All about me...

Show me what I'm looking for

2012-01-17T22:45:00.001+08:00

"Show Me What I'm Looking For"

Wait, I'm wrong

Should have done better than this

Please, I'll be strong

I'm finding it hard to resist

So show me what I'm looking for

Save me, I'm lost

Oh, Lord, I've been waiting for you

I'll pay any cost

Save me from being confused

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for, oh, Lord

Don't let go

I've wanted this far too long

Mistakes become regrets

I've learned to love abuse

Please show me what I'm looking for

Save me, I'm lost

Oh, Lord, I've been waiting for you

I'll pay any cost

Save me from being confused

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for, oh, lord

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for

Save me, I'm lost

Oh, Lord, I've been waiting for you

I'll pay any cost

Just save me from being confused

Wait, I'm wrong

I can't do better than this

I'll pay any cost

Save me from being confused

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for

Show me what I'm looking for, oh, Lord

Alot of stuff have changed within the past one year, I just wonder how much more will my life change.
I think just two years ago, I wouldn't have known the person I am today.
More than character, more than achievements, more than words.

Show me what I'm looking for, Show me what I'm looking for, Show me what I'm looking for.

Till then, I have me. And my books :) Chiong ah till May! :)

Fear

2011-12-06T11:44:00.001+08:00

The palette of predicaments
The restlessness of ruin
The souls cried asleep by these thoughts
Of things that could have been.

Solutions fly at me here
Alongside those problems
Decision time is near
I'm sorry thou may suffer burns.

Pain on the inside
Strong on the outside
Turmoil and confusion
What may be or will be.

All I really want is one word.

Carefree.

Winter

2011-11-04T09:18:00.001+08:00

The freezing breeze kissing thy limbs
Chilling bones down to the core
In the darkness, groping for a beam
Leaves of decay, that thy saw.

The blackness envelops the scene
All scratchy discs and resounding moans
That hardly makes a din
New scars to get through the lone.

A fallen star from the skies
Trying hard to stay alight
Alas, swan song and byes
Cannot keep itself bright.

Birthdays

2011-10-25T23:02:00.001+08:00

I can't believe it's that time of the year again, where I'll feel older by one year and hopefully more mature.

Somehow, birthdays seem like the best time to reconnect with old friends. When your birthday comes, suddenly everyone is your friend and wishes you "Happy Birthday", no matter how far the distance. Today, with the invention of Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, distances matter not. Just in the span of 1 night (i.e. 12mn to 6am) a rough number of 70 friends have wished me a Happy Birthday, with some as far as Taiwan, UK, US, just to name a few. It's just simply amazing to note how people can connect over such distances.

Moreover, this analysis brings me to ask the question: What have I done in these past 19 years? and how will the next 19 years be?

Truth be told, I remember little about my pre 6 years old days, only that I lived on the 4th floor in a little apartment in Jurong, surrounded by friendly neighbours who would greet me everyday. I remember 2 key neighbours - one who had their door opposite mine, who had a huge dog and a hugely interesting maid and kid; one who have many kids of different age, who all became my caretakers and buddies in my younger days.

Then in primary school, I was characterised as a figure that melted and moulded into the wall. I was quiet and mostly guai, hence making it as a monitress and then a prefect.

In secondary school, I began to open up, finding friends who were of my type and sort, doing crazy stuff together and doing projects together. I don't know what I'd have done without them. Secondary school was a turning point in my life, when I finally realised I actually wanted a career in science and not in arts. It was guided along the way by amazing teachers and friends who had the confidence in me. I'm just glad I had them to help me along.

In JC, I found friends for life in DDs and my experiences further shaped me into who I am today.

Birthdays represent milestones and I'm glad to say I've cleared 19 years' worth.

I'm ready for the next phase of university life. So bring it on!

On a side note, I'd like to thank everyone who gave me presents this year - I seem to have gotten quite a haul, in comparison to the last few years :)

Cheers :)

Got Wet :(

2011-10-11T21:56:00.002+08:00

Ahhh. I can't believe I survived one whole day in school with wet socks and shoes. I wanted to take them off in between lessons but then I thought: "Where am I going to put them?" With that thought, I decided the socks and shoes are better off left on my feet :D

I wonder why the weather is so topsy turvy in Singapore. Why it is raining every morning and looking gloomy everyday...

Weather is expected to be stormy from Tuesday till Friday?! Nooooooo~

University is starting to feel extremely routine. I really need to break out of this routine and do something different. But what? Hmm...according to advice from the family, I should not crowd my timetable and I should FOCUS on my modules - I've been trying, but given my character, I want to do so much more...

Haiz. This sounds like an argument I had with the psychologist a few months ago...yesyesyes, I am leaning Bipolar, doing too much. I KNOW. But now I feel I'm doing nothing. I need to live...

Current commitments still feel low, compared to what I'm used to:

- Attending university
- Tutoring a sec 4 on a weekly basis
- Com Service Club Clubhouse
- Ventures

Too low. Too low. Too low. Ah wells. Let me just get the academics sorted out first :| On a happier note, I've finished self-studying the entire Mathematics syllabus required for my module, save the last topic :) Gogogogogo~ Next, to master CN1111

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world."

Grass

2011-10-05T11:01:00.001+08:00

I've seen the side where grass is mown
I've seen the side across the bridge
In patches of green and brown
Trees tall and midge.

We don't look back the way we came
Or where we're going - it's the same
My life's a picture frame
Displayed with glass panes.

In anticipation of tomorrow
In defence of today
In the fields of crops
Think not of yesterday.

All on this same boat ride
Follow the same tide
Enjoying the same breeze
Or the same unknown mist.

Deep within the self lies
Despair of how time flies
Even if it ends in a sigh
I shall not cry.

The future is shrouded
The past is non-existant
If this is moulded
Then just experience, non-resistant.

Beginnings and Endings

2011-09-29T22:45:00.000+08:00

Life recently has been a great challenge.
Life recently has been a amazing fun.
Life recently has been a huge milestone.
Life recently has been simply repetitive.

I'm thinking, still thinking and wondering about the many choices and chances I have been given.

Risks, Fears, Hindrances.

Quotes page 188, Felder's: When no information on a particular physical property of a substance can be found in the literature or when the property must be known with a precision greater than that provided by general estimation formulas, the only recourse is to determine the property experimentally.

Perhaps it's time I tried something new again, be it mentoring juniors, tutoring, volunteering, working, making friends, and others.

So much is on my mind.

Parfois mon mieux n'est pas suffisant

2011-09-13T19:01:00.000+08:00

Aucun mot ne peut éventuellement expliquer mes sentiments actuels. Je suis si inutile, parfois dans l'adversité. Zut, c'est juste irritant lorsque vous faites une faute d'inattention et le sentiment que tout est parti. Oui, ce n'est pas facile. Mais comment pourriez-vous faire des erreurs si négligemment?

Gah. Je vais juste avoir à attendre patiemment les résultats. Et oh. qui savait ce qui s'est passé, mais moi-même.

Je ne sais pas quoi dire.

2011-09-11T22:03:00.001+08:00

C'est une nuit sombre et lugubre, sans étoiles, sans lune. J'ai regardé par la fenêtre et il n'y avait pas une âme. Une moto tout zippé passé avec une forte vroom. Puis, ce fut le silence. Un silence qui a été ponctuée seulement par la musique en plein essor d'à côté.

Ah.

Quel que soit le sera.

Why?

2011-08-23T21:00:00.002+08:00

I want to fight the authority, I want to fight the authority.

But the authority is there for a reason and thus I cannot.

Grr...

Gah. "Girl age 19 dies from being forced to be antisocial".

Tsk.

Okay, since the blog is a public domain, I shall clam up.

Life's been weird so far...lectures are getting weirder too.

Aish. There are so many things which you have to do to keep on top of the workload.

I actually can feel the workload now...

Okay. Shall go do my work now!

School's In

2011-08-17T10:15:00.002+08:00

8 months have passed really quickly and we're now into week 2 of the new semester.
Somehow, alot has changed in 8 months and looks set to change even more...

Lectures and tutorials with new people and new friends shall take time to get used to...shall save all those flawed arguments of mine for my own pondering and self-reflection...

Let's just give a brief summary of what I'm taking this semester and how does everything look like:

CN1111: extreme cheemness, including all the A level Maths stuff like standard deviation etcetc...
MA1505: Functions, Graphs, Differentiation, Integration and the holy L'hopital's rule (took super duper long to figure this one out)
EG1413: taught by a lecturer named: "Happy Goh", this is one of my happy modules :)
IT1005: lecturers for this module are super young and interesting. I just hope I have computing talent :)
MKT1003X: A bag of worms. Who knows what will happen? Everyone keeps telling me that this module is difficult and it's not ace-able. Well, I laugh in the face of fear. I shall attempt~~

Alrights. Heading off to CN1111 lecture in a bit. Till next time :)

Anguish

2011-07-28T21:31:00.002+08:00

You never know what anguish really is or frustration really is until you go through a bidding round for university modules. It's utter hellish, with crazy coordination required...I'm just saying the timetable is hellish.

Tree
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1.
Ear to trunk, I hear
Tree sighing and dreaming of
lights, tinsel, angel.
2.
Her boughs bending, still
she welcomes Snow’s company—
temporary friend.

Signing 8 Years

2011-07-20T10:03:00.003+08:00

Hear ye Hear ye.

Today is the day I have signed 8 years of my life to academia.
I woke early today and went to A*Star for deed signing at 9am. It's finally in black and white.

Maybe it's because we've had so many pre-departure programmes and activities that the signing didn't seem such a big thing/big deal anymore. I realised that I felt numb after signing.

A few years ago, in fact, 4 years ago, I could never have dreamed of being a scholar, much less an A*Star one. It was such a dream. 4 years ago, I couldn't even have told you I was interested in Science.

I guess that's why they say that people can change and change for the better. The turning point of my life was Secondary 3, the year I decided to take fate and destiny into my hands and participate in so much more. Sure, I must have burnt alot of time and effort on weird projects in my secondary school and junior college days. I didn't know the value of the projects at that time, but I am super thankful for the opportunities given.

Research at NTU SPMS has taught me so much and in a way, exposed and given me food for thought on the research life that I would like to meet/partake in. Thank you for Dr Phan Anh Tuan and Dr Samir Amrane for the headstart into the brilliant and shining path of research.

Of course, all these would not have been possible without the numerous teachers who have helped me along the way. Mr Chow & Mrs Wong who wrote and vetted my resumes and testimonials, I definitely owe you two. Then there are a variety of teachers along the way who have shaped me in character & resilience and given me the chance to do so much more - Mr Azmi of SS & the various other SS teachers, all my secondary and JC teachers, as well as my dearest Ventures and Scouts teacher i/cs such as Ms Ang. Because every project that I undertook has helped me in its own small little way, I have inadvertly met and been touched by many different educators, stretching from my primary school days all the way to JC days and beyond.

At this juncture, all I can say is thank you and that I'll do my best to live up to your expectations and beliefs in me. Quoting & adapting scouts promise: "On my honour, I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and to the Republic of Singapore and A*Star, to help other people and to keep the Scouts Law".

There is a tough 8 years awaiting in front of me and I plan to see it all and live it all. I want to excel and do my best, with my zest and perseverance leading the way. I can and want to do things well and I will do so.

8 years of academia is awaiting and I am all ready for it.

Back!

2011-07-04T21:25:00.003+08:00

Aloha Mon Amis!

I have officially concluded my 4 camp in 3 weeks feat!
Let's see:
-A*Star OBS
-A*Star Indoor
-Chemical Engineering Students' Society
- Community Service Club

Whoots~!

I think I've met more new people in this month alone as compared to my last year o.0 Suddenly A levels and Junior College Life just seems so far away...but I'm not complaining! I am seriously looking forward to what life can throw at me :)

6 Months of freedom after A's has came and went & it's time to recap what I've been busy with thus far. Beyond all the numerous camps & class/cca/og/besties outings, I think my achievements include surviving SH and going for French and Driving, both of which I'm still busy with! Hmms. So far I've kind of committed myself to being engaged in Rag Costumes & Com Service. Looks like life in University will be very very very packed and interesting! (I'm still undecided about continuing French though ><)

Looks like I'm going to be caught up in the heat of things next week onwards, as I prepare for matriculation. It seems like there are tons to be done before I can be officially accepted into university - going to mass check & spam possible courses to take next term too. I wonder how many should I take and whether I should max out my schedule. After all, I live so near school. If I can max out, then why not? Argh. All these thoughts are running, cycling and messing up my mind...

I'm kind of feeling stressed over a million and one things too & I have no idea why. One of them happens to be parental control issues but filial piety and respect for elders comes first so I shall leave it as that.

A poem as below to clear my brain cells and offer the much needed place of peace:

Descendants of Peace
Killer whales
The occasional shark
All out on bail
Dog shouting warning barks.

Cussed out cows
Whipped cream
Squeals of sows
Snouts beamed.

Red-washed walls
Spotted white roses
Exposed melon balls
Accidental overdoses.

A lone figure in the maze
Stuck in between
A mild finger, raise
Like a shining sequin.

The party ends
Silence ensued
Pins all bended
Fluffy landings, no zoos.

1st Driving Lesson!

2011-03-28T13:25:00.003+08:00

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I can DRIVE, I can DRIVE, I can DRIVE! haha! Thanks to Mr Quek, my first ever driving instructor - I stalled the engine don't know how many times - but definitely less than 10 times :D I kept stalling the engine when my instructor wanted to update my record in the system using the in-built PDA. So he couldn't update as the PDA went blank. It got so bad he decided to go into the office to update. Muahahahah. Ah wells. But at least I know how to reverse and move forward :D Progressed all the way until 2nd Gear already! yay! Can't wait for the next lesson - which I have scheduled on 15 April, due to the lack of available slots -.- For all you curious little peeps, I shall tell you that today's driving slot was purely coincidental. I decided to log in yesterday night to check if there was a last minute withdrawal for today's schedule and voila, there it was :D haah. I shall check again and again every night and see if I can get an earlier slot than 15 April! 15 April is half a month away! I would have forgotten all my skills by then! On a side note, kiasu me has booked 10 practical slots, all the way till May :D I hope I can get my May timetable from SH soon so that I can continue booking more slots! Wheee! Anyway, I'm feeling the pinch from driving already! I just realised that after booking all the 10 slots + Theory etcetc, I have spent $900+++ already. tsk. driving is expensive. Good thing I've got my SH pay to cover expenses. But even that may not be enough since I'm spending so much on food, transport, shopping & French. Ah wells. But it's a skill and I want to drive & learn French. So there. Now...driving aside...I want to update my blog on my French performance! heheh. I've finally finished Basic French level and am progressing to Intermediate level tomorrow! :D I've heard my teacher is still Damien so *hooray*. Je suis Singapourienne et j'aime parler Francais. Je peux conduire! hehehh!!! Next up, University enquiries! Still have no idea where to go. Thank goodness the what to do has been firmed up since eons ago. Thankyouverymuch RV for directing me to what I want to do. Now, it seems like I'll have to find my own way to the where. NUS, NTU, Overseas. All routes are still open to me as of this moment. I would be allowed to go to either of the three as my awesome parents have said yes to supporting me to where I wish to go, so long as I am happy and get a degree~~ Sometimes I really envy the guys in this aspect, as they have 2 years to think about it thoroughly. Then I think back and decide my way is better. Better to hit the books when everything is fresh & your passion is in the air. Hmms...okay shall stop here for now. Till next time (P.S. I miss writing so much!! - although technically I'm writing/typing everyday in SH, typing/writing a blog/diary is so much more thrilling! :D)

V for Ventures

2011-02-26T21:48:00.003+08:00

Thank you for making my day today! :D

We had chicken, fish, soup, bread, sausages, mashmallows, vegetables, rice in coconuts, eggs in oranges! (not forgetting a little failed casserole like item, which burned and chaoda-ed)

Sounds like a feast?

Indeed it is!

Outdoor cooking proudly presented by RV Ventures :D

Ventures is the only place for people aspiring to be CHEFS!
hahaha...and the place for nutcases like me XD

Early in the morning at 9am, Beryl and me RAN all the way to RV, then 1st item of the day is taking on turfing with an axe. Needless to say, it was epic fail on my part...GAH, I need muscle mass to take on the turfing...my cutting is just NOT DEEP ENOUGH!

hehe...food's good, weather's good and friends good, so it was just perfect XD

Fire was up and running really really quickly and sustained like no one's business :D
I really like the punk chosen :D

Tml gotta go to work :(

Hello Mr Customer, I am Rita from ______.
Thank you for your time.

These are becoming really standard phrases!

Till next time!

Emo

2011-02-23T13:21:00.002+08:00

Today has been a very emo day.

Life's filled with ups and downs, yet today has been unpredictable so far.
Who knows what the future of the afternoon holds?

I'm alive and that's what matters.

The time is drawing nearer, all I feel is zen. Maybe it's not so bad, yet maybe it's a mistake.

I never regretted any action I ever did though, so let's just face this new challenge in front of me, taking it step by step.

Pinch of salt is required for me to proceed.

Now, I have finished rambling.

Give me my peanut and be done with it, I'm going to face the challenge with my head held high. I will not cry, I will not sob because I shall never regret it.

Finale, here I come, along with the 100% of Me.

Camp!

2011-01-23T21:40:00.002+08:00

Dear Blog,

Ventures 3D2N Camp was AMAZING! Although I only joined from Friday night to Sunday, it was absolutely great!

On Friday, after a hard day at work, I rushed home and rushed to Clementi to meet dear Beryl :D Beryl was late, so I bought dinner first!

Dinner was interesting! - at first, we couldn't decide on what to eat. Then, we decided on Subway (via sms btw). I said I didn't know where's Subway in Clementi. Beryl said in City Vibe, next to Long John Silvers! I went there and the shop was closed.

So, I decided not to give up. Remembering our new mall next door, I ventured in for the first time and made a beeline for the Basement (with the inference that food in malls were usually underground) I'm proud to say that I discovered a Subway there! muahahhah.

Took cab with Beryl to West Coast Park and found out that Ms Ang and John were hiding around a tent with yellow flysheet. It was really hilarious at first when Beryl and I commented that that particular tent could not be ours because it was too yellow and RV had no yellow flysheets.

To our surprise, it was our tent XD We were first to reach, so we waited for the rest to arrive...

People were late, so they came in at like 10 plus, 11 plus and even 1 plus!

Come Saturday, people had to fall out and Beryl and I were activated :D

I was attached to Zhi Chong and Oon Nim (is that how to spell it?) and we had a fun day trekking from West Coast Park to Aljunied! (must have been 40 km). At around 5.30pm, I had to switch shifts with Kah Yan in order for me to go off for a dinner appt...

Hehehe!! Dinner appt over, cabbed over to ECP Area G!

Area G was SOOO ulu! One shower, 4 toilets, with lights auto off after certain timing...

Set off on Sunday morning for a really really adventurous journey...after trekking halfway through ECP, we met Felix and joined forces. Felix led us through ECP and over Kallang Flyover area...

My, it was interesting. We jumped over fences, walked along canals (holding the railing only) and climbed over fences. More amazingly, we walked along unchartered paths along the expressways. Scouting is so fun!

Trekked from ECP to City Hall area (around the war memorials) and finally reached destination end point at Fort Canning with 3 blisters.

After that, Beryl, John and I went to Carl's Jr for dinner! Talked a whole lot of crap~!!

It was an amazing trip with great people. I just can't wait to go for another camp XD

Next month may have to attend Venture Leaders Training sessions! Tough huh. I wonder how to squeeze it into my schedule!

New Year!

2011-01-01T14:59:00.002+08:00

Today is 01/01/11!

I thank the numerous people who have made 2010 great and special in its own unique way :)

Everyone, you know who you are and I probably do not have to say more. As long as you have interacted with me on a weekly basis, you probably made the difference :)

Whee! New Year, New Beginnings.

Happy New Year, Pull Your Ear! HAHAH!
New Year Resolutions:
1. Give my all in everything I do
2. Treasure the people around me
3. Try new things
4. Complain less, act more

Updates since my last post:

I have taken up an AMAZING job at Starhub with some AWESOME ppl XD

Till date: Diren, Janice, Joey, Jasmine, Chi Wan, Kelly, Ambrose, Simon, Kai Boon, Joan, Eric, etcetcetc!

Thanks for helping me along the way and keeping my days HAPPY!

Last case of the year 2010 was a case with a guy who had a Hubstation Retail unit but was billed for Hubstation Rental.

Waived from Nov 08 to Dec 10 until I wanted to ><>

Beryl and I are official ASLs now for the Scout unit. OMG I don't know how this will change my life. I hope it's for the better!

I spent New Year's Eve at Cousin Calla's house :) FUNFUNFUN. Good Wine, Good Chocolate, Good Fondue, Good Food XD

Ohhh I'm going to miss Siti's wonderful cooking when she leaves next year :(:( Thank you Calla for the towel cupcake door gift :D

Next time I'm probably meeting the cousins is kok zai making day sometime in Jan. Yumyum!

Till next time!

Day 1 of Job

2010-12-13T19:36:00.003+08:00

*Yawns*

1st day at Starhub!

Training was dead boring though - although I do have to admit it is definitely going to be useful knowledge...

Today, we were covering Cable TV. I sure didn't realise that Starhub has that many channels and with each channel/pack being so complicated. Gah. If you get A alone, it's $6.95. If you upgrade and get A & B, you pay only $10.70. Oh but you cannot get B alone.

crap. it's going to take me days to remember everything.

Anyway, my fellow classmates seem to be from a variety of schools and they applied for the Starhub jobs in groups! So as a result, there seems to be cliques forming. hmm. So let's see, there's Nanyang JC, SRJC, PJC, AJC, and eh a few more others. sadly, I'm the only RV so I need to blend in!

Did you know that in the morning, there were like at least 40-50 students crammed into the small reception area? hilarious lol! All the perm staff going in and out were giving us weird looks. And eh...you need an access card to go to the toilet. How amazing is that? You already need one to get through the main door and you still need another for the toilet -.-

Oh and the trainer's hilarious. Anne's just this crazy mum of age 37. Hahaha. During our introduction, she took to asking everyone if they have a bf/gf/planning to have one. lol. Surprisingly, only abt 1 person had? (or maybe it was because only 1 person was brave enough to expose to everyone :D)

Ahhhh. I can't wait for my first pay!

Btw, dear diary, there's gonna be a multilevel Ventures BBQ on Wed. I hope everyone turns up!! :D:D

Birthday!

2010-10-25T14:16:00.002+08:00

Whee! Birthday!

Birthday started off dreary with me waking up at 8 am to an almost empty house. Everyone was off at school or work lol.

But then it improved with lunch :D Lunch was at Jack's Place with Jumbo Combo and mum :D:D omg I ate until I was utterly bloated. I feel like a pig.

Anyway, after lunch, I came home and decided to go Facebook and my email. Was pleasantly surprised to see that my wall was full even before 1pm. lol. Amazing :D And my email was full with notifications from Facebook :D

Of course, thanks go out to those people who filled out my handphone inbox too :D

Thank you everyone!!

Now I'm waiting for the delivery of my cake from Ah yee, who preordered the cake even before she flew back to China :D mmmmm Tiramisu!

Thank you everyone who's made my birthday a blast so far! Especially to the amazing group of people who wished me happy birthday/gave me a present/stayed up till midnight to sms me at 0000.

THANK YOU FOLKS!

18 is old. 18 is gold. 18 comes once in a lifetime. 18 is a dime :D

Graduation

2010-10-15T23:40:00.002+08:00

I feel compelled to say a few words.

I never thought I actually felt for RV so much. It's just overwhelming how we have grown through the years. I certainly looked much different from when I was Year 1 and I'm sure everyone looks different now too. We look more mature now...and eh. I remember a time when the guys were shorter than me. Now everyone towers over me -.-

Today's graduation ceremony began with a bang. There was a rush to tie ties...I tied 4 in all :D
Then there was morning assembly and all the fluff stuff.

The concert was definitely the highlight. Hmm...I guess it was pretty irritating at first when the teachers arrived in LATER than the emcees announced (I thought it was supposed to be practiced?) but after that, it zoomed into highness.

It started with speeches from Yihui and Mr Tan KS. Mr Tan's speech was hilarious, punctuated with economics as usual...

Then the giving out of certs. I remember thinking that our class is so united when we were the first class to glean laughter from the audience with the guys going to the front to squat for phototaking rather than the girls...Ahh...if only Year 6 lasted. Oh and Ruolan's montage for our class looked nice on PPT :D:D

Then the Videos OMG the VIDEOS. I cried throughout I think. It's just so touching. Reading the words on the ppt can make me cry 0.0 I saw all the pictures...year 1,2,3,4,5,6 all flashing past. I saw my achievements flash past me, my friends made flash past me, and events flash past me (e.g. there was our Odyssey of the Mind Picture!!). We were unknowing blur sec 1s when we came in. And now we're in JC - how fast time flies. I remember thinking the exact same thing in P6.

There were also videos from GP dept and Econs dept (for some reason, they were the most enthu) Gp dept sang I have a feeling...black eyed peas...to funny lyrics. Then Econs Dept has EAT SLEEP DO ECONS campaign again. Also, there were funny punctuations such as Benjamin Moquan :D

Then there was teachers video. Mr George Lim went on a rephrase of maths concepts 0.0 damn pro I have to get my hands on it!

Then there were songs by the teachers (You'll be in my heart and another Chinese Song). The atmosphere was overwhelming and definitely amazing. I learnt that Mr Chua TK can sing quite well. And so can Mr TKS to some extent...and of course Mr Ong and Mr Lim can sing :D
There was also Ding Ning's powerful voice...on tune and everything!

After the ceremony, there was FOOD and mass phototaking. I think I took more today than the last 2 months added together lol!

The school's been really generous! we have RV ties and the streamer. According to my mum, that streamer is a trademark of the Air Force, so there must be some air force person in RV who suggested the idea of giving that...Oh and not to forget Mrs Wong's gift of cranes, ziplocks and muesli bars. Thank You Mrs Wong and I hope you liked the balloon we got for you :D

On a side note, I'll like to thank the 5/6 DingDongs for being classmates with me for these 2 years. It's been great knowing everyone!
I'll do something similar to what I did in sec 4...but shorter.
Here's my impressions:
1) Pearly
Cheerful person with a great personality and ability in Math! You can sing really well in KBox!! :D:D
2) Me
3) Esther
Treasurer! haha. I won't forget your "money wanting antics" and definitely your "easy scaredness" You're a really nice person!
4) Eugenia
Ooo. The person who usually sits to my right! Mathmathmath! haha. Small handwriting? Cheerful sociable CIP orientated person!
5) Shu Hui
Dance gal (but always complaining about dance haha) Great amazing personality and a happy person
6) Ruolan
Aiyo. Don't put RL next to eugenia! hehe. Dear Chem Rep who's forever guilty of 'tan-nys'
7) Kaying
Another Treasurer. And a more sacarstic mean one :D:D But she never fails to bring joy to everyone!
8) Dodo
Yay! haha She reminds me of a bird :D But one with colourful feathers rather than brown :D
9) Weiwei
Smart Weiwei!! :D imbah results :D
10) Zhou Ke
PW mate!
11) Chen Tao
Eh...exchairperson + basketballer, quite sociable :)
12) Wailum (aka Wagu)
Eh. Self-explanatory :)
13) Ding Ning
Another imbah smart person who sits diagonally behind me - sings quite often and mutters stuff occasionally :)
14) Jiang Yan
Eh. Must open up more.
15) Jonathan
Happy person sitting in front of me :D
16) Wilfred
Soccer Dude~
17) Han Qian
Pw mate who pulled through with me for the last lap!
18) Jian Howe
Hmm. Smart dude and dancer :)
19) Wei Hao
MR RV~!
20) Zeming
Council President, really great and funny guy who can make everyone around him cheerful :D
21) Yun Peng
Maths person who sits behind me!
22) Guanqun
Hmm. The person who gave a long speech today into ZM's camera :D
23) Moquan
Smart person with Chem O, Physics O and Math O Bronze!
24) Yifu
Maths Rep who sits diagonally behind me :) He and Ding Ning never fail to answer my questions!

Yep, so that's 6D for you!

2 Years now and passed by, the memories now and forever...

It's 6 weeks.

2010-09-26T09:19:00.003+08:00

Dear Blog,

It's 6 weeks more to the A levels. But I cannot figure why I am not panicking.

Currently, I feel like I'm in a state of zen-hood. Why why why? Is it because the prelims are just over?

Hmm. My prelims leaves lots to be desired. I need to brush up on my Economics Essays and scrub out the nooks and crannies in my Chemistry. Aish.

Oh and did I mention that the Mathematics Department is so great that they emailed us math papers to be completed before lessons start again next week? So efficient. Then again, I think that the Mathematics Department is the most dedicated and most structured one in terms of A level preparation. I don't see the rest of the departments giving us revision packages of the likes of the Mathematics Department. Hiong is good :D

Anyway, on a happier note, tonight there's F1. Rahrahrah to Ferrari :D
Massa Alonso! Alonso for pole, Massa for 24th. Nevermind. Go Massa! and Alonso keep that pole position! Whee!

UCAS needs to be done asap!! ahhh...I hope Mrs Wong hurries up with her vetting...
The key thing now is how to get funding. I need to find a scholarship board to *bribe*. No la. Not that evil. But seriously, I will start hunting. PSC seems so far away though. Unless my prelims are of a B average and above then I'll apply for early cycle...if not then later, after As. I hope my As are good!

Okay. Mum and Dad's gone out to buy breakfast. I'm the biggie in the house now :D And I shall order the 2 little girls next door to wake up. Should I shake them? Or tickle them? Or pour water on them? muahahahah. We'll see once I complete this post and publish it :D

September 1st

2010-09-01T17:47:00.002+08:00

Teacher's Day.

Today.

I wonder, if in a year's time, I'll join in the celebrations for teacher's day as a teacher...
The idea has been going on and off and on and off in my mind...
Should I or should I not? - I probably have to decide by October.

Then there is the idea of overseas scholarships and such. It's been toying with my mind...Then I look at my grades and frown. ARGH.

Friday's H3 Prelims and I'm like *brain stuffed with drugs, literally*. I wonder if dependence results from Strepsils overdose. I seem to think it does. And there's this side effect. I think strepsils affects my lung conditions. It seems to make my lungs more constricted and devoid of air. For all I know, it's bronchitis symptoms all over again. Please please please don't be sick Rita!

Oh and did I say I love the structure of amylmetacresol? C12H8O. absolutely pretty structure, but reminds me a little of dopamine. I wonder if it acts as an agonist to the dopamerginic receptors. hmm...that would explain the stimulating feelings I feel after consuming strepsils.

Then AGAIN, it may just serve as a placebo and all those feelings are ME.
Hmm. Pardon my H3 overdose ppl...

I shall be back to blog soon (I hope).

Prelims gogogo!

I'm a BLOOD DONOR!

2010-07-23T20:41:00.000+08:00

Hey folks!

I crossed a new milestone in my life today!
I helped a couple of people I probably never knew!
I donated 1 bag of blood!

Whoots! Achievement ppl! Achievement!

I was one of the last few to donate today :D and the nurses were like totally great! It's the first time I saw a nurse collect a dribble of blood for haemoglobin testing in like less than 20 seconds 0.0 damn fast. Just prick and collect with a rounded glass slide.

Then there was the actual donating process. Thank goodness my veins weren't too thin :D And ehhh the anesthetic was superb - I hardly felt a thing! It was kind of therapeutic feeling the blood rush out of my veins into the bags...As the tubes were coiled over my hand, I was shocked at how warm my blood was 0.0

All was well while the blood was flowing out and I was happily pressing the heart shaped squishy stuff placed into my hand...Then the time came to cut the blood flow off. And well...I kinda went blank - I heard Ruolan exclaiming stuff next to me and the nurses' murmurs of raising the leg part...Next thing I knew, the doctor was next to me checking pulse stuff and all. Oh great. I half fainted during my first donation -.- aish. Such a weakling -.- Thank goodness I was still a little conscious throughout.

Thanks Ruolan for being next to me through the whole process :D and thanks to first aid ppl for looking after me :D The milo spill was alright :D No harm done :D

Next, there was the ride home. I half wished I'd taken MRT instead. The bus ride was 1 hour long and definitely the longest 1 hour ever. 198 was shaking to and fro and I felt absolutely dizzy. Gah.

When it came to get off, I did something really amazing. I managed to tap my card while feeling dizzy, saunter off the bus, then fell once I reached the pavement of the bus stop. Thanks goes to the 2 ACJC girls who helped me up and the aunty in black at the bus stop :D I made it to the bus stop seat before resting awhile and walking home.

All in all, it's been a great day. I didn't know that I'd be this tired. You know, I still feel dizzy tired even now. I wonder if I'm low blood now or something. Gosh. I ate iron tablets and it still didn't cure that headache. I think I'm going to sleep early...

Anyway, on a side note, tomorrow's supposed to be Ventures ROD but I'm not going cos I'm going to the MOE Scholarship Tea Session. I hope that it'll be a fulfilling trip to MOE!!

It's just a walk away :D

And oh. I have alot of homework today. But judging from my current situation, they'll have to wait till tomorrow night. Goodnight!

Forest of Ubin

2010-07-19T22:21:00.002+08:00

Whee!

Over the last weekend (i.e. 17-18 July), Year 6 Ventures went for our first FULL-FLEDGED survival camp in the Forest of Pulau Ubin!

We were somewhere near a beach if I didn't remember wrongly.

It was a totally new experience, as we were building shelters from scratch, making weapons and even snare traps :D

Oh and I absolutely love our EVERLASTING FIRE!

Some Random Stuffs:
1) I still remember the hour long walk me and Isabel had to take to find rambutans, just because rambutan shells did not qualify as food.
2) We found a coconut on the grass, along with a bunch of others, just waiting for us to collect :D
3) Beryl's skill with the wood and penknife rocks! The snare trap notch actually fit!
4) Yimin's and Charlotte's spear was soooo sharp!
5) Emily's skill in luring Yimin away to find rocks so that we can prepare a surprise for Yimin on her birthday rocks!
6) John's groan when Ms Lu decided to shake his tent to get him up absolutely is priceless!
7) OMG night with the sandflies and mosquitoes made me decide that I'll never go into a forest to sleep without gloves (My hands have >30 bites + it still hurts)
8) According to John, when you see a red white tape, it blocks the cars but not the people :D
9) Carrying Jerrycans and bags with groundsheets is actually pretty tough - OMG to my hand.
10) Night Mission was some SOS signal with 3 fires at the beach (omg la I was feeling tired and wanting to sleep already when John started to tell us about our mission) - in the end we didn't manage to get the 3 fires going due to wet wood :(
11) I LOOOOVE our basha! It actually looks cool. I shall wait for John to upload the photos!
12) Best part of the trip? Celebrating Yimin's birthday and a Changi Hawker Centre with a Chocolate Cake!
13) The pacer and silva compass were redundant -.-
14) I washed and scrubbed my shoes after the camp - It's now damn white thanks to me...
15) I feel like scaring someone off with my bites - I think I scared the hell out of some ppl today already - maybe I should find more.
16) Army powder rocks - it actually stopped the itch from the bites.
17) Climbing up a 65m hill never felt that difficult before (until I camped at Ubin and had to climb the one at the quarry)
18) Ms Lu and Ms Ang were damn cool throughout the trip!
19) Ms Ang caught 2 fishes. 0.0
20) Our campsite was TOTALLY in the jungles and at least 5 minutes away from the beach!

Hmm. That's all for now - I hope John uploads the photos soon :D

Mid Years are OVER

2010-07-07T18:32:00.002+08:00

Whoots. Okay. I'm a little late here...but mid-years are over :D

I shall not comment on the papers here, only that I believe that a certain someone's question was epic.

After Pharm Chem paper on Tuesday, I went out with Pris, Shuhui and Si Rui. We went to NYNY and ate the BIG YANKEE burger...haha I had loads of fries and was definitely bursting by the end of the meal :D Whee...

At 1.30pm, we caught a movie of GV JP - Knight and Day...it was super hilarious! but definitely on the cliche side...and omg, I never really admired Tom Cruise until this movie...he's good...

After the movie, we got Shuhui's and Pris' belated birthday presents :D Now Pris will be walking on our present (literally, since we got her shoes) and Shuhui will think of s whenever she's plugged in :D

Then off to Bakerzin's! Bakerzin was a blast, with me eating macaroons and souffles :D yumyumyum.

After that, it was home sweet home but it was definitely a trip worth it :D I think I was utterly destressed after that...

Anyway, school's back in full swing again and I hope I can cope and last through this last burst of energy and steam...

Speaking of which, I can't believe the teachers are so mean as to force us to conjure up four 1m by 0.75m boards' worth of information for Around The World by THIS FRIDAY, when I only finished exams on Tuesday...the economics department haven't even finished our syllabus! Why are they conducting Around The World?! 0.0

On a side note, Melissa the guides senior came back to RV today to give a talk about NTU life...ehhh I think she ended up advertising more of her CCA than her school? 0.0 but it's nice to know that she's doing well there...

hmm...all my seniors are flying off somewhere or getting funding. I wonder if I'll get funding too, same time next year...I guess I'll just have to wait and see :D

I shall end my post here.

Blood Payment

2010-05-13T18:10:00.002+08:00

Ouch. Hear my wince as I type this.

SPAs are finally over - and I learnt that SPA requires Blood Payments!

Was taking Chemistry SPA today - halfway through, I suddenly felt a pain in my right hand. To locate the source of this pain, look at your right hand, at the part between your thumb and forefinger. THERE.

I looked at it once. It looked like there was a streak of red. I looked at it twice. It looks like the streak of red was becoming redder. I look at it thrice. Hmm...looks like a wound.

I was pressing hard at the distilled water bottle then - I looked at the distilled water bottle. There was a speck of red on it. I touched the streak of red. It came off.

Then I needed to wash all my glassware for preparation of my next experiment. So the hand went under water. OUCH. okay now I feel the pain.

I wondered where I got the huge cut from. Hmm...must be from just now when I dropped the glass rod? It must have cut my hand as it went down to the floor. Then again, that glass rod didn't break at all, so maybe I didn't get cut because of the glass rod. Hmmmmmm.

Next, I thought to myself: should stop my practical now and ask Mr Sean Tan for a plaster from the First Aid Kit? Then I thought again: This is SPA, time is tight and I really don't want to redo SPA. So I held on to my hand tightly. And continued the SPA.

I wrote the last few lines with blood (okay I'm exaggerating) but when the SPA ended, I realised (to my gladness) that most of the bleeding had stopped. Whee...Now I'm left with a sore right hand. GAH.

So people, my SPA has concluded with me making a blood payment.

Anyway, I was late for H3 which was immediately after SPA too...Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics sound very interesting!! But it's a PURE MUG topic. ohnos. I can emphatise with the Bio people though. Poor them. H3 + Bio...

Argh. Shall not blabber too long on Blogger. Till next time folks!

Great Granma's Funeral

2010-05-07T20:31:00.002+08:00

Just came back from Great Granma's funeral cum cremation service...held at Sin Ming Funeral Parlour + Mandai Crematorium.

Seeing someone off is just so hard, even though it's true that I didn't exactly interact alot with her. Granma was sobbing so heavily that my uncle had to support her, for fear that she would collapse.

I guess that's just how relationships are. We're just susceptible to them. Especially if we think the world of the dead in question.

So with that, I'm officially in mourning, as the daughter of the daughter of the daughter of my great granma. Rest in peace.

I seem to remember I once wrote a poem about the serenity of the last walk? hmm...anyway, here's another:

Serenity of the Last Walk
Everyone was born equal
Perhaps some more equal than others
But we all end up the same
Regardless of the paths we all take

Hardened by the hardships we face
Enthused by the enthusiasm we feel
Awakened by the get ups in life
Saddened by the all lows

The serenity of the last walk is such
When the monks pray and chant
We all bow our heads
Hearing the sound of her walk pass

In the 'kok kok kok' sounds of the beat
We hear the low murmur of voices
Everyone's quiet for once
United by joss sticks and prayer

Finally it's over
Everyone turns away, not seeing, not feeling
As the casket is brought forth into the van
Go in peace.

Follow the van we all chant
Walking in pace
With Gran uncle pushing
And us following

It's the serenity of the last walk
That matters in this event
For we bring neither gold nor silver
And leave with naught but a chest

It's wheeled in and we're behind glass
Looking ahead through that glass
What lies beyond is just unknown
As you pass through the door

Fire starts up and we silently sob
In hearts in souls all as one
In the silence a single wail prevails
It's over it's done

We move on beyond those ebony doors
That seem so strong
Against us all
Who blow away against the wind

The undertaker gives us a smile
Comforting but silent
Then booms out in the loud voice
Don't wail don't cry she's in the better place now

With that the floodgates opened wide
For the weak hearted direct kins
As for the rest, we stand
Helpless and wishing that we'd never have to go through it

Nonetheless, serenity has spoken
It's the last walk
The last step
We all must take

Regardless of race or religion
We all have to take the step
To cross over to excel
In the greater land beyond

But before that we hope
There'd be people to cheer us on

It's just the beginning of a new era.

2010-04-29T17:19:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, I handed over my duties to Xiaohui - it marks the beginning of a new era, of change, of friendship, of the Science Society.

The trip has been long and winding, with the road twisting and definitely not smooth.

I remember being a part of the first sai kang, I remember being a part of a successful event.

Today I can safely say that I never regretted this journey.

Gary's speech was an eye-opener into the SS before I joined. Nevertheless, I'm proud to have been a part of this, a part of a big family.

I remember the day Mr Chow approached me before morning assembly. I wondered what he wanted to see me for. It turns out that he was trying to talk me into taking up the VP role. I was reluctant at first, given that I was still actively involved in Ventures and actively involved in many other projects. I told him I couldn't commit, that my CCA days clashed with Science Society CCA days. I told him 'no'.

He talked for a while more - he said that it was okay, I can just be in charge of the 2nd CCA members and represent them. Ahh...the naiveness of me in those days - I actually believed him! So, with the introduction of me into the CCA, I sunk in with every new project; I got pushed in deeper. Now, I occasionally miss Ventures for my obligations in Science Society.

Looking back, I must say I'd never have survived if not for Gary and Hester. They're the people whom I have worked closest with - I remember us freaking out together during SISC because the preparation for the Science Camp was not done. I remember us getting scolded by Mr Chow in the morning, I remember us feeling guilty and smsing Mr Chow every few minutes to apologise. We are a team; Or at least we felt like one.

Gary, Hester, Mr Chow and I. We've done the planning for most of the Science Society activities and have had just so many gossip sessions and online meetings that I think I lost track of the exact numbers already. We'd stay up till 11pm and sometimes beyond to discuss all the details for events and meetings. Somehow these all seem so far away now.

Now that I've finally stepped down, I must say Mr Chow made the greatest impact on me. He was the guiding hand for all of us 3 and the advisor whenever we felt that we couldn't make it. He was the one who pushed us to greater heights. I can't imagine a RV life without him.

Anyway, away from such emo stuff, I just want to congratulate the new committee for making it this far - and I hope that everyone will just work hard and do your best!
I especially want to congratulate Zhiliang - I never would have seen your ability if I never saw you in action - you're just one of the largest surprises in Science Society.
Xiaohui - I'll miss working with you on the Science Whiz! I hope that you will continue to lead the society to great heights and persevere although you'll have to juggle SC too!
Yiwei - DIRECT JUNIOR! muahahahha. Continue doing your best for the society! :D and don't emo about Econs!
Fangqi - I've known you for...your entire life in RV! HAHAH. I'll always remember the times we had in Guides together and now you're in Science Society too as the exco. Do your best in whatever you do...and do better for acads so that others don't have a reason to put you down!

Haiz. Stepping down from Science Society means alot more free time. I hope that you'll still ask Yr 6s for advice, if any! :D

Coming a long way.

2010-04-24T18:09:00.003+08:00

I believe I've come a long way from being a innocent girl in this BIG BIG world to becoming someone.

Went to play badminton with Ventures today :D yays to my fav people! Hehe.

Played from 9am to 10.30am or so. The rest have gotten so good! :D

Anyway, after that Sherrie came over at 12.30pm to go to Civil Service College with me...

The test surprised me. I just have a slight regret that I didn't manage to shade all the bubbles in the Maths section. Hai.

At this point in time, I do not hold high hopes. I guess what will be will be.

PW is over. Like finally.

2010-04-16T20:04:00.002+08:00

One of the many stressful chapters of my life has come to a close.

Project Work is TOTALLY OVER with the release of the results today at 11am!!

And muacks to all those who made my results possible :D

It was hilarious in my opinion. Ms Chitra announced over the PA system at 10.50 am that the PW lists were up and that Year 6s can now go and check out our results.

6D was in Physics Practical with Ms Lim AP, and we like literally begged her to let us go. So being the nice person she is, she said yes :D

So we rushed down to the General Office with crazy pumping hearts and the feeling of doom. I'm glad to say that 6D did okay on the whole, with only As and Bs. 6 Bs, the rest As.

Some B people deserve As I suppose. There is always ligering mysteries in such release of results. I wonder...(shall not go on, so as not to create any hard feelings)...

Anyway, today also marks the start of RV Year 6 Ventures' Books To Read Collection Drive!
So...If you have any old English Books, give them to MEMEMEMEME.

After school today, I went to Lakeside! Worked with Ziling again. HAHAHA. She's absolutely hilarious. She can copy something and copy the whole sentence wrongly. 0.0 I'm still very amazed. But anyway, it's great that she's interacting more :D

Talked to Gina a bit today and the Wei Cai guy today (aka Caocao, which I'm calling him like forever). They're crazy. And eh. I learnt that enemity runs deep. HAHA. All the P6s think that Albert is crap. So sad... I wonder what did he do to get the job in the first place.

Ah well. All's fine and I ended my CIP at 6pm and came home to a nice room :D

Homework's piling up! and I absolutely NEED to understand my Economics. Like by this weekend.

The Last Science Whiz

2010-04-09T22:16:00.002+08:00

Last Wednesday, on 7th April,
I concluded my 4th and last Junior Science Whiz Event Organisation.
It was grand, with a stage round in place of a hands-on round.

The grandness was contributed by a smooth transition and unhindered stage round emceed by Gary and me. Thanks to Gary for being there, since I think I'd have been a very blur emcee without his help.

Nevertheless, nothing can ever run too smoothly and there was a technical fault towards the end, resulting in South View and Henry Park Primary Schools having to exchange their Gold and Silver Prizes after collecting them previously. On behalf of SS, I express my deepest apologies.

Having been involved heavily in the Whiz since its inauguration, it kind of felt weird to finally say goodbye...

Taking that photo with friends I've known since forever, with people who slogged it out with me, with the teachers who provided the best guidance in the world...it just is so overwhelming. I'm just surprised that no one cried - instead, we were cheerful, laughing like there's no tomorrow...and of course, screaming happy birthdays to Hester.

I think in this entire process, I seem to have taken all roles except the hands-on station. In the short 4 years, according to what I remember, I have been emcee twice, registration once and auditor once. Somehow, I'm always someone wearing the blazer.

Anyway, the 4 years conducting the Whiz shows how much I've grown and shows how Science Society has matured. I'm sure it will continue to scale new heights, because it must and has all the calibre to do it.

Handing over should be just round the corner - argh. I'm old. Nevertheless, I'll still love SS to bits.

RVSS, imagine, innovate, inspire.

Thanks to all who made this possible.

On to the next topic, which is also rather emo...
I took my last NAPFA ever on last thurs and this week's monday.
I gave it my all, and I proudly announce that Rita has a Gold streak from beginning to the end.
Whew. I actually challenged myself to keep this streak this year, and I must say I made it.

AAAAAB, with the B coming from a 2.4 km timing of 14.09, short of the 14.01 required for A. Gah. If only I ran faster. But anyway, a timing of 14 minutes in itself is already an achievement to me, given that I usually am a 15 minuter. I look forward to the printing of the result slip.

Speaking of result slips, we received our 1st draft of our entry proof for A levels. Mine was like $600++ in examination fees! The most expensive A level paper is H3 Pharmaceutical Chemistry, at $150. I wonder why...it's not as if they have to print more papers for H3 exams than H2 exams, nor do they conduct 3rd degree discrimination because more people take H2 than H3. Hai. Whatever the case, my examination fees are expensive!

Ventures activities are now heating up too...I gotta go Lakeside more often! I love the little kids...now...should I go to Education or go to Chemical Engineering or go to Pure Sciences? Argh. I'm at a loss. What do I want to be when I grow up? Years ago, I thought my calling was Pharmacy. But that means I have to do it overseas, because NUS does not accept non-biology students.

Recently, some scholarship stuffs have been raised and brought to our attention. Perhaps now is the time where I need to really weigh my options and find one that will suit me. Personally, I'm not concerned with terms and conditions. I just need to find my calling. Will my calling come in the next month or so?

Feeling Emo

2010-03-29T17:08:00.003+08:00

...Emo Alert...

Feeling really down now because of H3 Pharm Chem paper...I actually studied for the test, but studying doesn't equate to results now...AHHHHHH...

I can't believe I forgot to draw that O-H IR spectra. That's 2 marks out of the H3 paper. Then I forgot my reagents and conditions. That's another 3 marks gone. That's excluding all the other weird mistakes I made on my paper!!! Oh and there was the resonance question - GONE.

whackwhackwhack. So stupid to give away marks just like this. I shall go into depression if this continues on -.- Oh wait. I can't go into depression - I'm too cheery for my own good. I won't be called a smiling jade (aka translation of my name) for nothing. Ah wells. Perhaps it's for my own good that I am such a happy-go-lucky person. I forget things fast and put everything behind me. I'll probably rant on and on today and forget everything else. Aish. I was about to scream the word 'hate', but I decided it was a terrible thing to do, since I do have self-worth. I have self-worth.

Tomorrow's Physics test. I do wish I won't screw it up as badly as I did with Chemistry. All I can hope for now is to study harder today. I haven't studied Physics at all, because I was studying Chemistry. Just smile. and everything will be alright. SMILE (quotes from Mr Suria about the way to study Physics)

Alright. Emo Part ending. Shall move on to the happies.

Here's me at Resorts World Sentosa Universal Studios!

It's a really great place :D:D

Life has been zooming past.

2010-03-23T22:13:00.003+08:00

Life has indeed been zooming past.

In the time I haven't been blogging, March is fast moving past and April is looming around the corner.

Ventures Camp has been completed (See my Facebook) with great success and drenching...and Science Enrichment Camp has been seen through (see Picasa)...

This is the point where I say thanks to Ventures for enriching my life and thanks to science society for the opportunities and hard work.

Zooming into term 2, I just want to say that my timetable finally ROCKS! ahha. I'm finally living life like a PCME student with standard combination! Now we end school at 22232 pm respectively from Monday to Friday. MUAHAHHAH~~!

Science Whiz is up next on 7 April - I do hope it'll be a success...

Today I dedicated 2 hours of my life to Ziling at Lakeside again...time passes fast whenever I'm there...I just can't put my finger to why...

Oh ya. Yesterday I just learnt to my horror that there is a 30m 45min H3 Test next Thursday on EVERY TOPIC EVER TAUGHT - which is incidentally - Spectroscopy, Separation Techniques, Lactones and Lactams and Esters, Thiols, Sulfides, Pyridine, Furan, Thiophene and Pyrrole. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~

Mechanisms to memorise, information overload!

Speaking of which, I just sent out an email to Mr Wee, our Chemistry Olympiad Teacher...I hope he is doing well wherever he is! He is truely a great brain :D

Shall end off here...with a question...should I participate in Science Chronicles?

What do I fight for?

2010-03-05T21:15:00.002+08:00

Blogger ate up my 1st draft of my post. So I decided to rewrite my post with lesser information included.

Today I was struck by a sudden question:

What are my ideals and what do I fight for?

Sure, after 18 years of life on Earth, I can give you a vague idea of who I am. But deep down, I'm still the contradictory person. I'm hardworking yes, but innately, I'm a really lazy person who needs extra self-incentivising (assuming there's such a word) in order to get things done. And sure, I'm an extrovert, but innately, I'm an introvert - I prefer to study alone and do things alone. I don't know why either.

As to what do I fight for - I fight to contain fear. I fear failure and disappointment, therefore I work hard. I fear alot of other things too.

Anyway, I worked with Ziling today - it's really great to work with her :D Her Chinese is good - she's taking it for PSLE at normal level when the other subjects are in Foundation levels...I'm going to make sure she passes Math - she's still kind of weak at it.

This weekend is OCBC Cycle already!! yay!! I'll be having a great time with 6D! hiphiphooray! I hope the volunteer pack is good :D

Till next time then!!

CNY

2010-02-15T21:50:00.003+08:00

Hi folks!
Yesterday was Valentine's Day and the day where we ushered in the New Year of the Tiger.

Yee flew back from Australia to join us in the celebrations!! Oh and she brought back this weird little santa which paddles round and round and sings a song. She claims that someone gave it to her for christmas but the song irritates her :D So as a result, my sis got it as a present :P

Newly wedded couple came over too :D:D Now I have 2 jiujius and 2 jiumas. Well, to save the save the trouble, just greet them jiujiussssssss and jiumassssssss :P

This year, I wore this blue strapless dress with this white drape...as a result, I got scrutinised by aunts who commented about me finally going dressy. Gah. Side-effect of having all-boy cousins on my dad's side...but did I mention that I bought it because my sis and mum were convinced this looked nice on me?! ahhh~

On a higher note, I stuffed myself silly over the New Year. I was so stuffed that I puked a little today...kind of got the overstuffed syndrome + dizzy spells. Not a good combo...hmm...but on the high side, I got to eat loads of goodies and even Swensen's Ice cream this afternoon!

I watched a number of shows over the holiday too!! China's New Year Celebration Dances are omg quality - they are just so syncronised!!

Oh and I think I'm getting too lazy. Yesterday and Today had seen me taking a lazy afternoon nap that lasted 1.5 to 2 hrs. haiz. Lazy bones...I wasted the entire afternoon by sleeping at an inopportune time of 3pm...tsk tsk.

Anyway, I predict that this week will be a busy week, given that there's GP Essay Test and A*Star Closing Ceremony...Gotta miss H3 in order to make it...I hope I can catch up!! Anyway, Saturday will be the briefing for OCBC Cycle already...I do hope that it'll be an eventful time, although I quite pity our team leader, since we will all know each other, but the leader won't know us :S

- Wishing all a really really Happy Chinese New Year!! -

I appreciate my life so much more...

2010-02-05T21:24:00.002+08:00

Today, I volunteered at Lakeside Family Centre again...

It never fails to amaze me how happy the kids are just to be in a place where they are surrounded by friends. Even when they get scolded, they bounce right back to where they were before...

I saw a boy being punished by doing more assessments. But he happily did it and even had time to ask a friend to sneak out a CNY lantern from the room.

I worked with Zi Ling today and found my passion for tutoring once again :D

Zi Ling's this really introverted primary 6 girl in foundation class, who never opens her mouth (or so the centre people say). She doesn't take well to strangers and certainly doesn't talk to them at all. But I guess I made a breakthrough today!

It's my first time working with her and it was indeed challenging.

At first, she wouldn't look me in the eye and wouldn't consider opening her mouth to ask for help even if she was facing problems in completing her homework. So, I decided to do a little prompting and prodding. She finally opened up to me :D I hope I didn't push her too much :(

One thing I tried and failed was to get her to check the dictionary for the difficult Chinese words. Argh. She wouldn't do it~! But I did get her to slowly explain all the definitions of the words in her homework and thus made her understand the passage better :D

Although we weren't talking like best buddies by the end of the day, at least she gained the confidence to look at me in the eye and was even willing to give me that sweet but precarious smile of hers, coupled with occasional questions. I think what made a volunteer's day was the grin and casual wave of goodbye she gave me when I left.

Perhaps I would be able to talk freely with her by the next session. I can't believe I'm actually looking forward to it! I guess this is what volunteerism is all about - the passion and the feeling of satisfaction.

Passion
A million ways to smile
Unhidden and Sly
To the ugly tongue of bile
Slapping away the zee fly

Transforming seeds to flowers
Uncovering precious gems
Freedom to those in isolated towers
All for the sake of 'them'

It's a way of I love you
Something deep within
Relieving from melancholic blue
Creating in us, new dins

To do what is loved
To love what is done
To hearts it is the birth
Of what will be deemed fun

To never give up or say die
To go the extra mile
To say I'll never sigh
So long as you continue up the stile

Repayment's just a simple hug
Stuck in one's chest heart
It's contagious it's a bug
So let's all be nice tarts.

Economics!

2010-01-29T19:03:00.002+08:00

Whoa!

Check this out!

http://blogs.straitstimes.com/2010/1/28/macroeconomics-gets-the-rap

Macroeconomics at its highest!!

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Anyway, today was a good day XD
Chemistry Test was eventually homework for us. Argh. And I studied hard for it too :(
Met a primary school friend on the MRT in the morning...learnt some interesting facts that I think Mrs Tan overheard 0.0

In the afternoon, there was practice at MOE.
13th floor people!!
And yay! I got rid of p53 mistakes.
Now all I need to do is to memorise my script a little...

At the meeting, I saw Shermian's ppt too.
Her project is OMG cheem.
Oh and I think Mr Tan is a genius :P
He managed to decipher Shermian's ppt although he was understanding it for the first time...

I wonder if he was a Chemistry teacher before he moved to MOE??? WoW.

Shall stop here today :D
Maybe I'll post again after Kok Zhai making :D

Jiu's Wedding

2010-01-23T20:34:00.001+08:00

Today was a rather eventful day!

I woke up in the morning at 6 plus (><) to prepare to go to ACJC for the SATs. I didn't exactly expect so many people to be there, so I was kind of shocked at the sheer numbers of students taking SAT Reasoning tests there...

Anyway, my test was held at the badminton hall...and OMG. ACJC must be rich. Their badminton hall actually looks quite nice and even has AIR CONDITIONING! ahhhh~ Oh and their air con is colder than our school's lecture theatres (the one at Malan Rd...the current one isn't freezing cold at all)!! brrr...thank goodness I brought my white jacket.

OH and did I mention I met like a whole lot of PRCs there as well? hahaha - said hi to Fangqin and gang...and Jean and Yaoqin were there too~! Sadly, no one was anywhere near me...cos I have a last name starting with 'A' and therefore was near the front (seat 14 to be exact!)

Hmm...SATS were alright I guess? I really hope I can get good scores...some of the vocabulary words were unfamiliar :(

So SATS finally ended at about 1.15 pm (yes 1 plus!! ahhh...) and I braced myself for the rush to Xiao Jiu's Wedding at M Hotel! I walked to the Buona Vista Road. I stuck out my hand. Nothing happened. This was because there were like a dozen other people doing the same thing in front of me! So I waited and waited, and even crossed the road to try and get a taxi, but to no avail. Thank goodness my dad (whom I was smsing) told me to go wait further away, at Dover Rise there...and I did. At 1.45pm, after a arduous waiting process, I finally got a taxi out to the highway. Yessssssssssssss. I thank that uncle for being so nice XD

What hurt the most was that I spent like half an hour looking for a taxi when the ride to M Hotel was like 5 mins. Makes me feel dumb...ahhhhhh.

Luckily, I didn't miss much of the wedding lunch. All I missed was the photo slideshow and story of the new couple's courtship and the starting dish. However, I did miss all the Chinese ceremonies like the BBQ Pig giving and stuff, which was in the morning. The PIG is HUGE! It's like 1 metre in length? My gran sure has good connections with the pork seller - she managed to secure it for a relatively cheap price of $300 :P

Oh and I forgot to mention that I wore my attire for the wedding lunch to the SATs. haahhaha. Everyone was like in t-shirt and jeans while I was in like a shiny blouse and white skirt. I felt weird at first when walking in you know??

I saw Yee again at the wedding lunch...she grew thinner (by a bit :D). Sadly, she's going to Beijing and back to Australia soon and will only be back for CNY...how she manages to time her business trips with personal commitments always puzzles me...

On a happier note, next week is Kok Zhai weekend! I do hope I'll have not much homework, so that I can participate in it too~! This year is the Tiger year and I shall make my collection of zodiacs again :D

School's In

2010-01-13T17:57:00.002+08:00

Hi folks!

I'm posting on a wednesday, after CCA!
Science Society is more structured now. Thank heavens.
Oh and it seems like there's alot more stuff to do now~~
In JC2 too...so buckup buckup!

Today they also released the Pharm Chem list of students...
It seems like I'm in a class with 4 others!
So small :S
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. Have to conscienciously revise now...later I get called then my mind is blank then how?!

For the next few weeks I doubt I'll be able to reach home earlier than 6pm!!
This is due to H3, CCAs and A*Star!
Hope all these are worth my effort though...all the plans...please please please be okay and followed through.

On a separate note, our principal talked to us during assembly today. I felt that most points were very true and most definitely relevant. However, I guess the Osama and Chen Shui Bian examples left huge question marks in my head...as a critical GP student, we all know that there are two sides to a story right? Some might argue Osama killed in cold blood - but we have to admit that he did think alot about his people to want to make a change. As for Chen Shui Bian, yes, he did commit fraud, but other than that, his public image was definitely one of care and concern for the community at large and Taiwan did prosper under his reign...

Well, as for that Year 5 who went up, I sincerely felt that was super inappropriate and a bad decision. Some things are meant not to be said - especially not during a mass assembly in such a condescending and 'finger-pointing' tone. He deserves the word "condemn". However, I do admit that one point is true - the chinese teacher one. Perhaps teachers in employment could take slightly more interest in marking our work. Throughout the years, I have met some of these teachers. I remember doing alot of jian baos, but they more or less always come back with a tick and a single yue4 or jian4. Is that fair to the students? I don't think so, especially for weaker students who spend hours writing them. Furthermore, I seriously doubt that it's because the work has no errors - we nearly always get the exact same mark and see no attempt to correct our language too! Of course, as all saying goes, the majority may not be the one at fault. Perhaps it is the minority that really needs to keep themselves in check.

Of course, the reply by the principal could have been better structured, but I guess it's really tough to have fingers pointed at you like that and not feel any sense of retaliation. The key thing was that he managed to stop in time and even apologised. I think that's an action that was extra - so perhaps everyone should give him a break. But he made me think and reflect...on the Year 5s, on the school, on the toughness of having a preceding reputation.

On a higher note, he seems genuinely interested in furthering scholarships and stuff with the student population - and that's one thing I will definitely look forward to.

It's 11pm

2010-01-06T23:05:00.002+08:00

Ah~~ What am I doing here at 11pm?!

Can't tell you why, just that I am. The last few days have been really messy at home - I'm babysitting my sisters for 1 whole week, cos my maid isn't back from her holidays yet!

So there's alot of heating up of food, alot of hollering at some people to bathe, do homework and change out of their stinky uniforms and of course, cleaning.

Aishhhh. As a result of my unwillingness to cook a proper stir-fry duno what, we had Fairprice Pizza for lunch today - simple preheating of the oven and popping the thawed pizzas into the hot haven :D

Oh. But I have an achievement today! I cleaned the entire stove!! Now I can see it sparkle :D hahahaha~ It's white again without any stains :D Oh and I think I will abstain from CIF and the dishes after this - my fingers are starting to get a soapy feel...

There's been nothing much going on other than staying at home...but I did hear some interesting news about our new principal. Shan't comment more here though...

Oh and on Monday I went to school in the morning for the CCA Leaders meeting on Orientation :D omg year 6s...you guys are going to love this orientation :D I think the committee did a good job. muahahhaa~ You will know more when you go to school on 11th :D

And I got a pleasant surprise in the email yesterday. It seems like I've some emceeing to do again! hmm...shall post more when I've got all the details...

Well, till next time...

New Year New Resolutions

2010-01-02T15:04:00.014+08:00

Hi!! I just came back from Taiwan about 2 days ago - it's 10 deg celsius and in Singapore it's 31.4 deg celsius (according to the clock on my wall) WARGH!!

Taiwan's a really nice place with lots of food and yum factor - the NIGHT MARKETS!

omgomg I ate until I exploded :D

And the hotel food and accomodations etcetc were good too. I got to see aborigines of Japan at Taiwan Royal Chippen (is that how you spell it??) Hotel Spa :D:D

yay!!

Oh and guess what. On one of the nights, the hotel ran out of triple rooms, so we got an executive room!!

It has...

2 rooms - one with a queen sized bed and the other with 2 super single beds.

A living room

A study room

Furnished with ironing boards, 2 toilets (this one comes with glass doors!!)

Alright...here you go...the living room (only!)

Oh and there were marching soldiers at one point too :D Here they are...

There are loads of mountains in Taiwan...Here's me and sam at one of them...

And we went to the amusement park too, where they had this crazy 4 storey +++ high roller coaster which goes upside down and vertical drop from the top (hanging you by the side first...)

There's this never ending flower garden too...wheee~

And the shoe that is totally utterly naturally made (by the nearby river)

And below you can see all the youths in my tour group - alot right?? :D

Since it's 2nd of January, I shall set my new year resolutions:

1) Work hard for A levels!

2) Do at least one project

3) Help out around the house more

4) Sleep before 12mn every night

5) Go running every fortnight

6) Get rid of my heck care attitude towards certain things

7) Work harder to maintain friendships (I feel drifted and realised that I neglected some once dear)

8) Aim not to fight with my sisters

Oh and I'm really thankful for the friends I have now and my family for always being there.

I guess 2009 was a fruitful year and the things I remember most about it are:

1) Ventures - omg. I'll never forget the terrific 'sharings' we had :D esp the 5 of you :D

2) Science Society VP - How I got to this I would never know...but I guess it's been challenging, but I guess I'm still trying...

3) SISC and Shanghai people - I can't believe we're still in contact after all this time

4) A*Star dancing sessions - gosh. I can't dance, I still have 2 left feet!!

5) 5D girls and all our heart to heart talks

6) PW. omg PW.

7) Taiwan trip :D

8) Textbook less and 100% lecture notes and endless lectures

9) omg Econs Oscars and the printing auntie (did she move along with us?)

10) The year I officially ended piano lessons.

Oh and I attended the Big Walk Welcoming party this morning.

An hour in the hot sweltering sun then in the hot and stuffy hall (seriously, if we have to sit in there for some hall thing, we're going to die.)

The school's most definitely big. and grey. and totally confusing (why do all the blocks look the same??)

Ahwells. Anyway, I think the tone poem thing was cool. Integration of all the performing arts and all that :D but no offence, dance looked a bit uncoordinated, in contrast to the rest of the performing parties. Maybe it was due to a lack of practice cos of the "rushness" of the preparations, or lack of space on the floor.

Our new principal also came onto the stage to speak a few words too...

A happy birthday. A rush. An absolute.

2009-12-21T21:47:00.002+08:00

Happy birthday Mummy!

To celebrate mummy's birthday, we went out for dinner - not at some restaurant, but at the coffee shop at Holland - had pepper crabs, XO mee fen, fried chickens and rolls and vegetables. YumYum. Been a long time since we ate something like this :D

Then after dinner, we returned home - Birthday Cakes, Presents and ICE CREAM!!

wheeeeeeeeeeee~~

Festive mood is in the air indeed.

Sadly, with all that happiness, also comes something known as troublesome - today is CHIONG day! At BTI today, I was like totally rushing rushing and rushing! didn't get to sit down for more than an hour at a time - there are just so many samples to prepare and rush. To think that tomorrow, we'll get our last set of samples in the morning, and will be printing the poster in the afternoon. At night, I still have Ventures ROD to attend!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh~~

Btw, dear Charlotte and Isabel, you two are DOOMED for pranking me today (yea they told me that ROD was today and that I was going to be damn late - and gullible me believed them cause they sounded so serious...)

Speaking of Ventures, I'm a little sick of politics. Maybe emails do not work so well. I'm getting pressure from both sides.

Not to mention, I haven't finished packing for my trip - and we'll be leaving soon!!

Oh yea, today I did some counselling :D Hopefully it all works out for you yea?? Cheer up and stay happy k? 'Cause no matter what, you're still one of my besties :D

I need to study and do my homework - but somehow I've no motivation!! helpppppp~~

Ventures outing :D

2009-12-13T22:57:00.002+08:00

Hi folks!! There was Ventures outing in the afternoon, since we had to go see Realm of Tranquility people...

Went to Bugis Junction and walked quite a bit...later we walked more at Bugis Street...

And the timetable we have set up for Realm of Tranquility initiative seems very tight!! Jiayou!!

Saw Ting Wen win a few medals earlier on, on TV.
And why on earth was Kelvin a Singaporean? Or is he a Malaysian?! lol. I'm confused, cos the flag and the commentor and the results flashed over the screen does not match. lol.

Oh and one more news - Ms Ek is leaving River Valley and the official 'stepdown + farewell' ceremony is tomorrow. Sadly, I'll be in Biopolis and unable to attend...ah wells...we'll probably still see her at the Big Walk next year - ex-principals should be invited right?

Her replacement seems nothing short of a mystery. If the murmurings and mutterings and ramblings splattered across the Internet, JJC students' viewpoints and various rumours are anything to go by, we should be expecting an exciting year ahead. If all else fails, at least I can say that it's my last year in River Valley.

I suddenly had this inkling a few days ago that I have many items on the homework list undone and unchecked. hmmms...gotta finish them before I go off for holiday, or else I'll never have a chance what with tests coming up and a hectic January thanks to the initiative.

For now though, it's sleep time. Good night!

Check this out!

2009-12-06T22:13:00.003+08:00

Hi folks! I'm here again to publicise my 2 artworks :D Days at A*Star can get pretty boring with extensive waiting times...but somehow, I occupied myself through creating these 2 original artworks.

Anyway, these few days have been pretty hectic, with lots to do...

Thanks to mum and dad for the new phone too...

Today, I went out with Shanghai peeps! Shuyi, Celeste, Lijie, Ernest, Jun Liang, Patrick, Hester, Michelle. haha...we went Kallang Leisure Park - original plan was to ice skate, but due to strong objections, we went to watch movie instead. and 0.0 Jun Liang and Hester have watched almost all the shows between the 2 of them?? So, we were left with either Twilight or Case 39, after subtracting M18 shows [some of us are still underaged :( ].

Case 39 was a horror/thriller! I think the funniest part was Celeste hiding under her jacket (even though she's supposed to be macho), Michelle covering eyes abit, Hester totally hiding under her bag. So we present Ham-ji 1,2,3. And this Shuyi ah...eyes bigbig waiting for the scary part (which I doubt came for her). Best part was once we came out of the cinema and went to the toilets, we totally became mad, as we recollected the ham-jis :D

Oh and I must say thank goodness we didn't continue waiting for bus 11 to kallang leisure park. It wasn't servicing today la!! in the end, after waiting for 45 min like some stupid ppl, we decided to cab there...

Oh ya. After Kallang, we took a bus to Suntec to eat dinner!! Ate Aston's with Ernest, Jun Liang, Patrick, Shuyi and Hester. And it was damn funny. Shuyi keep suanning Jun Liang. Then Jun Liang hold all the knives and totally repeated the actions in the movie...like slam the knife down...wahhaha...in the end she went home with him and Ernest. I hope Ernest got home safely without having to separate those 2 :D:D

Well, shall stop here for today - going to watch the charity show on TV - the blind piano playing girl is pro!! omg...

Michelle Choo Wanzhen

2009-12-03T18:38:00.004+08:00

Hi folks!

In response to Michelle Choo Wanzhen's post on me, here's one about her :D:D

Let's see...how about starting with the very first time I met her...

First impression of Michelle Choo Wanzhen was that she was quiet. Like sososo quiet. Even quieter than the me in Sec 1. So...I guess she didn't stand out too much and I kinda ignored her for the first month?

Then CCA trials came and went - it was finally time for us to attend CCA. Like me, Michelle got into guides. I guess we were forced to stick together for the most bit, since she was also from my class and we didn't exactly know many guides from other classes at that time.

I got to know that Michelle didn't want to be in guides. Totally didn't, probably because of the experience in brownies. If I didn't remember wrongly, she wanted something sportier? Like netball...hmm... Then came the strict seniors...because of them, we were constantly gossiping about how tough footdrill was and such...maybe gossip and talk binded us together...

Eventually over the years, it became like me, mich, isabel, charlotte and occasionally phyllis and veron together...

Quarrels, as mich has mentioned, also probably brought us together...I remember us quarreling over project stuff...I don't know if she remembers, but it was really stupid, after I reflected upon it...

After CCA, we were kind of tired and perhaps sick and tired after chionging our project earlier that day:
Problem was that we were on the 1st floor, with a huge styrofoam prototype. No one wanted to bring it home as it would mean squeezing on the bus with it. So we had decided to leave it in our classroom on the 3rd floor. When the time came, Michelle refused to carry it up with me despite knowing that it was that heavy. So I guess I got pissed and we began some kind of a shoutdown?? Eventually I carried it up alone...when I reached home, I sure felt regretful. I eyed my phone many times but didn't manage to pick it up. I kept thinking that I should apologise but it felt wrong and I wasn't sure if her temper had subsided. So eventually I didn't. Later that evening though, a message from Mich came...At that instance (I don't know about her), but it felt like the argument was silly and not worth it...

And of course, there were lesser arguments (generated due to the number of projects where we paired up)...coupled with my occasional insensitivity of course...

Speaking of my insensitivity, let's go back to Mich's post...I remember the day we all cried together...at that time, I guess I wasn't thinking so much about Yt and Mich, more of about myself...after all, that's probably the first time ever I failed a subject, especially since it was English, which at that time I considered as one of my better subjects...I guess what I really want to say is that Mich is this amazing person who stuck up with all my rubbish attitudes and behaviours...

I remember class chalet with 2B where it was emotional during the last bit. But I guess the reason why the atmosphere struck a chord in me was because it meant the end of being right next to friends like Mich.

Yr 3 came and went with me and Mich being totally separated, as we had different subject combinations and were in different classes...despite that, we still stuck together, especially when we were at guides. The two of us were lost in our classes for the first bit of Yr 3...so we comforted and helped each other along...Yr 4 was pretty much the same...

But...Yr 5 was probably the time when we are the most separated? Mostly just the occasional outing, msn talk and stuff, as Mich is in editorial and i'm in Ventures and SS...so...let's find time to go out together someplace :D

Yepps...so that's about it...story of Mich and me~~ I love you too, but not to bits, or else you wouldn't exist XD Thanks for everything and you'll always be here in my head :D

P.S. : Sashimi?? ah. find a date XD

First of many firsts.

2009-11-29T23:10:00.002+08:00

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!

Cheated.

2009-11-17T18:38:00.002+08:00

Finally! It's over.

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?

Project Work. Almost over!

2009-11-08T21:26:00.003+08:00

Yessssssssssssssss~~!

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.

WR is DONE!

2009-10-30T19:28:00.002+08:00

WR is finally done! This means lesser late nights for me too~~

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...)

Happy Birthdays

2009-10-26T17:25:00.004+08:00

Hi folks!

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!

Gearing up for a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2009-10-24T22:03:00.002+08:00

Hi folks!

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

Drug Addict.

2009-10-14T18:25:00.002+08:00

Hi folks!
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 :(

A New...Ending. Or is it a beginning?

2009-09-29T20:53:00.002+08:00

Recently, exam results began to stream back to us...
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.

End of EOYs!

2009-09-22T20:33:00.002+08:00

Today marks the end of the EOYs.

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!

A*STAR!

2009-08-13T18:43:00.003+08:00

hi people!

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!

Lethargic

2009-08-08T11:51:00.002+08:00

I'm feeling lethargic. And it's all my fault. I stayed up past 12 mn for a few days le...
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!

Random Post. At 9.24pm (or at least when I started to type this post)

2009-07-29T21:16:00.004+08:00

ECONS ESSAY. Don't Look at ME like that.
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.

I was supposed to be in AUSTRALIA. like at this time and hour.

2009-07-14T17:45:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone!

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!

Emo-ing

2009-07-10T22:47:00.003+08:00

Hai. I'm emoing! and in mourning.

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-

I shall emo.

2009-07-03T12:52:00.003+08:00

Mid Year Exams for the 1st year of my JC life is FINALLY OVER!!

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.

It's confirmed...

2009-06-17T18:08:00.002+08:00

Feeling a bit off balance today, due to some news...

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

Science Exploration Camp + RUBY!!! :D

2009-06-05T13:05:00.003+08:00

Science Exploration Camp is FINALLY OVER!!

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

Emo + Holidays

2009-05-31T15:33:00.002+08:00

ARGH!
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!!

1 Month!

2009-05-23T23:28:00.002+08:00

After 1 month of non-blogging, I must admit there's loads to be blogged about.

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...

Thanks!

2009-04-28T22:12:00.002+08:00

I really owe you too much. Thanks for all your help, your guidance and support. Having seen what you've done for us when there are a million others out there...just makes us speechless I guess. As such, I've only 1 word to say at this point in time - Thanks. Goodness knows if we can ever repay you.

*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

i'm really thankful

2009-04-25T12:19:00.002+08:00

Yesterday night, I had a lengthy conversation with _________ about opportunities and relationships. I reckon I can go become a part-time counsellor/psychologist le. o.o ... the number of people I've comforted cum counselled this year has got to be quite a nice sum by now. I've even done my mum 0.0 .
(...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!

Screams!

2009-04-12T16:38:00.002+08:00

When I was using my computer today...a sudden random thought striked me.
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...

OSAPOSAPOSAP!

2009-04-06T18:01:00.002+08:00

Half a month of non-blogging later, I'm here to revive my blog.
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!

Good News!!

2009-03-19T17:54:00.002+08:00

Good news post!
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...

1st post of March

2009-03-10T20:13:00.002+08:00

Hello people!

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!!!

Argh. (short post)

2009-02-28T10:27:00.004+08:00

This week marks the week of ups and downs once again.

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.

KIM HYUN JOONG

2009-02-24T18:25:00.002+08:00

yay! Kim Hyun Joong! Boys Before Flowers!

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 -.-*

Flowers and such.

2009-02-19T21:31:00.002+08:00

Hi people! Here's to me having to survive the rest of the month on a measly 50 dollar note! argh. Must have overspent for the front part of the month, with Sam's birthday, Fel's birthday, eating out and my chocolate obsession (which may well be why I'm sick now...)

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

Just a Short Post?

2009-02-10T22:42:00.002+08:00

Hi there!
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~!

Back to update.

2009-02-02T18:28:00.003+08:00

I'm finally back to update after a week or so...

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.

Just a little update

2009-01-22T18:13:00.002+08:00

Hi People!

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!

O level Chinese + Orientation Day 1

2009-01-12T20:38:00.002+08:00

A short conversation first.

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 !!

Start of Something New.

2009-01-10T12:01:00.002+08:00

It's the start of something new.

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

Letter from Arctic Circle!

2009-01-07T10:11:00.002+08:00

Letter from Arctic Circle! Whoots!

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.

01012009

2009-01-01T21:41:00.002+08:00

Whoots to 01012009!!

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!

Somehow, I think too much.

2008-12-28T22:35:00.002+08:00

Somehow, I think too much.

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

KOREA!

2008-12-23T10:55:00.005+08:00

I'm BACK from KOREA!

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 throughout the trip we were teasing him :D

Next 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.o

At 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!!

Days to Trip! Hiatus 2008

2008-12-13T15:59:00.002+08:00

Welcome to Hiatus 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!

Overnight pearls are DISGUSTING.

2008-12-04T22:05:00.002+08:00

ok. read the title.
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!

Subject Combinations!

2008-11-28T21:36:00.003+08:00

Aloha! LoL.

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???

PAPER!

2008-11-25T20:45:00.002+08:00

YAYYAYYAY!

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!

New blogskin. AGAIN!

2008-11-21T11:40:00.002+08:00

lol. the previous blogskin got screwed because the host site was down...
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!

Latest Christmas carol for 2008

2008-11-19T20:51:00.001+08:00

Hello ppl!
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.

Orchard Road

2008-11-18T18:03:00.002+08:00

Heyhey!
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!

NTUNTU.

2008-11-14T12:39:00.003+08:00

Darn. It's going to take alot of time to get all my results for NRP.
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!

ROD!

2008-11-10T21:21:00.002+08:00

Hello!
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!

NIGHT WALK!!!

2008-11-09T12:48:00.002+08:00

Hello world!

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

REPORT BOOK!

2008-11-07T19:49:00.002+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE!
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."

In commemoration

2008-11-06T18:21:00.002+08:00

Hi people!
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!

TICKETS!

2008-11-03T20:52:00.002+08:00

TICKETS SOLD SOLD SOLD! for a nice sum of $120.

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!

Korean Pop Night tickets

2008-11-02T20:16:00.002+08:00

Hey! just a short post here...

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!

Addicted.

2008-10-30T18:40:00.002+08:00

Seriously, I was telling myself these few days that after exams will be great. And yea. I think I'm over-indulging in the goodness of technology-.-

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!

Birthday blues (:

2008-10-25T22:31:00.002+08:00

YaY I'm 16! sweeeeeeet sixxxteeennn.

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 :)