SLANDER
Suan is deliberately trying to get me to post by posting slander about me! I have never even heard of the name "John Barrowman"!!! (Anyway, even if I did and forgot all about it, I must say--that photo shows that I have remarkably good taste.)
So, I don't think I congratulated Suan properly on her engagement. My reaction was an inappropriate "WHOAH," and then I had to run off to campus. So CONGRATULATIONS, Suan!!!!!!!!
However...uh...*cringe* I may not be able to make the wedding. Don't kill me, please. I'm soooooooo sorry, but it's complicated: this August to next June is my last academic year, and we're supposed to go on the job market at the same time as finishing our dissertations (so that we transition seamlessly from grad school to an academic position). Anyway, the interviews for jobs take place on December 27-30 during a conference. After that, they notify you whether you're shortlisted and one is brought back for campus visits (where you're introduced to the faculty, to students, and have to deliver a lecture) to see if they really like you. Campus visits take place in January, so it's kinda hard for me to leave the country at this time. I guess my point is that if I have interviews and campus visits, then I may not be able to make it. But if no one wants to hire me and I get zero interviews, as in nada, nil, none, kosong (judging by the pathetic state of the academic job market, it's MORE than likely), then I'll definitely be on the plane back for our grand reunion.
/J
8 comments:
HEheheh.. Suan did her job well.. she made SOMEONE blog!
How you doing jan??
Doing OK. Panicking about the dissertation, but other than that, doing OK. How are things on the West Coast?
/J
hey j,
i SWEAR i remembered john barrowman from our Form 4 days - remember we each had some sort of crush??? yours was for some west end musical dude, val's was bloody Tom-i'm-a-mad-scientologist-C and mine was Michael Chang!!! or am i totally LOSING it right now?
suannie
Uh, actually, I remember that. But I don't think it was John Barrowman. I think the dude's name started with a "H"--but I'll be damned if I can remember what it is. I saw him in Singapore as Maurice in "Les Miserables." Is that on John Barrowman's list of past roles?
I must say, Val's crush has turned out to be the most embarassing one, given how psycho Tom Cruise has turned out!
/J
well i have no clue - how would i have remembered john barrowman's name?? he was in Miss Saigon, apparently - did i get it from there? this is tugging me a bit too much!! haha..
suannie
i meant this is tugging at my brain's strings (if it indeed has any strings). totally medicated at the mo - sick as a dog and the mind is working at probably one tenth its capacity. and as you all may well know, full capacity isn't much to shout about!
x suannie
ps: does anyone know how to edit posts???
Suan, Log in, go to post, then search for the post you want to edit, then click on the Edit by the post.
BTW, you can only edit the post you posted.. not others.
AHEM
My sister's crush was the following:-
a) Christian Slater
b) Alex Lye
c) Jet Li
d) Indians
in that order.
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