Archive for November, 2005

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Dreams reflect your real life?

Monday, November 28th, 2005

Yesh, this is another weird dream of mine.

Last night, I saw my highschool classmate, HY in my dream.

She was walking towards a shop with her family, I noticed her from the back, so I called her name. She turned, and looked at me in puzzlement.
I could read from her eyes: Who is she? How does she know my name?

So I smiled at her and said:” It’s me! Don’t you remember me?”
She still starred at me blankly.

I was in a hurry, walking to the opposite direction, turned my head back talking to her. So I said:” Ah nevermind..” and continued to walk…
But in my mind, I was thinking: She really can’t recognize me!! I graduated for few years only!! Did I gain so much weight?! Until she failed to recognize me?! I SHOULD REALLY DIET!!!!!

That’s all I can remember.

People say dreams are a reflection of you in real life. They reflect your thoughts, your ambitions, your feelings, you subconscious, past memories, or things that you suppress deep down into your heart, things that you are afraid or worried of, sometimes, they even tell the future.

Perhaps this dream reflects the problem I have regarding my weight. I’m getting fatter and fatter, yet I’m not doing anything about it.

When all other girls go gym, I stay home watch tv, listen to cds, go online and read magazines.

When all other girls counting calories, having low carbohydrate diet, I ‘m enjoying my favourite char siew rice, beef noodles, mashed potatoes, double chess burger with fries.

When more and more fashion shows having bulimic models walking down the runway, Marie France showing Christy Chung slid her body through the few inches space between 2 cars stopping next to each other in a carpark, I’m eating chocolates, ice creams, snacks, drinking coke.

When my classmate says extra small is still too large for her, next minute complains that she’s fat, the boyfriend or sister says she’s not thin enough; another friend has gastric yet chose to skip her lunch again; another friend ignores her knee injury and continue her gym lessons everyday; another friend put her degree aside to work for money to visit slimming center…

I begin to wonder.

Is it wrong to enjoy my meal?

Is it wrong to love junkfood?

Is it wrong to stay home instead of working out in the gym?

Is it wrong to not have a 24 inches waist?

Is it wrong to not fit in most free size trendy clothes?

Is it wrong to not have slim and long legs showing off under hot pants and mini skirt?

Is it wrong to not have a “perfect figure” like slimming ads portray on tv, newspaper, magazines, billboards, internet and posters?

Yes, I begin to wonder.

If dreams do reflect real life, I guess it reflect the peer pressure I feel from all these “get-slim-or-die-trying” phenomenons, trends, fashions, people, ads and the list go on.

I used to think when healthy primary school kids telling their parents “papa mama I need to go on diet” shows what damages the media have done to the society and its definition of beauty.
Now, I think I’m the crazy one.
I keep ignoring the fact that I am fat. Yes, I am fat like a pig.
I don’t deserve to be loved because I am fat. I don’t deserve to wear any nice clothes because I am fat. I am ugly because I am fat.

See what the fuck I’m talking about?

I used to be confident.

Until I started complaining what’s wrong with all the digicams because I look so fat in photos.
Until I’m standing next to my best friend who are super slim and can wear any clothes in the world.
Until I’m walking in shopping malls full of tall, model like women with “perfect figures”.
Until I suggest to the guy who date me out that we should have a scoop of ice cream at Baskin Robbins and he said it’s fattening.
Until I was waiting for my mum in front of the Jusco supermarket and accidentally bump into HY 2 years ago who was plump during highschool but so much thinner than me now.
Until I dream of my exclassmate couldn’t recognize me because I am fat.

Now you know what the fuck I’m talking about.

and Please, don’t tell me I’m not fat. We both know it is not true.

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One More To Go!!

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

One more paper to go then I’m freeeeeeee~!!!

This morning, I went in the exam hall, sat down, looked at the question paper - “Commercial Banking & Finance”.

Wait, this doesn’t look right. I’m supposed to sit for “Strategic Risk Management”.

So I stood up and asked the invigilator: “Excuse me, where is strategic risk mgt?”

Invigilator:”I think it’s over there” *pointing to my left*

So I went, and asked another invigilator.

Invigilator 2:” errrrrr…strategic risk? marketing is here, audit is there. I’m not sure.. you ask her and see..” *point to the left*

So I walked to Ms Michelle Phang, accounting lecturer and she said
“Strategic risk mgt? This morning don’t have this paper.”

I was like HUH?
Wait a minute… What is happening here??

then I recall, I AM SITTING FOR COMMERCIAL BANKING.
I already sit for Strategic Risk Management last friday!!!

Me *blink eyes few times* :”wait..it’s correct. Sorry sorry, I guess I’m too nervous, it’s commercial banking..”

I turned around, all students sitting at the front looked at me -__-”
So I quickly walked back to the seat I first sat on…
Invigilator 1 came and asked what happened, so I explained…

When I was filling in details on the answer sheet, Michelle Phang came and asked:” Are you okay? Are you sitting for the right paper?”
“Ya..I think I was too nervous so I got it wrong.. haha..”

I tell you, IT WAS SO EMBARASSING okay!!
How could I got it wrong??!! My goodness..
Somemore I went to 3 invigilators only realize my mistake, and the first 2 invigilators also blur case -__-”

May be it’s because I slept only 1 1/2 hour before exam..
I was too worried that I might forget everything…

Anyway, I couldn’t get all the answers correct. There’s this one calculation for duration confirm wrong, but I didn’t have time to attempt again, so 10 marks gone for sure. Other essays I did quite bad too. I don’t know what the hell I wrote for Duration Gap Model, don’t think I’ve put in enough points for other long essays, my brain was quite stuck at that time and I was running out of time, the last two 10 marks essays I wrote only 1 paragraph. Pass shouldn’t be a problem I guess, getting a credit - very low posibility. My friend got a distinction for this subject, me? Sigh…

I can feel that a headache is coming, perhaps it’s time to sleep, so I can study International Economics later. I’ve always love economics, especially Macro. But when it comes to exam, too many things to study, tons of theories and graphs = @_@

I got high distinctions for Micro and Macroeconomics in year 1, only a credit for Macroeconomic Analysis in year 2 which was just 2 or 3 marks away from distinction, let’s hope I’m able to get my distinction back for International Economics this time!

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My Balcony

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Photos are taken from my balcony.

05/11/2005 7pm

09/09/2005 7.08pm

7.18pm

20/08/2005 6.37am

I have to admit, my photo taking skill sucks and there’s nothing special bout these photos, just like my friend said when I used his computer to upload photos.
But heck, who cares? I’m still practicing =)