Just settled at my area in the school's central library and received a call.
Hello, can I speak to Desmond Ee?
Yes...
Is it covenient for you to talk now?
Er.. not really. What is it about?
I'm calling from *muffled*....
Ok..
It is regarding your placement test.
OH... ok. what about it?
Actually the closing date of the registration is on the 3rd April, so we need to probably access your level of French as the one you submitted online is not sufficient.
Ok.
So I will pass the phone to Monsieur XXX, the director of .... and he will speak to you in French.
Ok... when will that be?
Er... like in a while's time.
HUH??!!
*small laughter*.. yes.. or you prefer me to call back later?
Yes please. give me 15 minutes.
(And the clock is ticking so is my heart beating as I wait anxiously for the phone to ring again)
... Pray for me.
------------------------------------------
After the turbulence of waiting:
Hello, Desmond are you ready for the director?
Er... Yes I guess? *laughs*
*laughs* ok, hold on.
Hello, am I speaking to Desmond? You want to.. er.. take the DELF/ DALF?
Yes C'est moi. Speaking (heart still beating fucking fast).
Ok. I'll ask you some questions and try to answer me.
Ok...
Alors, vous êtes déjà allé en France? (you've already went to France?)
Oui, j'étais là pour 6 mois. (yes, I was there for 6 months)
et c'est récemment? (and it was recently?)
Oui, j'y suis allé septembre l'année dernière. (yes, i was there last year september)
Ok, d'ou en France avez-vous allé? (where did you go in France?)
J'ai étudié à la Sorbonne à Paris, l'université Paris 4 (I studied at La Sorbonne, Paris 4)
Ok, quel est votre niveau de l'écriture? (what is your level of writing?)
Je crois qu'il est assez bien parce que j'ai fait les dossiers en français à la Sorbonne et j'ai aussi réussi les examens en français.
(I believe they are good enough because I passed my exams in French and also did essays in French)
...et vous avez des bonnes notes? (you had good results?)
J'ai obtenu 10-12 sur 20. (i had 10-12 upon 20)
Ah c'est bien pour l'université.(it's good for university)
*laughs* merci..
THEN... he asked me a stunner question: (translated) Do you think France is going through a bad time now?
ER................ I think they are not.
They are NOT? They are actually suffering through moral crisis!
Oh.. ooops sorry, I did not know. But just thought that the President is very different from the previous.
Well, we speak apart from the President.
Oh.. ok...
and the rest of the conversation carried on in english...
Basically asking the objetive of taking the examination, if I have enough time before I leave for France, and if I've enough practice etc...
Phew...
Total length of conversation : 08min11sec
Monday, March 31, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
It's been some time
Recently I've been real occupied (Wouldn't use the word 'busy' as it is a really subjective word) with things/ activities. I've left out people because I was kind of fair in 'sharing' my time with people/ friends.
Mainly, I've given my time to my essay, to my clients at work, to my bosses, to my 'classmate' whom I go to the gym with in school, and well, definitely time to my trunks (working it out at the school pool) and my blades (who accompanies me at ECP).
Adapting back to Singapore had not exactly been something I thought I would be able to do completely, and till now... I still feel a little indifferent. BUT, suddenly, within the... past 3 days, when I was working, deep in my mind and heart, I started to recall images and emotions seen and felt when I was back in Paris all by myself.
At times I wonder how it is like if I return there or had been there (with my friends). Well, in all case, the experience had been missed. Emo? Probably, but most probably not. Not emo in this kinda sense in my own opinion.
Néanmoins,we only look and move forward, non? I'm sure in this life time I will go back to Paris/ France. Time? Not too sure about there...
It's going to be exam time for me and my 3 years in NUS are coming à la fin. What next?
What.. next?
I don't see myself sitting in an office for 8 hours per day with an hour lunch, neither selling insurance, neither sitting at home waiting for a job to come to me.... well, I will get my ass out to do something and I sincerely hope the thing I do is bringing in money as opposed to dispensing it. Consideration: Corrupt the young minds of the next generation (Relief Teaching.. continue working at my current work place. Go travel a year (on and off, as and when) all over the place... well, also to go take a year-long course in French to prepare myself for my Masters in Interpretation diplôme in France the year after.
I'm not getting any younger. Well... neither are you. What have you done in your life so far?
Moi? j'ai fait bien des trucs. Des choses que j'aimais, ceux que je voulais et ceux que vous ne connaissez/ rêvez jamais.
En fait, parfois je voulais vous dire ce que je pense, que tout le monde m'énerve tout le temps... et le fait que je veux seulement avoir du bonheur simple. Des choses et des sentiments très simples... comme celles dont j'ai quand j'entends cette chanson.
我站着我坐着我走着
我盼望着心早已经飞了
我知道我想着有一个快乐的我
就在什么地方
在快速生活找到一些从容
在复杂世界又有一点天真
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
尝尝欢笑做个好朋友
我看着没表情走在那大街的人
他们在想什么
灿烂的阳光下解放了心中的我
这一刻放轻松 o~yeah
在快速生活找到一些从容 o~yeah
在复杂世界又有一点天真
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
我喜欢开心的感觉
给好心情留一个角落
想想过去想想未来
回到最初的感动
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我站着我坐着我走着
我盼望着心早已经飞了
我知道我想着有一个快乐的我
就在什么地方
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
我喜欢开心的感觉
给好心情留一个角落
想想过去想想未来
回到最初的感动
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
尝尝欢笑我的好朋友
What next?... a question I seek to answer.
Mainly, I've given my time to my essay, to my clients at work, to my bosses, to my 'classmate' whom I go to the gym with in school, and well, definitely time to my trunks (working it out at the school pool) and my blades (who accompanies me at ECP).
Adapting back to Singapore had not exactly been something I thought I would be able to do completely, and till now... I still feel a little indifferent. BUT, suddenly, within the... past 3 days, when I was working, deep in my mind and heart, I started to recall images and emotions seen and felt when I was back in Paris all by myself.
At times I wonder how it is like if I return there or had been there (with my friends). Well, in all case, the experience had been missed. Emo? Probably, but most probably not. Not emo in this kinda sense in my own opinion.
Néanmoins,we only look and move forward, non? I'm sure in this life time I will go back to Paris/ France. Time? Not too sure about there...
It's going to be exam time for me and my 3 years in NUS are coming à la fin. What next?
What.. next?
I don't see myself sitting in an office for 8 hours per day with an hour lunch, neither selling insurance, neither sitting at home waiting for a job to come to me.... well, I will get my ass out to do something and I sincerely hope the thing I do is bringing in money as opposed to dispensing it. Consideration: Corrupt the young minds of the next generation (Relief Teaching.. continue working at my current work place. Go travel a year (on and off, as and when) all over the place... well, also to go take a year-long course in French to prepare myself for my Masters in Interpretation diplôme in France the year after.
I'm not getting any younger. Well... neither are you. What have you done in your life so far?
Moi? j'ai fait bien des trucs. Des choses que j'aimais, ceux que je voulais et ceux que vous ne connaissez/ rêvez jamais.
En fait, parfois je voulais vous dire ce que je pense, que tout le monde m'énerve tout le temps... et le fait que je veux seulement avoir du bonheur simple. Des choses et des sentiments très simples... comme celles dont j'ai quand j'entends cette chanson.
我站着我坐着我走着
我盼望着心早已经飞了
我知道我想着有一个快乐的我
就在什么地方
在快速生活找到一些从容
在复杂世界又有一点天真
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
尝尝欢笑做个好朋友
我看着没表情走在那大街的人
他们在想什么
灿烂的阳光下解放了心中的我
这一刻放轻松 o~yeah
在快速生活找到一些从容 o~yeah
在复杂世界又有一点天真
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
我喜欢开心的感觉
给好心情留一个角落
想想过去想想未来
回到最初的感动
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我站着我坐着我走着
我盼望着心早已经飞了
我知道我想着有一个快乐的我
就在什么地方
我喜欢这样的感觉
我只想要简单的快乐
希望和你一起拥有
轻轻松松的享受
我喜欢开心的感觉
给好心情留一个角落
想想过去想想未来
回到最初的感动
尝尝欢笑我的老朋友
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
我喜欢这样的感觉
我喜欢开心的感觉
尝尝欢笑我的好朋友
What next?... a question I seek to answer.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Week of workout
Monday after class - gym
Tuesday after class - swim and Maroon 5 concert
Wednesday after class - swim
Thursday after class - gym
Friday after class - work
Saturday - blade, work
Sunday - work, run.
Well, Fri to Sunday is tentative so we'll keep that on check currently.
Fatigue is one way of which your body tells you its alive.
:)
Tuesday after class - swim and Maroon 5 concert
Wednesday after class - swim
Thursday after class - gym
Friday after class - work
Saturday - blade, work
Sunday - work, run.
Well, Fri to Sunday is tentative so we'll keep that on check currently.
Fatigue is one way of which your body tells you its alive.
:)
Friday, March 21, 2008
New Toy
Today, say 16years after..; i've bought another pair of roller blades for myself once again, and it was great as the sun shone brightly above and the trees swayed gently along the beach filled with colorful tents and the lingering smell of BBQs around at East Coast Park.
Yes, Desmond is happy when there are toys.
je me sens heureux, juste comme un enfant.
Yes, Desmond is happy when there are toys.
je me sens heureux, juste comme un enfant.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
No° of words I type.
60 words
Well, I consider myself a normal average person who type a word a second. hahahha... go see Fran's results... that's a feat compared to mine!
Well, I consider myself a normal average person who type a word a second. hahahha... go see Fran's results... that's a feat compared to mine!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Frustration
Repetition means emphasis,
repeated emphasis has its equivalence to importance.
Repeated important emphasis doesn't work,
then what am I to do?
Internalisation of anger, disappointment and frustration.
One day, I swear, this will implode.
All that remains is shit.
Monday, March 3, 2008
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