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Let’s talk about what Beth did today, shall we?

This morning was a disaster. Woke up on time, got ready on time, we started waiting for a cab at 8.30am to get to university at 9am for 9.30 subject registration. So we wait for a cab.

In the rain.

During peak hour.

Needless to say all three of us fail to either book or flag down any cab until 9am, when I miraculously manage to hail one.

Halfway to Barbie’s house, Bin jumps ship and decides to stay home to do subject registration.

After picking Barbie up, we finally decide to give up N*TU as well and we head back to my place. In the same cab.

Finally return home at 9.25am, set up my laptop for Barbie, discover that…Joel’s computer doesn’t have IE (he runs on LINUX) and that school registration system only loads on IE.

I begin frothing at the mouth and clawing vainly at the computer screen.

Joel’s magic fingers load Windows and IE and I get onto the system at…9.31am.

All subject slots are gone.

I start calling people in horror and extreme distress. Find out that only CS*401 has been released. Return to feverishly loading and reloading page. Fingers begin to blister. I wear out the print on the F5 key. I swear I hear the STARS planner snigger at me.

Barbie calls out that Mish has gotten CS*438! I stare at the screen. Vacancy: 0, ad infinitum.

No room in the inn for me.

People start dropping subjects to grab other openings. I steal their dropped slots. I begin to snigger back at STARS.

Barbie, Bin and I manage to sync CS*401 tutorials. I start to feel much better.

I manage to secure my desired timetable. Sweat drips from my fevered brow. Another year, another fastest-fingers-first conquered.

Joel: Boy, and I thought N*US system sucked.

I weep gently in response.

So the rest of the morning is spent placidly reading my book while KX surfs the Net, followed by a satisfying Ya Kun lunch and a blissful afternoon trotting around Orchard Road. I cackle long and loud at strangers in office wear and gloat that I can go shopping at 3pm in the afternoon. Mwahahaha! Take that, office people!

Discover to my surprise that Mango is closed - preparation for their annual sale!  I rub my hands together and giggle stupidly to myself because I will be able to shop on Thursday morning when everyone else has to go to work. Did I already laugh evilly? Yes? Well here it is again anyway! MWAHAHAHA!

So perhaps it was a good thing I didn’t get paid earlier; I hope the red dress is on sale.

Spend the rest of the afternoon-evening with Johanna just walking around Orchard and buying up as many pairs of earrings as I can. As well as three necklaces (all 50% off!), a white filigree belt, pretty bra straps, and some costume jewelry for the YFC skit.

I had to make up for the rotten start to the morning somehow, didn’t I? :P

Tried on this dress at Forever*21 just because I liked the butterfly belt buckle:

Eventually vetoed it because I have too many tube dresses and anyway, I’m saving my dress money for the red Mango dress *beams* innit pretty! Innit!

Off to bed now. Meeting Bin and KX for lunch tomorrow :)