Sunday, April 22, 2007

Romeo and Juliet

Going to Mdm Fang's lesson in a while, although I don't understand why pace in the house seems to be moving VERY slowly. Ok my break after SYF is over, and now I just can't wait for Carnagie.

THe entire experience is going to be very exciting, and seriously I wish I could start packiong now and go like tomorrow. But that's of course unrealistic. Porridge is for lunch as usual, some chicken added into it, and nothing else. Occasionally it's just gruel, like seriously water and some dissolved rice. Sounds wrong.

My results look good to me, but look crap to my mum. My weaknesses are Chemistry and Math, and the other subjects are unusually comparable to my classmates. Some are better. :)

THere's Literature test tomorrow, and I'm reading SparkNotes - Romeo and Juliet, for the proper translation to modern text, and finally realising how mushy both Romeo and Juliet are - lot's of talk on sex, and like...here's an example


SAMPSON
You're right. That's why girls get pushed up against walls—they're weak. So what I'll do is push the Montague men into the street and the Montague women up against the wall.

GREGORY
The fight is between our masters, and we men who work for them.

SAMPSON
It's all the same. I'll be a harsh master to them. After I fight the men, I'll be nice to the women—I'll cut off their heads.

GREGORY
Cut off their heads? You mean their maidenheads ?

SAMPSON
Cut off their heads, take their maidenheads—whatever. Take my remark in whichever sense you like.

GREGORY
The women you rape are the ones who'll have to “sense” it.

SAMPSON
They'll feel me as long as I can keep an erection. Everybody knows I'm a nice piece of flesh.

GREGORY
It's a good thing you're not a piece of fish. You're dried and shriveled like salted fish.

Maiden heads actually mean virginity! Right...hope you get the entire meaning - this entire passage appears like right in front, and many other hardcore sexual references from the Nurse..Queen Mab - Queen actually means whore in that time, and Mab is a sterotypical name for prostitute - this name appears in Mercutio's famous speech of her.



2.30 now and my lesson's 3.00, and my mum has not yet moved. Wait, is there lesson today?


Just asked my mum. My lesson is at 6.30!!! Yes! I'm accompanying Aidi at 4.30pm then my lesson is afterwards. Haiz...

But nvm, shall go do other stuff now, and I don't spend my time reasonably. :)

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