let this narcolepsy slide

i think i've left this blog empty for a little too long. 3 weeks of hiatus because i just havent been in much of a mood to publicise my life and be all exhibitionist about the day to day details of my ever-so-exciting life.

but i'm taking time out. because i can and i want to.

so here i am, at a computer terminal somewhere in the grey walls of this school building wearing my favourite table-cloth shirt with 15 mins to kill. so blog i shall.

been thinking alot about how everything in school and my degree stuff will work out. right now i'm tired. i'm just really tired of all the things that i have to think about. i want to live like nothing matters and just move along, but i dont have that priviledge. i feel like i'm losing the ability to relax and just live. help. man. need to STOP thinking and just live.

which, in itself, comes with so many other questions to think about. like. what does "just live" really mean?

this is driving me slightly nuts. anyway.

so my best friend is in 2 semi finals of Singing competitions. to make myself alot clearer, she's in 2 singing competitions, at the semi final stages. i was at the quarter finals of the one held by the NUS science club people, yesterday at PS. and i tell you something, i have ALOT to say about how the competition was run.

firstly, the competition start 10 mins late because soundcheck was delayed. if you need to delay a competition, at least have the decency to provide an emcee who is AT LEAST competent to keep the crowd together. but NO. the emcee was some strange looking boy in a maroon shirt and trousers, who couldnt pronounce his 'TH' and was lame in all his "witty" comments. he talked too much. plus he made strange comments which left the crowd very confused at what he was trying to prove. for eg. he invited a contestant up on stage, no. S3. this is what his interview was like:

emcee: hello XXXX, contestant S3! how are you feeling?
S3: ok. maybe a bit nervous.
emcee: i see. not to worry. are you a student?
S3: yeah. (?)
emcee: oh! because you look very mature.

at which the crowd began to murmur as to what he meant. the poor girl, i think, she was insulted. and that wasnt the only trip up he made. he said so many other strange things. at one point i think he even tried to use a pick up line on one of the contestants.

anyway, enough about the emcee. let's talk about the voting.

so voting. well, it was supposed to be 10% of the final score for all the contestants. voting started BEFORE the contestants began singing, and ended less than 5 mins after the last contestant had sung. talk about unfairness. funny thing was when the emcee announced the voting was ending at 745pm, it was ALREADY 750pm. to which he gave a nervous laugh and proceeded to excuse himself from stage, which was probably the smartest thing to do.

and. when announcing the results, the drumroll was human generated. like, literally, 2 guys on the mic rolling their tongues. i think that pretty much sums up the whole experience.

it's occured to me that organisations in my university, be it staff or student run, tend to be highly disorganised and grossly unprofessional. doesnt take much to notice that.

anyway. i typed most of this in school. haha. i might get thrown out. :P

losin' my way.