interesting thoughts at midnight

1.

this chinese new year we were talking about how some names are so common and yet no one uses them. like, 'mary' is a very common name, but do you know anyone called 'mary'? or peter? or bobby? or tom? you would think no, but think harder. ok i think it's rare to find people with such common names.

but i just realised today that i do know a 'mary'!

2.

i realised that i didn't check up on the uk universities that i applied for, except for cambridge, which has already rejected me. but just now i was worrying about whether imperial college london actually has hostels! (omg the horrors of having to rent a room in urban london!)

and i don't know if imperial will allow deferments. then again, i don't even know if i will get to study there. that is, if i get the scholarship to go overseas.

3.

shanghui poked me on facebook and i poked back.

4.

i'm going sonya's house tomorrow to do local university applications. i'm supposed to flip a coin to decide whether to put accountancy or environmental engineering as the first choice. but what if the coin lands on its side? ah, that's when i'll go home and announce that i want to go to the culinary institute of america to get degrees in baking.

and after getting degrees in baking, i'll be baking at home for the rest of my life.

5.

1.177 has become synonymous with ++.

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still i hope the coin lands on its side.