why wy?

We are going to Adelaide! I think it will be the furthest my car has gone, so wish us luck.

Actually we wanted to go ski, but turned out that it was too expensive on a student budget. Even getting around Australia's pretty expensive: A trip to Ayer's Rock is around $300, without airfare. Maybe it's the sheer distance involved, for that price we could live it up in Thailand and still have money for shopping.

Things that had me laughing:

Saw a spoof of the jerry springer show on, of all things, a documentary of james joyce. They had dh lawrence and virginia woolf on stage while the crowd heckled. Damn funny.

Borrowed a dvd of eddie izzard, the british stand-up who is infamous for cross-dressing. It was, in his words, the dog's bollocks. (Which means very very good, as opposed to just bollocks, which is rubbish.) Saw two forgettable French movies as well.

More post-Harry Potter conversation:
Nick: How come Harry is so powerful?
Me: When the dark lord tried to kill Harry, his powers got transfered over. Sort of.
N: Ahhh, like those hongkong movies.
Me: And he's also got no body. So his followers are trying to get his body back for him in the earlier books.

Thanks for the soya bean suggestions guys, but unfortunately I haven't figured out where to get pandan leaf from yet. Maybe I'll give orange peel a go.

I caught a bit of jerry springer on the tube today. It was titled the special sex circus episode, as if the show was everything but. They had a hypnotist prep certain members of the audience and make them do stupid sexual things, like get an orgasm when they hear the word 'jerry''. The crowd goes wild, chanting "jerry, jerry, jerry'' like they normally do, and there are some very happy people on stage.

Sad to say, I was amused and horrified at the same time. Even jerry springer himself looked worried at times. I'm surprised it hasn't spawned a reality show called Extreme Hypnotist, ala Extreme Makeover. Another chance for you to appear dumb in front of the world!

Terry was expounding on the geek/nerd divide, an important one because only geeks have supermodel girlfriends. Am wondering whether it applies to females. Are female geeks doomed to be attractive only to fellow geeks and nerds?

More pressing question: Am I a geek or a nerd? Just spent the drive home explaining the entire harry potter storyline to nick and joe in singlish, referencing star wars, lord of the rings, kungfu movies and national service for good measure. Does being able to debate the finer points of the above mean I have crossed the threshold of nerdvana?

An example:
Nick: So will malfoy join the dark side?
Me: No, he's still in school but his dad has got a tattoo which means he's a true follower. The tattoo will hurt when the emperor/voldemort calls them.
N: How come draco doesn't have a tattoo? Do all slytherin people get tattoos?
me: No lah. It's like NS and signing on. If you are in the house of slytherin it's just NS. But if you become a true follower it's like signing on. Condemned for life ha ha.

Will add more snippets when I remember them.

so I was lazy... here is the clickable link for terry's blog.

and the useless fact of the day: Testes comes from the latin for ''testify'', cos the ancient Romans used to swear oaths with one hand on their family jewels. Which have been replaced by the good book in most courtrooms. Which is neither a good or bad thing, maybe a tad less entertaining.

breaking the silence...

exams are almost over, thankfully. Joe is here, and it's been good. Except I forgot that he snores. In my ear.
Belinda, my classmate, offered to swop her partner for joe, when I told her that he washes dishes and gives super neck rubs. Then, I added that he makes loud noises in his sleep.
Belinda went oh. Yes, the same tone I used when a guy tried to sell me a car with insanely high milage. Joe wasn't pleased when I told him that his trade-in value was pretty low, even though I wasn't planning to trade him in at all. Really.

Am pretty pleased with myself for scoring a $10 haircut at a chi-chi salon on Smith St, where the lowest deal is $72. It will be by a student, but hey, it is just a matter of time before they are going to be professionals. The lady asked if I would mind more than "just a cut'', because the students are at a time that "they need to experiment'. I said sure, and noticed the very large, very punk poster on the wall. The salon has also won many awards, but if you have ever seen the contestants for these hairshows, it may not be such a good thing. Am going for the cut on Tuesday, and if it really turns out awful, I will do a sinead o'connor and wear a beanie till spring.

Have been meeting up with Terry, a friend of Lingam's, who is formidably intelligent and funny. Not that Lingam is not ;)
And on the topic of haircuts, Terry just got rid of his bad 80s, flock of seagulls orange mop for very basic black spikes. Go visit him at projectmaya.blogspot.com

You know you are definitely homesick when you are willing to pay $6 for a thosai and it is fabulous. Not because it is really fabulous but because it's here. When I get back I'm going to eat my way through Little India, and onward to Geylang for supper. That reminds me, we are going to try to make our own soyabean milk. Will keep you guys updated.