application frenzy!

i finally got my lazy bum out of its sonambulistic state thanks to a call from my aunt, and ive printed out the application for admission to both southwestern university and university of dallas. i just found out too that you have to take PHYSICS as part of the course requirements in pre-med. with physics experience of only 2 years, im so, so dead. i like the idea of doing medicine, but i really detest the idea of going through calculus and chemistry all over again :( eew. its like the major science nightmare. hmph. well, application forms here i come!

succumbing to the media

wish-items:

Athens 2004 mascots Athena and Phevos... they are just wayyyyyyyyyy too cute!!! :P i so so so so want them... =/

Athens 2004 gymnastics update

being the gymnastics fanatic that i am, here are the results thus far:

MEN"S TEAM

1. japan
2. usa
3. romania

MEN"S AA

1. paul hamm (USA
2. KOR
3. KOR (sorry cant remember the names heh)

WOMEN"S TEAM

1. romania
2. usa
3. russia

MEN"S TEAM: final part of the competition was a real nail biter. the japanese were last up and had to make sure that every one of the three men did well on the high bar - which they did, with plenty of marks to spare. all three men stuck their landing beautifully and had scores above 9.725! this must be the happiest 3 teams to medal in men's gymnastics - plenty of firsts for all 3 teams :)

MEN"S INDIVIDUAL AA: didnt catch this one cuz i woke up late =( but anyways, heard that the judging was a little biased, but Hamm was great on the high bar, doing multiple releases. high bars this year was not as exciting to watch as few men did multiple releases and the only man to do 5 releases in the qualifications was alexei nemov of russia.. most of the other men seemed to prefer pirouettes =/

WOMEN"S TEAM: exciting competition with splendid showing by the romanian team, which managed to defend the team title won in the sydney 2000 olympics even with an entirely fresh team. this certainly upset the americans who, although good, was no match for the romanians in terms of form and precision. i think mccool peaked too early for olympics, having underperformed for the preliminaries on the beam and floor. i thought her routines were lovely back during the american cup. kudos to bhardwaj, who completed her routines cleanly the entire night. the chinese performed dismally, ranking only a 5th in team competition after 2 falls on beam and uneven parallel bars.. quite disappointing to say the least. khorkina's bar routine, altho good enough for a 9.600, was far short of her best performance - hope she does better in the event finals of what will almost certainly be her last olympics. ponor of romania performed gloriously under pressure to finish off team competition and to earn a spot for herself in the apparatus finals. wished she was in the running for AA tho - she's certainly in good form... not to mention the fact that she's simply gorgeous :P

shopping

there was this great victorian style corset at paragon which i kinda wanted to try on but didnt. it was somewhat beigey with gold trim and had lotsa ribbons at the back. price? $1330. now, i did try on this other black lacey corset and oh my god i understood why keira's character in Pirates collapsed. lol. it looked funny tho, cuz sadly i am not sufficiently endowed to fill up the cups :P

on a brighter note, i found out that im a size 6! i always thought i was a size 10... hehe

A to Z

A - Age: 18
B - Band listening to right now: none :P
C - Career in future: an oncologist who volunteers at wildlife conservation, takes part in orchestral performances PLUS plays the piano
D - Dad's Name : chern lian shan (odd qn)
E - Easiest person to talk to: jieying :)
F - Favourite song at the moment: bill whelan's reel around the sun
G - Gummy Bears or Gummy Worms: gummy worms. its a little morbid to eat cute bears lol
H - Hometown: braddell ???
I - Instruments: piano, guzheng, ruan, trying to play the guitar and cello
K - Kids: none at the moment nor in the near future :O
L - Longest car ride ever: hm.. upstate to genting tho it was technically a BUS ride. as for car... it should be the one from san jose to san francisco
M - Mom's name: loo ray mei ann
N - Number of siblings: 1
P - Phobia[s]: of loved ones dying
Q - Favourite Quote: "if god wanted males to be with males he would have created adam and steve. but no, he wanted adam and eve."

R - Relationship now? : single
S - Song you sang last: a moment like this
T - Time you wake up: 5 but i stay in bed until 5:30
U - Unknown fact about me: what dont you know?

V - Vegetable you hate: coriander!! UGH UGH *barf*
W - Worst habit: PROCRASTINATING!!!! i require an anti-procrastination device. sighh.
X - X-rays you've had: none! i have no idea wut is under my skin lol
Y - Yummy food: lots heh.
Z - Zodiac sign: aquarius

post-orchestra weekend

7 years have passed in a flash and this is the first weekend as a non-orchestra member. it feels weird. kinda empty. the concert was over so fast it felt surreal. and for the first time since i was 7 i dont have an extra curricular activity! still trying to get over that, but i believe i will soon :) besides, im back in gym! heheheh :)

ugh distracted bit of post but oh well it'll have to do :P