Before I Forget
September 23rd, 2009
1. today, i saw an old lady crossing the street looking frail but grumpy. that made me think of my grandma, whom i miss very much :( i loved those 11-year-old days when she would take me on a bus ride to Genting, and we’d eat hot pei dan porridge together in that tuck shop outside the theme park in and out of which people of all shapes and sizes would shuffle even at 4 in the morning. we’d eat, and then we’d go back to KL in a cab — sometimes a bus if we were feeling broke — and she’d let me fall asleep in her lap. then i’d go straight to school.
2. it’s been an absurdly chilly fall in New York. but some days we get lucky and it’s warm enough to sit out on the grass to catch the last strains of sun.
i have missed college. it’s good to be back :)
3. but calculus is KILLING ME already. why am i still doing it, why??? this math major stuff is hard.
4. in exactly two weeks, i will be … very old. usually i feel all kinds of excitement about my birthday, but i do believe this is the first birthday i’ve ever dreaded. i’ve never understood how some people feel sad or depressed on their birthdays because they’re getting older or felt that they havent accomplished much despite their age, but i guess now that i’m officially Becoming Old, i understand too. (don’t you just hate it when you’re on the receiving end of the acrid ‘I Told You So’?) what have i done with my life?? :( almost a quarter of it is over!
5. i just perused the nominees list for the Nuffnang Awards. they’re quality!! i was actually expecting to see a whole host of ‘celebrity’ bloggers nominated for Best Food or Travel or Most Influential blog (you know lah, these days every blogger is a food blogger / travel blogger / fashion blogger all rolled into one), but Nuffnang did an excellent job shortlisting the five finalists for each category. i’m sitting down now to trawl through the Best Hidden Gem nominations. i love hidden gems! :) am starting with A Singapore Taxi Driver’s Diary — his tagline is: ‘possibly the only taxi driver in the world with a PhD from Stanford’ :D i love it already! i do relish vocational stories.
6. i made bolognese sauce today to go with my pasta ^________^ i’ve missed my yummy bolognese sauce! no mushrooms though, so this tastes like the one Tall Brother eats. whenever i make pasta sauce at home, i always have to make two pots — one that follows the recipe, and another one entirely devoid of vegetables for Tall Brother.
7. joe came to visit this weekend! he came dispensing many frowns:
joe’s a philosophy major. i was telling him how my Great Books professor was moanin’ and groanin’ about not having enough time in our syllabus dedicated to Plato’s Republic, and joe reacted like this: “OF COURSE LAH. IT’S THE FUCKING REPUBLIC!!!”
8. i’m going to watch U2 in concert tomorrow :)))
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32 Comments Add your own
1. Patricia | September 23rd, 2009 at 12:10 am
oh thank you for the pictures!!!!! you have no idea how abstract it gets reading your pink blog with all words. my imagination is very much strained :P
dont worry su ann, it’s a number. i got very depressed earlier this year when i hit the big.. er okay 17. because i am no longer 13 :( but then it occurred to me that age will forever be a number and it’s nothing but a number. just do your thing, dress up have fun at 50 and it’s all good.
happy be-early birthday!
2. Ee Vonn | September 23rd, 2009 at 12:45 am
I love this post a lot! :) Especially the pictures and descriptions! :)
3. Ee Vonn | September 23rd, 2009 at 12:46 am
Gosh.. Columbia is so beautiful mannn. :)
4. Michelle | September 23rd, 2009 at 1:15 am
Try making carbonara! It is simple!
5. LennyTheLion | September 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 am
Happy Birthday in advance!!! Have a blessed year ahead.
6. ZeekNotGeek | September 23rd, 2009 at 1:50 am
whoa,,, ur grandma so nice one ar? did she bring a cane along? well, just in case you “fatt pei hei”. haha…
7. Abby | September 23rd, 2009 at 2:35 am
1. have fun watching U2! U2 is a legend! get on your Boots!! oOo :P
2. The pasta looks yummy!
3. New York looks lovelyyyyy.
:)
8. PaperPlanes | September 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 am
Am I reading the bouts of a quarter-life crisis here? hmm… :P
Anyway, advanced happy birthday to you! :)
I’d like to see who the nominees are for the Nuffnang Blog Awards… Can’t seem to access the list on the site… Or is it because they haven’t published it yet…?
9. chriso | September 23rd, 2009 at 5:23 am
i like the fact that there’s a little surprise at the end of every point :)
10. 3 Plus 4 | September 23rd, 2009 at 6:28 am
I love item no.1. So sweet. :D
Oh, and omg U2!
11. claudia | September 23rd, 2009 at 6:54 am
please blog more often!
12. christine | September 23rd, 2009 at 7:00 am
i like taxidiary too!!!! :D and happy birthday in advance!
13. annant | September 23rd, 2009 at 8:04 am
i can make really good tomato pasta sauce :D
14. RAY7 | September 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Thanx for introducing me to taxi diary. sedapnya story dia.
15. sheon | September 23rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
wow, your pasta sauce looks like a killer!!! beautiful. but i dun like this kinda hollow pasta…i’d always opt for spaghetti.
your birthday coming up in 2 weeks?! haha… happy birthday in advance, and you’ll get a belated birthday gift in december. :)
there is no doubt in my mind that you are set in the right direction into achieving something great. dun worry about that, try to enjoy life as it is.
you made me miss my grandma….she left not too many years ago. we didnt converse much at all, coz she spoke solely in hakka, and i couldnt understand much then. but that didnt stop her from trying to squeeze money into my hands everytime she sees me.
16. carol | September 23rd, 2009 at 2:24 pm
HAHAHAHA “OF COURSE LAH. IT’S THE FUCKING REPUBLIC!” is such a joe way of talking i can even hear him from here.
lsa when are you going to make me pasta and bolognese sauce? /demanding
17. carol | September 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
DON’T GET LOST ARR. print out a map or something okay and follow the signboards when you reach park place! wtf.
18. songjun | September 23rd, 2009 at 7:21 pm
woi paupie when are u going to cook for me :P i made you marmite pork!
eh actually the only time i remember you cooking was lasagne haha did u cook anything else while we were together?
19. KY | September 23rd, 2009 at 10:30 pm
i think calculus & differential equations are responsible for many a suicides. lol
20. rach | September 23rd, 2009 at 11:10 pm
love your comment on the NN awards! so true! haha
I don’t know how did they determine which blog shop is the best though -_-
21. Chien Teng | September 23rd, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Come on Su Ann don’t give up on calculus :P Don’t be Asian fail :P
22. mumzzy | September 24th, 2009 at 12:05 am
so nice lah ur uni
23. the man | September 24th, 2009 at 5:14 am
you are majoring in math? good luck girl!
And you are already suffering in freshmen calculus? You definitely need the luck..
24. anonymous | September 24th, 2009 at 7:56 am
thank you for brightening up my life. your posts, be it emo or happy always amuse me. you’ll make it through your calculus!
25. CraSH | September 24th, 2009 at 7:59 am
happy birthday! i am sure you have lots of plans… and those nostalgic moments with your “ah ma” are super memorable and i am sure she too misses you.
26. peach | September 25th, 2009 at 1:15 am
pasta looks so yummmmmmm =)
and Plato’s Republic for the win!!!
<3
27. - | September 25th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Your stomachaches, possibly due to irritable bowel syndrome?
hope u get better soon!
28. pinkpau | September 26th, 2009 at 12:03 am
patricia : “when i hit the big.. er 17″ HAHA wtf! enjoy your youth, young lady :) so lucky to still be young!
ee vonn : glad u do! and ya columbia can be quite pretty, especially when it snows.
michelle : i actually get quite scared of making carbonara at home cos of the extremely frightening amount of (unhealthy) ingredients one has to use… i made it twice when i was younger and had to stop cos i couldnt stomach it :P
lenny : thank u :))
zeek : why does she have to bring a cane??? hahaha she isthe one who always fatt pei hei wan
abby : oh U2 was so amazing :)
paperplanes : i always have crises! and yes u can see the nominees under Cast Your Votes at awards.nuffnang.com!
chriso : got meh! where!
3 plus 4 : yes i miss my grandma :( and U2 was one of the best concerts i;ve ever been to. so worth it.
claudia : if i can find someone to do my homework for me, i shall ..!
christine : it’s such a great blog! i love reading all these vocational blogs/books. and htanks for the bday wish!
annant : just tomato? like napolitana?
ray7 : glad u like it! there’s also an nyc taxi driver blog which you may have heard of.
sheon : i dont like penne that much either (penne needs the right sauce and bolognese is not it) but we didnt have a big enough pot for non-tube spaghetti :( oh and i may not be coming back in december…….. something came up :( will keep u posted. hehe grandmas and their giving us money! i love it!
carol : u come la i cook for u :D and i hear u have some nasi goreng carol special or something like that. hahaha oh and i didnt get lost! it’s actually quite easy to find…
songjun : what??? dont u remember eating my pasta? the only reason i dared to venture into the daunting world of lasagna making was my familiarity with pasta. and u must have at least tried my brownies and cookies……. and cheesecake. and strudel. wait i think only sieutheng they all ate my cheesecake and strudel
KY : YA I WAS THIS CLOSE TO IT LAST YEAR
rach : thank u thank u :P i take pride in my observatory skills. hey the blogshop nominees not bad ma! you dont agree?
chien teng : omgggg but i hate it so muchhhhh
mumzzy : i’m learning to love it more and more :)
the man : i know…
anonymous : thank u so much for your kind words :))
crash : actually, she is por por :P she doesnt miss me wan la :( she only recognizes me these days when i bring her food :( she’s recovering from a stroke, u see
peach : yeah republic is pretty awesome. i’ve moved on to nicomachean ethics and i’m quite convinced that aristotle has ADHD
- : i dont think i have IBS..! it’s just like a very prolonged food poisoning… :(
29. dav | September 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The picture that u showed with people sit on the grass made me miss U.S. a lot. I miss those days when I can sleep on the grass under the sunny day. What a lovely day……I wish that I can get into Stanford one day for my graduate studies. I visited Stanford and I love the campus so much…….Well, it seems impossible. Anyway, Su Ann enjoy your uni life and good luck in your study. And, Happy Birthday in advance to you. Stay healthy and young forever.
Cheers,
dav
30. Kenneth | September 27th, 2009 at 11:16 am
I’m reading Taxi Driver’s Diary too! And a few more hidden gems to share:
sibehsibehsian.blogspot.com
museum-of-twits.blogspot.com
planktonium.blogspot.com
and lastly cheekytimes.wordpress.com
Most of them are dead though…
31. Gatto999 | September 29th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Ciao from Italy =^.^=
32. MF | October 19th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
you went to U2 concer?!? im a big fan *jealous lol.
pls blog about it!!! = P
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