The Prince loves Womanizer...

OMG ! its amazing how ridiculously addictive this song is.. it kept playing in my head over and over again.. the song was playing in my head the WHOLE time during the popular culture and punishment midterm which was by the way the worst midterm i've ever done in my whole uni life.. seriously.. Julie and me were laughing at our crap irrelevant answers after the exam.. she managed to link backward donkey riding in carnival to the question of defining the term 'degrees of torture'. Thats a classic..

Womanizer woman womanizer you're a womanizer oh womanizer oh you're a womanzier baby...

once again its amazing how such crappy lyrics can be so addictive.. got to be the best britney song ever !

The Prince is happy !

Ok so its october 28th and its 12pm right now in Guelph.. and so far, I couldnt ask God for a better day.. the day has been perfect and I'm really happy.. I not sure why put I could come up with a few reasons why.. (the sequence of events in chronological order)

1. It snowed in guelph today !

YES !! it snowed ! it was amazing.. I was sleeping soundly and i got a message from Jay at 930 saying that it was snowing outside.. I jumped out of bed and opened the window without thinking and the cold air rushed in and i was standing there in my boxers shivering.. but yes it was snowing !!! I threw on layers of clothing on myself and ran out of the townhouse.. it felt stupid to be standing in the snow without a purpose in life watching all the canadians stare at me as they walked by.. but i din care.. standing there outside, letting the snowflakes drop on me was an amazing feeling.. more to come !

2. My mother said that she couldnt wait for 23rd Dec to come/ I had good chats with family back home.

So after standing in the snow for a bit, i rushed back in to call the family to tell them the good news.. Called home, dad picked up the phone, had a good chat with him and the Mom said that she couldnt wait for 23rd December to come.. cos she missed me alot.. that was soooo sweet.. I felt so happy.. its really nice to hear that people miss me back home.. after which i called sylvia akka and told her it was snowing, cos both of us were like really upset it didnt snow when we were in Newzealand last year.. and had a good chat with her as well.. spoke to the niece as well, Nazee girl is really adorable.. I love her. Afterwhich i called the sister and she updated me on the daily happening of my newborn niece, little princess Sarah. The niece is so cute, she apparently yawned really big the other day and scared herself.. haha.. how cute is that.. and also on one occasion the mother heard her crying and went to see whats up.. She had gripped on her own hair so tightly and she didnt know how to let go and was crying... oooh isnt that the cutest thing u've ever heard.. I cant wait to see the little princess.

3. Ishu picked up her phone !

Yes after 3 days of not hearing her voice, Ishu finally picked up her phone ! yays ! we had a good chat.. she made me feel a whole lot better, as usual, curing my homesickness.. She was like nat.. u cannot live overseas for long periods of time.. u would probably like die if u stay away from home for more than a yr or something.. which is true. cos my family and friends play a really really important part of my life..

4. I got 88% for a midterm !!

yes !! after calling ppl back home, i checked the email and i realised i got 88% for a midterm i sat for last week.. and i thought i screwed it up.. awesomes !!!! On other school related stuff, i finished another essay last night, stayed up till 4 doing it.. so i've got only 3 more essays to do !!! phew..

5. Environment history class got cancelled..

I know i shouldnt celebrate here.. but i'm glad it got cancelled... was not in the mood to be bored.. so ya its a good thing.. i didnt even mind walking in the cold for a good 10 mins to get to class.. cos it was snowing.. so that was awesome.. a walk in the snow..

6. The starbucks lady (jill) and I are on a first name basis..

So since my class was cancelled, I had time to get coffee.. and the lady was like hey.. its u again.. let me guess.. a grande white mocha with whip cream? (thats my all time fav drink) and I was like.. yup.. u got it.. she then asked for my name and we kinda made friends.. i saw her add extra white mocha syrup to my drink.. 4 squirts ! normally its 3.. so i had an awesome drink which made my day !!

7. A special friend from home called and said that i was missed greatly..

that is pretty much it.. i'm gonna be hush about it..

So as u can see... I'm really happy.. today is just my day.. hope it gets better !! I need to do quite a bit today.. finish up 1 essay, go get groceries for dinner.. cook for a dinner party at Jay's.. plan for the trip to Montreal/Quebec city.. decide on halloween costume.. wooh..

The Prince has to do essays.. alot of them..

Ok I've completed 3 out of the 6 essays i've got to do.. and i decided to take a break and blog. Haha.. its deepavali and I'm not havin briyani.. sad.. its like even though we dont celebrate deepavali at home, i dunno why but by some reason the family would be together having a great meal.. this year its Sarah's dedication dinner where mom ordered north indian food and called the family over (sadly without me cos i'm 12 time zones away).. last yr the light family gathered during deepavali to prepare for the aunt's memorial service in nov 2007. The year before that, 2006, my family went over to the uncles house to give him the invitation to the sister's wedding and the aunt cooked a feast for us.. 2005, my mom had bought a new briyani powder which was supposedly the new in thing in Mumbai at that time so she cooked and called the family over.. so yah get the picture, deepavali = good food being cooked at home.. haha .. and what did i have for lunch ? ready to cook, already marinated frozen pork chops which i bought from the supermarket.. it was not bad.. but i'm craving for briyani.. and Guelph does not have any indian shops around !! but it does have an amazing asian food store.. oh i'm wrong, guelph does have an indian restaurant.. but its a fine dining one where briyani costs 19 canadian dollars ! WTH !!!! ok I think its enough of me rambling about having no briyani for deepavali...

Laura, the fab English girl, and me went to toronto last sat for just a day, to celebrate the ending of her midterms and the completion of 2 of my essays.. and we needed a break from school so we camwhored along the streets of toronto and met Michael, which was fun. Seeing Michael reminded me of home and seeing me reminded him about singapore as well. Time has really gone so fast, I can't believe i've known Michael for over a year now! it was good catching up. I should be meeting him again in 2 weeks or so.. here are the pictures !

A random cab driver took this for us.

Toronto is really beautiful at night

Laura poses !

The lights, the buildings, the cool air, amazing..

LAura and me !

Michael attempts the 'nat pout' !

The Prince loves Fall..

Ok so yes I bitch about the temperature at guelph being insane and stuff.. but that does not stop me from loving the fall.. leaves turing orange and yellow is so amazing.. its super pretty.. fall has got to be the prettiest season ever ! was walking around campus the other day and was just randomly taking photos of the trees with my phone (yes i'm back to using my phone camera cos my real camera died in new york).. anyway the pics dont do justice to how awesome the trees look.. really really cool..

Random walkway

This is at east residence, the place where i stay..

east residence desk..

On the way to school !!

The path i walk everyday to class.

This was taken some time back at the start of fall

I love trees

Trees with red leaves at the background !

The Prince gets better in time...

Well I know its not November yet.. changed the song cos its been a year from today.. and I've finally managed to move on..

"Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
It'll all get better in time
And even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile cause I deserve to
It'll all get better in time"

it does get better in time..
This is gonna be the last emo post on this blog.. promise..

The Prince skips class..

Ok I know I shouldnt skip class, but I don't do it often. But today was just wrong wrong wrong.. woke up at 8 in the morning after spending the whole night till 330 doing the animal history essay.. i got ready and everything for my 10am class and i checked the temperature outside (yes weather checking is common for me now) and it was 1 degree.. I went back to my bed.. i was not gonna walk in the cold to get to a tutorial class where i was going to be stoning due to the tiredness and not contribute anything at all.. I'll go for the make up tomorrow instead at the normal timing of 2pm where people like me can function.. so yes i skipped class because it was too cold to walk to it. This reminded me of christianity and world history class where rau, adilah and me never went for our tutorial slot cos it was too darn early in the day.. we went for the 3pm slot on another day instead. haha..

so that was my morning class.. and after 2 months of being in Guelph and going to school you would think i would have my schedule memorised right? WRONG !!! I thought my family history class was at 430 instead of 4 pm.. and i went into class at 445.. my friend was like, why are u 45 mins late !! I was like ermm.. isnt this class from 430 to 530? she knocked my head and was like no you dumbo it started at 4 !! omg.. i will never stop being blur will I ?

Anyway, just for the fun of it, I created a playlist called "Songs to listen to when I'm emo" and I decided to like pick my top 15 songs to listen to when I'm emo.. here it goes..

15. Almost lover - A fine frenzy
14. Irreplaceable - Beyonce
13. Every Breath You Take - Sting & The Police
12. Long Night - The Corrs
11. You're Still The One - Shania Twain
10. Headlines - Spicegirls
9. As long as you love me - Backstreet Boys
8. It must have been love - Roxette
7. Over it - Katherine Mcphee
6. Forever - Chris Brown
5. Beautiful disaster - Kelly Clarkson
4. Its ok - Atomic Kitten
3. No one - Alicia keys
2. I'm yours - Jason Mraz
1. Better in time - Leona Lewis

Just to clarify, i'm totally fine.. not emo anymore.. haha.. listening to sappy love songs does make you feel better at the end of the day..

The Prince cooks..

haha.. ok i've been cooking for quite some time over here in canada .. but just nvr bothered to blog about it.. but i shall now.. haha.. well the disaster in the kitchen (a.k.a me) made pasta the other day. What was supposed to be a meal for myself, I ended up cooking pasta for 5 people.. i overestimated the pasta.. they looked really small and little in the dried up non cooked stage.. how was i supposed to know it was alot.. so anyway i was stuck eating the pasta for 3 days.. 1st day with pasta sauce, the 2nd day pasta tossed with olive oil and herbs with mash potatoes and gravy on the side (which i bought from UC) and the 3rd day i fried the pasta (something which i learnt from mummy) .. well it turns out i'm not such a disaster in the kitchen afterall.. the meals were delicious... well at least I think that they were.. i only cook for myself cos i'm considerate and do not want others to fall sick or suffer from hair loss or any other ailments from my cooking.. haha.. here are the pictures..

Pasta for 5 ??

My meal !!

I know it looks disgusting.. but it tasted good.. i'm proud and shameless

Getting the ingredients ready to fry the pasta !

Fried Pasta.. i swear it was yummy !!

Happy me about to eat and watch FRIENDS !

The Prince remembers

ha.. was looking through old photos and this was mothers day 2003.. perimma was still alive and looking well then, Rosie akka was pregnant with Jonathan, nazee was 3 nicky 10 and me 18.. woo... now even naomi akka is a mother.. wow.. time sure flies..

On another note, have been reading my friends' blogs - nadia, dawn & LT.. and omg i've never laughed so much in my life... what the hell !!! tips on how to stalk people !! dawn the whole pseudo fb account is insanely funny and totally do-able.. it would work.. and nadia option number 1 - he notices me noticing him does make you look like a weird girl.. and i'm praying that its option number 2 - he has fallen for me like how i've fallen for him.. and isaac you must teach me this technique of looking discreetly at cute people.. omg.. i've been laughing non stop for the past half an hour.. you guys really crack me up.. can't wait to get back and slap you all.. and Liting, if your pseudo british asian accent is anything like your hongkong accent, i'm gonna push you off a cliff.. hahaha. i can't believe you actually ushered people in 120 with that hongkong accent.. hahhaa.. and Daphne the photo below does look like a two headed giraffe at the first glance !!! its not me being bimbotic!!! .. tag on the tagboard if u agree with me fellow subjects..

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The Prince is BACK !

Ok my royal subjects, the prince is back.. no more emo phase.. no more upsets.. no more feeling sad for no apparent reason.. the prince is back, more awesome than before..

The Prince is dreamer once again.

This is gonna be a rather emo post.. cos I am rather upset. Cant stop thinking about it. I should be the happiest person in the world at the moment. I'm in Canada, I just came back from New York, not many people have that kind of experience. I am totally grateful. What more do I want you ask? well.. something didnt go the way I expected it to go and it got me really upset. I know I should'nt be, but I cant help it. I guess that things would get better In time. But wounds leave scars.. scars that sometimes never heal. It happened last year and its happening this year again, all in october. (Anyway, Nadia Zhong I've been trying to call you like alot cos I need to talk to you. so please answer your phone or come on msn soon k?)

Was watching survivor and Gossip girl just now. I know who watches survivor right? haha.. maybe Reynard.. hes a survivor freak. The first time I met him, we were discussing survivor 4, now its survivor 17 ! haha.. time really flies eh.. anyways the last monologue by gossip girl made alot of sense, it goes like this...

"Dreams. Everybody has them. Some good, some bad and some you wish u could forget. Sometimes you realised you've outgrown them. Sometimes u feel like they are just finally coming true, and some of us just have nightmares. But no matter wat u dream, when morning comes, reality intrudes and the dream begins to slip away". This got me thinking, I used to call myself dreamer in the IRC secondary school days.. I guess in many ways I am more of a dreamer than a Prince.

The Prince is too emotional for his own good...

Ok so I'm blogging from NYC.. just recieved an email from someone which kinda hurt me quite a bit. No reason to feel hurt cos I'm stronger than that.. but it still hurt.. was reading Eazy's blog and ya sometimes I do feel sometimes that people do not appreciate me, and I allow them to step all over me or play with me like I'm some toy and chuck me aside after they are done. I guess I'm just cursed.. 3rd time in 1 yr.. Immediately texted the best friend and as usual she knocked some sense into me via Gmail chat.. I love you Ishu... you've always made me feel special and you rock. So right now I'm just gonna ignore the whole thing and not let it affect my last day in NYC tomorrow.

The Prince Praises Adonai..

Who is like Him                     
the Lion and the Lamb                  
Seated on the throne
Mountains bow down          
Every ocean roars
To the Lord of hosts

CHORUS:
Praise Adonai
From the rising of the sun
'Til the end of every day
Praise Adonai
All the nations of the earth
All the angels and the saints
Sing praise

©1999 Integrity's Hosanna! Music
Words and Music by Paul Baloche

The prince thinks..

So I've been so caught up with making new friends and seeing places and just doing new stuff and trying to get into the Canadian culture. Just a phonecall and wham !! I start to miss home.. and then I go on friendster and check out church people's profiles since none of them have facebook.. and wham again !! I miss ppl back home.. I wouldn't say that I am homesick, I just miss being a singaporean.. you know talking nonsense to people in our own lingo.. uttering a string of broken tamil words together... remembering weddings and births and church events of the past and thinking about all the things i'm missing back home by being here.. I guess its just bound to happen.. You never realise how much you have until when its gone.. You will never appreciate what Singapore has to offer until you are overseas.. I am so proud to be a Singaporean I tell you..Its like the best place to live in.. cos its Home..

Speaking of home, alot of random people from home have been appearing in my dreams.. mostly church people.. I had a dream about Paulyn and Aruldevi two nights ago and then I realised that It was their birthdays.. so ya, maybe I was subconciously thinking about them... then I had a dream that I was bringing an 8yr old Sarah to the zoo with Nazee girl and Jonathan.. haha... the fantasies of being an uncle.. I also had a dream about cedric and Ishu celebrating my birthday with me, with Sharon and Ezekiel screaming at the background.. they were not physically seen, but I knew it was them screaming.. and on another note, I really really really really really miss my piano, my precious Kawai the most... i've played on michaels guitar and my roomate's guitar over here.. but I hate guitars.. I only learnt it for cell group purposes.. thats why my guitar knowledge is kinda basic.. not the same as Kawai ! I need to go and find someone with a keyboard or piano and start playing soon, if not i'll go crazy i tell you.. I never really thought of music as my passion (surprise, surprise) It was just something i kinda picked up and went along with it.. not really passionate about it. But now being away from my precious kawai for 1 month, I am going crazy.. Kawai was always there when I was upset.. I used to bang on him when I was angry.. I used to cry along and play really emotional stuff through that whole non-eating phase last year and he was there when I was bored and had nothing much to do.. He was there during my happiest moments.. christmas, easter... He relieved stress during exams, brought much life and laughter to the house as me and the mother used to practice and try out songs for her to lead during worship.. Once, even the grandfather came out as I was playing a really old tamil hymn on Kawai and the grandfather went on to tell me stories about him and my grandmother and how they like that song... and we had the longest and best conversation ever.. Kawai is my best friend.. I never knew I could miss something which is non living so much..

The Prince meets the falls..

So last weekend was amazing.. went to Niagara falls.. its freaking awesome.. heavily touristy but really spectacular.. a good experience.. I felt so happy the whole day.. It took a while for the feeling to sink in.. I'm in CANADA !! anyways, here are the pics.. took alot alot alot alot of them.. this is just a few.. yays !