just when i thought i'd seen it all
Monday, October 16, 2006
so my final eap oral exam was this afternoon. and contrary to popular belief, being the first one up isn't something to be proud of. they say 'rip the bandage off'... i say 'leave it be!'. don't get me wrong... i LOVE talking. heck, i've been talking since i was a fetus... but when i am required to talk for my grades... and in academic fashion... lets just say my heart landed in my stomach and my stomach was in my throat the entire time! but hey, it's all over and now that it's done with, don't think it was THAT bad. mark, kevin and joel were the first to protest when i relayed my worries regarding the length and formality of my speech. jacq jacq had a few things to say too... but for some reason, when i KNOW she'll do expertly regardless, believing her in such matters doesn't come naturally ;D
without puasa the day passed rather quickly (yes yes! i've taken SOOO many days off! i'm starting again tomorrow!). between my lit and chem tutorials, eap and chem lecture, the notion of climbing into bed in my relatively-newly-changed sheets was a thought i looked forward to all day (eap kept me up last night ;( yes children... last minute work is no good!). but by late morning, michael reminded me that i had to be in the audience at tonight's 'spring music fesitval' to watch him perform. and since joel was drumming too... figured i'd succumb to obligation and mope later ;p
by the time we got there at quarter to 6, the theater was packed... thankfully down in the fourth row, joel had laid his crutches across a row of seats for us (those things are really useful ;D). his band was going on 12th, so we had plenty of time to breathe before being required to cheer our lungs out. michael played the guitar in the first performance with nick on vocals (perfectly i might add!)... but the best part was... when nick left the stage... mike played the acoustic AND sang all by himself for the second performance. and he was good! singing songs by jason mraz and john mayer, i'd never heard little mikey sing before. and just like an immensely proud big sister i clapped and cheered and yelled all the way through. mikey, you rock!
but something hinky was going on between kevin and joel, who were seated next to each other (dodgy i know... but bear with me ;p). whenever i looked over, joel gave me that signature 'budak nakal' smile he plasters on whenever he has a wicked idea. within minutes he got up off his seat and disappeared out the theater doors. after joel left, kevin grabbed my handphone and typed out a message for me:
joel's gonna do something really wild that's gonna let the whole trinity know about him and jacq.
imagine all the thoughts flying in and out of my head at that time. apparently this declaration was to be done in the midst of his drumming to jet's 'are you gonna be my girl' (ironic huh?). with me, kevin and ai-lynn in on it, our job was to ensure that jacq jacq kept her eyes on joel while he played. but in typical jacq jacq fashion, she stared at everything BUT joel! if anyone so much as stood up or even flinched, jacq's eyes were cast in their direction. so to keep her focused (and to calm her suspicions about why all the malaysian kids were speaking malay around her) i told her that joel had been working really hard on the piece and that if he messed it up, being a song that focuses much on drum beats, the whole song would go to hell (thank god jacq doesn't listen to jet ;p) seconds before the ending verse, joel looked up from the drums and smiled the 'budak nakal' smile at me again. and then it happened...
as the band sang the concluding line..."say are you gonna be my girl?"...
joel stood up and pointed right at jacq jacq from behind the drum kit.
it was too late to take it back. anyone who noticed now knew. and jacq jacq had the biggest smile on her face! she didn't see it coming, but no matter how much she denies it... made her feel like the most important person in the world for a few seconds :D i know this... cause i was right next to her laughing my ass off!
me, kevin, joel and jacq jacq bolted immediately after he got off stage. adrenalin having settled down, i was starving. so the four of us went for an italian dinner at lygon street. since it's usually just me with jacq and joel on our dinners, it felt weird having kevin around to back me up whenever a teasing spree started between them. though we kinda feel immune, since no matter what those two say about us, me and kevin just make it worse ;p walking home the wind was freezing, and since kevin was wearing a thick jumper, i told him NOT to take it the wrong way and hugged his arm all the way home. and before you think the yana you know has gone all soft and girly, know that it didn't come without a hidden agenda. we got to see jacq and joel squirm ;D yes... i'm still sadistic... i just got company now ;D
so all in all, today was good. glad that i can finally take a break now...
and get ready for mommy and hafiz! yay!
without puasa the day passed rather quickly (yes yes! i've taken SOOO many days off! i'm starting again tomorrow!). between my lit and chem tutorials, eap and chem lecture, the notion of climbing into bed in my relatively-newly-changed sheets was a thought i looked forward to all day (eap kept me up last night ;( yes children... last minute work is no good!). but by late morning, michael reminded me that i had to be in the audience at tonight's 'spring music fesitval' to watch him perform. and since joel was drumming too... figured i'd succumb to obligation and mope later ;p
by the time we got there at quarter to 6, the theater was packed... thankfully down in the fourth row, joel had laid his crutches across a row of seats for us (those things are really useful ;D). his band was going on 12th, so we had plenty of time to breathe before being required to cheer our lungs out. michael played the guitar in the first performance with nick on vocals (perfectly i might add!)... but the best part was... when nick left the stage... mike played the acoustic AND sang all by himself for the second performance. and he was good! singing songs by jason mraz and john mayer, i'd never heard little mikey sing before. and just like an immensely proud big sister i clapped and cheered and yelled all the way through. mikey, you rock!
but something hinky was going on between kevin and joel, who were seated next to each other (dodgy i know... but bear with me ;p). whenever i looked over, joel gave me that signature 'budak nakal' smile he plasters on whenever he has a wicked idea. within minutes he got up off his seat and disappeared out the theater doors. after joel left, kevin grabbed my handphone and typed out a message for me:
joel's gonna do something really wild that's gonna let the whole trinity know about him and jacq.
imagine all the thoughts flying in and out of my head at that time. apparently this declaration was to be done in the midst of his drumming to jet's 'are you gonna be my girl' (ironic huh?). with me, kevin and ai-lynn in on it, our job was to ensure that jacq jacq kept her eyes on joel while he played. but in typical jacq jacq fashion, she stared at everything BUT joel! if anyone so much as stood up or even flinched, jacq's eyes were cast in their direction. so to keep her focused (and to calm her suspicions about why all the malaysian kids were speaking malay around her) i told her that joel had been working really hard on the piece and that if he messed it up, being a song that focuses much on drum beats, the whole song would go to hell (thank god jacq doesn't listen to jet ;p) seconds before the ending verse, joel looked up from the drums and smiled the 'budak nakal' smile at me again. and then it happened...
as the band sang the concluding line..."say are you gonna be my girl?"...
joel stood up and pointed right at jacq jacq from behind the drum kit.
it was too late to take it back. anyone who noticed now knew. and jacq jacq had the biggest smile on her face! she didn't see it coming, but no matter how much she denies it... made her feel like the most important person in the world for a few seconds :D i know this... cause i was right next to her laughing my ass off!
me, kevin, joel and jacq jacq bolted immediately after he got off stage. adrenalin having settled down, i was starving. so the four of us went for an italian dinner at lygon street. since it's usually just me with jacq and joel on our dinners, it felt weird having kevin around to back me up whenever a teasing spree started between them. though we kinda feel immune, since no matter what those two say about us, me and kevin just make it worse ;p walking home the wind was freezing, and since kevin was wearing a thick jumper, i told him NOT to take it the wrong way and hugged his arm all the way home. and before you think the yana you know has gone all soft and girly, know that it didn't come without a hidden agenda. we got to see jacq and joel squirm ;D yes... i'm still sadistic... i just got company now ;D
so all in all, today was good. glad that i can finally take a break now...
and get ready for mommy and hafiz! yay!
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2 Comments:
Haha I love reading your blog ^_^ What a day! Singing to John Mayer eh... Hmmm :)
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9:15 pm
Amboi. I just saw the link to my blog that you added. My name seems so... big. Lol. =P You love putting people's surnames huh. =P
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9:18 pm
