Tired. Post-Rag syndrome. It's been this way for the last two years now.

Still feeling sore and bitter that we lost; that we didn't win *anything*. Our float was the nicest of all the faculty clubs' out there on 12th August; almost everyone who was there on Rag day and whose opinions I know agree on this.

Even if we didn't win, I'd be less pissed off if a more deserving faculty had won it. SDE, best float? What the fuck.

It's exactly the same float as last year; they just repainted it. "Best Float" should at least go to a faculty club which *bothered* to put in the effort to build from scratch.

I think the judges were (and probably still are) blind. With all the painstakingly-done tessellation of cans all over our float, I honestly believe our points for design detail were higher than any other faculty's, and as I've said before, there're plenty of people who thought our float should win. Heck, even some of the Halls thought so, and there isn't anyone whose opinions I trust more than the Halls' on the subject of Rag.

Or maybe they were just an overly-conservative bunch of old fogeys who took issue with the fact that our float theme was that of a casino. But that's something else that I'm proud of; that the Arts float is one which always pushes boundaries and is something bordering on controversial.

Last year when the theme given was something along the lines of dreams and aspirations for the future (it being NUS' centennial year and all), we built a float whose theme was disillusionment upon graduation and finding out that a degree wasn't everything.

This year, we're poking fun at the soon-to-be-existent IR. :)

Maybe next year our float will be a re-enactment of one of the many book-burnings which have taken place in history. Perhaps a theme about the death of creativity would be fitting. ;)


So far Hall life is good.

Eusoff Hall gets kinda noisy at night though. But I can't tell if the noise is coming from C1 (C block, 1st floor) or from Temasek Hall just next door. It's still bearable, but things could be a lot better; like how the person whose room is directly below mine could lower the volume of her TV at 11 pm at night. -_-

C block is tucked away right in the corner of the Hall though, so maybe that's why it's relatively quieter than what I've been told the other blocks are. It does mean that I have to walk slightly further to get back to my room, but the distance is still pretty all right. All in all, C is a nice block. :)

My room overlooks the swimming pool of a private house just behind my block, and while there are a few trees between my window and them, this doesn't mean I get a lot of bugs in my room. It also means no direct sunlight in the mornings. :)

Our block staircase also looks right out onto this small collection of massive bungalows; three of them, to be exact. Of the one which is nearest to our block, we can see the whole porch, driveway and front of the house, designed with Roman columns and such and painted completely white. Beyond that is another house; the one room which is visible is on a top floor; it has a massage chair, that much I can make out. :) And next to the white bungalow is yet another house of which the dining room is visible. There's a sparse covering of trees blocking, but I've seen warm lighting and a lot of glinting silverware in display cupboards at night, and someone reading the news at the table. Feels so cosy. :)

Haven't really gotten to know my neighbours yet; the most frustrating thing is that while I know plenty of people in EH, none of them are in C block! Grr.

Figure I'll get to know them soon though. Especially once you keep seeing the same people awake at the same unearthly time as you early in the mornings. :P So far, I have a four-day week, and three of those days start at 8 am. :P