Monday, August 24, 2009
It feels great to wake up late on a school day! hahas. Yup, don't have to go to school this week but I'm still going for selected lessons.
Anyway, kiddo jumped out of the tank AGAIN! This time, it was in the middle of the night as my dad found it motionless in the morning. Which means, he must have been out of water for a really long time. My dad almost dumped him in the dustbin, thinking he was dead. But he wasn't! He managed to recover cos I saw him swimming in the morning when I woke up. Haiz. I hope he doesn't jump again tonight.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009
Went to temples to pray this morning. I think it is really good to have a religion that you strongly believe in. It gives you comfort and points out a direction that you should undertake in your life. Now, I'm clearer in seeing what are the goals in my life.
We bought new koi fishes today! My dad bought 3--- a yellow, a white and a black. My siblings and I each adopted one. Wells, my brother was the first to say he wanted the white, my sister wanted the yellow and I'm left with the black koi. hahas. We gave them names! My brother named his pyro, my sister named hers nox and I called my koi kiddo. hahas. It was really interesting to see how the new koi fishes fit into the new environment--- the tank at my roof garden. My dad noticed that pyro interacted with the old residents of the tank really quickly. The koi can socialize! hahas. Kiddo and nox went to hide when they were first introduced into the tank. Kiddo is really hyper active. I noticed that when the shopkeeper caught him with the net and he was struggling profusely. So it was no surprise that he jumped out of the tank. Nox too jumped out of the tank after kiddo. My brother found out but my sister was the one who caught them and placed them back into the tank. Poor kiddo was out of the tank for quite some time cos my sister said he was not struggling when she caught him. I just went to observe them after dinner. Looks like nox and pyro became good friends and they were together with the old residents. My poor kiddo seems to be really shy. Wells, shall observe him for a few more days. Perhaps he will become more bold once he adapts to his new home. hahas.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Had class photo taking yesterday. At least it was not the same position as last year although I'm still sitting down. hahas. I got my good side! (: For the informal photo, I got to stand! hahas. We did our flower pose. Then cos we were the last class, we made use of the same venue and used wanqing's camera to take more photos. We did Exuberance! hahas. It was actually quite cool. There was colours award in the evening. I went there for only 15 min! hahas. Listened to Mr Mannon and Mrs Cheng speeches then left for tuition.
Went to collect my new specs this morning. It doesn't look as nice as when I tried it last week. Haiz... Still getting use to it. Anyway, went to Hyatt Hotel for buffet lunch. Mr Teo was treating the council retreat team. I ate alot...again... hahas. It was really good. Thanks Mr Teo! We ate for close to 3 hours, talked about teachers, academics, movies... Then we went to cineleisure to shop for teachers' day presents. CAREBEARS! (:
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Thursday, August 20, 2009
Maths test is over! Felt really great cos I'm not as busy as before while studying for maths test. At least for today... Then prelims revision will come! Anyway, when I reached school today, I was met with a surprise. hahas. A few of the 42nd councillors were in formal wear and walking around school. I was wondering what was going on. And it turned out to be publicity for grad night! I'm really excited for grad night although the theme is not out yet. But grad night means the end of Alevels, the start of a long holiday, the night to dress up, take lots of photo, and feel like a princess for one night. hahas.
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Monday, August 17, 2009
It's back to school again. Anyway, this morning was exceptionally exciting. hahas. It was exciting not in a good way though cos my classmate unintentionally hit down the pipette stand in the chem lab with her chair. So CRASH! I saw 3 pipettes being broken but the staff checked and found 9 broken/cracked pipettes! My poor friend has to pay more than $50... But luckily the staff asked her to write a letter explaining what happened, perhaps she doesn't need to pay that much. We were giving her suggestions on what to write. I bought a new GC from the school's bookshop. But the TI 84 Plus has no stock and there is only the silver edition left which costs $199! Haiz. I didn't expect it to cost so much but no choice still have to purchase it. Wells, I'll be able to use it for university and my mum says to keep it for my brother when he gets into JC. hahas. Investment! After school, PeiXuan, JiaWen and I went to AMK Hub to snack. It has been a while since we last did that.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Watched UP 3D today at AMK Hub! This is my first time watching a 3D movie in the cinema. It was a rather cool experience. The 3D effect was the most vivid not in the show but during the advertisements. hahas. Especially Toys Story 3 and when Walt Disney appears. The effect is just fantastic! Anyway, I really like this movie. It has everything--- Funny, Sad, Touching and most importantly, CUTE characters! I really like russell but after the movie, I thought carl has more substance. The movie made my cousins and I cry at certain parts. And at other parts, it made us laugh. The whole cinema laughed together which is really nice. There was this little girl sitting behind me who really related to the show. hahas. When it was the super sad part, she started wailing. And it was really loud. She kept asking her mum questions like the bird is gone, how? And her mum had to comfort and reassure her. hahas. Good movie! (: It was worthy of the $13 spent on the ticket. My most expensive movie ticket. If you haven't watch it, do catch it. It warms your heart! And lessons can be learnt.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Went to toa payoh this morning. Sent my grandfather to the doctors then my parents, sister and I went to popular. Couldn't find GC there! :( Apparently popular doesn't sell TI. Anyway, I don't want to make a wasteful trip so had my eyesight checked at my optician's place. He said I have been studying too hard. hahas. My degree went up again! So now its 700 for my right eye and 825 for my left. But I had fun trying out different spectacles frames. The staffs there gave me one pair after another to try out. I even tried those with weird shapes but it was really fun. I settled for a purple one! My favourite colour! (: So I'll have a new pair of spectacles soon.
Went to AMK Hub for dinner. We tried the Ministry of Food, a Japanese cafe. I think it was in 8days. Not bad. But the portions are small so if you are not a heavy eater, you can try there. Then had dessert at this traditionally decorated place. I can't remember the name but it was featured in 8days too. The business was really good, we had to queue for our turn. My family ordered the 4 pax tau huay. They served it in a unique way. I took a photo! hahas. Then we went to the cinema to buy tickets for UP 3D tomorrow. Going to watch UP. (:
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Friday, August 14, 2009
It has been a long time since I last cried in school I think. hahas. And today is the day that tears kept flowing. I cried not once but thrice in school today!
Firstly, I left my GC behind in the library yesterday. I was hopeful that I could get it back from the librarian cos I wouldn't expect anyone to steal GC. But after assembly, I went up to the library and the staff there told me to return at 8.30am cos the librarian would only reach school then. So I spent chem lesson with my mind wandering. Then after chem, I went to the library again. Sadly, no GC! To make matters worse, the librarian attitude was quite bad and even asked why was I so careless. I know I'm careless but don't rub it in. So I tried the General Office. Ziyun and Audrey were already there helping me to find my GC. But poor girls, they were asked to WAIT thrice by the staff while she answered calls and settle other visitors' doubts. After doing all that, she didn't even let us look at the lost and found items. She just asked the other staffs if they saw a GC. Wells, no one did. And they chorused, "If the library says don't have, then don't have lor. HAHAs!" Yes, they actually laughed! Ziyun was angry. So was I when the staff rubbed it in more by commenting how careless I was. I couldn't take it and left the GO tearing. I hate it when I lose things so important. This reminded me of when I lost my art preparation works, also in the library, in sec 3. Someone stole it and I was devasted! All my hard work... Anyway, I cried not only because I lost my GC but also cos I was really tired then. I slept only at 3 plus am this morning cos I was busy doing my draft reference. Never slept so late before. So I'm kinda emotionally unstable when I don't have my sleep and plus I LOST MY GC! But must thank Ziyun and Audrey for accompanying me during the break to find my GC and comforting me. (:
Secondly, Miss Ling talked on the topic Conflicts for GC (not the calculator!) today. She talked about what happened in class and how we should face such conflicts. As she talked, she started to cry. I think she cried cos we are graduating yet the class still has unsettled conflicts. When I see someone cry, I'll cry too. So yup that's what happened. And there were more people such as Xinliang and Peixuan who like me cried together with Miss Ling.
Thirdly, after Miss Ling dismissed us, a large group of us gathered at the back of the classroom to chat on what Miss Ling had said. Then we started to talk about prelims and Sijia was already crying and then Jo-lin cried and I cried. Hahas. Jo-lin's influence! Like I said before, I'll cry when someone else cries in front of me.
Anyway, today was a lot of crying and talking day. We discussed almost everything under the sun from class conflicts to gossips to porn (hahas) to gender differences...
When I returned home, my mum and sis don't let me buy a new GC! :( They don't know the importance of a GC to me! I still have maths revision exercises to do, maths test next week, upcoming prelims and Alevels! I can't do any statistic revision during the weekend without my GC. Haiz. The over reliance on technology. I am utterly disappointed cos I thought they wouldn't be so unreasonable. I am already desperate. Luckily for me, my dad is so much nicer! He allowed me to buy a new GC. (: Thank You Daddy! Plus he helped me edit my draft reference to 2am this morning. Really appreciate it. (:
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Monday, August 10, 2009
It has been a fruitful long weekend. Not in terms of studies but in terms of catching up with family and friends.
7/8- Seen in the previous post. It's friends day! hahas.
8/8- Family day! Or should I say Families day! hahas. Went to my grandma's house to celebrate 2 uncles and my dad's birthdays. We had a spread for dinner, ranging from pizza to sushi to chilli crab. Fusion! I love the fact that I could be around my cousins. We went into a room after dinner to play bonding games. hahas. My idea! And we all had a good laugh. I like to play games with my cousins cos I will know them a little more and we would always have lots of fun. (: I laughed alot until I started to lose my voice. One of my cousins also lost his voice! hahas. We only left my grandma's house close to mid-night.
9/8- More family day! hahas. It's my dad's birthday and Singapore's birthday! (: We went out for a good lunch. Had lunch at Raffles City. It's a french restaurant. Went to my grandma's house again for dinner. All my relatives sat together to watch the parade in the living room. It's so cool! You can feel the togetherness. We could see the fireworks from my grandma's house. It was super beautiful! We took the pledge together at 8.22pm too! hahas.
10/8- More more family day! My godma and godbrother came over for lunch. We had a spread for lunch! (: Was supposed to watch UP with my cousins later. But the tickets are sold out! I want to watch UP cos Russell is so cute. hahas.
Anyway, I'm sad that this long weekend is coming to an end. Back to studies again although I should have spent time studying during this long weekend. But family and friends are more important! (:
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Friday, August 07, 2009
Last NDC at NJ is over... But I enjoyed myself! hahas. I was really 'high' throughout the celebrations.
the first sight of the morning! solaris preparations! really reminded me of last year.
class photo! but claire and ziyun are sick. :( and yuhung is missing!
congrats to the 42nd HAT for such a wonderful house performance! although we didn't win the NE Cup, we came in 2nd and not far away too! (:
look at gareth! our skirts are of the same length! hahas.
my fellow mugger!
7 flowers! hahas. ignore hsiangwei behind. he's being an EXTRA!
this photo is hilarious!
nice photo right? i have good photography skills. hahas.
at Swensens! we had a really good lunch cos we played funny games while waiting for our food.
We went to jo-lin's house after lunch. Some of us played mahjong, some played chinese chess, some read magazines and some sang old chinese songs! hahas. My luck was really good while playing mahjong. I'm a big winner! hahas.
then we went to ktv!
this is a funny shot of the guys.
us singing and having a good time! (:
It was a great day! We couldn't sing all the songs. hahas. Too many songs, too little time. Anyway, if you want to see more photos, go to 08S06 blog. I uploaded more photos there.
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Thursday, August 06, 2009
The week is coming to an end. Still remembered I was at home the whole of last week nursing a flu. Anyway, I can't wait for tomorrow! (: It would be the last time celebrating National Day at NJC. I can't wait to watch the performances, sing the National Day songs with my friends and taking lots of photos. Hahas. We are going to KBox after the celebrations! It is going to be a fun day! (:
Anyway, everyone is busy writing testimonial now. I shall express my views on the princesses who always bring joy and laughter to my school life. (: All 7 of them are really precious to me. And I really hope our friendship will last even after graduation.
(better put according to alphabetical order cos all 7 are equally important. hahas.)Audrey- The Self-proclaimed Queen! hahas. She's really smart. I like to tease her though cos she doesn't take it seriously and we would always end up laughing. Like today when we were recalling our National Day Celebrations experiences...
Jean- Badminton pro! You should see us thrash our opponents today during PE. hahas. But I'll remember Jean for being so stressed up for every test. hahas. And CHEMISTRY Jean! The nightmare...
JiaWen- The Happy-Go-Lucky girl who doesn't get angry! I'm really impressed by her nice nature. She doesn't hold grudges and is always there to care for others. Thank you JiaWen for being the kind person you are, listening to my problems.
Jo-lin- She is super HIGH! Hahas. That's why she's called Jo-lin for being so joyful and cheerful. She really brightens up school life. She's a great friend, helping me out especially the whole of last week when I'm not in school.
PeiXuan- Ah Suan! My PW group leader! She's a bit blur that's why she's so cute. Hahas. A food lover like me! I miss going to AMK hub with you after school like last year and going out to eat for every PW session and also after CIP this june.
SiJia- Dance and Music. Hahas. And a really good friend too! She did me a HUGE favour by cheorographing the whole solaris walk-in. THANK YOU! (: She's a friend you can share your burden with and also any crazy ideas.
ZiYun- Dog-lover and now Money-saver. Hahas. She's the first person I know who is so into animals! A gekko for a pet? Hahas. Anyway, I like to tell her my day's experience, although it is always the same. But she would still listen!
I enjoy hanging out with them. We would look out for each other too! Hahas. Let's work hard for Alevels together! I believe all of us will reach our goals. Remember our date to prom! Hahas.
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