Call Boy (Not THAT way...)

Wow, check it! It's a rare sight of blogging two days in a row! Today was all about calling people and you might think, what? No, I'm not a telemarketer and no I'm not some socialite who gets calls 24/7/365. The calls today was all about schoolwork and man they are NOT your ordinary schoolwork.

To start, one of my assignments had me call this former teacher who married a classmate (it's all role-play, don't get all ugh) to convince her to let me (role-playing as a journalist) interview her and her husband. Okay, I admit, I was stunned when i got this scenario. I was all 'damn damn damn damn damn' for about half an hour until my panic reached a level when you don't care anymore. So I dialled the number and waited. No fear, no fear at all.

On the second ring i panicked again because I realised one important thing: I didn't prepare any questions or proper counter-arguments at all before calling. But then that level of panic hit and I went all mellow inside. Guess who picked up: my lecturer herself who gave us this assignment. Shocker. Granted, I knew the lecturers would be role-playing with us but I didn't expect to get the lecturer who set us our work. (psst! She's also good at asking hard questions that make you sweat. I'm sorry it's true of Ms Stella) 

I winged it of course. I'm not sure whether it is a loophole but nowhere on the assignment said exactly HOW do I persuade my potential 'interviewee' to cooperate. So I made up a bunch of stuff and man is it hard to tell a person's mood over the phone. At least I didn't stumble in my speech or hesitated too long. After the somewhat successful call where I secured an 'interview', I particularly skipped down the hallways thinking 'IT'S OVER' repeatedly. Treated myself to ice-cream too :)

Last thing is a little bit more mundane but I did another assignment with one of the Engineering dudes for our joint class. We talked over Skype and wow did we really go at it. Took almost 1 hour and 45 minutes we did! Also, because of my exhilaration in clearing the Call, I was really upbeat and cheerful during the Skype chat with Edwin (the guy I was paired with for the assignment).  Since Semester 1 I knocked fists with three of the guys from Engineering: Joseph, Edwin and Pei Xiang. Man, they are AWESOME. Always whenever I'm around them I almost go high and crazy. I definitely become more cheerful whenever I'm around Jo, Ed and Ah Xiang. 

Ah, friendship. Loneliness is such a dreadful thing. Of course, solitude can bring peace and serene moments to you but we should have a balance between alone time and social time, don't you all agree? 

Thought of the day: Admit it. There is no BEST friend. You refer to them all as your BEST FRIENDS. Goodnight!

P.S: I think this is my 50th post!

Home-Based Procrastination (and Deep Thoughts) Week

Hey hey its been a while awesome dudes and dudines! If you're all wondering why I haven't been around is because there's NOTHING to blog about. I'm serious. The past three weeks since school started is only slightly more than a little mundane. Besides, if I wanted you all to know every little detail of the past three weeks...well I have Twitter for that.

So! To start, let's go through my list of things to say today. We'll go to details of a boring life, funny stuff, add a dash of seriousness and a pinch more of silliness before signing off. Without further a do, let's start.

As most (if not all) of SP students know, today is Home-based learning week, or as I like to call it, '<look at title of this post :)>'  !

Today is a Wednesday and I have yet to complete a single one of my assignments or projects :) Every student, a procrastinator at heart. If there's any DTVM students listening in...HALP MEH I'm stuck with a lot of my assignments and need severe assistance. Either I don't know my stuff or I'm just so lazy that even my brain can't be bothered to function brilliantly.

Oh goody, the fun stuff. Alright, I'm not really sure whether this counts as 'fun' but I spent a lot of time the since last week daydreaming some really terrifying and morbid thoughts. You know since Halloween was nearing at that time. I mean, I was thinking of many scenarios to be applied in this mundane life that will make it scary and adrenaline pumped. Real cheery stories.

Another fun thing is that a very good friend of mine taught me how to get Pokemon on my Iphone. HAHAHA you read that right friends, I have Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen versions and I have been obsessed with it for the past week. Spammed Pokemon Emerald until I currently have all eight badges and am on the way to the Elite Four and Champion! Wish me luck.

Serious time!

Chances. I was walking back home from the local shopping centre after lunch and cut through the residential blocks when I saw this guy (I think my age?) crying. He had a friend (also a dude) with him. Basically the poor crying dude was sobbing that his crush didn't even give him a chance to show her how good of a partner he could make when he confessed too her. I know, I know, it was rude of me to eavesdrop but his explanation for crying did strike me a little.

One, the guy couldn't get over a rejection. Fair enough, I was shaken up after a rejection but I swear I never cried over it, just getting pains. Two, should a chance be given to the poor dude or guys in general? I don't know. What I do know was that I don't see a lot of chances given when a girl or guy is set in this kind of 'confession' situation and you didn't give the other party a chance to show you that they can be your 'one'.

I've been pining for a pet since forever, but circumstance and family objection prevents the addition of a furry friend to the home. I like to think of a pet as your 'furry BFF' but in no way should it be a substitute for society. Make friends, my dad says. Sound advice Pop but I don't see much of bonding in my class unfortunately, even though as individuals and little pockets they're pretty awesome.

To end today's post, let's take the time to commend the things, people and incidents that made my day the past few days.
-Yong Han. This tech-savvy dude is the one who helped me get Pokemon on Iphone
-The times that it rained heavily. (I really love rain)
-Talking with my crush (ah, love)
-Laughing with Engineering buds (Joseph, Edwin and Pei Xiang)
-POKEMON
-Daydreaming

End. Thought of the day: If someone confessed to you and you don't really have an interest in them, would you still give them a chance to see whether they can be your 'one' as they say?