OUT OF PLACE

it came upon a midnight clear

2007-12-24T23:43:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!

缺氧

2007-12-23T13:39:00.000+08:00

想你有时会缺氧
嘴角不自觉上扬
这是不是幸福的现象
胸口微微的发烫
想你有时会缺氧
脸红呼吸不正常
这是不是幸福的症状
不知不觉又缺氧

那么简单的词，却那么贴切的形容了恋爱中的感觉。
只可惜... 到现在，都还没遇见能够让我缺氧的人。
继续寻找吧，或许...下一个就是对的了。
只怕... 又再一次的上错车。
继续等吧，或许... 幸福真的就在不远处。
只怕... 一辈子等不到。

Goodbye... for now!

2007-12-08T12:29:00.000+08:00

I'm leaving Singapore in, like, 6 hours. Going off for my 2nd holiday. Hee =D

Haven't updated for quite some time. Didn't have the mood and the time, I guess. Life was full of Orientation, Angklung, and Green Link right after I came home in November. Now that Angklung's performances are done for the year, Green Link's EOP is over, there's only Orientation 2008 left!! Woohoo! Oh yes. A glimpse of our Tyraz banner!!

I still remember almost 1 year ago when the PAE postings came out. I was so confident then that I would get into my 1st choice JC (then, VJC), imagine the horror and shock when I saw that it was : NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE (SCIENCE) !!! Hahah but now there's no regrets coming here. I mean, I probably won't be able to fit in in other colleges like in NJ. I admit that I did wonder, how different life would be if I had gotten into VJ, living in Victoria Hall (with free internet!), cycling to school every day, off to ECP during weekends. But really, there's no point looking back and saying "What if...". I've been asking myself (and others) a lot of 'what-ifs' these few days, such as "What if I wasn't in Terra HAT?", "What if I wasn't in Open Day?", "What if I'm shorter?", "What if I did better for Os and prelims?", "What if I didn't come to Singapore?", "What if I said yes to him?", "What if I was in SIS1 instead of SIS2?"... Endless what-ifs.

Read the newspaper today (once in a blue moon), and I really think that life is so so so fragile. How many people leave the world everyday? Is death scary? How does it feel like to know that you're dying? Sometimes it's just unfair, when you see the people around you leave and we wish that it wasn't him or her. But then, when it happens to other people whom you do not know, the pain won't be felt in you, but it'll still be felt in someone else. I guess everyone gets their fair share of dealing with such matters in life.

Accidents can be avoided. But then again, if it can be prevented, it won't be called an 'accident' anymore, right? I know it's cliche, but what they say is really true. Appreciate those around you when you have the chance, do not wait until it's too late. Yeah, who knows what will happen? One moment, I'm here. The next, I might be... well. But if I suddenly start going up to my friends and family and tell them I love them, they will think there's a screw loose in me. Hahah. Maybe I'll write love letters to tell them!! =D

Ok I'm uber hungry now. I want char kuay teow!!!!!!!

it's emo time!!

2007-11-15T18:23:00.000+08:00

Yup. As the title suggests. I'm all alone in the school. What else better to do? Quote from Yao Rong. "Emoing makes you reflect!!" Gah. I'm reflecting without a mirror here. How wonderful.

Few days ago I posed this question to the HAT. "How many real friends do you really have?" Yep. So I'm throwing this question back at myself. How many real friends do I really have? Or rather, do I even have real friends?

Define real friends. I think at least for me, the meaning of a 'real friend' varies from time to time. When you're 8, a real friend is someone who passes folded messages to you in class despite sitting 2 aisles away; who waits for you during recess and lunch breaks; who goes cycling or walking around the neighbourhood with you; and who invites you to her house for birthday parties of every single family member of hers.

When you're 18, a real friend is someone who lends you a shoulder to cry on when you can't get the dream guy you want; who promises you treats like movies and Starbucks whenever you ace your exams; who sits there quietly just listening to you complain about your school, your friends, your family, your life; and who pangsehs their other friends just to go out with you to watch a movie that you badly want to catch before it ends its run in the cinemas.

When you're 28, a real friend is someone who introduces their eligible colleagues to you who's still desperately single; who gives you a call whenever she gets hold of discount vouchers so that you all can go splurge together; and who confides in you about her secret fantasies about her getting married to a George Clooney equivalent.

When you're 38, a real friend is someone who worries about matters of your whole family, including your husband, your kids, and even your maid; who plans holiday trips for both your family and hers; and who makes an effort to visit you every year even when she's staying in a place miles away.

[I'm too lazy to write about friends at 48]

When you're 58, a real friend is someone who calls you and discusses her (or her husband's) retirement plans with you; who secretly expresses her wishes to be a grandmom; and who actually still remembers your favourite colour, which your husband can't even remember.

[Again I'm lazy to write about 68]

When you're 78, well... I haven't thought that far into the future. So I'll just leave this blank first.

Yes. Well. So how many real friends do I really have? I have no idea. I don't know whether it's real friends that are hard to come by, or it's the fact that I'm refusing to open up to other people. I'm guessing the latter. Erh. Yes I admit that I do not like confiding in someone, probably due to past experiences that I shall not elaborate here. Friends do come and go, when I was 8 I thought my best friend then would be forever, but apparently life isn't so perfect. At 14 we didn't talk, and at 15 when I left for Singapore, my attempt to reconcile the friendship didn't really succeed. On the other hand, at 15, I made friends which, I thought, would be forever too. Till now things are still going fine, although I have no idea when we will lose contact in the future. Let's not think too much about the future.

People change. So do I. There's nothing wrong about change. It all depends whether the change is for better or for worse, isn't it? Changing is actually a type of self-defense, it's to protect ourselves from the world, from people around us.

I've never felt so... lost in my life. For everything I do, there's no aim. No goal. For a JC student, yeah, the main aim is of course to study. But how do I aim the ball to kick into the goal when this isn't even the ball I want to kick in the first place? Everyday I question myself, why am I here? Because I obtained the scholarship that I never wanted? I made myself busy to occupy the emptiness in me. But in the end it made me even more lonely. Because of the commitments, I've pulled myself away from others, from friends, and even family. I couldn't perform up to expectations. How many times have I teared just because I couldn't withstand the immense pressure? The knowledge of the consequences that I will face is terrifying enough, but yet what gives me nightmares is the fact that I would not even be able to reach the next stage. What if I succumb and lose my way in the midst of the huge maze? There'll never be a compass, never be a map. Then I'll never find the exit. And maybe I'll just lose myself eventually.

And somehow, jogging around the neighbourhood at night helps to clear my mind. I'm not using Clear just because of Rain ok. I really love the quiet night and the sound of the wind. Let's just hope I don't run into anyone dangerous.

It's 100 degrees celcius in here.

2007-10-06T22:28:00.000+08:00

-edit-

Ahh. Decided to erase this entry. No point keeping it and get worked up every time I see this.
So smiles everyone!! :DDD

雨过天晴

INFP

2007-10-01T08:32:00.000+08:00

You Are An INFP

The Idealist

You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world.
Open minded and accepting, you strive for harmony in your important relationships.
It takes a long time for people to get to know you. You are hesitant to let people get close.
But once you care for someone, you do everything you can to help them grow and develop.

In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards.
You are very sensitive. You tend to have intense feelings.

At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values.
You would make an excellent writer, psychologist, or artist.

How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak

What's Your Personality Type?

hmm... quite true I guess. Especially for the relationship part. XD

But the test I took in school said I was ISTJ. O.o!! Did I change so much in half a year?? The only thing that holds is that.. I'm still an 'I'. Haha. That'll never change, I think.
Which reminded me of something. 'Change Me'!! Lee Hom's new album. LOL :P

비...

2007-09-23T09:26:00.000+08:00

it's raining, and i'm mourning

4.

2007-09-12T20:28:00.000+08:00

10 Sept was E.T.'s birthday. E Tian la, not the E.T. from outer space. But E Tian acts like E.T. sometimes too. XD We [LiPhin, Xuxin & I] really racked our brains when it came to buying her birthday present. Haih. It always happens every year, and for everyone's birthday. Finally we decided to give her a PINK box full of PINK stuff!! Haha since she's so girly and likes pink. But we pranked her and gave her a 1.5L mineral water first. OMG her reaction was funny!!

But anyway, she liked the PINK present!! Haha. Phew.

And we all bought the same type of pouch! (Mine's the monkey)

Hehe last time waaaay back in Sec 3 we wanted to each buy a soft toy, those in More Than Words, the complete set of Pooh, Tigger, Piglet & Eeyore!! They're like soooo adorable! Somehow we didn't buy any. Heheh I realize I always think of buying things in sets of 4! 4 can be {CGS M'sian Scholars: Xuxin ETian LiPhin Me} and it can also be {Terra HAT: Weiwen Marcus YaoRong Me}, and my best childhood friends - {Evie SyaoTung WeiYien Me}. =)

Argh. I miss the times when 4 of us were together back in Sec 3 & 4. Like how we meet each other EVERY morning at 6am for breakfast before going to school. And how we go out to celebrate the end of exams. And how we gather at Mrs Lucy Tan's place every Chinese New Year. And how we celebrate each other's birthdays. Argh!!!!! I miss you guys!!!

And speaking of childhood friends, I just found this picture of my kindergarten taken way back in 1994! [Thanks Cin Cen for editing it! :)] I was only 5 at that time! Hahah we looked so cute last time!! I still remember how 'fun' it was to go to a place where practically everyone speaks Chinese and I could only understand like 3 words out of 10. Heeeeh.

Oh no. I just realized. Why am I online blogging now, when I'm supposed to study for promos? Grrh. *Tahan tahan tahan no onlining for 2 weeks*

Introns & Exons, Lefties & Neckties

2007-09-11T21:11:00.001+08:00

I am an INTRON!! Introns get spliced off the mRNA 'cos it's non-coding. :(

You Are An Introvert!

You're not necessarily anti-social, but you do tend to need a lot of alone time.
You tend to think before you talk, which doesn't make you the loudest person in the room.
While you aren't outgoing, you are a good listener - and you tend to be a loyal friend.
And you enjoy your friends as much as any extrovert does, in smaller doses.
You're more of a conversation over dinner type than a party animal... and so are all your friends.

Are You An Extroverted or Introverted Girl?

You Are 40% Left Brained, 60% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.

The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Are You Right or Left Brained?

bye bye hols

2007-09-09T12:24:00.000+08:00

Lalala. End of Sept holidays. Didn't even feel like a holiday, with all the extra lessons in school and all. Hmph.

Went out to study with Jie Ying, Su Yi and Shermin yesterday. Don't know why they decided to go to some random block's void deck to study. I don't mind 'cos it doesn't really matter where I study. But that place's cool. Cool place + cool people = FUN!! Hahah. :) I only managed to study like 1 single chapter of Biology in 5 hours. Bleah. At least now I understand DNA and Genomics. All the transcription & translation stuff in the cell, ribosomes mRNA & tRNA, mutations & frameshifts. LOL :P
BIOLOGY IS COOL STUFF

Had angklung performance again on Friday. This time was a combined performance with Malay Dance and Western Dance at Singapore General Hospital. Ah well. 1st time solo on kulintang!!! OMG. There wasn't any microphones there so I had to like whack the keys really really hard to make myself heard. Hmm. Few more performances and I'll become a trained whacker.

I found out something on my way back from school. Walking from NJ's main gate to Nanyang Girls' BS, it takes approximately 34 times of Do Re Mis!! Don't understand? We [Vivi & I] started singing Do Re Mi on our way back, and everytime it reaches "That will bring us back to Do oh oh oh..." and we start again - "Do a deer..." Hahax. People do weird things sometimes.

Do a deer, a female deer
Re a drop of golden sun
Mi a name, I call myself
Fa a long long way to run
So a needle pulling thread
La a note to follow So
Ti a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to
Do oh oh oh
Do a deer, a female deer
Re a drop of golden sun
Mi ...... me is crazy.

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2007-09-05T20:38:00.001+08:00

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请你跟我一起走吧

2007-09-05T19:13:00.000+08:00

有时候
想要远走高飞
离开这里
到一个没有人认识我的地方
但我害怕

如果有人
牵起我的手
说要我跟他走
我会说
“我愿意。”

i want i want i want!!!

2007-09-02T22:43:00.000+08:00

Went to Suntec City and Marina Square with my roomie today. We went into a few shops to window shop. Sigh... 'window'...

Anyway I tried on this knee length black dress and I really wanted to buy it!! Ohmygosh and I don't look fat in it! Haha. I don't know why I wanted it. It isn't my habit to buy clothes. Hmm maybe can save it for Grad Nite next year. :D Aiya forgot to take a picture of the dress. Grr.

I feel like going home! Well not that I can call KL my home, but that's where my house is! I want to go shopping! I've already thought of the endless list of things to buy when I get back.
- nice nice clothes! :)
- shoes! I want to get high heels... Hahaha :) but not that necessary though. Oh and more pairs of sport shoes. The ones I have now seem to wear out very fast.
- watch! OMG I love Fossil watches!
- bags!! Different bags for different occasions. Ooh!
- books! I know I won't have the time to read them but oh well... I still want books!
- CDs/DVDs!!! Ahh my ultimate favorite items. What more to say? =)
- earrings!! I really need more earrings.
- Umm. Anything else?

Ahh I guess that's about it. Oh no I'm turning into a shopaholic!!

raahh

2007-09-02T12:44:00.000+08:00

My mind is blocked now. Can't think. Am supposed to do research for Moot Parliament, but seems like my brain is refusing to work with me. Every thought that emerges will be lost in a few seconds. Argh.

I want a new camera. Raaaahh. Get it during COMEX 07. Yah I know, but HOW?

By the way I'm still not anxious about the fact that promos are just around the corner. 1st paper 19 Sept? Hahaha. Wait. What?! 19 Sept?!

tired.

2007-08-29T23:53:00.000+08:00

Went for SPI [Society of Paranormal Investigators] tour last Saturday. We had to gather at 11.30pm, I think the whole thing started at 12am. Yeah, I just love this kind of spooky and scary stuff, but to my disappointment, it wasn't as scary as I thought. We just went to cemeteries, cemeteries and cemeteries. First we went to Bukit Brown (or Kopi Hill) Cemetery. It's a Chinese cemetery, by the way. Went there before for cultural mapping, but of course at 12 midnight, everything would seem a bit more scary. Plus, it was the 14th day of the seventh month, so there were a few people doing their rituals there. Quite scary, come to think of it. There were so many offerings on the road, if we weren't careful enough, we would have stepped on some. Well then we went to this Parsi cemetery at Choa Chu Kang. By the way, Parsi is a religion that originated from... can't remember... Bombay, I think. And their population here in Singapore is only about 300!? Hmm interesting. Then we went to the Chinese cemetery in Choa Chu Kang. Haha did an experiment there. One of the ways for seeing 'things' is using chopsticks to hit a bowl. So we did that, 3 of us brave souls and 1 observer. We were like sitting in between graves at 3am and looking out for 'things'. Well... sad (or glad) to say that I didn't see any. Probably 'cos I was too focused on my bowl-hitting. I was thinking of the songs that we play in angklung [Reverie, Zapin] and hitting them out using the chopsticks! Haha :) But I thought I saw a white figure though. Can't be sure, it could have been my imagination. Ah well. If there's a chance, I'll go another time! At least it's educational. Good to learn more about religions, especially since we live in a multi-racial country(s). :D

Then on Sunday went to meet E Tian, LiPhin, Xuxin at Hwa Chong Pool Side Cafe. Haha for the first time in our 2 years we ordered rice+veg. Normally we would have just called our own set of food, but don't know why that day we decided to eat like that. Had this sense of 'familiness' Haha :) After that I did something super sinful. LiPhin and I decided that we weren't full enough, and went on to Island Creamery to eat dessert. !!! I ate this huge mud pie that could've fed me for days! But ohmygosh the mud pie was sooooo yummy!! I don't mind going again, seriously! LiPhin!!!! When's our next ice cream outing? XD

Today was super tiring. As in physically tiring. Had inter-class Captain's Ball during PE. We played against S11. Was quite ok, quite fun too. I wouldn't mind having another match like that. :) Then stood at Terra's stall for TDC fund-raising. We're raising funds for HAT (that's House Activities Team for those who don't know), 'cos we simply have not enough money to spend! Well... if we get $30 per year it's surely not enough right. And we can't have the HAT members paying out of our own pockets every time. So yeah... do support us!

In the afternoon had 2 hours intense training for ACES Day. To my shock and horror we had to do Body Combat. Well I have to admit that it's much better than dancing, and it's really quite fun, actually. Punch punch kick kick. Punch kick punch kick. Wooh~! But my whole body aching after that. Like now. Ouch.

Then after that rushed up to practice kulintang. Feel so guilty for not being able to attend the practice today. I missed like don't know how many practices since June. Argh. I blame my itchy hands for trying out the kulintang in the first place, or else I won't be playing it now. And I won't have such a high stress level each time we perform. Speaking of performances, Angklung's having a combined performance with Malay Dance on 7th Sep. And I'll have to play the solo melody kulintang, because our DEAR Amy here decided to go back home to MALAYSIA, so Xiu Wen has to replace her on the bass. So that leaves me on the melody alone. Sh*t. No time to practice, I'm sure I'll hit all the wrong notes. Sh*t la.

Then rushed off to buy the food stuff for tomorrow's fund-raising. 3 bottles of 1.5L root beer. 2 tubs of 1.5L ice cream. 2 bottles of 1L Marigold Peelfresh (for my own consumption, of course).
(3X1.5) + (2X1.5) + (2X1) = 9.5 + a thick file = almost 10kg [in my hands]
1 laptop + lots of notes + big bag = almost 4kg [on my back]
Distance walked = From Hwa Chong bus stop to Nanyang Girls' Boarding School room C3-12
= approx. 350m
Work done = ? count for yourself.
Energy taken in the whole day = near 0 J, 'cos skipped breakfast and lunch which meant nothing to eat
Energy spent = a lot???

So conclusion for today, I must have lost some weight again (well I'm sure at least 10g!) Oh yeah up till now, 9 people already commented on me losing weight. The next person who asks me whether I lost weight, I shall tell them :"Try not eating for a whole day for almost 1 month. Lose or gain?" And when the juniors come next year, what will I tell them?

"Join council! It'll help you lose weight! *smiles*" :)

Forever In My Heart, Forever In My Life

2007-08-25T20:49:00.001+08:00

NJC Open Day 2007 is now officially Close Night!!!

Whew. It's finally over. All those nights staying back in school to ensure our banners were alright, all those meetings which we always ended up digressing, and all those time we spent cracking our heads for ideas. I must say it's a relief, but at the same time, I can't help but feel a tinge of regret. I regret not getting to know my ad hoc mates better in the process, and I regret not recording down our progress - from Day 1 when we gathered as 2007 Open Day Comm till 24 Aug when the Day itself came.

I must say I've worked with the best combination of people that we could ever asked for.
Teacher-in-charge Mr Tan, probably the best teacher that we could get, who drove all the way from home to shoo us back, and who refused to have a stayover for preparations, and who always forced us to leave school by 9pm.
Overall I/C Ms Tan Ying Zi, who is ever so responsible and always taking matters into her own hands for fear of worrying the rest, and always settling everything for us, and for being so patient (initially XD) and understanding about our other commitments.
Assistant I/C Ms Andita Shantikatara, who is always the motherly figure and forcing me to eat, and forever teasing me about certain issues, not to mention my one and only walking partner back to hostel. :)
Sponsorship Comm Ms Valerie Goh, dedicated sponsorship seeker, AEP scholar, who creates the best designs and posters for Open Day. Mr Benedict Tan Jianwei, 40th Student Council's No.1 preferred candidate for NJ Lion Mascot, the ever-so-righteous Head of CIA whom we can always depend on for council welfare, the one with a Swiss Army Knife, who always becomes the rope cutter, and who I managed to trick into reading a Chinese sentence! :)
Publicity & Deco Comm Ms Yuvika Diwan, the most dedicated pub & deco I/C, who always stays back to do the banners and designs, who is always there behind the grandstand despite her busy schedule as a HAT member. Ms Kerk Thing Thing, fellow M'sian, who is always so entertaining, who always forgets which state I come from (Terengganu!) and also creates fantastic designs.
Programmes Comm Mr Goh Weiwen, TERRA House Captain, who puts in so much time to settle the student helpers and putting aside his other matters, and always trying to tell jokes but failing everytime, and probably the loudest member in our comm. Ms Gan Su Yi, President of the 40th Student Council, a very meticulous person, who always ensures that we know our roles well, and who is enthusiastic and crazy all the time, and always providing us with songs from her handphone. Ms Gan Fengping, one of the few girls who is actually interested in scary stories, who masters the art of sewing banners in a short time, and a true-blue mathematical person (who else uses sets theory to sort out the list of student helpers?!). Mr Teow Jing Ho, again a fellow M'sian, also another provider of songs through handphone, who offers us Pocky, who is always my best conversation partner and partner for practicing of languages, and the youngest in our comm.
Logistics Comm Mr Joseph Praful, who is always so efficient in doing things, the last person on earth we expected to have a girlfriend, and who is scarily and gradually morphing into Mr Goh Weiwen.
The 40th Student Council, every single one of the 40th Council who came and helped with the preparations, who was always so supportive of Open Day, and whose spirit never fail to overwhelm me.

Ohmygosh. Thinking back, I realize that I've really gotten used to the presence of my comm members. After this, I think I'll feel lost without those banner painting sessions after school, without those KFC and McD Deliveries at 8pm, and all those times when we hang out in the Council Room and Student Lounge discussing about Open Day. Ohmygosh. Why must Open Day be on 24th Aug instead of 24th Oct? Then we would have a much longer time working together. I envy Grad Nite Comm, they get to have each other for 6 months! Year End's not bad either. I really think that Open Day came and went in a blink of an eye, how I wish it would remain longer!

National Junior College Open Day 2007. Proud to Be: We Lead the Way.

song playing now: Junjin and Linda's 'Forever'. Forever in my heart, forever in my life. Memories of Open Day will remain with me forever. :)

Thoughts of the Day

2007-08-16T22:16:00.000+08:00

I love Open Day Comm. I really do. Today I was feeling.. to put it in LiPhin's words.. emo the whole day. I shall not elaborate why. Morning, left hostel, went for GM, and Trent surprisingly did a cheer, but I just couldn't make myself do it. Even though I wanted badly to cheer for NJ, cheer for council, cheer for Open Day, but my heart just wasn't in it.

Lessons were as usual. With me sleeping in almost every lesson. Chem tutorial, bio lecture. Surprisingly I didn't sleep throughout Chem lecture, only slept during the last 10 minutes. Well it's my fault for sleeping only 3 hours this morning lah.

Skipped breakfast and lunch. Which meant that my stomach was totally empty since morning till 6pm. But funnily, I don't feel the hunger anymore. I can not eat for the whole day and still no warning signs from my stomach. Maybe it's immune to stomach contractions?

The house pub room is clean! Thanks to the effort of the HATs. So sorry that I didn't join in the clean up.. But the rest did a great job. :) And there's so many banners! Yay~! So cool! Oh yeah Jiateng showed us the printed banner that the 39th Aerius HAT did. PRINTED. Oh my gosh. How much does it cost, I wonder? And it's like really nice.

Speaking of banners, went to paint Open Day banner, and I don't know why, I instantly cheered up when I started painting. Haha people thought we were so artistic, painting without outlining first, but actually there was white chalk on white cloth! LOL. Yeah. Back to Open Day. I really think OD comm is cool. Haha. Our new name: SCOD. Suyi came up with this. :) Quote from Jieying, the Hot I/C of NDC Comm: "I think your comm quite cool eh. But our comm is hot." -_-|||

Open Day is in 7 days! There is still so much to be done! Oh no oh no oh no. *panic attack* Goodie bags!!!! Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh.

O is for Open, Open is better than close!
D is for Day, Day is better than night!
Open open open open open open Day!
Wooh~!

18.

2007-08-10T22:59:00.001+08:00

Finally my 18th birthday came and went. So many things happened these few days, don't know where to start.

Ok let's go back to 8th Aug, National Day Celebrations in NJ. It was not bad, just that I got fried sitting under the hot sun. Terra wasn't top three for interhouse march-in, but it's okay, all of us were quite open minded about it. At least we now know what to improve on. Nothing much on that day, cleared up the school after NDC [tons of confetti!!], attempted to hang the Open Day banner below the NJC Crest but failed. We need weights! And a shorter banner! Haha :) But it was fun up there.
Rushed to KAP for PW meeting. Hmm. I feel so guilty for dozing off during the meeting. Went back to hostel and slept the night away. Somehow I managed to wake up at 11pm and went to bathe. Haha had a premonition about some people celebrating my birthday. LOL.

Not surprisingly, promptly at 12am 9th Aug, the 4 crazy gals [Amy, Jingwen, Siqi, Xiaoqing] barged into my room carrying a cake. Haha I knew they were coming! Somehow. They gave me an alcoholic drink!! Since I am officially 18 I could buy and drink! Yay :) And they also gave me this SM Town Summer Special 2007. I didn't even know that it was out la. Wow. They really took the trouble to find what I like. So touched.

9th Aug. Peaceful day. Woke up to see rain. Even rain comes and find me for my birthday. Wonderful. :) Slept the whole morning, replied messages, read book, slept again. Ahh. That's life. Went out with E Tian in the afternoon, got my present from the 3 of them [Li Phin E Tian Xuxin]. Haha. Somehow I also knew what it was before I saw it. Thanks to my hint-dropping the past few months. :D ET insisted that she buy me a cake. Haha poor girl. Got cheated by Li Phin who went back home.

Saw the fireworks from Marina Square. I swear, next year's National Day I'm just going to stay quietly at home instead of being so silly to go and squeeze around with so many people. Goodness! The crowd was... Argh. But anyway... the fireworks were fantastic. Haha for my birthday again. :)

10th Aug, back to school. Had Open Day meeting. Thanks to Open Day comm, especially YingZi, who took the trouble to buy the super nice chocolate+banana cake for Thing Thing and me! Love all of you! Muacks muacks! Then had to go sew banner in the Student Lounge. Instead, we had like a karaoke session (ok, only Jing Ho and me were singing). I realized that Jing Ho have the same likes and dislikes when it comes to singers and songs! Even Dong Bang Shin Ki! Omg!

Haha then next went down to grandstand for our lunch and then helped Teachers' Day Comm to paint souvenirs and banner. Hmm whole day gone just like that! Ah no no must start work tomorrow, or else I will die on Monday! Econs test. PW EoM. WR. Maths. Chem. Bio. Aih.

Just something for these special people who brightened up my birthday!

LiPhin Xuxin ETian: Thanks for sticking with me throughout the times in Crescent. Wouldn't know what it would be without one of you. Thanks for the wonderful birthdays you all gave me last 2 years, this year too! Even though we couldn't celebrate with all 4 of us, but never mind! Love ya lots!

Amy Siqi Jingwen Xiaoqing: Haha you guys know me perfectly well! Thanks for being the first to wish me on that day! And I LOOOOVEEE the CD! Thanks loads! Oh and next time lets not get 4.8% alcohol, let's get something more! Haha :D

My Terra HAT: There's never a moment without laughter with you guys around. You all really brighten up my day! Now I'll never regret being in HAT, 'cause you guys are the best people to work with. Love ya guys too! :D

Open Day Comm: I think we rock. Haha. Yep we're a bunch of different wacky people and we make an explosive combination. Thanks for making the meetings so fun and bearable. Open day is coming soon, and I know that we'll gonna sway the secondary school students off their feet. Love each and every one of you all! O is for Open, Open is better than Close! D is for Day, Day is better than Night! Open open open open open Open Day! Woohoo~!

Evie: Bestie! Haha of course you won't forget my birthday. Not when we've celebrated it for so many years! Thanks for the message, even though we can't meet but I promise I'll go find you as soon as I'm back in KL! Love ya~

Kuan Zeng, Yee Ann, Kah Yian, Faira, Mak, Chia Lee: You guys never fail to remember my birthday year after year. Thanks so much for giving me warmth all the way from Malaysia!

S17ers Vivien, Ivana, Ek Theng, Huang Zi: Thanks guys! Haha Vivien all the way from Indo! I'm touched. :D S17 rocks my socks. But we really need to be more enthu. Anyway, I love S17!

Seniors Shuming, Hun Kiat: Thanks for remembering my birthday! :) Haha and thanks for always saying hi in school. It really does brighten up my days in NJ! :)

Graf in Thailand: I never expected you to remember my birthday. Thanks for the email! Hope that we can keep in touch often! :D

Nat, Michelle, Kok Hao, Jiateng: Thanks for remembering even you guys were busy doing TDC stuff!

Ying Zi, Xiu Wen, Weiwen, Joseph, Nat, Li Phin, Yao Rong, Thing Thing, Marcus, E Tian, Vivien, Michelle, Chia Lee, Kok Hao, Huang Zi, Yuvika, Jiateng, Ivana, Ek Theng, Shuming, Bertha, Hooi Choo, Hun Kiat, Mak:
Thanks so much for making my birthday a wonderful one! It wouldn't be the same without your wishes. :D

Firstly...

2007-07-29T11:31:00.001+08:00

Finally decided to set up a blog, because I realized that life has been speeding past lately. If I don't record it down, I'll most probably forget what happened.

Well as usual... it's busy as ever... Since school holidays ended in June, the word 'breakfast' has been non-existent, and Nanyang Girls' Boarding School is only a place where I bathe and sleep. Council Angklung GreenLink studies. It's hard to balance, but there's only myself to blame. I got myself into this mess in the first place, didn't I?

Yesterday was Crescent's 51st Speech Day. :))
SO glad to meet most of my old schoolmates. Really miss those days in 4C3 where I only needed to bother about studying, studying and studying. Ah how much I would give to go back to secondary school, with outings to Orchard after school almost every week, or even hanging out at Tanglin Mall's McD, or maybe even just lazing in my room watching VCDs or DVDs.
Almost everyone I saw was in JC uniform... Haha couldn't imagine what were the teachers' reactions when they saw us going up on stage with super short skirts. But back in Crescent my skirt was way too LOOOONG. And not to mention big. Hmm it wasn't even my size but I was forced to buy it just because the teacher thought I could still GROW. Hahaha.

Mrs Lee gave the report on Crescent's progress in 2006. Wow!! It's amazing to see how much Crescent has improved. Future School, Band 1, L1B5 9.9... I'm really proud of CGS. The lucky juniors who get to use all the new facilities and spend their time in Crescent.. I envy them a lot. Never mind, once a Crescentian, always a Crescentian, even though I was only there for 2 years, it was one of the most unforgettable times of my life.

I miss 4C3! I miss those times where we turned from the Stone Class to Class of the Year! I miss the funfair where we did our Amazon Basin, National Day and dressing up in red & white, mass dance [We're all in this together] :) and all the fun times in C3! LOL I even miss maths lessons and social studies lessons.

Camwhored with a few people... LiPhin, Arfah, Bertha, Tess, Kejia... Haha the red blazer really stood out! Shall upload the pics once I figure out how to use this thing.

Wanted to go out after that with the old C3 peeps... But duty comes first... Had to rush back to NJ for Terra HAT meeting. And it rained. Argh. It just had to rain when I didn't bring an umbrella. I bet I was quite unsightly, wearing a white blouse and grey skirt, trying hard to walk fast in court shoes. And I had to walk all the way to the MAIN GATE. Of course, without stockings, the friction between the shoes and my feet... produces blisters!! Yay~~ Then after that had to walk all the way from main gate to hostel which took me double the normal time all because I was limping... Double yayness!~~~

After I reached my room, had to quickly grab my makeup kit, and off I went again, for Inter Racial Inter Religious Nite 2007 at Expo. Well it was the seniors' swansong, so it had to be our best performance ever! And we did it! In front of the President! Reverie and Zapin Budi to sway the audience, and 1 of the organizers even came and praised us, saying tomorrow [today] we must perform as well too, because Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan will be there... He's a former NJCian by the way, and a President Scholar too! Ohh yeah I managed to shake hands with Mr Nathan. Hahaha :)

Was so tired yesterday... Fell asleep in front of the computer... Sh*t must find time to do my EoM and GP VA. And Open Day programme booklet. And all those Terra flags. Argh. Tak boleh buang masa lagi....