10 updates

i don't really have the mood to type entire loooonnnggg posts nowadays & can't really post pictures up now cause my hard disk is full. can't put anymore music & photos inside now ))):

1. exercise
have been exercising really often nowadays. very proud of myself :D & i thank all those who have accompanied me swimming! steph, mk, mel, ruoning.
a few things i've realised the past few times of swimming:
steph always swims freestyle while mk always swims breaststroke. mel doesn't really like the sun. ruoning makes sure she finishes the laps she sets for herself. many people (especially guys) love tanning at bukit batok swimming complex while cck's swimming complex is always packed with the little sec & pri kids that are learning swimming.

2. payday
some people have known about my miserable pay while working as a florist. so, when payday came, it was only a freaking $90. i went to bank in my cheque & was super sua-ku. i didn't know what do & where to slot it in. i then invested $20 of my pay in a swimming towel, the kind that you can soak it, squeeze it & it becomes insanely dry again :D though it was about 22.2% of my pay, it was a worthy investment.

3. new job: at a petshop
thanks to kevin, i have found work at a petshop which does mostly grooming. i just hope they don't cheat me & that i can have time off to go to church on sundays. i have mondays free! choosing between the waitress job & the petshop job, i rather serve the animals whole-heartedly than people half-heartedly. i've yet to work a day & i hope i do have fun. if it really goes well, then i have much thanks for God & kev.

4. books
i still prefer having a hard copy of a book in my hands rather than reading it on some computer. i don't think i could even sell my story books in the future. i've been caught up in two books. one fifth avenue by candace bushnell & discover the book God wrote by bill bright. can you believe that i bought one fifth avenue for only $3?! & uncle william bought the other for $1?! when i feel richer, i'll pop down to praisehaven family store at bukit timah again to get cheap cheap cheap books.

5. army
meeting up with the clique on saturday was really awesome even though i was like the only girl at the bbq for close to 3 hours. time really flies & sooner or later, all the guys in the clique are going to have shaved heads. it's probably 40% of the guys in army now. so for like 2 hours, the conversations mainly revolved around the topics of army, army & ARMY. wilson tried to help me by changing topics but it hardly worked. those army guys can't really help it, it's 24hrs mon to friday in camp & so that's what they can only talk about. now i understand how girls who have boyfriends in army feel. all the dudes talk about army & become wrapped up in their own small little world. my situation was slightly better as i understood some sort of army lingo & have army stories of my own to tell, especially spooky ones thanks to prashant. the group then became divided into two groups. the boys that had entered army (no hair) & those that had not (have hair).
time is really precious to these army boys & i appreciate them for being able to take time off & spend their precious weekend with the clique. the time that they could have rested at home, spend time with their families or even with their girlfriends, was instead spent with the clique. it isn't easy gathering everybody & i appreciate what jacon has done.

6. may
yayy, maymay is back finally!

7. alevel results
honestly, i don't think i'll do well at all. what i know i can do now is to only pray hard & believe in God for a miracle. it's not really nice to hear friends talk about other people that they know that got into some top notch uni or something. it would be nice for once if i was actually one of those elites, excelling in everything but unfortunately, i'm on the path of 'doing what i like to do'. it's really pressuring to have like 'smarter & much more hardworking' people all around me. you know when people say they think they are not going to do well & in the end they do do well? i, on the other hand, am the opposite. when i know i'm not going to do well, i usually don't do well in the end. the only times when i thought i did well & did do well in the end, was back in sec4 during an amaths test & j2 maths probability test. i don't wanna have high hopes, only to be dashed by seeing some poor results on the day itself. all that i can do is believe that whatever i get, God has a plan for me.

8. wishlist
- new swimming costume
- new running shoes
- nail stickers
these aren't wants, they are needs. & i think i'll work for it. buy them with my pay. my old swimming costume is loose, my running shoes are old & have toe-holes & running more with it will further aggravate my joints. nail stickers are for me to release my creativity. this year's cny, i decorate my fingernails & toenails & have received compliments. so in case i can't find any job in the future, i can become like a manicurist. i am going to remove those jewels on my toes soon & replace them with butterflies.

9. last saturday's canoeing training
it was my 1st time in a long time heading down to macritchie for canoeing training. i wanted to help out in the juniors training cause i knew how busy the j2s would be. i mean, i was in the same position as them last year. while we were rowing out, doing our sets, the j1s would be left with mr ang & i would like kinda worry about them not knowing the proper way to balance boat & stuff. so, last saturday, when i saw the juniors, i was disappointed. there was only 13 j1s )))): like WTH? my team of like 24 shrank till 12 & the j2s with originally 30 shrank till like 17. are you telling me that my next year i'll have 6 or 7 people left? WTH?
if i will be left with a handful of people, then i might as well sieve out the j1s now. the j1s have to know that canoeing is a no nonsense kind of cca. you can't just come & leave as you like it. & quitting halfway is wimpy & weak. i'm hoping for a miracle.
HAHAHAHAHA, i totally rolled my eyes at that new canoeing teacher. i still prefer mr kum.

10. last & foremost
i need to sleep soon to wake up at 8am everyday to get to work