do it anyway.

just a small town girl
living in a lonely world
she took the midnight train going anywhere

just a city boy
born and raised in south detroit
he took the midnight train going anywhere

a singer in a smoky room
a smell of wine and cheap perfume
for a smile they can share the night
it goes on and on and on and on

strangers waiting
up and down the boulevard
their shadows searching in the night
streetlight people
living just to find emotion
hiding somewhere in the night

working hard to get my fill
everybody wants a thrill
paying anything to roll the dice just one more time

some will win, some will lose
some were born to sing the blues
oh, the movie never ends
it goes on and on and on and on

strangers waiting
up and down the boulevard
their shadows searching in the night
streetlight people
living just to find emotion
hiding somewhere in the night

don't stop believing
hold on to that feeling
streetlight people

don't stop.

-cain, jonathan; perry, steve; schon, neal.

this sucks.

have been really busy these weeks, but today i stopped myself for ten seconds to think about what i've achieved.

nothing.

the next week.

week 2 just flew past.

it was really insoMANIAC this time round, never expected us to reach this stage at all. i still can't get my editorial right.

bq posters screwed but many thanks to ocomm's support. love how they responded really fast and even called me to make sure i was feeling okay.

cath kidston pencilcase with liangs! pretty london prints. the empire state building is not in london.

stayed over yet again and made mummy worried. but luckily i didn't try to be clever and go home in the middle of the night because the latches were still on when i returned at 5.30am. i hereby pronounce that i've been running more this sem than last sem. because i've already chased miq around school (as fb reports) in week two. night runs are actually pretty cool.

sheares chicken rocks. and keeping to the no-fried-food diet is kinda making me crazy. where there's a will (and constant hilarious reminders from fassclubbers), there's a way. personal note: no fries, no chips, no sunny side ups. no tau poks. sausages can. sausages with french toast cannot. but curry is okay. and ignore the fact that tempeh's fried before cooking with chili.

i've completed my german homework. people stare at me in the train as i read politics and governance of singapore. i'm kinda finding soci more interesting. and contemplating actually staying longer in nus so i can do a double maj plus languages.

sunset grill level 30 with pet and boytoy this afternoon. finding the place was like solving an a math question. a bitch, but when it's done it feels awesome. level 30's manageable within 15 minutes of consumption. then everything kicks in (literally) and you'll find yourself indulging in a week's (or more) worth of calcium. and maybe having to repeat a meal because everything comes out. don't laugh at numbnuts. their emotions are kinda true. but finally having your names on the wall of fame rocks. and guys, i really love you. you deserve to wear red underwear outside of your pants.

3 cups of yami yoghurt at tcm later and i've got a filled card wheeeee! fruity pebbles lol. and exorcism. next time i'll try asking for nuttylicious without peanuts. walnuts and cashew nuts ftw.

i hope week3steph will be a lessbitchysteph. and tomorrowepicmeetingsteph will not be emosteph.

oreo cheesecake tutorial!

these are the steps to make 3 portions (i.e. 3 blocks of cheese) of oreo cheesecake. recipe adapted from kraft's recipe picked off the supermarket shelves many years back. served around 25 people on 11 jan 2011.

step 1: pound 12 packets of oreo into very fine bits. this goes to make the base. no you don't have to remove the cream. just crush everything. meanwhile go melt 100g of butter and prepare gelatin solution with 2 teaspoons of gelatin.

12 packets later, that's around how much oreo you get crushed. using a pestle and mortar helps burn calories while making this sinful thing.

step 2: crush 4 packets of oreo into small but not powdered pieces. a rough guide is to get 5 small biscuit pieces from each black biscuit. this goes into the cheese part at the end.

step 3: to make the cheesecake base, combine melted butter and extremely crushed oreo. i was tip-toe-ing while taking this photo.
and stir.
step 4: spread the oreo+butter mixture as evenly as you can in a lined baking tray of the shape you want your cheesecake to be. a square one allows cut slices to be equally sized so that bike quest doesn't fight with insom doesn't fight with mc over who has bigger sizes.
step 5: pop it into the fridge. you can sign your name on the base too, if you want. but i don't like the idea of people eating my signature so you can write your enemy's name there. chill him/her to death then get people to eat him/her up.
step 6: cut 3 boxes of cream cheese into little cubes. this is an optional step if you have a powerful mixer.
step 7: add 250g sugar.
step 8: blend till creamy. takes a while if you skipped the prev step.

step 9: stop the machine. add gelatin solution (below), 1 teaspoon vanilla essence and 3 cans of cream (photos of those onwards accidentally deleted) and continue mixing.

step 10: when it looks creamy and nice, beat in the roughly crushed oreo pieces.

step 11: pour the cheese mixture onto the base. spreading it around is optional because it kinda flows to fill up the space.

step 12: put it back into the fridge and keep the greedy people away before it sets. usually takes around 2 hours.

step 13: cut up the cheesecake into desired sizes and serve chilled. unless you're noming off from one whole cheesecake. unless you like warm cheesecake.

manifestation

i think "manifest" is a weird word to use in a speech for sec 1s.

larva lava.

tik tok clock that goes anti-clockwise.

all for one that i never got into my head.

where got people go for camp then run away and go study and sleep somewhere else one.

p tried to do magic trick during closing.

week 1 has been filled with cheesecake and javachip ice cream and stickers and shamelessness.

yes i walk got wind. you jealous?

wind when you walk: available for perfection at 150cm.

crazy week 1!

which is coming to an end soon.

but then again, my schedule's kinda crazy till sun, so i'm only halfway there.

insom

bq

nhaln

yec

readings

i'm still sane, or so i think. have had much laughs with arts club people these days, and i'm really glad i've got stuff like that to keep my mind off...things.

mom doesn't like me ungodly sleep hours. but i'm not at home tonight:D

didn't get fire poi guy's name. regretsteph.

my ohvola dress should have arrived. mr postman!!!

need a chauffeur next week to bring the bike back home.

revamped:

insom

bq images

sg's football team.

lol.

countdown from 5...

i finally went running. just so i can tell myself i did some exercise during the hols.

insom jan issue's still buzzing thru printers, and so far the experience has been cool.

fasstival for bq's making me crazy though.

in three days, i travelled from west to east and back twice. now i understand what the people who stay in the east feel when they go to school.

reese's peanut butter cups were kinda disappointing. i expected the chocolate to be richer.

i hope i can see my mom today. haven't seen her since sun afternoon though we've been staying under the same ceiling.

2011!

we were all so sleepy after yep that we only spent like half an hour at macs before Z sent me home.

but we ended up standing at my void deck talking for two hours. every topic from yec to school to relationships to work.

Z said K saw my blog and told him i sound like a christian. so K, if you're reading this, hi. and i'm not christian.