Staying out all day
Wee~ Woke up at 7.30am yesterday. Why? I had to go to Lavender to renew my passport. Met up with marvin and han song at lavender at around 9.30am. Went into the building and you know what? The area:people ratio can fight with the orchard area, damn crowded. Had my passport photo taken there and it cost $5.35. We sat at the waiting area and watched kids central. It was showing power rangers and the 3 of us watched with excitement. Lol. It sounded like we had no childhood. But the power rangers now are all very “high tech” looking. Not like those in our time. Ok. our numbers were called and i happily went to the counter. Sat down and passed all the things needed and wait for the instructions. The person than told me that the expiry date of my passport was not clear and had to go to level 2 to ask for help. I had no choice but to go down a level. Started queuing again to ask for help. When reached, i was told that my passport cannot be renewed and need to make a new one. It cost 73 freaking bucks to make a new passport. And since i’m using cash to pay, i had to make my way to the other end and queue again. So after all’s been done, we left the place to eat.
Went to bugis junction to have my lunch with Han Song and his gf. I felt like a blinding light bulb when we were eating. Looking at them so lovey-dovey makes me feel like i’m missing someone in my life. I was suppose to meet up with yee meng to go to Sim Lim square to help him in replacing his motherboard. Since he hadn’t reached yet and the couple wanted to go to Sim Lim tower to buy some bread board, i led them to the place. Bought a 1 litre of chocolate milk on the way to Sim Lim tower. After they had bought their stuff, yee meng called me that he’s reaching. So i decided to walk back to bugis for i have time spare. The 3 of us than started walking back to the starting point. Only after we reached bugis i realised that yee meng had miss call me 3 times. I phoned him and only to hear that he had reached Sim Lim square. What to do? I had no choice but to walk back there alone. We than met up at the food court below Sim Lim and he ordered chicken rice. The place was so packed that there’s barely space for us to sit. After he finished eating, we went up and went to a friendly shop – bells system. The helpers there are much more friendly than most of the shop’s helpers. We confronted one of the staff there and he told us how to check what is the problem and suggested that we bring the cpu down today and let them check. Everything last about 20mins and we were done.
It was 2++ and we had nothing to do. We then decided to take some pictures at the back alleys of the houses and walk around to find a good place to capture with yee meng’s holga. Walk,walk,walk. We were engross in taking pictures that we ended up in little india. We continued to walk and take photos and even passed by LTA at some ulu place. We move on down the road and ended up at KK hospital. Don’t even know how we ended up there. Since we were already there and it would be a long way back to bugis, we continue our journey to dunno where. We kept walking and taking pictures and we reached little india mrt station. From the opposite side, we crossed over and yee meng found a very noce spot to take photos. It was a shed underneath a huge tree with vines dangling. He then saw a flight of stairs and he went to take a picture of it. Right after he finished taking his photo, a malay/indian (our different views) security guard came and question us. He asked why we were taking photos and even told us that the there’s devil inside the building. He also continue on and said that the shed are where the ghosts are and the photos taken might not have been clear. Oh, he told us that if we want to see the devil than we had to go there at night. To those who wants to hunt for ghost or even better, devil, travel to little india and exit( dunno which exit). Outside the station there’s a old chang kee shop nearby and a second hand car dealer opposite on the right after u exit.
4++ and there’s still around 2 hours till we meet up with the rest. The film was all used up and our legs were screaming. We alight at city hall and walked to bras bahsa (dunno how to spell) We took a rest there while yee meng went to withdraw some cash for later use. Walked around swee lee and art friends, a music shop and an art shop. Shared a 1.5 litre of plain water and went to the carpark to change the film. You must be thinking, out of so many places to change the films, we had to go to carpark and change. Well, that’s the darkest place we could find so that it would not be exposed to light.
At 5.35pm, ridwan called me and ask where we were as he couldn’t find anyone at the meeting place. After he reached, i asked him to meet us halfway through. It was a good thing to call him or we would passed by him without knowing. We than met up with the rest and went to marina square. We had a hard time finding the seoul garden there and we basically cleared the bottom level only to find it outside the shopping centre. lol. After filling our stomaches, we went to esplanande and chill. Surprisingly, we didn’t emo much at that place took some pictures and went to the nearby bridge to take even more photos. That’s the end of our outing and we left the place. oh, in case you are curious who went, there’s jia zheng, alison, jonathan, michelle, lester, nadira, yee meng, ling xuan, fiona and me.
Was supposed to go to Sim Lim square with yee meng today but in the end i wasn’t sure if he went for we didn’t plan a time to meet. My legs are aching now. Damn. Alright, now for the word of the day.
Word of the Day for Wednesday, November 7, 2007
fealty \FEE-uhl-tee\, noun:
1. Fidelity to one’s lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
2. The oath by which this obligation was assumed.
3. Fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.
He was re-elected Governor in 1855, and his administration of the State affairs, both in that and the preceding term of office, was marked by a regard for the public interest rather than party fealty.
– “Andrew Johnson Dead”, New York Times, August 1, 1875
Barbour believed Christian conservatives represented a critical constituency, and he looked for opportunities to display his fealty to them.
– Dan Balz and Ronald Brownstein, Storming the Gates
The aristocratic O’Sullivans were enriched in return for their promise of fealty to the mighty Democratic party and its rising new leader.
– Edward L. Widmer, Young America
Whether exploited by traditional religions or political religions, psychological totalism — the unquestioning fealty to one God, one truth, and one right, embodied in one faith, one cause, one party — has everywhere provided the tinder of persecution.
– Jack Beatty, “The Tyranny of Belief”, The Atlantic, September 13, 2000
Fealty comes from Old French fealté, from Latin fidelitas, “fidelity,” from fidelis, “faithful,” from fides, “faith,” from fidere, “to trust.”
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Word of the Day for Thursday, November 8, 2007
ameliorate \uh-MEEL-yuh-rayt\, transitive verb:
1. To make better; to improve.
2. To grow better.
Among the pressures provoking these distresses were a father’s financial inadequacy and a growing awareness that, by finding employment himself, he could ameliorate the family’s exiguous circumstances.
– Terence Brown, The Life of W. B. Yeats: A Critical Biography
In the socially fluid and (until the crash of 1837) economically expansive 1830s, the legislature frequently appropriated public money to investigate social problems, forestall dependency, and ameliorate human suffering.
– Elisabeth Gitter, The Imprisoned Guest
Ameliorate is derived from Latin ad + meliorare, “to make better,” from melior, “better.”
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Word of the Day for Friday, November 9, 2007
polyglot \POL-ee-glot\, adjective:
1. Containing or made up of several languages.
2. Writing, speaking, or versed in many languages.
3. One who speaks several languages.
Yes, Burgess loved to scatter polyglot obscurities like potholes throughout his more than 50 novels and dozens of nonfiction works. He could leap gaily from Welsh to French to Malay to Yiddish in one breath.
– “Byrne”, Chicago Sun-Times, August 24, 1997
There should be polyglot waiters who can tell us when the train starts in four or five languages.
– Hamerton, Intelligent Life
My parents are both polyglots–they speak five Indian languages each, I speak seven–and they would encourage my reading.
– Lawrence Weschler, A Wanderer in the Perfect City
Polyglot derives from Greek polyglottos, from poly-, “many” + glotta, “tongue, language.”
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Word of the Day for Saturday, November 10, 2007
mercurial \mur-KYUR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
1. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the god Mercury.
2. [Often capitalized] Of or pertaining to the planet Mercury.
3. Having the qualities of shrewdness, eloquence, or thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
4. Changeable in temperament or mood; temperamental; volatile.
5. Of, pertaining to, or containing mercury.
6. Caused by the use of mercury.
Most of his New England cronies, accustomed to Brownson’s frequent changes of opinion, treated him as a mercurial spirit who had finally stepped off the edge of the world rather than as a role model.
– Patrick Allitt, Catholic Converts
The bulky, white-thatched Georgia congressman was a mercurial, impulsive personality; a brilliant visionary one moment, a petulant, uncontrollable four-year-old the next.
– Dan Balz and Ronald Brownstein, Storming the Gates
Mercurial comes from Latin Mercurius, “Mercury,” the Roman god of commerce and messenger of the gods.
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