A casement high and triple-arch'd there was,
All garlanded with carven imag'ries
Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass,
And diamonded with panes of quaint device,
Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes,
As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings;
And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldriesm
And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings,
A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.

Full on this casement shone the wintry moon,
And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast,
As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon;
Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest,
And on her silver cross soft amethyst,
And on her hair a glory, like a saint:
She seem'd a splendid angel, newly drest,
Save wings, for heaven:- Porphyro grew faint:
She kneltm so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.

Anon his heart revives: her vespers done,
Of all its wreathed pearls her hair she frees;
Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one;
Loosens her fragrant boddice; by degrees
Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees:
Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed,
Pensuve awhile she dreams awake, and sees,
In fancy, fair St Agnes in her bed,
But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.

-John Keats

10 Marks if you can tell me which abstract of a poem of Keat's this is from.
It's a very nice verse of one of his longer poems to read. i wrote about it in my lit exam.. it was a 2 hour paper with 2 lit essays to write.. after doing the one essay, i was so burnt out cos i put in so much effort, i kinda got 'writer's block' during the second essay and had to go to the toilet to wash my face and wet my hair so that i could think again... Today, i had such an unproductive day.. just didn't feel like doing anything.. woke up.. adjusted some tiny details on my comp den ended up watching a movie.. then another one while eating.. 3/4 a disc of Cammenbert Cheese which was grade 2 (means a bit creamy... so not my style..). a hint of how screwed up the weather is now.. it can get warm enough in the day during winter to make my food smell a bit.. things which did not happen last year.. so i had to finish the cammenbert and 1litre of orange juice... blah.. felt so full.. den what did i do? went back to laze around.. lol.. read physics while lying face down on my bed.. oh.. what i found out, cheese if starting to decay smells like ammonia.. imagine me stuffing my face with something that smells like ammonia!! lol.. so anyway.. i managed to revise my heat and electricity for physics.. which i must say is an accomplishment considering i did NOT feel like studying today at all... oh oh oh... i must must say what happened on friday.. past 3 nights, all the chinese people have been gathering together to play games.. i guess to pass time and fellowship. so thursday no tutor meeting, we played the game "sheep and wolf" i guess is the english translation of it (its the game in CRY WOLF) where there is 2 murderers and 1 judge then when everybody sleeps the murderers wake up and kill 1 person. then the person has to guess who killed him/her. it was ok.. quite fun.. just that everytime i died i kept guessing either max of xiao er.. den it was so funny.. cos they kept killing me.. then friday nite, we played a while then changed the game to "dare or dare" where u have 13 people and 2 jokers. then you must pick a card to see if u get to be the "KING" then the 2 king get to choose a task and the 2 people they choose have to do it. it was stuff like hug each other to sing songs while doing something stupid and ended up with kissing.. it was super funny.. guys kissing.. hahaha... all in the game.. wasted i didn't bring camera.. not that it would have helped cos we banned all cameras.. haha.. i saboed 2 people to lie down on the floor and hug and roll about.. haha.. suey suey girl and guy.. haha.. then we ended the game cos some girl was about to cry cos she had to do something with Alex.. haha.. i'm not the only one who finds him psycho.. haha.. quite cool.. the chinese people took over the dining room.. then the africans have no say liao. haha.. funny..

Soccer news.. i'm now the school's keeper cos rash left school.. xian.. all bully me liao lor.. haha.. cos i'm the keeper.. just don't let the ball pass the defence then good enough le.. if not i sure let in one.. i'm a street keeper not a field keeper just based on size alone.. bahhh.. i guess i'm still the best here.. but i'm gonna cut down on soccer le so that i have time to study. i'm also trying to get a part time job so that it will focus me.. with knowing what i have to do weekend nights, it definately will focus and motivate me to study weekend days then marks will get better.. :D just the one down side, i may be working on my birthday.. bah.. who cares.. not like anyone remembers.. lol... winning eleven is quite fun.. we played in school.. den i found out my defence is quite zai.. just that i have problem scoring goals.. lol.. i managed to last the best vietnamese guy until extra time then he scored past me while people who have beaten me let him score like within first half...

i wish i could be back home.. so many activities taking place.. aargh.. so xian.. nothing takes place when i'm home... :( blah..

ok lah.. i think i've posted long enough.. i'm gonna go pig around somemore and eat somemore.. then i'll diet during the week.. i hope i don't put on too much weight.. boo...

Yaoq out

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