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R E N T A L.
Grace Ke

i've been places, and i've done things. some i'm proud of, some i wish could be undone. but all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His will (Romans 8:28) and i know He's takin' me places.

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e martë, 30 tetor 2007

and today easily takes the title of "best day of 2007" so far. ok. maybe because i've been so bogged down with the stupid Os that i can't even remember better days. but anyways, today was beyond good :D

VANESS!!! we shall swing swing soon to make up for today :) grrr. the rain. I LOVE YOU QUEKIEDOODLES!! :D the best and only one i could ask for :) all the vocabulary in the world cannot describe my immense and overwhelming love for you!! (mushy mushy mushy)

today i was carried on wings of an angel and i had a mega good time with God __ ________ :) and alot of good things happened :D

and then i tra-la-la-ed down to EXPO to study/talk/laugh/eat and yeah, i did not study
at all cos i was beyond braindead. hahahahha. so we ended up bitching about people named shaun/shawn/sean and it was hilarious :D

headed over to eastpoint for dinner and walk around and that was fun too! :) love you bunch loads!!!

i've so much more to say and so many things about my day i wanna talk about but 1) i can't 2) i'm too tired/lazy

:D

i'm off to sleep. and to TAN TOMORROW MORNING!!!! :D

i thank God for the pool.


Grace ♥ 10:41 m.d.


e hënë, 29 tetor 2007

my day was hilarious. full of cold jokes and abso-friggin'-lute nonsense potentially induced by the long long mega oh-dear-me so long hours of examinations.


I was talking to Gino after English Paper 1 today...

me: "oh so how did you end your "heroes" story?"
gino: "um. the brothers were twins and they were dying so they said i love you and all that shit and that you're a hero in my eyes blah blah blah. they killed their dad then they died."

quote of the day: "i love you and all that shit."

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Serena in response to seeing G.Fok's skirt length

"WAH! we have brown house cheerleader!"

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Serena in response to "Which question did you do?"

"aiya, i only know how to write love stories, so i write the heroes one. got this guy then got this girl. then the girl got cancer then they both heroes. hahahahhaha. but right, i took very long to plan the formal letter because it's not a love story mah."

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Fareyhin being his uber lame kampong self.

hin: "eh grace, you buy how much ah, your jacket?"
me: "100 plus i think, why?"
hin: "so many ah! give me one ah!"
me: "huh?" *stone*
hin: "uhh... you don't understand huh?"
me: "WAHLAU! FAREYHIN YOU DAMN LAME!!!"

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Deb: "eh grace *tells lame joke but i forgot what*... "
me: "uhh... okay."
deb: "wahlau! why you never say whatever?"
me: "uh, okay. WHATEVER."
deb: "Whatever starts with a double U and Ugly starts with U!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA" *points and laughs in my face*

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and this one takes the cake. i met sean for a lunch date at Simpang, which served uber good pratas today by the way, and so we were there alone and his friends were seated around. so we're eating eating then sean gets a miss call so he calls back.

sean: "hello, Javier you called?"
Javier (the guy on the line): "eh sean ah, the girl with you because she's doing charity or is she blind?"
me: "i'm charitable. AND blind"

;D haha. sean sean. i love you!


Grace ♥ 5:22 m.d.


e diel, 28 tetor 2007

and there are three papers tomorrow.

my week seems pretty exciting :D

monday:
english P1-english P2-math P1
home to sleep :D

tuesday:
math P2
home-change-buy donuts
pasir ris-swingswing with the BFF :D
happy time happy time
study study

and wednesday to friday's agenda remains to be decided, but it all seems pretty exciting already! :D


i woke up at 12.15 today. totally missed service and i was feeling as guilty as hell. and i even cried! hahaha. i cried because i was sleepy and guilty and above all, SLEEPY. dashed down to church and then it was a power packed O leveller's prayer then lunch :) then youth room then pepper crab dinner :D then home now.

so yes. the past few days of blogging has been beyond boring, i apologize. i've been in no mood to blog proper, but i just feel the need to blab a lil' over here. hahahha. grace, you moron.

i've been more housewife-ly lately, its hilarious. i'm folding the laundry now, i did the laundry yesterday, i washed up the cups and blender after mummy's monster juices, and i did grocery shopping with mummy just now. so house wife la! i am an aunty. EEEEEE!!!!


right, and i'm off to memorise english formats before sleeping. the next few days will be physics and SS filled. SIGH.


Grace ♥ 8:31 m.d.



:D

today's such an eventful day.
and i'm SO tired.
i need more than 5 hours of sleep.
i fear that i may forget how to sleep after Os.
darn it.

my day:
mega long tuition
music practice (i was forced on the keys but i had fun and awesome worship)
service-ish
super fun post party
fun fun clean up too
hug hugs
bus ride with licia
poolside lonerdom
and here i am.



and there i go.


Grace ♥ 12:01 p.d.


e premte, 26 tetor 2007

because i told myself to blog. i shall blog. but because i don't know what to blog about, i am going to be very random and slightly incoherent :D

1) I MISS SEEING THAT HOT DUDE ON BUS 12!!!! :( i don't see him anymore! one glance a swish he "SWEEPS AWAYYYY!!" (said in Shenna-style, hand actions and all) i should take 12 more often. for all i know...... :) tee hee! i tell you he's so cute that when i picture his face now i giggle to myself. how gay is that right? giggling? wahlaueh, grace. get a hold on yourself girl!

2) the fish crapped in the tank and (because i'm so myopic that it's hilarious,) i thought that the fish crap was baby fish. HAHAHHAHAHA. and i got so excited cos nothing exciting ever happens in the tank, so i started hollering at mummy: "MUMMY!! COME SEE THE BABY FISH!" and we both dashed to the tank and she matter-of-factly points out to me that my "baby fish" was fish crap. stupid right? i also know.

3) I FEEL LIKE SINGING!!! and i shall :) not like any of you would know anyways.

4) tomorrow is a long long, oh-God-so-long-ah day.
10A.M.-2P.M. math tuition. [BASKET! 3 hours LEH!]
(cue: sounds of puking and aiken and his camera to video him as he rips up the math books)
2.30P.M.-4P.M. music practice
4.30P.M.-5P.M. pre-service prayer
5P.M.-7P.M. service + i'm on duty (and char envies me)
7P.M. post partayyy!!!

5) i still have 9 more papers, but i'm feeling this overwhelming sense of liberty :D hahahahha. and i'm so supposed to be panicking.

6) i don't think i'll ever find anyone who'll hire for 2 weeks. so... i shall just enjoy myself :)

7) I REALLY WANT TO GO RUN COS I FEEL DAMN FAT AND MASSIVE AND OVERWEIGHT AND HIDEOUSLY MUCH LIKE A WALRUS.

8) mummy has bought a hot pink skipping rope which she thinks is ultra cool because it has a skipping counter. HAH!

9) i spent a happy almost hour talking crap with za and hanies at the mrt today :))))) hahahahhaha. i miss you girls!


and because i'm being random, i shall stop at 9 and not go to 10 because and only because 9 is more random than 10 :D

FARE THEE WELL MY FRIENDS!! i am off to sing at the top of my lungs and irritate my hot swiss neighbour who's about 68 years old :)



NOTE:
comment comment comment!!!
i was so happy cos the previous post had THREE COMMENTS! it's unprecedented, i say! then i commented on myself too! then there were FOUR COMMENTS!!!! this is earth shaking news!! :DDDDDDDDDDDDD


Grace ♥ 11:13 m.d.



:)

and after today i can kiss history goodbye.
and as crazy as this all sounds, i'll actually miss studying.
haha. oh well. there's still poly to study for.
i really need retail therapy!!
and i'm determined to get the hot pink tights :D


there goes sunday.
hahaha.
we'll try again some time soon!



Grace ♥ 10:44 p.d.


e enjte, 25 tetor 2007

gratitude just does not exist in some people's DNA. i shall not bitch about it. but i tell you upfront, i'm damn annoyed.

i'm so tired.
5 hours of sleep ain't working for me.
imma gonna go crash on muh bed in like 5 yo.
[translated: i'm going to go to sleep soon. yo.]

i wanted to complain alot. but i decided... what's the point? i complain, then some would say i'm a complain queen. or i might end up hurting someone or whatever whatever. so i shall just summarize my day minus the emotions. yup.

-rolling around on the bed
-phone call
-gave up trying to sleep
-millions of muddling messages
-bathed
-cleaning lady shock
-i found my electric blue specs :D
-rushed out of the house
-bus to KFC and Cartel to get food
-met the boys in church
-in flux of way too many people
-sleepy half-studied
-happy moments :D
-hug hugs
-left early

in short. i'm not in a people mood today.

and randomly speaking, electric blue is my new favourite colour :)

and yeah. it's 8pm. but i'm off to sleep.


Grace ♥ 8:00 m.d.



the father's blasted alarm clock woke me up at 8.23A.M.

WHAT ON EARTH?!

i don't normally wake up even when my alarm clock rings, and on a day where i can sleep in, where i need to sleep in, my dad's alarm clock wakes me up at 8.23A.M.

not cool.
SO NOT COOL.

and the worst part is i can't get back to sleep :(
eye-fugly-bags.

i do not fathom the human anatomy wherein biological clocks go bonkers and i am up at 8.23A.M. when i have no papers. plus. i'm too tired to do anything.

:(((((((((((((((

and i'm still feeling very gutted about yesterday.
(call me over-sensitive but i'm so sorry family!)
and i think i shall get pink tights today :) or sometime soon.
and i wanna go shopping but no gracie, you have your Os.


8.23A.M.
brilliant, sherlock, brilliant.


Grace ♥ 9:42 p.d.



TO THE FAMILY:

i'm sorry if i've made anyone upset today about the paper.
sorry sorry sorry.
i'm such a nut brain.
sorry.

still love me?

and i promise i'll shut up as of today.

i love you all. loads.


Grace ♥ 12:33 p.d.


e mërkurë, 24 tetor 2007

hello bumsies

i have finally returned from my hour and a half long expedition to Munchy's and SPC and the pool and back :D and i am only up because the blasted management turned off the lights.

LOOK. we pay circa $300 a month for your stupid maintenance dunno what crap so the least you could do is to leave the lights on till 12A.M. ok? morons. i'm gonna lodge a complaint.

i'm NEVER talking about my papers EVER. i talk about the paper, i get mocked or whatever, so i might as well just dao the world and shut up about the Os. all you'll hear from me now is the pre-paper groans and the final paper victory cry.

so anyway, after today's paper i hopped along to church but i was way too tired to even start on history. so i just spent some time with some people i love and then i rolled off home.

on the bus ride home, i got a "one of those days" feeling. so i got home, dumped the bag, pulled on army shorts and a tank and my hoodie, grabbed some cash, the keys and my phone and off i went to Munchy's.

OH! Munchy's has expanded her counter :D it now has a larger kitchen and a nearer counter. clever people.

armed with donuts, coffee, jazz and chocolates, i spent a lovely hour by the pool :) talked to queksy for a bit, sounding very chirrupy and happy. very unlike the weird heaviness i felt in my heart.

i'm not sad.
not depressed.
not very lonely.
didn't fight with anyone.
but for some reason.
i feel so.
----blue?
ok la. not blue. just....
sort of blue.

AIYA DUNNO LA.
i'm off to be a historian.
hardyharhar.
get it? study history = historian.

ok. that's my second lame joke of the day. i should just shut up lest i get mocked at. and if i feel any bluer, i will create a shopping list :D oooh boy. the streets of Singapore screams for me.

i wanted to swim. but the water's too darned cold.
AND they've gotten new deck chairs :D
all ready to receive me with my tanning oil.
yessssssssah!


day one is done :D
it wasn't too bad eh?
thursday, friday, saturday
then it'll be sunday.
zoom zoom zoom
very fast :)


Grace ♥ 10:32 m.d.


e martë, 23 tetor 2007

i take back my words.

my A Math paper 2 is no longer virgin.
it has been screwed.
screwed like a screw and its driver.
thus, on 23rd October 2007,
4018/02 has lost its virginity.
i pronounce thee (the paper), a whore.


and SO, i'm praying that paper 1 was good enough to make this a B.
at the very least Lord, a B, i pray.
in Jesus' name i pray, AMEN!

:) i still praise Your name, i said yesterday that i would praise Your name no matter what, and i will praise You, lest the stones cry out.


though Lord, i pray that tomorrow's chemistry will be AWESOME! :D please? thank You.

but!!! :D i did find that radio thing up there!! :DDD
the buttons actually work so you can change the songs :)
but i only have 5 in my playlist cos i'm not supposed to be even blogging.
right. off i go!

tomorrow:
9a.m. wake up
9-10a.m. mess around/bathe/eat
10a.m. STUDY FOR CHEMISTRY
1.20p.m. leave the house for school
2.30p.m. sit for paper
then the rest, as they say, is history :)
and quite literally too.

i'm off to sleep now. fatigue consumes me, and i need my gray matter all day long tomorrow!



touchless game.
we can do it!
we have to.
play with me, darling, play with me.


Grace ♥ 10:18 m.d.



okay. and before i even realize, IT'S TUESDAY!!

yippee!! the week is going pretty fast.
considering Monday has just flown by.
and most of my Mondays are Megatron.
save for yesterday :D
and yesterday flew by like, swish swish swish!

so i woke up like, half an hour ago with a moronic smile on my face. hur hur. i rarely smile when i wake up. i didn't even snooze the alarm clock. and i didn't groan and roll over in bed. so today's gonna be a good day!! in Jesus' name i pray, AMEN!

walking into the exam hall today will be a lil' different from yesterday.
1) i'd be more familiar with the exam setting
2) i will not be as early as yesterday
3) i won't have Someone to call me last minute to tell me to calm down and be confident :(
4) i'm more prepared
5) i actually think today's paper is gonna be FUN! :D
all in all, i think today will go swell. lovely. perfecto.

i now worry about my post-O-levels finances. i have said this before and i am unafraid to repeat myself because i REALLY NEED A JOB!

call me call me

i'm off to go bathe for a long while and then i'm going to eat brunch and then i'm going to play the piano and then i am going to take my exam :D second paper second paper. it'll be over before 2009.

pssstt....
smiu.
:D


Grace ♥ 10:23 p.d.


e hënë, 22 tetor 2007

smitten. absolutely so :D



i'm a happy girl today :)
even sean noticed. hahaha.
he was like "eh gracie ah, you're very happy today uh?"
and then i started listing out the reasons for my joy :D

1) i had a good morning having breakfast with daddy, then sleeping, then being encouraged by various people :)
[thank you to all who texted/called to wish me all the best. especially to the one who stood by me the whole way even up til 1.57P.M. when i was entering the hall, thank you so so much! :D ]
2) i finally meet my class after three million years
3) the A Math paper didn't go all too bad. could've been worse, so i thank God
4) i met a super cute guy on the bus :DD hot stuff, i tell you! and he smiled at me too! and i could've sworn there was intense eye-contact. ahhhhh!!!! cuteness. eye candy eye candy!!! he's so cute i could've kissed him ;D
5) i managed to do ALL the tuition questions on my own :D
6) i had a good dinner with seanie and i found myself a donkey :) *sean says heehaw*
7) got my hugs from the study fam :)

so yes, all in all, it was a good good day! and the first paper is OVER. over. OVER. over. and i am over the moon!!

and today's happy moments were made up by people entirely. see? this shows that simple things still bring joy :) i'm right in my theory that we're never too old for piggy back rides!

i thank God for the great day today and i pray that everyday will be like this or better :)

TO THE CUTE GUY ON BUS 12:
i think you're hot stuff! i wish i could've talked to you or spent a lil' more time on the bus, but damn, you had to get off :( but you're image is stuck in my head and i can't shake it off. AAAAHHH!!!! so cute so cute so cute so cute i could stare for forever. OKAY. i sound like a manic stalker.

TO THE BIG GUY UP THERE:
I LOVE YOU!!! :D so so much! You're the best Daddy anyone could ever have and i praise You for the good day. and though i'd rather not have a bad day, i'd praise You even then!


today is a tres happy day! even the parents are happy! hoho.

TUESDAY: sleep. eat. AMathP2. expo-coffeebeanbags.study.home
WEDNESDAY: sleep. sean for brunch. Chemistry. church. study. home
THURSDAY: study study study HISTORY ALL THE WAY!!
FRIDAY: sleep. eat. History (last paper of the 1st week!). study. home
SATURDAY: music prac. tuition. rush back. prayer. service. facing the giants
SUNDAY: service. lunch. library to study.

and then week 2 begins, and before i know it, it's over!

:) and then i can plan for all the fun in the world!
and i can't wait for 6th November! for more reason than one :D

I NEED A JOB!!! I NEED A JOB!!!! I NEED A JOB!!!!!
someone please help me! i need a job from the 12th to the 25th November!!
so call me if you have any job offers!
:D thank you!


Grace ♥ 10:43 m.d.


e shtunë, 20 tetor 2007

:D i am a very happy girl today. may i please reiterate, VERY.

today started off with music practice, then SPC for "lunch" with my newfound friend, Isaac (the uber power bassist. i love this boy. he's dedicated i tell you!) and then i stoned in the youth room for a bit before trotting upstairs for musicians' prayer. and then we had soundcheck then prayer then service then i had cell :) with record attendance, and then it was a very very very sweet dinner with Jarrold and his boys :D

they actually dolled up #02-04 with long tables covered in the silky royal purple cloth, they lit candles, played jazz (for awhile) and aunty AL bought food and drink back for everyone. the boys pulled out our chairs for us, lay napkins on our laps and treated us like princesses :D

ok. so maybe they weren't nice to us ALL the time, but it was enough :) and i was thinking that they've set high standards for the future boyfriends of my cell girls. haha..

THANK YOU JARROLD AND CELL!!! :D you momentary gentlemen made our day :) on behalf of my cell, WE LOVE YOU BOYS!!!!!

ok, i'm off to settle an awkward situation with my tutor, which is causing me much stress. and i'm going off to giggle to myself like a retard. i. am. happy.


P.S. did you know that "Godiva" is Latin for "gift of God"?
cool uh? :D


Grace ♥ 10:08 m.d.



"i don't wanna fall asleep tonight cos you won't be here with me.."

AAAHHH!! so sweet right, so sweet right? don't you just wish someone would say that to you? ah man, all these script writers for chickflicks come up with the greatest love one-liners. damn.

so anyways, today was a helluva day. started out with a rude shock at 9A.M. cos i realized then, and only then, that i had tuition with mrs ng. *shock shock horror horror* gracie, you ass, it's FRIDAY, you always have tuition on fridays you moron.

i made a mad dash (which consisted of a half an hour long shower) out of the house and to Katong Mall and had tuition and then i got stuck in the rain, but my chauffeur (Daddy) picked me up and delivered me to the basement of our sanctuary--the church :D

met seanie and had a good cry and a good hug.

thank you lovie :) you were such a stuck up ass for the longest of times, but when you're in oh-shit-my-bestie-needs-a-hug-so-i-shall-hug-her mode, you're the nicest :D thanks for the hug and the "it'll be ok"s and for trotting up with me to butt in on the meta people! i hate you, but then again, Sean, i love you :D

so yes, i was an extra at meta but i offered my services and taught Kristie and LeeSeng how to play One Way on the sus. hahahahah. super funny, AND! Kristie seriously has talent :) i'm proud of that lil' girl.

youth-room-ed after that and i attempted to study but, man, i was SO shagged. God knows why, since i slept way longer than anyone else :D haha. i. am. such. a. pig.

we had a great time laughing as Sean landed his massive heel right in the middle of Gaius' butthole. haha. gaius, you poor thing. sean's kick sent gaius flying straight off the couch. it was hilarious la, really :) sorry gaisu, but you're always having these silly things happen to you, which seriously makes me happy happy and laughie-ish. however, i do not build my joys on your sorrow, ever. love!

and after that was dinner at the beer garden where there was this party going on at werner's next door. the free flow of beer was seriously distracting chuan and isaac and the overtly jubilant music was annoying the hell out of me. it was like something out of Mary Poppins. too happy for a sleepy day. AND, there were these weird German men bobbing up and down while playing weird looking instruments and they were clad in the shortest of shorts ever! EEE EEEW AND P.U. grossness.

and we had BOBBY (haha, i accidentally typed "booby", but i have since corrected my error.) and then music practice and then i cabbed home with the Nelkai, and then i went to blk 85 with the parents to eat bak chor mee and ah ball-ing and cheeeken wings and satay and porridge and oh luar and sugar cane juice. YOU TELL ME HOW TO LOSE WEIGHT LIKE THIS??!?!?!

man oh man. fats oh fats.

Dear Mr Tumms,
i hereby order you to get off me. NOW! you are violating my private space and i honestly detest you from the bottom of my deep deep heart. you have two weeks to leave me before i expose you to the world on the 8th of November 2007. you are now..... EVICTED! GO! SHOO! SCRAM! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE YOU SCUM OF THE EARTH!! GET LOOOOOST MR TUMMS!!!!!
love, Grace.
P.S. YOU SUCK.


goodnight world! :D i'm off to sleep. and to dream of the very best kind of dreams there possibly could be :) if you know what i mean.


Grace ♥ 1:56 p.d.


e premte, 19 tetor 2007

hello darlings! :D

first and foremost, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHUANIE! :D nineteen liao, big boy! haha. i hope you enjoyed today :)

to the birthday planning committee for 2007, good job guys! next year we'll all handle our own birthdays. haha. it's been a tough year on you all. but from all of us who've been surprised/celebrated over, thank you so so much :)

okay. and because i'm in no mood to blog whatsoever, my first and foremost, is also my only point.

goodnight blog. i'm going to study.

i. am. a. nerd. with. no. life.

TOMORROW:
12ish--study in church
6ish--dinner?
7.30 music sharing/practice

SATURDAY:
11--practice
??--musicians prayer
4-10--soundcheck/prayer/service/dinner date with jarrold's cell :D

SUNDAY:
10--service
1ish--lunch
GO HOME AND STUDY.
no more slacking in church for me.
because.... MONDAY'S MY O'S!!! hell yeah, bring it on! i'm so excited i just want this whole shizzam to end so liberation shall take me and breathe life into my tired eyes and deflate the retarded eyebags :D




perfection. too much to ask?
i thought so too.


Grace ♥ 12:31 p.d.


e mërkurë, 17 tetor 2007

THIS IS MY HISTORY NOTES, SO IGNORE THIS!!
(its really long, so really really ignore it.)
BEWARE: historical psychobabble PLUS use of hokkien lingo.
very very dangerous, and self combustible.


REASON FOR PERESTROIKA AND GLASNOST:
their economy was screwed!!

+the factories were not producing quality products
-so all their products were lao ya pok
-TeeVo, radios, clothes were expensive
-a car could cost up to SEVEN YEARS WAGES (isaac and chuan, thank God you live in 2007)
+high prices of consumer goods led to a thriving black market
-black market meant that the zheng hu could no get income from sales taxes.
+as tao of warsaw pact, USSR had to lead the defense of other Eastern European states
-led to bankruptcy (haha. idiots.) and lost of support from those countries
+USSR had inefficient food distribution methods
-had a lot of agricultural resources but food lay rotting on roadsides (USSR big la)
-starving minions of USSR
-irony irony, they had to import food to feed the people
-led to further loss in revenue, revealed inefficiency of the zheng hu
+USSR liked to race against USA
-look, honey. you had peanuts and USA was only about the richest country in the world then
-USSR had no moolah to be a superpower
-but they still compete with USA (i told you they were stupid.)
-space race, nuclear arms race, supporting communists brothers like Cuba, fight wars against USA in Afghanistan.
-to get moolah to compete with USA, USSR needed to sell its goods.
-but its goods were not good enough to be sold. (AHAHA!!! LOSERRR!!!)


WHAT IN THE NAME OF GORBY IS PERESTROIKA?

* Perestroika = economic restructuring in the Soviet Union
-replace the Command Economy with Demand Economy
-Command Economy = i say, you make, they buy
-Demand Economy = you make, i like, i buy
-D.E. encouraged competition
-in 1987, trade was taken place with individual profit (which is SO totalleh against communism, Gorby dumbest.)
-wanted to encourage competition and boost the Soviet economy
-did not want state controlled monopolies/subsidies
-reduced amount spent on the militia
-1987, signed disarmament treaty with USA to allow for greater cuts on nuclear weapons
-1988, announced that the zheng hus for those of Warsaw Pact were now on their own
-USSR no longer sent red army to fight fight and keep laws.



AND WHAT IN THE NAME OF GORBY IS GLASNOST?
*Glasnost = openness
- introduced to restore the people's faith in the zheng hu and in communism
-wanted to end corruption
-denizens of USSR would be informed of reasons for decisions and not just be forced to obey
-Gorby toured the streets of Moscow to explain/debate his reasons
-free elections held for the first time in 1990 (PLEASE LAH, this is SO capitalist. posuers.)
-censorship was relaxed
-persecution against dissidents ended-Andrei Sakharov (his picture is the freaky looking man on the extreme right) was released from prison in 1986. (this freakish dude was the leading dissident of USSR. and his face is disturbing.)
-the powers of the KGB were restricted and abolished eventually
-notorious Lubyanka prison was closed down
-Western ideas and music were no longer discouraged :D and even Ronald McD made his home in Moscow
-restrictions were lifted in the Russian Orthodox church :))))))))) and the freedom of worship was allowed!!! :D

REASONS FOR GORBY'S FAILURE
(other than plain stupidity)


Speed of reforms
Lack of Western support
Opposition from hardliners
Oppsition from the people
Multi-ethnicity of Russia
Size of problems
(SLOOMS, think: mushrooms)

Speed of Reforms:
-Gorby tried to tackle all the problems at once
-the zheng hu cannot tahan the big change
-problem damn big
-35 billion rouble deficit
-24000 out of 46000 factories/businesses were running at a loss
-10% or Soviet workers arrived to work drunk regularly
Lack of Western Support:
-Gorby was popular with the capitalist-West and even won the Nobel Peace prize
-but all talk, no action, no moolah, no change
-attempted to reduce Soviet arms and stop arms race
-Westerners support support but didn't provide loans to help out
Opposition From Hardliners:
-many hard line communists were SHOCK SHOCK HORROR HORROR-ed by the seemingly capitalist reforms
-believed he was endangering the USSR by reducing armaments and withdrawing support from Warsaw Pact
-withdrawal of support meant that other WP states could abandon communism
Opposition from Soviet People:
-Gorby had hoped Glasnost would give people faith to trust the zheng hu again
-HOWEVER, people saw more problems and turned their backs on the zheng hu
-Pandora's box was open and there was no way of closing it again
-Gorby had promised openness, and the people were taking more than he was prepared to give
-people were not used to democracy and openness
-too used to being ruled by communism's Iron Fist
Multi-ethnicity of USSR:
-G&P revealed important weakness of USSR
-not a union of willing/equal partners
-different people, different cultures, different nationalities
-only bond? dominion of Red Army
-1989, Red Army was falling apart
-war losses and disarmaments and reduction of war cash
-unable to pay soldiers' salary
-so poor, army was bought over by West Germany
-Red Army had no control. USSR was zheng hu-less
Size of Problems:
-economic reforms did not work because inefficiency and corruption was so deep-rooted
-not many willing to change
-many managers feared that increased inefficiency would threaten their jobs
-so they prevented reforms from happening

HEY EVERYONE!! THIS IS MIKHAIL GORBA-STUPID-CHEV!!


qian bian right, his face? hahahahhahaha. OKAY! i'm done with history for today :) genius, me. i'm off to do physics, then maybe sleep by like 3, because i have to wake up damn early to go for 4 hours worth of A Math tuition. grawr.


a two second long phone call has got me smiling like an utter moron.
and trust me, i know a moron when i see one.


Grace ♥ 1:26 p.d.


e martë, 16 tetor 2007

so hello darlings, i am home :)

who am i kidding? i'm always home. i. have. no. life.

BUT BUT, moving away from my lack of freedom and DGS*, i had a great day today with queksy :D

i might be really incoherent cos i'm so shagged. i've been surviving on 4 hours of sleep for the whole of today, and i still have more studying to do in awhile.

so anyway, i slept from about 4-5 and then i fell asleep again at 6 and then my brilliant father woke me up at 9. *screams and rolls around on the bed* NINE!!!! who the heck is up at nine? oh ya, me.

i tried to fall back to sleep but i couldn't :( so yeah. i got up and had a long long bath and then daddy and i went off to watch Ratatouille. which was a good show, but it was a 11.40A.M. show. who on earth watches a movie at 11.40 A.M.?!?!?! oh ya, me.

then i bussed over to Loyang Point where i met the BFF :D and then my day perked up considerably.

we talked and ate and caught up on the latest life-tabloids. and boy did it feel good to talk to that watermelon again. i don't know what i'd do without her :)

we had a great time eh? granted, we didn't study much, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN THREE THOUSAND GABAJILLION YEARS!!! and so, i think it's justified. you helped me gain back some of my insanity, and you have revived a little bit more of the happy grace inside :) i needed my dose of Quekery.

we talk.study.eat.laugh and then i got a happyyy hug :D and then we continued our talk.study.eat and then we left at about 8 to walk around Pasir Ris.

people, Pasir Ris is such a friggin' gorgeous place. if i was depressed, i'd go there for a walk, if i was happy, i'd go there for a skip and run, if i was bored, i'd go walk around the whole estate simply because it's so so peaceful and it looks pretty darned good too! :D i've got pictures but i'll put em up tomorrow. i'm too shagged to search for the stupid wire.

and well, i'm home now, after a very very BFF-filled day :D and i super love my BFF :)

VANESS!! i love love you and i'm sorry for not studying proper proper, but i hope you had fun fun fun too :) i miss you so much la, and today was such a great reminder of why you're my BFF. we'll worry about post-Os when Os end, but for now we shall just mope around together till this hell ends. 21 days more to liberation :) we will go ballistic when this is over. we really will. three weeks till i see you again, then cheers to the donuts and cake :D i love you!!




DGS [abbreviation]
: Daddy's Girl Syndrome
: when a girl has too little freedom it makes her sadd :(
: happens to people like Grace Ke.
definition taken from Webster's Gracester's Dictionary.

i've got tuition tomorrow at 10 A.M.
IS THAT EVEN FREAKING HUMAN?!?!
and it lasts till 2 P.M.
someone kill me and remind me why i'm doing this please.
actually, don't bother. i don't even wanna know.


Grace ♥ 10:05 m.d.



my BFF is hilarious. she just messaged me this:

"we can finally have our h2h. :) you are my darling darling delicious's darling :)"

HAHAHA. private joke private joke.


you senseless being.

I LOVE YOU VANESS QUEK LI YI!

i would go to the ends of Loyang Point for you!!! hahahahhahaha.

i'll see you in approximately twelve hours :) oh joy!

:D you will make my Tuesday perfect! delicious or no :) hee hee. love love love love you babe!! my ears are yours tomorrow, so just whine away!!!

SMOOOOCH!


Grace ♥ 1:59 p.d.


e hënë, 15 tetor 2007

Nat King Cole was a lyrical genius.

"there was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy
they say he wandered very far, very far, over land and sea.
a little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he."

SAD OF EYE. how sadly gorgeous is that? (for literature idiots, that means blind.)

so anyway, today i'm ultra happy hyper bimbo. i don't know why.

:D

but being hyper is draining so right now, i'm exhausted. mentally and physically and i'm feeling slightly bummed about some stuff actually. BUT, it's okay it's okay cos i had a great day today :)

ok. i shall do yet another life-in-a-nutshell things:

  • brunch with daddy
  • tuition
  • sleep in church
  • woken up by a screaming kid and a warm warm smile :)
  • study
  • charades
  • big-sister moment. madds, you're my counseling tag team! hahahah.
  • dinner at beer
  • walk bounce back
  • sort of study
  • slack a little
  • sing a long with daddy in the car
  • home sweetetty sweet home
and now world, i bid thee goodnight as i now take my leave. i shall adjourn to the bed chambers and resume the study of the art of Gorbachev's immense stupidity from 1985-1991.

:) i'm meeting queksy tomorrow!!! yayness!!

tomorrow's plans:

botanical gardens OR movie with daddy :)
meet queksy for study study :D
home home home :(
besides meeting up with queks, Tuesday suddenly seems unexciting :( but it's okay it's okay!! wednesday is gonna be a total drag too, but thursday is the Practicals and some China person's birthday :) and then friday is music meeting and then saturday is A DATE WITH JARROLD BABY NG'S CELL :DDD and then sunday is sunday and THEN! it's the Os.
life is gonna perk up in just a little while more :)

but i do honestly pray that there will be more happy days such as this one. really.. sean wasn't cranky, char was bouncing around, benji wasn't throwing fits, shenna wasn't sleeping, aikey wasn't depressed, and i was a bimbo. the family was normal! we actually had fun! :D i pray pray pray that this is not the only one day we are happy. i can't take anymore cranky days. i'd die.


today's a happy day
today's a happy day
and no nothing's gonna spoil it :)


Grace ♥ 11:34 m.d.



:(

i have been pang-seh-ed. dang.

i shall head down to church to study after tuition.

:)

in a while, my loves.
8 days to the beginning of the end.
23 days to the end of the end.
23 days. and i can kiss "status quo" goodbye.
what a horrific thought.
oh. and 10 weeks to the end of 2007.
how fast is that?


Grace ♥ 12:55 m.d.


e diel, 14 tetor 2007

ignore my rampage. i told you i'll be okay :D

so anyway. my brain's aren't really working so i shall remind myself of tomorrow's happenings:

breakfast with Daddy
tuition from 1.30-3.30
study with manda leung :D


yay! coolness. and here's tuesday:

botanical gardens with Daddy
study with Queksy <3
[ ] :D

exciting times await me.

23 days till this whole stinking thing ends :D oh joy.
and then we can't stick with the status quo.
but hell. there's better stuff ahead. fer shure.



loose, footloose, kick off your Sunday shoes.
booze, good booze, drink up your Monday blues.


Grace ♥ 11:27 m.d.


e shtunë, 13 tetor 2007

HEAVEN IS A WONDERFUL PLAAACE
FILLED WITH MERCY AND GRAAACE
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAAAAAAA (i forgot the lyrics)
HEAVEN IS A WONDERFUL PLAAAAAAAAAAACE!!!!!!!!!!!

:D as you can tell, i'm a happy noodle today! hee.

i had a lovely breakfast with mummy and daddy which consisted of alot of food and nonsense spouting mainly from the daddy and i. and then we made a mad dash to the car because we were trying to escape the rain. haha. and mind you, all this took place at 10 in the A.M. at times like this, i love my family :)

so i was home and i decided to dress up today. haha. it's just one of those days where it seems like dressing up is worth it. i wore mummy's $125 CK shirt. haha. scary ok! cos it's white and i'm quite rough so i was worrying the whole time whether i'd dirty it or not. thank God, all's well with the shirt.

daddy said i looked like a boy.
DADDY: eh girl! you look like a boy! wow. the son i never had.
me: WAHLAUEH!!
MUMMY: ok what. even if you look like a boy, at least you're a very pretty boy.
me: *curtsies* thanks mummy! *rolls eyes at dad*
DADDY: *laughs and wobbles*

honestly, my dad is wobbly. hahahahahahaha. i love that fat man.

so yes, i decided to be nice to gaius and meet him to buy aunty aye lan's cake. i initially wanted to go to church early to study BUT. hahaha. see gaius? i'm the nicest person in the world, i tell you.

i strutted into the youthroom all happy :D and vanessa said it was a happy day too! haha. so yes, i'm not hallucinating or whatever, today's just a generally happy day :) we watched Scrubs on vanessa's lappie where this woman had some disease that made her think that everyone was singing. so whatever scene the woman was in, the entire hospital turned into a musical/cabaret thing. SUPER funny. and a lil' gay.
chuan and colin were packing up the youthroom stuff and they found camo paint. and chuan was happily painting himself with stripes and thank God he decided not to smear me with that demonic stuff. haha. or i die.

so anyway, i skipped down to siglap to meet the gaius where we
  1. went to secret recipe to check out cakes
  2. went to cartel to check out cakes
  3. where i bought a slice of cake to share :D jamaican banana rum!!
  4. went to pie factory to check out cakes
  5. went to siglap centre to eat dessert
  6. went to the florist to get flowers
  7. where we met a super nice and super funny auntie
  8. then we went back to church
  9. then we called to book a cake
  10. then we went for leaders meeting
  11. then we went to pick up the cake
  12. then we had to dig our wallets to find a dollar to pay for the lighter
  13. then we rushed back for prayer

WOW GAIUS! you were so in my face today. hahahahaha. i shall feed you Q Balls ok? ONLY QBalls. nothing else. hahahahahah :D love love you!!!

so we had a great leaders' prayer, great prayer, great worship,i had a great time emceeing, and it was a great happy happy birthday to auntie aye lan, and it was a great great sermon, and great great cell time and then dinner and now i'm home home home :D

it's such a happy day today, i say! :) and i didn't feel fat today. i think it has something to do with the baggy shirt. i shall go buy me a boyfriend shirt for days where i feel fat :D then i can cover up the monstrosity called Mr. Tumms. Mr. Tumms is really ugly and undesirable. but ah well. Mr. Tumms shall be gotten rid of in due time.

OH! my knee has stopped hurting so i have managed to persuade the parental unit to let me skip the visit to the doctor :D YAY!! running soon!

HELLO HANIES!!! :D it was so so good to sort of talk to you today!! and i'm so looking forward to our shopping trippalooloos!!! :) love you you skinny sexy thing!! :)))))))))))))))))

:D i'm a happy noodle happy noodle!

blank blank blank!!


Grace ♥ 10:01 m.d.



:D HELLOOOO CIVILIZATION!

first and foremost, a mega huge thank you to gaius, my love! :D you rarely see your name like this huh? anyways, just wanna tell you that you've been the nicest thing to me for the longest of time although we fight hell loads and sometimes i still get annoyed at you but still, I LOVE YOU GAIUS DINGDONG. and no, you do not need to go to TP for that reason (haha.) BUT, you do need to go to TP with me simply because you promised me, and simply because i wanna be able to go to school with you :) wouldn't that be so mega fun? hee. i believe in you, Gaisu, with every beat of my heart. and you are more loved than you know it!

okay, moving this away from Gaius and more towards the general population of readers (which isn't really a population, in fact i think only two people constantly read my blog, but hell.) HELLO! :D today was a good good study day!

i've pretty much gotten physics under my armpits save for chapters 15-17. the others are a-ok. for which i am VERY grateful to God for. my mind is not programmed to entertain such mechanical thoughts. but for the sake of Os and because i have no other choice, i shall force my literary cranium to become one that is adaptable and can accommodate such garbage as physics. SIGH. the things i do for a cert. a stupid piece of paper. my key to an entire world of possibilities.

and now.... i am going to go prepare for tomorrow's emceeing stint :D after which, i will continue attacking physics with great fervency because i MUST understand this Fleming/Faraday/Lenz laws craps nonsenses by really soon. humanities start next week!!

OH. NEWSFLASH!!
this is hot off the press of my cellphone.
ZAZA's COOLEST EVER POEM:
"traffic light got many many colour
i want to wish you Selamat Hari Raye!"
sometimes i doubt whether she even has grey matter up there.
:) love you zaza!!

goodnight loves!

i will be tolerant
i will be tolerant
i will be tolerant
i will be tolerant
i will be tolerant
i will be tolerant.

:D i still have my Reasons to be happy! and joyful!! and i will definitely remember to give unto Him a sacrifice of praise!!! because He is deserving, loving, always good and always faithful. JESUS, I LOVE YOU!


Grace ♥ 12:28 p.d.


e premte, 12 tetor 2007

HAHAHAHAHA!!
excuse me for a minute, i need to recover from laughing :D
P.S. i still love you!

:D and hello world! i realized that i've been using this :D smiley thingum quite alot. i can't help it! it's just so happy looking! like, :D! happy right? ya ok. so i'm trying to be happy. pardon me for my lame attempts. grawr.

so i have no idea why i'm this cranky or why i snap so easily or why i have moodswings. i'm hoping that it is only because of MsP. BUT THIS CRANKINESS IS SO ANNOYING!! and it is ruining my life and it is turning me into a social adjusto! jialat lah. ok. i shall list reasons why i should be happy so i will be happy.
  1. i am alive
  2. i am not horrendously obese
  3. hee :D
  4. my family is still relatively intact
  5. i have the awesome study fam
  6. i have my BFF (who is being harassed by some freakish uncle)
  7. i still can play the piano
  8. i have a great cell
  9. i am still a leader :)
  10. there is only 26 days more till Liber-friggin'-ation
  11. i am perfectly healthy (save for the knee)
  12. i am academically not-impaired
  13. i have a great God i can always count on
  14. i have awesome private worships :D
  15. i have this lappie thing (granted occasionally screwed but still)
  16. my grandma is okay now :)
  17. i am not a total bimbo and i am strong!!
  18. i have a great future ahead!
  19. there is always 2009 to look forward to
  20. SHOPPING AWAITS!!!
  21. tanning awaits
  22. sentosa awaits
  23. movies await
  24. picnics await
  25. Gorgeousness awaits
  26. i can revamp the room so it'll look neater
  27. i can dump the blasted books
  28. i can go work so i won't be as broke as i am now
  29. I WON'T HAVE TO STUDY ANYMORE!!!!!
  30. TP CMM :)
the list is never ending :D as long as i don't think of reasons why i should stay cranky (such as the silently accumulating fats.) I WILL BE A DAMN SEXY HAPPYNOODLE!!! :D yes i will! i don't care what you say! no, i am not in denial! i WILL be a damn sexy happynoodle. 26 days. 26 days. FASTER LA WAHLAU!

oh crap. i have tuition at 11 A.M. DIE!!

honestly speaking, the cramps are not permitting me to go for tuition. i might just crumple up into a ball and rock myself to sleep. *SIGH* (in gaius' "that's all" style)

OKAY LAH. i'll go i'll go. i'll be a good little gracie and toddle off for tuition despite the cramps and knee ok? :D so guai. i'm proud of you graciekins! GAHHH!!! I'M STARTING TO SOUND LIKE SEAN!! cannot cannot cannot.

i've got a lunch date with daddy which i think it's damn cute.
DADDY: uh, ah en ah. you want to go lunch with me?
me: hmmm?
DADDY: ni yao bu yao pei wo chi wu can?
me: oh! ya, sure.. where do you wanna go?
DADDY: HK Cafe? (ahha, memories memories)
me: um.... i feel chicken rice-ish
DADDY: orh. ok. uh. the xin he there?
me: yup! can.
DADDY: uh. so i meet you what time?
me: i'll be dine with tuition by 1.. so.. 1?
DADDY: okay. 1 O'clock at Xin He ah.. ok. bye bye. i go liao.

so funny! and i don't even know why i find it funny. i think i am officially bonkers. but then again, do you blame me for being bonkerified?

i am not a meanie i am not a meanie i am not a meanie.


Grace ♥ 12:47 p.d.


e enjte, 11 tetor 2007

mornin' darlings :D

i'm actually getting used to this lack of tagboardness and the ultra gay blogskin. haha. i'm not even scared of the stupid spots! :D yay, me! i think i shall scrap the make-a-new-blog idea. yup! i shall stick to this blog. PEOPLE! CONCENTRATE ON THE WORDS!!! and ignore the skin and it's glorious hideousity.

today i am going to be looking very very unglam :( as always. BUT, it's ultra unglamorous today because i have to wear this patella support (patella is medical psychobabble for kneecap) so that my kneecaps won't jig about and hurt me. hahahah. i feel like a serious sports person. SO NOT!

ok, so anyway, i'm meeting sean the tall annoying person in about less then two hours which means i have plenty of time. i wanted to go tan in the morning but i'm too lazy and and i'm feeling mega walrusic so i didn't go tan :( soon, soon.

can anyone tell that i'm in bimbo mode today? haha. i am, i am. and i have no idea why. but i suppose bimbo mode is always better than cranky mode eh? yup! tonnes better.

QUEKSY i'm missing you already! it was so good to spend so much time cuddling up to you on sunday and monday and then suddenly i don't see you anymore :(((((((( when the Os are over, i am booking you okayy? :D I LOVE YOU QUEKADOODLE!!!

FAMILY hey lovelies.. hang in there ok, ok? just a little while more and we can party party together and we'll all be slim, beautiful, and very academically talented and we'll all be scoring below 20 for our L1R5s and Gaius don't worry too much! we're here for each other!!! :D ok. yes. i shall shut up cos i'm in bimbo mode.

Dear D,
i think that you should just shut up if you have nothing better to say. haha. i mean, did you seriously think that people will listen to your ramblings? sorry to let you in on the truth hunnie, but no. i honestly don't think anyone gives a hoot or two. so.... please shut up, thank you :D
love, Grace.

:D i love you, you love me, we are happy family, with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you LOOOVVEEEE...MEEEEE... TOOOOOOoooo!!!!!!
*three cheers for barney and his stupid song*


Grace ♥ 10:12 p.d.


e mërkurë, 10 tetor 2007

ok, and so this is in summary (a very long summary) of my week so far :D

SUNDAY:
the char and i

we tried to look aneroxic. only isaac succeeded.

GINNAAA!!

my very best :D

she has eyes here!!

the best and the skinny

at the Korean shop at Parkway

whores. cam. whores.

she has no eyes.

he's the third party. see? man, sean, woman.

:D love!

the birthday kid













she can do REALLY gross stuff

"eh, wahlau! never see pepper before ah?!"





our sin. *slurp*


TUESDAY NIGHT:

family gone wild!

















AND WEDNESDAY NOON:

at Astons :D

he wanted to be wolverine

see? couldn't make it

so he was left to look like a wannabe :) i love you!

(there was a ghostly person on the left a.k.a Sean)

boredom drove him to this :D hahah. Astons should serve faster next time!

"eh sean! you look like a stunned sotong which just got pulled out of the water!!" i said.





ok, so i have un-glam moments too.

our buff buff waiter who has too-huge chest muscles.
but quite yummy don't you think? hee. eye candy, eye candy.

and finally, satisfied. he eats and is slightly normal.
END OF LONG LONG LONG POST!!! :D back to the books and to go cry about my knee. hahahhaha.


Grace ♥ 8:55 m.d.