 5th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
good luck !!! jia you! u can do it !
so fun laaaaa
10. starm|st | May 5th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
i read about ‘take back the night’ back in my sweet valley uni days. didn’t know it was a real thing!
lurve all the cute pictures. *grins* all e best for your exams!
11. lin | May 5th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
good luck! =D
12. Michelle | May 5th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
My uni has cool toilet graffiti,
13. ShaolinTiger | May 6th, 2009 at 12:38 am
Ninja tips are best and totally awesome.
14. Patricia | May 6th, 2009 at 1:11 am
hahaha i love you & good lucks in your finals!
hahahaha “- when eating the still beating heart of an enemy, ninjas eat it all. there are starving ninjas in africa who dont have any hearts to eat.”
15. aimee | May 6th, 2009 at 1:12 am
OH GOD I PISSED MY PANTS LAUGHING.
yes su ann, good luck in your finals. you’re not gonna flunk because if you do they probably won’t let you back in the country because of swine flu. so yes, do well!
16. yumii | May 6th, 2009 at 1:38 am
good luck, su ann!!!!
17. Bernard | May 6th, 2009 at 2:59 am
good luck su ann!!
embrace the random :D
18. carol | May 6th, 2009 at 3:03 am
*points and announces imperiously*
limsuann, don’t be a peacock!
….wtf.
okay okay all the best i see you soon okay.
19. seowqj | May 6th, 2009 at 3:09 am
w00t… wtf with all those phrase :D
ALL the Best :D
20. mesut | May 6th, 2009 at 3:56 am
ABSOLUTELY su ann.
21. fatcat | May 6th, 2009 at 4:31 am
I don’t know what to say besides…
YOU CAN DO IT! :D
Let’s conquer math tgt! My test/exam’s tmr!
22. chareli | May 6th, 2009 at 5:50 am
“when eating the still beating heart of an enemy, ninjas eat it all. there are starving ninjas in africa who dont have any hearts to eat.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
omg. seriously. your college is SO FUN!
ALL THE BEST AND GOOD LUCK! Tambah minyak yo! =)))
thanks for passive aggressive notes. think i will post some of mine there. hehehe
23. LifeForRent | May 6th, 2009 at 7:07 am
Wait!! Tell me thats not a USED jimmy hat!!!
24. xiangyun | May 6th, 2009 at 10:09 am
I love the ninjas!!! So funny I LOL-ed
25. genji | May 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Satu Malaysia Hitam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LRoojCvMAM&feature=player_embedded
26. skyler | May 6th, 2009 at 11:25 am
wait WHAT?????? JAMES FRANCO??????????
27. Blog Begins at Forty | May 6th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I wonder…. Adakah awak masih boleh berbahasa Malaysia dan adakah awak membaca semua komen?
28. howzan | May 6th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
GOOD LUCK IN BECOMING A NINJA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
29. kiasu andrew | May 6th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
pinks i give you a+++
30. Zeek | May 6th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
All the best Pau! and Kingsmen rocks! haha
31. Beverly | May 6th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
love your post! made me miss my college days much! goodluck on your finals! aja!
32. EVo | May 6th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Pau! those pics are crazy funny. what a sense of humour we don’t get at home! when ur back u can start a PauKing club. i’ll be with u =)
33. melissa | May 6th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
hi pinkpau I is kolej stoodint too. *waves*
chillax and studeh! eh wait what am I doing here I’m supposed to study to wtf. T_T
34. Gin | May 6th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
T________T James Franco!!! *reaches arm out* NooooooooOOOOOOOOOoOOOoOOO
35. Mabel | May 6th, 2009 at 10:16 pm
Good luck for finals Su Ann!~~ You will do well!
36. annant | May 7th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
ace da finals! u can do it :)
37. jaysern | May 7th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Good luck with you finals.. :)
38. Jun | May 8th, 2009 at 7:25 am
all the best su ann!! laugh lots! :D
39. Foong Jin | May 8th, 2009 at 9:53 am
your finals would have started today! hope it went well and good luck for all the rest! :) :) :)
40. Porcupine | May 8th, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Why is there something BROWN inside the condom?!
Oh ya, and good luck for your finals ya!
41. Jeff | May 9th, 2009 at 8:45 am
lolz. All the best for finals. =)
42. pinkpau | May 9th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
tan yee hou : it’s not that fun wan laaa especially when finals season rolls around…
alynna: why does everybody love him so much??!!
ming : i wish i were clever enough to have come up with that line :P
pauline yap : thank u!! :)
kenny : or the school whose president slammed ahmadinejad to his face, who was invited to come speak :P
ky : everybody loves ohio, kyspiks
vvens : thank uuuu. u know, seeing those posters reminded me of high school… u know all those posters that all the clubs and societies would design and then tape to the walls? haha. then must get permission wan otherwise the prefects will tear it down -_-
sheon : haha these were the ones i liked most, but there are some more!
foreverjas: thank u!
starmist : haha really?! it was in SVH? take back the night is a national organization i believe
lin : thank u!!
michelle : pictures!
shaolin : but they are your enemies..!!
patricia : hehe that’s my favorite
aimee : haha wait wait which country wont let me in — msia or US?
yumii : thank u!!!
bernard : i will !!!! /power
carol : /preens
seowqj : haha cute wat the phrases
mesut : mesoot gooooooooooollllllll. eat a nice pancake for me
fatcat : how did it go!
chareli : haha that site is funny. but not as funny as FML
lifeforrent : indeed it is
xiangyun : haha u should google it to read the rest
genji : thanks for the link :)
skyler : yaaa.
blog begins : yup and yup
howzan : but i dont wanna be one =(
kiasu : thank u!! i dont think it’s going to be an A+ =(
zeek : haha yes they do
beverly : you can recreate college days :D
evo : hahaha pauking club??!! what is that?!! what would it do!!
melissa : chillaxing and studying just dont go together :P
gin : WHY DOES EVERYONE LOVE HIM
mabel : thank u!! i hope so :(
annant : thank uuu. i really do wanna do well :|
jaysern : thank!! hey are u the jaysern from adp? if so you should be having finals too, right..?
jun : that goes without trying :P
foong jin : yup they went okay the first day. 3 more to go!!
porcupine : haha i dunno.. maybe it’s a product of oxidization.. or they added stuff to it….
jeff : thank u!
43. ven | May 9th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
“it’s such a cliche but my first day in columbia really felt like just yesterday.”
I felt the same, but my first day was nearly 4 years ago.
Anyway, good luck for the rest of the finals!
44. Michelle | May 9th, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Haha, I tried taking it. There was one with a very artistic drawing of the vagina but then they hired this bunch of people called “Graffiti Removers”
:(
45. yapthomas | May 10th, 2009 at 12:25 am
“there are starving ninjas in africa who dont have any hearts to eat.”
Hahaha… The fun of a non-asian college..
46. Gin | May 10th, 2009 at 12:34 am
HE HOT WHAT!
47. isa. | May 10th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
finally something nice and happy up here.
hope your doing well ms lim!
goin back to msia in summer?
call me sometime!
good luck with finals, mines in a week too!
48. hw | May 11th, 2009 at 1:42 am
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oh btw telawi starbucks got revamped… i lieks.
49. fatcat | May 11th, 2009 at 6:43 am
It went ok I guess, but could have been better! I made a careless mistake and realized it only after handing in the paper. T_T But I shld still be thankful for the mercy this paper has shown! Hehe. How were your finals? Over yet?
50. irvine | May 11th, 2009 at 9:15 am
that’s one happening place ^
51. quaintly.net » Almo&hellip | May 12th, 2009 at 4:02 am
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