[to sum up today: a necklace from Olivia I finally wore today because it's jade (? I think) and oriental to go with my calligraphy; my really old pink 'army' cap that added to my jockey look (euurgh), boots in jeans and all; a classic I bought from BookCity because I loved the feel of the hardbound book but soft bouncy cover, and a postcard I received from Stella - funny thing is, she's not even in Singapore now!!]
I can’t believe my first semester of uni is officially over, and I also can’t believe that I didn’t hand in my Famine essay on Ethiopia’s food problem that was due today. So by Monday, I would have incurred a late penalty of 6%. HOW! But I just gave up midway (I hadn’t even started the essay at midnight today) because I GAVE UP HOPE OF FINISHING IT WELL AND WELL BEFORE SUNRISE. At least I managed to finish my two practical assignments worth 7%, by 4am.
TODAY was meant to be my liberating day with no more assignment worries in my head… but I just HAD to ruin it with my damn procrastination and severe lack of time management. Went to uni anyway, to hand in my two pracs (and no essay) and attend my Chinese calligraphy exhibition. I think there must be all these secret professional calligraphers in the subject because all their final pieces are damn PERFECT… I wouldn’t be surprised if they had ancestral links to aristocrats in the imperial period.
clockwise from top left:
1. The fifth year guy on our StudentUnion card and his calligraphy in running script (awesome possum)
2. Lexie and I with our calligraphy in clerical script- we did the same one! Hers is the one at the top with extra Chinese painting and a cool moon, while mine is the plain one at the bottom. (yes I know I look like a damn jockey).
3. Brendan and Lexie with Brendan’s calligraphy in seal script (I think… or maybe clerical script).
4. Rose with her calligraphy in running script (awesome possum – I just don’t get how they manage to do the running script so well… personally it’s my favourite style, but I can’t even manage to pull off a half-decent piece. I’ve really gotta hand it to her: she even went out of her way to buy the red paper with gold sparkles! I feel so ashamed: I’m Chinese but she’s better than me).
We ended up at Deep Dish Cafe for brunch, and (shockhorror) I had hot chocolate not coffee because I wanted to go home and sleep so no caffeine for me and anyway Rose kept raving on about how good the hot chocolate at Deep Dish was. But maybe I do need a cup of hot coffee now…
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