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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Being an innocent Sunday where my dad was off to Malaysia for a wedding, mum, sis x2 and me went out for a movie at Vivo! We watched 'A Christmas Carol' - it is sooooo touching, yet somehow, scary. No matter how many times I've watched variations of Charles Dickens' book, somehow the storyline and plot always sticks there...
Anyway, after watching movie, we went to Giant VivoCity to get some stuff...and guess who I saw! I saw Mr Wee, our Chem O teacher going down some escalator (with an older guy, perhaps his dad) - too bad I found out too late and didn't have a chance to say 'hi'.
Then, I went to Isabel's to drop off "top-secret" stuffs.
Then mum decided that I should teach my sister how to get from Henry Park Primary School to home, all by herself, using public transport, so that she'll be familiar next year when she needs to start staying back more often...now this was simple yet interesting.
Mum gave us a lift all the way to Henry Park. As you probably know, near Henry Park Primary was 2 bus-stops, at opposite ends of a T-junction. We were supposed to take bus 92, but my smart sis pointed me in the direction of the bus-stop outside Jelita. Halfway there, she told me: I think the bus-stop is the other one instead. So I replied: let's go there and see what buses they have there anyway...
So we walked there. Then we found out that there were a bunch of weird buses which went to Clementi Int, but none to my house. Bravo. So we turned around and walked back to the OTHER end of the T-junction: a good 5 min away...
At the 92 bus-stop, I looked at the bus-routes, and saw that there was only one bus that went there. 92 happened to be a loop service terminating at Ghim Moh Bus Int - so yay! from there we probably can take another bus home. So, I took note of that and started to sit down.
Then my sis called me and made me look more carefully at the bus-route board. Horror of horrors: 92 apparently operated like on every day except Sundays and Public Holidays. JOY! (sacarsm)
So, I looked at the board and saw that it was 3 stops to the Ghim Moh Int - and I decided to walk there. After all, 3 stops isn't that far right? WRONG. It took a good 15 min to get there. On foot, and I was wearing sports pumps. Along the way, I called my mum and started ranting (obviously!!) then my mum just laughed. ahwells. just my luck that its a sunday.
So we walked and walked. Finally we reached Ulu Pandan CC (which was next to Ghim Moh Int). There, sis said she wanted to drink from the cooler and go to the toilet. So I went with her. There was a vending machine, so I got a Soya bean can. It was cold :D (considering I was wearing black tights when I went out, that was good)
On with the journey. We went to Ghim Moh Int, and found out that 3 buses went there: 92, 100, 111. While taking 92 from the Int again would get us home, 92 wasn't operating that day. And needless to say, 100 and 111 went nowhere near my house.
Great. So now was sis' turn: she said...aiya...walking from here home isn't that far, just walk lah! So I was like...ok...but my feet is killing me! (I was wearing sports pumps and they were starting to create blisters at my heel area...)
So, we passed a bus stop (the one outside Buona Vista, along the T-junction leading to Ghim Moh) and decided to switch shoes. Sis was wearing sports shoes, so she had socks and could wear my pumps with little pain. Then I could wear her sports shoes, since we wear only half a size apart right? Well, half a size made a difference. I had to curl my toes to walk, but still, it was more comfortable than having blisters. The pumps were loose for her, but who cares...
Funniest thing was that our clothes didn't match our shoes - but I doubt we cared. We just laughed. ( I was wearing tights...with sports shoes!! and she was wearing nike socks with white pumps)
Then, we walked and walked, until we reached ACJC. wanting to show my sis where was the stop she was supposed to alight at if she took 92, we walked to the area opposite ACJC. Along the way however, my sis, walking in those large shoes, accidentally played frisbee with them. Whee...the shoe suddenly flew a few feet in front...hilarious I tell you.
Anyway, we eventually made it to the front door (I love my mum's face when she saw us with shoes swapped). And to make up for telling us to take 92 home, mum treated us to bubble tea when dinner came :D:D
An experience like no other I tell you...oh and I think I walked at least 2 km today (maybe I should measure the street directory to verify) so I think I've done my workout for the week. Speaking of which, its been a long time since I last went running - I need to do it soon to keep up stamina... Maybe next weekend, since I'll be tired after work on weekdays.
It's late now...so till next time!
~11:10 PM
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But I feel cheated.
There's nothing I can do about it though.
Of all the years they could set phase equilibria, chemical equilibrium and Grignard Reagents, it had to be this year. That means all that studying and special emphasis on spectroscopy and inorganic went to waste. Argh. Shan't blabber anymore.
The conversation with Pris yesterday made me want to take up French again! Hmm...for starters, I need to clear some time for French lessons at the French Alliance!! But first, we need to settle the time.
Random: Êtes-vous sûr votre bout n'est-vous pas rouge? XDXD
Talked to Val today too~ Get well soon girl!
On a lower note, Ventures EOY camp has been cancelled and perhaps, postponed. I thought it was almost confirmed. But then, a single "not approved" from Mrs Yeow cut it up and shredded it. Hai. Disappointed. I thought we could finally have a camp - just the 6 of us...Maybe it was too last minute? Or maybe it was just too ambitious. But what which should have mattered is that it passed all the risk assessments and we are like mentally and physically prepared for it. Isn't that good enough? ahh. nvm.
These few weekends, I have been watching Family of Glory on Channel U. And O.M.G. I found a new idol! It's the character and not so much the actor though. Although by association, he rocks too. He is Lee Kang-seok, acted by Park Si Hoo! Going to aim to finish the series online asap. Whoots.
Moving back to last saturday, the Lakeside BASC appreciation ceremony was quite grand - didn't know there were so many volunteers behind Lakeside. Sadly, the ceremony was quite boring. The only nice thing was probably the games? and maybe the photo-taking at the last part. However, I do question some of the hearts and souls of the volunteers who were there.
During the phototaking, some girl wearing *zebua pweens* (according to isabel I think) started saying loudly to her friends - "Why those waitresses don't just go clean up the tables and food?? They are WAITRESSES what. They are like maids like that."
Do you really have a kindred spirit? Are you fit for volunteerism? And do you know that with one sentence, you insulted 2 groups of people - the maids and the waitresses? Maybe that's food for thought for those out there who do CIP for the hours, not for the joy of giving, or the benefit of others. To be a volunteer, you need to be kind not only to those you are helping, but first to understand and emphasize with the people around you. What if you were that waitress?
~6:38 PM
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I've been waiting for this day like for sooooooo long. Now all that's left is one I & R submission + compilation of our work into a beautiful Group Project File. YaY!
Tomorrow and on Tuesday, I'm going to sit in school waiting for money to befall me. So you people who owe $$, please come and pay me! :D
Anyway, this weekend has been fruitful. My family pulled me off to East Coast Park for extreme cycling on saturday morning, and I spent the afternoon chionging I & R. As for today, I spent the day reading my entire Chemistry file, in preparation for SChO.
After taking the crash course from Mr Wee for SChO, I suddenly felt that my NMR knowledge was gaping - seriously gaping, even though I've used it for 2 years during NRP. Well, I guess that's because I studied more of the practical aspect in lab and now we're exposed to the technical terms. Ah well. Better late than never.
And guess what folks? We're going to self-study the rest of Inorganic Chemistry, as there is insufficient time to go through it. For next year's batch, I seriously suggest that the Chemistry Department starts training earlier - Physics started close to 1 year ago!!
Ok. I shall stop here.
~9:26 PM
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Goodness. In the past 1 month, I think I broke all previous records already. I slept at 1am or 2am for the best part of this week. And for the previous weeks, I slept at 11pm or 12mn...
This morning, my PW group came down to my house for PW...we checked and printed the final WRs...and binded them at Queensway Shopping Centre.
Speaking of Queensway Shopping Centre, I must admit that this WR is indeed very precious. All 5 of our group members got wet in order to protect the WR and bring it safely to Queensway for binding...
It was pouring when we got off the bus outside Alexandra Hospital. Luckily, I brought my umbrella. However, with the umbrella being tiny, us being large (plus YF's and HQ's big bag and all) and the fact that the rain was really heavy, we all got wet - either half body wet, or in HQ's case, totally utterly soaked.
So...it was indeed a very terrible rain~~Luckily, our WR was delivered safe and sound into Mrs Wong's hands...
That brings me to the conversation I had with Mrs Wong over the phone - we thought she was having OP prep with the other groups at P block, but she wasn't there, so we called her to ask her where she was.
I rmb saying something like," Hi Mrs Wong, I'm Rita. Where are you? We need to pass you our groups WR and erm, ya."
Then she replied with something along the lines of, "Do I hear a twinge of unwilllingness to part with your report?"
To that, I immediately replied "NO!"
haha. Guess that the faster she gets it, the happier I'll be. After all, I had to ensure I didn't trudge through the floods at Alexandra Road (getting my entire shoe + socks wet and squishy) for nothing right??
Ah wells. Next week is OP week~~ We have to rush out all our products and samples for OP asap! ahhhh~~ chiiiooooooonnnngggggg~~ (yay! after 6 Nov, I can have a breather - at least until 23 nov...)
~7:28 PM
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I'm rushing for time for PW, so I'll attempt to keep this post short...
First, let's thank the following people for wishing me happy birthday yesterday! XD
Early bird prize goes to...*drumrolls*...Samson!! lol. according to my handphone, message was received at 21:52:46 on 24th XD I'm surprised you rmb :D but thanks thanks!
Thanks also goes out to...
SMS/MSN/Messaging
Yunpeng
Yiwei
Ah yee~~
Yousheng
Zhongming
Munweng
Michelle
Dhwani
Yufan
Gary
Jonathan Ng
Yee Sing
Hester
Ruolan
Charmaine
Dodo
Isabel
Mr Chow
Facebook Posts
Khin Yin
Desiree Hoe
Hieu
Peck Yong
Shabrina
Glenda
Madeline Lien
Eugenia
Joelene
Victor
Thiam Jiamin
Mim
Boon Hwee
Jackie
Le Min
Marian
Moquan
Lydia
Sumithra
Priscilia
Audrey
Ryan
Neha
Veng Yi
Jamie
Valerie
Jian Howe
Anh Dinh
Ka Ying
Sophie
Xin Yu
Thanks thanks thanks! and sorry if I missed anyone!! (I think I got you all though...)
Oh and thanks to all those who made my 17 years possible too XD - family especially!
I said I wanted to update about all the party stuffs...but I guess it'll take too much time...so I'll just commemorate the party stuffs in my head instead of blogging...
Birthday wishes should not be shared XD so I'll take them to my grave :D
Anyway...the number of b-day wishes I got through FB is humongous. So I guess that can attest to the fact that FB is a great networking site. haha~~
Chemistry Olympiad was on today...I learnt about our favourite friend Nucleophile and Electrophile again...and spectroscopy will be this sat!! yay!
Hmm. I seem to have taken more than a short post. So let's stop right here...for me to do PW. last burst. We can do it! oh and here's some sad things to share. I was doing PW on my birthday. zzz. Yesterday night...until 11pm ++ WoW. Ok. 4 more days! tata!
~5:25 PM
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In about 1.5 hours, I'll officially be 17. In about 18h 15min, I'll be technically 17 ( My birth time is 16.44pm)
Since it's going to be a special occasion, here is a special post!
Birthdays are such great events! Let's recount what stuff I did/found out about today - tomorrow still have part II!
I've got a beautiful cake (yes I know I've got a cake. You ppl are NOT good at hiding the cake from me. I saw it in the fridge just now. Then again, I shall pretend I didn't see the cake.)But for the sake of surprise, I have not opened the cakebox - I have no idea how the cake looks like, and shall play shocked tomorrow.
Thanks ah yee for the movie tickets :D I'll go watch them someday. Probably not tomorrow though.
Thanks mum and dad for the shoes (although you probably spoilt the surprise by asking me to go to the shops to choose :D)
Oh ya. My 2 sisters thought it'd be nice to play pre-birthday pranks on me - so...they told me I have to find my birthday present today and they'll torment me such that I shall see the present but am NOT supposed to open it today. Being nice, I decided to play along.
What they did was NOT that though. They apparently were so thoughtful to plan out a treasure hunt for me. And they did not plan 1 treasure hunt together. They each planned one. So I had 2 treasure hunts to do today.
So they gave me the first clue and I started to search. Needless to say, I ended the game feeling cheated. Fel put the last clue in her cupboard, under piles and piles of clothes. Then I took them ALL out, only to find a newspaper at the bottom. FOLDED. Then she told me to open it. wah then because the newspaper was folded like umpteenth times, I unfolded it, only to have a sticky come out saying she put my birthday present UNDER THE SHOE RACK!!! I dare not sniff my present now.
Sam is worse!! She gave me clues to go behind the TV, under the phone, etc etc, ALL OVER THE HOUSE. Then I found the last sticky (aka post-it). One side said something like you're nearing the end, please turn this over. So I turned over. Then the sticky said. You've been TRICKED and some other niceties. Gist was, I'd be getting my present tomorrow.
I feel CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but at the same time, oddly touched. zzz. Coz they bothered to plan this out for me~~
Well, I'll stop here for today. Will update more about all my parties and family celebration tomorrow XD Till then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS! XD
~10:03 PM
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This is Rita the drug addict here.
Yes. D-R-U-G-A-D-D-I-C-T.
I'm overdosing on Vicks VapoDrops.
Let's see...every 3.5g lozenge contains 10.6 mg of menthol, 4.6mg of eucalyptus oil and of course a variety of unnamed chemicals, since I refuse to believe that VapoDrops contains only 2 active ingredients.
Just great isn't it? It's 2 more days until school officially (or is it unofficially?) ends, and I've caught a great, humongous FLU. Except that unlike normal flu(s) I usually have, this one was probably due to the terrible air conditions. My nose is SENSITIVE. So's my lungs.
If I die tomorrow due to my lungs giving out, it's either 1) I ate too many VapoDrops, 2) My flu got too bad, 3) PW killed me. Chances are that all 3 contributed though.
Can't wait for PW to be over though...Can't wait. Can't wait! argh~~
I just wish ____would stop giving me half completed, half checked grammar kind of work. I don't mind if you take a little longer. But give me quality will you?! It's as good as not doing if I have to recheck and re-edit everything you did.
On a high note, BTI attachment will start in a month's time! I wonder how the experience will be as compared to NRP, SPMS. They said that there will be lab sessions and discussions, as well as nice mentors, so I hope it'll be enriching? Hopefully I'll get good enough results to participate in SSEF next year...
And I've got to find time to go to Borders. Mr Chow finally extracted my tiny envelope from a pile of stuff at his desk! Thank you Mr Chow! :D
Oh and ANOTHER good news. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL CAMP ANYMORE!!! yay! I feel my holidays coming back under my control...
Sadly, Mr Azmi says we still have to plan in case the 'administration/school' asks us to last minute come up with a plan for March.
Well, that's all for now I guess? I hope I can stay sane till PW is over :(
~6:25 PM
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It seems morbid and strangely ironic that we only ended our exams a week or so ago.
Looks like the hardwork I put in was not enough. Or was it my limit?
I don't know anymore...
Aiming for the slightly realistic yet unrealistic aims of mine must remain as some dream.
ARGH.
Calculating and summing. Will or will nots.
Today and yesterday, our teachers cross-analysed the exam questions. All their analysis left me thinking if I really did it right. Somehow I realise I could not recall them anymore. Why?
I can only pray for the best. Pray for the bestest ever for my subjects. Hai.
Emo-emo-ing.
~8:53 PM
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Somehow I don't feel too happy. I wonder why. Maybe it's fatigue + some flu bug. But ah well...till the results come back!!
Anyway, today was also my first visit to Science Centre Singapore as a FULL-FLEDGED and APPROVED STUDENT VOLUNTEER :D
Did I mention that I have a nice orange volunteer card now? Seriously its design looks quite professional.
Today we were doing Puzzle Set B. And we were supposed to teach the little kids how to play the games :D But first, we had to figure out how to solve the puzzles, as there was NO MANUAL~~ Took us a bit of time, but we solved them...they were puzzles like the move those 5 different sized things from one hoop to another...and the piecing together of a triangular based pyramid and a square based pyramid from those little pieces...
And then, I learnt (or rather attempted? and succeeded once) the twirling of the plates on sticks thing. It had something to do with angular momentum...
Anyway...that's all for now folks! till next time!
~8:33 PM
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Today I ponned School (no violence pls!!).
For A*Star Award Ceremony!!
OMGOMGOMG. Saw quite a number of people I knew :D
Anyway, we were performing - some dance item of Let's get it started and High School Musical's Together :D:D
We all thought we were going to like lose all our face, but...
it looks like we were a blast 0.0
Cheers + clapping at the end :D:D
Gary in particular was pro - breakdance in beat 0.0 - I think all the front row VIPs were stunned.
Argh. Anyway, the end of A*Star Award Ceremony means that I'll most probably not get to meet all the YRAP scholars anytime soon~! ahhhhhh - I'll miss all of you de!! :D
hmm...that's all for now. till next time!
~6:43 PM
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And all to do some weird random stuff. Drama, GPP, EOM.
Let's start with some gross stuff first...
My left pinky has grown bubbles under the 1st epidermis. i know its gross. And I attempted to burst them. The result is holes. Argh. It's time to put cream on it again~~ This always happens when I never sleep enough...zzz...I need sleep!!
I don't like tutorials anymore. I was quite happy when the new installment of Chemistry came in, because that means it'll cure my boredom for a while...(I'm bored of drama, bored of books and chemistry happens to be one of my favourite subjects, after mathematics)
Then I realised that all subjects released their new sets of notes and tutorials at the same time. So now I have Economics, Mathematics, Physics, GP and Chemistry. ALL TOGETHER. No joy there.
And now for interesting gossip part.
Recently, we have a flu/fever virus going around the staff room. It could be H1N1. All I know is that the Chemistry department seems susceptible to it :D Anyway, Mr Sean Tan is so nice! Famous Amos for the whole class as National Day Treat lehhhh! Coz we gave him a get well, take care and STAY healthy card - 3 in 1! muahhaha.
From what I remember of the card, there were words like eat more vegetables, exercise more, eat in moderation....blahblahblah...
Just to side track abit, my table is really messy now. I need to clear I need to clear it!!
Gtg prepare to go out for dance practice le. till next time!
~11:51 AM
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GP AQ. Don't LOOK AT ME!
Hai, nvm. I'll say hi to you later.
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Earlier this month, I received news about A*Star JC Science Scholarship!!
It's confirmed :D moneymoneymoney!
But as I told everyone, $$ isn't the most important thing...scholarships are really about the experience, the affirmation and the ATTACHMENT! 1 month of pure research!!! JOYJOYJOY!
(edit: FYI, this is slightly on the sacarstic side...but I guess it's a prize I have to pay :( no more holidays...nevertheless, I hope the research experience is good!!)
This Saturday, some recipients (including me) will be headed to singing practice. At A*Star. random right? I know...but it's for the ceremony! Hope the songs are good :D
On to the next topic:
SS Phototaking today was a boring experience. SUPER BORING. I WASTED A WHOLE HOUR WAITING. dang. 2pm to 3.30pm was spent slacking and waiting. and because my bag was outside the library, I couldn't do anything in the hall...
Everyone was off-schedule! Scholar Leaders' and CCA Leaders' phototakings were originally supposed to be done today too, but in the end, they postponed it because of the chaos. And that's JUST GREAT. Now I'll be taking a whooping 4 photos on Friday - 5D, CCA Leaders, Scholar Leaders and Ventures. I'd better start plastering smiles on my face.
oh and I'm going to have Physics and Chemistry SPA on the same week! Monday and Tuesday. Thank goodness we don't have lab lessons on the same day...or else I'll be freaking out.
~9:16 PM
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I'm here on my blog again! Just that I'm not posting from Australia just like I predicted about a month or so ago...
MOE withdrew from Australia International Science School - if not, I could have had 2 weeks holiday (from 12th to 25th July) and of course, return only to chiong all my schoolwork.
Maybe it was a blessing in disguise, maybe it wasn't. but whatever the case, I am going to make FULL use of this time. I'm going to get all my outstanding stuff settled and kept away.
EOM draft 1 is due tomorrow. So I've got to shorten it and stuff the important points inside.
Yesterday, I got back Economics and today I got back Chemistry. Going to say nothing much here, lest Ruolan slaughters me. Just wanted to express a little nagging feeling in me. I just can't believe that there were CARELESS mistakes in there!! ahhh.
Recently, my mind keeps straying to your words. I vividly remember every word you said. but I don't understand why you don't understand me. Argh. Forget it.
On a happier note, Sirui, Pris, Shuhui, Val, Xiumin and me are going to watch HPHBP on THURSDAY!! muahahahha. opening day somemore. yayayayayayay! and of course, it's to celebrate sirui's birthday too...but point is, HPHBP is best watched with HP friends :D
That's all for now folks!
~5:45 PM
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Remember the last post or so I talked about fragilities of life??
Today, Helter died...she's like one of the hamsters which I liked best (coz she's black beauty :D)
Now, the cage just seems so empty.
No form of life, no sound and no nibbling Helter.
So here are the top 5 things I remember about Helter:
1) Helter likes to climb the bars of the cage. She can do monkey bars, just with the front paws.
2) She's BLACK
3) She eats ALOT
4) Of the stuff in her food bowl, she is super choosey :D She doesn't like the corn bits, preferring sunflower seeds (especially the uber duber BIG ones)
5) She loves sand...just place her in a bit of it and she goes nuts :D
Argh. Why must you go???? HELTER~~
I've lots of other things to say, but somehow they just cannot come out as words. So I'll stop here for today...
-emoing-
~10:47 PM
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PCME!PCME!PCME!
The results are yet to be though...time to see if my hardwork for at least the last week of June Holidays paid off or not...
Hai...
This morning, I was feeding Helter - topping up the bowl and talking to her...
Seeing her age this past year just made me see how fragile life is.
Her fur is dropping but yet, she maintains a quickness about her and maintains a cheery front, clambering everywhere, jumping down from a height of 10cm.
Sometimes, my heart just wants to jump up and down with her. It's just so carefree. Yet boring.
To add on to this, gong gong went into hospital yesterday night. It was just sudden. So darn sudden. Goodness knows if he's ok. Popo on the otherhand, seems to be suffering from depression and nerves. After gong gong went into hospital, she fell sick. And today, she's at home, sick. Argh. I feel bad that I can't do anything, due to school and stuff...
Mum and the rest are already tired out. For the past few nights, I barely got to see her before it was bedtime, as she kept going to popo's directly after work...
Now, I'm stuck at home. At home, alone. Waiting for meimeis all to come back home. Coz sami went to popo's. I'm bored. I'm utterly bored. It's just the computer, an empty house and me. zzz. I'm in no mood to watch K-drama and in no mood to fb anymore or play rpg. I spent the morning doing that.
Hmphs. I need an outlet to emo. and I found it. in this blog.
Things on my mind now:
1. Dementia
2. Sickness
3. My headache
4. PW
5. What to eat for lunch
6. A person
7. Withdrawing from Kim Hyun Joong diehard fan list
8. Joining Lee Jun Ki fan list again
9. How to emo (not)
10. I gotta go get sis now...
See ya.
~12:52 PM
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Due to H1N1, MOE has withdrawn from OSAP ISS ><
No more trip to Sydney, Australia le!!
GAH. Come to think of it, I've been expecting this for quite some time le, ever since Australia's H1N1 cases went up drastically from 200 to 1200 cases.
But still...thanks to Mr Chow for talking...it kind of made me feel better, despite me having expected it long time ago.
Some Pros I've listed out though:
1) I won't miss 3 weeks of school
2) I won't miss JC SPA
3) I have more time for PW - EOM and stuff...
4) I run a smaller risk of H1N1?! - come to think of it...Sydney's part of Australia is just about as dangerous as Singapore, based on the number of cases...but nvm.
5) I can save more $$ for end of year trip...
Hai. Anyway, Ah Yee...stay healthy k?? (She's in Melbourne, working long term ><)
One more week left till school opens and mid-year exams...but I still feel out of it.
Sian. Buck up Buck up Rita!
Things to do:
1) Stop Facebooking excessively (once I sign in, i'm doomed)
2) Stop going online
3) Stop watching shows
4) Change all music to "study music"
5) Sit down for 5 hours stright
6) MUG!
Kkz, stopping here now. Byebye ~ till next time :D
~6:08 PM
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~1:05 PM
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Singapore International Science Challenge is OVER...and i'm super duper glad.
God knows why there are so many 24 hr challenges packed into one 5day camp - which wasn't even a camp for the locals anyway.
I can't believe we couldn't even get to stay in NJC hostel when we start so early in the morning and end so late at night.
Some highlights of the 5 day camp:
1) I stayed up on Friday Night to do the Future problem powerpoint, with Gary, Hester and Mr Chow. Didn't sleep at all, except for one hour between 5 and 6am. Then, I lasted the day and sneaked a nap from 1-2pm (lunchtime), whilst hester, gary and the rest went to island creamery. So I was being anti-social. But who cares?
So it was because of these 2 hours of sleep that I lasted for 5D BBQ - by the time I reached home, it was 10.30pm. By the time I slept, it was possibly 11.30pm?
Best accomplishment ever I think. This is on top of the fact that I was already loosing sleep the past few days - one of the nights we slept at 2am at Hester's house to do the Design and Build Challenge - and on other days, I slept at 12mn chionging random stuffs.
2) I met shuai people (both guys and girls) from other countries! and made loads of friends too :D in particular, the Australian girls from MacRobertson Girls School!! oh and the JAP person was shuai too. Michelle (as in the NJC one) - I understand :D:D
3) A*Star and NTU trips! WHOOTS! I went BTI and I went MAE :D
4) Marina Barrage and Memories at Old Ford Factory! yay! NE NE allllllll the way. Why didn't they introduce me to them when I was in primary school? Then I could have done all my SS all the easier. GRR...
5) Cultural Mapping! OMG I didn't know there was a temple in the middle of all those private houses. o.o o.o
Hai. But despite all my experiences, I feel terrible. We disappointed Mr Chow big time, because of our attitude and other stuffs (in plural). I know we deserved it, so I guess we are really really sorry for all that. and I feel really bad, because the bulk of his anger was directed at Gary - and we were helpless towards that. We couldn't make it better at all. Even though we still pulled through in the end, I guess SISC wasn't at all that well done.
Pierced hearts
The sun sets on the bright sky
And the moon comes out in gloom
Eventually a cloud rolls by
Covering us and spreading doom
Communication was in sound
Hearts beating in unison
Perhaps all it took was a round
And efforts got the burn
Torn nights to rush out
No sleep does not equate work
Just these sentences proud
Make hearts sink in dirt
Then we moved against currents
Entering round two
Against all odds we stood barren
Submitting wrong poos
Together we tried to save
All that was lost in sight
We attempted to save what we could brave
Seeking justice in light
Darkness came and went
Light stood out in might
Sure we made a dent
But somehow messed everything right
With pierced hearts now we fight
Together with one might
Bleeding with every blow
We searched to win all lows.
Putting all aside, we have holidays - finally - not that it is a true holiday, but at least its a holiday. Let's check out my schedule:
1-2 June: Science Exploration Camp
6-8 June: Ventures Camp?
15, 17, 18 June: Lakeside CIP
The rest shall be spent mugging. I need the grades! how on earth did my results sink so low?! High on my priority list is ECONOMICS! I need economics A next term to pull up my dismal grade. Goodness. A 'U' grade is LOW, I repeat, LOW on my priority list. I need to PASS ECONS!
Another happy thing is that I'm in the consideration list for Chemistry Olympiad! Yay! So, I need to maintain my score, or else get higher. Stress!!
~3:33 PM
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1st, let's comment about my dismal grades...can't believe I flunked all my tests like that...
AHHHHH...
Next term I'm going to work doubly-hard to pull everything up. Especially the economics that I flunked terribly. Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit it. It's a Y-O-U grade.
Mid-years promises to be a torturous affair - and in this year's mid-year, I've got a new target to beat :D I shall attempt to beat "you" in at least 3 subjects...
~11:28 PM
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*The above is utterly unrelated to the post I have below*
I forgot to add in my last post that Li Chun and I went back to SPMS to have a look at everybody!
We saw Quang, Herry and Kah Wai. Haiz. We didn't know Dr Phan was in United States attending one of his confrerences again...or we would have chosen another day to drop by.
Anyway, we (or rather I) got presents for Kah Wai and Dr Phan, in appreciation of their efforts in the past 2 years or so - helping us with our tiresome project.
Thanks Kah Wai for always being there. Thanks for never expecting me to operate the NMR for the entire duration of the NMR scan. Thanks for offering to run overnights for us. Without your help, I guess our project would never have been as successful nor as efficient!!
Thanks Dr Phan for being the first person in the lab I ever met. Thanks for guiding me and Zhong Ming when we were just Sec 3 and 4 respectively. Thanks for just being there to troubleshoot our NMR problems. Thanks for explaining every concept to us in detail. Thanks for listening to us present in front of you - thanks for criticising our project so that we may improve. Thanks for simply being there for us with your open office door. Thanks for being so generous and treating us to lunch and dinner occasionally!
I feel so sad that Samir isn't in Singapore now. He'd definitely want to know how we "little/tiny scientists" became bigger and won our 2nd Gold. Haiz. I want to see Samir again!! He's the one who had the sense of humour and my 1st ever direct mentor. Although he does keeps sweets and toffees and various junk food in the lab drawer (shh), he really has a brilliant mind. Yes Dr Amrane, the tiny scientist isn't so tiny now...she's like 2 years older than the time you first met her :D
~10:12 PM
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(...sigh...the number of people I've uncovered due to my terrible nature of analysing people...)
Sometimes I wonder if the world is being fair to everyone...somehow it's always the few people who get the opportunities isn't it?
It's not entirely their fault though...it just comes.
Thinking about all that made me think about why it just comes.
According to the theory of Rita, there are only 2 possible reasons:
1) Your attitude gives you an edge up.
2) You really are good.
Hmm...that's food for thought people.
With this same person, other issues such as hate were discussed. I'm beginning to think that there are really prejudices that run deep. For example, I believe ______ disliked me on first look at the beginning of this year because of _______. Yet, now it's getting better.
Clearly, you can show your better side to someone to gain their favour, but you must never change yourself for others. It's just wrong. Everyone is unique, it's up to you to see what you can learn from everyone...
Back to yesterday.
Yesterday I ponned school for the whole day, but felt really bad after that. It seems I've missed quite a number of things. With Maths test on monday, I still can't believe I actually skipped lessons yesterday. How am I going to know what went wrong with my assignment now??
Anyway, for the SSEF ceremony, I got Borders vouchers. I shall not disclose how much though, or people will come after me. I feel darn sad coz I missed bronze by a wee bit. If I'd gotten bronze, I'd have gotten a very pretty glass trophy!! :(
For NRP ceremony, as usual NTU is its rather cheapo style...1 gold paper certificate only. Nothing extra for the winners except for the different words...even mere participants got the nice gold paper certificate.
Only thing different is that the top of the certificate said GOLD AWARD for ours and PARTICIPATION for theirs. RoFL.
NVM. Reception was great. Although not MAGNIFICENT AND GRAND. haha...lianghui, hester, minzhang, jingqing and I are desensitised after the TERRIFIC BUFFET at Shangri-la Hotel. Nothing else matches liao. TIRAMISU AND HIGH CLASS ECLAIRES AND CHOCOLATE FUDGE!! and they have unlimited flow, because the policy of shangri-la is that there mustn't be an empty hole in the buffet. All plates have to be filled 0.0
I reckon we all had 4 to 5 helpings on that day.
Shall go off to begin extreme homeworking!! argh I want the REAL holidays (meaning no hw type holidays and meaning the break before university) to come faster!
~12:19 PM
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I haven't had a nightmare for a long time...
and that set me thinking of what kind of nightmares I would have had in the recent days.
Closest I got to an idea was free fall dropping into a bottomless pit...hmm...
NVM!
Just some random updates over here:
1) Mr Tan Zhong Ming is going to Asian Physics Olympiad in Thailand and maybe International Physics Olympiad in Mexico. *a sense of smartness drips* He and 2 other NUS high people, 3 RJC people, 1 HCI person and 1 ACS (I) person are going...
2) My mum just made jelly in a tart. however weird this sounds...it actually tastes good...
3) Hester's going to buy bananas for the project. I hope all goes well!
4) IBN forms are filled! hiphiphooray!
5) Chemistry Tutorial make-ups are on this friday and next friday. Of which I'll be missing both. How fun.
6) Mrs Wong's standard for GP and PW is high! Imagine that for PI 1st draft only one person got ME. super scary. I guess in order to get that mark I really want...I need to buck up a billion times! MOTIVATION!!
7) I haven't studied for all my tests. I need to start tonight! Or else I'll have no time the next week, with Campfire and all!
zoomzoom. off to finish restructuring my PI...
~4:38 PM
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These few weeks have been absolute hell. I think I should seriously sleep earlier. But somehow everytime I try to sleep earlier, someone will call me to ask for something, or something will have to be finished by the following day...
I am so sick and tired of sleeping late. I shall AIM to sleep early tonight. Like 9+ or 10pm.
Apparently, if I don't sleep well, I will have this perpetual headache. It's acting up at this very moment...
Haiz. Still have physics practical and chemistry tutorial to complete before the day is out. If possible, I would like to complete 3 article reviews as well. I shall see how I can finish all of them by tomorrow. Seriously, I need sleep.
Good news over here: I'm going for OSAP after all! But to my 2nd choice destination. Professor Harry Messel International Science School...with Gary...
Can't believe that Zhi Xiang got Asian Science Camp when I wanted that as 1st choice!! AHHH.
As to the rest of the gang, I actually feel bad going when you all didn't get a chance...but next year, RV's organising one! So cheer up!
AND...
I'm so pro that I've packed my next 3 months full already, with many days of ponning school.
Here's some of the outstanding items to be completed:
1) 9/4 MM Lee talk - (yes pris, I'm going.)
2) 17/4 Ventures INTENSIVE + OSAP briefing
3) 18/4 Scouts Campfire
4) 24/4 NRP/SSEF awards
5) 26/5 -30/5 SISC
6) 15/6 -18/6 Lakeside CIP stuff
7) 18/6 - 21/6 PLTC
8) 12/7 - 25/7 OSAP
9) JUNE TO DEC: IBN
I need to buck up and study!!
byebye!
~6:01 PM
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Below are the items I am happy about...
1) Merit for SSEF 2009!
2) Gold for NRP 2009!
3) DSTA application slot on 23/3
4) OSAP final interview on 30/3
I do hope I get into the DSTA and OSAP ones!! I want I want I want!!
On another note, I'm seriously wondering how am I going to finish my homework. For starters, I have 3 more GP articles, a nanotech eportfolio assignment and a GP essay to complete. That's not even inclusive of all the tutorials I had planned to do (I doubt I can do now...unless a miracle occurs and Ang Wan Lin Rita finishes the above 3 items within a short period of time tomorrow.) I absolutely cannot imagine how the SYF people who have to attend training everyday can finish all assignments. At the same time, I can't believe there are people who have inspiration for the nanotech article already!!
I shall stop ranting here. See ya next week or the week after! o.o I realised my timetable is at least 80% packed for next week!! AHH...
~5:54 PM
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After a loooong break of about 10 days, I'm back to post... (that tells you how packed I am? or maybe how lazy I am)
SSEF is TOMORROW!! O.M.G.
A few judges later and results!!
It's us against 259 competitors. After looking through the project posters at today's set-up session, I realised that this year's competitors are MUCH MUCH MUCH stronger than last year's. Then again, there are a few crappier posters around here and there...ZM, WD, LC and I were totally omg-ing that one of the projects which were around had quite a bit featured in their textbooks o.o That person better be good at smoking. After all, after you get through the project report session, the most important thing is smoking...
Btw, if you people want to come, you can come anytime on thurs to see me :D
Yesterday, we ran outside of school for PE. Out of school, up Depot Road, all the way near to the blue buildings and back. Took the whole of the period...but I think it was worth it :D I'm proud of myself...muahaha. For once, I didn't have any stitch and stop :D
Oh and as for Ventures...Programme! we need to HURRY HURRY! and split up the job. Although...I'm kind of sad...coz I can't do my share for the posting of invitation cards. SSEF will end at 6pm...I'm really really sorry people...
(to charlotte: plzplzplz don't put me in the performance item...)
As for Student Leaders' Seminar, I am sooooooo disappointed. Job Week isn't a valid reason apparently. So we ALL have to go and waste one day at school...*moan moan*
[[Speaking of moaning, a thought just striked me. I have to wear HEELS tomorrow. FOR THE WHOLE DAY! omgomg.]]
Term 1 is coming to an end. What a relief. Seems like school is going past faster and faster although a day still has 24 hours and there are 60 minutes in 1 hour and 60 seconds in a minute. Keeping busy is the absolute key to making days pass faster.
Somehow I find satisfaction in being busy to the brim. Similar to what Mrs Wong said the other day...at low activity, our efficiency is zero - at high activity, we blow - the trick is to maintain at the optimum activity. Good thing I don't crack easily - meaning my optimum is high enough :d
I've skimmed the cracked stage only once I think. I felt that I was living in hell, but yet, I overcame it. See? I'm here now...whee...results are motivation!!
Which brings me back to SSEF. GO!!!
~8:13 PM
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Moi has officially become a Scholar Leader.
No thoughts about that...got a feeling of deja vu. Shan't tell you all why publically on blogger.
Scholar Leader seems to come with a load of saikang. And maybe certain perks. ahha...but according to some reliable sources (DN) nth much was done by him last year :D
Btw...this few weeks I've been realising that I see all the teachers at the same places o.o
Anyway, for this week, we have been assigned PW homework. That is, writing a PI. ARGH.
I've written PIs for 4 whole years. And now I have to rack my brains for another fascinating one
Why of all the topics they didn't put the one on trends anywhere in the 7 topics we can choose from? I could have plucked my CID 3 PI and transferred it directly.
Today was supposed to be Shu Hui's official birthday celebration. I feel really really guilty!! noooo...(actually, there was supposed to be a whole long emo cancellation after this, but I deleted it. Coz I suddenly realised that there was no point in it...) Basically, it's something about SSEF meeting tomorrow and the fact that I'm still sick...as well as unsaid persons of course.
argh.
~10:27 AM
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Ji Hoo cut his hair -.-
Anyway...today had econs test. Don't want to talk about it. *pushes it aside*
Argh.
Just a short insert: it's mee goreng for dinner tonight. I am so losing my voice, coz someone forgot ms-sore-throat over here...gosh.
Nothing much to talk about today, except that a certain someone is getting on my nerves.
I think all ideas should be accepted graciously instead of agreeing and then pushing it to one side, non?
Haiz. Nevermind.
Today we had egg peeling session for PW btw...darn agitated. Coz my egg didn't get out in one piece...and it didn't look very appetizing either...boooooo...
Mrs Wong cooked (or rather put in hot water...) 12 eggs and they didn't get hard boiled. So we borrowed 6 eggs from Mrs Constance Tan? hmmmmm...
:D
There's AMC tomorrow...I wonder how difficult it will be...
Target: DISTINCTION!!
*I just realised that this post is written rather disjointedly o.o Maybe it's because I'm sick. I have 4 types of medicine to take 4 times a day you know? For all the common ailments I ALWAYS SEEM to contract - Cold, flu, fever, pain. GAH. Sickness isn't giving me a break. Always come as a set -.-*
~6:25 PM
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Chocolate. This month alone, I was feeling so hyper for chocolate that I had an average of 3 bars per week. ARGH. And my bars are not the mars bar sizes. It's like the entire slab kind. OMG OMG.
Anyway, V-day was great! I got lots of junk food :D Although now that I think of it, I'm feeling abit guilty coz I didn't get V-day stuff to give out... o.o
Oh and daddy got me a pink rose for V-day...haha...he got mum this whole bouquet...and I got a stalk!
muahaha...
Tomorrow is Friday again!
and ohnos.
It's time to put tune into some tuneless people.
Plsplspls...you people, tomorrow is like the 20th, 2 days b4 founders day. Could you all give us GOOD ATTITUDE?!
That's all I ask honestly. On Scouts Day, the least you can do is to respect your fellow scouts right?
Before I forget:
Advert over here
Have you a burning passion for Science?
Do you want opportunities in school for science-related activities?
Will you do something about it?
If so, please look out for the yellow notices plastered all over the RV Lab's corridors.
Or look up Mr Chow, Gary or me for more information!
Remember...everyone can be scientists :D
~9:31 PM
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This is a short post.
Just wanted to say that my life is really really really busy now!!
haha. Just the way I always like it to be :D
I tend to get restless when I've got nothing to do.
Everything tends to clash now.
1) SSEF 2009 will clash with Science Centre Training
2) Piano lesson will clash with Venture Campfire Prep on Fridays
3) Ventures CIP will clash with Science Society meetings on Wednesdays
4) This Friday's RJC briefing clashes with 6A '04 reunion!!
5) I can't seem to promise my piano teacher a possible day and time to fix for piano lessons (everywhere else is full)
6) Saturday afternoons might clash with Science Centre Volunteering in the near future
Dang.
On a different matter, DSTA scholarship applications are sickening and troublesome. Aiyee.
MOE overseas scholarships sound like fun, but they are all so near to promos!!
Oh and I think I'm going to have to dedicate more time to econs. Many many stuff to memorise. I just realised it today -.-
Anyway... Kim Hyun Joong rawks! AHAHAH. watching Boys Before Flowers!
And omg. he can just go beat all the other guys hands down. So shuai even when he is trying to look geek with specs :D
I hope Jan Di ends up with him!!
kkz. time now is 10.53pm? sign out! nites~!
~10:42 PM
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Well...the past week can be said to be pretty normal.
Eat, Go School, Eat, Do Work, Sleep.
Sam's Birthday was on 30/1. I realised I knew 4 people with the same birthday!!
1) Sam
2) Priya
3) Goh Shu Hui
4) Fangqi
How interesting right??
HAHA.
Ventures is going to go full speed soon...Charlotte has this whole list of improvements etc which she said the VSLs made her do...Now we've got a short period of time to get the programme going. WARGH! and double WARGH!
btw, did I ever mention how I suddenly agree with the other classes' point of view after we attended one math lecture with LT4? Not that I wanted to be mean or anything...but honestly...it's teaching slow and the lecturer is weird - in this environment, you're really encouraged to self-learn during the lecture; which was what I did. I don't really know how to explain, but I do believe that in order for everyone to understand, go peek :D
Oh and poor two guys from our class got singled out because we AMP people took your place. Really sorry guys!
On the bright side, Mr Tan KS is a GOOD Econs teacher :D Finally we got the marginal cost question and the opportunity cost question figured out. YAY! Oh and I got a GREEN ice-cream stick! lol.
I wonder how come Mr Tan KS is the only tutor who uses ice-cream sticks. Maybe it's because he is the Econs Head and he set the rules and therefore he needs to follow it. For the sake of face-saving or otherwise :D Ah well. To each his own then!
Notice to all PE classes over here:
You are expected to do extreme PT this week.
Gosh...today Mr John Tan went:
2 rounds warm up first.
Then he went on:
PE rep lead stretching.
Go for 6 rounds then come find me.
Run until want to faint liao then we went to find him.
"Now let's do 4 inclined pull up. You must hang there until I blow my whistle then you can come up. The equation goes: (1 + x/2) rounds. x being the times you drop off the bar before you are supposed to.
Thank goodness no one dropped.
So after my hand ached like anything, the equation directed us to run 1 more round round the track - under a HOT BLAZING SUN, mind you.
and tada. As a result, I successfully completed 9 rounds of running around the track in a single day. WoW.
Ok then, till next time :D
The next part keep it to yourself ok? It's ranting.
Honestly, you follow the book too closely. I've nothing against you removing all the wild animal pics, but if you decide to follow the book, why don't you just take them all out? Why take down one and leave all the others? When I try to tell you to get the rest down too to follow that book, why did you have to flare up? Honestly, do you even know how many hours I went through yesterday night not sleeping because of all the stuff you said? ARGH.Nevermind.
~6:28 PM
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Once again, I'm here to update the blog that has no posts for about a week. Judging from past records, this is very very very bad :D
Well, first update is of course about my CCA.
For all those who don't know, I've got 2.
Now what's confusing me is which is my 1st CCA. lol.
Originally, it was crystal clear. I have Ventures as 1st CCA and Science Society as 2nd CCA.
Then, things changed, with me becoming vice-president Science Society. ARGH. Now I have something like two 1st CCAs. What's more, both are time-consuming and starting to become DARN ACTIVE!!!
Haiz.
Ventures have Scouts Campfire, CIP at Lakside Family Centre and Job Week to worry about.
Science Society have the camp, various junior science quiz and competitions and the INTERNATIONAL camp to worry about.
Then there's the issue of NRP 2008 and SSEF 2009. Dang, we haven't even done up the posters.
With the humongous load of tutorials to worry about, plus all the above, I can safely say I'm utterly OVERLOADED.
So here's my official statement in my official list of documents:
I, Ang Wan Lin Rita, of class 5D, River Valley High School, am now officially overloaded.
Bravo.
But somehow, despite being overloaded, I don't feel that stressed...interesting huh...maybe I'll panic more when the work load starts going into the crucial stages.
Anyway, today's the day when the budget 2009 comes out. On the bus, I caught a little of the speech. As part of today's analysis, I have...*drumrolls*...the content page of budget 2009 :D
Budget Speech 2009
Keeping Jobs, Building for the Future
A. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND OUTLOOK
Global crisis and recession
Economic situation and prognosis for Singapore
B. RESILIENCE PACKAGE
Keeping jobs, building for the future
Resilience Package: Five components
Emerging stronger
C. JOBS FOR SINGAPOREANS
Jobs Credit
Re-skilling: SPUR for workers and professionals
D. STIMULATING BANK LENDING
Special Risk-Sharing Initiative (SRI)
The New Bridging Loan Programme
Trade financing
E. ENHANCING BUSINESS CASH-FLOW AND COMPETITIVENESS
Preparing for opportunities
i. Easing business cash-flow
ii. Sharpening competitiveness and capabilities for innovation
Reducing taxes to encourage investments
Making innovation pervasive
Sharpening business capabilities
F. SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Direct assistance to households
Support for charitable giving and the community
G. BUILDING A HOME FOR THE FUTURE
Expanding and accelerating infrastructure spending
Developing suburban nodes
Sustainable development
Best place for families
H. SINGAPORE’S FISCAL ADVANTAGE
Prudent fiscal policies have given us critical resources
Budget position
Not surprisingly, this year's budget is centred mainly on sustaining Singapore as a country and to help people keep their jobs. I really am looking forward to read tomorrow's papers, to see the analysis of the speech!
anyway, till later!
~6:13 PM
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Between two people who are present in the Foxtrot Comic in today's Life! issue.
Teacher: Well done, Miss Fox. You got an "A" on the quiz.
Paige: I got an "A" ??
Paige: I DID! I DID! I GOT AN "A"! NOT A "C", NOT A "B", BUT A BIG, FAT, STRAIGHT "A"!
Paige: HUBBA HUBBA YES! HUBBA HUBBA YES! HUBBA HUBBA, HUBBA HUBBA, YES! YES! YES!
Teacher: And these kids wonder why I'm so stingy with grades.
Paige: Nicole, scoot over, I want to do a cartwheel
Yes. In a really really small nutshell, that's how I feel about my O level chinese results.
Imagine: A chinese noob, who all her secondary school life, failed or just passed chinese, actually eventually emerged a A2 for O levels. WHOOTS!
Anyway, analysis time. I reckon I must have done better in paper 2. Coz I don't remember my essay on the taxis in CBD being well written. I virtually crapped it.
Ah well. Point is that... NO MORE CHINESE EXAMS EVER EVER EVER AGAIN!!!
(Btw, RV's percentage of people who got As was a whooping 48.8%.)
YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!
Ok.
Now onto Orientation Day 1 :D
It didn't turn out too bad after all...
Met Charlotte, Isabel and Michelle at the bus stop this morning and gave them kok zai s :D
Then went to line up with 5D on the track!
Even though I'm like a loner in 5D, everyone was nice :D
Oh and as for Mrs Marie Wong, other than the fact that she has a uber uber fast talking speed, I'm ok about it. muhahaha.
Then, after school today, went out with Pris, Val and Shuhui. FUN FUN FUN.
Ate Clam Chowder at Cedele, Raffles City, then went to Gloria Jeans to eat Obsene Cake :D
Yak and Yak and Yak. oh gosh. Caught up on alot of stuff...holidays were LONG...
Oh and thanks to Val who bought me slippers for Christmas :D
I was needing one after the other nice white one broke...
Did I mention for CNY I'm wearing boots and tights? WHOOTS !!
~8:38 PM
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New year, new class, new timetable, new everything.
This year, I'm in class 5D.
With many many people I don't know.
Better still, some people I'm unable to match a face to.
GREAT.
Wonder how 5D will be like though.
And more importantly...
O levels are coming out on monday...
dumdadumdadumdadum.
I really pray hard that I pass O level chinese.
Or else it's going to be like...H1 CHINESE?!?
No way no way.
So jiayou jiayou!!
Now listening to "When you're gone" by Avril Lavigne.
The words seem to speak to me.
For some reason.
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
[Chorus]
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
and make it ok
I miss you
I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here foreverI know we were, yeah
All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
~12:01 PM
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Although it was supposed to be a christmas letter, it came late :D
What's more, it came in the sealed plastic, saying "Repacked Mail Item"
So cool. it's the first time I ever got a sealed plastic letter from Singapore Post o.o
To be exact, the letter came from Finland...land of Santa Claus!
Thanks to my aunt who went there!
Anyway, she came back to Singapore even before the letter was delivered. She returned home on 5th Jan.
According to her, she's going to stay till Chinese New Year before getting another job overseas...so...more postcards and letters please!
Anyway, another letter surfaced yesterday too...
Letter from Singapore Navy: Offering a scholarship.
But dang.
It's primarily for Poly and ITE students. I feel so insulted. If I'm not eligible, why send it to me? I'm in IP!!
In the letter they offer straight path to careers too...
Says here:
Naval Combat Systems Specialist: starting pay $1417-$1524
Naval Material Specialist: starting pay $1361-$1470
Naval Chef: starting pay $1361-$1470
Argh. Not interested in Navy -.-
More alternative Scholarships please!!
HEHH.
World In Jeopardy
When all is said and done
When all that's done is done
When all the world has changed
When all leaders feinted
Somehow things happen in threes
Change in Leaders
Change in Climate
Change in Economy
Right now in Sunny 2009
Maybe all will change
Or maybe
Take some time
Review the Leaders:
US, Thailand, Malaysia,
Russia, Iraq, Gaza
Israel, India, Taiwan
Review the Climate:
Hot, Cold,
Maybe Snow,
Or maybe all in tow
Review the Crisis:
Money up,
Money down,
Money underground
The world we live in is clearly jeopardised
So Hey and Ho
In the holiest 2009
Let all be blessed with rice.
~10:11 AM
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Was counting down to 2009 with Singapore!!
Well, a new beginning means the ending of something. In this case its 2008!
2008 was the year where I...
1) Went to Korea and learnt to ski
2) Got many new friends
3) Endured much stress and pressure
4) Renewed my promise
5) Loved guides the most and yet left guides
6) Joined Ventures and Science Society
7) Learnt much and got straight As (we're not counting Chinese) but yet missed out on Edusave Scholarship -.-
8) Got addicted to Facebook
9) Realised my priorities in this warped world I live in
10) Caught the most number of non-severe flu bugs -.-
Therefore, next year I resolve to...
1) Stay true to my promise and myself
2) Love Ventures like crazy
3) Excel in Studies and get that Edusave Scholarship (or else work so hard and don't get anything kinda wasted)
4) Kick internet addiction entirely
5) Wean back onto 100% books
6) Stay FIT. Uber FIT.
7) Learn a new skill
8) Reduce Emo-ing
9) Complete my Piano Studies
10) Treasure my family and be nicer to my sisters :D
It's truely a new start. Tomorrow, the painters are going to repaint the house, and someone's coming over to wax the marbled floor...renovation plans are in for the new year wor! My parents are planning to redo the house!
~9:41 PM
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It's just this thought that occurred to me in that 1 sec just now.
1st, I think about what I am doing.
2nd, I think about what I am about to do.
3rd, I think about what I should be doing.
4th, I think about the consequences of doing.
5th, I think about the things I can't do.
Grr. All this thinking is messing up my mind.
I shall not elaborate. But this may be just mere ranting for all you know.
Anyway, something interesting happened.
This week, the washing machine broke down. So, we got a new one.
Then, our toilet's showerhead pipe decided to have a huge hole. So, we got a new one this evening.
Then this evening, the door knob leading to our kitchen jammed. With my mum and maid on the kitchen end, and the rest of us in the living room/dining room.
Best thing was that we were having guests. My cousins, Klement and Kendrick and their family. Then, I realised it took 5 not-so-skilled adults to open a jammed door.
Well, as they always say, bad things come in threes. I just hope there isn't another trio coming.
It's almost the end of the year...so new year resolutions think through comes again...
Haiz. What to resolve to do next year?
I shall think about it.
For now, sayonara folks :D
~10:35 PM
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here is us at the palace. and that guard is REAL ok...poor guy. He had to stand still like some wax figure...
Lunch was at the ginseng place...we ate Ginseng Spring Chicken. look at the size of the ginseng on display la...
Next stop was seoraksan national park and scenic cable car ride... That person next to mei is Yaho, the 18 year old assist tour guide attached to our group :D He can't speak english very well, so all t
hroughout the trip we were teasing him :D
Then 4 hrs half day ski next...My skis are up to my chest. And I realised that skiing wasn't that difficult once you had the roller blading foundation. No pics here though...coz everyone was on skis and the temperature was too cold for a camera o.o
So that's all for now!
~10:55 AM
* * *
I'm hereby officially announcing that I shall not blog until I return from Korea. Which incidentally is COLD...brr...Then again, it means SKIING!
So before I leave, there is the presence of this post of course, to tell all those who want to contact me, to refrain from emailing me (so I don't get email overhaul) and call me/sms me ONLY WHEN NECESSARY.
OK. now back to my life.
Yesterday, I kena pangseh by a group of my favourite people -.-
Ventures S4 were supposed, I repeat SUPPOSED, to meet at Bishan MRT and go scout HQ to buy name tags and black shoes.
6 people. but only 1 came. (me obviously)
Let's explain.
Charlotte was the organiser of this "trip" and she said 10.30am at Bishan MRT. Then, she fell sick. So she smsed me the night before to go help her pay and everything.
Isabel and Yimin were overseas, so there were supposed to be people to take over and help them with the buying.
Then there's me of course, who turned up on time and smsed the rest to ask them where were they. no reply though.
Emily overslept. And smsed me about it only when I waited until I was thinking I got the wrong date -.-
Beryl even pro-er. smsed me at night and said she only just checked her phone and she completely forgot all about the arrangement.
So there. A pangsehing trip.
Anyway, it wasn't exactly wasted.
I managed to get some stuff to add to my xmas giveaways.
But I haven't found anything for the slumber party people though... *sniff*
Mum's birthday is round the corner. Present is almost ready. note: ALMOST.
I do hope we can speed it up more...but it's impossible!
Anyway, chionging the results part of NRP now. let me go back to it...till I come back then!
~3:59 PM
* * *
Cool down.
Then let it ALL out.
wellithappenedlikethis:
We (meaning my sisters x2 and I) decided to forget about the green tea with pearl drinks we put in the fridge. For a WHOLE ENTIRE DAY.
Then, the next afternoon, we saw it in the fridge and thought it'd be nice to go with lunch.
Then we realised how much of a mistake it was. (P.S. To understand, do try it as an experiment)
Well, the pearls were still ROUND.
Part of it was still BLACK.
BUT.
They ALL had this GROSS layer of whitish stuff around it.
So, being great food experimenters we are, we all decided to pop it into our mouth.
BIG mistake.
It's hard, tough and slightly bitter. *please use imagination*
Now off the gross stuff.
NRP is being hell now...with the workload increasing exponentially.
N15 results have to be redone etc etc.
Next year, I'm so going to hunt for a new project to replace this one.
And there's also the issue of my facebook account of course.
Sisters are loving my pet society.
Everytime I log into facebook, they'll be like "Coco! Coco!"
But I don't mind :D
haha...Geo Challange is so much more attractive.
And there's also Bleach.
I'm going back into bleach mania.
Don't know why.
Or maybe I do.
It's just because I was watching Zaraki helping Ichi in ep 197.
Then I decided that I should go rewatch Ichi owning Zaraki...
And then, I decided to watch all episodes.
And tada, I wasted one full day.
Well, that's just today in a nutshell.
Now for NewsFlash.
Temp Dorms are set up next to Queenstown Library...
I do hope it doesn't get occupied by all those foreign workers and become too noisy or what...I liked it when it was a plain old Polyclinic.
Queenstown Library is after all my "quiet place" ok...It's the quietest place you can find in busy Singapore. Even borders is noisier than Queenstown Library. And of course, the empty house is noisy too because of the noise from outside.
Singapore is apparantly the 12th most expensive place in the Asia. Tokyo of course, took top spot.
Not forgetting that Korea Won is officially on the down! whoohoo. It means that holiday there will be definitely more fun :D We're skiing dudes and dudettes!
That's all for the post I guess. It's 10.30pm! time to head to the TV to watch that crime scene show on Channel U!
~10:05 PM
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Ok, so subject combinations are out, with almost all students at Global Perspective Programme aka GPP.
For the rest like me, we skipped out on it coz we opted out.
Originally, I was supposed to be on the Shanghai trip, but since the itinery was almost the same if not pale as compared to the one I went in July, it wasn't worth paying the money to go there even though school subsidises a large portion...
So well, I'm in Singapore.
Anyway, back to subject combinations, as expected I got PCME...Quite alot of ppl opted PCME together with me, so I'll be assured of a large portion of friends in the same LT and tutorials as me :D
Now on to the even more serious stuff, NRP.
Lots to do and from what we've discussed today, HMQC, TOCSY, NOESY are all required. So good luck to us and our 6 synthesis of T4A.
Recently, I've also been reading this book called "The Final Cut" by Michael Dobbs.
It suddenly struck me how difficult a politician's job is.
Even if you want to stay in office as the PM for a long time, even if you are good, there'll always be people who critisise you and make you seem irrelavant since you stayed in there for too long.
And there is of course the various foreign affair issues.
Oil, poverty, terrorism.
Which brings me to another point found in today's papers.
Mumbai.
Honestly, what joy can one have in blowing up people?
What joy can one have in killing people?
Nothing.
Eventually, hopefully, these people will understand that not all people, including Americans and Britons believe in killing the Muslims and prosecuting them.
Eventually they'll realise that it's afterall the GOVERNMENT who makes the ultimate decision, resulting in the people being split two ways.
If terrorists ever have something against the people who critisise them, they might want to do a personal check.
Which is why although I don't support the India terrorists, I still feel that they are better than some other terrorists I know.
At the very least, they ask their hostages of what nationality they are. Then those who are non-Americans and Britons will be safe, instead of the occurance that occured in Bali, where everyone was killed.
Ah well. That's my view.
Anyway, the world's going to sink into WWIII soon. I predict.
Look at what's happening.
First it's Malaysia, then Thailand and now India being put into the limelight.
What's next???
~9:36 PM
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after months and months of NRP hardwork on Bombyx mori, our paper is FINALLY PUBLISHED (in Nucleic Acids Research I think)!!!
And I'm the 3rd author :D
"A novel chair-type G-quadruplex formed by a Bombyx mori telomeric sequence" in NAR!
happy happy happy!!! :D
Oh btw,
this weeks seems to be GPP week -.-
Some randoms:
1) Mr Chow's having probs finding enough people to take care of the booth on this thursday and friday...so if you're free, go search for him and ask if you can join...
2) I've also submitted my entry for SSEF 2009...so jiayou jiayou!!
3) Subject Combination posting countdowns have started...so let's have fun!
4) Shanghai ppl are meeting up again!
5) I'm going lab more often than I should.
6) NRP is coming to an end.
7) Mr Ong is advancing facebook levels darn fast o.o
8) Today's dinner's soup name is : Billy goat puree with meat and potatoes?! (don't ask. My sister named it)
9) In a month's time, it's CHRISTMAS! and Pris' dreams since last year will come true.
10) I'm slipping into a semi-lazy mood. This holiday, I'm working my emotions crying in front of the computer and tv screens due to countless dramas than working my brain...
Well, that's all I guess for today?
SEE YA!
~8:45 PM
* * *
So I've got a new one.
Super emo one for the super emo :D
It's rainbow monochrome ppl!
rainbow for happy,
monochrome for sad.
LOL.
Ok.
Shortest post ever...coz I've still got other stuff to do...
BYE!
~11:40 AM
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It looks like recession is bad huh?
lol. Just suddenly had a impulse to blog because of this song which my sister just emailed me:
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.
It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town
It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!
Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.
~8:51 PM
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Today I went out with Charlotte, Isabel and Michelle to Orchard Road...
After a slight sushi lunch, we went off to shop.
Sad to say that in my case, it was WINDOW SHOP -.-
I aimed to buy a new pair of slippers, but somehow it didn't exactly work out.
Darn it. went to so many stores, the shoes that I try didn't seem to look nice on me...
boo...
nvm though.
There's always a shopping opportunity.
Maybe next week I shall go tackle the loot at Jurong.
I think Jurong might be better...IMM or JP maybe
So ppl going there, look out for ME!
heehee.
Anyway, I just suddenly thought of a random fact.
It's 10 days away from subject combination release.
My choice is of course PCME...hope I get it!
Anyway, I shall stop here :D
byebye!
~6:03 PM
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Currently, we're slower than the target.
Noooooooo.
JiayouJiayou!
I want good results.
I want good results!
I WANT GOOD RESULTS!!!
machine time today and tomorrow.
I want GOOD RESULTS.
Don't waste my time.
Don't even attempt to.
darn darn darn.
Anyway, today's newspaper was all about this guy who thought that it was interesting to commit suicide by going into a tiger's enclosure in the Singapore Zoo.
Honestly.
There are so many better ways to die than seeing yourself being torn up by tigers or being scared and shocked to death.
Morbid as it seems, you got to admit that you get a last close up view of the interior of a tiger -.-
Some people just don't know to treasure life.
I really wonder why.
Gah.
That's all for today folks!
~12:39 PM
* * *
Today is ROD.
Today is the last time we're wearing Guides Uniform.
Today was the last time we Sec 4s will belong to RVGG officially.
Today is the day, the day we part with our juniors and assume new roles.
Thanks guides!
Guides,
You made my life memorable...Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and letters :D
Hai.
Time flies. It really does.
Nothing much is left to say except for THANK YOU and BEST WISHES.
May RVGG get PNA Gold again!
As for what we Sec 4s gave our juniors, it's a 12 man tent, a basketball, a photo album and something else which I can't rmb offhand :D
THANKS THANKS THANKS! ESP for FOOD, which I enjoyed the MOST!
~9:21 PM
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Yesterday night, or rather today morning, Yr 4 ventures had a night walk!
A full 20km hike and great fun included (:
The route went like this:
Newton MRT -> Far East Plaza -> Wisma Atria -> Plaza Singapura -> SMU/CHIJMES -> City Hall MRT -> SMU/CHIJMES -> Plaza Singapura -> Wisma Atria -> Far East Plaza -> Newton MRT -> A long walk to King Albert Park McDonald's
Sounds darn long right?
But I'm proud to say we all made it (:
We started at about 7.45pm.
We finished it at like around 1am in the morning?
It was a group of 10 ventures (:
Ivan, Wei Rong, Bin Xing, Stanley, Yimin, Emily, Beryl, Charlotte, Isabel and ME.
BIG thanks to the J1 Ventures for going with us even if you didn't have to (:
Along the way, we laughed and laughed and laughed somemore.
Wei Rong, I'm really sorry but you really made into my memory as a very sacar person yesterday night :D but nevermind...you were nice enough :P
And we reaffirmed the fact that Yimin and Emily walked SLOWLY.
And that sleeping till 12nn does count as preparation for the trail. BERYL who did that was SO HYPER CAN?!
We started off quite fast and we ate while we walked.
Then we realised that we were going too fast and sort of slowed down.
Eventually, we took more walking breaks (:
We were all jiayou-ing towards the end...
Along the way, we met another batch of Scouts at the other Mac (nearer to the Nanyang and HCI schools)
At that point, we were spamming pictures. (beryl was trying to camwhore - only that she didn't appear in any photo. She forced us to camwhore?!)
Finally, we all plopped onto seats in Mac's.
Tired but nonetheless satisfied.
Then the real fun began.
BITCHING AND GOSSIPING!
hahahahahaha...
didn't know Ivan and Wei Rong were so good at the usually girl-dominated sport :D
Learnt alot of juicy news along the way (:(:
When charlotte finally uploads the pictures from her camera, then I shall post it here.
Well, my eventful day didn't just end here (:
I took 74 back home (3rd bus out from KAP) and arrived here at like 6am.
Then I started to call my dad...
He woke up and opened the door (I happily didn't bring the key)
And first thing he told me was go and bathe :D
Ok, then bathe finish then plop into bed. I actually intended to wake up at like 7.30am, so that I could reach CCK on time to meet veron and joyce for ROD present making.
Then I overslept -.-
Thank goodness not by alot.
I woke at 8.45am, when we were supposed to meet at 8.30am :D
Anyway, they were slacking and haven't started work. So nvm.
AHHH! looking forward to ROD lor! ROD ROD ROD!
After ROD then can cut all ties with guides liao :D
Then only have ventures to care about. And seriously, ventures is turning out to be way more FUN!
Shall stop here. Till tml I guess? when I update about ROD. Juniors, please don't disappoint me! I want quality hor! :D
~12:48 PM
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I am very high.
I am very sad.
First on the HAPPY.
Today we got back our report books. And truely, I feel that this result is good, but really is not the true indication of my marks - as usual, there was a certain amount of moderation involved.
But nevermind. I'm proud to say that I have achieved something I never thought I would. I only have one outlier (: For people who know me, you probably can already guess.
My nemesis. CHINESE. A whooping percentile of 19 -.-
But nevermind. As I said, it was the only outlier.
Thanks to Mr Ong for the gift.
Now on to the SAD.
Haiz. It was only today when everyone started saying wishes and stuff to the class that I suddenly realised that the time we spent together was not enough.
3/4E only truely bonded from the middle of this year. And now we're all great friends.
But why is the world so cruel to split us again?
As everyone one by one said their wishes to the class, my eyes started clouding. Think. In just a day, we're not classmates anymore, but ex-classmates. And then, quite a lot of people like me are not able to go to class chalet too. So today was the last day of school and class.
As I said, I really wish everyone good luck with their lives and thank you. Really...thank you. To everyone. I don't care if you didn't really communicate with me these past year. All that matters is that you are part of 4E.
After school, 6 girls and 13 guys headed to VivoCity for lunch. And then gary arrived too, when munweng and I started to leave -.-
Anyway, this marks the class gathering I guess? We ate Carl's Jr, Subway and KFC.
And then, we saw what would probably be the last of the antics which these group of guys will put together as 4E. LoL. Liang Hui and Jun Jie were gang raped...(please use imagination) lollol.
I shall not do the long post which I did for 2B two years ago (which can be seen if you look at archives), with analysis and last words to each student...This year I shall make it really really collective. So here goes:
"We've been classmates since last year. In this tiny world, we have been fated to be here. I believe in fate, I believe in destiny. In this small class of 36, despite it never been 100% heartwarming, it was enough. I am comforted by the very fact that we have grown, as persons, as class and now we are one big happy family.
4Emo. Maybe we were never truely living up to our name of Emo-ness, but we sure pushed our limits.
As we part, with the knowledge that we were once classmates together, I do hope it'll carry on. Treasure friendship, treasure us, treasure the people around you.
For what's gone is gone.
But this is something that's an outlier.
We can control our feelings towards one another.
May 4E spirit never change.
Wishing you all the best.
All the best in the world.
And remember.
There is always something that results and marks cannot buy - friendship."
~7:49 PM
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In commemoration of the 2nd last day of my school life in River Valley High Year 4, I shall close the chapter with a new blogskin.
And so here you are, a BRAND NEW BLOGSKIN FOR MY BLOG!
My blog is now 2 years old and it records the best part of my life in River Valley High School Years 3 and 4...Time sure flies...
Anyway, yesterday and today were solar city booth time at Suntec City. Mostly, we willed our time away...playing patapon and chess and reading and of course, the Singaporean hobby: EATING!
Went to Subway with Sherrie just now and wow. She has the same subway taste as me (:
Oh and Subway was SCARY.
They were mending some electric stuff right in front of the counter, on the ceiling. Then we were buying, then the lights started becoming smoky. The cashier commented on it.
Then, we brought the tray to our table.
And there was a boom, some cries and of all things, thick smoke with a burning smell. And it drifted towards our direction. Then I started commenting that luckily there's a emergency route out - through the carpark door just nearby. lol. If the things really blew, I swear I will be rushing out that way...
teehee.
Anyway, on tomorrow's schedule, I noticed that there was a timeslot given to spam teachers questions. Should I or should I not be mean and like totally spam spam spam them? I especially feel like asking the Biology and Physics teachers why should I take their subjects. hehheh. Imagine Mr Chow vs Mrs Lee. It will be darn interesting (: (: .
OK then, till tomorrow! BYEBYE!
~6:21 PM
* * *
And I thought the tickets were going to be wasted...the person called at 8pm!
Considering I got it for free (or if you follow my dad he'll say it's coz we overpaid for the year end trip, so they compensated us...) - not a bad deal i'd say.
But my parents are adamant that I shall not get the whole sum. We're still discussing (:
With luck, I'll get about half?
That's all for my short post I guess?
Tomorrow's a long day. So GOODNIGHT WORLD!
~8:52 PM
* * *
Anyone wants tickets to Korean pop night on the 4th Nov 2008, 7.30pm at Singapore Indoor Stadium please contact me asap.
I got a pair of tickets for sale...price range about $100-200 dollars for the pair - negotiatable
Ticket row not bad, at row 26.
In total only 5000 tickets available in the world, so do buy the tickets off me (:
That's all for now!
~8:16 PM
* * *
Come home, switch on the com, play, blog, read, email, watch tv etcetc.
Then I've been playing Pris' PSP and watching people play gunbound.
LOLLLL.
Anyway, I reckon next week is going to be fun-filled. For one, we'll have HCl O level EXAMS. Sounds so grand, but I'm rather afraid of it. You could probably get me to do any other exam, but CHINESE?!
Ok. Then there's of course Solar City (:
Then we're going to pon alot of SCHOOL! (:
BIG thanks to Fangqi and Shin Fung, who got me out of a tight spot. You can have our KFC (:
Yesterday and Today were "shopping" days for subjects. Wasn't interested in any subject today except maths though. So I ended up attending only H2 math lecture from 8-9am and then slacked in the classroom all the way to the Maths Selection Test at 2-3.45pm (which was actually kind of fun. Coz even if you just walked into the room, I believe you'll get a place already - there are just so little people attending the test).
Anyway, although today sounds like a terrible way to spend 5 hours, but I read finish "Darcy's Story". So I'm perfectly HAPPY.
Passed Darcy's Story to Pris on the bus ride home. DO REMEMBER TO RETURN MY BOOK TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOR!
Something random I just thought of:
Listening to Better In Time by Leona Lewis currently. I do think my Media Player Shuffles well. HAHA-darn suited to my current mood somehow...
Anyway, back to the topic. Tomorrow is Sports Day, didn't get into the finals, reckon I just missed, coz the person before me got it. It's just as well...lots of athletics people - and it means I can do duty with my FELLOW GUIDES! whoots!
ROD is nearing and nearing somemore. Somehow I'm kinda panicky. I don't want to close the chapter to that part of life. Yet somehow, I think I should just close it and move on, moving to other new things like Ventures.
Just crossed the 16 mark. And the festive mood just wore off. Somehow it just started to get me thinking that next year I'll be 17 and as a JC1, will have much more things to think about. Well, just have to bear with it I guess.
(Now the song that's playing is Keep On Moving by Five. Seriously, my media player can read minds :P )
Next immediate concern is Subject Combinations. Next Friday is the start of choosing.
I think my brain tells me I will be taking PCME, but my heart thinks it's wasted to abandon Biology just like that. Hmmm. Brain or Heart? Current inclination is towards Brain...I reckon it changes every few months -.-
I've just got this sudden inclination to do Poems, so here you are:
Doorknobs and Remotes
Kick your shoes onto the floor
And tell yourself to pick 'em up
Automatically without bore
For time can hurt you just like broken cups
Doorknobs and remotes
Whoever thought them nought
But when the cold and dust
Contaminates, say hi to rot
Leave disease says docs
Even objects can cause pocs
Virus stays two days long
Even without prolong
Short one. Just for warming up. Till tomorrow and beyond!
~6:40 PM
* * *
Sounds so old. But nvm, as Val says, now can watch NC16 w/o being caught (:
First off, thanks to all the lovely people who wished me HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Quite a lot of people, so shan't list them all...but really...THANKS!
Birthday was great. Today was sole-y family day - yea. don't think about the normal type of family day, today was shopping family day (:
Got new jeans, new clothes, new bag and a nice addition to the collection of dollar notes in my room.
Plus, lovely presents from lovely people...
and one thing stunned me the most. My sister used her present to present a fact: You need to change your handphone pouch.
Ok...I kept telling myself I needed a new one, but I never really got one. So nice sis went and got one for me. And it's got hearts on it -.-
But nvm. It's a nice thought. and I AM DUMPING THE OLD ONE.
oh and...cake was nice too (:
A delicious mango cake from prima deli, topped with strawberries (which I gave my sisters, obviously) and a nice piece of chocolate (so small that I decided to keep for myself)
Ok, now that I'm done here, I shall go and continue to enjoy my birthday (:
Hehe. And btw, birthday doesn't end till 4.44 pm tml :)
~10:31 PM
* * *
Because there isn't exactly a main point in this post. This shall be a random post about my week.
Exams are over, celebrations started on Saturday. Went with Ventures out to buy uniform and discuss on venture trip (which incidentally, I can't make it). Uniform took us darn long. I could have sworn the seniors wanted to kill us already :D
Then after that, OFF TO PASTAMANIA!
Tuna and bacon spaghetti is nice (:
Then. Rushed off to Class outing at Sentosa at about 3pm. I thought we were going to play till about 6pm. I thought wrong. I played for about half an hour, then the rest started to make plans to leave, coz they needed to bathe before going to steamboat. Unfortunately for moi, I have to attend the chinese tuition lesson while they were eating. JOY.
So well, bottomline is that I wasted my 3 dollars on a ticket into Sentosa - but of wells.
Sunday I went to the library and camped there for a good 2 hours ++ BOOKS GLORIOUS BOOKS.
Monday, I slacked my way through.
Tuesday (today), I went to school and got back some papers and read more books :)
Tomorrow shall be packed. TOTALLY.
Goodness knows what time I'll be done...
Maybe reach home at about 8+ or 9+.
That's all for this dear random post.
~9:37 PM
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lol. I'm back into blogging again, after a tight control imposed due to exams by me (:
hehh...well, lots to say, 1st up is that exams were okay...shan't comment more till results come out (: - one thing to say is that CID was -.-
Well well well...tmr I'll be going with my dear ventures to buy uniform then to CLASS OUTING with 4 EMO (:
Then sunday I am going shopping with mom and dad...
Then next week I am going to attend Samir's farewell party...
Sniff. Sniff. Samir we're all going to miss you!
Incidentally, in case you don't know, Samir's my direct mentor for Nanyang Research Programme and he is like one of the first people I made friends with at NTU. And well, he is leaving to get better work, after finishing doctorate studies...
He's like the first person other than Dr Phan who really talked to me and let me have the chance to be introduced to a wonderful group of people including Joefina, Jocelyn, Quang, Sree, Vineeth, Ha, etc etc...
And well, he is the best extrovert in the lab...
Now everyone is starting to leave...The original people I knew best are leaving lab (J&J were first, now Samir and soon next year, all the NUS high people and Lichun). I guess I shall leave by next year too...
Next Tuesday I'm going to have my piano teacher over for lesson in a timing change and on Friday, I'm going to run for Minotaur in the house competitions...There is tough competition... tough...Siew Hwee and Hui Shan all there...Atheletics...SO DARN FAST la.
I need to train train train...Gah.
JIAYOU EVERYONE!
That's all for today I think...
~5:04 PM
* * *
As with everyone else's blogs, here you have it.
I'm going on a Hiatus for End of Year Exams and won't be back till October 17.
And that will be when the real fun and joy of being a Secondary 4 student starts...
There is sports day, my birthday and many many fun-filled events by Ventures and of course, a long break to look forward to!
Wish Me Luck!
~11:34 AM
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Madam, it's not that we don't want to do it. Can't you see that the person right in front of you has dedicated more time to her CID than most in the CID 4? I refuse to believe I didn't work as hard as others for my CID grade.
Some other project can be rushed in a night and be given an A grade. It's unfair to say you'll fail me because mine is more tedious and therefore did not produce a product.
I read papers, I do my individualised RESEARCH. It's just UNFAIR to say that you'll just FAIL me because the fact that you need to key in the results.
It's bad enough that my partner has a school timetable which doesn't allow alot of time for him to help out during school time. SO, I've to FINISH EVERYTHING till date more or less by MYSELF.
It's worse that my project is not one that can be rushed. COME ON. I'm doing a PROJECT that is SUPPOSED TO SPAN ONE YEAR. AND IT'S not MY FAULT if there is no result coming out. NOT ALL RESEARCH can give you results you REALISE?!
People can take easily a few years to complete my project. But my prof gave me this one as a challenge, since we did solve some structures last year.
I go to lab every WEEK. It's all the way to NTU. And one sample needs at least 2 days to complete. That's NOT counting NMR booking timeslots and stuff.
And now you say I've to rush results out by 2 weeks after EOYs...
I don't mind if you fail me because I'm not working hard enough. But it's unfair to threaten to fail my CID just BECAUSE you can't see my final product.
As quoted from some professor, sometimes it's the process that matters.
GAh. I've gotten myself so worked up. And to think it all happened this morning.
~6:58 PM
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Here's a Quote from Val's blog:
""and today chow came in to apologise. note, imagine this passage said in chow's roll-eye-monotonous-but-somehow-intriguing, in a Singaporean-Gregory-house type of talking down, partially flat voice:
"on that day, the chem people's bus was delayed so I phoned the bus company to complain so they apologised and sent another driver. chem was at 11.20. then around 12.10 4A was bugging me to let them go as half the class were going for the IMCB open house, so i released them. then as i passed by the car porch i saw the bus already waiting there. dunno if it was the chem or IMCB bus or what. then the bus driver went to the general office of complain and said he has been waiting for some time already, so i didn't want him to become angrier, i got mixed up and thought bio was at 12.20 as well, so i went to 4B and blasted the class. blasted the class you know, no one said anything. then i went to 4K? while passing the canteen i saw 4A people eating so... i went down and blasted them. they were all stunned, all the food also dropped from their mouth, forks and spoon also dropped (hand demo how the food dropped LOL) they quickly dumped their food into the bin. so i went to 4K and.. blasted the class as well. then i came over and blasted 4E. not a single person told me the correct time was 12.50. so you all let me go ahead and blast (hand showing explosion!!!! LOLOLOL) okay, the whole world. did you tell me the time?"
everyone was so enthralled by his hilarious storytelling skills and were gasping for breath, laughing their ass' off so Joyce answer"yes? we said 12.50pm"
WAHAHAH. more chaotic laughter. roaring laughter with people rolling here and there. gosh it was such a comical sight with chow rolling his eyes. ""
We-ell. at least you can see...haha. I missed all the IMCB laughter - went for the ICES open house, so I left EARLY. I really want to see Mr Chow's furious face though. and Mr Tan's face would have been more interesting...
LOLLOL. Anyway...yea...so alot has been happening...out of which here's the few stuff on my mind:
1. CID 4 Oral Presentation is in front of Mrs Lee and Mr Tan LS - on a totally difficult topic I think I'll die explaining. ESPECIALLY since my project works on a different timeline and I have NO RESULTS.
2. Science camp was over yesterday...hiphiphooray? and Mr Lee GS was really nice!!! Fancy dropping by today to give us, the science club people, Japanese Chocolate Cookies with a handwritten note on each box!! PSST. *note to Mr Chow: we do so much got no gift leh...*
3. PE Badminton is like the PE of the century. Why can't they just announce that PE=Badminton for the whole of Year 5? like that, everyone will participate and LOVE PE...
4. Still moaning over piano...please please please let me pass with that awful standard of piano...
5. Loads of mugging to do over the weekend.
6. English Test is tomorrow.
7. Monday got some science thing. Don't know for what...
8. Why are school materials so expensive? Why Edusave can't pay? It is 136 dollars I think...
9. My table is getting messier. Yet I have no motivation to clear it. Everything's just so near to me once put on the table.
10. I have sleeping disorder...lol. I feel sleepy at 2pm-4pm in the afternoon and today it is extending to 7pm. Help!! My brain is not functioning now...at this present moment.
That ends the top 10 list.
Poem time.
This time is on another current affair:
Prices
Is there always a consequence to every action?
Is there alwasy a debt to pay?
Must everything follow this rule?
Must buy and sell prevail?
Oh yea sometimes they say you can...
Use all its products all the time
Yet not pay a single dime
Just have shares which don't pop
Climbing higher with each drop
Advertise and advertise
Yet nothing will return in thrice
Pour everything in here
But see, even Wall Street goes under the beer
Yes, everything must have just consequences and prices to pay
After all, nothing comes free
But somehow I think the world isn't fair...
Why can US Govt bail AIG out?
Why not bail others out?
Why can GIC buy off Morgan Stanley just like that?
How is it that 100 years of service can be run down by just 1 day's work?
Maybe what we should learn is this:
That the world favours the rich and powerful,
That the small scale companies don't earn a bull
That the rich gets richer in this market
That the poor and ill-informed gets smashed into curd
Prices.
A distinct and different thing altogether
When placed in a different place of assured
Bonds and banks, we believed
Up till today when it reeks...
~6:35 PM
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I flunked my piano exam today.
I know I did.
My pieces didn't come out correctly - and for some unknown reason, my fingers kept slipping, making me play wrong notes.
OHNO.
Yea. it was so bad that I spent the 1st 5 minutes in my room just now crying. Not that it helps.
It just feels so bad.
I have nothing to say already. Maybe I didn't quite concentrate enough.
~5:33 PM
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Just want to scream my anger at screwing up my Biology.
And here I was thinking my physics is worse than my biology. Seems like it's the OTHER WAY ROUND.
darn.
Now left SS - shall not wish for too much le.
Something that just popped into my mind -
Some people above the age of 20 are reading my blog.
Ok...and I didn't just learn it today btw.
But that sure isn't a problem.
Dear cousins and other un-named individuals...Welcome!
Anyway, I am De-proving. So well - buck up buck up! (and you shall notice that I am back into hyper mode).
Ok. that's it for today's short post - I'm going to go out soon - I'm doing piano testing tonight!
*by piano testing - I'm not buying a piano. I'm testing the piano for thursday's Grade 8 exam! Wish me luck!*
~6:21 PM
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Hi everyone. My name is Rita and I'm a Zombie. I live in a little room with food on one side, table on the other, a bed and a computer. I tend to stick myself into my room 12/7. And the other 12/7, I bury myself in projects and school. I keep telling myself I exist.
Content
YAY! finally my projects life is OVER (at least for the time being). I am NOT going to stick myself into any other project except NRP for the next month. And I'm going to go from 12/7 in my room to 15/7. Till now I haven't started any mugging. and till now I'm still kinda wasting my holidays.
Epilogue
Seriously, I wonder will my December Holidays be as no life as the other holidays this year. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let Dec hols be FUN-FILLED. I want to go out with all the ventures and play this december. and I want to go overseas. and I want to celebrate it without any homework. I want my life to go back to primary school days. If not only for a while.
Conclusion:
Well. There you have it. my inner thoughts - and that's only a summary.
Next up: about today's solar city project competition.
Our chart SUCKS big time.
But the model rocks my socks.
And our presentation wasn't all too bad.
I think we have a chance of getting something, yet maybe not. After all, the chart looks TERRIBLE.
Shall not comment on the rest of the groups from RV - but I shall say that ITE's model really looks GREAT. o.0.Maybe we don't stand a chance after all...
~3:58 PM
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Geez. I know I'm supposed to be happy because the exams are over, but somehow, it's like it only just started. EOY scope is out and they say we have to study everything we ever learnt in Secondary School.
How's that for a start?
Results wise, I'm really not going to comment. Just that I could have done better. A whole lot better. There were a ton-ful of careless mistakes and stuff I could have avoided.
Anyway, back to something that happened this week, with regard to subject combinations next year...Mr Chow was trying to convince me to take triple science for subject combi next year (psst: means physics too!?!)- and he was psycho-ing me to take biology...Then Mr Ong's trying to convince the whole class to take physics and chemistry. And it's my personal choice to take economics and mathematics. My mum says do 2 science and don't try triple science cause you'll overwork. And my dad says go do humanities =.=
Taking everyone's comments into consideration, I can't satisfy everyone...I'm just going to avoid making the decision for now and focus my attention to the present. Subject combinations come after EOYs...
Haiz. Dropping back to emo again. For some emo jokes, search for nigahiga on youtube...
For the wishes to the teachers:
To the teachers of RV:
Twice the age of 6 to 8
Stories not fully made
Nature made us using clay
But you phantom-ised our stay
Perhaps one day you thought us brats
The next, cuddled us like cats
Perhaps one day we made you mad
The next you still came back, not half sad
You look at all the students
Through those strict but twinkling eyes
Which instantly sieves out outcasts
And even scans troublemakers’ masks
You thought us more than what we see in books
Giving us knowledge on things others overlooked
Telling us right from wrong
Nurturing till we are all strong
Yes, although we know you’re paid
But it’s still plain to see
That every one of you
Loves us with love that’s free.
Ok...tata...I'm off. Till next time then...
~6:30 PM
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and of course, Piano Exams round the corner - that means bye Ms Tan.
And well, this goodbye would mark my 2 year bond with my blog. Ms Tan was the teacher who was the one who helped me through the practical exam as mentioned in my 1st ever post on this blog.
That was July 13th, 2006. My Piano Exam this year is 9/11/08.
Oh btw, did I mention about the great significance of my piano examination this year?
It goes like this:
9/11 -->terrorist hijacking rmb?
Studio 13 -->13!! unlucky number?
Time: 4.21 -->translate to chinese: 死而已
WOW. how auspicious huh.
Geez. I'm the only one left awake in the house now. Everyone decided to take an early night...haiz...That's another proof of what I said in my above post...
Anyway...
There's a high chance that I failed everything. More than 1 teacher has said...
Rita, you didn't do very well on the test.
and they don't elaborate much, leaving me to spectaculate my scores.
Just great. Absolutely.
On another note, for some time now, I think I may be suffering from depression or better still, anxiety syndrome.
I seem to have all its symptoms.
Lack of sleep.
Continuous thinking of past events.
Sadness.
Or maybe that's just a coincidence.
I even have realised that I'm not normal.
I laugh because others are laughing.
I smile to keep up the image that all's well.
Till now, no one truely knows me.
I doubt even my parents have a full update and description of my life + me.
Some stuff are just not meant to be told to them.
Then there are friends.
I know they all mean well, but not all my sadness can be passed on to them either.
I couldn't bear it if they feel pitied for me, felt sad for me.
Then again, I keep spectaculating on how would be the best ways to die (:
Sometimes, I think that some people are dumb, choosing to jump off a building.
Then I think people eating pills ain't all that fun either.
Then I think about people cutting their wrists.
That's not worth it either.
That's why I came to a conclusion that I should just live on (:
With everything just bottled and stored on shelves. Endless ones.
Maybe I'm just a little girl in this world. I wonder if everyone ever felt like that at one point...
~10:30 PM
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Recently, I've been feeling very very anti-social. Can't explain why either. I just don't feel like going out, don't feel like doing anything other than go home and rot.
That's right. This term, I have no life. Stuck and slapped with projects I volunteered for (yea I know, how ironic), I am just chionging all of them...
Term tests ended today - I know I'm supposed to be happy together with all of RV, but I somehow cannot bring myself to do it. I just have this sickening feeling that I didn't meet my expectations at all.
I can't believe I'm posting this on my blog either. And I believe you can't believe it too...
and I believe I've just completed the shortest post ever in my archive...
~1:30 PM
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~8:39 PM
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Just here for a quick update before leaving the house for JE Library to meet Pris, Val, Shuhui and Ivan (our mentor for Pitch)
We're meeting some problems with regard to the initial plan, so we have to smooth it all out yea?
On a happier note, tomorrow's fly off time!
WHOOHOO!
Yea. I really really can't wait to board the SQ and fly to Shanghai (:
I hope I meet lots and lots of good friends and return home safely!
Mrs Lee-Teo's going with us and we're so going to have a blast (:
All that's needed now is Hester as my room mate and it'll be great!
Oh and to the poor souls out there who are going to Idea Factory, I wish you all the best in your projects! (no cynicism nor sarcasm meant)
Jiayou Pitch, Jiayou Solar City, Jiayou everyone!
*I shall stop here and continue solar city or we'll be off schedule (:*
~3:13 PM
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I GOT TONS AND TONS OF BEARS.
NOT NORMAL ONES THOUGH. THEY ARE RV BEARS.
guess why.
Mrs Lee Lee Mui made me and hester take all the bears home.
Yes, 2 A4 paper boxes full of bears.
Thanks to this, now my suitcase will double in size. I originally wanted to bring the smaller suitcase. Now I have to bring the larger one -.-
Next up, VENTURES!
We're officially in ventures and although I didn't attend today's briefing, I got the gist from Charlotte and Isabel. LoL - here's what I gathered:
1) It was really really very 尴尬, coz it was 5 guys and 4 girls initially. And all 5 guys were Ivan that batch the seniors.
2) We're going to have a slack time taking our badges. It's like we're already halfway there when we haven't even started. The guides and scouts system is like so similar la.
More importantly, we already have our first aid badges and all that stuff, so we don't need to enter for the course again. WHOOHOO!
3) Phyllis was quiet. (for more details, look for charlotte)
4) We're going to bully some ppl (: (:
5) More people are coming in! (hopefully more girls!)
Ok... Now for ADVERTISEMENT!
Oh MY....IT's a 茶叶蛋!!! DO COME AND SUPPORT OUR STORE ON RACIAL HARMONY CELEBRATION DAY ON MONDAY!!!!!!!!! 4Eggs!!
End of advertisement.
Speaking of advertisement, I'm going for pitch conference tml. yayayay!
Can't wait can't wait. COUNTDOWN!
~8:44 PM
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Anyway, lots has been going on -HESTER, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHANGHAI IN A WEEK!!!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!
the wish list by CERTAIN peopleS are piling up - I shall try to fulfill them?
Gah. looking at the itinerary, they clearly don't want us to have fun at the malls - it's seriously limited.
But then, the itinerary is filled with fun la! it's like we've got so many places to go that I'm really looking forward to it...
Oh and btw, I'm going to have a killer friday, with all that's going on...it's utterly CRAZY. There is NSW, New CCAs, Chemistry Practical Test and of course, briefing for trip.
I know...the briefing is kind of late...but nevermind - better late than never!
Back to stuff that's been happening:
1) Maths Test was ok - hope I can do well!
2) Went cycling on Sunday with the whole family - had really really lots of fun
3) Went for some Speech Day duty on Saturday - and realised what gluttons the scoutswere are. They were supposed to eat the reception downstairs and leave the upstairs to us. Instead, they came up and stole our food...
4) Then last Thursday, some of us were called up for some talk thing by Ms Ek - it's for brainwashing for us to join council. But no way man! Not that I want to bad-mouth SCs, but honestly, SC is so not my thing. That's probably the same reason why most if not everyone in our class who went for the session said 'NO'. haha. *Say No to Drugs!*
5) Last Wednesday, I went to NTU and decided to do the filing for all our data (: (:
6) I'm Emcee for something I don't know...
7) I'm doing the Pitch competition thing...
8) School year is passing too fast
9) Malaysia's fight is getting interesting
10) Organs anyone?
Ah...okie. I shall stop here and go focus on doing my solar city project report (: BYE~!
~5:35 PM
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Blessed morning. That's how I felt this morning, when I finally awoke at 8am. I really didn't want to get up. So, I mumbled to myself and went back for another half an hour of sleep. During that time, I vaguely heard my parents shut the main door and heard my sisters clanging in the toilet.
I still didn't want to wake up. Eventually, I got up - groggily but really happy. Today I had a change in plans which resulted in me having the whole day free except to bring my 2nd sis to piano school.
At Christofori, we saw poor people cramming their last minute of memorising before stepping into the room for the examination. Then we saw the stewards acting all motherly and trying to aid everyone (:
Then I left sis in the school and headed off to JE library. At JE, I realised how crowded it already was. I couldn't even find a decent spot to sit at. All was left was a little sofa on the first floor. Imagine that! not even a single bench/sofa/table was available in all stories except the 1st and it was only 11am!
Anyway, so I settled down there with my laptop and started logging on to wireless@sg. And FYI, it lags a little (:
Then picked sis up. We took MRT to dover and walked the way to Blk 19 to buy agar-agar for 3rd sis and then went to broadway there to buy oreo-chocolate-with-pearl and green-tea-with-pearl. For me and 2nd sis respectively.
Went home, ate lunch, lag in front of the computer, do a little homework and tada, I'm here on blogger.
Truely relaxing day with no need to rush around. YAY!
I wonder when will I get to experience such a day again? It just seems too long ago that I've experienced such a day. Throughout the whole of June Hols, I didn't even have such a day! I feel totally energised and recharged, ready for another week of school!!
~6:27 PM
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Ms Ek knows my name. lol. and I was telling stella I hoped she didn't know me and thus won't call me.
Ah well. Ms Ek called me up to ask about current affairs. I don't know why she picked me though. Maybe it was because I was talking. lol.
Anyway, I decided to talk about Abdullah, the poor Malaysian Prime Minister. Then I talked a little about sodomy. According to Mr Wee, I should have left that out, lest some sec 1 was interested. I replied that they wouldn't know about it. He said that that would make some people want to find out. And apparantly, they'll find out soon enough.
After hearing that point of view, I can't help but agree. But then again, if they were reading the papers, they would know all about it. Part of the issue is found in the cover page of The Straits Times today though. It spanned like 1/3 of the front page.
Well, the short talk by me ended with Ms Ek talking about organ donation. Argh. I could have kicked myself. That was a safe topic.
I got haunted by friends today too.
First issue was about Ri-tar and Ri-te. Apparantly Ms Ek pronounced the 2nd one and it sounded funny to everyone, who know me by the first pronunciation.
Second issue was about my talking about Sodomy.
I found their teasing slightly funny though. I reckon I can qualify for the Singapore happiest person now (: been laughing like mad all day - first with Shu Hui about Akkarin and then about other stuff too.
Akkarin is a genius and a pro. Until he decided to die for his apprentice Sonea. I felt like strangling him at that moment. He could have saved a little of his strength to survive - after all, Sonia still had a little power within her and could easily have defeated the baddies.
Poo. Nevertheless, it was a great book and I plan to reread it.
Oh and here's an update on another thing - Aerospace Summer Camp! Visa is in the mills and tada - I can't believe I'm going to go there soon!!
Before I forget, here's a poem (:
I know I haven't been updating on the poem part, so here you go!
Corruption
Mankind came a long way from
Being just mere skin plus bones
Extended to luxury and room
Sold off by monetary loans
Perhaps just for the money dues
Perhaps just for the gold
We decide to burst out and accuse
Saying tada you did it again like old
When you fabricated the lie
Then again in other places
Corruption is made legal
Oh you have to pay extra to go through me
Coz the law demands so
Yet some shameless indiv'
Decides he should spread
Some horrible rumours indecent
Sticking asses down with bread
I'm sorry you were so bad, weary
I'm sorry you had a girl
I'm sorry you have to lose your power
I'm sorry I want your friends twirl
The whole government is left with you one and only
Everyone disregards
Soon all it'll take is a button
And fight between your deputy and opposition begins
~6:10 PM
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yea. On Sunday, I played my brain silly - 5 games which were all very torturous. Like SUPER TORTUROUS.
Imagine the pressure when you are playing against a pro team known as Raffles Institution Team 3. Where they only trained the night before. And they bingo 2-3 times during the game, with points worth A LOT.
Great right? Yea. Then after the game, they ponned us 5-0. and won us by a combined spread of 1400++.
Impressive huh. After that game, we all lost touch - our brains went cuckoo. We didn't concentrate much - and we conceded?
At least we've got a certificate which tells us that we were good enough to represent the school. Although not necessarily so...
Well well. Anyway, this week is going to be SUPER DUPER BUSY. and I haven't been able to go to NTU for 1 week - wonder how our samples are doing - we'll know tomorrow I guess - it's NMR tomorrow!
heh. Then there is the issue of the science quiz. It is SO. darn. big. scale. lol
Oh yea. Mum just called as I am halfway through this blog post. She got upgraded to Business Class on her flight! *envy* I've never even sat on the seat, much less felt it!!
Aerospace Camp just emailed me to go down to the place to hand in visa application - so I guess it's going to be very fast to E&C week! whoohoo! I just hope I can find time during the trip to do a little shopping!!
~8:54 PM
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Started off in the morning with waking up. Instead of waking up slowly as I am used to, I decided to hurry and wake up quick.
Then today during lessons 2 teachers decided not to come. And they never did tell us.
After school, suddenly there wasn't much to do in NTU after all.
Then the highlight came when I walked home from the bus stop.
I was walking across the HDB flats as usual. Then I started to overtake some elderly man who decided to walk so slowly that it was becoming unbearable for the person walking directly behind. So I overtook him. But here's the interesting part. Just as I was walking past him, I could have sworn he muttered: "兄弟" softly behind me. I didn't bother looking back and was quite spooked. So I walked faster.
And weirdly enough, he continued to follow me. Then after my further increase in speed, I lost him.
Seriously. I was pondering over his words for a long long time ok...I wondered why he muttered so...anyway, gotta go down to help my mom with groceries liao. So I'll continue this post later? or maybe not.
~6:52 PM
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argh. or maybe I shouldn't use that tone.
After all, I'm still in semi-holiday mood, as I told Emily at the bus-stop just now. It's definitely not helping that the teachers are going full speed ahead and that I've got a file waiting for me to analyse and rearrange (which incidentally is going right under Mrs Lee's nose) and many many many corrections to make up :(
Anyway, back to the back-to-school stuff. I managed to steal a space slightly to the side, in front of the projector screen and on the second row. Which makes that seat one of the best (apart from sitting smack in the middle, in front of the projector screen in the second row)
I sure hope Mr Ong doesn't have the idea to change all our seats again. I am SO not going back to the back. Back environment doesn't suit me. I'll just stone there and not listen -.-
Test, test and more tests. That's all the teachers greet us with for the first 2 days of school. Not that they give us pop quizzes or anything, they just smile and tell you that there shall be tests in the weeks to come. LOVELY.
So back to the subjects.
Mr Ong is teaching vectors which is a really nice topic except for the fact that it has been covered in physics. I do hope we can go straight to matrices though. That is fun (:
Mr Tan is just recapping D.C. Circuits.
Mr Wong went on to finish Ammonia and next topic is ENERGY FROM CHEMICALS! Then after that shall be organic chemistry. and from what I've heard, I don't want to study organic chemistry. But nevermind, bring it on and let me have a try!
Mr Chow has completed a topic o.0 Ecology.
Mr Wee is dragging some time by making us present our research assignment. Oh and there's the issue of NIE trainees. I don't quite like them, from my experiences with them...with the exception of a rare few, the rest can't teach.
Zhang Laoshi is recapping hongloumeng
Ms Or is on honeymoon?! (maybe - let's check when she comes back)
Ok. I shall go copy some corrections now. or else it'll look TOO obvious.
~9:43 PM
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ekks. I am so doomed. I spent the whole afternoon trying to cut the number of words. From 1500, it got cut down to 1200. Then from 1200 to 1000.
I am dying now. There is nothing much left to cut except my introduction which is like 300-400 words long?!
Ok, cool down. CUT INTRODUCTION NOW!
Anyway, I'm doing on Loss of national identities and am realising that there is a lot of crap involved in this issue. Includes religion, building, language, you name it, you got it.
That's probably the reason why the essay is so long.
Anyway, back to this week - went to NTU, for the full time attachment (:
Really sian now, coz the NMR doesn't like me. Water peak shifted like mad, Acetic Acid peak favoured, you name it, you got it. Plus not all of the samples are screened yet.
Anyway, looks like we'll still be doing Bombyx Mori for i-motif, so good luck to us!
Going back to essay. Wish me luck!
~4:31 PM
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Current status says that we're on track - assuming we have good results??
Homework is still not 100% done, the most troublesome is the english research paper...wonder how I'm going to craft it nicely?
Beginning to really love phdcomics.com - we stuck the edition on fume hoods on our fume hood and everyone laughed at it...
Then yesterday, some technician came to cut the power off from the fume hood for repairs: he took a sneak peek at our comic on the fume hood and stared and stared. Then later he gave a smirk. LOL. apparantly it's really amusing.
We are planning to put one comic on Dr Phan's door...shh...don't tell him?! It's going to be one on when to meet your professor and a bingo set on phd-mentor relationships. Wonder how we are going to stick it on though.
Zhong Ming suggested just stick it on when he goes out of the room...maybe we shall attempt that? but it'll take loads of guts to put it there. and everyone in the lab knows that it's us Students who patronise the phdcomics.com site, so everyone will know it's us who put it there. Maybe we should photoshop the credits to the site first. lol.
Anyway, was talking to Wang Jia just now. he is the pro la. Mr Tan told him to pass the message to the class on MasteringPhysics and the physics file like yesterday, and he only remembered to do so in the evening today. Nice one...
Plus plus - I'm utterly broke this holidays, gone into slight deficit. HELPPP!!! Apparantly I went out too many times this holiday and spent too much -.- Food price goes up, savings go down...
My Ez-link card isn't helping either. I took only a to-and-fro trip to NTU for 2 days, and my Ez-link went from $9.70 to $5.80: That's a good $4 gone only on transport leh! Add it to the fact that I was going to NTU for quite a bit of this holiday, and tada, it means I've spent darn alot on transport.
And before I end off, something darn random: There are 15 4E ppl online now. haha. So that is like slightly less than 1/2 of the class is online. That show just how many people use the computer on a regular basis?!
~10:17 PM
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Guess what everyone? Today is...FRIDAY THE 13th!
Whoo. and for some reason, the day was a blast except towards the "now" (or nighttime) part.
Started off slow with the science whiz thing for Mr Chow. Then we were BORED TO DEATH, and were printing the 150 participation certificates + folding the ribbons for the envelope.
Mrs Tan said we had no creativity with the ribbons for the envelope. Whoops...you didn't exactly tell us we could design them you know? We thought we were supposed to FOLLOW THE STEPS. eh lol.
Then for the certificates part, we nearly DIED printing them.
Anyway, to occupy ourselves, we had The Faces (original production from some ulu secondary school, then script taken by RV ELDDS, who incidentally did a better job) and Step Up 2.
And wow, step up 2 was a blast (: really really nice.
Then at 12.30pm, stella and I decided to pangseh everyone and leave for cca stuff - sherrie didn't want to be left alone, so she decided to tag along, leaving only lianghui and gary in the room. Sorry though to you two, pangseh you two and leave all the work there too...
After Science Whiz Prep, rushed off to Bugis!!
Went with Oriole to Pasta Mania for lunch, then took Neoprints, then REwatched Prince Caspian (got a bribe from Peisi to rewatch ma, that's why...)
Reached home at around 8 pm...
Then after dinner, the TROUBLE STARTED.
I flipped the switch for the computer to 'on'.
The computer went to start screen.
I logged into MsN.
I clicked the button for Internet Explorer.
Here's the funny part:
The Msn worked, the IE totally said my internet was not connected.
This started the frantic search for the IE disc, the IE settings buttons, the IE BIG CHANGE.
lol. Then I even resorted to uninstalling a few applications. Then I started the "brain dismantlation of the computer".
Final Conclusion: The update I downloaded from the authentic Window's Vista site was FAULTY.
which means that I wasted my time and effort changing all my internet settings.
BOOHOO. Never again shall I trust the window's vista site for updates...never ever...at least until I deem it safe -.-
Oh yea, today I also received a sms from some MOE personnel? Seems like trip Aerospace is still on. And say Hi to SHANGHAI people!
Anyway, last random stuff: it's now week 3 of holidays - meaning that happy hours are ending...*sniff*
Something just popped into my brain btw, it says that I have to mention that I've gotten sick too. On Sunday, the temperature was 39 deg celsius. On Monday, flu added to the DRY cough I already had. On Friday (today), the sickness finally started subsiding. BUT I STILL HAVE PHLEGM!!!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkksssssss
and now I shall start doing my homework and bracing for the new term...CHIONGGGGG!!!
~10:49 PM
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~8:00 PM
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Long story cut short, I was involved in a roller blading accident on Saturday, at East Coast. Best part was that I got NO CUTS, NO INJURIES, EXCEPT A GASH ON THE CHIN.
Darn it. And my dad can still joke about it saying that he was some distance behind me, then later he see me fall on my kneecaps (with the knee guards on), thinking that was the end of the accident, and then at that time, he saw me falling straight on to the ground on my chin. And he reckons if I stuck one hand out, I'd have gotten no injuries.
Although I kind of agree with that last sentence, I still don't like this. Don't like this at all...it's still red and PEELING.
Ah well. The family has come to a concensus (without me) that says it is a fated thing. Coz I didn't get injured during the entire skating time; it was when I was heading back to the shop that I got involved in that accident. Which leads me to say SUAY.
Oh and I had huoguo for dinner, at home. And I can still taste the soup in my mouth (:
Huoguo at home always tastes yummy, coz we just take everything out of the fridge and start dumping them in. So we've got eggs, vegetables, fish, beef balls, fish balls, crab sticks...etcetc.
Apparantly today's combination makes good soup. Coz I am so satisfied.
Holidays means relax, which means I've found myself nice shows to watch. There's the 7.30pm show on weekends, a korean show on this king. really nice watch - then there is the 10pm show on weekdays, healing hands by HK. Then there was another show that I saw on VV Drama, some show on gangsters, airing at midnight - goulangsomething. lol.
This week is going to be really packed:
Monday: NTU
Tuesday: Outing with Michelle, Isabel, Charlotte/NTU (depends on my speed on monday - samples!)
Wednesday: Sec 4s gathering (:
Thursday: Not sure yet, maybe NTU
Friday: NTU
Maybe this schedule doesn't have much life, but what needs to be chionged must be chionged (:
With that, goodnight!
*yawn* I shall TRY to sleep early...all this late night stuff the past few nights is preventing me from getting back that habit...
~10:41 PM
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Went shopping in the morning with mum after getting my braces done - btw, it's a lovely lilac (: - got a new shirt, 2 pants and even got my atm done (:
Went to school at 2.30pm, after eating a lovely Japanese meal at Clementi...
And then realised that I need not have come today at all. Puh-lease? you don't call a poor soul from shopping just to do sums which she has done already...
Aww. nevermind.
Anyway, after maths, I did a chiong to NTU for lab (: Today is my turn to present you see (:
haha. Went there, did an okay job with the presentation, and answered the questions.
Dr Phan was saying that answering questions part needed more work, because it's not as efficient as it should be.
Samir was indirectly telling me that I crapped well - with some analogy with a question that was supposed to sink me but I managed to make it turn into a fish?! Well, I'll take that as a compliment (:
No poems today...just feel empty of emotions - somehow. shall go look for bleach 172 now...
ICHIGO aka ichi-nii ROCKS!
~8:45 PM
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No insult meant but can you please please please go faster? everyone was dying in the classroom today...I talked to everyone, guys, girls whatever. Everyone thought you were boring!
Argh. This is one of those times where you wished Mr Ong did not give up our class. I can think of so many better ideas. Partial fractions and binomial theorem can be taught both within 1 lesson, 1 day - I don't mind another hour so long as I don't have to keep coming to school. If only they arranged it such that Mr Ong taught us for one day and 4L 3 days, everyone would be happy :( lol. Mr Ong goes much faster.
When you see 4C walking out of class barely one hour into lesson while you are still stuck in class...you really get mad. I wouldn't mind being stuck inside if not for the fact that the lesson was utterly boring and slow. Whatever he said was 100% from the notes and he wasn't going fast. Siann. Moreover he says bring June holiday assignment to class tomorrow and I've done it during class today, coz I was so bored. Now tomorrow's going to be boring too. I wonder what should I do during class tomorrow...
Anyway, today we made ice lollies at home (: I made a milo flavoured one. I know, I know. EXPECTED RIGHT? haha.
It's nice :P
I'm upset with hotmail recently. It takes darn long to load and it keeps blocking me out of the inbox. haiz. I spent nearly 15 mins just now just to access it or rather attempt to.
Now is 5pm, and my aim is to finish geography homework ALL by today. Wish me luck!
~5:01 PM
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Lots to say, and let's start from yesterday.
yesterday, Mr Wee played scrabble with Shuhui, Pris and I. LoL. It was the last period and half the class went off for CCA practice for open house. So Mr Wee let us off early. and well, Shuhui opened the scrabble set, and Mr Wee said it was a long time since he had a game of scrabble. Then we all invited him to the game (: With quite a few spectators around, we started. haha. I started first and ended first -.-
But before all this, results came back. As expected, the 4 A1s, 3 A2s and the 1 B4. That makes GPA 3.6 and average of 77.0. It was not bad I suppose, but I could have done so much better. If not for CA 1, I would have gotten much higher.
Lesson Learnt: Study for every single test, regardless of the percentage it takes up.
I'm paying the price for not working hard last term. But nevermind, my hardwork this term payed off and tada, my results aren't that bad.
My next goals shall be to pull all my sciences back to the A1 it was and push chinese up to a nicer grade of B3, so that it shall not tax my GPA. That is of course, whilst maintaining the standards of my current results for all other subjects.
Today was RV open house. On the whole, it was MUCH MORE successful than the one of last year's. At least there were more visitors to the school and more audience for the magic show.
Oh and at piano school today, I met one of mum's friends. She went talking with him first, then left, leaving me to talk with him. LoL. I learnt that he was an ex-RVian. Then we went discussing about RV. Then he was like talking about RV's metal buttons and how they had to undo them from the shirt before washing etcetc.
Quite an eloquent speaker I must say. Went home and asked mum why. She said that it's because he is in marketing. NO WONDER.
Today also had tuition. At tuition, we were discussing was it fair to force the rich to donate money to people in disaster areas. My answer was that they should not be forced to donate, as it should be done in goodwill, but also that the rich does have an obligation to the poor of the country and naturally should try to help whenever possible. After all, they are fellow countrymen and they should help others, so as to progress as a whole (:
That's all for today. It's now like 11.40pm. So goodnight!
~11:23 PM
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可惜，有一些人没法子得到位置，也有一两个因为幸运而得到不应该得到的荣幸。
看到你们的名字，我是感到吃惊，但也只能默默地看着你们慢慢地失去同年级的人的信任，被他们所咒了一遍。
不是我说老师不公平，只是有一些人演得太完美了。Haiz。没关系，你们有的是三个月的时间证明给你们的CCA朋友:说你们的确有本能。
oh btw, to prosperity oriole! :P
Anyway, back to the happier stuff.
Doctor Zhivago is COOL (:
and tomorrow we don't have to run cross country, because we are on duty (: jiayou jiayou jiayou!
To guides doing duty: 7.15am at West Coast Park; wear your fireman tee + blue skirt.
hm. Don't feel like blogging anything further. So, till next time!
~6:58 PM
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It's kind of the family together event la.
Every year, after mid yr/end of yr, we go somewhere.
This year, we went hiking on the new trail just outside school (as in starting from Mount Faber).
We went up Mount Faber, walked Henderson Wave, then the Metal bridge thing, all the way to Kent Ridge Park.
Psst. Advice from me. If you want to see the REAL nature scenery instead of just walking, start from Hort Park and go across the trail all the way to Kent Ridge Park's Canopy Walk.
There, along the trail, you can see COUNTLESS FLOWERS and MANY ANIMALS. I mean it. squirrels? spiders?
I mean it about spiders. We were on the canopy walk when suddenly my dad exclaimed that he saw some silvery web. Then we looked, expecting a nice small spiderweb. Fat hope I must say.
The spider was palm-sized, with web stretching across 2 trees. Wow right? Best thing was that my sister went snapping away [by snapping I mean the Camera (:]
The whole trail is about 3 hours long, that is if you walk slowly and enjoy the scenery, taking minute rests along the way for water (:
Oh and through this trip, I realised my sister (Sam that is) can't take photos. haha. All the photos she took turned white. As in greyscale? Coz she didn't wait for the photo on the digital camera to register before she switched it off. So the camera happily collected only the black and white colours and not the RGB -.-
Then after the trail, we went back to Seah Im to eat Roti Prata. It tastes quite nice I must say. *hint hint:GO TRY* and the teh tarik and milo there is REALLY thick and creamy. So it's "terrifically nice".
uhuh. Then came home to a nice house and read the papers. Apparantly death tolls for Myanmar and China has gone up to much much more. And Myanmar finally has opened its doors for good. Thank goodness. I was totally thinking how much more can Myanmar take. Such a big tragedy in a poor place - you have got to be kidding if they don't need help. Any economist/geographist could have told you they definitely need help.
The world is going haywire. You've got floods in one place, cyclones in another, then further down earthquakes. Centuries ago, each tragedy happened at different times of the year. Today, they happen every other day, clashing "timeslots" with other tragedies. What is the world coming to?
Well, as my chinese tuition class was pointing out yesterday when we had our discussions, it seems as though China has a poor 2008 so far. No insults directed at the chinese population, but it does seem almost as though China lost some mandate with heaven or something. Tibet, floods, food crisis, now this. Is it a coincidence or due to pure destiny?
In my opinion though, as I mentioned in class, it definitely isn't really mandate. It is simply that this year is a poor year for the world in general, and China, with population taking up quite a large portion of the world, naturally suffers more. At the same time, China's land mass takes up a good big portion of Asia. Thus, it is no coincidence that all of this happened. This is just the brunt of the things mankind has made occur in the course of Earth's industrialisation. If it were to be anyone's fault, it's everyone's.
Well, that's my view and is food for thought for you to think about. Maybe if this goes on, hiking may become a past even in Singapore.
~3:56 PM
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That's right, all the results are out and here you are for those who want to compare:
4 A1, 3 A2, 1 B4
No prizes for guessing which one was the B4 though. It's technically a C5, but being 59.5, it's probably a B4 already. But anyway, the combined score is still a C5. I wonder how much more must I work to SECURE my B4 for chinese.
And hey, there is the pressure from my parents for chinese O levels...
Anyway, my combined score is going to be way lower than the mid years alone, simply because of the fact that my CA was terrible, with me getting low grades for all my three sciences and more. Thank goodness SA is 30% and CA is 20% (:
Mr Ong is the pro teacher who started teaching maths this week already...and finished a topic...
Well, the applications of integration wasn't really that difficult to understand, thank goodness (:
I'm now into holiday mood, what with just one week more. Who cares about the few hours each day that I have to spend at school...well, fact remains that I'M ON HOLIDAY AFTER NEXT WEEK!!!
WHOOHOO!!!
~6:25 PM
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Anyway, today was slack. No teacher bothered much with actual teaching content, and well, we basically sat there.
I switched seats with Sherrie today, coz she said that her top half is cold and I say my legs are cold. Apparantly the wind direction of the air con turns somewhere between the two of us, and she'd rather have her legs cold. Me - I don't care - I have a jacket. Problem is, the legs really freeze at that place.
So well, the change is in both parties' interests (:
After school, we had this talk by Singapore Youth Flying Club. Zhong Ming was telling me about it sometime last year I remember, then I learnt that the eyesight was a tremendous "counting" factor. Thus, I went there knowing I could never have joined that as a cca (:
Then, the funniest thing happened. After SYFC, it's ventures and rovers. The performing arts people started to leave the LT, and half the people decided to follow - no matter, they missed a terrific video.
Most probably ventures and rovers is going to be girl dominated (: I haven't heard of a boy saying he wants to join yet, and ALL current RV sec 4 scouts are leaving the movement. So there. No guys. It shall be the first time in Singapore scouting history I think (:
After that, CCA!!!
Voting time - and some names were really popular I tell you. But I think some juniors did not listen to instructions/do not have common sense.
PLs are ALWAYS the sec 3s. Since when do you have a SEC 2 PL?!
Treasurer, which is part of the main committee, is always a SEC 3!!
Ah well, was playing the piano nicely and for a long time just now - just realised how long it has been since I really touched and played it in peace - now I shall catch up (:
Current projects/competition status:
1) Solar City: Green School
2) SCRABBLE association's scrabble competition - yeayea. we got out, but we're in again because of a wild card -.- (psst: they just want to have some willing losers la!!!)
That's all for today then. Tomorrow shall be better...
~8:30 PM
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Maths. Nothing to say. Wasn't quite what I was expecting...it certainally hasn't met my expectations. My expectations were ZERO careless mistakes. But my paper was full of it. And Mr Ong says that our class the other paper did worse than this one. I hope it's not applicable to me...I can't afford to lose my maths marks. It's after all to pull up the chinese...
Well, nevermind. Back to home stuff. I spent one full hour (7pm to 8pm) trying to reason out with my youngest sister. Apparantly younger kids nowadays have zero respect huh. She was like hollering the whole house down over a stupid piece of paper from a memo pad which could have been easily thrown away. I swear that you wouldn't want to know the details behind it...
You must be thinking: "you got to be kidding right? - that's the cute sister..."
Yea right. She started off with hollering at the maid, then hollering at me. HA. bad decision. eventually I won of course. ahha. Then I made her cool down. Then I started some lecture on her attitude - well, mum's not home, dad's not home, so I got to do it right?
LoL. Then my other sister and the maid started LAUGHING at my lecture (:
It's because of my analogies I guess - even after my sister cooled down, she was still protesting her point of view - then I was like telling her there were better things to do other than holler and holler. Then I remember saying something about Ah Longs in Coffeeshop I think...Then while my youngest sister just started crying all over again, my other sister and the maid just started to laugh from the other room.
Darn. Then I was like trying not to laugh but yet laugh - result was atrocious I tell you...
So how did it end right? Well, my youngest sister just decided she agreed with the others' point of view and started to smile -.-
Ah whatever. At least I got all of them to smile again right? haha...I had 1 crying girl and 2 angry people on my hands...What do you want to do?!
Yucks. That's the bad thing about age gaps between siblings I guess.
LoL. My youngest sister is like eight years younger la...
Well Well. that's all then...
There seems to be some problem with cbox at the moment - can't post anything, so...
Some replies:
Weilin: haha...thanks!
Fangqi: o.0 Well, then jiayou! hope you get good results too!
~10:17 PM
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I reckon I'm the first one to post amongst geography students - lol. the paper just ended half an hour ago
About the mid years, nothing much I guess - I guessed I did just average. hmm...
Maths was a terror. I reckon I should have done more practice and not more or less just walked in -.-
Geography was A-ok. As I said to Pris and Val, my hand vomitted. I asked for 2 more pieces of paper (:
Reckon I'll get an A for Geography - just praying that it's a high one.
On another note, Mr Ong says our class topped the level for the MCQs. But then, I was thinking right - that's almost as good as not saying. Coz you may do quite badly as compared to the rest of the class - anything is possible I guess - I'm just hoping and praying I get my A1 for all sciences.
English was WHOA. haha - I went to do the government one - started talking about GIC and Lee Kuan Yew: I wonder who marked it (: Whoever marked it is going to have some fun with my examples - I went from Lee Kuan Yew to Tang Dynasty (: (:
Chinese Composition: SHALL NOT TALK ABOUT IT. never never talk to me about this essay.
Chinese Comprehension: Still quite ok - hope I get a B3 (:
SS: ok - Write until hand break le la...
Well, that's all folks!
On to the first poem since longlonglong time ago:
This one's going to be about something that just happened in the news: please do not comment on the content (:
Someday
Someday I just long to be free
Away from some monster I can't see
He just walked in with thigh
And changed my life
It's just walking about
In this underground world
That makes me wanna holler
Till perhaps mama up there can hear
I was just a mere twenty
Now reached double
Stuck in this crazed world with three
And some bunch of rubble
You expected me to give up my life
Just so you could have a little
That was not only fire
Thrown on dead skitters
Now I'm found herein
Living with UV
Stuck in the dungeon
How you're gonna heed?
Yea you told mama
I'm just a bad girl lost
A bad girl who wants you to turn host
But did you consider you being papa?
Maybe you think this is all rust
But it's only the beginning
You just ruined my trust
Of loving you once before ma's ring
See you in court.
Yepps. That's it (:
I'm going to start my destressing sessions now - haven't slept well since this term started :(
Teachers are kinda insane with giving work (:
~12:52 PM
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3 more days to mid years - I'm wishing for my shooting star even as I use my abilities to conquer what I can.
Just a few random things:
Guides Sec 4 is parting after mid years
We're out of Scrabble competition (:
After Mid Years I'm going to chiong my NRP 2008 - SSEF 2009 doesn't seem too far
Today Mr Ong gave us some random questions from year 5 which didn't turn out too tough...
He also says that the new maths portal is a good place for questions - I shall try them...
Ms Or claims that Science teachers plan to kill us off for mid years - I hope that's not true...
She went on to say Geography isn't going to kill - I wonder if that's true
My sister cannot see patterns in maths - I hope she aces her mid years nevertheless - I'm her part tutor!! [after mum (: ]
Piano's slow-going - Ding Ning and Wang Jia are making me feel bad about my standards of piano...they do 3 hours per day leh!
~4:54 PM
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Lol. Well, there is a first time for everything. This is my first time going up (: So yea. Good achievement that I didn't freak out (: Next time, I shall not shake (:
After school on Monday was Pulau Semakau! Now we can all say we have been to a landfill which does NOT stink (: We were playing concentration all throughout the trip. I was "KFC's Finger Looking Good" *puts up the thumbs up sign on BOTH hands*.
Tuesday was maths test - Mr Ong marked the papers in front of us. and stopped right in front of my paper. I'm not complaining though. I don't want to know my marks. I think I screwed that paper -.- According to Wang Jia's answers la of course. Apparantly he got full marks. So if my answers differ, then my answers are wrong...
Wednesday, which is today, was a uber slacky day. But also tiring. Today I went lab - and thanks to Wangdi and Zhong Ming, I found a nice comic site to use to destress (: It was talking about the life of being part of a laboratory. Darn cute (: Best thing was that the same thing was happening at the very same moment we were reading the comic.
Full details: www.phdcomics.com
Well, it's 11.40pm now. Sleep time. Night!
~9:46 PM
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Hassie left me. It's the second hamster I've ever had and she moved on. She didn't even wait for me...It's as if she purposely didn't want me to see her at her last hours. When I was playing with her the night before, she was totally active, playing and climbing around the cage with the rungs as monkey bars. I would never have thought that was the last I saw of her...
About 2 weeks ago, she escaped from her cage, and hid underneath the refridgerator, refusing to come out. Not even when we lured her with food. Was that her original plan? Was it to die silently underneath the fridge? I'll never know.
So there goes the princess. Now all I'm left with is Helter the pauper. Somehow words cannot seem to describe the feeling I've got about her now. It's like one part of me says that I should treasure her and the other says it's going to be another sad event.
People are attracted and calmed by dogs, cats and other animals. I'm just most compatible with the hamsters and other mouse-like rodents. That's the way things are I guess...
Then again, as I said above, this week was achievement week. On wednesday 9th April, RV's Geography team bashed out all other competitors to come in 3rd in the ACJC "So You Think You Can Geog" Geography Quiz. and psst psst...we didn't even study for it, unless you count Mr Chan's few preparatory worksheets. 1st was ACS (I) and 2nd was RI.
On Friday, 11th April, RV's NRP galore stormed NTU to get 5 Golds and 1 Merit in NRP 2007. It was kind of funny. The usher at the door asked me:"Are you '07 or '08?" and I replied:"Both. But I'm coming for the prize." Half of the 2007 NRP ppl from RV are going into NRP 2008. So I hope we'll repeat the performance.
On Saturday, 12th April, RV Inter-School Scrabble Competition People walked into Queenstown Secondary with no preparation and won 9 out of 15 games played. I wonder if we'll be able to get into the next round.
Sadness in the eyes
Oh I can write the saddest of all poems tonight
The saddest poem
The sweetest poem
The maddest one that bites
The birds I know make it in the spring
Just before night's delicious close.
Just between the borders of April and May
I see a saddening day
Beyond the magical barrier
I can just glimpse the world over beer
Beyond that the sun seems to hesitate
As though I shouldn't take the bait
I see saddess in the eyes
See that captain moody's lie
See him crying
See him riging
With a parachute over his back
As the tears just runs down his rack
An eye can break a human heart
As quickly as a knife
We just wish the eye wasn't anywhere near the dart
But somehow miraculously it's just near the heart
So truely
Dangerously near
A cup of water
Capturing the last of it in bladder
Before releasing it out
But drops of tears is another
It leaves little trace
Save to remind us of how grief looks upon the face
I can see saddness in the eye
Remembering how that feels
I can see reddness in the eye
Looking at how the tears release in reels
I can see the tiny crystal gems
Just that I don't know how to catch 'em
Just why is it like that - oh I can see sadness in the eye...
~2:40 PM
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Chinese was terrible. I think I'll be the one in class to fail that test. I totally did not understand what the passage was about and the words were too difficult for me to comprehend. Plus the fact that I could even be that unlucky to randomly choose the wrong answers - then, I'll be a goner.
Yesterday went with Charlotte and Isabel to BPP to search for presents for our dear _____, plus the cake and all (: It's going to be really special - hope she'll be pleased (:
At this time today, half the secondary 4s in the level will probably be at school, listening to teacher's comments and the principal's address. Actually, when you think about it, I believe that parents should be going to schools only every alternate year (: The teachers which you have in one year are almost the same as the one you'll have the next. So as long as you are a good student, the teachers don't complain about you and the same comments you got last year will be passed.
Ah well. This week's been a long one - study study and study. Thank goodness next week there is finally no tests. I'm underperforming, and I know it. All I can do now is to chiong the marks I lost in the past term, and believe that I can. I cried 5 times now that I recall. The stress is getting to me :(
Caged
The shining gold fell to the ground
Into the small of the grills
A dollar or two, bound
Rang in mils
Scavenging to find
The last bits of worth
Silver or gold, mind
Brought by doves
Somedays it's kinda fun
To finger these special papers
But what's the use of some
When caged is what you bear?
Sometimes they let me out for walks
To begin a song or two
Yet somehow everytime I hear mocks
From ants over the moon
A flame of rose-red bold
Seen by me by day
Crazed as I bey
A silent sign that I'll be sold
Somehow the last I remembered
Was a body half-covered by snow
And as others look on presenting a tear, I look adamant
For I was there only the last night of the year
Oh btw, Mich get well soon!
~10:51 AM
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Well, the last week has been quite a good week, with loads of activities and enough sleep (:
haha. I'm beginning to realise that my optimum sleep time is 10 pm. I shall TRY to stick to it.
This week, I'll have 3 tests - namely english, geography and chemistry.
I just finished Chemistry mugging. Next up, Geography...
Woohoo. On Good Friday, it was REALLY GOOD - I learnt that we got GOLDS for NRP Symposium!!!
ahaha. Out of 9 people, 6 got awards. Out of 6 awards, 5 got GOLDS. Not bad eh?
We're the first batch somemore.
We got back our progress report on Thursday. Then I got a terrible awakening. I dropped like anything. and I'm now probably at the bottom half of the class - loads of people got much higher than me. What am I doing?!
and Biology's a C5. I can go kill myself. This time, I shall make sure I mug biology extra hard - and get at least a A2.
I just don't know why though. This year, grades lost much of their meaning. Grades just seem like a piece of paper now - I really don't understand why...
Ah well. This week shall be better!
Chiong ah!
~4:04 PM
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I think schools should just leave off the holiday homework and the projects over the holidays. Holidays are holidays for fun.
Well. As I'm typing this, a thought just flashed across my mind's eye. It reminds me that teachers always say,"Use the one week break to catch up with your work." In my opinion, that is pure unreasonable. I think if you want us to catch up with our work, you should not give homework right? So that we can better spend the holidays revising. hmm...
I suddenly realised that over this holiday, I've been coming back mostly between 7.30pm and 9pm. And yet, I can truthfully say it's not because I've been out playing. It's because of this committment called GMAC. I tell you, if we don't even win a prize, I'm going to scream and cry. I sacrificed the most of my holiday doing this you realise?!?!
Well, I'm not feeling particularly cheerful either, coz I reached home at around 7.45pm today. Just because Mr Chow insists that we do the work in school. But nevermind la. At least it's productive and we have finished the whole newsletter...
Due to that, I didn't have a chance to have a go on my piano today :(
My piano's been brought forward to tomorrow at 12nn - that means I probably wouldn't have must time to practice. Oh no. I didn't even practice much of the scales this week. Someone's going to kill me slowly tomorrow :(:(
hmmhmm...tomorrow I plan to start on my Geography then start on Maths revision and other subjects' revision. Do hope I have enough time and am efficient enough!!!
kkz...It's 11.30pm le. Goodnight world! (:
~11:19 PM
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Well done Fire Com! We did it! haha. No trial but it burned nicely! (:(:
Thanks to Scouts especially Jun Wen that group for helping with the fire and giving us your long mu, so that the fire can burn upright.
Sorry to gateway that few people climbed your structure that you all worked so hard for...simply because it was too dark.
Sorry to the NPCC and NCC who couldn't see much of the campfire activities because you were too far out. Then, as a result, you enjoyed nothing much.
Oh I wanted to talk about Fire Com prep too.
hah. We originally had 2 quadripods too. To suspend the jester. Me and Phyllis climbed up both quadripods with no strings attached and just pulled and pulled the jester to the middle. Then, we both came down and started sticking the cotton wool, wood sparklers into the pit with Isabel.
Suddenly, Isabel screamed for Phyllis to look out or something. Then Phyllis took a few steps to her right. Then the quadripod fell right between me and Phyllis. What the. The wind blowing across the field was so strong?!!
Nevermind. As a result, all the teachers wouldn't allow us to use the quadripods anymore. So we had to make do with the jester in the pit -.-
Anyway, I was darned proud of the pit because we finally made the colours from the sparklers stand out over the fire, something we have never done before in previous years, even though we kept trying to use them (:
I'm super disappointed with all my Fire Com people too. The whole fire pit seems prepared and cleared by Isabel, Phyllis, Shin Fung and me. What happened to the rest? I'm sure I had more Fire Com members than them.
Also, Sec 1s, I know you are not from any committee, but please lift your butt off from the chairs and help wherever you can ok? Don't wait for people to ask you for help. Have initiative, but remember that not everyone is needed at every time, but you people can take turns. This campfire is yours even at the moment you step into guides and sign that registration form.
This camp can be considered in many ways than one as a huge breakthrough in RVGG's history. Simply because the Sec 4s did not sit down and shake our butt while the juniors suffered. We did it with you people. The camp was also not too slack not hiong, because we did all our punishments separately instead of lumping them on the last day and killing ourselves slowly. At the same time, we had loads of fun too, with all the games and skills training.
I distinctly remember lesbianing with Veronica under the stars (: haha. No la. We were lying with our backs on the track, counting the stars, at the little pit meant for hurdle jumping near the Sec 3 container block, while waiting for some people to find us. Everyone who walked past thought we were crazy. haha. Ms Lai thought we were really mad I tell you. She walked past and looked and looked. Then we told her we were hiding for patrol games :D
Oh and SSEF is over, it was a great experience. There was this guy who came up with his own mathematical theory and he is sec 4. OMG right?
I also met a former RVian. Who was Mrs Lee's Physics student. and he is in School of Physics and Applied Physics now. haha. He told me that Mrs Lee apparantly stripped him of his chairperson role and said he couldn't do physics. Well, she's wrong I suppose?
He apparantly wants to get in touch with the school and wants to give a talk on scholarships (: Maybe I'll see him soon? (:(:
Well, there is a Chinese Composition awaiting me that I have to finish by 12pm, so that I can bring to school by 1pm then go do GM proj...
~8:42 AM
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Now it's already tuesday. and I just heard that Fire Com's campfire proposal is REJECTED.
Now there shall be no JESTER. No JESTER at all.
No centerpiece. No nothing. GONE.
They could have told us earlier...but no...
Tomorrow's SSEF 2008. What can I do for Fire from SO FAR AWAY? I'm at SCIENCE CENTRE - darn it.
hmm...Nooooo.
Well, back to happier stuff. For maths today, Mr Ong taught Calculus. Upon doing flipping, I realised that its formulas are easy to use, but the concept behind it is hard to master. But I shall do it.
And Physics was kind of fun too (:
Did the drawing of a magnet's magnetic field with the help of a compass (:
Looks a little like a spider (:
and I think my chinese has help le. I finally passed a chinese composition!! Now I just need the last composition of mine to pass and then I can pass chinese nicely!!
Chemistry's QA test was kind of fun too (: had a nice time mixing everything - haha (:
and Geog's starting on Plate Tectonics: Earthquakes (: Ms Or don't go too fast wor...I want to learn stuff too (:
Tmr's Judging Day already and my script isn't ready...Boooo...
Chiong ah! I've got to get it done asap, so I can rehearse!!!
ok...So bye ppl! (:
~6:57 PM
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As for physics, apparantly I either just made it or need a little more to make it. Ohno.
Well, truth be told, I'm doing terrible for chinese too. I've got a 31/70 for compo. Plus the jianbao, plus the test and I'm considered a total goner. Shucks.
GPA is hovering tentatively at 2.9-3.0. How on earth am I going to pull that up?
Anyway, tomorrow's a totally new day. and I shall make sure I do darn well to keep the niceness of the day.
Whoohoo. Tml's the preparation for SSEF 2008! aha. CAN'T WAIT!!!
SSEF 2008: Hope we win with Silver or higher!!
I'm Dreaming For My Shooting Star
I stand amidst the shores of blue
Along the waves-tortured hue
And holding in my hand
The tiny grains of sand
Slowly I let them sink down back to the floor
Through my fingers to the moor
Standing by the side of shore
While I weep silent tears of sore
It seems we were not wrong
To deem my days a dream
Writing nights and days like songs
In a single mean
I'm dreaming for my shooting star
Screaming for release from the bar
Oh can't I save that single gleam
Or is all we see just hope amidst another dream?
Let me go and bang on my piano now (:
~6:38 PM
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Next week's SSEF 2008. it means I'll be missing all my lessons. Can't believe how much there is to catch up on...
Ah well...
and I'm starting to believe the weather just clashes with Fire Com. It's not the first year this had happened le. Everytime we schedule a trial, it just has to rain. and it just happened today -.-
ARGH. Now we'll probably never have a trial before the actual campfire. Good luck Mr Chua. If the fire doesn't light, don't blame me. It's not our fault. The weather just clashes with us. anyway, I think we shall sabotage the fire. We shall spam kerosene and if the field burns, good luck.
There's another tragedy which could happen though. That is if it rains on the campfire day itself. Then I'll really love the weather. It's not supposed to dampen all our spirits -.-
Whoohoo...Gateway rocks! haha. oops. not supposed to say that, but then, the structures are really cool...and I helped a little (:
Today I stood on the mu with no strings attached (: haha. Then helped yingying and yuting with the masheng tying (:
kkz. It's now 11.40. I spent only around 14 mins (:
~11:27 PM
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I'm averaging quite low now, and there's 2 terrible Cs in the record. Hopefully I can pull it up higher soon. They aren't giving out report books for Term 1 I think. So I may be able to push them up to Bs?
Wednesday was also kind of suay. I was late for lab meeting, so decided to take a taxi. I looked into my wallet and saw 1 orange note and 2 pink ones. Apparantly I didn't look too closely huh. I boarded the taxi, then decided that $14 should not all be used up on taxi fare. So I told the taxi, Dover MRT station please. Then the meter started, and I was nearing the MRT and I saw. Whoo. $6 fare (: Then later the taxi stopped, and the taxi driver tabulated the $$. $8. I was... -.- I took during peak hours. noo.
Took out my wallet, then opened it, pulled out the orange note then went OMG. I had an old $2 note which was orange + 2 plastic $2, and dumb me thought that that totaled $14 :(
Thank goodness the taxi driver was nice. He allowed me to pay $6 only...yay for that taxi driver!
Well, back to today:
Long day which started with maths - Mr Ong isn't teaching.
He is spamming us with questions -.-
Then BREAK! Si Rui brought Potato Pie! =D
Then Biology and Geog.
Then SS - omg - SS was ok I guess...what I don't get is why we Geog students who opted out of history lessons still have to do SS which is now based on History...Northern Ireland!
Well, then it was Break again then HCl.
HCl is talking session + do one close passage time...
I got picked again. Apparantly it's because I haven't said stuff for a long time. Talked about the open culture of nanchiau or Chinese high...
Then after a break of 40 min, it's Maths Talent Class again! haha.
The class was kind of lagged and easy compared to the earlier lessons, which required more brain power. So I ended up doing Chemistry Assignment. Not too bad use of time I guess.
Well, next week is SSEF le...I'm going to miss so many lessons :( I'll be lagging at Hall 2, sitting there and waiting for the 3 Judges to come over to our booth, so that we can start explaining...Not exactly very interesting, but it's essential if we are to aim for at least a Silver?
We're going into a new Maths topic next week le. I do hope I can catch up :)
~7:01 PM
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My strategy this year is to finish with the test, never be depressed and just move on. Life's just too short to moan over insignificant events.
Take english for example. I'm dropping. Maybe Mr Wee will put me in thinking class. apparantly I'm incapable of thinking critically because my grades show that I failed in the GP portion. and now I have to redo an essay I totally don't know what to write about.
Well, as for Bio, Mr Chow's words say it all. "Not so well done". Or something along that line. Well, when the teacher says that homeostasis will be covered and this will be linked to the excretion and digestive portions, you are supposed to know that you are supposed to study excretion and digestion too and not the portion that relates to homeostasis. Oh man. I should have studied more critically. See? That's proof that I can't think again. Thank goodness I at least glanced at the set of notes before doing the test. Or I think I'll be crying by now.
and that would be something, because I don't remember crying a single time this year. Not over tests, not over sad shows, not over things in my life. Apparantly, there are no good sad shows.
Chemistry seems further away, I can't remember a thing about it, except that HCl is not the slowest acting acid. Or something like that. When they modify the paper for different classes, maybe they should keep the standard about the same. fastest acting acid is so easy to find can? It's obvious it's H2SO4.
Maths seems further. Somehow, I always end up sleeping in maths class these days. Is it my problem or the syllabus' problem? I sleep the same time I do as in last year. I think it's most probably because we're still going too slow. Well, I know all that stuff about us being faster than the other classes and all that, but then I think we're still too slow. Don't know why. Well, last year I had to do the maths questions at home. This year, I've upgraded. I'm doing it in class. Why? It's simply either because the questions are too little or too easy to complete. Don't know why either.
and I get the general gist that I'm not listening too much in class. Many teachers are calling me halfway through class huh...either ask me questions or what. I should wake up and be more alert. I know, I know. Maybe 2nd last row isn't such a great idea. I hope ALL lessons speed up soon. They are far too slow. All of them in fact. Is it because we're in an IP school so every teacher thinks that they've got all the time to drill us this year? I hope not. Because this mentality is definitely flawed.
Today, went off to IMCB A*star complex for the GM press conference. Apparantly it's a waste of time - I could have been at CCA doing more constructive stuff with Fire Com.
Why on earth do they ask professors and experts to chair the conference when all of them answer each question with a general reply? It's not as if they give in depth answers. I think all those answers they gave, we could have easily derived them ourselves. This goes to prove the fact that an expert in a field most probably cannot express their views well to others. They require to put all findings on paper and after careful thought.
The only takeaway from the GM conference would be that there is an increase in the amount of prize money. Now the top prize is $1000 borders voucher. best thing is that if we win it, the school can't get anything from it, because it is a voucher and not cash (:(:
Then there's also the issue as to whether I should be going to Geog or Science on 9th April. Why are both in the afternoon?!?! hmm. got to give them the answers by next week. Think Rita! I need to decide which one I'll be going with...
Moving on to today - THINKING DAY!!!
haha. well, Mr Wee got us thinking what are we going to do in Year 5. But that seems so far away. I want to join something with the same guides I've grown to love for 4 years, but that seems quite impossible. It's hard to leave now that we've started. RVGG '08 Year 4s, we leave our mark with a GOLD. may we strive for excellence wherever we end up next year.
Random:
-Poem is at a stop. I've just got too much on my mind. Poeming doesn't release the pain. Maybe piano might. I'll drop by it later...
-Ventures? Outdoor Adventure? how many are going there?
Today's only the 22nd of Feb. But it feels like time is going so fast already. Maybe what the teachers say is right. Time is going faster and accelerating every minute. Soon 2008 will turn to 2009 then we'll all be in Boon Lay. Then 2009 turns to 2010 and it's YOG and A levels. Time sure passes fast. Next wednesday we'll know the criterions for subject combinations next year already. I seriously need to pull my grades up higher if I want my H3 Subjects...
~8:28 PM
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Changed my blogskin one more time. All because my previous skin's host site suddenly crashed - it wasn't from blogskin.com...
Well, this one is, and I sure hope it's more reliable (:
Just wanted to say all's well with my voice, except for the slight hint of husky, it's almost 100 % cured. I'd say about 90%
Maths and Chemistry tests were on today...
Maths was surprisingly quite easy. At 4.20pm, 20mins after the test started I think, I was done with the paper and was looking at the clock. and I was SO scared ok? I thought I had like missed a question or something. Everyone else still seemed to be chionging and chionging. Then there was dear pris next to me. She was furiously pressing on her calculator. THAT made me nervous - I didn't remember calculating that much... Thanks alot...lol.
Then for Chemistry test, well, it was a chemistry test. You don't know whether your answers were correct and you pray hard that it was (: Chemistry never needed much studying - not as much as Biology, but you needed to know your QA and logical thinking quite well I guess?
Well, I've realised time and time again that my timetable seems quite packed. I sometimes wonder why. hmm. and someone beside me keeps saying her timetable's empty. Why's that I wonder?
Guides is ToMoRRoW and I finally get to see all this talk about my juniors. GOSH. I wonder how they'll compare to us (:
Somehow, I always get the mentality that Sec 1s always come in with some attitude problem then as they go up to Sec 2 or something, they start to change and finally become mature. I hope this batch can immediately switch to the mature part. I don't want to see all my fellow Sec 4s being disappointed and start crying again.
I made a pact with myself that I shall not cry over my juniors' attitude, no matter what. I wonder how long can I stay like this. I realised that all the PLs have cried at least once I think? except dear me. am I too weird? hmm. maybe just unemotional.
Conditioning can do that to you. Apparantly, if you see/do too much of something, it'll soon become nothing.
Take the firing cum shooting sprees in these few years. they are increasing. But somehow, I become numb-er with each article. Last year, I'd be saying OMG. This year, I looked at it and say "Chey - what's wrong with these people?"
Just a random addition:
I'm 16 this year. Somehow I feel I've become alot older in 2 months. I think there is something seriously wrong with me. No matter what.
If you'd just look at the blogs of Sec 4s this year, especially ranked people, you'll see the trend. More people are dropping into the Emo-ing state. I wonder why...
~9:11 PM
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~3:16 PM
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Somehow I just feel really depressed today. Over nothing much. Just the weird attitude in me.
I think I feel tired and sick at the same time.
How long can I keep this up?
It's like sec 4 life is fun and exciting but taxing at the same time...
Am I doing too much or am I just inefficient?
Should I do this or would doing that be better?
What kind of attitude has manifested itself in me? I really don't know.
All I know is that in this crazy new world, I can be high and happy on one day and totally out of it in the other. Maybe today's just one of those days.
I want to scream, cry and more, but somehow I think it's socially inappropriate - after all, I've got nothing to cry about.
Perhaps I wasn't suited to all this. Perhaps my voice wasn't supposed to be here at all. Perhaps nothing went right.
I'm Emotional. Yes I am. and at the same time I'm cynical. Maybe.
Somehow on such weird days I just want to lie on my bed and forget everything that's been happening or just sit in front of the computer playing my way in some reality-absurd world.
Maybe it's just the societal norms which are affecting me. Or maybe it's just the propaganda.
Mr Wee was talking all about the propagandish things and the fact that people often do not accept the things that are true. Is this what is happening to me?
I'm a committed forum-er and I've heard all the complaints and listened to their answers. Yet none of them can apply to me.
I've just got the feeling I'm slowly being strangled and am living the life of someone else's. Does everyone experience that phase or am I the only one? I don't know anymore...
~7:05 PM
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V day is over I guess? and dear Pris is feeling glad she didn't have to smash the spirit today. Maybe next week she'll have to (:
Got lots of V day presents, but I think it's kinda bad, but thanks! ahhh...you know how tempting it is to see all those sweets and chocs I can't eat? hmm nvm. hopefully I'll have recovered by next week and can start eating them again - then I'll have sore throat all over again? (:
Well...got stuff from my angel too, I reckon it's a guy...lol. nvm...thanks alot anyway!
ha. and I guess having sore throat has its benefits too? Zhang laoshi wanted everyone to talk in her class and I just had to say I lost my voice so cannot discuss (:
So I just sat there like an idiot throughout Chinese class...Pris, Fangqin, ShuHui and Wangjia, who are all my nearby mates all went to Sungei Buloh, the others around me went ZuoWenBan and I didn't want to talk to the 2 behind. and Val didn't have time to sneak over before Zhang laoshi came. So basically I was stuck alone at the back of the class...
Anyway, a pleasant surprise came for me when I packed my bag. LoL mich! you didn't have to hide mentos so secretly right? haha. nvm. At least I got it. and mentos isn't heaty so I shall chomp on them. Thanks anyway!!! (:
After school was Maths talent. We got some 21 yr old called Mr Chen [Yes as in like in Claire Chen (:] to teach us and he is SUPER IMBAH. At a age as young as him and he is teaching senior catergory for SMO le. Plus the fact he was from Hwa Chong. I think he is aspiring to be Dr Soon (:
Oh and I've been surviving today on strepsils. which would explain why my throat feels ok, just that no sound comes out nicely...
I can't sing higher than a Lah or the A on the piano right hand (if you start from middle C and work your way upwards). That's the current status of my voice anyway.
I just had a nice walnut cake. chunky walnuts in cake. That's the maximum for heaty foods I shall go le. I WANT MY VOICE!
Shall go think over Singapore Studies Homework then start doing some preliminary reading for Biology and Chem(: Next week is Math, Bio and Chem tests. and Maths and Chem are on Monday :/
Nevermind. I plan to do well (: must have the positive mentality (:
4E shall own! Quoted: "Leave no room for others". go ask any 4Emo-ian what this means (:
~6:45 PM
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My VOICE is GONE!
Reduced to a hoarse voice that is unlike House's (according to pris), by the time we left Mr Ong's house yesterday night.
Then, this morning realised that it was clearer than ever. At least the 1st 10 words or so when I woke up.
Then, went to eat breakfast and somehow over breakfast, it showed its true colours. Voice went hoarse like anything. "Sexy" claims some people.
Then, after school, I was practically hissing already. Whispering was too soft. So I went hissing. gosh. I'm now sounding like a snake.
Went home and then my sis claims that my voice is cute. ARGH!
Anyway, back to Mr Ong's house yesterday night. We all crowded into a little house *psst* in clementi, near the police post *psst*.
Well, after cca the whole class (or a majority) met and went to Mr Ong's. He was clad in slippers (:
Anyway, at Mr Ong's house, we got to see a glimpse of his "partner" (this is not my idea btw - someone said. I forgot who) as well as his fishes.
and OMG, he has got 3 tanks of fishes!!!
and then, his ROOM was more surprising. Think cozy and fairytale. lol. his room is carpeted and he has 5 pillows I think. The furnishing looks like the bedroom in one of those castles or something. lol. everyone thought his room was so cool can. It's like Tv, laptop, study desk, ironing boards and all crammed into one room that's I think the standard normal HDB room size (not master bedroom!) The best part is that it doesn't really give you the impression that it's crammed. It's too neat and looks like a showroom kind of thing...
At Mr Ong's we lau yusheng and ate fried rice...then played the game of concentration. and I got truth twice. haha. Sorry Wang Jia, but yea, you're the nicest guy in class - yea. but dun keep koping my answers (:
then Mr Ong joined in - unicorn has the horn split (insider joke - be in 4E)
Well, move on to today - Geography test was surprisingly ok, thought that I'd have died since I spent so little time studying. So far, my A1's still in position?
During PDP/Assembly, we had this Total Defence talk. Well, I believe that there a need to do some discussion, but I think Ms Chia was wrong. We love Singapore ok. It's same as the concept of parental love. You don't need your parents to say they love you in order to know they love you right?
Actions speak louder than words and thus I think that it is not fair to criticise our batch based on 4 batches before us. We can show Total Defence by just starting with our neighbours! - just be nice to them and help out whenever possible - that is a form of psychological and social defence isn't it?
and Valerie - argh. Don't act on impulse! lol. and stop bashing about nothing!! haha. but anyway, as I gather from Pris later on - Total Defence to Elitism is a big jump, but somehow, the essence is there. and lol. The arguement is adapted from 1984!!!
Valerie, stop relating everything to 1984 ok! we're far from 1984 (:
Well, I'm listening to Disney CDs now. Don't ask me why but I suddenly felt like it. Now playing is Lion King's Can You Feel The Love Tonight.
and oh. I just spent 15 min on this post. An improvement from my previous entries I suppose? I wonder if I'm typing faster already (:
Friday's Chinese Test. I hope I do well - I have to get my standard up and up - I don't want to do Chinese at JC level - it'll only pull my average down by a whole lot...
Friday's also SSEF briefing day. I hope the SSEF requirements aren't too challenging - I need to find time to do that on top of everything else...
Oh and did I mention that I finally got my dear EDUSAVE SCHOLARSHIP? 2 months of transaction before I get it. MOE must be really slow...
Well, no matter - I'm richer by 300 dollars (:
This year I shall continue striving for my scholarship (:
300 dollars, here I come!!
Oh and for people who are in the know of my space, go stay tuned to it! Thanks to everyone who has been going to support (: comments are welcome of course (: I shall try to update on weekly/fortnightly basis!
~3:26 PM
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1st day 2nd day 3rd day over. But not all visits are complete yet!!!
Well first day, we went to 二伯's house and messed up? lol. Not really la.
Zhiwei grown a entire yard and now he is so much taller than me? He's 18 this year - NS and stuff...and he has got the worst job in the army. haha. height advantage = "scout" = 1st to appear on the battlefield, last to return home, and most probably the 1st few shot in a real war. lol.
Jiahao's not bad too. He's only older than me by one year and it's like WOW. he is even TALLER than zhiwei le. ohmygosh. growing beans. But he can't do standing broad jump though. Makes you wonder huh.
and of course Klement and Kendrick spent the day stuck in front of the com, playing Maplestory. Is it really THAT nice?
Then we went to 婆婆's house and had the longevity noodles and bird's nest and leftover abalone from the night before! Then halfway through yee suddenly appeared round the door and yes, she's rounder than usual. maybe it's because of the climate - she's just come straight from Changi Airport from Netherlands, where it's SNOWING!
Well, she came in teasing Xiao JiuJiu that he never follow her instructions - apparantly he's supposed to go downstairs with all her nieces (mum's family has all girls except one guy) and help collect the BIG boxes of luggage.
Sophie and John's family came SUPER DUPER late, so they only came in time for lauyusheng time! (or rather, we were all WAITING for them.)
Then in the afternoon, we went to 三伯's house, where we spent the time with xiao shu and everyone else watching Stephen Chow movies...then KFC!
Day 2 was Movie day! went to watch CJ7 movie with all of mum's family. CJ7 is ok I guess - but really, it needs loads of improvement. It's definitely NoT as nice as Stephen Chow's other movies. But the little fluffball's cute enough though. Speaking of movie, I wonder if Jack Neo's new movie's good? I may go and watch it.
In the afternoon, went to see the River Hongbao stuff. We played games and all three of us got matching bears (:
Day 3 is tuanbai day! Me, nat, sirui, pris, shuhui, xiumin went around everyone's houses to bai nian. We ended up watching House - and I can now see why pris loves it so much. House's a genius!
Day 4, today, I'm rotting in front of the com, typing this. Later Jeremy's whole family's coming over - they just got back from Genting - those lucky people. I think 姑丈's family went there, that's why.
Just some random stuff - a week has past and the flu and cough's still not cured - ahh.
My Homework pile is still there - will tackle it later.
here's some of the pictures of me and my sisters during Chinese New Year - yea. You can finally see the skirt (:
~9:03 AM
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but somehow, it doesn't really feel like one.
Homework for one, and other stuffs for two.
You know that I do not openly criticise people on my blog, but I really want everyone to know that 4E did their best in the video...
Although I admit I wasn't directly involved in the making due to commitments over the weekend, I really think we don't deserve to be disqualified. We gave it our all, we did it.
To whoever, I believe that it does not make any difference to see our class bleeding and crying over it, but some of us did...
Shall not say more, but for those interested, please look to youtube for our video. It has alot of hits :)
Anyway, Mr Wong came back today and 4E also had CNY cards made for all the teachers.
They look awesome ok? Oh, and Mr Ong gave angpaos...[[No money la...he's not married yet...]]
Yea...the CNY programme was quite ok this year, but I was like wondering - can the teachers sing? haha.
Mr Ong seems to be the only dominant voice there. Once he stopped singing, there was a great diffence. We couldn't really hear the other teachers. Or maybe it is because we were on the gallery so the sound waves didn't travel that far (:
After school, Michelle and the rest went West Mall I think but I didn't follow them...come on la. They want to go SO FAR leh. and my final destination in the afternoon is at Redhill...and I have to be there like around 2+ or so? so yea. Gave it a miss...
Nevermind - so I took 166 and on the bus, I got a call from joylynn...
Haha. She said they wanted to go back to FMPS (: So I joined them for a short while (: It's on the way lor.
Joylynn, Nicola, Nicholas, Kester, Joshua
Plus me of course...we went to bombard Mrs Quek (:
In recent years, she teaches only primary 6 classes. But of course, we were her first primary 6 class.
So she had one entire crowd of students around her and she asked us to stand in our groups according to year. Guess the old teacher thing never dies (:
She went up to us then said something like "my first primary 6 batch" and "your name is nicholas" and that she forgot the rest. She tried ok. She said to Nicola that she's Daphne or Rachel. Then she said Joylynn had no Christian name. Haha...
Most interesting one of course was that she turned around soon after to a group of last year's P6s and said she forgot all their names. Or something along that line anyway.
and they went "2 months only LEH"
Well, sad fact of life as the teacher - if you are too successful, you must make sure you read the yearbooks the day before and memorise it just like your lesson plan(:
Then before I left, I caught a glimpse of Qing Yi. LoL. I didn't know she was from FmPs!!! ahhh...wonder who was she taught by.
let's sidetrack a little. Forgot to mention that Cherie was the commander today, in the morning. haha. Sorry Cherie, but you really sounded like your voice broke (:(:
Ohno. My flu's still bad. Like really really bad. Thanks Dad for the herbal medicine you bought just now (: Btw, did I mention that I am kinda allergic to Western cough and flu medicine?
I realised that everytime I take Western cough and flu medicine, my illness just increases in intensity. So I switched to chinese medicine for good (: and it works (so far that is). Hopefully it will work to its fullest today, so that I can totally enjoy CNY.
Tonight is shou sui time and I think I'll be chionging my Biology assignment.
Till then, au revoir et bonne année!!
~11:28 AM
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I really don't know.
This morning in Geog Class I was getting high and saying WOW! I did it...
Then the lessons went on and in English Class, where I was having English Test, I looked at the paper and totally BLANKED OUT. A bystander would have been thinking that my results for English is going to be the extremities of a sine curve. Minus everything in the middle of course.
Come on. It's not as if I wanted to blame it on my FLU, but I really can't help it. Imagine: You were having some severe flu and went *sniff...sniff...SNIFF*.
So embarrassing. Worse still was the fact that I didn't have a single tissue on me at that time. Then it's a test right? you can't just turn around and ASK can you?
Arghh.
And then, in maths, we had to flame some people and flame ourselves over the maths test...
After school: CHIoNG to GUIDES! Oriole Flag POLE! hahahh.
and then Guides Reunion TEA!
and then chase Cherie around the field (lol)
Came back, started emoing over the english paper for don't know what reason.
I kept thinking: it's over, so get over it.
Once again, the piano and her music are my only solitude and comfort. *blamblam lalala*. The waves are of a good quality and tibre OK? I played it nicely.
Then, I switched on my PC and then saw this INCREDIBLE NEWS. We're IN SSEF '08!!! YAY
Hester and Edmund got in too I think?
Well, it's incredible ok. Of all the people, we made it!! credits to Zhong Ming of course (:
Briefing's on the 15th Feb. That means I'm going to have to miss Fire Com's session. Ohno :(:(:(
Many tests are coming up and tomorrow's finally the eve of CNY. Yippee?
ARGHH.
and I'm really getting lazy. You realise I haven't posted a PROPER GOOD POEM? argh. No inspiration. currently all i'm doing is copying other people's style of writing. I've really got to use my own style properly soon...
Ok. See you soon (:
~7:42 PM
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And I FINALLY changed my blogskin (:
Was just browsing and browsing through the blogskins and tada - found this.
Looks really nice yea?
Well, the past week has been a great one, filled with fun and laughter etc.etc.
Then suddenly it's the weekend already.
Somehow, I seem to think that the school term is passing very very quickly.
It's definitely much faster than the previous years...
It's definitely going to be a blast of a sweet 16...
and I shall stop right here (:
I've wasted too much time on my skin - got to go do that assignment still lying on my table.
Till next time then!
~2:32 PM
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and just bounced my hands all over the piano to relieve stress. I swear it works. especially when you play difficult pieces and like totally do all the acciacatura and stuff. that was fun (:
I'm taking Grade 8 this year. Wonder if I can make the mark? well, if I can, it means that I can proceed on to Diploma. But then again, should I? I'll have to find another good teacher and so on le lor... Christofori has limited Diploma teachers. So I'll have to go to private?
ohman. can't we understand each other, be more forgiving, look at each other's point of view??? I am sick and tired of having people cry...I realised that more and more of us are crying after each activity. lol. At this rate, I'll start crying too lor.
Why, Why can't we be better? like at least, do our best? if you can't do it, fall out. if you can do it, persevere. Is that too much to ask?
HAIZ.
well, can't be bothered to emo all about this le...shall go on to more interesting stuff...
Today, during Bio, Mr Chow dissected a pig's eye. yea. AN EYE. With a pupil intact, optic nerve, blind spot and ALL. staring at you.
It even has the eyelid on.
GOSH. and what did Mr Chow do? without gloves, he stuck his fingers on to the eye, used the scapel and cut it. *OUCH*
More importantly, he actually DIGGED out the fluid contents, and turned it inside out, showing us that the front of the eye is TRANSPARENT and you can see his FINGER.
That's not the best part. Best part is that he took the lens of the eye out, prodded it with his scissors and said something along the lines of "The lens is hard".
As he said that, he prodded harder...and the lens BROKE.
and we were like... o.0?
oh. and just yesterday, he showed us the 3 different ways you can kill a rat: pull it straight, thereby breaking its spinal area; use chlorofoam; and SWING IT LIKE A LASSO AND WHACK IT ON A TABLE.
and he did the actions in mid air (the imaginary mouse apparantly landed somewhere on Mun Weng's head, or so I could tell)
and then he talked about the FROG and CHLOROFOAM. apparantly once the frog woke up while it was dissected and it was like "omg. what happened to my body?". A pity I must say...why didn't it have like a leg cut off already? may have gave it a bigger shock and it would die of fright. lol. ok. I'm saddistic.
Tml's LAB Day!
haha. Samir's presenting, so good luck to him! hopefully I can understand (: and luckily, I've got Li Chun and Zhong Ming to help me for March 12...
Well well. tml's meimei's birthday and fangqi's too...HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE!
will blog again soon I hope? I realised I'm getting less blog active (:
~9:25 PM
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Geography test has passed, and now's the time to mug Physics, which I haven't touch yet today. After I'm done with this post, then I'll go do something with it (:
Well, one thing about last thursday. It was the SLACKIEST day ever. Double maths - laglag and lagger. Mr Ong was not there, coz he brought choir people to Penang, and we got Mr Gan, who didn't teach too fast (: [maybe coz he didn't know he could do that with our class?]. Then break. Then Bio. COPY COPY COPY until my hand want to die le. Then later copy somemore for Geography test. lol. But almost zero brainwork needed for geography test. It was open book, and I did my homework, compiling the important points onto one sheet of paper (: So that was a fast speed test. Then SS, where Mr Chia gave a lecture and we all just sat and stared (: Then break. Then double chinese where there wasn't much to do, because Zhang laoshi went to bring the students for competition.
Friday was a fun day too. We had a entirely FREE period of CID, where I had time to spam my english essay properly...
Then FIRE COM!! I think our jester looks nice (: Everyone agrees so. haha. Jiayoux FiRe Com! may it be a SUPER memorable experience this year!
Now to the weekend before last.
We went to buy my new year clothes, and all the CNY decorations. and it is as a FAMILY. LoL. So, as usual, dad follows us everywhere first, then later we go makan or stay at home le then he goes with mum to get his. LoL. That's the problem with being the only guy at home I guess (:
Thanks to the combined persuasive efforts of my mum and sisters, I'm wearing a skirt for new year again [lol. cny's the RARE time of the year I will willingly wear skirts. okok. Not so willingly. But it's one of those rare times I will allow. Ah yes - that's also the time where I wear heels. So bottomline - if you want to see me in a 淑女look, go and search for me on CNY (:(:]
Well, about today. There is/was alot going on. Mainly the fact that it is a monday morning again. But surprisingly, I was EARLY today. haha. No monday blues!!
Anyway, for the next few days, Mr Wee's not going to come to class. So no entertaining english lessons le. Oh man. I do hope I stay awake! hm. and I've become Zhang laoshi's new target for chinese class I suppose? She's definitely calling me more often. and it's always when I'm sleeping at the back of the class. Maybe I shouldn't sleep so much. haha. But I can't help it. I'm finally understanding how come some people can sleep at the back of the class.
When the lesson isn't too entertaining and your teacher speaks real soft, there isn't anything you can do under the influence of the air-con :(
Speaking of the air-con, we people at the back reckon it's going to spoil. It's not as cold anymore...is it because we keep playing with it?
Hmm. That's food for thought I guess. and see if you can translate the french above! (:
OK. I'm off to do some studying and piano playing le. I'm going for Grade 8 this year! hopefully I get a merit or something, so I can cheerfully take my diploma. I'm still aiming for it dudes!
~6:26 PM
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From their native Japanese styles to Korean and eventually also Western, I think they made a Pro job. Those students are really talented. They can play their instrument, sing and dance - all 3 at an amazingly HIGH standard. Makes you think every single one of them are ultra talented.
And I saw a hiong guy. He was the one at the drums, whacking it with his life...then there were guys (yes, in plural) who were rotating their heads at high speeds, so as to get the ribbon to twirl.
The girls weren't too bad too. Great coordination of movements for all their dances.
The soloists were the best la I think. Especially that Jap professional with the traditional Jap instrument (: proness.
We changed seating arrangement today too.
I'm at the back of the class, with Yang Jie and Liang Hui.
Speaking of that, I wonder why Mr Ong keeps putting me with Liang Hui...
What happened to the rationale of sitting with a different person per term?
hmm...
Well, because of the new seating arrangement, Bio was Hilarious (:
The people at the back weren't tall enough to see the bottom of the projection screen when Mr Chow flashed his powerpoint slides - so everyone was like jumping up at irregular intervals, one by one, in order to copy notes (:
Anyway, after school...went to practice the horseshoe with COH ppl. FAILURE. HQ's instruction sheet is SO disappointing that we can't get it right :( tml, we are going to fall in slightly earlier to ensure we can practice it...arghh
and I'm so disappointed... :(
NTU sent me an email saying that my claim form isn't exactly complete. lol. coz they wanted me to use the standardised form! now my claim is only for like $125? noo. They originally said 200 de lor.
Well...free period this friday anyway. No CID (: so looking forward to it :)
~7:45 PM
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Monday - a LONG LONG day with lots of Practical lessons...
Tuesday - CCA COH day!
Wednesday - 0.o I ponned lab! (:
Thursday - Went out to yoshi with pris and val...
Friday - Planning com meeting!
Somehow, things don't look too right. Today, I did a zuowen that in my opinion sucked and was easily of primary school standards...who knows what am I going to get? -.-
O level's this year. It's quite near...In June, we'll be taking the O level Oral exams...
Today, we started off with Maths. I drew my tangent graphs opposite direction - negative infinity became positive infinity and vice versa...
Then, after break's Bio. Mr Chow spent time chionging Bio. He's like the fastest teacher we have so far. All the rest are SLoww...
No offence meant, but I think physics should be faster. All the rest have started on notes le, but we're still on intro...and maybe chem too? we only did practicals so far...
Geography...Muahahaa. ok. No details (: Just that we have to do assignments. Ms Or's boring as compared to Mr Chan! I wish his timetable didn't crash...I want him as my geography teacher! I loved geography especially last year lor.
SS. Mr Chia went through Northern Ireland. I honestly think that I'll be bored without anything to copy. Next week I shall bring my printed out notes to class (:
Mr Ong still hasn't changed seats. I'm hoping he'll never bother with it (: I don't mind (:
Did I mention that I'm a Gryffinclaw Puff?
Ok. Simply put, I took a House entrance examination test for Hogwarts (:
and my scores say that I score 86 for Gryffindor, 83 for Ravenclaw and 80 for Hufflepuff.
As for the last house, NO COMMENTS! let's just say my Slytherin score was only 50+
BIG DIFFERENCE!
As for any French fanatics present here...look to My Space for a poem - IN FRENCH (:
Put together by yours truely.
Not sure if the grammar's ok though, but it should be (:
It's about... ...hmm. shan't say. go look it up. you may need a dictionary though (:
That's all!
Ohno. haha.
I spent about 0.5 hours on this post.
Be in 4E to understand why I typed this (:
See you again soon ppl!
~5:51 PM
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Well, maybe you are wondering why I never finished that post on the Beijing Trip. Guess I don't exactly have the time and energy to sit in front of the com straining to remember every detail. Maybe I'll never complete that post. Who knows?
Well, nevermind. A slight correction to that post though - Pris and Joyce were not in Beijing. They were in Shanghai. LoL.
Yepp. So on the 26th Dec, we had the Guides Christmas party, and it was a whole lot of fun. If only every of the 19 of us could be there and that there wasn't a PNA meeting to worry about (:(:
Needless to say, on the 2nd Jan, I came to school in Malan Road dressed just like all the other Year 4s - in the smart new school uniform. The funniest thing which probably happened then was that Val came in in the old school uniform coz she didn't manage to get it before school started. She came back to Singapore only on the 1st!
Well. A week has passed and everything's back into school mode - EXAMS UP NEXT!!! - and everyone's chionging to finish all the holiday homework again...
I'm geography rep and our new chairpersons are - *tada* - Stella and Gary (:
I think this year's gonna be an absolutely fantastic year ahead with all the great and outgoing teachers our class is so lucky to have (:
Emo's more bonded than last year I guess? Monday Mr Ong's going to give out the new sitting arrangements. I hope I don't have to sit somewhere I hate...
Now...Onward to say what happened on friday. Friday was CCA Trials. And I'm SO DISAPPOINTED. WTH...
We spent the afternoon since 2 plus tying all the structures. Then later it rained, and the beautiful flagpole we made didn't even get to stand up striaght.
And Year 2s, I'm so sorry but I'm going to criticise you HARD here. Why on earth do we have you tying a SINGLE dishwashing rack for 2 HOURS? Do you all have like self-respect? Or you think it's all just for fun?
2 Hours. nevermind that, but your structure can barely stand. Which makes me wonder were you all concentrating on it or not.
Next - HOW CAN YOU PPL LEAVE AXES LYING IN THE CANTEEN??? You all never die before ah? You have Year 1s who are still in primary school mode running around and a basket of axes are in the canteen. OMG.
Well. I've got nothing else to say le.
Hmm...after guides, CHIONG to Somerset!!! muahahahhaah...there, I found Li Chun, Zhong Ming and J & J. the rest were late (:
Then Buffet at Sakura! yumyumyum. and we tricked Samir to eat Wasabi!! and freaked Jocelyn out with durian! and saw Herry eat TONS of raw mussles! and saw Li Chun gagging with Wasabi! and Zhong Ming was furious that his Dory became Salmon (:
Ate and ate and ate till 9 plus. Then walked around Orchard Area and showed the foreigners the street buskers, Takashimaya (Taka for short - we kept saying Taka and they never did understand), Cathay Cineleisure (where all the rest looked at me when I said I can't go into the pool station - lol. i'm the only 15 year old...and was wearing school uniform).
Uhuh. Then we took public transport back home. Went back with some on the MRT. Then Samir said he was from Morocco. No wonder he didn't quite look very french. lol. he's a North African!! OMG.
haha. Yepps, then that's all for friday.
Now for saturday (:
Yesterday, My parents so nicely went to get me a new computer to replace the old one which can't work (I was using my sis's since last week of December when it gave up on me)
Now, it's a BEAUTIFUL new computer with free antivirus subscription for 3 mths, free microsoft office trial for 3 mths and a TERRIFIC OS of Microsoft Windows Vista...YUMYUM!!
Well. Fact about Vista: it's really cool - there's a notepad function on the startup screen, so you type in it then if you switch on the computer the next day, it reminds you of it (:
And it comes with a DVD RW (:
Then there's the clock and the beautiful slideshow function on the extreme right-hand of the screen, an interface that looks totally about the same as Mac and of course, a clever Brain. You know that last time whenever you plug in your internet modem to a new com you have to install? Well, this one is totally PLUG and PLAY. No manual installation for anything at all. Just click allow and then it just zooms and tada: they tell you to just use it.
Well, since everything looks different on this computer, I installed a totally different thing too. now on my computer, I've installed Open Office too. and it totally rocks. I might totally convert to it for good (:
Best thing ever: the cost price of this thing is so darn pro! it's like totally going only for a thousand?!?!
OMGOMG. I love it (:(:
Okie...that's all for today...blog again some other day again!
~1:29 PM
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~11:46 AM
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First off, I'd like to say that I'll be overseas the whole of the next week and beyond (:
yepp...all the way to China, maybe will be able to see Pris and Joyce at Peking University or something (:
Well Well ... ... onwards to the Great Wall of China ... just checked the temperature there - it's going to be -4 degrees or so. ehh...lower than melting/freezing point. Does that mean that I'll freeze there? haha. you shall see a ice pop shaped me after China trip (:
whee...shall take loads and loads of photos there, then choose one for the photojournalism stuff...
Okie okie. Don't talk about trip le...
Talk about today!
Spent the whole day in the lab...rotted there for 2hours per interval I think. Coz needed to wait till the samples are ready for the next stage. and OHNO. NMR time is next week!! I won't get to see the results firsthand then? I was so hoping to conduct 2D NMR myself...
and Dr Phan doesn't seem to have given me the lecture on sequential walking. hmmhmm. is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Well, good luck to you Zhong Ming...you shall teach me everything once I get back from China (:
Aha...that's all folks! Tmr will be going to AWARE centre to settle the administration...then tada...restrest and a midnight fly to Changi Airport le!
~7:39 PM
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just came back from Emo Chalet...
You know what?
3E,F,G and H all there nia!
Spent like quite a while watching <<1>>...
Then ate a bit of BBQ, then came home.
Realised that there were more guys than gals.
Gals only have me, veron, yujun, mildred, weilin, yuxin and sherrie. and only yuxin, sherrie and mildred are staying over.
Then, guys got quite alot lor. Much much more. 10 or more I think...
OH. and in the morning, I was at AWARE centre!!
muahahhaha. next time anyone goes near to the AWARE centre, pop in and see our creations on the AWARE notice board k?
It's the nice and colourful one (:
kkz...going to go off now...
Goodnight then! I'll post again soon (:
~11:12 PM
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You know, just today I was experimenting with new blogskins. I copied them onto the template, pressed "View Blog" - and tada...it all got messed up. Don't know what's wrong...Maybe I should tamper with the html a bit more. That's what happens when you try to personalise your blogskin.
I was trying to add my photos to the blogskin, and make the photos animate by themselves. Then I messed it up. LoL. will spend another few hours on them another day to perfect I think... don't know when that'll be though...
Yea. Then today, went school, then saw Mr. Ong...walking out of school. haha. Wonder why he was walking out of school at 8.30am - I didn't ask...
All the teachers' pigeon hole lables were mostly taken out...so all was left are a few "high-rank" teachers' ones...
So, had a hard time finding out where on earth Mr. Chow was...In the end, I could have kicked myself. The answer lies in technology. LoL. In the end I smsed him to meet me at the library. Dotdotdot.
After that, got all the SSEF stuff sorted with him, then went home to slack a while. Then, FLY to NTU!!!
muhahahha. Nitrogenous bases are finally here (:(:
Went assigning new names to Bm1-U16...then chucked the codes all into the synthesizer...
Then sat there and yakked my way through with J and J (Joefina & Jocelyn)...
Prof Phan apparantly wants a retreat - in Singapore - and suggested it when it's in Dec (Rainy season). Tough decision.
In the end, we gave up thinking and thought instead of J & J's farewell party - they are leaving le!!! nooo...they were so nice to help me with deprotection today somemore...
I did 2 sets of synthesis and little else lar. nth to do...rotted in front of the computer screen in the lab all the way through. and whoops...I forgot to check the yields for the synthesis afterwards. Clever Me...
Yepps. That's my day in a nutshell (well, not really, but close enough).
Tml's a long long day again! starting with CIP at AWARE, then later onwards to 3Emo Chalet! woohoo...
~11:19 PM
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It's been a really troublesome week...arrghhh...
Although I had no wish to really hiong this week, it seems I was left without a choice. The days before 30th were spent on chionging RoD pressies for the seniors. The days after RoD was spent on SSEF! I sure hope we get in!!! ahhhh...
Today spent the morning at the lab. Aiyo. basically did nil with regards to our project.
We are out of NITROGENOUS BASES!!! how to sub now tell me?
Nevermind la. We still synthesise the uracil modification ones ^.^
Then, somehow, after doing synthesis, we ended up spending a nice time cleaning NMR tubes. So BORING lor. It's like 3 times water, 3 times alcohol, then 3 times water again. Then must make sure it's like SPARKLY clean la. cannot have any samples left behind. and today's tubes are so stubborn. They keep trapping air, then must shake and shake then water will fill up the spaces.
And best part? There were like 20 to 30 ++ tubes to clean. wahahaha. My poor partner gets the cleaning of the pipette. Worse than me la hor. coz the sole purpose of washing the "one time use pipettes" is to recycle. Actually supposed to be can throw de. But we being nice savers, decide to wash nicely and reuse.
hmm. Then afterwards in the afternoon, planned to go back and join 0.5 b's outing le. Then sms hester, then realised...only like 5 people appeared in the end. Somemore want watch Fred Clause which I have absolutely no intention and no money to watch. haiz. so 2b outing cancel again lor. boooo...was so looking forward to a nice outing with loads and loads of people lehh. maybe next time we should not plan without knowing the exact number of people coming???
ahwell. Came home instead, lag abit with my sis (in plural), then now sitting in front of the com stoning as I type this blog post lar?
Haiz. Still no inspiration for the commonwealth essay. How? I write one, crumple one...haiz...somehow after I do till about 300 words, I realise that I don't know how to continue it...guess i'll try again tml?
Tml's OBS!!! yay! back to ulu ulu Pulau Ubin with fellow UG ppl...I must be mad to agree to this torturous journey again, but why not? It's one day only (:
Okie...blog again soon!!! good night people!
~8:43 PM
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hmm. First on the list this week is homework. I've barely touched any english or chinese, so this week is chionging week. I've got to finish everything before I leave for China...or I shall suffer the consequences (:
Anyway, the majority of last week was spent on AWARE. Pretty convenient that the HQ is just at dover, barely a stone's throw away. Means that if we meet at 9.30am, I can wake up at 9.15am and leave house at 9.25am and still be on time.
We honestly got super wiped out. like totally. haha. and now I totally appreciate postmans (: (Coz we all had to help AWARE post their pamphlets) Glenda and I were doing quick posting methods...to improve the speed. At first we did the push flap and chuck method, then we did the slip through the little hole method, then eventually it became the bend pamphlet a little then push into flap method. HaHa. We sure didn't know there were so many ways to post. We must have posted like 6000 pamphlets in 2 days (:
Then today, we had the white ribbon campaign proper. Which was a total failure if you ask me. Wrong audience and Wrong place. Ahh...well...who ask them find republic poly as a location?
I ask you. They invited mostly old ah gongs and ah mahs, in conjunction with the active aging campaign. Then their pamphlets were all in ENGLISH. Don't know how many times we had to re-explain everything to them in CHINESE. Maybe next time they should check out the audience first.
Then, place. Why Republic Polytechnic ah??? It's like one Big Building in the middle of nowhere, quite far from the MRT station and so on. I think it would have been more successful if they held it in more populated areas such as JEC. LoL.
Well, anyway, friday was guides initiative. F2 aka Food Fun. Ahh!!! the little brownies were so cute!!! and they had really innovative ideas. tofu and egg. cheese and tuna. WoW. and the designs were nice. imagine...all we asked them to do was make a sandwich. it came out in so many different ways!!
Then, yesterday, saturday, was recycling day @ amk and prize presentation day for wee kim wee.
Let's start with recycling day...it's SO SCAM! they counted by weight. So zhenghua and commonwealth guides beat us coz they bring all NEWSPAPERS. but then we brought cans and bottles leh. It's more difficult to collect, yet we don't hear about the effort changing to returns...aww...
Then, prize presentation or rather, plaque collection day. Come on. Why HQ never gives out individual prizes??? They should lor...
Ok. This is what happened. They called us to come at 1pm, then change to 2.45pm, then change to 1.30pm. and then they didn't STATE CLEARLY that we were to ONLY come in full uniform. So as a result, veron and charlotte had to rush home, and I had to borrow zoey's uniform, coz we were too far from dover.
nvm. We reached there at 1.30pm, paying for even taxi fare and then charlotte and veron even came only at 1.45pm. Yet, the competition finals haven't finished. So no prize presentation. Then, we waited. 2pm. Charlotte and Veron went to Bishan to grab a bite. Beryl and I went to the office to pay for the courses on behalf of RVGG. Spent a long time counting money to make it tally, then later 2.45 pm came. still haven't started. Then 3.15pm came, I had to leave for piano class le. What a waste of Zoey's uniform. Then 3.45pm, Beryl left for dental appointment. Still haven't started. Then lag all the way till 4.30pm or so then presentation starts. Charlotte and Veron collect plaque. 5pm, presentation haven't ended, but they left le.
This shows us the terribleness of HQ. They tell us come at 1.30pm, then lag all the way to 4.30pm. Then by 5pm, still haven't finished. What a waste of the 4 of us rushing for time, just to make it to HQ by 1.30pm. Next time when you want a presentation at 4.30pm, say so.
Ah well, the next week monday till wednesday shall be spent in school for First Aid course. Then thursday shall be SSEF preparations, then friday shall be Guides ROD. tada...there goes the last week of november...
~9:40 PM
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and to think that I actually was 'declared' on HOLIDAY!
WoW.
In order to finish that NRP report, I actually stayed in the lab till 9.00pm yesterday, and went home to complete it some more. Deadline was 12 midnight, and I submitted at 11.50.55 (according to the website, that is). Amazing.
The first important bit has come to an end. BiG thanks goes out to all those at the lab, especially Prof. Phan and Dr. Samir, who stayed till 9.00pm to aid us in the report despite having a guest (Jean-Louis Mergny, who gave a seminar which I listened to earlier that day). Big thanks to Jean-Louis for waiting too...
Oh, and thanks to Zhong Ming, my partner, who has been chionging the report with me for the past week or so...without you and your computer skills, we wouldn't have fitted all the information into 6 pages!!!
As for today, I spent nearly the whole waking day out!
9.00 am, I woke up, chionged, and arrived at AWARE at 9.30am for CIP. Luckily AWARE isn't that far (:
Then, did work till 4.00pm, before taking MRT all the way to JP. Went looking at the new books out at popular for a while, then went makaning with joyce and veron...
Next up, the briefing. Stayed at whispering hearts all the way till 7.30pm, then took bus and MRT home with joyce and weilin.
Reached home at 8.30pm. That marks the end of a busy day (:
Tomorrow will be another busy day. We're going to finish another part of the poster and ppt for saturday. Countdown starts today. 4 more days till 17th!
~10:03 PM
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Now the holidays can start (NoT).
One thing I never did understand about RV is probably the homework.
They claim that school year is over and it's holidays.
And yet, school is not over. It's just that studying in classrooms are over.
No, that does not stop them from giving us homework.
No, that does not stop them from asking us to come back to school for CCAs or other stuff.
No, that does not stop them from telling us that this holidays should be spent on mugging for next year's tests.
Yes, that's right. They have already told us that we have tests. LoL.
Physics is the most prominent one. Term one first week or so, so they say.
Anyway, back to the happier stuffs --- RVGG hike!
Firstly, sorry to the juniors if it wasn't nearly as fun as it was the previous years - They spent more time then us on the hiking activities...
Well, a hike is a hike what. I think all the sec 3s were all happy to see you all sweating it out and playing hard, especially in the final game of sand fort building (:
To those who didn't get prizes, I must highlight that the margin was kind of small. It was like 1-2 marks difference between each group only. So that means that everyone was good (:
Next, NRP '07.
It's that time of the year for chionging of final reports!!! Jiayou everyone!!!
Our report got rejected and improved on twice---and it's only from the Dr.
It hasn't even passed through the eyes of the Professor!
Argghh. We are so going to have to buck up.
Oh. and remember the previous post? something about declaring about not wearing the blazer to run around school? It turns out I can't keep that promise. Instead of running about school, I'll be running about NTU. Is that any better???
I feel so cheated. I returned one blazer, then had to borrow another - all within a week! Makes me wish I'd held on to it. LoL.
Then, next up, today!
Today, I woke up at 10am...been a really long time since I did that you know?
and then, we went Parkway Parade and played at Timezone for like one hour. Haha. got loads of points. Hopefully by the next time we go, we can change some big items le.
Yepps, after that, we queued outside Ichiban Sushi for Jap food. YumYum!!!
Ok. That'll be all I'll be ranting about for today's post (:
Poem Galore
It was 'bout noon of summe'
When the bottle-green bird sang
When stars suddenly shooted
When rain poured while sun shi-ned
When flowers rang full bloom
The planets in their orbits
Creeping silently to oblivion
Where rooters like me and you
Hear pounding drums of doom
Slinking shadows from hades down below
Resembling no four leggers: was neither me nor you
Frightening each kid and kitten with their every blow
Gasping kiddos, clinging on to poohs.
They carry arms of destruction
Little shiny axes of do-om
They chop their ways like scorpions
Where our brothers fall with booms
Who are they, Why they're here
What's this place to them
How's it they create beer
Or learn to use my brothers to hem?
A fleecy ball of clouds above
Up above in the broken pieces of sky
Proudest of all stars rove
Represents all our hopes which buy
Suddenly,
All I admire is not materialistic things
I'm shaking, I'm falling, I'm dying
And once again, I look to the skies
Thinking back to the last time I will spread my arms
The more I leave my selfish self
The more I understand
This is why I must go
This is why I must move on
Coz there are better places up there
Then this place of awful destruction
The 2 legged creatures have left behind
For my friends are all up there...
~4:17 PM
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Oh. and the next time someone says RV's blazer is grand, I must remember to tell them it's not. It's WARM. Ah well. Thank goodness we all spent majority of the time in the LTs. So not much to complain about lar.
Science Quiz was really really fun. The kids were super responsive lar. And I can't believe this bunch of kids have better knowledge bank than most of us at that age. Can't believe there was actually this one boy who got 24/30 in a pro test like that. That test was clearly meant for secondary school kids.
Anyway, Mr Chow asked for improvements. Without skipping a beat, we all screamed FOOD!!!
Next time when people say reception, they should specify if it was high class or not. If it's not, a better term is REFRESHMENTS. Oh no. and to think half of us were looking forward to stuffing ourselves silly with yummy COOKED stuff.
nono. We didn't get any sort of cake. We got BREAD and PACKET DRINKS. In the bun type, have chocolate, peanut, strawberry etcetc.
Well, after all our hardwork , we were kind of looking forward to nice rewards (:
Well, we got something --- a YDSP pen and well, a box of cute clips.
Oh, and in a funny sense, we got an invaluable reward---early release (:
If I were to sit still for another lecture, I would absolutely have slept. (Rest of it, infer please)
When I walked in to ask whether the science people could come out, I'm sure half the lecture hall was sleeping...
Anyway, before physics was maths...I think I could have survived on maths all day if possible lor. Hehe. Maybe you think I'm mad but ya, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be doing something new again (:
Well, I'm done with ranting today. Update again soon (: see ya!
~8:38 PM
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Today's finally my birthday le. and as I said before, many many times before, SCORPIO RULE!
ok. So update: happy birthday to charmaine then sharman, then me, then eileen. ONE AFTER THE OTHER!!!
24,25,26,27. wonder if we can find more people to continue the series next year?
Well well. nevermind. Thanks to all those who made my birthday enjoyable!
Many people wished me happy birthday today!! tralala...
Oh. and I attempted Canon in D today. and OMG. I think my fingers almost twisted.
well. thanks to those who got me presents too (: I reckon I got a nice stash this year...
Also, thanks goes to my aunt, whose cake coupon got me a chocolate mousse cake for FREE. It was yummy, with the think layer of extremely sinful chocolate and a nice piece of HAPPY BIRTHDAY dark choc in front. Thanks!
HOWEVER, there is definitely a bad point to today.
Why on earth did they suddenly decide to give us extra CMAPs to do? I thought they said it was a trial and we were going to do it only next year. Honestly, I don't see the actual point of making a CMAP. I'm not a particularly big fan of mindmapping nor concept mapping. I just know that I have to do it. Since it serves no apparant purpose and well...etcetcetc.
So, summing up all our holiday homework so far:
1) CMAPs for physics
2) Geog exercise
3) Chinese Compo
Ok people I'm going off to chiong homework for a bit before sleeping le. But before that, poem time!!
Birthdays
Blow out the lit candles on yorn cake
Not leaving in dark
For Chocolate frames it in a sure arc
Ushering what all grand souls must take
You who has gone through the one year older
Gone through times further and harder than Pluto's mark
Flying pass worlds which hover
Baiting ways with sheer pluck
Nevertheless, for everyone's sake
Curdle that tiny spark
Wish the wish that's not fake
Blow out the dear candles like a lark.
~10:18 PM
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Well...anyway, today I brought the rubik's cube to school. Had loads of fun with it...and apparantly, fangqin is trying hard to master it too (:
Today in class, we watched a chinese show showing englishmen. LoL. yepps, it was indeed really really good, can't wait to watch the continuation...
Next, learning symposium started. Congrats to mich and charlotte for presentations well done. Thanks to the monkeys too (:
Then after school, went with guides to Mrs Chew there to learn the nonya kueh in preparation for Wee Kim Wee competition. Looking at her styles of wrapping and samples, I really felt zibei. At least now I can accertain the fact that I am indeed not preparation people material.
We people had a try of it last friday and it didn't look anywhere near hers. wow. Anyway, at least now we know the proper way and we can hopefully pass the first round on saturday.
Anyway, after that, we all went to ViVoCity to go buy extra materials for the competition (: Got the little basket for display, looks quite elegant...Met Claire, some other athletics ppl + yuling...
Ah well. jiayouxx to all my dearest team members!
~5:56 PM
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Yar...so today was CID 3 presentation!!!
WOOHOO!!! someone came in a nice BORROWED outfit!
Aww...I know CID 3 is officially over, but somehow, I feel a twinge of sadness...it was so fun doing the project. It was like the first time I actually want to redo a CID project. LoL. We were so enthu throughout the project that we actually finished the drafts of our powerpoint presentation and report by somewhere along the lines of 2 weeks ago (:
Everyone was agreeing that we feel the urge to redo the project next year when ____ goes *POOF*... but that is definitely another story.
and I want to continue NRP for CID 4!!! it's fun and it's interesting!!! GO NRP!!!
Anyway, today marks the last official activity of guides, before we break off to start our individual preparations for service learning, hikes, competitions and courses. and yours truely is going for WEE KIM WEE challenge! *YAY*
ok...well, the thing about wee kim wee is that it's HQ level, so if we go and win it, it's gonna look wonderful on our record and that of the company. So jiayouxx!!
Ahhs. and now for the depressing part. EOYs are over, we got back all papers except chinese paper 1 le. and it looks to me that it isn't very attractive. For one, I missed 3/8 of my initial targets set for the subject. and that is bad. on top of that, CHINESE is actually pulling me down again. I've got a feeling that it's going to stay a C.
ah well...there goes my 75% average for this term...nevermind though...there is always next year. Next year, I'm going to work hard for the whole year and achieve that 75%...
Ok...that's about it for now...will post again soon (:
~8:19 PM
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So what if a=g=negative?
Velocity will still be negative when initial is zero.
That's about how to describe my feelings now.
No initial push. Work done-negative.
After the End Of Years, I felt ok.
Now I'm feeling down.
Come on. who am I kidding?
I can't seem to even ace my fav subject.
Today was GRADUATION!!
Yes, you guessed it! We sat in the hall and wasted the whole morning through!! hehh.
As usual, we have the prize winners, then followed by the teacher-student hugging sessions.
Then after that, we had community singing-with Mr Ong and Mrs Look.
Mr Ong sang a nice song (:
Oh. But I would like to ask a simple question. Why do people say it's community singing plus it's on graduation day and people have to scream and shout for them to sing? It's the students' graduation right? It's just one made for them to remember. If they want to remember it this way, then why not? People, do you know that there were parents there? and they were giving the super o.0 ---Do think about appearance abit lar?
Anyway, bye Seniors! wish you all the best!!
Oh yes.
After that we had a uber long break followed by movie watching...mo jia!!!
Then, RV forum then class clean!!
Class clean was nice and good ya?
If only they can make our efforts worthwhile and then some SC come and check tomorrow morning...then the effect will be there :D
After Class Clean, RUSH TO NTU!!!
Today was boring in the lab though. Good lar...I came on the right day to do the most siann job...PURIFICATION.
Sit there, stone until the entire syringe is eluted. and the female luer has to be entirely free of liquid...dripdripdrip.
Next, let's talk about GUIDES!
In the next few weeks, we are going to be chionging!
PNA GOLD, here we come!
Next few weeks is going to be busy busy busy!!
Initiatives + Hike + Badges + many many more!
ok. I shall stop and change track now.
Poem time!!
See? today's theme is sky flying-as shown above! (:
Between the man and the drowning sunset
Against the glaring ring of fire
Stamped onto the horizon
Round, Ablaze and Heightened
As if he was thy last.
Whatever large shadown upon
Shouldered like a fawn
This man stood high
Above the skies
Whatever drove thy will.
A fleeting vision of triumph
Smashed on easy trusts gained from easy trials
Weak born from denials
A maddened condition
A silent ambition
Lauching himself into voyage
Chasing time and space
Through the years pain wore gone
In time faster than the fertile chase
For nothing less than kingdoms, power and fame
So silent, So silent
Where is thy male bachelor headed?
You nor I know not
But whomsoever is he
Has oriented the world
Shifting stars and suns
Incompatible dreamers
No tonic nor amibition till date
Just a mere want for overthrowment
Not inklings to conform
For eternity books record
A collection vast for words accord
Though it is alive and naught
Few have heard it alive and finite
The Word itself in its true form
He looks down below
Sees through rocks to cold eternal shores
Sheer quietness
Till the bottom of bottoms
Viewing further than anyone else
Where one may be trapped. Forever.
~9:46 PM
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Today's the day where I post the 100th post on this blog!
YIPPEE!!!
Ok. I have no idea why I'm so high, but it must be because of the fact that exams are over and we are passing into the month of October.
Charmaine's blog post had kindly reminded me that (:
October's the month of many birthdays wor...I'm looking forward to mine...lalalala
Ok. Now let's recap today.
Today must have been the best Sunday in many months. Yesterday I slept rather late and then today I stood up only at 10am. STOOD UP only mind you. Didn't say I didn't go back to sleep hor...
So, finally, we made it to IMM for a nice brunch (AT 12nn)
After toast and eggs, we left for Daiso. and spent nearly 2hrs there.
Guess why?
Well, dad wanted a container for his stuff and started to choose. (and I thought only my sisters took that long on something) yepp. You get the idea.
After Daiso, we tramped onwards to Challenger.
I got a new antivirus software!! hehhehh. The old software expired. So we got a new one. (:
and in order to make the bill rounded up, we threw in a A4 paper pack. That made it 20 bucks.
We sure weren't done with IMM yet. Went zooming into Giant Supermart.
Got all sorts of titbits and stuff as well as cakes to last us this week...
My sisters are having their exams and I just finish exams. It's a sure die situation at home for the refridgerator. ahahahhaahahahahahahahahas.
Then we arrived back home and started WINTER cleaning. (not spring coz spring over le)
Cleared all the mounds of rubbish. but the pile of mess made by ring files all over the place is still not cleared lar. I'll be doing that later.
Tomorrow's a HOLIDAY for RVians!! yay!! *marking day* not much of a holiday for the teachers I garner. nvm. I know I'll be having fun *sinister grin*...
ok. So much for the today and tomorrow. See everyone at school on tuesday then! and cheer up! I'm not happy with the prospect of results on tuesday, but the least we can do is take it in our stride right? so stay happy, if only just for now!
~5:27 PM
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Eoys are over ppl! yayayayyayayayayayayyayyyayay.
No more mugging. just maybe crying and maybe a scream of accomplishment next week when we get back our results.
Anyway. Wasn't too pleased with the mathematics papers...haiz. 1st paper was not properly accomplished. 2nd paper was a killer. OhNo.
Ah wells. Don't care le. It's over. That's all that matters.
Yesterday had loads of fun...
hahas. Shuhui. You are so doomed... (:(:
*OkOk. Private joke. Just remember to stay tuned...you will know in time*
kkz. Going to have a lot of fun with animes now (:
Cya!!!
~10:59 AM
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I think today's going to be the last post I shall post before EOYs.
Touched the computer on button just now to check emails, then realised I haven't been here for sometime, there's a cobweb forming already(:(:
Loads of things been happening, loads of homework too...so jiayouxx everyone!
Today watched Ratatouille, and well, I realised that it is just a movie, your very average story plot. But nevermind, at least I watched a movie (:
kkz, going off to finish bio practice paper le...
and I hereby announce that this blog is going on hiatus!!!
~5:33 PM
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anyway, let's highlight one or two things that come as a high just a couple of days into this holiday...
1) cycling!
I went cycling with my sister and all...zoomzoom and away in East Coast Park. Sad to say that this time, we went a wee bit too slow, so didn't have time to cycle all the way to the other end of East Coast. Reckon I'll try to go faster the next time.
And did you know that some people at the park are like so pro? They can literally swing and dance about on their blades! It's like dancing gracefully from one end of the road to the other... WoW.
2) New Bluetooth device!
Got this new bluetooth device while at Funan's Challenger the other day. It's like so fast in downloading stuff---much faster than using a cable (assuming you can locate the cable first that is). Finished downloading a new set of music onto my handphone...whee!
Ah well. but then september hols was never a school break.
Got to mug for end of years...so yepp, according to my schedule I will finish looking at all subjects by the end of the hols.
Another thing would be NRP '07 of course. We're near our analysis part of the project. Just hope that 2D analysis goes well. Then we'll go on to 3D! and when we've got 3D then voila. Project complete with hopefully a nice stamp of approval.
OH. another thing I want to complete by this hols. Ratatouille. According to my aunt who's in Netherlands, where it was shown a long long time ago, it's a fabulous movie and a must watch. She's even gone to the extent of naming her new pet Ratatouille. So it must be good (:
Maybe I'll watch it during the weekends with my sisters or what. See how.
kkz. It's almost 10pm. Gd night people!
~9:32 PM
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yesterday was like the celebrations for teacher's day and all.
started off with some ACES day stuff. imagine that the school can actually think up so *interesting* dance moves for us. Of all things.
Then, it was the teacher's day concert thing. band, choir, dance all had items. better still, from what I've heard, it was self initiated. VERY creative stuff you know? made us wonder who coordinated.
Next up, Mr Wong with his band. Then, Mr Ong and some other teachers did this dance skit thingy? WoW. It was like doing the unthinkable. Mr Ong *proposing* (:
oh ya. and I think that now some teachers are going to get teased even more. *shhh*
after school, ran for the bus...took it all the way back to primary school! at FMPS, like quite a number of people I missed from 3 years ago went back! so cool lar. Then we were there recalling and remembering old times...Some of us even went to start up hopscotch game! woohoo. just like the times in primary school, right up to primary 6.
Oh. and I feel so zibei. I can't remember some of the schoolmates I had in primary 6 le. I was like...eheheh. who are you ahh? I forgot. sorry...boos...
Sad to say that I think no one from 6A came back. Mostly 6B and 6C and 6G people if I don't remember wrongly...
ah wells, nvm. I'm back in touch with my primary school friends again! hahs.
Teachers wise, Chenglaoshi retiring after this term le. and then Ms Leow resign and going off next year...haiz...I'll miss ya, ms leow...
Oh. and all the teachers were like all rushing...they had an amazing race yesterday lor...all so excited, and were rushing all over the school, getting ready to board the cars...One of the stations was fort canning and labrador park I think---they were asking us secondary school people to help them decipher some pics (:
oh and fairfield has changed so much! now, staff room has 2 floors (: and ms leow and most of the other HODs are on the 3rd floor now...library's at the 1st floor...blahblah.
Then, after the security people started shooing us out so that they can close up, a few of us, the 2004 batch, went out to makan...then talk alot etcetc. (There was also the case of Jackie and handphones, but we'll not discuss that here shall we? It's a long long story.)
Woohoo...I miss all my primary school mates...Let's have a proper 2004 batch gathering one day, or as suggested by some others yesterday, a prefectorial board 2004 gathering!
Well, now's 3pm...got to get ready to go off for piano lessons le...cyas!
~2:38 PM
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Today, lugged all my books and stuff under the table back home.
Then came back and had fun with 2hrs ++ of anime! (:
Ichigo rocks.
Incidentally, today, for english lesson, we were let off early, as we finished watching Remembering the Titans le.
It's a really cool movie. Almost went sniffing at the last part...it was like such a nice, touching movie---and to think it really happened!
yaryar. but then, because of Bio, we need to stay for another hour or so? Agar plates and more. haiz.
and to those people out there, please get the facts right. There are many more who got higher, just that they were surprise cases. never thought they made it right? ChecK, don't base ideas on one person only.
and I still don't get why you are angry with me, can't we start over?
anyway, poem time!!!
Sidewalks
There are places out there
Where you would never go
Where the grasses are dull
Where flowers don't grow
There is a place
Where the sidewalk ends
Where the unknown laces to truths
And there we find the blends of yesterday
Let's leave this place where smoke never turns white
And streets are never bent
Away from the calling lamps shining blightly
Past the patches screaming lent
We'll walk a walk measured and slow
Until and until we reach the place
Where traffic lights don't glow
Where painted arrows don't pass base
Towards the place where the sidewalk ENDs.
Once and for all.
~9:30 PM
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Just because they wanted it to be graded, they extend the dateline by a week, without even considering that it's difficult to cite sources for every fact you take a leaf out of others' papers?
Yucks!
Today, english period watch movie! Sure didn't expect myself to be so interested to watch "Remembering the Titans", a show revolving around FOOTBALL. and of course, the racism issue between blacks and whites. dots...
Anyway, on a happier mood, there's little homework to be done...and I've got a sheepskin to sit on (:
Blehhs---currently on a break from reading those papers. better get back to that research paper, before I realise it's bedtime...talk/type more the next time...
hey.
Sometimes, there is no need to be a one sided figure.
It's not as though I'd eat people.
Popping out of nowhere, asking stuffs.
Then ignoring people, all over again.
LoL.
What kind of attitude is that?
~8:33 PM
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Anyway,
*Can't comprehend anymore*
Got your marks, good or bad, don't compare, just make sure you have done your best and maybe met your standards-Pris's motto, but now, I'm a believer too (:
It's the basic we can do to remain happy always...Scholarships are just the bonus or reward for hardwork...
Ok. maybe I'm just consoling myself or what, but I kind of think that this is the way it should go. Do well not because you want to win others, but because you want to prove to yourself that you can get better...that's the spirit!
ok. Let's just move on to other happier stuff!
o.O POEM TIME!!!
whoa. It's been a uber duper long time since I've produced a nice good one! hahas...so yea, here goes! I'm writing this one from scratch so I don't know the end result yet. I'll think it as I write...
Thinking about Thinkings
You know that somehow
People grow as they live
Did you ever wonder whilst alive
However did it allow?
When was the start
Was it the flower
Or was it the bud
No end to this enlightening world
Shall cease this chapter
We cannot know the burr
Within thy essence latter
To think of time
To think of distance...away
Of all that speculation
Who can know what lives ahead?
Can you start the day
Believing that gloom
Is made by yourself
In peace
In the evilest of towers
The pale face of the witches cracked
A drip from the tops
A drip from the pops
The rivers, along meanders
Screaming that there'll be a fiesta
But who can assure that this will work
They say. They say. Who's to prove it?
Groping for keys by the sundial
Writing letters by the candlelight
A guest in a jail
Smiling at the ironical things of life bright
Oh it's ironic, ironical.
Time is upon us as we deny
The mortality and sanity bequeathed by pasts
Destroyed.
In fragile strands
We know all about time and the turnings of thinking
Dumbledore was thy
Zooming from nought to 100
Wasn't he naught?
As people creep and moan and sigh
The thinker of thinkers
The thinking of thinking
Has been chosen and proven as us.
**this poem requires serious reading through/between/above/below the lines---none of the above is literal, but rather it hides deeper meaning. Seek and you shall find.
~5:45 PM
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~11:48 AM
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Though the morning is still young, though the birds have yet to come, the one in front sits in gloom...
It's been close to one week since my last post. Yet, many things have happened, many things which are unplanned, uncertained.
I've taken back chinese test papers, geography test papers, physics test papers, and soon enough, the chemistry test papers. I've even done a biology presentation.
Yet, somehow I feel I've let myself go wild, let myself down. How come I just simply can't do this properly?
haiz...
This weekend, the teachers haven't been nice. They've been piling homework. It's not helping that there are CID stuff and guides stuff to do...
I thought august was supposed to be the better months. It seems otherwise. and the November and December holidays are starting to be packed full again, even when it's 3 months away. What is THIS?
I really don't know what is the world coming to. Glum and Moody.
~9:08 AM
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1st up: Wednesday: Chem calculations test, Physics practical test, then NRP meeting
2nd: Thursday: Biology presentation and English Test
wow.
anyway, we are most probably going to get back those chinese papers soon...all the rest of the classes are getting their's back already. I really don't want to see it. Cause I think I failed it.
and anyway geography. honestly, I didn't think I'd do THAT bad. oh wells. At least I'm not too bottom yet. I didn't fail. To those out there who did, jiayouxx! I believe you all can pull yourselves up again...
and maths. 3 qn. Mr Ong said if we could do them, we learnt finish logarithms. WooHoo. I'm proud to say I solved it. In school somemore! (:
I also cannot believe that I actually kicked the VitaSoy habit. I'm just ok now with once-per-week or something like that. I finally can live without it!!! ahhas. but I'm still on milo (: [[OKOK. I know that it sounds as though I'm on steriods or something. LoL.milo IS addictive ok...]]
Oh. and here's my inner thoughts.
You thought that you could kill our spirit?
Friendships are stronger than anything.
Kinship is stronger.
Now I've got that out, it's bedtime. Nites everyone!
***to beryl...storytime maybe over the weekend (:***
~10:26 PM
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~6:25 PM
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I look at the biology paper. I feel no pain, no feelings at all. I look at the chinese paper. I laugh it off. I look at the physics paper. I don't seem to care what happens anymore.
As one experiences the meaning of life, suddenly all these tini-tiny little things don't matter at all.
Back to the million dollar question. What is life? What is it we live for?
Reading a book I just came across suddenly jerked me alive. What do we live for? These ideals of life are hidden in almost everything we do. Ichigo claims that we live to protect the others. Enid Blyton books claim that we live to collect friendship. Catherine Lim books claim that we live to make the best of everything, although troubles almost always occur.
So. What is life for me? That was the question I've asked myself many a times. I came up with this conclusion. I live my life to achieve my goals, to think positively and live life to the fullest, for I've been given the chance to live.
This past week has been filled with endless stuff, both good and bad. My only hope is to push myself to the fullest and live a fulfilling week this week.
For as a famous man once said, "You cannot change the past, but you can control your future..."
Mixed Feelings
Billion years ago
I left you as the wind soared
Sometimes I asked myself
Why on earth I let you go
Why I didn't care
Why I didn't know
What have you done
Looking about the ways around
Keeping calm as the waves
Knowing I can
The traffic lights down the streets
Turning blue of tomorrow
Shining glitteringly on the mirror
The tiny island in the distance
Will the storms remember the sun
Will the beasts trampled us past
Will the world spin higher
Will the people's names ever ring fast?
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the melting doom
For whether we are here or there
We can creep down and change the world
So long as we believe
Mixed nuts rising up the shore
Big nuts dropping to the floor
Peanuts crying "I don't know!"
Nuttiness engulfs the world
A broom is sweeping up those pieces
A pail is holding all yesterday's rain
But somewhere, sometime,
Feelings don't exist anymore
Creeping yells sala-dah-dooda
How can I change the words of yesterday?
How can I make the ships change bay
How can I ensure I don't repeat?!
I've just got this post dramatic thing
Don't know what I'm saying
Just know I've got this tattoo from the past
Telling me I've gotta live and dream...
I'm living and dreaming
Shooting for the stars
But somehow somewhere
Feelings are mixed and gone
Dooda-Doodi-Da
I've got only the shell in my dreams
But I'll be shooting for No.1
Climbing the ropes to success
doodaadoodeeay Somehow, I don't get it and somehow I know I gotta try. Maintaining that positiveness. Forever.
~4:45 PM
* * *
Time flies. and zooms.
Now I'm in Year 3 and nearing the end-of-years again.
But before that, we have those many many little mini "Class Tests" (as they call them. But they are really CAs) So yea. there's biology, math, physics, chemistry, chinese, english, geography, and loads more...We've even got projects lined up.
Not forgetting that there is a NDP coming up. So we secondary 3s get to MARCH! (:
and then in the pursuit for PNA Gold, we embark on interest badges.
and then again to gain that few points, we embark on campfire '07: Magical Masquerade...
Plus. I've still got my dear little NRP '07 report to write...and the project to continue.
So. That's it. Now. To have a better idea, let's venture into this coming wednesday.
6.30am: reach school for the chinese programme thingy.
8.00am: Geography Presentation!!
10.30am: Physics lesson! (must listen super attentively)
After School: Physics TEST.
After Test: rush and get a cab STRAIGHT to NTU for NRP.
that's alot of activity in one short day.
On a brighter note though, I'm proud to introduce you people to the new addition to the family, Helter (okok. My sis named it)
Helter also known as Blackie, Helt, etcetc. is currently a few months old and is a dwarf hamster, with amazingly silky black fur. Given by my mum's friend just today, he stands to get to know my other dwarf hamster, Hassie, which is white. Helter comes with this amazingly stinky cage which my sister plans to wash and scrub tomorrow. He currently is MORE active than Hassie (who is VERY active), running around and even attempting to do the ultimate stunt of scaling cages.
so people, you can see how cheerful the family spirit here is with the new addition :P
ok. Shall stop here now. Goodnight (:
~9:26 PM
* * *
We arrived at OBS by boat!!! Split up into our groups and realised that my group members who will go through with me for the next 5 days were: Claire, Pris, Joyce, Sophia, Wanting, Siew Hwee, Pei En, Wangjia, Yu Chong, Edwin, Yan Sheng, Chern Yi, Wilson, Zi Kang, Ming Ze.
Together, we are Nila Utama Watch!!!
1st off, water activities, with the TRIYAKS. o.o ppl hear of kayaks but honestly, this is the first time I have heard of triyaks. triyaks are essentially 3 person kayaks (:
The back of the triyak needed to be knocked with extreme force. coz there are people who live in there...ants, crockroaches and even lizards. YUCKS.
During the kayaking lesson, we learnt how to capsize (capsize drills to be exact). Darn cool. except my eyes were never the same after that...salty sea!!!
hahas...then played catching and such...on triyaks. with pris and wanting!!! SO FUN!!!
wakakakas...then we got to BATHE.
OBS toilets are way BETTER than RV's. RV, you ought to be ashamed...
ohs. then b4 we got to bathe, we had to pitch tents and cook...DARN it. we put food outside our store then when we came back, ALL GONE.
=> lesson learnt: never leave your things unattended...they get STOLEN.
anyway, cooking outdoors and tentpitching we guides do before, then knots also easy to tie (:
Day 2:
Rock climbing/ Belaying time!!!
hahas...as a rock climber with prior knowledge...it is REVISION (:
helped quite a few people with FIGURE 8...
felt great helping people you know?
and looking at people conquer their fears of heights was an experience...
Trust fall...
As the name suggests, you need to trust the other 15 members to catch you when you fall back first from the platform...
although I was fearful at first, upon seeing how others could do it, I did it too...
guess it was just like I didn't trust the others enough at first...there were loads of whatifs running through my mind...
Then, we packed our bag and went map reading and trekking...
you could say we revised geog, but blehhs, I as a geog student was not doing the bulk, being the main player...seems like the guys had better sense of direction...
Played the pulling the ''victim'' game...kind of fun, guess that it was this which made us bond together...even when the instructor said that it was the last few seconds, we persevered on and pushed and continued, until he said due to our team spirit, he was inclined to give us an extension of 7 mins (if I didn't rmb wrongly)
That night, we pitched tents on the sand. and there was no toilets. the toilet is the ground, you need to dig. Not helping that something else was *occuring*.
Day 3:
Continued our hike to camp 1.
We had checkpoints to reach and spent alot of time on the one near the gravestone. Sorry guys, it's all my fault. I was the one who reached the gravestone first and thought that gravestones were taboo etcetc.
=>learnt not to be deterred by our fears and beliefs, for they may not always be correct...
Ohs. and we made a promise to the whole watch that we are not going to put down the heavy backpacks until we found the checkpoints. Not helping that Syed kept asking us why were we there? why are we not looking and moving as a group? But I guess, it was his sacarsm which pushed us to the limits, wanting to show him and prove to the rest that we CAN keep the promise. We did.
Due to the rain, we had to don ponchos and move back to camp 2, coz there was lightning.
After the rain, we continued our journey to Camp 1.
Walao.
The teachers had been camping at this heavenly site for the first few days and they nvr told us!!!
Anyway, next was Double Dangling Duo, some rope element that was like a ladder with rungs of logs and held up by chains? with the rung intervals increasing as you went higher.
One guy partners a gal, so ya, did the element with Edwin. We eventually went up to the top and STOOD up, becoming the first pair to stand up (: but yoz, couldn't have done it without you, Edwin... [He was pulling me up the last rung, but the first few I climbed it myself ok... (:]
Yars, then Mr Suria was yabbling about C.G. and moments and how I must lower the C.G. in order to stand up, blahblah. he even went to the extent to telling Edwin: "If you stand up, I will give you extra CCA points." LOL. and I shouted: "Then what about me???" He replied: "I will give you higher physics marks." ahahs. you'd better keep your promise!!! hahas
=> learnt that practical and theory of physics is totally, utterly different. when you are up there, who cares about the physics behind le??? I am coming for OBS, not physics practical!!! (:
Coming down was fun. just had to 'Sit on my harness' chicken feet...
then later canteen food!! dinner and supper was great coz we finally didn't have to cook nor clean the pot. (:
So sad that that night they didn't let us use the dorms in camp 1.
we camped outside camp 1, by the sea. the sea breeze was GREAT!!
Day 4:
SEA EXPEDITION DAY!!!
kayaked 17km to get from camp 1 to camp 2 again. nearly went round the WHOLE Pulau Ubin. FYI, P. Ubin is bigger than Sentosa ok...
I was partnered with Wilson and Yan Sheng...it's thanks to you guys that I had fun kayaking (:
we took like 8hrs?started at 8 am and ended at 4pm. (with a 1 hr break from about 10 to 11 am coz of rain)
yar, so we met with a thunderstorm? beached up outside NPCC camp. and some ppl are totally mad. outside a security camera (:
after that thunderstorm and such, the weather gave us a TOTAL change. it became SUPER hot.
Luckily other than a little spot on my nose, I am totally intact and not burnt.
We finally reached the Camp 1hr earlier!! hahas estimated time was 5pm earliest lor (:
Next, Syed brought us to one side and asked us to pick up a little pebble/stone. He said: "think of what stuff you want to throw away. It is this rock.You will throw it into the sea later as you take your jetty jump. Come up as a totally new person.(or something along that line)"
It was really emotional. and he was inspirational. Now I finally know the true meaning of inspirational.
Day 5:
PACK PACK TIME!!! yepp...came down from 101 steps to the store to clean up and stuff...
after doing all that, we did Trust Dive, in order touch the bell. No one except Edwin did it. coz Syed said to stand on the top step and visualise the bell as our goal. He says, don't be discouraged, you may get your goal in future. IF you didn't touch the bell, think whether you had the confidence to get your goal in the first place.
Then did reflections and our TREE! Syed, we'll always remember you via your teachings. In memory of Syed, we put a nice BIG poem at the bottom of the tree as part of the roots. Syed, we miss you and will always remember you! Oh and we gave him a heart card too (:
Got myself a OBS tee and a keychain (:
OBS tee is NICE.
Over this camp, I believe everyone lost their guy-gal childish thinkings. we were thinking, we are a GROUP, a WATCH, not an INDIVIDUAL.
in the end, we gals and the guys all mixed as one and sat together. now that's an achievement.
That's alot of psychology involved.
Tomorrow, we return to school. whether this has an impact we'll know tomorrow. Thanks guys, for everything.
HPDH
on a brighter note, I chionged HPDH yesterday.
It rawks and I'm satisfied with the ending!
ahahhas.
Harry didn't die.
Ron didn't die.
Hermione didn't die.
Lupin died.
Snape died.
Voldemort died.
Malfoys survived.
Dumbledore is dead but became alive in spirit.
Fred and George are no longer who they once were.
My snape-dumby prophecy came true!! exactly the way I once thought of it.
and my prediction is right. harry was helped by snape. and malfoy didn't detest him (:
kkz. ppl who haven't read it, you should read it.
cyas!!
~10:49 AM
* * *
obs is tmr le!!!
yays!
oh, and i'd be happier if I hadn't gone to rock climb on saturday.
my arms hurt like mad!!!
i can't even swing it without feeling a twinge of pain...
oh and my piano teacher is kind of pissed at me.
coz i didn't practice piano and she can tell...
LOL.
my obs bag is not packed yet...
ahhs...
about HP5, it's a letdown.
umbridge looks like a granny from little red riding hood,
dumbledore has a character acted totally out of proportion,
harry and cho's kiss is gross,
ministry of magic and the glass spheres prophecy room looks nothing like what was described in the book,
since when was ginny a blur gal
and since when was harry's acting so goofed off???
nvm. at least i've got my hp7 to look to after obs (:
cheerios!
~12:58 PM
* * *
The trips to places where life's so relaxed...
I seem to have lost my sanity...
All I don't seem to understand.
All I don't seem to care.
I live a life controlled and restricted by others.
I want to be free...
24/7. none of which belongs to me.
7 hrs sleep time.
12 hrs school.
5 hrs left to do homework and study for tests to come.
Which part of 24/7 belongs to me?
For some reason or another,
I long to be free...
Somehow, today I don't really feel like talking all about my day.
Just that it was a blur.
Let's just skip to the poem composition...
Our lives
Our lives avoided tragedy
By simply moving on
In the direction set not be me
With little end we were born
Somehow, Somewhere
I don't seem to believe
Wasn't aware
That people are controlled by reeds
Like puppets we moved
Drawn by the bright light
Only to realise that that wasn't what we grooved
Too high, the height
Limited by virtues
My life's a mess
Which can I choose
Oh bout the rest?!
Too high, Too bright
We move on
Crept and controlled
By blind chance escape the tragedy
Where has the goodness of the world gone?
~8:11 PM
* * *
yays. luckily no one sabo me, like last year's (which coincidentally, was cancelled).
Fullstop.
Oh. next highlight...today was the drug day thingy...we all finished giving out the stuff in like supersonic time?
Honestly. 3 hrs for one small bag of stuff.
I must have said so many "Today-is-international-day-for-drug-abuse-and-illicit-trafficking. As-part-of-the programme-we-are-giving-0ut-these-items. Please-take-one-and-spread-the-anti-drug-message-around." that I still can remember the words clearly...
and pris, you...how come you din take one from me?!?! I could have given out it 1 person faster...
Ahhs..nvm. I'm now in jittery mode. Tml's the big exam day...I have to pass this! it's grade 7 050707...
A poem will just help cool me down and relax...
Piano
Softly, within layers of dust I crept
A woman's voice beckons
Taking me down to the deepest, darkest vista of years
Till I see and understand
A child sitting under a bloom in spring
Running fingers like ants alongst thy keys
Pressing the dainty poised feet of the mother
Smiling hugging after every B
In spite of the years of training
The instantaneous mastery of song
Betrays me crying
My heart moans to belong
The Saturday afternoons, with the rain thumping
And those tinking laughter, on the inside
Together we unite as one; rushing
Feeling for the spirit particles in line, the graceful piano as our guide
Mustn't let these drop to waste
The glamour of childhood pasts
Flying past me araised
The soul weeps to unrust
Flood of remembrances
Rivers of memories
Lightning strikes
Striving to return
Feel the music
For it is part of us
Let the music guide you
Follow the flow...
~5:36 PM
* * *
hahas.
So happy...
We got 1 gold + 2 silvers (Gold is our international quiz de, then silver one is the pagent and the other is human chess)
Plus the fact that we have camp galore bronze and craft comp gold yesterday, we more than met our winning competitions target for the year.
But now...seems like we are supposed to compete in competitions without the mentality of winning le, so as to clock participation points for PNA. Apparantly, if you take part in a competition and win, it does not constitute to participation points. As a result, once you reach the target and you still continue to win, you do not clock any more PNA Gold points anymore! LOL. whoever's dumb idea? Ahh...nvm, we'll just have to play along? Not that we did today lar...
GOLDGOLDGOLD! ahhhs..can't believe it! and we didn't study for the quiz at all? just used our general knowledge to answer the questions lor, somemore, we have proven that studying doesn't seem to work in this case, coz the rest were studying the handbook like some hardcore people and in the end? they didn't even get in.
Ohhz. and some zh****** people decided to cheat. not that we are sore losers or what lar...but you should flip open to the question, look at it, then answer and place your hand in the air and not raise your hand, then scream out the answer to your guide-in-charge then flip the calendar to the page with the question. It's like so obvious can?
anyway, that was our motivation to win ba? we didn't want the trophy to go to a school that didn't deserve it.
Oh yes. Phyllis turned out to be some great BIG surprise lor.. hahas.. when we do game show round that time, the nanyang guides (the organisers of e quiz) ask what does it mean to drape the colours, she answered it word for word, copied from the handbook sia...nearly scared the hell out of the nanyang guide (: [best part was that she didn't exactly make a super big point to memorise. it was just the spur of the moment? WoW]
quoted:"...draping the colours is done by tying a small black crepe of 15cm long to the top of the flag and letting the ends hang about half-way down the width of the flag..."
Best part of the competition was when we bluffed every single RV guide after the competition (coz it's held in the classroom and they din know the results) that we lost terribly, and didn't even get into the top three...
hahas. it must have been a great act on our part, coz RV guides started to console us...hahas. then later the JSS guider went to call out the results, then RV guides got a shock sia...(:(: we did not only get into the top three, we also got the CHAMPION trophy nia...yayayyyay!
anyway, after going back to school on the bus, a few of us went out to long john...haiz. I think I this month really ate too much long john le... ahh. but nvm, it still always tastes good (:
then later I left early so that I could reach home, bathe and change b4 we went to the NDP rehearsal...
after watching NDP this year, I must say... IT ROCKS MAN!!! yepps...the show is more colourful, with laser beams and lights, like hong kong's light displays at the 'xing guang da dao' there...
Oh ya the LIONS made their way down twice! once when the sun was setting and then once more at night...
And there are jellyfish which are like mini hot air balloons? and there are little shiny UFO like planes which are shot all over the place, lighting it up...
Ohs and the cheerleader people are all dressed as chickens and there are ahgongs and ahmas doing taiqi and little kids which dress up in some costume not unlike those from Finding Nemo on ICE...
more importantly, the emcees are all arriving by BOAT!!! so cool right?
yepps. so this rehearsal was considered a successful one by me..except for the fact that...
1) RVHS chorale pangseh us! left le...then I didn't get a chance to see you all...
2) Daniel Ong was NOT IN ACTION!!! then he was like subbed by some indian singer?!?!
Dan...where did ya go?
hmm...ahhs. nvm...I'll still get to hear your voice on 98.7Fm..hahas..looking forward to seeing some people's face when they see RVGG giving out 4 trophies for 4 different competitions... (:
kkz..night people..going to sleep soon..
~10:20 PM
* * *
how's back to school?
well, for starters, we have MORE trainies attached to 3E.
Chem: Some trainie + Mr Wong (as in 3D form lar)
Physics: Mr Tan? + Mr Suria?
Bio: Mr Chow + Trainie?
aiyo...why is it like that?
We all have TRAINIE TEACHERS when it is the 2nd SEMESTER???
somemore it's all e 3 sciences leh.
BLEHHS.
ohs. and guides west div day is this sat and there's a drug prevention activity next wed.
boos.
Ohs, and charlotte and yimin, don't be sad le ok? these things happen, it's not your fault if they don't care. Appreciate that there are still some people who are there. The glass is half full (:
We Blow Our Own Bubbles of Despair
Spoken:
We blow our own bubbles of despair into
The huge universe unknown and Poof
Fear buries us into itself
Devoured and devoid
Verse 1:
Anguish and pain are merely surfaces
That we can peel
Beneath all that
We are human
We know that we can cry
We know that we can laugh
But when we destroy all remains of fear
Destroy all the anger we feel
We are free... ...
Chorus:
We control our destiny
We decide our fate
We can't feel
We can't sing!
Verse 2:
For no one can compass despair
No one can control other's emotions
No one can be perfect
No one can suit everyone...
*Chorus
Verse 3:
Why mumble over those that can't comprehend
The difference between friends and foe
So what if you don't fit me very well
So what if you locate here
As large as a tank
Aiming at only half a lifetime?
Couldn't you float over the trees
Instead of forcing me outta my roots?
*Chorus
Verse 4:
Don't cry, don't sigh
Over those you don't understand
Just believe
That one day will come
and take away the pain!
There's no way out of this dark place
No hope, No future
Just believe
That one day will come
Conclusion:
When they all understand
For what's the point
Of wasting saliva
When you could have saved?
Don't blow the bubbles of despair
Putting you into trouble and they outta it
They don't care
What you share
Why Trouble Yourself?
In this dark dark world
Only you can comprehend
Just do it right
And they will eventually understand...
~6:59 PM
* * *
1 more day.
haiz.
it'll be another term again, where teachers start all that torturous processes, ALL OVER AGAIN...
nvm. There are still stuff to look forward to...
1) HP Movie 5
2) HP Book 7
3) Guides Fencing and rock climbing courses
4) OBS
5) National Day 07
Oh. And there are stuff that I still have to do...
1) Grade 7 Piano 050707!
2) Geog Tests x2
3) SanGuoYanYi test
4) All subjects term tests
now...about Guides Carnival @ Scape Field...
Darn fun lor (:
So much attention-grabbing stuff all at the same place.
Most tempting was of course the Milo Dino, which I of course made a beeline for (:
[for those who know me, you'll know WHY]
Had fun looking at the people take photos at our booth...
There was one guy who stuck that rose into his mouth and took a photo lar (thanks to ying) ...darn cute!!---became the advertisement for our booth (:
Some person at scape field complained about our banner blocking hers and said that we had no guiding spirit.
was it blocking hers? even if it was blocking someone, it wasn't her booth.
Ahhs nvrmind. At least she din put up a fuss and just grumbled a little...(:
Then Mrs Choy brought her son to the booth and they had a family photo. dunno if Ms Tan in the end got take with her 'friend' onot. I wish I was there (:
yepps. anyway, I bought a new badge with Girl Guide on it. It looks really nice and artistic...
Oh and since my school bag got broken a little, I got a new one. it's BLUE...
kkz. that's enough le..
Since I gotta off the com soon and sleep so that I can get used to sleeping and waking early again, I shall stop here and start on e poem...
Inner Expressions
With quavering lips and wordless gasps
I strive to say it loud and deliver thy
The music residing in my head
That silent music of nature
That swirling moan of day turned night
Where dreams and thoughts interwine
Where what I think seems simply divine
Where feelings are interwound
And people don't hide
Inwards I answer all those cries
Screaming I can't do anything
With cresendos of mystic depths and height
From this dark shadows of guilt and scorn
This is thy song I struggle to bear
Through gaps in senses and feelings
I strip myself afree
Flinging myself into the air
Gently Flying Free
Away from hurt and into the light
Just my soul and me
~9:32 PM
* * *
Saw e guides again after separation...
It was like really really fun, with loads of laughter thanks to Loyang Sec (:(:
And then...there is this officer there named "Shake" and he with his fellow colleagues went on a Storytelling spree spread throughout the day. So wowwee..FUN!!!
Oh yea. and I got owned by the rest..wlao..din wear track pants din tell me..ahhs..nvm
oh..and to those who haven't taken Civil Defence, beware...the test was *ahem*. nahhs..won't talk about it here...
Ohs and mich taught me that a mixture of chilli and mayo produces a reaction...we-ells? Do you know that?
Well...Guides Carnival at Scape Field in less than a week's time...going to pia the preparations!! (:
Finally...
POEm Galore...(As hinted, today's poem will be adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's collection!)
Spooky unknown future
Of interchangeable pride -
A phantom, a dream
Would my childhood seem
That night was fraught with violence and stonge
With random unwakening thoughts
Of unseen spirits
That I sense not
I let them pass me by
Throwing suspicious eyes
Let none of ill intent
Inherit the vision that I possess
Those thoughts I can't control
Twists a mask upon his soul
That bright spark
At last and-
When light time hath past
Fatigue denied
With a groan it passed on
I prayed it'd perish
In that single I cherished.
~10:03 PM
* * *
and WOWOWOWOW
mr tan put in loads of effort in doing that DVD.
It rawks!
(:(:
It really brought back fond memories of the time we had in UK.
That was simply awesome(:
There was val and custard
and alot of other pics I nvr knew existed.
Funniest parts were all there of course.
oh..and there is my and the indicator... cheerios!
hahas.
Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!
ohz..and originally I had this poem, but then msn space ate it. and i'm pissed. So, this new one which I made which is more or less the same as the one i lost is now here:
Unseen Truths
Eyes Taut Silent Followers
Of those shimmering wings
They slash in unison
A net at the skies
So they fall admidst brambles
Shaking countless nettles
Even after those million bruises and scratches
They hardly stop
T'was till the father came
Stilling those riot and grief
In his scratchy voice
In a single shout
"Why trouble those
Who did us no harm?
Those glittering wings
Those beautiful souls?"
"Run now, to my gardens three
For there you find them turned upside down
By way of worm
Will destroy"
The skies knows no limits; it is bountiful, beautiful
The earths are dull
Look not those appearances
But instead where slug and snail lie
For their birth
Is our death!
** for those who still don't know, this poem is all about the ironical being of the butterfly...
kkz..tt's all..buai!
~8:04 PM
* * *
I'm back and alive from UK!
Just arrived yesterday from UK and it's been JET LAG JET LAG and JET LAG!
ohno.
Woke up at 1pm today, dunno what's wrong with me...I slept at 11pm yesterday night somemore..
haiz. 14hrs of sleep? plus the fact that yesterday, I slept from 2-7pm. and the fact that I slept abit on the plane.
worse. I don't know how to reverse this cycle. Now I'm feeling wide awake, like as if I am now at 1pm or something.
nvm. UK was fun!!
Got the whole tour group having fun there lor..
Everyone there was influenced by bleach. even the teachers (though in a good or bad way I duno) But my grp was the most enthu, from day 1! yippee!!<3
Here's Stonehenge! (:
The whole UK group, with Jason (tallest), Mr Tan and Ms Tan at the left and the whole bunch of us!!! woohoo!
kkz...it's now 9pm le..going off! cyas!
~8:35 PM
* * *
UK is GMT time, so if anyone want send sms, pls don't send it at ungodly times there (:
yesterday's open house was kinda pathetic.
Little ppl came at all lor.
the entire Magic Show in LT2 was filled 3/4 with RVians.
that shows how many people actually came.
Then, I went guides for a while to see see.
I'm really sorry I couldn't be with you all lor.
Someone just wouldn't let me ):
After the magic shows, we spent a longlong time clearing up. Why on earth did we prepare so many chemicals when in the end we don't use it and it ends up down the drain? WHY?
Went home so late that I counted only 6 cars left in the carpark. Which doesn't say much, because 3 of these cars I think belonged to the teachers in charge of us. LoL.
Oh yea. Camp Galore got 3rd! Congrats ppl! muackz (:
yepp yepp. so status for the next week or so is in UK.
UK Trip: 27/5 to 5/6
For ppl going to Maths Olympiad...jiayouz!
~8:10 AM
* * *
Today is Olympiad day, so Claire, Guo Kai, Yu Chong and I ponned Chinese lesson today. Seems like it wasn't too nice a lesson anyway, so I'm kinda glad we ponned.
Science olympiad wasn't too nice. It was like worse than any paper I have ever taken? Test us on so many things we don't know. plus, it's not nice to see the RI people piaying through the paper like nobody's business...as if they did this everyday like that lor.
haiz..don't care le. It's a 2 marks for correct answer, -1 mark for wrong answer and 0 mark for no answer kind of paper. So yeah, you need to test probability and the answers too at the same time. How depressing.
Piaed back to school to help in prep for tml. tml is the open house dudes and dudettes! :)
Magic Show, RVGG.
Tml's a busybusy day. (:
blehh.
oh yea. did I mention that there is a whole pile of hw awaiting the entire sec 3 cohort at home???
siao one. nvr see teachers so hardworking b4. They all just throw us stacks of homework and expect us to have time to do it. plus, they are not individual homework sia. It's GROUP work. and, it's GRADED.
so yea, have to coordinate time?
sadsadsad.
wahhs!
no mood for a song today. but I must say I did not adhere to eat-with-your-family-day.
unless you count eat-with-a-sister-day as part of it.
Dad's overseas, Mum's having some dinner commitments, I have to bring my sister to piano school for lesson. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
hahas. Good. I'm rebelling! (:(:
blehh. If only we can petition for less homework and more free time. Holidays are not called Holidays for nothing you know. I hope you ppl in school can understand. LoL.
~10:30 PM
* * *
yepps. got top 10 in class, but I'm sure not satisfied. Got a small scolding from mum for getting low marks for Bio. Luckily the scold doesn't seem to be full scale.
Just saying tt i'm disappointed with myself. How on earth can I get a 50+ mark for a science subject? so diu lian.
but, on a brighter note, it's 3E and 3E who got the top for 6 subjects!!!
If I'm not mistaken, they are the 3 sciences, maths, hist and english.
hahas. sad to say that I'm surprised Mr Ong didn't like say a word or two about our nice achievement, only saying tt it is "expected". guess that's true also ba...he also said a thing or two about the positive comments he received from the teachers. (:
Oh yar. There is a 20 dollar prize involved if we beat his sec 3 marks...that is hard to beat lor. it's like 70+, 80+ and 90+?hahs.
Today, of course, was also the eat-with-your-class-day.
We had Canadian pizza, cakes, watermelons and honeydews.
yum yum...it was indeed really enjoyable to eat as a class.
But really made me think about 0.5B.
0.5B is having class outing on the 16th! hope I can attend! (:(:
before i end, comments of randomness:
1)I haven't practiced my piano for the entire week. Come Saturday, I'll be slaughtered. At the very least, I will get scolded playfully by my teacher (:(:
2)Uk's in 4 days' time.
3) Junior Science Olympiad is on Friday, open house's on Saturday.
~10:15 PM
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Here's to Monday!
Firvenir was not very productive today...
Partially because of the fact that it was a pathetic day where half the com disappeared?
uhuh. At least nt as bad as gateway. They had more things to do and less people! :)
Nownow.
I'm not in the mood to elaborate on what happened today and such.
Thus, let us skip all these hustle and bustle and jump straight into the POEMS.
Today, while walking home from the bus stop, a poem just striked me. Let me share it with you!
Untitled
500 years before
I never denied
Whatever came my way
But now...
Trying to build walls
To shut away the pain
To lock the secrets away
To kiss goodbye the sarrows
Truth beats the winds
Truth whips the bare air
And will always remain as insistent
As insistent as the Nile.
For what do you gain
From lying your way
From telling half truths
From telling white lies
What is the point of living a life filled with grievance
Living a life in seclusion
Living a life that makes no sense
Makes no sense to me or you...
No more of these hibernal game
With its tufted quilts and snow
All I require is a bit of gunfire
To thy I shall bestow
A fortnight of practices
A fornight of challenges
A fortnight of preparation
I hope our reckoning returns
Shed thy snakeskin
Reveal thy true self
What's the point of hiding
As ideas beneath thy mask
Let your true face
Not be concealed
Let your true motives
Be revealed
For is Irony Hearkening?
Life is a Journey
An ironic one
I hear the beckoning.
Okie. guess that I'm done. Decipher this poem clearly, and you will know of the hidden message within, thus holding the key to unlocking my thoughts and feelings, accumulated over the period of this year...
~9:55 PM
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hahas.
Me.
Sunday, going to buy UK Trip Stuff, plus plan to do that freakin Chinese Speech.
Monday, Firvenir Com stuff + Magic Show preparations later
Tuesday, Science Olympiad training (means pon cca. I'm really sorry, but i'll make it up k?)
Wednesday, supposed to go for NRP, but I'm considering the ponning part. I'm going for the science stuff instead.
Thursday, Official rehearsal for Magic trick.
Friday, OLYMPIAD itself. HAIZ...So Short Preparations are all for this day.
Saturday, OPEN HOUSE!!! (:(: Guides + MAgIC Show Day!!!
So. this is like the timetable for this horrifying week that is busier than normal. PLUS, I'm going to have to find time to pack for UK trip!! ahhahas.
UK Trip is just one week away. We leave on Next Sunday, the 27th of May, at 8.30 pm. So yea...Hurray! 9 days totally FUN!
=...I'm looking forward to the hols and I hope the teachers don't give homework...=
Yawn...before I sleep, just wanted to say that I had a fun time playing with the chemicals today...I think that we got the best explosion today...if only it were bigger, then the whole school could have smelt like a stink bomb(:(:
kkz..nite ppl...
~10:11 PM
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Got back Bio and Phy papers. utterly disappointed.
yarhar..tt's all I got to say.
uhuh. Then went to do science challenge stuff.
turns out that the science challenge 06 WAS fun. LoL.
Claire said want join. Then I said I can't commit. So, sorry gal...
yepp. then come home. must prepare the guides stuff for tml.. Tml is phototaking dudettes!
yays!
kkz.tml is going to be another longlongday le...
But, b4 I leave, I must put down lyrics and poems that have been swarming my head today :P
Untitled ((II))
5 hundred years have passed
Yet the voices still stand firm
Within the withering of masses
The ringing silence prevails
A legend of blue flowers followed by the blacks
This was the sorrowful story
Told only when the twilight falls
Well before a folly
Silence
Who would have wanted to kill a maiden
A maiden as pure as thee
For she has done no harm to you
Why use them as your lies or prize?
She who has done neither good nor bad
Just quietly
Bearing
Sweet silent resilience
The light has failed to ignite
Now what has become of thee
For when the last drop of wax falls
The idea still remains
Remember not the person
Remember not the revenge
For they can be destroyed and thwarted
But words and ideas will always retain their power
The power of a single phrase
The power of a single vowel
The power of even a mere letter
Causes the undesirable darkness
Overcomes the world around
Sweet vengence and screaming revenge
They are just but acts
For these cannot go on
Without the words
Without the ideas
5 hundred years have passed
Yet if the fear can be overcomed
Within the depths of the demon himself
The will has arrived, saved
~9:42 PM
* * *
We were split into many different groups at first.
At first, I was in Wei Zhong's Group. Sad to say that he was injured and then all of us, his so called "charges" had to be split up into different groups. and so, I ended up in Cuilin's group!
proud to say we became united towards the end and thus won 2nd place overall! yayyayayayyayyayayayyayay! :D
the best station in this race has got to be the one with the watermelons. Said the i/c : collect the water from the watermelon with your mouth (by chewing and collecting the water), then transfer it into the bottle! hahas. So fun :)
Then, we had to name 10 birds. One of the scouts ran all the way to the bird cages to find out, but by then, the rest of us had managed to get all by trial and error!!! It was like so cool? we just kept spouting and spouting the names :)
the second best station is the 3-legged race! up and down the uneven steps of the dragon's head we went, with our legs tied together. Then, we had to hold on to each other with the ball in the middle of our two bodies. we got the okok timing of 7.51 min lar. but not bad le lor :D
Really enjoyed this race! yippee! wanna go again and was so sad it had to end ... :(
Before we ended, we had water bomb fight! hahas. got hit straight in the front by a water bomb and ya, got all wet :) but yar, couldn't understand why some people din want or did not get wet. isn't the fun of water bomb fights the getting wet part???
next tuesday, phototaking for guides le, and this time, we get to bring stuff toys! :)
yay! oh ya, btw, if any fire com the people are reading this, please remember to bring punk on tuesday hor. thxx!
~8:37 PM
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So, I took it off.
Unless someone can find me a nice quiet song that everybody likes, there will be no song on this blog le. (apologies to those who love the song)
Yar, so yesterday, was wednesday and I went for NRP again!
My frenchman "teacher" for NRP was there to teach lor :)
hahas. Had loads of fun with him. Was real cool, coz we got to become good friends.
He is french, so he has quite a limited vocabulary, so I had to sub words in :)
hahas. take tubing for example. I said it was a tubing then he said something along the lines of: ya, it had better be, or else I'll be laughed at for using the wrong words you know.
Yesterday was the synthesizing process. Really cool, changed all those different bottles and fitted in extra extra GUANINE and realised that bottle caps of those particular bottles don't like gloved hands. You need to coax them with bare hands before they'll come open. LOL.
Ok. Now for TODAY.
Got back english, and knew my chinese CA part. and then we also yakked abit about bio and chem papers, with e teachers. Physics, we must have done real bad for the school to want to give us retest :) One sad thing though. Mr Ong is keeping real quiet about maths. and I honestly think that this math exam was not too good(meaning bad lar).
After school, rushed for UK Trip meeting! ahhas. So cool. In less than a month's time, I'll be halfway across the world, with some english that I probably won't understand coz of strong accents! YAY! Can't WAIT!!!
Oh yar. Turns out Mr Chow also wanted to talk to me and some other 3E ppl after school, but then postponed to Monday. ARH. Between me and those ppl who are reading this now, I am so dead this June. NRP, THIS PROJ and GUIDES. ahhahhashahas
ok. I'm done with today's stuff.
Goodnight ppl (:
~9:50 PM
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hahas. I think that this period is worse than the exam period lor. Coz you will feel sososo depressed and stuff.
blehh. I think I need to be admitted into my own department le. haiz.
maths-I don't know what overcame me during it, but I seemingly had some kind of mind block+ the don't understand the question part.
I really don't know why. So you will know what happen if I don't get my 90% now. haizhaiz.
anyway, today I got jabbed by the nurse for some OBS jab? Wasn't too bad. It was just like the primary 6 ones (:
EXtrA: Today watched spidey! (: Spiderman 3 was like so so so cool and emo (: Went to watch it with val, shuhui and pris. Loved the show.
**did you know that the Vivo outlet probably earned loads from RVians' money? there were like just so many people watching movies today! almost 3/4 of the people were RVians celebrating the end of exams. YAY! hahas!
Oh yar, before I forget:
POEM TIME!
Untitled
It was many years
Even before the times
When people drank beers
When pirates ruled the world
The memory emerges from the night.
The oceans intertwining with the seas.
Desperate for freedom they ran.
It is the hour of doom!
A entire place of debris,
subjected to shipwreck.
In the countless wars
The rising call of the ravens caw.
The sea swallowed the world,
The hour of spells ablazing.
In the childhood mist of souls,
Lost discoveries arose.
Like a jar the world housed infinite tenderness.
Like a storm it contained bitterness.
Like a cello it moaned softly.
Like a car it sputtered.
The world has left them to die, to suffer.
Cold stars glare, black birds migrate.
Deserted like the dew at dawn.
The shadow remains still in my hands.
The world is twisted.
Though wave and wind
Have mightier blows.
That they who keep the watch.
Stand by them the more
The War Has Just Began.
~6:03 PM
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Cool gal..
ok. it's bio and ss today.
Shan't say no more...
ok. tomorrow is like Tuesday. and I had planned to rest nicely. BUT, what did they do? put a medical check up tml. WAD THE. stay from 9am to 3pm lehh!!!
ok. this shall be a really really short post. so yar, jiayouxx ppl for maths tml :)
I hope I won't have more clients in my hospital (Department of Rita-rdeds Remember?)
(: cyas and jiayouxx! :)
~2:37 PM
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I don't know why.
I really don't.
All I know is that all the exam stress is clogging me and it doesn't help that Hammie's dead.
yepp. Of all days, Hammie chose yesterday, also known as Labour Day and a Holiday, to leave me silently.
All was well in the morning. Hammie was just peacefully sleeping and playing and eating.
But in the afternoon, ...
We sent Hammie off.
Hammie, you looked so cute to be true when we saw you cuddled in that small tub that you used to bathe in.
Eyes closed.
Paws to the front.
Head slightly corked to the side.
We all cried for you.
Honestly we did.
I'm sorry Hammie,
I never ever took a photo with you.
Now that you are gone,
I feel this lone and gloom.
You, whom I played with every night before bed.
You, whom I fed and tickled.
You, whom I looked after.
You, why did you have to go?
Hammie, no one can replace this hole you've left in my soul.
For you've left a crater.
A crater that cannot be undone.
A crater made by love.
A crater dug with care.
A crater filled with concern.
I love you Hammie...
~1:54 PM
* * *
hahas...nvm...
anyway, today I took the english paper 1...all I can say is that it was ok.
yeppyeppyepp...I'll be slacking till about 11am and then starting chemistry. QA.
QA according to stella just now is easy, so long as you find your own way...'
so yar, will try and do that today.
but I hope I won't sleep halfway...LoLs...still darned tired from yesterday's night activities...
the swensen's is still in the tummy dudes...
Nice BIG bowl of "Gold Rush" ...ahhs...
kkz...going off to read a book or play a game or whatever...it's temporary slacking time! :D:D
~10:25 AM
* * *
Coz I went to watch Phantom with my cousins...
but nevermind, it was a GREAT show with COOL effects...
30 pple on the cast and they performed for like 2.5hrs? yeppyeppyepp...
the phantom's voice is amazing and I'm still trying to figure out how did he disappear at the last scene.
Then there was the lights and sparkles..super bright...
plus the BOAT..amazing.. they managed to make it seem real although it was done on this flat flat stage in the esplanade
in short...I LOVED IT.
and I don't think I regret going for it...it was a great experience that I wouldn't miss for the world.
anyway, tml's the start of mid-years and it starts with english...haiz...
mugging season has started. No peace until 3weeks later...why 3 wks? well, exams till next tues. then we start getting back the papers..then I won't have peace..coz I'll be like worried and anxious and etcetcetc...blehh...
kkz..going to do some last minute mugging before having a good night's sleep tonight...bye! :P
~9:33 PM
* * *
haiz..
tt's rite..it's busy time. and it's not helping that I've just learnt that my Phantom of the Opera is scheduled for sunday afternoon?
and that I've got to do planning for guides open house design?
and that I've got a whole lot of studying more to go???
blehh..
anyway, today got back exposition :D and it's a nice score written there :p
Drama was nice. I learnt that Qin Hui does great imitations and that he is like SUPER OBSERVANT?
LoL. won't elaborate. further details, approach me :)
did tons of physics. vectors are starting to look super duper boring.
oh yar..
here's a bit of the poem I crafted during LA class...coz I had few corrections...it's simply crap to all those who don't understand, but really, it will make alot of sense if you were me. It's bit and pieces of my life. put together in one puzzle that doesn't really make sense to you...
As I walked and walloped through the wind
I slowly realised
What a catastrophe I've caused
It is clear from the winds that
The colour has changed
That I've been blown away...
Don't lose the wind
With each passing fray
I'm all but here
Don't destroy it
Live a life
Believing
that a sweeping generalisation lies in me.
Latent views
A slight killjoy...*ended*
~10:26 PM
* * *
NRP today...
DARN COOL!
lesson was all about the basics of lab procedures...
and 1st main big thing I learnt was how to pipette properly.
haiz...
it looks so easy to pipette something,
but in DNA synthesis,
e prof says you need to be extra careful.
1 microlitre too little and you are DEAD.
coz you lose all your precious DNA.
e basics of pipetting says:
1) always hold your hand still and slightly tilted to the side
2) never ever draw samples too fast. it will cause the DNA to be destroyed or bubbles to appear in your sample and thus make measurements inaccurate.
3) once the tip has been contaminated (aka touched something it shouldn't) eject it immediately into the bin. you don't want the sample to get contaminated.
4) always shake and rinse with 100% pure distilled water. never ever ever try otherwise.
5) always wear rubber gloves (one rule of the lab which I absolutely can't stand, coz e hands in gloves get so HOT!)
nevertheless, i still LoVe my project...it's got to be one of the coolest in NRP!!!
hahas...before i end off, let me say one last thing...
THE SMELL OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE USED ON THE DNA IS STILL ON MY HAND!
okok, will go and publish this now... :D
won't be blogging on everyday basis anymore, it's mid years dudes and dudettes!!
~9:08 PM
* * *
Mr Ong started complaining about us during morning assembly about being disorderly and such. and to an extent, I agree.
Yes, we yak. Yes, some of us did not really stay in a single file.
anyway, Geog was the BIG HIGHLIGHT.
something that shldn't have happened happened.
All I'm saying right now is that someone threw a marker and someone got touchy and shouted.
Full details unavailable. You go find out yourself.
Anyway, because of this incident, geog students from 3E ended up staying after school to have a little chat. Seems that the teachers present plus e principal were all emotional about this. We saw red eyes and a tear.
Thus, due to unforseen after school circumstances, I ponned the CiD meeting that I asked everyone to come for. So, groupmates, sorry I pangseh you all hor... I'll make it up :D
=>Haiz. This wouldn't be the first time 3E has disappointed teachers this year. I think even my ten fingers couldn't count.
All the teachers all seem to have something to complain about us.
Either coz we are always late or we are sweaty or we didn't perform well enough.
It seems like it's either (a) we are too bad or (b) the expectations of us are too high and we can't reach.
It may be only the few in our class that makes us look bad. But it reflects on everyone. Tell me, is that fair? Why can't you people just let go of your egos and start behaving more like 0.5B?
seriously people. I miss 0.5B.
Yes, we often got scolded as well.
But at least we don't have internal conflict.
People there were more considerate.
and we were a class.
and we acted like one.
and we don't have people who don't deserve kindness.
**Yes, I don't usually post negative stuff. But this is something I feel that I really must do. I'm sorry if anything on this post offended anyone. I just say it as I feel it. I'm sorry.**
~9:45 PM
* * *
Now. Let's talk about the NRP project!!! I've now got my own lab(on loan of course)...
That lab is like SO COOL?
1st: they've got this water purifier which takes up to an entire sink's worth of space (or rather is the sink) That water purifier, or so they say, can get rid of close to 100% of unpure water!! so yar, we are treated to extra extra extra clean water when we go to the lab :D
2nd: the equipment there are all brand NEW. they've got this refridgerator which is new and can go to -20 degree celcius and a -40/-80 one is coming soon.
3rd: the've got the whole shelf worth of chemicals! woohoo...but any wastage on your part will gain you a lecture of course...
4th: ATCG bases, all stuffed into a small drawer. Imagine if you open the drawer and you see bags and bags of stuff protruding out, like nobody cares :d
5th: 1 cupboard full of stringes and gloves, 1 dua core computer located inside the lab which we can use for anything, a totally cool DNA synthesizing machine and many many more.
6th: the 2 jiejies and the one kor...all ready to help the 2 of us...
yay!
opps...okok..calm down.
Now for the serious stuff:
TESTS are HERE.
next wed: geog test
next thurs/fri: el test
next next tues: bio test
plus, after that 2 weeks plus, it's MID YEARS!!!omgomgomg.
So yar...I wish I am in fairyland now, where everything goes right and never wrong, where they don't have tests and can have all the fun and just laugh and laugh and play and play...
Fairyland
Dim light shines at dawn
cloudy shady woods
Forms I can't decipher
For dew that drips all over.
Huge suns shining down upon
For every star I see
In the silent moment of the day
The breath of their faces flies
At about 7 by the sun-clock
Thousand wings flap by
All more filmy by three times
Forming that fairy rhymes
In that drapy leaves afar
Over Hamlet's castle and Mac's
Where shalt they fly
In that curvy scurvy path of Beck's
With the fairy ring formed up
In the sterness of the pride
The quiver of each little flutter
The buzzing of the rest
Fairyland has awoken.
~1:03 PM
* * *
Now, let's recall it's significance with this short introduction before I continue with my story...
The name: "Good Friday"
-came from the earlier English name, "Godes Friday," meaning "God's Friday."
On this day, it signifies that God has finally conquered death.
Yes indeed.
Anyway, here's the summary of what I did today.
Today, I finished my final draft for exposition.
Today, I went to do Qing Ming stuff---sao mu
Yepp. It's been a long time since I really slacked and ya, I did it today :D
Reading my favourite books all over again, playing badminton and running etcetc...
Actually, it's been a funfunfun day and I wish this weekend will last forever. I sure don't want to go on to long tiring monday life (where we have to run 2.4km for NAPFA and *remedial* with Mr Boey)
nor go on to tuesday (where we have chem test)
nor go on to wednesday (where it's NAPFA 5 items)
nor go on to thursday (where it's a super long day)
nor go on to friday (where I have CCA then tuition after that)
blehh.
that's not a nice week ahead.
So I'd better enjoy this weekend "0.0"
So people, I'm in a chalet this weekend!!! yay!!! BBQ tml nite!
yepp, so I will end off with a poem:
Dream-Land (A different one from Edgar Allan Poe's, although inspired by him!)
By a site obscure and dim
Haunted by the evilest of angels
Where a knight on black thrones lean
Riding on his silk horse leers
Chasms and Charms littered about her
In the caves and woods growing around
With shadows no man can decipher
A cat softly bounds
Mountains toppling into seas
Seas which surge into the skies
Skies which knows no boundaries
Boundaries without its end
The lakes are sound and calm
Their waters lone and dead
By the light of the night
A house can be seen
By the marsh where the ants and mosquitos dwell
By the spot where ghosts are found
By the cranny where the path leads
To the end of time
There we meet that lone traveller
Straight from the veiled memories of the past
The glaring light shines past me
As they wander by
White robed people we once knew
Walking back on Earth
In that split moment
Earth and Heaven reunite
The traveller has arrived
Amidst the silent commotion
He came and smiled
Appearing before me
Here we see God Almightly walking through the ring
With people bowing to him
Our king of kings
The Lord has arrived
On this day of Good Friday
Let us mark it as Jesus' gift to all of us
Reuniting us one and all
Back to the heavens we belong
~8:12 PM
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Firstly, the day started off nicely with geog and maths and SS.
Then, there was PDP...we did a nice proposal for Sentosa Beach Cleaning :D
Then Assembly...once again, one of those boring talks which had nothing new to add to my brain save the many nice pictures.
Honestly, this is my feedback to the school. Please don't call people who repeat the obvious in to talk during assembly. Firstly, it kills our spirit. Secondly, half the assembly sleeps. Thirdly, the only thing we will gain are the prizes for the quizzes. So, what is the point? The school is just wasting her money.
Kz. so after the assembly, i rushed for NRP.
to my horror, the professor talked about something I din know of at all. It is so ChEEM. Worse, tt NUS HIGH student can understand every bit. I feel so left out. he is 2 years my senior and it made all the difference in the world. He understands stuff I don't. At least he is super nice and gentlemanly, a vast Difference from some 3E guys(no insult implied)...
furthermore, the prof has given us 2 research papers to READ. I think it is manageable but ya, weird, coz it's nt in full detail and I have to check up every single bit. The best part is that I need to know hw to draw a guanine structure by next week. Cool or wad?
After NRP, I rushed to JE, hoping I could finish the chemistry assignment b4 tuition, and I sort of did it:D
Except for the fact that at around 7pm, the teacher suddenly said no more tuition. So I came to JE for nth. haiz.
kkz..now it's 11pm already..slp time. I actually wanted to rush out a poem, but I guess I've got no brain juice left :(
kkz..nite ppl!
~10:45 PM
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we go find her to sign the guides programme then have to wait until the assembly started then can find her :D
ok..anyway..today got tt chinese culture thing
quite fun...
got to know alot of things :P
Shocked at how some ppl can say things so fast..
SCARY
anyway, 3A won hahas..cool..even bi-cultural K-class oso cant beat..
yepp..homework time..carn talk so much le..buai!
~6:54 PM
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Right..as everyone probably already knows, those 3 have made it to the top.
But, you see ppl, their jobs dun start from friday. PC's do though. Coz right, the previous Programme Coordinators only planned till friday and we dun exactly have time to plan with the rest of the planning com. Means that Emily and I get to plan it immediately. cool rite? tt's in order for us to put it up on monday.
Anyway...
Here are the full details of the Committee of RVGG '07 *clap*(if i got it wrong tell me hor..coz this is wad i noe from ppl i asked coz i wasn't there on friday):
CL: Munweng
ACL (p): Charlotte
ACL (d): Yimin
PC: Rita&Emily
TC: Michelle&TingXiang
EO: Yingying&Glenda
QM: Fiona, Xinyu&Veronica
Treasurer: Zoey
Timer: QiuYan
Right. then yesterday, we went back to School for training...cool huh?
many many rounds round e track. Surprisingly I din feel tired at ALL. coz i guess we were all having fun? then cheer and cheer and din feel tired. :D
Mich, you missed loads :D
kkz..shall not crap so much le..till another time, coz i've got many many hw to pia, coz i was slacking yesterday!!!
~3:00 PM
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Ok.
Firstly, decision's final. Charlotte and I go for NRP. Mdm Ong will keep us informed on our posts. Fullstop.
Next, the funniest thing happened. Mr Chow sent everyone an email saying I'm the NRP i/c but then, he got my email wrong. There is a 123 dudes! As a result, everyone knows I'm NRP i/c except me. If not for dear Charlotte, I'll have been in the dark until even now...
Third. Careless Bug hits me again. Could have got a nice BIG EXCELLENT stamp, but then, becoz of carelessness, it became GOOD. LoL. At least I didn't get 'keep trying' :D
Fourth. Mr Wong returned all our scripts for formal letter writing today, and it seems like it's just a scrape of an A2 for me only. Sad though. Many people got high A2 s or A1 s... :(
Fifth. Mr Boey was ever so nice to us during practical lesson today! ahahs..we forgot to heat the benedict's solution at first, but then, he didn't scold. He just said tt we are supposed to put in the water bath. fullstop.
Right. So that's my life so far for you! :d
It's tough. Plus CiD? Plus Geog proj? Plus guides? Plus NRP? hahas...killer March is in the air!
ook. As I was walking home from school today, I thought and thought about something really weird. That was, now that I've exhausted so many options for poem writing, what am I going to put? Then, it hit me. It's time for a Jodi Picoult Plain Truth poem! :D:D
Right. So, charmie..I finally got hooked on Jodi. Muz be real pleased huh?
Plain Truth
Dead infants in Amish Barns
Left and slaughtered by loved ones
On purpose or off purpose
No one knew
When Lancaster Country is shook to the core
When Katie Fisher is accused
When Samuel was denounced
Who suffers the pain?
In a tangled murder case worked to prove things wrong
In a sacred area where things don't work
In a fear filled area
In a desire filled area
A man from the past arrives
Is there more to racism and religion
Then meets the eye?
Is there more to Euthanasia
More to that death of the baby?
No one knew.
And it was just up to Ellie to find...
~9:15 PM
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Why the average people in highly cared for Singapore can still go mad?
Well, I can.
Looking at a variety of blogs just now, I sought to find a happy person who is happy in RV.
Looks like everyone is subjected to the same kind of stress as me, coz I can't even see one.
Now.
NRP vs Guides.
As much as I would like to take high ranking leadership posts in guides, I also want to do my best for NRP. Everyone knows you can't split.
30th March - 2 events.
1) Guides Handover 2) NRP launch
guidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrp
There are so many things needing my attention now. The tough thing is to manage. I'll be so glad when Friday's finally over! woohoo..
I thought last friday was a bad enough day. This friday is looking worse. Either way, I'll have to forsake 1 party. My prof or my cca. It's EITHER OR.
==and I thought the worst was over==
~6:45 PM
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CID report for Chinese is due next week and we can't seem to do anything about it!! All I know is that we have yet to start on a single thing for chinese CID. AND, I don't seem to care anymore. It's like kind of really really impossible to make the product in the following week! NoooOOO.
Physics Assignment 3 is killing me slowly. I look at the first question and sigh. I do until qn 5 and then realised that this method is not going to work. So, I aborted the plan. I'll pia it over the weekends instead.
English speeches by some people were really good. Others were ok. But I noticed something while sitting at the front. You can actually see some people feeling really really nervous. A trait I don't see often in those people. Hmm.
Mdm Ong missed the interview yesterday with me, Charlotte, Beryl and Zoey. So, we'll do it on friday instead...
Friday is looking to be a really packed day.
1st, lessons.
2nd, during chinese lesson have to go and meet Ms Tan in the library for UK trip.
3rd, have voting for guides.
4th, have to get interviewed by Mdm Ong.
5th, have to take Sec 2s for FootDrill.
6th, have to go for parent teacher meeting.
7th, have to go for chinese tuition at 7.45pm after that, with a totally new teacher I don't know.
LOL.
Haiz. Tml is looking really really stressful, especially the part after school. Rush here, rush there. I think I will totally like FREAK OUT.
Anyway, Saturday is PX's birthday. Sorry jie...no prezzie for the time being...I bo lui.
But...
Here's the poem dedicated to you:
Friendship And Sistership
Being friends for the many years
I just wanted to show
How much you mean to me
How much I cherished you
With you, it's all about voiceless communication
Always knowing exactly what to say
Completing my sentences
Never actually saying it.
It was a blessed day we met
You and I in our own way
Blinded by the selfish us
We came to grow, to love
Your eyes glow just for me,
And I know you're proud.
You flash your magical, healing smile my way,
And I know everything will be all right.
On this special day
The March 24th
Let's mark this day with a cheer
With a happy song
For you were always there with me
Always by my side
Always being 'jie' and
Always being APX
PX my dear jie
Be the best you can be
Excel in bicultural
Top the class
Don't let them take you down
For this day the March 24th is yours
So from me to you
Many early birthday greetings
And a good year ahead
Happy Birthday My Dear Jie
Happy Birthday Indeed
I remember all those things you did for me
I remember all those 'fun times'
Today is the day 2 days b4 ur birthday.
More than anyone else,
I'd like to wish you
HAPPY ATTITUDE BIRTHDAY '07! :D
~6:30 PM
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1) I am selected to participate in a Science competition similar to AMC?
2) I am selected for NRP and there has been another person that's joining me!
3) Being an Oriole-ian, I get to be interviewed last. Therefore, tml I'm going to have to see Mdm Ong for interview...
4) Physics Worksheet 3 totally sucks. Although I thought it looked easy.
5) Test blues are seemingly in the air again, and I feel so choked because of all my committments.
6) Maths is becoming fun again.
7) Chem starts to look boring.
8) Biology is mantaining it's funs.
9) Chinese is BORING.
10) Geog starts to look really interesting...
HAiz..When will the world be just as I wanted it to be?
Lucky I was the first to do my english speech though...don't need to spend time scaring myself that I'll be next :D
My speech topic was Euthanasia. And it totally rawks!!!
Euthanasia
People of sane minds
Murdering their beloved
Under the doctor's care
Is that fair?
Walking through the hospital
Seeked to understand
What was it that detered me
From supporting the social right?
Vegetative states
Suffering families...
Great guy. What happened?
That look helplessly in vain
People have the choice
Have the choice to choose
For the path's theirs
Not ours.
War or terror
Killing the ones we know
Who's right
Who's wrong?
What's done is done
But is it justified?
Can those glittering pieces
Save one from doom?
Hoping for a miracle
Waiting in real vain
Who knows when your time comes
When you leave in peace.
Whispering dooms
Catcalling silence
Only the beeper sounds
And in a silent tone
It sings it's constant sound
What's here is here
It's not reversible
Let the people choose
For it's their choice
And ours to respect
~7:30 PM
* * *
Tell you something..
I AM IN NRP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those who have not met me or msned me during the past few days, NRP stands for Nanyang Research Programme and I went for the interview on Monday. It's at Nanyang Technological University and I'm now under the mentorship of Prof. Phan.
Yepp..but, bad news though, let me quote Prof. Phan in the email sent earlier today:
"No other NRP students have been selected for this project, so you will work with other members of my laboratory."
Oh ya.. did I mention that ''other members'' are like probably from NTU? meaning that they are my future kors and jies?
haiz..just hope Charlotte gets her project too...then we can both go together. Or else, I need to go there myself!!! NoooOOO...
KKz..back to the borders trip I went yesterday.
Borders was great lar can..I took advantage of 2 superb offers..
1) students get 20% off!
2) 3 books for the price of 2 (shared with valerie)
Yepp, I bought 3 books, valerie 2. each of us had this 1 book that was like able to take the 20% discount, then the other 3 can take the 3 for 2 discount.
Cool right?
k then..jiayouxx everyone for homework..we will pull through! :D
~1:34 PM
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As they always say, UG camp is very strenous, but then, ahaha...this yr's was slackier.
No Out-of-School-seniors coming back, No unpitying seniors and Mdm Ong.
Well, no seniors => that we don't have to work as hard to keep it stressful.
no unpitying seniors => that we don't have to pump and run as much as previous years.
Mdm Ong => seniors are made to postpone certain punishments till the day when we next have act.
Well, HighLighT of the camp was of course the Solo Night on the first night, which saw a whole lot of ppl CRYING. Seniors told ghost stories and scared them!!! and in the first place, I don't even think that they are scary. They are so funny! I just can't wait to see the faces of those character victims lor.
OkOk. maybe I'm a saddist? hahs. I so wanted to go on Route 1, where you will go to LT4 toilets and be stunned. hahas...but instead I got Route 5. This route, I went with xiuyi's sister, qinyi ahahs..
Turns out that she is just like her sister. Not scared of anything? willing to try everything? oh ya, of course, she does standard pumping since day 1 (and she is like a new SEC ONE?) and she lights matchsticks faster than me!!!(omgomg. and I'm a Sec 3 girl guide)
Now, next highlight was the Candlelight Night 2007, where Charlotte and I were like emcees? There, I MADE FUN OF MYSELF AND IT HAS DESTROYED MY OTHERWISE PERFECT IMAGE!!!
This is all thanks to Charlotte who gave me all the lame roles in the script. THANKS ALOT! So, this script was the script we worked on for the whole of saturday? uhuh. Plus, there were so many last minute arrangements that we had to delay the whole timetable of the night!!!
NVM, it was a great experience...
Nxt, being the ACC for camp this year, I had loads of things to do too...From rearranging our very own timetable to screaming at people at night to sleep? plus, I was the middle person for colour party during camp. That means that I'm the person who gives the commands for colour party and am the one who has to pull down the flag. Sad to say, not once did I do the colour party without mistakes.
There was this time when I almost dropped my beret and when the flag was stubborn...PLus, there was this time when I forgot to salute colours b4 taking it down(charlotte n isabel reminded) and there was this time when I forgot to bang leg b4 falling out.
In short, I need MORE MORE MORE MORE practice!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH.
Punishment for this camp was easy...it's like 3 rounds round the track followed by pumpings...hahs...great! but plus the muscle aches that I originally had...it was a goner.
Yepp..so tat's the brief summary of UG camp!
~3:34 PM
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I think I'm like the 1st person to log on to msn and blog on blogger today! ahhas. However, I'm the second to reach home. Coz Isabel must have been 1st. :D
Basically, today is cross country and we had a blast of a time slacking while the others ran. Why? coz we're guides that's why...we get duty! ahhas.
Guides had to make our own way there whilst the rest on duty got bus service. That's BAD. nvm though, we had a nice time bonding (by bonding, it means talking) then we also had alot of 7-11 fast food stuff..coz there was no time to eat as we had to change into full uniform b4 leaving.
Now for the RESULTS..Minotaur won the C Div, mascot and cheering! that put us in 2nd position overall. Cool, ain't it? It must have been the first few times that happened in the whole time I was in RV...hahas...what's more, I knew the results even b4 they were announced. Coz I was the one who help count the score!
Charlotte and I were like at the back of the entire crowd getting ready to act hyper every single time we knew Minotaur was going to be annouced...
After all, we were the only 2 who were at the Minotaur table throughout and saw the whole proceedings? :D
So..back to why I'm 1st. I left Turf City first that's why. Guides left early coz we finished all our duties. Then, Charlotte's dad gave me and isabel a lift to the bus stop.
There, I took 74 and Isabel, 171 i think, then, isabel's hse is 4 stops away. My bus was super duper quick lor. There was no one in the bus and all the way home, the traffic lights loved me. They all blinked green...
So yepp, that's why I'm home and on the com 1st :D
Cross country should have ended on a happy note, but it ended with more and more injuries by the second. There were like 3-4 ambulances which came and went.
One girl had hyperventilation, a boy fell, another fainted, and there was even one whose eyes rolled till we saw the whites. He continued to run even after a teacher ran straight to him and tried to help and support him. And I admire that. But I do not appreciate that. What's the point of running all the way to the finish line to clock the points for your house when you will sacrifice yourself?
The Turf City route is a route meant for horses. NOT humans. Even walking the last stretch was tough enough. I can't imagine what happened to those who ran it.
Kz..Today was not all about cross country though. Today, we had lessons! 1st up, English, which was okok..we heard those powerful speeches. Then, we had chinese, which was also slack. Then, we had PE, where we had netball and my team won! :P Yar..then there was break. Then we had geography lesson. Valerie tried to pass my this note all throughout lesson and kept throwing the note in the wrong direction lar.. it was indeed hilarious..
***today no poem/song lar..no inspiration..maybe tml?***
~7:09 PM
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1) I got very poor results for my tests.
2) I'm sick and super ill with watery eyes.
Today, I dragged myself to school, but I'd really rather not. All I heard today was bad news and worser news. I should have stayed home and slept instead of coming to school. It's one of those days where you wish you were never born.
1) Maths test totally sucked. I can't believe this, but this is the rare few times when I have the sinking feeling that I failed maths. haizhaizhaiz.
2) Chinese test was okok...at least I passed rite? even if it's only with a mediocre 20-on-the-dot.
3) Chemistry. I really should have worked harder. Sure, the paper's easy. But I only got a 22.5/30...
4) PHYSICS!!! It's a killer which saw many in tears. I must have comforted at least 10 people today. I got only 24/40 when the highest was like 29.5 in class? tat's a 60% for me. With that kind of marks, how can I get my targeted A2 for science?
5) Biology was given back yesterday. It was a stressful thing. The norm in class is a B3 or A2. I got a lowly B4.
With that kind of marks and that kind of physical condition, I don't think I'll go far. It's predicted that I will fall really ill next week. REALLY REALLY ILL. So ppl, pray for me. I still have that UG camp to go to.
Yesterday was House meeting. Minotaur will rock the rest this year. Haiz. really shouldn't have duty on cross country. It's great to run on a totally new track like turf city. If only I didn't feel so ill, I might have forfeited duty for running.
Did you know that Mr Ong & Mrs Phua both were like asking me to run competitive? lucky jiaxin was there and she saved me by verifying that I have duty. Or else, I would be dying on monday.
Today, we got to choose our new uniform designs. I do hope that it'll be better than our current design hahas.
For without the world, I'd die ---a two person song.
A:
The world is cruel
The world is bleak
The future is drawing backwards
The past is racing like birds
Dreamers of the world
Without the keepsake of the present
Past or future
Where would you be?
B:
For there are a thousand colours
A thousand efforts
Which without you
Won't work
A:
Without the world behind me
Where on earth would I be
A several inches underneath
A metre above the sky
B:
Where on earth would I be
Without the hopes and dreams
Smiling like stars
Between us both
A:
For the world's turning with you
For the world's adapting too
Dreamers workers alike
We'll all be here with you
AB:
The world is changing
A kaleidoscope of colours
Turning with the beat
Screaming that I can't do it
With a heart that beats on
We'll perservere
With a heart that beats on
We'll perservere...
~5:03 PM
* * *
EASY. Simply because I'm the assistant camp commandant (xiuyi's the CC).
That's not good.
Coz that means I've got extra work---have to plan and make sure everybody is a I/C for something, organise all the time slots for bathing etcetc..LOL
lucky I'm not the CC this year...but then...who knows...I may be sabo-ed for being the CC next year.
For some weird weird reason, everybody thinks that I can do the job with ease. Now I tell you...I don't think I can. haiz...planning a camp sounds easy huh...but what about my life for the next 2 weeks? GONE.
Anyway, back to life in the academic part of school. Chemistry test was today. It was like easyeasyeasy. Just that I think that it's going to be tough to score that 100%.hahas.
Maths test sucked. Imagine...you could have gotten FULL marks if not for some stupid careless mistakes that you made. 4 marks leh! 4 marks!!!
I ask you..
1)how is it that the questions says in "cm" and then you can put your answer in "units"?
2)how is it that 12= -2-k gives k=10?
3)how is it that 8= -1/3+ c gives c= 7 2/3?
Chinese. BADBADBAD. according to zhang huiwen, there are people who failed the zhonghetiankong. haiz. why do I get the idea that it's me???
Poem Galore:
FATE
Standing between the gate of the worlds
Couldn't decide, staying blur
Heaven or Hell
It's just too hard to tell
For either way you choose
It's your life you lose
And yet there's nothing to be gained
Nothing that suits the brain
Great is force of attraction
Great is the force of life
Drawing people to nuns
Erasing them one by one
Standing through the archway
Just simply couldn't see
The life that lies awaiting
Hardship brought from life
Is the place in heaven worth for us
Is the place we earned good enough
Is the place we worked for fair
For is it the place we wanted for us?
Life is a journey to be treasured
Fate is like a river
Winding its way through our lives
Turning ridges into waterfalls
Just simply not for our pitfall
For our fates are intertwined
In this wonderful world we belong
Binding us together
Working for mankind as one...
~9:21 PM
* * *
1) Panda eyes
2) A sore throat
3) A sian look
These few days, actually these few WEEKS, ever since the week b4 CNY, I have been overstressed. If you ever see me with the condition label of DEPRESSION, you will know what happened. The teachers have slaughtered me with the piles and piles of homework and revision.
Let me give you a brief introduction to the homework that the teachers gave for CNY holidays.
1) 2 reports. 1 for biology and 1 for chemistry. took me easily 4hrs each.
2) Physics wkshts... + assignments... on a super difficult topic called vectors and scalar quantities? hahas. plotting graphs and stuff. I can't stand it!!!
3) Maths ws...hmm easily the easiest of the bulk... took me less than an hour?
4) Bio assignment...yepp...this was easy too..took like 1hr?
5) STUDY FOR ALL THE TESTS!!! are you mad? 2 tests on thurs(today),1 tml and 3 on nxt mon and 1 more somewhere nxt thurs.
haizhaiz
I feel that I have gotten a B3 for physics. I didn't finish the paper. AHH!
I feel that I have gotten a A1 for maths. It's so easy peasy. hahas
Ok. I can infer that I will breakdown soon, unless someone helps me to correct this. Evidence:Now I have a split personality.
Explanation: Because I have a split personality, I muz be ritarded, and since I AM ritarded, I need someone to help me. blehh.
Impending Doom
Presence.
Chilly.
Cold.
Ahh.
Was waiting on that doorstep
From 3 years ago
Now that I'm inside
I dare not break a bowl
Calls of the attics
Whispering of mice
Knocking of winds
Sneezing of cheese
All heard loud and clear.
Shadows and creeks
Cats and wails
Where on earth do I belong?
Or was it simply here I was born?
"This Homework Is Due Tomorrow"
"That Homework Is Due Today"
Teachers calling
Thinking that we have nothing better to do
Shouts from across
Cutting breaks without beck
Thinking that they're all boss
Who called them not to check?
Turning upside down
Turning round and round
Who knew what was right
Who knew what was wrong
As ritarded I may be
Heed my calls free
Start the trend
Kill the band
Make our lives free
For they belong to us
Belong to the students of the world
Not you.
~8:00 PM
* * *
My Adobe Photoshop is version 1.0 and I don't exactly have a good mouse..So THERE.
That's probably the reason why I'm pissed..
hahas..anyway..today was a terrific day :D
started off with maths, whereby Mr Ong commented on my carelessness..for goodness' sake! I duno what's wrong with me lar..today got 2 qns careless in a row. Qn 1& 2 summore..
Ya..then next highlight, Edwin actually made zhang laoshi trip over what she said! LOL..joyce said that she cannot give hw during the CNY hols. cannot *qian guo nian!*
zhang laoshi said:"hmm..ok..I'm nice (or sumthing like tat)
Then, Edwin asked: "How long is the entire Chinese New Year?" * the whole class went quiet*
zhang laoshi said: "It's fifteen days and I know what you are thinking. I follow the govt holidays, and they say that there is only 4 holiday days..."
Edwin replied: " aiyo, laoshi zhenme chong ming ah? "
yepp..reallyreallyfunny!
Next, I'm going for the Geography Field Trip to UK! yippee!
::instalation of poems/lyrics::inspired by SS::
Stillness
The people stood in complete awe
They look and drink their wine
On the wall above the fireplace it stood
Frozen there in time.
They freeze and admire the beauty
Looking inside
In the stillness of the night
No one heard a sound.
Alas my friends!
Put your mugs down
Clink them closely
To the voices of the Wows.
In the moonlight's glaring glow
I waken in a dream
Once more true to count
Upon a high peak that's bound.
In my ears are the screaming
Of the dying fling
Somewhere in the unsounding darkness
The siren softly sings .
The architects of their doom
Around their table they ring
And in their ranks of power
Condemn those from British.
Echoes down the country peace
Their hyena laughter rings
Waiting for a certain lease
Under cackling Japanese.
~9:48 PM
* * *
1st: stuppidd gastric...lasted till bout recess-time..luckily had 2 breaks..or else I die le..I was like so pale can???
2nd: Boring Physics! actually, Mr Suria made it sound fun, but then, nothing much seem to be able to get into the brain..
3rd: I was so sian diao in Mathematics class lar..sit there do corrections..what's more, I dun hav any to do..then really really boring lar..considering that Maths is the one lesson I always look forward to, ever since primary school lar can? Luckily it's Mr Ong and therefore, he can crap a little..
4th: CID! erm..chinese lar..so not too good for me..luckily, we have Ms Tan Wan Sze as teacher..so not too strict..and luckily, coz our VCD din work, we waited for the "zhuan jia" to help solve prob with the laptop..so, instead of doing stuff, we all sat down and listened to the PRC and yingying's convesation on how's NUS hostel...
5th : Next, English class was also very very sian...sit down there absorb all the boring stuff...haizhaiz.
Ya..so although I didn't mention about every single thing, you get the gist..today was a sian day for me, although it was kind of interesting as well...
BADBADBAD!
Anyway..I also wanted to put the poem I wrote in My paces here..so that everyone can see it too! :P:P
Flyin through the wind
I'm flying flying away with the wind
Across the ocean
Soaring to greater heights which I'm in
Soaring home to the lion
To the place I was born
And probably raised.
And I'm flying with a free soul
Across the mountains and valleys,Back home
To the ones that's cared for me so
Can you put the trust in me for feeling homesick
All I know is that I've been away
I worked away
Toiling for the people the strangers
Right there at the step
Not even knowing their names
Coz I'm flying free
Flying home
Flying to the place
Where I'm staying
Staying till I die
Soundly Sweetly with Ease
~6:12 PM
* * *
but then, suddenly an idea hit me when I was writing my diary last night.
Why not write a song? I love music and I love lyric writing..so why not?
Therefore, I'm going to start utilizing every single weekend to start the song writing trend..I'm not sure if it'll sound nice, but at least it will not defeat the purpose of me going on to such a high-leveled education for music theory..
hahas..
anyway, here is the lyrics for the 1st part of the song I'm going to write! hehh..
I'm Cryin and Cryin
The way that we humans were born
Reminds me of that dawn
I was laid down in that golden garden of trust
Left to the heavens to be swept past
With nothing left for me to say
I don't want to fall apart
I don't want to talk about it
Coz I'm just one helpless fool
Lost in the swarm of peace
Soul's all that's left
Can you hear the dolphin's cry
See that winding road rising to the front
See that hardship that awaits
Feel all the world's falling apart
Simply because I'm incapable
I don't want to to hurt others
But I just know that I'm crying and crying
The pressure from all sides
The silent music that is there
Seamless Flawless Music
yepps..so these few weekends, you should not look forward to seeing my posts too often :D I'm writing!
~12:42 PM
* * *
I have not updated for a week, so there are definitely a lot of things I wish to share..
1st: English
-I have written a letter to Susan to console her (group work)
-I have written a letter to Ms Jessie Low (primary school teacher), which I sent and forwarded to Mr Wong for marking...
-Tml's the test for informal letter! AHHH!
2nd: Guides
-Mdm Ong has asked me to get the people to hand in the report for CIP
-We have gotten ready the skit for thinking day(tml's the first rehearsal!)
3rd: Piano
-yay! I think I'm improving?
-I'm going to have to miss 3 consecutive lessons for guides! Noooo!
NONONONONO!
things are just unexpected I guess..
~9:11 PM
* * *
so we had Geography first---Mr Chan was as enthusiastic than ever...the lesson was so lively!
then next, Maths---Mr Ong took us through the corrections of the Assignment 1...I got the answers all correct(save a few expression errors) and decided to use the time to examine every single member of our class...in my mind, I was trying to decide what kind of person each was and tried to link to somebody in 2B so that it's easier to know each one :D:D(hahas...don't worry...nothing negative lar)
Next lesson was 15 min of free period then, Biology. During the free period, everyone was trying to pia the biology project(us included). In the end, only 2 groups got to present(not including us).
sad case. it would have been easier on us if we could present on the day itself.hehh.
oh. and then break after that. weilin was like SO DARN LUCKY. she got 1 1/2 hr of BREAK!!! just because she doesn't take Biology :(
Next, PDP. During PDP, we went through the SEL criteria thing + got to know the characteristic of all the Myers-Briggs people. So, it turns out that not only am I an ENTJ with Mr Ong, I'm an ENTJ with yujun too. hmm...
AnD...according to the description, I am supposed to be verbally aggressive...hmm...the only bad words I use is Sux, Freak, walao, wth and kao. AnD I don't use them much on friends...mostly guys and my poor sisters :S Hmm...on the positive side, I am sharp-tongued and really fast in responding(especially in debates)...so, ya, it's posible that I'm verbally aggressive.. :D
ya..then after school le..then I came home to do the first draft of the group English letter writing...I finished it. That means I currently have no more ''overdue'' or ''outstanding'' homework left to do...
~5:44 PM
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yaya..next, the highlight lar..personality tests for the teachers to get to know us..I'm a ENTJ..stands for extrovert, intuition, thinking and judging..basically, this combination basically means, as quoted from the booklet(main pts only):
"Frank, Decisive, assume leadership readily.Quickly see logical and inefficient procedures and policies"
"Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting"
"well informed, well read"
"forceful in presenting their ideas"
uhuh..so I think that this combintion kinds of summarises me? yepps...this quiz was indeed quite accurate lar...more than half of my friends all say it's true of them :P
surprise surprise that Mr Ong actually has the same "combi" as me..lol..
and eileen laopo's got ESTJ (not surprising lar actually)
yepps...and after sitting down for a good 2hr or so, on the Hard floor of the Hall...I end up sitting there half an hour longer, in order to listen to what to expect on the 20th Jan, the Flag Day for Darul Ihsan Orphanage...haiz..now my legs "ma2 bi4" le.. :( ow ow ow...
uhuh...lastly...poem of the day for fans like JN :P
The Lady of Ch'iao Kuo(inspired by the book of the same title)
Down the road that was the Great Forest
Into the hill of kingfishers
The fantasy of the village
Copied onto scrolls of age
Silver arrows, Golden bows
All above reach of the Dog Heads
The swishing of arrows
The howls of the barbed elephants
The war has just began
Threatened by Chams
Destroyed under Tiger's care
All left are the young and old
Punching over handful of grains
Father has left
Uncle too
Soon I have to disappear to China
But what's the point?
Master Chen is dead
Yu and Lin are prisoners
How do I pass through when Dog Heads rule
If only to carry that one message?
Soon I will reach the wall of China
Where I can only weep
I feel like crying
But I can't.
I'm just but a young girl
Not a princess of Hsien
They can't look up to me
I'm just but a idiot
The sharp ascend as it twists and turns
Screaming for my safety
All I hope is to have
My safety and pride all back again
For as there's no gurantee
I might be here today and
Gone the next
But as I despair
There was a flash
A flash of kingfisher blue
Bringing hope to my people
For this reason I must continue
For this is the sign from Father
Saying I must not despair
Saying that he'll be there for me
Forever.
For Your Information: Master Chen is the princess' scholarly teacher from China. The princess is a Hsien, a tribe individualized from the Chinese. In her tribe, she is the only educated person. Lin and Yu are children of Master Chen.
For her tribe, kingfishers are a sign of hope because they are only sighted after winter, when it becomes warmer and the kingfishers migrate back.
=> hope you liked it :P
~5:06 PM
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Anyway, most of my problems today were rain-based..one example:
Today..I lugged 2 bags of twigs and branches and leaves to school..and left them under the table. WHY???
simple.
coz it rained and we couldn't do pioneering..
tell me sky...when are you going to stop so that we can train for pioneering test??? I don't want to fail you know???
Anyway...today is also the day where we sang guides songs next to the classroom the Suzhou visitors(principals and all) + Ms Ek were in, not on purpose...we just tried to stay normal lar...AHHHHHH...hahas...I honestly think we did well despite feeling exhausted from the stuff that Lemin and Jiaxin planned for us(PT related lar)..
As mentioned above, we, the 4 PSs and the Sec 4 seniors were in the process of training for Pioneering test...and it's on the Beginning of Feb or End of Jan. AHHHHH...
Next, we finally got a long term timetable for our routines..heheh..We have to stay back till around 3.30pm on a few of the days!!! but then, our wednesday is really really slack lar..so it's ok :D
But, I have to lug my 3 sciences books back to school on monday..and i'm DeFinItely NOT looking forward to that..hmm..come to think of it, I ought to have left it in school, the day I bought it.. :(
yepps..that's about all I wanna crpa for today le..cya ppl and stay tuned to My World..the world that is always full of surprises---of my days!!!
~7:48 PM
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Warning: Whoever who tries to spoil our work will get it from the QMs...So no spoiling of our peaceful area ok...and no peeling the patrol poster things and re-blu taking them on different areas either..
hehh..cool huh?
on a brighter note, this few days, we got to know our NEW teachers! :D:D(blehh to those who duno :D)
English: Mr Wayne Wong
Math: Mr Ong Chun Ling
Chinese: Zhang Huiwen laoshi
Physics: Mr Suria
Chemistry: Mr Wong sumthing(duno who)
Biology: Mr Chow Ban Ho
PE: Mr Tan Kim Chuan
Geog: Mdm Mak
SS: Ms Yang Huiling
hahas..Nice teachers huh???
Next on my agenda...
Today's lessons!!!
basically slightly more interesting as compared to the ones we sat through in the previous days..at least it's less sian and more practical? nicenice...
Oh ya..cross country I dun need to run le..I've got a nice desk duty at the finishing point as recorder! boos to those who din get it..nahh..jk..jk..you can try next year de mah..this year at least you know you'll be fitter than me..I've been waiting for the seniors to graduate so I can get it you know..hahs..you can go settle with me after that, in school de..dun worry :D:D
kkz..going to find a way to make the science car for science ASK work better le..byes!
~5:50 PM
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haiz.
I simply can't stand people who repeat and repeat things in the same boring manner, whereby we are bored to death. There is not a single new experience in all of this!!!
AHHHHHHHH
On a better note, I am the Singapore Comparative Studies Rep for 3E!!! yippee!!! :D
I had wanted maths rep, but it's taken. Then I wanted geography rep..but it's taken too..so I'm the SS rep!! :D
:D:D:D
hehe..
tml..PSs for Guides are going to have our pioneering test practice! :D
then..I'm going to take the Sec 3s for Footdrill..with xiuyi..AHHHH..
imagine taking your peers..horror of my lifetime..nvm though..I'll manage..(I hope)
kkzz..night's starting and I gotta finish my homework!!
cya people!!
~8:09 PM
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It's really not that i am ungrateful. i am grateful. It's just that the way they put it doesn't sound appealing at all!!! hmmpphh...yaya..so what if i spent the first part of the morning ''sleeping''??? AHHH...i really don't like this...not a single bit.
At least, on the brighter note...I didn't have to go to bishan for the interest badges today...ohh..definitely NOT today :D
Anyway, tml is the CCA open house for the secondary ones.. and it's just not fair that the Sec 2s this year don't have to do souvenirs to give out to Sec ones just because some people forgot!!
Hmmpphh...ahhhh...
Anyway, I came home and blah blah..the door knobs of my house are getting changed tonight!! AHHH..new shiny ones..i gotta be super duply careful not to scratch it :(
Now...here's my critique of the 3É-clat class!!
1st, let's give a round of applause to Claire Chen and See ''ah'' liang (hui) who are our *nominated* (or rather, ''sabo-ed'') Chairpersons!
As a class, we are:
Fun loving but a really serious bunch of people when it comes to lessons,results,academic stuff...our class can even sit through the boring ASK lessons keeping our face perfectly straight you know!!!
Girls...I'm really satisfied!!! no cliques or wadsoeva..just nice people who'll be your friends if you ask nicely :D:D everyone is everyone's best friends...they just take wadeva you've got :D:D
Boys...hmm...crappy enough(but that's a guy characteristic rite..shld'nt blame them) then erm...noisy, fun, sabotagable, sporty people. :D
Teachers : Mr Ong..yay!! a nice form teacher! :D
zhanglaoshi..hmm..dun know much..but i think she'll be fun..
Hmm..i don't know about the other teachers, but i sure hope i get ones who's teaching methods i like.. :D
Last.. A BIG ROUND OF A BIG POEM!!
Big rounds of catcalls
Big groups of student halls
Big classes in the different blocks
Reaching for the sky in locks
After the quietness in months
Comes a new swarm of bees
Bees who walk sideways (for understanding of ''sideways'', ask teacher about the crab story)
Without a single howl or brawl.
Quiet and stand still calls the teacher
Noisy and moving we reply
Crazy smells of canteen food all round
Sweaty smells of people around.
Wow. what a school are we!
A school of reputation
A school of bees
A school where people practice repetition.
Can you imagine getting lost?
No you can't
Why you can't?
For SCs, PSL, seniors all around.
This is what happens on the typical first days,
First weeks
or Months...
That is what we look out for!
hmm..yepp..that's my poem! hope you enjoyed it..if you did, rmb to tag! :D
~5:40 PM
* * *
this is my compilation of all the things I did this past few days...
- Got new sandels & shoes!
- Washed my bags, pencil case, anything related to school..
- X'mas celebrations at my cousins'..played a game know as pin the star on top of the tree, or get slaughtered and DIE
- X'mas musical at mich's church: Re-met Melody and Caleb..and had tons and tons of fun..
Anyway..
School's starting again!
Here's my last minute notes to all out there:
1) Have you done ALL your homework?
2) Have you got new school stuff?
3) Have you got acquainted with all your old buddies?
4) Have you remembered how to add 1+1?
5) Have you started changing sleeping patterns to suit 5am?
6) Have you started to chiong?
7) Have you saved enough money to last you through the 1st week?
8) Have you got your new timetables?
9) Have you got your new class?
10) Have you cleared your room?
If the answers to the above are yes...clap yourself on the back and say ' ALL READY!!!' :D:D
Poem time: School's IN
It's that time of the year again
Seeing people rushing in flurry
Seeing teachers become banes
Seeing children transform to bunnies
First came Holidays
Next came Christmas
Then came New Year...
Last came the horrible
Terrible School
You see teachers and you forget to bow
You see friends and forget to brawl
You see the principal and forget to say "xcuse"
That's what everyone expects on the first day of school!
~2:07 PM
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Ok, in brief, I left Singapore on the 17th Dec afternoon, and returned at 2 am on the 22nd! The winter in Japan had just started and therefore the average temperature per day was 0°C - 10°C...brr...cold...
I visited:
-Big Guan Yin temple in Japan
-Tokyo Disneyland
-Hot springs
-Mount Fuji
-Crystal Palace Factory
etc. etc.
1st day(coz 17th dun count):18th Dec
1st stop: Narita Excel Tokyu, our hotel
Today we took the bus all the way to the Mount Fuji, but first sitting on a ferry and passing the hot springs nearby for some black eggs... you can literally see the smoke popping out!
~12:06 PM
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yippee..but not so fast wor..
Me, hester and xiu han still have a digital media project to complete and it's giving me a headache. I am supposed to do a project on something I don't understand. I hope I don't have to continue with the project next year!
About the project:
Hardly anything done
Due in January
Xiu Han is uncontactable, so can't do much...
I going off nxt wk...
Hester going to Malaysia in the last week
Which means: we are so dead and that this week is pia-ing time
AHHH
okok..cool it.
On a better note, I got the perfect books at the library yesterday!
Lurlene McDaniel's books...2 of them!!! :D
->Garden of Angels
->Telling Christina Goodbye
Lurlene is a great author..you must look out for her books.
I took the night yesterday to read both books...and ended up hugging my pillow and crying.
You people know me...I don't cry for no reason...
But this book is like so so so darn touching...
And very very very engaging...
I was obliged to read it till the end. non-stop. that's what i call a GREAT book.
It made me realise how much I love this world and how would it change w/o me and w/o the people who care and love me...
If there was one thing i want to do again, it is to read Telling Christina Goodbye again and live the life of that world, of that girl. As tragic an ending she had, she was the best girl, the thoughtful one..the greatest one..
Indeed, life is precious..we must treasure it to the fullest..you never know when the end is coming.. :'(
~3:52 PM
* * *
today.. boring.
today.. bored to death.
1st depressing sign of holidays---glad that im still alive till now and that the hols are coming to an end :D
yippee..
im chionging and still chionging
~9:25 AM
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I just converted to blogger beta!!!
yippee..
nice features, but need some getting used to..
Anyway..I'm back to hardworking mode..
and I'm left with
1) Chinese compo
2)English compo
Here's my day:
Woke up at 10am
Brushed teeth, ate, slacked.
12nn.
working time.
did my signs homework
did my book review
---> did summary for book review (800 words was cut to 570, and i dun care le)
Here's my new addition to my blog features: daily forecasts from yahoo, edited with reflections
Scorpio
-Save any switches for another day.
=>hmms..nope..i din do this today..I switched to blogger beta
-Today, stick with the things and people you know.
=>well..is sticking to sleeping schedule counted? coz i woke up earlier than usual..
-Clear communication is your goal, but so much is going on that it's easy to forget...
=>yepyep..i had a communication error today with someone..
-Write down your thoughts before you utter them.
=>hahahhas. I havent written a single thing today. ohhz. but i typed loads :D
Now, Back to old stuff.
Poems!!!
Today's special will be one on the effects of Build-a-bear program that's at ViVo City. which my sis (in plural) went to and made bears which they brought home.
Build-a-bear
bears for sale
bears for sale
great big bears
teeny-weeny bears
bears with voices
bears without
bears with hearts
bears without
Heartfelt bears are what we have..
A bear to bring home
A bear with pair
A bear with clothes and frilly dress
That's what my sis brought home.
As I walked home from school.
this is the sight that greeted.
dozens of children
carrying bears
bears which talk
bears which said
" let's play, let's play
All around the bushes"
"let's go Let's GO!!
go home go home!"
So let's build a bear!
stuff the fluff
pull the string
squash the sound
squash the heart
zip the back
turn around
choose your shirt
choose your shorts
choose your socks
choose your shoes
choose your hat
choose your glasses
Put them on!
yippee yippee doodle
teedeetadeedum
twirl the princess
twirl the prince
twirl them off
or let them fall!
~3:59 PM
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First prize? Yingying's group with 90 something over 120 (we only got 90. something)
Third prize? Beryl's group with 80 something pts
It was like amazing race, with clues going to different places in the park and then there, we needed to complete a task or more..
We guides had a blast of a time *whoots*
6 stations (one from each sec 3 patrol and of course the 7th is O i/c -- oriole)
Recount
At 8 am in the morning, I came to school in my dad's car, only to find that the Secondary Threes are already wide awake (they camped overnight)...
At 8.30 am, ms tan wan tze brought the sec 3 off to labrador to prepare, leaving mrs choy to bring us (sec 1&2) to labrador park :D
the walk was long and tedious..uphill some more..finally, we arrived at the starting point..
there, peisi seemingly lost group 6's starting clue..but..found it in time..
*pull opens the envelope*
wahh..1st clue : 八个洞 (ba1 ge4 dong4) or eight holes
we couldnt find it at first, but soon found them..there..
MYNAH had a walk in store for us..
task : walk up and down the staircase-like trail, with qns posted to us along the way..
yinshan was our saviour..she chose the correct numbers (which meant easier ans and easier routes)
next, they pulled us to extreme ends of the trail area and asked us to find each other by tracing the voices..we did really well!
and of course, for the bonus, we got to cheer(we used this cheer at every station, changing the destination words each time to fit every single different destination) :
Here we are at nature park, nature park, nature park
We will beat the others, the others, the others
nya-ni-nya-ni-pu-pu
2nd clue: salty wooden L
salty means near the sea,
wooden L,probably a bridge in L shape
and we found it
we had to sing 3 songs about the sea while waiting for the previous group to finish their task..
there, we played scavenger hunt with FP
task:find all the 3clues that are inside clear plastics around the jetty and then using the alphabet, decipher the code..(that means like 1 is A and 2 is B)
I was the one who found all 3 clues in record breaking time of I think 2 min?
ahahs..then, we deciphered the code, in all, we took 6 min plus and got full marks...
3rd clue: (a picture showing a big black dot)
at first, we thought that it meant a storyboard, for that's what a black dot represents on the map given to us, later, we found out that it meant a tunnel..where KF had something in store..
task: 2 members in blindfold, then the last shall lead them to pick up the paper pieces of a cut up passage, thereafter you shall piece the passage in order then act out the passage.
the toughest of all the task, i stupidly led my group members to miss one of the paper bits, and had to turn and get it b4 i continued with the task..
we pieced them together, and got only 1 out of 8 correct.
then we acted our version in the order we pieced them..
wahh..this was the worst station, but we still did it.
4th clue: 7529476863
can you guess what it means?
it's playground (look at your handphone keypad)
yepp, we headed to swallow for a maze in the playground
task: get out of the maze, then memorise a passage on labrador park and then just say it out the way you memorised it..
here, we met with another big failure..
we were the slowest out of the maze, coz we were blindfolded and worst thing, we went around in circles at the exit.. LOL
5th clue: 爆炸 (bao4 zha4) or explosion
the clue led us to the cannons, there,we did a crossword, set by sparrow.
task: fill in the blanks in the passage and then, using the blanks, fit them into the crossword..one catch though..you'll need to literally fit them in..there's no clues and no numbers to show the places you need to put each answer for each qn into.. :D
but..that was no obstacle for me..*pro* or so jhosy says..ahhas..yours truely did the whole crossword in 2 min, although the passage was about labrador park and i hadn't bothered to read the information put up on the walls.. :D
so..we ended up the fastest for this station too :D
6th and last clue: octopus by the sea
this was no obstacle for us as we had passed it tons and tons of times when going to previous stations..here's DOVE!
task: when was labrador park founded : 1_78? what number's in the blank? find that number of twigs, flowers, stones, and leaves..
here, clever yinshan guessed correctly again: it was 8!!!
hahas..we gathered them..and we rushed to the finish line..
then..the results were announced..we were 2nd with a score of 90.something!!
later..mrs choy made us go back to school to eat the mushy sandwiches made by store 3.
yucks..
hees..nvm though..coz after that, we went to vivo for long john silver's :D:D
~3:41 PM
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Today.
I woke up at 10.30 am, expecting a lovely day.
I switched the computer ON.
I logged into msn.
I checked my mail.
I SCREAMED!!!
ok. guess what.
Mr Tan has put out an email which meant that...
I was expected in school at 10am on the 24th (today)
Haiz. I was DoOmEd.
hahas. nvm. I decided to sms him.
till now, I still don't have an answer!!!
I am so so SO dead.
but what to do?
I was too busy to go online or even take a breather these past days!
CIP.CIP. All YOUR fault!!
//pissed sad gal//
next: I went to Pei Xian's blog.
I realised that I couldn't read it.
Sad but true.
haiz.
I managed to comment though.
Px jie ah..
plz.
change skin.
//eyesored//
next: senior's phone call.
proposal for RoD food.
Rejected.
Canteen auntie not free next week.
instead it's store 3
haiz.no more bread. And we are not allowed to do self preparation. (sch scared food poisoning?)
ahhs. nvm..better safe than sorry..
it's racking brains time. RoD's on monday!!!
//brain dead//
haiz.bad day that couldn't get worse.
BAD DAY!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
~1:50 PM
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I have found time to blog. I have found time to slack. But..I haven't found time to do homework.
Somehow..i keep telling myself..it's the hols..it's purely for slacking.
But then..I see the pile of homework lying on the table and start to sigh. So. I must really really buck up. haiz haiz..
pple..someone despo needs to help a poor someone like me, b4 it's like too late..haiz..
I say that im bored. But somehow..there's still things undone. What have I done to myself and my character?!?!
Anyway..I've been doing guides CiP..and we are like many many hours behind the other groups. We all have only 13.5 h to date while some pple have like 20+ hours already!!!
We do the cleaning, we do the planning. Yet some pple who got the ribbon project(which means folding and folding yellow ribbons) got more hours!!! AHHHHHH!
haiz..nvm..life isn't fair..at least we got to have fun with the old folks..btw..they are not the ones at bukit batok home for the aged type, but the noisy active playful karaoke types..
Imagine that..
yepp..that's all for today..see ya nxt time..
~1:12 PM
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I met you
I had tears streaming down
I had memories aflashing
I had the wind against me
I had nothing.
You didn't say anything
You just stood there
You were there for me
You were still.
Now that we're apart
Now that we're gone
Now that you're not here
Now that i'm left alone.
I can't live anymore
I can't breathe anymore
I can't stay on the earth
I can't fly.
Unless you told me so.
You've given me the sign
You've said I can
So I can
Now I'm living for you
Living through your will
And gently living through mine
That's what friends are for.
~11:46 AM
* * *
Today, I had a whooping good time with 4 other lovely bizarrians from the kingdom of Tsars...
And..they are (*ta da*) Michelle, Pei Xian, Eileen and Weilin!
We met at bugis mrt station at 10.30 am(eileen's idea!) !
then..we walked to the national library..
then..we took pictures of the displays and exhibits on hokkien people of the past(so that we do the report at home)..
then..we left to go shopping!
LOL..
but then, we didn't buy much. bo lui.
In the end, we ended up walking around in parco bugis junction and bugis street and bras basah complex.
All in a day's work..
Whew..
DONE!!!
~7:03 PM
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imagine yourself walking into your room, anxious to press the on button on your computer...then after being satisfied with the pressing, you sit down on your swirling chair and...
SCREAMED!!!
guess what i did.
I sat down with my big toe under the chair.
OwWwWw...
to make things worse, it's not merely a cut...but it peeled the top few layers of skin with it too. Washing and plastering doesn't help. I had to change plaster 3 times. Coz it started bleeding, then stopped, then started again...
wanna know how it looks?
kk.
I'll describe.
it's like a big gashing wound,
with the edges yellow
then slowly turning red in the middle
to top it off,
it has the look of a wet damp stuff (like your skin after being in water for a long long time.)
Statistics:
size: half an average finger nail
bleeding time: 3 hrs
started bleeding:8.50am
stopped bleeding: 11.50am
stage now: the wriggle-and-it-hurts stage
hahas..but maybe you think i'm gross..but i desperately need to share..coz im one clumsy person..and this is not the first time.. :P
~11:53 AM
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I have been busy (yesterday and today, that is) with this cool workshop called The Writer's Craft!
It's a workshop whereby you go on a trip to Little India and Kampong Glam to gain inspiration for a self-made poem!
We learnt about the many different ways to write a poem in, the many different forms that it can take, etc.
Here's my very own self-made poem, which I got to read out to the class!
Little India
I hear loads of things in Little India
The tolling bells in the temples
The chatter of parrots in their cages
The shopkeepers' cries for customers
Of which I am one.
The wafting calls of curry
The wafting calls of murruku
The wafting calls of prata
Of which I love the most.
The tinkling gems in their cases
The soft purr of spice machines
The sparkling bangles screaming at me
Of which I can't afford
The droning voices of the guides
The constant puffing of monoxide
The buzzing of noises
Of which I know is in my head
Here are the noises in Little India
But yawn...
I'm sleepy...
It's too boring to bear!
~5:57 PM
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yepps..i noe you pple have been changing skins lately and i decided to change mine too!!!
Here's to the success of me finally finding a suitable blogskin and to my success of being at home lazing for once! :D :D
please feel free to leave comments on my new blogskin on the tagboard! hahas.
next up...poems fantasy...to celebrate this joyous occasion, i've decided to change my usual theme a little and come up with festive poems!
Festivities
Festivities are in the air...
One two three four
four good things all in one
Celebrations all end the same
with people smily.
with people crazly.
with people laughly,
with people fondly...
Now, let's all count the celebrations
Worth it on a special 7th..
1st: my new blogskin!
2nd: my accomplishment of reading chinese books!
3rd: myhappyhappy mood!
4th: my phone call for shopping date with my cousins!
Yippee yippee..
if that weren't enough
I've got a signal from deep inside
saying
Finally it's the time
the mood the crick
to start on bullet train mode
the pile of stuff
the pile of work
Yippee
Today's the day
Seize the day!
==bouncybouncyme==
~10:36 AM
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then, at 12.15pm, we left charlotte's house for vivo city...it sure has grown loads since i last saw it..we went long john's silver to eat..
then, we rushed back to school, after realising that it was 2.30pm, and we couldnt rush so fast!
2.45 was the fall in time you see...
we rushed in panting at 2.50pm...and realised that yimin (the ic) was later than us..phew..
but then michelle and i still had to rush to the bookshop to buy our books before it closes at 3pm!
then we got our schedules for the cip weeks..haiz..4 straight weeks!!!
anyways..we had fun..
at 6.30pm, i went to je library to go and borrow books, of the 6 i borrowed..5 were books from the reading list..whoots!
i rushed home at 8.01pm, just in time for the online meeting on the cip activities we were planning for the 'ah gong ah ma' heehee..so fun..then i went to discuss RoD food with Jingmin..
Juz then..the phone rang..it turns out to be from charmaine, about some weird course i was supposed to attend on the 8th and 9th of November...haiz...to think i had to reschedule my nice cip timetable.. not very nice huh..nevertheless, i did it..
all in all, this had been quite a meaningful day which saw me completing loads of stuff!
whoots!!!
~10:21 PM
* * *
I just came back from a blasting good chalet.
For one, it was not as bad as last years at costa sands resort...This year, we go ALoHA LoYAnG!
Let me give you a brief recap made up of one word: mahjong
We played mahjong the whole night and we must have broken the record for the most number of people who didn't sleep the whole night because they were playing mahjong and fatal frame...
On Sunday, we arrived at pasir ris mrt at 1.45pm... then we reached aloha loyang at 2.30pm... then we realised that the door of the chalet was open, so we could go right in... we hadn't checked in, we hadn't got the keys, but the fact was that the chalet is/was open... we went in...at 3 pm, stella came with the keys and the fun started...
we played mahjong, we rode bikes, we screamed and played around in the water, we helped to find a wallet, we managed to last the whole night just on fatal frame and mahjong, we managed to wish ben a happy goodbye, we tried to BBQ and ended up cooking, we ate lovely tasty chicken wings thanks to Geri, we played mahjong and played even more, we went to buy drinks, we actually managed to strap two entire full heavy big large carton onto bicycles and cycled from cheers all the way back to aloha loyang (without using the shortcuts..), played taiti, Screamed and screamed, played PS2, cry together as a class, said "hi and WELCOME" to the SCs and finally yak yak our way home on the mrt...
2Bizarre is and forever will be my class. My class and im proud of it. In this 2 years together, mere 1B/2B spirit has grown into 1Bizarre/2Bizarre, to 'To be or not to be', and finally to the Tsars and Tsarinas---the future of the kingdom, the country, as shown with our name 'To Be Tsars'...
We have shown that we own the level in maths and geog. We'll show them that 2B spirit resides in us and forever will. 2B..we shall remain a class..Forever a class..may we one day end up in the same class, working towards a common goal, working towards the best we can be..
cries and tears
may dawn upon us
but we know
deep inside
no one can ever replace
the sad spot you put in my life
just by leaving
just by saying
just by waving
just by smiling
you made me feel sad
to see your face
that is filled with the goodness
the friendliness
the greatness
of your love towards
me
my class
my spirit
the snow falls
the wind blows
shiver
close your eyes and you'll know
a hug and smile
from a loved friend do
warm up the heart
the mind
the soul
cry to your heart's content
just be sure
never to forget
what good friends
you once had
and will forever have
2b..you are loved and forever will be.
every tear dripped
every tear dropped
each one...
each one...
represents a part of the soul that has been given away
to family
to friends
from afar...
treat this not like torture
but instead take it as a gift
a sacred one
for you and only for you...
~2:48 PM
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Or is it only the beginning?
Dear Bizarrians...
This post is specially dedicated to you, so i hope you will enjoy it..
This may just be but the simplest and shortest descriptions of you pple..but i hope you will understand..it is hard to squeeze so much in a post..
Time has passed and we have grown
From the young blur kids
To who and what we are today
Here, below, is a list of things
I will remember you FOREVER for...
In register order:
1) Peixian: My "jie"...the attitude gal...Love you always for being a great friend!
2) Me...
3)Charmaine: My "small jie"..You will forever be remembered as ms 24th oct, Ms English and a CUTE gal who never fails to tickle those around her, as well as charmaine leong, the 'reactive' gal
4)Eileen: My laopo cum "mei"...you will be forever known as 'leen' (hahas)..Love ya..hope we are in the same class nxt yr
5)Tze Hui: Ms overeactive...try to cool down k? not everyone can match your ohhs and oo s...
6)Feng Ye: YeYe..thanks for being my personal chinese help this past yr..i dun think i could have done as well w/o your help!
7)Geraldine: Ms AHHHHH...Geri...plz...there are things worth screaming about and things that are not.. :D
8)Kexin: The pen twirler...I rmb that you were the first person in class who started pen twirling among the gals...and is the fastest runner and best shooter in netball!
9)Hester: Fluorine..ahhas..A great friend to charms..best digi media mate..
10)Jhosy: Ms English rep and PRO(forever, no matter what you say)..Continue to do well in EL!!
11)Qinai: The first girl I know who plays soccer, wears shorts full-time and can beat the guys at
car racing..
12)Zhiyi: Ms Quiet initially...but then soon became my best msn answer buddy..thanks for being a great help in science!
13)Shixian: My first impression of you was of crutches(sorry) and lateness(sorry again) but then I soon learnt that you are a great friend and a good student too..
14)Yee Jin: Hey Jin..Eeyore..you are the one person who has been to my house so many times..let's stay good friends..who knows..one day you may be in the same CID grp again and you'll come my hse..(my sisters will miss you)
15)Ying Ting: Muz be good to michelle!!! Dun go with all those bad company..Chances are that i won't be in the same class as you..but you must jiayoux..dun fail so many subjects!!!
16)Michelle: Easily and By FAR my best friend!!(muacks;;heehee!) sad to say i most probably won't be in the same class as you..but then we'll still see each other at guides..I rmb you most for being 'ms quiet turned bad' .. hahas..the first impression of you was that you were a quiet girl!! But it turns out that you can be naughtier than me in some ways!!
17)Xiu Han: YOU..CLASS CLOWN!!! I will definitely miss your laughter..your skill with the teachers and your proness..hope we be in the same class nxt yr!
18)Qiongshan: Laoqiong..you will be remembered for never appearing during recess! nxt yr muz get out more!!
19)Winnie: Class chairperson! will miss the way you call us out of class each morning(kuai dian pai dui, chi dao le!!!)..thx for being a great friend!
20)Yunrou: At first glance..wenrou..but then..look again..sometimes can be nuttier then xiuhan!
21)Yue Ting: Nonsense alert! irresponsible grp leader(no lar..juz jokin)..try and stay more focused!
22)Stella: LaLa..rmb you most for being a gd friend in primary sch and practising temper control in secondary! Stay with you like primary and secondary liao..wish you all the best lar.. :D
23)Weilin: I rmb you most for " w-is-for-weilin", "weii" and your crappy nature..Will miss all the laughter you scattered around the class..no place is 2B w/o weilin!! (A is for weilin..B is for weilin.......z is also for weilin!)
24)Kheng Chuan: KC..will rmb you for being a dance society member lar..
25)Benjamin: Ben..Maths and science pro..rmb to think of 0.5Bizarre even when you are in NUS high!
26) Nan Jun: NJ and JN business..and your twirling of pen..will also rmb you for your gigantic hands(and feet)..hahas
27)Guo Feng: rmb you for charm & gf stuff..the class will be quiet w/o your crapping..
28)Jun Jie: JJ..leng xiao hua muz reduce a little lar hor.. and of course..Balaclava
29) Jun Yi: Love your poems(big fan of yours!)..muz write more!
30) Zun Siong: Ego guy..runner..idoitic at times..burst ego once or twice is definitely gd for you..nevertheless..jiayoux
31)Qin Hui: Mr Red Ring..jiayoux in future endeavours
32)Khin Yin: pky..muz crap less..do more..
33)Liang Hui: Class Dept Chair, aka see, see liang liang, see liang hui, see ah liang, chobu..etc..
34) Wan Chi: Mr smiles..LOL..
35)Edwin: Mr gross..Mr gel hair..will miss your gross antics
So..that's it..
the 2B thank you list.. :D
If you rmb anything else that you want to add..plz..tag me!
See you pple at the chalet!
P.S. : let's continue to stay in contact through blogger!
~9:38 PM
* * *
im officially fourteen...
why? coz im born at 4.44pm on the 25th of october..
so frankly speaking..i should be celebrating until tomorrow.
anyway..
today was fun..
we had report books flying back..
we had surveys..
we had prize presentations..
not forgeting ms chia..(xie lao shi) who is retiring and we gave her a BIG ceromony!!!
then..
we(meaning michelle and I) had a guides test..
then playing "hide-and -seek" with fellow bizarrians..
it was not until 3 pm that we had everyone assembled in my house(although we were released at 1pm)
We so wanted to go swimming..but couldn't!---it rained and rained...
therefore..we ended up watching high school musical and eating food all through... :D
Finally..
thank you everyone for your wonderful birthday presents!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!
==SMILES AND GRINS==
~9:43 PM
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note to charmaine: it's REALLY REALLY something you would use very often (guess guess)
so..yepps..Eileen and I went to _____ to get a birthday present for charmaine. It's a _____. It's a secret. Smile charms.. i think i can see cogs and gears working doubly hard..you'll know soon enough...ahhas... :D
===A 2 more day countdown to birthday!===
P.S. : muz brings for tsarinas
-swimming costume
-rackets(if you wanna play)
-extra change of clothes (dun blame me if you get wet!)
...Waiting and Waiting...
~5:10 PM
* * *
you know what does that mean?
it means: holiday for us!
anyway..
countdown to my birthday has started.
I am holding a birthday bash at my hse!
So far..
the invitation holds only to the tsarinas of 2Bizarre..
so..looking forward to you pple!
~5:00 PM
* * *
NICE.
pt1:I failed my compo.
LUCKILY..I've got the good marks in paper 2 to give me a hand.
pt 2:I've got a GOOD language arts score!
yippee..no more being afraid that i failed language arts. :D
So. Today..the happy one is me and the sad one is eileen.
note to eileen: don't feel so bad k?
Life
A complicated thing
Filled with envy and grief
Filled with happiness and sadness
Filled with fears and lies
Filled with love and sighs
Yes
This is the state of life we have
A complicated thing that changes with the music
With highs and lows
With cresendos and diminuendos
The very fact of life that we cannot say
The very nerve to say it
We do not have
The will to admit
The will to care
The will to despair
The will to share
Is it really that hard?
Learn to look the other way
Learn to look at the brighter side
Learn to look at the shinier side
Learn to look at your experiences
Learn to look and say that I've been there done that
Learn to look and say that I know right from wrong
Learn to look and say that I know where I've been wrong
Learn to look and say that I forgive you no matter what you did...
~6:10 PM
* * *
WAHH
ever since that day..i can't seem to get happy..
but now..i feel much better..thx to everybody who cheered me up!
on friday..we got our language arts results and i cried.
i'm usually this tough gal..
but this was too much.
English is my best subject (after maths) and then i failed the comprehension.
The least i could have was a 10/20 marks rite?
but no.
i got 8 marks. FAIL.
Then..i got back chinese, which was a huge surprise! tada..for the first time in my life..i can say i scored a A1! :D
On saturday, we had RV open hse..it was a failure(according to me) coz NO ONE turned up!!!
it was BY RV, FOR RV.
On sunday, we had this project meeting for chinese ppt on sun zhong san which took up the better half of the day.
finally, today, i had digital media..turns out that this is the last session for the year!--AND they set us hw--a PROJECT by JANUARY!!!
next..as promised in my last entry..a face..a crying one to morn over the bad results..
~8:47 PM
* * *
Today, I watch the lu4bin2hua1 and sang the song..2B even auditioned for arts fest with this song!!! :D cool rite?
kkz. back to my topic..physics was terrible..maths was so-so..but I hope for better news tomorrow. If I get terrible results, i will definitely show you my sad face(wahh...)
I going back to pia CID and Malay liao..
buai !
==pearlz==
~9:44 PM
* * *
So, that is my hist results? no 30+/40? juz a mere 20+?
So, that is my maths results? not even higher than a 45/50?
So, that is my AMC? So terrible?
So, that is my NSW English? Just like that only?
OKOK...
you pple get the point lar..
either i set too high a target..
OR..
I am just fed up with the careless mistakes and bad answers I gave yeah?
So..should I be sad or happy?
Should I be glad or nervous?
I guess..I'll just wait for the nice A1 s(in plural)(hopefully)
Meanwhile..
I'm just going to take a well earned break..
Tomorrow's a holiday!!!
=>mich if you are reading this..hahas..
---new updates later..tata---
~5:41 PM
* * *
YIPPEE!!!
I can finally say that that's the end of the study-able subjects (woohoo!)
tomorrow's thursday and the english paper already...let's hope for the best -yea?
EOY as defined by many : end of YEARS
EOY as defined by some : end of MY years
EOY as defined by me : eeeoooyyyy (*pronounced with a screech*)
my countdown to two more days :)
below is my forlorn look during this horrible week...(pple..do inference)
~2:35 PM
* * *
there goes history on monday --- super crappy
there goes science on tuesday --- okok..but kind of tough lar
COMING UP..MATHS
countdown to slacking..only 1 more day!
(coz what you want to study for Lang Arts and Higher Chinese???)
countdown to friday..only 3 more days..
3 more days to full time slacking!!!
yippee!!!
i'm still mugging now..but juz took a break...
Stressed =.=
p.s.: if there's anyone who read this entry of my blog..maybe you wanna complain about EOYs too on my tag board? coz very long time no one tag liao... :(
~3:51 PM
* * *
anyways..i'm hard at work trying to mug as much as possible...but one needs to destress...so here's a poem for all!
Friendship Poem: a walk home from school...
As I walked home
The tears flowed freely
In the stillness of the wind
In the stillness of the air
I felt it fall.
A drip.
A drop.
splattered onto the delicate palm
You saw.
You asked.
You stayed solemn and seemed deep in thought.
Just when the next drop fell
You caught it.
You shared it.
You held it.
You calmed it.
And suddenly it didn't feel as big
Not big after all.
Yet after that day
You disappeared
Without any cyas
Without any byes
Leaving me all alone
With only a shining path in front
Years later I saw you
I asked "Why did you disappear from my life?"
Yes indeed I asked.
You stood there and said
"I'd rather not hurt you.
But I did not desert you -
I left a trail.
A trail that led you to today
A trail that led you here
A trail that kept you alive
A trail that lasted.
Now you can finally pass this flame on
Just as my friend did"
Indeed
Friends are still friends no matter what
They keep you alive
They share your pain
They share your shame
If you brush them away
They just do it another way
Any desperate means
Just to move you from your place
To put you back into your seat
To push you
Away from the dark
Back into the light.
~3:28 PM
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~5:17 PM
* * *
yippee!
at first i thought it'll be real tough...but it turned out quite easy leh...
hahas.
English
Section 1: i did the MM Lee and Singlish one!
Section 2: no choice larhh..had to do dreams---but it was easy too!!
Chinese
ying yong wen: i chose the gong han! really easy...except that upon talking to yeejin...i realised that i didn't put the number of pple!! AHHH!
compo: super easy..i should be passing this one lar... :D
yippee..paper 1 OVER!!!
left the really tough ones...
:(
==P.S. : pass this mssge on to all bizarrians---
First of many firsts.
Today was such a day.
Being an innocent Sunday where my dad was off to Malaysia for a wedding, mum, sis x2 and me went out for a movie at Vivo! We watched 'A Christmas Carol' - it is sooooo touching, yet somehow, scary. No matter how many times I've watched variations of Charles Dickens' book, somehow the storyline and plot always sticks there...
Anyway, after watching movie, we went to Giant VivoCity to get some stuff...and guess who I saw! I saw Mr Wee, our Chem O teacher going down some escalator (with an older guy, perhaps his dad) - too bad I found out too late and didn't have a chance to say 'hi'.
Then, I went to Isabel's to drop off "top-secret" stuffs.
Then mum decided that I should teach my sister how to get from Henry Park Primary School to home, all by herself, using public transport, so that she'll be familiar next year when she needs to start staying back more often...now this was simple yet interesting.
Mum gave us a lift all the way to Henry Park. As you probably know, near Henry Park Primary was 2 bus-stops, at opposite ends of a T-junction. We were supposed to take bus 92, but my smart sis pointed me in the direction of the bus-stop outside Jelita. Halfway there, she told me: I think the bus-stop is the other one instead. So I replied: let's go there and see what buses they have there anyway...
So we walked there. Then we found out that there were a bunch of weird buses which went to Clementi Int, but none to my house. Bravo. So we turned around and walked back to the OTHER end of the T-junction: a good 5 min away...
At the 92 bus-stop, I looked at the bus-routes, and saw that there was only one bus that went there. 92 happened to be a loop service terminating at Ghim Moh Bus Int - so yay! from there we probably can take another bus home. So, I took note of that and started to sit down.
Then my sis called me and made me look more carefully at the bus-route board. Horror of horrors: 92 apparently operated like on every day except Sundays and Public Holidays. JOY! (sacarsm)
So, I looked at the board and saw that it was 3 stops to the Ghim Moh Int - and I decided to walk there. After all, 3 stops isn't that far right? WRONG. It took a good 15 min to get there. On foot, and I was wearing sports pumps. Along the way, I called my mum and started ranting (obviously!!) then my mum just laughed. ahwells. just my luck that its a sunday.
So we walked and walked. Finally we reached Ulu Pandan CC (which was next to Ghim Moh Int). There, sis said she wanted to drink from the cooler and go to the toilet. So I went with her. There was a vending machine, so I got a Soya bean can. It was cold :D (considering I was wearing black tights when I went out, that was good)
On with the journey. We went to Ghim Moh Int, and found out that 3 buses went there: 92, 100, 111. While taking 92 from the Int again would get us home, 92 wasn't operating that day. And needless to say, 100 and 111 went nowhere near my house.
Great. So now was sis' turn: she said...aiya...walking from here home isn't that far, just walk lah! So I was like...ok...but my feet is killing me! (I was wearing sports pumps and they were starting to create blisters at my heel area...)
So, we passed a bus stop (the one outside Buona Vista, along the T-junction leading to Ghim Moh) and decided to switch shoes. Sis was wearing sports shoes, so she had socks and could wear my pumps with little pain. Then I could wear her sports shoes, since we wear only half a size apart right? Well, half a size made a difference. I had to curl my toes to walk, but still, it was more comfortable than having blisters. The pumps were loose for her, but who cares...
Funniest thing was that our clothes didn't match our shoes - but I doubt we cared. We just laughed. ( I was wearing tights...with sports shoes!! and she was wearing nike socks with white pumps)
Then, we walked and walked, until we reached ACJC. wanting to show my sis where was the stop she was supposed to alight at if she took 92, we walked to the area opposite ACJC. Along the way however, my sis, walking in those large shoes, accidentally played frisbee with them. Whee...the shoe suddenly flew a few feet in front...hilarious I tell you.
Anyway, we eventually made it to the front door (I love my mum's face when she saw us with shoes swapped). And to make up for telling us to take 92 home, mum treated us to bubble tea when dinner came :D:D
An experience like no other I tell you...oh and I think I walked at least 2 km today (maybe I should measure the street directory to verify) so I think I've done my workout for the week. Speaking of which, its been a long time since I last went running - I need to do it soon to keep up stamina... Maybe next weekend, since I'll be tired after work on weekdays.
It's late now...so till next time!
* * *
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
But I feel cheated.
There's nothing I can do about it though.
Of all the years they could set phase equilibria, chemical equilibrium and Grignard Reagents, it had to be this year. That means all that studying and special emphasis on spectroscopy and inorganic went to waste. Argh. Shan't blabber anymore.
The conversation with Pris yesterday made me want to take up French again! Hmm...for starters, I need to clear some time for French lessons at the French Alliance!! But first, we need to settle the time.
Random: Êtes-vous sûr votre bout n'est-vous pas rouge? XDXD
Talked to Val today too~ Get well soon girl!
On a lower note, Ventures EOY camp has been cancelled and perhaps, postponed. I thought it was almost confirmed. But then, a single "not approved" from Mrs Yeow cut it up and shredded it. Hai. Disappointed. I thought we could finally have a camp - just the 6 of us...Maybe it was too last minute? Or maybe it was just too ambitious. But what which should have mattered is that it passed all the risk assessments and we are like mentally and physically prepared for it. Isn't that good enough? ahh. nvm.
These few weekends, I have been watching Family of Glory on Channel U. And O.M.G. I found a new idol! It's the character and not so much the actor though. Although by association, he rocks too. He is Lee Kang-seok, acted by Park Si Hoo! Going to aim to finish the series online asap. Whoots.
Moving back to last saturday, the Lakeside BASC appreciation ceremony was quite grand - didn't know there were so many volunteers behind Lakeside. Sadly, the ceremony was quite boring. The only nice thing was probably the games? and maybe the photo-taking at the last part. However, I do question some of the hearts and souls of the volunteers who were there.
During the phototaking, some girl wearing *zebua pweens* (according to isabel I think) started saying loudly to her friends - "Why those waitresses don't just go clean up the tables and food?? They are WAITRESSES what. They are like maids like that."
Do you really have a kindred spirit? Are you fit for volunteerism? And do you know that with one sentence, you insulted 2 groups of people - the maids and the waitresses? Maybe that's food for thought for those out there who do CIP for the hours, not for the joy of giving, or the benefit of others. To be a volunteer, you need to be kind not only to those you are helping, but first to understand and emphasize with the people around you. What if you were that waitress?
* * *
Sunday, November 08, 2009
I've been waiting for this day like for sooooooo long. Now all that's left is one I & R submission + compilation of our work into a beautiful Group Project File. YaY!
Tomorrow and on Tuesday, I'm going to sit in school waiting for money to befall me. So you people who owe $$, please come and pay me! :D
Anyway, this weekend has been fruitful. My family pulled me off to East Coast Park for extreme cycling on saturday morning, and I spent the afternoon chionging I & R. As for today, I spent the day reading my entire Chemistry file, in preparation for SChO.
After taking the crash course from Mr Wee for SChO, I suddenly felt that my NMR knowledge was gaping - seriously gaping, even though I've used it for 2 years during NRP. Well, I guess that's because I studied more of the practical aspect in lab and now we're exposed to the technical terms. Ah well. Better late than never.
And guess what folks? We're going to self-study the rest of Inorganic Chemistry, as there is insufficient time to go through it. For next year's batch, I seriously suggest that the Chemistry Department starts training earlier - Physics started close to 1 year ago!!
Ok. I shall stop here.
* * *
Friday, October 30, 2009
Goodness. In the past 1 month, I think I broke all previous records already. I slept at 1am or 2am for the best part of this week. And for the previous weeks, I slept at 11pm or 12mn...
This morning, my PW group came down to my house for PW...we checked and printed the final WRs...and binded them at Queensway Shopping Centre.
Speaking of Queensway Shopping Centre, I must admit that this WR is indeed very precious. All 5 of our group members got wet in order to protect the WR and bring it safely to Queensway for binding...
It was pouring when we got off the bus outside Alexandra Hospital. Luckily, I brought my umbrella. However, with the umbrella being tiny, us being large (plus YF's and HQ's big bag and all) and the fact that the rain was really heavy, we all got wet - either half body wet, or in HQ's case, totally utterly soaked.
So...it was indeed a very terrible rain~~Luckily, our WR was delivered safe and sound into Mrs Wong's hands...
That brings me to the conversation I had with Mrs Wong over the phone - we thought she was having OP prep with the other groups at P block, but she wasn't there, so we called her to ask her where she was.
I rmb saying something like," Hi Mrs Wong, I'm Rita. Where are you? We need to pass you our groups WR and erm, ya."
Then she replied with something along the lines of, "Do I hear a twinge of unwilllingness to part with your report?"
To that, I immediately replied "NO!"
haha. Guess that the faster she gets it, the happier I'll be. After all, I had to ensure I didn't trudge through the floods at Alexandra Road (getting my entire shoe + socks wet and squishy) for nothing right??
Ah wells. Next week is OP week~~ We have to rush out all our products and samples for OP asap! ahhhh~~ chiiiooooooonnnngggggg~~ (yay! after 6 Nov, I can have a breather - at least until 23 nov...)
* * *
Monday, October 26, 2009
I'm rushing for time for PW, so I'll attempt to keep this post short...
First, let's thank the following people for wishing me happy birthday yesterday! XD
Early bird prize goes to...*drumrolls*...Samson!! lol. according to my handphone, message was received at 21:52:46 on 24th XD I'm surprised you rmb :D but thanks thanks!
Thanks also goes out to...
SMS/MSN/Messaging
Yunpeng
Yiwei
Ah yee~~
Yousheng
Zhongming
Munweng
Michelle
Dhwani
Yufan
Gary
Jonathan Ng
Yee Sing
Hester
Ruolan
Charmaine
Dodo
Isabel
Mr Chow
Facebook Posts
Khin Yin
Desiree Hoe
Hieu
Peck Yong
Shabrina
Glenda
Madeline Lien
Eugenia
Joelene
Victor
Thiam Jiamin
Mim
Boon Hwee
Jackie
Le Min
Marian
Moquan
Lydia
Sumithra
Priscilia
Audrey
Ryan
Neha
Veng Yi
Jamie
Valerie
Jian Howe
Anh Dinh
Ka Ying
Sophie
Xin Yu
Thanks thanks thanks! and sorry if I missed anyone!! (I think I got you all though...)
Oh and thanks to all those who made my 17 years possible too XD - family especially!
I said I wanted to update about all the party stuffs...but I guess it'll take too much time...so I'll just commemorate the party stuffs in my head instead of blogging...
Birthday wishes should not be shared XD so I'll take them to my grave :D
Anyway...the number of b-day wishes I got through FB is humongous. So I guess that can attest to the fact that FB is a great networking site. haha~~
Chemistry Olympiad was on today...I learnt about our favourite friend Nucleophile and Electrophile again...and spectroscopy will be this sat!! yay!
Hmm. I seem to have taken more than a short post. So let's stop right here...for me to do PW. last burst. We can do it! oh and here's some sad things to share. I was doing PW on my birthday. zzz. Yesterday night...until 11pm ++ WoW. Ok. 4 more days! tata!
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
In about 1.5 hours, I'll officially be 17. In about 18h 15min, I'll be technically 17 ( My birth time is 16.44pm)
Since it's going to be a special occasion, here is a special post!
Birthdays are such great events! Let's recount what stuff I did/found out about today - tomorrow still have part II!
I've got a beautiful cake (yes I know I've got a cake. You ppl are NOT good at hiding the cake from me. I saw it in the fridge just now. Then again, I shall pretend I didn't see the cake.)But for the sake of surprise, I have not opened the cakebox - I have no idea how the cake looks like, and shall play shocked tomorrow.
Thanks ah yee for the movie tickets :D I'll go watch them someday. Probably not tomorrow though.
Thanks mum and dad for the shoes (although you probably spoilt the surprise by asking me to go to the shops to choose :D)
Oh ya. My 2 sisters thought it'd be nice to play pre-birthday pranks on me - so...they told me I have to find my birthday present today and they'll torment me such that I shall see the present but am NOT supposed to open it today. Being nice, I decided to play along.
What they did was NOT that though. They apparently were so thoughtful to plan out a treasure hunt for me. And they did not plan 1 treasure hunt together. They each planned one. So I had 2 treasure hunts to do today.
So they gave me the first clue and I started to search. Needless to say, I ended the game feeling cheated. Fel put the last clue in her cupboard, under piles and piles of clothes. Then I took them ALL out, only to find a newspaper at the bottom. FOLDED. Then she told me to open it. wah then because the newspaper was folded like umpteenth times, I unfolded it, only to have a sticky come out saying she put my birthday present UNDER THE SHOE RACK!!! I dare not sniff my present now.
Sam is worse!! She gave me clues to go behind the TV, under the phone, etc etc, ALL OVER THE HOUSE. Then I found the last sticky (aka post-it). One side said something like you're nearing the end, please turn this over. So I turned over. Then the sticky said. You've been TRICKED and some other niceties. Gist was, I'd be getting my present tomorrow.
I feel CHEATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but at the same time, oddly touched. zzz. Coz they bothered to plan this out for me~~
Well, I'll stop here for today. Will update more about all my parties and family celebration tomorrow XD Till then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETINGS! XD
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009
This is Rita the drug addict here.
Yes. D-R-U-G-A-D-D-I-C-T.
I'm overdosing on Vicks VapoDrops.
Let's see...every 3.5g lozenge contains 10.6 mg of menthol, 4.6mg of eucalyptus oil and of course a variety of unnamed chemicals, since I refuse to believe that VapoDrops contains only 2 active ingredients.
Just great isn't it? It's 2 more days until school officially (or is it unofficially?) ends, and I've caught a great, humongous FLU. Except that unlike normal flu(s) I usually have, this one was probably due to the terrible air conditions. My nose is SENSITIVE. So's my lungs.
If I die tomorrow due to my lungs giving out, it's either 1) I ate too many VapoDrops, 2) My flu got too bad, 3) PW killed me. Chances are that all 3 contributed though.
Can't wait for PW to be over though...Can't wait. Can't wait! argh~~
I just wish ____would stop giving me half completed, half checked grammar kind of work. I don't mind if you take a little longer. But give me quality will you?! It's as good as not doing if I have to recheck and re-edit everything you did.
On a high note, BTI attachment will start in a month's time! I wonder how the experience will be as compared to NRP, SPMS. They said that there will be lab sessions and discussions, as well as nice mentors, so I hope it'll be enriching? Hopefully I'll get good enough results to participate in SSEF next year...
And I've got to find time to go to Borders. Mr Chow finally extracted my tiny envelope from a pile of stuff at his desk! Thank you Mr Chow! :D
Oh and ANOTHER good news. WE DO NOT HAVE TO RUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL CAMP ANYMORE!!! yay! I feel my holidays coming back under my control...
Sadly, Mr Azmi says we still have to plan in case the 'administration/school' asks us to last minute come up with a plan for March.
Well, that's all for now I guess? I hope I can stay sane till PW is over :(
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
It seems morbid and strangely ironic that we only ended our exams a week or so ago.
Looks like the hardwork I put in was not enough. Or was it my limit?
I don't know anymore...
Aiming for the slightly realistic yet unrealistic aims of mine must remain as some dream.
ARGH.
Calculating and summing. Will or will nots.
Today and yesterday, our teachers cross-analysed the exam questions. All their analysis left me thinking if I really did it right. Somehow I realise I could not recall them anymore. Why?
I can only pray for the best. Pray for the bestest ever for my subjects. Hai.
Emo-emo-ing.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Somehow I don't feel too happy. I wonder why. Maybe it's fatigue + some flu bug. But ah well...till the results come back!!
Anyway, today was also my first visit to Science Centre Singapore as a FULL-FLEDGED and APPROVED STUDENT VOLUNTEER :D
Did I mention that I have a nice orange volunteer card now? Seriously its design looks quite professional.
Today we were doing Puzzle Set B. And we were supposed to teach the little kids how to play the games :D But first, we had to figure out how to solve the puzzles, as there was NO MANUAL~~ Took us a bit of time, but we solved them...they were puzzles like the move those 5 different sized things from one hoop to another...and the piecing together of a triangular based pyramid and a square based pyramid from those little pieces...
And then, I learnt (or rather attempted? and succeeded once) the twirling of the plates on sticks thing. It had something to do with angular momentum...
Anyway...that's all for now folks! till next time!
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Thursday, August 13, 2009
Today I ponned School (no violence pls!!).
For A*Star Award Ceremony!!
OMGOMGOMG. Saw quite a number of people I knew :D
Anyway, we were performing - some dance item of Let's get it started and High School Musical's Together :D:D
We all thought we were going to like lose all our face, but...
it looks like we were a blast 0.0
Cheers + clapping at the end :D:D
Gary in particular was pro - breakdance in beat 0.0 - I think all the front row VIPs were stunned.
Argh. Anyway, the end of A*Star Award Ceremony means that I'll most probably not get to meet all the YRAP scholars anytime soon~! ahhhhhh - I'll miss all of you de!! :D
hmm...that's all for now. till next time!
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Saturday, August 08, 2009
And all to do some weird random stuff. Drama, GPP, EOM.
Let's start with some gross stuff first...
My left pinky has grown bubbles under the 1st epidermis. i know its gross. And I attempted to burst them. The result is holes. Argh. It's time to put cream on it again~~ This always happens when I never sleep enough...zzz...I need sleep!!
I don't like tutorials anymore. I was quite happy when the new installment of Chemistry came in, because that means it'll cure my boredom for a while...(I'm bored of drama, bored of books and chemistry happens to be one of my favourite subjects, after mathematics)
Then I realised that all subjects released their new sets of notes and tutorials at the same time. So now I have Economics, Mathematics, Physics, GP and Chemistry. ALL TOGETHER. No joy there.
And now for interesting gossip part.
Recently, we have a flu/fever virus going around the staff room. It could be H1N1. All I know is that the Chemistry department seems susceptible to it :D Anyway, Mr Sean Tan is so nice! Famous Amos for the whole class as National Day Treat lehhhh! Coz we gave him a get well, take care and STAY healthy card - 3 in 1! muahhaha.
From what I remember of the card, there were words like eat more vegetables, exercise more, eat in moderation....blahblahblah...
Just to side track abit, my table is really messy now. I need to clear I need to clear it!!
Gtg prepare to go out for dance practice le. till next time!
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
GP AQ. Don't LOOK AT ME!
Hai, nvm. I'll say hi to you later.
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Earlier this month, I received news about A*Star JC Science Scholarship!!
It's confirmed :D moneymoneymoney!
But as I told everyone, $$ isn't the most important thing...scholarships are really about the experience, the affirmation and the ATTACHMENT! 1 month of pure research!!! JOYJOYJOY!
(edit: FYI, this is slightly on the sacarstic side...but I guess it's a prize I have to pay :( no more holidays...nevertheless, I hope the research experience is good!!)
This Saturday, some recipients (including me) will be headed to singing practice. At A*Star. random right? I know...but it's for the ceremony! Hope the songs are good :D
On to the next topic:
SS Phototaking today was a boring experience. SUPER BORING. I WASTED A WHOLE HOUR WAITING. dang. 2pm to 3.30pm was spent slacking and waiting. and because my bag was outside the library, I couldn't do anything in the hall...
Everyone was off-schedule! Scholar Leaders' and CCA Leaders' phototakings were originally supposed to be done today too, but in the end, they postponed it because of the chaos. And that's JUST GREAT. Now I'll be taking a whooping 4 photos on Friday - 5D, CCA Leaders, Scholar Leaders and Ventures. I'd better start plastering smiles on my face.
oh and I'm going to have Physics and Chemistry SPA on the same week! Monday and Tuesday. Thank goodness we don't have lab lessons on the same day...or else I'll be freaking out.
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I'm here on my blog again! Just that I'm not posting from Australia just like I predicted about a month or so ago...
MOE withdrew from Australia International Science School - if not, I could have had 2 weeks holiday (from 12th to 25th July) and of course, return only to chiong all my schoolwork.
Maybe it was a blessing in disguise, maybe it wasn't. but whatever the case, I am going to make FULL use of this time. I'm going to get all my outstanding stuff settled and kept away.
EOM draft 1 is due tomorrow. So I've got to shorten it and stuff the important points inside.
Yesterday, I got back Economics and today I got back Chemistry. Going to say nothing much here, lest Ruolan slaughters me. Just wanted to express a little nagging feeling in me. I just can't believe that there were CARELESS mistakes in there!! ahhh.
Recently, my mind keeps straying to your words. I vividly remember every word you said. but I don't understand why you don't understand me. Argh. Forget it.
On a happier note, Sirui, Pris, Shuhui, Val, Xiumin and me are going to watch HPHBP on THURSDAY!! muahahahha. opening day somemore. yayayayayayay! and of course, it's to celebrate sirui's birthday too...but point is, HPHBP is best watched with HP friends :D
That's all for now folks!
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Remember the last post or so I talked about fragilities of life??
Today, Helter died...she's like one of the hamsters which I liked best (coz she's black beauty :D)
Now, the cage just seems so empty.
No form of life, no sound and no nibbling Helter.
So here are the top 5 things I remember about Helter:
1) Helter likes to climb the bars of the cage. She can do monkey bars, just with the front paws.
2) She's BLACK
3) She eats ALOT
4) Of the stuff in her food bowl, she is super choosey :D She doesn't like the corn bits, preferring sunflower seeds (especially the uber duber BIG ones)
5) She loves sand...just place her in a bit of it and she goes nuts :D
Argh. Why must you go???? HELTER~~
I've lots of other things to say, but somehow they just cannot come out as words. So I'll stop here for today...
-emoing-
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Friday, July 03, 2009
PCME!PCME!PCME!
The results are yet to be though...time to see if my hardwork for at least the last week of June Holidays paid off or not...
Hai...
This morning, I was feeding Helter - topping up the bowl and talking to her...
Seeing her age this past year just made me see how fragile life is.
Her fur is dropping but yet, she maintains a quickness about her and maintains a cheery front, clambering everywhere, jumping down from a height of 10cm.
Sometimes, my heart just wants to jump up and down with her. It's just so carefree. Yet boring.
To add on to this, gong gong went into hospital yesterday night. It was just sudden. So darn sudden. Goodness knows if he's ok. Popo on the otherhand, seems to be suffering from depression and nerves. After gong gong went into hospital, she fell sick. And today, she's at home, sick. Argh. I feel bad that I can't do anything, due to school and stuff...
Mum and the rest are already tired out. For the past few nights, I barely got to see her before it was bedtime, as she kept going to popo's directly after work...
Now, I'm stuck at home. At home, alone. Waiting for meimeis all to come back home. Coz sami went to popo's. I'm bored. I'm utterly bored. It's just the computer, an empty house and me. zzz. I'm in no mood to watch K-drama and in no mood to fb anymore or play rpg. I spent the morning doing that.
Hmphs. I need an outlet to emo. and I found it. in this blog.
Things on my mind now:
1. Dementia
2. Sickness
3. My headache
4. PW
5. What to eat for lunch
6. A person
7. Withdrawing from Kim Hyun Joong diehard fan list
8. Joining Lee Jun Ki fan list again
9. How to emo (not)
10. I gotta go get sis now...
See ya.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Due to H1N1, MOE has withdrawn from OSAP ISS ><
No more trip to Sydney, Australia le!!
GAH. Come to think of it, I've been expecting this for quite some time le, ever since Australia's H1N1 cases went up drastically from 200 to 1200 cases.
But still...thanks to Mr Chow for talking...it kind of made me feel better, despite me having expected it long time ago.
Some Pros I've listed out though:
1) I won't miss 3 weeks of school
2) I won't miss JC SPA
3) I have more time for PW - EOM and stuff...
4) I run a smaller risk of H1N1?! - come to think of it...Sydney's part of Australia is just about as dangerous as Singapore, based on the number of cases...but nvm.
5) I can save more $$ for end of year trip...
Hai. Anyway, Ah Yee...stay healthy k?? (She's in Melbourne, working long term ><)
One more week left till school opens and mid-year exams...but I still feel out of it.
Sian. Buck up Buck up Rita!
Things to do:
1) Stop Facebooking excessively (once I sign in, i'm doomed)
2) Stop going online
3) Stop watching shows
4) Change all music to "study music"
5) Sit down for 5 hours stright
6) MUG!
Kkz, stopping here now. Byebye ~ till next time :D
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Friday, June 05, 2009
Whoots! Science Society's largescale event pulled off with EXTREME SUCCESS! Thanks to all who helped - Facs/station masters/core/associates!
HAHA~~ I think I'm high because Group 2 won. Feels so shuang to cheat You Sheng o.o
Good job people!
Young Kyung - Sae Ra - Melissa - Teri - Trong Binh - Perdenver - Vixson - Jun Tang - You Sheng - Mei Jiau
YAYs!
Oh and Thank You Mr Ng for the treat for all Facs :D
$50 bucks split across 9 people~~
We went Cafe Cartel to makan...free flow of BREAD! :D
Next up:
RUBY
I think I'm in LOVE. With a horse. and her name's RUBY.
look!
OMG.
5D went volunteering at the Riding for the Disabled Association Singapore.
And we went there to train as stablehands in waiting :D
Learnt how to saddle the horse, put the bit in their mouths, clean out their hooves, lead them.
And I got the chance to put the bit into Ruby's mouth. She salivated on me. zzz...
Thank goodness she didn't bite me. Or else I'm like going to scream.
Can't wait to go again on tuesday :D
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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Singapore International Science Challenge is OVER...and i'm super duper glad.
God knows why there are so many 24 hr challenges packed into one 5day camp - which wasn't even a camp for the locals anyway.
I can't believe we couldn't even get to stay in NJC hostel when we start so early in the morning and end so late at night.
Some highlights of the 5 day camp:
1) I stayed up on Friday Night to do the Future problem powerpoint, with Gary, Hester and Mr Chow. Didn't sleep at all, except for one hour between 5 and 6am. Then, I lasted the day and sneaked a nap from 1-2pm (lunchtime), whilst hester, gary and the rest went to island creamery. So I was being anti-social. But who cares?
So it was because of these 2 hours of sleep that I lasted for 5D BBQ - by the time I reached home, it was 10.30pm. By the time I slept, it was possibly 11.30pm?
Best accomplishment ever I think. This is on top of the fact that I was already loosing sleep the past few days - one of the nights we slept at 2am at Hester's house to do the Design and Build Challenge - and on other days, I slept at 12mn chionging random stuffs.
2) I met shuai people (both guys and girls) from other countries! and made loads of friends too :D in particular, the Australian girls from MacRobertson Girls School!! oh and the JAP person was shuai too. Michelle (as in the NJC one) - I understand :D:D
3) A*Star and NTU trips! WHOOTS! I went BTI and I went MAE :D
4) Marina Barrage and Memories at Old Ford Factory! yay! NE NE allllllll the way. Why didn't they introduce me to them when I was in primary school? Then I could have done all my SS all the easier. GRR...
5) Cultural Mapping! OMG I didn't know there was a temple in the middle of all those private houses. o.o o.o
Hai. But despite all my experiences, I feel terrible. We disappointed Mr Chow big time, because of our attitude and other stuffs (in plural). I know we deserved it, so I guess we are really really sorry for all that. and I feel really bad, because the bulk of his anger was directed at Gary - and we were helpless towards that. We couldn't make it better at all. Even though we still pulled through in the end, I guess SISC wasn't at all that well done.
Pierced hearts
The sun sets on the bright sky
And the moon comes out in gloom
Eventually a cloud rolls by
Covering us and spreading doom
Communication was in sound
Hearts beating in unison
Perhaps all it took was a round
And efforts got the burn
Torn nights to rush out
No sleep does not equate work
Just these sentences proud
Make hearts sink in dirt
Then we moved against currents
Entering round two
Against all odds we stood barren
Submitting wrong poos
Together we tried to save
All that was lost in sight
We attempted to save what we could brave
Seeking justice in light
Darkness came and went
Light stood out in might
Sure we made a dent
But somehow messed everything right
With pierced hearts now we fight
Together with one might
Bleeding with every blow
We searched to win all lows.
Putting all aside, we have holidays - finally - not that it is a true holiday, but at least its a holiday. Let's check out my schedule:
1-2 June: Science Exploration Camp
6-8 June: Ventures Camp?
15, 17, 18 June: Lakeside CIP
The rest shall be spent mugging. I need the grades! how on earth did my results sink so low?! High on my priority list is ECONOMICS! I need economics A next term to pull up my dismal grade. Goodness. A 'U' grade is LOW, I repeat, LOW on my priority list. I need to PASS ECONS!
Another happy thing is that I'm in the consideration list for Chemistry Olympiad! Yay! So, I need to maintain my score, or else get higher. Stress!!
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
1st, let's comment about my dismal grades...can't believe I flunked all my tests like that...
AHHHHH...
Next term I'm going to work doubly-hard to pull everything up. Especially the economics that I flunked terribly. Yes, I'm not ashamed to admit it. It's a Y-O-U grade.
Mid-years promises to be a torturous affair - and in this year's mid-year, I've got a new target to beat :D I shall attempt to beat "you" in at least 3 subjects...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
*The above is utterly unrelated to the post I have below*
I forgot to add in my last post that Li Chun and I went back to SPMS to have a look at everybody!
We saw Quang, Herry and Kah Wai. Haiz. We didn't know Dr Phan was in United States attending one of his confrerences again...or we would have chosen another day to drop by.
Anyway, we (or rather I) got presents for Kah Wai and Dr Phan, in appreciation of their efforts in the past 2 years or so - helping us with our tiresome project.
Thanks Kah Wai for always being there. Thanks for never expecting me to operate the NMR for the entire duration of the NMR scan. Thanks for offering to run overnights for us. Without your help, I guess our project would never have been as successful nor as efficient!!
Thanks Dr Phan for being the first person in the lab I ever met. Thanks for guiding me and Zhong Ming when we were just Sec 3 and 4 respectively. Thanks for just being there to troubleshoot our NMR problems. Thanks for explaining every concept to us in detail. Thanks for listening to us present in front of you - thanks for criticising our project so that we may improve. Thanks for simply being there for us with your open office door. Thanks for being so generous and treating us to lunch and dinner occasionally!
I feel so sad that Samir isn't in Singapore now. He'd definitely want to know how we "little/tiny scientists" became bigger and won our 2nd Gold. Haiz. I want to see Samir again!! He's the one who had the sense of humour and my 1st ever direct mentor. Although he does keeps sweets and toffees and various junk food in the lab drawer (shh), he really has a brilliant mind. Yes Dr Amrane, the tiny scientist isn't so tiny now...she's like 2 years older than the time you first met her :D
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Saturday, April 25, 2009
(...sigh...the number of people I've uncovered due to my terrible nature of analysing people...)
Sometimes I wonder if the world is being fair to everyone...somehow it's always the few people who get the opportunities isn't it?
It's not entirely their fault though...it just comes.
Thinking about all that made me think about why it just comes.
According to the theory of Rita, there are only 2 possible reasons:
1) Your attitude gives you an edge up.
2) You really are good.
Hmm...that's food for thought people.
With this same person, other issues such as hate were discussed. I'm beginning to think that there are really prejudices that run deep. For example, I believe ______ disliked me on first look at the beginning of this year because of _______. Yet, now it's getting better.
Clearly, you can show your better side to someone to gain their favour, but you must never change yourself for others. It's just wrong. Everyone is unique, it's up to you to see what you can learn from everyone...
Back to yesterday.
Yesterday I ponned school for the whole day, but felt really bad after that. It seems I've missed quite a number of things. With Maths test on monday, I still can't believe I actually skipped lessons yesterday. How am I going to know what went wrong with my assignment now??
Anyway, for the SSEF ceremony, I got Borders vouchers. I shall not disclose how much though, or people will come after me. I feel darn sad coz I missed bronze by a wee bit. If I'd gotten bronze, I'd have gotten a very pretty glass trophy!! :(
For NRP ceremony, as usual NTU is its rather cheapo style...1 gold paper certificate only. Nothing extra for the winners except for the different words...even mere participants got the nice gold paper certificate.
Only thing different is that the top of the certificate said GOLD AWARD for ours and PARTICIPATION for theirs. RoFL.
NVM. Reception was great. Although not MAGNIFICENT AND GRAND. haha...lianghui, hester, minzhang, jingqing and I are desensitised after the TERRIFIC BUFFET at Shangri-la Hotel. Nothing else matches liao. TIRAMISU AND HIGH CLASS ECLAIRES AND CHOCOLATE FUDGE!! and they have unlimited flow, because the policy of shangri-la is that there mustn't be an empty hole in the buffet. All plates have to be filled 0.0
I reckon we all had 4 to 5 helpings on that day.
Shall go off to begin extreme homeworking!! argh I want the REAL holidays (meaning no hw type holidays and meaning the break before university) to come faster!
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
I haven't had a nightmare for a long time...
and that set me thinking of what kind of nightmares I would have had in the recent days.
Closest I got to an idea was free fall dropping into a bottomless pit...hmm...
NVM!
Just some random updates over here:
1) Mr Tan Zhong Ming is going to Asian Physics Olympiad in Thailand and maybe International Physics Olympiad in Mexico. *a sense of smartness drips* He and 2 other NUS high people, 3 RJC people, 1 HCI person and 1 ACS (I) person are going...
2) My mum just made jelly in a tart. however weird this sounds...it actually tastes good...
3) Hester's going to buy bananas for the project. I hope all goes well!
4) IBN forms are filled! hiphiphooray!
5) Chemistry Tutorial make-ups are on this friday and next friday. Of which I'll be missing both. How fun.
6) Mrs Wong's standard for GP and PW is high! Imagine that for PI 1st draft only one person got ME. super scary. I guess in order to get that mark I really want...I need to buck up a billion times! MOTIVATION!!
7) I haven't studied for all my tests. I need to start tonight! Or else I'll have no time the next week, with Campfire and all!
zoomzoom. off to finish restructuring my PI...
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Monday, April 06, 2009
These few weeks have been absolute hell. I think I should seriously sleep earlier. But somehow everytime I try to sleep earlier, someone will call me to ask for something, or something will have to be finished by the following day...
I am so sick and tired of sleeping late. I shall AIM to sleep early tonight. Like 9+ or 10pm.
Apparently, if I don't sleep well, I will have this perpetual headache. It's acting up at this very moment...
Haiz. Still have physics practical and chemistry tutorial to complete before the day is out. If possible, I would like to complete 3 article reviews as well. I shall see how I can finish all of them by tomorrow. Seriously, I need sleep.
Good news over here: I'm going for OSAP after all! But to my 2nd choice destination. Professor Harry Messel International Science School...with Gary...
Can't believe that Zhi Xiang got Asian Science Camp when I wanted that as 1st choice!! AHHH.
As to the rest of the gang, I actually feel bad going when you all didn't get a chance...but next year, RV's organising one! So cheer up!
AND...
I'm so pro that I've packed my next 3 months full already, with many days of ponning school.
Here's some of the outstanding items to be completed:
1) 9/4 MM Lee talk - (yes pris, I'm going.)
2) 17/4 Ventures INTENSIVE + OSAP briefing
3) 18/4 Scouts Campfire
4) 24/4 NRP/SSEF awards
5) 26/5 -30/5 SISC
6) 15/6 -18/6 Lakeside CIP stuff
7) 18/6 - 21/6 PLTC
8) 12/7 - 25/7 OSAP
9) JUNE TO DEC: IBN
I need to buck up and study!!
byebye!
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Below are the items I am happy about...
1) Merit for SSEF 2009!
2) Gold for NRP 2009!
3) DSTA application slot on 23/3
4) OSAP final interview on 30/3
I do hope I get into the DSTA and OSAP ones!! I want I want I want!!
On another note, I'm seriously wondering how am I going to finish my homework. For starters, I have 3 more GP articles, a nanotech eportfolio assignment and a GP essay to complete. That's not even inclusive of all the tutorials I had planned to do (I doubt I can do now...unless a miracle occurs and Ang Wan Lin Rita finishes the above 3 items within a short period of time tomorrow.) I absolutely cannot imagine how the SYF people who have to attend training everyday can finish all assignments. At the same time, I can't believe there are people who have inspiration for the nanotech article already!!
I shall stop ranting here. See ya next week or the week after! o.o I realised my timetable is at least 80% packed for next week!! AHH...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
After a loooong break of about 10 days, I'm back to post... (that tells you how packed I am? or maybe how lazy I am)
SSEF is TOMORROW!! O.M.G.
A few judges later and results!!
It's us against 259 competitors. After looking through the project posters at today's set-up session, I realised that this year's competitors are MUCH MUCH MUCH stronger than last year's. Then again, there are a few crappier posters around here and there...ZM, WD, LC and I were totally omg-ing that one of the projects which were around had quite a bit featured in their textbooks o.o That person better be good at smoking. After all, after you get through the project report session, the most important thing is smoking...
Btw, if you people want to come, you can come anytime on thurs to see me :D
Yesterday, we ran outside of school for PE. Out of school, up Depot Road, all the way near to the blue buildings and back. Took the whole of the period...but I think it was worth it :D I'm proud of myself...muahaha. For once, I didn't have any stitch and stop :D
Oh and as for Ventures...Programme! we need to HURRY HURRY! and split up the job. Although...I'm kind of sad...coz I can't do my share for the posting of invitation cards. SSEF will end at 6pm...I'm really really sorry people...
(to charlotte: plzplzplz don't put me in the performance item...)
As for Student Leaders' Seminar, I am sooooooo disappointed. Job Week isn't a valid reason apparently. So we ALL have to go and waste one day at school...*moan moan*
[[Speaking of moaning, a thought just striked me. I have to wear HEELS tomorrow. FOR THE WHOLE DAY! omgomg.]]
Term 1 is coming to an end. What a relief. Seems like school is going past faster and faster although a day still has 24 hours and there are 60 minutes in 1 hour and 60 seconds in a minute. Keeping busy is the absolute key to making days pass faster.
Somehow I find satisfaction in being busy to the brim. Similar to what Mrs Wong said the other day...at low activity, our efficiency is zero - at high activity, we blow - the trick is to maintain at the optimum activity. Good thing I don't crack easily - meaning my optimum is high enough :d
I've skimmed the cracked stage only once I think. I felt that I was living in hell, but yet, I overcame it. See? I'm here now...whee...results are motivation!!
Which brings me back to SSEF. GO!!!
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
Moi has officially become a Scholar Leader.
No thoughts about that...got a feeling of deja vu. Shan't tell you all why publically on blogger.
Scholar Leader seems to come with a load of saikang. And maybe certain perks. ahha...but according to some reliable sources (DN) nth much was done by him last year :D
Btw...this few weeks I've been realising that I see all the teachers at the same places o.o
Anyway, for this week, we have been assigned PW homework. That is, writing a PI. ARGH.
I've written PIs for 4 whole years. And now I have to rack my brains for another fascinating one
Why of all the topics they didn't put the one on trends anywhere in the 7 topics we can choose from? I could have plucked my CID 3 PI and transferred it directly.
Today was supposed to be Shu Hui's official birthday celebration. I feel really really guilty!! noooo...(actually, there was supposed to be a whole long emo cancellation after this, but I deleted it. Coz I suddenly realised that there was no point in it...) Basically, it's something about SSEF meeting tomorrow and the fact that I'm still sick...as well as unsaid persons of course.
argh.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Ji Hoo cut his hair -.-
Anyway...today had econs test. Don't want to talk about it. *pushes it aside*
Argh.
Just a short insert: it's mee goreng for dinner tonight. I am so losing my voice, coz someone forgot ms-sore-throat over here...gosh.
Nothing much to talk about today, except that a certain someone is getting on my nerves.
I think all ideas should be accepted graciously instead of agreeing and then pushing it to one side, non?
Haiz. Nevermind.
Today we had egg peeling session for PW btw...darn agitated. Coz my egg didn't get out in one piece...and it didn't look very appetizing either...boooooo...
Mrs Wong cooked (or rather put in hot water...) 12 eggs and they didn't get hard boiled. So we borrowed 6 eggs from Mrs Constance Tan? hmmmmm...
:D
There's AMC tomorrow...I wonder how difficult it will be...
Target: DISTINCTION!!
*I just realised that this post is written rather disjointedly o.o Maybe it's because I'm sick. I have 4 types of medicine to take 4 times a day you know? For all the common ailments I ALWAYS SEEM to contract - Cold, flu, fever, pain. GAH. Sickness isn't giving me a break. Always come as a set -.-*
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Chocolate. This month alone, I was feeling so hyper for chocolate that I had an average of 3 bars per week. ARGH. And my bars are not the mars bar sizes. It's like the entire slab kind. OMG OMG.
Anyway, V-day was great! I got lots of junk food :D Although now that I think of it, I'm feeling abit guilty coz I didn't get V-day stuff to give out... o.o
Oh and daddy got me a pink rose for V-day...haha...he got mum this whole bouquet...and I got a stalk!
muahaha...
Tomorrow is Friday again!
and ohnos.
It's time to put tune into some tuneless people.
Plsplspls...you people, tomorrow is like the 20th, 2 days b4 founders day. Could you all give us GOOD ATTITUDE?!
That's all I ask honestly. On Scouts Day, the least you can do is to respect your fellow scouts right?
Before I forget:
Advert over here
Have you a burning passion for Science?
Do you want opportunities in school for science-related activities?
Will you do something about it?
If so, please look out for the yellow notices plastered all over the RV Lab's corridors.
Or look up Mr Chow, Gary or me for more information!
Remember...everyone can be scientists :D
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
This is a short post.
Just wanted to say that my life is really really really busy now!!
haha. Just the way I always like it to be :D
I tend to get restless when I've got nothing to do.
Everything tends to clash now.
1) SSEF 2009 will clash with Science Centre Training
2) Piano lesson will clash with Venture Campfire Prep on Fridays
3) Ventures CIP will clash with Science Society meetings on Wednesdays
4) This Friday's RJC briefing clashes with 6A '04 reunion!!
5) I can't seem to promise my piano teacher a possible day and time to fix for piano lessons (everywhere else is full)
6) Saturday afternoons might clash with Science Centre Volunteering in the near future
Dang.
On a different matter, DSTA scholarship applications are sickening and troublesome. Aiyee.
MOE overseas scholarships sound like fun, but they are all so near to promos!!
Oh and I think I'm going to have to dedicate more time to econs. Many many stuff to memorise. I just realised it today -.-
Anyway... Kim Hyun Joong rawks! AHAHAH. watching Boys Before Flowers!
And omg. he can just go beat all the other guys hands down. So shuai even when he is trying to look geek with specs :D
I hope Jan Di ends up with him!!
kkz. time now is 10.53pm? sign out! nites~!
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Monday, February 02, 2009
Well...the past week can be said to be pretty normal.
Eat, Go School, Eat, Do Work, Sleep.
Sam's Birthday was on 30/1. I realised I knew 4 people with the same birthday!!
1) Sam
2) Priya
3) Goh Shu Hui
4) Fangqi
How interesting right??
HAHA.
Ventures is going to go full speed soon...Charlotte has this whole list of improvements etc which she said the VSLs made her do...Now we've got a short period of time to get the programme going. WARGH! and double WARGH!
btw, did I ever mention how I suddenly agree with the other classes' point of view after we attended one math lecture with LT4? Not that I wanted to be mean or anything...but honestly...it's teaching slow and the lecturer is weird - in this environment, you're really encouraged to self-learn during the lecture; which was what I did. I don't really know how to explain, but I do believe that in order for everyone to understand, go peek :D
Oh and poor two guys from our class got singled out because we AMP people took your place. Really sorry guys!
On the bright side, Mr Tan KS is a GOOD Econs teacher :D Finally we got the marginal cost question and the opportunity cost question figured out. YAY! Oh and I got a GREEN ice-cream stick! lol.
I wonder how come Mr Tan KS is the only tutor who uses ice-cream sticks. Maybe it's because he is the Econs Head and he set the rules and therefore he needs to follow it. For the sake of face-saving or otherwise :D Ah well. To each his own then!
Notice to all PE classes over here:
You are expected to do extreme PT this week.
Gosh...today Mr John Tan went:
2 rounds warm up first.
Then he went on:
PE rep lead stretching.
Go for 6 rounds then come find me.
Run until want to faint liao then we went to find him.
"Now let's do 4 inclined pull up. You must hang there until I blow my whistle then you can come up. The equation goes: (1 + x/2) rounds. x being the times you drop off the bar before you are supposed to.
Thank goodness no one dropped.
So after my hand ached like anything, the equation directed us to run 1 more round round the track - under a HOT BLAZING SUN, mind you.
and tada. As a result, I successfully completed 9 rounds of running around the track in a single day. WoW.
Ok then, till next time :D
The next part keep it to yourself ok? It's ranting.
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Once again, I'm here to update the blog that has no posts for about a week. Judging from past records, this is very very very bad :D
Well, first update is of course about my CCA.
For all those who don't know, I've got 2.
Now what's confusing me is which is my 1st CCA. lol.
Originally, it was crystal clear. I have Ventures as 1st CCA and Science Society as 2nd CCA.
Then, things changed, with me becoming vice-president Science Society. ARGH. Now I have something like two 1st CCAs. What's more, both are time-consuming and starting to become DARN ACTIVE!!!
Haiz.
Ventures have Scouts Campfire, CIP at Lakside Family Centre and Job Week to worry about.
Science Society have the camp, various junior science quiz and competitions and the INTERNATIONAL camp to worry about.
Then there's the issue of NRP 2008 and SSEF 2009. Dang, we haven't even done up the posters.
With the humongous load of tutorials to worry about, plus all the above, I can safely say I'm utterly OVERLOADED.
So here's my official statement in my official list of documents:
I, Ang Wan Lin Rita, of class 5D, River Valley High School, am now officially overloaded.
Bravo.
But somehow, despite being overloaded, I don't feel that stressed...interesting huh...maybe I'll panic more when the work load starts going into the crucial stages.
Anyway, today's the day when the budget 2009 comes out. On the bus, I caught a little of the speech. As part of today's analysis, I have...*drumrolls*...the content page of budget 2009 :D
Budget Speech 2009
Keeping Jobs, Building for the Future
A. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND OUTLOOK
Global crisis and recession
Economic situation and prognosis for Singapore
B. RESILIENCE PACKAGE
Keeping jobs, building for the future
Resilience Package: Five components
Emerging stronger
C. JOBS FOR SINGAPOREANS
Jobs Credit
Re-skilling: SPUR for workers and professionals
D. STIMULATING BANK LENDING
Special Risk-Sharing Initiative (SRI)
The New Bridging Loan Programme
Trade financing
E. ENHANCING BUSINESS CASH-FLOW AND COMPETITIVENESS
Preparing for opportunities
i. Easing business cash-flow
ii. Sharpening competitiveness and capabilities for innovation
Reducing taxes to encourage investments
Making innovation pervasive
Sharpening business capabilities
F. SUPPORTING FAMILIES
Direct assistance to households
Support for charitable giving and the community
G. BUILDING A HOME FOR THE FUTURE
Expanding and accelerating infrastructure spending
Developing suburban nodes
Sustainable development
Best place for families
H. SINGAPORE’S FISCAL ADVANTAGE
Prudent fiscal policies have given us critical resources
Budget position
Not surprisingly, this year's budget is centred mainly on sustaining Singapore as a country and to help people keep their jobs. I really am looking forward to read tomorrow's papers, to see the analysis of the speech!
anyway, till later!
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Between two people who are present in the Foxtrot Comic in today's Life! issue.
Teacher: Well done, Miss Fox. You got an "A" on the quiz.
Paige: I got an "A" ??
Paige: I DID! I DID! I GOT AN "A"! NOT A "C", NOT A "B", BUT A BIG, FAT, STRAIGHT "A"!
Paige: HUBBA HUBBA YES! HUBBA HUBBA YES! HUBBA HUBBA, HUBBA HUBBA, YES! YES! YES!
Teacher: And these kids wonder why I'm so stingy with grades.
Paige: Nicole, scoot over, I want to do a cartwheel
Yes. In a really really small nutshell, that's how I feel about my O level chinese results.
Imagine: A chinese noob, who all her secondary school life, failed or just passed chinese, actually eventually emerged a A2 for O levels. WHOOTS!
Anyway, analysis time. I reckon I must have done better in paper 2. Coz I don't remember my essay on the taxis in CBD being well written. I virtually crapped it.
Ah well. Point is that... NO MORE CHINESE EXAMS EVER EVER EVER AGAIN!!!
(Btw, RV's percentage of people who got As was a whooping 48.8%.)
YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY! YAY!
Ok.
Now onto Orientation Day 1 :D
It didn't turn out too bad after all...
Met Charlotte, Isabel and Michelle at the bus stop this morning and gave them kok zai s :D
Then went to line up with 5D on the track!
Even though I'm like a loner in 5D, everyone was nice :D
Oh and as for Mrs Marie Wong, other than the fact that she has a uber uber fast talking speed, I'm ok about it. muhahaha.
Then, after school today, went out with Pris, Val and Shuhui. FUN FUN FUN.
Ate Clam Chowder at Cedele, Raffles City, then went to Gloria Jeans to eat Obsene Cake :D
Yak and Yak and Yak. oh gosh. Caught up on alot of stuff...holidays were LONG...
Oh and thanks to Val who bought me slippers for Christmas :D
I was needing one after the other nice white one broke...
Did I mention for CNY I'm wearing boots and tights? WHOOTS !!
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
New year, new class, new timetable, new everything.
This year, I'm in class 5D.
With many many people I don't know.
Better still, some people I'm unable to match a face to.
GREAT.
Wonder how 5D will be like though.
And more importantly...
O levels are coming out on monday...
dumdadumdadumdadum.
I really pray hard that I pass O level chinese.
Or else it's going to be like...H1 CHINESE?!?
No way no way.
So jiayou jiayou!!
Now listening to "When you're gone" by Avril Lavigne.
The words seem to speak to me.
For some reason.
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
[Chorus]
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day
and make it ok
I miss you
I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here foreverI know we were, yeah
All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Although it was supposed to be a christmas letter, it came late :D
What's more, it came in the sealed plastic, saying "Repacked Mail Item"
So cool. it's the first time I ever got a sealed plastic letter from Singapore Post o.o
To be exact, the letter came from Finland...land of Santa Claus!
Thanks to my aunt who went there!
Anyway, she came back to Singapore even before the letter was delivered. She returned home on 5th Jan.
According to her, she's going to stay till Chinese New Year before getting another job overseas...so...more postcards and letters please!
Anyway, another letter surfaced yesterday too...
Letter from Singapore Navy: Offering a scholarship.
But dang.
It's primarily for Poly and ITE students. I feel so insulted. If I'm not eligible, why send it to me? I'm in IP!!
In the letter they offer straight path to careers too...
Says here:
Naval Combat Systems Specialist: starting pay $1417-$1524
Naval Material Specialist: starting pay $1361-$1470
Naval Chef: starting pay $1361-$1470
Argh. Not interested in Navy -.-
More alternative Scholarships please!!
HEHH.
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Poems!World In Jeopardy
When all is said and done
When all that's done is done
When all the world has changed
When all leaders feinted
Somehow things happen in threes
Change in Leaders
Change in Climate
Change in Economy
Right now in Sunny 2009
Maybe all will change
Or maybe
Take some time
Review the Leaders:
US, Thailand, Malaysia,
Russia, Iraq, Gaza
Israel, India, Taiwan
Review the Climate:
Hot, Cold,
Maybe Snow,
Or maybe all in tow
Review the Crisis:
Money up,
Money down,
Money underground
The world we live in is clearly jeopardised
So Hey and Ho
In the holiest 2009
Let all be blessed with rice.
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Thursday, January 01, 2009
Was counting down to 2009 with Singapore!!
Well, a new beginning means the ending of something. In this case its 2008!
2008 was the year where I...
1) Went to Korea and learnt to ski
2) Got many new friends
3) Endured much stress and pressure
4) Renewed my promise
5) Loved guides the most and yet left guides
6) Joined Ventures and Science Society
7) Learnt much and got straight As (we're not counting Chinese) but yet missed out on Edusave Scholarship -.-
8) Got addicted to Facebook
9) Realised my priorities in this warped world I live in
10) Caught the most number of non-severe flu bugs -.-
Therefore, next year I resolve to...
1) Stay true to my promise and myself
2) Love Ventures like crazy
3) Excel in Studies and get that Edusave Scholarship (or else work so hard and don't get anything kinda wasted)
4) Kick internet addiction entirely
5) Wean back onto 100% books
6) Stay FIT. Uber FIT.
7) Learn a new skill
8) Reduce Emo-ing
9) Complete my Piano Studies
10) Treasure my family and be nicer to my sisters :D
It's truely a new start. Tomorrow, the painters are going to repaint the house, and someone's coming over to wax the marbled floor...renovation plans are in for the new year wor! My parents are planning to redo the house!
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
It's just this thought that occurred to me in that 1 sec just now.
1st, I think about what I am doing.
2nd, I think about what I am about to do.
3rd, I think about what I should be doing.
4th, I think about the consequences of doing.
5th, I think about the things I can't do.
Grr. All this thinking is messing up my mind.
I shall not elaborate. But this may be just mere ranting for all you know.
Anyway, something interesting happened.
This week, the washing machine broke down. So, we got a new one.
Then, our toilet's showerhead pipe decided to have a huge hole. So, we got a new one this evening.
Then this evening, the door knob leading to our kitchen jammed. With my mum and maid on the kitchen end, and the rest of us in the living room/dining room.
Best thing was that we were having guests. My cousins, Klement and Kendrick and their family. Then, I realised it took 5 not-so-skilled adults to open a jammed door.
Well, as they always say, bad things come in threes. I just hope there isn't another trio coming.
It's almost the end of the year...so new year resolutions think through comes again...
Haiz. What to resolve to do next year?
I shall think about it.
For now, sayonara folks :D
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
I saw SNOW (although it was really really small flakes -.-)
Day 1:
Midnight flight and Sam's sitting right next to me on the plane :D
There were 2 terrrible plane passangers sitting right behind us, I reckon they are China ppl, by their accent la... (no offence meant)
They were darn darn darn irritating. All throughout the flight, they were propping up their legs onto our chair and pretending to hold their chinese newspapers and pretending nothing happened. TERRIBLE. no consideration at all. tsk tsk.
We landed around 5.45am and korea is one hour ahead of Singapore.
We had to wait about 1.5 h in the airport for 8am korean time to come coz apparantly everything doesn't open until 9am.
Then off to first stop. the PALACE!
here is us at the palace. and that guard is REAL ok...poor guy. He had to stand still like some wax figure...Lunch was at the ginseng place...we ate Ginseng Spring Chicken. look at the size of the ginseng on display la...
Next stop was seoraksan national park and scenic cable car ride... That person next to mei is Yaho, the 18 year old assist tour guide attached to our group :D He can't speak english very well, so all t
hroughout the trip we were teasing him :DNext was the temples and such...
Then dinner and off to Kumho resort to slp.
Kumho resort is like so cool ok?
It has table tennis tables, arcade, supermarket, billard rooms etc etc.
Day 2:
Day 2 was SNOW day!
We sat in the Banana boat snow ride...pulled by tractors, snow mobiles, snow sledding on rubber tyres, wooden sledding.
Then 4 hrs half day ski next...My skis are up to my chest. And I realised that skiing wasn't that difficult once you had the roller blading foundation. No pics here though...coz everyone was on skis and the temperature was too cold for a camera o.oAt night, it was off to the gondola rides to see crazy skiers go down a >45 degree slope up a hill that was at least 900m high and hot springs water park Blue Canyon!
Here's the pic of one of those crazy ski-ers. I tilted the camera abit to capture him though. the actual scene is of him going down a STEEP slope.
Day 3:
Shopping!
off to yeoju factory outlet where we bought Guess stuff at 50-70% DISCOUNT coz of xmas sales etc etc.
Then we went for rice cake tasting :D
Then to Dongdaemun markets
Day 4:
Kimchi making and Hanbok wearing!
Ginseng showroom and Amethyst gem factory were next then THE FACE SHOP!
There were of course, some people who brought along order lists from friends and family. So some people spent more than 400,000 won and got a striped suitcase for free-.-
Then to Myeongdong Fashion Street (equivalent of Orchard Road) and kena scammed by the shopkeeper. I got a 2 snowflake combi necklace and the storekeeper sold it at 10,000 won. But it's nice, so I still got it...
Lunch was Korean BBQ meat. Yum!
Then to Lotte World, the Korean equivalent of Disneyland. There was even a xmas procession that looks a little like Chingay...
Day 5:
Off to Dong cong xia cao shop and then to Sinchon Ladies Street. It's called ladies street coz it's opposite an all girls school, not because there are like brothels btw.
We were there so early that all the shops were mostly not open. We thought there was like nothing to buy until we spied a track suit shop.
Adidas and Nike tracksuit at 90% discount coz it was off season leh!! 10,000 won only for the jacket and pants...scary nia.
Then after that, to the provision shop to buy seaweeds, sweets and other stuff...
And now, to the airport. Took a photo with Elva (our tour guide) and Yaho :D
btw, did I mention that the hotel we stayed in for the last two nights was like a palace? Imperial Palace Hotel la. It's GRAND GRAND GRAND.
Here are some shots...
So that's all for now!Argh. I miss korea already. The nice COOLING breeze etc etc.
Now that I'm back in Singapore, the weather feels HOT. HOT HOT HOT!!
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
I'm hereby officially announcing that I shall not blog until I return from Korea. Which incidentally is COLD...brr...Then again, it means SKIING!
So before I leave, there is the presence of this post of course, to tell all those who want to contact me, to refrain from emailing me (so I don't get email overhaul) and call me/sms me ONLY WHEN NECESSARY.
OK. now back to my life.
Yesterday, I kena pangseh by a group of my favourite people -.-
Ventures S4 were supposed, I repeat SUPPOSED, to meet at Bishan MRT and go scout HQ to buy name tags and black shoes.
6 people. but only 1 came. (me obviously)
Let's explain.
Charlotte was the organiser of this "trip" and she said 10.30am at Bishan MRT. Then, she fell sick. So she smsed me the night before to go help her pay and everything.
Isabel and Yimin were overseas, so there were supposed to be people to take over and help them with the buying.
Then there's me of course, who turned up on time and smsed the rest to ask them where were they. no reply though.
Emily overslept. And smsed me about it only when I waited until I was thinking I got the wrong date -.-
Beryl even pro-er. smsed me at night and said she only just checked her phone and she completely forgot all about the arrangement.
So there. A pangsehing trip.
Anyway, it wasn't exactly wasted.
I managed to get some stuff to add to my xmas giveaways.
But I haven't found anything for the slumber party people though... *sniff*
Mum's birthday is round the corner. Present is almost ready. note: ALMOST.
I do hope we can speed it up more...but it's impossible!
Anyway, chionging the results part of NRP now. let me go back to it...till I come back then!
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Thursday, December 04, 2008
Cool down.
Then let it ALL out.
wellithappenedlikethis:
We (meaning my sisters x2 and I) decided to forget about the green tea with pearl drinks we put in the fridge. For a WHOLE ENTIRE DAY.
Then, the next afternoon, we saw it in the fridge and thought it'd be nice to go with lunch.
Then we realised how much of a mistake it was. (P.S. To understand, do try it as an experiment)
Well, the pearls were still ROUND.
Part of it was still BLACK.
BUT.
They ALL had this GROSS layer of whitish stuff around it.
So, being great food experimenters we are, we all decided to pop it into our mouth.
BIG mistake.
It's hard, tough and slightly bitter. *please use imagination*
Now off the gross stuff.
NRP is being hell now...with the workload increasing exponentially.
N15 results have to be redone etc etc.
Next year, I'm so going to hunt for a new project to replace this one.
And there's also the issue of my facebook account of course.
Sisters are loving my pet society.
Everytime I log into facebook, they'll be like "Coco! Coco!"
But I don't mind :D
haha...Geo Challange is so much more attractive.
And there's also Bleach.
I'm going back into bleach mania.
Don't know why.
Or maybe I do.
It's just because I was watching Zaraki helping Ichi in ep 197.
Then I decided that I should go rewatch Ichi owning Zaraki...
And then, I decided to watch all episodes.
And tada, I wasted one full day.
Well, that's just today in a nutshell.
Now for NewsFlash.
Temp Dorms are set up next to Queenstown Library...
I do hope it doesn't get occupied by all those foreign workers and become too noisy or what...I liked it when it was a plain old Polyclinic.
Queenstown Library is after all my "quiet place" ok...It's the quietest place you can find in busy Singapore. Even borders is noisier than Queenstown Library. And of course, the empty house is noisy too because of the noise from outside.
Singapore is apparantly the 12th most expensive place in the Asia. Tokyo of course, took top spot.
Not forgetting that Korea Won is officially on the down! whoohoo. It means that holiday there will be definitely more fun :D We're skiing dudes and dudettes!
That's all for the post I guess. It's 10.30pm! time to head to the TV to watch that crime scene show on Channel U!
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Ok, so subject combinations are out, with almost all students at Global Perspective Programme aka GPP.
For the rest like me, we skipped out on it coz we opted out.
Originally, I was supposed to be on the Shanghai trip, but since the itinery was almost the same if not pale as compared to the one I went in July, it wasn't worth paying the money to go there even though school subsidises a large portion...
So well, I'm in Singapore.
Anyway, back to subject combinations, as expected I got PCME...Quite alot of ppl opted PCME together with me, so I'll be assured of a large portion of friends in the same LT and tutorials as me :D
Now on to the even more serious stuff, NRP.
Lots to do and from what we've discussed today, HMQC, TOCSY, NOESY are all required. So good luck to us and our 6 synthesis of T4A.
Recently, I've also been reading this book called "The Final Cut" by Michael Dobbs.
It suddenly struck me how difficult a politician's job is.
Even if you want to stay in office as the PM for a long time, even if you are good, there'll always be people who critisise you and make you seem irrelavant since you stayed in there for too long.
And there is of course the various foreign affair issues.
Oil, poverty, terrorism.
Which brings me to another point found in today's papers.
Mumbai.
Honestly, what joy can one have in blowing up people?
What joy can one have in killing people?
Nothing.
Eventually, hopefully, these people will understand that not all people, including Americans and Britons believe in killing the Muslims and prosecuting them.
Eventually they'll realise that it's afterall the GOVERNMENT who makes the ultimate decision, resulting in the people being split two ways.
If terrorists ever have something against the people who critisise them, they might want to do a personal check.
Which is why although I don't support the India terrorists, I still feel that they are better than some other terrorists I know.
At the very least, they ask their hostages of what nationality they are. Then those who are non-Americans and Britons will be safe, instead of the occurance that occured in Bali, where everyone was killed.
Ah well. That's my view.
Anyway, the world's going to sink into WWIII soon. I predict.
Look at what's happening.
First it's Malaysia, then Thailand and now India being put into the limelight.
What's next???
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
after months and months of NRP hardwork on Bombyx mori, our paper is FINALLY PUBLISHED (in Nucleic Acids Research I think)!!!
And I'm the 3rd author :D
"A novel chair-type G-quadruplex formed by a Bombyx mori telomeric sequence" in NAR!
happy happy happy!!! :D
Oh btw,
this weeks seems to be GPP week -.-
Some randoms:
1) Mr Chow's having probs finding enough people to take care of the booth on this thursday and friday...so if you're free, go search for him and ask if you can join...
2) I've also submitted my entry for SSEF 2009...so jiayou jiayou!!
3) Subject Combination posting countdowns have started...so let's have fun!
4) Shanghai ppl are meeting up again!
5) I'm going lab more often than I should.
6) NRP is coming to an end.
7) Mr Ong is advancing facebook levels darn fast o.o
8) Today's dinner's soup name is : Billy goat puree with meat and potatoes?! (don't ask. My sister named it)
9) In a month's time, it's CHRISTMAS! and Pris' dreams since last year will come true.
10) I'm slipping into a semi-lazy mood. This holiday, I'm working my emotions crying in front of the computer and tv screens due to countless dramas than working my brain...
Well, that's all I guess for today?
SEE YA!
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Friday, November 21, 2008
So I've got a new one.
Super emo one for the super emo :D
It's rainbow monochrome ppl!
rainbow for happy,
monochrome for sad.
LOL.
Ok.
Shortest post ever...coz I've still got other stuff to do...
BYE!
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
It looks like recession is bad huh?
lol. Just suddenly had a impulse to blog because of this song which my sister just emailed me:
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.
It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice
It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise
Recession is coming to town
It's worthless if you've got shares
It's worthless if you've got bonds
It's safe when you've got cash in hand
So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town!
Finance products are confusing
Finance products are so vague
The banks make you bear the cost of risk
So keep out for goodness sake, OH
You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cash
I'm telling you why:
Recession is coming to town.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Today I went out with Charlotte, Isabel and Michelle to Orchard Road...
After a slight sushi lunch, we went off to shop.
Sad to say that in my case, it was WINDOW SHOP -.-
I aimed to buy a new pair of slippers, but somehow it didn't exactly work out.
Darn it. went to so many stores, the shoes that I try didn't seem to look nice on me...
boo...
nvm though.
There's always a shopping opportunity.
Maybe next week I shall go tackle the loot at Jurong.
I think Jurong might be better...IMM or JP maybe
So ppl going there, look out for ME!
heehee.
Anyway, I just suddenly thought of a random fact.
It's 10 days away from subject combination release.
My choice is of course PCME...hope I get it!
Anyway, I shall stop here :D
byebye!
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Currently, we're slower than the target.
Noooooooo.
JiayouJiayou!
I want good results.
I want good results!
I WANT GOOD RESULTS!!!
machine time today and tomorrow.
I want GOOD RESULTS.
Don't waste my time.
Don't even attempt to.
darn darn darn.
Anyway, today's newspaper was all about this guy who thought that it was interesting to commit suicide by going into a tiger's enclosure in the Singapore Zoo.
Honestly.
There are so many better ways to die than seeing yourself being torn up by tigers or being scared and shocked to death.
Morbid as it seems, you got to admit that you get a last close up view of the interior of a tiger -.-
Some people just don't know to treasure life.
I really wonder why.
Gah.
That's all for today folks!
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Monday, November 10, 2008
Today is ROD.
Today is the last time we're wearing Guides Uniform.
Today was the last time we Sec 4s will belong to RVGG officially.
Today is the day, the day we part with our juniors and assume new roles.
Thanks guides!
Guides,
You made my life memorable...Thanks for all the wonderful gifts and letters :D
Hai.
Time flies. It really does.
Nothing much is left to say except for THANK YOU and BEST WISHES.
May RVGG get PNA Gold again!
As for what we Sec 4s gave our juniors, it's a 12 man tent, a basketball, a photo album and something else which I can't rmb offhand :D
THANKS THANKS THANKS! ESP for FOOD, which I enjoyed the MOST!
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Sunday, November 09, 2008
Yesterday night, or rather today morning, Yr 4 ventures had a night walk!
A full 20km hike and great fun included (:
The route went like this:
Newton MRT -> Far East Plaza -> Wisma Atria -> Plaza Singapura -> SMU/CHIJMES -> City Hall MRT -> SMU/CHIJMES -> Plaza Singapura -> Wisma Atria -> Far East Plaza -> Newton MRT -> A long walk to King Albert Park McDonald's
Sounds darn long right?
But I'm proud to say we all made it (:
We started at about 7.45pm.
We finished it at like around 1am in the morning?
It was a group of 10 ventures (:
Ivan, Wei Rong, Bin Xing, Stanley, Yimin, Emily, Beryl, Charlotte, Isabel and ME.
BIG thanks to the J1 Ventures for going with us even if you didn't have to (:
Along the way, we laughed and laughed and laughed somemore.
Wei Rong, I'm really sorry but you really made into my memory as a very sacar person yesterday night :D but nevermind...you were nice enough :P
And we reaffirmed the fact that Yimin and Emily walked SLOWLY.
And that sleeping till 12nn does count as preparation for the trail. BERYL who did that was SO HYPER CAN?!
We started off quite fast and we ate while we walked.
Then we realised that we were going too fast and sort of slowed down.
Eventually, we took more walking breaks (:
We were all jiayou-ing towards the end...
Along the way, we met another batch of Scouts at the other Mac (nearer to the Nanyang and HCI schools)
At that point, we were spamming pictures. (beryl was trying to camwhore - only that she didn't appear in any photo. She forced us to camwhore?!)
Finally, we all plopped onto seats in Mac's.
Tired but nonetheless satisfied.
Then the real fun began.
BITCHING AND GOSSIPING!
hahahahahaha...
didn't know Ivan and Wei Rong were so good at the usually girl-dominated sport :D
Learnt alot of juicy news along the way (:(:
When charlotte finally uploads the pictures from her camera, then I shall post it here.
Well, my eventful day didn't just end here (:
I took 74 back home (3rd bus out from KAP) and arrived here at like 6am.
Then I started to call my dad...
He woke up and opened the door (I happily didn't bring the key)
And first thing he told me was go and bathe :D
Ok, then bathe finish then plop into bed. I actually intended to wake up at like 7.30am, so that I could reach CCK on time to meet veron and joyce for ROD present making.
Then I overslept -.-
Thank goodness not by alot.
I woke at 8.45am, when we were supposed to meet at 8.30am :D
Anyway, they were slacking and haven't started work. So nvm.
AHHH! looking forward to ROD lor! ROD ROD ROD!
After ROD then can cut all ties with guides liao :D
Then only have ventures to care about. And seriously, ventures is turning out to be way more FUN!
Shall stop here. Till tml I guess? when I update about ROD. Juniors, please don't disappoint me! I want quality hor! :D
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Friday, November 07, 2008
I am very high.
I am very sad.
First on the HAPPY.
Today we got back our report books. And truely, I feel that this result is good, but really is not the true indication of my marks - as usual, there was a certain amount of moderation involved.
But nevermind. I'm proud to say that I have achieved something I never thought I would. I only have one outlier (: For people who know me, you probably can already guess.
My nemesis. CHINESE. A whooping percentile of 19 -.-
But nevermind. As I said, it was the only outlier.
Thanks to Mr Ong for the gift.
Now on to the SAD.
Haiz. It was only today when everyone started saying wishes and stuff to the class that I suddenly realised that the time we spent together was not enough.
3/4E only truely bonded from the middle of this year. And now we're all great friends.
But why is the world so cruel to split us again?
As everyone one by one said their wishes to the class, my eyes started clouding. Think. In just a day, we're not classmates anymore, but ex-classmates. And then, quite a lot of people like me are not able to go to class chalet too. So today was the last day of school and class.
As I said, I really wish everyone good luck with their lives and thank you. Really...thank you. To everyone. I don't care if you didn't really communicate with me these past year. All that matters is that you are part of 4E.
After school, 6 girls and 13 guys headed to VivoCity for lunch. And then gary arrived too, when munweng and I started to leave -.-
Anyway, this marks the class gathering I guess? We ate Carl's Jr, Subway and KFC.
And then, we saw what would probably be the last of the antics which these group of guys will put together as 4E. LoL. Liang Hui and Jun Jie were gang raped...(please use imagination) lollol.
I shall not do the long post which I did for 2B two years ago (which can be seen if you look at archives), with analysis and last words to each student...This year I shall make it really really collective. So here goes:
"We've been classmates since last year. In this tiny world, we have been fated to be here. I believe in fate, I believe in destiny. In this small class of 36, despite it never been 100% heartwarming, it was enough. I am comforted by the very fact that we have grown, as persons, as class and now we are one big happy family.
4Emo. Maybe we were never truely living up to our name of Emo-ness, but we sure pushed our limits.
As we part, with the knowledge that we were once classmates together, I do hope it'll carry on. Treasure friendship, treasure us, treasure the people around you.
For what's gone is gone.
But this is something that's an outlier.
We can control our feelings towards one another.
May 4E spirit never change.
Wishing you all the best.
All the best in the world.
And remember.
There is always something that results and marks cannot buy - friendship."
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Thursday, November 06, 2008
In commemoration of the 2nd last day of my school life in River Valley High Year 4, I shall close the chapter with a new blogskin.
And so here you are, a BRAND NEW BLOGSKIN FOR MY BLOG!
My blog is now 2 years old and it records the best part of my life in River Valley High School Years 3 and 4...Time sure flies...
Anyway, yesterday and today were solar city booth time at Suntec City. Mostly, we willed our time away...playing patapon and chess and reading and of course, the Singaporean hobby: EATING!
Went to Subway with Sherrie just now and wow. She has the same subway taste as me (:
Oh and Subway was SCARY.
They were mending some electric stuff right in front of the counter, on the ceiling. Then we were buying, then the lights started becoming smoky. The cashier commented on it.
Then, we brought the tray to our table.
And there was a boom, some cries and of all things, thick smoke with a burning smell. And it drifted towards our direction. Then I started commenting that luckily there's a emergency route out - through the carpark door just nearby. lol. If the things really blew, I swear I will be rushing out that way...
teehee.
Anyway, on tomorrow's schedule, I noticed that there was a timeslot given to spam teachers questions. Should I or should I not be mean and like totally spam spam spam them? I especially feel like asking the Biology and Physics teachers why should I take their subjects. hehheh. Imagine Mr Chow vs Mrs Lee. It will be darn interesting (: (: .
OK then, till tomorrow! BYEBYE!
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Monday, November 03, 2008
And I thought the tickets were going to be wasted...the person called at 8pm!
Considering I got it for free (or if you follow my dad he'll say it's coz we overpaid for the year end trip, so they compensated us...) - not a bad deal i'd say.
But my parents are adamant that I shall not get the whole sum. We're still discussing (:
With luck, I'll get about half?
That's all for my short post I guess?
Tomorrow's a long day. So GOODNIGHT WORLD!
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Sunday, November 02, 2008
Anyone wants tickets to Korean pop night on the 4th Nov 2008, 7.30pm at Singapore Indoor Stadium please contact me asap.
I got a pair of tickets for sale...price range about $100-200 dollars for the pair - negotiatable
Ticket row not bad, at row 26.
In total only 5000 tickets available in the world, so do buy the tickets off me (:
That's all for now!
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Come home, switch on the com, play, blog, read, email, watch tv etcetc.
Then I've been playing Pris' PSP and watching people play gunbound.
LOLLLL.
Anyway, I reckon next week is going to be fun-filled. For one, we'll have HCl O level EXAMS. Sounds so grand, but I'm rather afraid of it. You could probably get me to do any other exam, but CHINESE?!
Ok. Then there's of course Solar City (:
Then we're going to pon alot of SCHOOL! (:
BIG thanks to Fangqi and Shin Fung, who got me out of a tight spot. You can have our KFC (:
Yesterday and Today were "shopping" days for subjects. Wasn't interested in any subject today except maths though. So I ended up attending only H2 math lecture from 8-9am and then slacked in the classroom all the way to the Maths Selection Test at 2-3.45pm (which was actually kind of fun. Coz even if you just walked into the room, I believe you'll get a place already - there are just so little people attending the test).
Anyway, although today sounds like a terrible way to spend 5 hours, but I read finish "Darcy's Story". So I'm perfectly HAPPY.
Passed Darcy's Story to Pris on the bus ride home. DO REMEMBER TO RETURN MY BOOK TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY HOR!
Something random I just thought of:
Listening to Better In Time by Leona Lewis currently. I do think my Media Player Shuffles well. HAHA-darn suited to my current mood somehow...
Anyway, back to the topic. Tomorrow is Sports Day, didn't get into the finals, reckon I just missed, coz the person before me got it. It's just as well...lots of athletics people - and it means I can do duty with my FELLOW GUIDES! whoots!
ROD is nearing and nearing somemore. Somehow I'm kinda panicky. I don't want to close the chapter to that part of life. Yet somehow, I think I should just close it and move on, moving to other new things like Ventures.
Just crossed the 16 mark. And the festive mood just wore off. Somehow it just started to get me thinking that next year I'll be 17 and as a JC1, will have much more things to think about. Well, just have to bear with it I guess.
(Now the song that's playing is Keep On Moving by Five. Seriously, my media player can read minds :P )
Next immediate concern is Subject Combinations. Next Friday is the start of choosing.
I think my brain tells me I will be taking PCME, but my heart thinks it's wasted to abandon Biology just like that. Hmmm. Brain or Heart? Current inclination is towards Brain...I reckon it changes every few months -.-
I've just got this sudden inclination to do Poems, so here you are:
Doorknobs and Remotes
Kick your shoes onto the floor
And tell yourself to pick 'em up
Automatically without bore
For time can hurt you just like broken cups
Doorknobs and remotes
Whoever thought them nought
But when the cold and dust
Contaminates, say hi to rot
Leave disease says docs
Even objects can cause pocs
Virus stays two days long
Even without prolong
Short one. Just for warming up. Till tomorrow and beyond!
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sounds so old. But nvm, as Val says, now can watch NC16 w/o being caught (:
First off, thanks to all the lovely people who wished me HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Quite a lot of people, so shan't list them all...but really...THANKS!
Birthday was great. Today was sole-y family day - yea. don't think about the normal type of family day, today was shopping family day (:
Got new jeans, new clothes, new bag and a nice addition to the collection of dollar notes in my room.
Plus, lovely presents from lovely people...
and one thing stunned me the most. My sister used her present to present a fact: You need to change your handphone pouch.
Ok...I kept telling myself I needed a new one, but I never really got one. So nice sis went and got one for me. And it's got hearts on it -.-
But nvm. It's a nice thought. and I AM DUMPING THE OLD ONE.
oh and...cake was nice too (:
A delicious mango cake from prima deli, topped with strawberries (which I gave my sisters, obviously) and a nice piece of chocolate (so small that I decided to keep for myself)
Ok, now that I'm done here, I shall go and continue to enjoy my birthday (:
Hehe. And btw, birthday doesn't end till 4.44 pm tml :)
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Because there isn't exactly a main point in this post. This shall be a random post about my week.
Exams are over, celebrations started on Saturday. Went with Ventures out to buy uniform and discuss on venture trip (which incidentally, I can't make it). Uniform took us darn long. I could have sworn the seniors wanted to kill us already :D
Then after that, OFF TO PASTAMANIA!
Tuna and bacon spaghetti is nice (:
Then. Rushed off to Class outing at Sentosa at about 3pm. I thought we were going to play till about 6pm. I thought wrong. I played for about half an hour, then the rest started to make plans to leave, coz they needed to bathe before going to steamboat. Unfortunately for moi, I have to attend the chinese tuition lesson while they were eating. JOY.
So well, bottomline is that I wasted my 3 dollars on a ticket into Sentosa - but of wells.
Sunday I went to the library and camped there for a good 2 hours ++ BOOKS GLORIOUS BOOKS.
Monday, I slacked my way through.
Tuesday (today), I went to school and got back some papers and read more books :)
Tomorrow shall be packed. TOTALLY.
Goodness knows what time I'll be done...
Maybe reach home at about 8+ or 9+.
That's all for this dear random post.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
lol. I'm back into blogging again, after a tight control imposed due to exams by me (:
hehh...well, lots to say, 1st up is that exams were okay...shan't comment more till results come out (: - one thing to say is that CID was -.-
Well well well...tmr I'll be going with my dear ventures to buy uniform then to CLASS OUTING with 4 EMO (:
Then sunday I am going shopping with mom and dad...
Then next week I am going to attend Samir's farewell party...
Sniff. Sniff. Samir we're all going to miss you!
Incidentally, in case you don't know, Samir's my direct mentor for Nanyang Research Programme and he is like one of the first people I made friends with at NTU. And well, he is leaving to get better work, after finishing doctorate studies...
He's like the first person other than Dr Phan who really talked to me and let me have the chance to be introduced to a wonderful group of people including Joefina, Jocelyn, Quang, Sree, Vineeth, Ha, etc etc...
And well, he is the best extrovert in the lab...
Now everyone is starting to leave...The original people I knew best are leaving lab (J&J were first, now Samir and soon next year, all the NUS high people and Lichun). I guess I shall leave by next year too...
Next Tuesday I'm going to have my piano teacher over for lesson in a timing change and on Friday, I'm going to run for Minotaur in the house competitions...There is tough competition... tough...Siew Hwee and Hui Shan all there...Atheletics...SO DARN FAST la.
I need to train train train...Gah.
JIAYOU EVERYONE!
That's all for today I think...
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
As with everyone else's blogs, here you have it.
I'm going on a Hiatus for End of Year Exams and won't be back till October 17.
And that will be when the real fun and joy of being a Secondary 4 student starts...
There is sports day, my birthday and many many fun-filled events by Ventures and of course, a long break to look forward to!
Wish Me Luck!
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Madam, it's not that we don't want to do it. Can't you see that the person right in front of you has dedicated more time to her CID than most in the CID 4? I refuse to believe I didn't work as hard as others for my CID grade.
Some other project can be rushed in a night and be given an A grade. It's unfair to say you'll fail me because mine is more tedious and therefore did not produce a product.
I read papers, I do my individualised RESEARCH. It's just UNFAIR to say that you'll just FAIL me because the fact that you need to key in the results.
It's bad enough that my partner has a school timetable which doesn't allow alot of time for him to help out during school time. SO, I've to FINISH EVERYTHING till date more or less by MYSELF.
It's worse that my project is not one that can be rushed. COME ON. I'm doing a PROJECT that is SUPPOSED TO SPAN ONE YEAR. AND IT'S not MY FAULT if there is no result coming out. NOT ALL RESEARCH can give you results you REALISE?!
People can take easily a few years to complete my project. But my prof gave me this one as a challenge, since we did solve some structures last year.
I go to lab every WEEK. It's all the way to NTU. And one sample needs at least 2 days to complete. That's NOT counting NMR booking timeslots and stuff.
And now you say I've to rush results out by 2 weeks after EOYs...
I don't mind if you fail me because I'm not working hard enough. But it's unfair to threaten to fail my CID just BECAUSE you can't see my final product.
As quoted from some professor, sometimes it's the process that matters.
GAh. I've gotten myself so worked up. And to think it all happened this morning.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Here's a Quote from Val's blog:
""and today chow came in to apologise. note, imagine this passage said in chow's roll-eye-monotonous-but-somehow-intriguing, in a Singaporean-Gregory-house type of talking down, partially flat voice:
"on that day, the chem people's bus was delayed so I phoned the bus company to complain so they apologised and sent another driver. chem was at 11.20. then around 12.10 4A was bugging me to let them go as half the class were going for the IMCB open house, so i released them. then as i passed by the car porch i saw the bus already waiting there. dunno if it was the chem or IMCB bus or what. then the bus driver went to the general office of complain and said he has been waiting for some time already, so i didn't want him to become angrier, i got mixed up and thought bio was at 12.20 as well, so i went to 4B and blasted the class. blasted the class you know, no one said anything. then i went to 4K? while passing the canteen i saw 4A people eating so... i went down and blasted them. they were all stunned, all the food also dropped from their mouth, forks and spoon also dropped (hand demo how the food dropped LOL) they quickly dumped their food into the bin. so i went to 4K and.. blasted the class as well. then i came over and blasted 4E. not a single person told me the correct time was 12.50. so you all let me go ahead and blast (hand showing explosion!!!! LOLOLOL) okay, the whole world. did you tell me the time?"
everyone was so enthralled by his hilarious storytelling skills and were gasping for breath, laughing their ass' off so Joyce answer"yes? we said 12.50pm"
WAHAHAH. more chaotic laughter. roaring laughter with people rolling here and there. gosh it was such a comical sight with chow rolling his eyes. ""
We-ell. at least you can see...haha. I missed all the IMCB laughter - went for the ICES open house, so I left EARLY. I really want to see Mr Chow's furious face though. and Mr Tan's face would have been more interesting...
LOLLOL. Anyway...yea...so alot has been happening...out of which here's the few stuff on my mind:
1. CID 4 Oral Presentation is in front of Mrs Lee and Mr Tan LS - on a totally difficult topic I think I'll die explaining. ESPECIALLY since my project works on a different timeline and I have NO RESULTS.
2. Science camp was over yesterday...hiphiphooray? and Mr Lee GS was really nice!!! Fancy dropping by today to give us, the science club people, Japanese Chocolate Cookies with a handwritten note on each box!! PSST. *note to Mr Chow: we do so much got no gift leh...*
3. PE Badminton is like the PE of the century. Why can't they just announce that PE=Badminton for the whole of Year 5? like that, everyone will participate and LOVE PE...
4. Still moaning over piano...please please please let me pass with that awful standard of piano...
5. Loads of mugging to do over the weekend.
6. English Test is tomorrow.
7. Monday got some science thing. Don't know for what...
8. Why are school materials so expensive? Why Edusave can't pay? It is 136 dollars I think...
9. My table is getting messier. Yet I have no motivation to clear it. Everything's just so near to me once put on the table.
10. I have sleeping disorder...lol. I feel sleepy at 2pm-4pm in the afternoon and today it is extending to 7pm. Help!! My brain is not functioning now...at this present moment.
That ends the top 10 list.
Poem time.
This time is on another current affair:
Prices
Is there always a consequence to every action?
Is there alwasy a debt to pay?
Must everything follow this rule?
Must buy and sell prevail?
Oh yea sometimes they say you can...
Use all its products all the time
Yet not pay a single dime
Just have shares which don't pop
Climbing higher with each drop
Advertise and advertise
Yet nothing will return in thrice
Pour everything in here
But see, even Wall Street goes under the beer
Yes, everything must have just consequences and prices to pay
After all, nothing comes free
But somehow I think the world isn't fair...
Why can US Govt bail AIG out?
Why not bail others out?
Why can GIC buy off Morgan Stanley just like that?
How is it that 100 years of service can be run down by just 1 day's work?
Maybe what we should learn is this:
That the world favours the rich and powerful,
That the small scale companies don't earn a bull
That the rich gets richer in this market
That the poor and ill-informed gets smashed into curd
Prices.
A distinct and different thing altogether
When placed in a different place of assured
Bonds and banks, we believed
Up till today when it reeks...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
I flunked my piano exam today.
I know I did.
My pieces didn't come out correctly - and for some unknown reason, my fingers kept slipping, making me play wrong notes.
OHNO.
Yea. it was so bad that I spent the 1st 5 minutes in my room just now crying. Not that it helps.
It just feels so bad.
I have nothing to say already. Maybe I didn't quite concentrate enough.
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Just want to scream my anger at screwing up my Biology.
And here I was thinking my physics is worse than my biology. Seems like it's the OTHER WAY ROUND.
darn.
Now left SS - shall not wish for too much le.
Something that just popped into my mind -
Some people above the age of 20 are reading my blog.
Ok...and I didn't just learn it today btw.
But that sure isn't a problem.
Dear cousins and other un-named individuals...Welcome!
Anyway, I am De-proving. So well - buck up buck up! (and you shall notice that I am back into hyper mode).
Ok. that's it for today's short post - I'm going to go out soon - I'm doing piano testing tonight!
*by piano testing - I'm not buying a piano. I'm testing the piano for thursday's Grade 8 exam! Wish me luck!*
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Thursday, September 04, 2008
Hi everyone. My name is Rita and I'm a Zombie. I live in a little room with food on one side, table on the other, a bed and a computer. I tend to stick myself into my room 12/7. And the other 12/7, I bury myself in projects and school. I keep telling myself I exist.
Content
YAY! finally my projects life is OVER (at least for the time being). I am NOT going to stick myself into any other project except NRP for the next month. And I'm going to go from 12/7 in my room to 15/7. Till now I haven't started any mugging. and till now I'm still kinda wasting my holidays.
Epilogue
Seriously, I wonder will my December Holidays be as no life as the other holidays this year. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let Dec hols be FUN-FILLED. I want to go out with all the ventures and play this december. and I want to go overseas. and I want to celebrate it without any homework. I want my life to go back to primary school days. If not only for a while.
Conclusion:
Well. There you have it. my inner thoughts - and that's only a summary.
Next up: about today's solar city project competition.
Our chart SUCKS big time.
But the model rocks my socks.
And our presentation wasn't all too bad.
I think we have a chance of getting something, yet maybe not. After all, the chart looks TERRIBLE.
Shall not comment on the rest of the groups from RV - but I shall say that ITE's model really looks GREAT. o.0.Maybe we don't stand a chance after all...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Geez. I know I'm supposed to be happy because the exams are over, but somehow, it's like it only just started. EOY scope is out and they say we have to study everything we ever learnt in Secondary School.
How's that for a start?
Results wise, I'm really not going to comment. Just that I could have done better. A whole lot better. There were a ton-ful of careless mistakes and stuff I could have avoided.
Anyway, back to something that happened this week, with regard to subject combinations next year...Mr Chow was trying to convince me to take triple science for subject combi next year (psst: means physics too!?!)- and he was psycho-ing me to take biology...Then Mr Ong's trying to convince the whole class to take physics and chemistry. And it's my personal choice to take economics and mathematics. My mum says do 2 science and don't try triple science cause you'll overwork. And my dad says go do humanities =.=
Taking everyone's comments into consideration, I can't satisfy everyone...I'm just going to avoid making the decision for now and focus my attention to the present. Subject combinations come after EOYs...
Haiz. Dropping back to emo again. For some emo jokes, search for nigahiga on youtube...
For the wishes to the teachers:
To the teachers of RV:
Twice the age of 6 to 8
Stories not fully made
Nature made us using clay
But you phantom-ised our stay
Perhaps one day you thought us brats
The next, cuddled us like cats
Perhaps one day we made you mad
The next you still came back, not half sad
You look at all the students
Through those strict but twinkling eyes
Which instantly sieves out outcasts
And even scans troublemakers’ masks
You thought us more than what we see in books
Giving us knowledge on things others overlooked
Telling us right from wrong
Nurturing till we are all strong
Yes, although we know you’re paid
But it’s still plain to see
That every one of you
Loves us with love that’s free.
Ok...tata...I'm off. Till next time then...
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Friday, August 22, 2008
and of course, Piano Exams round the corner - that means bye Ms Tan.
And well, this goodbye would mark my 2 year bond with my blog. Ms Tan was the teacher who was the one who helped me through the practical exam as mentioned in my 1st ever post on this blog.
That was July 13th, 2006. My Piano Exam this year is 9/11/08.
Oh btw, did I mention about the great significance of my piano examination this year?
It goes like this:
9/11 -->terrorist hijacking rmb?
Studio 13 -->13!! unlucky number?
Time: 4.21 -->translate to chinese: 死而已
WOW. how auspicious huh.
Geez. I'm the only one left awake in the house now. Everyone decided to take an early night...haiz...That's another proof of what I said in my above post...
Anyway...
There's a high chance that I failed everything. More than 1 teacher has said...
Rita, you didn't do very well on the test.
and they don't elaborate much, leaving me to spectaculate my scores.
Just great. Absolutely.
On another note, for some time now, I think I may be suffering from depression or better still, anxiety syndrome.
I seem to have all its symptoms.
Lack of sleep.
Continuous thinking of past events.
Sadness.
Or maybe that's just a coincidence.
I even have realised that I'm not normal.
I laugh because others are laughing.
I smile to keep up the image that all's well.
Till now, no one truely knows me.
I doubt even my parents have a full update and description of my life + me.
Some stuff are just not meant to be told to them.
Then there are friends.
I know they all mean well, but not all my sadness can be passed on to them either.
I couldn't bear it if they feel pitied for me, felt sad for me.
Then again, I keep spectaculating on how would be the best ways to die (:
Sometimes, I think that some people are dumb, choosing to jump off a building.
Then I think people eating pills ain't all that fun either.
Then I think about people cutting their wrists.
That's not worth it either.
That's why I came to a conclusion that I should just live on (:
With everything just bottled and stored on shelves. Endless ones.
Maybe I'm just a little girl in this world. I wonder if everyone ever felt like that at one point...
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Recently, I've been feeling very very anti-social. Can't explain why either. I just don't feel like going out, don't feel like doing anything other than go home and rot.
That's right. This term, I have no life. Stuck and slapped with projects I volunteered for (yea I know, how ironic), I am just chionging all of them...
Term tests ended today - I know I'm supposed to be happy together with all of RV, but I somehow cannot bring myself to do it. I just have this sickening feeling that I didn't meet my expectations at all.
I can't believe I'm posting this on my blog either. And I believe you can't believe it too...
and I believe I've just completed the shortest post ever in my archive...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
I'm back from Shanghai and I must admit it has been a really really really really great experience!
Let me introduce these lovely people in the photos below!
Boon Hwee and me on board SQ!
From left: Li Jie, Celeste, Michelle and Hester
From left: Li Jie, Celeste, Shuyi and Me
Group 4 with Yi Tao and Minus Chu Ming and Hester (taking this photo!)
From left: Yi Tao, Jun Liang, Ernest, Celeste, Li Jie, Michelle, Shuyi, Me
At the rooftop of the hotel -.-
Boon Hwee, Haiyan, Hester and Me with some of the HK people (:
[psst: they are our eating buddies nia! Coz we must sit with people from one of the other countries - Malaysia, Macau, Taiwan, HK]
Anyway, it's been really really great - I participated in the aerospace quiz too and lost after a tiebreaker -.- By one mark -.-
I got stuff back for the class, guides and Mr Ong and Zhang laoshi (coz they're my form teachers) and I co-shared for Mr Chow and Mrs Lee Lee Mui (coz they're sort of the organisers as well and my teachers -.-) and Ms Ek (obviously) with Hester. We're presenting on Monday, so wish us LUCK!
On a heavier note though - this week has been terrible coz our group lost all competitions. GMAC came out and it was nanyang, ri, mgs. Pitch 2008 came out and we lost despite doing our best. What can we do?
Oh and to the persons out there still feeling heartbroken - CHEER UP! we've got other stuff!
...and I'm just feeling so bad...
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Just here for a quick update before leaving the house for JE Library to meet Pris, Val, Shuhui and Ivan (our mentor for Pitch)
We're meeting some problems with regard to the initial plan, so we have to smooth it all out yea?
On a happier note, tomorrow's fly off time!
WHOOHOO!
Yea. I really really can't wait to board the SQ and fly to Shanghai (:
I hope I meet lots and lots of good friends and return home safely!
Mrs Lee-Teo's going with us and we're so going to have a blast (:
All that's needed now is Hester as my room mate and it'll be great!
Oh and to the poor souls out there who are going to Idea Factory, I wish you all the best in your projects! (no cynicism nor sarcasm meant)
Jiayou Pitch, Jiayou Solar City, Jiayou everyone!
*I shall stop here and continue solar city or we'll be off schedule (:*
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Friday, July 18, 2008
I GOT TONS AND TONS OF BEARS.
NOT NORMAL ONES THOUGH. THEY ARE RV BEARS.
guess why.
Mrs Lee Lee Mui made me and hester take all the bears home.
Yes, 2 A4 paper boxes full of bears.
Thanks to this, now my suitcase will double in size. I originally wanted to bring the smaller suitcase. Now I have to bring the larger one -.-
Next up, VENTURES!
We're officially in ventures and although I didn't attend today's briefing, I got the gist from Charlotte and Isabel. LoL - here's what I gathered:
1) It was really really very 尴尬, coz it was 5 guys and 4 girls initially. And all 5 guys were Ivan that batch the seniors.
2) We're going to have a slack time taking our badges. It's like we're already halfway there when we haven't even started. The guides and scouts system is like so similar la.
More importantly, we already have our first aid badges and all that stuff, so we don't need to enter for the course again. WHOOHOO!
3) Phyllis was quiet. (for more details, look for charlotte)
4) We're going to bully some ppl (: (:
5) More people are coming in! (hopefully more girls!)
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End of advertisement.
Speaking of advertisement, I'm going for pitch conference tml. yayayay!
Can't wait can't wait. COUNTDOWN!
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Anyway, lots has been going on -HESTER, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHANGHAI IN A WEEK!!!
OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!
the wish list by CERTAIN peopleS are piling up - I shall try to fulfill them?
Gah. looking at the itinerary, they clearly don't want us to have fun at the malls - it's seriously limited.
But then, the itinerary is filled with fun la! it's like we've got so many places to go that I'm really looking forward to it...
Oh and btw, I'm going to have a killer friday, with all that's going on...it's utterly CRAZY. There is NSW, New CCAs, Chemistry Practical Test and of course, briefing for trip.
I know...the briefing is kind of late...but nevermind - better late than never!
Back to stuff that's been happening:
1) Maths Test was ok - hope I can do well!
2) Went cycling on Sunday with the whole family - had really really lots of fun
3) Went for some Speech Day duty on Saturday - and realised what gluttons the scouts
4) Then last Thursday, some of us were called up for some talk thing by Ms Ek - it's for brainwashing for us to join council. But no way man! Not that I want to bad-mouth SCs, but honestly, SC is so not my thing. That's probably the same reason why most if not everyone in our class who went for the session said 'NO'. haha. *Say No to Drugs!*
5) Last Wednesday, I went to NTU and decided to do the filing for all our data (: (:
6) I'm Emcee for something I don't know...
7) I'm doing the Pitch competition thing...
8) School year is passing too fast
9) Malaysia's fight is getting interesting
10) Organs anyone?
Ah...okie. I shall stop here and go focus on doing my solar city project report (: BYE~!
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Monday, July 07, 2008
Blessed morning. That's how I felt this morning, when I finally awoke at 8am. I really didn't want to get up. So, I mumbled to myself and went back for another half an hour of sleep. During that time, I vaguely heard my parents shut the main door and heard my sisters clanging in the toilet.
I still didn't want to wake up. Eventually, I got up - groggily but really happy. Today I had a change in plans which resulted in me having the whole day free except to bring my 2nd sis to piano school.
At Christofori, we saw poor people cramming their last minute of memorising before stepping into the room for the examination. Then we saw the stewards acting all motherly and trying to aid everyone (:
Then I left sis in the school and headed off to JE library. At JE, I realised how crowded it already was. I couldn't even find a decent spot to sit at. All was left was a little sofa on the first floor. Imagine that! not even a single bench/sofa/table was available in all stories except the 1st and it was only 11am!
Anyway, so I settled down there with my laptop and started logging on to wireless@sg. And FYI, it lags a little (:
Then picked sis up. We took MRT to dover and walked the way to Blk 19 to buy agar-agar for 3rd sis and then went to broadway there to buy oreo-chocolate-with-pearl and green-tea-with-pearl. For me and 2nd sis respectively.
Went home, ate lunch, lag in front of the computer, do a little homework and tada, I'm here on blogger.
Truely relaxing day with no need to rush around. YAY!
I wonder when will I get to experience such a day again? It just seems too long ago that I've experienced such a day. Throughout the whole of June Hols, I didn't even have such a day! I feel totally energised and recharged, ready for another week of school!!
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Friday, July 04, 2008
Ms Ek knows my name. lol. and I was telling stella I hoped she didn't know me and thus won't call me.
Ah well. Ms Ek called me up to ask about current affairs. I don't know why she picked me though. Maybe it was because I was talking. lol.
Anyway, I decided to talk about Abdullah, the poor Malaysian Prime Minister. Then I talked a little about sodomy. According to Mr Wee, I should have left that out, lest some sec 1 was interested. I replied that they wouldn't know about it. He said that that would make some people want to find out. And apparantly, they'll find out soon enough.
After hearing that point of view, I can't help but agree. But then again, if they were reading the papers, they would know all about it. Part of the issue is found in the cover page of The Straits Times today though. It spanned like 1/3 of the front page.
Well, the short talk by me ended with Ms Ek talking about organ donation. Argh. I could have kicked myself. That was a safe topic.
I got haunted by friends today too.
First issue was about Ri-tar and Ri-te. Apparantly Ms Ek pronounced the 2nd one and it sounded funny to everyone, who know me by the first pronunciation.
Second issue was about my talking about Sodomy.
I found their teasing slightly funny though. I reckon I can qualify for the Singapore happiest person now (: been laughing like mad all day - first with Shu Hui about Akkarin and then about other stuff too.
Akkarin is a genius and a pro. Until he decided to die for his apprentice Sonea. I felt like strangling him at that moment. He could have saved a little of his strength to survive - after all, Sonia still had a little power within her and could easily have defeated the baddies.
Poo. Nevertheless, it was a great book and I plan to reread it.
Oh and here's an update on another thing - Aerospace Summer Camp! Visa is in the mills and tada - I can't believe I'm going to go there soon!!
Before I forget, here's a poem (:
I know I haven't been updating on the poem part, so here you go!
Corruption
Mankind came a long way from
Being just mere skin plus bones
Extended to luxury and room
Sold off by monetary loans
Perhaps just for the money dues
Perhaps just for the gold
We decide to burst out and accuse
Saying tada you did it again like old
When you fabricated the lie
Then again in other places
Corruption is made legal
Oh you have to pay extra to go through me
Coz the law demands so
Yet some shameless indiv'
Decides he should spread
Some horrible rumours indecent
Sticking asses down with bread
I'm sorry you were so bad, weary
I'm sorry you had a girl
I'm sorry you have to lose your power
I'm sorry I want your friends twirl
The whole government is left with you one and only
Everyone disregards
Soon all it'll take is a button
And fight between your deputy and opposition begins
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Monday, June 30, 2008
yea. On Sunday, I played my brain silly - 5 games which were all very torturous. Like SUPER TORTUROUS.
Imagine the pressure when you are playing against a pro team known as Raffles Institution Team 3. Where they only trained the night before. And they bingo 2-3 times during the game, with points worth A LOT.
Great right? Yea. Then after the game, they ponned us 5-0. and won us by a combined spread of 1400++.
Impressive huh. After that game, we all lost touch - our brains went cuckoo. We didn't concentrate much - and we conceded?
At least we've got a certificate which tells us that we were good enough to represent the school. Although not necessarily so...
Well well. Anyway, this week is going to be SUPER DUPER BUSY. and I haven't been able to go to NTU for 1 week - wonder how our samples are doing - we'll know tomorrow I guess - it's NMR tomorrow!
heh. Then there is the issue of the science quiz. It is SO. darn. big. scale. lol
Oh yea. Mum just called as I am halfway through this blog post. She got upgraded to Business Class on her flight! *envy* I've never even sat on the seat, much less felt it!!
Aerospace Camp just emailed me to go down to the place to hand in visa application - so I guess it's going to be very fast to E&C week! whoohoo! I just hope I can find time during the trip to do a little shopping!!
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Started off in the morning with waking up. Instead of waking up slowly as I am used to, I decided to hurry and wake up quick.
Then today during lessons 2 teachers decided not to come. And they never did tell us.
After school, suddenly there wasn't much to do in NTU after all.
Then the highlight came when I walked home from the bus stop.
I was walking across the HDB flats as usual. Then I started to overtake some elderly man who decided to walk so slowly that it was becoming unbearable for the person walking directly behind. So I overtook him. But here's the interesting part. Just as I was walking past him, I could have sworn he muttered: "兄弟" softly behind me. I didn't bother looking back and was quite spooked. So I walked faster.
And weirdly enough, he continued to follow me. Then after my further increase in speed, I lost him.
Seriously. I was pondering over his words for a long long time ok...I wondered why he muttered so...anyway, gotta go down to help my mom with groceries liao. So I'll continue this post later? or maybe not.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
argh. or maybe I shouldn't use that tone.
After all, I'm still in semi-holiday mood, as I told Emily at the bus-stop just now. It's definitely not helping that the teachers are going full speed ahead and that I've got a file waiting for me to analyse and rearrange (which incidentally is going right under Mrs Lee's nose) and many many many corrections to make up :(
Anyway, back to the back-to-school stuff. I managed to steal a space slightly to the side, in front of the projector screen and on the second row. Which makes that seat one of the best (apart from sitting smack in the middle, in front of the projector screen in the second row)
I sure hope Mr Ong doesn't have the idea to change all our seats again. I am SO not going back to the back. Back environment doesn't suit me. I'll just stone there and not listen -.-
Test, test and more tests. That's all the teachers greet us with for the first 2 days of school. Not that they give us pop quizzes or anything, they just smile and tell you that there shall be tests in the weeks to come. LOVELY.
So back to the subjects.
Mr Ong is teaching vectors which is a really nice topic except for the fact that it has been covered in physics. I do hope we can go straight to matrices though. That is fun (:
Mr Tan is just recapping D.C. Circuits.
Mr Wong went on to finish Ammonia and next topic is ENERGY FROM CHEMICALS! Then after that shall be organic chemistry. and from what I've heard, I don't want to study organic chemistry. But nevermind, bring it on and let me have a try!
Mr Chow has completed a topic o.0 Ecology.
Mr Wee is dragging some time by making us present our research assignment. Oh and there's the issue of NIE trainees. I don't quite like them, from my experiences with them...with the exception of a rare few, the rest can't teach.
Zhang Laoshi is recapping hongloumeng
Ms Or is on honeymoon?! (maybe - let's check when she comes back)
Ok. I shall go copy some corrections now. or else it'll look TOO obvious.
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Sunday, June 22, 2008
ekks. I am so doomed. I spent the whole afternoon trying to cut the number of words. From 1500, it got cut down to 1200. Then from 1200 to 1000.
I am dying now. There is nothing much left to cut except my introduction which is like 300-400 words long?!
Ok, cool down. CUT INTRODUCTION NOW!
Anyway, I'm doing on Loss of national identities and am realising that there is a lot of crap involved in this issue. Includes religion, building, language, you name it, you got it.
That's probably the reason why the essay is so long.
Oh and tomorrow's the start of school again...the timetable doesn't look too nice, but still, without cca on tuesday, it seems quite acceptable.
YAY! and PE is not some crazy game liao. It's BADMINTON! not as great as baseball or softball or something like that, but at least it's acceptable kind. I wouldn't mind it (: (:
Anyway, back to this week - went to NTU, for the full time attachment (:
Really sian now, coz the NMR doesn't like me. Water peak shifted like mad, Acetic Acid peak favoured, you name it, you got it. Plus not all of the samples are screened yet.
Anyway, looks like we'll still be doing Bombyx Mori for i-motif, so good luck to us!
Going back to essay. Wish me luck!
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Current status says that we're on track - assuming we have good results??
Homework is still not 100% done, the most troublesome is the english research paper...wonder how I'm going to craft it nicely?
Beginning to really love phdcomics.com - we stuck the edition on fume hoods on our fume hood and everyone laughed at it...
Then yesterday, some technician came to cut the power off from the fume hood for repairs: he took a sneak peek at our comic on the fume hood and stared and stared. Then later he gave a smirk. LOL. apparantly it's really amusing.
We are planning to put one comic on Dr Phan's door...shh...don't tell him?! It's going to be one on when to meet your professor and a bingo set on phd-mentor relationships. Wonder how we are going to stick it on though.
Zhong Ming suggested just stick it on when he goes out of the room...maybe we shall attempt that? but it'll take loads of guts to put it there. and everyone in the lab knows that it's us Students who patronise the phdcomics.com site, so everyone will know it's us who put it there. Maybe we should photoshop the credits to the site first. lol.
Anyway, was talking to Wang Jia just now. he is the pro la. Mr Tan told him to pass the message to the class on MasteringPhysics and the physics file like yesterday, and he only remembered to do so in the evening today. Nice one...
Plus plus - I'm utterly broke this holidays, gone into slight deficit. HELPPP!!! Apparantly I went out too many times this holiday and spent too much -.- Food price goes up, savings go down...
My Ez-link card isn't helping either. I took only a to-and-fro trip to NTU for 2 days, and my Ez-link went from $9.70 to $5.80: That's a good $4 gone only on transport leh! Add it to the fact that I was going to NTU for quite a bit of this holiday, and tada, it means I've spent darn alot on transport.
And before I end off, something darn random: There are 15 4E ppl online now. haha. So that is like slightly less than 1/2 of the class is online. That show just how many people use the computer on a regular basis?!
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Guess what everyone? Today is...FRIDAY THE 13th!
Whoo. and for some reason, the day was a blast except towards the "now" (or nighttime) part.
Started off slow with the science whiz thing for Mr Chow. Then we were BORED TO DEATH, and were printing the 150 participation certificates + folding the ribbons for the envelope.
Mrs Tan said we had no creativity with the ribbons for the envelope. Whoops...you didn't exactly tell us we could design them you know? We thought we were supposed to FOLLOW THE STEPS. eh lol.
Then for the certificates part, we nearly DIED printing them.
Anyway, to occupy ourselves, we had The Faces (original production from some ulu secondary school, then script taken by RV ELDDS, who incidentally did a better job) and Step Up 2.
And wow, step up 2 was a blast (: really really nice.
Then at 12.30pm, stella and I decided to pangseh everyone and leave for cca stuff - sherrie didn't want to be left alone, so she decided to tag along, leaving only lianghui and gary in the room. Sorry though to you two, pangseh you two and leave all the work there too...
After Science Whiz Prep, rushed off to Bugis!!
Went with Oriole to Pasta Mania for lunch, then took Neoprints, then REwatched Prince Caspian (got a bribe from Peisi to rewatch ma, that's why...)
Reached home at around 8 pm...
Then after dinner, the TROUBLE STARTED.
I flipped the switch for the computer to 'on'.
The computer went to start screen.
I logged into MsN.
I clicked the button for Internet Explorer.
Here's the funny part:
The Msn worked, the IE totally said my internet was not connected.
This started the frantic search for the IE disc, the IE settings buttons, the IE BIG CHANGE.
lol. Then I even resorted to uninstalling a few applications. Then I started the "brain dismantlation of the computer".
Final Conclusion: The update I downloaded from the authentic Window's Vista site was FAULTY.
which means that I wasted my time and effort changing all my internet settings.
BOOHOO. Never again shall I trust the window's vista site for updates...never ever...at least until I deem it safe -.-
Oh yea, today I also received a sms from some MOE personnel? Seems like trip Aerospace is still on. And say Hi to SHANGHAI people!
Anyway, last random stuff: it's now week 3 of holidays - meaning that happy hours are ending...*sniff*
Something just popped into my brain btw, it says that I have to mention that I've gotten sick too. On Sunday, the temperature was 39 deg celsius. On Monday, flu added to the DRY cough I already had. On Friday (today), the sickness finally started subsiding. BUT I STILL HAVE PHLEGM!!!
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkksssssss
and now I shall start doing my homework and bracing for the new term...CHIONGGGGG!!!
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Back from NTU - I feel really accomplished today - did alot stuff on the samples (:
GOGOGO!
Another thing I'm feeling proud about is walking diagonally across NTU - armed with a Fillet-O-Fis
h meal (which I was munching on all the way through)
h meal (which I was munching on all the way through)As you can see in the map, the Blue ring represents School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, where I'm doing my research.
Then my Mum was at Nanyang Executive Centre (the red ring) interviewing some people.
So I happily asked for a hop on the car (:
And the blue-purple line is the route I took.
I came out of SPMS at 4.15 am, realised I had loads of time, so I decided to do some trekking to Nanyang Executive Centre.
Reached there at 5 pm and seriously wanted to scare my mum by waiting NEXT to the car.
Then the phone rang. She said she was delayed and asked me where I was. LoL. No choice - had to tell...
So there I was waiting next to the car - thinking my mum would come out any moment. Then delay until 6pm. LoL. I didn't realise how long it was. I was seriously attempting to decipher my dear hongloumeng. lol
Then I sat in the car and suddenly realised how painful my legs felt -.- standing for like 1 hr + trekking.
Then my mum asked me a question - How come you didn't wait inside? There were sofas inside.
And I went: I didn't know I was allowed in. It is an executive centre right? meaning it's like an administration building - you can't just go in or out...Plus there were lots of working people in business suits there. It looks wrong to just walk in...
Ah well. I just sacrificed a little I guess (:
Anyway, did I mention that the McDonald's meal was actually lunch? lol. I got someone to help me buy it at 1pm, and ate it only at 4pm, after leaving it in aircon for 3 hrs. I realised that fries taste pretty good cold. For one, it wasn't oily. For two, it was still crunchy anyway...
Well well. That's all for today then!
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Sunday, June 01, 2008
Long story cut short, I was involved in a roller blading accident on Saturday, at East Coast. Best part was that I got NO CUTS, NO INJURIES, EXCEPT A GASH ON THE CHIN.
Darn it. And my dad can still joke about it saying that he was some distance behind me, then later he see me fall on my kneecaps (with the knee guards on), thinking that was the end of the accident, and then at that time, he saw me falling straight on to the ground on my chin. And he reckons if I stuck one hand out, I'd have gotten no injuries.
Although I kind of agree with that last sentence, I still don't like this. Don't like this at all...it's still red and PEELING.
Ah well. The family has come to a concensus (without me) that says it is a fated thing. Coz I didn't get injured during the entire skating time; it was when I was heading back to the shop that I got involved in that accident. Which leads me to say SUAY.
Oh and I had huoguo for dinner, at home. And I can still taste the soup in my mouth (:
Huoguo at home always tastes yummy, coz we just take everything out of the fridge and start dumping them in. So we've got eggs, vegetables, fish, beef balls, fish balls, crab sticks...etcetc.
Apparantly today's combination makes good soup. Coz I am so satisfied.
Holidays means relax, which means I've found myself nice shows to watch. There's the 7.30pm show on weekends, a korean show on this king. really nice watch - then there is the 10pm show on weekdays, healing hands by HK. Then there was another show that I saw on VV Drama, some show on gangsters, airing at midnight - goulangsomething. lol.
This week is going to be really packed:
Monday: NTU
Tuesday: Outing with Michelle, Isabel, Charlotte/NTU (depends on my speed on monday - samples!)
Wednesday: Sec 4s gathering (:
Thursday: Not sure yet, maybe NTU
Friday: NTU
Maybe this schedule doesn't have much life, but what needs to be chionged must be chionged (:
With that, goodnight!
*yawn* I shall TRY to sleep early...all this late night stuff the past few nights is preventing me from getting back that habit...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Went shopping in the morning with mum after getting my braces done - btw, it's a lovely lilac (: - got a new shirt, 2 pants and even got my atm done (:
Went to school at 2.30pm, after eating a lovely Japanese meal at Clementi...
And then realised that I need not have come today at all. Puh-lease? you don't call a poor soul from shopping just to do sums which she has done already...
Aww. nevermind.
Anyway, after maths, I did a chiong to NTU for lab (: Today is my turn to present you see (:
haha. Went there, did an okay job with the presentation, and answered the questions.
Dr Phan was saying that answering questions part needed more work, because it's not as efficient as it should be.
Samir was indirectly telling me that I crapped well - with some analogy with a question that was supposed to sink me but I managed to make it turn into a fish?! Well, I'll take that as a compliment (:
No poems today...just feel empty of emotions - somehow. shall go look for bleach 172 now...
ICHIGO aka ichi-nii ROCKS!
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Monday, May 26, 2008
No insult meant but can you please please please go faster? everyone was dying in the classroom today...I talked to everyone, guys, girls whatever. Everyone thought you were boring!
Argh. This is one of those times where you wished Mr Ong did not give up our class. I can think of so many better ideas. Partial fractions and binomial theorem can be taught both within 1 lesson, 1 day - I don't mind another hour so long as I don't have to keep coming to school. If only they arranged it such that Mr Ong taught us for one day and 4L 3 days, everyone would be happy :( lol. Mr Ong goes much faster.
When you see 4C walking out of class barely one hour into lesson while you are still stuck in class...you really get mad. I wouldn't mind being stuck inside if not for the fact that the lesson was utterly boring and slow. Whatever he said was 100% from the notes and he wasn't going fast. Siann. Moreover he says bring June holiday assignment to class tomorrow and I've done it during class today, coz I was so bored. Now tomorrow's going to be boring too. I wonder what should I do during class tomorrow...
Anyway, today we made ice lollies at home (: I made a milo flavoured one. I know, I know. EXPECTED RIGHT? haha.
It's nice :P
I'm upset with hotmail recently. It takes darn long to load and it keeps blocking me out of the inbox. haiz. I spent nearly 15 mins just now just to access it or rather attempt to.
Now is 5pm, and my aim is to finish geography homework ALL by today. Wish me luck!
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Saturday, May 24, 2008
Lots to say, and let's start from yesterday.
yesterday, Mr Wee played scrabble with Shuhui, Pris and I. LoL. It was the last period and half the class went off for CCA practice for open house. So Mr Wee let us off early. and well, Shuhui opened the scrabble set, and Mr Wee said it was a long time since he had a game of scrabble. Then we all invited him to the game (: With quite a few spectators around, we started. haha. I started first and ended first -.-
But before all this, results came back. As expected, the 4 A1s, 3 A2s and the 1 B4. That makes GPA 3.6 and average of 77.0. It was not bad I suppose, but I could have done so much better. If not for CA 1, I would have gotten much higher.
Lesson Learnt: Study for every single test, regardless of the percentage it takes up.
I'm paying the price for not working hard last term. But nevermind, my hardwork this term payed off and tada, my results aren't that bad.
My next goals shall be to pull all my sciences back to the A1 it was and push chinese up to a nicer grade of B3, so that it shall not tax my GPA. That is of course, whilst maintaining the standards of my current results for all other subjects.
Today was RV open house. On the whole, it was MUCH MORE successful than the one of last year's. At least there were more visitors to the school and more audience for the magic show.
Oh and at piano school today, I met one of mum's friends. She went talking with him first, then left, leaving me to talk with him. LoL. I learnt that he was an ex-RVian. Then we went discussing about RV. Then he was like talking about RV's metal buttons and how they had to undo them from the shirt before washing etcetc.
Quite an eloquent speaker I must say. Went home and asked mum why. She said that it's because he is in marketing. NO WONDER.
Today also had tuition. At tuition, we were discussing was it fair to force the rich to donate money to people in disaster areas. My answer was that they should not be forced to donate, as it should be done in goodwill, but also that the rich does have an obligation to the poor of the country and naturally should try to help whenever possible. After all, they are fellow countrymen and they should help others, so as to progress as a whole (:
That's all for today. It's now like 11.40pm. So goodnight!
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
可惜，有一些人没法子得到位置，也有一两个因为幸运而得到不应该得到的荣幸。
看到你们的名字，我是感到吃惊，但也只能默默地看着你们慢慢地失去同年级的人的信任，被他们所咒了一遍。
不是我说老师不公平，只是有一些人演得太完美了。Haiz。没关系，你们有的是三个月的时间证明给你们的CCA朋友:说你们的确有本能。
oh btw, to prosperity oriole! :P
Anyway, back to the happier stuff.
Doctor Zhivago is COOL (:
and tomorrow we don't have to run cross country, because we are on duty (: jiayou jiayou jiayou!
To guides doing duty: 7.15am at West Coast Park; wear your fireman tee + blue skirt.
hm. Don't feel like blogging anything further. So, till next time!
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
It's kind of the family together event la.
Every year, after mid yr/end of yr, we go somewhere.
This year, we went hiking on the new trail just outside school (as in starting from Mount Faber).
We went up Mount Faber, walked Henderson Wave, then the Metal bridge thing, all the way to Kent Ridge Park.
Psst. Advice from me. If you want to see the REAL nature scenery instead of just walking, start from Hort Park and go across the trail all the way to Kent Ridge Park's Canopy Walk.
There, along the trail, you can see COUNTLESS FLOWERS and MANY ANIMALS. I mean it. squirrels? spiders?
I mean it about spiders. We were on the canopy walk when suddenly my dad exclaimed that he saw some silvery web. Then we looked, expecting a nice small spiderweb. Fat hope I must say.
The spider was palm-sized, with web stretching across 2 trees. Wow right? Best thing was that my sister went snapping away [by snapping I mean the Camera (:]
The whole trail is about 3 hours long, that is if you walk slowly and enjoy the scenery, taking minute rests along the way for water (:
Oh and through this trip, I realised my sister (Sam that is) can't take photos. haha. All the photos she took turned white. As in greyscale? Coz she didn't wait for the photo on the digital camera to register before she switched it off. So the camera happily collected only the black and white colours and not the RGB -.-
Then after the trail, we went back to Seah Im to eat Roti Prata. It tastes quite nice I must say. *hint hint:GO TRY* and the teh tarik and milo there is REALLY thick and creamy. So it's "terrifically nice".
uhuh. Then came home to a nice house and read the papers. Apparantly death tolls for Myanmar and China has gone up to much much more. And Myanmar finally has opened its doors for good. Thank goodness. I was totally thinking how much more can Myanmar take. Such a big tragedy in a poor place - you have got to be kidding if they don't need help. Any economist/geographist could have told you they definitely need help.
The world is going haywire. You've got floods in one place, cyclones in another, then further down earthquakes. Centuries ago, each tragedy happened at different times of the year. Today, they happen every other day, clashing "timeslots" with other tragedies. What is the world coming to?
Well, as my chinese tuition class was pointing out yesterday when we had our discussions, it seems as though China has a poor 2008 so far. No insults directed at the chinese population, but it does seem almost as though China lost some mandate with heaven or something. Tibet, floods, food crisis, now this. Is it a coincidence or due to pure destiny?
In my opinion though, as I mentioned in class, it definitely isn't really mandate. It is simply that this year is a poor year for the world in general, and China, with population taking up quite a large portion of the world, naturally suffers more. At the same time, China's land mass takes up a good big portion of Asia. Thus, it is no coincidence that all of this happened. This is just the brunt of the things mankind has made occur in the course of Earth's industrialisation. If it were to be anyone's fault, it's everyone's.
Well, that's my view and is food for thought for you to think about. Maybe if this goes on, hiking may become a past even in Singapore.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
That's right, all the results are out and here you are for those who want to compare:
4 A1, 3 A2, 1 B4
No prizes for guessing which one was the B4 though. It's technically a C5, but being 59.5, it's probably a B4 already. But anyway, the combined score is still a C5. I wonder how much more must I work to SECURE my B4 for chinese.
And hey, there is the pressure from my parents for chinese O levels...
Anyway, my combined score is going to be way lower than the mid years alone, simply because of the fact that my CA was terrible, with me getting low grades for all my three sciences and more. Thank goodness SA is 30% and CA is 20% (:
Mr Ong is the pro teacher who started teaching maths this week already...and finished a topic...
Well, the applications of integration wasn't really that difficult to understand, thank goodness (:
I'm now into holiday mood, what with just one week more. Who cares about the few hours each day that I have to spend at school...well, fact remains that I'M ON HOLIDAY AFTER NEXT WEEK!!!
WHOOHOO!!!
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Anyway, today was slack. No teacher bothered much with actual teaching content, and well, we basically sat there.
I switched seats with Sherrie today, coz she said that her top half is cold and I say my legs are cold. Apparantly the wind direction of the air con turns somewhere between the two of us, and she'd rather have her legs cold. Me - I don't care - I have a jacket. Problem is, the legs really freeze at that place.
So well, the change is in both parties' interests (:
After school, we had this talk by Singapore Youth Flying Club. Zhong Ming was telling me about it sometime last year I remember, then I learnt that the eyesight was a tremendous "counting" factor. Thus, I went there knowing I could never have joined that as a cca (:
Then, the funniest thing happened. After SYFC, it's ventures and rovers. The performing arts people started to leave the LT, and half the people decided to follow - no matter, they missed a terrific video.
Most probably ventures and rovers is going to be girl dominated (: I haven't heard of a boy saying he wants to join yet, and ALL current RV sec 4 scouts are leaving the movement. So there. No guys. It shall be the first time in Singapore scouting history I think (:
After that, CCA!!!
Voting time - and some names were really popular I tell you. But I think some juniors did not listen to instructions/do not have common sense.
PLs are ALWAYS the sec 3s. Since when do you have a SEC 2 PL?!
Treasurer, which is part of the main committee, is always a SEC 3!!
Ah well, was playing the piano nicely and for a long time just now - just realised how long it has been since I really touched and played it in peace - now I shall catch up (:
Current projects/competition status:
1) Solar City: Green School
2) SCRABBLE association's scrabble competition - yeayea. we got out, but we're in again because of a wild card -.- (psst: they just want to have some willing losers la!!!)
That's all for today then. Tomorrow shall be better...
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Maths. Nothing to say. Wasn't quite what I was expecting...it certainally hasn't met my expectations. My expectations were ZERO careless mistakes. But my paper was full of it. And Mr Ong says that our class the other paper did worse than this one. I hope it's not applicable to me...I can't afford to lose my maths marks. It's after all to pull up the chinese...
Well, nevermind. Back to home stuff. I spent one full hour (7pm to 8pm) trying to reason out with my youngest sister. Apparantly younger kids nowadays have zero respect huh. She was like hollering the whole house down over a stupid piece of paper from a memo pad which could have been easily thrown away. I swear that you wouldn't want to know the details behind it...
You must be thinking: "you got to be kidding right? - that's the cute sister..."
Yea right. She started off with hollering at the maid, then hollering at me. HA. bad decision. eventually I won of course. ahha. Then I made her cool down. Then I started some lecture on her attitude - well, mum's not home, dad's not home, so I got to do it right?
LoL. Then my other sister and the maid started LAUGHING at my lecture (:
It's because of my analogies I guess - even after my sister cooled down, she was still protesting her point of view - then I was like telling her there were better things to do other than holler and holler. Then I remember saying something about Ah Longs in Coffeeshop I think...Then while my youngest sister just started crying all over again, my other sister and the maid just started to laugh from the other room.
Darn. Then I was like trying not to laugh but yet laugh - result was atrocious I tell you...
So how did it end right? Well, my youngest sister just decided she agreed with the others' point of view and started to smile -.-
Ah whatever. At least I got all of them to smile again right? haha...I had 1 crying girl and 2 angry people on my hands...What do you want to do?!
Yucks. That's the bad thing about age gaps between siblings I guess.
LoL. My youngest sister is like eight years younger la...
Well Well. that's all then...
There seems to be some problem with cbox at the moment - can't post anything, so...
Some replies:
Weilin: haha...thanks!
Fangqi: o.0 Well, then jiayou! hope you get good results too!
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Friday, May 09, 2008
I reckon I'm the first one to post amongst geography students - lol. the paper just ended half an hour ago
About the mid years, nothing much I guess - I guessed I did just average. hmm...
Maths was a terror. I reckon I should have done more practice and not more or less just walked in -.-
Geography was A-ok. As I said to Pris and Val, my hand vomitted. I asked for 2 more pieces of paper (:
Reckon I'll get an A for Geography - just praying that it's a high one.
On another note, Mr Ong says our class topped the level for the MCQs. But then, I was thinking right - that's almost as good as not saying. Coz you may do quite badly as compared to the rest of the class - anything is possible I guess - I'm just hoping and praying I get my A1 for all sciences.
English was WHOA. haha - I went to do the government one - started talking about GIC and Lee Kuan Yew: I wonder who marked it (: Whoever marked it is going to have some fun with my examples - I went from Lee Kuan Yew to Tang Dynasty (: (:
Chinese Composition: SHALL NOT TALK ABOUT IT. never never talk to me about this essay.
Chinese Comprehension: Still quite ok - hope I get a B3 (:
SS: ok - Write until hand break le la...
Well, that's all folks!
On to the first poem since longlonglong time ago:
This one's going to be about something that just happened in the news: please do not comment on the content (:
Someday
Someday I just long to be free
Away from some monster I can't see
He just walked in with thigh
And changed my life
It's just walking about
In this underground world
That makes me wanna holler
Till perhaps mama up there can hear
I was just a mere twenty
Now reached double
Stuck in this crazed world with three
And some bunch of rubble
You expected me to give up my life
Just so you could have a little
That was not only fire
Thrown on dead skitters
Now I'm found herein
Living with UV
Stuck in the dungeon
How you're gonna heed?
Yea you told mama
I'm just a bad girl lost
A bad girl who wants you to turn host
But did you consider you being papa?
Maybe you think this is all rust
But it's only the beginning
You just ruined my trust
Of loving you once before ma's ring
See you in court.
Yepps. That's it (:
I'm going to start my destressing sessions now - haven't slept well since this term started :(
Teachers are kinda insane with giving work (:
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Monday, April 28, 2008
3 more days to mid years - I'm wishing for my shooting star even as I use my abilities to conquer what I can.
Just a few random things:
Guides Sec 4 is parting after mid years
We're out of Scrabble competition (:
After Mid Years I'm going to chiong my NRP 2008 - SSEF 2009 doesn't seem too far
Today Mr Ong gave us some random questions from year 5 which didn't turn out too tough...
He also says that the new maths portal is a good place for questions - I shall try them...
Ms Or claims that Science teachers plan to kill us off for mid years - I hope that's not true...
She went on to say Geography isn't going to kill - I wonder if that's true
My sister cannot see patterns in maths - I hope she aces her mid years nevertheless - I'm her part tutor!! [after mum (: ]
Piano's slow-going - Ding Ning and Wang Jia are making me feel bad about my standards of piano...they do 3 hours per day leh!
Dad's birthday coming soon - I've no present yet!
Helter's really energetic these few days - I've been doing the feeding by hand (:
Okies...cheerios! I think the next post will be after mid years!!
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Lol. Well, there is a first time for everything. This is my first time going up (: So yea. Good achievement that I didn't freak out (: Next time, I shall not shake (:
After school on Monday was Pulau Semakau! Now we can all say we have been to a landfill which does NOT stink (: We were playing concentration all throughout the trip. I was "KFC's Finger Looking Good" *puts up the thumbs up sign on BOTH hands*.
Tuesday was maths test - Mr Ong marked the papers in front of us. and stopped right in front of my paper. I'm not complaining though. I don't want to know my marks. I think I screwed that paper -.- According to Wang Jia's answers la of course. Apparantly he got full marks. So if my answers differ, then my answers are wrong...
Wednesday, which is today, was a uber slacky day. But also tiring. Today I went lab - and thanks to Wangdi and Zhong Ming, I found a nice comic site to use to destress (: It was talking about the life of being part of a laboratory. Darn cute (: Best thing was that the same thing was happening at the very same moment we were reading the comic.
Full details: www.phdcomics.com
Well, it's 11.40pm now. Sleep time. Night!
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hassie left me. It's the second hamster I've ever had and she moved on. She didn't even wait for me...It's as if she purposely didn't want me to see her at her last hours. When I was playing with her the night before, she was totally active, playing and climbing around the cage with the rungs as monkey bars. I would never have thought that was the last I saw of her...
About 2 weeks ago, she escaped from her cage, and hid underneath the refridgerator, refusing to come out. Not even when we lured her with food. Was that her original plan? Was it to die silently underneath the fridge? I'll never know.
So there goes the princess. Now all I'm left with is Helter the pauper. Somehow words cannot seem to describe the feeling I've got about her now. It's like one part of me says that I should treasure her and the other says it's going to be another sad event.
People are attracted and calmed by dogs, cats and other animals. I'm just most compatible with the hamsters and other mouse-like rodents. That's the way things are I guess...
Then again, as I said above, this week was achievement week. On wednesday 9th April, RV's Geography team bashed out all other competitors to come in 3rd in the ACJC "So You Think You Can Geog" Geography Quiz. and psst psst...we didn't even study for it, unless you count Mr Chan's few preparatory worksheets. 1st was ACS (I) and 2nd was RI.
On Friday, 11th April, RV's NRP galore stormed NTU to get 5 Golds and 1 Merit in NRP 2007. It was kind of funny. The usher at the door asked me:"Are you '07 or '08?" and I replied:"Both. But I'm coming for the prize." Half of the 2007 NRP ppl from RV are going into NRP 2008. So I hope we'll repeat the performance.
On Saturday, 12th April, RV Inter-School Scrabble Competition People walked into Queenstown Secondary with no preparation and won 9 out of 15 games played. I wonder if we'll be able to get into the next round.
Sadness in the eyes
Oh I can write the saddest of all poems tonight
The saddest poem
The sweetest poem
The maddest one that bites
The birds I know make it in the spring
Just before night's delicious close.
Just between the borders of April and May
I see a saddening day
Beyond the magical barrier
I can just glimpse the world over beer
Beyond that the sun seems to hesitate
As though I shouldn't take the bait
I see saddess in the eyes
See that captain moody's lie
See him crying
See him riging
With a parachute over his back
As the tears just runs down his rack
An eye can break a human heart
As quickly as a knife
We just wish the eye wasn't anywhere near the dart
But somehow miraculously it's just near the heart
So truely
Dangerously near
A cup of water
Capturing the last of it in bladder
Before releasing it out
But drops of tears is another
It leaves little trace
Save to remind us of how grief looks upon the face
I can see saddness in the eye
Remembering how that feels
I can see reddness in the eye
Looking at how the tears release in reels
I can see the tiny crystal gems
Just that I don't know how to catch 'em
Just why is it like that - oh I can see sadness in the eye...
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Saturday, April 05, 2008
Chinese was terrible. I think I'll be the one in class to fail that test. I totally did not understand what the passage was about and the words were too difficult for me to comprehend. Plus the fact that I could even be that unlucky to randomly choose the wrong answers - then, I'll be a goner.
Yesterday went with Charlotte and Isabel to BPP to search for presents for our dear _____, plus the cake and all (: It's going to be really special - hope she'll be pleased (:
At this time today, half the secondary 4s in the level will probably be at school, listening to teacher's comments and the principal's address. Actually, when you think about it, I believe that parents should be going to schools only every alternate year (: The teachers which you have in one year are almost the same as the one you'll have the next. So as long as you are a good student, the teachers don't complain about you and the same comments you got last year will be passed.
Ah well. This week's been a long one - study study and study. Thank goodness next week there is finally no tests. I'm underperforming, and I know it. All I can do now is to chiong the marks I lost in the past term, and believe that I can. I cried 5 times now that I recall. The stress is getting to me :(
Caged
The shining gold fell to the ground
Into the small of the grills
A dollar or two, bound
Rang in mils
Scavenging to find
The last bits of worth
Silver or gold, mind
Brought by doves
Somedays it's kinda fun
To finger these special papers
But what's the use of some
When caged is what you bear?
Sometimes they let me out for walks
To begin a song or two
Yet somehow everytime I hear mocks
From ants over the moon
A flame of rose-red bold
Seen by me by day
Crazed as I bey
A silent sign that I'll be sold
Somehow the last I remembered
Was a body half-covered by snow
And as others look on presenting a tear, I look adamant
For I was there only the last night of the year
Oh btw, Mich get well soon!
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Sunday, March 23, 2008
Well, the last week has been quite a good week, with loads of activities and enough sleep (:
haha. I'm beginning to realise that my optimum sleep time is 10 pm. I shall TRY to stick to it.
This week, I'll have 3 tests - namely english, geography and chemistry.
I just finished Chemistry mugging. Next up, Geography...
Woohoo. On Good Friday, it was REALLY GOOD - I learnt that we got GOLDS for NRP Symposium!!!
ahaha. Out of 9 people, 6 got awards. Out of 6 awards, 5 got GOLDS. Not bad eh?
We're the first batch somemore.
We got back our progress report on Thursday. Then I got a terrible awakening. I dropped like anything. and I'm now probably at the bottom half of the class - loads of people got much higher than me. What am I doing?!
and Biology's a C5. I can go kill myself. This time, I shall make sure I mug biology extra hard - and get at least a A2.
I just don't know why though. This year, grades lost much of their meaning. Grades just seem like a piece of paper now - I really don't understand why...
Ah well. This week shall be better!
Chiong ah!
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Friday, March 14, 2008
I think schools should just leave off the holiday homework and the projects over the holidays. Holidays are holidays for fun.
Well. As I'm typing this, a thought just flashed across my mind's eye. It reminds me that teachers always say,"Use the one week break to catch up with your work." In my opinion, that is pure unreasonable. I think if you want us to catch up with our work, you should not give homework right? So that we can better spend the holidays revising. hmm...
I suddenly realised that over this holiday, I've been coming back mostly between 7.30pm and 9pm. And yet, I can truthfully say it's not because I've been out playing. It's because of this committment called GMAC. I tell you, if we don't even win a prize, I'm going to scream and cry. I sacrificed the most of my holiday doing this you realise?!?!
Well, I'm not feeling particularly cheerful either, coz I reached home at around 7.45pm today. Just because Mr Chow insists that we do the work in school. But nevermind la. At least it's productive and we have finished the whole newsletter...
Due to that, I didn't have a chance to have a go on my piano today :(
My piano's been brought forward to tomorrow at 12nn - that means I probably wouldn't have must time to practice. Oh no. I didn't even practice much of the scales this week. Someone's going to kill me slowly tomorrow :(:(
hmmhmm...tomorrow I plan to start on my Geography then start on Maths revision and other subjects' revision. Do hope I have enough time and am efficient enough!!!
kkz...It's 11.30pm le. Goodnight world! (:
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Well done Fire Com! We did it! haha. No trial but it burned nicely! (:(:
Thanks to Scouts especially Jun Wen that group for helping with the fire and giving us your long mu, so that the fire can burn upright.
Sorry to gateway that few people climbed your structure that you all worked so hard for...simply because it was too dark.
Sorry to the NPCC and NCC who couldn't see much of the campfire activities because you were too far out. Then, as a result, you enjoyed nothing much.
Oh I wanted to talk about Fire Com prep too.
hah. We originally had 2 quadripods too. To suspend the jester. Me and Phyllis climbed up both quadripods with no strings attached and just pulled and pulled the jester to the middle. Then, we both came down and started sticking the cotton wool, wood sparklers into the pit with Isabel.
Suddenly, Isabel screamed for Phyllis to look out or something. Then Phyllis took a few steps to her right. Then the quadripod fell right between me and Phyllis. What the. The wind blowing across the field was so strong?!!
Nevermind. As a result, all the teachers wouldn't allow us to use the quadripods anymore. So we had to make do with the jester in the pit -.-
Anyway, I was darned proud of the pit because we finally made the colours from the sparklers stand out over the fire, something we have never done before in previous years, even though we kept trying to use them (:
I'm super disappointed with all my Fire Com people too. The whole fire pit seems prepared and cleared by Isabel, Phyllis, Shin Fung and me. What happened to the rest? I'm sure I had more Fire Com members than them.
Also, Sec 1s, I know you are not from any committee, but please lift your butt off from the chairs and help wherever you can ok? Don't wait for people to ask you for help. Have initiative, but remember that not everyone is needed at every time, but you people can take turns. This campfire is yours even at the moment you step into guides and sign that registration form.
This camp can be considered in many ways than one as a huge breakthrough in RVGG's history. Simply because the Sec 4s did not sit down and shake our butt while the juniors suffered. We did it with you people. The camp was also not too slack not hiong, because we did all our punishments separately instead of lumping them on the last day and killing ourselves slowly. At the same time, we had loads of fun too, with all the games and skills training.
I distinctly remember lesbianing with Veronica under the stars (: haha. No la. We were lying with our backs on the track, counting the stars, at the little pit meant for hurdle jumping near the Sec 3 container block, while waiting for some people to find us. Everyone who walked past thought we were crazy. haha. Ms Lai thought we were really mad I tell you. She walked past and looked and looked. Then we told her we were hiding for patrol games :D
Oh and SSEF is over, it was a great experience. There was this guy who came up with his own mathematical theory and he is sec 4. OMG right?
I also met a former RVian. Who was Mrs Lee's Physics student. and he is in School of Physics and Applied Physics now. haha. He told me that Mrs Lee apparantly stripped him of his chairperson role and said he couldn't do physics. Well, she's wrong I suppose?
He apparantly wants to get in touch with the school and wants to give a talk on scholarships (: Maybe I'll see him soon? (:(:
Well, there is a Chinese Composition awaiting me that I have to finish by 12pm, so that I can bring to school by 1pm then go do GM proj...
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Now it's already tuesday. and I just heard that Fire Com's campfire proposal is REJECTED.
Now there shall be no JESTER. No JESTER at all.
No centerpiece. No nothing. GONE.
They could have told us earlier...but no...
Tomorrow's SSEF 2008. What can I do for Fire from SO FAR AWAY? I'm at SCIENCE CENTRE - darn it.
hmm...Nooooo.
Well, back to happier stuff. For maths today, Mr Ong taught Calculus. Upon doing flipping, I realised that its formulas are easy to use, but the concept behind it is hard to master. But I shall do it.
And Physics was kind of fun too (:
Did the drawing of a magnet's magnetic field with the help of a compass (:
Looks a little like a spider (:
and I think my chinese has help le. I finally passed a chinese composition!! Now I just need the last composition of mine to pass and then I can pass chinese nicely!!
Chemistry's QA test was kind of fun too (: had a nice time mixing everything - haha (:
and Geog's starting on Plate Tectonics: Earthquakes (: Ms Or don't go too fast wor...I want to learn stuff too (:
Tmr's Judging Day already and my script isn't ready...Boooo...
Chiong ah! I've got to get it done asap, so I can rehearse!!!
ok...So bye ppl! (:
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Monday, March 03, 2008
As for physics, apparantly I either just made it or need a little more to make it. Ohno.
Well, truth be told, I'm doing terrible for chinese too. I've got a 31/70 for compo. Plus the jianbao, plus the test and I'm considered a total goner. Shucks.
GPA is hovering tentatively at 2.9-3.0. How on earth am I going to pull that up?
Anyway, tomorrow's a totally new day. and I shall make sure I do darn well to keep the niceness of the day.
Whoohoo. Tml's the preparation for SSEF 2008! aha. CAN'T WAIT!!!
SSEF 2008: Hope we win with Silver or higher!!
I'm Dreaming For My Shooting Star
I stand amidst the shores of blue
Along the waves-tortured hue
And holding in my hand
The tiny grains of sand
Slowly I let them sink down back to the floor
Through my fingers to the moor
Standing by the side of shore
While I weep silent tears of sore
It seems we were not wrong
To deem my days a dream
Writing nights and days like songs
In a single mean
I'm dreaming for my shooting star
Screaming for release from the bar
Oh can't I save that single gleam
Or is all we see just hope amidst another dream?
Let me go and bang on my piano now (:
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Saturday, March 01, 2008
Next week's SSEF 2008. it means I'll be missing all my lessons. Can't believe how much there is to catch up on...
Ah well...
and I'm starting to believe the weather just clashes with Fire Com. It's not the first year this had happened le. Everytime we schedule a trial, it just has to rain. and it just happened today -.-
ARGH. Now we'll probably never have a trial before the actual campfire. Good luck Mr Chua. If the fire doesn't light, don't blame me. It's not our fault. The weather just clashes with us. anyway, I think we shall sabotage the fire. We shall spam kerosene and if the field burns, good luck.
There's another tragedy which could happen though. That is if it rains on the campfire day itself. Then I'll really love the weather. It's not supposed to dampen all our spirits -.-
Whoohoo...Gateway rocks! haha. oops. not supposed to say that, but then, the structures are really cool...and I helped a little (:
Today I stood on the mu with no strings attached (: haha. Then helped yingying and yuting with the masheng tying (:
kkz. It's now 11.40. I spent only around 14 mins (:
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Thursday, February 28, 2008
I'm averaging quite low now, and there's 2 terrible Cs in the record. Hopefully I can pull it up higher soon. They aren't giving out report books for Term 1 I think. So I may be able to push them up to Bs?
Wednesday was also kind of suay. I was late for lab meeting, so decided to take a taxi. I looked into my wallet and saw 1 orange note and 2 pink ones. Apparantly I didn't look too closely huh. I boarded the taxi, then decided that $14 should not all be used up on taxi fare. So I told the taxi, Dover MRT station please. Then the meter started, and I was nearing the MRT and I saw. Whoo. $6 fare (: Then later the taxi stopped, and the taxi driver tabulated the $$. $8. I was... -.- I took during peak hours. noo.
Took out my wallet, then opened it, pulled out the orange note then went OMG. I had an old $2 note which was orange + 2 plastic $2, and dumb me thought that that totaled $14 :(
Thank goodness the taxi driver was nice. He allowed me to pay $6 only...yay for that taxi driver!
Well, back to today:
Long day which started with maths - Mr Ong isn't teaching.
He is spamming us with questions -.-
Then BREAK! Si Rui brought Potato Pie! =D
Then Biology and Geog.
Then SS - omg - SS was ok I guess...what I don't get is why we Geog students who opted out of history lessons still have to do SS which is now based on History...Northern Ireland!
Well, then it was Break again then HCl.
HCl is talking session + do one close passage time...
I got picked again. Apparantly it's because I haven't said stuff for a long time. Talked about the open culture of nanchiau or Chinese high...
Then after a break of 40 min, it's Maths Talent Class again! haha.
The class was kind of lagged and easy compared to the earlier lessons, which required more brain power. So I ended up doing Chemistry Assignment. Not too bad use of time I guess.
Well, next week is SSEF le...I'm going to miss so many lessons :( I'll be lagging at Hall 2, sitting there and waiting for the 3 Judges to come over to our booth, so that we can start explaining...Not exactly very interesting, but it's essential if we are to aim for at least a Silver?
We're going into a new Maths topic next week le. I do hope I can catch up :)
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Friday, February 22, 2008
My strategy this year is to finish with the test, never be depressed and just move on. Life's just too short to moan over insignificant events.
Take english for example. I'm dropping. Maybe Mr Wee will put me in thinking class. apparantly I'm incapable of thinking critically because my grades show that I failed in the GP portion. and now I have to redo an essay I totally don't know what to write about.
Well, as for Bio, Mr Chow's words say it all. "Not so well done". Or something along that line. Well, when the teacher says that homeostasis will be covered and this will be linked to the excretion and digestive portions, you are supposed to know that you are supposed to study excretion and digestion too and not the portion that relates to homeostasis. Oh man. I should have studied more critically. See? That's proof that I can't think again. Thank goodness I at least glanced at the set of notes before doing the test. Or I think I'll be crying by now.
and that would be something, because I don't remember crying a single time this year. Not over tests, not over sad shows, not over things in my life. Apparantly, there are no good sad shows.
Chemistry seems further away, I can't remember a thing about it, except that HCl is not the slowest acting acid. Or something like that. When they modify the paper for different classes, maybe they should keep the standard about the same. fastest acting acid is so easy to find can? It's obvious it's H2SO4.
Maths seems further. Somehow, I always end up sleeping in maths class these days. Is it my problem or the syllabus' problem? I sleep the same time I do as in last year. I think it's most probably because we're still going too slow. Well, I know all that stuff about us being faster than the other classes and all that, but then I think we're still too slow. Don't know why. Well, last year I had to do the maths questions at home. This year, I've upgraded. I'm doing it in class. Why? It's simply either because the questions are too little or too easy to complete. Don't know why either.
and I get the general gist that I'm not listening too much in class. Many teachers are calling me halfway through class huh...either ask me questions or what. I should wake up and be more alert. I know, I know. Maybe 2nd last row isn't such a great idea. I hope ALL lessons speed up soon. They are far too slow. All of them in fact. Is it because we're in an IP school so every teacher thinks that they've got all the time to drill us this year? I hope not. Because this mentality is definitely flawed.
Today, went off to IMCB A*star complex for the GM press conference. Apparantly it's a waste of time - I could have been at CCA doing more constructive stuff with Fire Com.
Why on earth do they ask professors and experts to chair the conference when all of them answer each question with a general reply? It's not as if they give in depth answers. I think all those answers they gave, we could have easily derived them ourselves. This goes to prove the fact that an expert in a field most probably cannot express their views well to others. They require to put all findings on paper and after careful thought.
The only takeaway from the GM conference would be that there is an increase in the amount of prize money. Now the top prize is $1000 borders voucher. best thing is that if we win it, the school can't get anything from it, because it is a voucher and not cash (:(:
Then there's also the issue as to whether I should be going to Geog or Science on 9th April. Why are both in the afternoon?!?! hmm. got to give them the answers by next week. Think Rita! I need to decide which one I'll be going with...
Moving on to today - THINKING DAY!!!
haha. well, Mr Wee got us thinking what are we going to do in Year 5. But that seems so far away. I want to join something with the same guides I've grown to love for 4 years, but that seems quite impossible. It's hard to leave now that we've started. RVGG '08 Year 4s, we leave our mark with a GOLD. may we strive for excellence wherever we end up next year.
Random:
-Poem is at a stop. I've just got too much on my mind. Poeming doesn't release the pain. Maybe piano might. I'll drop by it later...
-Ventures? Outdoor Adventure? how many are going there?
Today's only the 22nd of Feb. But it feels like time is going so fast already. Maybe what the teachers say is right. Time is going faster and accelerating every minute. Soon 2008 will turn to 2009 then we'll all be in Boon Lay. Then 2009 turns to 2010 and it's YOG and A levels. Time sure passes fast. Next wednesday we'll know the criterions for subject combinations next year already. I seriously need to pull my grades up higher if I want my H3 Subjects...
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Changed my blogskin one more time. All because my previous skin's host site suddenly crashed - it wasn't from blogskin.com...
Well, this one is, and I sure hope it's more reliable (:
Just wanted to say all's well with my voice, except for the slight hint of husky, it's almost 100 % cured. I'd say about 90%
Maths and Chemistry tests were on today...
Maths was surprisingly quite easy. At 4.20pm, 20mins after the test started I think, I was done with the paper and was looking at the clock. and I was SO scared ok? I thought I had like missed a question or something. Everyone else still seemed to be chionging and chionging. Then there was dear pris next to me. She was furiously pressing on her calculator. THAT made me nervous - I didn't remember calculating that much... Thanks alot...lol.
Then for Chemistry test, well, it was a chemistry test. You don't know whether your answers were correct and you pray hard that it was (: Chemistry never needed much studying - not as much as Biology, but you needed to know your QA and logical thinking quite well I guess?
Well, I've realised time and time again that my timetable seems quite packed. I sometimes wonder why. hmm. and someone beside me keeps saying her timetable's empty. Why's that I wonder?
Guides is ToMoRRoW and I finally get to see all this talk about my juniors. GOSH. I wonder how they'll compare to us (:
Somehow, I always get the mentality that Sec 1s always come in with some attitude problem then as they go up to Sec 2 or something, they start to change and finally become mature. I hope this batch can immediately switch to the mature part. I don't want to see all my fellow Sec 4s being disappointed and start crying again.
I made a pact with myself that I shall not cry over my juniors' attitude, no matter what. I wonder how long can I stay like this. I realised that all the PLs have cried at least once I think? except dear me. am I too weird? hmm. maybe just unemotional.
Conditioning can do that to you. Apparantly, if you see/do too much of something, it'll soon become nothing.
Take the firing cum shooting sprees in these few years. they are increasing. But somehow, I become numb-er with each article. Last year, I'd be saying OMG. This year, I looked at it and say "Chey - what's wrong with these people?"
Just a random addition:
I'm 16 this year. Somehow I feel I've become alot older in 2 months. I think there is something seriously wrong with me. No matter what.
If you'd just look at the blogs of Sec 4s this year, especially ranked people, you'll see the trend. More people are dropping into the Emo-ing state. I wonder why...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Saw this on Fiona's blog, so koped it.
YEA! Sec 4s, we did it! It's finally a RVGG GOLD which we have been waiting for for about 4 WHOLE years. 5 years ago, we're the gold company. This year, we shall all be represented by that shiny plaque that we're getting this saturday on Thinking Day! GO RVGG!
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Somehow I just feel really depressed today. Over nothing much. Just the weird attitude in me.
I think I feel tired and sick at the same time.
How long can I keep this up?
It's like sec 4 life is fun and exciting but taxing at the same time...
Am I doing too much or am I just inefficient?
Should I do this or would doing that be better?
What kind of attitude has manifested itself in me? I really don't know.
All I know is that in this crazy new world, I can be high and happy on one day and totally out of it in the other. Maybe today's just one of those days.
I want to scream, cry and more, but somehow I think it's socially inappropriate - after all, I've got nothing to cry about.
Perhaps I wasn't suited to all this. Perhaps my voice wasn't supposed to be here at all. Perhaps nothing went right.
I'm Emotional. Yes I am. and at the same time I'm cynical. Maybe.
Somehow on such weird days I just want to lie on my bed and forget everything that's been happening or just sit in front of the computer playing my way in some reality-absurd world.
Maybe it's just the societal norms which are affecting me. Or maybe it's just the propaganda.
Mr Wee was talking all about the propagandish things and the fact that people often do not accept the things that are true. Is this what is happening to me?
I'm a committed forum-er and I've heard all the complaints and listened to their answers. Yet none of them can apply to me.
I've just got the feeling I'm slowly being strangled and am living the life of someone else's. Does everyone experience that phase or am I the only one? I don't know anymore...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
V day is over I guess? and dear Pris is feeling glad she didn't have to smash the spirit today. Maybe next week she'll have to (:
Got lots of V day presents, but I think it's kinda bad, but thanks! ahhh...you know how tempting it is to see all those sweets and chocs I can't eat? hmm nvm. hopefully I'll have recovered by next week and can start eating them again - then I'll have sore throat all over again? (:
Well...got stuff from my angel too, I reckon it's a guy...lol. nvm...thanks alot anyway!
ha. and I guess having sore throat has its benefits too? Zhang laoshi wanted everyone to talk in her class and I just had to say I lost my voice so cannot discuss (:
So I just sat there like an idiot throughout Chinese class...Pris, Fangqin, ShuHui and Wangjia, who are all my nearby mates all went to Sungei Buloh, the others around me went ZuoWenBan and I didn't want to talk to the 2 behind. and Val didn't have time to sneak over before Zhang laoshi came. So basically I was stuck alone at the back of the class...
Anyway, a pleasant surprise came for me when I packed my bag. LoL mich! you didn't have to hide mentos so secretly right? haha. nvm. At least I got it. and mentos isn't heaty so I shall chomp on them. Thanks anyway!!! (:
After school was Maths talent. We got some 21 yr old called Mr Chen [Yes as in like in Claire Chen (:] to teach us and he is SUPER IMBAH. At a age as young as him and he is teaching senior catergory for SMO le. Plus the fact he was from Hwa Chong. I think he is aspiring to be Dr Soon (:
Oh and I've been surviving today on strepsils. which would explain why my throat feels ok, just that no sound comes out nicely...
I can't sing higher than a Lah or the A on the piano right hand (if you start from middle C and work your way upwards). That's the current status of my voice anyway.
I just had a nice walnut cake. chunky walnuts in cake. That's the maximum for heaty foods I shall go le. I WANT MY VOICE!
Shall go think over Singapore Studies Homework then start doing some preliminary reading for Biology and Chem(: Next week is Math, Bio and Chem tests. and Maths and Chem are on Monday :/
Nevermind. I plan to do well (: must have the positive mentality (:
4E shall own! Quoted: "Leave no room for others". go ask any 4Emo-ian what this means (:
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
My VOICE is GONE!
Reduced to a hoarse voice that is unlike House's (according to pris), by the time we left Mr Ong's house yesterday night.
Then, this morning realised that it was clearer than ever. At least the 1st 10 words or so when I woke up.
Then, went to eat breakfast and somehow over breakfast, it showed its true colours. Voice went hoarse like anything. "Sexy" claims some people.
Then, after school, I was practically hissing already. Whispering was too soft. So I went hissing. gosh. I'm now sounding like a snake.
Went home and then my sis claims that my voice is cute. ARGH!
Anyway, back to Mr Ong's house yesterday night. We all crowded into a little house *psst* in clementi, near the police post *psst*.
Well, after cca the whole class (or a majority) met and went to Mr Ong's. He was clad in slippers (:
Anyway, at Mr Ong's house, we got to see a glimpse of his "partner" (this is not my idea btw - someone said. I forgot who) as well as his fishes.
and OMG, he has got 3 tanks of fishes!!!
and then, his ROOM was more surprising. Think cozy and fairytale. lol. his room is carpeted and he has 5 pillows I think. The furnishing looks like the bedroom in one of those castles or something. lol. everyone thought his room was so cool can. It's like Tv, laptop, study desk, ironing boards and all crammed into one room that's I think the standard normal HDB room size (not master bedroom!) The best part is that it doesn't really give you the impression that it's crammed. It's too neat and looks like a showroom kind of thing...
At Mr Ong's we lau yusheng and ate fried rice...then played the game of concentration. and I got truth twice. haha. Sorry Wang Jia, but yea, you're the nicest guy in class - yea. but dun keep koping my answers (:
then Mr Ong joined in - unicorn has the horn split (insider joke - be in 4E)
Well, move on to today - Geography test was surprisingly ok, thought that I'd have died since I spent so little time studying. So far, my A1's still in position?
During PDP/Assembly, we had this Total Defence talk. Well, I believe that there a need to do some discussion, but I think Ms Chia was wrong. We love Singapore ok. It's same as the concept of parental love. You don't need your parents to say they love you in order to know they love you right?
Actions speak louder than words and thus I think that it is not fair to criticise our batch based on 4 batches before us. We can show Total Defence by just starting with our neighbours! - just be nice to them and help out whenever possible - that is a form of psychological and social defence isn't it?
and Valerie - argh. Don't act on impulse! lol. and stop bashing about nothing!! haha. but anyway, as I gather from Pris later on - Total Defence to Elitism is a big jump, but somehow, the essence is there. and lol. The arguement is adapted from 1984!!!
Valerie, stop relating everything to 1984 ok! we're far from 1984 (:
Well, I'm listening to Disney CDs now. Don't ask me why but I suddenly felt like it. Now playing is Lion King's Can You Feel The Love Tonight.
and oh. I just spent 15 min on this post. An improvement from my previous entries I suppose? I wonder if I'm typing faster already (:
Friday's Chinese Test. I hope I do well - I have to get my standard up and up - I don't want to do Chinese at JC level - it'll only pull my average down by a whole lot...
Friday's also SSEF briefing day. I hope the SSEF requirements aren't too challenging - I need to find time to do that on top of everything else...
Oh and did I mention that I finally got my dear EDUSAVE SCHOLARSHIP? 2 months of transaction before I get it. MOE must be really slow...
Well, no matter - I'm richer by 300 dollars (:
This year I shall continue striving for my scholarship (:
300 dollars, here I come!!
Oh and for people who are in the know of my space, go stay tuned to it! Thanks to everyone who has been going to support (: comments are welcome of course (: I shall try to update on weekly/fortnightly basis!
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Sunday, February 10, 2008
1st day 2nd day 3rd day over. But not all visits are complete yet!!!
Well first day, we went to 二伯's house and messed up? lol. Not really la.
Zhiwei grown a entire yard and now he is so much taller than me? He's 18 this year - NS and stuff...and he has got the worst job in the army. haha. height advantage = "scout" = 1st to appear on the battlefield, last to return home, and most probably the 1st few shot in a real war. lol.
Jiahao's not bad too. He's only older than me by one year and it's like WOW. he is even TALLER than zhiwei le. ohmygosh. growing beans. But he can't do standing broad jump though. Makes you wonder huh.
and of course Klement and Kendrick spent the day stuck in front of the com, playing Maplestory. Is it really THAT nice?
Then we went to 婆婆's house and had the longevity noodles and bird's nest and leftover abalone from the night before! Then halfway through yee suddenly appeared round the door and yes, she's rounder than usual. maybe it's because of the climate - she's just come straight from Changi Airport from Netherlands, where it's SNOWING!
Well, she came in teasing Xiao JiuJiu that he never follow her instructions - apparantly he's supposed to go downstairs with all her nieces (mum's family has all girls except one guy) and help collect the BIG boxes of luggage.
Sophie and John's family came SUPER DUPER late, so they only came in time for lauyusheng time! (or rather, we were all WAITING for them.)
Then in the afternoon, we went to 三伯's house, where we spent the time with xiao shu and everyone else watching Stephen Chow movies...then KFC!
Day 2 was Movie day! went to watch CJ7 movie with all of mum's family. CJ7 is ok I guess - but really, it needs loads of improvement. It's definitely NoT as nice as Stephen Chow's other movies. But the little fluffball's cute enough though. Speaking of movie, I wonder if Jack Neo's new movie's good? I may go and watch it.
In the afternoon, went to see the River Hongbao stuff. We played games and all three of us got matching bears (:
Day 3 is tuanbai day! Me, nat, sirui, pris, shuhui, xiumin went around everyone's houses to bai nian. We ended up watching House - and I can now see why pris loves it so much. House's a genius!
Day 4, today, I'm rotting in front of the com, typing this. Later Jeremy's whole family's coming over - they just got back from Genting - those lucky people. I think 姑丈's family went there, that's why.
Just some random stuff - a week has past and the flu and cough's still not cured - ahh.
My Homework pile is still there - will tackle it later.
here's some of the pictures of me and my sisters during Chinese New Year - yea. You can finally see the skirt (:
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008
but somehow, it doesn't really feel like one.
Homework for one, and other stuffs for two.
You know that I do not openly criticise people on my blog, but I really want everyone to know that 4E did their best in the video...
Although I admit I wasn't directly involved in the making due to commitments over the weekend, I really think we don't deserve to be disqualified. We gave it our all, we did it.
To whoever, I believe that it does not make any difference to see our class bleeding and crying over it, but some of us did...
Shall not say more, but for those interested, please look to youtube for our video. It has alot of hits :)
Anyway, Mr Wong came back today and 4E also had CNY cards made for all the teachers.
They look awesome ok? Oh, and Mr Ong gave angpaos...[[No money la...he's not married yet...]]
Yea...the CNY programme was quite ok this year, but I was like wondering - can the teachers sing? haha.
Mr Ong seems to be the only dominant voice there. Once he stopped singing, there was a great diffence. We couldn't really hear the other teachers. Or maybe it is because we were on the gallery so the sound waves didn't travel that far (:
After school, Michelle and the rest went West Mall I think but I didn't follow them...come on la. They want to go SO FAR leh. and my final destination in the afternoon is at Redhill...and I have to be there like around 2+ or so? so yea. Gave it a miss...
Nevermind - so I took 166 and on the bus, I got a call from joylynn...
Haha. She said they wanted to go back to FMPS (: So I joined them for a short while (: It's on the way lor.
Joylynn, Nicola, Nicholas, Kester, Joshua
Plus me of course...we went to bombard Mrs Quek (:
In recent years, she teaches only primary 6 classes. But of course, we were her first primary 6 class.
So she had one entire crowd of students around her and she asked us to stand in our groups according to year. Guess the old teacher thing never dies (:
She went up to us then said something like "my first primary 6 batch" and "your name is nicholas" and that she forgot the rest. She tried ok. She said to Nicola that she's Daphne or Rachel. Then she said Joylynn had no Christian name. Haha...
Most interesting one of course was that she turned around soon after to a group of last year's P6s and said she forgot all their names. Or something along that line anyway.
and they went "2 months only LEH"
Well, sad fact of life as the teacher - if you are too successful, you must make sure you read the yearbooks the day before and memorise it just like your lesson plan(:
Then before I left, I caught a glimpse of Qing Yi. LoL. I didn't know she was from FmPs!!! ahhh...wonder who was she taught by.
let's sidetrack a little. Forgot to mention that Cherie was the commander today, in the morning. haha. Sorry Cherie, but you really sounded like your voice broke (:(:
Ohno. My flu's still bad. Like really really bad. Thanks Dad for the herbal medicine you bought just now (: Btw, did I mention that I am kinda allergic to Western cough and flu medicine?
I realised that everytime I take Western cough and flu medicine, my illness just increases in intensity. So I switched to chinese medicine for good (: and it works (so far that is). Hopefully it will work to its fullest today, so that I can totally enjoy CNY.
Tonight is shou sui time and I think I'll be chionging my Biology assignment.
Till then, au revoir et bonne année!!
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008
I really don't know.
This morning in Geog Class I was getting high and saying WOW! I did it...
Then the lessons went on and in English Class, where I was having English Test, I looked at the paper and totally BLANKED OUT. A bystander would have been thinking that my results for English is going to be the extremities of a sine curve. Minus everything in the middle of course.
Come on. It's not as if I wanted to blame it on my FLU, but I really can't help it. Imagine: You were having some severe flu and went *sniff...sniff...SNIFF*.
So embarrassing. Worse still was the fact that I didn't have a single tissue on me at that time. Then it's a test right? you can't just turn around and ASK can you?
Arghh.
And then, in maths, we had to flame some people and flame ourselves over the maths test...
After school: CHIoNG to GUIDES! Oriole Flag POLE! hahahh.
and then Guides Reunion TEA!
and then chase Cherie around the field (lol)
Came back, started emoing over the english paper for don't know what reason.
I kept thinking: it's over, so get over it.
Once again, the piano and her music are my only solitude and comfort. *blamblam lalala*. The waves are of a good quality and tibre OK? I played it nicely.
Then, I switched on my PC and then saw this INCREDIBLE NEWS. We're IN SSEF '08!!! YAY
Hester and Edmund got in too I think?
Well, it's incredible ok. Of all the people, we made it!! credits to Zhong Ming of course (:
Briefing's on the 15th Feb. That means I'm going to have to miss Fire Com's session. Ohno :(:(:(
Many tests are coming up and tomorrow's finally the eve of CNY. Yippee?
ARGHH.
and I'm really getting lazy. You realise I haven't posted a PROPER GOOD POEM? argh. No inspiration. currently all i'm doing is copying other people's style of writing. I've really got to use my own style properly soon...
Ok. See you soon (:
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Sunday, February 03, 2008
And I FINALLY changed my blogskin (:
Was just browsing and browsing through the blogskins and tada - found this.
Looks really nice yea?
Well, the past week has been a great one, filled with fun and laughter etc.etc.
Then suddenly it's the weekend already.
Somehow, I seem to think that the school term is passing very very quickly.
It's definitely much faster than the previous years...
It's definitely going to be a blast of a sweet 16...
and I shall stop right here (:
I've wasted too much time on my skin - got to go do that assignment still lying on my table.
Till next time then!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
and just bounced my hands all over the piano to relieve stress. I swear it works. especially when you play difficult pieces and like totally do all the acciacatura and stuff. that was fun (:
I'm taking Grade 8 this year. Wonder if I can make the mark? well, if I can, it means that I can proceed on to Diploma. But then again, should I? I'll have to find another good teacher and so on le lor... Christofori has limited Diploma teachers. So I'll have to go to private?
ohman. can't we understand each other, be more forgiving, look at each other's point of view??? I am sick and tired of having people cry...I realised that more and more of us are crying after each activity. lol. At this rate, I'll start crying too lor.
Why, Why can't we be better? like at least, do our best? if you can't do it, fall out. if you can do it, persevere. Is that too much to ask?
HAIZ.
well, can't be bothered to emo all about this le...shall go on to more interesting stuff...
Today, during Bio, Mr Chow dissected a pig's eye. yea. AN EYE. With a pupil intact, optic nerve, blind spot and ALL. staring at you.
It even has the eyelid on.
GOSH. and what did Mr Chow do? without gloves, he stuck his fingers on to the eye, used the scapel and cut it. *OUCH*
More importantly, he actually DIGGED out the fluid contents, and turned it inside out, showing us that the front of the eye is TRANSPARENT and you can see his FINGER.
That's not the best part. Best part is that he took the lens of the eye out, prodded it with his scissors and said something along the lines of "The lens is hard".
As he said that, he prodded harder...and the lens BROKE.
and we were like... o.0?
oh. and just yesterday, he showed us the 3 different ways you can kill a rat: pull it straight, thereby breaking its spinal area; use chlorofoam; and SWING IT LIKE A LASSO AND WHACK IT ON A TABLE.
and he did the actions in mid air (the imaginary mouse apparantly landed somewhere on Mun Weng's head, or so I could tell)
and then he talked about the FROG and CHLOROFOAM. apparantly once the frog woke up while it was dissected and it was like "omg. what happened to my body?". A pity I must say...why didn't it have like a leg cut off already? may have gave it a bigger shock and it would die of fright. lol. ok. I'm saddistic.
Tml's LAB Day!
haha. Samir's presenting, so good luck to him! hopefully I can understand (: and luckily, I've got Li Chun and Zhong Ming to help me for March 12...
Well well. tml's meimei's birthday and fangqi's too...HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEOPLE!
will blog again soon I hope? I realised I'm getting less blog active (:
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Monday, January 21, 2008
Geography test has passed, and now's the time to mug Physics, which I haven't touch yet today. After I'm done with this post, then I'll go do something with it (:
Well, one thing about last thursday. It was the SLACKIEST day ever. Double maths - laglag and lagger. Mr Ong was not there, coz he brought choir people to Penang, and we got Mr Gan, who didn't teach too fast (: [maybe coz he didn't know he could do that with our class?]. Then break. Then Bio. COPY COPY COPY until my hand want to die le. Then later copy somemore for Geography test. lol. But almost zero brainwork needed for geography test. It was open book, and I did my homework, compiling the important points onto one sheet of paper (: So that was a fast speed test. Then SS, where Mr Chia gave a lecture and we all just sat and stared (: Then break. Then double chinese where there wasn't much to do, because Zhang laoshi went to bring the students for competition.
Friday was a fun day too. We had a entirely FREE period of CID, where I had time to spam my english essay properly...
Then FIRE COM!! I think our jester looks nice (: Everyone agrees so. haha. Jiayoux FiRe Com! may it be a SUPER memorable experience this year!
Now to the weekend before last.
We went to buy my new year clothes, and all the CNY decorations. and it is as a FAMILY. LoL. So, as usual, dad follows us everywhere first, then later we go makan or stay at home le then he goes with mum to get his. LoL. That's the problem with being the only guy at home I guess (:
Thanks to the combined persuasive efforts of my mum and sisters, I'm wearing a skirt for new year again [lol. cny's the RARE time of the year I will willingly wear skirts. okok. Not so willingly. But it's one of those rare times I will allow. Ah yes - that's also the time where I wear heels. So bottomline - if you want to see me in a 淑女look, go and search for me on CNY (:(:]
Well, about today. There is/was alot going on. Mainly the fact that it is a monday morning again. But surprisingly, I was EARLY today. haha. No monday blues!!
Anyway, for the next few days, Mr Wee's not going to come to class. So no entertaining english lessons le. Oh man. I do hope I stay awake! hm. and I've become Zhang laoshi's new target for chinese class I suppose? She's definitely calling me more often. and it's always when I'm sleeping at the back of the class. Maybe I shouldn't sleep so much. haha. But I can't help it. I'm finally understanding how come some people can sleep at the back of the class.
When the lesson isn't too entertaining and your teacher speaks real soft, there isn't anything you can do under the influence of the air-con :(
Speaking of the air-con, we people at the back reckon it's going to spoil. It's not as cold anymore...is it because we keep playing with it?
Hmm. That's food for thought I guess. and see if you can translate the french above! (:
OK. I'm off to do some studying and piano playing le. I'm going for Grade 8 this year! hopefully I get a merit or something, so I can cheerfully take my diploma. I'm still aiming for it dudes!
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Monday, January 14, 2008
From their native Japanese styles to Korean and eventually also Western, I think they made a Pro job. Those students are really talented. They can play their instrument, sing and dance - all 3 at an amazingly HIGH standard. Makes you think every single one of them are ultra talented.
And I saw a hiong guy. He was the one at the drums, whacking it with his life...then there were guys (yes, in plural) who were rotating their heads at high speeds, so as to get the ribbon to twirl.
The girls weren't too bad too. Great coordination of movements for all their dances.
The soloists were the best la I think. Especially that Jap professional with the traditional Jap instrument (: proness.
We changed seating arrangement today too.
I'm at the back of the class, with Yang Jie and Liang Hui.
Speaking of that, I wonder why Mr Ong keeps putting me with Liang Hui...
What happened to the rationale of sitting with a different person per term?
hmm...
Well, because of the new seating arrangement, Bio was Hilarious (:
The people at the back weren't tall enough to see the bottom of the projection screen when Mr Chow flashed his powerpoint slides - so everyone was like jumping up at irregular intervals, one by one, in order to copy notes (:
Anyway, after school...went to practice the horseshoe with COH ppl. FAILURE. HQ's instruction sheet is SO disappointing that we can't get it right :( tml, we are going to fall in slightly earlier to ensure we can practice it...arghh
and I'm so disappointed... :(
NTU sent me an email saying that my claim form isn't exactly complete. lol. coz they wanted me to use the standardised form! now my claim is only for like $125? noo. They originally said 200 de lor.
Well...free period this friday anyway. No CID (: so looking forward to it :)
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Monday - a LONG LONG day with lots of Practical lessons...
Tuesday - CCA COH day!
Wednesday - 0.o I ponned lab! (:
Thursday - Went out to yoshi with pris and val...
Friday - Planning com meeting!
Somehow, things don't look too right. Today, I did a zuowen that in my opinion sucked and was easily of primary school standards...who knows what am I going to get? -.-
O level's this year. It's quite near...In June, we'll be taking the O level Oral exams...
Today, we started off with Maths. I drew my tangent graphs opposite direction - negative infinity became positive infinity and vice versa...
Then, after break's Bio. Mr Chow spent time chionging Bio. He's like the fastest teacher we have so far. All the rest are SLoww...
No offence meant, but I think physics should be faster. All the rest have started on notes le, but we're still on intro...and maybe chem too? we only did practicals so far...
Geography...Muahahaa. ok. No details (: Just that we have to do assignments. Ms Or's boring as compared to Mr Chan! I wish his timetable didn't crash...I want him as my geography teacher! I loved geography especially last year lor.
SS. Mr Chia went through Northern Ireland. I honestly think that I'll be bored without anything to copy. Next week I shall bring my printed out notes to class (:
Mr Ong still hasn't changed seats. I'm hoping he'll never bother with it (: I don't mind (:
Did I mention that I'm a Gryffinclaw Puff?
Ok. Simply put, I took a House entrance examination test for Hogwarts (:
and my scores say that I score 86 for Gryffindor, 83 for Ravenclaw and 80 for Hufflepuff.
As for the last house, NO COMMENTS! let's just say my Slytherin score was only 50+
BIG DIFFERENCE!
As for any French fanatics present here...look to My Space for a poem - IN FRENCH (:
Put together by yours truely.
Not sure if the grammar's ok though, but it should be (:
It's about... ...hmm. shan't say. go look it up. you may need a dictionary though (:
That's all!
Ohno. haha.
I spent about 0.5 hours on this post.
Be in 4E to understand why I typed this (:
See you again soon ppl!
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Sunday, January 06, 2008
Well, maybe you are wondering why I never finished that post on the Beijing Trip. Guess I don't exactly have the time and energy to sit in front of the com straining to remember every detail. Maybe I'll never complete that post. Who knows?
Well, nevermind. A slight correction to that post though - Pris and Joyce were not in Beijing. They were in Shanghai. LoL.
Yepp. So on the 26th Dec, we had the Guides Christmas party, and it was a whole lot of fun. If only every of the 19 of us could be there and that there wasn't a PNA meeting to worry about (:(:
Needless to say, on the 2nd Jan, I came to school in Malan Road dressed just like all the other Year 4s - in the smart new school uniform. The funniest thing which probably happened then was that Val came in in the old school uniform coz she didn't manage to get it before school started. She came back to Singapore only on the 1st!
Well. A week has passed and everything's back into school mode - EXAMS UP NEXT!!! - and everyone's chionging to finish all the holiday homework again...
I'm geography rep and our new chairpersons are - *tada* - Stella and Gary (:
I think this year's gonna be an absolutely fantastic year ahead with all the great and outgoing teachers our class is so lucky to have (:
Emo's more bonded than last year I guess? Monday Mr Ong's going to give out the new sitting arrangements. I hope I don't have to sit somewhere I hate...
Now...Onward to say what happened on friday. Friday was CCA Trials. And I'm SO DISAPPOINTED. WTH...
We spent the afternoon since 2 plus tying all the structures. Then later it rained, and the beautiful flagpole we made didn't even get to stand up striaght.
And Year 2s, I'm so sorry but I'm going to criticise you HARD here. Why on earth do we have you tying a SINGLE dishwashing rack for 2 HOURS? Do you all have like self-respect? Or you think it's all just for fun?
2 Hours. nevermind that, but your structure can barely stand. Which makes me wonder were you all concentrating on it or not.
Next - HOW CAN YOU PPL LEAVE AXES LYING IN THE CANTEEN??? You all never die before ah? You have Year 1s who are still in primary school mode running around and a basket of axes are in the canteen. OMG.
Well. I've got nothing else to say le.
Hmm...after guides, CHIONG to Somerset!!! muahahahhaah...there, I found Li Chun, Zhong Ming and J & J. the rest were late (:
Then Buffet at Sakura! yumyumyum. and we tricked Samir to eat Wasabi!! and freaked Jocelyn out with durian! and saw Herry eat TONS of raw mussles! and saw Li Chun gagging with Wasabi! and Zhong Ming was furious that his Dory became Salmon (:
Ate and ate and ate till 9 plus. Then walked around Orchard Area and showed the foreigners the street buskers, Takashimaya (Taka for short - we kept saying Taka and they never did understand), Cathay Cineleisure (where all the rest looked at me when I said I can't go into the pool station - lol. i'm the only 15 year old...and was wearing school uniform).
Uhuh. Then we took public transport back home. Went back with some on the MRT. Then Samir said he was from Morocco. No wonder he didn't quite look very french. lol. he's a North African!! OMG.
haha. Yepps, then that's all for friday.
Now for saturday (:
Yesterday, My parents so nicely went to get me a new computer to replace the old one which can't work (I was using my sis's since last week of December when it gave up on me)
Now, it's a BEAUTIFUL new computer with free antivirus subscription for 3 mths, free microsoft office trial for 3 mths and a TERRIFIC OS of Microsoft Windows Vista...YUMYUM!!
Well. Fact about Vista: it's really cool - there's a notepad function on the startup screen, so you type in it then if you switch on the computer the next day, it reminds you of it (:
And it comes with a DVD RW (:
Then there's the clock and the beautiful slideshow function on the extreme right-hand of the screen, an interface that looks totally about the same as Mac and of course, a clever Brain. You know that last time whenever you plug in your internet modem to a new com you have to install? Well, this one is totally PLUG and PLAY. No manual installation for anything at all. Just click allow and then it just zooms and tada: they tell you to just use it.
Well, since everything looks different on this computer, I installed a totally different thing too. now on my computer, I've installed Open Office too. and it totally rocks. I might totally convert to it for good (:
Best thing ever: the cost price of this thing is so darn pro! it's like totally going only for a thousand?!?!
OMGOMG. I love it (:(:
Okie...that's all for today...blog again some other day again!
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Sunday, December 23, 2007
I'm finally back from China - the middle of of one of the most ancient civilisations - Beijing! A little lagged in posting, but nevermind, I guess?
Next year is the 2008 Beijing Olympics and everyone has been pestering us tourists to buy their goods all the way through - Beijing Olympics hats, aps, etc.etc. There were even kites on sale lehh...
Day 1: 15 December: King Journey...
Touchdown! Just down from SQ 812 and we immediately headed out to find our guide, who turns out to be a really round and jolly guy, by the name of xiaozhao.
Then onwards to breakfast then to our hotel of 3 days: 和喬鹿緻 (Chateau de Luze) found in Chaoyang District.
At 12noon sharp, we went to 故宫. Did you know that there used to be 9999.5 rooms? coz heaven is said to have 10000 rooms and the emperor can't overshoot that...
Later we went to 天安门广场, got to see Mao Ze Dong's face...
For dinner, we had something called "皇帝餐", which was actually quite nice except that the Beijing taste is a bit warped...they put sooo much SEASONING can???!?!? It's like SUPER saltish?
Yea, then after dinner, we went to watch an acrobatic show - there were people swinging on ribbons, poles, etcetc...you name it, they probably had it...
Day 2: 16 December: Queen Journey...
6.30 am, morning call, ate hotel breakfast, then onward to The Great Wall of China!!!
We climbed up something like
over 5 gentries at top speed
Tada...here I am with my sisters (:
With the background behind (:
Guess I'll just continue this post later? 7 days trip is LONG to type out (:
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
First off, I'd like to say that I'll be overseas the whole of the next week and beyond (:
yepp...all the way to China, maybe will be able to see Pris and Joyce at Peking University or something (:
Well Well ... ... onwards to the Great Wall of China ... just checked the temperature there - it's going to be -4 degrees or so. ehh...lower than melting/freezing point. Does that mean that I'll freeze there? haha. you shall see a ice pop shaped me after China trip (:
whee...shall take loads and loads of photos there, then choose one for the photojournalism stuff...
Okie okie. Don't talk about trip le...
Talk about today!
Spent the whole day in the lab...rotted there for 2hours per interval I think. Coz needed to wait till the samples are ready for the next stage. and OHNO. NMR time is next week!! I won't get to see the results firsthand then? I was so hoping to conduct 2D NMR myself...
and Dr Phan doesn't seem to have given me the lecture on sequential walking. hmmhmm. is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Well, good luck to you Zhong Ming...you shall teach me everything once I get back from China (:
Aha...that's all folks! Tmr will be going to AWARE centre to settle the administration...then tada...restrest and a midnight fly to Changi Airport le!
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
just came back from Emo Chalet...
You know what?
3E,F,G and H all there nia!
Spent like quite a while watching <<1>>...
Then ate a bit of BBQ, then came home.
Realised that there were more guys than gals.
Gals only have me, veron, yujun, mildred, weilin, yuxin and sherrie. and only yuxin, sherrie and mildred are staying over.
Then, guys got quite alot lor. Much much more. 10 or more I think...
OH. and in the morning, I was at AWARE centre!!
muahahhaha. next time anyone goes near to the AWARE centre, pop in and see our creations on the AWARE notice board k?
It's the nice and colourful one (:
kkz...going to go off now...
Goodnight then! I'll post again soon (:
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Monday, December 10, 2007
You know, just today I was experimenting with new blogskins. I copied them onto the template, pressed "View Blog" - and tada...it all got messed up. Don't know what's wrong...Maybe I should tamper with the html a bit more. That's what happens when you try to personalise your blogskin.
I was trying to add my photos to the blogskin, and make the photos animate by themselves. Then I messed it up. LoL. will spend another few hours on them another day to perfect I think... don't know when that'll be though...
Yea. Then today, went school, then saw Mr. Ong...walking out of school. haha. Wonder why he was walking out of school at 8.30am - I didn't ask...
All the teachers' pigeon hole lables were mostly taken out...so all was left are a few "high-rank" teachers' ones...
So, had a hard time finding out where on earth Mr. Chow was...In the end, I could have kicked myself. The answer lies in technology. LoL. In the end I smsed him to meet me at the library. Dotdotdot.
After that, got all the SSEF stuff sorted with him, then went home to slack a while. Then, FLY to NTU!!!
muhahahha. Nitrogenous bases are finally here (:(:
Went assigning new names to Bm1-U16...then chucked the codes all into the synthesizer...
Then sat there and yakked my way through with J and J (Joefina & Jocelyn)...
Prof Phan apparantly wants a retreat - in Singapore - and suggested it when it's in Dec (Rainy season). Tough decision.
In the end, we gave up thinking and thought instead of J & J's farewell party - they are leaving le!!! nooo...they were so nice to help me with deprotection today somemore...
I did 2 sets of synthesis and little else lar. nth to do...rotted in front of the computer screen in the lab all the way through. and whoops...I forgot to check the yields for the synthesis afterwards. Clever Me...
Yepps. That's my day in a nutshell (well, not really, but close enough).
Tml's a long long day again! starting with CIP at AWARE, then later onwards to 3Emo Chalet! woohoo...
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Monday, December 03, 2007
It's been a really troublesome week...arrghhh...
Although I had no wish to really hiong this week, it seems I was left without a choice. The days before 30th were spent on chionging RoD pressies for the seniors. The days after RoD was spent on SSEF! I sure hope we get in!!! ahhhh...
Today spent the morning at the lab. Aiyo. basically did nil with regards to our project.
We are out of NITROGENOUS BASES!!! how to sub now tell me?
Nevermind la. We still synthesise the uracil modification ones ^.^
Then, somehow, after doing synthesis, we ended up spending a nice time cleaning NMR tubes. So BORING lor. It's like 3 times water, 3 times alcohol, then 3 times water again. Then must make sure it's like SPARKLY clean la. cannot have any samples left behind. and today's tubes are so stubborn. They keep trapping air, then must shake and shake then water will fill up the spaces.
And best part? There were like 20 to 30 ++ tubes to clean. wahahaha. My poor partner gets the cleaning of the pipette. Worse than me la hor. coz the sole purpose of washing the "one time use pipettes" is to recycle. Actually supposed to be can throw de. But we being nice savers, decide to wash nicely and reuse.
hmm. Then afterwards in the afternoon, planned to go back and join 0.5 b's outing le. Then sms hester, then realised...only like 5 people appeared in the end. Somemore want watch Fred Clause which I have absolutely no intention and no money to watch. haiz. so 2b outing cancel again lor. boooo...was so looking forward to a nice outing with loads and loads of people lehh. maybe next time we should not plan without knowing the exact number of people coming???
ahwell. Came home instead, lag abit with my sis (in plural), then now sitting in front of the com stoning as I type this blog post lar?
Haiz. Still no inspiration for the commonwealth essay. How? I write one, crumple one...haiz...somehow after I do till about 300 words, I realise that I don't know how to continue it...guess i'll try again tml?
Tml's OBS!!! yay! back to ulu ulu Pulau Ubin with fellow UG ppl...I must be mad to agree to this torturous journey again, but why not? It's one day only (:
Okie...blog again soon!!! good night people!
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Sunday, November 25, 2007
hmm. First on the list this week is homework. I've barely touched any english or chinese, so this week is chionging week. I've got to finish everything before I leave for China...or I shall suffer the consequences (:
Anyway, the majority of last week was spent on AWARE. Pretty convenient that the HQ is just at dover, barely a stone's throw away. Means that if we meet at 9.30am, I can wake up at 9.15am and leave house at 9.25am and still be on time.
We honestly got super wiped out. like totally. haha. and now I totally appreciate postmans (: (Coz we all had to help AWARE post their pamphlets) Glenda and I were doing quick posting methods...to improve the speed. At first we did the push flap and chuck method, then we did the slip through the little hole method, then eventually it became the bend pamphlet a little then push into flap method. HaHa. We sure didn't know there were so many ways to post. We must have posted like 6000 pamphlets in 2 days (:
Then today, we had the white ribbon campaign proper. Which was a total failure if you ask me. Wrong audience and Wrong place. Ahh...well...who ask them find republic poly as a location?
I ask you. They invited mostly old ah gongs and ah mahs, in conjunction with the active aging campaign. Then their pamphlets were all in ENGLISH. Don't know how many times we had to re-explain everything to them in CHINESE. Maybe next time they should check out the audience first.
Then, place. Why Republic Polytechnic ah??? It's like one Big Building in the middle of nowhere, quite far from the MRT station and so on. I think it would have been more successful if they held it in more populated areas such as JEC. LoL.
Well, anyway, friday was guides initiative. F2 aka Food Fun. Ahh!!! the little brownies were so cute!!! and they had really innovative ideas. tofu and egg. cheese and tuna. WoW. and the designs were nice. imagine...all we asked them to do was make a sandwich. it came out in so many different ways!!
Then, yesterday, saturday, was recycling day @ amk and prize presentation day for wee kim wee.
Let's start with recycling day...it's SO SCAM! they counted by weight. So zhenghua and commonwealth guides beat us coz they bring all NEWSPAPERS. but then we brought cans and bottles leh. It's more difficult to collect, yet we don't hear about the effort changing to returns...aww...
Then, prize presentation or rather, plaque collection day. Come on. Why HQ never gives out individual prizes??? They should lor...
Ok. This is what happened. They called us to come at 1pm, then change to 2.45pm, then change to 1.30pm. and then they didn't STATE CLEARLY that we were to ONLY come in full uniform. So as a result, veron and charlotte had to rush home, and I had to borrow zoey's uniform, coz we were too far from dover.
nvm. We reached there at 1.30pm, paying for even taxi fare and then charlotte and veron even came only at 1.45pm. Yet, the competition finals haven't finished. So no prize presentation. Then, we waited. 2pm. Charlotte and Veron went to Bishan to grab a bite. Beryl and I went to the office to pay for the courses on behalf of RVGG. Spent a long time counting money to make it tally, then later 2.45 pm came. still haven't started. Then 3.15pm came, I had to leave for piano class le. What a waste of Zoey's uniform. Then 3.45pm, Beryl left for dental appointment. Still haven't started. Then lag all the way till 4.30pm or so then presentation starts. Charlotte and Veron collect plaque. 5pm, presentation haven't ended, but they left le.
This shows us the terribleness of HQ. They tell us come at 1.30pm, then lag all the way to 4.30pm. Then by 5pm, still haven't finished. What a waste of the 4 of us rushing for time, just to make it to HQ by 1.30pm. Next time when you want a presentation at 4.30pm, say so.
Ah well, the next week monday till wednesday shall be spent in school for First Aid course. Then thursday shall be SSEF preparations, then friday shall be Guides ROD. tada...there goes the last week of november...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007
and to think that I actually was 'declared' on HOLIDAY!
WoW.
In order to finish that NRP report, I actually stayed in the lab till 9.00pm yesterday, and went home to complete it some more. Deadline was 12 midnight, and I submitted at 11.50.55 (according to the website, that is). Amazing.
The first important bit has come to an end. BiG thanks goes out to all those at the lab, especially Prof. Phan and Dr. Samir, who stayed till 9.00pm to aid us in the report despite having a guest (Jean-Louis Mergny, who gave a seminar which I listened to earlier that day). Big thanks to Jean-Louis for waiting too...
Oh, and thanks to Zhong Ming, my partner, who has been chionging the report with me for the past week or so...without you and your computer skills, we wouldn't have fitted all the information into 6 pages!!!
As for today, I spent nearly the whole waking day out!
9.00 am, I woke up, chionged, and arrived at AWARE at 9.30am for CIP. Luckily AWARE isn't that far (:
Then, did work till 4.00pm, before taking MRT all the way to JP. Went looking at the new books out at popular for a while, then went makaning with joyce and veron...
Next up, the briefing. Stayed at whispering hearts all the way till 7.30pm, then took bus and MRT home with joyce and weilin.
Reached home at 8.30pm. That marks the end of a busy day (:
Tomorrow will be another busy day. We're going to finish another part of the poster and ppt for saturday. Countdown starts today. 4 more days till 17th!
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
Now the holidays can start (NoT).
One thing I never did understand about RV is probably the homework.
They claim that school year is over and it's holidays.
And yet, school is not over. It's just that studying in classrooms are over.
No, that does not stop them from giving us homework.
No, that does not stop them from asking us to come back to school for CCAs or other stuff.
No, that does not stop them from telling us that this holidays should be spent on mugging for next year's tests.
Yes, that's right. They have already told us that we have tests. LoL.
Physics is the most prominent one. Term one first week or so, so they say.
Anyway, back to the happier stuffs --- RVGG hike!
Firstly, sorry to the juniors if it wasn't nearly as fun as it was the previous years - They spent more time then us on the hiking activities...
Well, a hike is a hike what. I think all the sec 3s were all happy to see you all sweating it out and playing hard, especially in the final game of sand fort building (:
To those who didn't get prizes, I must highlight that the margin was kind of small. It was like 1-2 marks difference between each group only. So that means that everyone was good (:
Next, NRP '07.
It's that time of the year for chionging of final reports!!! Jiayou everyone!!!
Our report got rejected and improved on twice---and it's only from the Dr.
It hasn't even passed through the eyes of the Professor!
Argghh. We are so going to have to buck up.
Oh. and remember the previous post? something about declaring about not wearing the blazer to run around school? It turns out I can't keep that promise. Instead of running about school, I'll be running about NTU. Is that any better???
I feel so cheated. I returned one blazer, then had to borrow another - all within a week! Makes me wish I'd held on to it. LoL.
Then, next up, today!
Today, I woke up at 10am...been a really long time since I did that you know?
and then, we went Parkway Parade and played at Timezone for like one hour. Haha. got loads of points. Hopefully by the next time we go, we can change some big items le.
Yepps, after that, we queued outside Ichiban Sushi for Jap food. YumYum!!!
Ok. That'll be all I'll be ranting about for today's post (:
Poem Galore
It was 'bout noon of summe'
When the bottle-green bird sang
When stars suddenly shooted
When rain poured while sun shi-ned
When flowers rang full bloom
The planets in their orbits
Creeping silently to oblivion
Where rooters like me and you
Hear pounding drums of doom
Slinking shadows from hades down below
Resembling no four leggers: was neither me nor you
Frightening each kid and kitten with their every blow
Gasping kiddos, clinging on to poohs.
They carry arms of destruction
Little shiny axes of do-om
They chop their ways like scorpions
Where our brothers fall with booms
Who are they, Why they're here
What's this place to them
How's it they create beer
Or learn to use my brothers to hem?
A fleecy ball of clouds above
Up above in the broken pieces of sky
Proudest of all stars rove
Represents all our hopes which buy
Suddenly,
All I admire is not materialistic things
I'm shaking, I'm falling, I'm dying
And once again, I look to the skies
Thinking back to the last time I will spread my arms
The more I leave my selfish self
The more I understand
This is why I must go
This is why I must move on
Coz there are better places up there
Then this place of awful destruction
The 2 legged creatures have left behind
For my friends are all up there...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Oh. and the next time someone says RV's blazer is grand, I must remember to tell them it's not. It's WARM. Ah well. Thank goodness we all spent majority of the time in the LTs. So not much to complain about lar.
Science Quiz was really really fun. The kids were super responsive lar. And I can't believe this bunch of kids have better knowledge bank than most of us at that age. Can't believe there was actually this one boy who got 24/30 in a pro test like that. That test was clearly meant for secondary school kids.
Anyway, Mr Chow asked for improvements. Without skipping a beat, we all screamed FOOD!!!
Next time when people say reception, they should specify if it was high class or not. If it's not, a better term is REFRESHMENTS. Oh no. and to think half of us were looking forward to stuffing ourselves silly with yummy COOKED stuff.
nono. We didn't get any sort of cake. We got BREAD and PACKET DRINKS. In the bun type, have chocolate, peanut, strawberry etcetc.
Well, after all our hardwork , we were kind of looking forward to nice rewards (:
Well, we got something --- a YDSP pen and well, a box of cute clips.
Oh, and in a funny sense, we got an invaluable reward---early release (:
If I were to sit still for another lecture, I would absolutely have slept. (Rest of it, infer please)
When I walked in to ask whether the science people could come out, I'm sure half the lecture hall was sleeping...
Anyway, before physics was maths...I think I could have survived on maths all day if possible lor. Hehe. Maybe you think I'm mad but ya, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Tomorrow we'll be doing something new again (:
Well, I'm done with ranting today. Update again soon (: see ya!
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Today's finally my birthday le. and as I said before, many many times before, SCORPIO RULE!
ok. So update: happy birthday to charmaine then sharman, then me, then eileen. ONE AFTER THE OTHER!!!
24,25,26,27. wonder if we can find more people to continue the series next year?
Well well. nevermind. Thanks to all those who made my birthday enjoyable!
Many people wished me happy birthday today!! tralala...
Oh. and I attempted Canon in D today. and OMG. I think my fingers almost twisted.
well. thanks to those who got me presents too (: I reckon I got a nice stash this year...
Also, thanks goes to my aunt, whose cake coupon got me a chocolate mousse cake for FREE. It was yummy, with the think layer of extremely sinful chocolate and a nice piece of HAPPY BIRTHDAY dark choc in front. Thanks!
HOWEVER, there is definitely a bad point to today.
Why on earth did they suddenly decide to give us extra CMAPs to do? I thought they said it was a trial and we were going to do it only next year. Honestly, I don't see the actual point of making a CMAP. I'm not a particularly big fan of mindmapping nor concept mapping. I just know that I have to do it. Since it serves no apparant purpose and well...etcetcetc.
So, summing up all our holiday homework so far:
1) CMAPs for physics
2) Geog exercise
3) Chinese Compo
Ok people I'm going off to chiong homework for a bit before sleeping le. But before that, poem time!!
Birthdays
Blow out the lit candles on yorn cake
Not leaving in dark
For Chocolate frames it in a sure arc
Ushering what all grand souls must take
You who has gone through the one year older
Gone through times further and harder than Pluto's mark
Flying pass worlds which hover
Baiting ways with sheer pluck
Nevertheless, for everyone's sake
Curdle that tiny spark
Wish the wish that's not fake
Blow out the dear candles like a lark.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Well...anyway, today I brought the rubik's cube to school. Had loads of fun with it...and apparantly, fangqin is trying hard to master it too (:
Today in class, we watched a chinese show showing englishmen. LoL. yepps, it was indeed really really good, can't wait to watch the continuation...
Next, learning symposium started. Congrats to mich and charlotte for presentations well done. Thanks to the monkeys too (:
Then after school, went with guides to Mrs Chew there to learn the nonya kueh in preparation for Wee Kim Wee competition. Looking at her styles of wrapping and samples, I really felt zibei. At least now I can accertain the fact that I am indeed not preparation people material.
We people had a try of it last friday and it didn't look anywhere near hers. wow. Anyway, at least now we know the proper way and we can hopefully pass the first round on saturday.
Anyway, after that, we all went to ViVoCity to go buy extra materials for the competition (: Got the little basket for display, looks quite elegant...Met Claire, some other athletics ppl + yuling...
Ah well. jiayouxx to all my dearest team members!
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Yar...so today was CID 3 presentation!!!
WOOHOO!!! someone came in a nice BORROWED outfit!
Aww...I know CID 3 is officially over, but somehow, I feel a twinge of sadness...it was so fun doing the project. It was like the first time I actually want to redo a CID project. LoL. We were so enthu throughout the project that we actually finished the drafts of our powerpoint presentation and report by somewhere along the lines of 2 weeks ago (:
Everyone was agreeing that we feel the urge to redo the project next year when ____ goes *POOF*... but that is definitely another story.
and I want to continue NRP for CID 4!!! it's fun and it's interesting!!! GO NRP!!!
Anyway, today marks the last official activity of guides, before we break off to start our individual preparations for service learning, hikes, competitions and courses. and yours truely is going for WEE KIM WEE challenge! *YAY*
ok...well, the thing about wee kim wee is that it's HQ level, so if we go and win it, it's gonna look wonderful on our record and that of the company. So jiayouxx!!
Ahhs. and now for the depressing part. EOYs are over, we got back all papers except chinese paper 1 le. and it looks to me that it isn't very attractive. For one, I missed 3/8 of my initial targets set for the subject. and that is bad. on top of that, CHINESE is actually pulling me down again. I've got a feeling that it's going to stay a C.
ah well...there goes my 75% average for this term...nevermind though...there is always next year. Next year, I'm going to work hard for the whole year and achieve that 75%...
Ok...that's about it for now...will post again soon (:
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
So what if a=g=negative?
Velocity will still be negative when initial is zero.
That's about how to describe my feelings now.
No initial push. Work done-negative.
After the End Of Years, I felt ok.
Now I'm feeling down.
Come on. who am I kidding?
I can't seem to even ace my fav subject.
Today was GRADUATION!!
Yes, you guessed it! We sat in the hall and wasted the whole morning through!! hehh.
As usual, we have the prize winners, then followed by the teacher-student hugging sessions.
Then after that, we had community singing-with Mr Ong and Mrs Look.
Mr Ong sang a nice song (:
Oh. But I would like to ask a simple question. Why do people say it's community singing plus it's on graduation day and people have to scream and shout for them to sing? It's the students' graduation right? It's just one made for them to remember. If they want to remember it this way, then why not? People, do you know that there were parents there? and they were giving the super o.0 ---Do think about appearance abit lar?
Anyway, bye Seniors! wish you all the best!!
Oh yes.
After that we had a uber long break followed by movie watching...mo jia!!!
Then, RV forum then class clean!!
Class clean was nice and good ya?
If only they can make our efforts worthwhile and then some SC come and check tomorrow morning...then the effect will be there :D
After Class Clean, RUSH TO NTU!!!
Today was boring in the lab though. Good lar...I came on the right day to do the most siann job...PURIFICATION.
Sit there, stone until the entire syringe is eluted. and the female luer has to be entirely free of liquid...dripdripdrip.
Next, let's talk about GUIDES!
In the next few weeks, we are going to be chionging!
PNA GOLD, here we come!
Next few weeks is going to be busy busy busy!!
Initiatives + Hike + Badges + many many more!
ok. I shall stop and change track now.
Poem time!!
See? today's theme is sky flying-as shown above! (:
Between the man and the drowning sunset
Against the glaring ring of fire
Stamped onto the horizon
Round, Ablaze and Heightened
As if he was thy last.
Whatever large shadown upon
Shouldered like a fawn
This man stood high
Above the skies
Whatever drove thy will.
A fleeting vision of triumph
Smashed on easy trusts gained from easy trials
Weak born from denials
A maddened condition
A silent ambition
Lauching himself into voyage
Chasing time and space
Through the years pain wore gone
In time faster than the fertile chase
For nothing less than kingdoms, power and fame
So silent, So silent
Where is thy male bachelor headed?
You nor I know not
But whomsoever is he
Has oriented the world
Shifting stars and suns
Incompatible dreamers
No tonic nor amibition till date
Just a mere want for overthrowment
Not inklings to conform
For eternity books record
A collection vast for words accord
Though it is alive and naught
Few have heard it alive and finite
The Word itself in its true form
He looks down below
Sees through rocks to cold eternal shores
Sheer quietness
Till the bottom of bottoms
Viewing further than anyone else
Where one may be trapped. Forever.
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Today's the day where I post the 100th post on this blog!
YIPPEE!!!
Ok. I have no idea why I'm so high, but it must be because of the fact that exams are over and we are passing into the month of October.
Charmaine's blog post had kindly reminded me that (:
October's the month of many birthdays wor...I'm looking forward to mine...lalalala
Ok. Now let's recap today.
Today must have been the best Sunday in many months. Yesterday I slept rather late and then today I stood up only at 10am. STOOD UP only mind you. Didn't say I didn't go back to sleep hor...
So, finally, we made it to IMM for a nice brunch (AT 12nn)
After toast and eggs, we left for Daiso. and spent nearly 2hrs there.
Guess why?
Well, dad wanted a container for his stuff and started to choose. (and I thought only my sisters took that long on something) yepp. You get the idea.
After Daiso, we tramped onwards to Challenger.
I got a new antivirus software!! hehhehh. The old software expired. So we got a new one. (:
and in order to make the bill rounded up, we threw in a A4 paper pack. That made it 20 bucks.
We sure weren't done with IMM yet. Went zooming into Giant Supermart.
Got all sorts of titbits and stuff as well as cakes to last us this week...
My sisters are having their exams and I just finish exams. It's a sure die situation at home for the refridgerator. ahahahhaahahahahahahahahas.
Then we arrived back home and started WINTER cleaning. (not spring coz spring over le)
Cleared all the mounds of rubbish. but the pile of mess made by ring files all over the place is still not cleared lar. I'll be doing that later.
Tomorrow's a HOLIDAY for RVians!! yay!! *marking day* not much of a holiday for the teachers I garner. nvm. I know I'll be having fun *sinister grin*...
ok. So much for the today and tomorrow. See everyone at school on tuesday then! and cheer up! I'm not happy with the prospect of results on tuesday, but the least we can do is take it in our stride right? so stay happy, if only just for now!
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Saturday, October 06, 2007
Eoys are over ppl! yayayayyayayayayayayyayyyayay.
No more mugging. just maybe crying and maybe a scream of accomplishment next week when we get back our results.
Anyway. Wasn't too pleased with the mathematics papers...haiz. 1st paper was not properly accomplished. 2nd paper was a killer. OhNo.
Ah wells. Don't care le. It's over. That's all that matters.
Yesterday had loads of fun...
hahas. Shuhui. You are so doomed... (:(:
*OkOk. Private joke. Just remember to stay tuned...you will know in time*
kkz. Going to have a lot of fun with animes now (:
Cya!!!
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Sunday, September 16, 2007
I think today's going to be the last post I shall post before EOYs.
Touched the computer on button just now to check emails, then realised I haven't been here for sometime, there's a cobweb forming already(:(:
Loads of things been happening, loads of homework too...so jiayouxx everyone!
Today watched Ratatouille, and well, I realised that it is just a movie, your very average story plot. But nevermind, at least I watched a movie (:
kkz, going off to finish bio practice paper le...
and I hereby announce that this blog is going on hiatus!!!
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Monday, September 03, 2007
anyway, let's highlight one or two things that come as a high just a couple of days into this holiday...
1) cycling!
I went cycling with my sister and all...zoomzoom and away in East Coast Park. Sad to say that this time, we went a wee bit too slow, so didn't have time to cycle all the way to the other end of East Coast. Reckon I'll try to go faster the next time.
And did you know that some people at the park are like so pro? They can literally swing and dance about on their blades! It's like dancing gracefully from one end of the road to the other... WoW.
2) New Bluetooth device!
Got this new bluetooth device while at Funan's Challenger the other day. It's like so fast in downloading stuff---much faster than using a cable (assuming you can locate the cable first that is). Finished downloading a new set of music onto my handphone...whee!
Ah well. but then september hols was never a school break.
Got to mug for end of years...so yepp, according to my schedule I will finish looking at all subjects by the end of the hols.
Another thing would be NRP '07 of course. We're near our analysis part of the project. Just hope that 2D analysis goes well. Then we'll go on to 3D! and when we've got 3D then voila. Project complete with hopefully a nice stamp of approval.
OH. another thing I want to complete by this hols. Ratatouille. According to my aunt who's in Netherlands, where it was shown a long long time ago, it's a fabulous movie and a must watch. She's even gone to the extent of naming her new pet Ratatouille. So it must be good (:
Maybe I'll watch it during the weekends with my sisters or what. See how.
kkz. It's almost 10pm. Gd night people!
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Saturday, September 01, 2007
yesterday was like the celebrations for teacher's day and all.
started off with some ACES day stuff. imagine that the school can actually think up so *interesting* dance moves for us. Of all things.
Then, it was the teacher's day concert thing. band, choir, dance all had items. better still, from what I've heard, it was self initiated. VERY creative stuff you know? made us wonder who coordinated.
Next up, Mr Wong with his band. Then, Mr Ong and some other teachers did this dance skit thingy? WoW. It was like doing the unthinkable. Mr Ong *proposing* (:
oh ya. and I think that now some teachers are going to get teased even more. *shhh*
after school, ran for the bus...took it all the way back to primary school! at FMPS, like quite a number of people I missed from 3 years ago went back! so cool lar. Then we were there recalling and remembering old times...Some of us even went to start up hopscotch game! woohoo. just like the times in primary school, right up to primary 6.
Oh. and I feel so zibei. I can't remember some of the schoolmates I had in primary 6 le. I was like...eheheh. who are you ahh? I forgot. sorry...boos...
Sad to say that I think no one from 6A came back. Mostly 6B and 6C and 6G people if I don't remember wrongly...
ah wells, nvm. I'm back in touch with my primary school friends again! hahs.
Teachers wise, Chenglaoshi retiring after this term le. and then Ms Leow resign and going off next year...haiz...I'll miss ya, ms leow...
Oh. and all the teachers were like all rushing...they had an amazing race yesterday lor...all so excited, and were rushing all over the school, getting ready to board the cars...One of the stations was fort canning and labrador park I think---they were asking us secondary school people to help them decipher some pics (:
oh and fairfield has changed so much! now, staff room has 2 floors (: and ms leow and most of the other HODs are on the 3rd floor now...library's at the 1st floor...blahblah.
Then, after the security people started shooing us out so that they can close up, a few of us, the 2004 batch, went out to makan...then talk alot etcetc. (There was also the case of Jackie and handphones, but we'll not discuss that here shall we? It's a long long story.)
Woohoo...I miss all my primary school mates...Let's have a proper 2004 batch gathering one day, or as suggested by some others yesterday, a prefectorial board 2004 gathering!
Well, now's 3pm...got to get ready to go off for piano lessons le...cyas!
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Thursday, August 30, 2007
Today, lugged all my books and stuff under the table back home.
Then came back and had fun with 2hrs ++ of anime! (:
Ichigo rocks.
Incidentally, today, for english lesson, we were let off early, as we finished watching Remembering the Titans le.
It's a really cool movie. Almost went sniffing at the last part...it was like such a nice, touching movie---and to think it really happened!
yaryar. but then, because of Bio, we need to stay for another hour or so? Agar plates and more. haiz.
and to those people out there, please get the facts right. There are many more who got higher, just that they were surprise cases. never thought they made it right? ChecK, don't base ideas on one person only.
and I still don't get why you are angry with me, can't we start over?
anyway, poem time!!!
Sidewalks
There are places out there
Where you would never go
Where the grasses are dull
Where flowers don't grow
There is a place
Where the sidewalk ends
Where the unknown laces to truths
And there we find the blends of yesterday
Let's leave this place where smoke never turns white
And streets are never bent
Away from the calling lamps shining blightly
Past the patches screaming lent
We'll walk a walk measured and slow
Until and until we reach the place
Where traffic lights don't glow
Where painted arrows don't pass base
Towards the place where the sidewalk ENDs.
Once and for all.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
Just because they wanted it to be graded, they extend the dateline by a week, without even considering that it's difficult to cite sources for every fact you take a leaf out of others' papers?
Yucks!
Today, english period watch movie! Sure didn't expect myself to be so interested to watch "Remembering the Titans", a show revolving around FOOTBALL. and of course, the racism issue between blacks and whites. dots...
Anyway, on a happier mood, there's little homework to be done...and I've got a sheepskin to sit on (:
Blehhs---currently on a break from reading those papers. better get back to that research paper, before I realise it's bedtime...talk/type more the next time...
hey.
Sometimes, there is no need to be a one sided figure.
It's not as though I'd eat people.
Popping out of nowhere, asking stuffs.
Then ignoring people, all over again.
LoL.
What kind of attitude is that?
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Anyway,
*Can't comprehend anymore*
Got your marks, good or bad, don't compare, just make sure you have done your best and maybe met your standards-Pris's motto, but now, I'm a believer too (:
It's the basic we can do to remain happy always...Scholarships are just the bonus or reward for hardwork...
Ok. maybe I'm just consoling myself or what, but I kind of think that this is the way it should go. Do well not because you want to win others, but because you want to prove to yourself that you can get better...that's the spirit!
ok. Let's just move on to other happier stuff!
o.O POEM TIME!!!
whoa. It's been a uber duper long time since I've produced a nice good one! hahas...so yea, here goes! I'm writing this one from scratch so I don't know the end result yet. I'll think it as I write...
Thinking about Thinkings
You know that somehow
People grow as they live
Did you ever wonder whilst alive
However did it allow?
Chorus:
I'm thinking about thinking
Knowing that it's not to my choice
It's all about manipulation
And why on earth you are fol-low-ing blindly?
When was the beginning
When was the start
Was it the flower
Or was it the bud
No end to this enlightening world
Shall cease this chapter
We cannot know the burr
Within thy essence latter
To think of time
To think of distance...away
Of all that speculation
Who can know what lives ahead?
Can you start the day
Believing that gloom
Is made by yourself
In peace
In the evilest of towers
The pale face of the witches cracked
A drip from the tops
A drip from the pops
The rivers, along meanders
Screaming that there'll be a fiesta
But who can assure that this will work
They say. They say. Who's to prove it?
Groping for keys by the sundial
Writing letters by the candlelight
A guest in a jail
Smiling at the ironical things of life bright
Oh it's ironic, ironical.
Time is upon us as we deny
The mortality and sanity bequeathed by pasts
Destroyed.
In fragile strands
We know all about time and the turnings of thinking
Dumbledore was thy
Zooming from nought to 100
Wasn't he naught?
As people creep and moan and sigh
The thinker of thinkers
The thinking of thinking
Has been chosen and proven as us.
**this poem requires serious reading through/between/above/below the lines---none of the above is literal, but rather it hides deeper meaning. Seek and you shall find.
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
Got many copies of this through Email, and to save my efforts, I decided to put them up onto blogger (: happy reading!
1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME
Ang Wan Lin Rita
2.What colour pants are you wearing?
Green
3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
My sisters baking brownies...today is sunday and is the baking day (:
4. ARE YOUR LEGS CROSSED?
hmms. over the ankles only (:
5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Breakfast. It was Jacob wheat biscuits.
6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE?
Sky Blue
7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
Cold. My room has direct access to the winds...
8. LAST PERSON YOU TAlKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My sister's friend. I picked up the phone. LoL.
9. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Eyes
10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
Of course!!! She's my dearest scorpio mate---Charmaine :P
11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
Hyper, but hating that pile of homework still on that table + the biology practical on Monday.
12. FAVOURITE DRINK?'
o.0 Good question. Most people already know I guess. Milo and Vitasoy!
13. FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Rice Wine, Grape Wine :D yummy, but restricted to 1 glass per special occasion. ;)
14.What is your favourite sport?
Running {{paoba! haizi!}}
15. HAIR COLOUR?
Black with a tinge of brown from sun bleaching
16.EYE COLOUR?
Black
17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Nada. Don't see the point of troubling myself. Contacts are solely for once in the blue moons.
18. SIBLINGS?
2 younger cute sisters who are potential tyrants...
19.FAVOURITE MONTH?
Definitely October. There are so many things in october! My birthday and more importantly, NO MORE End of Years!
20.FAVOURITE FOOD?
Japanese Sushi!
21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
The Simpsons in the cinemas and we-ll, rewatched Harry Potter movies at home for the FEEL.
22. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR
Christmas! That's the day I get to see ALL my cousins and we can go out together!! Prezzies!
23. SATURDAY OR SUNDAY?
Sunday---Baking + eat out day!
24. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
LoL. Too shy to ask WHO? if it's like my cousins, heck care! "drag also can!"
25. DO YOU LIKE MARMITE?
Yucks. Ask someone else. Val? she tried eating custard out of the serving spoon you know?
26. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Without a doubt, it's winter! snowsnow and MORE snow!
27. HUGS OR KISSES?
hugs from my BIG teddy always helps (:
28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Chocolate! It makes one hyper (:
29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK?
ermm. Since this is on blogger, let's change the question. Put this on your blogs too please!
30. Who's most LIKELY TO RESPOND?
*Clueless*
31. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
0.o Who knows?
32. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
7th floor, Apartment to your left once out of the lift, 1st room you come to along the corridor. Includes fully equipped computer, 3 shelfs, 2 cupboards, a comfy bed, a side table and of course, STUFFED TOYS!!
33. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Currently REdevouring Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Ultimate French Chapter 11 :P
34. DID YOU WAKE UP BEFORE YOUR ALARM WENT OFF?
erm. Didn't bother to set the alarm? Just woke up naturally at 9 am (;
36. DO YOU MISS BIG BROTHER YET?
Big Brother??? As in the reality TV show "zong yi da ge da"?
37. FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Freshly baked pizzas!
38. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Works of writing with sad emotional backgrounds and great storylines. The breeze blowing straight into my face---basically nature. Hmm. and of course, a cup of Milo always helps jog the brain (:
39. BUTTERED, PLAIN, OR SALTED POPCORN?
Buttered!
40. FAVOURITE CRISPS?
Barbequed Flavoured!
41. FAVOURITE CAR?
Never had interests in this one. Anything that drives around SUPER fast will do (:
42. FAVOURITE FLOWER?
Lilies in general (has nothing to do with Lily Potter ok?)
43. How MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING?
I don't require keys. Door opens with the CARD (:
44. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
As in 3 balls? I think as soon as I get one ball up, the rest'll come down.
45. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE WEEK
Sunday!
46. RED OR WHITE WINE?
White! Red tastes TERRIBLE.
47. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?
Invited ALL bizarro gals over to have FUN---watched High School Musical(prezzie from mich)...but I distinctly remember Peixian and some others being stuck in the changing rooms with me cause it was raining outside. We wanted to go swimming...
48. DO YOU OWN A DONOR CARD?
Nopes. But as soon as I get to 18, I'll own one (:
49. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Today's a bright new day. I'll be doing everything to the utmost...
50. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS?
Chiong outside to get those brownies. Apparantly, by the time I completed this thing, they have arrived out of the oven...(:
1. WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME
Ang Wan Lin Rita
2.What colour pants are you wearing?
Green
3. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?
My sisters baking brownies...today is sunday and is the baking day (:
4. ARE YOUR LEGS CROSSED?
hmms. over the ankles only (:
5. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?
Breakfast. It was Jacob wheat biscuits.
6. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON WHAT COLOUR WOULD YOU BE?
Sky Blue
7. HOW IS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?
Cold. My room has direct access to the winds...
8. LAST PERSON YOU TAlKED TO ON THE PHONE?
My sister's friend. I picked up the phone. LoL.
9. FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SEX?
Eyes
10. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT YOU THIS?
Of course!!! She's my dearest scorpio mate---Charmaine :P
11. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
Hyper, but hating that pile of homework still on that table + the biology practical on Monday.
12. FAVOURITE DRINK?'
o.0 Good question. Most people already know I guess. Milo and Vitasoy!
13. FAVOURITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK?
Rice Wine, Grape Wine :D yummy, but restricted to 1 glass per special occasion. ;)
14.What is your favourite sport?
Running {{paoba! haizi!}}
15. HAIR COLOUR?
Black with a tinge of brown from sun bleaching
16.EYE COLOUR?
Black
17. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?
Nada. Don't see the point of troubling myself. Contacts are solely for once in the blue moons.
18. SIBLINGS?
2 younger cute sisters who are potential tyrants...
19.FAVOURITE MONTH?
Definitely October. There are so many things in october! My birthday and more importantly, NO MORE End of Years!
20.FAVOURITE FOOD?
Japanese Sushi!
21. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED?
The Simpsons in the cinemas and we-ll, rewatched Harry Potter movies at home for the FEEL.
22. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR
Christmas! That's the day I get to see ALL my cousins and we can go out together!! Prezzies!
23. SATURDAY OR SUNDAY?
Sunday---Baking + eat out day!
24. ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT?
LoL. Too shy to ask WHO? if it's like my cousins, heck care! "drag also can!"
25. DO YOU LIKE MARMITE?
Yucks. Ask someone else. Val? she tried eating custard out of the serving spoon you know?
26. SUMMER OR WINTER?
Without a doubt, it's winter! snowsnow and MORE snow!
27. HUGS OR KISSES?
hugs from my BIG teddy always helps (:
28. CHOCOLATE OR VANILLA?
Chocolate! It makes one hyper (:
29. DO YOU WANT YOUR FRIENDS TO WRITE BACK?
ermm. Since this is on blogger, let's change the question. Put this on your blogs too please!
30. Who's most LIKELY TO RESPOND?
*Clueless*
31. WHO IS LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
0.o Who knows?
32. LIVING ARRANGEMENTS?
7th floor, Apartment to your left once out of the lift, 1st room you come to along the corridor. Includes fully equipped computer, 3 shelfs, 2 cupboards, a comfy bed, a side table and of course, STUFFED TOYS!!
33. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING?
Currently REdevouring Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Ultimate French Chapter 11 :P
34. DID YOU WAKE UP BEFORE YOUR ALARM WENT OFF?
erm. Didn't bother to set the alarm? Just woke up naturally at 9 am (;
36. DO YOU MISS BIG BROTHER YET?
Big Brother??? As in the reality TV show "zong yi da ge da"?
37. FAVOURITE SMELLS?
Freshly baked pizzas!
38. WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Works of writing with sad emotional backgrounds and great storylines. The breeze blowing straight into my face---basically nature. Hmm. and of course, a cup of Milo always helps jog the brain (:
39. BUTTERED, PLAIN, OR SALTED POPCORN?
Buttered!
40. FAVOURITE CRISPS?
Barbequed Flavoured!
41. FAVOURITE CAR?
Never had interests in this one. Anything that drives around SUPER fast will do (:
42. FAVOURITE FLOWER?
Lilies in general (has nothing to do with Lily Potter ok?)
43. How MANY KEYS ON YOUR KEY RING?
I don't require keys. Door opens with the CARD (:
44. CAN YOU JUGGLE?
As in 3 balls? I think as soon as I get one ball up, the rest'll come down.
45. FAVOURITE DAY OF THE WEEK
Sunday!
46. RED OR WHITE WINE?
White! Red tastes TERRIBLE.
47. WHAT DID YOU DO FOR YOUR LAST BIRTHDAY?
Invited ALL bizarro gals over to have FUN---watched High School Musical(prezzie from mich)...but I distinctly remember Peixian and some others being stuck in the changing rooms with me cause it was raining outside. We wanted to go swimming...
48. DO YOU OWN A DONOR CARD?
Nopes. But as soon as I get to 18, I'll own one (:
49. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING?
Today's a bright new day. I'll be doing everything to the utmost...
50. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ONCE YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS?
Chiong outside to get those brownies. Apparantly, by the time I completed this thing, they have arrived out of the oven...(:
Oh, and btw, I took another test. My Patronus is an Eagle!
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Though the morning is still young, though the birds have yet to come, the one in front sits in gloom...
It's been close to one week since my last post. Yet, many things have happened, many things which are unplanned, uncertained.
I've taken back chinese test papers, geography test papers, physics test papers, and soon enough, the chemistry test papers. I've even done a biology presentation.
Yet, somehow I feel I've let myself go wild, let myself down. How come I just simply can't do this properly?
haiz...
This weekend, the teachers haven't been nice. They've been piling homework. It's not helping that there are CID stuff and guides stuff to do...
I thought august was supposed to be the better months. It seems otherwise. and the November and December holidays are starting to be packed full again, even when it's 3 months away. What is THIS?
I really don't know what is the world coming to. Glum and Moody.
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Monday, August 13, 2007
1st up: Wednesday: Chem calculations test, Physics practical test, then NRP meeting
2nd: Thursday: Biology presentation and English Test
wow.
anyway, we are most probably going to get back those chinese papers soon...all the rest of the classes are getting their's back already. I really don't want to see it. Cause I think I failed it.
and anyway geography. honestly, I didn't think I'd do THAT bad. oh wells. At least I'm not too bottom yet. I didn't fail. To those out there who did, jiayouxx! I believe you all can pull yourselves up again...
and maths. 3 qn. Mr Ong said if we could do them, we learnt finish logarithms. WooHoo. I'm proud to say I solved it. In school somemore! (:
I also cannot believe that I actually kicked the VitaSoy habit. I'm just ok now with once-per-week or something like that. I finally can live without it!!! ahhas. but I'm still on milo (: [[OKOK. I know that it sounds as though I'm on steriods or something. LoL.milo IS addictive ok...]]
Oh. and here's my inner thoughts.
You thought that you could kill our spirit?
Friendships are stronger than anything.
Kinship is stronger.
Now I've got that out, it's bedtime. Nites everyone!
***to beryl...storytime maybe over the weekend (:***
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Monday, August 06, 2007
Aww...Look...here's hassie (white one) and helter(black one) together.
Was so bored today that I actually went to edit their picture...
How Sweet right?
Ahhs. here's the irony. Hassie may look calm and demure, but in real life, she's a running cheetah, always trying to rush away from human life, then creeping slowly back to the cage later to get a sunflower seed or two.
Helter. Ahhs. Helter's been dubbed as the 'biting' one. nibble nibble nibble. In the past week, my fingers will not even suffice to count the number of times I've been nibbled. Now I've resorted to using a pair of rubber gloves when handling her. Rough and Wild, Helter is.
Well. Life's good at home with the Princess (Hassie) and the Pauper (Helter). Just came back from playing with them and taking photos of them. Gee...they are SO cute (:
On a HIGHER note, Val's won the speech contest. Whoohoo. (:
and there is marching tmr! how fun!
and there is a 5day National Day Holiday lined up from wednesday to sunday. Can't wait!
Current mood is SUPER HIGH (:
So yea, I'll stay cheery, coz there is no homework today too :P
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
I look at the biology paper. I feel no pain, no feelings at all. I look at the chinese paper. I laugh it off. I look at the physics paper. I don't seem to care what happens anymore.
As one experiences the meaning of life, suddenly all these tini-tiny little things don't matter at all.
Back to the million dollar question. What is life? What is it we live for?
Reading a book I just came across suddenly jerked me alive. What do we live for? These ideals of life are hidden in almost everything we do. Ichigo claims that we live to protect the others. Enid Blyton books claim that we live to collect friendship. Catherine Lim books claim that we live to make the best of everything, although troubles almost always occur.
So. What is life for me? That was the question I've asked myself many a times. I came up with this conclusion. I live my life to achieve my goals, to think positively and live life to the fullest, for I've been given the chance to live.
This past week has been filled with endless stuff, both good and bad. My only hope is to push myself to the fullest and live a fulfilling week this week.
For as a famous man once said, "You cannot change the past, but you can control your future..."
Mixed Feelings
Billion years ago
I left you as the wind soared
Sometimes I asked myself
Why on earth I let you go
Why I didn't care
Why I didn't know
What have you done
Looking about the ways around
Keeping calm as the waves
Knowing I can
The traffic lights down the streets
Turning blue of tomorrow
Shining glitteringly on the mirror
The tiny island in the distance
Will the storms remember the sun
Will the beasts trampled us past
Will the world spin higher
Will the people's names ever ring fast?
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the melting doom
For whether we are here or there
We can creep down and change the world
So long as we believe
Mixed nuts rising up the shore
Big nuts dropping to the floor
Peanuts crying "I don't know!"
Nuttiness engulfs the world
A broom is sweeping up those pieces
A pail is holding all yesterday's rain
But somewhere, sometime,
Feelings don't exist anymore
Creeping yells sala-dah-dooda
How can I change the words of yesterday?
How can I make the ships change bay
How can I ensure I don't repeat?!
I've just got this post dramatic thing
Don't know what I'm saying
Just know I've got this tattoo from the past
Telling me I've gotta live and dream...
I'm living and dreaming
Shooting for the stars
But somehow somewhere
Feelings are mixed and gone
Dooda-Doodi-Da
I've got only the shell in my dreams
But I'll be shooting for No.1
Climbing the ropes to success
doodaadoodeeay Somehow, I don't get it and somehow I know I gotta try. Maintaining that positiveness. Forever.
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Monday, July 30, 2007
Time flies. and zooms.
Now I'm in Year 3 and nearing the end-of-years again.
But before that, we have those many many little mini "Class Tests" (as they call them. But they are really CAs) So yea. there's biology, math, physics, chemistry, chinese, english, geography, and loads more...We've even got projects lined up.
Not forgetting that there is a NDP coming up. So we secondary 3s get to MARCH! (:
and then in the pursuit for PNA Gold, we embark on interest badges.
and then again to gain that few points, we embark on campfire '07: Magical Masquerade...
Plus. I've still got my dear little NRP '07 report to write...and the project to continue.
So. That's it. Now. To have a better idea, let's venture into this coming wednesday.
6.30am: reach school for the chinese programme thingy.
8.00am: Geography Presentation!!
10.30am: Physics lesson! (must listen super attentively)
After School: Physics TEST.
After Test: rush and get a cab STRAIGHT to NTU for NRP.
that's alot of activity in one short day.
On a brighter note though, I'm proud to introduce you people to the new addition to the family, Helter (okok. My sis named it)
Helter also known as Blackie, Helt, etcetc. is currently a few months old and is a dwarf hamster, with amazingly silky black fur. Given by my mum's friend just today, he stands to get to know my other dwarf hamster, Hassie, which is white. Helter comes with this amazingly stinky cage which my sister plans to wash and scrub tomorrow. He currently is MORE active than Hassie (who is VERY active), running around and even attempting to do the ultimate stunt of scaling cages.
so people, you can see how cheerful the family spirit here is with the new addition :P
ok. Shall stop here now. Goodnight (:
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Sunday, July 22, 2007
We arrived at OBS by boat!!! Split up into our groups and realised that my group members who will go through with me for the next 5 days were: Claire, Pris, Joyce, Sophia, Wanting, Siew Hwee, Pei En, Wangjia, Yu Chong, Edwin, Yan Sheng, Chern Yi, Wilson, Zi Kang, Ming Ze.
Together, we are Nila Utama Watch!!!
1st off, water activities, with the TRIYAKS. o.o ppl hear of kayaks but honestly, this is the first time I have heard of triyaks. triyaks are essentially 3 person kayaks (:
The back of the triyak needed to be knocked with extreme force. coz there are people who live in there...ants, crockroaches and even lizards. YUCKS.
During the kayaking lesson, we learnt how to capsize (capsize drills to be exact). Darn cool. except my eyes were never the same after that...salty sea!!!
hahas...then played catching and such...on triyaks. with pris and wanting!!! SO FUN!!!
wakakakas...then we got to BATHE.
OBS toilets are way BETTER than RV's. RV, you ought to be ashamed...
ohs. then b4 we got to bathe, we had to pitch tents and cook...DARN it. we put food outside our store then when we came back, ALL GONE.
=> lesson learnt: never leave your things unattended...they get STOLEN.
anyway, cooking outdoors and tentpitching we guides do before, then knots also easy to tie (:
Day 2:
Rock climbing/ Belaying time!!!
hahas...as a rock climber with prior knowledge...it is REVISION (:
helped quite a few people with FIGURE 8...
felt great helping people you know?
and looking at people conquer their fears of heights was an experience...
Trust fall...
As the name suggests, you need to trust the other 15 members to catch you when you fall back first from the platform...
although I was fearful at first, upon seeing how others could do it, I did it too...
guess it was just like I didn't trust the others enough at first...there were loads of whatifs running through my mind...
Then, we packed our bag and went map reading and trekking...
you could say we revised geog, but blehhs, I as a geog student was not doing the bulk, being the main player...seems like the guys had better sense of direction...
Played the pulling the ''victim'' game...kind of fun, guess that it was this which made us bond together...even when the instructor said that it was the last few seconds, we persevered on and pushed and continued, until he said due to our team spirit, he was inclined to give us an extension of 7 mins (if I didn't rmb wrongly)
That night, we pitched tents on the sand. and there was no toilets. the toilet is the ground, you need to dig. Not helping that something else was *occuring*.
Day 3:
Continued our hike to camp 1.
We had checkpoints to reach and spent alot of time on the one near the gravestone. Sorry guys, it's all my fault. I was the one who reached the gravestone first and thought that gravestones were taboo etcetc.
=>learnt not to be deterred by our fears and beliefs, for they may not always be correct...
Ohs. and we made a promise to the whole watch that we are not going to put down the heavy backpacks until we found the checkpoints. Not helping that Syed kept asking us why were we there? why are we not looking and moving as a group? But I guess, it was his sacarsm which pushed us to the limits, wanting to show him and prove to the rest that we CAN keep the promise. We did.
Due to the rain, we had to don ponchos and move back to camp 2, coz there was lightning.
After the rain, we continued our journey to Camp 1.
Walao.
The teachers had been camping at this heavenly site for the first few days and they nvr told us!!!
Anyway, next was Double Dangling Duo, some rope element that was like a ladder with rungs of logs and held up by chains? with the rung intervals increasing as you went higher.
One guy partners a gal, so ya, did the element with Edwin. We eventually went up to the top and STOOD up, becoming the first pair to stand up (: but yoz, couldn't have done it without you, Edwin... [He was pulling me up the last rung, but the first few I climbed it myself ok... (:]
Yars, then Mr Suria was yabbling about C.G. and moments and how I must lower the C.G. in order to stand up, blahblah. he even went to the extent to telling Edwin: "If you stand up, I will give you extra CCA points." LOL. and I shouted: "Then what about me???" He replied: "I will give you higher physics marks." ahahs. you'd better keep your promise!!! hahas
=> learnt that practical and theory of physics is totally, utterly different. when you are up there, who cares about the physics behind le??? I am coming for OBS, not physics practical!!! (:
Coming down was fun. just had to 'Sit on my harness' chicken feet...
then later canteen food!! dinner and supper was great coz we finally didn't have to cook nor clean the pot. (:
So sad that that night they didn't let us use the dorms in camp 1.
we camped outside camp 1, by the sea. the sea breeze was GREAT!!
Day 4:
SEA EXPEDITION DAY!!!
kayaked 17km to get from camp 1 to camp 2 again. nearly went round the WHOLE Pulau Ubin. FYI, P. Ubin is bigger than Sentosa ok...
I was partnered with Wilson and Yan Sheng...it's thanks to you guys that I had fun kayaking (:
we took like 8hrs?started at 8 am and ended at 4pm. (with a 1 hr break from about 10 to 11 am coz of rain)
yar, so we met with a thunderstorm? beached up outside NPCC camp. and some ppl are totally mad. outside a security camera (:
after that thunderstorm and such, the weather gave us a TOTAL change. it became SUPER hot.
Luckily other than a little spot on my nose, I am totally intact and not burnt.
We finally reached the Camp 1hr earlier!! hahas estimated time was 5pm earliest lor (:
Next, Syed brought us to one side and asked us to pick up a little pebble/stone. He said: "think of what stuff you want to throw away. It is this rock.You will throw it into the sea later as you take your jetty jump. Come up as a totally new person.(or something along that line)"
It was really emotional. and he was inspirational. Now I finally know the true meaning of inspirational.
Day 5:
PACK PACK TIME!!! yepp...came down from 101 steps to the store to clean up and stuff...
after doing all that, we did Trust Dive, in order touch the bell. No one except Edwin did it. coz Syed said to stand on the top step and visualise the bell as our goal. He says, don't be discouraged, you may get your goal in future. IF you didn't touch the bell, think whether you had the confidence to get your goal in the first place.
Then did reflections and our TREE! Syed, we'll always remember you via your teachings. In memory of Syed, we put a nice BIG poem at the bottom of the tree as part of the roots. Syed, we miss you and will always remember you! Oh and we gave him a heart card too (:
Got myself a OBS tee and a keychain (:
OBS tee is NICE.
Over this camp, I believe everyone lost their guy-gal childish thinkings. we were thinking, we are a GROUP, a WATCH, not an INDIVIDUAL.
in the end, we gals and the guys all mixed as one and sat together. now that's an achievement.
That's alot of psychology involved.
Tomorrow, we return to school. whether this has an impact we'll know tomorrow. Thanks guys, for everything.
HPDH
on a brighter note, I chionged HPDH yesterday.
It rawks and I'm satisfied with the ending!
ahahhas.
Harry didn't die.
Ron didn't die.
Hermione didn't die.
Lupin died.
Snape died.
Voldemort died.
Malfoys survived.
Dumbledore is dead but became alive in spirit.
Fred and George are no longer who they once were.
My snape-dumby prophecy came true!! exactly the way I once thought of it.
and my prediction is right. harry was helped by snape. and malfoy didn't detest him (:
kkz. ppl who haven't read it, you should read it.
cyas!!
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
obs is tmr le!!!
yays!
oh, and i'd be happier if I hadn't gone to rock climb on saturday.
my arms hurt like mad!!!
i can't even swing it without feeling a twinge of pain...
oh and my piano teacher is kind of pissed at me.
coz i didn't practice piano and she can tell...
LOL.
my obs bag is not packed yet...
ahhs...
about HP5, it's a letdown.
umbridge looks like a granny from little red riding hood,
dumbledore has a character acted totally out of proportion,
harry and cho's kiss is gross,
ministry of magic and the glass spheres prophecy room looks nothing like what was described in the book,
since when was ginny a blur gal
and since when was harry's acting so goofed off???
nvm. at least i've got my hp7 to look to after obs (:
cheerios!
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Monday, July 09, 2007
The trips to places where life's so relaxed...
I seem to have lost my sanity...
All I don't seem to understand.
All I don't seem to care.
I live a life controlled and restricted by others.
I want to be free...
24/7. none of which belongs to me.
7 hrs sleep time.
12 hrs school.
5 hrs left to do homework and study for tests to come.
Which part of 24/7 belongs to me?
For some reason or another,
I long to be free...
Somehow, today I don't really feel like talking all about my day.
Just that it was a blur.
Let's just skip to the poem composition...
Our lives
Our lives avoided tragedy
By simply moving on
In the direction set not be me
With little end we were born
Somehow, Somewhere
I don't seem to believe
Wasn't aware
That people are controlled by reeds
Like puppets we moved
Drawn by the bright light
Only to realise that that wasn't what we grooved
Too high, the height
Limited by virtues
My life's a mess
Which can I choose
Oh bout the rest?!
Too high, Too bright
We move on
Crept and controlled
By blind chance escape the tragedy
Where has the goodness of the world gone?
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007
yays. luckily no one sabo me, like last year's (which coincidentally, was cancelled).
Fullstop.
Oh. next highlight...today was the drug day thingy...we all finished giving out the stuff in like supersonic time?
Honestly. 3 hrs for one small bag of stuff.
I must have said so many "Today-is-international-day-for-drug-abuse-and-illicit-trafficking. As-part-of-the programme-we-are-giving-0ut-these-items. Please-take-one-and-spread-the-anti-drug-message-around." that I still can remember the words clearly...
and pris, you...how come you din take one from me?!?! I could have given out it 1 person faster...
Ahhs..nvm. I'm now in jittery mode. Tml's the big exam day...I have to pass this! it's grade 7 050707...
A poem will just help cool me down and relax...
Piano
Softly, within layers of dust I crept
A woman's voice beckons
Taking me down to the deepest, darkest vista of years
Till I see and understand
A child sitting under a bloom in spring
Running fingers like ants alongst thy keys
Pressing the dainty poised feet of the mother
Smiling hugging after every B
In spite of the years of training
The instantaneous mastery of song
Betrays me crying
My heart moans to belong
The Saturday afternoons, with the rain thumping
And those tinking laughter, on the inside
Together we unite as one; rushing
Feeling for the spirit particles in line, the graceful piano as our guide
Mustn't let these drop to waste
The glamour of childhood pasts
Flying past me araised
The soul weeps to unrust
Flood of remembrances
Rivers of memories
Lightning strikes
Striving to return
Feel the music
For it is part of us
Let the music guide you
Follow the flow...
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Saturday, June 30, 2007
hahas.
So happy...
We got 1 gold + 2 silvers (Gold is our international quiz de, then silver one is the pagent and the other is human chess)
Plus the fact that we have camp galore bronze and craft comp gold yesterday, we more than met our winning competitions target for the year.
But now...seems like we are supposed to compete in competitions without the mentality of winning le, so as to clock participation points for PNA. Apparantly, if you take part in a competition and win, it does not constitute to participation points. As a result, once you reach the target and you still continue to win, you do not clock any more PNA Gold points anymore! LOL. whoever's dumb idea? Ahh...nvm, we'll just have to play along? Not that we did today lar...
GOLDGOLDGOLD! ahhhs..can't believe it! and we didn't study for the quiz at all? just used our general knowledge to answer the questions lor, somemore, we have proven that studying doesn't seem to work in this case, coz the rest were studying the handbook like some hardcore people and in the end? they didn't even get in.
Ohhz. and some zh****** people decided to cheat. not that we are sore losers or what lar...but you should flip open to the question, look at it, then answer and place your hand in the air and not raise your hand, then scream out the answer to your guide-in-charge then flip the calendar to the page with the question. It's like so obvious can?
anyway, that was our motivation to win ba? we didn't want the trophy to go to a school that didn't deserve it.
Oh yes. Phyllis turned out to be some great BIG surprise lor.. hahas.. when we do game show round that time, the nanyang guides (the organisers of e quiz) ask what does it mean to drape the colours, she answered it word for word, copied from the handbook sia...nearly scared the hell out of the nanyang guide (: [best part was that she didn't exactly make a super big point to memorise. it was just the spur of the moment? WoW]
quoted:"...draping the colours is done by tying a small black crepe of 15cm long to the top of the flag and letting the ends hang about half-way down the width of the flag..."
Best part of the competition was when we bluffed every single RV guide after the competition (coz it's held in the classroom and they din know the results) that we lost terribly, and didn't even get into the top three...
hahas. it must have been a great act on our part, coz RV guides started to console us...hahas. then later the JSS guider went to call out the results, then RV guides got a shock sia...(:(: we did not only get into the top three, we also got the CHAMPION trophy nia...yayayyyay!
anyway, after going back to school on the bus, a few of us went out to long john...haiz. I think I this month really ate too much long john le... ahh. but nvm, it still always tastes good (:
then later I left early so that I could reach home, bathe and change b4 we went to the NDP rehearsal...
after watching NDP this year, I must say... IT ROCKS MAN!!! yepps...the show is more colourful, with laser beams and lights, like hong kong's light displays at the 'xing guang da dao' there...
Oh ya the LIONS made their way down twice! once when the sun was setting and then once more at night...
And there are jellyfish which are like mini hot air balloons? and there are little shiny UFO like planes which are shot all over the place, lighting it up...
Ohs and the cheerleader people are all dressed as chickens and there are ahgongs and ahmas doing taiqi and little kids which dress up in some costume not unlike those from Finding Nemo on ICE...
more importantly, the emcees are all arriving by BOAT!!! so cool right?
yepps. so this rehearsal was considered a successful one by me..except for the fact that...
1) RVHS chorale pangseh us! left le...then I didn't get a chance to see you all...
2) Daniel Ong was NOT IN ACTION!!! then he was like subbed by some indian singer?!?!
Dan...where did ya go?
hmm...ahhs. nvm...I'll still get to hear your voice on 98.7Fm..hahas..looking forward to seeing some people's face when they see RVGG giving out 4 trophies for 4 different competitions... (:
kkz..night people..going to sleep soon..
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
how's back to school?
well, for starters, we have MORE trainies attached to 3E.
Chem: Some trainie + Mr Wong (as in 3D form lar)
Physics: Mr Tan? + Mr Suria?
Bio: Mr Chow + Trainie?
aiyo...why is it like that?
We all have TRAINIE TEACHERS when it is the 2nd SEMESTER???
somemore it's all e 3 sciences leh.
BLEHHS.
ohs. and guides west div day is this sat and there's a drug prevention activity next wed.
boos.
Ohs, and charlotte and yimin, don't be sad le ok? these things happen, it's not your fault if they don't care. Appreciate that there are still some people who are there. The glass is half full (:
We Blow Our Own Bubbles of Despair
Spoken:
We blow our own bubbles of despair into
The huge universe unknown and Poof
Fear buries us into itself
Devoured and devoid
Verse 1:
Anguish and pain are merely surfaces
That we can peel
Beneath all that
We are human
We know that we can cry
We know that we can laugh
But when we destroy all remains of fear
Destroy all the anger we feel
We are free... ...
Chorus:
We control our destiny
We decide our fate
We can't feel
We can't sing!
Verse 2:
For no one can compass despair
No one can control other's emotions
No one can be perfect
No one can suit everyone...
*Chorus
Verse 3:
Why mumble over those that can't comprehend
The difference between friends and foe
So what if you don't fit me very well
So what if you locate here
As large as a tank
Aiming at only half a lifetime?
Couldn't you float over the trees
Instead of forcing me outta my roots?
*Chorus
Verse 4:
Don't cry, don't sigh
Over those you don't understand
Just believe
That one day will come
and take away the pain!
There's no way out of this dark place
No hope, No future
Just believe
That one day will come
Conclusion:
When they all understand
For what's the point
Of wasting saliva
When you could have saved?
Don't blow the bubbles of despair
Putting you into trouble and they outta it
They don't care
What you share
Why Trouble Yourself?
In this dark dark world
Only you can comprehend
Just do it right
And they will eventually understand...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007
1 more day.
haiz.
it'll be another term again, where teachers start all that torturous processes, ALL OVER AGAIN...
nvm. There are still stuff to look forward to...
1) HP Movie 5
2) HP Book 7
3) Guides Fencing and rock climbing courses
4) OBS
5) National Day 07
Oh. And there are stuff that I still have to do...
1) Grade 7 Piano 050707!
2) Geog Tests x2
3) SanGuoYanYi test
4) All subjects term tests
now...about Guides Carnival @ Scape Field...
Darn fun lor (:
So much attention-grabbing stuff all at the same place.
Most tempting was of course the Milo Dino, which I of course made a beeline for (:
[for those who know me, you'll know WHY]
Had fun looking at the people take photos at our booth...
There was one guy who stuck that rose into his mouth and took a photo lar (thanks to ying) ...darn cute!!---became the advertisement for our booth (:
Some person at scape field complained about our banner blocking hers and said that we had no guiding spirit.
was it blocking hers? even if it was blocking someone, it wasn't her booth.
Ahhs nvrmind. At least she din put up a fuss and just grumbled a little...(:
Then Mrs Choy brought her son to the booth and they had a family photo. dunno if Ms Tan in the end got take with her 'friend' onot. I wish I was there (:
yepps. anyway, I bought a new badge with Girl Guide on it. It looks really nice and artistic...
Oh and since my school bag got broken a little, I got a new one. it's BLUE...
kkz. that's enough le..
Since I gotta off the com soon and sleep so that I can get used to sleeping and waking early again, I shall stop here and start on e poem...
Inner Expressions
With quavering lips and wordless gasps
I strive to say it loud and deliver thy
The music residing in my head
That silent music of nature
That swirling moan of day turned night
Where dreams and thoughts interwine
Where what I think seems simply divine
Where feelings are interwound
And people don't hide
Inwards I answer all those cries
Screaming I can't do anything
With cresendos of mystic depths and height
Which knows no infinite
A thunderclap strikes
Breaking the very silver lining
Hidden in each cloud
My Flesh would have perished there
From this dark shadows of guilt and scorn
This is thy song I struggle to bear
Through gaps in senses and feelings
I strip myself afree
Flinging myself into the air
Gently Flying Free
Away from hurt and into the light
Just my soul and me
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Monday, June 18, 2007
Saw e guides again after separation...
It was like really really fun, with loads of laughter thanks to Loyang Sec (:(:
And then...there is this officer there named "Shake" and he with his fellow colleagues went on a Storytelling spree spread throughout the day. So wowwee..FUN!!!
Oh yea. and I got owned by the rest..wlao..din wear track pants din tell me..ahhs..nvm
oh..and to those who haven't taken Civil Defence, beware...the test was *ahem*. nahhs..won't talk about it here...
Ohs and mich taught me that a mixture of chilli and mayo produces a reaction...we-ells? Do you know that?
Well...Guides Carnival at Scape Field in less than a week's time...going to pia the preparations!! (:
Finally...
POEm Galore...(As hinted, today's poem will be adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's collection!)
Spooky unknown future
Of interchangeable pride -
A phantom, a dream
Would my childhood seem
That night was fraught with violence and stonge
With random unwakening thoughts
Of unseen spirits
That I sense not
I let them pass me by
Throwing suspicious eyes
Let none of ill intent
Inherit the vision that I possess
Those thoughts I can't control
Twists a mask upon his soul
That bright spark
At last and-
When light time hath past
Fatigue denied
With a groan it passed on
I prayed it'd perish
In that single I cherished.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
and WOWOWOWOW
mr tan put in loads of effort in doing that DVD.
It rawks!
(:(:
It really brought back fond memories of the time we had in UK.
That was simply awesome(:
There was val and custard
and alot of other pics I nvr knew existed.
Funniest parts were all there of course.
oh..and there is my and the indicator... cheerios!
hahas.
Yippeeeeeeeeeeeee!
ohz..and originally I had this poem, but then msn space ate it. and i'm pissed. So, this new one which I made which is more or less the same as the one i lost is now here:
Unseen Truths
Eyes Taut Silent Followers
Of those shimmering wings
They slash in unison
A net at the skies
So they fall admidst brambles
Shaking countless nettles
Even after those million bruises and scratches
They hardly stop
T'was till the father came
Stilling those riot and grief
In his scratchy voice
In a single shout
"Why trouble those
Who did us no harm?
Those glittering wings
Those beautiful souls?"
"Run now, to my gardens three
For there you find them turned upside down
By way of worm
Will destroy"
The skies knows no limits; it is bountiful, beautiful
The earths are dull
Look not those appearances
But instead where slug and snail lie
For their birth
Is our death!
** for those who still don't know, this poem is all about the ironical being of the butterfly...
kkz..tt's all..buai!
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
I'm back and alive from UK!
Just arrived yesterday from UK and it's been JET LAG JET LAG and JET LAG!
ohno.
Woke up at 1pm today, dunno what's wrong with me...I slept at 11pm yesterday night somemore..
haiz. 14hrs of sleep? plus the fact that yesterday, I slept from 2-7pm. and the fact that I slept abit on the plane.
worse. I don't know how to reverse this cycle. Now I'm feeling wide awake, like as if I am now at 1pm or something.
nvm. UK was fun!!
Got the whole tour group having fun there lor..
Everyone there was influenced by bleach. even the teachers (though in a good or bad way I duno) But my grp was the most enthu, from day 1! yippee!!<3
Here's Stonehenge! (:
The whole UK group, with Jason (tallest), Mr Tan and Ms Tan at the left and the whole bunch of us!!! woohoo!
kkz...it's now 9pm le..going off! cyas!
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Sunday, May 27, 2007
UK is GMT time, so if anyone want send sms, pls don't send it at ungodly times there (:
yesterday's open house was kinda pathetic.
Little ppl came at all lor.
the entire Magic Show in LT2 was filled 3/4 with RVians.
that shows how many people actually came.
Then, I went guides for a while to see see.
I'm really sorry I couldn't be with you all lor.
Someone just wouldn't let me ):
After the magic shows, we spent a longlong time clearing up. Why on earth did we prepare so many chemicals when in the end we don't use it and it ends up down the drain? WHY?
Went home so late that I counted only 6 cars left in the carpark. Which doesn't say much, because 3 of these cars I think belonged to the teachers in charge of us. LoL.
Oh yea. Camp Galore got 3rd! Congrats ppl! muackz (:
yepp yepp. so status for the next week or so is in UK.
UK Trip: 27/5 to 5/6
For ppl going to Maths Olympiad...jiayouz!
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Today is Olympiad day, so Claire, Guo Kai, Yu Chong and I ponned Chinese lesson today. Seems like it wasn't too nice a lesson anyway, so I'm kinda glad we ponned.
Science olympiad wasn't too nice. It was like worse than any paper I have ever taken? Test us on so many things we don't know. plus, it's not nice to see the RI people piaying through the paper like nobody's business...as if they did this everyday like that lor.
haiz..don't care le. It's a 2 marks for correct answer, -1 mark for wrong answer and 0 mark for no answer kind of paper. So yeah, you need to test probability and the answers too at the same time. How depressing.
Piaed back to school to help in prep for tml. tml is the open house dudes and dudettes! :)
Magic Show, RVGG.
Tml's a busybusy day. (:
blehh.
oh yea. did I mention that there is a whole pile of hw awaiting the entire sec 3 cohort at home???
siao one. nvr see teachers so hardworking b4. They all just throw us stacks of homework and expect us to have time to do it. plus, they are not individual homework sia. It's GROUP work. and, it's GRADED.
so yea, have to coordinate time?
sadsadsad.
wahhs!
no mood for a song today. but I must say I did not adhere to eat-with-your-family-day.
unless you count eat-with-a-sister-day as part of it.
Dad's overseas, Mum's having some dinner commitments, I have to bring my sister to piano school for lesson. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?
hahas. Good. I'm rebelling! (:(:
blehh. If only we can petition for less homework and more free time. Holidays are not called Holidays for nothing you know. I hope you ppl in school can understand. LoL.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
yepps. got top 10 in class, but I'm sure not satisfied. Got a small scolding from mum for getting low marks for Bio. Luckily the scold doesn't seem to be full scale.
Just saying tt i'm disappointed with myself. How on earth can I get a 50+ mark for a science subject? so diu lian.
but, on a brighter note, it's 3E and 3E who got the top for 6 subjects!!!
If I'm not mistaken, they are the 3 sciences, maths, hist and english.
hahas. sad to say that I'm surprised Mr Ong didn't like say a word or two about our nice achievement, only saying tt it is "expected". guess that's true also ba...he also said a thing or two about the positive comments he received from the teachers. (:
Oh yar. There is a 20 dollar prize involved if we beat his sec 3 marks...that is hard to beat lor. it's like 70+, 80+ and 90+?hahs.
Today, of course, was also the eat-with-your-class-day.
We had Canadian pizza, cakes, watermelons and honeydews.
yum yum...it was indeed really enjoyable to eat as a class.
But really made me think about 0.5B.
0.5B is having class outing on the 16th! hope I can attend! (:(:
before i end, comments of randomness:
1)I haven't practiced my piano for the entire week. Come Saturday, I'll be slaughtered. At the very least, I will get scolded playfully by my teacher (:(:
2)Uk's in 4 days' time.
3) Junior Science Olympiad is on Friday, open house's on Saturday.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Here's to Monday!
Firvenir was not very productive today...
Partially because of the fact that it was a pathetic day where half the com disappeared?
uhuh. At least nt as bad as gateway. They had more things to do and less people! :)
Nownow.
I'm not in the mood to elaborate on what happened today and such.
Thus, let us skip all these hustle and bustle and jump straight into the POEMS.
Today, while walking home from the bus stop, a poem just striked me. Let me share it with you!
Untitled
500 years before
I never denied
Whatever came my way
But now...
Trying to build walls
To shut away the pain
To lock the secrets away
To kiss goodbye the sarrows
Truth beats the winds
Truth whips the bare air
And will always remain as insistent
As insistent as the Nile.
For what do you gain
From lying your way
From telling half truths
From telling white lies
What is the point of living a life filled with grievance
Living a life in seclusion
Living a life that makes no sense
Makes no sense to me or you...
No more of these hibernal game
With its tufted quilts and snow
All I require is a bit of gunfire
To thy I shall bestow
A fortnight of practices
A fornight of challenges
A fortnight of preparation
I hope our reckoning returns
Shed thy snakeskin
Reveal thy true self
What's the point of hiding
As ideas beneath thy mask
Let your true face
Not be concealed
Let your true motives
Be revealed
For is Irony Hearkening?
Life is a Journey
An ironic one
I hear the beckoning.
Okie. guess that I'm done. Decipher this poem clearly, and you will know of the hidden message within, thus holding the key to unlocking my thoughts and feelings, accumulated over the period of this year...
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
hahas.
Me.
Sunday, going to buy UK Trip Stuff, plus plan to do that freakin Chinese Speech.
Monday, Firvenir Com stuff + Magic Show preparations later
Tuesday, Science Olympiad training (means pon cca. I'm really sorry, but i'll make it up k?)
Wednesday, supposed to go for NRP, but I'm considering the ponning part. I'm going for the science stuff instead.
Thursday, Official rehearsal for Magic trick.
Friday, OLYMPIAD itself. HAIZ...So Short Preparations are all for this day.
Saturday, OPEN HOUSE!!! (:(: Guides + MAgIC Show Day!!!
So. this is like the timetable for this horrifying week that is busier than normal. PLUS, I'm going to have to find time to pack for UK trip!! ahhahas.
UK Trip is just one week away. We leave on Next Sunday, the 27th of May, at 8.30 pm. So yea...Hurray! 9 days totally FUN!
=...I'm looking forward to the hols and I hope the teachers don't give homework...=
Yawn...before I sleep, just wanted to say that I had a fun time playing with the chemicals today...I think that we got the best explosion today...if only it were bigger, then the whole school could have smelt like a stink bomb(:(:
kkz..nite ppl...
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Got back Bio and Phy papers. utterly disappointed.
yarhar..tt's all I got to say.
uhuh. Then went to do science challenge stuff.
turns out that the science challenge 06 WAS fun. LoL.
Claire said want join. Then I said I can't commit. So, sorry gal...
yepp. then come home. must prepare the guides stuff for tml.. Tml is phototaking dudettes!
yays!
kkz.tml is going to be another longlongday le...
But, b4 I leave, I must put down lyrics and poems that have been swarming my head today :P
Untitled ((II))
5 hundred years have passed
Yet the voices still stand firm
Within the withering of masses
The ringing silence prevails
A legend of blue flowers followed by the blacks
This was the sorrowful story
Told only when the twilight falls
Well before a folly
Silence
Who would have wanted to kill a maiden
A maiden as pure as thee
For she has done no harm to you
Why use them as your lies or prize?
She who has done neither good nor bad
Just quietly
Bearing
Sweet silent resilience
The light has failed to ignite
Now what has become of thee
For when the last drop of wax falls
The idea still remains
Remember not the person
Remember not the revenge
For they can be destroyed and thwarted
But words and ideas will always retain their power
The power of a single phrase
The power of a single vowel
The power of even a mere letter
Causes the undesirable darkness
Overcomes the world around
Sweet vengence and screaming revenge
They are just but acts
For these cannot go on
Without the words
Without the ideas
5 hundred years have passed
Yet if the fear can be overcomed
Within the depths of the demon himself
The will has arrived, saved
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Saturday, May 12, 2007
We were split into many different groups at first.
At first, I was in Wei Zhong's Group. Sad to say that he was injured and then all of us, his so called "charges" had to be split up into different groups. and so, I ended up in Cuilin's group!
proud to say we became united towards the end and thus won 2nd place overall! yayyayayayyayyayayayyayay! :D
the best station in this race has got to be the one with the watermelons. Said the i/c : collect the water from the watermelon with your mouth (by chewing and collecting the water), then transfer it into the bottle! hahas. So fun :)
Then, we had to name 10 birds. One of the scouts ran all the way to the bird cages to find out, but by then, the rest of us had managed to get all by trial and error!!! It was like so cool? we just kept spouting and spouting the names :)
the second best station is the 3-legged race! up and down the uneven steps of the dragon's head we went, with our legs tied together. Then, we had to hold on to each other with the ball in the middle of our two bodies. we got the okok timing of 7.51 min lar. but not bad le lor :D
Really enjoyed this race! yippee! wanna go again and was so sad it had to end ... :(
Before we ended, we had water bomb fight! hahas. got hit straight in the front by a water bomb and ya, got all wet :) but yar, couldn't understand why some people din want or did not get wet. isn't the fun of water bomb fights the getting wet part???
next tuesday, phototaking for guides le, and this time, we get to bring stuff toys! :)
yay! oh ya, btw, if any fire com the people are reading this, please remember to bring punk on tuesday hor. thxx!
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Thursday, May 10, 2007
So, I took it off.
Unless someone can find me a nice quiet song that everybody likes, there will be no song on this blog le. (apologies to those who love the song)
Yar, so yesterday, was wednesday and I went for NRP again!
My frenchman "teacher" for NRP was there to teach lor :)
hahas. Had loads of fun with him. Was real cool, coz we got to become good friends.
He is french, so he has quite a limited vocabulary, so I had to sub words in :)
hahas. take tubing for example. I said it was a tubing then he said something along the lines of: ya, it had better be, or else I'll be laughed at for using the wrong words you know.
Yesterday was the synthesizing process. Really cool, changed all those different bottles and fitted in extra extra GUANINE and realised that bottle caps of those particular bottles don't like gloved hands. You need to coax them with bare hands before they'll come open. LOL.
Ok. Now for TODAY.
Got back english, and knew my chinese CA part. and then we also yakked abit about bio and chem papers, with e teachers. Physics, we must have done real bad for the school to want to give us retest :) One sad thing though. Mr Ong is keeping real quiet about maths. and I honestly think that this math exam was not too good(meaning bad lar).
After school, rushed for UK Trip meeting! ahhas. So cool. In less than a month's time, I'll be halfway across the world, with some english that I probably won't understand coz of strong accents! YAY! Can't WAIT!!!
Oh yar. Turns out Mr Chow also wanted to talk to me and some other 3E ppl after school, but then postponed to Monday. ARH. Between me and those ppl who are reading this now, I am so dead this June. NRP, THIS PROJ and GUIDES. ahhahhashahas
ok. I'm done with today's stuff.
Goodnight ppl (:
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
hahas. I think that this period is worse than the exam period lor. Coz you will feel sososo depressed and stuff.
blehh. I think I need to be admitted into my own department le. haiz.
maths-I don't know what overcame me during it, but I seemingly had some kind of mind block+ the don't understand the question part.
I really don't know why. So you will know what happen if I don't get my 90% now. haizhaiz.
anyway, today I got jabbed by the nurse for some OBS jab? Wasn't too bad. It was just like the primary 6 ones (:
EXtrA: Today watched spidey! (: Spiderman 3 was like so so so cool and emo (: Went to watch it with val, shuhui and pris. Loved the show.
**did you know that the Vivo outlet probably earned loads from RVians' money? there were like just so many people watching movies today! almost 3/4 of the people were RVians celebrating the end of exams. YAY! hahas!
Oh yar, before I forget:
POEM TIME!
Untitled
It was many years
Even before the times
When people drank beers
When pirates ruled the world
The memory emerges from the night.
The oceans intertwining with the seas.
Desperate for freedom they ran.
It is the hour of doom!
A entire place of debris,
subjected to shipwreck.
In the countless wars
The rising call of the ravens caw.
The sea swallowed the world,
The hour of spells ablazing.
In the childhood mist of souls,
Lost discoveries arose.
Like a jar the world housed infinite tenderness.
Like a storm it contained bitterness.
Like a cello it moaned softly.
Like a car it sputtered.
The world has left them to die, to suffer.
Cold stars glare, black birds migrate.
Deserted like the dew at dawn.
The shadow remains still in my hands.
The world is twisted.
Though wave and wind
Have mightier blows.
That they who keep the watch.
Stand by them the more
The War Has Just Began.
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Monday, May 07, 2007
Cool gal..
ok. it's bio and ss today.
Shan't say no more...
ok. tomorrow is like Tuesday. and I had planned to rest nicely. BUT, what did they do? put a medical check up tml. WAD THE. stay from 9am to 3pm lehh!!!
ok. this shall be a really really short post. so yar, jiayouxx ppl for maths tml :)
I hope I won't have more clients in my hospital (Department of Rita-rdeds Remember?)
(: cyas and jiayouxx! :)
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Wednesday, May 02, 2007
I don't know why.
I really don't.
All I know is that all the exam stress is clogging me and it doesn't help that Hammie's dead.
yepp. Of all days, Hammie chose yesterday, also known as Labour Day and a Holiday, to leave me silently.
All was well in the morning. Hammie was just peacefully sleeping and playing and eating.
But in the afternoon, ...
We sent Hammie off.
Hammie, you looked so cute to be true when we saw you cuddled in that small tub that you used to bathe in.
Eyes closed.
Paws to the front.
Head slightly corked to the side.
We all cried for you.
Honestly we did.
I'm sorry Hammie,
I never ever took a photo with you.
Now that you are gone,
I feel this lone and gloom.
You, whom I played with every night before bed.
You, whom I fed and tickled.
You, whom I looked after.
You, why did you have to go?
Hammie, no one can replace this hole you've left in my soul.
For you've left a crater.
A crater that cannot be undone.
A crater made by love.
A crater dug with care.
A crater filled with concern.
I love you Hammie...
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Monday, April 30, 2007
hahas...nvm...
anyway, today I took the english paper 1...all I can say is that it was ok.
yeppyeppyepp...I'll be slacking till about 11am and then starting chemistry. QA.
QA according to stella just now is easy, so long as you find your own way...'
so yar, will try and do that today.
but I hope I won't sleep halfway...LoLs...still darned tired from yesterday's night activities...
the swensen's is still in the tummy dudes...
Nice BIG bowl of "Gold Rush" ...ahhs...
kkz...going off to read a book or play a game or whatever...it's temporary slacking time! :D:D
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Sunday, April 29, 2007
Coz I went to watch Phantom with my cousins...
but nevermind, it was a GREAT show with COOL effects...
30 pple on the cast and they performed for like 2.5hrs? yeppyeppyepp...
the phantom's voice is amazing and I'm still trying to figure out how did he disappear at the last scene.
Then there was the lights and sparkles..super bright...
plus the BOAT..amazing.. they managed to make it seem real although it was done on this flat flat stage in the esplanade
in short...I LOVED IT.
and I don't think I regret going for it...it was a great experience that I wouldn't miss for the world.
anyway, tml's the start of mid-years and it starts with english...haiz...
mugging season has started. No peace until 3weeks later...why 3 wks? well, exams till next tues. then we start getting back the papers..then I won't have peace..coz I'll be like worried and anxious and etcetcetc...blehh...
kkz..going to do some last minute mugging before having a good night's sleep tonight...bye! :P
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Monday, April 23, 2007
haiz..
tt's rite..it's busy time. and it's not helping that I've just learnt that my Phantom of the Opera is scheduled for sunday afternoon?
and that I've got to do planning for guides open house design?
and that I've got a whole lot of studying more to go???
blehh..
anyway, today got back exposition :D and it's a nice score written there :p
Drama was nice. I learnt that Qin Hui does great imitations and that he is like SUPER OBSERVANT?
LoL. won't elaborate. further details, approach me :)
did tons of physics. vectors are starting to look super duper boring.
oh yar..
here's a bit of the poem I crafted during LA class...coz I had few corrections...it's simply crap to all those who don't understand, but really, it will make alot of sense if you were me. It's bit and pieces of my life. put together in one puzzle that doesn't really make sense to you...
As I walked and walloped through the wind
I slowly realised
What a catastrophe I've caused
It is clear from the winds that
The colour has changed
That I've been blown away...
Don't lose the wind
With each passing fray
I'm all but here
Don't destroy it
Live a life
Believing
that a sweeping generalisation lies in me.
Latent views
A slight killjoy...*ended*
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
NRP today...
DARN COOL!
lesson was all about the basics of lab procedures...
and 1st main big thing I learnt was how to pipette properly.
haiz...
it looks so easy to pipette something,
but in DNA synthesis,
e prof says you need to be extra careful.
1 microlitre too little and you are DEAD.
coz you lose all your precious DNA.
e basics of pipetting says:
1) always hold your hand still and slightly tilted to the side
2) never ever draw samples too fast. it will cause the DNA to be destroyed or bubbles to appear in your sample and thus make measurements inaccurate.
3) once the tip has been contaminated (aka touched something it shouldn't) eject it immediately into the bin. you don't want the sample to get contaminated.
4) always shake and rinse with 100% pure distilled water. never ever ever try otherwise.
5) always wear rubber gloves (one rule of the lab which I absolutely can't stand, coz e hands in gloves get so HOT!)
nevertheless, i still LoVe my project...it's got to be one of the coolest in NRP!!!
hahas...before i end off, let me say one last thing...
THE SMELL OF AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE USED ON THE DNA IS STILL ON MY HAND!
okok, will go and publish this now... :D
won't be blogging on everyday basis anymore, it's mid years dudes and dudettes!!
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Mr Ong started complaining about us during morning assembly about being disorderly and such. and to an extent, I agree.
Yes, we yak. Yes, some of us did not really stay in a single file.
anyway, Geog was the BIG HIGHLIGHT.
something that shldn't have happened happened.
All I'm saying right now is that someone threw a marker and someone got touchy and shouted.
Full details unavailable. You go find out yourself.
Anyway, because of this incident, geog students from 3E ended up staying after school to have a little chat. Seems that the teachers present plus e principal were all emotional about this. We saw red eyes and a tear.
Thus, due to unforseen after school circumstances, I ponned the CiD meeting that I asked everyone to come for. So, groupmates, sorry I pangseh you all hor... I'll make it up :D
=>Haiz. This wouldn't be the first time 3E has disappointed teachers this year. I think even my ten fingers couldn't count.
All the teachers all seem to have something to complain about us.
Either coz we are always late or we are sweaty or we didn't perform well enough.
It seems like it's either (a) we are too bad or (b) the expectations of us are too high and we can't reach.
It may be only the few in our class that makes us look bad. But it reflects on everyone. Tell me, is that fair? Why can't you people just let go of your egos and start behaving more like 0.5B?
seriously people. I miss 0.5B.
Yes, we often got scolded as well.
But at least we don't have internal conflict.
People there were more considerate.
and we were a class.
and we acted like one.
and we don't have people who don't deserve kindness.
**Yes, I don't usually post negative stuff. But this is something I feel that I really must do. I'm sorry if anything on this post offended anyone. I just say it as I feel it. I'm sorry.**
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
Now. Let's talk about the NRP project!!! I've now got my own lab(on loan of course)...
That lab is like SO COOL?
1st: they've got this water purifier which takes up to an entire sink's worth of space (or rather is the sink) That water purifier, or so they say, can get rid of close to 100% of unpure water!! so yar, we are treated to extra extra extra clean water when we go to the lab :D
2nd: the equipment there are all brand NEW. they've got this refridgerator which is new and can go to -20 degree celcius and a -40/-80 one is coming soon.
3rd: the've got the whole shelf worth of chemicals! woohoo...but any wastage on your part will gain you a lecture of course...
4th: ATCG bases, all stuffed into a small drawer. Imagine if you open the drawer and you see bags and bags of stuff protruding out, like nobody cares :d
5th: 1 cupboard full of stringes and gloves, 1 dua core computer located inside the lab which we can use for anything, a totally cool DNA synthesizing machine and many many more.
6th: the 2 jiejies and the one kor...all ready to help the 2 of us...
yay!
opps...okok..calm down.
Now for the serious stuff:
TESTS are HERE.
next wed: geog test
next thurs/fri: el test
next next tues: bio test
plus, after that 2 weeks plus, it's MID YEARS!!!omgomgomg.
So yar...I wish I am in fairyland now, where everything goes right and never wrong, where they don't have tests and can have all the fun and just laugh and laugh and play and play...
Fairyland
Dim light shines at dawn
cloudy shady woods
Forms I can't decipher
For dew that drips all over.
Huge suns shining down upon
For every star I see
In the silent moment of the day
The breath of their faces flies
At about 7 by the sun-clock
Thousand wings flap by
All more filmy by three times
Forming that fairy rhymes
In that drapy leaves afar
Over Hamlet's castle and Mac's
Where shalt they fly
In that curvy scurvy path of Beck's
With the fairy ring formed up
In the sterness of the pride
The quiver of each little flutter
The buzzing of the rest
Fairyland has awoken.
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Friday, April 06, 2007
Now, let's recall it's significance with this short introduction before I continue with my story...
The name: "Good Friday"
-came from the earlier English name, "Godes Friday," meaning "God's Friday."
On this day, it signifies that God has finally conquered death.
Yes indeed.
Anyway, here's the summary of what I did today.
Today, I finished my final draft for exposition.
Today, I went to do Qing Ming stuff---sao mu
Yepp. It's been a long time since I really slacked and ya, I did it today :D
Reading my favourite books all over again, playing badminton and running etcetc...
Actually, it's been a funfunfun day and I wish this weekend will last forever. I sure don't want to go on to long tiring monday life (where we have to run 2.4km for NAPFA and *remedial* with Mr Boey)
nor go on to tuesday (where we have chem test)
nor go on to wednesday (where it's NAPFA 5 items)
nor go on to thursday (where it's a super long day)
nor go on to friday (where I have CCA then tuition after that)
blehh.
that's not a nice week ahead.
So I'd better enjoy this weekend "0.0"
So people, I'm in a chalet this weekend!!! yay!!! BBQ tml nite!
yepp, so I will end off with a poem:
Dream-Land (A different one from Edgar Allan Poe's, although inspired by him!)
By a site obscure and dim
Haunted by the evilest of angels
Where a knight on black thrones lean
Riding on his silk horse leers
Chasms and Charms littered about her
In the caves and woods growing around
With shadows no man can decipher
A cat softly bounds
Mountains toppling into seas
Seas which surge into the skies
Skies which knows no boundaries
Boundaries without its end
The lakes are sound and calm
Their waters lone and dead
By the light of the night
A house can be seen
By the marsh where the ants and mosquitos dwell
By the spot where ghosts are found
By the cranny where the path leads
To the end of time
There we meet that lone traveller
Straight from the veiled memories of the past
The glaring light shines past me
As they wander by
White robed people we once knew
Walking back on Earth
In that split moment
Earth and Heaven reunite
The traveller has arrived
Amidst the silent commotion
He came and smiled
Appearing before me
Here we see God Almightly walking through the ring
With people bowing to him
Our king of kings
The Lord has arrived
On this day of Good Friday
Let us mark it as Jesus' gift to all of us
Reuniting us one and all
Back to the heavens we belong
* * *
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Firstly, the day started off nicely with geog and maths and SS.
Then, there was PDP...we did a nice proposal for Sentosa Beach Cleaning :D
Then Assembly...once again, one of those boring talks which had nothing new to add to my brain save the many nice pictures.
Honestly, this is my feedback to the school. Please don't call people who repeat the obvious in to talk during assembly. Firstly, it kills our spirit. Secondly, half the assembly sleeps. Thirdly, the only thing we will gain are the prizes for the quizzes. So, what is the point? The school is just wasting her money.
Kz. so after the assembly, i rushed for NRP.
to my horror, the professor talked about something I din know of at all. It is so ChEEM. Worse, tt NUS HIGH student can understand every bit. I feel so left out. he is 2 years my senior and it made all the difference in the world. He understands stuff I don't. At least he is super nice and gentlemanly, a vast Difference from some 3E guys(no insult implied)...
furthermore, the prof has given us 2 research papers to READ. I think it is manageable but ya, weird, coz it's nt in full detail and I have to check up every single bit. The best part is that I need to know hw to draw a guanine structure by next week. Cool or wad?
After NRP, I rushed to JE, hoping I could finish the chemistry assignment b4 tuition, and I sort of did it:D
Except for the fact that at around 7pm, the teacher suddenly said no more tuition. So I came to JE for nth. haiz.
kkz..now it's 11pm already..slp time. I actually wanted to rush out a poem, but I guess I've got no brain juice left :(
kkz..nite ppl!
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Monday, April 02, 2007
we go find her to sign the guides programme then have to wait until the assembly started then can find her :D
ok..anyway..today got tt chinese culture thing
quite fun...
got to know alot of things :P
Shocked at how some ppl can say things so fast..
SCARY
anyway, 3A won hahas..cool..even bi-cultural K-class oso cant beat..
yepp..homework time..carn talk so much le..buai!
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Sunday, April 01, 2007
Right..as everyone probably already knows, those 3 have made it to the top.
But, you see ppl, their jobs dun start from friday. PC's do though. Coz right, the previous Programme Coordinators only planned till friday and we dun exactly have time to plan with the rest of the planning com. Means that Emily and I get to plan it immediately. cool rite? tt's in order for us to put it up on monday.
Anyway...
Here are the full details of the Committee of RVGG '07 *clap*(if i got it wrong tell me hor..coz this is wad i noe from ppl i asked coz i wasn't there on friday):
CL: Munweng
ACL (p): Charlotte
ACL (d): Yimin
PC: Rita&Emily
TC: Michelle&TingXiang
EO: Yingying&Glenda
QM: Fiona, Xinyu&Veronica
Treasurer: Zoey
Timer: QiuYan
Right. then yesterday, we went back to School for training...cool huh?
many many rounds round e track. Surprisingly I din feel tired at ALL. coz i guess we were all having fun? then cheer and cheer and din feel tired. :D
Mich, you missed loads :D
kkz..shall not crap so much le..till another time, coz i've got many many hw to pia, coz i was slacking yesterday!!!
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Ok.
Firstly, decision's final. Charlotte and I go for NRP. Mdm Ong will keep us informed on our posts. Fullstop.
Next, the funniest thing happened. Mr Chow sent everyone an email saying I'm the NRP i/c but then, he got my email wrong. There is a 123 dudes! As a result, everyone knows I'm NRP i/c except me. If not for dear Charlotte, I'll have been in the dark until even now...
Third. Careless Bug hits me again. Could have got a nice BIG EXCELLENT stamp, but then, becoz of carelessness, it became GOOD. LoL. At least I didn't get 'keep trying' :D
Fourth. Mr Wong returned all our scripts for formal letter writing today, and it seems like it's just a scrape of an A2 for me only. Sad though. Many people got high A2 s or A1 s... :(
Fifth. Mr Boey was ever so nice to us during practical lesson today! ahahs..we forgot to heat the benedict's solution at first, but then, he didn't scold. He just said tt we are supposed to put in the water bath. fullstop.
Right. So that's my life so far for you! :d
It's tough. Plus CiD? Plus Geog proj? Plus guides? Plus NRP? hahas...killer March is in the air!
ook. As I was walking home from school today, I thought and thought about something really weird. That was, now that I've exhausted so many options for poem writing, what am I going to put? Then, it hit me. It's time for a Jodi Picoult Plain Truth poem! :D:D
Right. So, charmie..I finally got hooked on Jodi. Muz be real pleased huh?
Plain Truth
Dead infants in Amish Barns
Left and slaughtered by loved ones
On purpose or off purpose
No one knew
When Lancaster Country is shook to the core
When Katie Fisher is accused
When Samuel was denounced
Who suffers the pain?
In a tangled murder case worked to prove things wrong
In a sacred area where things don't work
In a fear filled area
In a desire filled area
A man from the past arrives
Is there more to racism and religion
Then meets the eye?
Is there more to Euthanasia
More to that death of the baby?
No one knew.
And it was just up to Ellie to find...
* * *
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Why the average people in highly cared for Singapore can still go mad?
Well, I can.
Looking at a variety of blogs just now, I sought to find a happy person who is happy in RV.
Looks like everyone is subjected to the same kind of stress as me, coz I can't even see one.
Now.
NRP vs Guides.
As much as I would like to take high ranking leadership posts in guides, I also want to do my best for NRP. Everyone knows you can't split.
30th March - 2 events.
1) Guides Handover 2) NRP launch
guidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrpguidesnrp
There are so many things needing my attention now. The tough thing is to manage. I'll be so glad when Friday's finally over! woohoo..
I thought last friday was a bad enough day. This friday is looking worse. Either way, I'll have to forsake 1 party. My prof or my cca. It's EITHER OR.
==and I thought the worst was over==
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
CID report for Chinese is due next week and we can't seem to do anything about it!! All I know is that we have yet to start on a single thing for chinese CID. AND, I don't seem to care anymore. It's like kind of really really impossible to make the product in the following week! NoooOOO.
Physics Assignment 3 is killing me slowly. I look at the first question and sigh. I do until qn 5 and then realised that this method is not going to work. So, I aborted the plan. I'll pia it over the weekends instead.
English speeches by some people were really good. Others were ok. But I noticed something while sitting at the front. You can actually see some people feeling really really nervous. A trait I don't see often in those people. Hmm.
Mdm Ong missed the interview yesterday with me, Charlotte, Beryl and Zoey. So, we'll do it on friday instead...
Friday is looking to be a really packed day.
1st, lessons.
2nd, during chinese lesson have to go and meet Ms Tan in the library for UK trip.
3rd, have voting for guides.
4th, have to get interviewed by Mdm Ong.
5th, have to take Sec 2s for FootDrill.
6th, have to go for parent teacher meeting.
7th, have to go for chinese tuition at 7.45pm after that, with a totally new teacher I don't know.
LOL.
Haiz. Tml is looking really really stressful, especially the part after school. Rush here, rush there. I think I will totally like FREAK OUT.
Anyway, Saturday is PX's birthday. Sorry jie...no prezzie for the time being...I bo lui.
But...
Here's the poem dedicated to you:
Friendship And Sistership
Being friends for the many years
I just wanted to show
How much you mean to me
How much I cherished you
With you, it's all about voiceless communication
Always knowing exactly what to say
Completing my sentences
Never actually saying it.
It was a blessed day we met
You and I in our own way
Blinded by the selfish us
We came to grow, to love
Your eyes glow just for me,
And I know you're proud.
You flash your magical, healing smile my way,
And I know everything will be all right.
On this special day
The March 24th
Let's mark this day with a cheer
With a happy song
For you were always there with me
Always by my side
Always being 'jie' and
Always being APX
PX my dear jie
Be the best you can be
Excel in bicultural
Top the class
Don't let them take you down
For this day the March 24th is yours
So from me to you
Many early birthday greetings
And a good year ahead
Happy Birthday My Dear Jie
Happy Birthday Indeed
I remember all those things you did for me
I remember all those 'fun times'
Today is the day 2 days b4 ur birthday.
More than anyone else,
I'd like to wish you
HAPPY ATTITUDE BIRTHDAY '07! :D
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007
1) I am selected to participate in a Science competition similar to AMC?
2) I am selected for NRP and there has been another person that's joining me!
3) Being an Oriole-ian, I get to be interviewed last. Therefore, tml I'm going to have to see Mdm Ong for interview...
4) Physics Worksheet 3 totally sucks. Although I thought it looked easy.
5) Test blues are seemingly in the air again, and I feel so choked because of all my committments.
6) Maths is becoming fun again.
7) Chem starts to look boring.
8) Biology is mantaining it's funs.
9) Chinese is BORING.
10) Geog starts to look really interesting...
HAiz..When will the world be just as I wanted it to be?
Lucky I was the first to do my english speech though...don't need to spend time scaring myself that I'll be next :D
My speech topic was Euthanasia. And it totally rawks!!!
Euthanasia
People of sane minds
Murdering their beloved
Under the doctor's care
Is that fair?
Walking through the hospital
Seeked to understand
What was it that detered me
From supporting the social right?
Vegetative states
Suffering families...
Great guy. What happened?
That look helplessly in vain
People have the choice
Have the choice to choose
For the path's theirs
Not ours.
War or terror
Killing the ones we know
Who's right
Who's wrong?
What's done is done
But is it justified?
Can those glittering pieces
Save one from doom?
Hoping for a miracle
Waiting in real vain
Who knows when your time comes
When you leave in peace.
Whispering dooms
Catcalling silence
Only the beeper sounds
And in a silent tone
It sings it's constant sound
What's here is here
It's not reversible
Let the people choose
For it's their choice
And ours to respect
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Tell you something..
I AM IN NRP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those who have not met me or msned me during the past few days, NRP stands for Nanyang Research Programme and I went for the interview on Monday. It's at Nanyang Technological University and I'm now under the mentorship of Prof. Phan.
Yepp..but, bad news though, let me quote Prof. Phan in the email sent earlier today:
"No other NRP students have been selected for this project, so you will work with other members of my laboratory."
Oh ya.. did I mention that ''other members'' are like probably from NTU? meaning that they are my future kors and jies?
haiz..just hope Charlotte gets her project too...then we can both go together. Or else, I need to go there myself!!! NoooOOO...
KKz..back to the borders trip I went yesterday.
Borders was great lar can..I took advantage of 2 superb offers..
1) students get 20% off!
2) 3 books for the price of 2 (shared with valerie)
Yepp, I bought 3 books, valerie 2. each of us had this 1 book that was like able to take the 20% discount, then the other 3 can take the 3 for 2 discount.
Cool right?
k then..jiayouxx everyone for homework..we will pull through! :D
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Sunday, March 11, 2007
As they always say, UG camp is very strenous, but then, ahaha...this yr's was slackier.
No Out-of-School-seniors coming back, No unpitying seniors and Mdm Ong.
Well, no seniors => that we don't have to work as hard to keep it stressful.
no unpitying seniors => that we don't have to pump and run as much as previous years.
Mdm Ong => seniors are made to postpone certain punishments till the day when we next have act.
Well, HighLighT of the camp was of course the Solo Night on the first night, which saw a whole lot of ppl CRYING. Seniors told ghost stories and scared them!!! and in the first place, I don't even think that they are scary. They are so funny! I just can't wait to see the faces of those character victims lor.
OkOk. maybe I'm a saddist? hahs. I so wanted to go on Route 1, where you will go to LT4 toilets and be stunned. hahas...but instead I got Route 5. This route, I went with xiuyi's sister, qinyi ahahs..
Turns out that she is just like her sister. Not scared of anything? willing to try everything? oh ya, of course, she does standard pumping since day 1 (and she is like a new SEC ONE?) and she lights matchsticks faster than me!!!(omgomg. and I'm a Sec 3 girl guide)
Now, next highlight was the Candlelight Night 2007, where Charlotte and I were like emcees? There, I MADE FUN OF MYSELF AND IT HAS DESTROYED MY OTHERWISE PERFECT IMAGE!!!
This is all thanks to Charlotte who gave me all the lame roles in the script. THANKS ALOT! So, this script was the script we worked on for the whole of saturday? uhuh. Plus, there were so many last minute arrangements that we had to delay the whole timetable of the night!!!
NVM, it was a great experience...
Nxt, being the ACC for camp this year, I had loads of things to do too...From rearranging our very own timetable to screaming at people at night to sleep? plus, I was the middle person for colour party during camp. That means that I'm the person who gives the commands for colour party and am the one who has to pull down the flag. Sad to say, not once did I do the colour party without mistakes.
There was this time when I almost dropped my beret and when the flag was stubborn...PLus, there was this time when I forgot to salute colours b4 taking it down(charlotte n isabel reminded) and there was this time when I forgot to bang leg b4 falling out.
In short, I need MORE MORE MORE MORE practice!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH.
Punishment for this camp was easy...it's like 3 rounds round the track followed by pumpings...hahs...great! but plus the muscle aches that I originally had...it was a goner.
Yepp..so tat's the brief summary of UG camp!
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Monday, March 05, 2007
I think I'm like the 1st person to log on to msn and blog on blogger today! ahhas. However, I'm the second to reach home. Coz Isabel must have been 1st. :D
Basically, today is cross country and we had a blast of a time slacking while the others ran. Why? coz we're guides that's why...we get duty! ahhas.
Guides had to make our own way there whilst the rest on duty got bus service. That's BAD. nvm though, we had a nice time bonding (by bonding, it means talking) then we also had alot of 7-11 fast food stuff..coz there was no time to eat as we had to change into full uniform b4 leaving.
Now for the RESULTS..Minotaur won the C Div, mascot and cheering! that put us in 2nd position overall. Cool, ain't it? It must have been the first few times that happened in the whole time I was in RV...hahas...what's more, I knew the results even b4 they were announced. Coz I was the one who help count the score!
Charlotte and I were like at the back of the entire crowd getting ready to act hyper every single time we knew Minotaur was going to be annouced...
After all, we were the only 2 who were at the Minotaur table throughout and saw the whole proceedings? :D
So..back to why I'm 1st. I left Turf City first that's why. Guides left early coz we finished all our duties. Then, Charlotte's dad gave me and isabel a lift to the bus stop.
There, I took 74 and Isabel, 171 i think, then, isabel's hse is 4 stops away. My bus was super duper quick lor. There was no one in the bus and all the way home, the traffic lights loved me. They all blinked green...
So yepp, that's why I'm home and on the com 1st :D
Cross country should have ended on a happy note, but it ended with more and more injuries by the second. There were like 3-4 ambulances which came and went.
One girl had hyperventilation, a boy fell, another fainted, and there was even one whose eyes rolled till we saw the whites. He continued to run even after a teacher ran straight to him and tried to help and support him. And I admire that. But I do not appreciate that. What's the point of running all the way to the finish line to clock the points for your house when you will sacrifice yourself?
The Turf City route is a route meant for horses. NOT humans. Even walking the last stretch was tough enough. I can't imagine what happened to those who ran it.
Kz..Today was not all about cross country though. Today, we had lessons! 1st up, English, which was okok..we heard those powerful speeches. Then, we had chinese, which was also slack. Then, we had PE, where we had netball and my team won! :P Yar..then there was break. Then we had geography lesson. Valerie tried to pass my this note all throughout lesson and kept throwing the note in the wrong direction lar.. it was indeed hilarious..
***today no poem/song lar..no inspiration..maybe tml?***
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Thursday, March 01, 2007
1) I got very poor results for my tests.
2) I'm sick and super ill with watery eyes.
Today, I dragged myself to school, but I'd really rather not. All I heard today was bad news and worser news. I should have stayed home and slept instead of coming to school. It's one of those days where you wish you were never born.
1) Maths test totally sucked. I can't believe this, but this is the rare few times when I have the sinking feeling that I failed maths. haizhaizhaiz.
2) Chinese test was okok...at least I passed rite? even if it's only with a mediocre 20-on-the-dot.
3) Chemistry. I really should have worked harder. Sure, the paper's easy. But I only got a 22.5/30...
4) PHYSICS!!! It's a killer which saw many in tears. I must have comforted at least 10 people today. I got only 24/40 when the highest was like 29.5 in class? tat's a 60% for me. With that kind of marks, how can I get my targeted A2 for science?
5) Biology was given back yesterday. It was a stressful thing. The norm in class is a B3 or A2. I got a lowly B4.
With that kind of marks and that kind of physical condition, I don't think I'll go far. It's predicted that I will fall really ill next week. REALLY REALLY ILL. So ppl, pray for me. I still have that UG camp to go to.
Yesterday was House meeting. Minotaur will rock the rest this year. Haiz. really shouldn't have duty on cross country. It's great to run on a totally new track like turf city. If only I didn't feel so ill, I might have forfeited duty for running.
Did you know that Mr Ong & Mrs Phua both were like asking me to run competitive? lucky jiaxin was there and she saved me by verifying that I have duty. Or else, I would be dying on monday.
Today, we got to choose our new uniform designs. I do hope that it'll be better than our current design hahas.
For without the world, I'd die ---a two person song.
A:
The world is cruel
The world is bleak
The future is drawing backwards
The past is racing like birds
Dreamers of the world
Without the keepsake of the present
Past or future
Where would you be?
B:
For there are a thousand colours
A thousand efforts
Which without you
Won't work
A:
Without the world behind me
Where on earth would I be
A several inches underneath
A metre above the sky
B:
Where on earth would I be
Without the hopes and dreams
Smiling like stars
Between us both
A:
For the world's turning with you
For the world's adapting too
Dreamers workers alike
We'll all be here with you
AB:
The world is changing
A kaleidoscope of colours
Turning with the beat
Screaming that I can't do it
With a heart that beats on
We'll perservere
With a heart that beats on
We'll perservere...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
EASY. Simply because I'm the assistant camp commandant (xiuyi's the CC).
That's not good.
Coz that means I've got extra work---have to plan and make sure everybody is a I/C for something, organise all the time slots for bathing etcetc..LOL
lucky I'm not the CC this year...but then...who knows...I may be sabo-ed for being the CC next year.
For some weird weird reason, everybody thinks that I can do the job with ease. Now I tell you...I don't think I can. haiz...planning a camp sounds easy huh...but what about my life for the next 2 weeks? GONE.
Anyway, back to life in the academic part of school. Chemistry test was today. It was like easyeasyeasy. Just that I think that it's going to be tough to score that 100%.hahas.
Maths test sucked. Imagine...you could have gotten FULL marks if not for some stupid careless mistakes that you made. 4 marks leh! 4 marks!!!
I ask you..
1)how is it that the questions says in "cm" and then you can put your answer in "units"?
2)how is it that 12= -2-k gives k=10?
3)how is it that 8= -1/3+ c gives c= 7 2/3?
Chinese. BADBADBAD. according to zhang huiwen, there are people who failed the zhonghetiankong. haiz. why do I get the idea that it's me???
Poem Galore:
FATE
Standing between the gate of the worlds
Couldn't decide, staying blur
Heaven or Hell
It's just too hard to tell
For either way you choose
It's your life you lose
And yet there's nothing to be gained
Nothing that suits the brain
Great is force of attraction
Great is the force of life
Drawing people to nuns
Erasing them one by one
Standing through the archway
Just simply couldn't see
The life that lies awaiting
Hardship brought from life
Is the place in heaven worth for us
Is the place we earned good enough
Is the place we worked for fair
For is it the place we wanted for us?
Life is a journey to be treasured
Fate is like a river
Winding its way through our lives
Turning ridges into waterfalls
Just simply not for our pitfall
For our fates are intertwined
In this wonderful world we belong
Binding us together
Working for mankind as one...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
1) Panda eyes
2) A sore throat
3) A sian look
These few days, actually these few WEEKS, ever since the week b4 CNY, I have been overstressed. If you ever see me with the condition label of DEPRESSION, you will know what happened. The teachers have slaughtered me with the piles and piles of homework and revision.
Let me give you a brief introduction to the homework that the teachers gave for CNY holidays.
1) 2 reports. 1 for biology and 1 for chemistry. took me easily 4hrs each.
2) Physics wkshts... + assignments... on a super difficult topic called vectors and scalar quantities? hahas. plotting graphs and stuff. I can't stand it!!!
3) Maths ws...hmm easily the easiest of the bulk... took me less than an hour?
4) Bio assignment...yepp...this was easy too..took like 1hr?
5) STUDY FOR ALL THE TESTS!!! are you mad? 2 tests on thurs(today),1 tml and 3 on nxt mon and 1 more somewhere nxt thurs.
haizhaiz
I feel that I have gotten a B3 for physics. I didn't finish the paper. AHH!
I feel that I have gotten a A1 for maths. It's so easy peasy. hahas
Ok. I can infer that I will breakdown soon, unless someone helps me to correct this. Evidence:Now I have a split personality.
Explanation: Because I have a split personality, I muz be ritarded, and since I AM ritarded, I need someone to help me. blehh.
Impending Doom
Presence.
Chilly.
Cold.
Ahh.
Was waiting on that doorstep
From 3 years ago
Now that I'm inside
I dare not break a bowl
Calls of the attics
Whispering of mice
Knocking of winds
Sneezing of cheese
All heard loud and clear.
Shadows and creeks
Cats and wails
Where on earth do I belong?
Or was it simply here I was born?
"This Homework Is Due Tomorrow"
"That Homework Is Due Today"
Teachers calling
Thinking that we have nothing better to do
Shouts from across
Cutting breaks without beck
Thinking that they're all boss
Who called them not to check?
Turning upside down
Turning round and round
Who knew what was right
Who knew what was wrong
As ritarded I may be
Heed my calls free
Start the trend
Kill the band
Make our lives free
For they belong to us
Belong to the students of the world
Not you.
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Friday, February 09, 2007
My Adobe Photoshop is version 1.0 and I don't exactly have a good mouse..So THERE.
That's probably the reason why I'm pissed..
hahas..anyway..today was a terrific day :D
started off with maths, whereby Mr Ong commented on my carelessness..for goodness' sake! I duno what's wrong with me lar..today got 2 qns careless in a row. Qn 1& 2 summore..
Ya..then next highlight, Edwin actually made zhang laoshi trip over what she said! LOL..joyce said that she cannot give hw during the CNY hols. cannot *qian guo nian!*
zhang laoshi said:"hmm..ok..I'm nice (or sumthing like tat)
Then, Edwin asked: "How long is the entire Chinese New Year?" * the whole class went quiet*
zhang laoshi said: "It's fifteen days and I know what you are thinking. I follow the govt holidays, and they say that there is only 4 holiday days..."
Edwin replied: " aiyo, laoshi zhenme chong ming ah? "
yepp..reallyreallyfunny!
Next, I'm going for the Geography Field Trip to UK! yippee!
::instalation of poems/lyrics::inspired by SS::
Stillness
The people stood in complete awe
They look and drink their wine
On the wall above the fireplace it stood
Frozen there in time.
They freeze and admire the beauty
Looking inside
In the stillness of the night
No one heard a sound.
Alas my friends!
Put your mugs down
Clink them closely
To the voices of the Wows.
In the moonlight's glaring glow
I waken in a dream
Once more true to count
Upon a high peak that's bound.
In my ears are the screaming
Of the dying fling
Somewhere in the unsounding darkness
The siren softly sings .
The architects of their doom
Around their table they ring
And in their ranks of power
Condemn those from British.
Echoes down the country peace
Their hyena laughter rings
Waiting for a certain lease
Under cackling Japanese.
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Thursday, February 08, 2007
1st: stuppidd gastric...lasted till bout recess-time..luckily had 2 breaks..or else I die le..I was like so pale can???
2nd: Boring Physics! actually, Mr Suria made it sound fun, but then, nothing much seem to be able to get into the brain..
3rd: I was so sian diao in Mathematics class lar..sit there do corrections..what's more, I dun hav any to do..then really really boring lar..considering that Maths is the one lesson I always look forward to, ever since primary school lar can? Luckily it's Mr Ong and therefore, he can crap a little..
4th: CID! erm..chinese lar..so not too good for me..luckily, we have Ms Tan Wan Sze as teacher..so not too strict..and luckily, coz our VCD din work, we waited for the "zhuan jia" to help solve prob with the laptop..so, instead of doing stuff, we all sat down and listened to the PRC and yingying's convesation on how's NUS hostel...
5th : Next, English class was also very very sian...sit down there absorb all the boring stuff...haizhaiz.
Ya..so although I didn't mention about every single thing, you get the gist..today was a sian day for me, although it was kind of interesting as well...
BADBADBAD!
Anyway..I also wanted to put the poem I wrote in My paces here..so that everyone can see it too! :P:P
Flyin through the wind
I'm flying flying away with the wind
Across the ocean
Soaring to greater heights which I'm in
Soaring home to the lion
To the place I was born
And probably raised.
And I'm flying with a free soul
Across the mountains and valleys,Back home
To the ones that's cared for me so
Can you put the trust in me for feeling homesick
All I know is that I've been away
I worked away
Toiling for the people the strangers
Right there at the step
Not even knowing their names
Coz I'm flying free
Flying home
Flying to the place
Where I'm staying
Staying till I die
Soundly Sweetly with Ease
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
but then, suddenly an idea hit me when I was writing my diary last night.
Why not write a song? I love music and I love lyric writing..so why not?
Therefore, I'm going to start utilizing every single weekend to start the song writing trend..I'm not sure if it'll sound nice, but at least it will not defeat the purpose of me going on to such a high-leveled education for music theory..
hahas..
anyway, here is the lyrics for the 1st part of the song I'm going to write! hehh..
I'm Cryin and Cryin
The way that we humans were born
Reminds me of that dawn
I was laid down in that golden garden of trust
Left to the heavens to be swept past
With nothing left for me to say
I don't want to fall apart
I don't want to talk about it
Coz I'm just one helpless fool
Lost in the swarm of peace
Soul's all that's left
Can you hear the dolphin's cry
See that winding road rising to the front
See that hardship that awaits
Feel all the world's falling apart
Simply because I'm incapable
I don't want to to hurt others
But I just know that I'm crying and crying
The pressure from all sides
The silent music that is there
Seamless Flawless Music
yepps..so these few weekends, you should not look forward to seeing my posts too often :D I'm writing!
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
I have not updated for a week, so there are definitely a lot of things I wish to share..
1st: English
-I have written a letter to Susan to console her (group work)
-I have written a letter to Ms Jessie Low (primary school teacher), which I sent and forwarded to Mr Wong for marking...
-Tml's the test for informal letter! AHHH!
2nd: Guides
-Mdm Ong has asked me to get the people to hand in the report for CIP
-We have gotten ready the skit for thinking day(tml's the first rehearsal!)
3rd: Piano
-yay! I think I'm improving?
-I'm going to have to miss 3 consecutive lessons for guides! Noooo!
NONONONONO!
things are just unexpected I guess..
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
so we had Geography first---Mr Chan was as enthusiastic than ever...the lesson was so lively!
then next, Maths---Mr Ong took us through the corrections of the Assignment 1...I got the answers all correct(save a few expression errors) and decided to use the time to examine every single member of our class...in my mind, I was trying to decide what kind of person each was and tried to link to somebody in 2B so that it's easier to know each one :D:D(hahas...don't worry...nothing negative lar)
Next lesson was 15 min of free period then, Biology. During the free period, everyone was trying to pia the biology project(us included). In the end, only 2 groups got to present(not including us).
sad case. it would have been easier on us if we could present on the day itself.hehh.
oh. and then break after that. weilin was like SO DARN LUCKY. she got 1 1/2 hr of BREAK!!! just because she doesn't take Biology :(
Next, PDP. During PDP, we went through the SEL criteria thing + got to know the characteristic of all the Myers-Briggs people. So, it turns out that not only am I an ENTJ with Mr Ong, I'm an ENTJ with yujun too. hmm...
AnD...according to the description, I am supposed to be verbally aggressive...hmm...the only bad words I use is Sux, Freak, walao, wth and kao. AnD I don't use them much on friends...mostly guys and my poor sisters :S Hmm...on the positive side, I am sharp-tongued and really fast in responding(especially in debates)...so, ya, it's posible that I'm verbally aggressive.. :D
ya..then after school le..then I came home to do the first draft of the group English letter writing...I finished it. That means I currently have no more ''overdue'' or ''outstanding'' homework left to do...
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
yaya..next, the highlight lar..personality tests for the teachers to get to know us..I'm a ENTJ..stands for extrovert, intuition, thinking and judging..basically, this combination basically means, as quoted from the booklet(main pts only):
"Frank, Decisive, assume leadership readily.Quickly see logical and inefficient procedures and policies"
"Enjoy long-term planning and goal setting"
"well informed, well read"
"forceful in presenting their ideas"
uhuh..so I think that this combintion kinds of summarises me? yepps...this quiz was indeed quite accurate lar...more than half of my friends all say it's true of them :P
surprise surprise that Mr Ong actually has the same "combi" as me..lol..
and eileen laopo's got ESTJ (not surprising lar actually)
yepps...and after sitting down for a good 2hr or so, on the Hard floor of the Hall...I end up sitting there half an hour longer, in order to listen to what to expect on the 20th Jan, the Flag Day for Darul Ihsan Orphanage...haiz..now my legs "ma2 bi4" le.. :( ow ow ow...
uhuh...lastly...poem of the day for fans like JN :P
The Lady of Ch'iao Kuo(inspired by the book of the same title)
Down the road that was the Great Forest
Into the hill of kingfishers
The fantasy of the village
Copied onto scrolls of age
Silver arrows, Golden bows
All above reach of the Dog Heads
The swishing of arrows
The howls of the barbed elephants
The war has just began
Threatened by Chams
Destroyed under Tiger's care
All left are the young and old
Punching over handful of grains
Father has left
Uncle too
Soon I have to disappear to China
But what's the point?
Master Chen is dead
Yu and Lin are prisoners
How do I pass through when Dog Heads rule
If only to carry that one message?
Soon I will reach the wall of China
Where I can only weep
I feel like crying
But I can't.
I'm just but a young girl
Not a princess of Hsien
They can't look up to me
I'm just but a idiot
The sharp ascend as it twists and turns
Screaming for my safety
All I hope is to have
My safety and pride all back again
For as there's no gurantee
I might be here today and
Gone the next
But as I despair
There was a flash
A flash of kingfisher blue
Bringing hope to my people
For this reason I must continue
For this is the sign from Father
Saying I must not despair
Saying that he'll be there for me
Forever.
For Your Information: Master Chen is the princess' scholarly teacher from China. The princess is a Hsien, a tribe individualized from the Chinese. In her tribe, she is the only educated person. Lin and Yu are children of Master Chen.
For her tribe, kingfishers are a sign of hope because they are only sighted after winter, when it becomes warmer and the kingfishers migrate back.
=> hope you liked it :P
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Friday, January 12, 2007
Anyway, most of my problems today were rain-based..one example:
Today..I lugged 2 bags of twigs and branches and leaves to school..and left them under the table. WHY???
simple.
coz it rained and we couldn't do pioneering..
tell me sky...when are you going to stop so that we can train for pioneering test??? I don't want to fail you know???
Anyway...today is also the day where we sang guides songs next to the classroom the Suzhou visitors(principals and all) + Ms Ek were in, not on purpose...we just tried to stay normal lar...AHHHHHH...hahas...I honestly think we did well despite feeling exhausted from the stuff that Lemin and Jiaxin planned for us(PT related lar)..
As mentioned above, we, the 4 PSs and the Sec 4 seniors were in the process of training for Pioneering test...and it's on the Beginning of Feb or End of Jan. AHHHHH...
Next, we finally got a long term timetable for our routines..heheh..We have to stay back till around 3.30pm on a few of the days!!! but then, our wednesday is really really slack lar..so it's ok :D
But, I have to lug my 3 sciences books back to school on monday..and i'm DeFinItely NOT looking forward to that..hmm..come to think of it, I ought to have left it in school, the day I bought it.. :(
yepps..that's about all I wanna crpa for today le..cya ppl and stay tuned to My World..the world that is always full of surprises---of my days!!!
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Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Warning: Whoever who tries to spoil our work will get it from the QMs...So no spoiling of our peaceful area ok...and no peeling the patrol poster things and re-blu taking them on different areas either..
hehh..cool huh?
on a brighter note, this few days, we got to know our NEW teachers! :D:D(blehh to those who duno :D)
English: Mr Wayne Wong
Math: Mr Ong Chun Ling
Chinese: Zhang Huiwen laoshi
Physics: Mr Suria
Chemistry: Mr Wong sumthing(duno who)
Biology: Mr Chow Ban Ho
PE: Mr Tan Kim Chuan
Geog: Mdm Mak
SS: Ms Yang Huiling
hahas..Nice teachers huh???
Next on my agenda...
Today's lessons!!!
basically slightly more interesting as compared to the ones we sat through in the previous days..at least it's less sian and more practical? nicenice...
Oh ya..cross country I dun need to run le..I've got a nice desk duty at the finishing point as recorder! boos to those who din get it..nahh..jk..jk..you can try next year de mah..this year at least you know you'll be fitter than me..I've been waiting for the seniors to graduate so I can get it you know..hahs..you can go settle with me after that, in school de..dun worry :D:D
kkz..going to find a way to make the science car for science ASK work better le..byes!
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Monday, January 08, 2007
haiz.
I simply can't stand people who repeat and repeat things in the same boring manner, whereby we are bored to death. There is not a single new experience in all of this!!!
AHHHHHHHH
On a better note, I am the Singapore Comparative Studies Rep for 3E!!! yippee!!! :D
I had wanted maths rep, but it's taken. Then I wanted geography rep..but it's taken too..so I'm the SS rep!! :D
:D:D:D
hehe..
tml..PSs for Guides are going to have our pioneering test practice! :D
then..I'm going to take the Sec 3s for Footdrill..with xiuyi..AHHHH..
imagine taking your peers..horror of my lifetime..nvm though..I'll manage..(I hope)
kkzz..night's starting and I gotta finish my homework!!
cya people!!
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
It's really not that i am ungrateful. i am grateful. It's just that the way they put it doesn't sound appealing at all!!! hmmpphh...yaya..so what if i spent the first part of the morning ''sleeping''??? AHHH...i really don't like this...not a single bit.
At least, on the brighter note...I didn't have to go to bishan for the interest badges today...ohh..definitely NOT today :D
Anyway, tml is the CCA open house for the secondary ones.. and it's just not fair that the Sec 2s this year don't have to do souvenirs to give out to Sec ones just because some people forgot!!
Hmmpphh...ahhhh...
Anyway, I came home and blah blah..the door knobs of my house are getting changed tonight!! AHHH..new shiny ones..i gotta be super duply careful not to scratch it :(
Now...here's my critique of the 3É-clat class!!
1st, let's give a round of applause to Claire Chen and See ''ah'' liang (hui) who are our *nominated* (or rather, ''sabo-ed'') Chairpersons!
As a class, we are:
Fun loving but a really serious bunch of people when it comes to lessons,results,academic stuff...our class can even sit through the boring ASK lessons keeping our face perfectly straight you know!!!
Girls...I'm really satisfied!!! no cliques or wadsoeva..just nice people who'll be your friends if you ask nicely :D:D everyone is everyone's best friends...they just take wadeva you've got :D:D
Boys...hmm...crappy enough(but that's a guy characteristic rite..shld'nt blame them) then erm...noisy, fun, sabotagable, sporty people. :D
Teachers : Mr Ong..yay!! a nice form teacher! :D
zhanglaoshi..hmm..dun know much..but i think she'll be fun..
Hmm..i don't know about the other teachers, but i sure hope i get ones who's teaching methods i like.. :D
Last.. A BIG ROUND OF A BIG POEM!!
Big rounds of catcalls
Big groups of student halls
Big classes in the different blocks
Reaching for the sky in locks
After the quietness in months
Comes a new swarm of bees
Bees who walk sideways (for understanding of ''sideways'', ask teacher about the crab story)
Without a single howl or brawl.
Quiet and stand still calls the teacher
Noisy and moving we reply
Crazy smells of canteen food all round
Sweaty smells of people around.
Wow. what a school are we!
A school of reputation
A school of bees
A school where people practice repetition.
Can you imagine getting lost?
No you can't
Why you can't?
For SCs, PSL, seniors all around.
This is what happens on the typical first days,
First weeks
or Months...
That is what we look out for!
hmm..yepp..that's my poem! hope you enjoyed it..if you did, rmb to tag! :D
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
this is my compilation of all the things I did this past few days...
- Got new sandels & shoes!
- Washed my bags, pencil case, anything related to school..
- X'mas celebrations at my cousins'..played a game know as pin the star on top of the tree, or get slaughtered and DIE
- X'mas musical at mich's church: Re-met Melody and Caleb..and had tons and tons of fun..
Anyway..
School's starting again!
Here's my last minute notes to all out there:
1) Have you done ALL your homework?
2) Have you got new school stuff?
3) Have you got acquainted with all your old buddies?
4) Have you remembered how to add 1+1?
5) Have you started changing sleeping patterns to suit 5am?
6) Have you started to chiong?
7) Have you saved enough money to last you through the 1st week?
8) Have you got your new timetables?
9) Have you got your new class?
10) Have you cleared your room?
If the answers to the above are yes...clap yourself on the back and say ' ALL READY!!!' :D:D
Poem time: School's IN
It's that time of the year again
Seeing people rushing in flurry
Seeing teachers become banes
Seeing children transform to bunnies
First came Holidays
Next came Christmas
Then came New Year...
Last came the horrible
Terrible School
You see teachers and you forget to bow
You see friends and forget to brawl
You see the principal and forget to say "xcuse"
That's what everyone expects on the first day of school!
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Friday, December 22, 2006
Ok, in brief, I left Singapore on the 17th Dec afternoon, and returned at 2 am on the 22nd! The winter in Japan had just started and therefore the average temperature per day was 0°C - 10°C...brr...cold...
I visited:
-Big Guan Yin temple in Japan
-Tokyo Disneyland
-Hot springs
-Mount Fuji
-Crystal Palace Factory
etc. etc.
1st day(coz 17th dun count):18th Dec
1st stop: Narita Excel Tokyu, our hotel
Today we took the bus all the way to the Mount Fuji, but first sitting on a ferry and passing the hot springs nearby for some black eggs... you can literally see the smoke popping out!
Hahhas..can see me? i look nerd in my winter coat lar..
OK..then we go up to Mount Fuji and play snow...
Yepps..the day ended with us going up to a japanese hotel with a in-built public hot spring..it was nice.. and hot, of course :D
2nd Day:19th Dec: took the bullet train..went shopping and see Guan Yin temple
Day 3: 20th Dec: Tokyo Disneyland
I had a blast of a time there :D
terrific rides..etc..etc
this one is my favourite shot-->
Ok..Next: Day 4, oso counted as my last day..
-Went back to Narita Tokyo..took bus all the way to Aeon Shopping Mall
-Went there for further shopping..
erm.. here's the catch.
-We oso went there to play the arcade..
Got some rather big prizes too..
-Although we could have played it here in singapore lar.. :D
Ok..so we checked out of the hotel at 3 pm, then made our way to the Narita Airport.
the queue there was super duply long. Immigration took the better part of 2 hours.
So we finally made it through at 5 pm.
the boarding time was 5.30 pm, so we walked and walked.
and I found an internet access, logged to edulearn, and realised that results would be out the following day. I nearly screamed YiPPeE! hahas..ok.
the flight was kindof fun lor..i saw nice night view of both tokyo and singapore..turbulance like siao.. whole aircraft jiggled all through, even during dinner..(by jiggled, it means enough for seat belt to cut your skin hor)
Then i fell asleep and woke up at 1 pm, got ready for the "nose dive" down..(nose dive coz it was really really strong wind and only way down was nose down)
Took a Maxi-Taxi home, 8 seater! :D
Fell asleep and blah blah..ended up blogging..
That's all for my Japan trip.. really hope to go again!
the queue there was super duply long. Immigration took the better part of 2 hours.
So we finally made it through at 5 pm.
the boarding time was 5.30 pm, so we walked and walked.
and I found an internet access, logged to edulearn, and realised that results would be out the following day. I nearly screamed YiPPeE! hahas..ok.
the flight was kindof fun lor..i saw nice night view of both tokyo and singapore..turbulance like siao.. whole aircraft jiggled all through, even during dinner..(by jiggled, it means enough for seat belt to cut your skin hor)
Then i fell asleep and woke up at 1 pm, got ready for the "nose dive" down..(nose dive coz it was really really strong wind and only way down was nose down)
Took a Maxi-Taxi home, 8 seater! :D
Fell asleep and blah blah..ended up blogging..
That's all for my Japan trip.. really hope to go again!
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Tuesday, December 12, 2006
yippee..but not so fast wor..
Me, hester and xiu han still have a digital media project to complete and it's giving me a headache. I am supposed to do a project on something I don't understand. I hope I don't have to continue with the project next year!
About the project:
Hardly anything done
Due in January
Xiu Han is uncontactable, so can't do much...
I going off nxt wk...
Hester going to Malaysia in the last week
Which means: we are so dead and that this week is pia-ing time
AHHH
okok..cool it.
On a better note, I got the perfect books at the library yesterday!
Lurlene McDaniel's books...2 of them!!! :D
->Garden of Angels
->Telling Christina Goodbye
Lurlene is a great author..you must look out for her books.
I took the night yesterday to read both books...and ended up hugging my pillow and crying.
You people know me...I don't cry for no reason...
But this book is like so so so darn touching...
And very very very engaging...
I was obliged to read it till the end. non-stop. that's what i call a GREAT book.
It made me realise how much I love this world and how would it change w/o me and w/o the people who care and love me...
If there was one thing i want to do again, it is to read Telling Christina Goodbye again and live the life of that world, of that girl. As tragic an ending she had, she was the best girl, the thoughtful one..the greatest one..
Indeed, life is precious..we must treasure it to the fullest..you never know when the end is coming.. :'(
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Wednesday, December 06, 2006
today.. boring.
today.. bored to death.
1st depressing sign of holidays---glad that im still alive till now and that the hols are coming to an end :D
yippee..
im chionging and still chionging
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
I just converted to blogger beta!!!
yippee..
nice features, but need some getting used to..
Anyway..I'm back to hardworking mode..
and I'm left with
1) Chinese compo
2)English compo
Here's my day:
Woke up at 10am
Brushed teeth, ate, slacked.
12nn.
working time.
did my signs homework
did my book review
---> did summary for book review (800 words was cut to 570, and i dun care le)
Here's my new addition to my blog features: daily forecasts from yahoo, edited with reflections
Scorpio
-Save any switches for another day.
=>hmms..nope..i din do this today..I switched to blogger beta
-Today, stick with the things and people you know.
=>well..is sticking to sleeping schedule counted? coz i woke up earlier than usual..
-Clear communication is your goal, but so much is going on that it's easy to forget...
=>yepyep..i had a communication error today with someone..
-Write down your thoughts before you utter them.
=>hahahhas. I havent written a single thing today. ohhz. but i typed loads :D
Now, Back to old stuff.
Poems!!!
Today's special will be one on the effects of Build-a-bear program that's at ViVo City. which my sis (in plural) went to and made bears which they brought home.
Build-a-bear
bears for sale
bears for sale
great big bears
teeny-weeny bears
bears with voices
bears without
bears with hearts
bears without
Heartfelt bears are what we have..
A bear to bring home
A bear with pair
A bear with clothes and frilly dress
That's what my sis brought home.
As I walked home from school.
this is the sight that greeted.
dozens of children
carrying bears
bears which talk
bears which said
" let's play, let's play
All around the bushes"
"let's go Let's GO!!
go home go home!"
So let's build a bear!
stuff the fluff
pull the string
squash the sound
squash the heart
zip the back
turn around
choose your shirt
choose your shorts
choose your socks
choose your shoes
choose your hat
choose your glasses
Put them on!
yippee yippee doodle
teedeetadeedum
twirl the princess
twirl the prince
twirl them off
or let them fall!
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
First prize? Yingying's group with 90 something over 120 (we only got 90. something)
Third prize? Beryl's group with 80 something pts
It was like amazing race, with clues going to different places in the park and then there, we needed to complete a task or more..
We guides had a blast of a time *whoots*
6 stations (one from each sec 3 patrol and of course the 7th is O i/c -- oriole)
Recount
At 8 am in the morning, I came to school in my dad's car, only to find that the Secondary Threes are already wide awake (they camped overnight)...
At 8.30 am, ms tan wan tze brought the sec 3 off to labrador to prepare, leaving mrs choy to bring us (sec 1&2) to labrador park :D
the walk was long and tedious..uphill some more..finally, we arrived at the starting point..
there, peisi seemingly lost group 6's starting clue..but..found it in time..
*pull opens the envelope*
wahh..1st clue : 八个洞 (ba1 ge4 dong4) or eight holes
we couldnt find it at first, but soon found them..there..
MYNAH had a walk in store for us..
task : walk up and down the staircase-like trail, with qns posted to us along the way..
yinshan was our saviour..she chose the correct numbers (which meant easier ans and easier routes)
next, they pulled us to extreme ends of the trail area and asked us to find each other by tracing the voices..we did really well!
and of course, for the bonus, we got to cheer(we used this cheer at every station, changing the destination words each time to fit every single different destination) :
Here we are at nature park, nature park, nature park
We will beat the others, the others, the others
nya-ni-nya-ni-pu-pu
2nd clue: salty wooden L
salty means near the sea,
wooden L,probably a bridge in L shape
and we found it
we had to sing 3 songs about the sea while waiting for the previous group to finish their task..
there, we played scavenger hunt with FP
task:find all the 3clues that are inside clear plastics around the jetty and then using the alphabet, decipher the code..(that means like 1 is A and 2 is B)
I was the one who found all 3 clues in record breaking time of I think 2 min?
ahahs..then, we deciphered the code, in all, we took 6 min plus and got full marks...
3rd clue: (a picture showing a big black dot)
at first, we thought that it meant a storyboard, for that's what a black dot represents on the map given to us, later, we found out that it meant a tunnel..where KF had something in store..
task: 2 members in blindfold, then the last shall lead them to pick up the paper pieces of a cut up passage, thereafter you shall piece the passage in order then act out the passage.
the toughest of all the task, i stupidly led my group members to miss one of the paper bits, and had to turn and get it b4 i continued with the task..
we pieced them together, and got only 1 out of 8 correct.
then we acted our version in the order we pieced them..
wahh..this was the worst station, but we still did it.
4th clue: 7529476863
can you guess what it means?
it's playground (look at your handphone keypad)
yepp, we headed to swallow for a maze in the playground
task: get out of the maze, then memorise a passage on labrador park and then just say it out the way you memorised it..
here, we met with another big failure..
we were the slowest out of the maze, coz we were blindfolded and worst thing, we went around in circles at the exit.. LOL
5th clue: 爆炸 (bao4 zha4) or explosion
the clue led us to the cannons, there,we did a crossword, set by sparrow.
task: fill in the blanks in the passage and then, using the blanks, fit them into the crossword..one catch though..you'll need to literally fit them in..there's no clues and no numbers to show the places you need to put each answer for each qn into.. :D
but..that was no obstacle for me..*pro* or so jhosy says..ahhas..yours truely did the whole crossword in 2 min, although the passage was about labrador park and i hadn't bothered to read the information put up on the walls.. :D
so..we ended up the fastest for this station too :D
6th and last clue: octopus by the sea
this was no obstacle for us as we had passed it tons and tons of times when going to previous stations..here's DOVE!
task: when was labrador park founded : 1_78? what number's in the blank? find that number of twigs, flowers, stones, and leaves..
here, clever yinshan guessed correctly again: it was 8!!!
hahas..we gathered them..and we rushed to the finish line..
then..the results were announced..we were 2nd with a score of 90.something!!
later..mrs choy made us go back to school to eat the mushy sandwiches made by store 3.
yucks..
hees..nvm though..coz after that, we went to vivo for long john silver's :D:D
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Friday, November 24, 2006
Today.
I woke up at 10.30 am, expecting a lovely day.
I switched the computer ON.
I logged into msn.
I checked my mail.
I SCREAMED!!!
ok. guess what.
Mr Tan has put out an email which meant that...
I was expected in school at 10am on the 24th (today)
Haiz. I was DoOmEd.
hahas. nvm. I decided to sms him.
till now, I still don't have an answer!!!
I am so so SO dead.
but what to do?
I was too busy to go online or even take a breather these past days!
CIP.CIP. All YOUR fault!!
//pissed sad gal//
next: I went to Pei Xian's blog.
I realised that I couldn't read it.
Sad but true.
haiz.
I managed to comment though.
Px jie ah..
plz.
change skin.
//eyesored//
next: senior's phone call.
proposal for RoD food.
Rejected.
Canteen auntie not free next week.
instead it's store 3
haiz.no more bread. And we are not allowed to do self preparation. (sch scared food poisoning?)
ahhs. nvm..better safe than sorry..
it's racking brains time. RoD's on monday!!!
//brain dead//
haiz.bad day that couldn't get worse.
BAD DAY!!!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
I have found time to blog. I have found time to slack. But..I haven't found time to do homework.
Somehow..i keep telling myself..it's the hols..it's purely for slacking.
But then..I see the pile of homework lying on the table and start to sigh. So. I must really really buck up. haiz haiz..
pple..someone despo needs to help a poor someone like me, b4 it's like too late..haiz..
I say that im bored. But somehow..there's still things undone. What have I done to myself and my character?!?!
Anyway..I've been doing guides CiP..and we are like many many hours behind the other groups. We all have only 13.5 h to date while some pple have like 20+ hours already!!!
We do the cleaning, we do the planning. Yet some pple who got the ribbon project(which means folding and folding yellow ribbons) got more hours!!! AHHHHHH!
haiz..nvm..life isn't fair..at least we got to have fun with the old folks..btw..they are not the ones at bukit batok home for the aged type, but the noisy active playful karaoke types..
Imagine that..
yepp..that's all for today..see ya nxt time..
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Thursday, November 16, 2006
I met you
I had tears streaming down
I had memories aflashing
I had the wind against me
I had nothing.
You didn't say anything
You just stood there
You were there for me
You were still.
Now that we're apart
Now that we're gone
Now that you're not here
Now that i'm left alone.
I can't live anymore
I can't breathe anymore
I can't stay on the earth
I can't fly.
Unless you told me so.
You've given me the sign
You've said I can
So I can
Now I'm living for you
Living through your will
And gently living through mine
That's what friends are for.
* * *
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
Today, I had a whooping good time with 4 other lovely bizarrians from the kingdom of Tsars...
And..they are (*ta da*) Michelle, Pei Xian, Eileen and Weilin!
We met at bugis mrt station at 10.30 am(eileen's idea!) !
then..we walked to the national library..
then..we took pictures of the displays and exhibits on hokkien people of the past(so that we do the report at home)..
then..we left to go shopping!
LOL..
but then, we didn't buy much. bo lui.
In the end, we ended up walking around in parco bugis junction and bugis street and bras basah complex.
All in a day's work..
Whew..
DONE!!!
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Monday, November 13, 2006
imagine yourself walking into your room, anxious to press the on button on your computer...then after being satisfied with the pressing, you sit down on your swirling chair and...
SCREAMED!!!
guess what i did.
I sat down with my big toe under the chair.
OwWwWw...
to make things worse, it's not merely a cut...but it peeled the top few layers of skin with it too. Washing and plastering doesn't help. I had to change plaster 3 times. Coz it started bleeding, then stopped, then started again...
wanna know how it looks?
kk.
I'll describe.
it's like a big gashing wound,
with the edges yellow
then slowly turning red in the middle
to top it off,
it has the look of a wet damp stuff (like your skin after being in water for a long long time.)
Statistics:
size: half an average finger nail
bleeding time: 3 hrs
started bleeding:8.50am
stopped bleeding: 11.50am
stage now: the wriggle-and-it-hurts stage
hahas..but maybe you think i'm gross..but i desperately need to share..coz im one clumsy person..and this is not the first time.. :P
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Thursday, November 09, 2006
I have been busy (yesterday and today, that is) with this cool workshop called The Writer's Craft!
It's a workshop whereby you go on a trip to Little India and Kampong Glam to gain inspiration for a self-made poem!
We learnt about the many different ways to write a poem in, the many different forms that it can take, etc.
Here's my very own self-made poem, which I got to read out to the class!
Little India
I hear loads of things in Little India
The tolling bells in the temples
The chatter of parrots in their cages
The shopkeepers' cries for customers
Of which I am one.
The wafting calls of curry
The wafting calls of murruku
The wafting calls of prata
Of which I love the most.
The tinkling gems in their cases
The soft purr of spice machines
The sparkling bangles screaming at me
Of which I can't afford
The droning voices of the guides
The constant puffing of monoxide
The buzzing of noises
Of which I know is in my head
Here are the noises in Little India
But yawn...
I'm sleepy...
It's too boring to bear!
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Tuesday, November 07, 2006
yepps..i noe you pple have been changing skins lately and i decided to change mine too!!!
Here's to the success of me finally finding a suitable blogskin and to my success of being at home lazing for once! :D :D
please feel free to leave comments on my new blogskin on the tagboard! hahas.
next up...poems fantasy...to celebrate this joyous occasion, i've decided to change my usual theme a little and come up with festive poems!
Festivities
Festivities are in the air...
One two three four
four good things all in one
Celebrations all end the same
with people smily.
with people crazly.
with people laughly,
with people fondly...
Now, let's all count the celebrations
Worth it on a special 7th..
1st: my new blogskin!
2nd: my accomplishment of reading chinese books!
3rd: myhappyhappy mood!
4th: my phone call for shopping date with my cousins!
Yippee yippee..
if that weren't enough
I've got a signal from deep inside
saying
Finally it's the time
the mood the crick
to start on bullet train mode
the pile of stuff
the pile of work
Yippee
Today's the day
Seize the day!
==bouncybouncyme==
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Friday, November 03, 2006
then, at 12.15pm, we left charlotte's house for vivo city...it sure has grown loads since i last saw it..we went long john's silver to eat..
then, we rushed back to school, after realising that it was 2.30pm, and we couldnt rush so fast!
2.45 was the fall in time you see...
we rushed in panting at 2.50pm...and realised that yimin (the ic) was later than us..phew..
but then michelle and i still had to rush to the bookshop to buy our books before it closes at 3pm!
then we got our schedules for the cip weeks..haiz..4 straight weeks!!!
anyways..we had fun..
at 6.30pm, i went to je library to go and borrow books, of the 6 i borrowed..5 were books from the reading list..whoots!
i rushed home at 8.01pm, just in time for the online meeting on the cip activities we were planning for the 'ah gong ah ma' heehee..so fun..then i went to discuss RoD food with Jingmin..
Juz then..the phone rang..it turns out to be from charmaine, about some weird course i was supposed to attend on the 8th and 9th of November...haiz...to think i had to reschedule my nice cip timetable.. not very nice huh..nevertheless, i did it..
all in all, this had been quite a meaningful day which saw me completing loads of stuff!
whoots!!!
* * *
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
I just came back from a blasting good chalet.
For one, it was not as bad as last years at costa sands resort...This year, we go ALoHA LoYAnG!
Let me give you a brief recap made up of one word: mahjong
We played mahjong the whole night and we must have broken the record for the most number of people who didn't sleep the whole night because they were playing mahjong and fatal frame...
On Sunday, we arrived at pasir ris mrt at 1.45pm... then we reached aloha loyang at 2.30pm... then we realised that the door of the chalet was open, so we could go right in... we hadn't checked in, we hadn't got the keys, but the fact was that the chalet is/was open... we went in...at 3 pm, stella came with the keys and the fun started...
we played mahjong, we rode bikes, we screamed and played around in the water, we helped to find a wallet, we managed to last the whole night just on fatal frame and mahjong, we managed to wish ben a happy goodbye, we tried to BBQ and ended up cooking, we ate lovely tasty chicken wings thanks to Geri, we played mahjong and played even more, we went to buy drinks, we actually managed to strap two entire full heavy big large carton onto bicycles and cycled from cheers all the way back to aloha loyang (without using the shortcuts..), played taiti, Screamed and screamed, played PS2, cry together as a class, said "hi and WELCOME" to the SCs and finally yak yak our way home on the mrt...
2Bizarre is and forever will be my class. My class and im proud of it. In this 2 years together, mere 1B/2B spirit has grown into 1Bizarre/2Bizarre, to 'To be or not to be', and finally to the Tsars and Tsarinas---the future of the kingdom, the country, as shown with our name 'To Be Tsars'...
We have shown that we own the level in maths and geog. We'll show them that 2B spirit resides in us and forever will. 2B..we shall remain a class..Forever a class..may we one day end up in the same class, working towards a common goal, working towards the best we can be..
cries and tears
may dawn upon us
but we know
deep inside
no one can ever replace
the sad spot you put in my life
just by leaving
just by saying
just by waving
just by smiling
you made me feel sad
to see your face
that is filled with the goodness
the friendliness
the greatness
of your love towards
me
my class
my spirit
the snow falls
the wind blows
shiver
close your eyes and you'll know
a hug and smile
from a loved friend do
warm up the heart
the mind
the soul
cry to your heart's content
just be sure
never to forget
what good friends
you once had
and will forever have
2b..you are loved and forever will be.
every tear dripped
every tear dropped
each one...
each one...
represents a part of the soul that has been given away
to family
to friends
from afar...
treat this not like torture
but instead take it as a gift
a sacred one
for you and only for you...
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Or is it only the beginning?
Dear Bizarrians...
This post is specially dedicated to you, so i hope you will enjoy it..
This may just be but the simplest and shortest descriptions of you pple..but i hope you will understand..it is hard to squeeze so much in a post..
Time has passed and we have grown
From the young blur kids
To who and what we are today
Here, below, is a list of things
I will remember you FOREVER for...
In register order:
1) Peixian: My "jie"...the attitude gal...Love you always for being a great friend!
2) Me...
3)Charmaine: My "small jie"..You will forever be remembered as ms 24th oct, Ms English and a CUTE gal who never fails to tickle those around her, as well as charmaine leong, the 'reactive' gal
4)Eileen: My laopo cum "mei"...you will be forever known as 'leen' (hahas)..Love ya..hope we are in the same class nxt yr
5)Tze Hui: Ms overeactive...try to cool down k? not everyone can match your ohhs and oo s...
6)Feng Ye: YeYe..thanks for being my personal chinese help this past yr..i dun think i could have done as well w/o your help!
7)Geraldine: Ms AHHHHH...Geri...plz...there are things worth screaming about and things that are not.. :D
8)Kexin: The pen twirler...I rmb that you were the first person in class who started pen twirling among the gals...and is the fastest runner and best shooter in netball!
9)Hester: Fluorine..ahhas..A great friend to charms..best digi media mate..
10)Jhosy: Ms English rep and PRO(forever, no matter what you say)..Continue to do well in EL!!
11)Qinai: The first girl I know who plays soccer, wears shorts full-time and can beat the guys at
car racing..
12)Zhiyi: Ms Quiet initially...but then soon became my best msn answer buddy..thanks for being a great help in science!
13)Shixian: My first impression of you was of crutches(sorry) and lateness(sorry again) but then I soon learnt that you are a great friend and a good student too..
14)Yee Jin: Hey Jin..Eeyore..you are the one person who has been to my house so many times..let's stay good friends..who knows..one day you may be in the same CID grp again and you'll come my hse..(my sisters will miss you)
15)Ying Ting: Muz be good to michelle!!! Dun go with all those bad company..Chances are that i won't be in the same class as you..but you must jiayoux..dun fail so many subjects!!!
16)Michelle: Easily and By FAR my best friend!!(muacks;;heehee!) sad to say i most probably won't be in the same class as you..but then we'll still see each other at guides..I rmb you most for being 'ms quiet turned bad' .. hahas..the first impression of you was that you were a quiet girl!! But it turns out that you can be naughtier than me in some ways!!
17)Xiu Han: YOU..CLASS CLOWN!!! I will definitely miss your laughter..your skill with the teachers and your proness..hope we be in the same class nxt yr!
18)Qiongshan: Laoqiong..you will be remembered for never appearing during recess! nxt yr muz get out more!!
19)Winnie: Class chairperson! will miss the way you call us out of class each morning(kuai dian pai dui, chi dao le!!!)..thx for being a great friend!
20)Yunrou: At first glance..wenrou..but then..look again..sometimes can be nuttier then xiuhan!
21)Yue Ting: Nonsense alert! irresponsible grp leader(no lar..juz jokin)..try and stay more focused!
22)Stella: LaLa..rmb you most for being a gd friend in primary sch and practising temper control in secondary! Stay with you like primary and secondary liao..wish you all the best lar.. :D
23)Weilin: I rmb you most for " w-is-for-weilin", "weii" and your crappy nature..Will miss all the laughter you scattered around the class..no place is 2B w/o weilin!! (A is for weilin..B is for weilin.......z is also for weilin!)
24)Kheng Chuan: KC..will rmb you for being a dance society member lar..
25)Benjamin: Ben..Maths and science pro..rmb to think of 0.5Bizarre even when you are in NUS high!
26) Nan Jun: NJ and JN business..and your twirling of pen..will also rmb you for your gigantic hands(and feet)..hahas
27)Guo Feng: rmb you for charm & gf stuff..the class will be quiet w/o your crapping..
28)Jun Jie: JJ..leng xiao hua muz reduce a little lar hor.. and of course..Balaclava
29) Jun Yi: Love your poems(big fan of yours!)..muz write more!
30) Zun Siong: Ego guy..runner..idoitic at times..burst ego once or twice is definitely gd for you..nevertheless..jiayoux
31)Qin Hui: Mr Red Ring..jiayoux in future endeavours
32)Khin Yin: pky..muz crap less..do more..
33)Liang Hui: Class Dept Chair, aka see, see liang liang, see liang hui, see ah liang, chobu..etc..
34) Wan Chi: Mr smiles..LOL..
35)Edwin: Mr gross..Mr gel hair..will miss your gross antics
So..that's it..
the 2B thank you list.. :D
If you rmb anything else that you want to add..plz..tag me!
See you pple at the chalet!
P.S. : let's continue to stay in contact through blogger!
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Wednesday, October 25, 2006
im officially fourteen...
why? coz im born at 4.44pm on the 25th of october..
so frankly speaking..i should be celebrating until tomorrow.
anyway..
today was fun..
we had report books flying back..
we had surveys..
we had prize presentations..
not forgeting ms chia..(xie lao shi) who is retiring and we gave her a BIG ceromony!!!
then..
we(meaning michelle and I) had a guides test..
then playing "hide-and -seek" with fellow bizarrians..
it was not until 3 pm that we had everyone assembled in my house(although we were released at 1pm)
We so wanted to go swimming..but couldn't!---it rained and rained...
therefore..we ended up watching high school musical and eating food all through... :D
Finally..
thank you everyone for your wonderful birthday presents!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!
==SMILES AND GRINS==
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Monday, October 23, 2006
note to charmaine: it's REALLY REALLY something you would use very often (guess guess)
so..yepps..Eileen and I went to _____ to get a birthday present for charmaine. It's a _____. It's a secret. Smile charms.. i think i can see cogs and gears working doubly hard..you'll know soon enough...ahhas... :D
===A 2 more day countdown to birthday!===
P.S. : muz brings for tsarinas
-swimming costume
-rackets(if you wanna play)
-extra change of clothes (dun blame me if you get wet!)
...Waiting and Waiting...
* * *
Thursday, October 19, 2006
you know what does that mean?
it means: holiday for us!
anyway..
countdown to my birthday has started.
I am holding a birthday bash at my hse!
So far..
the invitation holds only to the tsarinas of 2Bizarre..
so..looking forward to you pple!
* * *
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
NICE.
pt1:I failed my compo.
LUCKILY..I've got the good marks in paper 2 to give me a hand.
pt 2:I've got a GOOD language arts score!
yippee..no more being afraid that i failed language arts. :D
So. Today..the happy one is me and the sad one is eileen.
note to eileen: don't feel so bad k?
Life
A complicated thing
Filled with envy and grief
Filled with happiness and sadness
Filled with fears and lies
Filled with love and sighs
Yes
This is the state of life we have
A complicated thing that changes with the music
With highs and lows
With cresendos and diminuendos
The very fact of life that we cannot say
The very nerve to say it
We do not have
The will to admit
The will to care
The will to despair
The will to share
Is it really that hard?
Learn to look the other way
Learn to look at the brighter side
Learn to look at the shinier side
Learn to look at your experiences
Learn to look and say that I've been there done that
Learn to look and say that I know right from wrong
Learn to look and say that I know where I've been wrong
Learn to look and say that I forgive you no matter what you did...
* * *
Monday, October 16, 2006
WAHH
ever since that day..i can't seem to get happy..
but now..i feel much better..thx to everybody who cheered me up!
on friday..we got our language arts results and i cried.
i'm usually this tough gal..
but this was too much.
English is my best subject (after maths) and then i failed the comprehension.
The least i could have was a 10/20 marks rite?
but no.
i got 8 marks. FAIL.
Then..i got back chinese, which was a huge surprise! tada..for the first time in my life..i can say i scored a A1! :D
On saturday, we had RV open hse..it was a failure(according to me) coz NO ONE turned up!!!
it was BY RV, FOR RV.
On sunday, we had this project meeting for chinese ppt on sun zhong san which took up the better half of the day.
finally, today, i had digital media..turns out that this is the last session for the year!--AND they set us hw--a PROJECT by JANUARY!!!
next..as promised in my last entry..a face..a crying one to morn over the bad results..
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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Today, I watch the lu4bin2hua1 and sang the song..2B even auditioned for arts fest with this song!!! :D cool rite?
kkz. back to my topic..physics was terrible..maths was so-so..but I hope for better news tomorrow. If I get terrible results, i will definitely show you my sad face(wahh...)
I going back to pia CID and Malay liao..
buai !
==pearlz==
* * *
Monday, October 09, 2006
So, that is my hist results? no 30+/40? juz a mere 20+?
So, that is my maths results? not even higher than a 45/50?
So, that is my AMC? So terrible?
So, that is my NSW English? Just like that only?
OKOK...
you pple get the point lar..
either i set too high a target..
OR..
I am just fed up with the careless mistakes and bad answers I gave yeah?
So..should I be sad or happy?
Should I be glad or nervous?
I guess..I'll just wait for the nice A1 s(in plural)(hopefully)
Meanwhile..
I'm just going to take a well earned break..
Tomorrow's a holiday!!!
=>mich if you are reading this..hahas..
---new updates later..tata---
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Wednesday, October 04, 2006
YIPPEE!!!
I can finally say that that's the end of the study-able subjects (woohoo!)
tomorrow's thursday and the english paper already...let's hope for the best -yea?
EOY as defined by many : end of YEARS
EOY as defined by some : end of MY years
EOY as defined by me : eeeoooyyyy (*pronounced with a screech*)
my countdown to two more days :)
below is my forlorn look during this horrible week...(pple..do inference)
* * *
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
there goes history on monday --- super crappy
there goes science on tuesday --- okok..but kind of tough lar
COMING UP..MATHS
countdown to slacking..only 1 more day!
(coz what you want to study for Lang Arts and Higher Chinese???)
countdown to friday..only 3 more days..
3 more days to full time slacking!!!
yippee!!!
i'm still mugging now..but juz took a break...
Stressed =.=
p.s.: if there's anyone who read this entry of my blog..maybe you wanna complain about EOYs too on my tag board? coz very long time no one tag liao... :(
* * *
Friday, September 29, 2006
anyways..i'm hard at work trying to mug as much as possible...but one needs to destress...so here's a poem for all!
Friendship Poem: a walk home from school...
As I walked home
The tears flowed freely
In the stillness of the wind
In the stillness of the air
I felt it fall.
A drip.
A drop.
splattered onto the delicate palm
You saw.
You asked.
I brushed you away
I said "haven't you got better things to do?"You stayed solemn and seemed deep in thought.
Just when the next drop fell
You caught it.
You shared it.
You held it.
You calmed it.
And suddenly it didn't feel as big
Not big after all.
Yet after that day
You disappeared
Without any cyas
Without any byes
Leaving me all alone
With only a shining path in front
Years later I saw you
I asked "Why did you disappear from my life?"
Yes indeed I asked.
You stood there and said
"I'd rather not hurt you.
But I did not desert you -
I left a trail.
A trail that led you to today
A trail that led you here
A trail that kept you alive
A trail that lasted.
Now you can finally pass this flame on
Just as my friend did"
Indeed
Friends are still friends no matter what
They keep you alive
They share your pain
They share your shame
If you brush them away
They just do it another way
Any desperate means
Just to move you from your place
To put you back into your seat
To push you
Away from the dark
Back into the light.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
yippee!
at first i thought it'll be real tough...but it turned out quite easy leh...
hahas.
English
Section 1: i did the MM Lee and Singlish one!
Section 2: no choice larhh..had to do dreams---but it was easy too!!
Chinese
ying yong wen: i chose the gong han! really easy...except that upon talking to yeejin...i realised that i didn't put the number of pple!! AHHH!
compo: super easy..i should be passing this one lar... :D
yippee..paper 1 OVER!!!
left the really tough ones...
:(
==P.S. : pass this mssge on to all bizarrians---