today as prologue

u noe that studying too much makes u mad. i was in times bookstore about a week ago and i read a sign that says "shoplifters will be persecuted". first thought: oh my god...this world is becoming so violent. u steal a pencil and u have to be persecuted??? they might as well stone u to death. den i realised that its just me. it read "shoplifters will be prosecuted". at least it made sense then... den i walk into the store, den u noe those kinda post cards with very nice pictures and some inspirational quotes? i picked one of them up and it read "today's preparation undermines tomorrow's success". wow thats kinda revolutionary? altho we constantly use the theory of LDMR as a convenient excuse to allow ourselves a break (or stop studying altogether) this is totally extreme. i thought it was kinda cheeky and why not just bring it home? den again it was my eyes. it read "today's preparation determines tomorrow's success". i was relieved, yet kinda disappointed that no one dared to make such a bold postcard. den yesterday i went to Times at PS again with carol and the other wong, found a book that says "instant french!!" i was kinda excited... i thought that as soon as i pick up that book and flip a few pages in it, i would be spewing the infamous french accent away with conviction and pride. den came the hard truth and the justification as to why YMCA charges $170 +++ for french lessons while that book cost only like 20 bucks. (and it says INSTANT) i realise that not onli do i not understand a bit of it, i cant pronounce 87.21% of it. i'm such a failure. hahas... oh wells! carol didnt help much either, with her "strong encouragement" and recognition... i think i can really learn french in just another 643 years. bah, i'm going for lessons. so much for "instant". ok so the story continues... and i'm at home the next instant. (a-ha! now u noe that "instant" is not really instant) . rushed home to catch the singapore singer show.. erm... the one that they perform and then ppl call in to vote and then they win and continue to sing show. yah... so i didnt get dinner..and it was "instant noodle" like wat the heck, i had to be reminded of that cheating book that takes away ppl's confidence and makes them feel like they cant speak even baby language.

(thinking about this makes me wonder... wat do u think mum-mum in french baby language means? eat? sekali its shit. next time go to france and pass ur friend's baby a bowl and say mum-mum and see if he starts pulling down his pants. oh gosh.. think vice versa. u say poot-poot and he......)

den its my dad and his "learn-german-for-it-is-very-fun-cool-hip-and-fun theory." ok maybe he doesnt remember the entire language since its been 17 years since he returned from the fatherland, but den its already more than i can handle...considering the onli german word i noe is the bundesliga (which i dunno wat it means actually) and wunderbar (which denise misread as "wonder-bra" when i wrote to her) .

den later in the night... i have some neighbours quarrelling with each other. family affairs... or maybe mr tan put his plant 2.643 inch into mr lee's "territory". i think they are more territorial than my dog!~ well... when the verbal assault starts, all the @#$%^&* and the *&^%$# started coming out.. and guess wat!!! i understood each and every word of their hokkien "conversation". in the midst of it, i thought i heard some cantonese being used to express some feeling that hokkien is unable to convey properly. oh and of coz...here in singapore english MUST be used. even when the words used were not very pleasant, somehow i believe that these UNCLES like to prove to the world that they are at least effectively "bilingual". way cool!! and i smiled.