This is Post Number 208

And this will be the last blogpost on hyperspangled. I do feel a little nostalgic and sad. Funny how I get attached to all sorts of things.

Dear Hyperspangled,

Thank you for being the best listener one could ask for. Thank you, for being an outlet for my frustrations, elation, growth, and bottled up teenage angst over the past two years. I never really doubted the truth of "one's teenage years are the essential formative period of one's life". Except, I never realised I was being shaped, moulded, crafted into becoming the person I am now. The process was so gradual and, dare I say, arduous, that I never realised I was being actively shaped into a Young Adult. Everything I've blogged here has traced my transition, if any, over the past two years, and someday in the future I will return to this place in search of a brief transitory return to my upper sec days. While I may have forsaken you for LJ which has a few irresistably desirable features, herein lies most of my memories, thoughts and feelings of my sec3&4 days, much of which isn't very pleasant. But there are those experiences I would never exchange anything for. Take, for example, OBS, Dwen An and How Miranda Survived The EYAs. Therefore, take pride in the fact that you hold many of my cherished moments, and take comfort in the knowledge that I will return time and again to relive these experiences.

Yours in love and faith,
Miranda


I'm positively splitting at the sides from laughter.

CONVO 1
C.S. says:
hi hong en~
long time no see
Hong En says:
hello!
C.S. says:
how is your day?
Miranda says:
hi hongy
oh, qi sheng you should call him hongy
he likes it
C.S. says:
really?
Miranda says:
yup
C.S. says:
ok, i'll change your nickname on my MSN list
Hong En says:
no no no
hahaha
DO NOT listen to miranda

CONVO 2 (concurrent)
Miranda says:
wow, you sound thrilled
no need to thank me (:
Hong En says:
mmmmmm
Miranda says:
isnt it awesome
OMG DID YOU SEE
OMG
Hong En says:
NOOOOOOOOOOO
Miranda says:
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Hong En says:
you're secretly evil
Miranda says:
omg this is pure hilarity





I AM FINALLY FREE!
Let us take a moment for the truth of the above statement to sink in. Ahh, the relief, the joy, the sense of liberation.

And because I am such a lazy brat, I will ctrl-v all that I've just done in my fb note here.

Liberation is oh so sweet.
And that's why, I commence on my POST-EYA to-do list.

To those who haven't seen the end of their suffering, AKA EOYs, I feel your pain.

(note: list is NOT comprehensive, created in the library today)

1) Shop for a prom dress + corresponding prom stuffs (oh bother) [note to self: budget @ $100]
2) Get Marge's present (DONE :D hi-fives nan)
3) Go for guitar lessons with HuiYi & Jas
4) Scuba-diving with HuiYi & Jas
5) (possibly) Cycling from Pasir Ris to WEST COAST with H&J
6) READ (First up: Time-traveller's wife, kite-runner, nan's book, lend nan my sister's keeper)
7) Shift to LJ
8) Find nicer LJ skins and discover how to change it [note to self: GET HELP]
9) Watch ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I want on Youtube & Mysoju (first up: Rachel Zoe Project (as recommended by amanda tai, random videos by funny people, and a few old dramas that i used to like)
10) Learn how to bake cheesecake (DIFFERENT VARIETIES IF POSSIBLE)
11) Make a tiramisu cake, bake stuff!
12) MOVIE MARATHON
13) Shop for my way overdue black semi-formal sandals/slippers (I've been searching since 2008)
14) Go to the hidden corner shops with ubercool stuff @ far east and bugis street (yes, not all of it is lianified)
15) SHOPSHOPSHOP for more clothes, my wardrobe needs a serious revamp
16) BLOGSHOP for the first time, instead of windowblogshop
17) Go to flea markets with the Flea Market Gang
18) Grocery shopping with mummy
19) GIVE KRISTIE WONG & WENJIAYING THEIR WAYYYY OVERDUE PRESENTS
20) Get proper present for Eenette
21) Read FML, Failblog, Engrish, Textfromlastnight, that's what she said
22) Cook dinner for my family One Fine Day
23) Go on a date with Lee Min Ho on 10 Oct heehee
24) Find out who the hot guy in The Ugly Truth is
25) a) Write yearbook article for Dwen An
b)Complete end product for Dwen An (SINCE FOREVER!)
c) Make Dwen An photo montage
26) MNM SO III @ Nan's (wayyy overdue)
27) SO with eenettewong & FRIQUE (WAYYY WAYYY overdue)
28) Watch that video of Mike He attempting to sing though he cant, cos it's all the more cute that way :D
29) Go for a mani/pedi cos it's therapeutic
30) CATCH UP ON MY BEAUTY SLEEP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Miranda would like to express her deepest gratitude to a few important figures who have been by her side throughout this trying and torturous phase of her life, affectionately known as the EOYs or EYAs by the very students who suffer from its effects, both immediate and protracted. Miranda has been able to survive the past three weeks of muggerification solely due to the sustained support and concern of these people.
Firstly, she would like to thank her valued study buddy, TAN HUI YI for being such a cooperative, encouraging and productive study buddy. She would also like to thank huiyi's family for being so accomodating, and feeding her + giving her lifts during intensive mugging sessions at huiyi's abode.
Secondly, she would like to thank her lovely classmates / fellow sufferers, for being in the same sinking boat as her throughout all the assessments. Exams would never be the same without you, dear classmates, for both your physical presence and emotional encouragement have given her the strength to carry on. Thank you, Nan and Nat Kim, for the brief mugging session that made mugging fun. Thank you, Marge and Nat Goh, for being familiar sources of human presence throughout the duration of the paper.
Thirdly, she would like to thank her teachers, in particular the dedicated ones like misskamsir who took the time to reply her long-winded query-filled email ON THE SAME NIGHT with LONG LONG answers. Teachers extend to the TUITION TEACHERS, all of whom, she is inclined to think, deserve to be shown even more gratitude, really.
Last but not least, she would like to thank a group of people who love her so much no matter what, and who she knows she cannot live without. Her family has been a constant source of motivation, love and courage, especially under such trying circumstances. With Daddy's constant "girl ah, so stressed, want CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM?", Mummy's concerned "you need me to buy some guidebooks/assesment books/ model essay books / Brand's essence?" and her lovely little sister Melnana's "GOODNIGHT JIEJIE GOOD LUCK *hugs*". Yes, she does love her family a lot.

And. I'm free. Really free.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!


It feels like I'm going to school tomorrow morning to jump off the top floor, meeting a grisly end with lots of chemical equations, alkenes and alkanes eating my flesh up ravenously.

Let's hope I actually get a 2-digit number.


Blogger is finally functioning on my computer.

Well. MATH IS OVER.
*celebrates*

Only Chem left. No motivation to study for Chem, but I know it's terrible behavior. So. I'll try.

ONE DAY TO LIBERATION!


This exemplifies that in order for women to achieve liberation, one has to take risks and make sacrifices. Calixta also shows us the change in a woman who has attained freedom from societal restrictions, and thus allows us to understand that a liberated person is happier, more sure of herself, and is a generally better person.

This brings out the idea that liberation achieved through any form, socially unacceptable methods included, has a positive impact on the self and the people around.

Six days from my liberation.
I can now fully identify with Calixta's need to break out of society's expectations of her as a good student mother and wife preparing for an important exam. You know, maybe it isn't that bad.
MissKamsir says that "Showing a personal engagement with the stories is a good basis for writing about literature".

Personal engagement indeed. You have no idea.