once you reach a certain age
you realise, it is time to stop
asking why.
all of you
can go fuck yourselves.
Never underestimate the pizza maestro.
Some enthusiasts from the Botany department built a cob oven next to their greenhouse. So today a group of random people (some from the department itself) gathered to bake pizza in the tiny but AWESOME oven.
It was so friggin’ cold today! Even the dough was cold as ice. My hands were freezing over as I desperately tried to knead the dough. After vigorous efforts, I was finally able to soften and flatten it, afterwhich I scavenged for toppings to make it look somewhat decent.
I thought it would be difficult to “maneuver” a thin crust (with the huge shovel thing), but my crust turned out too thick, and under all the stress of doing everything for the first time, it was really difficult to get the middle of the crust to cook well before the outside gets burnt. Once the pizza got tossed in, all was in my hands and no one was able to help with anything other than to verbally boo and cheer. I laboured long and hard, chiselling that little thick-crusted pizza in the cob oven, relying only on my unreliable intuition in Italian cookery.
So in the end, I think I ended up eating a lot of raw dough. But the whole experience was akin to taking an instant trip to Naples and back.
Later in the evening, I got rung up by a cute guy at the local grocery store. By cute I mean: I’d so totally paint him in a 14th-century setting. And his name was Geoffrey.
You tell me what you think it is –
I am nothing but a doll to you.
When will one take me as I really am?
My pleasure is not for trial.
I give all to only one
Who tames the falcon that is my mind;
And one who is able to see
The colour that my heart doth bleed.
Sweethearts! What cute little Vikings!
indifference
I do not mind
a travesty of love
even if I look for love
that is real
you don’t know
and you will never
Caught the Wicked musical today. I couldn’t stop crying when they were singing this scene.
My niece — currently 4 years & 10 months old.
Sister-In-Law: See, darling, I washed your shoes promptly.
Niece: Yes, it is prompt. But it would be more “prompt” if you bought a new pair.
In an intangible sense, life is insane.
I don’t know, but when will the flowers blossom?
I’m always going on about “I’ll do so next time. I’m not feeling up to it today. Besides, the weather is no good today. Besides, blah blah might be blah blah blah.”
Maybe I should scrap that altogether and seriously DO what I’ve been dreaming to and wanting to do when I see a chance! And stay a second longer.
TA: I suspect that some of you did not check your preliminary report with me, such that you went down the wrong path.
*glances at me*
Me: *glances at TA*
TA: Please make sure that you do so this time, so that you don’t repeat the same mistakes.
*glances at me*
Me: *glances at TA*
TA: Alright?
*glances at me*
Me: (OK, YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT SO MANY TIMES.)
*nod nod*
TA: *nod nod*
Styrbjorn knows what you’re up to every time.
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Baby don’t give me s**t.
Due to the lack of data & all, things didn’t proceed all that smoothly today. While I was stirring the stuff and spraying everything onto my gloved hands, I knew then that I am not going to do that for the rest of my life. But I will go on for now and I know I am in love with .
1. BLOODY HEATWAVE.
So hot that I have been unable to think straight for 3 consecutive days. Literally thought I was going to die.
2. Lab: Perverse Abomination.
I’m not sure why I had a positive test for halogen, while the NMR results I received showed nothing consistent with the only listed compound with halogen, which was aromatic. Moreover, my derivative turned into a water-soluble salt after recrystallization, for some inconceivable reason. Seriously! Due to the positive result for halogen and bright yellow flame, I focused finding out whether the compound was aromatic, as compared to saturated. There’s a brain-trap here, because for some reason I totally did not think of the possibility that the compound could be aliphatic!! I might have been too intent on proving my compound was aromatic.
ARRRGH. It’s unfair that we are penalized for failing to identify the thing. This kind of stuff needs empirical experience! And we are pretty new to it.
3. Annoying people are annoying. Shouted at me for 5 minutes merely because I held a disagreeing opinion. Likes to control people but does not lift a fruiting finger when it comes to actual work.
You have the right to be yourself, I have the right to be myself as well.
