I'm a bear. A bear!

Hahahahhaha... according to the questionnaire on argument styles and conflict resolution that Colonel Sanders gave on in my counseling tutorial, I usually use the forcing/domination strategy, instead of the three other styles - accomodation, compromise and collaboration. This led to my very loud outburst of giggles in class and a few 'weirdo...' stares from my classmates because the first thing that came to my mind was....

Sorry la... this was truly the first image that came to mind.

But then leh, Colonel Sanders would rather have his students compare their conflict resolution strategies to animals la rather than, uh, the first thing that we thought of. So... we had the turtle, the shark, the teddy bear, the fox, and the owl. And...I'm a shark. The questionnaire says that I act like a shark, trying to achieve my goals at all costs, demanding that the other person let you have your way.

Wahaahhaha... Mindy the Shark. I bite you then you know!

But I'm a bear... My nickname on MSN is Lil'BlueBear. My nickname on blogger is Lil'BlueBear. Some of my friends still call me 'Bearrr'. I dunno why la, hopefully it's because I'm cute and cuddly like a teddy bear and not because I'm fat...Anyway, the point is I wanna be the teddy bear. An evil shark eating, picnic basket stealing, teddybear. A teddy bearrr!!!!!!!

Better to be chased by idiotic park rangers then to be made into sharks fin soup ler...

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The Creature

The girl was 19, maybe 20. Clad in a white blouse and khaki shorts, her hair flew behind her as she ran along the water’s edge. She had a knapsack slung over her right shoulder while her left hand held a pair of sneakers. The girl seemed to be rushing somewhere. Then she stopped and took in a deep breath. The smell of the salty sea water transported her back to the miracle day exactly five years ago.

She was in her old room, her eyes closed as she cried, prayed and pleaded with God to bring her beloved back. She knew it was better this way, better that he had left the world, that he had left the pain behind. The girl just wanted to look into those amazing soulless eyes one more time. Then, the heavens opened. Rain poured and lighting lit the skies. Perhaps, God had heard her cries.

Her room was a prism of colors as she opened her eyes. Feeling dizzy, the girl moved to open the window. As she did, she felt that there was something different. She looked out of the window and vaguely realised that the view didn’t belong to her window. Her room wasn’t hers anymore. She was standing on a little mound of sand surrounded by water. One could barely call it an island, for the girl could walk across it in four giant steps, and around it in seven. More puzzled than afraid, she closed her eyes as she sat down and leaned against the single, leafless tree that grew right in the middle of the tiny piece of ‘land’.

A spray of sea water startled the girl. Opening her eyes, the girl found herself level with a bizarrely magnificent creature. At least, the girl thought the creature was magnificent up to the waist. The rest of it the girl couldn’t see; it was in the water. By Cleo standards, the creature was just bizarre. With a soft oval face with ears that stuck out, the fashion police would have arrested it for being noticed with only a chunky coral necklace and nothing else. Perhaps that was the reason the creature was still half immersed in the water. Its emerald hair contrasted with skin so translucent that the girl had to blink away the intensity of the clash.

“Hello Lily… Take a swim with me.” The creature cocked its head to one side, waiting for the girl. It was rather assured that the girl would follow the order, though she seemed disinclined to make any move toward the water.

“Who are you?” the girl asked.

“The waterman’s right today, you know. The water’s nice and warm and I haven’t seen a shark all day.” the creature said.

“That doesn’t really answer my question.”

“Was that question really the question you wanted to ask? Answers don’t explain. There are a few jellyfish swimming around, though. Come on…”

The girl stood and took the step she needed to reach the edge of the island. “Fine”, she said, as she took off her blouse and took the creature’s hand. Together, they plunged deep into the ocean blue…..

O Captain! My Captain!

by Walt Whitman

O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring.

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red!

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! My Captain! Rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up! For you the flag is flung, for you the bungle trills;
For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths, for you the shores a-crowding;
For you the call, the swaing mass, their eager face turning.
O Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head,
It is some dream that on the deck,
You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse or will;
The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won!
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I with mornful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

This week

A week ago, my hopes for finding a hot guy in Adelaide had almost been down to zero. This, I knew, was because my 'hot' consituted of both brains AND beauty. Every guy I talked to was either just brains or just 'please take off your shirt for me'. Those who did have both intelligence and looks were gay. Needless to say, I was becoming rather disillusioned. Until... this week Wednesday. I present to you my hotti totti.

Codename: Snofalafugus
Age: Over 25, not yet 30
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dirty sandy brown
Smile: Very nice. Also has a very mischevious grin.
Height: Tall enough for me to wear four inch heels when I go out with him
Academic qualifications: PHD
Marital status: Not married (I know, coz I looked)
Other hot factors: Friendly, funny, charming, talks nonsense, rides a bike to work, almost got to see him take off his sweaty shirt.......

Oh be still my heart *swoon*

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Thursday: Produced a 17 page practical report. I will puke if I have to read another journal.

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Friday: After the horrible all nighter I pulled to finish the report I procrastinated on, I had to help out at Mamak Night, something I volunteered my services for before I knew I was going to pull an all nighter.

My job: Help out with the drinks
What I expected: Help out with the drinks
What I got: 5 hours of looking at CinCau that never sold. Eewks
What I now know: I never want to taste, smell or look at CinCau in my lief ever again

But... I have to say, Mamak Night was excellent. I mean.. with curry, and roti canai, and teh tarik, plus the Mamak atmosphere. Makes me want to go back home more than ever

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Saturday: After going with almost no sleep on Wed, Thurs and Fri, I amazed myslef by waking up before 10 am. Then i decided to go hit a few shuttlecocks since I didn't have anything to do.

3.00 pm: take racquet out of case
3.01 pm: Position myself in the middle of the court
3.02 pm: Hit shuttle
3.03 pm: Move to the left to hit shuttle
3.04 pm: Jump
3.05 pm: On the floor with bruised tailbone and sprained ankle

Now: Cannot walk, have to stand on one foot, have to sit down to change underwear. Backside still aching

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Tomorrow: I need to take two buses to get to a job interview. Hope I can play the sympathy card to get hired.

So tell me

Would you rather be

cleverly stupid

or

stupidly clever?

If I were the writer....

All I have done the past two days is...... stay at home and watch the third Season of One Tree Hill, an incredibly idiotic melodrama with all kinds of dumbo love triangles and donkey characters who are so donkey. And yet, I watch 22 40-minute episodes in two days. Think I'm addicted? I am... definately...

Anyways... Season 4 is out. But I don't have a TV at home (horrrors!!!) so though it's already airing, I won't be able to watch Season 4 until it's downloadable. To satisfy my appetite for stupid One Tree Hill drama, I'm going to predict Season 4. So here's what will happen if I, Mindy Oon, is head writer of this drama.

1. Since Nathan, Cooper and what's her name are trapped in their water grave, they will almost die. Almost because Lucas will come, jump in, and be hero and save them.
2. I'll make Peyton the pregnant one (season 3 ended with the mystery of someone being pregnant) because she's the drama queen. She'll be pregnant with Jake's baby and Jake will come back to Tree Hill.
3. Then they will decide to get married because Jake loves her soooo much.
4. But the the allter during their wedding, Peyton decides that she can't go thorough witht he wedding... because she's still in love with Lucas, who by this time, has broken up with Brooke.
5. So Lucas and Peyton get together, and three days later, Peyton realises that she's wrong and that jake was 'the one' all along
6. By this time, Jake decides that he has had enough and goes back to Savannah
7. And Peyton goes into her 'everyone leaves' mode again.
8. In the meantime, Mouth finally gets out of the friend zone and gets together with Brooke and Rachel gets jealous and regrets that she treated him so horribly so she tries to break them up. And when she succeeds, Lucas comes to Brooke's rescue and they become friends again.
9. Then... Dan gets more psycho and tried to kill Deb because he sees her as the factor that pushed him to kill Keith.
10. And Dan offers his help to help Karen with her new baby because he feels guily for killing Keith. But Karen will hentam him kau kau. So he goes really really psycho and tries to kill the whole town by poisoning the water system.
11. Dan will also have another heart attack
12. Lucas will decide to sacrifice his college fund for Karen's baby and work as a mechanic. And he'll start to have a drinking problem and he'll kiss some girl when he's drunk.
13. Nathan and Hayley will get different colleges and they'll fight about it.
14. Anna comes back and Peyton discovers the real reason why she drives every boy away....

Let's see how many of these will come true..

If only...

Seeing You the other day reminded me exactly why I fell for you months ago...

Your piercing eyes and Your silly grin, Your gentle touch and Your sweet concern, Your whacky sense of humour and Your complete inability to shut that motormouth of yours...

You're a joker, You're a friend. You're my knight and You're my prince. You're my inspiration, my reason...

You make me smile, You make me melt, You make me want to be a better person...

You'll always be my what if guy, the one that got away.

If only You knew....