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2010-12-10T10:33:00.002+08:00

HOOOOOOOORAY! I AM GOING TO BE A TEACHING INTERN! :DDDDD

I was seriously shocked when I saw the email of offer; I thought I have no chance of making through the interview, given how well-spoken the other candidates from rjc, hci and vjc were. But sad to say, I am posted to Greenridge sec - my (let me recall) 4th or 5th choice? I wanted to teach in nan hua - my 1st choice - so badly partly because I am familiar with the environment, the student profile, and the teachers there. At least, it is not that scary and I won't be alone. But now, being posted to an unfamiliar environment posts many challenges: will the students be too difficult to handle? what if my lessons are not engaging and interesting enough? and worst still, what if I fail to deliver? Looking at the bright side, such challenges may turn out to be opportunities to learn and to emerge as a better and stronger person. What's more the school is only a five-minute walk away from my home - I can sleep longer before school and reach home earlier after school.

Nevertheless, I'm still very excited at the thought of becoming a teaching intern! :DD I guess what I am about to experience will help me in my final decision-making as to the career route I want to embark on - education or healthcare. For now, I should dig out all my secondary school science and math stuff and revise them all over again. It was not specifically mentioned the subject I will be teaching; therefore I should be prepared to teach all science and math subjects. Perhaps, I should start asking around for advice.

Teaching internship aside, today is nanhua band's concert - the event that I always look forward to at the end of every year! The past few days have been spent on alumni band practices - one of the reasons why I didn't return to play for nj's tune-in concert and why I didn't join the jc/poly band fest alumni band. Hahahah im so sorry but all the best to xiangyi and weiyang! I hate playing for nanhua alumni band for it always make me want to continue playing the trumpet when I was about to stop. Then comes Christina and Jessica asking me to go for NUSSO Tune-in next thursday. Ah. I like playing in the band but I want to learn the flute since I was in primary school, which is of course at the expense of losing my trumpet embrouchure. I don't know.

Piano-wise, I should be taking my grade 8 exam sometime next year and after that, I should be qualified to teach piano and yes, additional income but commitment is a problem. Perhaps, I shouldn't think too far yet as of now and concentrate on revising my grade 1-7 theory before starting on grade 8. I haven touched theory for about 8 months and I think I have forgotten most of them. And I have told Ms Soh that I will revise before my first lesson this sunday but apparently, I have not started revising. I bet she will kill me!

Yupp, it's time I should draft out my packing list for my europe trip! Andddd as for now, just SLACK AND HAVE FUN! :DDDDD

2010-12-06T19:13:00.004+08:00

As I was preparing for tmr's TI interview, I looked through my SSEF research report and poster. Recalling the period this month last year when I was preparing my report for submission all the way to March this year when I was preparing my poster and script for presentation at STaR symposium and SSEF judging, I was so amazed at what I had managed to do, of course, with much help from evelyn and Prof. It seems almost impossible for me to do everything again. It seems like a dream.

Well, I'm actually quite afraid of tmr's group interview but it should go well if I speak like an mature young kid and think as though I'm in a gp class hahahah gambate! :D

NEW FOUND FREEDOM

2010-11-25T07:32:00.008+08:00

MY NEW FOUND FREEDOM.

I was reading through the previous posts and realised how they were all dominated by studies, CCA, school 'life' in general. Reflecting back, I should compensate with one that fairly depicts the two years I have been through. Albeit full of catching up with lectures, tutorials, tight exam revision schedueles, these 2 years have taught me many things far beyond the textbooks from which I emerge as a stronger, mature person.

BAND first.

It all began with ETUDE XXXIII in 2008. Awed by the main band repertoire, the entertaining stage band performance and how the concert culminated with the college anthem proudly sang along by fellow njcians, I told myself that if I were to go nj, this band experience is something that I wouldn't want to miss. So after Os, I went for their tune-in but that was when I finally realised how poor my playing was and kind of decided not to join band anymore, forgetting the feeling of how badly I wanted to play like the seniors did for ETUDE XXXIII.

Soon I was admitted into nj, struggling among the possible CCA choices. Given the circumstances and other considerations then, I ended up back in band. It was the SYF period and my playing was not up to standard. The stress of getting basic air and articulation techniques right, of hitting the tuning and higher range notes, of being in tune with the section and band compounded with every sectionals, combined and everytime the seniors tried to help but I still couldn't improve. It became overwhelming and I broke down. Some seniors and Ms Feng comforted and encouraged me.

THANKS LYNNA, CHERYL, EDWARD!

AND CHRISTINA! It was their words of encouragement that gave the belief that I can do it and the strength to move on not only during SYF, but also during another unexpectedly tougher period in band - preparation for Etude XXXIV.

The last few practices before Etude night were tormenting (those whom I went out with the day before Etude would know!) to the extent that I realise how unhealthy the band culture was then. My bro psychoed me into turning away from the negative side and thinking positive the night before. It worked. Garnering the support from other batchmates, I overcome the mental barrier and played the solo with no mistakes, at least.

My two main sources of motivation: JESSICA AND LAYTENG! THANKS!

Thanks to this band experience I learnt how to go along with difficult people and appreciate the nice ones more, I gained more musical knowledge and playing skills that enabled me to play confidently in nanhua alumni, and I decided that I will not join band anymore in uni!

Next, STAR PROGRAMME.

THANKS EVELYN (my right) for all the help in the experiments, my understanding of research work, the written report and poster presentation! On the left is a proud father of mine hehehs.
And surprisingly, my project was selected for SSEF and unexpectedly, I got a silver! There was nothing more I could could ask for. (my poster in the background!)
Though I wasn't put through the entire process of research cos evelyn helped me alot, I gained deeper insights into her field of work and valuable experiences if I were to do research in uni :)

Lastly, my dear friends who have been through thick and thin with me and of course the teachers who have been so committed and loving! And thanks to GP, I learnt how rewarding can reading newspapers be (hopefully not too late), and some thinking skills.

Yes that should be about it, a reasonable account of my non-academic life in nj huh.

Now that I'm almost free from academic commitment for the time being, I'm starting to ponder over post-a level plans. And so far, these are the things that I MUST DO:

1. Get A JOB either as a teaching intern/relief teacher/part-time helper at pharmacies
2. Nanhua band camp and annual concert
3. Catch up with ex-bandmates
4. Outing with tuition friends
5. Learn the flute
6. Family tour to Taiwan
7. Go to Universal Studios Singapore
8. Exercise more
9. Catch up with fellow pigs!

Haha that's all for now. Time to get on with a new day with my new found freedom!

2010-11-24T17:39:00.002+08:00

OMG. A LEVELS ARE ALMOST OVER.

It's been a very stressful period but thankfully, I'm blessed to have full support from my family and friends. Gone are the days of seemingly endless slogging and anxiety. Indeed, it calls for celebration with all my dear friends. I'm definitely looking forward to meeting fellow pigs this friday, tuition friends soon, and nhsb batchmates during band camp in dec!

This time round, the Cambridge examiners are more creative and armed with a whole new arsenal of questions. So advice to my juniors: please understand the concepts and practise a wide variety of questions. However, the papers are generally accessible (they have to be for a normal curve). Still, I'm feeling very uncertain, unlike the feeling after prelims. Well, now I shall pray for the very best and concentrate on relaxing before starting on bio paper 1 revision.

2010-09-19T21:00:00.002+08:00

I cannot believe that prelims are almost over.

I am only left with my h3 paper this wednesday and I hardly have any motivation to study for it especially after those depressing h2 chem papers on friday. I am having reservations about teaching chemistry as my future career. Most probably, I would go into pharmacy. Though my experience in h3 pharm chem has been rather terrible, it has given me more insights into pharmacy and helped set my foundation :) Yay I'm glad that I've more or less decided.

I think the next time I would blog would be after As. Definitely looking forward to 2 Dec! Till then, I must work hard especially for GP!! Jiayou to everybody and to me! :D

2010-07-12T23:32:00.002+08:00

the biggest joke of the day - morning assembly
juniors i'm sure you are more capable than that so jiayou!

i'm officially band-less. anyway, i was looking at the nbc results and nhsb got a silver with 78.67%, that close to a gold but their effort was commendable as they scored the highest among all the silvers. well, hopefully nhsb will take this as a good learning experience in preparation for next year's syf. go nhsb! :DD

alright it's getting late. tmr gonna spent almost half a day in school. so i better go sleep now.

2010-07-02T22:45:00.002+08:00

Im really sleepy now. today's the first day back to normal lessons after an entire month of studying and 4 days of torture. school's really tiring for me and i think im getting old.

CTs are over and i don't think i will fare well this round. my carelessness and compromise on answer quality for speed are going to pull my grades deep down. but i don't think i will mull over my poor grades for i've learnt how to take things like results less seriously, all thanks to the training through the endless stream of exams, tests and quizzes. i think that's the only positive thing from this academic experience for now.

Yesterday after my h3 paper, i went for my long awaited shopping spree and watched tv the whole night :) Recovered from dejection i got doing the h3 paper and decided to pray hard and work hard for what's ahead.

Check: 2 July 2010, Friday, Term 3 Week 1.
2 weeks to piano practical.
8 weeks to prelims.

Stay focused. Self-disciplined. I will survive.

Oh and I got to start shedding some weight with less food, more resistance to temptation, more exercise. So saddened that I've gained 1.5kg over the last term D:

2010-06-03T12:11:00.003+08:00

Regarding your question, it's not my first time pondering over it. In fact, it has taught me a valuable lesson.

Though the thought process is really heartbreaking most times, i believe it has given me much emotional and mental strength to face it. Regarding the situation now.. it is best that it remains as it is.. status quo. The torment will be over soon anyway.

Life is unfair. At times, we win, we lose. We meet people from all walks of life, of all sorts of character and personality. But what we need to know is that we are always blessed with nice people around and nice experiences. What we need to do is to think positive.

And I'm very sorry. I would like to take back what I said before. It's never ever once been regretful.

2010-05-29T17:08:00.002+08:00

It's been who knows how many cow years since I've blogged.

Every trip back to nanhua always brings so much warmth, happiness, and spirit amidst the dull, saddening, and spirit-less life in nj. People say that secondary school life is the most fulfilling and memorable. Indeed. Being in nj now made me appreciate nanhua more, and want to treasure those memories, and cherish those people who created those memories.

Today, I suppose, is the best day of this school term.

Midnight, papa and I went to the airport to welcome mummy back from US. The entire week without mummy around was rather terrible. :) that she's back!
Reached home at around 2.30am. Stayed up till 4.30am cos I couldn't sleep.

Morning, went to nanhua for band investiture. To be frank, I was disappointed with poor organisation of the band. Probably the leaders were not assertive enough. BUT, that's not the main point. Kat was there and I had good time catching up with her:D Not many seniors turned up and I was surprised that no one from my batch came..

Well, at least I did manage to spend some time with the trumpet section and the alumni who were there. We even took a section photo of... 7 batches? (2007-2013) :D!! I wonder if the section still continues with the tradition of getting the boys, yes boys, to do mermaid pose for section photo on handover day.. Unfortunately, taoyang wasn't there - he left for a brass festival - and we don't have any sec 1 guy junior this year..

Left before lunch and went to lot 1 to shop for gifts for agm. I met a kind cashier-cum-saleslady who gave me a 75cents discount cause I ran out of cash to pay for my stuff. Thanks a million! Was it cause I got that student under FA de look! Anyway, that encounter really made my day. She doesn't gain anything from giving me the discount yet she told me that I didn't have to pay without hesistation. I was soooo touched and thankful. At that moment, I thought she was really going to scream at me but she didn't. Thank god for allowing me to meet such a kind soul today :)

Came back home to finish up reading integration. I havent touched integration for almost 6 months and when I attempted some of the revision package questions, I can't seem to do those questions D: Calculus +trigo is definitely the most deathly combination..

June holidays are coming! But this marks the start of the most hellish period of school life. Soon after CTs will be prelims then a levels. I got to work much harder to achieve what I desire! I must cos I will and I can.

Most of the things have been cleared.

SSEF's over. I got a silver which was rather unexpected. Was glad that the judges thought highly of me :D Thanks so much to Evelyn, the CN Yang scholar I was attached to, and Prof Yang, Evelyn's mentor, for all the help in my research. I do hope to contribute to the research scene someday!

Etude34's over. It was a good and successful concert. At least all the stress is over! :DD

Theory's over too! Still awaiting for results. (Fingers crossed)

And now I'm left with CIP matters, grade8 practical exam, and a levels. Oh well.. all the best! and study hard guekleng!

2010-02-25T19:19:00.002+08:00

FINALLY, a short break from all the madness!

Tmr being road run day means relaxation and no homework for tonight! The past few weeks especially the past few days have been so rushed and tiring. In addition to the endless assignments and tests, i had to cope with h3 chem, science research poster presentation, extra band practices and tons of theory papers! It's been so hectic that i even feel like ponning school and band, and staying at home to clear all my homework once and for all!

Anyway, life still has to go on. Up next will be...
1. MORE TESTS: respiration, organic chem, math tests. OMG! all so content heavy!
2. SSEF JUDGING & public exhibition. Public exhibition is on 11march at science centre. Come people! To support me! :)
3. THEORY EXAM. best, it's on the same week as SSEF..
4. GETTING BACK PW RESULTS! so excited!
5. extended and extra band pracs D:

The next two weeks is certainly torturous but after that, it will be the march holidays!

Anyway, i should end here and enjoy other stuff whilst i can! SO BYE for now.

2010-01-26T21:13:00.002+08:00

I HATE FEELING INCOMPETENT.

i think i need h3 chem and h2 math tuition!

2010-01-19T17:51:00.002+08:00

Today is only the 2nd day of the 2nd week of school and I'm already feeling as though weeks had passed. Gosh, I'm ageing at a rate faster than I should. Sighs. And I realise I've never stop whining since school has reopened! Tsk. How I wish that the holiday feeling will come back and you will feel all relaxed, and full of energy for what's ahead!

Just had the worst day of all. Imagine having almost back-to-back lessons for all subjects in one day with only two miserable 30min breaks in between. It's total madness. I was so relieved that I had sufficient sleep last night, if not I will have collapsed during conditioning (almost suicidal, but had a great time laughing at some stupid stuff) for pe, and during that gp tutorial which seriously no one can afford to shut down.

The past few days have been spent on completing the gp holiday research fact sheet and I'm proud that I managed to finish it over the weekend when it is supposedly to be completed over the 2-month long nov/dec holiday :DD hahahah. So that leaves the other schools' math promo papers undone as a holiday assignment! :) However, it's due this week and this will mean more burning the midnight oil sessions. But for now, it's rest time! yupp considering all the hard work (yeah right) for the past few days.

Ah, I seriously hate to talk about school because I will spend most of the time complaining about the routine. Alright, perhaps, I should complain less and focus on the interesting aspects of school life. hahahah. You will ask how interesting life in nj can be? Oh well, those small little moments with your friends, teachers, and people around you, and doing what you are passionate about, can add much value to school life. Like band. I no longer feel the dread of going for band practices as I would last year or during in the secondary school (oops!) even though I have to reach school early to play for morning assembly everyday and return to school for practice on saturdays, and that I relentlessly complain about certain practices.

Well, I'm sure that there is certainly more of such to come! ^^

Anyway, now that I've cleared gp holiday homework, there is still much more work to do. hahahah like what dexter said on msn that homework is like some monster; you slayed one and another one appears. Totally true. (Gosh, I'm complaining again!) Despite all this, I'm so glad and looking forward to friday's dinner with celest, lan, daph and jy! It has been a long time since we've caught up with each other! hahahah it's supposedly my birthday dinner, as insisted by the rest, well, thanks for that in advance, I know everyone is very busy, so thanks for taking time off FOR ME! :DDD ♥♥♥♥♥

Well, I should really get on with my work! So bye!

2010-01-15T15:35:00.003+08:00

I SURVIVED THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL!
and finally, i get to go home early on a friday :DDD

oh well, the routine starts all over again and life (considering that i have one) has been typically hectic and draining despite lessons ending earlier this year. We got new tutors for gp, bio, and math, and i hope it will turn out to be a good thing.. School has started on some renovations to the linkway, tb block, basketball courts and the stadium spectator seats which makes getting to places in school particularly the band room rather inconvenient. Well, but there is nothing we can do about it, but to bear with it. (sighs)

Tomorrow, band as usual in the morning. And the j1s on appeal are joining ._. and that feeling is so going to come back again. It makes me think about my seniors like lynna, cheryl, edward and christina, who have made such a great impact on my days as a junior and how much I wish I can be like them..

Anyway, I'm hoping that tomorrow will be a better day and that I will not be bothered over what has happened. In the first place, I should not be so disturbed by it. I should concentrate on the stuff which are more worth of my time and brain cells.

Reminds me of my undone gp holiday research. GTG. BYE FOLKS.

Gossips are just gossips.You can hate me, by all means cause I don't give a damn about it.

2010-01-11T01:07:00.003+08:00

i should be asleep by now in view of the whole new first day in school tomorrow, later rather.

just completed my SSEF application stuff which is to be submitted to ms loh later on.
the SSEF report, research plan and application forms were what i have been doing the past week. let's hope that the weeks' worth of effort and time which could be better spent on holiday homework will be fruitful. well, it better be.

speaking of holiday homework, oh well.. it is not even half done! and that explains why i'm still awake at such an unearthly hour (considering that there's school later), hoping to do some math or econs. oh fat luck uh. think i will just fall asleep with my homework.

now that a new school term has arrived, it is time to look forward and move on. it is going to demand for a much better time management with a much busier and tighter scheduele - more work work work. in addition to the routine of lectures, tutorials, band, piano, tuition, now you have year 1 revision, h3 lessons, estar symposium, theory and practical exam, njcsb concert at hand. well, guekleng, there is no escaping, you have to do it.

yupp, tomorrow, besides being the start of school for year twos, is JUDGEMENT DAY for o level 2009 students. well, ALL THE BEST PEOPLE! and if you are considering to come to this mugger school of mine, feel free to attend our open house on tues and wed. there will be school tours, from my knowledge. so come if you are interested.

yupp i think i have spent enough time here. time to do some work. bye!

2009-12-31T22:49:00.000+08:00

IT'S NEW YEAR EVE! and we're less than two more hours away from 2010! :D

oh well, 2009 has been an awesome year, if not for my family, relatives and friends.
this year, although more tears were shed, more wonderous moments were created and through this exciting year, i have learnt so many valuable things as a daughter, as a friend, as a student, and as a music person.

now with 2010 right around the corner, i'd like to wish my family, relatives, friends and acquaintances A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED NEW YEAR! Let's leave all the unhappiness behind, begin 2010 on a high and positive note and make it a better year! Best wishes everybody! :) :) :) :)

2009-12-28T16:12:00.002+08:00

HAH one week after jcpbf has passed.

oh well, the past one week had been devoted to rushing my estar/ssef report.
it had been a rather torturous process since i didnt complete a proper literature review and research plan prior to experimentation. well who cares about the process now that it's already almost completed! hahah.

tomorrow i will be going down to NTU to get Prof Yang to sign my SSEF application forms and hopefully evelyn will be able to review and return my report :) after tmr, i will just be left with the 100-word summary, the finishing touches of my report and the SRC approval and my project will be ready for the SSEF submission. oh gosh. yes! after that will just be preparation of poster and presentation and soon, it will be liberation! hurray :DDDDDD

hahahah of course im not that kind of geek who works so hard on her assignment whole day at home that she forgets about what's fun. yes, i had a 401 class gathering at weixin's house/jp on xmas eve and i had a really awesome time catching up with my classmates!! we were supposed to have bbq but esther, esther's mum, daph, celest, xinyu, yanting and i ended up dining at jp LOL. to olive, weixin and the rest, i'm so so sorry! hahahah.

p.s. all photos taken are with celest and she doesnt facebook or msn nowadays so it will take sometime before i will get hold of those photos. aww D:

anyway, thanks so much celest, lan, daph and jy (perhaps) for the lovely huge birthday card and pressies. the pressies came in at a much-needed time and i will certainly use them! <33

yupp now that most of the fun is over, it's time to get serious and mug.
nevertheless, i will still look forward to the last bit of my holidays.
AVATAR in 3D and RJ BAND CONCERT on wed,
BAND CHALET on next mon & tues.

yupp. and of course, the countdown to 2010! FOUR MORE DAYS PEOPLE!

2009-12-21T23:12:00.011+08:00

it was a blessing in disguise.
i wouldnt have been able to have such an awesome time at band fest if i were to take up H3 research or PUB's NEW programme.
like what people always say, give and take. alright.

BAND FEST DAY ONE (16/12/2009)

met nj band people at boon lay and we bus-ed to NIE.
we reached 45 minutes before the official breifing time =.= and stoned at LT4.
browsed through the programme booklet and was glad to learn that mr tan was invited to be the sectional tutor for jacob brass, which meant that i would get to see mr tan again! (yes i did but only twice.. )
soon later other participating schools started filing in and that kept me awake until the ultimate briefing cause i wanted to say hi to jewel and vivien, and to try spot my band fest sectionmates! :D
when briefing started, there was this two acjc or acsi guys behind (i think i know who you are now heheheh) who talked, or rather gossiped, non-stop. quite annoying but their conversation was surely interesting! hahaha i didn't mean to eavesdrop but you guys were speakng so loudly. jessie can vouch for me!!

briefing was soon over and we broke up into our respective bands for icebreakers.
played double whacko, elope and charades with chaperones yuyan and leeping.
as usual, i'm really good at games involving names cause my name is hard to remember! hahahahaha.
had early lunch and then combined practice.
first combined went on really well and i knew we were in for a good show on sunday.
then it was sectionals. and i was rather surprised to see mr francis tan in sectionals.
oh well, he was the brass judge for the honour band audition.
he is good. strict but gets things done really quickly.

sectionals ended and i headed back jp, then to cck with nj band people.
met my family at cck and papa drove us to farmart for my birthday dinner (in advance, it's my mum's idea again). actually, it was partly for my aunt whose birthday was on that day itself.
hais first, it was my cake. next was my birthday dinner. well, sharing is caring! lol.

BAND FEST DAY TWO (17/12/2009)

went to nj in the morning to pass H3 chem notes to Yiting and papa drove me to NIE.
reached at 9.10am and was relieved to see i was not the latest! if this were to happen for a nj band prac during the syf preparation period, i would've missed my chance to warm-up and this would mean death during sectionals then hahaha.
anyway, we had combined for the whole morning and sectionals in the afternoon.
whoa complete boredom.
went home and was too tired to do any work.

BAND FEST DAY THREE (18/12/2009)

scheduele was somewhat similar to day two. combined, section lunch then sectionals.
this sectional, being the last sectional for band fest, was much less tiring than the previous two.
hahaha cause we had our sectional tutor switched to the woodwinds' who was Dr. F!
(hahaha sounds very vulgar but that's how our conductor Dr. Fraschillo said we could call him)
Dr. F is really nice.
He gave us lots of breaks not only in between combined practice but also in between the music. hahahah trumpets need not repeat or play a few parts so our lips can rest! how nice! :) :)
sectionals ended early and while we waited for debrief, we hung out at the area outside sectional room, took photos and played games! :)

finally when it was time to head home, don't know why my throat turned sore (probably i used too much of my throat) and my head started to hurt (homeostasis? perhaps).
My journey back home was totally tortorous. the mrt and lrt aircon was so cold and i was freezing. i knew i was down with a fever.

awwww. what a horrible way to end the 16th year of my life.

BAND FEST DAY FOUR (19/12/2009)

woke up and fortunately, no more headache and fever! hurray. which means i could go for band fest practice! :DD hahaha. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! and i didnt know my lovely nj band mates had planned sth for me.

first thing, in the morning, when i checked my phone, okay, the messages i received were happy birthday etc EXCEPT FOR ONE. JESSICA'S MESSAGE. it was very wierd. she asked if my dad would be fetching me to NIE and i replied yes. i thought she would wish me later at band and then i just forgot about this sms thing.

next, when i was walking to the honour band room, i saw darrin and he asked if i had seen the rest of the nj people. i said no and it didnt come across my mind that he was actually sent by the others to check if i had reached so they could...

i opened the band room door. xiangyi and regina were there playing happy birthday on their trumpets. AAAAAHHHHHHHH. i didnt expect that la.
soon people came to wish me.
xiangyi, regina, weiqi, dexter, prateesh, natalie, darrin, shannon, jewel and chaperone leeping!
yupp thank you so much :) :) :) :)

hahaha that really started my day on a super high note. we had combined till lunch time.
regina left for NIE band concert, weiyang and weiqi (sounds like bro and sis) joined their friends so there was only me, xiangyi, dexter and prateesh. okay. xiangyi told me we were going to have section lunch and i told jessica i would not be joining jessie and her for lunch (ahhh i felt really stupid now la). so the four of us went to the NTU canteen via the long and scenic way (yes, xiangyi, it was a good way to kill time).

it was only when i walked past the drink stall, i saw candles and i went
aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh! my beloved band mates got me a cake! it was sooooooo nice of them la.
超感动!!! sang happy birthday twice (long story) and i got to wish and blow the candles twice!

THANKS FOR THE CAKE! ♥
THANKS FELLOW BAND MATES! ♥
Soon after lunch was NIE band concert at nanyang audi.
hahaha took a LONG way there (even longer than the way to SCBE) and could feel that most of our arms were breaking from carrying all our instr, stands and stuff.

concert, i thought it was great, but the one at SCH was better.
Anyway, the band had a nice rich sound but it seemed rather soft with the size of the band. perhaps it's the acoustics of the hall.
Westside story, english folksong suite and cartoon were really nice and i liked regina's solo!!
Other than that, i thought got a few wrong song choices (i understand, cause songs chosen are for international band fest, must have singapore touch) and i nearly slept through. fortunately, jessica and jessie kept me awake by commenting on some stuff which i could't stop laughing at la.

concert over. and i rushed home for piano lesson.
not to forget, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

BAND FEST DAY FIVE (20/12/2009) CONCERT DAY. LAST DAY WITH SECTION D:

met up with trumpet section for lunch at marina square where we saw the clarinet section.
then... it's camwhoring session. yupp. marina square and esplanade are really beautiful places.

nice shot!

when XIANGYI got tired of taking photos, we headed to esplanade concourse, and waited for our esplanade passes to be given out. yeah! my second esplanade pass :DD oh yes, btw, thanks sarimah for your candy!

headed to dressing room, settled down, played cheat (i was ultimate loser man! D:) before it was time for soundcheck. after soundcheck, was free time. and yes more camwhoring, at esplanade!
time passed really quickly, soon, we had to have our refreshments. unfortunately, there was no more to go around and worse of all, i didnt have lunch. my stomach was growling like.. until my saviour, dove choc from chaperones came! whoa, i totally needed that and it lasted me at least until the end of concert. ms tai came too! with more food but didnt have it cause at that time, everyone was busy changing.

changed into my ang ang blazer, our prominent red nj blazer!

yes, RED SEA. FIREMEN AND FIREWOMEN. they said. hahahaha.

when it was time to watch arnold's band performance, we went into circle 3 and WHOA it's super high la. arnold band was quite okay but their songs nearly drove me to sleep. i'm sorry, jingwen and yinglan!

time was up when jacob band entered the stage, went back to do warm-up and tuning.
SOON, IT WAS SHOWTIME! yea. performance went very well and hahaha my dad got it recorded! but it doesnt sound that nice from the recording due to poor video quality.

after performance, it was time to camwhore and relax!
really enjoyed yue se's and amos' performance on the trumpets. sounded totally hilarious!!
liked trumpet section shot with dexter and prateesh spinning their trumpets! scary but cool.

when the concert ended and everybody was supposed to pack up, got this random chaperone who took a pic with me :) yupp sorry for sounding rude cause i got to leave! then everyone dispersed from the dressing room and i left for the concourse to meet my lovely junior taoyang.

THANKS TAOYANG FOR YOUR PIGLET! and i hope to see you soon!
on the way, i saw my junior aaron, talked to him for a short while and left to meet my family for dinner.

hahahaha what a looooooooooooooooooong post and i shan't rattle on
but before i end, i would like to say...

I LOVE MY SECTION!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

THANKS DEXTER FOR YOUR HANDMADE ROSE!

AND TO EVERYONE WHO HAS MADE BAND FEST 2009 SO ENJOYABLE FOR ME:
thank you!!! and we will meet again. meanwhile, do take care and best wishes!! :)

indeed, a blessing in disguise.
moments like these. for us to create, keep and remember. ♥

2009-12-21T21:56:00.005+08:00

last last weekend, my m'sian relatives came for a short trip to singapore and we had to bring them around and play with the kids. it was totally exhaustive since there are 5 of them and they are super active and noisy. my parents must be relieved from all that madness since i'm sure i wasn't like that when i was about their age :) :) but their presence seemed to brighten and lighten up the whole house and i missed them so much!

while my relatives were here, they were really nice to celebrate my birthday in advance with me and my family! :DD haha it was all mummy's idea cause the sunday when we celebrated was one of my m'sian cousin's 7th birthday and there were many people to help finish the cake! the cake was really huge. hahaha.

so my ah ma, 大伯, 大婶, 大姑, eugene, jie, jiang, luo yun, luo yan, mum, papa, bro sang happy birthday!

and we took photos!

me and my lovely cousins! ^^v

family shot! :)

THANKS for the cake and celebrating my birthday with me! ♥♥♥♥

oh yes and thanks celest for accompanying me to m'sia to fetch my relatives to singapore last last fri.
i had a great time eating, shopping, camwhoring and eating!! and i'll keep our daphne-pose-photo safe and sound!! :DDDDDDD

let it go and move on

2009-12-10T17:22:00.005+08:00

and so life goes on.

my few days returning back to nan hua last week had been a rather painful experience for me and i can't believe i took days just to get over it. maybe it's just me; i'm not strong enough.

it brought back many fond memories.
it reunited all of us in another music-making process, creating many special moments together once again.
but it was not for long before we have to leave and move on with our own lives.

after the concert, my mind was completely filled with anything and everything related to nhsb.
for a moment, i thought i was going nuts.
whenever i start thinking about it, i would either laugh to myself or break down.
it was only after a few days when i managed to recover from that 'painful' state, to let it go and to move on. no wonder people say that time is the best healer. it is indeed true.

now i'm feeling a thousand times better and i've started on my revision.
hahaha but that doesn't mean i'll stop farming in facebook.
anyway, with christmas just around the corner, i've decorated my farm to celebrate this festive season with everybody! take a look at this!

my farm in farmville! i love it to the max man! hahaha.

alright, anyway, i seriously think i should devote more time to my school work because i'll be down for so many activities the next few weeks. yes, i'll be going malaysia tomorrow and i'll need to entertain my msian relatives who will be coming to stay in spore over this weekend. i still have my last two band practices for the year (hopefully), band fest, seniors' farewell, 401 christmas gathering, desaru trip, band chalet...

it'll be a miracle if i can complete my revision.

2009-12-06T19:11:00.002+08:00

OH MY. LES MISERABLES IS STUCKED IN MY HEAD. LA LA LA LA LA LA LA!

IT'S ALL ABOUT BAND

2009-12-06T00:35:00.011+08:00

4 trumpeters
3 days
2 practices
1 rehearsal

and we performed for nan hua symphonic band concert 2009 bella notte musicale III as alumni.

although audience turnout wasnt as expected and there were several screw-ups, im really impressed with the overall performance of the band especially my trumpet juniors.

TO MY LOVELY TRUMPET JUNIORS:
you people sounded really good! continue working hard and your efforts will eventually pay off. nhsb trumpet section, FIGHTING! ^^v

Anyway, this was my first and perhaps the last time performing as alumni. (i missed last year's performance cause i was overseas and i may miss next year's cause of a levels.)
BUT IT CERTAINLY HAD BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE and i will love playing for alumni again!

i have gained sooooo much from this alumni performance and im really thankful for that :) :)
i got to accustom myself to the more demanding pieces, as well as, gauge my playing and stamina level for further training for nj band concert next year.
what's more important was the opportunity to catch up with mr tan, fellow batchmates and my seniors!

mr tan:
yes, i'll train to play more manly.

batchmates:
GOSH. YOU GUYS WILL BE DEARLY MISSED!

dearest section-cum-batch mate (jenn) and sec4 trumpet juniors (kat and jiaqian):jenn and kat! it has been really tough playing with braces, but still, you two have done a great job!
jiaqian! you should have come and join in the fun~
AND where's xinting and daryl? i have not seen them for ages.

trumpet seniors:Thanks for coming! and for making me feel so young in this photo :) :)

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!

i realised i forgot to take a photo with nanhua-nj trumpet senior, edward!
AND I DONT HAVE A FULL SECTION PHOTO!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH D:
nvm, we'll do so the next gathering.
yes, so long as i believe that there is, there will be.

hmmmm now that nhsb concert 2009 had ended,
NEXT UP WILL BE BAND FEST.

yeah. guekleng, FIGHTING! don't give up.

p.s. im so in love with phantom of the opera ♥

2009-11-26T07:57:00.003+08:00

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Band has been dominating my hols recently and I'm feeling really guilty not starting on my homework yet.
Could have spent yesterday afternoon napping, practising piano, packing my stuff, planning my revision but time could not been spent any better on going out and meeting old (literally old) ex-classmates. Yes, I was the only sixteen-year-old there.

Weixin turned 17 (HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!) yesterday and we had a 'surprise' bday celebration for her at jp's swensens last night.

AND WHAT A COINCIDENCE.
we saw mr. abraham, suhui xian and their 410 clique, yiyang, and vivien.

Anw, food was quite bad and it costed me a bomb and even worse, a stomach ache.
If i strongly object to dining at swensens in the future, you'll know why.

Nevertheless, the time spent was worthwhile and i had fun :))

OH YES! TODAY IS THURSDAY AND MY EPISODE 15 OF YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL SHOULD BE UPLOADED SOON! OMG. 好期待!!

while waiting, shall start doing something meaningful. BYE peeps.

BAND TO THE MAX

2009-11-24T16:40:00.005+08:00

CONCERT!!
20 Dec 2009 (Sun)
5pm, Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $12, $15 (available from SISTIC)

Repertoire includes... (click image)
Yes! DO COME AND SUPPORT!! It's only $12 and 2h+ of your time :)

Back from alumni band practice and for no logical reason, i'm feeling so tired now.
i'm not going for tmr's alumni practice cause there is nj band practice!

size of alumni band today smaller than expected, about that of the current nj band i think,
hopefully cause many didnt turn up today.
today's practice without flutes, tuba and mr tan was totally wierd.
(note: i don't mean the in-charges weren't doing their jobs. in fact, they pulled it off quite well especially jingwei. really admired his courage to conduct combined for the band despite the lack of training and experience. surely he learnt something from nj band!)
played through highlights from westside story and foxfire,
and caught up with dearest juniors and batchmates :))

Oh yes, another concert!
NAN HUA SYMPHONIC BAND 3RD ANNUAL CONCERT
4 Dec 2009 (Fri)
Time to be confirmed
Nan Hua High School Hall
FREE ADMISSION

DON'T HESITATE. JOT THESE DATES DOWN AND BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW!
4 Dec - NHSB concert
20 Dec - JC & Poly Band Fest Concert
THANKS! :DDDDDDDDD

2009-11-22T01:17:00.002+08:00

Stayed up to complete my abstract so that i can send it to Evelyn for checking before I submit it for the SSEF online registration this week.
Haven been reading research papers and working on the report lately and now i'm only left with A MONTH to gather results and finish writing the hellish bulk of the report - results and discussion.
Yes, last minute work again.

On a brighter note, i'm glad that the next few weeks or rather the month of December will be packed with more activities :)

♥ 27nov: family karaoke session
♥ 30nov-4dec: NHSB CONCERT
♥ 30nov onwards: additional monday band practices
♥ 8-9dec, 15-16dec: CIP
♥ 17-20dec: BAND FEST

♥ until 26dec: SSEF/E-STaR report
♥ not forgetting reading more novels,
piano practical, theory AND year one revision.

WHOA. so much work yet so little time,
SO LET'S PLAY HARD AND STUDY SMART!!!!

LOL. FIGHTING!!

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL

2009-11-21T16:29:00.002+08:00

YES! OMG. YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL! I'M SO IN LOVE WITH IT NOW. ♥♥♥♥♥♥
CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE TWO REMAINING EPISODES!!!!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! PLEASE MAKE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY COME NOW!!!!!!!

FAREWELL, MY NEW EXPERIENCE.

2009-11-16T23:20:00.002+08:00

FAREWELL, MY NEW PROGRAMME. ):

Think cos i performed really badly during the group interview.

Nevertheless, it was a good learning experience.
At the very least, i learnt how to market myself better, how to present my portfolio better, and the possible questions for a group interview.
All these will certainly allow me to be better prepared for future interviews.

I can try again next year.
For now, i think i should go look for CIP to keep me occupied this holidays :))
GUEK LENG, JIAYOU!

AM I ONLY DREAMING?

2009-11-16T05:02:00.006+08:00

TIME NOW IS 5.02AM.

Chuankui woke me up in the middle of the night and thanks to him i can't get back to sleep.
Well, actually, he wasn't the main cause of my sleepless night..
In fact, i should blame it on the stream of negative thoughts that flooded my mind.

Tried throwing the negative thoughts away and forcing myself to sleep but i can't.
And that explains why i'm here.

Read a little of research papers, facebook-ed and checked my hotmail..

GUESS WHAT?

I SAW THIS - BAND FEST HONOUR BAND AUDITION RESULTS.

LOOK. NATIONAL JC. LOH GUEK LENG. TRUMPET 3. YES. 3rd.

AND I WENT LIKE...

WHAT THE SHIT! I GOT IN?!
UNBELIEVABLE. THE JUDGES MUST BE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.

HAHAHA. Anyway, i'm glad that i got in
together with regina, xiangyi, jessica, wei en, valencia, darrin, natalie, shannon and JEWEL (fellow nanhua bandmate)! CONGRATS people!

Also glad that nanhua band exco still manage to come together to propose for our annual band camp and concert :DD yay!

Finally feeling better after so many days of despair.
a really big thank you to all who tolerated my emo moments and cheered me up these few days! 谢谢!

THE MORALE OF THE STORY - BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT AND EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED :)
GUEK LENG FIGHTING!!

AWFUL

2009-11-14T17:58:00.002+08:00

THE REALITY IS AWFULLY HARSH.

Whenever I fail, I always tell myself this.
With more effort and determination, I will be able to make it!
So I always tried and persisted.

BUT all these does not seem to reap anything positive.
In fact, it is draining me out.
Now I seemed to have lost the strength to carry on.

I know I should not give up but the reality is killing me.
Someone please tell me what to do.

ANXIETY

2009-11-13T11:25:00.002+08:00

nervous. anxious. excited.

is this going to be another elimination round?
i've never been to a group interview before.
will it put me at a disadvantage?

CHILLS. RELAX, GIRL.
perhaps, it's just like a got-to-know-more-about-you chit-chat session.
what's more, you have already prepared for this.
just relax and enjoy the process! :))
the result doesn't matter.

GOSH. I HATE THE UNCERTAINTIES of this GROUP interview.
BUT I KNOW, I will make good use of this opportunity and do my best.
GUEK LENG FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2hours 54 minutes.

WE ARE ONE

2009-11-11T17:18:00.007+08:00

--- web streaming on weareone.sg

我是好心人!
After hearing the call for public support for "We Are One" project on 938LIVE nth times, decided to donate a 2x2 brick which will go into building a 5m x 8m singapore island in ion orchard :) = $2 which will be channeled to help families affected by the recession.

YOU can also help by simply going down to ion orchard basement 4 or any of the 10 following capitaland malls:

Bugis Junction
Bukit Panjang Plaza
Funan DigitaLife Mall
IMM
Junction 8
Lot One
Plaza Singapura
Raffles City Shopping Centre
Sembawang Shopping Centre
Tampines Mall

AND DONATE :)

PLEASE HELP FELLOW SINGAPOREANS BECAUSE WE ARE ONE.
More info on https://www.weareone.sg/index.htm

Anyway, (I know this is random) just had a combination of ot & spicy curry chicken with freezing cold pearly soya bean milk for lunch and it is upsetting my stomach now!

DECIDED

2009-11-10T09:34:00.003+08:00

finally DECIDED on my top 3 choices of NEW programme projects
1st choice: NEA's Community Outreach Programmes
2nd choice: Microbial Species in Desalination Membranes
3rd choice: Microbial Ecology of Drinking Water Distribution System

Were chosen based on how much I can gain from the project.
Thought since I already have some experience in scientific research, I should try something NEW and different. Learning through community-based work will be interesting too :)
Now, I suppose I have to do some research for the interview..
(I'm sure Ms Loh and Evelyn will come after me if they see this =X)

Anyway, went back to school early in the morning to borrow my trumpet ♥ back to practise.
THANKS SHANNON for opening the band room!

sounded really bad having not played for weeks.
NVM. 可以的! Still have 4 more days.

GUEKLENG FIGHTING!

NEW EXPERIENCE

2009-11-09T19:16:00.003+08:00

THIS THURSDAY: FINAL ESTAR UPDATE WITH MS LOH
THIS FRIDAY: NEW PROGRAMME INTERVIEW
THIS SATURDAY: HONOUR BAND AUDITION

I'M SO EXCITED!
Just a step away from the fun that is going to make my holiday more fruitful than ever.

GUEKLENG FIGHTING!!

BYE SENIOR HIGH ONE

2009-11-08T11:45:00.025+08:00

(Another abandoned blog)

First P down - PROMOS

Post promos (MOVIE):

Second P down - PW

Post-OP (PW NJ060):

Finally a respite from the endless mugging and pw meeting, but not for long.

My first year in NJC is officially over, yes, since lessons have stopped, PW is over and I'M PROMOTED TO SH2! And another year in school has passed, as usual, at full-throttle.

No doubt the routine was an intensive one.

Rushing to school for morning assembly warm-ups,
Attending lectures and tutorials,
Staying back for band on every wed, tuition every fri.
if not heading home to read notes, rush tutorials, do pw, facebook, watch dramas.

Saturdays were devoted to band practices and school work,

Sundays to practising piano, completing theory and MORE school work,

AND holidays to revision.

HOWEVER, life couldnt have been more AWESOME than having so many nice people around :)

1. BAND MATES

who have been very encouraging AND SECTION MATES

WHO helped me so much despite my disappointing and stagnant performance.

2. 09SH12 people like

a. Jessica, Pam and Val who shared really stupid but comical happenings.

b. fellow PW mates who will turn excited upon the mention of XXX, gossip about nanhuarians, and tease chun yan for her randomness and pronouciation.

c. the only TWO GUYS here -
Melvin who always brings laughter to our class with his shrieks and BOOMZ version of ris-low, and Yunian who is extremely enthusiastic despite being in awkward situtaions.

d. Adela's clique who managed to answer all my weird questions and clarified my doubts in my studies.

3. ALSO 401 people

and my 401 clique
like Jingying, 不要脸 and camwhoring as usual,
Daphne becoming more violent,
Lan as demure as always
and Celest as forgiving as always.

This year has been rather eventful apart from all the mugging.

1. SYF.
Yes my first and last SYF GOLD.

But the process behind this achievement was certainly a stressful nonetheless a meaningful one.

2. OTHER BAND EVENTS like SYF Pres night and V.night :) njcsb fighting!

3. CATCHING UP with old friends like
401 people,
nanhuaband mates,

and of course adel people! kudos to our 11 years of friendship :)

4. PW on Conservation of Chinese hand puppetry!
Our handmade puppets for PW:

Yes it's finally over. Actually, PW is not that draining. It is only towards the end when WR and OP begin will you find yourself working very hard for PW.

5. E-STAR programme.
Not over yet but it has been a fabulous experience.

Looking forward,
This holiday will be all about
1. BAND FEST
2. NHSB ANNUAL CONCERT
3. More piano and theory
4. More trips down to NTU to complete my research report
5. Year one revision
6. MORE OUTINGS!!
7. MORE facebooking
8. MORE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL :DD OMG. CANT WAIT FOR EP 11!!!!!!!

hahahahaha guess that will be all for my update of my SH1 life.
Got to give this blog a fresh look. BYE.

2009-03-01T12:49:00.002+08:00

life here has been horrible in every aspect u can think of.

1 month's over but im still finding hard to adapt to the new demanding routine.

):

hopefully, things will get better this week.

2009-02-21T17:15:00.002+08:00

in nj, time really flies. 1 week passed, just like that.

yupp. from next week onwards, we will be officially running on our new timetable. got a feeling of how a day packed with only 30min breaks, back-to-back lectures and tutorials on fri as well as a 2h long tuition class was like. it was mentally demanding, and horrible.

next week, it's going to be tough. i need to adapt to my new routine and manage my time more efficiently.

tons of homework are staring at me. better get going and started. bye for now!

2009-02-13T22:29:00.004+08:00

the first 2 weeks of school had passed.

i didnt expect so many unpleasant encounters and unhappy happenings within merely 2 weeks. there was one self-centred, narrow-minded girl last week, and a braggart who thinks highly of herself, hardly puts herself in other's shoes, shot scornful remarks and insulted me in front of so many people this week...

at the very least, there is still orientation which is something worth being happy about. thinking about it does cheer me up(: hm tho draining which accounted for why i didnt blog about it, orientation is really enjoyable.

today shall be my happiest and saddest day of 2009.

2009-02-01T02:42:00.002+08:00

clearly, i dun understand why i'm still up during the wee hours of the least anticipated day of my holidays and i'm so inclined to ponder over things especially past happenings during times when silence reigns.

very quickly, the holidays passed and school is reopening really soon like tmr. so fast. i had not enjoyed enough and i really regretted not spending time wisely hanging out together with friends.

last friday, we had our last gathering of our two months long holiday and i had a great time, from organising it, preparing yanting's and singxuan's bday celebration, and the food, singing till my throat nearly went dry (loved the duets!), trying to smack jy's butt to seek revenge... and i tremendously enjoyed it.

BUT

once school starts, a gathering like that would be sth like once in a blue moon. though some of us will be in the same school, the chances of being in a same class will be really slim, neither the chances of meeting up for breaks will be high. we will be having our own friends, and even if we bump into each other in school, time will only permit and limit us to two words - hi and bye. we may say just organise gathering lo but will there be a day when everybody is free? the answer is very clear. i believe the get-together which everyone can surely make it will be during nh's teachers' day celebration, but it's months away.

now, even before school starts, im already starting to miss lotsa things abt nanhua. my fulfilling 4 years there, fellow classmates, (ex-) section mates, band mates, some teachers, 401, band, and even the washrooms, the cleanest ones i have ever been to besides my home one. the entire campus was where all the excitement started and ended, only leaving memories to keep and reminisce.

life ahead will be different. the pace of jc life is going to be much much faster. everything is starting fresh. everything is going to be new. new life, new environment, new acquaintances...

guekleng, it's time to let it go and move on.

well, to all: all the best in your future undertakings. do stay happy always.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

2009-01-26T17:40:00.000+08:00

guekleng wishes all a happy chinese new year

and do have a great time collecting hongbaos and feasting! :D

2009-01-24T00:33:00.001+08:00

returned back to nhhs ~~in the morning~~ ytd morning.

left home a little later than planned and in order not to miss my bus to reach clementi PUNCTUALLY at 915, i RAN across a traffic junction PLUS a zebra crossing PLUS 20m to the bus stop. but when i reached clementi, saw no familiar faces until some 10min later. but it was weixin, kuanyuan, jeraldine and her friend. 930, then came c.d.h.j, wy and daph's fren. SLOW CROACHES.

bumped into mrs lim in the hall and had a short chat with her about results, jc, jc subject comb.. she seemed to sound pretty disappointed with my languages yea especially chinese and more disappointed with me lacking of self-confidence.. well, i always have been trying hard to be self-confident and i will continue to.

joined the others for the cny concert,
collected my leaving cert from GO,
lunch-ed at sumo,
saw marcus, kuanyuan, zhiwei, serene, serene's fren and a bunch of 403 ppl.

tgt with ky and zw, we headed down to bugis in search of our bags! after hours of walking, we didnt buy anything except for wy who ended up purchasing a shirt.

oh and anw, i can safely conclude this today that zhiwei and kuanyuan can breezed through any test of patience. to my surprise, both of them didnt complain about anything though the words 'im bored' were scribbled all over their faces. so unlike my bro who will never fail to find some lame excuses when i need company for shopping. hais.

took bus back home instead of mrt+lrt to save some time, energy and yes $.

and successfully booked k room for a k session with c.h.j and serene on 30th :D
yea finally smth for me to anticipate aft cny!

anw, finally! i can play F chord on the guitar(:
havent been meddling with bro's guitar for a few days and after a mere hour of playing, my finger tips are hurting. sianx. they hurt when i practised piano too. awwwwwwwwwwww. stupid me.

yupp. that should be all. bye!

2009-01-20T21:41:00.002+08:00

haven been blogging for past few days. blame it on my laziness.

im back from class outing to sentosa with my legs aching like mad, my neck burning, my arms half-tanned and a broken toe nail. yupp currently, u can find almost any shade of colour ranging from (lightest) beige to (darkest) brown on my skin. there's also red. the perfect combination of red and beige along the upper arm yupp with perfect resemblence to our singapore flag. lol.

yesterday's trip back to nanhua was pretty fruitful. my sole intention was to report an error in the leaving cert afterwhich leave and head home straight but the moment i stepped into the school compound, i first heard the tubas, then the trombones and then the trumpets, and i thought i could stay a little longer for band.

at the GO, i accidentally overheard the conversation between mr edmund ng and the OM as they were speaking at such volume that anyone in the GO could catch every single word they said. so i should say that i didnt mean to eavesdrop. haha.

it went smth like this.

OM: have you heard about the lower sec disclipinary case? about a student whose trousers got burnt by acid.
mr ng: ya. during which lesson?
OM: bio.
mr ng: and the teacher in charge was?
OM: mdm surin.

LOL. mr ng 'hahaha'-ed (looks like he has some opinion about her too) and continued speaking to OM before asking mdm surin out from the conference rm to talk about the matter. one of the staff smiled at me and i dunno why i smiled back. perhaps that's a way to express laughter when it is inappropriate to burst into laughter. :D

after reporting the error, i went up the sky garden to visit my dearest trumpet juniors. yupp, watching them practise together, do drills together, occasionally playing a fool together, becoming so united as one section which is so enthusiastic in trumpet-playing in music and in band, made me feel really proud as a senior of this wonderful section and at the same time, really nostalgic about my days in nhsb. Seeing that the section is well taken care of and well-organised under the leadership of xinting and kat made me much at ease.

btw, yanting told me something which left a really deep impression on me - let's keep the flame of the trumpet section burning. very well said. the role of "keeping the flame burning" lay in every single trumpet player, even if u r the strongest or the weakest player or the senior or junior player, simply because the section is made up of every single one of u.

so do continue to train hard and i know it's going to be a tough route ahead. jiayou.

today was class outing to sentosa! yupp my first and hopefully not the last class outing.

fun? maybe. played with sand and water at the shore and had a short game of volleyball (apparently, i need some volleyball beginners' lessons. afterall, i have some serious problems in hitting the ball in the right direction), visited a couple of tourist attractions, did lots of photo-taking at siloso and palawan beaches!

and also shared some secrets amongst ourselves (c.d.g.h.j) and oh no! i revealled smth that most ppl dunno. hahahahaha :D no harm telling since the others told theirs too(:

anw, today's outing to sentosa reminded me of many memorable moments there as a small little camper of adelfibel's annual camps @ sentosa who loved playing telematches at the beaches, watching the excellently arranged shows at the musical fountain against the night sky and overlooking sentosa at the mouth of the merlion etc., and also as a balloon hat fest participant, wearing a balloon hat, playing medleys and doing cheers while ~~marching~~ walking as a band. (for ur info, it's like a band parade).

well all that had passed is in the past. though now, we can only reminisce those days and keep those memories in our hearts, we have to look forward into our future and cherish every special moment like this. though the end of an emotionally adventurous year 2008 heralds our separation, our friendship does not end here. so to all classmates and friends all the best in everything and do keep in touch (:

wah sounds so emo. hahaha. anw, thanks wanying for ur ~~suntan~~ sunblock lotion!

well, that's all i have now. byebye!

2009-01-14T21:05:00.002+08:00

the previous post was so random.
but i simply want to share the laughter with every music enthusiasts out there.

monday!
results were released.
our 2008 batch of sec4s did really well with approximately 84% of the cohort scoring 4As and above. most of the subjects saw a huge leap of distinctions as compared to last year's results except higher chinese which was only 20% As.

what even took me by surprise was the no. of failures and the ppl who failed chinese.

so somehow i should be satisfied with my chinese grade tho it was a depressing drop from my prelim grade.

anw, congrats to jasmin, weimann, yeeni, anita and jiaqi, 401's top students with 9As! also congrats to my dearest chuhui! she got 9As too(: and she's applying for nj! whee. HOPEFULLY, if i get in, we (pang and me!) will be schoolmates since pri sch(:

YEAH. after much thoughts, my first choice remains unchanged. i'm willing to be the smallest fish in the big pond. should be submitting the jae form tml(: good luck everyone and choose wisely!

that's all for now. bye bye!

2009-01-14T20:30:00.004+08:00

stumbled upon some interesting videos on youtube today while slacking at aunt's working place.

watch these! enjoy(:

I WILL SURVIVE
BY Igudesman (violinist) and joo (pianist) from "A Little Nightmare Music"

PIANO LESSON
BY Igudesman (violinist) and joo (pianist) from "A Little Nightmare Music"

Hana, Dul, Set, Net. (1,2,3,4.)
Dada dada da da dada!

translation (by lee 132435)

"Shegia" means "stupid, ignorant, nincompoop" all those things

Here is a translation of the korean:
Hey you!Do you know what time it is?! You!
What kind of hand is that?! Do better!
Hey you! What are you doing?!
Just start there isn't time.
Move.
Okay? Do it quick! And SIT gosh.
[mumbling] tempo tempo tempo is critical!
Hey you. Is this a hand position?!
one, two, three, four dana dana da na da.
hey you what are you doing?!
What is this (3 times)

THIS IS A GREAT ONE!
IT HAS A NEVERENDING ENDING.

it's called NEVERENDING MEDLEY
BY Igudesman (violinist) and joo (pianist) from "A Little Nightmare Music"

2009-01-10T11:44:00.002+08:00

i had a horrible dream abt my results last night.

damn scary. i dreamt my L1R5 was 36 pts and that i have 2 subjects with F9 and one of them was english, the other one was combined humans! super scary man. gawd. that's why im praying really hard and keeping my fingers crossed. i don't want that to happen to me!!

TWO MORE DAYS...

today, decided to stay at home to spend some time doing the poster for my aunt.

sorry juniors for not being able to go back to nan hua - or rather for my laziness (i woke up at 11 and by the time i reached nan hua, cca extravangaza would be alr over) - but hopefully, u ppl had a great time promoting the band and of course looking out for potential trumpet players (:

intended to go sp open hse today but since i couldnt grab anyone to accompany me, forget it, since i'm not considering poly.

ya and to everyone, good luck for monday's release of results! :D

2009-01-09T18:48:00.002+08:00

back from aj's and cj's open hse.

pls kindly note that though a few comments here may be rather hurting, i have no intention of critising any sch or whatsoever. i apologise if it really is and blame it on my carelessness with my words.

aj first. frankly, i was pretty disappointed as the open hse didnt turn out as expected. perhaps, it is bcos of the impression that pj's open hse has left on me.

campus tour lacks proper planning and focus. i seriously think that it should focus more on introducing the sch's facilities and also some special features instead of bringing us around to visit the cca booths cos we need to know more about the school before we consider abt the sch as one of our choices. moreover, we choose the school first before choosing the cca. introducing the school should be prior to introducing the ccas. seeing that some may take a dim view of the issue, i suggest the tour to be like 50% of introducing school and 50% of introducing cca.

anw, through the tour, i got to see my dearest tpet seniors - dacia and daphne. when i learned that daphne joined the guitar ensemble, ya i was taken aback as i didnt know that she is also interested in guitars and also glad learning that there are no prerequistes to join (: nowadays, i have been rather in into guitars ya after being influenced by my bro. however, as i didnt take any formal lessons in music schools or online, i still dunno if im playing with the correct techniques (if there are, haha just like any band instrument) and if my skin at my fingertips are thick enough to withstand the pain of pressing down the strings of an acoustic guitar. so joining such a cca remains as an option for consideration.

currently, i have a few ccas in mind. i have eliminated band due to many factors.
1. guitar ensemble (if the school has one)
2. ODAC (sounds fun and i love adventurous activities!)
3. choir (it's still on the list)
4. cheerleading (im weak, heavy, fat, and short. dunno if i'll be recruited. but it's quite fun i think)

anw, after aj's open hse, we took mrt to toa payoh, lunched at macs and left for cj. it's only TWO stops away from a bus stop nearest to the mrt but the bus stops are super FAR AWAY fr each other. so dun even dream to walk there. it will take at least an hour i supposed. at cj, didnt go for e campus tour as the rest has alr done so cos celest, serene and i arrived a little later.

nvm. some nanhua seniors brought us around to visit the cca booths and i realised that ya the students there are pretty HIGH. students from many different ccas would like walk around promoting their cca in a pretty innovative and interesting way hm quite similar to the eng drama club member who 'flew' into our view at the gate at pj. the way some cca present themselves to us at their respective booths is something ya i wouldnt have thought of if i were one of them.

hm. there was this duo from astronomy club (not some culinay club) who went around distributing home-made choc+corn flake cookies. we met one group who asked us to take one and walked away without saying anything like 'we are from the astronomy club. do go and visit our booth at the canteen'. found it rather funny. perhaps their aim is to distribute all the cookies instead of promoting their ccas. (jkjk) or perhaps, they have forgotten at that instant.

then, at the choir booth, they have this dun forget the lyrics game. at the dance booth, they allowed peep to try dancing using the para para dance system. lol. watched the judo performance at the hall. pretty scary leh throwing peep, slamming peep down onto the ground. furthermore, the victim was thrown onto the mat with a thud so loud that it nearly scared me away. they even had audience participation.

anw, there arent many nanhuarians in cj. there are like only 6 from the 2007 sec 4 batch and only TWO from the previous cohort. hahas. going to cjc would be equivalent to what i've alr experienced, just like a bpps student going to nanhua. i hate that feeling.

after walking around in cj, took bus back to cck and i went to celest's hse to collect smth she had bought in korea. so nice of her(: didnt camp there and left shortly.

THREE MORE DAYS to release of results.

TWO MORE WEEKS to CNY!

THREE MORE WEEKS before holidays end.

some thoughts about this holiday. afraid that i may not have the time and (more significantly) the MOOD to talk about it after monday hahas.

though this holiday has not been as eventful as i initially thought it will, at the very least, i have done something meaningful which i should be proud of. yea.

1. i managed to persuade mummy to allow me to help out at my aunt's working place. though i dun receive any pay due to the financial difficulties my aunt's company is currently facing, i've got to experience how is it like working. i have to admit that it is very draining and at times, boring, but i've done everything i can do within my limits to ease my aunt's burden.

2. i love my malaysia trip.

3. i spent a lot of time and attention on my piano and my theory, something that was impossible for me to accomplish amidst the busy school life.

4. i've learnt a little bit of the guitar. i can play some chords now but still lots of work needs to be done in terms of strumming and holding the chords to produce a less buzzing sound.

5. i packed my study room within 5 days.

6. i completed TWO 1000 ONE THOUSAND!!!!!! piece puzzle :D

this is the first one. i think it's v beautiful.

the second one.

i completed this in THREE DAYS! (overwhelmed with satisfaction)
this was the tougher one. it's almost impossible to recognise which part of the picture is this piece a part of. the flowers is the craziest part. i completed most of it by u noe what guess-and-check instead of the usual way. i still have 3 boxes of 1000 piece puzzle which are far worse than this to go. wish me luck!

yupp that's all i have today. a very long post i realise. hahas. byebye!

2009-01-08T18:40:00.001+08:00

went to pjc open house today together with xinyu (who was most punctual), celest, daph, lan, xinyu, yeawen and olive (who were 30 MIN late!).

saw very few familiar faces - 3 nanhuarians, rebecca (an ex-nanhuarian cum ex-tuition mate) and another rebecca (my pri sch student care friend).

anw, at the bus stop, there was this usher dressed in blazer standing at the bus stop. poor thing, she had to stone there for the entire day, tolerating the heat, entertaining herself, and perhaps also preventing herself for falling asleep in standing position. haha.

when everyone arrived, we headed to the school compound and were welcomed by firstly, a member from eng drama club who 'flew' right in front of us, u noe promoting her cca, secondly, a few students distributing college bags, chasing us to fill in our lucky coupons and to head to the concourse area for performances, principal's address and lucky draw, and lastly, two ambassador club members (whose names if i can't recall) who took us on a campus tour.

anw, lan was so lucky to win an ipod nano.
(random)

through the tour, i've learnt the names of
the LIBRARY which is known as THE WINDOW,
the GO which is known as THE HELM,
the STAFFROOM which is known as THE PULSE,
the STAFF LOUNGE which is known as THE LIVING ROOM,
the COUNSEL ROOM is known as THE LOFT, and
the area where students can slack around which is known as THE PATIO.
interesting and meaningful eh.

and i also learned to appreciate nan hua sch compound more as we began to compare their school's facilities with ours in particular the toilets, the level of cleanliness and even the number like nan hua has 6 storeys X 6 toilets on each storey = 36 VS pj has in total 9 toilets. lol.

frankly, i dun find the sch's facilities really fantastic BUT i do feel that the people there are very nice, friendly and caring which I PERSONALLY THINK that is something special you can find in neighbourhood schools and which elite schools really lack.

anw, aft the campus tour, we left for lot one and had lunch at subway.
i thought the sandwich i had was pretty delicious(:
olive left and the rest of us went to celest's house and camped there until 3+ before heading home to practise my piano and to complete my theory.
then, ms soh sms-ed me that PIANO LESSON IS CANCELLED.
supposed to be feeling glad but instead i was feeling rather bad and regretful. if i guessed piano lesson will be cancelled tonight, i would have gone work ytd. in addition, i have to skip work tml (cj and aj open hse), on monday (release of results) and on tuesday (ac open hse). to assauge this unpleasant feeling, i think i better get cracking on the poster to be sent to her potential clients.

hm that should be all that i have for today. bye bye!

BREAK

2009-01-07T08:18:00.000+08:00

today! i managed to ask for a day off simply because
ONE. i am almost totally drained of energy.
TWO. need to practise piano and do theory before ms soh starts nagging tml especially after two weeks with no piano lessons.
THREE. hopefully i can complete my graduation letters which are due next thurs. yupp, next thurs, the release of our o lvl results.
FOUR. i need some time pondering about how to not let ah yi pay for my meals and also about the poster to be sent to her potential clients, advertising her company.

anw, it looks like my body clock is back in phase after 2 days of forcing myself up at 7+. earlier this morning, i was awakened up by the noise in the hse- the usual shoutings with papa calling bro and mummy to hurry etc - but couldnt get back to sleep. pretty miraculous.

p.s. may change blogskin today!

2009-01-06T10:55:00.002+08:00

TODAY is my 2nd day at my aunt's working place. very fortunately, i get to use the com to complete my assigned work which means occassionally i can go onto the internet to do my own stuff hehe.

feeling really tired due to the lack of sleep. yawns.

MY VERY FIRST ENTRY OF YEAR 2009!

2009-01-01T11:21:00.000+08:00

im down with flu and a sore throat. before falling asleep due to the effect of the medicine, i wanna wish everyone a very

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

As we welcome a brand new year, it is also the time when we bade farewell to an eventful and exciting year 2008. For me, the past 366 days and 1s was definitely a crazy period of ups and downs that left me with many fond memories that enriched my sec sch life and that i will cherish and carry for the rest of my life. Hence, I would like take this opportunity to thank every single person, be it my family, closest friends, classmates, bandmates, schoolmates, anyone who is somehow somewhat related to me, who have created such wonderful memories and added much colours in my life this year. thank you so much.

well, today, being the first day of year 2009, i would like to pen down my new year resolutions -

1. Work hard
2. Work smart
3. Fix my english
4. Save more money
5. Learn to face troubles more positively

yupp. that should be all for the time being. anw, i have finally convinced mummy to allow me to help out at aunt's working place. though i may not be paid, at the very least, i have something meaningful to engage in for the last month of my holidays before the start of another period of endless slogging.

2008-12-19T21:37:00.001+08:00

HAPPY 16TH BDAY TO MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me!"

YAY!

im officially SIXTEEN! :D

V THANKFUL for every single peep who wished me happy bday!

thanks celest, daph, lan and jingying for organising such an enjoyable bday celebration on wednesday! yupp and also for the cards, gifts, and especially the diy cake. i wasnt expecting u peep to get me a cake which i had to decorate! i was really taken aback but touched (:

thanks bro for movie and pizza treat! (tho it's being postponed)

thanks mummy for treating to my fav food today and papa for bday gift and dinner!

really looking forward to next week. it's going to be a fun-filled week (:

2008-12-12T15:44:00.005+08:00

hello. im back from msia

5 days ago, which was a sunday. yepp.

frankly, im rotting at home. i have tons of stuff like packing my books, doing lan's bday card(which i owe her for weeks), thinking abt my future, doing my theory hw awaiting for me to do but what i did the past few days was nothing except glueing my eyes onto the tv and practising my piano(at the very least, it was something meaningful)

anw, im here to blog about my msia trip (1-7 dec 2008) (:

day 1 - spore to cameron highlands

i was forced to wake up at 7 in the morning, took lrt to cck mrt station where we met aunt,uncle and cousins. we (all of us) headed to kranji, boarded 170 to spore checkpoint and another 170 to larkin where we had our breakfast. i had happy meal and got a madagascar toy which goes 'i like to move it move it'x3 when it was shaken. haha. it was super cute. anw, after breakfast, we got on a coach to tapah. the journey took approximately 7 hours. yea super duper ultra long. what a slow driver. the songs in my hp wasnt able to entertain me for long and i became very bored very quickly. so i decided to take some photos (:

that's me! and that girl behind me (cute right?) yupp but she was a total disturbance. she kept (i duno why she had the strength to) pulling my seat to the back and then pushing it to the front. a lousy chair i supposed.

nvm. anw,

this's papa.

then, we alighted at some odd bus stop which was opposite a petrol station, and in the middle of a hospital and a school. lol.

some mr nice guy helped us called for 2 cabs to cameron highlands. the road to cameron highlands was super windy. there was almost 1 turn every 50m. can u imagine? the distance from the foot of mountain to the town named tanah rata where our resort was was about 60km. so there was like 60000/50=1200 ONE THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED TURNS! O.o

when we reached tanah rata, it was dark, very windy and chilly. the cab driver took a while to find our greenview resort which results to be the same as some heritage hotel. after checking in, we walked to the town, had dinner, bought some stuff for cooking, went back, played mahjong until 1 am.

day 2 - tour in cameron highlands

stop 1: gunung brinchang - the peak of cameron highlands. 6666 feet = 2.0317968km! above sea level (even higher than genting highlands! :D)

we climbed up some observatory tower (not really a tower. it's just some structure to view the scenery) and took some pics. it was like freezing up there. cos we were in the clouds! the scenery was breath-taking. u can see the whole of cameron highlands. really beautiful!

see this.

that's me.

papa, bro and me!

family @ the bottom of the observatory tower.

stop 2: mossy forest trekking

this was extremely fun but my precious running shoes turned brown at the end of the trekking(heart-breaking). we got to know more about wildlife but the real fun lay in avoiding stepping in the muddy soft soil as we proceeded up rather steep path by stepping on some fallen branches and roots while grabbing onto some tree stem and branches.

obstacle!

yay im leading the way!

wen wen v pro! his shoes was the cleanest after the trek.

me!

me again!

yupp we found some dead pitcher plant! (it's papa who plucked it down from a pitcher plant, not me!)

that's me again! standing on the edge of a VERY VERY STEEP rock where i caught another magnificient view of cameron highlands. lots of trees. lots of fresh air (:

my bro! on the same spot i stood. an face with no expression as usual. SMILE BOY!

and he did. so obedient! hahas.

(very very random) my CLEANed shoes after trekking!

stop 3: sungei palas boh tea plantation

bro and me! standing in the middle of the big big big big tea plantations. u know it's v tough to get to that spot where i was standing at cos the space between the rows of tea plants are very very narrow. ha and this proved that im not fat :D lol.

me! tea plantations in the background.

family! same background :D lol.

next, we proceeded to the tea factory, then the tea shop where we bought a small can of GRADE ONE boh tea leaves and a box of GRADE TWO boh tea packets (that's all~). we had some snacks at the cafe nearby and i managed to snap a perfect pic of the tea plantations.

here it is.

stop 4: vege farm.

many many types of vege grown there. and those vege (i duno what's the quantity) are bought by the govt at 20cents (of course in RM) (cos the land is still owned by the msian govt) and sold to supermarkets at RM2. just imagine the amount of profit the govt earns.

anw, soon, it started pouring. papa managed to snap a pic before we sought refuge in the shop the farmer owns.

yupp this. i do look really fat and short in this pic D:

at the shop, mum and aunt bought a lot of vege and fruits which were all to be cooked that and the following night for dinner. besides vege and fruits, the shop also sold fried WORMS. i freaked the moment wen wen brought that packet of worms right in front of my eyes and said," hey want to buy prawn crackers?" yucks. totally revolting. while waiting for the rain to subside, i took a look at some pots of flowers and saw this!

duno what flower is this but i thought it was pretty beautiful (:

stop 5: honey bee farm

we could have seen bees (many many bees) flying around us, some even landing on our shoulders but we were told that after a downpour, all the bees would be hiding in their i dunno their house? or sanctury? and would not be seen flying all over the farm. v disappointed though i knew that i wont have the guts to enter the farm. dad bought a bottle of honey which can be drunk by adding it to warm water. i sampled one tiny little cup of honey and it tasted super duper nice! and i was told that this honey drink can help relieve coughs and sore throats and boost health i think.

stop 6: big red strawberry farm - the last stop of the day. actually, there was the butterfly and insects farm, cactus valley and temple but we decided to cancel the visit to these places and head back to rest.

we got to learn more about hydroponics there, shopped and grabbed some snacks. mum bought strawberry jam, strawberry tarts. dad bought salad. bro and i bought whipped potato and fried strawberry ice cream. everything there was like strawberries and more strawberries. all the strawberries are home-grown. v fresh but a little sour cos it is the rainy season now. if u wanna taste sweet strawberries, u should come at around march, april and june. that's what the tour guide said.

before we left, i took a pic. i looked like some kiddo uh. lol.

yupp. some strawberry plants in the background!

hahas. that's me. on the way back to resort. :D

day 3 - brinchang town - the largest town on cameron highlands

me again! on the bus from tanah rata to brinchang town.

unlike tanah rata, brinchang town has lots and lots of restaurants. there is even kfc! hahas. anw, we dined at a chinese restaurant, walked around, went to a market (which was like those temporary night markets in spore). we spent lots of time there not shopping but waiting for the rain to subside. yes, it rained again.

at around 5, with my legs aching (due to the lack of exercise obviously), i,together with the others, headed back to bus stop to catch our bus back to tanah rata.

walking from market to bus stop.

uh im facing the wrong direction -.=

@ the bus stop.

why am i squatting? anw poor lighting. let's take another one!

better. yupp anw that's brinchang town in the background.

day 4 - cameron highlands to KL to genting highlands

just like the first day, we spent the entire day travelling.

anw, this is our resort.

that's me! our chalet is on the 2nd storey. and our chalet name is ASTER. lol. what coincidence! aster(name of my chalet), aster(bio term), ester(chem term), esther! hahahs.

family outside resort.

we reached the bus station at 9+++.
while waiting for the arrival of the bus which was supposed to arrive at tanah rata at 1030, we took some pics.

bro is tall O.o

bro is really tall! D:

we went back to the bus station and found ourselves waiting for the bus (just a normal NORMAL bus) for another 30 minutes! i was like fuming mad. how can the bus be SO LATE? ehh actually the bus was long ago parked at the bus station so more correctly, the one who was tardy was the bus driver. what he think he was? so da4 pai1.

anw, the journey to KL was super long. 5-6 hours i think. another slow driver. we got stucked in a traffic jam and worst of all, it was raining (again) extremely heavily. the roads were like flooded and the level of the rainwater was so high that it reached and covered 1/5 of the wheels of a car. then that wierd driver stopped at some odd place and asked all the passengers to alight. the place wasnt even a bus stop. it was like somewhere in the middle of a row of shops. what a lousy bus driver. we were left with no choice but to take a cab to our genting view resort (located 10km away from the peak of genting highlands). we checked in, had dinner, went to gunung rata town, watched i not stupid too, played mahjong and then slept.

day 5 - genting theme park!

we woke up at 7++ (ya extremely early), caught the 9am shuttle bus to the skyway station where we took a cable car to genting! the cable car system is the fastest in the world and the longest in southeast asia! yupp it's 3.4km long.

that's me standing on the cable car. yea im not allowed to do so but who cares? hahas.

me again! rainforest in the background.

after mum bought the bus tickets from genting to spore, we chiong-ed to the theme park!

ride 1: COCKSCREW
FABULOUS! the queue was v short.my bro guessed it right on the bull's eye. reason being many dared not to take the cockscrew cos it's scary (in fact, it is not) hahas. there was 2 sharp drops and 2 360 loops. the roller coaster was travelling really fast and it was really fun! i got a little giddy but went for another round.

ride 2: SPACE SHOT
INCREDIBLE! long queue cos ride could only take a maximum of 12 ppl. basically, you would be raised to some 20 storeys high SLOWLY, suspended up there for about 10 seconds before you would descend suddenly at a very very fast speed such that your butts would be off your seat during the descend and you would experience the effect of inertia - or rather feel as if your body was still up there. the 10 seconds of waiting while suspended in the air 20 storeys high was crazy. all of a sudden, you would get nervous and feel as if i shouldnt have got on to this ride but too late, 10 seconds is up and down you go! haha.

ride 3: FLYING COASTER
FANTASTIC! it's the first gliding coaster in asia i think. had to pay RM10 for the ride so there was no queue at all. you pay and on you go! hm only yun yun, papa, bro and i took this ride. many many many 360 turns and many many drops. very very fun.

then we had lunch at marrybrown. i had chicken rice and it was pretty tasty.

ride 4: THE SPINNER
it is something like a merry-go-round but is also something like a swing. i had some pics here. yupp. this was the ride we took about 6 times i think. yea.

that's me on the spinner. nice shot papa.

another shot.

along the way, bro and wen wen played at those game stalls. there was this game in which you have to throw a coin and see if the coin entirely land in a particular spot then you would win a prize. bro played but won nothing. wen wen spent about 10 tokens in this game, won 2 big bees and gave bro 1. i dont have much luck as always so i didnt join them.

ride 5: i dun seem to rmb the name of the ride.
ok there was a weight requirement. min. 35kg. max. 70kg. so we were required to be weighed before we could take the ride. i was like oh gawd, i have been gorging on fast food, chocs, sweet drinks and snacks. besides, i haven been exercising lately. i stepped onto the weighing machine and HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA my weight maintained at... hahas. cant tell! i was over the moon! and a little shocked i admit. ok anw, this ride is like a slide but you would be carried on a car. the ride was pretty fast. i loved the wind blowing against my skin. so cold!

ride 6: CYCLONE - the first roller coaster in msia and the first ride my family took when we first came genting.
VERY VERY LONG QUEUE. i think that the ride wasnt like a cyclone. it was more like a breeze. seriously, i dun think the long waiting time wasnt worthwhile. only a few drops. ok la at least it was better than the golden mine coaster. lol.

ride 7: GOLDEN MINE COASTER
lol. NOT FUN AT ALL. one drop and that's all.

ride 8: FLUME RIDE
queue was v long. at the very least, the ride was not bad. but i still prefer the one in sunway lagoon and in movie world. yun yun and uncle were in the boat in front of papa's and mine.

a photo of their boat going up the slide.

hahas HEADS DOWN!!!!!!!!

yun yun and uncle after first slide.

after the first slide, i got wet (as expected). furthermore, i was like so stupid not to wear my windbreaker. the wind blew and i was freezing. on top of that, the boat was travelling at a super slow speed and i became frozen.

the boat was moving so slowly that i could even ask papa to help me take a photo. lol.

yupp. me on flume ride!

in order to make the boat move faster, papa and i pushed the boat along the side of the channel.hahas.

after the flume ride, it was time we should head back to the skyway station in order not to miss our 6pm shuttle bus. we sat the spinner for the last 2 times and i bade farewell to genting theme park. byebye.

it was a fun-filled day. thank godness it didnt rain. but when we came down from genting back to our resort, i realised that my cheeks got sun-burnt and that day, i was down with flu. sad thing.

day 6 - genting to KL

we took a bus down from genting to KL and shopped at petaling street aka chinatown.
bought many things over there. food, drinks, clothes...
i merely got myself a tee shirt with spongebob, patrick and milo (it's a monkey if u r wondering) printed on it.

anw, it was v crowded so there were very few opportunities to take photos ):

@ muachi stall. the muachi this ah ma sells was super duper tasty and very unique cos there were different flavoured muachi. there was the original, ribena, mango, pandan, black sesame flavoured etc. it is a definite MUST TRY!

eating muachi.

and this!

this stall sells some black-coloured drink. drink le very refreshing and cooling!

that's me. lol.

@ around 4 in the afternn, it started to pour. AGAIN?!
when it subsided, we made our way to some shopping mall. i bought beryl's almond coated with dark choc for frens (more for myself i think hahas).

when the sky got darker, we took bus back to genting skyway where we hopped onto the 9pm shuttle bus and headed back to our resort.

that night, (very very suay de) i got abdominal and stomach pains.

IT WAS CRAZY MAN.
the excruciating pain took away my beauty sleep and i had to spend most of my time in the toilet. morning soon set in but the pain wasnt even subsiding. in fact, it got worse.

day 7 - GENTING TO HOME

at about 3 or 4 am, mum gave me some medicine to eat and slept till 8.30 when my mum chased me out of the room. when i woke up, that damn medicine made me so drowsy that i felt like vomitting. i skipped breakfast, changed out of my sleeping wear, lay on the sofa till 9 when my mum (again!) chased me this time round out of the chalet. we got onto the shuttle bus which brought us to genting skyway where we went up to genting again. we settled at the lobby of the first world hotel. papa and uncle went to the casino while wen wen, yun yun and bro headed the arcade excitedly with me, dragging my whole body, trying to catch up with them. FINALLY, when time was up, we RAN back lest we missed our bus back to spore. the moment i got onto the bus, the pain returned. the journey downhill was almost horrible. in addition to my travel sickness (not v serious tho), i had to endured that abdominal pain. thank godness i managed to sleep during the journey. when the bus reached at some shop selling snacks at the foot of the mountain, i was awoken up and rushed to the toilet. after that i was feeling much better. at that shop, my dad chose a packet of chips for me to buy for esther.

from there, the bus drove us to some place to grab something to eat. my appetite was back and i had some claypot hokkien mee which tasted like yee mee =.= afterwards, it was the journey back to woodlands checkpoint. luckily, this time round, the bus driver was driving at a v fast speed. our journey from genting to woodlands checkpoint took only 6 hours. it was like you could only see the bus overtaking the other cars. lol.

it felt so nice to be back in spore. the air in spore in so much fresher or rather less polluted than that in KL. from the woodlands checkpoint, we took 170 again!, then mrt, lrt back home. yea HOME SWEET HOME :D

well, that's all i have to blog for my msia trip. i gotta catch my show! bye bye!

2008-11-28T10:07:00.004+08:00

a very odd timing to blog to many especially those who have just woken up or are still deep in their sleeps. im expecting a call from my bro who is heading back to spore from his band's genting trip and who lazily remembered only the hse no., meaning that i have to disconnect the internet line in the afternn so that he can get through the telephone line. some wierd stuff with my broadband and telephone line thingy there. even i, myself, dun seem to understand how the whole thing works.
so no internet in the afternn, as well as, in the evening as i need to play host to my m'sian relatives who are coming over for a short holiday and staying overnight at my place ): that explains why i have to blog now.

tuesday - day after prom.
i woke up surprisingly at 10++, filled my stomach, played pokemon. i managed to proceed a little when it was time to meet celest to go down to esther's place to collect our stuff which we had left in esther's car the night before. on the way, disaster happened. i knew it would happened. i lended celest my phone and CELEST DROPPED MY PHONE. MY PHONE. MY PHONE! the screen went black but the phone was still functioning. my mum called. the phone rang. the keypad light flickered. but there was nth on the screen. i was fuming mad. FORTUITOUSLY, aft taking the batt out and putting it back, the screen went back to normal. i was extremely relieved but my heart still breaks upon sight of a few scratches on the screen and the backcover resulting from celest's carelessness.

after that, we stayed for a while and chatted till it was about 1930 when we left and headed back to cck for dinner with our mums. we (celest + her mum + I + my mum) met again at a hawker centre and had dinner together. this is the first time my mum talked to her mum and i was surprised how well they could get along. No doubt it was because of their similar mindsets. they sang from the same hymn sheet on the issue of we children wasting our precious time during the holidays. soon they started nagging (their nature) at us and we (celest + I) just agree to fu1 yan2 our mums. after a long chat, we headed our own ways.

wednesday - volleyball.
yupp c.d.g.h played volleyball together with lyt and her sis somewhere near lyt's place. daph was the most persistent in learning volleyball while celest (who gave up first), lan and I took a rest at the playground nearby. we revived our childhood memories by playing on the see-saw and the slides and even captured the moments when we became so child-like. some children was perhaps scared by our presence and ran away, leaving the entire playground for us to play. when my arms was feeling less painful, i went back to play volleyball and somehow our game of volleyball changed to a game of badminton. oh yes, and lyt was super duper nice. she bought a big bottle of 100 plus for us to share(: at 1300 we went up to lyt's place. lyt was a super duper great host.

she lended us her EXAM MODEL piano to play.
then she treated us to a yakult drink.
then she lended her notebook to celest whose evil laughter filled the whole house and of course shocked lyt's sis who was obviously not used to it.
then she helped us order kfc.
then she cooked spaghetti for us.
then she treated us to a packet of chrysanthemum tea.
nice right?

at around 3+, we left and i circled within lot 1 in desperation of searching for some inspiration which i needed most to do lan's bday card. i walked till my thighs ache which was in addition to the excruciating pain i was experiencing in my arms and shoulders as a result of the game of volleyball, as well as, the unbearable hunger and thirst. i waited for my mum and had dinner together before heading to swee heng to buy lan's cake. after purchasing all the stuff required, we went home and my mum started nagging at me to start practising my piano, working on my theory hw and packing my study room. despite her nagging, i did nothing about all those mentioned above, went to watch tv :D and slept.

thursday - happy 16th bday lan!
i forced myself to wake up at around 0830 and called celest. we headed down to pioneer mall where we met daph. after purchasing some food and drinks, we went to lan's place. all this was planned to be a surprise and we succeeded :D

celest pressed the doorbell once, twice. no response.
then her neighbour told us that her doorbell was spoilt -.-
celest knocked on the door once, (no response) twice.
finally, lan who was still in her pyjamas (lol) came and opened the door.

we asked if she was taken aback and she replied SHE WAS! yay at last, our surprise worked. our bday last year surprises (again initiated by me!) failed not once but twice on celest's and lan's bday. BUT THIS TIME, WE SUCCEEDED yay :D

we sang bday song, feasted and ate till we were bloated. the cake was super chocolate-y but c.d.h praised that it was nice (: then smth happened. (smth unexpected always happen on such occasions) celest was trying to open the cap of the bottle of mirinda green apple juice when all the foam rushed from within the bottle and shot (too bad) directly on celest's shirt and jeans.

our first reactions.
i froze and screamed AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
daph shouted THE CAMERA! THE CAMERA! (celest's camera was right beside the bottle of green apple juice)
lan screamed AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH too (before saving celest's cam)

celest (the worst of all) just stood there, her fingers still gripping onto the bottle cap. Her body didnt even move an inch! she just stood there and screamed AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH while the foam continued splashing onto her shirt. lol :D

lan's mum then came and cleared the mess (thanks!) while we started laughing at our reactions. celest changed out of her sticky clothes and we continued eating and eating. we finished the food, cleared everything and gathered at lan's piano. daph and celest grabbed some books for beginners and began playing. while lan guided them, i lay on the floor, feeling a little bored. i planned to practise some of my piano books which i have not touched since last sunday but since daph and celest are so eager to learn playing the piano, i gave in to them (so nice of me heheheheh).

they managed to master a piece named little indian dance which required them to play both hands together after hours and hours of practising. they played it so many times that i could even memorise the whole piece. sometime in the afternn, daph walked back home while celest and i took a bus back to jp. during our journey on the bus, we saw daph walking and called out to her. and you know what daph said how we looked like? LIKE SOME DRUGGED PPL WHO JUST SAW GOLD ON THE FLOOR. D: hahas. so evil.

when i reached home, i practised my clementi book and the muscle ache along my both arms was so unbearable that i could not even play the simplest piece properly. i took a rest on the sofa and slept till 1845. my arms and hands were still aching and so i did nothing but lay back onto the sofa and watched tv all the way till 2300.

that's all i have to blog for now. gotta to grab my breakfast (cum lunch). byebye!

2008-11-25T12:21:00.001+08:00

grad nite ended just like that. somehow i had this feeling that i didnt enjoy myself to the fullest and that i didnt cherish the last moments together.

celest and i met at je before her aunt and uncle drove us to her aunt's working place for makeup and hairdo. we met jy at another marketplace and headed to jy's house where we changed into our dresses, painted our nails and waited for daph and lan. 1645, we met esther and took a lift on her dad's car to swissotel.upon arrival, we dispersed. esther went to central mall while we headed towards the restroom and camped there. weimann, then xinyu, then yanting came. i thought yanting looked super cool and so feminine (so not yanting's style) in her dress. 1900, we were told to move into the ballroom and we did. then it was a series of photo-taking, eating, chatting, laughing (especially at jy's behaviour), watching of class videos, hoping my lucky draw no. will be read out and more photo-taking. the entire thing ended at 1030 and after more photo-taking outside the ballroom, i hopped in my dad's car together with celest and serene.

i forgot to bring my specs along and left it in my bag which is right now at esther's place. i've thrown my contacts and now everything is so so so so blur. after all those straining, my eyes hurt. however, without my specs on, i managed to complete my 1000-pieces puzzle which i had been working on it since last thursday with a little help from my mum who completed the sky. a super duper great sense of satisfaction.

now that grad nite is over, i shall anticipate my msia trip. GENTING THEME PARK HERE I COME!!!!!!!! hahas :D i deadly want to experience that surge of adrenaline rush!

2008-11-19T11:46:00.002+08:00

my body isnt functioning properly today. i was greeted with a stomachache during the wee hours but my overwhelming tiredness defeated the excrutiating abdominal pain and i managed to fall into my beauty sleep which lasted for 11.5h. it still feels much much comfortable back here than anywhere else.

fortuitously, the pain subsided and i'm feeling fully-charged now, all pumped up and ready, ready for the next round which is a series of intense physical training. it's time i should get my butts off the couch and start exercising for prom is approaching and there is a need to slim down to get rid of the excessive calories consumed during the past 8 months(the last time i really exercised was during the napfa 2.4km run). indeed, another round of not mental but physical workout. i wonder how long can i persist, if i can survive through the ordeal and emerge as the ideal guekleng.

speaking about this reminds me of the horrible ordeal of o levels. that crazy rollercoaster ride which lasted for an unbearably long four weeks. as expected and predicted, there was several regrets here and there but i have to admit that i may not be able to do as well as prelims (well it a trend for me - i tend to do better in the preliminaries than in the actual event). hopefully, guanyin will bao3 you1 x2 wo3 so i can achieve my goal of entering nj. i had a short chat with xuanying (my bpps friend) on monday and i found that there were many many many ppl also aiming for nj. it looks like the competition is going to be tough.

anw, it's time i should go to meet c.d.h at far east plaza (my 4th time there aft 'o's). im getting my prom pouch there. :D bye for now!

LONG TIME NO SEE

2008-11-18T21:43:00.003+08:00

i'm back from class chalet! physically and mentally drained. somehow i felt this sudden urge to blog so here am i.

the class chalet was supposed to last for 3D2N but since many intended to leave a day earlier so i decided to follow the majority. i met c.d.h.j at city hall mrt before we headed to pasir ris. we shopped, bought a small strawberry shortcake mirror to bring along for prom, waited a long time for the shuttle bus at a taxi stand (doesnt make any sense logically), alighted at coasta sands resorts and went to the chalet to find ppl playing psp (our class ppl are rich ppl man) and some preparing for bbq. we then walked to e!hub where we met xinyu and yeawen, spent some time eating (not me) and chatting before heading back for dinner.

i'm so super nice to offer yanting my help and she said that i was the only one who asked if she required help(: but in the end, it was daphne who took over her job of fanning the burning charcoal =X and i went to cook satay. after that, some including me of course sought refuge in the chalet to watch tv till 11pm before we played truth and dare which ended up in a gossip session till 3am. i managed to grab a 30min rest cos e room was too noisy to sleep in with the group of guys playing cheat. (i wonder how celest managed to sleep upon lying down on the bed) by around 4.30am, celest,daphne,lan,lyt and i went to have our mac breakfast while the others began sleeping. when we got back, the entire chalet was dark with everyone sleeping so soundly. so, we decided to teach weimann to cycle at the park. it was rather tough but she kinda of got the feel of riding a bicycle. when we got back to chalet at around 8, i lay flat beside jy on the mattress. i slept rather fitfully for an hour cos my head was hurting without a pillow before i joined the others. we stoned till noon and decided to leave.

we lunched at kfc (unbelieveable! i had fast food twice a day, coming second to my 2006 record of four times a day) and then together with lyt, yeawen, celest, lan, daph and xinyu, i left for pasir ris mrt. lyt and yeawen headed home when we headed for expo for the asia pacific food fair. it was really crowded but the main thing was the food. haha i got to sample many many food and beverages particularly coffee (the nescafe one is fabulous). the prices of the food there was damn economical. there was chicken rice selling at $1 and 2 big milo packets (with smaller packets within) for $5! super cool deals. then at 5, we headed straight home with our legs and shoulders aching.

401. 401. 401. we live in a rainbow of colours.
the thought of leaving this class makes me feel so emotional and really evokes my tears. this year, 2008, is the most fruitful and unforgettable year in my 4 years in nanhua. somehow, this year, everyone started mingling with each other and got so much closer. somehow, i felt an unifying force that bounded everyone together.

2008-10-03T19:09:00.002+08:00

oh yeah. i've forgotten this.

MRS TONG IS BACK! hahas. havent been seeing her for 4 months as she was on maternity leave. would like to congratulate her too for giving birth to a baby boy? or maybe it's a baby girl. but anw, this morning, mdm sia probably thought it was her lesson, came in and spoke to us for about 15 minutes before she was interrupted by someone at the door. (pause) Everyone looked out and gasped. It was mrs tong. mrs tong took over the lesson promptly. I took a quick scan of her and realised that mrs tong was slimmer, in contrary to the usual way of mums looking plumper after pregnancy. It's definitely nice to see tong tong back but it kinda of makes me feel that i have disappointed her. my math grades fell after she left and her return makes me feel terrible. Nevertheless, now that our class enjoy the priveledge of having 2 math teachers only for a week though before school officially ends for sec 4s, it's something to be proud of yea. hahas. yuuppp. that should be all. The recount MRS TONG's UNEXPECTED RETURN ends here.

hopefully, i will get to see mrs ong soon.

2008-10-03T18:46:00.002+08:00

Havent been updating for the past 1 week. It's not that I'm busy mugging as many will think. It's just because of sheer LAZINESS. I've got to use com this evening cos I have to do a compo. well, obviously it's done.

Anw, nothing fabulous happened for the past one week except that more sec 4 students start ponning school. This morning, I was shocked upon the sight huge empty patch of dark blue behind the sec 4 classes. Apparently, almost half of the class pon. While other classes are competing in creating the record of the highest absentism, my class surely holds the record for having the least absentees which so far, was only 2. Great acheivement. It shows that our class is really obedient hahas or rather kiasu.

Sometimes, I'm just wondering if we, human beings, do have a human body clock which controls when your mind and body sleep and wake up. Nowadays, I realise that my body is not in tune with my mind. In the morning, I feel mentally awake but physically tired. In the afternoon and night, it is the opposite. It's so weird. It makes it really tough and challenging to coordinate my mind, body and revision plan. That's not the only problem now. I have to also tune my mind and body so that it will suit my exam timetable. I have morning and afternoon papers which means that i have to be mentally and physically awake during the morning and afternoon. MAN. Wish there is some remote control which can immediately fine tune the time your body and mind wakes up, rests and sleeps according to one's needs. But as i have said, it's only a wish and i can only wish upon the star. D:

Time to go now. bye bye. p.s. 40+ days to freedom! :D

2008-09-23T16:52:00.000+08:00

I cant believe i can be so sarcastic but after venting everything, it feels so GOOD.

I know that I can jolly well control my anger and the way i react to this but it cannot be helped. I dont want this to be affecting me too much but there is no way i can control it. That feeling just keeps growing and growing within me and it's seemingly out of my control.

anw, besides this, i was rather pissed off not at anyone else but at my self. Basically, i was really disappointed in myself and the only thing that can make me feel that way is prelim results. I have received almost all except el p2, geog and amath. There were several records broken including the highest and the lowest.

Im super satisfied with chem (all thanks to mrs lim), hcl (my first ever A1! haha cos the paper was easy), el p1 (tho it's v.obvious that mdm sia marked v.leniently) and phy (study 2 days b4 the exam yet managed to break the 'midyear' record!).

notice i didnt include math? cos it will come under the next para.

While there are subjects that i have done up to expectations, there will be some that are really disastrous. This time round, it's not my languages. It happens to be my subject that im usually most confident in. yupp it's math (my first ever 80+ in these 2 years! definitely record-breaking) and SS (I thought i can do better). Actually, i can kinda expect math to be horribly done cos I do not feel good about it at all but ss? i was rather taken aback.

now, what's left is amath (it may be the worst grade for the year too, just like emath), egeog (hopefully, my geog can pull my comb humans grade up yea) and el p2 (just need a mark to achieve a B)

yupp that's all i have to update. BYE for now.

2008-09-23T16:19:00.002+08:00

It has reached to a point where i can no longer tolerate YOU.

YOU have totally destroyed my mood.

YOU put a false front in front of your superiors.
YOU cannot teach.
YOU dont have the passion to do so.
YOU have brought the grades down.
YOU make YOUR students suffer.

YOU are biased.
YOU dont respect students.
YOU make YOUR students lose interest in the subject.
YOU make YOUR students dislike you.

Thank you very much for everything.

2008-09-20T21:47:00.003+08:00

OMG! BANGKIT ROAD IS A CHIKUNGUNYA CLUSTER!! omg. i didnt know about this until today when i saw a letter which was sent months ago -.-

i was thinking if the aedes mosquitoes will be so clever to take the lift all the up to my storey and fly into the house, **touchwood** giving me a sting. Being really neurotic, i applied insect repellent ha just in case. what if they are insect repellant-resistant? i better stop here lest my imagination runs wilder.

anw, it has been a feat ehh managing to complete 3 compos (2 el, 1 hcl) in 1.5 days. it was rather surprising that i can churn 3 compos with my "exam mode" switched off. not bad eh. haha.

BAD NEWS - i cant play badminton tml! cos my bro has to prepare for his eoy and my dad's (dunno what maybe it's shoulder and arm) muscles were injured. ): guess i have to do running tml but with my greatly falling stamina, i doubt i can run fast and any further than 2km.

I WANT TO PLAY BADMINTON!! ARGHHHHHHH!!!!!!

2008-09-19T16:05:00.002+08:00

OH GAWD WHAT DID I HIT THAT DELETED MY ENTRY THAT I'VE TYPED? now having to retype everything again, i can only blame myself for being so careless! D:

oh yes it was a recount of slacking day #2 after prelims. yupp. i wrote something like...

I didnt realise that my slacking days will be very soon over until mr peh said something like," do enjoy your weekends because YOU HAVE TO RESUME YOUR STUDYING SOON." it kinda of shook me a little and i suddenly felt so unadequately prepared for the olevels which will begin 31 days later. THIRTY ONE DAYS LEFT. i just dont feel motivated to start studying. i simply dont have the mood to do so and my mind just seems to be dead. (ranting on and on...)

anw, today, well, was expectedly boring with the jc/poly talks stretching from the morning to lunch time and the returning back to class to STONE afterwards. im relieved that the jc/poly talks are eventually over as it has been something really tedious for me. i just think that the time allocated for each speaker from the various schools could be shortened so that more schools could be invited and most importantly, THE BORING AND SEEMINGLY ENDLESS TALKS WOULD NOT DRIVE THE STUDENTS TO SLEEP. yupp. i wanted to write that under the suggestions part on the survey form but surprisingly, i didnt =X hahas.

hm. yupp that's all i wanna write about and just wanna wish all my juniors best wishes for their eoy! do work hard. bye for now!

2008-09-18T16:04:00.002+08:00

Day #1 of school after prelims was downright boring! we were down for a series of JC poly talks from 0830 - 1230. upon returning to class, i stoned and then rested till 1400 when mr a tan came in. he taught something and launched into a "story-telling" session, talking about bankruptcy and the economy, sharing some of his thoughts about the economy today and some years down the road and advising us to be mentally and perhaps financially prepared for the next market crash (which he estimated to be at around 2012). Everything just sounds so scary and unimaginable. Worst of all, we will be only 20 years old by 2012.

that's probably the most interesting part of the day. so pathetic! out of the 6 h spent in school, only the last 10 min was something meaningful. dread. tml would most likely be the same as today. there will be talks by NJC and NP from the morning to the afternoon. it's not that i dont appreciate the teachers' efforts in getting these JCs and Polys to give a talk on their respective school lifes but certainly, it can be more well arranged and the time allocation and planning can be improved. once the talks end early, we will just stone in the hall until our reccesses. what a waste of time. i just think that time could have been more usefully spent on going through the prelim papers. hais. so nothing much to anticipate duh. SIAN!!!!!!

2008-09-17T16:06:00.002+08:00

This marks the end of agony part I and also the beginning of agony part II.

yupp PRELIMS ARE FINALLY OVER. I did all I can. All I can do now is to keep my fingers crossed. Hopefully, my performance will be satisfactory.

Oh anyway, I've watched the movie HANA YORI DANGO! It was pretty nicely filmed though it was a little draggy in the first-quarter. The ending was as expected but I was a little surprised upon knowing that the entire plot was initiated by makino's parents instead of domyoji's. There was a little tiny winy twist, at least.

I love makino and domyoji! I admire domyoji's devotedness to his relationship and makino's determination. She's a very very strong girl. Some scenes from the drama serials itself were brought back into the movie like the one makino jumped, gained momentum and then punched domyoji in the face during the time when she abhorred F4 and also the romantic one when domyoji was leaving japan, makino came running after the plane and then.. ya - the very last scene for HYD1 and of course, my favourite scene of the season! :D Oh man. I have a sudden urge to rewatch the drama serials

but time is limited. How is it possible for me to watch 2 seasons of drama in 4 days? 4 days of relaxation. hm that's it, only 4 days. after that, i have to start on my revision. One may think that i'm berserk but there is certainly no harm to start early. O's are no longer around the corner. It's approaching. It's now within my vision. 33 days to go. Gosh here am I talking about exams again.

argh i better not spend too much time on this entry as my relaxation time is just ticking away. hahas bye for now!

2008-06-14T17:13:00.002+08:00

I have finally sorted out my thoughts about some matters that whirled my mind, feelings and thoughts. I HAVE TO MAKE IT. I HAVE TO PROVE YOU WRONG.

We are coming to the last week of our holidays. Up next before the miserable period of mugging are ice-skating (!) next wed and karaoke (!!) next thurs. With much effort, i had finally managed to convince (more of tricking invovled actually) my bro to accompany me. yupp. and i have invited jy, celest, daph and lan over to my hse for a special occasion. i shall nt reveal it yet. hahaha :D

" Life is like a piano. What comes out of it depends on how you play it."
IM NOT GOING TO LET YOU MESS MY LIFE UP ANY FURTHER ANYMORE.

2008-06-13T00:53:00.005+08:00

I've been thinking about it.

I've been trying to figure it out. WHY? WHY? WHY?

WO CHAO JI BU GAN XIN!!

i really hope all these have been my wishful thinking or misconceptions.

It's time to face it. guekleng, u have failed. im going to prove it to YOU. YOU.

but how exactly should i react to all these?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CELEST!

2008-06-12T22:34:00.003+08:00

"I was v.guilty of and v.sorry for failing to plan something enjoyable for u." This was how i apologised to celest.

Everything was... It was supposed to be a celebration or at least a happy occasion but it ended off just like that.

We met at bugis at 11, had lunch at swensens, took neos, sat in the mind's cafe for a few minutes and shopped at bugis street for celest's present until 3. Then, something unhappy was triggered which lowered everyone's morale and daph, lan and jingying headed home straight.

There were many many many things that could have be done much much much better.

I felt really bad so i accompanied celest to wait to meet her parents at city hall mrt to have her dinner buffet at suntec and we had quite a chat while we grabbed some light snacks- mash potato and fried brownies with vanilla ice-cream. I shared my feelings towards band while she shared hers towards choir and i realised that all along, we have been thinking and feeling the same way towards our cca in secondary school! It was nice to pour out all these thoughts and feelings which had been trapped within me for these few years.

Upon receiving a call from her mum, celest left for city hall and i had to go home. Before that, i had another trip back to bugis street to buy a belt, causing me to miss my bus. Getting back home, i did the usual stuff. Anyway, i have stop here. my show has started! bye bye!

2008-06-07T13:33:00.004+08:00

Another week of the june holidays has FLOWN past.

I think im a total screw-up. Im feeling extremely restless and un-motivated.

SAVE ME FROM THIS DEPRESSINGLY SCREWED UP STATE.

life cant be worse than this..

next week is yet an another busy week.

monday to friday(except for thurs)- CIP @ CCKCL
thursday - out to celebrate celest's bday.

i have to go out everyday. in fact, I WOULD PREFER TO STAY AT HOME!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

2008-06-06T17:10:00.002+08:00

Sometimes, i would shoot this question at myself.

Do you feel regretful joining band in sec sch?

Well, my answer would be like this.

No, i dont as i have learnt so much throughout all these 4 years, gained so much knowledge and experience, expanded my circle of friends and established strong friendships with my dearest sectionmates who have formed the bulk of the memories that im going to take along for the rest of my life.

However, sometimes, my answer would lean towards the "yes" side. I dont wish to talk about the reasons here. It's simply too obvious.

Then, another question would pop out in my mind.

How would i be like if i were to join npcc or choir instead of band?

But what was done has been done. I have chosen this path and there's no turning back.

2008-06-05T11:08:00.001+08:00

my new blog song - 頭號甜心

perhaps listening to fast-paced songs which sound 'high' may help.

2008-06-04T18:48:00.004+08:00

Just now, my cheeky juniors attempted to spam me. I've guessed it correctly that something amiss is going on as all of them sent similar messages simultaneously and decided to play along with them. hahas. Good try. There is certainly room for improvements, u ppl :D

For THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS, i had to return back to school early in the morning and upon reaching home in the afternoon, tired, i didnt manage to do anything fruitful.

I am looking forward to tml as i am going to go shopping, followed by having a high tea buffet tml! oh finally, i am indulging in food for the 1st time in year 2008 ever since the last time i went for the same buffet which was on my bday was 6 months ago. :D

On monday, i went back for chem remedial afterwhich joined the section during sectionals and left as they headed back band room for combined practice.

Yesterday, i had to attend a resume-writing course which started at a few minutes past NINE though it was stated on the consent form that we are supposed to report at EIGHT-THIRTY. =.= This morning, i had to attend another course on preparing oneself for job interviews which was conducted by the same training company and the same trainer. I have to say that the speaker was fabulous.

Anyway through this course, i have realised and learnt much more things about my true self than the skills and techniques regarding resume writing and preparing oneself for an interview. hahas. It was really fruitful.

(guekleng!! u've just wasted 10 (TEN!!) DAYS OF THE HOLIDAYS.)

I'm desperately hunting for motivation to start studying.

2008-06-01T07:35:00.003+08:00

Today is the 1st of JUNE. JUNE?!

FIVE FULL MONTHS HAS FLOWN BY. SIX MORE MONTHS TO GO. It's bad as it means i have less time to repair my languages which are in a disastrous state right now. It's good as it also means that the misery, stress, deprivation of a life would come to an end more quickly.

Yesterday, 31 MAY 2008, nhsb had its 2nd Band Investiture. To be very frank, what's unbearable for me is actually only leaving the trumpet section which i have felt so strongly bonded these years. I will value all the memories we shared.

Here's a short recount of the investiture. The programme started 1.5h LATE. It was a bad start. The programmes were similar to that of last year's but it ended more promptly as the roles of the respective posts werent announced.

MY OFFICIAL trumpet SL! XINTING!
MY OFFICIAL trumpet ASL! KATHRYN!
MY OFFICIAL treasurer! KATHRYN!

I am so proud of them.

Having taken an official section photo, we (trumpeters) remained in the band room while everyone hastily made a beeline for the reception at the canteen. I have yet to receive the photos from xinting ): I presented my handover gifts to my dearest dearest juniors while the section gave jenn and I A SECTION TEE and A BOOKLET of photos. It's super sweet and lovely of them! Then, before we headed to the canteen for the reception, I requested (almost to the extent of imploring) to take a final section photo (exclusively the merman poses) outside the band room at the spot where we took our section(2007) photo with weisiang posing as merman last year and after a long while, we finally had it taken! :D

After the reception, i settled some band stuff and headed home in my section tee!

Elated? Downhearted? No words could exactly express my feelings at that moment of time when i spent my last few moments with my fellow sectionmates who have gone through so much together with me as a section. I WILL MISS U PPL! It's u ppl who created fond memories which i am going to take away and along with me as i continue walking forward on this infinitely long journey ahead. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I'm afraid if i carry on, i would pour all my thoughts and emotions out. Hence, i have to stop here for investiture. THE END-

hahas. anyway, it has been sometime since i have last used the com. well, my mum has kept the mouse away during the weekdays and will only allow us to use the com during the night when she reaches home. Being nice, i gave in to my bro's intense desire to use the com to play some meaningless online game in which u kill ppl, gain ONLY experience points and level up.

Last friday, my cousin's family from kulai, johore, together with my ahma, came to spore and decided to stay overnight at my house for two nights. So, in total, there were 1 elderly, 4 adults, 2 teens and 3 children staying in a 4-room condo. Due to insufficient beds and mattresses, i had to end up sleeping in my sleeping bag for 2 nights. The uncomfort of sleeping on the hard timber floor has made me realise how fortunate i have been to be able to sleep comfortably on a bed. This morning, the family has left singapore in order to make it on time for a suduku competition back in JB. lol.

They should have extend their trip here. There are certainly many many many tourist attractions that they will enjoy.

Yesterday, my father accompanied them to the science centre where they spent their whole afternoon there and was reluctant to leave. I couldnt join them as i had to attend the band's investiture in the morning ): Yanteng raved on and on about a 3D (or issit 4D?) video about the Grand Canyon adventure in which one will feel as though he is really travelling on a ship on the Grand Canyon. I didnt know Science Centre has such an attraction and when i scanned through the map of the Science Centre which my dad had brought back, my reaction was like whoa! i didnt noe that science centre has changed so much! it looks so cool and interesting now. There was even a waterpark which i didnt hear of it before.

Haha. perhaps it is because i didnt know how to appreciate what's in store in the science centre when i visited it in the past at an age of around 9. After their visit, we headed to WESTLAKE to have our dinner. NICE FOOD. NICE AMBIENCE. NICE WAITRESSES. However, when the bill came, i gave a short stare at the figures while my mum settled the bill. That was bad. What's worse was the trip to the washroom. On my first trip, i thought the door of the only cubicle was closed but left unlocked. Hence, i tried pushing it and all of a sudden, the person in there shouted 'OI!' which made me so pissed and i ran out. what an experience!

That's all i have to write about. byebye(:

2008-05-28T17:13:00.002+08:00

THREE days of the holidays have passed just like that with sleeping, eating, playing and enjoying the entire day. Conscious of the fact that i'm wasting my precious time, i know i have to start studying but i just didnt have the mood. What i really lack of NOW is self-motivation. "It's always better to start early instead of leaving everything till it's too late to do anything but regret." I have reminded myself that i have to cherish my time (eh, what am i doing here?)

Anyway, that's all i want to crap about. i have tons of stuff waiting for me to complete. i think i better go now. BYE!

2008-05-25T21:56:00.004+08:00

A short recount of my weekend.

SATURDAY!
I didnt plan any fantastic activity for the day as i was totally not in the mood to do so. I spent the entire morning and afternoon doing rountine tasks like practising piano and planning. At 1630, i left home for a CIP library session at CCKCL together with celest and her tuition friend.

This is my second CIP session doing housekeeping for this year and my shelving skills have been really rusty. I VOLUNTEERED doing the children session and it was worse than a (BOLD+ITALICS+UNDERLINED) NIGHTMARE.

To begin with, the librarian assigned me the task of MERELY straightening the books and ensuring that books are placed in their correct respective shelves. It didnt turn out to be as easy and relaxing as it seemed to be at the beginning. After straightening the a particular row of shelves, the next minute when i turned my back, the books are messy all again! After 1.5h, the librarian told me to shelve Chinese books for the children section and i thought this would finally mark the end of my nightmare.

Optimistic that shelving Chinese books would be less draining, i collected J chinese fiction, J non-fiction, JP fiction and JP non-fiction books and headed to the Chinese section. I wasnt much relieved upon the sight of the current state of shelves of Chinese books which was equally as horrible as that of the English fiction. I returned and shelved the books. What really pissed me off was that while i was not standing at the trolley of books, there were some children, together with their parents, browsing through the books which i took sometime arranging it according to alphabetical or numerical order so as to ease my job of shelving. They were not only browsing through ONE book. They were literally messying the books up. Unhappy with the books, they just put them aside and some even dumped their unwanted books on my trolley. Overwhelmed by tiredness, i didnt bother to kindly remind them not to do so. Furthermore, most of the JP Chinese books are so thin that i couldnt read the numbers or alphabets clearly.

Fortunately, as the books on the shelves themselves are already messed up (not arranged accordingly), i just had to returned books back to its respective shelf and straightened the books. Besides, there was a girl (perhaps from china as she spoke heavily accented chinese) who helped me with the straightening of the books. I thanked her and before the clock strucked 8, i returned back to the admin office, drained. I met up with celest and her friend and upon signing out, we had our dinner at pastamania after a considerably long discussion. It was then i realised how fussy i have been when it comes to choosing a place to dine in.

After a trip to Popular, my dad drove me back home. While watching the taiwan variety show, i fell asleep.

SUNDAY!
I HAVE TO SAY THAT TODAY IS A GREAT DAY. Out of the blue, i feel so motivated to study.

In the morning, my family, together with my aunt, paid a visit at the old folk's home far far away at upper east coast where my grandaunt is current staying at. There was this ahma a few beds away from my grandaunt's calling non-stop for anyone who glanced at her to switch off the ceiling fan. My dad told me not to bother about her request as she was like that during his previous visit and the nurses told him not to care about it. Although my dad helped her to cover herself with a blanket, she sat up again and told my dad to switch off the fan. lol. This is the first time i felt so close to my grandaunt. She looked so pink in health though she is already 82 yrs-old. I was glad that she still had the appetite to eat. My mum bought two boxes of ang-ku-kueh to distribute around but my grandaunt who have a craving for ang-ku-kueh said that she could finish them all by herself. whoa!

After 1.5h or so, we bade farewell and had vegetarian food at a temple. I was reminded of a similar scene in Wars of In-Laws and shivered at the thought of it. Then, i rushed home to complete practising my piano and the english tuition vocab sharing homework. I purposely arrived at the tuition centre 10 minutes late as usually by then, the other 2 tuitionmates would be present too. As i have said, the class is really small with only 3 students. Unexpectedly, i am the only one present and right till now, i still can not think out of a reasonable reason why the 2 of them didnt attend lesson today.

As it was quite meaningless teaching what has been planned, i did a guided compre practice and i have to say that it was quite fruitful.

I went for piano lesson, had my dinner at fajar and headed home to watch the sichuan charity concert show.

Holidays have started officially. (it had long started unofficially straight after midyears)
The 2nd band official investiture is approaching.
I am starting to hear the footsteps of prelims and olevel exams.

LOOK AT THIS! (*strrrreeeessssssss!!!*)
O level EL Oral- 12 August - 25 August 2008
O level EL Paper 1- 21 October 2008 1430 - 1615
O level EL Paper 2- 21 October 2008 1700 - 1840

2008-05-23T12:20:00.004+08:00

I can't understand why i've been feeling so emotional and restless all of a sudden lately. Nothing can seem to motivate me and cheer me up.

After PTC, my dad and i attended a talk which lasts for only 1/2h and went to queensway for the SECOND time in search my friend's bday gift but the shops were still closed. -.-' Then, my dad had to drive me to je library to collect my wallet which i carelessly left it at the book-borrowing terminal last evening without realising that it was lost until my brother told me that the library staff called to inform me about it in the evening but i wasnt at home. By the way, THANKS to the person who honestly returned my wallet to the library staff.

"When we gain something, we tend to lose something else." Everything has seemed to prove this to be true. On wednesday, i forgot to bring my wallet and hp. On the next day, i lost my wallet. HOW UNFORTUNATE!
On top of that, this is not the first time my forgetfulness and carelessness have resulted in me losing my valuables.

The thought of the fact that the june holidays would be the LAST (last!) long-term break before the miserable mugging period which eventually ends on 13 november, ironically, makes me feel so restless and unmotivated to start studying.

Let's list out the holiday homework and start whining.

English
1. GCE nov 2007 p1
2. GCE nov 2007 p2
Chinese
3. NTSS p2
4. Writing points for 19 p1 questions
Maths
5. SMSS EM p2
6. CTSS EM p2
7. CHIJ(Toa Payoh) AM p1
8. CHIJ(Toa Payoh) AM p2
9. Anderson SS AM p1
10. Anderson SS AM p2
Chem
11-27. 16 sets of p1 and p2 (3 papers done!)
E.geog
28. ONE worksheet
SS
29. ONE full paper (which we didnt receive :D)

BEAUTIFUL.

Oh yes, before i forget, i have to update about yesterday's assembly programme. It was an enjoyable, amazing and remarkable performance by the SAF vocal emsemble. I was enraptured by the way their voices blended in so nicely and the musical effects created. Then, there was a short dispute over if Samuel (the one who can sing like a girl, hence undertaking the counter-tenor parts of which the notes are of the higher register) or Jeremy (the one who invited a female teacher onstage to dance with while singing) is the guy who is more suave and talented. -.- Obviously, i didnt take part in such a dispute. As an onlooker, i thought it was rather hilarious.

I have to go now. byebye!

2008-05-21T16:34:00.002+08:00

YO! im now at celest's house for a simple reason- i have forgotten to bring my handphone, money, chestervale card, house key, anything that one can find in a wallet. How forgetful. Initially, i wanted to ask my dad to fetch me from school but i also wanted to prove him wrong that i can still make my way home without him. so, here i am, in front celest's com, oh-ing at celest's clumsiness.

Anyway, i had my napfa 5 stations today though it was supposedly be held sometime during august. all thanks to mr chee. I miraculously completed it in about 15 minutes and i've achieved a GOLD. GOLD! I thought i would do badly for standing broad jump as i have yet to overcome my nervousness and fear when it comes to SBJ (i've fallen due to this, resulting in my arm to hurt for a full 1 week) and at that point of time, i wasnt mentally prepared for it. PARTIALLY thanks to my bro for sharing some of his secret SBJ tactics(:

Oh yes, perhaps due to our anticipation for (issit for? or issit towards? im really horrendous in my prepositions) the june hols, quite a number of ppl have this misconception that tml is friday. yes, im one of them. b.lim is one. mdm sia is also one.

i have nothing more to say. so, that's all! byebye.

2008-05-20T16:07:00.006+08:00

What a sultry and humid weather! Now that i have taken a cool shower, i feel refreshed (超爽) but a little worn out perhaps due to the fact that i didnt have sufficient rest lately. The intolerable weather sapped almost all of my energy but it has failed to dampen my spirits as i received my last 2 MYE papers.

My L1R5-8. My languages have pulled me down. It is always like that. I bet mdm sia/mrs lim would say "oh, your daughter has to put in more effort in her languages especially her english" to my dad during this friday's PTC.

Anyway, today, 20 May 2008, is DAPHNE'S 16TH BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL! (:

Yesterday, celest, jy, lan and i celebrated daphne's birthday by going to East Coast Park after we had lunch at pastamania at Bugis Junction. I was v.regretful not trying out roller blading. Of course, there were several reasons which overshadowed my desire for roller blading.
1. There were too many cyclers and roller bladers.
2. I do not have any experience in roller blading.
3. IF (touchwood) anything unfortunate happens, i might not be able to do my physics olevel practical assessment this week.
However, i had fun cycling and had more fun when the five of us rested on a breakwater and unleashed. Enjoying the evening coastal scenery, the breeze was something everyone must not miss. We snapped a few photos for remembrance, hoping that this will not be our first and last outing at ECP as a clique. Jingying and celest have yet to send me the photos taken and hopefully, by then, i would have the time to upload them here.

Something interesting happened this morning and coincidently, it occurs on daphne, our birthday girl. Initially, i thought that daphne has fallen ill as i didnt see her from the morning assembly even to when we returned back to class. Then, during mdm sia's lesson when everyone was engaged in their own stuff, daphne walked in and i had a great laugh at her explanation as to why she was 1h+ late. Her dad's car broke down in the middle of the expressway, and as she couldnt flag for a taxi, she had to ask her relative to fetch her to school. (laughs, it sounds funny to me though it might not be so. well, i suspect there is something wrong with me nowadays as i have the tendency to laugh at something which is not really that funny)

Last but not least, how i wish i would have the luxury to fall into my deep beauty sleep. Lately, I have been getting into bed at around midnight(ok, it's considered quite late for me). Anyway, before my piano teacher starts berating me for not practising my piano and not completing my theory homework later on, i think i better get on with what im supposed to do! TIME TO GO! BYEBYE!

my FIRST weekend.

2008-05-18T20:59:00.005+08:00

At last, I have finally had a taste of what a weekend truly is. (a weekend w/o any revision and homework)

SATURDAY
Just like any Saturday, i woke up early, updated my personal monthly planner and my post-exam to-do-list, had my breakfast and completed ONE chem paper (out of SIXTEEN) before leaving home for town(!!) with my mum (-.-) not for a shopping spree, instead, to shop for my friends' bday stuff.

We alighted outside Heeren, disappointed to realise that the graffiti restaurant has disappeared): Next, we headed to orchard OG where my mum shopped around with me stoning and freezing at a corner. Following which, we went to Plaza Singapura where i failed to purchase a clutch but suceeded to buy something for daphne and celest(:
Then, we satisfied our hunger at people's park food centre and went Chinatown before returning home.

As soon as i returned home, i rushed out again to visit my aunt's newborn 1 week old baby before heading for chinese tuition.

SUNDAY
I went Malaysia for the whole morning and early afternoon, had some interesting conversation with my bro about han lao shi, my pri5 chinese teacher after my mum had her hair permed which left the three of us stucked in the stuffy car under the blazing hot sun outside the salon. We had our lunch, prayed ahgong and visited my ahma's house. We didnt stay for long as we had to head back to spore so that i would be on time for my english tuition. Speaking of english tuition, from a class of 5, the class has pathetically reduced to only THREE students. What a small class!

To end off this weekend, i continued watching 我的野蛮奶奶 while waiting for celest to come online to discuss about daphne's bday celebration tml. celest initiated this discussion and she is still not online. >:o im going to doze off soon.

2008-05-15T21:34:00.007+08:00

I had quite a hard time inserting this music track. No doubt im a complete IT nerd.

Anyway, i finally found going to school so relaxing, not worrying about anything, not thinking about anything, not feeling so lethargic as i usually will, simply because exams are over. However, i guess such days of relaxation wouldnt last long with the upcoming june holidays packed with remedials, activities and mugging sessions. Nevertheless, i will make sure that i enjoy myself to the fullest whilst i still could.

Today can be considered as a lucky day for me. I have received my egeog, phy, bio, em p1, am p1, chem and chinese papers.

egeog results was shocking.

em p1, am p1, bio were okay, meaning the results was somewhat expected.

As for phy, indeed, my p1 saved me and since i managed to only revise phy the day before paper2, i didnt expect much, oleased with what i achieved with last minute revision. The question on electrostatics still puzzles me despite mr peh's attempt on explaining.

chem was a total disappointment. obviously, i 'deproved' as opposed to my usual performance and it was my worst science results.

chinese! I achieved my highest grade for chinese this year. It was completely unbelievable! All thanks to lady luck. I failed my 1st compre which i didnt seem to understand and which i didnt have the time to do so too. Surprisingly, most of the credit went to my 2nd compre and summary which pulled my overall marks up. (:

To those who didnt perform as well: HEY dun be overly disappointed with urself. Everyone has his personal strengths and weaknesses. If u didnt perform well this time, it's perfectly alright. Afterall, it is only midyears. we still have our prelims and actual olevels! It's better to make mistakes now than in the olevels. let's learn from our mistakes and everyone would improve together! most importantly, DUN GIVE UP! if he/she can do it, so can we :D

whoa. i better stop philosophising lest if i go on and on. Hopefully, what's above this would encourage everyone (as well as myself after i received my el papers). gambete!

daphne's birthday is approaching!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i need inspiration desperately!)

ps. Anyway, I have a sudden urge to ice-skate again. ICE SKATING IS SOOOOO FUN!

2008-05-14T22:18:00.000+08:00

YES! IM BACK FROM ICESKATING!

It had been donkey years since i've ice-skated but somehow and miraculously, it seemed that i still managed to revive my ice-skating skills upon entering the rink. i love it when the cold 'wind' just blows gently against my skin when i skated fast.

Besides, i was completely mesmerised by these two young ice-skaters(siblings) whom i remembered watching them in a documentary on channel newasia. They were attending their daily training i suppose and what i enjoyed most was their duo performance. It's so beautiful that most of the ice-skaters (of the public) stood at the periphery of the rink, leaving the central part for them to practise and after their practice, some people were like clapping and i was one of them -.-

so graceful, beautiful and remarkable! (i just stared in admiration)

After hours of ice-skating, my thighs and ankles ache now. Undoubtedly, it has been a great workout today.

Oh yes, before i deviate further away from the current topic, i have to update about midyears as i have mentioned in the previous post.

English
I've done a mess out of paper1 and as for paper2, im pretty positive that i could attain a pass. Anyway, so long there is an improvement made from the previous practice papers and tests, i would be over the moon. However, the thought that mr kok is marking our scripts simply scares me off and add on to my worries. Well, i will keep my fingers crossed.

Chinese
I could only say that it was A COMPLETE DISASTER! paper 1 was horrendously done and paper 2 at least 15 marks flew away as i left a few questions uncompleted =X I bet both the language papers wouldnt yield some aggregate higher than 4.. (sigh)

Mathematics
A and E Math are the only subjects that i can depend for this midyrs as i thought all 4 papers are relatively straightforward and manageable with the exceptions of 2-3 questions.

Chemistry
A total disapointment. I've screwed up both paper1 and 2. I have to say that paper1 was a test of speed of thinking as there are alot of questions required thinking and calculations. As my brain couldnt function as fast as it was required to, i didnt complete the paper, ending up guessing for 10 questions or so, hoping for the 25% chance that it would be correct. Paper2 was not much better. Certainly, more work and drilling has to be done over the june holidays to save my chem grades.

Physics
Paper1 was not much of a problem as i studied for it even though it was the last paper and i do not have the mood to study at all. Saving my paper2 was the main driving force behind this. Paper2 was chaotic. Every question on electricity looked like an alien to me. I recalled that there was this long question on a fish which can produce a current and the entire question is largely on calculations for current produced by fish in seawater, the temperature rise when 1 fish swims next to it if im not wrong. Failing to comprehend the question, i just threw it any values or data available into the formulas and derived my answer. lol. i would really have a great laugh if i could get that ques 50% correct.

Biology
I've made an extremely careless mistake for paper1. Although i was abit demoralised and disappointed with it, i managed to convince myself to be more optimistic by looking at this paper as only the midyears and it doesnt count towards the olevels. (self-contridiction) As for paper2, i have nothing much to say about it except the question that requires us to draw 3 curves in lousily printed grids.

SS
SBQ was decontextualised and i didnt complete it on time. Fortunately, the topic i selectively studied was tested for SEQ..

E geog
I DONT FEEL LIKE THINKING ABOUT IT. IT MAKES ME FUME. Due to my poor time management, i left 2 human geog questions half-done. i should have written lesser for questions on physical geog and spent more time doing the human geog questions. (moan)

Anyway, what is over is over. I cannot change the past but i can change the future. Turn disappointment into motivation. That's what singxuan told me and i thought it's pretty inspirational. Celest thinks that we would be receiving most of our papers tml and the first paper we would most probably be getting back is geog. oh no. let me sink into happiness for some more time. i dont want to be drenched with disappointment so soon..

2008-05-14T13:11:00.000+08:00

I chanced upon this blogskin some time ago, a few months back i suppose, and since now that midyears are finally over, i thought i should create a blog and use it. Anyway, i have this sudden urge to blog these days and it's just felt totally weird.

Speaking about midyears, im glad that it's finally over (JUMPING FOR JOY). After all the miseries month after month, from class tests to common test to theory exam to piano prac exam to midyears, the day that i have been anticipating finally arrived. Sometimes, reflecting about the past, i just couldn't understand why is it that we have worked so hard and yet in the end still didn't perform beyond or even up to our expectations, instead, make ourselves so so tired. (sigh)

Most of the midyear papers are relatively tough as compared to last year's midyears and end-of-year as the school is trying to raise the academic standards i suppose. Frankly speaking, if my performances for midyears fall well below what is expected of me, all i can say is that,"well, firstly, i didnt have sufficient time for preparation. secondly, this is what i expected."

Anyway, i have to go now. i shall update more when i get back!