Sunday, January 28, 2007

preparations

friday
cross country. i am SO PROUD of myself. being in the 'b'division is tough, but i managed to get 12th position!! whee. i remember the time when daddy was sending both my brother and i to macritchie reservoir for cross country. i was VERY NERVOUS. anyway, when i got there, it was super dark. there were no lights. went to the area where my class gathered to get our WONDERFUL class tee. 4d's class tee is green in colour with our names on the back. went to the toilet to change quickly and gathered with the councillors to settle down the school.

awhile later, the 'b'division boys had started and miss fiona tan started to pray for the rest of the school. that's when it started to rain. then it was the 'b'division girls turn to begin our run. at the starting point, there was hardly any time for us to stretch. the girls representing our class, 4d, was me, gina, sarah, sophie, julia and elizabeth. boy were we all good. we all got into top 30. sarah was the best! she got 8th, gina got 11th, i got 12th, elizabeth got 14th, sophie got 26th and julia got 28th. there was one time in the race when all of us 4d girls were running together in a vertical line. we are good! i remember overtaking a lot of people in the forested area. i remember my tactics. run down slopes like a mad person and slow a little down when the path was straight and when i come to the steep slope entering the highway, i will speed up cause that's where everyone slows seriously down.

while we girls were running in the forested area, we didn't know that it was already raining so heavily till we got to the highway where we got drenched. throughout my race, my mind was in a constant positive attitude. i told myself to NOT GIVE UP and i'm running not for my own, but for the class as well. also, it's my last year and therefore, i had to make a deep imprint in my life and i did. for sec1 crosscountry, i didn't know my capabilities. i think my position was like 70-80 plus. but for sec2, it was 8th. for sec3, it was 13th and for sec4, 12th! whee. i'm so happy.

anyway, only the b'division managed to run for crosscountry. cause it was RAINING SERIOUSLY HEAVY and the school chartered buses to bring EVERYBODY back to school. i don't know what will happen to the c'division and the fun run. don't know what the school will do.

after cross country, i went out with the same grp of people. it was us 5 girls and 9 boys (i think). the grp was pretty indecisive about what to do with the rest of the afternoon. oh, and during lunch, sihui told jingming that he had those kind of eyes that could dian dao bie ren. then he tried it on me, which didn't work. haha. had lunch with them and then went shopping with mummy!

i don't know how people can stand shopping for many hours! after quite sometime, i really couldn't take it. i badly needed to sit. so my mother and i went to starbucks. i can't believe that they would charge $3.20 just for a cup of tea! it's so OVERPRICED. i will never buy that again. it was just plain english tea and for $3.20. OMG.

went back to shopping. i can't believe how easy it is to get a dress for an occasion and just not get a shirt and skirt. but my good friend told me that, you can only wear your dress the 2nd time after a long long time. while for a skirt, you can mix and match. the problem now is that i have to find accessories for the dresses. -_-"

i used to tell myself that i'll never wear a dress again. but it seems like i have broken that.
anyway,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!!

saturday
slack around. watched happy feet in the night.

sunday
sorry joanna for not going for service. sorry steph. i now feel bad on dragging you to service the other time.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

memories

sigh. ever since my com system changed to the windows xp system, i've LOST all my photos. from the sec1 family photos, to holiday photos, to the ipoh trip with ncc, to cam-whoring photos. from stupid photos to really touching photos. damn. it's all gone. those that i have we me are measly.

anyway,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHUYI! (:

some random shots:

joanna, steph and me at church annual dinner
me and steph. i'm not wearing rouge. i'm sunburnt.
redcross presentation during orientation. who's that on the floor?
GO RED CROSS GO!
RED CROSS!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

frustration

omg. i just like typed a long post twice and i have to retype it ALL OVER AGAIN!

so briefly,
1. jorel is like uber good in guitar. he can play the canon in d!!
2. i'm under ss. serious stress. let me go AWOL!
3. both gina and i are heading the project department in council, we hope to work well with the people working with us. jacon, jocelyn, julia, constance, eunice, ryan, deborah, jumana, xuening, simon magdalene, magdalene, abigail, cassandra and sueann.
4. caleb n i are the MCs for the student leader investiture. not prepared. our script, which i came up, has super many prolific words.
5. both allicia and i are doing assembly for the whole of this week. it's a heart thumping job. regulates your blood.
6. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLICIA :)
7. argh. sze an went to show my ezlink card around. do you know how embarrassing it is?! the photo is like taken in primary 6. i look seriously weird! EMBARRASSING!
8. i'm still feeling happy :)

stuck

i'm seriously in delirium. i'm like a hamburger. the top bun would be schoolwork, the lettuce would be red cross, the tomatoes would be council, the meat patty would be ME and the last bottom bun would be pressure. and this hamburger would be squashed up, rolled up and stamped on. i really HATE people raising their voices at me, including adults. we shoudl be given the proper respect that we deserve. i don't and never shout at a teacher, why must the teacher scold us, and in a raised voice too? the current teenager minds are in the influence of defiance. if someone challenges us, all the more we should challenge that person back and make sure he/she loses at his/her own game.

moving on. i'm so GLAD/HAPPY/ELATED/JOYOUS with working with GINA :) in council, we're the project heads. and i'm really thankful for the people whom we'll we working with. jacon, jocelyn, constance, eunice, julia, ryan, deborah, xuening, jumana, abigail, cassandra, magdalene and sueann.

today was student leaders invesititure rehearsal. both caleb and i are the MCs for that event and we're not really that ready. i kinda prepared the whole script and i tried to like add as much prolific words as i can. and OMG, jorel is like SUPER DUPER UBER GOOD in playing that electric guitar of his. it's al polished and shiny. i think he really takes pride in it. anyway, he's the very detalied kind of person. and he can play CANON IN D with his electric guitar. do you realise how much that skill and talent it takes? yiling was gushing over the music...

for this week, i'll be doing assembly with allicia! she'll be singing the national anthem while i like do the rest. it's not my first time, but everytime i do it, it's like the first. it's scary facing the whole school BUT i bet that joy and joy, fion and caleb has practically gotten used to it.

anyway,...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALLICIA! :)

Sunday, January 14, 2007

footdrill camp

have i ever mentioned how big my love is for footdrill?
anyway, the passion for it is so great that i like correcting mistakes. i really am happy when i see my cadets executing correctly and disappointed when they don't. i think i'm a strict instructor.

this year's camp wasn't THAT INTENSIVE as we were drilling in the hall because of the rain. i think everyone's drills improved tons. i also learnt some stuff, real new stuff. footdrill drained my energy, and furthermore, i slept around 3.30pm and had to wake up at 6.45pm. freezing cold. NOT me. i was snugly warm in my sleeping bag. fion, irysad and hengguang slept in stretchers, huiling slept ON TOP of her sleeping bag, qihui ma'am, leonard sir, joanne and chanel ma'am slept in the cold floor. all of them woke up freezing. and all of us squeezed into the red cross room, sleeping.

footdrill is really the best. i think everyone had fun during the camp, especially playing all the childish games that i thought of. snake catching is really tiring and brain-teasing. haha. during the weekly redcross meeting before camp, red cross was playing snake catching in the pa1. man, did my ear suffer some serious damage. everyone was screaming and really having fun. i think many of them really enjoyed the day.

footdrill camp really drained out tons of people, during debrief it was really hilarious to see some dozing off. i had huiling to keep me awake. haha. i just can't stop thinking about it. after dissmisal, the cadets went home, irysad n hengguang played soccer with the volleyball, fion n huiling n amanda went home, atiqah went to bathe n then home, chanel ma'am and leonard sir went home together and while waiting for my dad to fetch me home i ACTUALLY did some chinese homework that zeng lao shi gave us. unbelievable.

upon reaching home around 4.30pm, i immediately fell alseep on my bed and only woke up at12.30am when my mom was scolding my brother. i was delirious. my body wasn't used to this. cooked myself some maggi mee and went asleep again.

woke up, watched tv, did homework and here i am now.
dear Lord, i'm really sorry for not going to church.

footdrill camp

have i ever mentioned how big my love is for footdrill?
anyway, the passion for it is so great that i like correcting mistakes. i really am happy when i see my cadets executing correctly and disappointed when they don't. i think i'm a strict instructor.

this year's camp wasn't THAT INTENSIVE as we were drilling in the hall because of the rain. i think everyone's drills improved tons. i also learnt some stuff, real new stuff. footdrill drained my energy, and furthermore, i slept around 3.30pm and had to wake up at 6.45pm. freezing cold. NOT me. i was snugly warm in my sleeping bag. fion, irysad and hengguang slept in stretchers, huiling slept ON TOP of her sleeping bag, qihui ma'am, leonard sir, joanne and chanel ma'am slept in the cold floor. all of them woke up freezing. and all of us squeezed into the red cross room, sleeping.

footdrill is really the best. i think everyone had fun during the camp, especially playing all the childish games that i thought of. snake catching is really tiring and brain-teasing. haha. during the weekly redcross meeting before camp, red cross was playing snake catching in the pa1. man, did my ear suffer some serious damage. everyone was screaming and really having fun. i think many of them really enjoyed the day.

footdrill camp really drained out tons of people, during debrief it was really hilarious to see some dozing off. i had huiling to keep me awake. haha. i just can't stop thinking about it. after dissmisal, the cadets went home, irysad n hengguang played soccer with the volleyball, fion n huiling n amanda went home, atiqah went to bathe n then home, chanel ma'am and leonard sir went home together and while waiting for my dad to fetch me home i ACTUALLY did some chinese homework that zeng lao shi gave us. unbelievable.

upon reaching home around 4.30pm, i immediately fell alseep on my bed and only woke up at12.30am when my mom was scolding my brother. i was delirious. my body wasn't used to this. cooked myself some maggi mee and went asleep again.

woke up, watched tv, did homework and here i am now.
dear Lord, i'm really sorry for not going to church.

Saturday, January 06, 2007

orientation'07

boy oh boy.

before orientation, preparation
i'm never into the logistics/adminstration thingy. it's just NOT MY THING. if you make me do it, i'll do it but not good enough. i'm the kind which ra ra people. i can scold people and then bring them up happy again. i'm the kind which does a lot of interaction. i'm not the backstage kind. i'm the upfront kind and i'll do a good job of it. so, i'm afraid i didn't really do my job being the logsitics head. oops sorry.

the class i took is IH obadiah. i'll really miss them. this is the last class i'll be taking before i leave fairfield.

i took 1I in 2005, 1G in 2006 and 1H this year 2007. why am i always doing this kind of classes? i really wanted to do a express class. i wanted to know the difference. guess that i won't ever be doing that already.

took the class with rachel gong, mark ho, hannah lee, debroah lim, clarence, suanfong, kueider and joseph. oh. the alumni were helped was marshall and ziyang.

orientation day one
i was okay with this day. it's like all orientation day ones. it's always the same thing. the sec1s wouldn't feel enthusiatic at all on this day. it was really funny to see all those first-timers handling the sec1s. they were impatient, frustrated, all those stuff. how comical. won't mention names. it was really hard learning those sec1 names. i could like only remember two? sigh. i got really pissed on this day. not because of the sec1 kids, but because of something else.

orientation day two
this day were really the dumps for the sec1s. they didn't had recess and had to go for some stupid talk. i really think that this talks are really not necessary for the first few days of school. even if they wanted a session like that, just one would do. on this day, i could see the immature sec1s. the sec1s which acted like they were still pri6. i could see the mature ones. not that they were loners but they knew that it was time to grow up and not be childish. there was this really weird kid in 1h called alexander aka alex. while everyone in the hall was learning the mass dance, he just started to bend and filp his body in weird ways that i don't wanna touch. so i got foowai to help me. man, where was marshall??

orientation day three, final
on this very day, i could see that almost everyone in my class had somesort become a little grown up and matured. almost all of them were enthusiatic in everthing. i was SUPER UBER HAPPY! then, i came to know this boy called alvin. boy was he cute and short. he reminded me of somebody. anyway, during their workshop, i came to know that alex was really this smart kid if you really get to know him. though 1h lost most of the games, they never despaired. just tired.

i really love you 1H! i will definitely miss you guys!

songs

man. there's been like some songs which i have been addicted to
beyonce-irreplaceable
to the left
to the left
to the left
to the left

VERSE 1:
mmmm..to the left to the left
Everthing you own in the box to the left I
n the closet, that's my stuff-
Yes, if i bought then please don't touch(dont touch)
And keep talkin that mess thats fine, but could you walk and talk at the same time-
And, its my name thats on that jag. so go move your bags let me call you a cab
Standin in the front yard tellin me how i'm such a [fool] talkin bout, ill never ever find a man like you,
You got me twisted

CHORUS:
You must not know bout me
You must not know bout me i could have another you in a minute, matter fact, he'll be here in a minute, baby
You must not know bout me
You must not know bout me i could have another you by tomorrow so dont you ever for a second get to thinkin, your irreplaceable

VERSE 2:
So go ahead and get gone, call up that chick,
and see if shes home
oops, i bet you thought, that i didnt know,
what did you think, i was puttin you out for...
because you was untrue,
rollin her around in the car that i bought you baby drop them keys...
hurry up before your taxi leaves standin in the front yard tellin me how im such a [fool]
talkin bout, ill never ever find a man like you,
you got me twisted

CHORUS:
you must not know bout me
you must not know bout me
i could have another you in a minute matter fact,
he'll be here in a minute,
baby you must not know bout me
you must not know bout me
i could have another you by tomorrow so dont you ever for a second get to thinkin,
your irreplaceable

VERSE 3: so since im not your everything,
how bout i'll be nothing,
nothing at all to you baby i
wont shed a tear for you (i wont shed a tear)
i wont lose a wink of sleep (a wink of sleep)
cause the truth of the matter is replacing you is so easy

to the left
to the left
to the left
to the left
mmmm...to the left
to the left ,everything you own in the box
to the left
to the left
to the left
dont you ever for a second get to thinkin...
your irreplaceable

you must no know bout me
you must not know bout me
i could have another you in a minute matter fact,
hell be here in a minute, BABY!!!!
you must not know bout me
you must not know bout me
i could have another you by tomorrow
so dont you ever for a second get to
([Played with next verse] thinkin...Baby hey yea!!!)
you must not know bout me
you must not know bout me
i could have another you in a minute, matter fact, he'll be here in a minute

you can pack all yo bags we finsihed,
Cause yo made your bed now lay in it
i could have another you by tomorrow
so dont you ever for a second get to thinkin your irreplaceable....

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

happy new year

ushering in year 2007 is the best thing that had ever happened to me.

new year's eve
woke up at 9.30am. crazy me. went to church for some admin stuff. after that, attended service in the century. the sermon was good. i think i was like an irritation to the people sitting around me because of my runny nose and irritating cough. i was like blowing my nose and coughing phlegm the whole time. i used up two packets of tissue in just two hours? crazy me. the sermon was like : life in church in the upcoming future. i was like making notes on how to make up a sermon. was thinking to myself, if i were to preach in the future, how am i going to do it? better draft up a template now. come to think of it, yesterday's sermon was much of a sermon. the pastor was just like talking about building up the church in the future.

highlight of the day! went to gerald's house of countdown. we, youthexplorers, about 30 of us i think, went to macs first for dinner, then around 8pm, we went to gerald's house. boy, he lived on the top floor. why do most people i know, like to live at the top floors? anyway, gerald keeps TWO dogs. narcotics dogs. they sniff out drugs. one's a beagle the other is some mixed breed. both are males. i really like both dogs. they don't bark at all. NOT AT ALL. both dogs are SUPER UBER heavy. i think triple is losing hair. ANYWAY, i played mahjong and taiti like the whole time i was there. don't really like bridge. over at gerald's house, we also sang songs and had a sharing session. gerald was the one who started sharing, then ian. my brother was supposed to share too, but aiyah it's just him. my bro can't share his personal experiences.
anyway, my brother learnt how to play mahjong. i think he's getting addicted on it (: mahjong just so totally rock. the low brothers are pretty good at it. it was only after a few rounds of mahjong before benlow actually won. SUDDENLY, we had to stop our game. gerald got news that there was bombing in thailand. we had to stop and pray for our dear friends in bangkok. it turned out that they weren't hurt and that they were only just two stations away from the bombing site.

10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..HAPPY NEW YEAR!! everyone then went round shaking hands, wishing their well wishes. wah. shaun yen. you squeezed my hand extremely painfully. you're an idiot. anyway, we got back to playing mahjong till we had to leave. oh. jiansheng is like uber good in playing the guitar. i think both me n daniel pflug are like awed by him.

daddy sent both jiansheng n enyao home. boy were we squeezed like sardines in the car. off to dreamland at 11pm.

new year day
i love this day. daddy, mummy, me, nat n vanessa spent the whole day with uncle paul, kochi, james and wesley
morning.
i felt really sick and we're going pulau ubin for cycling. my body was aching. i think i felt like i had a fever. when we reached changi for breakfast, i had no appetite at all. i was so sick. when uncle paul, wesley n james arrived, they arrived on their bikes. they rode all the way from home!! POWER sia. i felt totally sick. mummy suggested to go take panadol so i had to like WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE CAR to get the PANADOL. i really felt better after that. panadol really works. oh. i saw REMY ONG at changi marketplace. the bowler!! remy ong looks so different as on tv. as soon as my brother heard that remy ong was like just where we were, he got up and tried to find him. around 9am, we boarded the bumpboat to get to pulau ubin.

it has been a REALLY LONG time since i last been to pulau ubin. the last time was like in sec1? or even pri6! we rented bikes and as usual, the bikes were screwed. why are the gears so hard to switch? haha. my mother doesn't know how to manuever those gears unlike me, daddy n nat. so whenever we came to those hills or slopes, she would get down from the bike and push. it took quite sometime to familiarize myself with the bike. ONCE I GOT USED TO IT, it was FREEHAND!! cycling without two hands! whooo! that adrenali rocks! my record is like 10seconds freehand riding. after having some coconuts at some beach, i told my mummy that i came to pulau ubin for some real exercise and really have some fun, not just cycling to enjoy the breeze. uncle paul kinda overheard and so, daddy, mummy and vanessa were one team and went somewhere else easier to cycle. while me, nat, wesley, james and uncle paul were one team and cycled some road tougher. did i say that i want some real excitement? OH BOY. DID I GET ONE.

uncle paul led us to some really bad terrain track. got scratched by branches, bumps here and there. bugs, mud, whatever dirty. then, there were this really big overhanging branches with leaves and all that. all of us but james went through. SUDDENLY, we're all crazy monkeys. RED ANTS!! those bloody red ants! going through that branches shook off tons of ants on us. those red ants bit really hard. it was painful. we were whacking each other. tons of screaming, jumping and yelling. it was like the moment i got through those branches, i felt something biting me, saw it was red ants, i THREW off my bike and went around screaming and hitting myself. now looking back, the scene must be seriously hilarious. LAUGH OUT LOUD. i really had a fun time cycling. had lunch in pulau ubin. cycled to the quarry and that's the end. it's back to the singapore shores.

we planned to meet at changi beach club for swimming. my mom and kochi went somewhere in the clubhouse to enjoy themselves. my brother, sister and i played around with the little kiddies while waiting for james n wesley to come join us. i think it was like more than an hour later before they came. haha. vanessa got bullied by wesley. TONS. they were playing with some coin. like fetch the coin once it's thrown into the pool and the first person to get it wins. after they were playing a few times, i decided to play in too. boy was wesley SO SURPRISED. the whole scene was underwater. i got to the coin first but he practically swerve my hand away from getting it, so i did it the same to him. i got it, but i snatched it away so i snatched it back and swam back to the surface. it's amazing that i actually managed to keep my breath underwater all this time. then when wesley surfaced, he was SHOCKED. haha. continued swimming till 6pm. oh. i was also trying to teach both james n wesley how to somesault into the water. man. they have no balls! haha. they were like super timid about not doing it. sigh.

anyway, showered, got dressed and went for dinner at the cafe. the portions were like super small! after dinner was bowling. i bet wesley was lying when he said that it was his 2nd time bowling his whole life. he's like UBER good. VERY good. he said it's newbie's luck. urgh. whatever. after two games, we went to check on daddy n uncle paul on their karoke. gosh. i don't really like karoke. that's why i don't go to kbox or whatever. it's not that my voice is not good, but i don't really like singing some stupid love song and look at the screen which has some stupid background going on.

anyway, i sat on this really comfy couch. wesley came to sit too. haha. and we're like talking so loudly over the noise. okay not noise. uncle paul n daddy n mummy n kochi were singing. it just doesn't sound pleasant to my ears. i think i was like screaming talking. anyway, james wanted to sing a song, so he got wesley to sing with him. man. i had to shut my ears! after some songs, we went home. could not stop thinking n smiling to myself about what had happened the whole day.

the best day of my life :)