tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:06:20 +0000http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/adelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)Blogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-7977706235067117290Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:09:00 +00002009-08-02T13:14:57.639+08:00If you've been following me for years, you would probably already be immune to my constant blog changes. Well, I'm leaving this site now. It's time to take off. This is the blog I've managed to maintain the longest but I guess it's time to retire. I think towards the end I was afraid to write what I wanted to say because there are quite a number of readers on this blog - many I don't know. It's http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/08/end.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-1079427167138807141Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:10:00 +00002009-06-25T14:10:59.478+08:00generalON HIATUSUNTIL FURTHER NOTICEby then, something new.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/update.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8354331432632871384Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:18:00 +00002009-06-21T18:21:59.491+08:00quickieIt's funny how the grouchiest girls in school have the sweetest smiles and poutiest lips on Facebook.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/passing-statements.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-4004584439149161578Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:25:00 +00002009-06-20T23:34:01.437+08:00rantsI feel like my blog has become full of nothing but rants.But here I am ranting again:I MISS PLAYING THE VIOLIN OKAY. DO YOU GET IT?I SWEAR. AFTER DEBATES IS OVER. AFTER COMMON TEST IS OVER. I AM GOING FOR LESSONS YOU HEAR ME.Laugh if you must. They always do.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/rantrant.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-270762792799846644Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:38:00 +00002009-06-15T17:17:37.816+08:00emorantsit's funny how last march i felt the kick of going back to singapore. i felt like there would be so many more things for me to do/see/experience. strangely, this time around i feel different. i feel more dread than anything going back there other than a constant flow of work, work and more work. not that work is bad. work is good and so is the new found discipline i'm learning to conform to.but http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/all-framed-different-poses-of-places.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-990908580166379424Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:11:00 +00002009-06-14T14:11:52.569+08:00rantsI AM INSANELY JEALOUS, UPSET AND ANGRY.FUCK THE WORLD.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/anger-post.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8430040333276004074Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:16:00 +00002009-06-11T18:37:43.477+08:00rantslistsThings that annoy me:1. Super cheena chi-eds. Totally unrefined way of speaking/thinking.2. Lalas. 'Nuff said.3. TNB - WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS? CUT ELECTRICITY SUPPLY WHOLE DAY ONLY!!!4. My flabs - i swear i am going to lose this extra fat!!!5. People on Facebook who don't put their real pictures as their primary profile, add me and never bother replying when I ask "And you are...?"6. http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/asdfghjkl.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-613712916175124900Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:44:00 +00002009-06-09T22:52:23.074+08:00MalaysiaeducationTHIS IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!!!!!!I find it totally preposterous that the ministers are actually oblivious about status quo. It's about time they actually did something. It's not that they don't teach grammar in school. Textbooks actually have some stuff about grammar but do teachers actually teach?HAH. Dumb dumb.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/ridiculous.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-700738909431121409Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:46:00 +00002009-06-08T01:49:47.379+08:00Malaysiafavourite thingsschoolSingaporerantsYou have no idea how happy I felt when I saw them bursting out from the door. It's been more than a year since I met all of them. You have no idea how all these emotions seem to want to spill over, and how the smile on my face meant much less than what I actually felt! All those months of separation. Reunion is bliss. God knows, I've missed their company very much.Now within all that, so much hashttp://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/on-wrong-train-to-other-side-of-town.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8025840389058693106Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:20:00 +00002009-06-05T12:28:20.463+08:00generalSo apparently I've been 'silent' for far too long. No proper post on my blog. Don't blame me, blame Singapore!That's not really true because ever since GP test ended I've been busying myself with activities. I should actually be catching up on much needed sleep but temptations of Singapore Great Sale, debate training and food hunting surround me. It's hard not to cave in! Happy things, y'know?http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/06/im-talking.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8614052051551274993Thu, 28 May 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-05-28T23:58:01.390+08:00emosomebody hold me when i cry. love me. tell me that things are going to be alright.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/like-lost-butterfly.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8589674515279319648Wed, 27 May 2009 13:00:00 +00002009-05-27T21:27:41.705+08:00insightsfavourite thingsschoolUsually I give pep talks to my juniors or my teammates. But ever since coming here, my optimism feels drained. But today, our relief debate coach told us something that really hit home today. It was how it is the culture of the students in SA to have the tendency to think lowly of themselves when they are actually are capable of achieving so much more.It's the fault of the culture here: the http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/destined-for-greatness.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-5618881445012309432Tue, 26 May 2009 15:49:00 +00002009-05-27T00:04:08.980+08:00MalaysiaeducationI ABOSUFUCKINGLUTELY HATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE PUT SUCH HIGH REGARD TOWARDS JPA. HELLO SYSTEM FLAWED?Just so you know, nope. I didn't apply for it. Nope. I wouldn't even qualify for it even if I tried for it. Did I work towards it? Nope. Not at all.The basis of the whole scholarship is totally ridiculous.On a somewhat similar note: You have no idea how dumb some people really are. How ignorant http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/unfair-impositions.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-4928105868372746112Mon, 25 May 2009 16:04:00 +00002009-05-26T00:34:31.893+08:00skookumchuckProfessor X thinks that higher education is not for everyone. Do you agree with the stand?my legs feel like logs today. i want minimal movement but that doesn't seem at all possible. not with the amount of things on my to-do list. not with the amount of commitments i'm bounded by.now the thing about this is that i'm not doing things i should be doing. i haven't called home in awhile. i haven't http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/skookumchuck-part-one-fragmented.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-2285938667469310450Thu, 21 May 2009 11:48:00 +00002009-05-21T20:03:25.342+08:00picturesfavourite thingshostelSingaporeRemember how we used to sit by the pool and have those late night bonding talks? How we had nothing better to do and had every waking hour at our dispense! Four months later and it's like we're in a very different era. Deadline after deadline. Commitment after commitment. We rarely do that now.But aren't you happy that we did that slow, languid evening?? I think the difference between then and http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-slow-shutter-speeds.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-2673329835949935505Mon, 18 May 2009 08:28:00 +00002009-05-18T16:28:56.721+08:00emogreat i've been called fat four times in two days.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/emo.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-8238666035513315288Sun, 17 May 2009 07:47:00 +00002009-05-17T15:47:37.945+08:00emoso apparently i'm fat.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/dot.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-4330257894943666652Wed, 13 May 2009 12:09:00 +00002009-05-13T20:32:22.383+08:00rantsquestionsAs I sat there watching this man speak, I felt uneasiness arise. Tension made my muslces twitch and I was shaking not only because of the cold but I felt like I was going to burst out. I was on the brink of jumping out of my seat to tell the whole world how twisted he made us look. But alas! It took much energy to keep me settled down in my seat without breaking into fits of accusation.Because, http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/twisted-truths.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-3069873879645887199Sun, 10 May 2009 12:07:00 +00002009-05-10T20:24:24.252+08:00randomfavourite thingsi do not understand myself.so here's the thing.i am willing to pay around $60 for a top which i won't wear very often. but for a pair of shorts i must and diedie get the cheapest pair (two for $25 or some ridiculous price) which doesn't last very long, despite me knowing that i need shorts and wear shorts practically all the time. i refuse to pay $39/$49 for a pair of shorts and opt for some http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/what-do-you-have-to-say.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-3939821906173797085Sat, 09 May 2009 16:58:00 +00002009-05-10T01:01:03.002+08:00reflectionsSingaporeThere's a certain comforting sense that I get lying on the lower bunk, listening carefully to the activities in the room: the low hum from the air-conditioning, the murmur from my Indonesian roommate's earphones, sporadic giggling from the Vietnamese girl, the creaks from the plastic sheet that covers the laundry I've received back but haven't had the time and energy to keep my laundry into it's http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/sitting-on-greener-grass.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-6296727401244242401Sat, 09 May 2009 05:15:00 +00002009-05-09T13:27:41.047+08:00reflectionspicturesgeneralI think we’re all exhausted. Everyone here seems to want to snatch sleep. Heads are quite frequently on the table, mine included. We’re being drained, slowly, in agonizing toil. Some while approaching expectations, others while meeting expectations and the rest exceeding them… Today, I fell asleep while listening to news and managed to get at least thirty winks. But what I find queer is that my http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/pensive.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-732366213740491216Wed, 06 May 2009 12:49:00 +00002009-05-06T20:50:38.831+08:00rantsI HATE SINGAPORE BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE ARE JUST SO BLOODY INCONSIDERATE.PULLING LAST MINUTE MEETINGS.WTF IS THIS?!?!?!NO RESPECT AT ALL!HOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO PLAN MY DAY WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTIONEVERYTHING IS A DAMN EMERGENCY.NO WAY. FUCK. THIS.FUCK SWINES. FUCK LAST MINUTE MEETINGS.FML.http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/fml.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-1185630179652331305Sun, 03 May 2009 16:17:00 +00002009-05-04T00:27:55.828+08:00generalSome days I wake up uninspired. I wake up feeling forced into this shithole. Why am I so afraid to be the person I really am here? Why am I forcing myself to succumb and conform to stereotypes? I have never been typical.Inside something wants to break free.*I think I've found the answer.I am unmotivated to work.I feel tempted by the high life, by vices, by thrills, by splurging on materials, by http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/tell-me-what-you-know-tell-me-what-you.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-6502683073877361653Sun, 03 May 2009 03:04:00 +00002009-05-03T11:10:58.894+08:00generalI keep thinking that I'll be able to come up with something fresh to write here. I don't know what else to say actually. So much has happened, all of which I think is good but I don't really know where to begin. I sit on my bed with my laptop open and I try to type something but there are so many events I want to talk about and my words become a disgruntled array of thoughts. I have not the time http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/05/pondering-points.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300090523318159773.post-3326565662718925856Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:51:00 +00002009-04-27T00:06:44.435+08:00randomHELLO EVERYONE.I'M SPAZZING LIKE SIAO RIGHT NOW.MY BEST FRIENDS ARE COMING OUT TO SINGAPORE. AND I'M DAMN EXCITED. (AND DAMN PISSED THEY DIDN'T TELL ME EARLIER BECAUSE I BOMBED A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY LAST WEEK ON SHOPPING)NOW WE CAN GO MAKAN.People. You have no idea what this means.Shopping and makan spree. Pigging out and hunting for food with my friends.We are going to bring textbooks to http://adelyntalks.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy.htmladelynyeoh@gmail.com (adelynyeoh)3