Deery...

2009-12-10T07:10:00.000-08:00

Since yesterday, I've been doing volunteer work for sdsc at the heeren. Tomorrow's my last day but we can still go back to help. Initially my job was to do gift wrapping but gift wrapping isn't popular enough thus we did balloon sculpturing. I learnt how to do balloon flower, sword, butterfly, rabbit... It was really fun! Then we'll bring the balloons to the street to sell to raise funds. I've been meeting friends along the street for the past 2 days! Hahas. It's really nice to meet friends cos you know they may support you. So, if you are near heeren, do come down and support! (:

2009-12-08T01:53:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a LONG and TIRING day with activities packed to the fullest but it was a very MEMORABLE one too! (:

Went to NLB in the morning to attend a welcome session for JC3 PSC interns. First time wearing office wear! hahas. Met up with Letts and ZX. There was a talk by the director. It was formal yet informal. Then it was buffet lunch. We sat down and asked questions regarding the Civil Service, PSC, Scholarships...

We then went on a learning journey to ISD Heritage Centre. It was a very interesting trip and I found out more about Singapore's history as well as what ISD does.

Rushed to Raffles City as prom starts at 7pm and the learning journey ended at 5plus. I got to Quest Salon at Raffles City and had my hair washed, blowed and styled. First time having my hair washed at a salon! hahas. It felt good. The lady who attended to me was very nice. She allowed my mum to do makeup for me while she did my hair. hahas. I felt like an artiste! Then I changed into my prom dress and off I went to prom. hahas. All these were done in an hour!

Reached the function room and it was a mess outside because both NJC and HCJC were having prom at the same time and at the same venue! Anyway, took many photos outside and the poor juniors had to chase us in, just like what my council had to do last year. hahas.

The programme started and we got to enjoy dance and band performances, lucky draws, contests... I didn't win the lucky draw! :( And the prizes were really good. See lah GuanHao, give me such a lousy number! hahas. Just kidding! The food was also served. It was better than my sec 4 prom food although it was the same venue. Of course, there was still going around to take photos! Too many photos to upload on my blog. hahas.

We attended the post-prom program but it was nothing much. Then we cabbed to SiJia's house. We removed makeup, bathed and changed. We took turns to bathe and I was the last! hahas. At least I could take my time to bathe. (: We were supposed to watch DVD but the player couldn't work so we ended up playing cards and monopoly. Half-way through the monopoly game, I was dead tired so SiJia took over me and I went to sleep! The rest continued playing and they DIDN'T SLEEP till next morning. I wouldn't be able to last. hahas. We went out for breakfast and the signs of not sleeping started to act on them. We all returned home to SLEEP (i think).

That's a brief summary of my day! (:

Metamorphosis 2009 (Great Job Juniors!)

2009-11-26T02:06:00.000-08:00

Hello Blog! It has been a VERY long time since I last wrote here. hahas. Many many things happened during this period of time. Happy times, Sad times... But 25Nov was a memorable day and I need to blog about it. hahas. It was the last day that I could step into the school compound of SNG before it undergoes renovation. I'm going to miss it! And all the days that I had spent in it. It was there for 25years!!!

The morning started off with our annual sports day! I can still rmb the days I organised sports day. It was terrible but really enriching!

Here are pics of the school compound before it gets a new brand look:

Model of our beloved school

The spacious canteen! All the benches are removed... But I will rmb the GOOD food sold there! hahas.

The field! We did 4 years of NAPFA here as mentioned by huiying! hahas.

The clock tower! We've heard stories about it but never got to visit it until today! hahas. Our first and last time!

We did jump shots at the clock tower. So prepare to see many many jump shots! hahas. Some failed but some are ok:

I conclude that I'm good at jump shots! hahas. Just kidding!

More pics at the clock tower. We'll never be able to see it again anyway:

We visited the art room next. I wanted to collect back my Olevel art work but they removed EVERYTHING! Looks like I will never be able to get my art work back. We took a few GREAT photos at the art room:

I went to see all my classrooms of the 4 years I had spent in SNG:

Sec 1 Justice! I was so small then. hahas.

Sec 2 diligence! This was the BEST class! I really enjoyed by Sec 2 years. (:

As usual, we will write on the board. hahas. It was already filled when we got there!

Sec 3 Loyalty! I didn't really like that year. Can't rmb why.

Sec 4 Loyalty! My graduating classroom! (:

That's all for the day at SNG! I saw many familiar faces when I went there. It was so nice to be back. The school had such a warm feeling, just like a family! I can't believe I could still rmb how to sing the school song! hahas. It just came naturally. I will always rmb my times there and all the friends that I have met! (:

I LOVE YOU ST NICKS!

2009-08-24T05:26:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-08-23T07:53:00.001-07:00

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.

2009-08-22T02:10:00.000-07:00

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! (:

2009-08-20T05:46:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-08-17T06:44:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-08-16T08:22:00.001-07:00

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.

2009-08-15T07:13:00.001-07:00

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. (:

2009-08-14T02:41:00.000-07:00

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. (:

2009-08-10T00:20:00.001-07:00

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! (:

2009-08-07T17:37:00.000-07:00

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.

huiying! (:

indian dance was the first performance! i saw new faces. jo-lin and letts being lame. hahas.

SOLARIS! the sea of yellow.see my classmates standing up? i got them to stand during a song before this. cos it was already our last NDC. and where was I? at the podium! hahas.

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.

2009-08-06T02:19:00.001-07:00

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.

2009-07-30T18:26:00.000-07:00

4th day of MC. Went to visit the doctor in the late morning. Had new medicine prescribed cos I completed the previous course of medication. The doctor didn't allow me to go back to school tomorrow. Haiz. He was afraid I'll get the virus again from school and then it would be more difficult to cure. Looks like this is my longest MC ever! Anyway, the new medicine has this side effect. It makes my hands and body tremble. hahas. I couldn't write properly. But it makes me sleep more easily and more soundly. hahas.
I'm feeling guilty now. My mum and brother are sick too! I think I passed the virus to them... Hopefully they will get well soon! The funny thing is my brother only had 1 day MC and I have 6 days! hahas. The result of seeing two different doctors!

2009-07-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

3rd day of MC. Nothing interesting. Just stuck at home.
Same old routine. Wake up, have breakfast while watching TV, take medicine, do some work (really slowly cos by then the medicine has taken effect *drowsiness*), have lunch, take medicine, continue to do work (but the 2nd dose of medicine takes effect again), watch TV, nap, have dinner, take medicine, watch TV, sleep.
Cool eh. My routine only consists of FOOD, SLEEP, TV, WORK and MEDICINE. hahas.

2009-07-28T07:05:00.001-07:00

2nd day of MC. It really feels like school holiday again. hahas. I don't have to wake up so early, I can watch TV and I can take afternoon nap. But my day isn't that perfect. Although I'm not having fever anymore, my throat hurts like there's no tomorrow. It's really painful! How can I enjoy my day with such a bad sore throat? Plus I'm coughing more today but sneezing less. hahas. My condition really fluctuates. Anyway, what makes me really upset is that I'm going to miss house session tomorrow. The LAST house session of the year, the LAST house session of my school life, the LAST time I get to stand infront of the house... I feel really bad and sad. I really want to handover the house session to Monica just like how Kok Hao handed over to me last year. But I guess I can't and Jade will do it for me. Another sad thing is that the council teachers are treating us on Friday but I'm not sure if I can go. Haiz. I'm really sick on the wrong week!

2009-07-27T01:17:00.000-07:00

I am sick.

Yup, the flu bug caught me!
Wasn't feeling right on Saturday night. It's like a body sensor thing, you'll know when you are falling ill. Used up lots of tissue throughout Saturday night cos of runny nose.
My mum wanted to bring me to the doctor on Sunday morning but I wasn't having fever so I thought it wouldn't be necessary. Guess I should have listened to my mum. Had high fever in the evening. My temperature went from 38.6 to 38.8 to 38.1 to 38.5. It kept going up and down. I was cooped up in bed the whole night. All I did was sleep, sneeze, drink water and take panadol. It was a terrible night. I felt like I was burning.
Didn't go to school today. Went to visit the doctor in the late morning. I felt better, at least I wasn't having fever. The clinic was so crowded! Anyway, the doctor diagnosed influenza like illness. hahas. He gave me 6 days MC! You should see how shocked I was. I thought it would only be 3 days. Now I'm going to miss a week of school! Going to have to catch up a lot... When I returned home from the doctor, my condition got worse again. Haiz. It comes and goes, comes and goes. Couldn't do any studying cos my head hurts and I just slept and slept.
Wells, being sick isn't such a bad thing though. Falling ill made me feel loved. My mum took care of me, sponging me and giving me medicine. My dad took leave to bring me to the doctor and he even went out at night to buy me the cold pad. My sister helped to sponge me too and brought me water. My friends sent me messages to wish me a speedy recovery. Thank you everyone! (: I really feel very loved. Another good thing is I get to sleep ALOT. And I won't be scolded for sleeping. It is really a good time for me to rest. And lastly, I lost my appetite. hahas. Perhaps I can lose some weight!

2009-07-25T02:23:00.000-07:00

I finally watched Harry Potter yesterday with my family and cousins. (:
Can't wait for the next movie to be out!
Anyway, went for the teaching scholarship tea session again today. This time it's for the science and math subjects. I'm more inspired to become a teacher! hahas. And somehow today, I was a bit clearer on what I want to do in university and more determined to try out for overseas universities. Not sure if this thought will hold. hahas.

2009-07-21T03:42:00.000-07:00

Had Invest JTS today! And it was so convenient cos it was at the Sakura near my house! hahas. Save time travelling. (: Although it is near my house, this was my first time there. It was a jap buffet and boy do they have a wide variety of food! I was spoilt for choices! I wanted to try every dish there but it is really impossible cos I would seriously end up puking from eating so much. Wells, have to just take those that I prefer. But still, I ate a lot and was super full. The dessert looked so yummy. There were 8 types of cake, pudding, fruits, waffle, icecream, mochi... I tried 6 types of cakes! hahas. But Yuan Zhi beat me and ate all 8 types. Anyway, we chatted with the juniors, reviewing their ad-hoc with them. Luckily there weren't a lot of people there so we could stay until they said the lunch buffet was ending then we left. Thank You Juniors! It was a great treat! (: Actually as long as you bring me to any place that serve good food and especially the food that I like, I would consider it a great treat. hahas.

2009-07-19T06:29:00.001-07:00

Met Jiawen and Claire today in the morning and we went to Suntec to see the scholarship cum universities fair. There were many many people! The place was super crowded and we had to squeeze our way through. Wells, obviously we didn't stay there for long. Saw many people that I know. After looking at the booths, we went to have lunch at Suntec. We had Just Noodles set meal which comes with free flow of drinks and icecream. There is a wide variety of drinks! I only managed to drink 2 cups of peach tea cos the set meal was really filling. Ate chocolate, strawberry and mango icecream! (:
At night, went out with my relatives for dinner. Then went to my cousins' house. They introduced Super Junior to my sister and me. We viewed pictures of them, watched funny videos of them...

2009-07-18T07:44:00.000-07:00

Went to SOT yesterday. Dian Feng, Geraldine and I. Too bad that will be the only time all 3 of us would be there together cos our actual lessons are all on different days. Anyway, SOT is now at a new venue. It is totally air-conditioned now and the air-con is really strong! I was freezing throughout the lesson. It looks more glam and professional now. But with all these improvements, Geraldine and I still prefer the old SOT. Yes the building may be old, the waiting area may be super hot, but at least it felt more warm and cosy. I felt more comfortable there. And because of the growing number of students attending SOT, it didn't feel as unique as it was before. When I joined last year, the class wasn't big. It felt more personal. Now, SOT is packed! There is a secondary section and a jc section. Wells, what to do, SOT is too popular. hahas. Anyway, there are new students from NJC at SOT!
Went to attend tea session for MOE teaching scholarship today. Today's subjects are the humanities so I went to listen for Economics and Psychology. Next week I'll attend the sciences. Not bad a session. I personally like the interaction with the officers. I got to learn more. The scholarship sessions that I attend get better and better. hahas. Today's session was rather personal, maybe cos of the small size or maybe cos they allocate you to the officers based on your subject preferences. Teaching seems so much more inspiring after this session!

2009-07-16T06:03:00.000-07:00

I had my end of term review session today with Mr Tan after school. Wells, it certainly brought back lots of memories of my council life. Before this session, I had to submit a report of what I had done and how I had shown leadership traits. Sat down for a really long time doing this report. I recalled what I had done and I wrote down a lot of my feelings. I guess I'm rather attached to council and doing council stuffs. Poor Mr Tan had to read my long long report. hahas. Cos some stuffs are irrelevant. Anyway, today's session was kinda fun cos we recalled a lot of things and I shared with Mr Tan my time in council. Thinking about it is actually a happy thing! But now, I have to redo my report. hahas. Need to write more stuffs and summarise what I had written. This is going to take a longer time!

2009-07-11T21:54:00.000-07:00

Went to Swissotel Merchant Court at Clarke Quay in the afternoon to attend EDB Scholarship 2009 Roundtable session. This session was held in the ballroom. It was so cool. Each school was assigned to tables. I felt like it was sec 4 prom all over again. hahas. Cos the tables are numbered, there are drinks and food served, everything was so grand, it was different from the PSC fair last week. Anyway, we listened to talks, had panel discussion and roundtable discussion. I got to know more about EDB and some plans for Singapore in the future. It was enriching but I'm still not sure if EDB is for me.
Anyway, after the session, I met my squadmates at Vivo City. We went to the open space at the rooftop, sat down and chatted and stoned and took photos. Some returned home, some went for Stephanie Sun's concert, while I had dinner with Waner and Huiying. I had a nice chat with both of them! (:

2009-07-10T05:51:00.000-07:00

I just managed to get photos of investiture from Guanhao's facebook. hahas. They are all HAT photos:

41st HAT (1)- the flags are so pretty!

41st HAT (2)- I'm always infront cos I'm the shortest! hahas.

41st HAT (3)- Girls VS Guys. Warm Colours VS Cool Colours.

So coincidental! hahas.

41st and 42nd HAT (1)- One Big Happy Family!

41st and 42nd HAT (2)- I like this! Somehow the junior captains actually resemble their senior captains in some way. hahas.

42nd HAT- Jiayou for your council term! (:

I'm going to miss council. I'm going to miss HAT. I'm going to miss Solaris.

2009-07-07T01:20:00.000-07:00

Sat:
Went to Nanyang Primary School for dance rehearsal. The school is so huge and pretty! Anyway, we practised for the finale dance with the other dance groups, all from different schools. After the rehearsal, went to Orchard Hotel for the PSC scholarship fair. Looked around the booths and listened to talks. They gave alot of freebies! hahas. My family then went to Cathay for lunch. Had Dim Sum. (: We went home and watched Transformers 1 DVD cos after watching part 2, we need to watch part 1 to recall. hahas.
Sun:
Was at esplanade the whole day for full dress rehearsal. It was quite boring cos there were lots of free time. Chatted and napped. But the thought of performing at the esplanade is so cool. hahas. My godbrother treated us to dinner at a Thai restaurant. Was super full that dinner cos my godma over ordered. hahas. In the end, we had to packet lots of food home.
Mon:
Performance Day! But before that, I went for investiture rehearsal for a short while. Then went to costume room to have my hair done. Helped the rest with their hair. Then we boarded a bus to esplanade from school. We had rehearsals. And this time, we did our makeup really quickly cos we weren't given much time. I like this makeup more than syf's. hahas. Then it was performance time. I could see the audience while performing! I love the finale most! We had a standing ovation from the audience! FIRST TIME! It felt really good. (:
Tue:
Investiture Day! PUNCH, unite with might! Today is the day when the 41st step down from their council term after serving the school for a year. Mixed emotions. After the program, went for reception. The reception was good! hahas. Love the food! Then it was photo-taking session time. It was as chaotic as last year. hahas. There was also gift exchange. I was most touched by what Mr Teo said to me. That sentence made me feel that what I had done in my council term was all worth it. hahas. Anyway, just want to wish the juniors ALL THE BEST in your council term. And WELL DONE invest comm 2009! Your ad-hoc is OVER! hahas. When's JTS?

2009-07-03T07:19:00.000-07:00

Went to school today. I thought I would be late cos I left house later than planned and waited kinda long for the bus. Luckily this bus driver drove quite fast and many of the busstops were empty. Managed to reach school by 11.30am! I had to run-walk to the main gate since the side gate was closed.
Anyway, first activity of the day--- Help shift tables and chairs from the new container classroom block to TB block. My class carried 100+ tables and chairs. My arms were breaking. hahas.
Second activity--- Invest rehearsal. The scenario was just like last year! Seniors make life difficult for juniors. Teachers get upset. Seniors get more upset. Rehearsal is always like that. Wells, I was junior last year and senior this year. Could understand the feeling of both parties. hahas.
Third activity--- Indian Dance. Its been a while since I last danced. Never had so much exercise since the holiday began. My legs and arms are breaking and aching. hahas. So there are 2 more rehearsals before the final performance on Monday. I hope I can last. My whole body is aching now from the activities of my day.

2009-07-02T17:37:00.000-07:00

CT is over yesterday! Hahas. You should have seen how I beamed after Chem paper. I was so so so happy. So today, went out with Peixuan, Audrey, Jean and Jo-lin at Bugis. Jiawen had stomach upset so she couldn't come and poor Sijia is still having her CT. And today's her birthday somemore. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIJIA! (:
Anyway, Audrey, Peixuan and Jo-lin checked out the Shaw theatre at Bugis for nice movies but it only screened 2 movies- Transformers and Ice Age. I joined them later. We then went to Illuma. None of us has been there before so we went to look around the place. Its a really spacious place. And if you notice the pattern on the ceiling, it is really funny. I was making this remark that we looked like we were in the Golgi Apparatus and Audrey added that it looks like RER studded with ribosomes (spotlights). It was so hilarious! So we went to check out the cinema there and we decided to watch Ghosts of Girlfriends Past at 5.15pm. We took many pics there cos there were cardboard cut outs of movies. The most hilarious pics are the ones we took with Harry Potter. We had lunch at this noodle place. Its cheap and nice. Jean joined us then! Hahas. She overslept. We chatted then went to shop around Bugis street and the wooden carts and the Shopping centre. Everyone bought something except Jean. Ok I didn't buy for myself, bought something for handover. Plus I was in a budget deficit so couldn't spend on anything. Hahas. After shopping for 3 hours, we bought popcorn and drinks and went to watch the movie. The cinema is new so it is clean and the cushion is still hard. Hahas. The movie is quite nice. There were touching and funny parts. After the movie, we walked around Illuma somemore before returning home.
Its been a while since I last went out shopping with my friends. (: Anyway, the pics are with Jo-lin. Not sure if she's putting them on facebook or her blog. Go have a look, some pics are funny!

2009-06-28T02:12:00.000-07:00

I can't believe school's reopening tmr! Time sure passes really quickly. I can't sleep until 8am anymore. :(
Anyway, my june holiday this year is so-so. Quite okay lah. There was alot of family bonding time during this holiday. Not bad. Hahas. And lots of watching of TV. I'm hooked onto a taiwanese long period drama. Die. It has 1000 episodes! And I'm currently at 700+. Not sure if I can stop watching once school starts. Hahas.
So the last day of school holiday. Nothing much. Went to Sentosa One degree 15 to have brunch. Dim Sum! Then returned home, switched on the aircon, listened to the radio, napped... Not feeling anxious for common test yet leh. Weird.
So Good Luck to everyone taking the exams after the holiday! (:

2009-06-26T18:06:00.001-07:00

My sis and my relatives are back from their cruise trip today. Time passes really quickly. It seemed like just yesterday when we sent them off. Anyway, so they were back happy and all. My relatives won money from the casino! hahas. My sis related to us what they did on this trip on our way back home. Looks like she did enjoy herself afterall. And looks like if I had gone, I would not be able to study at all listening to all the places that you can visit on board the cruise. After that, we went to watch transformers 2 with my family and my cousins. We watched transformers 1 together too in 2007! Not bad a movie. Lots of action! And there were funny and stupid parts too. hahas. We went for dinner after the movie. It was already 9pm. Nihon Mura's last order is at 9.30pm and they close at 10pm so we had to eat and order really quickly. But we were all super full and I can't really sleep after that. hahas.

2009-06-24T17:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, my sis and I made dinner for my family! hahas. We made a western cum chinese cum jap meal. Fusion! Anyway, we had chicken in teriyaki sauce, tomato cup filled with scrambled egg with melted cheese on top, mashed sweet potato, rock melon and mango cubes with chocolate shavings, mushroom soup with small star-shapped toasts! It was really fun. My sis spent a longer time in the kitchen cos I went to watch my show from 4.30pm-5.30pm. hahas.
And today, before I forget.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GUAN HAO! (:
hahas. May all your dreams and wishes come true fellow mugger!
Ok back to my life. Erm my sis and relatives are going for cruise! They are going to Rendang. I had the option to go but because of CTs... Haiz... So went to send them off at Harbour Front. My mum, brother and I waited for my dad at Vivo City so that we can have dinner there. Went to Hei She Hui again. This time, we managed to sit at a spot with the harbour view. We could see the cruise that my sis was on! hahas. So we had our dinner. And they served us the wrong dish! But at least we had complimentary dessert because of that. hahas. Saw the cruise sail off but in the wrong direction. We could only see the tail of the cruise!

2009-06-20T00:06:00.000-07:00

I had a really weird but NICE dream. hahas. It combined almost everything in my life now. School, Idols, Friends, Ambition... I woke up and tried to sleep back to continue the dream. hahas. But I can't. So now I can only recall it. I hope it comes true but I'll laugh my head off if it really does cos I know it is impossible for it to realise. But wells, I can still dream about it! hahas.

2009-06-19T17:44:00.000-07:00

Went for dental appointment in the morning at Forum, the shopping mall. My sis went in first and so I was waiting at the waiting area. I was supposed to read my econs notes but the TV was airing Donald Duck's cartoon. And so I just couldn't resist and started watching. hahas. It was in chinese! And then it was my turn. My dental place has this TV on the ceiling so that when you lie down and the dentist is checking your teeth, you can be occupied watching the TV. And it just so happen to air Just For Laughs during my check. It was so difficult to try not to laugh. I wanted to burst out laughing at one particular gag but I can't cos the dentist was cleaning my teeth. So ever heard of laughing through your eyes? hahas.
After the check, my mum, sister, brother and I went to Isetan. We shopped around and there was this Hokaiddo Fair. There were many free food samples. hahas. But I didn't really like them cos they were raw seafood and I don't really like raw stuffs. My brother seemed to enjoy himself though, trying different kinds of food. I was more captivated by the bread store that sells a great variety of bread and bun. I couldn't resist and bought myself 3 mini buns- 1 choco puff, 1 choco mochi and 1 cheese mochi. They will be for tea later. hahas. Then we went to Taka. Shopped around and settled for Crystal Jade Dim Sum for lunch. We went to shop for Father's Day Gift. Couldn't find anything suitable and so we took a train to J8. Managed to buy 2 shirts for my dad. Then returned home.
Went out with my grandparents, cousins and family for dinner at Turf Club. We had a seafood dinner! My favourites like Lobster, Peking Duck, Alaska Crab... It was kinda too expensive though. Every family dinner, we would play zhong ji mi ma to clear the remaining food. This time, we even involved my grandparents. It was a funny sight when my grandma had to eat twice cos she guessed the number and my grandpa laughed really happily.

2009-06-18T17:38:00.001-07:00

Went to Escape Theme Park with my family and cousin. Its been ages since I last went there. Anyway, we had free tickets so why not spend them? We went there quite late cos my dad had a doctor appointment. When we reached there, there weren't alot of people as compared to last time. We only sat 5 rides cos many were shut down. And the shut down rides are the more thrilling ones! Argh. In the end, the only ride I enjoyed was the Viking. hahas. I can't wait for the IR to be up. I heard the theme park will be much bigger with rides much more fun and exciting. Escape Theme Park will then pale in comparison. Nonetheless, I just enjoyed being there with my family and cousin and recalling those wonderful memories. We also played the carnival game. Its really frustrating that you just can't get the prize and it makes you want to play again until you win. hahas. That was what I felt when I couldn't shoot at least 2 balls into the hoop. I only got in 1. After around spending 2hours there, we left for lunch. Had New York New York! But it took a really long time for the food to be served. I was facing the kitchen so I could see only 1 chef preparing our meals for the 6 of us. And there were cooked and served one by one. And I was the last one to be served. So you can imagine me waiting for my food while the others can start eating. hahas.

2009-06-15T06:29:00.000-07:00

Went to school this morning for Indian Dance meeting. In the end, we waited for around 10min for the late comers and Arthi made a 10min announcement and we're done! Luckily I brought revision notes to make my time more worth while in school and luckily today is investiture banner painting session so I could go and take a look. So the announcement that Arthi made was bitter-sweet. Bitter for the seniors cos we can't step down yet, sweet for NJCID cos we are going to perform at the esplanade for the president and international guests! We are the only ID performance. (: Looks like I have to start recalling all the steps for the dance. hahas. But I'm quite happy cos I get to dance, which means exercise, cos I've been eating alot during the holidays. hahas. So I went to see the 42nd council busy at work today. Painting the main banner, side banners, making souvenirs for guests and seniors and also for handover. It brought back memories. hahas. I can still remember feeling really vexed over making last year's souvenirs cos it needed to be done really carefully. It trained our concentration. But it was really nice cos everyone came down! A very rare sight throughout the council term. I played photographer. hahas. Just like Tuan last year. These photos are precious cos they show the 1st ad-hoc of council!
Went to Vivo City, Hei She Hui, for dinner. The whole place is BLACK. hahas. But it has style! The food is really good too. I was super full after the meal. Oh if you go there, you should visit their toilet. My mum entered the washroom and came out telling us that she couldn't find the cubicles. When you enter, you will be surrounded by full length mirrors. And some mirrors are actually doors of cubicles! Really cute. Another feature is that there are no taps for you to wash your hands. There is this sensor and once it senses your hand, water will flow like a mini waterfall from this piece of wall hanging from the ceiling. I'm not sure if you can picture it. hahas. But it is a really fun experience.

2009-06-13T03:48:00.000-07:00

Went to SOT in the morning. Mr Tong started the lesson saying that everytime after a class, there will definitely be this joker who will tell him that he/she doesn't understand the lesson. And he would then have to explain to him/her. And today, I'm this joker. hahas. I was just confused for the 2nd half of his lesson. Luckily somehow or another I managed to tell him what exactly I didn't understand and he was saying that throughout the week, I'm the first to tell him why and which part I don't get. I didn't know I managed to say that actually. hahas. Shoujin was the first one in the week to understand clearly and was able to explain his method 5. So awesome. So jealous. hahas.
Went to meet my family at Suntec. Along the way, I met this weird guy who approached me, pointing to his face and said, "You have a weird looking face. But you have good fortune. I'm a fortune teller. What's your name?" I just smile and nodded when he said I have good fortune but left once he asked for my name. hahas. First time meeting this situation.
Anyway, my family and I walked round and round to decide on a place to eat. In the end, we settled for teppanyaki food. And boy was it worth it! For $7.80++, you get a bento set (rice, miso soup, teppanyaki beansprout, teppanyaki mushroom/chicken/beef/lamb, chawanmushi, gyoza, fruits and ice lemon tea). It was a really filling lunch. Then we walked around Suntec and Marina Square.
On our way home, suddenly the car flashed a symbol. Managed to check the car manual to find out that the symbol stands for engine malfunction and that the car needs servicing. My dad drove to the service centre. Cos the car may stall anytime, it was hospitalised. My family and I had to take a bus then mrt home. When we reached yck, it was about to rain. Having only an umbrella, my siblings and I decided to run home to prevent getting caught in the rain. However, we were always stuck at the traffic lights and my parents who were walking managed to catch up with us. hahas. My dad was saying about the tortise winning the hare in races.
We were supposed to go to my grandma's house but because of the car, we can't now. And we bought her polar cakes! My dad was saying let's have them for dinner. Without the car, we have to think about dinner cos my mum's not cooking. Pizza delivery? hahas.

2009-06-10T02:43:00.000-07:00

Sat for the PSC PAE test yesterday at HCI. Cos the letter wrote HCI, I thought it was the sec school section, even the security guard told me so and in the end, Audrey, Peixuan and I walked for close to 30min trying to find the location for the test. It was at the jc section! We sat for 4 papers. The first was general reasoning, spotting patterns. I enjoyed this test. hahas. It was quite fun to do. The second was numerical reasoning. I think I'm relying too much on calculators and so for this test, without calculator, I did it really slowly. Didn't managed to complete this paper. :( The third was verbal reasoning, where there were short passages and you must pick true/false/can't tell for the statements they provide. I was kinda confused between false and can't tell. hahas. The last was personality test. There were 240 qns! But it was a rather fun test. It made me understand myself better. Hopefully when the report comes out during August, it won't be that bad. hahas.
Had lunch at Crystal Jade with my sis! (:
Met Jacq at bishan and took the train all the way to Pasir Ris. We boarded the bus that will take us to the chalet at downtown east. Luckily we met Zixiang and Letts on the bus, if not both of us would be lost. hahas. Cos I only know which busstop to alight but not sure how to walk to the place. When we reached there, I was kinda surprised. Cos I've never been to that place before and my impression of chalets are big, like my sec 4 class's chalet, but this is small. It's only 1 room with 1 toilet. So when we entered the room, it was squeezy, stuffy and really noisy. hahas. The 4 of us when to an empty bbq pit to play cards. Tracy and Kok later joined us. Tracy taught us a new game and it was really fun to play! (: After eating a few satays and hotdogs, Jacq, Zixiang, Guanhao and I got a birthday cake for the june babies and desserts for ourselves. (: Chocolate fudge! Anyway, went back to the bbq pit to eat. So chatted, ate, took photos... It was a really noisy but lively bbq. hahas.

2009-06-07T05:07:00.000-07:00

On friday, there was cohort gathering at sng! I don't think the attendance was bad but people come and go in batches, that's why it seemed so scattered. Attendance for 4L'07: Jacq, Jaspang, Ben, Aud, Gloria, Laypeng, Monica, Peiting, Estee and me! hahas. I managed to eat chocolate waffle! (: And orange bowl! Although there was no more guo tiao mian, the mee fen was still really nice. I miss sng canteen food alot alot alot! After eating, we took photos at the hockey pitch. I'm so sad the school is going to be demolished at the end of the year.

2009-06-04T02:43:00.000-07:00

Today's my last cip session at keming primary school. Feel kinda sad to leave. I actually enjoyed tutoring the kids maths. hahas. Cos they are a really friendly and lively bunch of people. Hopefully they will do well for their PSLE. (:
After CIP, JiaWen, PeiXuan, Audrey and I went to Northpoint for lunch. We went to Westmall on Monday, Lot1 on Tuesday and now Northpoint. There is a wide variety of food at Northpoint. In the end, we settled for a japan-themed foodcourt! It is really cool. I like the design and the food isn't that expensive too. All the food sold at this foodcourt is jap! (: After a really full and satisfying lunch, we went to get ourselves icecream! The auntie there is really friendly. She gave us free samples of the different flavoured icecream to try cos we couldn't decide on the flavour to buy. And when I was stuck between strawberry or strawberry cream (there's a difference okay!), she decided to give me both flavours in a single scoop! So nice rite. I could enjoy both flavours! hahas. We went shopping while eating the icecream. We played with soft toys, especially the carebears! We also read cookbooks, especially the ones for desserts! Cakes, cupcakes, cookies... Really nice!

2009-05-30T19:01:00.000-07:00

It's my cousin's 21st birthday! Went to Tao's to celebrate. We had a 9-course meal each! And so I was super super full. Usually I wouldn't resist the temptation of desserts but I just couldn't finish the mango birthday cake! It was a great gathering with all my cousins. We, again, talked and laughed alot. Hahas. Ok, here are some photos of the night:

here's the place! they have another restaurant called Ju Ju just next door and my brother starred in their advertisement! they also have another restaurant called Dozo which is more high-class and much more expensive, but the food is really good.

the birthday boy!

the mango cake that I couldn't finish cos I had to finish my brownie with icecream. I took out all the mango slices to eat though. hahas.

the young people! hahas.

and the young at heart people! hahas. anyway they called themselves the old people.

2009-05-29T04:53:00.000-07:00

Today's the last GM! Kinda sad. I always looked forward to GM. Hahas. Weird but ya. Anyway, after GM today (7.10am-8.45am!), had GP lecture. We watched a really interesting video on Faces today. Its about the pursue for fame. I wanted to really watch it but we had a worksheet with blanks to fill so couldn't really concentrate cos was trying to catch the words to write them in the blanks. I can't multi-task well. Hahas. After GP and lunch, met up with the investiture comm (42nd SC). We sat and thought of a nice theme. It is really a headache to think of a nice theme. Cos a theme affects everything. Anyway, we briefed the juniors on what to do and seeing them so involved in planning and trying to meet deadlines and proposals reminded me of last year's investiture. The STRESS of an ac-hoc is here! Hahas.

2009-05-28T04:31:00.000-07:00

Was in school early again. Had chem consultation. Initially, we were really afraid that we wouldn't have enough qns to ask and we signed up for a 2hrs slot! But luckily, 2hrs were just nice today. After consultation, went to coronation plaza with peixuan and jiawen. We accompanied peixuan to see a doctor. I didn't know coronation plaza had a clinic called the coronation clinic! hahas. This reminded me of when I accompanied peiting to see a doctor in sec4, foregoing part of my adam khoo's workshop. And surprisingly, both peixuan and peiting went to see the doctor for the same reason! hahas. Anyway, after seeing the doctor, we decided to have lunch at golden rooster cos jiawen didn't want to eat school food. Finally I tried something else other than the usual lemon chicken rice. I had nasi lemak today! After lunch, returned to school. Had elects camp AAR. It brought back all the memories about the planning and executing of elects camp. Although difficult, it was really memorable. Too bad didn't managed to review AMW cos I had a concert to catch at LT5! hahas. Watched guzheng, harmoc, angklung, western dance, malay dance and INDIAN DANCE! The concert was only 1hr. Quite sad. And I was wondering why they place all the dance performances together?! They should spread them out cos it gets a little too much seeing all the dances together. After the concert, returned home. I met terence on the bus today. Hahas. He was really shocked to see me. I guess so, cos I was shocked too, this is the first time!

2009-05-26T00:45:00.000-07:00

22/5: LS Day 2

It was the 2nd day of LS. We rehearsed our script for the presentation later. We were all really tired in the morning so couldn't really concentrate. Had tea. Then we went for 5 talks on the Water Issue. I was really sleepy. So couldn't help it but slept through 3 of the talks. :P Then we had lunch before rehearsing again.

joshua and jocelyn rehearsing

the rest of us waiting for our turns

our foreign friends as our audience

It was finally presentation time and we were the first group to present! So after presenting, we could sit back and watch the other groups. And surprisingly, we were the winner for our organization! Hahas. Got a $50 voucher.

23/5: LS Day 3

It was the last day of LS. We were there really early for a tech run before all the winning groups present. Alas, hahas, the PA system was not ready so we didn't have a tech run and we just presented. We had a talk and it was a really funny sight to see people trying to stay awake. I had to constantly sit upright to not fall asleep on the comfortable LT5 chair or should I say couch.

us before the talk (wide awake and smiling) hahas.

group 16! (:

After the talk, it was camwhoring session. There were alot of photos taken in the LT, outside the LT, at the atrium where the reception was... Quite a hilarious sight. After all that, went out with Joshua, Yuanzhi, Guanhao, Teresa, Vanessa and Eunice. I was the only 41st there. Hahas. A bit weird. But anyway, we took a bus to Orchard. And it was a really hot day and some of us were in our long sleeved shirts! That includes me. Hahas. So couldn't wait to get off the bus and go straight into an air-conditioned place. We walked around Tangs, mainly for the air-con. Then walked all the way to Plaza Sing for ice cream at Swensen!

before (the icecream was fantastic!)

after

us at Swensen! (:

When we were heading towards the MRT station, we met Lionel at Macs and Gareth at Carl's Junior! So cool. Hahas. So went back home, watched DVD, then went out again for Council's Birthday Party! We went to Vanessa's house. Her house is gorgeous! Hahas. We had a nice buffet dinner, talked, watched TV... Oh and the birthday cake was huge! With our council photo on it! (: I ate myself. Hahas. We all wanted to eat ourselves. Then the birthday comm gave out certs and the nicely compiled booklet with all our writings. And they use an unglam photo of me! :( Hahas. Wells, HAPPY BIRTHDAY 41st! I can't believe we turned 1 already!

2009-05-21T05:35:00.001-07:00

Leadership Symposium 2009 (Day1):
After 3 days of waking up late due to the restructured timetable, I'm back to school at the usual time- 7.10am. Today's Day 1 of LS. Had a talk by Dr Patrick Tan about science research, focusing more in the field of biology. Luckily I'm studying biology so I could understand the research and to remain interested in his speech. He taught us 5 lessons. The lesson that struck me most is 'everyday is NEW'. While everyday is a cycle of eat, study, sleep and relax, if we really look deeper into these things, we will realise that they are indeed different. Hahas. Anyway, after his talk and a kinda long QnA session, it was tea! Hahas. I was starving throughout his talk. So was really happy when it was tea break. Ate until I'm kinda full. (: We had FPS breifing before icebreakers. Got to know my group, 16, more. Made friends with Scott, from Australia, YoungWoo, from Korea and Ray, from Taiwan. So cool! Hahas. We played wacko and blow wind blow. Then we proceeded to FPS. We really think alot alot alot, complicating alot of things and making big rounds before coming back to the start again! So lunch came to give us a break before we went back to FPS. The whole process was really energy draining but it was definitely fruitful in the way that I got to hear other people's ideas and we try to improve them to make them the best idea ever. Then it was tea break again! Hahas. LS food is really good. And I keep eating... even though I'm full... which is really bad. Hahas. Anyway, we thought of our presentation for tomorrow. Hopefully all goes well! (:

2009-05-17T06:25:00.001-07:00

Watched the Peranakan Ball yesterday at the indoor stadium with my sis. It was a light hearted play so I enjoyed it. The scenes were hilarious, especially when Rayson, Brandon and Ben appeared as well as when Ann and her 3 nieces appeared. The songs are really nice. And the dances also. Saw many artistes who came to watch and support this play. (:

2009-05-16T01:08:00.000-07:00

Went to Marina Barrage yesterday to watch the opening ceremony for the Singapore Arts Festival. My first time at the barrage! So it was a pretty exciting experience. Watched the performance there. I was amazed by the giant praying mantis made out of old lifts! It was gigantic. Hahas. And controlling it reminds me of transformers. Anyway the performance was quite nice to watch but the main highlight at least for me was the fireworks. It was very very very pretty! The whole sky was dark and shooting fireworks into the night sky was like painting a picture on a black canvas. Hahas. The view of the city from the barrage is also stunning. Love the night scenery. Plus the fireworks! Hahas.
Today's NJC 40th college day! I was there in the morning for duty. It was great to see all the seniors again! And catching up on what paths they are going to take. It is so cool to have seniors going to the UK to study! Anyway, this morning's prize presentation and concert went on pretty well. Mrs Cheng gave quite a detailed update on the College's development and achievement. I was really interested in the pictures they use. Hahas. Cos I can spot familiar faces. After our duty, Jaslin, Geraldine and I went to Mad Jack for lunch. I had a really full and satisfying lunch. Hahas. We went to island cremery for dessert. Talked alot... Actually more of gossiping. Hahas. I'm going to have a good dinner tonight cos its my mum's birthday! (: Plus I'm going to Singapore Indoor Stadium with my sis to watch the Peranakan Ball. Hahas.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY! (:

2009-05-13T05:39:00.000-07:00

Jade sent me a really nice photo of the Solaris flag!

Yup I'm going to miss this house when I graduate. Hopefully it'll remain or be even stronger and spirited under new leadership. (:

Solaris ROAR!

2009-05-10T08:15:00.000-07:00

If the truth is considered backstabbing then I wonder what are lies?
Lying must be 100 times, no 1000000 times worse than the truth!
And 'forgive and forget' was definitely a LIE. Because after all, the process and thoughts that led to the conclusion of 'forgive and forget' were all lies too!
Revenge
Retribution
Murder?
I don't even want to waste my time thinking about these bcos I have better things to do.

2009-05-09T06:15:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was very disppointed with my Maths results. Didn't expect to get so bad. Wonder where I lost my marks. Shall wait and see when I get back my paper. Anyway, yesterday was like GP day. I had GP lesson (essay writing) then GP lecture (Science and Technology and Medicine). The videos shown were really interesting! Then GP tuition. Met Nicholas before GP tuition, managed to catch up with him on his school life. Hahas. Then my parents came to pick me after tuition and we went to BHG where I got myself a brand new wallet! (: It cost $49. The design of the wallet is super unique cos its by the famous taiwanese author, Jimmy, who wrote the book "xiang zuo zou, xiang you zou". All his books are customized into wallet designs! Really cool! My wallet is from the book "gua zi de gu shi". At night, talked on my handphone for 2 hours till 1am! I think my phone bill is going to explode with that call. Hahas.
Today's Vesak Day! Went to the market with my mum and sis and got ourselves vegetarian breakfast. My mum said its good to go vegetarian today so that's what I did. After going to pray, went to school for 40th anniversary deco preparation. There were so many people! Hahas. Cos its a combined effort between the 41st SC and 42nd SC. Went to help draw and paint the stairs graphics. Its been really long since I last draw and paint. Still can remember myself taking art during Olevels... Anyway, the stairs graphics look really good. Hahas. At 5.30pm, I left school and headed for the airport cos my cousin is flying off. We had dinner at Sakae Sushi and it was a really rushed dinner cos we didn't have much time left as my cousin had to board the plane soon. It was a hilarious sight that we kept chasing for our food and the waiter became as anxious as us. Poor guy! After sending my cousin off, went to visit another temple. I managed to bathe the little buddha! And I managed to hit the bell with a coin on my first shot at the wishing pond! Hahas. Next year for Vesak Day, my mum wants us to try san bu yi pai, which is during the night before Vesak, we'll follow the monks and for every three steps, we'll kneel and bow. We'll do this for a big round around some buildings at Sengkang. Kinda meaningful! Don't mind trying. Hahas.

2009-05-07T05:24:00.000-07:00

It's been close to 3 months since I last posted. Didn't had the time to post or even if I had the time, I was too lazy to do so. Hahas.
Anyway, I didn't feel like studying today and since I got home pretty early, I was surfing blogskins.com to find a suitable skin for my blog. It needs a change! Searched for things that I like- Travel, Nature, Fly, Calm... Things that will make me want to visit my blog and seek comfort in it. Hahas. Found this after dinner. I like the words on the skin "i just want things to be simple". Yup. Cos recently I have been thinking alot and the thoughts ain't making me happy. I really hope that my life will be of no worries and that it will just be a sweet and pleasant one. (:
Ok now here's update on my life. Hahas. 3 months of stuffs since Orientation 2 in Feb. That's alot of stuffs! Will try to make it short. Hahas.
School: I think I got used to JC2 life, where most of the time is spent studying. More things to study, more stuffs to remember. I learnt how to plan ahead so that I'll have some time to rest. So far so good. Hahas. Except for the fact that time is passing really fast and there are many many stuffs that I need to revise cos I can't remember all of them. Wells, shall just tell myself to take a step at a time. (: Oh and I have A for my PW. After much hard work last year, my whole class had A for PW!
Family: My sister had great Alevel results! (: She is on her way to University now. Had her SMU interview, got accepted by NTU and now waiting for NUS reply. I believe she can do well regardless of which school she enters. She's taking driving lessons now. Soon she'll be able to drive us around just like my cousin who is of the same age as her and has already passed his driving!
Friends: Met up with squadmates! It's a really nice feeling. There is always talk and laughter. (:
Council: Many many things happened. Campaigning- I mentored group 10 BALANZA and I'm so happy that all of them got into the 42nd student council! Hahas. Elects Camp- Was in the organizing comm for this camp. Did alot of preparations for this camp in AMW. It was a really memorable one! Didn't sleep much during this camp cos was running around settling things. Boarding- Yes! I boarded in NJ Boarding school for a week! Great experience! I love the convenience. I could wake up later and take a less than 5min walk to school. After school I could just go back to my room and take a nap. The food ain't that bad. Night activities were fun too. Reminded me of council retreat. Exco Elections- It was really exciting, especially for the president post. It lasted from 4.30pm to 10pm! I reached home at 11pm. I'm so glad that the president and vicepresident are from my campaigning group! And finally I have my successor as Solaris Captain! (:
Indian Dance: First time performing for SYF. On the big day, reached school at 5.50am and started doing makeup, hair, costume and accessories until 12pm plus. It was really exciting. Performed. Cheered. Teared. We have GOLD with HONOURS! (: We had 2 celebrations after all the hard work and success. Went to clarke quay for Indian food buffet for one and the other was a pizza party in school. I am so happy! But will definitely miss Indian Dance.
Life: I'm watching Korean Version of Boys Over Flowers! Very nice! And the actors and actresses are so good looking. Hahas. I didn't want to watch it online so that I can catch it on TV on KBS channel every monday and tuesday night. I will always look forward to watching it. Really sad that the show is going to end next week. Now there's no more show to keep me motivated. Star Awards was during my boarding period and so my sister updated me via sms. Really very happy that Joanne won Best Actress! It was really unexpected and I went 'high' during the night activity during boarding. And my juniors too. Hahas.
Obviously there were more stuffs that happened but these are the ones that I want to remember. I don't want to recall those unhappy moments that made me sad and made me cry. Like in my blog, I just want a simple life without worries...

2009-02-12T06:01:00.000-08:00

I have been BUSY BUSY BUSY!
BUSY with Orientation 2.
BUSY with catching up with lessons.
BUSY with CCA.
It is so stressful that I can hardly rest. Thus I am so HAPPY today that I managed to leave school at 5pm! That is SUPER early for me!
However, Orientation 2 was fun and memorable. OG5! (:
Catching up with lessons, I'll have to take a step at a time. Shld be fine. Hopefully.
CCA is tiring yet enjoyable. But I like dancing cos its a good way to exercise and forget about the stress of school life.
I'm just living by the day.

2009-01-31T07:10:00.000-08:00

Full dress rehearsal for walkin today. Practised, practised, practised. Orientation is coming soon so must perfect all the steps. Anyway, this is my first time after a very long period of time that I actually wore tank top out. I felt really really weird wearing sleeveless. It felt so bare. hahas.
Went to nette's house after having lunch at golden rooster with waner. But before we walked to nette's house from the busstop, waner and I had a really long talk at the busstop. hahas. At nette's house, we celebrated Olivia and Xin Rong birthdays. Boonyi and I helped Olivia with her chem quiz. Ahh. My chem topics rusty le. hahas. We watched some really hilarious videos then had dinner. Then we watched more videos and viewed our squad photos. We all looked so different from then to now! Recalling stuffs is fun especially recalling stuffs that are hilarious. (:

2009-01-24T20:06:00.000-08:00

HAPPY CHINESE "NIU" YEAR EVERYONE! (:
(in advance)

2009-01-21T05:43:00.000-08:00

Back to studying after orientation. I need to catch up with my class! Hopefully I'm managing well. (: I'm so happy to see my OG5 'babies' still hanging out together. They meet in the morning, meet for meals... Obviously its not the whole class but it is good enough. (: And they took a lot of random pics together in school during break, but its these little things that made me smile. Shao Yuan also updated me on the class leadership positions that my 'babies' managed to get. From class president to class secretary to class treasurer and to class subject reps. I feel really happy knowing that they are getting these positions. Don't noe why. hahas. I hope they still remain this bonded even after I graduate from NJ. (:

After orientation I feel more energized mentally and a little physically. hahas. Maybe cos I'm less stressed now and I'm sleeping really early. But I'm tired bcos of 3 times per week cca and pe lessons. They are draining me physically. But I must persevere! hahas.

Thanks for being there for me! (:

2009-01-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

Orientation 1 is OVER!

My last post stopped at day 3 so now I shall continue with day 4.

The highlight for day 4 was internal hunt. We went around the school completing tasks and taking many photos. It was also this very day that the civics class list came out. I was so sad when only 3 out of 24 in my OG will remain in Solaris. :( I want ALL of them in my house! I'm going to miss OG5...

Day 5 was when showdown is going to be held. It went on well at the start and then the weather spoilt everything. It was drizzling and so the free time was shorten by about 5 mins. I'm really sorry that I had to stop the game and so not everyone had a chance to get wet. And also thank you for really playing the game. I'm shocked that so many waterbombs could be caught with the BOMB BAG. hahas. After mass dance session and house session, it was dinner time. Mac's delivery will take an hour or so and that was way too long. So Vanessa and I ran to the busstop, took a bus to Serene Centre, ran to Macs and ordered OG5's dinner. This was the first time the order list was so long that the computer cannot key in initially and this was the first time that I came out of Macs with a BOX of food. Then we took bus back to school and ran all the way to the canteen. It was exhausting. OG 5 was really sweet! They bought us OGLs 2 big cakes. THANK YOU OG5!!! (: Then it was campfire. They were really lucky to see the campfire bcos everytime during orientation it would rain. And I'm glad the campfire worked after 2 nights of trial! So we cheered, sang campfire songs, played games and did the mass dance.

Orientation 1 was memorable and it drained my energy and my voice! hahas. Orientation 1 would not be as fun without my OG5! (: You guys are the BEST! I hope all of you enjoyed orientation and love Solaris!

Now its time for me to rest and catch up with my studies before Orientation 2 begins...

2009-01-14T04:39:00.000-08:00

Today is already the 3rd day of orientation! It had been 3 tiring days. Waking up super early to reach school at 6.30am and going home late. But so far, I had alot of fun! (: Especially with my OG, OG 5! They are all super cute. hahas. I am happy to take the sec ones bcos they actually respond and play.
We didn't do much on Monday, so I shall recall things that we did on Tuesday. We had informal walkin right in the morning. It went on smoothly and the crowd went wow at our last stunt! (: Then we had OG bonding session. That is when we knew each other names. Our very first mass dance session was next. And just as I expected, the guys were unwilling to partner the girls and vice versa. So we had to play matchmakers. We also had house session after lunch. That was when I introduced OG 5 and 11 to Solaris!
We tried out campfire again after orientation activities on Tuesday. Although we took a long time to set up, it managed to work this time! (: So went out for dinner. I was the only girl there. And that was the first time I saw a guys bitching session. They can be worse than girls. hahas.
Today we had house session the first thing in the morning. Then we had station games. OG 5 was super high! hahas. Must be the OGLs influence. But we were indeed really good. I was on first aid duty so didn't manage to be with my OG everytime. After station games was mass dance. This part of the dance is when there is partner work. So again, we had to push them to dance with each other. But once they felt comfortable dancing together, they do look very cute together as couples. hahas. Then they annouce the top 3 for station games. OG 5 came in 3rd! (: Super proud of them.
Managed to come home early today cos cca didn't end very late. I am really exhausted...

2009-01-11T07:06:00.000-08:00

School's going to reopen soon...

I'm excited about it yet I'm detesting it...

Mixed Emotions.

2009-01-09T19:27:00.000-08:00

Had full dress rehearsal for informal walkin. Met up with my solaris OGLs at 10am but I had to leave early for dental appointment. Felt really bad for leaving. Missed my bus when I got to the busstop so waited quite long before the next bus came. First I went to Forum to clean my teeth. My sister was inside doing her teeth so I chatted with my mum outside. Then it was my turn. After cleaning, we went to Wheelock for lunch. We ate at The Pasta Shop. It was quite nice. But I like Shokudo more. hahas. Then went to change my braces at Wheelock. Luckily the changing and tightening was very fast so I could rush back to school. I reached school just when solaris is using the hall for practice. Then we had combined rehearsal with the other houses. After the informal walkin rehearsal, it was the teachers formal walkin rehearsal. We had to carry many many stacks of chairs to fill up the whole hall! haiz... Everytime is carry the band stages and carry chairs/benches. Then we went to prepare the campfire. Going to test the campfire out. It took really long to set up. We tried twice but it failed twice. So in the end, we had to clean it up cos it was getting late. We left school at around 10 plus. Headed to KAP for dinner. Then my parents came to pick me up. Slept throughout the whole journey home and when I reached home, I just lie on the sofa and sleep. Tired. hahas.

2009-01-08T05:04:00.000-08:00

Council Retreat at Desaru (5/1-7/1)

5/1: Reported to school at 7am. After checking attendance and filling up of departure/arrival card, we boarded the bus. Didn't manage to sleep on the trip there cos Letts who was sitting next to me apparently was very 'high'. hahas. We stopped for a seafood lunch before reaching The Pulai Desaru. 2 things that caught our attention during lunch period were a cat and a crab. Everyone was either crowding round the cat or the crab that was caught. We reached the resort around afternoon. Collected the room key. I'm sharing room with Jade and Jacq! (: It was free activity time (FAT). I went to walk around the resort with YuHung and Eugene to settle on a place suitable for council bonding activities. Then went to play volleyball and handball on the beach. It was very tiring running on the sand. hahas. And I was the only girl there playing with the guys. hahas. After FAT, we had council bonding activities. We played many games. They were fun! After bathing, went for buffet dinner at the resort. We went to the conference room to have reflection session. We played energizer then we had this sandwich board for each person and everyone went around writing on people's sandwich boards. Had a sharing session after this. The sharing session was good in a way that I learnt more about some councillors and I was able to share my burdens and thoughts. We watched our campaigning videos which were really hilarious. Didn't sleep until 3am. We were supposed to catch the sunrise at 5.30am. But Jacq and I were the only ones there and it was super dark. So we went back to sleep.

6/1: Had buffet breakfast. We went through the mid-term review and had comm meetings at the conference room. Discussed activities that need to be done in 2009. Saw the timetable for 2009. There's no common test during feb! (: But term 2 is really very busy. We discussed council structure as well which apparently led to some arguments. We had lunch in between these discussions. Played the very lame quiz that Qingwei did. But it was so funny to watch the other councillors play when I already know the answers. Had FAT again. Went into the pool. Played monkey and water polo. Practised HAT performance for bbq dinner later. Helped Geraldine prepare the items needed for the bbq dinner game. Before we ate, we played a game where the selected person will be blindfolded and he would have to touch something and guess the item. 4 people were selected and Sean was the funniest of them all. hahas. Dinner time! After dinner, each comm performed. The exco-exco, CPU, FBU and IDEAS performances were hilarious. CIA performance made everyone sing along. HAT performance, wells I'm not sure since I'm performing in it. After taking photos, Geraldine, Jaslin, Jacq, YueXi and I went to the beach. It was super cooling with the sea breeze constantly blowing. We sang chinese songs. hahas. Then we got really sleepy so decided to return to our rooms. But we ended up gossiping and playing cards. I had another talking session with Rachel, ZiXiang, Letts, Jacq, Eugene and KuanLoong. Again, slept around 3am. This time we woke up at 6.15am to watch the sunrise. Only Jacq, QingWei, YuHung and I went. Couldn't see the sun cos it was covered by the clouds so I kept watching the waves. Went back to sleep after packing my bag.

7/1: Everyone overslept! hahas. So had late breakfast then went to the conference room to discuss about problems in the college. Took quite a while in this discussion. Then we watched a video about this retreat. (: Boarded the bus to return to Singapore. Tried to sleep but it was quite impossible cos the bus was noisy and Sean who was sitting behind me kept making funny remarks that made me laugh. hahas. So managed to nap when I exchanged seats with Molina and Venezia. Apparently during my nap, the bus became very quiet cos everyone started to sleep too. We had a super nice seafood lunch with prawns, crabs and lobsters! I even had a coconut. hahas. Ate until super full. Reached school and Dad came to pick me. We went to pick my siblings and mum at RI cos my brother just ended camp too. We went for dinner and guess what, we had seafood for dinner! AGAIN! hahas. So I gave the crab a miss. hahas. Went home, bathed, unpacked. Watch my last episode of the little nonya which I missed on Monday. 2 hours long! Then slept on the sofa all the way. hahas.

Council Retreat was really fun and enjoyable. (: Didn't feel like returning to Singapore cos it was so relaxing at Desaru. I'm glad I joined the council retreat comm cos it felt great to plan this for the other councillors.

2009-01-03T16:38:00.000-08:00

Met up with retreat comm in the morning. We went through the whole program for the retreat. Tested a few games, debated over certain things and then we were done with the discussion. After the meeting, we went to settle the logistics. Packed in the materials needed and made some stuffs. After that ZiXiang, YuHung and I went to Far East Plaza to send the flags and cushion covers for washing. But the shop that was listed on the yellow list at Far East Plaza did not provide washing! hahas. So we went all the way there for nothing. But before we left, we had lunch and YuHung used his laptop to search for other laundry shops nearby. We had to find a laundry shop that provides invoice. After lunch, we went to different places at Orchard like Shaw, Wheelock, Far East Shopping Centre to search for the shop. Finally we found one at Far East Shopping Centre that provides invoice. Wells, the auntie at that shop kept talking to us and explaining the details before sending us out of the shop to the factory where they wash the laundry. Luckily ZiXiang made a call to the factory because the boss will be coming down to that outlet and we could just place our stuffs there. So we went back there again. Finally we could stop carrying all the bags. Visited ZiXiang's house next. We stayed there to chat and chat and chat. hahas. Then we went to Sheng Shiong to buy the remaining stuffs for the retreat. YuHung and I went home. Went to ah ma's house for dinner. Watched Mulan on disney channel. I recently watched Mulan so still could remember but nonetheless, Mulan is a very very nice show. It was more enjoyable to watch this time round because the adults were also watching and they laughed at parts which I previously didn't find funny but now I do. hahas.

2009-01-01T06:35:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
2009 didn't start off perfectly. Today is DO NOTHING DAY (that's what I learnt from nickelodeon)! So it was a boring boring day. Wells I rather be contented with a boring day just watching TV than to receive smses that ruin my new year. Actually it was a certain sms. Why on earth must you ruin my mood for this new year? Is that your forte---to destroy someone's happiness for a day? I am really grateful that I have nice relatives to be by my side, joking with me and making me laugh again. Anyway, I never really trusted you again after that day and you just made your impression even worse now.

2008-12-25T18:20:00.000-08:00

25/12/2008 didn't feel like christmas at all. I wasn't in the christmas spirit. hahas. But I did enjoy myself on that day with my cousins and siblings. We first met at YCK MRT station before boarding the train to AMK. We bought tickets to watch Bedtime Stories. Since it was early, we went to the basement of AMK hub to snack. I got myself a curry puff and a cup of juice that is named the elixir of youth! hahas. Inside the juice was papaya, lemon, carrot, celery... My cousins tried the popeye juice and the radiant juice. After buying popcorn, we proceeded into the cinema. Bedtime Stories is a nice and funny movie. (: After the movie, we took the train to Khatib to have late lunch at my cousin's friend's cafe. We ate pizza, rosti, calamari rings, fried chicken and waffle with icecream. Then we went to OCC to bowl. It was quite long since I last bowl. The 8 of us occupied 2 lanes. For the 1st game, I was 2nd! And for the 2nd game, I was 3rd. hahas. After bowling, we had to wait for the shuttle bus so in the meantime, we played a game that we used to play when we were young- pepsi cola 1,2,3! It isn't the normal thumb game. hahas. Then we went to our grandparents' house for dinner. After dinner, we had logcake! It was delicious. hahas. Then we went to our cousin's house to play cards. Too bad we had to leave early so didn't get to play much. Anyway, still have to thank terence, my sis, limin, keefe, jolene, jiaxing and my brother for a wonderful cousins outing! (:

2008-12-24T01:35:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had informal walkin prac.

This session broke 2 records! 1st record: the longest prac session so far (from 9am to 6pm)! 2nd record: the prac session with the best attendance (only 1 didn't come)!

Although the session was very tiring, we managed to complete the whole walkin. (:

Must thank my OGLs for coming down and learning the whole walkin. Also during the session I shouted a lot, so I must apologise for that. Anyway, thanks to all those shoutings, my voice totally changed now. hahas. And my legs are aching. This dancing certainly is a good way to exercise. hahas.

After the walkin, liz, lisa, jacq, sijia and I went to plaza sing for dinner and do some shopping. plaza sing was very crowded so we couldn't find a place for dinner. In the end, we bought packet food and found a spot to sit. 5 people again for gossip session no. 3! hahas. While we ate, we played truth and no dare. So again, I found out interesting stuffs and learnt more about them. We went to shop for clothes for informal walkin. Too bad, we couldn't really find something in the end.

2008-12-21T01:44:00.000-08:00

We had another informal walkin prac yesterday. Attendance was not as good as the previous prac sessions but nonetheless, we still managed to learn new steps. After prac, Jade, SiJia, Mindy, YuHung, Albert, Alvin, ZhiHao and I went to coro to eat lemon chicken rice. Chatted and ate. After lunch, Jade, SiJia, Alvin, ZhiHao and I went to island creamery. I was super full from lunch so didn't eat icecream but the others shared a tub of icecream. This was another gossip session where we played truth and no dare. Alvin and I were involved in both gossip sessions alr! hahas. The previous one was with Letts, Albert and YuHung. Both sessions were equally interesting except that this session was more lively. We laughed alot. hahas. And poor Jade and ZhiHao seems to be unlucky during this session. Wells, definitely learnt more about them. I should take turns to have gossip sessions with the other OGLs as well. hahas.

It was my cousin's birthday that day so couldn't go for council christmas party. We went to ah ma's house to celebrate. The house became super crowded because out of 10 families, only 2 families were not there. It was a good gathering session especially for us cousins. We played truth or dare again. hahas. This time, I learnt more about my cousins and some secrets that I didn't even know before. We ended this game with my 7-yearold cousin getting a dare. So after cutting the birthday cake, she had to smear cream on one of my older cousin's face (who was not playing with us). It was super funny. Too bad I didn't notice it cos I was distributing the cake. The cousins went to J8 for late night shopping. It was only that day that the shops at J8 will open until 12am. It was super crowded and we managed to see michelle chong and daniel ong. I also managed to see my sec 2 maths teacher and my j1 ex-pe teacher. We shopped until near 12am. Took mrt to yck. Then we decided to stay over at someone's house. But we couldn't decide whose house to stay so we sat outside the mrt station and discussed. The discussion took place for quite long. Finally we decided to stay at my 1st uncle's house. All together there were 8 of us. We played poker cards with monopoly money. It was a new game but I had beginner's luck so I was winning. hahas. It was a very addictive game. In between we ate maggi mee, drank coffee and tea to keep ourselves awake. In the end, only 4 of us remained awake so it became a story telling session where I was telling them stories about my school life. Cos apparently, the environment around me has very interesting things happening. The 4 of us who kept awake are/were from uniformed groups! hahas. We are trained to stay awake. We chatted till 8 plus in the morning. It has been a while since I went through the night without sleeping. So after breakfast, we watched TV, played wii, took naps... And we planned our next gathering on Christmas! hahas.

2008-12-17T07:38:00.001-08:00

This is going to be a very very very long post. It’ll be about my 8 days trip to BeiJing and Xian! (:

1st day:
Went to the airport super early. Had breakfast there with my relatives who were there to send us off and also with my other side relatives who were going on the trip with us. We were the last to board the plane! Hahas. Everyone on the plane was waiting for us!

we still had time to take photo although being late! hahas.

Anyway, it was a 6 hours flight to BeiJing. We took China Airlines so there was no personal TV. I spent my time on the plane sleeping, eating and playing cards. After reaching BeiJing, we still had to take a bus then a train just to collect our baggage! After collecting, the first on our agenda was an acrobatic show. We bought popcorn and hot chocolate before watching the show. It was quite boring. And the show was not professional cos there were quite a lot of mistakes made. We had dinner next. It was a nice meal and they called it the ‘emperor meal’. Hahas. We checked in to our 4star hotel. It was a nice place. The bed is very soft, the toilet is super nice and the TV had channels that my sister and I like!

Watched TV before sleeping.

2nd day:
We had a buffet American style breakfast.

It was snowing that day! This was the first time it snowed for this year’s winter in BeiJing. We were super lucky! Then we visited a place that sells jade. We were taught how to differentiate real and fake jade. We went to the Great Wall of China. Because it was snowing, the great wall was covered in snow! A white great wall makes a really great scenery! We climbed to the 3rd watch tower before making our way down.

i still think of my house! hahas.

The steps are very steep and due to the snow, it was super slippery. We slide down the great wall! It was a faster way to get down. Then everyone started to follow us! Hahas. We visited the Ming Tomb. It was a very big place. Then we went to the cloisonne place. Cloisonne is like pottery except it is made of copper. It is a very detailed piece of art. It takes a lot of patience to put everything piece by piece. We had lunch. It was ok. Then visited the hot springs. The hottest pool was 42◦c. We managed to swim, got a massage and had lots of fun! Dinner was so much better. There was sweet and sour pork! We watched a performance. It was better than the acrobatic show. The lighting and effects were very good. There were even ice-skating and qian shou guan yin.

3rd day:
After breakfast, we went to visit a place that masters in traditional medicine. We had a lesson on yin and yang. A professor even took all of our pulse and diagnose for us. We went to Tiananmen Square. It was really big. We had the famous BeiJing Roast Duck for lunch! My favourite! However, I prefer Singapore’s. hahas. There were a lot of duck meat dishes, even fried duck meat! My brother broke his tooth during lunch so we had to visit a hospital to have his tooth removed. The hospital looks really scary. Hahas. We went to the Forbidden City. It is called forbidden city because in the past, it was forbidden to the commoners. It is very very big! It has 3 outer courts, inner courts, bedrooms, garden… We had to walk, walk and walk. Next was tea appreciation. We went to a market for shopping. It was a scary shopping experience because people will pull you to buy and we had to bargain! I bought a bag! Dinner was ok cos finally the fish served had no bones unlike the other meals. We went to a place with very nice night view. Then went to BeiJing’s ‘Orchard road’. The CD shop didn’t sell the CDs that I wanted. Sad.

4th day:
After breakfast, we went to an olden gate used for wars in the past. We learnt fengshui there. Then we watched old BeiJing’s ZaJi show.

We were the only customers and yet they had to perform for us. Thus their tips were quite a lot. Hahas. It was quite interesting and there was interaction between us and the performers too. We rode trishaw and went around olden houses. It was a very cool experience sitting the trishaw. We entered one of the houses. It was really nice experience.

this little boy was running after our trishaw waving good-bye. very cute!

We had thai food for lunch. Green Curry! Hahas. It was the best lunch throughout the trip. We went to BeiJing’s ‘Clarke Quay’. It really did look like Clarke Quay with places to eat and drink and a frozen river. Hahas. We went to Summer Palace where the emperor stays at during summer. We then saw the Bird Nest used for this year’s Olympics. Took a lot of pics. Then it was the Water Cube. We managed to go inside and see the swimming pools and diving boards and the many countries flags. We had foot massage next. It was my first time trying. It was quite nice, sometimes painful. My massager is a university male student, aged 19, doing his attachment at the foot massage place. He is studying traditional medicine. We chatted as he did the massage. Hahas. We went to another market to shop. My bargaining skills is still not good so bought a Great Wall shirt at a higher price. During dinner, there was a show. Dinner wasn’t very nice.

5th day:
After an American cum Chinese breakfast, we went to the airport. Took a domestic flight to Xian. The flight lasted for 1.5 hours. We had lunch at the airport in Xian. Sweet and sour pork again! It was the nicest sweet and sour pork among all the others in other meals. We visited Princess Yongtai’s tomb. It was underground so we had to walk through a tunnel. Then it was Emperor Wu Zetian’s tomb. Her tomb is very big and her coffin is deep in a mountain. Everything in these tombs are original and they were situated in the rural area. Shopping at the urban area! Bought my CDs. Dinner was hotpot. We each had our individual hotpot. There were vegetables, mutton, beef… We checked into our hotel. Our rooms were upgraded to the deluxe rooms. So my room had a living room! Hahas. However, the sofa was used to put all our stuffs.

6th day:
We visited the Terra Cotta Factory. It is the place where they make replicas of the terra cotta warriors.

Bought myself a kneeling archer. Then we visited the real Terra Cotta. It was very big. We visited 3 pits. The 1st pit has a lot of warriors while the 2nd and 3rd pits are more empty because they are still trying to repair the broken terra cotta warriors. We saw the bronze museum that preserved the bronze horse carriages found in the pits. We watched a terra cotta movie to learn the history behind it. Then we visited the hot springs of Yang Guifei. We took a tram and saw the many hot springs built for her, the emperor, the crown prince and even the imperial chefs! After lunch we visited the silk factory. We saw how silk was made from silk worms. The silk blankets were very comfortable! Then it was the Tang paradise that was built to remember the tang dynasty. We visited the whole place on tram. It was like Sentosa, the scenery is very nice. We had dinner. This dinner had the most dishes. 11 dishes + rice+ soup+ noodles. We then took a taxi to 2 shopping malls near our hotel. We bought stuffs and supper--- KFC! We had our supper back at the hotel. Ate KFC egg tarts!

7th day:
After breakfast, we went to olden houses again. This time we visited a scholar of not sure which dynasty house. It was very cool. The rooms were small, the stairs was steep but the beds look comfortable! We shopped along that street and my mum bought a lot of qi pao. We went to the city wall. It is Xian’s Great Wall. It is very big as well and being high up, we could see the nice view. We went to a very big temple that even has a pagoda. We went to a pearl factory. We saw how pearls were extracted from their shells. We bought necklaces and bangles at cheap prices. Hahas. It was a canto style lunch next. Very nice! Then we shopped at a supermarket. Bought snacks. Wanted to buy the Lays that we ate the other day. Lays at China were in unique flavours— roasted duck, red wine chicken… We went to the airport to take a domestic flight back to Beijing. However, due to air traffic congestion, our flight was delayed. It was first delayed for 1.5 hours then it delayed for another 2.5 hours! We stayed at the airport for 6 hours! Managed to redeem biscuits and can drinks. Hahas.

8th day:
Could get up later today because it is the last day of the trip and it was free time. We had breakfast then I spent my time watching TV in my hotel room. We then went for lunch. Had dumplings for lunch. We had 8 types of dumplings! Took our flight back to Singapore. Luckily this flight was not delayed. Hahas. And this ends my trip to BeiJing and Xian!

thanks for the wonderful trip!

2008-12-07T08:17:00.001-08:00

Went out with my sister and cousins today. We had lunch at Shokudo at City Hall. It was fantastic! hahas. Especially the crepe with strawberry yogurt icecream! After lunch, we went to Singapore Post at Paya Lebar for shopping. We headed to This Fashion. And then we went a little crazy. Taking clothes, trying them out, rejecting them, accepting them... My cousins were really good. hahas. They seemed to accept everything they tried and so the clothes in our basket just kept piling. hahas. My sister said they looked like they never shop before. Anyway, they spent really alot of money on clothes. Luckily there was a 30% discount. hahas. I bought 2 pieces of clothes too! hahas.

I'll be going to China very soon! Hopefully everything related to orientation and solaris will go on smoothly! (: Then I don't have to worry on my trip. hahas.

2008-12-06T06:59:00.000-08:00

Went back to school yesterday and today. Had to wake up early...
We had GM yesterday at the raintree. It was a really weird location for GM. hahas. But student lounge had no power so we had no choice. Anyway GM was rather long cos each comm summarise what they plan to do. After that was banner painting session. We painted our orientation banners. And then we decided to clear the CPU store. It was a really disgusting sight to see maggots or termites in the store. Some banners were eaten up by them! hahas. Luckily YuHung and Ziyi were there to help clear them. They burnt and flood the creepy crawlies. Rachel was brave too! hahas. She caught a frog that was inside the store. We were supposed to have lunch at 12pm. Then because of the really bad state of the CPU store, we ended up having lunch at 5 plus! hahas.
First informal walk-in practice today! Met SiJia earlier to practise but there were more who came early as well. We learnt dance steps for dancing queen and once upon a dec. Because it was a Sat, the school was doing fogging to kill the mosquitoes and we were chased from the canteen to the raintree to the area outside LT1 and then back to the canteen. hahas. Felt quite bad about making my OGLs move here and there. However with all these moving around and more breaks than planned, we still ended on schedule and managed to complete the 2 dances! (: After dismissal, YuHung, Letts, Albert and Alvin helped me to complete painting solaris orientation banner. After painting, we went to Serene Macs for lunch. Then went to island creamery. Chatted alot and ended up playing truth or dare where dare was actually not applicable. hahas. We made alot of noise! Anyway, through this game, I found out more about these 4 guys! hahas. It was quite a good laugh during all this. (:

2008-12-01T18:22:00.000-08:00

On Sunday my godma brought my siblings, my cousin and me to SSC for branch. We had a buffet branch and it was a Peranakan buffet! hahas. I love nonya food! Considering the fact that both my father side and my mother side were of Peranakan culture, I'm a Peranakan too! hahas. There was a huge variety of nonya food at the buffet. From the cold dish, to the main dish to the dessert. Let me recall some of the names. hahas. There's nonya chap chye, babi ponteh, soto ayam, popiah, kueh koshi, chendol... I tried everything! hahas. Except for steam rice, durian puff and chendol cos steam rice will make my meal not worth and I don't like durian and chendol. I ate ALOT and I felt extremely bloated after the meal. After eating, we went to the arcade. Played car racing, shooting and photo hunt.
It was Grad Night on Monday. We reached Swissotel at 12.45pm. It reminds me so much of last year when I had my prom there as well. However, the seniors had only 2/3 of the ballroom so it looks small while for my prom, we had the whole ballroom. We decorated the place. Changed into our attire. I was really amazed at the amount of makeup a girl has to put on her face. I didn't put so I was observing the rest. They spent more than an hour in the toilet! hahas. Had dinner then reported for duty. I was to seat at the tabling booth and check their tickets and tell them their table no. It was quite a fun job I must say. hahas. Got to see the seniors in their prom wear. Because the theme for grad night is Lights, Camera, Action! It's your movie tonight., there were seniors who came in attire of movie characters. There were Pirates, StarWars, Mummy, L, Willy Wonka! It was really cool. hahas. I sat at the tabling booth throughout the whole of grad night. Stoned, chatted and ate! I was really sleepy after everything. hahas. The grad night seems fun and according to my senior, she did enjoy herself. Looking forward to my next year prom! (:

2008-11-24T02:23:00.000-08:00

I WANT MY LIFE BACK!

2008-11-21T06:29:00.001-08:00

Was out the whole day today! Really tiring.
Firstly, went to Thomson Plaza for breakfast at Ya Kun. Then went to the market near my house to get fruits. Visited two temples. We were there to thank the gods for blessing my brother with extremely good PSLE result. I didn't mention in my blog yet! My brother scored 273 for his PSLE! (: He's the 3rd in his whole school! My mum, sister and I went hysterical when we knew about his result. hahas.
After that, went out with my sister and my cousin. We went to Bugis. Had lunch at NYDC. The baked pasta is good. We went shopping after that. I am really amazed by the fact that my sister and my cousin spent such a long time trying out nail polish. hahas. Then we went to Changi Airport Terminal 3. This is my first time there! So was rather excited. hahas. We toured each level. Had dinner at Crystal Jade. Then went to AMK hub to buy stuffs before returning home.

2008-11-15T07:07:00.001-08:00

Went to Marina Square and Suntec today. Its been quite sometime since I last visited these places. Had lunch at Marina Square. There are so many places that I want to eat at in Marina Square! But my family settled for the food court instead. The only incentive is that the view at the foodcourt is really fantastic. I can see the esplanade! hahas. Anyway, ate laksa for lunch. Not too bad I must say. After lunch, we went to Suntec Expo to visit the food safari. There were so many people there! And so many different types of food on display. It ranges from Chinese to Thai to Vietnamese to Korean and to even African! The African booth was really exotic! I like the costume and the accessories! Too bad I was super full from lunch thus wasn't in the right mood to do food sampling. hahas. But looking and smelling the fragrance of all the food was really good enough. We did bought some food home though. Next, we went to the book fair just one level above the food safari. There were not as many people as at the food safari. Looks like food is way more powerful than books! hahas. Wasn't really interested but later I found some nice books like a book on crossbreeds of dogs. Some of the dogs were really cute. Went back to Marina Square. Shopped for a new pair of shoes since mine is already spoilt. Didn't managed to get one that has a nice design and is comfortable. Wells, I'll try looking some other time.

2008-11-14T00:12:00.000-08:00

SNG student council investiture today!
Met up with Jaslin at YCK MRT station before taking bus to SNG. It feels really weird when people keep staring just because we are in white, long-sleeved blouse, grey skirt and court shoes. Anyway, its good to be back in SNG. We strolled around in the family lounge, canteen... before going to the hall for investiture. I didn't quite like the fact that they put 2nd Student Council. Yes it is true that the Prefectorial and Monitorial Board merged to form the Student Council just last year but it felt like the past years of PMB were non-existent and unimportant and they didn't contribute to the school at all. I sang SNG school song again! Its been a long long time. hahas. After the investiture, we told the usher that we didn't really need her assistance since I'm from SNG. So Jaslin and I went immediately for the buffet. hahas. Then we queued to eat orange bowl! And sat in the canteen to have our meals. hahas. We are the most auto school in this investiture. While other schools were still on the school tour, we were pigging out at the canteen. hahas. Jacqueline, Jasmine and Ben came along. After eating, Jacqueline, Ben, Jaslin and I went around the school. I saw my Olevel Art piece hanging outside the art room. hahas. Too bad some of the paint faded off so it doesn't look as nice now. I'll repaint it one day. hahas.
After leaving SNG, Jaslin and I went to AMK hub. Finally I found someone willing to watch Sing To The Dawn with me! (: We bought tickets at Cathay for the 1.50pm movie and we got couple seats for ourselves! hahas. This is the first time I'm trying the couple seats. It is so much more spacious. There weren't alot of people in the cinema. We managed to get ourselves out of the court shoes which were killing our feet with blisters! Sing To The Dawn was ok. The story was totally different from the book except for the scholarship part. A few parts of it were really lame. hahas. But the seating, the comfort, the freedom from watching this movie was really worth the 6 bucks! hahas.

2008-11-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

Woke up late again as usual. And again by the primary school kids screaming and yelling just next door to my condo. hahas. Had breakfast, watched TV, used my laptop. My usual routine! hahas. After lunch went to Little India to buy orientation stuffs. Kenneth made me wait for him for 30mins! Argh! I'm not a patient person. hahas. Jade had to wait for us too. All Kenneth's fault! After shopping, we went to Mindy's condo.

Our first Solaris OGL bonding session! (:

It was at Mindy's condo function room. And 20 people turned up! So thanks to HuiQi, Tabitha, Liz, Emily, Jacq, Dawn, Cris, Jade, LeeJing, Jo-lin, SiJia, YuHung, Kenneth, Mindy, KahSwee, ZhiHao, Alvin, Vanessa and Albert for turning up! (: My OGLs are very auto. hahas. While waiting for those who are late, they started playing Bridge. We did a round of introduction, played the masking tape game, had orientation briefing then dinner. After dinner was more card games! hahas. I guess playing cards can help people bond! (: Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves.

I realise I'm really unlucky when I go to Mindy's house. hahas. Previously when I went to her house with Jade and Letts, my track shoes were spoilt. Today, my slippers broke. hahas. I had to walk barefooted!

2008-11-08T19:09:00.000-08:00

I have been going out so often for the past few days! Thus today is indeed a rare day for me as I will be staying at home! hahas. Having so many gatherings and outings recently. Firstly was with NJ062 after OP. Then was with my HAT and Letts after planning for wargames. Then was with my squadmates for dinner at Swensen to celebrate our NCO's birthday. Then was with Jade to Little India. Then was with council for dinner at Turf City. Class outing is on Monday. Solaris OGL bonding session on Wednesday. And of course going back to school repeatedly to plan for orientation. This is actually quite tiring. hahas.

The topic about tuition is constantly going on. Specially after the fact that one of my cousins had at least 2 tuitions for each subject in primary school and she scored a brilliant score of 273 for her PSLE. So I was recalling all the tuitions that I had since primary school.

Primary school: English- 2, one from P3-P4 and one from P5-P6. Mathematics- none, and my mum really regretted this up till today cos I scored an A instead of an A* for this subject in PSLE. Chinese- 2, one was a private tutor and one was Jiang, a tuition centre. Science-1, the same one that taught me English from P5-P6.

Secondary school: Chinese- 2, one was Jiang till S1 and one was a private tutor from S2-S4. I didn't have tuition for my other subjects.

JC: English- 1, School of Thought. I want to have tuition for my other subjects as well especially for Econs but looking at my busy schedule next year, I don't think I will be able to have. hahas.

my fav! baby looney tunes! (:

2008-11-05T06:20:00.000-08:00

Started orientation planning today with my HAT and letts. We did our planning, measurements and chatted. Went to Westmall for lunch. Subway again! But Subway changed their student meal! :( Now there is only one cookie cos they upsized the drink. I would rather have 2 cookies! After lunch, we went to Mindy's house. We had a tour at the clubhouse. I must say the clubhouse looks so much more professional than my condo's. hahas. Went to Prime to buy stuffs. Then Letts left while Jade and I went back to Mindy's house. We talked all the way to near 7pm. This is the first time my HAT sat together to talk about informal stuffs I think. hahas.

2008-11-03T06:33:00.000-08:00

PW is OVER! After a year-long of struggles, PW is finally over! Our presentation I must say really wasn't bad! hahas. Anyway, after OP and being audience for 2 groups, NJ062 went to Bugis for shopping! We first went to buy some snacks to fill our stomachs. I got myself a tornado potato and chicken stick. They were really good. We then shopped at Bugis Junction before going to Bugis Street. I was really damn tired walking here and there. Thus I got really irritated when stupid Kenneth just couldn't decide on a bag to buy! hahas. Eventually I told him that 'we are not leaving this shop until you get yourself a bag!' Finally he found the type of bag he was looking for. Oh and I found a bag that I really like. Love the design! Plus the bag comes in 4 different colours, just nice for the four girls in NJ062! (: Clarissa-Black, Wanqing-Brown, PeiXuan-White and Me-Purple! Too bad I didn't bring enough money to buy this bag since we are going out for dinner later. We continued shopping at Bugis Junction. Oh we took neoprints too! It has been ages since I last took neoprints so I was really excited about it! hahas. I love the prints! We then went on a quest to search for the best place for dinner. We were so spoilt with choices. In the end, we ate at some USA restaurant. Our waiter, Sunny, was super friendly! The service, food and ambience were really great. We stayed there for around 1.5-2 hours. Everyone ate to their fullest. Of course throughout the meal there was a lot of chatting and laughing and taking photos. Returned home after dinner.
I am going to miss NJ062! This will never happen again next year. :( But we are going out again to buy the bag that we didn't managed to buy and try the Shokudo restaurant at Raffles City that I recommended. hahas. I must be really thankful to have such funny and retarded team mates! hahas.

2008-11-01T19:21:00.000-07:00

Today's my birthday! (:
Woke up at 6.20am. Was really surprised by my siblings prepration for my birthday. My sister stuck a trail of post-its at home to guide me to my presents. Really thoughtful! hahas. Visited the temple with my whole family early in the morning. I was at that temple on my chinese birthday and now I'm there again on my english birthday! We went to Tiong Bahru Plaza for breakfast. Met up with Pei Xuan and Wan Qing at Tiong Bahru MRT station and then my parents sent us to SPD centre. We went there as volunteers to help out. There was a workshop for caregivers and our duties were to facilitate registration and give out freebies. We were only busy until around 10am then registration closed. We sat at the registration booth and started chatting. Then the buffet arrived around 12 plus and our duty was to give out food. After giving out, we took our share of lunch as well. The social worker even gave us a goodie bag each! The goodie bag is good. hahas. It had a laptop bag, a temperature cap, a shirt, a flask-like mug and two post-its. We helped keep the chairs and returned to Tiong Bahru MRT station. We didn't do much so kinda felt guilty when they kept thanking us and even provided us with free lunch and goodie bags. Returned home. After bathing, I watched abit of my dramas then went out to buy my birthday cake. I had a mango cake while my parents had a blackforest cake for their wedding aniversary. We went to Sentosa, my uncle's place for bbq. Ate quite alot. Chatted with my cousins and also watched TV. Ate chocolate chip cookies while watching! My favourite! hahas. Cut my birthday cake after that. Continued with our chat and then returned home. It was a really long day!
Just want to thank all those who had send your wellwishes and those who gave me presents! (: Really apreciate it. I want to thank my uncles and aunties for arranging the bbq and providing everything.
HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY TO ME! (: hahas.

2008-10-31T07:06:00.000-07:00

Had GM at 7am this morning. Its been a while since I last came to school this early. After GM was supposed to be another meeting but it was postponed to 4pm. So basically I stoned, had a picnic and gossiped until 11am when my pw group came. Practised OP with my pw group then we went to Bukit Timah Plaza KFC for lunch. I ate alot! Super full. But the meal was really good cos I haven't had KFC for a long time too. Returned to school for the 4pm meeting. The meeting was kinda slow-moving cos we had to go through the list of OGLs one by one. But at least we managed to confirm most of the OGLs already. Then had EXCO meeting. We discussed more about council structure with the teachers. In the end, the meeting ended just a little after 8pm. Really tired... and Confused by daniel! hahas.
Tomorrow's my birthday! (: Don't feel like growing up though... hahas. Anyway, thanks for the balloon and all the messages on the balloon! Really nicely done. hahas. Especially to my pw group for bringing so much fun and laughter. (:

2008-10-22T05:09:00.000-07:00

Visited OCS today. Its been quite sometime since I last had an excursion. The visit started out being quite boring then it got more interesting. We first visited an exhibition. Didn't see much because there were so many people. Then we went to see the food ration. Being as greedy as usual, I went to get a packet of food. hahas. It was really surprising that the food in the packets were actually tasty. We went to see the dorms. They won't as bad as expected. Then we had demos and hands-on activties which are interesting. I tried the rifle shooting but too bad didn't managed to shoot down anyone. hahas. The night vision equipment is really cool. We returned to the exhibition. This time, we were the only group there. Si Jia, Jo-lin, Jia Wen and I went to visit the exhibition. We got really 'high' and tried out all the gadgets. We giggled alot like a bunch of crazy girls. But it was really fun this way. I bet the guys at the exhibition were secretly laughing at us. hahas. After the exhibition, we had a mini picnic! Actually it was only my Ruffles and Pei Xuan's Chachos.

sijia and jolin talking to each other on the 'phone'...

...then it was jiawen and my turn!

sijia being AA! hahas.

jolin, here's the pic u want. hahas.

the mask was super heavy...

the ambush team! we tried ambushing ms ling but we kinda failed. hahas.

the place we want to be! high up above everyone!

salute to OCS. hahas.

After the visit to OCS, we returned to school. Pei Xuan, Wan Qing and I went to West Mall to eat. Had Subway! We talked alot. hahas.

our subway meals! student price is super duper cheap!

2008-10-19T01:47:00.000-07:00

It was NJC open day yesterday. Proud to be: The NEW Generation. Came to school super early on a Saturday morning. Did up the house board then had to report for duty. Of course we all changed into our open day tee which design can be improved. hahas. I was to get people to do a survey form on open day but apparently, everyone is coming in and not leaving yet. So I had nothing to do and got really bored. I then asked to be a tour guide. So I managed to be occupied by tour guide duty. Every group that I brought on the school tour was here for the 6-year ip program. Haiz... This is what you will get when you schedule open day just 2 days before Olevels. Anyway, was really tired and my legs were really sore by climbing up and down the whole school. Estee, Lynn, Wen Shin and Cheryl popped by. When it was near 3pm, all the cca booths were closing already. Helped to rearrange the library and cleared the banners. Went to island creamery to meet my classmates. Audrey is really disgusting when she drank the melted ice-cream. GROSS Audrey! hahas. The busride journey home with Silvesta, Clarissa, Pei Xuan, Audrey and Jia Wen was really funny. Met Olivia at AMK busstop. hahas. So qiao. That day I met Shuh Ying at the same busstop! When I reached home, my sister told me that Adeline was on the same bus as me! Aiyah. She never came to say 'hi'. Went to my uncle's house for dinner. My dinner was good. hahas. Maybe cos I'm really hungry since I only had a slice of pandan cake for lunch. I was really tired so knocked out pretty early.
Visited 2 temples today. I had to thank the gods for blessing me with good results. hahas. Then went to J8 for lunch. My dad went to carwash after lunch and after the car was wiped dry, it rained! hahas. All the effort was wasted.

2008-10-16T04:05:00.000-07:00

Got back my promos' results yesterday! I am really shocked at my results but nonetheless very happy. (: Some people will kill me for this but since my blog is like my journal, I feel like putting down my results. hahas. So here goes: (promos) Bio-A, Chem-A, Maths-A, Econs-C, GP-D. (overall=promos+cts+va) Bio-A, Chem-B, Maths-A, Econs-C, GP-C.
It's been PW and preparation for open day after that. Just had my OP dry run this morning. And InR is due tomorrow! Haiz... I must wait till 3rd Nov to officially say BYE to PW. hahas.

2008-10-12T07:07:00.000-07:00

Ok. Haven't really been updating although promos has ended. So here's what I did during my weekends!
Friday (after school):
Went to Hwa Chong's Open Day. Looked around, spotted friends and got the goody bag! hahas. I was shocked at the number of st nicks students who came for the open day. It was half of the yellow badge cohort! Hopefully NJC's open day can have that many people too. Prepared for YEC which was to begin at 6pm. Carried balloons, decorated the entrance to the hall... Then YEC started. It was okay except that the number of people who turned out was quite disappointing. Jaslin and I helped DianFeng with his bouncer job since we had nothing to do as cleaners yet. Then an accident happened at the staircase next to the hall. This was the first time in my life that I saw such a bloody accident in school. Being in st johns for 4 years was a good thing cos I was able to help. Luckily there was another first aider there cos although I appeared calm, I was really scared looking at the amount of blood on the floor and on the casualty herself. The ambulance came and brought her to the hospital. We cleared up the mess after she left. After the accident, I totally lost my appetite so I skipped dinner. hahas. I didn't have the mood to dance at the hall cos the image of the accident was in my mind and it still is. Luckily the girl was okay after the accident.
Saturday:
Early in the morning, I had to take the MRT to WanQing's house in Boon Lay to do pw. WanQing was super funny cos she was really blur. Couldn't really blame her cos she just woke up but then again, she didn't know which bus to take to the MRT station from her house despite living there for so many years! hahas. After pw went to Orchard for my dental appointment. Had lunch, shopped around, returned home, watched TV and napped. Went to teachers' estate for dinner. After dinner, watched TV and slept. Nothing much.
Sunday:
Watched TV in the morning. The variety show was really hilarious and I kept laughing. hahas. Had an early lunch cos there was an exco meeting at KAP at 1pm. For the exco meeting, all the girls exco members except one turned up for the meeting while there was only two guys who turned up--- Letts and ZiXiang. hahas. Girls are more responsible than guys! (: So Letts and ZiXiang were honourary girls for the day. We discussed about orientation then council structure then councillors performance. Went to nette's house after the meeting. Played mahjong and Wii. Laughed alot like always during the visit. It was good to meet up with squadmates again! (: First time seeing nette's dog, Yoshi. He is really playful. He kept disturbing me when I was eating and after that. hahas. But it was quite fun playing with him. My closest contact with a dog! Apparently he likes me and kept following me for a period of time.
That's all for the weekends!

2008-10-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

Council is back into my life again after the break during promos. Today, went to school to help with the cleaning of council room. Gosh. The council room is really dirty and there are so many things! We took everything out and cleaned them. I didn't paint the council room but then the council room is now in a really bright yellow colour. hahas. Solaris! We also rearranged the council room so now it looks a lot more spacious. Went to attend the Liberal Arts College focus group session with 12 other students and 2 visitors from NUS. It was surprisingly quite a lively discussion where everyone shared their views on LAC. I'm quite disappointed that LAC will not be set up in time for my batch so I can't really see for myself how good it really is. Now, I'm still puzzled about my future career. Tmr is school reopen day. Haiz... Although it does alreadly felt like school reopened since my PW group is always meeting early and I have to be back in school for council. I'm going to miss waking up late.

2008-10-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

Ok Estee asked me to do this. Let's see.
1. no one
2. my family? hahas.
3. an artiste ( but just for a period of time until I'm sian )
4. ziyun!
5. mylene
6. me? hahas. at least for the fantasies part.
7. ziyi
8. my cousin, keefe
9. my sis
10. jiawen
11. cheryl?
12. jessica alba
13. so it can't be a real celebrity rite?
14. girly- wanqing
15. silvesta, sure very jing dian de
16. edwin, but then again he is already grown up
17. xinliang
18. nette, as in the treatment she receives
19. zixiang
20. the directors of shows I watch, esp those about ppl's lives
21. mindy
22. jade
23. peixuan! hahas. cos she's my dearest pw group leader.
24. yin wai
25. I guess everyone seems to be good at it once you are in the mood of it.
26. hahas. I have no one in mind.
27. my mum
28. kenneth, but in the role of the opp gender! hahas. don't kill me.
29. my idols
30. Every answer is the answer that first appears in my mind. So each qn may have more than one answer but I only give my first answer. Don't worry if your name isn't here cos it may be a good thing. And don't worry if your name is here cos it may not be a bad thing. hahas. Only ppl who did this will noe what each no. means. :P

2008-09-30T05:56:00.000-07:00

I'm back! Actually I'm back long ago but after promos ended, it was pw all the way! pw is getting really irritating now. Everytime we meet up, we change our planned journey. It may be good in some sense like to make the planned journey much more better but still cannot help feeling insecure. Haiz... Anyway our whole class except one group met up today at KAP! It felt like a class outing. hahas. I bet the attendance is even better than the real class outing we had last time. It was very cool cos Macs has a plug then Jean brought the extension cord and so we had 8 plugs! It was scary though cos it was seriously a hazard. But it took Macs until lunchtime to realise that their power is draining off due to this and so we had to unplug everything. It was our fault though. hahas. So kinda felt guilty. After lunch, we did peer assessment, which was the purpose for the meeting today. We had 4 'stations' and after reading each stations' written report, we will give our comments. This is actually quite a good thing cos we received constructive feedback to improve our written report. Thank you classmates! hahas.

2008-09-12T07:56:00.000-07:00

Don't really have much time to update my blog nowadays cos promos is nearing. Everyone is busy studying. My class is super scary. You should see how my classmates mug. Hahas. Obviously I mug too. Anyway, going to leave my blog aside first until promos end. To everyone out there who is having or going to have your exams:

GOOD LUCK! (:

This is for myself too! Hahas.

2008-09-03T18:18:00.000-07:00

Went to watch Boys over flowers yesterday with my cousins. Really excited. The show was not too bad just that I was disappointed that Rui had so little scenes. Nonetheless it was still enjoyable! (: Went to visit my cousins' new house after that. We played bridge, monopoly and UNO. This is the first time I enjoyed playing monopoly so much. Obviously cos I won! hahas. I just kept buying and buying.

2008-08-30T03:55:00.001-07:00

Yesterday we celebrated teachers' day. Supposed to leave house at 6am in the morning but I ended up waking up at 6.06am! I literally jumped out of bed! Rushed to school to help set up everything. We started the celebration with Aces Day. We did body combat and it was really tiring. But it was fun. Hahas. I learnt some nice moves. After that was the concert. Changed to my boy costume for the council skit. While waiting, we camwhored. Then it started to drizzle. So changed to wet weather plan. We had to act in 2 venues- LT5 and hall. So it was like pao getai. Hahas. The concert ended with mass dance but sadly the councillors were the only ones doing it. Helped packed out before cabbing down to sng. Almost the whole cohort turned up! Walked here and there before going to j8 with squadmates for lunch. Felt really sleepy. So went home to take a nap before going to Orchard to meet my primary school teacher and friends. I was quite surprised that quite a number of us turned up. Chatted and ate before going home. Ok now here are the pics I took for the whole day:

girlfriend and boyfriend

half of all the skitters

don't you think junlong looks damn scary?

solaris capt and lignum capt! (:

bored ppl

zixiang the monkey that looks like a rat! hahas.

and we all love his pink butt!

the parents

a cool boy with his 'gay' dad! hahas.

that is nj nerd lion!

lignum HAT

shuhui and me

our very own boyband emo-ing

sc pres has become a waiter

our creation- different jc skirts with sng belt!

with squadmates at yoshi

miss ng and me

my primary school friends

2008-08-28T05:06:00.000-07:00

Teachers' Day is tomorrow. Going to jc in the morning, secondary school in the afternoon and primary school in the evening. Hahas. My whole day is packed! Preparation for tomorrow's teachers' day celebration was the agenda for this week. Rehearsals for the council skit were really fun! (: Can't wait for tomorrow. Hahas.

2008-08-23T18:48:00.000-07:00

Met Mindy, Estee and Lynn yesterday at nlb. Mindy and I were super early so we sat down to chat before the other 2 came to join us. We went to the basement of nlb which opens at 10am and there was already a huge crowd waiting to chiong inside. When the doors opened, everyone rushed in. I was walking behind and laughing at how Lynn, Mindy and Estee were running to find seats like some kiasu aunties shopping when there is a huge sale. The worst thing is that they ran the wrong way so in the end, we could only study at the sofa. hahas. Managed to do some work, not like last time when I was supposed to have a study session with Estee. We went to KFC for lunch and chatted. That was when everything we were talking about came to light. It was quite hilarious actually, like filming a mystery show and everything pieced together in the end. I think only the 4 of us know what I'm talking about. hahas. After that, I went for tuition. Again I was falling asleep at the first hour but was wide awake for the next hour. Went home and changed because we were going out to celebrate my grandpa's birthday. Ate so much that night. :P

2008-08-17T07:08:00.000-07:00

It has been a nice weekend. Filled with lots of sleep, talking and watching the Olympics. Oh and good food too! hahas. Look's like the importance and urgency of getting down to study for promos is not in me yet. Homework are piling up too. hahas. I'm so in quadrant 4! But I'm happy. Happy doing the things I like instead of burying my head in studies and work.

2008-08-08T22:58:00.001-07:00

Finally its over! (:
Have been very busy for the past 2 weeks. Busy making props and busy rehearsing. But it was all worth it cos Solaris WON the NE Challenge Trophy! I am really happy! Thanks to all my performers for being so willing to come down for rehearsals and for staging such a wonderful performance. Thanks to all who came down to help out in props making, there were so many props and all took effort and time to be completed. Thanks to my classmates for being there for me and supporting me through this busy period. Thanks to my HAT for also being there for me. Thanks to all Solarians for cheering during yesterday's performance.

Now I can finally rest! After yesterday's celebration, stayed back to clear up then had lunch with Kenneth and Jade. Reached home, bathed and SLEPT. Slept all the way to dinner time, then had dinner before continuing my sleep. Slept all the way to 11 am this morning! Hahas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

2008-07-28T06:43:00.000-07:00

Today we started work for ndc house competition! I am very happy that the no. of ppl who came dwn to help was more than expected and we managed to do more stuffs than planned! (:
Thanks to Jade, Lee Jing, Yu Hung, Vanessa, Ben, Pei Xuan, Hui Teng, Lin Xin, Lawrence, Shuaige, Yuan Wai (not sure if it is spelt like that), In-y, Audrey, Mindy and Mindy's taiwanese buddy. Hopefully I didn't miss out anyone. Thank you so much for your help today! (:

Jiayou SOLARIS!

2008-07-23T06:20:00.000-07:00

I did it AGAIN. I promised myself not to do it again and I broke that promise. Everytime it happens I feel so silly and stupid. But I can't help it. It is difficult to control. I am terribly disappointed with myself.

No More Cry by D-51

NO MORE CRY　NO MORE CRY
NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Ashita he NO MORE CRY ashita he NO MORE CRY
Konna ni taisetsu na hito ga chikaku ni iru koto sae mo
Kidukazu ni namida nagashitari
Tsukue no rakugaki no naka ni kagayaita yume no kakera
Hitori mune ni kakushitari
Sonna LONELY DAYS kurikaesu no wa mou yame you
Kono sora no iro ni kae you Yeah
Nigedasu koto ni narete itanda
Jibun dake dato susande tanda
Sonna kinou no boku ni wa sayonara
Hashiri dasu yo NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Kimi no te mo hiite yukeru
Ashita he NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Kanashimi janaku yorokobi no namida wo nagashi tai
Ano hi no kimi no yasashi sa ni sunao ni nare nai boku wa
Chiisana te wo furi haratta
Hodoketa mama no kutsu himo ja hashire nai yo
Kono sora wo fukaku suikomou Yeah
Taisetsu na koto wasuretetanda
Mirai kara me wo sorashite tanda
Sonna kinou no boku ni wa sayonara
Hashiri dasu yo NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Kimi ga soba ni ite kureta
Egao de NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Nando demo yari naoseru
Talk to me about you,baby konna ni mo kimi wo motomeru
Itsudemo Stay with me for loving you,baby
Hitori dewa ikite yuke nai kitto dare mo ga
Kogoeta yubisaki wo furete atatame taiyo
Me ni utsuru subete wo ima wa dakishimetai
Hashiri dasu yo NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Kimi no te mo hiite yukeru
Ashita he NO MORE CRY NO MORE CRY
Kanashimi janaku yorokobi no namida wo nagashi tai
NO MORE CRY　NO MORE CRY
Kanashimi janaku yorokobi no namida wo nagashi tai

2008-07-19T22:55:00.000-07:00

Had my solaris HAT 'outing' at toa payoh. It wasn't really an outing and it wasn't really the whole solaris HAT. Went to Macs with Mindy and sat down for 1.5 hours discussing about the game for house session. Then Jade joined us. We went to buy the prizes together. Mindy left and Jade and I went to the foodcourt. We sat down for 2 hours and talked. Although we didn't managed to sit down as a HAT to 'bond', the outing was still fruitful. I understand my 2 members better now especially Jade. And both talking sessions with both of them are something that is worth sacrificing my time for. That's what friends are for. (:

My HAT! (:

2008-07-18T08:14:00.001-07:00

Today is a good day. Hahas. It started off not that well though cos I was rushing to complete my maths assignment in the morning. But then there was the hilarious pub stunt for grad nite to cheer me up and today is the last day for me to sing the school song infront of the whole school. (: Lessons went on as usual. Nothing special except that today is Mr Hussein's last day with us. We're going to get a new econs teacher. Hopefully he/she is good. Together with shermain and xinliang, we helped our dearest cip rep wanqing with the cip 'board' after school. It was very fun decorating with all the photos. We added humour with all the weird captions and speech bubbles. Hahas. The final product looked very nice! Rushed down to the bball court to watch the soccer com. Both matches with Solaris teams ended off with penalties. It was damn stressful watching. Although both teams didn't make it to the semi-finals, I think both teams were really good with really strong players! (: After the soccer com was broadway! Broadway is the first concert that I felt the most at ease. It was a really wonderful performance and some parts were very funny. Went to my uncle's house for bbq to celebrate my cousin's birthday. It was like a big gathering and I caught up with my cousin that I have not seen for a long time. Hahas. Too bad my brother has school tomorrow so we had to leave early.

2008-07-12T04:50:00.000-07:00

This is a really long post, so I shall give you all a content page! hahas.

1. Indian Dance camp pics
2. Cheering for Canoeing pics
3. POP 2008 pics

ENJOY! (:

2008-07-12T04:25:00.000-07:00

Indian Dance camp was from friday to saturday. It was alot of fun as its been sometime since the last cca. The new EXCOs were announced too!

my 5 years friend! (:
my attempt
lakshmi's attempt
preparation of seniors' gifts
hello seniors! (:

settling down

say cheese

SMILES

farewell video
watching

giving out gifts

still giving out gifts

hug

BIG HUG

one more hug

our new IP assist head: JEANETTE

our new IP head: SHANTI

our new PRO: DEVA
our new welfare head: VID C our new QM: RINITA

our new sec: LENG SHAN

our new vice pres: LAKSHMI

vice pres with ex-EXCOs

and our new president is...

ARTHI!!! (:

pres with ex-EXCOs

new ID EXCOs

2008-07-12T04:14:00.000-07:00

I had no school on friday!!! (: Went to Macritchie reservoir to support NJC canoeing. Took photos that day.

mindy's first attempt.
mindy's second attempt.
i love this photo! (: i caught everyone looking at the cam and smiling!
look at the hamburger cake!

buying lunch for everyone

my first time taking a Mercs cab

eat

still eating

Solaris HAT (:

2008-07-12T03:53:00.000-07:00

Ok here are the POP 2008 photos! Sorry Xilei for taking such a long time.

deb and happy gambling at 7.15 in the morning!
birthday girl! (:
so sexy...
parade
nice backdrop rite?

FA NCOs

WANZI'S BACK!

LolliPOP

Birthday cake

bdae girl 1

bdae girl 2

xilei so EXTRA!

performance

failed shot. hahas.

say cheese

family (: