blackpavement

2006-11-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

Okay!
Do not tag on this tagboard here anymore! Go to the new blog

http://obliterated.wordpress.com

and comment there!
See ya.

2006-11-03T23:25:00.000-08:00

This is the 94th post. For this blackpavement blog.
This is also the last post. For this blackpavement blog.
*sniff*

I'm abandoning this blog for my new blog.

CLICK to go.

Goodbye blackpavement, you've been a faithful blog and I will remember you.
By the way, I'll slowly transfer all my links here to there. Yep.
My sister is saying I sound very emotionless. Because there ain't any sad face or anything.
Fine, I give her emotion.

BOOHOOHOO I LOVE YOU BLACKPAVEMENT BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT I MUST MOVE ON
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2006-11-02T03:43:00.000-08:00

I think I am weird. Kinky, kooky, curious, queer, peculiar. Whatever it is.
Like I come online, and once I come online I realise there is nothing to do online since I've been online daily this WHOLE WEEK.
And I keep myself to start doing my homework but all the Devil says is, You still got time, do it later and pushes the Angel aside. And so I listen to him. I want to kill that damn Devil! Too bad Angel is such a nice person, so he/she won't push the Devil off my shoulder.

2006-11-01T00:03:00.000-08:00

It's raining,
It's pouring,
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed,
And bumped his head,
And couldn't get up in the morning.

It's raining! Makes the air really cool.

2006-10-31T16:48:00.000-08:00

A Letter-A Mom to her Son

My dear Ah Bu,

I am in a well here and hoping you are also in a well there. I'm writing this letter slowly, because I know you cannot read fast.

We are not living where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from home, so we moved 20 miles.

I am not able to send the address, as the last person who stayed here took the house numbers with them for their new house so they would not have to change their address.

Hopefully by next week we will be able to take our earlier address plate here, and that our address will remain same too.

This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine, situated right above the toilet. But I'm not sure it works too well. Last week I put in 3 shirts, pulled the chain, and haven't seen them since.

The weather here isn't too bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for 3 days and second time for 4 days.

The coat you wanted me to send you, your Aunt said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with all the metal buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket.

Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass at the cemetery.

By the way, I took Ah Bim to our club's poolside. The manager told her that two piece swimming suit is not allowed in his club. We were confused as to which piece we should remove?

Your sister had a baby this morning. I haven't found out whether it is a girl or a boy, so I don't know whether you are an Aunt or Uncle.

Your uncle fell in the nearby well. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off bravely and drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days.

Your best friend is no more. He died trying to fulfill his father's last wishes. His father had wished to be buried in the sea after he died. And your friend died while in the process of digging a grave for his father.

There isn't much more news this time. Nothing much has happened.

Love,
Mom.

P.S : Ah Bu, I was going to send you some money but by the time I
realized, I had already sealed off this letter.

Heh.

2006-10-30T18:41:00.000-08:00

IS IT MY FAULT THAT YOU ACCIDENTALLY CLOSED THE WINDOW WHILE YOU WERE DELETING YOUR USELESS EMAILS. I MEAN, WHAT IS THE POINT OF GMAIL IF YOU WANT TO DELETE EMAILS? GMAIL IS MEANT TO GIVE YOU A LOT A LOT OF SPACE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DELETE ANYTHING RIGHT?
SO I KNOW YOU'RE PISSED OFF THAT YOU CLOSED THAT BLOODY WINDOW BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO START VENTING YOUR ANGER ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. OR VENTING YOUR ANGER ON ANYTHING ELSE SUCH AS THE PIANO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRACTISE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST DON'T KICK, DON'T SLAM MY PIANO.
I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT CHINESE NEWSPAPER REFLECTION. I KNOW YOU ARE WRITING DOWN ALL THE WORDS YOU DON'T KNOW AND INSERTING THEM INTO THE SENTENCES. YES THAT'S GOOD. THE ONLY REASON DADDY AND MUMMY DON'T KNOW IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T SHOW THEM WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
AND YOU BLOODY HELL STOP TELLING ME TO SHUT UP BECAUSE I CARE FOR YOU BUT ALL YOU SEEM TO DO IS TELL ME TO SHUT UP EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE TIME I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I WANT THE BEST FOR YOU.
SOMETIMES I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I BOTHER.

Okay. I am not angry anymore. I shall go and do my Chinese newspaper reflection to make my parents happy. I shouldn't give them anymore trouble/unhappiness than I have.
Why is it so hard to get going?

2006-10-30T02:30:00.000-08:00

~~I am crazy.~~ I am going crazy.
My STUPID PIANO has a STUPID KEY that keeps getting stuck. (When I press it, it stays there. That's what I mean by stuck.) It is the C# below the middle C# and it keeps getting stuck and boy, am I mighty pissed off.
Those of you who know, I just had my theory exam on Saturday for Grade 5. So, my teacher has now told me to start practising my Grade 6 scales. 4 octaves for practically everything. 4 octaves! So many keys require me to start below middle C. Guess where I'll hit? THAT BLOODY C#. Even if my right hand doesn't touch it, my left hand will.
Then after that I will be so annoyed, start hitting the piano real hard, and irritate my sister as well.

I am going crazy. And my mum still wants me to do newspaper reflections for her!
"Improve your Chinese!" she and my dad says. And do some assesment to polish my Math.
And what? I haven't started on my homework.
Bah to homework. All homework. It's the year end holiday, you see that? We have slogged long and hard the whole year and we believe we deserve a break from all this studying.

SOMEONE PLEASE COME UP AND SLAP ME AND TELL TO GET UP FROM THIS LAZY STATE. AND SCOLD ME TO GET SOME MOTIVATION.

2006-10-29T05:09:00.000-08:00

Ho hum, it's the start of the holidays.
I AM SO MUDDLED OVER WHAT I SHOULD CHOOSE FOR SUBJECT COMBI. I didn't get EC letters for Science or Humanities because I didn't work hard enough. And I think I gave up regretting because I have too many regrets over too many things already. I discussed with my mother yesterday, I think I'll put all Cs for my 3 choices.

I don't know how to get motivation.

Anyway, read this story. It really touched me.

The Story of Two Men in One Hospital Room

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lung. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.
Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside. The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it in his mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths, only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall! The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you."
Epilogue: There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations. Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy. "Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present."

Isn't the story nice? I got it through email and I forwarded it. So some of you may have read it already. And the English is mostly perfect (:
Reading the story made me feel happy.

2006-10-26T18:57:00.000-07:00

Last unofficial day of school yesterday. Photos!

The first pic I took. Me and dearest Min. I look weird. Peilin in the background?

Min and I with Wanchu's and Huiyin's Pocky. See me I AM SHORT AND MIN IS TALL. Wanchu told me to put it there. I am her dear granddaughter and she is my lovely Ah Por. Picture of her coming up, later!

Tee, Min, me. I love us. See our silky ties! They are Junior Prefects. I am (no longer) a monitor.

I love this photo! Iynyi, Tee, Min, Ivy, me.

There! Wanchu, me, Vanessa. Ah Por, grand daughter and cousin. Family photo!

Kaili, me. I love Kaili she's so funny. Thank you Kaili for the postcard (:

Valerie, Steph Phua, me. Feather, Brainiac, Tausa Pau! Tablemates for 2 terms! Feather looks scared.

Annette and me! I mean, Nut and me! Nut is the cutest, nuttiest nut I've ever known. "Oh, stop it, Stanley, you're killing me here! Oh, stop it, Yammy!"

Andrea, me. Meanie Andrea! Meanie me.

Me, Jocelyn, Sue Hern, Wanjane my ex-brother. All them smartie asses! Jocelyn enjoys blinking during photo taking haha.

Me and Bumbles! Aww you can't see her lovely brown hair and cute freckles from here. Haha I love Bumbles, co-owner of MEEPER THE MEERKAT!

Karon, me! Smile more, Hoo Pork dearest!

Okay, no more pictures. It's damn tiring to wait for them to upload! I love Sec 2 Justice.Results- I don't know if I should be happy or not. But I didn't get EC letters when almost the whole class got them, so makes me feel shitty somewhat. I think it's time to let go.

2006-10-24T19:22:00.000-07:00

Okay, time to blog.
Went to Vivo City with Bumbles, Min and Tee to watch World Trade Center yesterday. Yes they're my closest classmates but this is the first time I've been out with them since the start of the year (since I've gotten to know them). Absolutely unbelievable!
My parents sent to me to Harbourfront MRT. Big big jam. So when we were supposed to meet at 11am I ended up meeting Bumbles and Min at around 11:10. I spent 2 minutes circling the pillar in front of the place where you tap your card to get out and talking on the phone to Min before I found them! Yes, that crowded. I was wearing a racerback top and jeans. And Min started poking my arms, where did I get my tan? How come I'm so muscular? Ooh, embarrassing. Shall not wear racerbacks anymore. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHY I GOT MUSCLES?! Maybe because of swimming? But I stopped swimming years ago! Since Primary 4 or 5 or something! And how can I be compared to Bumbles, Bumbles who is a thrower with her muscly arms and cute freckles and long floppy brown hair (Bumbles the pretend Eurasian!).
Then we saw Tee walking out. Her first words: "...So crowded." Haha. By then it was about 11:20.
We walked into Vivo City and wasted lots of time looking at things as we made our way to the Cineplex to get the tickets for the 12:20 show. After that we looked at those signboards and spotted Long John Silver's we decided to go there for lunch. We walked and walked before Bumbles and Min spotted LJS. Small, but luckily we found a table. That was about 12.
Queued for food, bought food. 12:10.
Finished eating, 12:20.
Haha, we didn't really worry since there's always 15 minutes of commercials before the actual movie is shown.
After that Tee and I went to the loo while Bumbles and Min went to buy popcorn. Then we went in. Hall 10.
Min sat on my left, Tee on my right, Bumbles on Tee's right.

World Trade Center.
It's a great show. Some parts are scary, like where John McLoughlin (Nicholas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Pena)are stuck under the rubble and they can't move, and you watch them talking to each other as they lie there, see their chapped lips and dust covered faces. Golly, it's scary. And the fear on their families' faces, especially the wives.
Some parts are sad, too. Alot of parts are sad. Tears welled up in my eyes quite a few times, didn't flow though. The part of the woman's son Lawrence was the saddest part. I thought I would go crazy.
I think the movie is very touching and it reminds me once again that I shouldn't take my life for granted.
I love the movie.

After we left the cinema hall we were shocked at the amount of people now walking around the whole area. To think that in the morning we thought it was crowded! It was as though Vivo City was one big can and the people were sardines in it. Wanted to take neos, but Vivo did not have any neoprint shops! Wanted to train to Dhoby Ghaut but then I had to leave for piano (darn that theory exam on Saturday). So we took photos using Bumbles' phone! Now, how pathetic is that! Haha well, at least we managed to get pics of our first 'outing' together (:
I'm looking forward to more! Next time, we'll take proper neos, okay?

Meeper the Meerkat makes small snuffly snores under his yellow comforter. His alarm clock crashes to the floor. Meeper does not like alarm clocks.

2006-10-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

So, today is a lovely Friday. I get up at 7:40am, there's no school and it feels marvellous. But I find I have stained my bed because of (that), so I have a bath. I shall worry about my bed later.
It's refreshing, then I have breakfast- a slice of pumpkin and prune cake! It sounds disgusting but it's actually quite good to eat. And I read yeaterday's Urban while eating.
I come online and read my email, send the English Compo to Ms Goh for Inspiration and read my blog/ reply tags.
And now I'm blogging.
It's occured to me that I will be spending only 2 more days with Sec 2 Justice, namely next Monday and Thursday. It makes me really sad to think that we won't rise to Sec 3 as a class together due to the subject combi; we've been through so much together as a class, from that dumping-of-the-poster incident to getting scolded and yelled at by the Form Teacher. As a class, I know that we are really united and we always work together to get 2nd in many things, never mind about the 1st because Number 2 sounds nicer. It's just that we all cooperate and we don't fight among ourselves but we solve everything together. Most of all, we love each other.

And I believe that's what makes Sec 2 Justice '06 so wonderfully marvelous.
(:

2006-10-16T07:40:00.000-07:00

English-Okay
Chinese-Don't know
Science-Bad
Math-Don't know
Geog-Disappointed
History-Don't know
English Literature-Disappointed

I don't want to think about them results anymore. Freak them all.
I am going to shut the door, bolt it, lock it, board it up. No more tears, no more pain, no more bitterness or jealousy and no more suffering.

2006-10-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

After I told my parents about my great results, I asked them if I could go to the party that Tess held for Iynyi and Huiyin because they're leaving.
My parents said yes.
So next day, my dad had to go to work at Ang Mo Kio. So the whole family got up at 7:50 and Dad drove to Yio Chu Kang MRT. From there he passed the car to Mum and he took the train in the direction of Marina Bay and me towards Jurong East. I took the train to Jurong East and reached at 9:30. So I sat on the big marble something and waited for the rest to come at 10, reading Reading Lolita in Tehran.
AT 10 Iynyi came. Awhile later Min and Vanessa came. Then the rest came. We went iceskating. First step on the ice, ooh scary. Then slowly I got the hang of it and starting skating around. In the 2 hours we were there I fell twice. The second time my knee got cut and it bled abit. I also got scolded by this probably 70 year old auntie for digging my toe pick into the ice at the side of the rink, stupid auntie who's so old if she falls I hope she breaks her bones. That'll teach her not to ice skate.
After that we had lunch at Pizza Hut before taking the train back to Tee's home where we spent the rest of the afternoon taking pictures, crapping and watching The Devil Wears Prada. I didn't manage to catch half the dialogue because the sound quality was poor and the subtitles were crap.
Around 5 we went to start the BBQ downstairs. And then we managed to get the charcoal burning before we realised it was too little, so after that we enlisted the help of Tess's father. So for the rest of the night we took more pictures, crapped and laughed more, ate hotdogs, satay, the chocolate cake Min baked for Iynyi, roasted marshmallows and had drinks.
A good day.

2006-10-13T04:43:00.000-07:00

BLOODY PAPERS.
BLOODY SCIENCE.
FREAKING BIO, FREAKING CHEM, FREAKING PHYSICS.
FINE I JUST HAVE TO FAIL.
I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY MUMMY, I CAN'T GET TRIPLE. I'M SORRY I HAVE GU FU YOUR'S AND DADDY'S QI WANG. I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT, BUT I SHOULD HAVE STUDIED HARDER. I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED, SHOULD HAVE LISTENED.
I WISH IT DIDN'T TURN OUT LIKE THIS. I FEEL LIKE FREAKING SHIT. I WANT TO REWIND TIME, REWIND IT BACK TO THE START OF THE YEAR.
BUT THERE IS NO SUCH THING. IT'S TOO LATE AND NOW ALL I CAN DO IS REGRET.
IF I HAD BEEN SMARTER I WOULDN'T HAVE FAILED MY CHEM AND MY PHYSICS AND I WOULDN'T HAVE FAILED SCIENCE OVERALL. EITHER THAT OR I WOULD HAVE JUST TORE UP MY PAPER WITHOUT BOTHERING TO LOOK AT THE THING KNOWING I WOULDN'T DO WELL.

WHY ARE ALL OF YOU CAPABLE OF MAKING ME FEEL SO FREAKING STUPID. EVERYTIME I THINK I'VE DONE WELL IT TURNS OUT 5 MARKS LOWER THAN WHAT MOST OF YOU HAVE GOTTEN. I KNOW IT'S NOT GOOD TO COMPARE, BUT PLEASE, I'VE BEEN SUFFERING THE WHOLE YEAR.

I don't want English, don't want Chinese. Don't want anything back. Don't give me anything. Get the hell out of my sight.

2006-10-12T04:45:00.000-07:00

My face feels hot. And my cheeks are kinda red, but they ain't as red as my arms, I CAN SEE THE IMPRINT OF MY WATCH ON MY LOBSTER-LIKE WRIST. Gag, I think I got sunburn.
Haha Games Carnival today! Min, Tee, Mother, Yi Hsin, Vanessa, Abigail and I were representing the class for floorball. And we won overall for floorball haha, and to think that we were thinking, 'Forget it, we won't get into semi-finals.' Surprisingly, even though we shouldn't have doubted ourselves, we won 4 matches and lost 1 to get into the semi-finals. Then we won the finals. It wasn't really scary even though I find it very taxing to stand there in front of the goalpost and watch the ball being hit to and fro without being able to do anything about it, except when it comes in front of my goalpost and I have to block it. It's scary then. After I manage to hit any ball away, I will shake. So I stand there and turn to jelly until the ball comes again.
(my sister is scolding me for my tenses but heck la.)
My friends say I was good but yeah, right. I have to thank everybody for helping me defend (:

And the scratch on my thigh where I scratched myself with the floorball stick when I swiped the ball away in a frenzy is still there.

Oh no, so today is over, which means tomorrow is coming. And guess what happens tomorrow? We'll be getting Geog, Science and History back. I am going to fail my Science. Shit.

2006-10-11T09:23:00.000-07:00

10 things about yours truly

1. I have two handwritings. One is slow and non-cursive and the other is faster and cursive. Then the fast and cursive is splitted up into different cursives, like my regular cursive, my slanted cursive and my fat cursive etc. etc.

2. I get scared when I hold a knife or a pair of scissors, or something that's able to cause hurt. It freaks me out.

3. When I was a baby, I almost ate a big black ant and was about to put it into my mouth when my mother stopped me. When I was older and was in Thailand with my family, we got to eat worms. Fat worms. (Gross, I know.) At first I didn't dare to, then when I finally took a bite I told my mum that it tasted like some kind of food, I don't remember what. Haha (:

4. When I was a few years' old, I had bowel problems and I had to stay in hospital for some time. Everday the doctor would ask me if I wanted the big injection or small injection in my butt. The first few times, I said small, well small seems less intimidating, right? Then I realised that the big was actually not as painful as the small, so after that I wanted big. And I vaguely remember having a Mickey Mouse telephone in my bed, and talking to my mother over it. And during one of those talks my dad took a picture of me. It's still in one of the photo albums.

5. I am 364 days older than my sister. That means I'm not really a year older than her. Okay my sister was born premature.

6. I once slammed my sister's fingers at the car door. There were only a few cuts, thank goodness. My sister recently got her fingers slammed (again) during one of her band activities because they were in the dark. And people thought it was fake blood until they saw her crying. This time the cuts are deeper and they look grosser. Okay they've recovered but there are scars.

7. When I use a pen with a cap I must have the cap at the end otherwise I'll feel uncomfortable and cannot write properly.

8. I got a really dao face. I KNOW THAT!

9. I am not a daredevil. I don't like the falling feeling, e.g. on the track down a rollercoaster, or falling, like from a bicycle. Which reminds me, once when I was about Primary 4, I fell off a bike. Got my front tooth chipped (I got it 'filled', so now that tooth is super straight), spectacles kind of twisted, elbows and knees grazed. Ouch. I think maybe I got my phobia of falling from there.

10. Whenever I walk on a zebra crossing and my right foot keeps stepping on the yellow strips I will change my steppings so my left foot will have a chance to step on the yellow strips as well. I'M WEIRD! (:

***

Okay yesterday's talk has really told me something. This morning, my dad woke me up, he said, 'Do you want to wake up? Read some books, newspapers?'
I went, 'Okay,' since I was already half awake.
The next thing I knew, I was having a dream. I dreamt that I'd lost my grandma and my mother in the dream. I was crying so hard in the dream that when I woke up and realised IT WAS ONLY A DREAM I was crying as well. Whoa it really shocked me, I've never cried both in a dream and in life at the same time.
It's only a dream, right? It felt like such a long dream but it must have only lasted about half an hour or less since my dad was leaving for work it must have been around 7:10 or 7:15 and when I woke up it was 7:45. I decided to get up immediately in case I went back to that dream again. I love my parents and grandparents more after this dream. But I don't want such nightmarish dreams anymore because it really scares the hell out of me.

2006-10-10T04:42:00.000-07:00

Today's Day of Reflection was really different from what I thought. All of us were thinking, reflect about WHAT? Exams? "Did you study hard for the exams?" "Did you find the papers easy?"

In fact, I think it changed me. And I realised that although I see my parents everyday I don't talk so much to them. But then I am fortunate to see my parents everyday, my parents who love me so much and have taken care of me since I was born.

The stories we heard and the prayers, I don't know what's wrong with me, I kept almost crying when listening to them. I think there's a screw loose in my head.
And when we all hugged one another it felt nice. And that's what's gonna happen when school ends in a few weeks. I don't think we'll all be in the same class, I've heard people saying they only want double science, for me, I think I'll only be able to take double. And that's not by choice.

Okay I'm bored. Nothing to do! I feel so restless.

2006-10-08T23:58:00.000-07:00

I'm back from our class suite!
To summarise it all, we had 2 suites which were joined together at Laguna National and almost everyone turned up (30 outta 35, not bad considering we informed everyone on Friday then told them about what to bring on Saturday). We played cards, watched Ice Princess and The Little Mermaid 2 on DVD, then Tomb Raider on Channel 5, simultaneously pigging out on popcorn, chips, Oreo cookies, gummies and sweets and crapping and laughing like there was no tomorrow.
After that about 11 of us slept over at the suites.
I love SECONDARY 2 JUSTICE so much (:

And Nut goes, 'What you gonna do? Throw a crab at me?'

2006-10-06T04:35:00.000-07:00

No more exams.
No more exams.
No more exams!
NO MORE EXAMS!

No more exams.

This is weird.

After the Chinese paper I was well aware that that paper was the last paper and that after the teacher collected that paper I would be free from exams for the rest of the year.
The strangest thing is, I don't feel any exhilaration or happiness, or excitement or relief. Or any feeling, for that matter.
Isn't that weird? After all, everyone else is jumping around with glee, screaming and talking at the top of their voices, because, well, there are NO MORE EXAMS!
And here I am, feeling nothing.

But whatever it is, I think I shall leave the exams as it is. Everything will be reviewed next week and the week after.
I'm worried for my Science and Chinese most out of all the exams. Following behind is Math. Science especially. You all know why.

I AM TRYING TO FORCE MYSELF OUT OF THIS MISERABLE STATE AND STOP WORRYING. GAG THIS IS POSITIVELY DRIVING ME CRAZY.
Somebody punch me and tell me to shut up and stop worrying.

I'm bored. It feels funny not doing anything.

2006-10-04T17:00:00.000-07:00

I think
I should
really get down to reading
My English Lit
Picking out the quotes from the Good Earth
And the Village by the Sea.
And reading the overview for Macbeth
And understanding what Macbeth became
Because this English Literature exam
Is really my
Last hope
For good grades
At least I can say,
Hey
I got a good mark for my English Literature
So perhaps
I will take E. Lit next year
If I can confirm I'm good at it
Never mind if I don't get triple
Which I think I won't
I will study hard next year
And you won't find me
Fretting over
Crying over
My results anymore.

I hope.

But no more wallowing in self-pity
because self-pitying really
Isn't what I enjoy doing.

2006-10-04T05:09:00.000-07:00

I think I'm kinda losing hope about getting good grades for the EOYs. Let's face it, okay.
I'm just scared that I won't do well enough to get triple. My mum wants me to get triple because it will give me more options in the future. I mean, she's not pressurising me or forcing me to get it otherwise she'll kick me out of the house or something like that, but she hopes that I will get triple.
And my dad, he doesn't say anything, but I know he has high expectations of me.
I just don't want to gu fu my parents' qi wang. I don't know how to say it in English, but I don't. I can't bear to because I know my parents have done so much for me and I haven't been a good girl and the least I can do is do well in my exams and if I don't I feel like freaking shit and I always cry because I feel I have let my parents down.
I don't cry over my results for anything else.

All the same, thank you Jo for saying that prayer for me. Thank you for your love and encouragement and I hope you're doing well too.
Thank you Louise for telling me I'm okay.
Thank you Bumbles for saying I'm hardworking, even though I'm not.

I hope to survive till the end of Friday.
Even then, I don't want to get the papers back. I dread that more than doing the papers.

2006-10-02T00:07:00.000-07:00

I want to:
1. Bash those teachers together with Karon Pork.
2. Give up studying like Karon Pork.
3. Stop thinking about the bloody papers that have been so unsuccessful.

I shall:
1. Continue to study like a good girl (even though I'm not).
2. Hope that everything will turn out good.
3. Not be able to stop think about those bloody papers that have been so unsuccessful.

BLOODY EXAM PAPERS! I JUST WANT TO FLUSH THEM DOWN THE TOILET BOWL.

2006-09-29T04:20:00.000-07:00

English compo was a piece of rubbish at the start but I managed to write something. I hope it wasn't too drama-ish. Now I'm worrying that what I wrote is inappropriate. Fish.

Geography, on the other hand, was a freaking humongous piece of rubbish that eats up trees. See, we learn about using less wood products, reusing paper and recycling paper, and look at what they are doing. 6 pieces of paper for the question paper, 1 for the MCQ and maps, 4 pieces of foolscap.
And what is LAND CLEARANCE.
'Any questions?' goes Ms LSF, looking super happy as she goes from class to class.
I raise my hand.
'Is land clearance deforestation?' I go.
'Is land clearance what?' she doesn't hear me properly.
'Is land clearance deforestation?' I repeat.
'Use your brains! It's very obvious. Use your brains.' Ms LSF chirps.

My friend behind asks the same question. She gives the same answer.
'Okay, class, is land clearance deforestation? You have to use your brains, I cannot tell you anymore!'

SCW imitates her when she leaves.
So, me and my pathetic pieces of paper, thought for that question to be deforestation, all with that nagging doubt whether I would be wrong or not. I felt my frown grow bigger.

AND NOBODY TOLD US TO STUDY RIVERS!
OR COUNTRIES!
So tell me, is that fair or what.
And I stoned during the first question regarding global warming. I was so confused! The MCQ wasn't easy. Stupid shitty paper.

I've lost motivation. But I say, I WANT IT BACK.

2006-09-28T04:24:00.000-07:00

The start of EOYs commences tomorrow.
my conscience: TESSA LOW, WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE, GET LOST, GO AND STUDY YOUR GEOG.
me: I just finished making my 32 chapters of notes! Give me a break!
conscience: YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BREAK AFTER THE EXAMS. SHOO!
me: OKAY. Let me bathe first then I will start.
conscience: HURRY UP! GO! STOP DILLY-DALLYING. GO! GET YOUR TOWELS AND CLOTHES.
me: Okay. Go away, conscience! You always make me guilty.
conscience: FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
me: Okay, fine. Goodbye conscience, you can go now.

Sheesh, talking to myself. Must be going crazy.

The strength and the knowledge to pull through,
the courage to persevere,
I pray for it all.

Everyone, we can do it.

2006-09-23T09:04:00.000-07:00

If only my parents didn't have to work so hard.
Then they wouldn't come back at 8, 9 or 9:30 everyday
Then they wouldn't be so tired
Then we wouldn't have to eat dinner so late
Then we could spend more time as a family together
Then my dad wouldn't chide me for doing projects on weekends
Then we could all be happier.

If only.

2006-09-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."
-Forrest Gump from Forrest Gump the movie.

Chocolates are supposed to bring you delight, chocolates should be cold, tasting like brown heaven as they melt in your mouth. Chocolates bring enjoyment to the people who see them, even better if they eat them. (Unless you're a bulimic/anorexic and would rather die than lick a piece of chocolate. But that's your loss.)
So Forrest Gump compared life to chocolates and I don't see the connection. More often than not life brings stuff that's not as pleasant as chocolate, doesn't it?

Chocolate = EOYs/any exam for that matter?
Chocolate = Getting up before the sun rises?
Chocolate = Getting hurt by people?

No way.
I NEED MORE THAN 10 DAYS FOR MY EOY REVISION. OH PLEASE, 10 DAYS?! 10 DAYS?! THIS IS INSANE, INHUMANE, HORRIBLE, NOT RIGHT, STUPID AND WRONG!
You know what, perhaps it's my fault for not starting sooner. Bugger, I'm always the one in the wrong. Always the one to blame.

I can't stand the way I treat stuff like I always have time, forever procrastinating, forever thinking, 'You can do it later, you've got time'.
Time management, self restraint, motivation, Tessa, you need it all. Badly.

2006-09-16T09:03:00.000-07:00

Today my dad did some charity by buying tissues from this lady. Okay so we were all there, my dad fumbling with the coins. She saw us, she smiled, and she said, kind of enviously maybe, I don't know, in Chinese, 'Three (meaning me, my sis and my bro)? You are so fortunate (meaning my dad and my mum).'
When she said that, I felt something. I don't know how to describe it, I just felt...something.
The lady has polio. Yet she had this kind, smiling and almost pretty face, she didn't look like she actually had polio, apart from the fact that she was in a wheelchair.
So her words made me remember once again that I should be grateful for everything that I have, that I have a complete family, I can walk and run, I can go to school and study, I've got food on my table, I've got clothes to wear, I've got a house to live in etc. etc. etc.
I wish I knew how to be more appreciative.
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Anyway take a look at these sentences. The coloured ones are my favourites.

1. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.

2. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.

3. Long separated by cruel fate, the star crossed lovers raced across the grassy field towards each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6.36 pm travelling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4.19pm at a speed of 35 mph.

4. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for awhile.

5. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.

6. The ballerina rose gracefully en pointe and extended one slender leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.

7. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.

HILARIOUS. English yesterday was really enjoyable. YAM COLOURED CANDY FLOSS. AS CHOPPY AS A CHOPPER. AS BREEZY AS A BREEZE. ALL NUT'S IDEAS! :D :D :D
And those stupid sentences.
The 4 mocks are finally over. English Lit was the last one yesterday. I wrote until I felt like my arm was gonna drop off. I took this paper the most seriously among all 4 papers (the other 3 are Math, Science and Chinese) because, well, I had the most confidence in English Lit. This is the only subject that I don't fancy that I do relatively well in. So I did my best for this paper.
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Okay my sis made me feel so guilty by hogging the laptop. Cos I'm using it for leisure and she needs it for homework.

Signing off now,
ZABRAZU!
ZABRAZU is Zazu the toucan + zebra. Joining the hybrid colony is PANTYPINE (panther + porcupine), CHICKOON (chicken + baboon) and LAMORSE (llama + horse).

2006-09-14T04:45:00.000-07:00

I think something's wrong here.
Chinese mock today and I TOTALLY FLUNKED IT.
AS I HAVE FOR THE MATH ON MONDAY AND THE 3 SCIENCES YESTERDAY.
I swear, if this is the standard for our actual EOYs I am so doomed. I can forget about triple science, forget about double, forget about even studying in this school. OH PLEASE.
And I don't want to study either. I've got no motivation to study even after all these failures, I'm worried about myself.

I don't know what to do.

2006-09-08T23:14:00.000-07:00

It's Freaking Friday.
Friday, and hardly any revision done.

GREAT!

2006-09-06T19:13:00.000-07:00

Steve Irwin passed away.
He was killed when a stingray barb pierced his heart. It's really ironic, he was filming a show The Ocean's Deadliest and he gets killed by a stingray. The stingray was in the sand, probably camouflaged, so he couldn't see it, I guess. And another irony: he's a crocodile hunter! He's faced how many crocodiles in his life and he handled them with enthusiasm. He's completely fearless. Crocodiles are so much scarier than stingrays. And stingrays don't attack unless provoked. Crocodiles, well, attack naturally? Okay I'm not making sense.
My only comfort is that he loved what he did up to the very last day of his heart. I hoped he died instantly so that he didn't feel any pain.
Rest in peace, Mr. Steve Irwin.

2006-09-04T18:08:00.000-07:00

STOP THINKING SO MUCH YOU STUPID GIRL.
AND STOP WORRYING SO MUCH YOU STUPID GIRL.

DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT STUDY FOR YOUR EOYs.

Oh shit, my revision. It's Monday and I haven't started anything.

AIYA WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
You can't have good results if you don't study. So get your arse away from the laptop and STUDY.

I shall start with BioChemPhysics.
Which reminds me, I'm gonna fail my Physics test. Perfect.

2006-09-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

I haven't started my revision.
I intended to start on Friday, Teachers' Day. Unfortunately, my dad chose to allow my brother to stay at home (he was supposed to go to his babysitter's). My mum told me about that 5 minutes before they left the house for work. Both of them, yes. I was yelling my protest, 'I NEED TO STUDY! HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO REVISE WITH HIM AROUND? WA LAO!' I was SO mad. But, of course, my parents ignored me. So a day starts and continues with my brother, my sister and I doing stuff that completely denies my need to study. I continually entertained my brother. My sister used the computer for most of the day. SHE DID'T EVEN PLAY WITH HIM!

(Did I mention my brother is 6 years old.)

And at night during dinner my dad told me that this was to see if I could manage my brother next year when I have to go pick him up after school and bring him home. I couldn't, can't he see that? I was so pissed off again.
Well, forget it. End of Friday, nothing done.

Yesterday, Saturday. My mother bought tickets for her company's Family Day at Sentosa so we had to go. We spent most of the day at the beach.
OKAY I AM REMINDED OF SOMETHING SO BLOODY NASTY I HAVE TO TELL.
Behind the beach is a small water area. My sis, brother and I were playing there at first because it was less scorching hot there. My brother had his pail and small watering can with him. After playing for 5 minutes, we realised that the watering can was gone. We had lost it. But we didn't realy care about it. After awhile, we saw a little boy, probably 3 years old, playing with his spade and the same watering can that we had. I didn't dare to say anything. Only after some time my brother went to snatch it from the boy. His mother turned to us. My sister, my brother, me.
'Why did you snatch it from my son?' she demanded.
I started to explain that we had lost our watering can and that it was the same colour that her son was holding. She interrupted, 'Why did you have to snatch it? Did you ask for my permission?'
By then my sister and I were frantically trying to get my brother to give the watering can back.
'Are you listening to what I'm saying? Are you listening to me, girls? You are not teaching your brother good manners! Do you think I personally stole it from you? You look around you, there are so many other kids with the same watering can!'
And just at that time, as my luck would have it, I saw a group of kids behind her who had the same bloody pink-and-purple watering can.
Oh SHIT, I remember thinking.
My sister was muttering you idiotic bitch under her breath. I apologised. I gave the watering can back.
'Your manners disgust me.' she snarled, before turning back to her son.
I walked off.
We went to my parents who were reading their newspapers under the trees in the shade. I was so in-a-panic I started talking very loudly and very fast (with large gestures, no less). My dad folded up his newspapers and went to the woman.
'Why did you scold my daughters like that?' my dad went.
'They snatched the watering can from my son! What made them think the watering can was theirs?'
My dad turned to me and my sis. 'Did you all snatch it?'
We were shaking our heads and we pointed to my brother.
'If my son took it, you have to understand he's still quite young.'
'Yes, but you look around you, so many other kids have the same watering can!'
'Okay, maybe your daughter left it somewhere else?' My dad, in his anger, maybe didn't see that the 'daughter' was actually a boy. We had left the can in the same area her son was sitting.
The woman interrupted my father. 'This is a BOY, mind you, don't you dare call my son a girl! My son is not like your kids!'
My dad, at this point, seriously flared up.
'Oh, so you think that maybe because my son is bad mannered you can call him a girl?'
'I'm not saying that, it's just that it was wrong of your daughters to snatch the watering can from my son-'
'Forget it, please just give the watering can back.'
The woman coaxed her son to give the watering can back. My dad reached out for it. She pulled her son's hand back.
'Don't snatch it from my son, I'm trying to teach him good manners unlike your children!'
(my dad was NOT NOT NOT snatching it alright.)
She made her son give it back again. My dad took it and stalked off. Really, he was SO mad. I don't blame him. The woman was being so bloody difficult.
'Okay, we'll just give the watering can back even if it's ours, alright? Thank them for the rude father, okay? We don't need the watering can.' See, still trying to teach her son good manners, unlike my father.
I walked away. I was so insulted, so upset and so angry.

My dad says the watering can wasn't hers otherwise she would have kicked up a bigger fuss. He said that it was ours and that she was just trying to make a big fuss out of the fact that my 6 YEAR OLD brother snatched it without really knowing it was wrong.

I went out to the sea and stayed there for most of the time, only coming out briefly to eat and help my sis and mother to build their sand turtles. But I liked the sea better. It was cooler. So when we came out we went to bathe. Then we left Sentosa and went for dinner. After that my sister, my brother and I went to sleep in the car. My dad went to buy this CD and went to this IT sale at the Expo I think? To get a DVD something. After that we went home. End of Saturday, no work done either.

Today is Sunday. I guess I'll start later or tomorrow.

2006-09-01T04:06:00.000-07:00

HAPPY FANTASTIC TEACHERS' DAY everyone!

When the celebrations at St. Nicks it was 10:40am! I rushed off and ran for the bus 269 to the central stop. Then took 88. Once I reached Pasir Ris MRT I waited for Jessica and Ferlin. Then Jolene came! After that we waited for Daph to come. When she reached, we were fetched to Coral by Auntie Joanna. Thanks for the ride, Auntie!
Met with Jac at school. We walked around. I felt very nostalgic, upon seeing the canteen and the wallpaper that Jo and I were on, the staff room, the corridors, the hall. We went up the stairs to the classrooms to peek in at the students and our teachers. I found it quite hard to believe, 6 years spent at that school...and we've left. Mdm Chin, Mrs Leo, Mrs Loh, Mrs Tan Bian and most of the teachers, they were still there. Mdm Chin pulled us into the current 6/1 (I was in 6/1 myself) class and showed the students our uniforms. It was a tad embarrassing when it came to my school because well, boys can't come here.
Met many people who came back. Most Sec 2s and quite alot of Sec 1s, a number of Sec 3s. We had lunch in the school canteen and I ate $1 mee soup from the Malay stall because there was no more nasi lemak (Jo ate $1 nasi lemak and dumped all the chilli onto her plate). We'd forgotten that meals in primary school were 50cents and that's why the auntie gave us a huge plate of nasi lemak and a huge bowl of noodles. I didn't think I would be able to finish it but I did. Ferlin left quickly after she ate. Daph rushed us all the way. After saying goodbyes we left for Pasir Ris MRT to go to Tampines to go to Tampines Mall. To go 'kia kia' (meaning 'walk walk' in Hokkien), says Daph.
We took neos and walked around. It was especially funny when we went to Toys R Us because we played with all the toys and the babies' section was the most amusing. Press buttons and the toys start bouncing up and down. IT WAS HILARIOUS. Then we started playing with these 'claws' and Jac and Jess chased Daph all around because she was so scared.
Around 4 or 5 Jess wanted to go home. After some mild pestering okay we decided to go home. Jac, Jess and I took the train to Pasir Ris; Jo and Daph took the train on the other side to Tanah Merah. We said good bye.
At Pasir Ris I went to White Sands, Jess went to the interchange and Jac went one-way-where-I-don't-know-how-to-describe. So we said good bye again.

It was great to go out with them again. Jo is still her serious but funny self, Daph is still goofy and noisy, Jac still the same, Jess the same. Yes I guess we're all abit worn out (at least I was, a bit) by school and work and the impending EOYs (how I'm dreading those). I want a day when we can just wake up at 9, go for a movie and lunch and just catch up with everyone, without worrying about homework or exams or anything at all. I want a day when I can just relax.

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This term's PPR was quite okay, lower than class average of an estimated 79% around there, but I don't think I did too badly. I think every mark's by luck because I didn't really put in a lot of effort. I think it's abit unfair. I have to study hard for the EOYs so that I will feel satisfied by the marks instead of feeling relieved that the last minute studying let me get this mark. I don't like that feeling. I want to know that I actually worked hard for the marks and that I didn't get it by luck. I don't believe in that.

2006-08-28T05:14:00.000-07:00

I feel obliged to update my blog because I have left it to die since August 19 which was more than a week ago. And I don't want my blog to die again.
Today English and Physics went past as free periods because the teachers didn't come in. I was rather dreading Physics because I feared that Imran would have finished marking the darn Physics paper and be returning it to us, but no, he didn't come for class. For the 4 periods I spent the time doing Sudoku and reading the newspaper and not talking much because dear Nut next to me was rather tired and although I was quite bored I didn't feel the urge to go crap with everybody else so I just stayed put in my seat. Had recess.
During Math Ms Rockey taught us how to draw quadratic graphs which was rather fun in an odd way since I don't particularly fancy Math. Then we had History which was not fun at all. Afterward it was PW period. Mrs Gurung and Ms Rockey came in. Ms Rockey gave us a question for homework and Mrs Gurung gave us the question paper for the self reflection for the IPW project. I crapped my way through and helped Marilyn the Burnt with the last question by doing it for her (basically just modifying what I said in mine) then helped to collect everything.
Sometime during the day we came to the sick topic of molesters/perverts/flashers and well, you know what I'm talking about. And that made me dig up from the depths of my tired mind: I remember when I was in P4 or something (so long ago, it seems) and I was having my swimming lesson at night. (I remember it was a Tuesday, 8pm, that's when my lessons would be held. My instructor was a very good but somewhat strict teacher and he was known as 'Uncle Daniel' to all of us students and he made us do 10 push ups and 10 sit-ups after every lesson. During SARS my sis and I stopped our lessons, which I am quite sad about because I feel more devoted towards swimming rather than piano. But if I didn't stop I'll be super broad which I think I am quite already. But really I don't mind being broad. But I wish I continued swimiming and stopped piano. But I digress. Alot.) Okay so I was in the pool doing laps in the Olympic pool and then some person came to hit my butt. I didn't really say anything since, well, I WAS P4 THAT TIME OKAY! I WAS STUPID. Then after lesson I told my parents about it and DURING THAT TIME I didn't understand the fuss they were making, reporting to the counter and telling Uncle Daniel about it. I didn't see the person though.
Anyway Andrea was telling us some very funny incidents. Like the hairy-and-bare-chested-Indian-man and the coffee-shop-uncle and about that guy who lost his girlfriend, 'Bye bye have a nice life'. It was hilarious. Lydia's stories too. Of course it's funny now we talk about it, but during the happenings it was definitely much more scary. Why do sick people roam the Earth? My dad and mum always told me to scream (in my case more 'shout'). If I'm in the bus tell the driver. Elsewhere....wait. They didn't mention elsewhere. Okay elsewhere tell some passerby? Oh knock that person in the place 'below the belt', quoting Andrea or elbow that person. Or punch that person under the chin and break the neck or at the nose. Oh simply throw your 2-ton file at the person.
Okay since when did my post become some kind of embarrassing education thing? Whoops, got carried away.
Okay this post is super long. Oh my sis said I 'okayed' too many times. What's she doing anyway, reading as I'm typing? She knows I hate that! For the matter, I hate anyone peeking over what I'm doing on the laptop!
Alright! I always find myself not posting for a week then I RAMBLE RAMBLE RAMBLE whatever I can remember of the past week, in this case, the past day. OKAY! BYE!

2006-08-19T20:18:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to:
my sister STACEY LOW-16 August (13 years old)
me-17 August (14)
Enid-18 August (15)

My birthday was pleasantly, surprisingly, nicely, enjoyably pleasant. Thank you everybody who made my birthday so great (: It was nice to know how much everyone cared and I was touched. The day started and ended with birthday wishes and SMSes, a birthday song by S2Justice, cards and presents (shoebox+stuff from MZ, chocs from Wanchu, stuff toy from Wanjane, Ashley pig from Nut, Featherbone, Lydia and Jiemin, PAU and cookies from Min, suspected stuff toy from Tee and present from Ivy etc etc.) and a hug from Iynyi and my cute lil' brother. The only unpleasantries was when Sia made us hold 8, 16, 20 and 24 counts and picked on us Flutes during practice. YOU KEEP QUIET! Come and spoil my great day?!

The next day was funnier. During Band Enid gave me a present. Then we went to the Sec One quadrangle (the area looks like a rectangle to me. I asked Enid why they called it 'quadrangle' and not 'rectangle' and she said that 'quadrangle' was more sophisticated. ALRIGHT.) classrooms. Then Valery announced that she forgot to bring the tuner! And so she went to get it. She came back with a bag of stuff which she tried to hide but I saw! Then Simin Joy and Valery proceeded to blindfold Enid and me and tied our wrists together. And made us sit down. And Enid and I tried to look for each other which I think must have made us stupid looking. Anyway, somebody dumped a magnetic toy something into our hands. Then they gave me a book. And gave me another book. (It all sounds very neat and orderly, but I swear, it was a mad house back there. We were yelling for each other and the 3 of them kept trying to pull us apart) Before finally removing the blindfold and hand ties. My wrists hurt. A cake was in front of us! Enid and Tessa, they wrote on the cake. We cut the cake. Darn, SO SWEET OF ALL OF YOU! I saw that my magnetic toy was a cow (that could be broken into 2, no less) and the first book was a 'trashy' novel ('Going Home' by Harriet Evans) and the second was a Jordi Labanda Liquerius notebook. Yay. Enid got a magnetic tortoise and a murder looking book ('Ophelia's Revenge' or something to it) and a pouch full of chocolates I think.
I got the Takashimaya bag without the handle to take home my presents. I chatted with Chloe on 76 and started reading Going Home in 88. All the way to the Interchange. Went home to change then went to Tampines Mall for dinner and went to Samuel and Kevin to change my jeans.
Nothing bad really happened the whole week, save for the Math test. And I hope Regina's grandma gets well soon. I wish for health, world peace and more motivation to study.

It's funny how a birthday makes you feel wonderful. Makes you feel loved.

2006-08-12T07:22:00.000-07:00

This week passed eventfully enough.

My China buddy came on Monday. Her name is Sun Meng Qi. I don't know how to talk to her so awkward silence ensues for most of the day.
National day celebration was on Tuesday. We played in Band. Went to see the fireworks at Marina Bay at night.
National Day was on Wednesday. It's Singapore's 41st birthday. We go bowling with Tess's mum as our guardian, then lunch with Iynyi's family at the picnic and then we head to Escape with my mum. Wanjane, Wanchu and Huiyin come along. I love the Wall's Revolution. Meng Qi enjoys the Wet n' Wild the most.
Thursday we go to Little India, Chinatown, Sentosa, LauPaSat for dinner and lastly, the Night Safari. Tess, Iynyi and I bring our Physics notes everywhere we go. We try to mug. Reach home late.
Friday I forget to bring my wallet and handphone to school, having left it in my Diesel bag the night before. Physics test goes relatively alright. Take train with Iynyi + buddy home.
Saturday, today, they go home.

In many ways, it's a relieve for them to go. It was an interesting experience, yes, but it came with a price. Not enough sleep, homework not done, time sacrifice, bed sacrifice. Food wastage.

This is such a expressionless post. Now, why did I even bother.

2006-08-05T09:25:00.000-07:00

Loads happened this week.
Some that aren't worth mentioning, like how I couldn't control myself when we got back the chinese test and cried until I couldn't stop. And made some other people cry also, I guess. It was so embarrassing. But then again it was the lowest mark in class, SHIT, I'm trying to forget it. But it's so hard.
But we got 2nd for the Indian Dance! I'm proud of us for showing our class unity, which was always hidden inside. But that did not mean we didn't have any, did it? We proved to Frog that we did, I swear he's not gonna chide us anymore about that topic. And we weren't the only class who proved themselves, that's the best thing. I'm glad. (:
The second best thing was the chocolate we got! 80 bars of chocolate! so 2 each for all 35 of us (even though 4 went for the sports trip in Bintan, but heck! It's a CLASS EFFORT. Class efforts mean everyone gets to share in the gains. Wait, that sounds familiar. Is that from Macbeth? The head witch? Oh yes it is. Oops I'm digressing.) and the remainder for the teachers or something as far as I heard.
As mentioned, Andrea, Natalie, Annette and Clare went for the sports trip. And without Annette the Nut, I was bored. Really bored. I didn't have anyone next to me and that's really boring! So I wrote her a letter and stuck it in her envelope in the middle of English and Min the Monstrous Mophead thought I was mad for doing that. I'm now starting to think of her as Min the Pau for some reason. But I'm still the official Tausa Pau.
I went running today! A short run, but nonetheless, a run. At MacRitchie reservoir. And thinking of that reminds me of Geog. I can still remember all the reservoirs that we memorised for the Geog test. But I won't recite them here. (: My blog shall remain free from the clutches of the details of my studying. For the moment. But I hope I pass this test okay. I clearly remember I was only writing 3/4s of the page and people were tearing tearing tearing the pages already which made me very nervous because I thought maybe I didn't write enough.
I think it's just paranoia. I hope.
I was just talking to Huiqing about Band and I've come to learn of stuff that made me feel rather irritated and bad. So I don't have a post because of her! Why does she have say over these matters? That freaking IDIOT.

2006-07-29T05:08:00.000-07:00

POP '06 certainly was eventful. In most ways it was nice, but sad at the same time.

After school Joy, Valery and I went to Valery's house so that she could pack her stuff and get sleeping bags. Once we reached there we had lunch and hurriedly changed into Band U. Brisk-walked to the bus stop and took 265. Turns out graduating Clarinet senior Chersiew was on it too. And 1 stop before ours, it started to rain heavily. The four of us ran off the bus to the bus stop. Joy and Valery took out their umbrellas and we offered to shelter Chersiew to school. And it was funny. I couldn't stop laughing the whole way for some reason. Then our bags and clothes were soaked.
After we got to the Band room we set up our flutes and put them in the music room before heading for the MPR for the actual passing out ceremony. Vanessa fell us in for the last time. Then the posts were announced. Congrats to everybody who got a post! Then stupid Potato Cher had to go and lecture us about the sloppiness and all that crap. He had to go and ruin the ceremony. Then it was time for the hugs and face vandalisms. I felt strangely detached from my emotions at that point of time so I didn't feel sad or anything. And Huiqing drew on all our faces. She wrote my name across my forehead and I was thinking, my name is spelled out across my forehead. And a smiley on my left cheek and a giant red turtle on the other.
After that we went back to the music room. Sec Ones played Tequila, us Sec 2s and 3s Concerto D'amore and Sec 4s American Rhapsody or something? Yep. After that they wanted to show the video in the music room but the bloody projector wasn't working so we retreated to the band room to dump our instrus there before going to the MEP room. And so we saw a powerpoint of pics and that was quite funny.
Then we went to Band room to get our bags of stuff and went to the canteen. This sparked off the start of the POP gifts-giving. We gave presents and received presents. And the Sec 2 cohort was like screaming, 'VANESSA!' at one point and then 'VALERIE AND YIZHEN!' so that we could give them their gifts together. We took pics. At 8 we left school and walked to the hawker centre with Peizhen, Xinhui and Weilin to have dinner. Had Western food and Aloe Vera with white grape. Then Ann and Sarah left us to go home and we hailed 3 cabs to take us to the hotel. Our cab driver was damndamndamn damn it annoying. I was bloody irritated and I could hear in Joy's voice that she was getting pissed off by him also. Stupid driver kept saying that the hotel we were going to was in JB, and when we told him it was opposite Marina Square he said, are you sure? I think it's in JB, you know. Hello, ladies, do you know where you're going? Joy went, if we know the hotel it's obviously in Singapore with a I'm-getting-agitated voice and he went, whoa. LIKE WHAT THE HELL YOU JUST SHUT THE BLOODY HELL UP AND DO YOUR DRIVING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PAID FOR. IF YOU WANT TO TALK AT LEAST TREAT US WITH RESPECT.
Okay so we hurriedly paid and went out of the cab and got out. Went to our room with the help of Simin's parents, who warned us not to make too much noise after 12 midnight and told us to enjoy ourselves (:
Then we fooled around. Watched some stupid TV. Then Joy had to get stuff from her Dad and at the same time pass her school bag to him so the 3 of us went down. And then we realized we didn't have the card key to go back up, so we had to call them in the room and then Enid, Simin and and Huiqing came down. We went to explore the hotel. Went to the swimming pool floor and were tempted to jump in, band u. on us and all. Then we explored the swimming pool bathroom. It's a posh looking bathroom, like a spa room. And we went into the steam room for 2 minutes. Went to the playground, and there was this rocking thing that had 2 sides to sit in, and Val and I went in to rock! Made me feel like a little kid again. And Simin and Enid clambered onto that slide thing to find a lizard on it so they quickly clambered off again. We walked around and only came back after sometime, to find Peizhen and Xiwen waking up from their naps and Weilin and Xinhui staring at the TV screen. Oops, we've been gone too long.
Then we slouched around for somemore. During this period Valery decided to have some fun with the bath salts and started pouring all 4 packets into this jar and stirring it with the hotel toothbrush! And did her usual stuff like burping and beating us and all that. Weilin took to calling her our pet dog. Then we gave Huiqing and Xiwen their last presents--the scrapbooks. Then we looked through them together and Huiqing teared a bit after that. Then all of them except Joy, Val and me went to buy potato chips. At first I was going to go with them but Val the doggie held on to me so I didn't go. There was a shortage of slippers anyway.
So we managed to entertain ourselves until they came back. They brought back Pringles and Ruffles. The 10 of us sat in a circle on the bed and passed the chips around. Then Val so thoughtfully gave me a sour sweet in the hope that I would scrunch up my face to make a 'sour face' but nope, no chance. And so by giving me the sweet, I couldn't eat the chips until I finished the sweet. Ah well. The sweet sweet was nice after the sour.
Then we fooled around somemore. After awhile it became evident it was already way past after 12. Kind of like 1-plus. So we brushed teeth and stripped off our skirts to sleep in the blouse and PE shorts and so Peizhen, Xinhui, Weilin, Huiqing and Xiwen got the bed. Enid, Simin, Joy, Val and I had a makeshift bed on the floor. The base was Joy's sleeping bag. The extra blankets and pillows and the 2 towels for the people at the side were the hotel's. The lights go off. Valery and I whisper loudly as she complains about the table legs.
'The table's very irritating! I want to move it!'
'Move the table la.'
'But it's so heavy...'
'I don't care.'
Then we're quiet until Valery makes some bubble popping noises with her mouth. Joy goes, 'Keep quiet, Valery.' then she tries out another popping sound. This time, Simin, Joy and I shush her up. And so we went to sleep.

I woke up at 5:52am. Valery was awake also. 'I need to pee!' Valery says. 'Go and pee then.' I reply. She gets up and goes to the bathroom. Then I see the light come on. After awhile the flush comes and the light goes off. She comes back and disturbs me and Joy for awhile. Only Joy is sound asleep but I am not. Then Valery moves from the side with her towel to in front of us. And that's where she sleeps till the next morning. I go back to sleep unknowingly.

Something rings. Hey, that's the alarm, I think. I bolt straight up. but, POOH, it's only Enid's handphone because her mother called. False alarm. I hear Enid say over the phone, 'See, now everyone is awake because you called!' So we all blearily wake up. Then Xinhui goes, Eh, where's Weilin? And Peizhen says, Maybe she went to the toilet. But turns out she was on the floor, under the quilt, by the end of the bed. So we change and leave the room. We go to Breadtalk at Citylink to buy breakfast (2 bread each for them and one bread and cake for the 3 of us) then we take the train to Orchard. We reach the Lido Cineplex at about 9:45 and go to buy the tickets at 9:48 but the uncle tells us they only open at 11. So we sit at the tables meant for the Starbucks Coffee patrons and eat our bread/cake. And watch the adverts on a big screen, which keeps showing Lady in the Water, Helen the Baby Fox and models modelling Dior clothes. Their hair is long and straight and either white blond or brown. They all wear sunglasses and one model has sunglasses that are glittery silver. Val and I wonder how she sees through them. Then the designer shows up on the runway himself.
At 10 Enid and Simin go and buy the tickets and Joy, Val and I go to the toilet. When we come out Enid and Simin are at the snack area. The store keeps having short circuits as they give us our order of 2 large (and boy, the container is damn big) sweet popcorn and 1 regular salted popcorn. Enid grabs a large wad of paper napkins and Val holds a bunch of straws in her hands. Joy and Valery run to where the others are waiting and dump them in the Breadtalk paper bags. We start to eat the popcorn as we wait for the Cokes. The salted is damn salty.
Then we go into Lido 1 (it's the largest cinema) and have super behind seats. We settle down to watch The Lake House. I thought it was rather disappointing and I thought that it would be more entertaining. So it wasn't as nice as I thought it would be.
Then we went back to the hotel, got our stuff and my parents picked me up from there.

The end of our POP 2006.

Time has flown and now they're leaving. Good luck for everything!

2006-07-15T21:01:00.000-07:00

We got a GOLD for NBC! saved by the 0.7% according to Regina. I was so nervous and all that. Then I got the sms and was screaming, 'WE GOT A GOLD! WE GOT A GOLD!' and jumping up and down. At HOME. But I tell you, even if I was out, I think I would still have acted like the mad loon I am.
I was, and currently still am, super high. Louise and I had a long sms conversation and she got me all excited again when I had calmed down. We did the band cheer over sms and talked and I felt so. damn. good. Winning makes me feel great (: I was very much happier than I had been for some time. According to Louise, it's post-competition syndrome. Hey, it's our first real band competition and we did well. Okay it was mainly due to our seniors, THANK YOU SENIORS.
Speaking of seniors, National Band Competition was the last competition for the Sec 4s. I feel rather sad thinking about that. It's hard trying to imagine what band practice will be like without the seniors. I'm finding it tough trying to visualize some other people as the heads in band. And there will be only 2 levels in the main band! Not including Sec 1s. They're intruders. Okay, perhaps this was how I was like last year too. I'll take that thought back.
Still, POP's 2 weeks down the road and I'm looking forward and not looking forward to it. Gotta get used to changes I guess.
I hate changes.

still, BAND ROCKS AND I LOVE US TO BITS. SNSB Bravo!

2006-07-07T04:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the cut in postings. Are YOU PEOPLE BORED OF READING THE STUPID STUFF I WRITE? If yes, I'll stop.
For the time being, I shall continue the story.

DAY FIVE
This morning we packed up our luggage, left them at the school entrance and went for breakfast. Then we went for class and gave out sweets but only a few took them. Maybe it's because the boys are embarrassed? Perhaps they have reason to la? Accepting sweets from girls? Oh well.
Come 8 o'clock, we gathered at the school entrance and prepared to leave. As I hugged Vera, mary, Selina and Helen, I started to cry so badly I couldn't stop. I was desperately trying to control myself and stop crying but I couldn't. Then Sonia, my tablemate, came and I started crying all over again. As we went up the bus, I was relieved to find I wasn't the only one crying. I think more cried than didn't? And other buddies were crying as they stood outside the bus and waved even as they looked miserable. Wan Chu was crying when she saw me start and continued crying as we sat in the bus and I started crying AND laughing at the same time. Melissa who was sitting next to me couldn't resist asking, "Are you laughing or crying?" and I replied, "Both". Finally, we left the school compound and started the drive to Huangshan the Mountain. Thank goodness, crying is tiring and crying and laughing is dammit tiring. The turguide was talking but no one was really paying attentionand gradually most people fell asleep, but Melissa and I talked about moutain climbing and Arthur's Seat.
Poor Wan Chu had motion sickness halfway and had to take her motion sickness pill. I gave her one of the plastic bags I thankfully had with me in case she hurled. I wanted her to throw up so that she would feel better but at the same time I (and Melissa) were very scared (I'm positive I was more scared then Melissa. I'm damn scared, scared, SCARED of vomit; my knees go weak at the thought of vomiting.). Also, we had just started up the mountain and there were signs to signal the windyness of the road and that didn't ease my fear or Wan Chu's discomfort one bit. Then Iynyi woke up and provided some preserved orange peel for Wan Chu. After the 2nd orange peel, we reached the carpark and the air was very refreshing and cool unlike the stuffy bus thus Wan Chu felt much better. We put on our yellow raincoats (that stained our bags and clothes) as it was drizzling and walked to the cablecar station.
Took the cablecar with Melissa, Iynyi, Tess, Huiyin and Joan. It was so high up, we could barely make out the trees and moutains in the mist. At one point we felt like we were wrapped up in a blanket of mist and fog. I told them about the night before when we were at the bridge and I imagined helping Melissa take a photo and dropping her cam into the water and we laughed about stupid but funny stuff. Could feel the pressure in our ears as well and it hurt a bit and was rather uncomfortable. When we reached the top, kind Mrs. Tan bought kao3 chang2 for all 30 of us (which has caused some people to be mad over sausages). Then we took photos of this famous song1 shu4 before going to the restaurant for lunch. It was very crowded and people were still smoking. Fish! To sum it all up, after lunch, we did lots and lots of stairclimbing. Tess and Iynyi counted the steps. We couldn't see much of the view AND couldn't get to the highest peak due to the mist and drizzle, but the mist blew the drizzle droplets into our hair so they looked pearly. Nice. One particularly scary stair was yi1 xian4 tian1 (a Glimpse of Heaven). It was a very tall, very steep, very narrow rock staircase where we were walking. Your head was at someone's butt. If you looked down, it would probably scare the hell out of you if you had fear of heights, but then again you wouldn't have been able to see much due to the mist except the person behind you and, well, the mist.
Climbing up hard was difficult, soon climbing down got bad too. My legs were shaking from the strain.
Then we reached the hotel at 3 something.
It was heaven.
No offense to the school, but it was a BEAUTIFUL HOTEL. Bath tub, FLUSHABLE TOILET BOWL, thick blankets, fluffy towels, confortable beds, air-conditioning, TV, (and probably best of all) no cockroaches! We had 3 hours to ourselves until dinner so we took our time to do things. I roomed with Melissa and we spent the first half an hour reading the hotel information file. It was hilarious.
'Our trained STUFF members...'
'...Our motto: Guests fell at home...'
OH MAN. No offense, but they can't get their motto right? We laughed until we cried and stomach muscles ached. Considering that I had been crying badly earlier part of the day and climbing up and down the few ten-thousands of steps, I was amazed I still could still laugh professional lunatic-style.
Then we had our baths. And could finally shit in peace without worrying about whether the bowl would flush or not. It was a humongous relief. Melissa took 1/2 hour to bathe because she filled up the tub then realised she didn't want the tub and also because she did her business. So while she was in the loo I scribbled rubbish on the hotle note paper and Melissa laughed like crazy when she read it later. Then I had my bath and when I came out we turned the TV on but there was nothing much to watch. So we wrote our diaries. We had to go down 6:30 but Melissa and Huiyin both insisted 6 so we went down. Half an hour early! I told them I was right. The food was superb. And we ate plenty much to replenish energy and also because the teachers brought to our minds that the rice and meat and everything else was carried up the mountain by those coolie men. Imagine how heavy it would be. OH YES! Mrs. Cheong allowed my seniors and those sitting at their table to drink beer. And Enid got drunk! Even though she denied she was drunk. But drunk people will never admit that they are drunk, will they? It was comical to see her drunk. And some of them turned red-faced. I don't turn red when I drink beer. (:
Free time after that. We retreated to our rooms and did our compos, agreeing to meet with the rest after we finished at Wan Chu and Wan Jane's room. We were talking and doing at the same time so we took 2 hours. But it was a nice time. We went into the room and watched this peacock hairstyle/ chicken feather show which was both stupid and amusing. Drank some Milo and went back to sleep.
On the whole, it was a great day.

Went with Bumbles and Marilyn to the soyabean stall next to Macs after school at 12 today to eat tang yuan. The texture of tang yuan isn't nice. I have eaten better tang yuans. (: Then Marilyn had to go home and then Charlotte came and we went to Macs. Had a vanilla cone. Then Clare went home and Charlotte and I trained to Tanah Merah and Pasir Ris respectively. Went to the library and borrowed a book. Walked home with sister and saw a friend in primary school who incidentally is also my sister's flute senior. Like he still looked the same >.<

Art exhibition at J8 tomorrow.
I can't believe that even my ugly piece of work is going to be displayed. At least we get CIP hours. Perfect.

2006-06-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Okay, on with the Huangshan story.

DAY FOUR
I made them promise to wake me up the next morning last night, so they did and I wasn't the last. We went to the common toilet for mass teeth brushing. After that, we went for classes--2 periods of Chinese, 2 periods Math, 1 period more of Chinese (where I found that I only fell asleep when the teacher was talking. I swear I did. Man, hate the stupid teacher. ) Then it was lunch. During the break after lunch, I had a strawberry icecream. After that we had a lecture on the intro of Singapore for the Huangshan School buddies, led by Mrs. Cheong then a lecture on Beijing Opera which was not interesting at all and no one was listening! Jingwen, her buddy and Zhang lao shi's son and his buddy got their faces painted. And they had to perform a small part of opera. That was so amusing. If it were me, I'll be dead with embarassment already. After the whole thing ended and our buddies went back for class, we had a Family Dance rehearsal for the evening's concert before retreating back to our dorms. After awhile, we had dinner, then Mathilda, Iynyi, Wan Chu and I put our Malay costumes in a plastic bag and rushed to the hall. Jingwen told us we had to change NOW. Oh no! We didn't have time to run back to the dorm so we went to the common toilet, closed the door and changed in full view of each other.
The concert started with this HAHAHA poem. After that the St. Nicks students and their buddies had to go on stage to take photographs. So there I was in the 3rd row, wearing my flowery purple Malay costume. After that the Huangshan primary kids put on this performance then it was time for our 'fashion show'. So the 4 of us devised some simple steps as how to enter the stage while those wearing the Family Tee, the school uniform and the Indian costume were so-called modelling. Then came our turn. We walked to the front of the stage and stood there feeling embarrassed (read: very very very embarrassed) while fake-smiling like an idiot because we had to act all pretty and gu niang-ish , so the right hand was on the the waist. When it was finally over, we went into this dark room backstage and changed back into the Family Tee in front of everyone (except there were more people this time) again. When a few more performances were over, we had to get back on stage to dance the Family Dance. We stood messily around without formation and started dancing. After 3/4s of the dance, the music was cut off. (later a few people suspected it was intentional) Someone started singing (ling2 ji1 yi4 dong4, anybody?) and so we sang the songs and danced at the same time. So damn high alright. Thus we successfully completed the dance. The really ACT CUTE ACT CHIO emcee sang this song (out of tune) and was jumping and running about the stage and unsuccessfully trying to make us enthusiastic and it was supposed to be the end but the suddenly they wanted us to dance the line dance. Okay, so S2 Justice and the 4 seniors went to dance the line dance. Was quite scared, but it was alright in the end. Thus the performance ended.
We went with our buddies to the bridge opposite the school. At night, the lights are just lovely. And we took mutiple group photographs before going back to the school.
Returned to the dorm, helped kill a cockroach, kill a cockroach myself using a broom. Someone else killed another cockroach. So it resulted in 3 dead roaches (actually 2 dead and 1 on the brink of death) next to the toilet bowl. I received a few small gifts from my tablemate Fang1 Su1 Hong2 before my bath. Then when we were are in our beds and turned off the lights, all of us on the top bunks (Huiyin, Wan Chu, Wan Jane and I) and Melissa (below Wan jane) started having small chat and I kept mishearing Wan Chu so it resulted in alot of stupid mistakes [e.g. journey becomes jelly] and led to lots and lots of maniac laughing. Oh well at least we had fun and exercised our stomach muscles.

Jubilate was alright!
Thank you to everyone who came/gave me roses. And Marilyn told me she and her seniors were dancing backstage to Lion King. Man!

2006-06-26T03:32:00.000-07:00

Back to school today.
A mix of feelings, but mostly positive because I was super HIGH today!
During assembly we are in the front row now. And we sat so close to the Specs stand such that we couldn't see anything but underneath the Specs stand. But the tiles that are overgrown with moss are gross, because they house lots and lots of ants. Basically, I spent my assembly amusing myself with the ants. There were 2 big ants which I managed to put into a small hole and cover the 'entrance' with 2 rusting nails. I felt a little bit bad but was comforted by the fact that ants can lift 7 times their weight. VALERY would've been happy to sit where I do now!

Great to see all my friends once again! Missed them. Annette went to China also and she made me choose a small clay doll from the 6 in a green rectangular box. And I think we were all very hyper today. Imran spent the whole lesson getting to know us and trying to remember our names, that was quite a laugh.

Jubilate tomorrow! Lion King!

It means no worries
For the rest of the days!
It's our problem freeeeeee, philosophyyyyyyyyy,
Hakuna Matata!

(I think I'm getting influenced by Marilyn the Burnt.)

2006-06-23T19:02:00.000-07:00

I shall type what I typed yesterday.
National Band Competition rehearsal yesterday at Victoria Concert Hall. Playing Radetzky March and The Merry Widow. Stupid Prawn conducted so fast, so I could barely play, in other words, it was 3/4 air and 1/4 sound. We got kicked out the first time, the second and third was marginally okay, I could say. We are in the 2nd division, competing with 10 other schools, INCLUDING my sister's school. Thank goodness she's in Sec1 this year only, so she doesn't get to play. In the future...?

I didn't have any mood to do Day 3 yesterday. So I'll type it out now!

DAY THREE
I woke up the last today, because they didn't wake up up. Humph. We went to the common toilet to brush our teeth/pee, to realise that in the the cubicles did not have doors and there was just a passage filled with water to pee and shit in (which the school kids are used to). Of course, we peed one by one, which even then we were quite reluctant to do so, but heck.
Then our buddies came and we went for the flag raising, where they didn't even have to say any pledge, which is quite different from our routine here.
After that, there were lessons. 2 periods of English. Then it was breakfast, before a period of History and 2 periods of Chinese (I kept nodding off there). After that we had lunch. Returned to dorm for a rest while our buddies took their naps (yes, I don't get how they can sleep with full stomachs. And they eat damn fast as well!) After that, we had to go for this Tang Poetry lecture and the stupid lecturer spent 90% of the time showing off his great ability to read poems expressively, but I was not impressed. To me he sounded (and looked like) a pervert. Then we went to another museum which I do not know the name, then we had free time to shop and we bought stuff to eat. Tausa pancake thing, a popsicle. Then we went to this nong2 jia1 place and some plucked tea leaves off the bushes to bring home, but I didn't. After that, we had a 12-course (12-course, you believe it? We can't even finish 8, they give us 12!) dinner, but more time was spent on swatting the mosquitoes in the room than eating. Then it was late so we didn't have to go to class to help them write an English compo (yesterday they helped us write a Chinese compo. Imagine my supreme embarrassment at my poor grasp of Chinese.) We went back to the dorm and couldn't be really bothered by the mosquitoes, not really as kiasu as the night before. Hey, I've got my spider!

2006-06-22T03:45:00.000-07:00

I just typed a post, and WTH the whole thing disappeared. Fish.

2006-06-21T04:05:00.000-07:00

DAY TWO
All of us (Iynyi, Wanchu, Tess, Melissa and I) were awake at 5:30am. The sunlight was already as bright as 8 in Singapore. Iynyi and I went back to sleep and awoke at 6:20 to find that everyone had abandoned us and already changed into school uniform and brushed teeth. Hmmph.
We had cup noodles from the trolley at RMB 5 (S$1) for breakfast. Finally, we arrived at Huangshan. As we exited the train station, we saw two rows of students with a large gap in between them, carrying a large red banner with the chinese words, "huan1 ying2 shen4 ni2 ge1 la1..." and a bouquet of flowers each. So the teacher from the Huangshan school made us walk down in front of the students, where they gave us the flowers.
Then we took a bus to the Huangshan school and we were welcomed again with fanfare. They took our luggage for us. Then we went to our dorms, where there are 2 adjoining rooms, no doors in between, with 8 bunks each. Unfortunately for my group of 8 people (Iynyi, Wanchu, Tess, Melissa, Huiyin, Vanessa, Wan Jane and I), our room only had 7 bunks. So we had to change rooms. Then we had breakfast and then we went to the auditorium, where we met our buddies. My buddy is called Fang1 Lu4 Fei1. After tha we had lessons, where we found out that there were only 11 girls in the class (plus Vanessa, Huiyin, Wanchu, I and another girl, 16) while the rest were boys. Then we hd an introductory lecture on Hui1 Zhou1 before going to the Cheng2 Da4 Wei4 Zhu1 Suan4 Bo2 Wu4 Guan3.
Then we had some free time to shop and we bought drinks. After that, we went back for dinner, had a bath, and spent the rest of the night worrying about the cockroach in the toilet (at least my friends did) and the mosquitoes though we were already wearing a shirt, long pants, socks, jacket and covered up in our quilt and mosquito repellent.

I'm irritated.
The pile of homework remains towering and I am not allowed to meet up with my primary school friends when we only get to meet 3 times a year. Must we still grow further apart, as we struggle to keep those fragile bonds?

2006-06-19T19:16:00.000-07:00

A change of skin again. This one is much nicer than that temporary uglyfugly blue one (:

We've come back from Huangshan. We've all had a great time together, having fun and enjoying new heights and experiences.

DAY ONE
We met up at Changi Airport at 8 in the morning. We were looking so colourful in our Family Tees. And my brother didn't want me to go. After the goodbyes, my family left because my brother had swimming at 9. So we checked in the luggage and went to the Gate C13 and got my penknife confiscated because it was in my pencilcase and I had forgotten to take it out. Eep. Then I took my pills before we went onto the China Eastern plane at 10:10am. On board we had peanuts and apple juice (sour) for a snack. Half an hour later, they served lunch. I got fish beehoon, with a side of salmon and potato salad that I didn't really touch, and fruiuts for dessert. Oh yes, the bread. I hate airplane bread, it makes me feel like hurling, so I covered it with the blue foil from the main course.
The turbulence was awful; in all the times I have gone overseas, the turbulence was never that bad. The plane went up and down and like people were screaming. I clung onto the table, kept my mouth shut and hit my leg against the side. Ouch.
After that, Wan Jane, who was sitting next to me, closed the window flap and we went to sleep for 1 1/2 hours. I was still very tired after waking up and we did a bit of Huiyin's number crossword before we gave up and felt very very bored. Then we ate some sweets and fell asleep again. When we woke up again, the plane was descending and I smsed home! Not sure if they received it though. At the Shanghai Pudong Airport, we went through all the passport procedures before going up this bus where we drove around for 2 hours and I took weird abstract photos and was shocked by the thick haze.
Then we went on this bridge and Tess thought we had to go up and down the bridge to get to the other side HAHA! The vehicles don't, only the pedestrians, scary. Then we went for dinner at this restaurant where there was some dancing while we ate.
After dinner, we went to the Shanghai Railway Station at around 7:15pm and waited in this dark, smoky (because some inconsierdate people had smoked inside despite the no-smoking sign) waiting room for close to 2 hours playing Stress and Uno with Iynyi, then trying to practice line dancing with those line-dancing (2J plus the 4 seniors) but we ended up playing. Jingwen wanted to piggyback me but then Enid carried me up by the waist while Jiaying grabbed my left leg and Simin my right and Jingwen tickled me! >.<
Finally, at 9:30pm, we got onto the train. There are 6 bunks, 3 bunks side by side. I slept on the highest bunk where I would knock my head against the ceiling if i sat up straight, so obviously I couldn't. By the time we settled in, it was quite late. So we ate some chips, brushed teeth, and talked to Iynyi (also sleeping on the highest bunk in the cabin), Wanchu, Tess, Melissa and Enid next door then said goodnights. Enid and I were knocking against each other's walls haha. It was funny.
Went to sleep at 11:30pm, feeling kind of hungry.

I've decided to post day by day because it would take you a gazillion days to finish reading this post if I posted all 9 days here, and even longer for me to type.
I'm hungry and I've been surfing the net here since 8. Time for me to go.

2006-06-06T18:00:00.000-07:00

One more day to Band Camp.

Two more to Huangshan.

Can barely wait!

2006-06-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

Balloon Hat was okay.

I liked the glitter in my hair. I think Jing Wen sprayed alot accidentally and when I had to retie my hair when I had to press the dumb balloon hat onto my head my hands came down all glittery. YAY!

And the flower 'bangle' was itchy but it was okay once we pulled it over the glove.

And we perspired like mad.

And the releasing of the balloons was lovely! The colourful balloons floated up. So many colours filled the sky. At a certain height they looked like M&M's. It was so nice.

2006-05-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

Balloon Hat rehearsal at Sentosa yesterday.

Left school around1, Simin was late. And she had to run from the band room to the gate near the forum where we already in the bus. At least she made it (:

Reached Sentosa I don't know what time, the first rehearsal was kind of drab. And the announcer kept calling our school name. Second rehearsal went better, we did our dance routine (a little) and were more relaxed overall I guess. And we cheered super loud second time round, I think the announcer was quite happy to hear that.

Come end of it, we rushed to 7-Eleven because

1. We were hungry

2. We were thirsty

3. We wanted aircon. (It was bloody sunny. And we were walking and playing at the same time? And cheering. Who wouldn't be perspiring and sticky?)

Went back to school. Took bus, then train to Tampines Mall. I knew my dad was gonna scold me cos I wasted alot of time going from Sentosa to school to Tampines when I could have gone from Sentosa to Tampines. And I was quite pissed because I was so bloody tired and so I stood in the train and waited to reach Tampines, dreading and awaiting The Lecture.

fast forward my dad gave me a lecture that lasted 2 seconds, it was only about 2 sentences long. Thank goodness.

And I didn't have dinner. So I went to bed feeling hungry but I guess I was too tired to care.

Breakfast was carrot cake and Horlicks, now I'm hungry again.

Come to think of it I think I am looking forward to Balloon Hat. But I don't know how to make the hat. But Enid already said she would help me with the hat. Other than that I guess Sunday will be fine. Thank you Enid (:

Going for Band practice again in awhile. Ciao~

2006-05-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

Dear fatso,

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
If something stinks,
Its gotta be you.

Roses are red,
Emeralds are green,
You must weigh more
Than a washing machine.

Roses are red,
Tomatoes are too.
If I had one,
I'll throw it at you.

Roses are red
Like a big, fiery comet
Your face would make
Even Quasimodo vomit.

Roses are red,
Looming huge to the ant
I wish you would drown
In a waste treatment plant.

- adapted from Stacey's sms.

HAHA!

2006-05-30T17:07:00.000-07:00

I'm worried about my homework. As usual. And we have so many band practices. Including yesterday, today and tomorrow. And the next few weeks. And guess what time the Balloon Hat rehearsal is today? 12:45 to 8:30 TONIGHT. Plainly, unless I start homework kind about NOW, I won't get anything done today either. FISH IT. I shall read the stupid da chang jin, finish it asfastasIcan (I'm on page 67 now!) and do the stupid da zuo ye and BE DONE WITH THE WHOLE DARN THING. And complete all the homework. And go off to HUANGSHAN happily.

Similarities between Tessa and Tricia.

1. We are both in GIRLS' SCHOOLS. RG, SNG.

2. We are both in Sec 2.

3. We have done badly for Math and Chinese this term? Or was it Geog, I can't remember. No, wait, it was Chinese. Only Trish is concentrating her better subjects to pull up her grades, while I am working on my poorer subjects to pull up my grades.

4. We both have been influenced by our class. Trish (bad influence, according to her), me (good influence, according to her) HA! Like being so results-oriented in a results-oriented class is called good influence. It's called PRESSURE.

AND MANY MORE.

2006-05-29T23:30:00.000-07:00

Homework to do:

-English midyear review

-English restaurant review

-Book review ONE

-Book review TWO

-Read Da Chang Jin

-Da Zuo Ye 3 based on Da Chang Jin

-Chinese comprehension practice
-Geography midyear review
-History midyear review
-Math midyear review
-Bio midyear review
-Chem midyear review

Others
-PACK FILES
-REVISE EVERYTHING i.e. study

See, how my wonderful month of June is taken away by homework.
I've done half of my Chinese comprehension and read until pg 32 of Da Chang Jin. Say, that's quite an achievement.

I want to go out with my friends. And I want to have fun. Which, I am assured, will be plenty this holiday. especially Huangshan! (apart from the questions Mrs. Cheong wants us to reflect on when we get back and the Family/line dance that we have to perform). And Balloon Hat? Plus practice for Jubilate and Balloon Hat and that National Band Competition, and all the rehearsals. I don't mind but I don't want to get scolded. Or kicked out.

2006-05-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to do anything I can to keep my mind off my PPR, which as I have mentioned, is less than satisfactory. The range of letters and numbers keep popping back into my head though.
At the moment I'm at Mum's office using her colleague's computer because she is on leave. And reading the Da Vinci Code at the same time. Refreshing my memory of the story that I read 2 years ago, since I don't get to watch the movie. I didn't understand most of the book at that time but I guess I get it better now. The book intrigues me and I have been cramming in most of my "free time" so far to read it. Now having read 478 out of 489 pages of the book, I don't want it to end.

Fiction is good to read, definitely more interesting than non-fiction. I like trashy novels. My senior Huiqing loves reading them as well. And although we can predict everything--the guy is always rich, smart, gentlemanly, charming and successful while the lady is pathetic, hopeless, losing control of her life and always, always looking for a Mr. Right--we still enjoy them. And I'm sure many others like them as well, that's why books like them exist in world. I make sense, don't I? But then again, it al depends on one's choice of books. We should learnt to respect each others' choices. (:

I am blogging so that I will stop reading my Da Vinci Code so that the book will not end so fast. At the same irritating time, I want to read it so that I will get to know the end. Man, how ironic.

***

A brave lady aged 20 by the name of Joan Chan who was battling tongue cancer which she contracted at the age of 18 passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday night. Her story is touching and although I do not know her personally and she does not come from my school, I hope that she will rest in peace. Her painful suffering, at least, has come to an end.

2006-05-25T07:26:00.000-07:00

One word to describe my results this term: Disappointing.

5 As, 4 Bs. I've never seen so many Bs.

And I cried?! OVER MY RESULTS. AGAIN. I don't even know why. Why do I keep crying in school, I still don't get it. It's freaking embarrassing. But thank you to everybody for comforting me, Tess, Huimin, Ivy, Lydia, Chunyan, Kaili, Annette, Natalie, Andrea and everybody else that I managed to recognise by hearing and blurry vision. And anyone else as well. Thanks. And you know, I almost started crying again because I was so touched. I have to stop crying. Shit.

I thought I studied harder this term. My results have let me down so bad.

Okay maybe I DID study hard. Or maybe I just didn't get what I was taught. Either way I have to buck up.

Math Trail was fun, my group and Ivy made me feel alot better. One particular Sec 1 was so funny and that made the whole trip good fun.

Holidays.

What holidays.

It's called homework.

2006-05-24T05:41:00.001-07:00

Today was the Math trail that Justice and Loyalty made for the Sec Ones at the Singapore River. Well, to make it sound classier, the Esplanade. First day today, tomorrow we'll be going again.

My group members were okay, at least they listened to us and did the questions.

I don't feel like blogging today, surprisingly.

Oh yes, something scary almost happened today. And I mean scary.

Not 'I saw a cockroach in the toiletbowl' kind of scary. It's another type altogether.

Some other type much more serious, dangerous and totally out-of-the-world kind of scary.

Don't even try to imagine, because you won't think of it.

If you try to ask, well, be prepared for a shock.

2006-05-20T02:42:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is my cousin's birthday party! Her actual birthday's in June, but she won't be around to celebrate it because she is such a SMART PERSON (she's currently in Uni) she will go to Yale in America for a summer internship for 3 weeks? And then she's going off after that on June the First to France to study there. Man. Which means she won't be my piano teacher anymore. Which means I have a new teacher. Who is my piano teacher's piano teacher.

Okay, my mum and my piano teacher-or-cousin have assured me that she is supernice, but then again, who isn't? I don't like changes. NO I DON'T.

I can't wait for the holidays. ONE MORE STINKING WEEK OF SCHOOL. But June won't really be much of a holiday, with the Band practices and Balloon Hat and Band Camp and HUANG SHAN. MAN I WANNA GO TO HUANG SHAN.

Nothing much to post these days. Oh SHOOT haven't completed History reflections? And I'm worried about my PPR, I hope my results will be maintained, what with a B4 (and the only one in my class, admittedly) in Math, B3 for Chinese (one of the few) and an A2 for English. I doubt there'll be any A1s? Man I'm worried. I hate gettting back results when I know they're bound to suck.

Everyone around me, cheer up. Life's gotta go on even when you don't like it.

Of course, we all feel pain sometime or other.

Otherwise, we wouldn't be human.

It's not the end. Not yet, not so soon.

2006-05-15T05:07:00.000-07:00

Man there's this bloody mosquito flying somewhere around my legs and I've got bites all over my legs now.

IRRITATING. AND ITCHY.

I caught sight of that stupid flying insect just now and CLAP but I didn't catch it. Which is causing me to be very pissed.

I AM PISSED. I just felt it on my knee again.

BUT IT'S NOT THERE.

I tell you, when I catch and kill it (oh no, sounding more like Valery and her killing ant fetish), I will be so...HAPPY.

Please, let me catch it soon. Or I will be all itchy tomorrow. And I don't like being itchy.

2006-05-13T01:49:00.000-07:00

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Tessa!

Never store tessa at room temperature.
Worldwide, tessa is the most important natural enemy of night-flying insects.
If you drop tessa from more than three metres above ground level, she will always land feet-first.
The patron saint of tessa is Saint Eugenie.
Some birds use tessa to orientate themselves during migration.
It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same tessa.
Tessa is the world's tallest woman!
The opposite sides of tessa always add up to seven!
Tessa can jump up to sixteen times her own height!
Over 46,000 pieces of tessa float on every square mile of ocean.

2006-05-11T07:58:00.000-07:00

Kaili is ordering me to do this whateveryoucallit quiz?

Name 20 ppl you can think of right now at the top of your head.
1. Kaili
2. Karon
3. Meizhen
4. Huimin
5. Clare
6. Tess
7. Ivy
8. Annette
9. Valerie Ong
10. Marilyn
11. Ming Ee
12. Peilin
13. Jolene
14. Tricia
15. Andrea
16. Natalie
17. Wan Chu
18. Steph Tan
19. Steph Phua
20. Iynyi

Complete the following questions:
1. How did you meet 14? Tricia, my good friend from primary school, now in RG!
2.What would you do if you will never meet 1 again? Kaili. Uh, I'll miss her?
3.What would you do if 20 and 9 dated? Valerie and Iynyi? No, no. I won't even try to imagine.
4.Did you ever like 19? Steph Phua? Yupp! She's nice.
5. Would 6 and 17 make a good couple?Tess and Natalie? Well, they're both tall. Haha.
6. Describe 3. To put it in less than 10 words, Meizhen is a close friend who listens to me. *i live by principles!*
7. Do you think 8 is attractive? Annette, you think you're attractive? I'll say yes if you do(:
8. Tell me about 7. Okay, Ivy's a supernice girl who sits very close to me and she looks prettier and more mature with her new haircut. And she's a nice friend too.
9. Do you know any of 12's family? Nope. I know none of Peilin's family.
10. Whose 8's favourite person? I don't know...? Annette! Mum, Dad, 2 sisters?
11. What will you do if 18 just confessed he/she likes you? Steph Tan? Haha, okay, thanks.
12. What language does 15 speak? the HAHAhahaHahAhahaHAHAha language. The language of the meanies. Andrea understands(:
13. Who is 9 going out with? I shall not peek into Valerie's private business.
14. How old is 16? Natalie? Fourteen, right?
15. When's the last time you talked to 13? Hmm. Talk? We haven't talked for damn long, but her's and my last sms was this morning(:
16. What's 2 favourite band/singer? I don't talk about stuff like that with Karon! We LAUGH TO TRAIN OUR ABS! At least she does :D
17.How's 4 like? Huimin laughs supermuch and is a very good mid-d runner. And she recoils in disgust to call me Tessa.
18.Would you ever date 7? Uh, Ivy is very nice (: but no, no thanks.
19.Is 15 single? Andrea is single? I don't know. Haha.
20.Whats 10's last name? Marilyn Lye Yan Jun. Our names end with JUN!
21. Ever have a serious relationship with 11? Ming Ee? Nah. But she'll probably make me as obsessed with mu4 nai3 yi2 as she is!
22.What school does 3 goes to? Meizhen is obviously where I am also!
23. Where does 6 live? Tee lives in Queenstown. That's far, but I live further! Pasir Ris!
24.What's your favourite thing about 5? I like her 'Heck it.' It's funny. Oh and she's funny. And she has cute freckles. And her handwriting. Hahaha.
25. Have you seen 1 naked?Kaili naked? I won't even think of it.

This is dumb. Gosh!

OK gotta go!
Ooh almost forgot, HAPPY early 14th BIRTHDAY MING EE!

2006-05-06T06:15:00.000-07:00

Shall start with yesterday.
We had one-and-a-half hours less of school because our school was a polling station! It was really....um, interesting to see the whole pavement and estate covered with us. Jingwen one-of-my-Sec 3-saxophone-seniors said that it looked like the whole school was going for some sort of Amazing Race or something of that sort.
Then the four of us went out: Enid, Joy, Jiaying my other-Sec 3-sax-senior and me :D (Oh, before I forget, Joy and I lied to Valery that we couldn't go out on Thursday. Sorry, Val, but it was for good reason.) We walked quite far before we managed to get a cab. At first Joy and I were quite reluctant due to us being superbly broke due to the what we now agree to be an incredible waste of money that we spent on Sports Day! But Enid said we would **** the ***** **** ******* **** so we got one. And Enid forced me to sit in front! But haha it was my first time and Joy started to read her book. Enid said, 'The Heeren'.
Cab uncle drove us there and we got off. And OHMIGOSH what happened next was damn embarrassing! We got into the lift of the Heeren Office and the few other groups of people in the lift kept quiet but as the doors closed and the lift doors opened and closed, we realised we had gone to the wrong place. And we all started laughing like mad loons, until we all had stomachaches and Enid laughed until she started to cry. When we got out of the lift again at the groundfloor we saw the door to the shops. And we started to laugh again.

Then we went the Wallet Shop and got a pink ********** for Valery! And then we walked around decided to have lunch at Taka. We all ended up having the same meal to eat. It was a set meal that constituted of Western and Japanese cultures. The main was a scrambled egg wth rice inside. And Enid started to pick out all the onions in the rice and the vegetables in the clam chowder sauce into a pile on her plate. Which caused me to start laughing all over again, because she did the exact same thing when we had section lunch before Sports Day, where we ate at Ajisen and Enid was picking out the beansprouts and spring onions and seaweed from her noodles and putting them in a heap also. Enid's policy is 'You should NEVER eat anything green'. Rubbish.

Then we walked around and bought a scrapbook from the super-large Popular at Orchard MRT. And after that we took the train and Enid and Jiaying kept trying to persuade us to tell them what we wasted our $150 on before the section lunch on Sports Day which caused us to be late that caused our seniors to wait for us and keep HARPING on about it! But Joy's and my mouths were zipped and glued shut. No, no, not telling. But our outing was fun la.

Today is polling day, but I still went to Charlotte's house today with Iynyi to do our art project. Charlotte's house is very nice and breezy and unique (: I like it alot. And we managed to complete our project without slacking. And my cousin who is my piano teacher called to say she has gotten her piano teacher to teach us while she goes away to Yale then to France to study (because she's soooooooo smart, I know I'm dumb). Boo. I don't want a new teacher even though I know she'll be nice. I want my cousin to teach me. I don't want changes. I never liked changes even though I adapt quickly. Man, changes suck.

Oh ya, today is Valery's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VALERY! We shall present our present to you on Monday/ Tuesday.

THE END. Stop reading. There's nothing else to be read. Oh, wait. There is. Yesterday, Miss G our E. Lit teacher didn't come, so a certain Miss L took over and she sucked. She's a trainee, but the way she talked, it was like, 'Hey, look, you all better listen up. I'm in charge, so you all better listen to me' kind of. Hated her. I am going to appreciate Miss G now. Please come back, Miss G. I don't think I can take Miss L.

And another thing. Our Chem teacher is leaving and she gave us Toblerone. But, oh man, I don't want chocolates in place of her! Shit, I'm going to cry. Anyway, I mean it! I don't want her to leave! She's so patient and teaches so well. And a Mrs O is coming as our permanent. Shit her, I don't like her. Fish. Now I'm gonna hate Chen even more than I already do.

I loathe changes. They make me sad and they suck.

2006-05-05T03:26:00.000-07:00

Ran my 2.4km run today! Shall not be able to walk tomorrow.

2006-05-04T03:04:00.000-07:00

LOOK AT MY BIG, BROWN EYE THAT BUMBLE LOO INSISTED ON TAKING!

I have very nice muscle aches today! And, what's more, I'm gonna run my 2.4 tomorrow! How FUN!
Anyway, only my lower back, arms, shoulders, thighs/legs and stomach are affected, so it's not too bad yet.
HAHAHAHAHA. RIGHT.
Anyway, most of my class has muscle aches here or there, or everywhere just like me, so we're all going to suffer together. Sheesh, I forgot what I was gonna say. Oh, yes, I remembered. Reading my muscle ache sentence, I feel sadistic. Some of my classmates are suffering more than I am.
And we have a Math test tomorrow. Since that SINGLE DIGIT I got, I am feeling very worried for Math tests. And I still have my 2.4 tomorrow. I shall not blog about my worrying because I think Annette has enough of my worrying, which I made very obvious when we were scribbling back and forth on my clinometer. Only that time I was worrying about the 4 items. Now it's about my Math test and the run.
Oh, no.
I've been so lethargic the whole day also...I am not looking forward to tomorrow.

2006-05-03T05:13:00.000-07:00

I haven't had time to blog, which I think is a pity because I have a lot of stuff that can be written about, for example, my new PINKISH-BRONZE spectacles, which isn't very new anymore; I think I have been wearing it for close to a month? I can't remember. Also, Sports Day. Yellow didn't win, but, HEY, we're good sportswomen. We'll win next year. And my Napfa 5 items. Had 4 items today. 40cm for sit and reach, 16 (I MISSED A BY ONE. ONE, BELIEVE IT.)for inclined pull-ups, 11.4 secs for shuttle run, 49 for sit ups and 162cm for standing broad jump. ALL Bs EXCEPT FOR SIT UPS. Hope I'll get an A for my 2.4 run too(: *cross my fingers*
Gotta go. My mum keeps nagging at me to do my homework and revision, especially for the Math test on EXPANSION and ANGLES OF ELEVATION/DEPRESSION. Now I think of it, I am sinking deeper and deeper into depression and tiredness by the minute. Fish.

Oh, and I just remembered something! I'm gonna get muscle aches from all the exertions today! Isn't it the greatest news?

2006-04-27T07:35:00.000-07:00

Whoo! It is Sports Day tomorrow! Surf's up, Yellow!

2006-04-24T07:01:00.001-07:00

Our play was okay today...

We looked scary, and I'm glad cos of that, because that was exactly the image that we planned to portray, and also because we goofed.

Firstly, Eeeheeheehee, ooohooohooohooo, aahhahahahaa. Bumbles forgot! But we improvised. Kaili and I did the laughing cries, Min did the actual laughing.

And second, APPARITIONS. I almost got the shock of my life when Min said, 'Apparitions, where are the apparitions?', luckily we had pre-recorded the apparitions, so we could pretend that we purposely did not want to make them.

And the STUPID. DRY. ICE. The smoke did not flow out like we wanted it to. Only after the show did we realise that the smoke would come out when we blew onto it. Darn!

But other than those hiccups, I think we did a commendable job, considering that we were the 2nd group to act. I liked our atmosphere, at least the lights and the makeup didn't fail us, I guess (hope) that it helped to cover up the mistakes.

I'm feeling weird and stressed up. I thought I would get home early today because my piano lesson was moved to Wednesday and I could do all my homework that I planned but it turns out it was raining and raining and raining at Pasir Ris so I was stuck at the library with my sis, because we only had one umbrella and I was carrying the large torch and that big dumb file. They were heavy too. Parents picked us up at 8:45pm from the lib and we went home, had dinner at 9. My dinner seems to always be at 9 these days. My parents are so busy, darn it. I wish they didn't have to suffer so much; work so hard, and in turn we won't all be having such hectic lifestyles.

And ends up I didn't do any work, and I've still got my Science to study. Shit.

And I am meeting my Math teacher tomorrow. I shall be brave and not be such a scaredy-cat. I will overcome my fear of Math.

2006-04-24T07:01:00.000-07:00

Our play was okay today...

We looked scary, and I'm glad cos of that, because that was exactly the image that we planned to portray, and also because we goofed.

Firstly, Eeeheeheehee, ooohooohooohooo, aahhahahahaa. Bumbles forgot! But we improvised. Kaili and I did the laughing cries, Min did the actual laughing.

And the STUPID. DRY. ICE. The smoke did not flow out like we wanted it to. Only after the show did we realise that the smoke would come out when we blew onto it. Darn!

And ends up I didn't do any work, and I've still got my Science to study. Shit.

And I am meeting my Math teacher tomorrow. I shall be brave and not be such a scaredy-cat. I will overcome my fear of Math.

2006-04-23T06:20:00.000-07:00

My glasses are broken!
I don't mind them being broken, but I DO mind that my Health Checkup is TOMORROW!!! READ THAT. Oh, I have school tomorrow as well. AND I SIT AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS.
Okay, I shall stop whining. It was around 9 when my parents and brother have gone out to see if there's any optometrist to repair my specs, and it's now 9:26, according to my handphone. And, no, it's not a screw that came loose or whatever. It's REALLY BROKEN. The piece of metal that connects both lenses, one side of it has broken from the lense.
And I feel really bad about it, because there's a sale at Levi's Jeans at Tampines Mall, I think only this week or something, and they actually wanted to go and shop, but NOW, because of MY BROKEN SPECS, they can't. I feel so, so, so bad.

TOMORROW is such a scary day. I'll be playing my role as the third witch for our Macbeth play in front of the class. I'm glad that we've got all the EXCELLENT(good work, BumblesMinTeeKaili) sound effects, I just hope that SHE has QuickTime Player to play our apparitions, that we've got good makeup tactics, and good enough costumes. Bumbles! You gotta wear whatever Kaili's getting you!
Gosh I have stage fright. I don't like public speaking, I don't like making speeches, I don't like standing in front of an audience, I don't like performing!

About my Math...
The more I dislike Math, the more I am unwilling to learn Math. The more I am unwilling to learn Math, the more I will get worse in Math. The more I get worse in Math, the more I will dislike Math. So we can see, it's a vicious cycle.
I will be meeting my Math teacher after school on Tuesday for some revision. Frog says she's very upset about our Math results and the more he talked the more I got "Can we PLEASE stop talking about this???" because he was making me GUILTY. I kept imagining that he was talking about me. I am scared, for no known reason. I just am.

2006-04-19T07:39:00.000-07:00

Today we got back our Math tests. Yep the horrible one.

And, boy, I did so badly I think I got the worst in the level, never mind that I'm in Justice. I don't care.

I got EIGHT UPON THIRTY. And I started to cry cos I was so ashamed and so SAD and I think Annette felt very uncomfortable. But she gave me tissue and tried to console but I kind of ignored her for a bit during that uncontrollable part (you know when you cry there's some time when you can't control yourself). Sorry, Annette. Luckily I stopped after less than 5 minutes, I think she would have gone mad with my sniffing and all that. Eeuk. But I now I think of it, I feel so embarrassed. Bleh.

But now I don't feel anything about it anymore.

Well alot of people failed too but I don't know anyone who got 8. The closest is 11?

Fine.

2006-04-15T21:18:00.000-07:00

I have just saved my blog! And changed my blogskin in the process. Was getting quite sick of the previous skin, and I think it's amazing that I have managed to stay with it for so long. Maybe it was because I liked it alot?

So, Hecate, you got your answer now!

2006-04-14T23:48:00.000-07:00

Went to Bumble Loo's house to do the E. Literature project on Macbeth yesterday!
Woke at 8:10am and managed to hurry to Pasir Ris MRT Station by 8:30am, and reached Dhoby Ghaut at around 9:05am, met Tee who was waiting for me who was feeling quite dumb because she was carrying the big pot? When we were all supposed to meet at Potong Pasir at 9am. Haha. Then reached Potong Pasir at about 9:17am. Tee and I got out of the station to the bus stop. And then we met Bumbles, Min and Kaili waiting for us across the road and pedestrian crossing. We waited for the lights to change. For about 5 minutes! Then we finally got the chance to cross, we dashed across, bags and pot and all! Min was wearing a skirt! She was going to a birthday party after the project. And Min went, 'Why are you and Tee both wearing yellow T-shirts?' I DON'T KNOW!
Flash forward, we walked to Bumbles' house and went upstairs to her room that she shares with her sister (Bumbles, I am still obsessed with those windows. And I still can't get over how Tee kept thinking she was hallucinating when she was actually seeing your maid walking at the balcony. HAHA!) and her maid gave us crackers and Ribena while we started work on Macbeth. It's good to do work without slacking. Well, we didn't slack as much as I guessed we would. That's really good! We managed to finish most of the worksheets and did some planning then Kaili and I went downstairs into the study room to use the computer to type out the answers for the report while Bumbles started drawing the storyboard and Min and Tee were planning for Idon'tknowwhat. Kaili and I were halfway through the first question when the three of them came busting in. And got the shock of their lives because the first question alone took up a page. After awhile we had lunch. Fried food! Fries and chicken and onion rings and mash potato balls? Yep. Yummy yummy. Oh and more Ribena plus Sprite.
Fast forward to the rehearsing part. Kaili, Min and I are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd witches respectively, Bumble Loo is Hecate, head witch, and the apparitions. Tee is the star of the show! Macbeth! So we were all fooling around with the makeup and powder for awhile and Kaili and Min looked really scary (should have taken a picture, pity we didn't!) but I couldn't be bothered to seriously make myself up. Then we wore our hats and garbage bags (cloaks) and started rehearsing. It's fun, really. But I don't think it'll really be THAT fun on the actual performing day. OH. NO. OH. NO. I suffer from stage fright!
When it was time to go home, Bumbles' mother gave us a box of chocolates each. It was REAL EMBARRASSING to take it, so in the end Bumbles, her mum and the maids practically had to force them into our hands. So we had to take it. And then Bumbles' mum sent us to the MRT because it was raining.

And that's all for the trip to Bumbles' house!

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witch's mummy, maw and gulf
Of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digged i' the dark,
Liver of blaspheming Jew,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Slivered in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk, and Tartar's lips,
Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-delivered by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's cauldron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron.
Macbeth, Act 4 Scene 1, WITCH THREE

2006-04-12T07:35:00.000-07:00

Today we went to watch the National Inter-Schools Cross Country Competition! There as support.
I AM SO PROUD OF OUR MID-D~ERS EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT ONE MYSELF! C Div St. Nicholas came in first, both individually (yes, we beat the Sports School) and in the team. I heard from Bumbles that Min's toe swelled though? Poor thing. But Min, you did well(: Everyone did(:
And the B Div team got 5th! Well, that's not bad either(:
I am happy. And maybe I'll get a sorethroat from all that screaming and cheering? We'll see tomorrow.

2006-04-01T07:48:00.001-08:00

Today I went to a friend's birthday party. Well it's actually my sister's friend's birthday party but she knows me so it's okay!
And we went mental, I swear. When we were in her room that evening, three of the boys kept switching off the lights and the last one wanted to keep the lights on and we three girls agreed with him. So we were shouting and screaming and screeching with laughter because we kept turning on and off the lights and the boys kept piling and tumbling themselves together and they were throwing around stuff like their socks and all the soft toys and stuff. The borthday girl went to get a can of air freshener to spray the room.

Birthdays
1st April: my form teacher and my friend (okay my sister's friend)
2nd April: my MUM! Shoot. No time to get anything for her.

This is a short post. Now that the party is over, I am worrying about my homework which I will have to do tomorrow. Homeworkhomeworkhomework. Bah.

2006-04-01T07:48:00.000-08:00

2006-03-25T01:34:00.000-08:00

I am bored today!
Went to Ikea to get new curtains and have lunch. Threw away the old ones during painting I think. Haha.
Yesterday was Bumbles's birthday. HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY BUMBLES! Sorry about the ugly card I made. And thank you for the Maltesers! Remember you dropped 1 and we looked all over the floor only to realise that it was on your chair. HAHA BUMBLES that was so DUMB.
I'm writing a bit retarded today, am I not? Yes, I think I'm a bit retarded today.
Had PE Leader duty for the sports heats on Thursday with Regina, fellow band and squad mate who plays the trombone (the pulling instrument). Both of us did timekeeping for the 4 x 100 relays 2nd lane Blue House. Darn we are both in Yellow and Yellow and Blue are like fierce competitors. And Blue is really strong this year! The people are FAST. DARN! Blue People, please do not kill me when you read this post. It is from the view of a Yellow Person.

2006-03-19T20:32:00.000-08:00

Well, all of you know what a mundane person I am. Yepp, you do. Which is why I am humbly listening to Trish when she COMMANDS (quoting her) me to do this survey on her blog. And besides, I've nothing to do at the moment! Well, actually I have a shit of a speech to do and all the rest but I shall not ramble about that here because it's boring me to death and I'm so sick of homework. I am so frustrated about all that crap. Wait, I'm digressing (I know JO and TRISH are very proud of me). Let's get back to the point.

1. Grab the book nearest to you and turn to Page 18, Line 4. '...still and glittering in the noonday sun. The tide was...' The Village by the Sea by Anita Desai
2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. I'm too lazy to stretch out even a finger. Don't bother asking.
3. What was the last thing you watched on TV? Haven't watched TV for goodness knows how long.
4. Without looking, guess what the time is. 12:20pm
5. Now look at the clock. What is the actual time? 12:41pm, according ot my handphone. I'm not too good at Math.
6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear? the fan
7. When did you last step outside? 1 hour and 11 minutes ago.
8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at? Tricia's blog, obviously.
9. What are you wearing? shirt and long pants.
10. Did you dream last night? Nah. Wasn't anything particularly dreamy to dream about.
11. When did you last laugh? I don't know.
12. What is on the walls of the room you are in? pictures?
13. Seen anything weird lately? No, unless you count me. Haha.
14. What do you think of this quiz? WASTE OF TIME. But a fun waste of time (:
15. What is the last film you watched? S.W.A.T. Colin Farrell acted in it.
16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy? I'm still dreaming.
17. Tell me something about you I don't know. What do you want to know?
18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do? the living conditions of the people in Africa
19. Do you like to dance? That's equivalent to asking me to tryout for cheerleading. Of course NOT.
20. George W Bush... is the president of the United States. Right?
21. Imagine your first child is a girl. What would you call her? I'll see if I live up to that age, I guess.
22. Imagine your first child is a boy. What would you call him? Same as the previous answer. I need my freedom still.
23. Would you ever consider living abroad? Yes, why not? It would be fun (:
24. What would you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates? Uh. Err. Um. I'm not dead yet, am I?
25. 4 people who must do this in their blogs. Bumbles! Wens! the way-beyond-obsessed-over-da-chang-jin swimmer!

Well, apart from this quiz.
My house looks tres fabulous now! I love love love it! Yay. But because the house was very dusty and dirty due to the moving about of stuff to make way for painting, we had to clean the house. And I slipped on the staircase cos it was so slippery after mopping and I cut the area in between my big toe and the second toe and there's like skin there. It hurts a bit. Well I know the description's kinda gross but it doesn't look half as bad-there's only skin, no blood. But the thing that matters is that my house looks nice now!

2006-03-18T06:09:00.000-08:00

It's an eventful day today!

8.30
We wake up! My brother has to attend his swimming lesson at 9. Normally while he does, we will go jogging, but today my mum stays home because she has work to do.

early 9-something
Well we reach Mornington Crescent for my brother to have his swimming lesson. Oops we are late! I hurry my brother but as we are walking halfway he realises he has forgotten his goggles. Bah I have to run back to the car and get it. My sister keeps thinking 'what got girls? got girls?' as I say 'goggles! GOGGLES!'. NO wonder she looked so blur when I asked her for the goggles. Then we walk to the pool and the instructor goes, 'Hi Stedman! Hi Mrs. Low!' I don't say anything cos plainly I'm not my brother's mother. As I walk away, I hear him ask my bro, 'Is that your sister?'

middle 9-something
My Dad, sis and I go jogging around the area. Well, a short jog. For some unknown reason, I couldn't jog today. My legs were like lead and I barely had any breath. For the looks of it, my sister too. My dad says it could be due partly cos of the very very hot weather and partly due to the haze. And before/after the jog we were discussing about what colours to paint the house (our house has been white for quite some time, we had removed the wallpaper due to leakage or something due to that).

late 9-something/ 10
Bro's lesson ends! We share a large bottle of 100 Plus and we go and bathe. Lovely swimming toilet has shower heaters! Aaah. Lovely shower. Then we go to my father's friend's workshop to ask him some stuff. And his daughter burned Enya and Jay Chou for me and my sis! YAY.

11 to 12-something to 1.05 approx.
We go and buy paint and lunch. My stomach growled when we were driving home cos I could smell the noodles!

1-something to 2-something to 3-something I think
Reach home and have lunch together with Mum! Yummy noodles and mango and watermelon for fruits. Go to the airport cos Mum has to go to Kuala Lumpur for 5 days until Wednesday to work! When my Mum wanted to check in her luggage, my brother wanted to go to the toilet. I brought my bro to the toilet and there was this friendly Indian cleaning auntie mopping the floor. As I was going into the cubicle, the auntie asked, 'That's your little boy is it?' Goodness getting mistaken as my brother's mother twice in a day? That sucks! Do I really look that old or something??? Gee. On the other hand, it means I'm tall enough to be an adult, though I have no intention of remaining at this height for the rest of my life. We run back to my mother and I tell my mother about my interesting experiences and she laughs.
We meet up with my mother's friend and we watch them as they go past the two policemen who check your passports and go to the counters where there's always Fox crystal sweets in a small glass bowl and then when all is clear my mother turns around and waves! My brother starts crying. But my Dad pacifies him by taking us to Swensen's for an Earthquake! Yay!

4-something to 7-something
We reach home and sleep! And wake up around 7 plus. Lovely sleep. Then we go for dinner at the hawker centre in Bedok and my Dad buys a white fighting fish (a very nice white fighting fish) and some food staple pellets for the fussy turtles at home.

Shall stop blogging now.
Thou house shalt be painted next day. Is this in correct Shakespeare context? Gosh getting all worked up over Macbeth. Okay a bit irrelevant here.

2006-03-17T00:59:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a horrible day.
I had band so I had to go to school.
And we were playing this song that we were going to play for the Balloon Hat Festival. Well, don't ask, it's just a festival at Sentosa when bands from all over go and play music and wear hats made of balloons.
The conductor wanted us to dance. Kind of "dance". Not actually dancing, but, you know, moving while we played our music. I did what she wanted us to do. I danced. I swearandcrossmyfingersandtoes that I DANCED.
It was only the first time I didn't dance. But other than that, I danced.
But she had to go and start scolding me. I did my best to dance. But she continually scolded and scolded. Eventually, after two to three times, she sent me out. Of the music room where we were practising, I mean and told me to practice. What the hell did she want me to do? Dance to the music outside the room and make a fool of myself?
Then my senior came to get me back in and we started dancing/playing again. The conductor continued to scold me, even though I was dancing. She said, 'You're so stubborn, how do you know you can't dance when you don't try?'
I WAS DANCING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER PUFFY FACE.
She kept saying I was stubborn that I didn't want to dance and she kept scolding me.
I was so fed up, irritated, angry and upset that I was getting ticked off without any reason. But I couldn't say anything, right?

'Why don't you play an instrument and try dancing, while I give a shot at scolding and staring at you?'
'Why don't you just shut up and leave me to dance?'
'Why are you continually picking on me? Too blind to see me dancing?'
The above are perfect examples I would have liked to say.
I know I'm being rude and all, but who wouldn't feel wronged and resentful for getting scolded for no reason? Who wouldn't want to give her a piece of their minds? Tell me.

Previously, she didn't already have a good impression of me. I always feel very intimidated by her (none of you know how much I fear her) and when she tests us one by one, my heart starts beating fast and I get so nervous and scared that I can't play my flute properly, so the sound comes out bad and so I get scolded. Most of the time, it's not I can't play, but because I get so scared that it's impossible for me to play well.
Well, now she has another reason not to like me. I can't play well (in front of her) and I'm a stubborn ass who refuses to try.
In future band practices, she will continually stare at me to find a fault to point me out and scold.

However, after band, my seniors said they saw me dancing. And they said I was "good" in the sense that I could take her snide, rubbish comments without crying. I swear, I almost cried then.

But nobody knows how I feel, and nobody's gonna face the difficulty but me.
I feel like slapping her and telling her to go to/rot in hell. I not usually this angry and petty but I am very wronged and I don't give a damn about her point of view. I know she's wrong and I'm the right one.
Only she insists that I'm not dancing and that I'm a stubborn fool.
Well, she's a blind fool herself.

2006-03-13T01:52:00.000-08:00

You know what I can't stand about holidays?
The teachers give SO. MUCH. HOMEWORK.
Tell me, what is the point of holidays?
Holidays are for students and teachers to rest, relax and recharge for the new term. Right? So what's that stupid pesky irritating crappy naggy extra thing called HOMEWORK? And a few worksheets here and there are alright, but C'MON, I have a speech to write and memorise, 3 History reflections to write, a paper booklet of Chinese comprehensions to do, and 2 projects to do. Oh, not to forget I have to complete my Art, file and organise all my worksheets and study for the test on Week 1.
I have so little homework, right? Sure.
What's the hoilday for, then.
I have an answer.

It's for us to do homework.

2006-02-27T05:37:00.000-08:00

32'56
29'27
29'12
28'11

Look at the numbers! The first time does not really count because I was having a stomachache, so obviously it wasn't done well. Second time was better. Third time was even better! Fourth time was plainly the best. But this are for 4. Not for 2.4. So I don't know if it really helps me get a 12-something or even an 11-something during the actual thing?
Get what I'm trying to talk to about? Sure you do. C'mon! Give it a guess.
:) :) :) :)
To Bumbles: Potatobee! I know you and Min like my PotaBee (:
Right. The rest of the world is going crazy because they don't know what I'm talking about. It shall be a secret between you and me, Bumbles. Ssshh.

2006-02-22T02:20:00.000-08:00

People say that I look like I am in a sports CCA, like Track or something.
One of my classmates asked me in the earlier part of the term what CCA I was in. I said Band, why? She said I looked like I was in sports because of my face.
Then just yesterday another one of my friends asked me what CCA I was in. I said Band, why? She replied in Chinese, oh, I can't tell, you look like you're in sports.
I should be honoured, I suppose.
But I don't think I'm good enough to be in a sports CCA, especially Track. Okay, I admit, I may have the stamina, but I certainly don't have the speed.
And I'll most certainly be dead pooped if I was in Track. Not like I'm not already, the homework/projects/tests are alot. And my form teacher always asks why we're so tired when he comes into class. I'm grateful that at least he cares. He's definitely not wrong. Yesterday, during the midday prayer, I put my head on the desk and I almost fell asleep, if not for the fact that Tess hit me and pinched me uber-hard later. Haha.
Sleep is what we all need, sleep is what we can't have. Life.

2006-02-10T20:58:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I went to watch I Not Stupid Too!
I went to watch with Bumbles and MinnyMin.
Okay, we had our CCAs--I had band for 2 hours until 5:30 and Bumbles and Min had track until 6:30. Before that I waited in the canteen with Joy and Valery. Then after that we took the bus to the MRT stop. Bumbles's sister and her friends took the same bus as us (they came back for their O Level results. My ex-SL got 9 A1s and she's one of the top 7 in school. Can you believe how smart she is??? And when they were announcing the results over the PA system in the earlier part of the day, the only thing I was sure of is that there is a very good improvement but I didn't understand any of the other info) and Bumbles was crossing her fingers that her sis was not going to J8 like we were, cos it would feel awkward. Once we got to J8, we went to buy our tickets for the 8:50 show. After that we went to Long John Silver's for dinner. It was there we started all the lame stupid riddles like the ones with the sheep/stars/clock. Then it went on as we left LJS to the supermarket to walk around cos we still had about an hour. It was so darn frustrating cos Min kept giving me and Bumbles the train riddle and Bumbles kept trying to guess the solution but she wouldn't let me hear it!!! AAARGH!!!
Okay fast forward.
So we went to the cinema about 20 minutes before and but the seating would be open at 5 minutes before that. So we went to Action City to pass time. Bumbles called her sis cos she wanted to get her some Hi-Chew and turns out she was at Orchard! HAHAHA. To think that Bumbles was so worried that her sister would come to J8 as well.
Then 10 minutes later, we went to the toilet and there I met another one of my friends in Sec One with her friends. I wondered which movie she was watching and it was only when we entered the cinema then I found out that she was watching the same movies as us! But she had the first row. Poor thing. Thank goodness we came at 7, otherwise we would be sitting in the front row too.
The movie was good, but some parts were really sad. And the next would be funny. And sad. And funny. On and on and on. And it's quite hard to laugh when you're sad. I didn't cry, Tee, not one single teardrop! But I was quite sad though. I'm not completely emotionless.
The movie was very good. I think my $9.50 was well-spent. And I don't think Jack Neo was 'refrying his fried rice' like someone-I-can't-remember said.

2006-02-03T05:04:00.000-08:00

By order of Jia Min I shall blog some nonsense.
Hmm. What's there to report.
Okay, I have two flute juniors (both do not know how to play the flute, thank goodness; okay, I'm BAD). They are Ann and Sarah! The way they play reminds me of how I used to be at the beginning of last year. There's, of course, improvement on my part. So if a stupid twerp like me can play the notes and learn scales/songs then of course my juniors will be able to do so! I want to be a nice senior but I'm afraid my juniors will be scared of me, partly because of my fierce face(It's true, okay. People say I look so serious/fierce when I don't smile) and me being so darn loud. But I can't help it, see. I'm loud by nature and I have been loud since I do not know when, probably since I was a baby haha.
Oh and Chinese New Year are lovely. Chocolate and love letters and pineapple tarts and cookies and kueh balu and oranges(the other day during the school CNY celebration BAND had to play the national anthem/school song and we remained at the netball semicircle and we all ended up eating our oranges because the celebration was boring, partly cos we couldn't really see the performances. Joy, Valery and I ended up eating 10 oranges together...which means 3 1/3 oranges each!) and lo hei and bak kwa...I love all of them! I'm a greedy pig. All of you should know by now.
Okay, Jia Min, that's enough for today. Ta-ta bye!

2006-01-17T18:39:00.000-08:00

Being in Secondary Two isn't a piece of cake. It's tougher, harder. But then again no one ever said that it would be easy.

I mean, It's only the, what, third week and I'm pooped. So is everyone else, I bet. There's tests to study for, and chinese spellings(I wonder why they still continue with them, since they stopped with the English one) and homework research and ePebble downloads and projects and folios and exams, most importantly.

But never mind so much about that. I'll manage. We'll all manage.

I'm starting to enjoy my classes and laughing with my classmates. We are funny people and we have 10-minute laughing fits everyday, so much so I have a sore throat from too much laughing. It has never happened until this year. A-hem.

Today Miss Lee decided to teach us Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo De Xin, a chinese oldie, during Music. And there was a melody and a harmony, so we were taught both. And, believe me, I never thought that it would sound so nice, but it did.

Gotta go.

2006-01-05T22:13:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is the CCA fair for the Sec Ones! And BAND is gonna play some nice music for them. Yeah, right. NO, I'm serious.
The piece I'm looking forward to playing is Grease! Grease is great. The music's nice. But there is one stupid part where the flutes are asked to stand. Like for what?
Yesterday when we had combined band practice in the forum I could see the er hus from CO at the spec stand and I was thinking if they could hear us playing. I didn't see Marilyn but today she told me she heard some band music that sounded real familiar and real nice. Now THAT was really nice. I am so proud.
Ugh. I just realised I sound so egoistic. Maybe I am?
And we get to wear the Band U! People love the Band U. I love the skirt.
Whoo. Am I excited. I hope I get nice juniors. Hopefully all amateurs in flute playing as well. I know I'm bad. OH, well. Happy CCA Fair, everybody.

2006-01-04T01:21:00.000-08:00

Today is an immensely bad day and I am in an immensely bad mood. Get out of my way if you don't want me to snap at you.
I hate it. I HATE it.
Go get a life.

2006-01-02T19:53:00.000-08:00

First day of school here. Aah, aren't we all so excited. Took the school bus (thankfully there's a primary and secondary one). I woke up at 5.30 am.
Spent the day drowsing in lectures. Time to go for more lectures now. How nice.

2005-12-28T19:06:00.000-08:00

I hate the fact that people enjoy calling me this freaking word: WOMAN.
Am I even woman yet? I've barely begun teenhood!
'Eh, woman...'
'Link me, woman!'
'WOMAN!'
What on Earth???

I just came back from band camp today by the way. I had a great time except for a few bad things that happened. I really enjoyed the night games. And at night, everyone slept real late. The teachers decided to give us some room. I'm sure everyone appreciated that. Great.
I slept CLOSE TO 3am and awoke around 5.30am. I got about 3 hours of sleep for the whole night.
I liked the zong1 ji2 mi4 ma3 game. Only because I didn't get to eat. HA. HA. It was quite gross, really. The group which got the number had to eat a sandwich-made up of different fillings, ranging from chocolate HL milk, potato chips, bananas, curry; tartar;garlic chilli sauce, chilli and tomato ketchup, Justea bubble green tea, seaweed, Twisties.
All sound nice, right? Wait till you mix them together. Must be yummy, I'm sure. Mm-mm.

2005-12-23T19:42:00.000-08:00

I am in a great mood today! Haha!

My dear kind mother got all of us presents for Christmas. Oh, and me and my sis and brother new waterbottles. I didn't get her anything though. Ugh. Feel bad.

People are not expecting this.

This is a WARNING.

On Thursday, I went to Orchard Road. I went to Bits and Pieces at Wisma Atria, and got myself double piercings for my right ear. As you all previously know, I already had one earhole in each ear. So it all sums up to say I now have three piercings in my right ear and one in my left.

Shocked?

SHOCKED?

I know you are.

I have a feeling people are going to ask a few questions, so I'm gonna answer them.

1. Do my parents know about it? Yes, OF COURSE. I'm still a good girl inside, okay, it doesn't mean I like ear piercings that I'm turning gangsterish/I do things behind my parents' backs. In fact, my dad asked me if I wanted to pierce, because he knows about the time I had a second hole in my right ear, but it had an infection and the hole closed up because the earstick fell out in Australia. And ear piercings went 1 earhole $6 and two $10. So two earholes were obviously cheaper.

2. Why didn't I pierce one hole on each ear? I don't exactly like having my earholes balanced. Plain and simple.

3. Why aren't my parents going berserk? In fact, I think why should my parents go berserk? It's just a piercing, it's not a tattoo. Tattoos are permanent, unless you want to go for the laser treatment and live with a scar after that. Piercings are not permanent. Piercings can close up. My parents don't give a hoot if I want more piercings. Then again, I guess parents have different values and all. Don't go against your parents by secretly piercing. DON'T.

Questions all answered? Hope so, huh. Ask more on the tagboard if you have more questions. By the way, Merry Christmas everyone. Happy hols!

2005-12-20T16:52:00.000-08:00

And credits go to [forbidden destiny] for this blogskin (:

2005-12-20T16:43:00.000-08:00

I like my new blogskin.
I think it's nicer than the previous sunset one. The sunset one had a bit of a problem with the bottom border, or maybe it's just my computer, because there was a white patch. Did anyone else see it?
I know this skin is very not me.
Less than two weeks until school reopens. Great.

2005-12-18T16:07:00.000-08:00

Fans of Harry Potter, go to this website:
www.harrypotter.warnerbros.com

This site features stuff from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. So...enjoy!

2005-12-08T12:05:00.000-08:00

Woke up at 10.08am today! The latest wake up time since the start of the holidays, not including the time in Australia, though I couldn't say I woke up later than 10. Oh well. Was really tired last night for no reason whatsoever. My sis kept trying to wake me up but I heard her once. I turned to look at her but her eyes looked close so I though she was sleep talking. Thus I went back to sleep.
I am so bored. So so so so bored. I am sick of homework, even though I barely did any. But I read The Good Earth. Finished it. It is really good. Really really good. But I came to see how money can change the behaviour of men in that negative way. It comes to the situation when men have too much money on their hands and they start to become arrogant, proud. That is a really sad situation.
I am going to read it again. Later. Then I will do the assignment. I have found that in E. Literature, we have to read the book at least twice before we can start doing the assignment. Funny how we tend to only take note of the important details only during the second or third time. Tsk tsk. Careless.

2005-12-07T16:46:00.000-08:00

I am so freakishly bored I am going mental.
Read much of The Good Earth. It's a really good book. It's quite deep and interesting. Some parts are kind of sad though. And I think it's quite disgusting that you can buy female slaves for a handful of silver. Like, what? Just because they are female it means you can buy them? This novel is of pre-revolutionary China so I suppose the events in the book are true, but hte characters aren't.
All of a sudden I am addicted to blogging. Soon, when I have the time and my Internet connection is stably working, I will blog about my trip to Australia '05.

2005-12-06T12:02:00.000-08:00

Today is a really hot day and I am now at Mei Qin's house to do the Grand Prix thing. It is so boring. There's nothing really easy or interesting to do about it.
And to top that off we have homework. I've still got a ton, no, wait, make that three tons of homework left unfinished and I am sure most people would agree with me when I say we have slacked the whole holiday away. We have too many enjoyable things to do that we neglect our homework! Haha.
Approx. three weeks left to the end of holidays. Bah. But before that I still have band practice(not to forget the Sec 1 swearing in ceremony! aaahhh!!!) and homework to complete and books to read. But I don't mind band. I love band! It's the homework part I dread.

2005-12-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

Testing, testing.
Okay, I think I'm gonna switch to writing proper English. Call me weird or anything, I don't care. Maybe it will be easier to read...??

Anyway credits go to my cousin(the same brilliant one who teaches me piano) for my really nice blog address! And to [winged fishbone] for this beautiful blogskin.
There are many other sunset blogskins to pick from. From the many that I looked at, most are really nice.

And I just realised I have a love for dark skins. True, I love dark skins.