Spent another day pigging out yesterday...haha..oh well...dunno why, but other people going on diets somehow end up making me wanna eat more. Maybe to make up for the less that they eat?

Anyway, I got my Schein for German Lit on Friday...the prof gave me a 2. Which hopefully means I'll have a 2 average for my Grundstudium grade. I think I have a 1,4 average for Anglistik...which is quite good actually. I am proud of myself. I am not lousy student, even if I do hate studying. Maybe I should really tell myself to focus. I haven't done anything productive in the last week...or the last dunno how many weeks. I desperately need to start studying for Swedish man...I need to pass...if not, I also cannot get my Schein and then I cannot take my Anglistik Zwischenprüfung. Last sem's work seems so easy compared to this sem's stuff. How am I gonna cope as it gets harder?

I was so happy to get away for a day yesterday. I met Raymond in Meissen...but a lot of things were closed. Sigh. Seems January is not a good month to visit Meissen. We climbed up the Albrechtsburg...and went into the Dom. It wasn't bad...everything looks quite new though. But the castle was closed (it's closed in Jan for thorough cleaning. Other people have spring cleaning, but the castle has winter cleaning. Then we climbed down..and had cake at a cafe. I had Quarkkuchen mit Obst. Yummy! I love German cakes. Ok, if anyone still owes me a birthday or Christmas present, get me a recipe book for German cakes! Haha...thick-skinned! I'll probably buy it for myself.

Anyway, we decided to go to the Meissner Porzellan Manufaktur after that...I love that place...I am beginning to like porcelain a lot. And some of the Meissner porcelain has super fine brushwork. I am not very good at art (I failed...haha) but I think I have learnt how to appreciate the painting on some Meissner Porzellan. Especially those with flowers. After that, we got hungry, so we went for lunch at "Zum Loch", where Rach and I had lunch the first time I'd been to Meissen. The Putenschniztel mit Brokkoli und Kroketten was good. I really liked the broccoli. It was soft but not too mushy. Then we semi-rushed to take the train back to Dresden. Wanted to go to the Internationale Buchhandlung, but it was closed. Went to another bookshop, which didn't have what Raymond was looking for. Ended up at an Eiscafe having ice cream sundaes. Well, I had my fave "banana cup" and Raymond had a plate of Spaghettieis that looked like a pile of worms on the menu. But it had a lot of nuts and I "stole" one from him. The waitress was quite obviously trying to chase us away...because it was nearly closing time. So we walked back to the train station and Raymond got his ticket home.

After that, I went home and Fu Wei suggested baking Lebkuchen (gingerbread) from this ready-made dough she'd bought from the supermarket. She, Mai and I made it while watching Deutschland Sucht den Superstar. The first batch was burnt cos Fu Wei didn't know how to read the temperature on the oven knob. But never mind, I managed to change the temp for the rest of the batches and they turned out fine. The dough smelled great, but it is slightly tasteless. Ah well...I had quite a lot for breakfast this morning...maybe 15-20. So full now!

Anyway, the results for Deutschland Sucht Den Superstar were disappointing. The 2 guys who totally didn't deserve to stay on both got in! Like "kelong" man! But I mean that's the problem with democracy, isn't it? If you let the voters have their choice, then merit won't necessarily be part of the criteria. I mean hello, the two guys CANNOT sing...and they've never been able to...they've proven it in the last couple of weeks. But I guess when the judges say "Oh X will probably get voted out today", then probably all the friends or fans will desperately start calling for X. And the other people, who may be better don't get as many calls because they don't think they're gonna get kicked out. Hmmm...this is kinda weird, but I guess this happens all the time. I mean that Stephan Darmstaedt guy does have fighting spirit...but hello, you have to be able to sing as well, correct?? Sigh. Blah. I do believe too much democracy is bad.

I should be revising Swedish, but I am still having this buzz from having bought the boots I tried on yesterday. And the pants...and the top. Haha...yes, Sam has been on a shopping spree!

Went to Altmarkt Galerie with Mai yesterday because she wanted to get a present for Phuong...a pair of boots. Since I'd already taken off my boots to try other shoes for fun, I got to "model" the boots. Normally, I never bother to try on boots because I can never squeeze my feet inside...but I tried on 2 pairs that I quite liked yesterday. One pair was red and too funky to wear often...and the other was black and sleek. I didn't buy them yesterday because I wanted to think it over. After all, have you ever seen me in heels? I am a comfort over vanity kinda girl. But after thinking and thinking about it, the boots would look great with a lot of my skirts...and they cost 24,90 Euro...so they aren't THAT expensive. They are a size too big though, so have to wear socks when wearing them...but better also...cos more cushioning for my feet. So I succumbed and bought them today.

I actually went to Altmarkt Galerie today because I was looking for a present for someone else...ended up buying stuff for myself instead. I found that this top I tried on in Berlin was on sale! It was 19,90 Euro at that time and now it's 6,90!! Amazing huh? Sometimes patience does pay off. I also bought a pair of black pants cos the 2 that I have look like kiam chye...so I decided to get them. Ok...so that was my shopping spree!

My leg hurts...went swimming for the first time after 1 whole month of not going...I hope I won't be aching all over tomorrow morning. I have to go see the prof about my Lit Schein tomorrow...wonder what kind of grade he will give me...considering he makes me correct every spelling and grammatical error...and I did make A LOT. They were mostly typos...but I mean what difference does it make...

Ok, am very hungry now...will go cook myself an early dinner.

Here's another pointless morning post.

I don't wanna go for my Theorie des Lehrens seminar later. I get literally bored to tears during this seminar. I'd rather spend 5 days stuck in my room doing absolutely nothing. Well, not really, but she is such a *BORE* But, I've already ponned once...so, I can only pon one more time...and I have to save my trump card for when I really want/need it.

But I will go also because I wanna ask some people about the Zwischenprüfung for DaF. So I can be mentally prepared..even if I don't have the time to start studying now. Will start with Swedish...which will probably take me at least 2 weeks. Then I'll have to write all my Didaktisierungen for my Praktikumsbericht...and then I'll have to revise for my 2 Zwischenprüfungen. Phew. Now I am hoping that I can get a later date for my Anglistik Zwischenprüfung, so I can learn for DaF first. DaF is a freaking 4 hour paper lor! There are 6 topics and I have to choose 4 of them. And I have no idea what the exact format is like, so I have to ask.

Feeling bloated and having cramps. Oh the *joys* of being a woman! Bloaty feeling go away!! Forget about coming again another day! Sorry, pain inspires bad taste in me.

Should go change now...got class with the "most boringest" woman in the world.

Erm, have been tagged twice, so I shouldn't be so lazy, right? Haha...besides, I am going crazy from boredom. Need a little Abwechslung!

Rules of the game:
1. Post 5 weird/random stuff about yourself.
2. At the end, list the names of 5 people whom you want next to do this.

Weird/random things about Sam:
1. To be honest, I can't name 5 people to do this...haha...erm...I'll try. HARD.
2. I hate being lonely, but people scare me: I hate crowds and being in big groups I don't know. I either become bossy/aggresive, or I shut up totally.
3. I'm really bad at making decisions. I can analyse a situation for all it's pros and cons...but often, I can't say which is the better solution (there is no BEST solution!).
4. I hate watching the news and reading newspapers because I hate reading/hearing about/seeing tragedies...I have enough worries of my own...yet, I am amazed that there are people who know less about current affairs than I do (and believe me, I know NUTS).
5. I'd like to get married by the time I'm 26. Yeah...bet you didn't know that. Don't think it's gonna happen anyway.

5 people (of the many) I'd like to see do this:
1. Rachy-Wachy
2. Lee Ting
3. Guojun
4. Kim Hong (except I can't access your blog...dunno why)
5. Kheng Hui

Okay, time to get back to planning my lesson.

Before I go, just wanna say that I feel BLOATED. I need to be deflated.

Oh yeah, strangely enough, it seems I don't have to take an exam for Czech this semester. Is that weird or what? Apparently, it's not compulsory that we take exams for the languages...but erm, why is everyone else doing it then? Like school education is not actually compulsory in Singapore, unlike in Germany for example...but still almost everyone goes to school.

Am waiting for the queue for the bathroom to subside. (wrong word, but it's too early in the morning to think of the correct one)...I need to brush my teeth and take off my retainers, even if I don't get to shower now.

I am so lazy. Over the entire weekend, I have only corrected my Lit paper...which was hell to do because I couldn't read my prof's handwriting. Then Fu Wei gave me a German spellcheck programme...and I found even more typos which the prof didn't see. Ah...so I had to print out quite a few pages again! But yay! I'm so glad I have the spell check now! It makes life so much easier for me...then I can avoid silly typos in future and my papers won't be so full of mistakes.

This is a very pointless post I guess...I need to work out a time plan for my revision...and somehow stick to it without getting too distracted by food or TV or whatever else (the Internet too, actually).

I have to hole myself up in this room for the next 2 months. I would like to hole myself up in the library, but the ventilation is so damn bad and the chairs make my butt hurt.

Will I manage??