you do it to yourself

you do really.. i've come to realize how all my backlog of work is down to my own procrastination and faffing around. without the internet connection in my room, it's making me more focussed when i come to the computer room. i can't explain it, but even though there's usually nobody (but this really pretty girl with her black hat and scarf - even indoors!) in the computer room, i still feel as though someone's always watching me, judging me - so i work better. there u go, the cliched silver lining in every situation!

2 formals in the last 2 days. christ's formal on friday was surprisingly good despite all the warnings and danger signs. good company, (can i say) good food, limited wine but i still enjoyed myself all the same. post-formal fun times were most entertaining. i haven't felt so awkward yet have such an urge to laugh in a long time. after all the second-hand description by nic about how kenneith demonstrates the dance moves with one of the guys, it turned out to look exactly like how it plays in my mind's eye! the dance itself was hot stuff, i will never let you live it down nicole! hah. there is only one phrase to describe kenneith: bold like hell. so unrestrained because of his passion, being his own person in every sense of the word, bursting with self-confidence. i quite admire people like that, even though i may not see eye to eye with what they subscribe to. yaoyu's another example, speaking of which.. tuesday will be, um interesting to say the least. it's funny how something i was so looking forward to can become something i'm apprehensive about going to now.

vedics formal yesterday was seriously the best menu pembroke could ever come up with! as jane put it, best line up ever! risotto for starters, salmon baked to perfection, treacle pudding. plus loads of wine! it definitely was an all guns ablazing game of pennying as dave had so kindly warned us in his earlier email. unfortunately (or not) i chose the wrong place to sit at - directly opposite the mastermind himself and before i knew it, after a 'hey jas, remember what i said?', the carnage started. i had a whole bottle of wine to myself, which might explain why i may have agreed to get some cheap boots and go for football practice in the next 2 weeks. best part of formal, given my inherent asian women sweet tooth syndrome, was most undoubtedly the pudding, of which between the 3 of us, we had 5 of. we had to find ways and means to hide servings of puddings under the table and in our gowns in an attempt to confuse the catering staff. i must say i'm quite disappointed in our dining staff. it was too easy. far too easy. king's cellars after became such a weird affair (complete with random spanish lab partners) that jane and i decided to call it a night. fun times...