the wonderful memories

2011-06-15T23:45:00.003+08:00

Oh goodness, when was the last time I posted?!

Anyway it's the June holidays now. Prelim 1 was over, shall not talk about it. This holidays have been quite a good break for me, though it's mostly studying, studying and studying. Sigh. What else can we do...

But I've been having outings too, those were really good breaks for me! :D After Os we're gonna play much more man! ^^

P/S: I finally changed my blogskin; the other one wasn't nice at all haha! xP

2011-03-28T22:18:00.005+08:00

Oh wow I just realised that it's been some time since I updated.

Anyway March holidays was very eventful! :D
Geo Challenge filming
Guides Camp Ahoy
Crescent-Cedar Exchange
World Water Day

Yay it keeps my mood up instead of just studying all the time! (: Shucks but once Term 2 starts everything will slowly whine down... :/

Sometimes I wonder, is it all worth it?

2011-03-06T22:49:00.002+08:00

Wahh busy busy busy. Argh so many things I want to do, yet so little time.

We no longer have time for ourselves anymore. :( Sometimes I wish we could lead a balanced life, instead of having to focus on our academics all the time.

Bleh but whatever, I'll take what comes my way.

JIAYOU!

2011-02-19T22:54:00.003+08:00

Update!

Haha. CNY was alright, only this year didn't do as much visiting as before.

School has been normal as usual. Nothing much to say.

Today we had our last World Thinking Day celebrations! ): I'm sad cos it's the last one that we're gonna attend. And this year just when it's our last one, they made it decentralised into 5 different venues, so it's no longer in the Singapore Indoor Stadium! Whyyyyyy. SIS has so much more atmosphere, and it's so much more grand and official! I'll always miss the celebrations in SIS...

Nevertheless, today was alright. Tuesday's the actual day for WTD. (: Donning on the Guides U! :D

2011-02-03T22:45:00.002+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year! :D

May you have a great year ahead and may happiness always be with you! (:

2011-01-31T20:10:00.003+08:00

CNY's cominggg! :D

I'm sooo excited for CNY!

This week's gonna be great cos it's a two-day week! :D
I really need this short-but-considerably-long break. One month and I'm already quite sian of this... :/

Jiayou I'll keep holding on. (:

2011-01-23T20:41:00.001+08:00

ARGHHH I'M SO PISSED NOW.
THE COURSE THAT I WANT TO SIGN UP FOR CLASHES WITH MY MALAY CLASS! D:
GAHHHHHHH!

OH GEESH THIS IS SO ANNOYING AND PISSIFYING!

!#$&(%*^(@^)!^&$!~&

2011-01-13T21:20:00.002+08:00

School has started. So... it's busy? But I don't consider this as busy actually, cos I know there'll be much more stressful moments coming up... :X

We're nearing the end of the second week. I would say Sec 4 is... scary. Daunting! I wonder how our seniors survived through it... I know it's not gonna be a big deal anymore once you overcome it, but yeah, I feel quite apprehensive towards this. :/

But I believe I'll be able to do fine! :D

JIAYOU! :D

2011-01-02T11:11:00.004+08:00

Happy New Year everybadeh! :D

Geesh, I forgot to post yesterday. 1/1/11! Haha nvm.

It's the start of the new year. Should I make New Year Resolutions? Actually basically my NYR is always the same. -.-

Anyway yesterday I finally bought my planner! :D It's blueee. Haha. And I wanna create an inspiration board, to help pull me through for this 'O' Level year! Grrrr.

Blossom and her 'Keep Calm and Carry On'! Teehee I have the badge bought from London! :D The Wallet Shop sells it too, but the font is different... Haha.

I want a WORLD MAP stuck to my wall! :D

2010-12-31T22:42:00.002+08:00

2010's nearly ending, I'm sad. :(
But oh well, we always have to welcome the new year.
It's been a busy but very fun year! :)
But I wonder how 2011 will be...

Anyway, just wanted to post on the last day of 2010, before the clock ticks 00:00 01/01/11. Haha.

Happy 2011 guys! :D

2010-12-27T19:31:00.002+08:00

It's time to update!

I came back from Bali last week. It's a nice place! Full of nature and scenery. (: But too bad it rained! ): For like, 80% of the time we were there. -.- But had fun! Loved the accommodation! xD

Oh yeah, Christmas was just two days ago! Haha. Merry Christmas! I had a very productive Christmas season, cos I finished all my remaining homework within those 3 days! :D Haha, feel great now! Jiayou to those who're still completing it! :D

Registration's over, now comes Orientation! I'm excited for Orientation! Haha but sadly, it's gonna be the last Orientation that we're gonna be helping out... :( I hope the Sec 1s next year and fun and enthu! :D

And you keep coming into my head.

2010-12-16T21:59:00.003+08:00

Hello world, I'm back to this, errr, not very updated blog! Haha, but anywayyy, the school hols are ending soon... ): ):

2011 is coming soon! :O

No way man! :/ I'll be Sec 4... AND GARRHHHHH!

Random note... I've watched Harry Potter 7 Part 1! :D Yay, I love anything that's related to Harry Potter! :D Wouldn't mind watching it again!

AMAZING RACE ASIAAAAA! :D :D :D Hahaha, I've re-watched it for... 3 times? HAHA, it's so sad the Singaporean team didn't win. :(
But,

"After all the crying, the screaming, and wailing, we caught up. And that's what mattered."

:D

2010-11-29T20:23:00.002+08:00

Oh man, not another round of nervousness and excitement! ><
This is the equation I came up with:

Nervousness + excitement = a sleepless night

HAHA!

It's gonna be a long, long day for me tomorrow. Wonder what time I'll be home... o.O

We've put in so much effort throughout the past 2 weeks, I really hope that our efforts do show, and do pay off. (:

Sabrina and Nithya should hope and pray hard that they'll be sponsored! xD

to serve, to strive, and not to yield

2010-11-21T21:54:00.001+08:00

Chinese Os.
Piano Exam.
Kukup trip.
Camp Galore trainings.
Open House dry-runs.
PC CHALET!

Pretty much all that has happened for the past few days/weeks.
Haha.

OOH, PERSONAL TASTE TOO! :D

2010-11-08T21:01:00.000+08:00

Help, I think I'm gonna crumble under the pressure.

):

2010-10-31T22:27:00.002+08:00

Gargh, something went wrong with blogger in the previous post. Oh welllll.

It's officially the school holidays and guess what? MORE STUDYING.
It's so boring and mundane to be always studying. I mean, we had less than 3 hours of play right after the paper ended, and then we're faced with a huge stack of MT homework, plus lesson extensions.

No, I don't hate MT, I never will, but it's so depressing, to be pushed to keep doing work. And then Miss Sim came along and analysed our batch's results this year. Erm, it's kinda helpful in a way, to remind us to start studying and preparing for Os. ): Yeah, like we can't go out and enjoy anymore.

Kay, I don't want to make this post a moaning one (although it already is). -.-

Hmm. I can't find any happy stuff to post about as of now.

Forget it. I guess I must be off to prepare for lesson extensions tmr.

2010-10-23T12:21:00.002+08:00

I feel the immense need to update my blog.
Yeap, after leaving it dead for more than a month.

Exams are over! :D Yeah man! Buttt... Chinese Os are coming! ><
I need that 1.0.

So anyway, yesterday we had the B.M.W. Heritage Night Race. It was VERY VERY FUN! :D :D Haha, I knew going with Sabrina, Celest, Charlene and Mdm Zetty would be the right choice! ;) All our epic and too-hilarious moments, haha! We didn't really have a strategy, HAHA, we just decided to via the fastest way, which, everyone is doing. -.- Haha, but it was just very exciting and hilarious, all the things that happened along the way!
(I want to know what 3 animals made up the Makara! :X)

Collected some results back yesterday. I wanted to get back A Math so badly you know! Cos at least if I get it back yesterday, I'd have the race to distract me and I won't be too sad. Haha. But I guess I'll prepare for the very worst on Monday.
Geog on Monday. (: Please let it me an A1... :X
Physics? Sigh, I have no comments for that. I'll just wait and see.

Till we meet again.

2010-09-19T20:41:00.004+08:00

I guess it's confirmed - the decision to make my blog on a hiatus... until the end of exams?
Haha, yup, as can be seen from the fact that I left my blog un-updated for 22 days. Haha.

But before I go, I want to say that
Universal Studios is awesome! :D

To all those who didn't go for it that day, it's such a pity! HAHA!

Jiayou to all mugging for the exams, which of course, includes me. HAHA!

And I still think of you.

2010-08-28T23:23:00.004+08:00

Another update for the week!

This week has been quite busy. What with Cheer + Teachers' Day, everything's packed. :/
Just waiting for Cheer to be over. Haha. Feel like I'm not contributing much to TD. :/ Haha.

Anyway, SYOG was just over. ): ): I was so, so sad that it's over so soon! :/ Haha. Hmm, I went to go support Singapore Soccer Team on Wednesday for the Bronze medal match! :D Hehheh, the game was very well-played. Very exciting, cos there were 5 goals in total! :D At least SG did much better this time round. (: Great job Team Singapore! :D

Some people are just annoying.

2010-08-22T17:40:00.004+08:00

You can say, that I forced myself to come here to update my blog. -.-
Yeah, I sort of purposely left it on a hiatus for the past 3 weeks. xD

Well, let me update about what happened over the past 23 days.

Firstly, Sports Day was cancelled because it was raining. And raining. And raining. ): So all track events were done on the following Tuesday in school. -.- Sad, I know. And cheer got postponed to Teachers' Day celebrations. The rain seriously ruined all the mood and atmosphere. ):

Then came NDP! :D Yay, I love NDP '10! Guides NDP Squad '10 did an awesome job, I can't stand it! >< I'm really very proud of everyone in the squad! (: Great job to all, hope we can maintain this standard, or improve even more!

Hmm, after NDP I felt like such a huge burden was taken off my chest. Not that I don't like NDP or anything. But at least I finally have time to relax. Just a lil'. (: Haha, but I miss NDP a lot a lot! ):

Yup so school was as usual after that week...

Right. Let me fast forward.

YOG! :D

Yeah man, YOG volunteering (Athletics) was fun, especially today! Yesterday I was boreddd! Sitting on a chair guarding a 'door' for 2 hours! -.- But yeah, at least I'm very thankful today I had a fun job! (: I feel really cool and honoured to be a YOG volunteer. :D It's great to volunteer our services for such a prestigious event! :D

More and more people are catching the YOG fever. YAY! :D HAHA! I'm going to support Team Singapore Football later, in the semis against Haiti. Singapore better win, so that I can support them at the Finals on Wednesday! :D Hope and pray that Singapore will make it into the Finals! xD

2010-07-30T20:51:00.000+08:00

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! :D

Hahaha, Happy 15th Birthday to me! :D
Haha, hmm, this is a scheduled post yeah, haha, by the time you read this (on Friday) I'll probably be at YOV already! :D

Hehheh, YOV's gonna be so exciting! :D Watching the Preview Opening Ceremony of YOG too! :D

Oh, and Sports Day today! :D I don't know what's the results of cheer or overall House Champion, but then really hope Bougae did well, especially BOUGAE CHEER! :D

Sad, today's my birthday, but I can't celebrate it with my family/friends. ): But I'll find another day to. (:

2010-07-24T20:19:00.003+08:00

I'm back again.
After one week.
Ahhh, this whole week has been #!&%$(#@ for me man!

Okok, basically today was very eventful. Both in the good ways and the bad ways. Well, I was happy, pissed, excited, sad, hopeful, angry.

Cheerleading auditions in the morning. :) Bougae was alright, but I believe we can do much, much better on the actual day. :) Jiayou! :D :D

Brownies Revel today at Vivo! :) Was supposed to be at Southern Ridges but it rained. ): Boo. So shifted venue to Vivo, where we originally planned our Amazing Race to be there too.

Then we celebrated Claudia's birthday! :) Happy Birthday Claudia!

And then I went to meet my friends. :) Hmm, tried on some clothes today. Hahaha. :) Ended off with a 'peaceful' and 'relaxing' dinner at the Sky Park (again right?). HAHA!

Ok, nowadays my posts are very short. AIYA NEVER MIND.

2010-07-17T22:16:00.004+08:00

Today started off very beautifully. :)

First it rained in the early morning, so it was so shiokk to sleep in today! :D But I still woke up quite early, haha, was up and about before 9! I decided to be a good girl and start on Maths homework. Hehe! :)

Haha, I tell you, the Maths was horrible! 4 exercises! :O And I did it for 4 hours NON-STOP. Aiyo, SO EXHAUSTING! D;

So after that was quite alright, had my usual routine. :) Then went for a nice dinner. :)

Oh yeah, yesterday was Leaders' Investiture! Leaders Invest rocked! :D It was smooth and successful in general, yay, our first main event as an exco together! :D Actually it was mainly the 3 of them who were planning. But good job to all leaders who helped and contributed in one way or another! :D Felt happy during Invest. :D

However, I missed the Guides recce to Southern Ridges. ): Felt quite guilty and very sad for not being able to go with the rest of the Sec 3s there. Bet they had a lot of fun! ): Haha, but it's ok, I hope (and I'm sure) there'll be other times. :)

This whole month's gonna be busy, so, be prepared. :)

2010-07-14T19:35:00.003+08:00

Hello world. (:

This month's gonna be a busy month.
But oh well, everyone's busy, and my turn will come I guess.

I'm excited for manymany things! I hope and wish that everything will be fine though. (:

Go Cedar Guides NDP Squad '10! Gosh, I'm scared, I'm worried that we won't have enough time. :/ But I think it'll be alright. (: Jiayou! :D

2010-07-11T17:09:00.002+08:00

Hello, I'm back again. (:

This week has been quite ok. A bit busy.

Many things are happening within the next month. But somehow I don't know what I'm supposed to do (for some).

Anyway, have I mentioned that Sports Day + YOG falls on my birthday?

HAHAHA.

Hmm, a big hint? *winkwink* HAHA JK.

Yes it clashes. Mixed feelings about this. :/

2010-07-09T21:53:00.000+08:00

Oh gosh, I'm so scared for tmr. :/

Wish me good luck, people. :)

2010-07-06T21:32:00.001+08:00

Hmm, it's the start of Week 2 already!

Things are starting to get hyped up.
Yay, I'm so excited! :D

Finally having our Guides session tmr, whee! :) First Guides session of the term. Having NDP too. JIAYOU CEDAR GUIDES NDP SQUAD '10! :D

2010-07-02T21:29:00.003+08:00

Right, the first week of Term 3 has passed.
Wow.
That's fast!

Got back all MYE results already. Hmm, I shall say that it has extremities. (Is there even such a word?) Some were disappointing, while others were surprising.

All I know is that once the school reopened, the teachers are nagging non-stop that we are under-performing and that we should work much much harder for EYEs and the exams next year.
Gahhh, you know how irritating that is? We just came back from a one-month long holiday, and now they already set such high expectations on us. ): So what, we must start studying for EYE already? Pfft.
Hmm, however, I admit I must work really really hard for EYE if I want to achieve my target.

Had the 'O' Level Chinese Oral today. Was so scared I tell you. I was the second-last person of the group to take the exam. I revised so much on those topics about teenagers, those 'hot' topics, then in end, it came up about some 'ulu ulu' topic that was neither here nor there. I WAS SO STUNNED. I said, "wo jue de..." *pauses* then continue.
AND THEN MY READING OF PASSAGE. I'm so angryyyy! I knew how to read that word, I said it correctly when I was reading it 'silently', but then when I went to the examiner and starting reading, I pronounced it wrongly! I read the 'bian'! ARGHHHHHHH! Oh no, then now the examiner will think that I don't know how to read this word, and yeahyeah, that's it. ):

Anyway, it's over, and I'll work harderharder for the next exam. MUST SECURE THAT A1! :D

On a happier note, let's welcome the long weekend! :D

2010-06-27T20:49:00.002+08:00

Oh sigh, today's the last day of the June hols. ):

Yeah, this holiday really just whizzed past, I can easily say that this is the shortest June hols ever. Haha, I know partly cos I was away for quite some time.

Hmm, I shall rank my activities in order of enjoyability. :)

1. UK trip! :D
2. Annual Camp! :D
3. VVP Outing! :)
4. NDP practice sessions! :)
5. Class outing @ Marina Barrage! :)

About half of my holidays are used for 'away trips' cos of UK and camp, that's why I guess this holidays seem so short!

Tomorrow we're getting back our MYE results.
):
I'm very scared.
):

2010-06-24T20:37:00.002+08:00

Hellohello.

Been going to school these few days. To paint that YOG Slovenian thing. Haiiii. Not that I don't want to paint it, but it's so rush. And we have so few manpower. But anyway, tmr will be the last day.

Finally, like finally, there's NDP tmr! Yay, been looking foward to this day since... since camp ended! Hahaha, finally a Guides-related activity. (:

Ok, I must zoom off now.

2010-06-23T21:52:00.003+08:00

It's wonderful at the same time amazing how an Annual Camp can bond you and your batchmates so much. :) :) :)

Not only my batchmates, but I can see that many juniors have also increased their passion and love for Guides. YAY! :D That's the way it should be! Guides are enthusiastic and passionate! :D

Omg, seriously man, I miss AC a lot a lot a lot. ): Wish I could relive it again. But oh well, time doesn't rewind, neither does it stop, neither does it slow down. ):

So anyway, days without Guides is boring man! As in I feel better and very relaxed with Guides around. Heeheehee. This whole post will be about GUIDES! So wonderful! :D

Blogposts can make your heart melt man. It's really heartwarming to see how we, Sec 3s, have progressed, and been through so much together. (: Really really nice to see. It's like, we were talking about Induction, then fast forward to NCO, then fast forward to our last AC already. ): Boo.

Anyway, I forgot to thank my Wiggles patrol members in the last post. :)
Sec 2s: Thanks for being so enthusiastic and fun to be with. You guys were really good and took initiative a lot. Like what Charlene said, we feel really safe entrusting the patrol to y'all when the Sec 3s have to run off for other duties, though there's only the 2 of you. This shows how much capabilities you have! :) Work hard ok, you guys have potential. :) Hope you guys have learnt A LOT from this camp. :) I'll remember our sugar rush and the fun that we had throughout this whole camp! :D

Sec 1s: I don't really know you'all from the start of camp, but I must say that you guys have progressed since the start till the end! (: We could see you guys gradually improving especially at the end! So good job yeah? Although there's more room for improvement, we hope you have also learnt a lot of skills, and gained a better understanding about Guides, since this is your first 'proper' Guides camp. (:

Gosh, I love Cedar Guides so much! :D Can't imagine my life without it man, seriously. I've never been so close and bonded to any board or committee before. :) Yay for Cedar Guides! :D

2010-06-22T11:12:00.004+08:00

Hello, now it's time for my post on Annual Camp '10. :)

I think I learnt a lot from this camp. Like really a lot. I don't know whether I'm exagerrating or not, haha, but then it's like you get this really refreshing feeling and good vibe that you learnt so much during this 4D3N. Haha.

I'll just talk about some of the highlights in the camp. :)

Hmm first we started with tent pitching. I tell you ahh, I want to be the Tent Pitching Guru! :D Hehehe, I love tent pitching a lot a lot. :) After this camp I can proudly say that I know all the steps already! :D Haha, then that Charlene ahh, go for Kitchen Shelter, and Louisa has her QM duty. Then in the end I'm the only Sec 3 there for tent pitching. Haha, but nvm.
Comparing this year's TP to '08's TP, somehow I feel that this year's one is much faster. I rmb '08 we were all so blur, dunno what's the steps, sweating under the scorching hot sun, hahaha!
Gadget making was quite alright. Haha, our baggage rack the pole can see some slant in the centre already! xD

Basically nothing much happened on the first day. Mainly setting up of camp and stuff. Second day was mainly Outdoor Cooking. For me, it was dealing with fire, fire, fire all day long. Haha, but I don't mind, cos I love firelighing! :) In the morning I didn't do Crafts, cos I was down for Patrol Cooking. As usual, dealed with the fire with Celest. Hahaha, Celest!
Then after that was Outdoor Cooking. Like the real ODC that I've always wanted to try. The turfing method with the Changkul. At first gave me a scare, I thought I couldn't do turfing cos I scalded my finger a teeny weeny bit only, haha, then the Guiders didn't allow me to, but in the end I did. Haha. I like turfing! :D And cooking food the 'traditional way' instead of using zinc plates and stuff. And this was also the first ODC that went so smoothly in all my life. Especially the food part. Like the food that we cooked was very very edible (haha!) and nice! First time eating a successfully cooked chicken! :D

OMG, Campfire! Hahaha, campfire on the second night was... weird, like last year! But anyway, the good thing was that we got it over and done with. Hahaha, Charlene and I were the emcees and we had to use a lot of thinking on the spot, cos somehow, the circumstances were so different. Or is it just that we were too nervous to even look at the script? But anyway, with most of the help from Charlene, we managed to complete the whole campfire rather smoothly! :) Hahaha, Charlene the joker, just blabber anything that comes to her mind. But oh well, she's Charlene, and everyone laughs at what she says! xD But yeah, we were both so nervous, our hearts were like beating so fast! Then we forgot to do quite a lot of stuff in the intro, like whatever we originally planned was mostly not adhered to. But oh well, that's the thing about flexibility! :D

Third day was the most interesting day. :) Had kite making in the morning. Then went to Punggol Park to fly the kite. Hahaha, it was so funny I tell you. 1. You go to Punggol Park, where the grass area is so small, to fly a kite? Some more it's not one kite only, there were 14 kites that needed to be flown! 2. There was no wind at all! $*#%^*@ Chelsea and I really wanted our kite to fly, but then the weather and the surroundings were not ideal, then we were so pissed, cos we know that our kite could fly! Then everybody was running along with the kite, only our patrol didn't run, cos we knew that would only damage your kite! Hahaha, looked like some weirdos there. In the end, when we left that place, we passed by so many big plots of land where much more kites were flying you know! Then we were like, arghhh, should have flown there! Haha, but it's ok. (:

Amazing Race at Tampines New Town was the funniest thing! Omg, my patrol really went kuku there man. But I always love amazing races, hee, so yup, very very fun, running around here and there, even though it was only within Tampines New Town itself. I like the part about the '100' photos one. :) Thought we snapped a lot photos and thought we confirm win already, haha, but it turns out other patrols had more than us! xD Anyway, winning doesn't matter, but we had a lot of fun as a patrol. Haha, laughed like mad over there! :D Haha, and then the bus ride back to Camp Christine was also so funny! We sat together then we just kept laughing and laughing, we were all really on a sugar high! Haha, that feeling is great man.

Next we had our night walk. I thought the night walk was quite cool, cos we had to walk in from somewhere after the main road and back into Camp Christine. On the way we are to make our supper (Milo) from mess tins and tommy cooker and solid fuel. I thought that was a great idea, of testing our survival skills. :) However I was pulled out from my patrol with Jing Wen. Hahaha. So I didn't get to walk and cook supper with them. But then ahh, the night walk wasn't scary at all! I thought it would be much more scarier, but then on that night the moon was so bright, it's like smiling on us like that. Then when we walk, it's walk in patrols! Not individually. Haha. Of course like that not freaky already what! But then me and Jing Wen were the 'marshall' points people. Haha, trying to act scary, sometimes our attempt failed, sometimes it successfully scared some people! HAHA! But the supper part was a cool experience. :)

Next day was mainly packing and cleaning up and dismantling all our gadgets and striking tents. I thought we moved quite fast today. :) Like the striking off tents were really fast, imo. :) And then my patrol was supposed to pack logistics, I thought it's pack at the Guides shed there you know! Aiyo, I was so dumb man. But anyway, striking tents is cool. :) And we finally took a patrol photo with our beautiful tent! Before striking it down, of course. :)

Oh I realised I haven't introduced my patrol yet. Patrol 2, Wiggles! :D Our patrol identity is totally BOOMZ ok! It's 3 feathers and 2 wiggly wires on a purple hairband. Y'know what? On the first day when we wore it, the other patrols all laughed at us ok! So mean, keep teasing us say we look kuku! But humph. Whatever. We were the only patrol who consistently wore our patrol identity ok! :D By the second day some patrols weren't even wearing theirs anymore. Hehe, but Wiggles wore them all the way till we broke camp in school! :D Yay, good job Wiggles, I'm so proud of you! So in the end, we won the Best Patrol Identity! :D And also the Most Enthusiastic Patrol! Hahaha, I think it's mostly the 4 of us, hahaha, we kept laughing I think. Hmm. But yes, well done Wiggles! :D

I must really thank Charlene for everything man. For this camp we were in so many things together. Patrol, Campfire emcees, and stuff. Charlene: Thank you for making our Patrol Identity and labelling our meal bags until latelate into the night! ): But yes, thanks so much, your effort totally paid off! :D Thank you for typing out the CF script too, haha, you ahh, so careless, go close the convo box then everything is lost! But anyway, yeah, thanks so much. We were in the same patrol for 3 years in a row man! Same AC patrol. Milo Susilo, Vroom Vroom Pow, and now, Wiggles! :D Hehehe, fate.

Haha, then I won the Obama prize for being an all-rounder! Yay me! :D Lol, but I wasn't really listening to the description, only picked up 'all-rounder'. HAHA, must self-praise myself a bit mah! :D Hehe, it feels great being an 'all-rounder'. :D

Many thanks to Guiders and ex-Sec 4s for coming back to help out and faciliate! :D Also thanks to our QMs Sabrina and Louisa, who slogged so hard and tolerated so much for this camp! Thanks to CLs and ACLs, FA Shirley and Si Min, and thanks a lot to Wiggles, my beloved patrol, for making this camp so interesting and full of ups and downs! :D

Great. Now I miss AC so much. ): I remember a lot of us were reluctant to go for camp. As in we weren't that excited and we had no mood for it. But now, haha, I wanna go back to Camp Christine! ): And I want to sleep in my tent with my patrol! ): Hah, as usual, didn't want to go back from camp. ): Have I mentioned? This is the first time, the very first time, I went for a complete Annual Camp. Sad, I know, in fact, very sad, cos this is not only the first, but also the last time I'm going for a complete Annual Camp. Sec 1, had to leave on the second night cos had piano exam. Sec 2, had to go for Sec 1 Orientation! >( Sec 3, ahh, finally a full one. :) Gained a lot a lot man. Can't stand it. Haha. Then next year Sec 4, surely cannot go already man. Unless AC is after our Os then maybe there's a chance. Haha. :)

IWMYVVM! ):

2010-06-21T19:07:00.001+08:00

Back from Annual Camp! :)

Gahh, too tired to post about AC today.
But AC was veryvery fun! Great, seriously, felt so good to be in the outdoors finally! :D

Okok, I shall go sleep now.
More detailed post tmr. :)

2010-06-17T21:19:00.002+08:00

Busybusybusy.

I am sad.

):
Stop saying this and that. You think I don't feel guilty?

2010-06-14T22:10:00.003+08:00

Hehheh, had VVP outing today! :D
Yay, so fun, finally had a sort of patrol outing. :)

Watched Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang. Haha, it was funny and nice! :D Wanted to watch Karate Kid at first, but then the tickets were sold out! :X

Hah, then after that went to the 'sky garden', or whatever that's called. Haha, first time going there to play. Hmm actually I never really venture out there that much. Haha, but the weather was really nice. Quite sunny but not too warm. (: Played with water but then our clothes got dried quite fast. Oh and played catching too! Hahaha, were running like some mad fools!

Overall, today was a happy and interesting day! :D

P/S: Tent pitching was fun too! Haha, I love tent pitching. :D

2010-06-13T16:58:00.004+08:00

Hi, I've been slacking around the past few days. Hehe. Must enjoy the holidays! :D

But there's the irritating homework that's still waiting for me to complete. GRRRRRR. I don't mind doing some work during the holidays to occupy myself, but why must the school always give so much? We just ended our Mid-Years and now, whoa, pile so much homework onto us. ><

Tmr's gonna be an interesting day! :D

2010-06-10T16:57:00.003+08:00

I'M BACK! ;D

I'm back people! Yep, back from the UK! :D :D :D

UK trip was the bomb man. It's cool, fun, enriching, all other positive adjectives you could describe! Haha.

We spent the first 5 days in Flatford, where we did a lot of field studies. I love the field studies, especially the River Studies and Coastal Studies! :D Very fun! You'll never get to do those kind of field studies in Singapore. It's really a whole new experience which is not only good for your curriculum studies but also for general knowledge. :)

The stay at Flatford was so cosy and relaxing kay. The environment there is so calming and tranquil. :) Then we stayed in this 'ancient' house which has a lot of rooms, so our whole group occupied the entire house and we stayed in separate rooms. Cool right? ;D Ohhhh I miss Flatford. ):

So we went to London after that, I was quite excited though sad that we have to leave Flatford. ): Yeah we passed by the Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, then me and Carin were the most enthu people in the bus, we started taking pictures though we knew we would have a closer look of it the next day. Haha! Oooh, we watched this musical called Wicked! It was extremely cool and nice okay! First time watching a real musical! I was so awed by the singing, the dancing, the props, the setting, the background, the everything! Everything and everyone was just amazing. :D I was high-ing with Carin (again!) after the musical ended at 10 plus at night! HAHA!

The next few days in London was tiring. Yes, tiring! We conquered most of the places of interest in London by FOOT and by the TUBE! The tube is like our MRT here. Hah, it's quite the same as the MRTs in Singapore, only less crowded, somehow. Haha. But we got to see many places of interest which I have been dying to see since dunno how old. HAHA. Felt such a great sense of satisfaction after snapping countless shots of those places of interest, e.g. Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, London Eye. :D :D

We went to many museums in London too, especially war museums. I love war museums! :D Haha. The Holocaust Exhibition was so depressing. You see how Hitler treated the Jews last time, gosh, it's 'appaling', as what Samyata said! Haha, people say you'll be traumatised after you come out of the exhibition. I got so scared before I went in, I thought it'd really be so scary, haha, but it's not that bad until you'll break out in tears non-stop, just feel very sad and angry for the 6 million Jews that Hitler killed. It's really very sad and pitiful. ):

Moving on to our short stay in Salisbury, we went to visit our twinning/sister school, St. Edmunds Girls' School. The girls there look super mature, but they're actually the same age as us. Haha, Hmm, what they study is rather similar to us, like we sat in for their Chemistry lesson for... 15 minutes? Haha! Yeah, and realised that they were learning the Atomic Structure and Mole Concept. Haha. But apparently their system is vey relaxed, unlike Singapore. There wasn't much inteaction between the girls there and us, until the next day when we had 2 hours to play games with them and stuff. Haha. Cool! :)

We went to visit the Stonehenge! :D Yay! Was so excited, then when I went there, it suddenly looked so miniature and small! Haha, that was my first impression. Surprisingly, the barricade wasn't that far away from the Stones. I thought they really barricade them until you can only see a little of it. Took lots and lots of jumpshots there. Hee. :)

Overall I think the trip was really great, fun and educational. I bet during lessons we would really understand what Mdm Faridah is saying. Haha! Really didn't regret going on this trip. :) No one would regret, actually. :) Aww, but now I miss everything there, Flatford, Willy Lott's House (our accommodation), Wicked, London. Sigh. Didn't want to come back to Singapore. Most of us didn't, cos it's like, back to reality (though it's the school hols). ): Haha, but Singapore's our home, right? :)

2010-05-30T20:43:00.001+08:00

5 hours and 15 minutes.

:D

Going to die of excitement already! :O :D :D

2010-05-27T22:08:00.002+08:00

Hello, this is my 300th post! :D :D

Haha, exams are over! :D :D :D Yay, finally man! I'm so glad and relieved it's over. Some subjects were okay, some were tough, as usual. But anyway, since it's over, I'm not gonna dwell on it anymore.
IT'S THE HOLIDAYS! ;D
Yeap and I've got a lot of programmes in the holidays. So excited! :D

Hmm, must start packing already so I'll end off here. :)

2010-05-15T21:03:00.004+08:00

Now let me question, what have I done today? I feel so wasted you know. I woke up early today to have a fresh start and start studying before 9am. Yeah, I did, but then somehow along the way I felt so distracted. ): That's really, really bad.

Last week I was so focused you know. Seriously! Idk what happened today. Anywayyy, so today I completed Bio notes on Human Digestion. Wow, what a long topic! Haha. And I finished Maths homework. And Chemistry Mock Paper. Hmm, it may seem a lot, but it's not. OH MAN.

Then that Jeslyn ahh, just had to put all the Chem stuff on her blog, make me feel so nervous and anxious cos I haven't studied those yet. :/

So MYE's in 6 days time. Wow. BUT, happiness is in 11 days time! :D Wheeheehee! :D Oh gosh. But wait, I must stop thinking about after the exams. Seriously, I should tell myself to stop playing. And really get down to business, cos exams are in 6 days time. Oh, have I mentioned exams are in 6 days time? Ok good, this is just the mood I need to get me going. :)

Sorry, this whole post will just be about exams, cos I really need to get into the mood, like what I've repeated so many times already. Hmm, Bio is halfway there. I must start putting my forte into good use, MEMORISING! :D Yepyep.
Next, Chemistry. Silly. Urghhh, there's still lots I haven't studied yet.
Hmm, Physics, please don't tell me about Physics kay. Urghhh, Mrs Yeo says our class is there already, but I need to practise, yes, practise.
SS/Geog. SS is ok, I think I just have to read the textbook. Cos it's only SBQ. Geog is ok, I've done 2/3 of my notes already. Yay! :D But then I still have to memories. I think Geog is quite easy, cos it's very logical. :)
English and Chinese are the slackiest! HAHAHA. But yeah, I won't be spending a lot of time on the languages.

Ok, is that all? Yes, that's all. Now great, I know what to focus on, and what not.
OH WAIT.
MATHS!
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT MATHS?
No wonder suddenly I feel as if I take so little subjects. Hahaha. Maths is bad. ): As in, not that bad, but not there yet. Should practise more too.
Like the other day, I was doing the A Math mock, then I came across this question, and I was totally stumped. Didn't know how to do it at all. Then someone told me it's the Alpha-Beta method, and I was like, "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" *smacks head* Totally forgot about that chapter! :X

Okok, gotta go. Guess what am I gonna do next? STUDY. Yeah, no prizes for that. xD HAHAHA.
Jiayou to everyone out there who's trying hard too! :D Believe me, it'll be over in a blink of an eye. :)

P/S: On mini hiatus until 26/5/2010.

2010-05-12T19:38:00.004+08:00

Alright, cos of Sabrina, I'm updating this blog now. HAHA JUST KIDDING.

Anyway, so yeah, have I mentioned that MYEs are coming? Yep, haha, that's the reason why I haven't been posting so often. Grrrr, Mid-Years, I'm so gonna conquer you! I must study! Not many days left, in fact, it's 9 more days till the first paper! :X OhMyGee!

I haven't been exercising regularly since 2 weeks ago. ): This week will be my 3rd week. Boo. I need to jog to get rid of those fats! xD I want jogging! Yes, I really want to jog 2km every joging session!

I'm getting really excited for everything that's happening in the future. Guides, PC, other committments. :)

Ok, it's time to buck up. Get back to your work, Rachel, and stop slacking!

2010-05-07T21:36:00.004+08:00

Promotion and Enrolment Ceremony today. Oh well, another day with a mix of emotions. I'm now officially the Patrol Leader of Orchid! :D No doubt I'm disappointed that I didn't get my 'dream' position, perhaps being a PL isn't that bad after all. I know you say that positions don't matter. Well, I guess I will understand it some day.
All Sec 3 Guides got promoted! :D Congrats to all! :D Be it whether you're satisfied or unhappy with your position, everyone is still a Cedar Guide, and we're together as one. (: Jiayou Sec 3s, we can do this together! :D It's a level thing, not a position thing.

Alright. Let me think about what happened last week... OH YEAH CEDAR'S GOT TALENT! :D Hahaha, was the emcee y'know? So cool, so fun! I was nervous, haha, but eventually the whole event went really smooth. (: Congrats to all winners and finalists, you all did a great job! :D

Yeah I can't stop the tears from falling.

2010-04-30T18:08:00.014+08:00

I've not been updating this blog as often as I used to. I'm convinced that the business of Upper Sec has officially kicked in. Term 1 was rather relaxing. Then came Speech Day, Farewell, Brownies Revel and Cedar's Got Talent. It may seem quite little, yeah, and probably nothing compared to what I'll be facing in the near future...

School has been ok. I'm trying to finish my homework on time every day, and I've been catching up, so that's good! The thing that I look forward to every day is the time spent with my friends and Guides!

Today was Cross Country. I'm so proud of myself once again. I jogged the whole round and never stopped at all! :D Yay, I jogged together with Sabrina and Jasveen. Good job Sabbie and Jasveen! :D Perseverance! :D
After Cross Country I went out with Guides. Felt very extra, so I came home earlier. ):

Extremely pissed and sad today. Am I invisible? Why does everyone treat me so unfairly? I feel very ignored and rejected by whatever that I do. Seriously, what did I do to deserve this kind of treatment? I feel really, really dejected, biased against and pissed. AND I AM NOT A COPY CAT. Just because she did it earlier than me doesn't mean I can't do it too right? I'm extremely pissed. And sad, for feeling so left out and ignored. ):

2010-04-23T22:44:00.003+08:00

Sec 4 Farewell 2010 ended off beautifully. I wish I could relieve that day all over again! I'm serious. I wasn't the kind of Farewell that I expected.

Such a stark contrast from last year. But oh well, as always, I don't like Farewells, and I really don't want the Sec 4s to leave. ): I'm no longer as scared of stepping up as I used to, but I just don't want the Sec 4s to be away from Guides. ):

Thank you, Sec 4s, for everything that you've done for Guides, for us, for Sec 3s. We really appreciate it. Yes, we hate to see you go...! ): Oh my God, I'll miss you guys a lot. ):

Yeah, I wish I could relieve 21/4/2010 one more time. Thanks for all the memories. :)

2010-04-10T21:41:00.003+08:00

So I'm finally posting again, after... 8 days.

I was really busy with Speech Day for the past whole week. And I'm really glad, and a bit sad at the same time, that Speech Day is over. I guess everything happens in the blink of an eye, yeah?

I shall not elaborate on what happened today. But I think we could have done much better. Really, there were many things that could have been avoided, and should not happen at all! ): Oh man, all our hard work and effort...
ANYWAY, it's over, so I shall not dwell on it further.
Good job OI/Cs me, Xin Yu and Wee Ming! :D
Of course, thank you to Mrs Woo, and all the pupil leaders who came today to help out! :D

Ok, after Speech Day, more will be coming in. ): Haha. Level Games, CGT, Guides, and MID-YEAR EXAMS. I'm not trying to be vey studious or anything ok, I'm just saying that the school has already given us the MYE timetable, so they are like, pushing us to study already! :/ Haha, this coming Monday would be Week 4, and MYE is around Week 10. Ok, I shall start planning when to revise. HEHEHE! ;D

2010-04-02T20:47:00.003+08:00

Happy Good Friday!

This week is a short week, and a long weekend, which I am really grateful for. (:

Speech Day is just next week. Sigh. I hope it will be successful! There's still quite a lot to be done... It's ok, I can do it! WE can do it! :D

Hmm, actually there's nothing much I want to say.

Oh yes, and i really don't know why, and how, things turned out this way. We really didn't mean to broadcast it out to the whole world. We don't want to create unneccesary things for you, and we didn't want you to be worried for us any further. We really don't know what to do. And we... And we... are simply at a loss of what to do. ):

2010-03-29T18:55:00.002+08:00

Ok, so today is the 29th of March. Monday. Oh right Monday. But the good thing is that this week is a four-day school week, because of Good Friday. So yay! :)

I'm thinking of having a patrol outing on Friday. We must have one before Farewell! ):/:) Urghhh so irritating. Yes, the word Farewell shouldn't even exist! I don't want the Sec 4s to step down, I know I've said this countless times already, and I will miss being a junior! Sigh. Haha.

Right, just a random fact here. I'M SO EXCITED FOR SYOG! ;D I am proud to say that I am a SYOGian. SO COOL! HEHE. :) Means that I'm an SYOG volunteer. :)

2010-03-25T21:08:00.002+08:00

School has reopened.
And time is passing really, really fast. ):

Oh man, I can't believe that the Sec 4s are really stepping down so soon.
I think it's happening all too fast. Is this the way it's supposed to be?
Hmm.
I'm glad the Shirley has the same feeling as me. It's just that very disturbing and sinking feeling, that somehow, you feel like your turn is just around the corner.
BUT NO IT'S STILL ONE YEAR AWAY.
And I'm really thankful for that.

I'm going to stay happy and cheerful and OPTIMISTIC. :D
Guide Law No. 7: A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.
Yay. :)
I'm going to spend the rest of my time very, very wisely.

AND I CAN DO IT! ;D

2010-03-22T21:39:00.002+08:00

Oh my goodness.

Melaka trip was simply great!

Hahaha. Their campfire was FREAKING AWESOME! :D:D:D I loved it like mad ok!
Especially the gateway!
OMG GATEWAY!
Their gateway was huge and really fun to climb.
Oh my, the slide, the swing, the tyres, the shaky rope, and the most fun of all, THE MONKEY BARRRR.
OMG, just by listing down all these gets me so highhhhh! :D
Yeah, it was just really fantastic.
And the fire was really elaborate too! Nice, nice, nice! :D

Oh sigh.
Wonderful memories.
That I will never forget.
Yes, I will always treasure the times spent with Cedar Guides.
Because they are special and irreplacable. (L)

Sigh.

I'm really sad it's over. But I'm really happy that it happened. :)

2010-03-18T21:00:00.001+08:00

I can't believe it's just tomorrow.

Like tomorrow.

2010-03-16T17:34:00.004+08:00

Oh boy. I've never stayed in the library for such a longgggg time ever in my whole life! :X
Let's see...
Erhh, actually it's 5 hours. Haha.
But it does feel like a very long time you know!
If you exclude lunch, it'll be 5 hours, that is.
Man, I was quite tired of facing the computer screen man!
But I'm glad that we accomplished what we wanted to do today. (:

Eeeeeeeeeeeek.
Robert Pattinson is on Ellen now.
*Shudders*
HAHAHA CHARLENE TEO, it reminded me of what you commented on his appearance last week!
You said sthg like 'this is like a Changi Prison escaper'! HAHAHAHAHAHA SO FUNNY!
Yeah, I really think he looks like some Changi Prison escaper man. His hair is always so dishivelled, gives me the kind of over-ruggedness and untidy kind of impression.
Hahaha. Sorry to those RP fans. (Are there even any?)
HAHAHAHAHA!

2010-03-14T17:14:00.002+08:00

Hello!

It's the March break now! :D Notice I didn't use 'holiday'? Hahaha.
Because I know it wouldn't feel like a holiday with the usual assignments.
Hah, but this time round, less homework is given, and I'm quite thankful! Haha!
And I have quite a number of dates so... haha, actually it kinda does sound like a holiday!

Okkk, I'm trying to finish my homework by this weekend so that I can relax for the next few days.
I'm looking forward to all those dates that I have! :D Really want to catch with my friends. :)

Eeeee, yesterday's Guides session was so funny! Hahaha, mainly footdrills. Haha, sthg hilarious happened. To Charlene. Haha, the best thing is that it's all planned! LOL! Haha, bet you felt so embarrassed just now! xD Anywayyyy, I don't want them to keep saying about when's the last footdrills session with them. Makes everything so sad. ): And it keeps reminding us that time is passing so fast. So terribly fast. ):

Sigh. What Charlene said is right. That's the best thing about UG CCAs. When they are gone, there's less people whom we can laugh about, joke about, or even cry about (HAHAHA JKJK)?!
Oh boyyyy.

2010-03-10T17:53:00.004+08:00

OAC! :D

I'm back from OAC! 3 days 2 night passes by very fast, eh?

Well, OAC was really fun. I'm glad I'm in 3C. :D You guys rock man! :D I LOVE 3C!
It was quality bonding time for every class. :)

I love the challenges we did, be it high or low elements, rock climbing, abseiling etc. Very fun and thrilling! I'm glad I could still climb all the way up on the rock wall without stopping that much. Haha! :D
And I finally got to try abseiling after being given 3 chances to do so. Abseiling is scary only at the first part, when you just have to take one step onto the wall. The rest of it is quite okay already. :)
However, I'm very sad that I didn't get to try zipline. Sigh. Really. I wanted to zipline a lot. ): I was already up there waiting for my turn. But time ran out on us. So unfortunately, I didn't get to do it. ): Oh sigh man! But I guess we must always give and take. I did 3 high e stations, whereas some only got to try one. So, yeah.
Campfire was cool! I always love campfire night! :D Emcees were the best choice! Haha! I liked the class performances, very nice and hilarious! But then the ending grew really sad. Haiyo, quite anti-climax, in my opinion. Haha, ok, we shan't talk about the sad stuff.
OHOH CLASS CHEER! 3C's class cheer is very cool ok! I like our class cheer, esp the Just Dance one, then the Kuzco one. Hahaha.

So that's why I think OAC was great. :) Hopefully most of 3C people enjoyed themselves too, and got to bond more as a whole class!
GO 3C! :D

2010-03-05T20:56:00.002+08:00

Today's Guides session was very fun. And interesting.
We started off with singing session. Singing session is getting really soft man. ): So sad!
Then PT! PT was great! I love doing sit-ups and planks! Provided people don't make me laugh! xD

FOOTDRILLS! :D
And marching at the hard, tarred, black road behind the classroom block is so... unpreferable! Because there's hardly any sound. Especially for me, when my bangs aren't really solid. Sigh. So every time I number myself my bangs are very soft. ):

Common Tests results are alright so far. Both Maths have no problem, Chem still quite okay, Physics was such a relief. I didn't know I could get method marks man! I was so happy my marks weren't as low as I'd thought. :)
So now still waiting for Bio and SS. Sigh. It's ok, I'm not in a hurry to know my marks anyway. Haha!

OAC is really coming up reaaaal soon! Haha. :)

2010-03-03T18:01:00.002+08:00

HELLO HELLO!

I'm back after 17 days! :D

This is what you get when CNY + NCO + CT all fall one after another.

Sooooo, I miss blogging man! Hahahahaha! Hmm, I'm just glad CTs are over, ohhh man! But I still have my Malay one tmr! ):

Ok anyway, CNY was great, as usual! :D But I'm just so sad that every year, CNY "来得快，去得快". Sighhh.

Then NCO camp was very, very fun! :D I loved it! The most lasting impression of the camp was Outdoor Cooking, haha, the green eggs (of Sparrow patrol, urghhh!) and our popped sausage! Hahaha! So funny! Ohhh, and doing footdrills at 8-plus at night! Cool man!

I love footdrills more and more by the week. I really want more footdrills sessions! :D And I don't want the Sec 4s to step down so fast! ): Noooooooo! ): In fact I don't even want them to step down! ): Boo. Ahhh, see how much we love our Sec 4s.

I am very, very pissed that 3C didn't get selected to go for YOG. Like seriously, I'm very, extremely angry and sad that I can't go volunteer now you know. ):
ARGHHHHHHHHHH!

2010-02-14T21:15:00.002+08:00

Whoops, sorry for not blogging for the past few days. :X

Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Valentines Day!

Even though these two occasions don't match, haha, but anyway, I don't bother much about VD so of course I'm more excited about CNY. :D

First day of visiting today. Whee, am enjoying it so far!

BUT the worst thing of all is that COMMON TESTS ARE COMING UP!
And whenever I have free time during this period, I have to studyyyy. ):
Cos next weekend I'll be busy with Guides.
Haha, so this weekend and next weekend are burnt. ):

Coming to think of it, those non-Chinese people are one lucky bunch man. They have 4 days to study ehhh! Then now, I must rush everything. Which is like, bleh. ):

Oh well, it's the new Lunar year, so I must be happy! And not worry too much. :)

Oooh, the CNY concert in school was fantastic! It was really awesome beyond words! Especially the finale, which is the teachers' performance. Even though it had no link to CNY, it was SUPERSUPER HILARIOUS! ANDAND Mr Chue was so cool man, abseiling UPSIDE DOWN from the top of the hall stage down!
I was cheering and laughing so much! xD

2010-02-09T21:35:00.002+08:00

I can't believe that it's only early Feb and I have to be so... serious?!
Gahhh, I want to go out! ):
But circumstances are going against my will.
So oh wellll, just gonna have to plan properly.

And FOCUS!

But on a lighter note, CNY IS COMING UP REAL SOON!
:D
Don't you just love CNY?

I wonder why some people don't like CNY. ):
Like JAIME. Haha. Silly girl.
Don't like your roots and culture ahhh?! Haha, just kidding!

Umm, I'm glad that jogging after CNY will be increased to 2 rounds. Hee. ;D
Then can exercise, especially after the amount of food and goodies that you've consumed over the festive season! xD

HAHAHA.

So I'm just gonna eat. :)
Of course, eat a reasonably amount. Haha!

2010-02-05T22:12:00.001+08:00

Footdrills was great today. (:

Patrol Challenge was great today too. (:

In short, Guides is fantasticly great ~~today~~ every day. :D

2010-02-04T21:03:00.003+08:00

I should have seen this coming, I should have! How could I be so impatient?

That trip is already taking up so many of my commitments. But what can I do? Blame myself for it? It's no use, I know, because even if I got to know about it later, the fact still remains that I have to choose between this and that.
AND I HATE IT.
I do not like to be at crossroads.

I'll be missing so many things that I so do not want to miss. But I just can't do anything at all!

Nevertheless, I'll wait, and hang on for that little tinge of hope. That little spark of light, that will hopefully spring some pleasant surprises...

2010-02-02T21:31:00.001+08:00

Haha, I really like the FB group: CEDAR JUNIOR COLLEGE. Thanks to the ex-Sec 4s, over 500 people have joined it already! YAY!

I'd be so awesomely cool if there really is a Cedar Junior College. I'd enroll in that school right away before I sit for Os! xD

Seeing the seniors graduate, grumbling that they miss Cedar a lot, can't help but make me wonder, what will happen when it's my turn.
Sighhhh. *Shudder*
Yes, I shall not think of that now. It's so not the right moment for all these negative thoughts!

Yay. You really do make my day. (:

2010-01-29T21:25:00.002+08:00

Today was greattt! (:
I'm so glad we cleared our misunderstandings with one another!
Even though it was painful, I'm really glad we did it, as a batch, as a level.

YAY, thinking about it now, that was the best way to end the Friday. (:
Hee, usually Friday ends with an anti-climax of Guides, meaning I'm sad that there's no school the next day cos I enjoy Guides so much. HAHA.

I'm sorry that things had to turn out the way it did. I guess we all just have to learn from our mistakes and step up much more.

I love you, Sec 3 Guides! :D

2010-01-27T19:52:00.006+08:00

I shouldn't be that negative. I mean, other people will always be there too. They're not in their circle, like me, but still, I don't believe we can't get along together. I'll try. I'll try and be neutral. We're a level, a batch after all. We must work hard together. United we stand, divided we fall.

If I went for TKPS camp/Camp Challenge, would things have been different?

2010-01-24T21:00:00.002+08:00

Shall I say I've made up my mind?

2010-01-22T21:41:00.003+08:00

Surprise, surprise! Yeah, today was basically 'surprise, surprise'. Let's start from Guides. Haha. I'm very pleased by today's activities. Finally I got to do sthg solid. Last week I missed more than half of Guides due to Induction Ceremony rehearsal. So today we had axemanship, turfing and firelighting. Yay, I love turfing and firelighting! :D You get such a huge sense of satisfaction when you see that your fire is dancing in the wind, and the structure is up and good. :)

The ex-Sec 4s came back today. Thank you for coming back! :)

AND ABOUT MELAKA TRIP! AHHHHH, I don't know what to do! Should I go, or not? Actually I reallyreally want to go, but then I'm afraid there are more overseas trips for Guides later this year, that I know I would like to go.
So how?
HOWHOWHOW?
I'm stuck. Oh no. I'm always stuck with these kind of decisions.
I guess the most, I'll just use my own money...

2010-01-20T18:31:00.004+08:00

Today was quite an emotional day.
It started out to be tiring, then emotions went up, esp. during English, when my group laughed all the way to the bank. Then came Guides, which was alright, until I hit a point, where I got so annoyed and irritated. I wouldn't call it my boiling point, it's much less than that, but some ppl might notice, no? Anyway, I thought things will change (at least a little bit), esp. since we're all together as a level discussing, but things obviously didn't turn out the way I had expected. ): Instead, I felt worse. But then this hasn't got to do with anyone in particular's fault, so, part of it is just me. Yeah.
And then after Guides, the very unexpected happened. Nevertheless, it perked me up, made me smile. :) So, thank you! :)

2010-01-18T20:06:00.003+08:00

Sighhhh, whenever I look out of the window, it reminds me of how sad it is to see that Bishan Park has so many trees cut down, and i can view half of the entire park now that the trees are gone. ): So sad! Everything seems weird without those trees covering my view of the grass. And it'll take more than a year till the bridge is open again! How long can that be? That'll be more than a year of not jogging in BP. So exercising will mostly depend on school.

Today was fun, painting the banner. I felt so funny and weird, I felt like I was talking a tad too much. Was I, no? I don't know, everytime I have that feeling I'll just talk non-stop and blabble whatever that comes to my mind. =.= That's so funny!

I'm really thinking about future patrol outings. I'm thinking of Thinking Day. I'm thinking of Farewell. WHYWHYWHY? I should stop myself from thinking so far. TD is about a month away, and Farewell is like, 5 months away?! SO WHY AM I THINKING SO FAR AHEAD? I don't want the Sec 4s to leave, I don't want Farewell! I don't like Farewells, except for the performance part. Hee. :) But still, Farewell means that the Sec 4s are stepping down. ): As much as I don't want last year's batch to leave, I don't want this year's too!
In short, I DON'T WANT SEC 4 FAREWELL.

You know how some people are just so irritating? Just so arrogant? Just think that they can get whatever they want, just open their mouths, ask for it, and it's theirs? I can't stand it when people complain about this and that, and act like everything must be done to suit them. There's a word to describe it (I think), but I will be kind not to use it.

2010-01-17T19:30:00.005+08:00

Sec 1 Induction Ceremony yesterday was really a success. This is the first time I really feel proud of myself, proud of my duty, proud of the whole event. Haha, first time doing a backstage duty, quite interesting, to view the performances at a close view. :) The whole event was generally well-organised, and it was really heartwarming to hear all those positive remarks and feedback of the parents! :) The teachers were smiling, the I/Cs were smiling, the leaders were smiling! Yay, great job to all of us. :) And of course, to the teachers and I/Cs!

Yesterday I stayed overnight at Sentosa. Haha, I know this is really random, like after Induction after a little while, went to Sentosa, stayed overnight, then came back this afternoon. Haha! Just a short getaway. But at least the homework was more or less completed. :)

I'm looking forward to tmr. Looking forward to school. I can't believe that I really want to go to school, despite the homework load and stuff. Actually I've always been like that ever since I started schooling, since kindergarten, I believe I always have a positive attitude towards going to school! HAHA I'M NOT BEING EGO. xD But cos when you go to school, you have things to do, you're with your friends, you just have some kind of distraction. Hmm, distraction from what? Actually, I don't know. =.=

When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace
To make you feel my love

Make You Feel My Love by Adele. What a beautiful song. (:

2010-01-13T19:41:00.003+08:00

Hopefully writing here will make me feel better.

And talking to Si Min.

Sigh. Things are starting to take a toll on me.
But I won't ever give up.
I'll fight all the way for what I feel I should be given.

I really hope this will not last forever. I'm really hoping, like what Si Min said, that maybe after some events, we'll all be together again, much more bonded than ever. :)

Hopefully.

2010-01-10T16:33:00.005+08:00

Oh no, I suddenly really, really want to join the Thinking Day Banner Competition. :/ Grrr, how? I was really considering carefully whether I should join. I really wanted to join but then I was unsure on the workload for other areas. ): Boo. ): Never mind, I shall ask Shirley about what their progress! :D

(Hmm, does it seem very kaypoh?)

I like City Square Mall! It's so spacious, and it really gives off the strong impression that it's Singapore's First Eco Friendly Mall. I like that mall, not really because of the shops there, but off the layout and the atmosphere. The shops there aren't like those you can find in normal shopping centres, some are very unique and... just not common. There's a nice scrapbooking shop there! The stuff there are really nice. And then the Popular is also very nice! HAHAHA EVERYTHING IS NICE. There're many accessories shops. :) Yay, I shall go back there again! ;)

Mirror Lakes! :D

2010-01-08T22:22:00.004+08:00

This afternoon, when Carin told me that her interview was at 8.45am tmr, I asked, "TOMORROW? 8.45am?"
Then she nodded her head.
"In the middle of class?"

=.=

Geddit?

Wow, in my perspective, I feel that I'm too used to school.
Is there sthg wrong with me? When I realised that tmr is a Saturday, I was a bit... disappointed. Seriously! I'm beginning to like school life even more! HAHAHA I KNOW, it's only the very beginning of Sec 3, there's much more to come. But I just find myself weird that I'm a tad disappointed that there's no school tmr... HAHA! No, I don't need to see a counsellor!

You know I was thinking, what would happen in April/May 2011. *shivers* Oh man, just the thought of it makes me wanna take it back. Time flies. That's all I can say... ):

2010-01-07T20:03:00.003+08:00

Fourth day of school! Basically now I've met all my teachers, and have attended at least 1 lesson of every subject.

Yesterday and the past few days have been quite bad for me, personally, really, deep inside, cos I've been thinking about the days, weeks and months ahead... You know me, I love to think, far, far ahead. Haha, maybe not so bad, but still, after all the talks and expectations/regulations that the teachers gave us, it's impossible for me not to feel that way.

So I'm telling myself, I MUST NEVER CRUMBLE UNDER THE PRESSURE. NEVER. I shall just go all out and enjoy my Sec 3 life. Like what Yan Xin said, screw-ups are unavoidable, it's part of your journey of success. Like failure and success are in pairs. So I have to think positive, and never, ever surrender to giving up! THE SKY IS SO BLUE TODAY, THE SUN IS SO YELLOW/ORANGE! Hahaha! (If you get what I was trying to mean.)

Sorry, these few posts have to be about self-motivation etc, for this point of time, I wouldn't really say it's a culture shock, huh, just wanna encourage myself that it'll be fine. :) You will bear with all the motivation speech yeah? Haha.

There's Guides tmr, like, FINALLY! I'm missing it so much! These few days have been boring for me, cos after school, I just go home, and I have the whole afternoon to myself! Then I was thinking, how I wish I can save up all this free time, and use it whenever time runs out on me! Hahaha, cos I can't stand not doing anything, when you know that in time to come, you will be desperately needing more time.

Ok, back to the topic, GUIDES, I'm so happy that there's Guides, and you know what? I'm suddenly thinking of THINKING DAY! :D Hahaha, I don't know why I'm so excited, just really feel exhilarated for Thinking Day.

My New Year Resolution(s) (NYR) is/are:
1. I want to be more involved in Guides! Seriously!
2. I want to be consistent in grades, or at least get results that I'm fine with, which means not failing! :/
3. I want to be more attached to CPB!

Hmm, are these actually NYR? Ok, I guess I can accept it, haha, aside from the usual ones that I always make every single year, which I don't want to say! :D Heheee.

2010-01-04T18:30:00.002+08:00

First day of school! Basically nothing much, no proper lessons, since it's only the very first day in a new class. You know what? People are already complaining that they're sick of school! Seriously, what's wrong with school? Ok, maybe not everyone has such positive outlooks of schools like me... Haha! But then again, just view things optimisticly and everything will be fine. :)

I'm starting to like 3C! 3C is an interesting class, with very interesting people! :D Hehe. And we'll show everyone that 3C is not a geeky, nerdy class who only cares about studying. So not, ok?! I hate it when people come and tell me, "Oh, 3C ahhh, so pro, but every day study study study eh!" Haiyo, not everything is true, alright?

But actually, it's kind of sad to receive so much expectations from everyone, both students and teachers. Especially the teachers, they're expecting everyone to get As. Not everyone is a straight-A student, please bear in mind. Oh, yeah, I just remembered, tmr I'm going to hear more teachers mentioning about their high expectations of us. =.= Bummer.

You know, I really don't know what Sec 3 life has to offer. I seriously don't know. I don't know how busy I'm going to be, whether I'll be involved in Guides, because I really, really want to. And whether I'll be very involved in CPB too. What about studies? So much work this year, next year is the Os already, so this year will be a lot of drilling + new topics/concepts.

Oh yeah, did I mention about 'O' Level Chinese? Yeah, since I'm taking HCL, I need to take 'O' Level Chinese at the end of this year. And it's expected an A1 for every person who's taking this exam in Cedar. The teachers make things sound easy, yet difficult. They say most Cedarians get either A1 or A2, and I'm thinking, wow, you mean it's so easy to get an A for OChinese?! Haha!

In short, I must be prepared to work doubly hard this year, and manage my time really, really well, if I want to have the best of both worlds, or even better, best of three worlds. HAHA!

Jiayou, Rachel, you surely can survive this year! :D

2010-01-03T19:54:00.002+08:00

Ok, I'd better get this done fast. (Chem is still incomplete! :/)

Firstly, Happy 2010! I can't really say 'Happy New Year' now, cos it's not New Year's Day, haha. I can't believe 2009 just passed in a flash. It's like, I didn't have any New Year mood! I was like, huh, 2010 is coming already?! So sad, I really enjoyed my 2009 a lot. Sad times, bad times, happy and enjoyable times... That's part of life isn't? We just have to let go, and welcome the new year! :)

As everyone knows, tmr is the start of school for year 2010. As usual, I'm very neutral, I'm excited yet nervous, dreading. It's so normal for me to have this feeling! Every year I'll tell my mum or sister that I'm happy yet sad. Sigh. But it's very funny and cute to see how people will always whine and complain that they don't wanna go to school! :)

Based on the timetable posted on the LMS, most of my teachers are very nice! :D I hope all of them are good. Haha!

2009-12-31T20:54:00.003+08:00

Right, I suddenly realised that today is the last day of 2009. Oh gosh. So fast. I woke up today very early cos I was at camp. It was only after breakfast that I suddenly realised that today is 31 December 2009. I can't believe it. One year has passed. It's just too scary that my Sec 2 life is over. And I have already spent half of my time in Cedar.

Sec 3 next year will be... exciting, terrifying, hectic, etc. My class next year, 3C, is going to be very, very smart and intelligent. Sigh. I hope I don't get too pressurized. Especially with Guides and PC next year.

2009-12-31T18:23:00.004+08:00

Hello, I'm back from my Guides Annual Camp! It was... indescribable. It was quite hectic for me especially cos the PCs and PSLs had to go for Sec 1 Orientation Camp (which is exactly on both days of the Guides one), then when it ends, join the Guides and stay over. Which means, in the day, I'm involved in Orientation, then in the evening till night it's Guides.

I was so, so sad when told that I had to go for Orientation Camp over Guides camp. As in miss all those day activities happening over at Guides... Not that I don't like to go for Orientation, I like to, but I'd very much prefer going for Guides.

So basically I can't tell you what went on during the day for Guides, but on the first night was the campfire. VROOM VROOM POW's campfire item went so smoothly! It was fantastic! Awesome! I'm so proud of our patrol, for executing such a great campfire performance. :D This won us the title of the 'Best Campfire Item'! :DDD

Second night was the night walk. You know before the camp I was so scared for it? Cos all the Sec 3s said it was going to be very scary. I didn't know how true it was, haha, but just before the segment, I sort of felt excited. I was one of the first few to go, because I wanted to get it over and be done with. They (Guiders and Sec 3s) shortened the route, and they cut quite a lot of parts for the night walk, cos the Guiders felt it was too scary or dangerous...
But otherwise, even with this improvised route and everything, it successfully frightened quite a number of us! But I was a bit disappointed at the individual part; it could have been longer. After the individual part, I paired up with Carin, and from then on I wasn't really scared anymore, haha, cos you have someone with you! The stations were good, but throughout the whole thing, I wanted to laugh at the stations/Sec 3s! Sorry, no offence, but I just felt like laughing... But in general, the acting was very convincing!

Today we didn't do much (for Guides) cos there was Homecoming. There was supposed to be Patrol Challenge after lunch, but then it was cancelled cos the school was going to close at 2pm. So sad right! I thought that would be my first time playing games/having activities with my patrol (excluding campfire), and got so excited. Hah, who knows that the school had to close early despite us already informing them that we'll break camp at 3 plus.

Manito was good. :) Both my manito and angel are CLs! Haha! Carin pointed that out. I know I was very obvious, given my informal tone and leaking off so much stuff about me. Kaushi guessed it right from the first letter! :/ She recognised my handwriting. Haha.

I want to say this again. I was very sad and disappointed that I couldn't join the rest of the Guides for the day activities. For both days you know. (The camp was 3D2N btw.) Last year I had to leave halfway, this year I couldn't attend the day part. What about next year? It'd better be a full, 100% one. Seeing how the rest of my patrol and Guides went out to East Coast to do many different interesting yet tiring activities, I was so jealous and envious and sad that I couldn't go! ): I really wanted to part of it, part of the things, activities! I don't want to be so isolated from my patrol, especially since we're bonded and enthusiastic during the camp!

Anyway, Vroom Vroom Pow is a really great patrol, I love you guys, thanks for being enthusiastic and cooperative, especially during our campfire item. It was so great! I really feel sorry that I can't join you guys for 90% of the time in Annual Camp, just wanted to let you know that I also didn't want to have it this way. But anyway, great great job people, it's really alright if we didn't win the Best Patrol Award, even though me and the other Sec 2s thought we were in a good place for it... Well done, Vroom Vroom Pow!

To the Sec 3s, thank you so much for organising, planning etc for this camp, of course together with the help of the Guiders. Thank you for the amazing night walk that you guys planned so hard for it. :) It was great!

We are the Vroom Vroom Pow,
So cool and so wow,
We're gonna rock the house
And bring you down.
We got that cool cool look,
Awesome identity,
We got that Vroom Vroom Vroom,
That smashing Vroom Vroom Vroom!

2009-12-28T20:13:00.002+08:00

Oh no, oh no, I'm going crazy! Stop worrying, Rachel! So irritating! How I wish I can just relax, and stop worrying and fretting over what's going to happen over the next few days! SHUT YOUR MIND, LIKE HOW SEVERUS SNAPE AND ALBUS DUMBLEDORE TOLD HARRY POTTER TO! OCCLUMENCY!
Haha, ok, just joking. Missing Harry Potter already! :/

Anyway, continuing from the first part, yes, gosh, I shouldn't have listened to what the Sec 3s were saying about the camp...! Gosh. Ok, now, a Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties. So I must think positive! Yes! That's the way!

AHHHHH. Never mind. I shall talk about the more positive stuff. It's great to be in Vroom Vroom Pow! :) Enthusiastic Sec 2s! :D Whee, but sadly, the Sec 1s aren't as enthu as us, but it's ok, hopefully they'll be influenced by us during the camp! Hahaha.
Our campfire item is going quite well. I really hope that it will be executed out rather smoothly tmr night. Yes. Our campfire is tmr night. The first night of the camp. Haha, I know it's weird, but what can I say? AND NIGHT WALK IS SECOND NIGHT. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Why must it be the other way round? I'd rather get it over and done with! Anddd so that I have Orientation the next day to distract myself...

Now, switching the topic back to SINGAPORE IDOL, I personally want Sylvia to win, cos she's like, the full package! Hahaha, and we want a Female Singapore Idol! Oh well, I am sad and disappointed that Sylvia didn't win, but then again, it's all dependant on the voters, which is us, the public. Haha, anyway, what's done can't be undone. I'm sure both Finalists will be successful in their own ways. :)

2009-12-27T18:41:00.002+08:00

I really hope to have a Female Singapore Idol!
Sylvia is really the full package, and she has such a nice voice!
I hope Tabitha's fans will support Sylvia! :D

Tonight's gonna be a spectacular night of performances! Hearing from summerr, there'll be many interesting performances by both contestants and Idol Alumni!

Great, I just can't wait now! :D

2009-12-23T18:35:00.003+08:00

I'M SO SHACKEDDD!

I'M SO TIRED!

I'M SO EXHAUSTED!

Brrrrr. It's been a tiring and busy 4 days for me. Well, at least I had sufficient sleep and good meals. Anyway, hahaha, it's not that bad, I'm not saying that I'm really, really, exhausted till I can't walk or anything. Don't take it too serious, just having some repetition. :D

Registration today was quite a success! Yay. Ok, shan't elaborate anymore!

Then after regist today, me and Chelsea went from Cedar to Tampines to join the rest of our camp patrol members to buy more stuff for the camp. Whoa, I tell you, from Cedar, go to Tampines Mall, then Tampines 1, then Tampines Mall, and back to Tampines 1, finally, back to Potong Pasir! >!<

2009-12-21T21:50:00.002+08:00

Ok, I need to update one more time here. It's going to be very busy for me this week! :/ Yeah, oh well, at least for these three days. Hardly have time to read my HARRY POTTER!

I think Sylvia should totally win Singapore Idol! She's has everything, the voice, the looks, the popularity! You go, girl! Go on and do us girls proud! HAHAHA. Show Singapore that the men should step aside, and let girls like Sylvia dominate! Haha! Hmm, ok, maybe not 'dominate', but 'be the ultimate star'. I'm definitely looking forward to this Sunday's Grand Finale! It's going to be so exciting, with so many artistes and Idol Alumni singing! Of course, not to mention the Battle of the Sexes. :D I shall be fair, and wish all the best, to both contestants! :)

2009-12-19T21:16:00.002+08:00

It's time I updated, right? Hahaha. This week has been pretty boring for me. The only two interesting events that happened were on Tues and Wed.

On Tuesday I held this 'movie marathon' at my house with XY, WT and Nat. Actually, it wasn't exactly like an MM, cos we only watched 2 movies! But what can we do, we only had 4 hours! Watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and She's the Man. I love both movies! The former is one that I've always enjoyed, of course, because Harry Potter is just so amazing, and I love Chamber of Secrets! Hohoho, She's the Man is so hilarious! Yes, it's my first time to really sit down and watch the whole movie. Previously I only caught snippets of it, but this time, I watched the entire movie. Boy, the movie's great! A real laugh. Haha, it's a chick flick, for those who do not know. :)

On Wednesday, I had patrol outing! :D Yay, finally, a patrol outing outside school. :) However, the turn up wasn't very ideal. Less than half the patrol came. But it's alright, we still proceeded with the plans. Went to Iluma to watch The Princess and the Frog. Well, it's quite a ncie movie. The twist in the story is very nice, somewhat unexpected! I think the movie is also a bit similiar to that of a musical. Because sometimes there will be songs, and the characters will sing and dance etc. Hahaha, but what surprised me the most was that I was kind of freaked out (a bit) by the evil parts. As in the parts that showed the evil character... :X
After the movie, we walked around Bugis Street for a while. Then after that was goodbye. :)
I really hope more people can turn up next time. Sigh. But I guess there's still plenty of chances. :)

2009-12-14T16:59:00.004+08:00

I'm back, and I have to say, that New Zealand is beautiful. :)

I still need more time to rest, yes, I don't have the mood to post about my trip, but don't expect much, I won't in detail, just talk about the country and the itinerary.

OK FINE SINCE I'M HERE I might as well talk about it now.

At first when I went there, I wasn't really keen about it, cos I don't really feel anything towards New Zealand, like, 'it's such a less-interesting place, no shopping' this kinda thoughts, haha. But then soon after I arrived, I was quite soaked up in the beautiful scenery. :) Yeah, so I told myself just enjoy! It's really rare that I can travel all the way down under to NZ! Great opportunity. :)

I saw lots and lots of farm animals, such as sheep, horses, goats, deer. Lots and lots of sheep! There are about 45 MILLION sheep in NZ! Wow. There used to be about 80 million of them about 50 years ago.

The first day we didn't really do anything, besides going to the International Antartic Centre, we went to Hanmer Springs to soak in the hot springs. Haha, it wasn't really hot, but quite a nice sensation. :)

The second day had lots of travelling. We went from the centre of South Island to the West, and all the way down South. Saw the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks. A nice natural formation! But I still don't understand about the blowholes part. =.= We passed by many townships like Westport, Greymouth, Hokitika, Haast etc. Stayed at the Fox Glacier hotel.

The third day was a rainy day. :( We were supposed to walk to view the Fox Glacier, but due to the bad weather, we couldn't do that, but only take the bus and view it from afar. Only caught a part of it. :( After that we travelled towards Queenstown.
Queenstown is a tourist place, tourist attraction, and the houses there are very nice! Lake Wakatipu is just beside, so there are many houses just at the front of the lake! Very nice. :) THe hotel there was also fantastic. Very modern and the facilities were good and new!

The fourth day was actually a free-and-easy day, which means you can choose what you want to do for the day. We chose to go to Milford Sound, the fjords place, where most other people from the tour are going there too. On the journey, we passed by many nice places, very camera-worthy. The creeks, mountains, they're all very nice. We got down the coach and took many nice pictures. :)
Milford Sound was very nice, haha, what can I say? Basically NZ is all about nice scenery! Ther water was not turquoise, haha, but then I saw nice waterfalls and moutains. (Were they mountains?)

The fifth day was the day to leave Queenstown. Sigh, I really like Queenstown, because I quite like their shopping street, haha! But of course, it's such a peaceful place, even though it's a tourist attraction. It gives you a very relaxing feeling. :)
Ok, so we left for a few places. I couldn't really remember where we went to, but this was the day when we stopped by many places. But in the end, we headed to Lake Tekapo, where we would be staying overnight in a hotel/extremely nice chalet nearby. Oh, Lake Tekapo is very beautiful! The water is really turquoise! And the Lupins (flowers) are really nice too! At night, we were supposed to go star-gazing, but then the weather was not ideal. Firstly, the wind is much too strong to go uphill, into the open air, and the guide said that the wind speed then was 100 km/h! Haha, anyway, I believe that we can be blown away if we really went up there to the hill, where it's completely open, no shelter what-so-ever. It's a pity, yes, because the star-gazing is one the highlights of the tour! Secondly, the sky was full of clouds. Even from our hotel/chalet, we could only see two stars! So we just had to succumb to our fate our not being able to go star-gazing.

The sixth day was heading towards Christchurch again. Actually, today was quite a boring day... As far as I could rmb (and referring to the map), we were sitting in the coach most of the time. We didn't visit any special place... OH YES WE DID! Haha, I forgot. In the morning, we were to go to the bank of Lake Tekapo to take some nice pictures, unfortunately, it was raining! And the wind was very, very strong! But then, suddenly, the tides were turned around, and the sun started coming out! Whee! To our right, the sun was there, but to our left, it was still cloudy, and both sides were still raining. So guess what, a beautiful rainbow appeared! :D And I'm telling you, it's the best, nicest, loveliest rainbow that I have ever seen! It was amazing! I could see the whole of it, from one end till the other. So after about 10min, the rain subsided, and we got down the coach and snapped a few pictures with the lovely rainbow and Lake Tekapo in the background. :)
We went to the Willowbank National Park where we saw some birds and animals of NZ, and of course, the endangered Kiwi bird, which I was so longing to see! ;) It's so sad, these animals/birds are all endangered! Man'd better learn how to cherish them!
Then we went to Monaville, which is some nice garden, with many lovely flowers there. To me it was alright, not say very fantastic, haha! But we saw the Singapore flag outside one of the houses facing the river in Monaville! :D
After that we visited the famous Cathedral Square in Christchurch. So that is the one that's always shown/featured in those fridge magnets/souvenirs!

And the next day was just spending time in the aeroplane going back to Singapore. I realised that there are many, many souvenir shops in NZ. Anywhere you go, be it a shopping street, cafe, restaurant, there's always a souvenir shop nearby. Even for those cafes or bars that we stopped by for toilet breaks, there's always a souvenir shop in it. Wow. So there were plenty of chances to buy souvenirs. Just depends on how much you want to buy.

The people there are very friendly and spontaneous. Unlike Singapore, haha, sad to say. The country is very clean, toilets are clean, roads are very neat and properly aligned. :)

Needless to say, the scenery was wonderful. Amazing. Yes, that's what you go there for. Pay for the scenery there. Haha.

I know my vocab is not good, cos throughout this post, the only adjectives I use to describe things are 'nice', 'beautiful', 'wonderful' and 'amazing'. =.=

I'm just glad that I can go to NZ at such a young age. Very fortunate indeed. :)

2009-12-06T15:25:00.002+08:00

I'm feeling quite excited now man. :) What's going to happen in the future... Well, we can only wait and see! But I'm feeling excited about what lays ahead, for the next few days. :]

I really want to have a female Singapore Idol. I think both Tabitha and Sylvia deserves the title. But I think more people are hoping for Sylvia to win. Hmm, I'm really alright with either of the girls. Just that I hope Singapore will vote wisely! The Grand Finals is on the 27th Dec, Sunday, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Yay! I'm looking forward to that date. :)

Nownow, I'm running out of words to say.
...
Anyway, since there's nothing else left for me to say/type, I shall end of here.

I'm glad I can 'let go', at least for now. :)

2009-12-04T18:27:00.004+08:00

Yay, my pimple is ready to be squeezed! HAHA! Actually it's already been squeezed. Lol. Thank goodness, just before the holiday. :)

I realise that nowadays there are nice patterns in the sky! Hoho. I have a lot of nice sky patterns in my thumbdrive and the camera. They're still waiting for me to be uploaded. But I won't upload everything though. But just one nice one here. :)

Oh no, one moment, I feel so cheated, and then suddenly the next, I feel... shocked! Yeah. Shocked. Surprised.

Whoa, everything seems so weird! Is everything just so connected? Ahh, I see it can be a good, and a bad thing.

Right. I need to think. *chillchill*

2009-12-02T17:44:00.003+08:00

Ok back to the PC chalet. Hmm, the day activities like Amazing Race was okay, quite fun. We went cycling, and I didn't know that Escape is so near! Oh, and we cycled all the way to the Pasir Ris playground. The bigbig one. Hoho, pardon me for my ignorance, anyway, Pasir Ris is not my territory. xD

The BBQ was fine. I have to thank the Sec 3s for doing everything for us! How nice, they started the fire, cooked the food, and cleared up the area. Sigh, thinking back, I feel guilty that we didn't offer much help...

The performance was... fine! Haha, I really love our song, and we could see that the Sec 4s kinda get the 'joke'. But the second part was a bit messy, but it's alright. :) Good job Sec 2s!

After that we went out to the beach. Hmm, we didn't actually go down to the sand or sea, just stayed on the pavement. Then we started forming a circle, and sat down, and guess what, told ghost stories. Sigh. I knew this would happen. Haha, so, being the usual scaredy cat (or maybe not that bad huh), I 'opted' out of the circle and joined some other friends who also didn't want to hear. Gee, I'm relieved that I didn't stay in that circle. So me and my friends just played some games to 'past time'. Haha.

Then it was the 'movie marathon'. Haha, watched some livelier movies. :) Like HSM and Shrek 2. Slightly past midnight, I went to bed, after a tiring day full of activities.

The next morning we woke up with an orchestra going on. Haha, shall not elaborate anymore. Since we woke up so early, we just decided to sit and talk. The end. :)

Yes, I am disappointed.

2009-12-01T21:40:00.003+08:00

Right, I'm back from the PC Chalet. Hahaha, it was very fun! But the attendance wasn't very ideal. For the day activities and BBQ, very little Sec 3s came... Oh well, are they very busy? Anyway, then after that, fewer people stayed overnight. There were only 14 people staying overnight, and this chalet is for Sec 1s to 4s! In the end, Sec 4s only had 3, Sec 3s - 2, and Sec 1s - 1!

Haha, I'm quite tired to explain more. I'll blog again tmr or some time when I feel like to.

Disappointed?

2009-11-26T16:17:00.002+08:00

I'm so right. The atmospheric temperature now is 35 degrees Celsius! Believe it or not! Actually it's not unbelieveable, cos it's extremely hot now. And I do mean HOT.

Ahh, I thought today will rain, since it didn't rain for the past 2 days, and it's the 'winter' season now.

Anyway, I just read from Asiaone that the Top PSLE student this year is from Qifa Primary. Whoo, a neighbourhood school man! Take that, all the top schools! HAHAHA. Not that I'm from that school (Vithika is), but I just want people to know that their kids can also strive very well in neighbourhood schools, and not just the top and ming xiao are always the best in everything.

Mankind must put an end to war, if not war will put an end to mankind.
- John F. Kennedy

2009-11-25T18:04:00.003+08:00

Let's start from yesterday, shall we?

Yesterday in the morning I went for the Inter-Unit Initiative (Guides) at Ngee Ann Sec. Well, there were supposed to be 27 people turning up, but instead half turned up. Anyway, we did Napkin Folding, Towel Animal, Balloon Sculpting and Gel Candle. I was so hungry in the midst of the activities! We only had refreshments/lunch break at 12.40. But nvm, after it ended I went straight to Downtown East.

Which is the next segment that I'm about to say. I went to Downtown East (hmm, or more like Escape Theme Park) with Sabrina, Wei Ting, Jing Wen, Natalie, Jasveen, Regina and Vithika. Cos now the adult ticket only costs $9 each. This promotion lasts from now till the end of the year. And since I haven't been to ETP for 3-4 years, I thought I'd just give it a try.

Escape, the place itself, is very small, and there's really little rides. Nowonder they can afford to give such great discounts, cos I think they have not much business, even though it's the holidays already. I heard from my friends that many rides have already been done away with, and yes, I also think so too. Even though I haven't been there for a long time, I remember sitting rides that I don't see now anymore.

Well, I shall just fast forward to the highlight of the day: the VIKING SHIP! :D Can you believe this, I have never sat on an actual Viking Ship before. Yes, I only sat on the small, mini, pasar malam kind. Haha! Cos I was scared, you know. Haha, but now I think I'm more brave (braver?), so I just went to try. And it paid off, man! I mean, one has to be more adventurous right? ;) I sat on the third-last row, together with Sabbie and Jasveen. Oh my, it was so cool! Exciting! Exhilarating! :D:D You just feel like you're going to fall off your seat when you're at the highest point, or some where that's very high. Hahs, it was so funnn! I was screaming and screaming until my mouth went dry after the ride! Oh, not to mention that Sabbie's screaming was awesome! Haha, awesome? Yeah, kinda awesome, cos she was screaming more than me, practically every time the boat goes up she screams, even when it's not that scary, in my opinion. Haha. And she screams the high-pitched one. Hah, leave it to your imagination to visualise it!

After some breaks of going to other rides, like the Wet&Wild, which was not bad, quite thrilling too, we went for the Viking Ship again. Yay! Actually some of them went for a second time first, then I joined in later, cos my stomach was still a bit full after eating. So when I went again, I sat at the row that's closest to the middle, to avoid any discomfort during and/or after the ride.

Guess what happened? There were 3 boys who sat opposite us, but facing us, and they were acting so foolishly. When the ride just started, a girl who was sitting right at the back shouted/screamed, then one of them said "Diam lah!" Ho, I was like, people want to scream then let them scream! Lol! Then they themselves just started shouting and screaming (err, wait, I don't think boys scream) unneccessarily. Oh well, then Sabbie suddenly said, "I feel challenged." HAHA! DON'T YOU THINK IT'S SO FUNNY? Haha, ok, probably it doesn't sound funny here. Anyway, then when the ride started getting intense, Sabbie and I started screaming, then the boys opposite us were asking us to shut up. Soon, Sabbie got pissed, haha, and purposely did the contrary of their requests - scream louder! HAHAHAH, when the boy opposite us ask us to "Diam", Sabbie opened her mouth wide and screamed at them! Right in his face! LOL! Especially when it's not the scary part, she still screamed at them! HAHAHAHAHAH!

Alright, we now name Sabbie the 'Leader of the Screams', when sitting on the Viking Ship! Haha! So funny! Well, I guess it's just this last ride on the Viking Ship that was the highlight of the trip. The others like the Wet&Wild, which I mentioned already, was very good, and the Family Coaster is not bad too. We went twice. Just that it seemed like they haven't oiled the tracks or sthg for years. I didn't go into the Haunted House, cos I was scared. Yes, haha, for this I'm not ready to go for it yet. :P

All in all, I think ETP is going downhill, cos there's so little rides left. And for those rides, less than half are actually enjoyable, in my opinion. So, when the Resorts World Sentosa (RTS) opens next year, they'll surely have no business. Haiii, so sad. But it's not as if I have a liking for that place. :/

Alrightalright, enough about ETP. Let's progress to today. In the morning and half of the afternoon, we had the New Leaders Welcome. The games were quite fun, yes, and I feel that this whole session really bonded CPB a lot! Previously I didn't feel bonded or attached to this board, but today, everyone made an effort to get to know one another better, and bonded together! Yeah, that's cool. :)

Aiyo, I didn't get wet during the water balloon game! So sad, I was looking forward to getting wet, you know, have some fun. But apparently, we weren't agressive in 'attacking' each other, so not many got wet.

Lunch was delicious! They catered food for us! How nice. :) Then after lunch at about 1.30, when the sun was burning hot, we had to walk out off school and walk on the Homecoming Day route! The entire thing, not just one side of it! The full, two routes combined! First we walked through Wan Tho Ave, then walked along Upper Serangoon Rd on the hill top, then walked along Upper Aljunied Rd, and back to Willow Ave outside Cedar Primary, then back into our school. I'm telling you, it's not easy ok. I mean, with the scorching hot sun? I bet it's 34 or 35 degrees Celsius then man! I was hot and thirsty! But anyway, there's always a purpose and motive for doing such things.

Ok, have to go eat now. See ya. ;)

2009-11-22T20:59:00.002+08:00

Exactly 7 days ago.
Night games.

I miss Orange Juice 20 Cents.
Don't you miss it too?

2009-11-22T15:29:00.002+08:00

I've changed my blogskin!

Hoho, actually it's the same one as Orchid Patrol's blogskin, but since I was the one who found it, HAHA, I think it's alright to use it as mine too.

I feel it's time for a change, even though I liked the old one too.

Ahhh, I'm really missing Perak trip! :/

I shall post the same picture that I posted a few days back one more time, to reinstate how much I love that photo! :D

Haha, I've enlarged it so that maybe you can appreciate this photo too! LOL! xD

2009-11-20T17:53:00.011+08:00

Ahh geesh, today I felt like some... totally distracted person! I said sthg that was weird and nonsensical!

What did I say? When she asked us whether we were tired, I said, "Ermm, no, cos the pizza was... very... energising!" ?!?!?! Haha, come to think of it, I also don't know what and why I said that! I was trying to say that "I feel energised after eating the pizza, so I'm not tired!" ARGH! Thanks a lot man!

But I'm sure she did understand what I was trying to say. =.= Sigh.

Today I went back to school at Cedar Ave for Guides store unpacking. Hoho, yes, that was when the incident above happened. =.= When we were about to go home after eating the pizza that Mdm Faridah treated us. :D

First time back to Cedar Ave after it was renovated. Hmm, I would have to say that it's very classy, haha, very nice. :) I think the campus is quite big, hearing from my friends who already more or less walked around the school. But I haven't, so I have to wait till other times. :)

Our Guides store was alright. It turned out pretty messy at first, when I first reported there. Haha. But then as more people came to help out, the mess gradually cleared up! :) Yay, the efficiency of us, Guides! :D But I'm sure now it's a bit different, cos we just put the stuff that we placed outside the door inside. Haha. Still, I'm sure we'll do a good job packing it. :) The next packing session is next week, done by Sec 3s only. Haiii, I want to go and help...! Haha, really, I want to do sthg good. Help out. Cos I'm so bored at home! :/:/:/

Alright. GAHHH stop brooding over the blunder that you made! Anyway, for those who haven't read my Perak trip post yet, scroll down yeah? ;D

Thanks for making me realise
that it will not end here.
Or now.

It's just goodnight,
and ~~not~~ ~~never~~ not goodbye.
How I wish that it'll never be goodbye...

2009-11-19T16:00:00.003+08:00

Ok, now for the detailed account of the Peral trip! :D

Day 1, Saturday

It's a long, long journey ride there! :/ Ahh well, but no one can help it, cos Perak is so far north. It's above the state of Selangor, where KL is situated. It's about 3-4 hours longer than the journey to KL from Singapore.

Do I have to describe what we did in the bus? Haha, sleep, listen to music, read (a bit), practise blowing the bubble of the bubblegum, and taking unglam photos of Teo with her gum. But actually it's not unglam, since she doesn't mind it at all. And she always does these kinda things, so, yeah. Haha.

We were supposed to go to Kellie's Castle in the evening, but when we reached Perak, it was too late to go there cos it'll be dark already, and it's not advisible to go there at night, cos that place is reputed to be haunted... :/:/:/ Instead, we had 40 minutes to walk at a shopping centre. Yes, I know, so short right? But anyway, it doesn't matter, cos I didn't go to Perak with the intention of shopping. It's an adventure trip, my dear. Haha, the fact that they let us stop by the shopping centre was good enough. I didn't buy anything, cos of the time constraint and cos I didn't see anything that I liked.

The hotel was very nice, just like other standard hotels. I love the atmosphere! It's very grand, and there was someone playing the grand piano downstairs, so there's this very... special feeling. Not like some quiet hotel. Anyway, we had quite a lot of time, so we camwhored, not really camwhore, just take random shots. Hahaha.

Day 2, Sunday

I was so excited for this day! It's like, WHITE WATER RAFTING and WATERFALL ABSEILING! :DDD We sat off to the Riverbug place via bus and van. There was a change in plans, erm, well, not really plans, but you know the day before the teachers told us to bring extra clothes, sandals whatever stuff we want to change into, then on the day itself it seems like whatever you bring along to the place will be whatever you will carry to the white water rafting itself. No place to put your whatsoever stuff. So I kinda brought so many things till my small bag wanted to burst, then in the end it was quite good that we didn't actually have to bring anything with us.

Thankfully, there were no leeches! :D Actually I don't understand where the leech can strike you. As in bite. Cos it's not really a forest. Ohkay, then the briefing was so funnyyyy! The guide was speaking in a really cute and funny accent! And he loves to crack lame jokes, maybe not jokes, but then he will always pause a while, then say, "Kidding onlehh!" HAHAHA. Can you imagine that? Ohk, at first we didn't see it as sthg special or funny, but then after the 2nd time it became like a new joke of the century! HAHA. Then we just kept laughing over "Kidding onlehh"!

Fast forward to when we were carrying our rafts to the river. Hoho, so cool! You could see that the water was fast flowing, and there were rocks, so it's very exciting and thrilling! :) When we got in, I thought we could 'take off' already, but the guide just kept circling us around and around that same area, I think to get us warmed up, or to wait for the other rafts to go first. During this period of time, it was quite boring, cos we haven't actually travelled through the rapids yet.

Then finally, we set off, and there comes the bumpy rides! The rocks and rapids were so fun! The command, "Boomboom" is to signal that we get into the raft, meaning sit on the bottom of it. Cos we were only sitting on the edge of the raft, with our legs inside, that's all. So when it's time to boomboom, it means that there's a huge rapid or some 'dangerous' (in my opinion, exciting) part. Hehe. So at the first part of the journey, there were many of these nice rapids and boomboom-s, hah, so we were enjoying ourselves! HAHA, then that Sabrina and Charlene, who ask them to sit together, whenever there's a boomboom, they keep crashing into each other, and always have a hard time getting up again. Oh yes, and they kept laughing as if it's their last chance to laugh. =.= Gosh! Laugh within your own territory man, Sabbie! You always make laughter seem so contagious, yes, even though I know it is! Haha, that's why I say it's a mistake to make you and Charlene sit together!

Ahhhh, the boomboom is always so fun! Seriously, I want to go again! Haha. Oh, did I mention that it's tiring too? Yeah, it is, cos you have to keep pedalling. Even though there were breaks, like we rowed to one side and rested for a few minutes, your arm can't help but get tired.

Ohh, and then during this longest break, we all got down from our rafts and just, get completely wet! Haha, oh, I guess I was smart enough not to get my whole head wet by submerging it, haha, or falling with the others to the ground! But still, I don't mind getting wet, cos it was so fun! Haha, we sang a lot of songs and cheers together as Cedar Guides! :D:D:D So funnnn! I want it again, man!

Oh, then the next half of the journey gradually became more and more dull. There were no more rapids, and it was really just, nothing. Haiyo, just when we were hoping for more boomboom-s, there came none. I think there was only one after that, but that one wasn't fun at all. Haha, never mind, at least I'm glad that I got to experience such a fun activity! :D

Then after lunch, the weather turned awry! D: Boo. When we got to the waterfall abseil venue, the sky began to turn dark, and then after the instructor briefed us about the safety precautions, it started to pour. :(:(:( I was so angry! And disappointed! I was so looking forward to the waterfall abseiling! Not only was the activity thrilling, I have not abseiled before, so I'm positive it will be a refreshing experience! :( Boo. Speaking of this, I'm so fumed ok. During P6 camp, I was next to go for the abseiling (normal one), then suddenly the instructor said that there's no more time, and that we had to go for dinner. My friend and I were begging the instructor like mad, yet he didn't budge at all. =.= Then when we got to the dining hall, we were the first group there, and had to wait for half an hour for the rest to come. =.==.= Super pissing can? Haizzzz. But anyway, that was during my P6 camp. Yesyes, so I was really looking forward to the waterfall abseiling, but unfortunately the weather spoiled it all. And did I tell you that I was shivering in the cold? Yes, I was, but I recovered soon enough. Thankfully. :) Sigh, so of course, I wasn't the only one who was disappointed. My friends and other people were equally disappointed. Oh well, I guess we can't have control over the weather. It's just my fate that I have to wait till OAC next year to get to abseil.

So then we had our tea break, which there was hot tea! Yay, not that I like tea, in fact I don't drink tea, but for survival purposes, it was hot, and I do mean hot, so it was great for warming myself up! After having a nice shower, we had dinner. :) And I really mean that the shower was nice and refreshing ok. Everyone was so recharged after the shower! After dinner we played Truth or Dare. Whoa, I tell you, that was the best Truth or Dare game I've ever played in my whole life! Hahaha, we played as Sec 2s to 4s man! Haha, I don't know whether it's my fortune or unluckiness to not get picked. Haha.

Night game was so, so fun! It was hilarious I tell you! Hahaha. The games were alright, all played before in Singapore. But it's the team that made everything so enjoyable! All the Sec 2s and Deryn and Melissa. :) Haha, our group name was called 'Orange Juice 20 cents', cos we were all wearing the orange-coloured Farewell tee, and who knows where did that extra '2o cents' come from! I think that instructor just added it there without telling us! Anyway, CHARLENE TEO WAS HILARIOUS! SO COMICAL! She as the paper doll was indeed very suitable! So funny! HAHAHA. And she did not take any advantage of you, okay, Charlene! HAHAHAHAHAA! Alright, yay, because our group was so coordinated and thoughtful, we won the champion prize!Hahaha, for all three games combined together! :D Good job Orange Juice 20 cents, I will miss you guys! ;)

Day 3, Monday

After eating breakfast, we went around the place/resort to take photos. :) The scenery is really nice. :) Then after that we stood at the back of the lorry and they drove us to Gua Tempurung. :) Oh gosh, it got me so excited to be standing on the back of the lorry man! Haha, this really shows how suaku we were. Sigh. It was really relaxing and cooling, haha, our lorry was like, shouting and making a lot of sound effects along the way!

Gua Tempurung was fine, not bad, but not what I expected to be. I thought we had to climb through holes, 'battle' with bats etc. Haha, it turns out that I just had to climb the stairs, and enjoy the view, that's all! No bats! Haha! The shapes formed by the stallectites and stallecmites were really a wonder, from animals to humans to other weird creatures, like cats, goats, horse, woman, batman?! Haha. Cool. :) But the climb was kinda tiring.

After lunch we went to Kellie's Castle. Ho, the ghost stories that the teacher narrated to us were indeed freaky! :/ The castle was alright. I think Mr Chai was kinda right, it reminded me of the tragedy of WWII, where the Japanese bombed part of the place... Anyway, the rooftop was really nice! A bit dangerous, cos there's totally no railings at the side and anyone who goes too near the edge of the roof will just fall. Four storeys, I think. But still very dangerous. But anyway, it's a nice phototaking place! :D

After that we went to the Mangrove place. Haha, I shall fast forward that one cos I don't have anything to say about that. Then we went to the Charcoal Factory. Very interesting! The boss was very enthusiastic, and kept thanking us for visiting his factory. Oh, I finally learnt hor charcoal was made, and it really taught me to use charcoal wisely! It takes one whole month (and slightly more than that) to make charcoal, from the mangrove trees etc! Very long! And the hands on activities were fun. :) Ohh, the sweet potato that was cooked by the charcoal way was very sweet! Nice. :)

Then it was dinner. Hahaha, sthg weird and kinda extraordinary, or so they call it, happened to Sabrina and Charlene! Hohoho. Shall not elaborate. They were in pain, yet they still could laugh. =.= Laughing in pain! HAHAHA! I think that night, everyone seemed to go crazy or sthg, cos the Sec 3s were laughing like mad too, and I think the Sec 4s were also laughing a little more than usual... Or is it my imagination? Oh well, you can't deny the fact that laughing is contagious! :D

The hotel was alright, I would say very modern, but it's very small, so I definitely prefer the Ipoh hotel from the first night to this one. It's small, not kidding onlehh!

Day Four, Tuesday

We went to Taiping Lake Gardens in the morning. Not bad, quite scenic, especially since the sky was very blue! :) Took some photos there. :)

Then after that was just travelling, travelling, all the way.

All in all, I loved Perak trip very much. Ahhahaha, just blogging about this makes me feel all I-miss-Perak-trip!

Till we meet again.

2009-11-18T13:35:00.006+08:00

Perak trip was indescribably awesome! The activities, the instructors and guides, the teachers, and msot of all, the COMPANY!

The trip was priceless. The experience gained, and the feelings and thoughts that went through my mind was just... priceless! Yes!

Well, I'll explain about the details another day. Right now I just want to say something to my fellow guidemates who went along with me to this trip.

Sec 1s, even though I didn't really talk or did anything with you guys, I think you guys also enjoyed this trip very much right? I can see that you guys were also having a fun time between your level mates. :)

Sec 2s, you guys were awesome too! :DDD Haha, we really bonded a lot through this trip, haha, mostly because of our clown, Charlene Teo, haha, and many other things that happened. :) Be it during the activities, in the hotel/lodge, mealtimes, or anything that happened in the bus. :) Cool. :) I enjoyed myself during this trip, cos you guys were so funny! We rock man!

Sec 3s, haha, you guys were also very comical, I loved Abigail's and Melinda's quirky outbreaks of laughter! (I don't mean anything bad.) Vidhya's singing, Charlotte's coolness + quietness? Haha, sorry, and Beaunice's photography. :) Thanks a lot. :)

Sec 4s, I don't know what to say. You're just wonderful as usual, caring for us, not that the Sec 3s didn't, haha, but yeah. This will be your last overseas trip with Cedar Guides, and probably the last time that we'll meet? Oh ho, I don't think so now. Thanks a lot for everything that you've done for us. All the best. :)

You make me crazier,
Crazier,
Crazier.

Watched from a distance as you,
Made life your own.
Every sky was your own kinda blue.

2009-11-13T21:37:00.004+08:00

I'm so excited! Hehehe. TOMORROW! :O

Alright. I've finally finished Maths homework, ahh, I'm so slow, can't stand it, it's the only homework that I've accomplished. :(

I've got into Triple Science. Hmm, I would be lying if I said I was surprised, but I was indeed surprised that there are many, many people who also got in there, so there should be 4 Trip Sci classes.

GAHHH I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT TOMORROW.

2009-11-10T21:36:00.002+08:00

Oh no, right now I'm so confused about Harry Potter! I just read finished Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince... Aiyo, it's so sad that Dumbledore died... Haha, anyway, I refuse to carry on reading the last book, if not I'm determined that I'll keep feeling like I'm living in the wizarding world...! Information overload, I say!

Anyway, I'm so bored in the holidays, I know it's kinda expected to say this, but if I'm not reading HP then I'm practising piano, if not I'll just linger around in the house...? Oh well, I notice I've been using a lot of 'dot-dot-dot'! :/ See, see how bored I am, even to anaylse how I write my post?!

There's nothing much to update about, only that I've visited the exhibition 'Vignettes in Time' in the National Library. Hmm, I think it's a little bit too profound for my liking. It's about maps in Singapore's history, from the pre-1819 till today. I've been wanting to go there for quite some time, but I guess I didn't really appreciate the stuff there as much as I thought I would...

Shopping at FEP was alright. Bought some stuff.

Ok, that's all for now. :)

2009-11-05T16:54:00.005+08:00

It's Thursday already. Almost a week into the holidays. I shall start from Monday.

On Monday, we (2I) had our long-awaited class outing! :D Yay, it was totally fun and memorable and enjoyable and all-other-more-bombastic-words-that-I-can-use! I'm so glad that more than half of the class could make it. I've counted, and 27 people went for the class outing. :) I see that's an advantage of holding your class outing on the first week of the holidays.

We said that we meet at 2pm at Jing Wen's house, but then in the end, by 3pm, not everyone was there. =.= I guess that's what happens when too many people are coming, and when it's such an informal event. So I just mingled around, then after that when more people came, we played Werewolf. Yup, remains me of AYG, cos when we were playing this game, we closed our eyes, and a Caucasian couple walked by and asked aloud, "Oh, it's praying session, erh?" Sthg like that. Hahaha. Played a little bit of Truth or Dare, then we all went down to prepare the BBQ. Good thing Jing Wen has a guitar. :) Hee, cos some of us know how to play the guitar, while the others were busy preparing the food, some people went one side to play the guitar. Sometimes I joined in too, and Jing Wen was telling me, "We provide the food, they provide the entertainment!" Hahaha.

Once the food started to BBQ, there became a constant increase in the amount of food, and some of us became full. So we just played at the playground, wading pool, or simply fooled around! Haha. Oh, did I mention that the food was great? Usually, the chicken wings would be the 'main course', and to me, it's the 'highlight of the ~~day~~ BBQ'! I would say that the chicken wings are very tasty, but this time round, I think it's the 2I cake that was the highlight of the BBQ! :D Xin Yu and Chiew Ling (and I think Jaime and Wong Lei too) went to buy a cake from some 'no-name' shop. Haha, it was cheap and good! Surprisingly, haha sorry, that a cake would taste nice despite not being baked from a renowned shop. xD

Yeah, when it was dark already, and some people did not want to eat the food anymore. We gathered around, sang a few 'Farewell' songs, blew the candles, and cut the cake. Haiiii, I think it was really sad that this would most probably be the last time that we're seeing our friends in 2I. Not that we won't meet each other in school anymore, but you know what I mean.

After that, I decided to wade in the wading pool. Oh, I also forget to mention that we had tons of fun playing at the playground! Oh gosh, the swing was funfunfun! Childhood memories! ;D As of Sabrina and Wei Ting, we were butt-toning on the see-saw! HAHAHAHA. And we were having the time of our lives balancing on the see-saw, having a mini rollarcoaster ride, and scaring each other (me and WT) with the act of Dementors! LOL!

Ahhh, on the whole, I enjoyed this class outing so, so, so much! It's going to be the one of the last times that we had so much fun as a class man. :( So sad... Anyway, many thanks to Jing Wen and her mother, for helping out so much in our class BBQ! So sorry we made such a din. :/:/ Haha, I cannot forget the part when Tan Si Min simply shouted out, "Sorry to those who're taking 'O' Levels!" And I was like ---?! Haha, she's such a clown!

Right, on to Tuesday. Nothing happened on Tuesday. Only went to Plaza Singapura at night to get my trackpants. And I saw this very nice and sweet heels (is it platform heels?) that is out of my budget for shoes. :( But it's very sweet, quiet comfy, and it's the type of heels that Ms Ong would wear! Hahaha!

Yesterday I also had fun during the Guides Urban Hike. Haha, actually, going to the Henderson Waves wasn't sthg new to me, but anyway, going with your friends is a different thing altogether. I wonder why my shoes can't stop me from sliding down! When we were leaning on the wave, I just kept sliding down, and I was struggling! Haha, weird.

After a break and rest because it rained, we set off for the Marang Trail, which brings us to Vivo City. We were so excited to go to Vivo, cos we were hot and sweaty and I think a bit tired. And hungry! We thought we could walkwalk over there cos we were 'supposed to be dismissed from Vivo', but it turned out that the bus would bring us back to school. =.=What a disappointment.

Anyway, we had this trail, sort of like The Amazing Race, but the questions/tasks are really random. Haha, thankfully, we kept to the time limit and solved every question/did every task to the best of our abilities! Hehehe. :) Good job Orchid, we came in first! FIRST! Yay! :D Thanks to our 'quick-wittedness'? Hah.

When we were released back in school, me, Sabrina, Charlene, Sonita, Claudia, Rou Hui and Hazirah went to Tampines 1/Mall. I was in a great shopping mood then, and I felt like spending money! LOL! But I knew I had to buy sandals for the Perak trip... We wanted to standardize, so we were looking around for any cheap Crocs. Of course it's the fake one. But in the end we came up with nothing, so we just decided to buy on our own. I'm so looking forward to the Perak trip! :D

Yesterday's Singapore Idol was clearly a Ladies' Night, as what Dick Lee mentioned. So why did Mae have to go out? Not that I really support her, but it's just that there are people who deserve (much more) to be ousted than her! This is so unfair. If there was no payment for voting, I would have voted a million times for the ladies to remain in this competition!

Today I went to school to help touch up the Homecoming Banner with Xin Yu. Unfortunately, due to some reasons that I cannot disclose, we still can't hand in the banner yet! ): Well, then it rained, and being typical Xin Yu, she didn't bring any umbrella, so she attempted to use one of the used cardboards to shelter herself. But of course, how can I leave her in the lurch? Haha, LOL, it sounds so drama. Both of us didn't get really wet, thanks to my umbrella! Went to Hougang Mall to eat lunch. Then went to Popular to buy my SS TB and AB. It was still early to meet Rachel for her to pass me the Harry Potter movies, so I went to the library, and lo and behold, I met her there! Haha, so after collecting them, I went straight home.

I'm also looking forward to the Harry Potter movie marathon + sleepover! :D

2009-11-02T09:19:00.002+08:00

Aiyo, I feel so sad and sorry for other people. There are many people out there who are still stressing out about their subject combinations! While I'm really happy and relieved for myself that there's only one option that I can choose from and it's the best for me, I really pity those people who are still worrying about what to put for their subject combinations next year! Like XY, sigh. Yeah, most of my very good and best friends might not be in the same class as me anymore. How I wish it didn't need to happen. But I cannot deny the fact that not everyone can remain in the same subject combination, cos different people have different interests and abilities. E.g. me and Xin Yu, we're best friends but we cannot always stay together. Based on results, we'll definitely be going to different classes. ): I admit I don't like Sciences, of course I like Humanities much more, but I think the Science stream is obviously better for me, since I don't think I can score well for History, no matter how much I love the subject. See, it works differently for different people.

Haiz. What with this and that and everything, at least I have sthg to look forward to later. :) We shall sit in a circle and everyone shall say (and maybe explain?) the subject combinations that they chose.

I have a feeling this holiday is going to pass by very, very quickly. :/

2009-10-31T14:10:00.003+08:00

Last day of school was sad. :( But still, it wasn't as bad as what I expected.

In the morning we had the report presentation for the top 3 in class. In the school hall. With parents. In front of the whole school. Okay, I can say that I'm very proud to go up there for the second time! Hahaha. :) Then we had the Principal's Address to close up the school year. Mrs Ouyang makes me so excited for the new school campus! :D

After that we just went back to class and cherished every remaining moment that we had with our class. Took tons of photos. :) Yay. It was really fun, with no teachers bothering about us. Haha! So we just had the whole time for ourselves to bond, and spend the last day in 2I '09 together.

The last few moments and minutes were spent doing Friendship Dance and 2I Banja. :D We did the Friendship Dance last year too! Well, this year it had much more meaning to do this. :) 2I Banja was the best. :) Almost the whole class joined in! Then Jeslyn starting to cry. And I think Carin caught the 'virus' first, then she went to hug Sabrina, and I think that's how it all started. I'm not going to elaborate on this, but clearly, it was an emotional moment for all of us. But like what I always feel, this time will always have to come. It's the sad reality, and we always have to resign to this horrible fate. Of leaving, and parting with 2I. I will really, really miss 2I a lot. 2 years makes a huge difference. Right from our Orientation till yesterday, you can see that we have grown together and went through thick and thin. We belong to 2I. 2I '09 rocks forever, and well, we will stay in contact no matter what. :)

To think on the brighter side, we have our class outing on Monday. :) I'm going to have all the fun that I can, and I'm really glad that majority of the class can make it!

As for now, I shall really enjoy the start of my holidays, and reward myself for this joyous occasion, of doing so well this year. :) Actually, I can't believe it myself. Of course, I will spend my holidays wisely, and brush up on what there needs to be done.

To tell the truth, I'm very excited for next year! Haha, yes, I know that it's going to be the busiest year of the 4, but there's this sense of anticipation of what lays ahead. Will the road be tough? Will the road be too tough for me to handle? Will the road be as smooth as what I expect? The truth only opens on 4 January 2010.

2009-10-27T13:03:00.002+08:00

Results. Yes, results. At first I was disappointed, especially in my History. After all, I spent so much time and effort in revising and studying for History, in the end, I still didn't get what I expected. Bummer. :(

Others were alright, I guess, even though I think the languages could have been a little bit better. Science was frustrating. One more mark! I didn't realise how important one mark could cost me. There goes my silly mistake of forgetting to do the last MCQ, which if I had done, I could have gotten A1 for the whole year's of Science! Gahhh! See how important and crucial one mark can be in this situation?

Maths was okay. Met my expectations. Geography was nice. :) At first I thought I could have done slightly better. Actually up till now, I still think that I could have done better. I could have scored better in Map Reading. Sigh, anyway, at least the grade is good. :) Literature was sooo unexpected. I'd rather exchange my Lit with my History. Hahaha. But after all the calculations, I would say that the grades in general are good. Hopefully my report book will look nice! HAHAH.

But anyway, I don't really have anything to worry about. Meaning that I don't have to worry whether my grades would allow me to enter the stream that I want to go. It's just that I have to plan ahead, not just stop at whether I'll do well for O Levels... What about JC/Uni? I don't want to take Science next time. I want Geog! But taking History in Upper Sec can be tedious too. So I'm thinking which stream is better... I need to consult a teacher!

Yesterday's Guides Day Camp distracted me from my results. Finally, we resumed our Guides sessions, even though O Levels is being held. Oh well, yesterday was such a hothot day. Then we had Outdoor Cooking. I think it accumulated, until now. Which is why I'm not in school today. ): Sad to be missing all the fun that 2I had for Inter-class Games. ): And the second day of Day Camp. Tent pitching today. I love tent pitching! Haha, Shirley said it was my 拿手, but I told her I had already forgotten most of the steps! :/

I wanted to change my blogskin just now. But I think I kinda didn't bear to change this nice one, although I'm a bit tired of it. I just love to change the picture after a few weeks, to refresh up the blogskin. Did you notice it? Haha.

I'm looking forward to the holidays (even though I'm not looking forward to this Friday...)! I bet there's many activites planned for us. Yay, yes, actually, there already are. What with Guides and PC and overseas trips. ;)

2009-10-25T21:05:00.002+08:00

Ahh no, it's 9.05pm already? Okok, it's been an alright-weekend for me. Went to Geylang East Library on Friday. I can't stand that library! It's too quiet! :/

Anyway, tmr we'll be getting back our results and papers (finally)! Yes, I'm so looking forward to it man. No matter what kind of results I'll get, I'll try my best not to fret over it so much, cos there's nothing I can do to salvage what has been done, but can only work hard for the future. I can't wait! Seriously. :)

I'm bored, and I've finished Harry Potter and the Order of Pheonix. I'm trying very hard not to read Half Blood Prince. Cos I don't want to read finish the whole series so fast! :O Hahaha. I'm 'taking a break' from the magical world. But apparently now, when I read normal teenage books/young adult books, it does not appeal that much to me... Hahaha. The power of JK Rowling's creativity! :D

I'm so not looking forward to the last week of school (which means starting from tmr)! I can't believe that time just flies ahead of you. And pooft! There goes your two years with your class. Sigh. Trying hard not to think about it now...

I just can't stand people who are just sooo pampered and spoiled, and they can't take a little amount of hardship or suffering. I mean like come on, just doing that little bit is harmless right? Gosh, I was not like that last time man. Don't act like some 千金小姐 please.

2009-10-21T15:11:00.004+08:00

I finally went to school today. Like I said in the previous post, I was dead bored at home! (Even with Harry Potter waiting for me to finish it!)

Today we had 'Angel Clay Making'. Now I know why it is called 'angel'. Because the clay was so soft and light that it reminds you of paradise/heaven, hence the name 'angel'. Well, I guess that's my interpretation. It was alright, the session. Something different from the usual post-exam activities. We made a rabbit. Now my rabbit is kinda spoiled, because I placed it in my bag. And one of the ears came off. =.= Haha.

Then we had a boring video shown to us. No one in class was listening to it! So sad. It's called 'Planet Earth'. Hmm, it seems like a very expensive documentary, because the teacher kept saying that. It's about some nature wonders in New Zealand. Coupled with the poor audio and visual stuff, it did not capture the interests of students.

After that we had a Sexuality Education talk/skit. Yeah, about STIs and HIVs, and how to protect yourself from such viruses. I think it's alright, it's good of the school to expose us to these kind of stuff, because a few months ago it was hitting the news here and there. Yeah.

Finally, the UPPER-SEC SUBJECT COMBINATIONS BRIEFING! I've been waiting for this since the start of the year. Haha, kanchiong much? I've been thinking of going to the Double class in the first half of the year, but seeing my inconsistent results in my Humanities, I think I'd better go to the Triple class, to be more practical and realistic, even though Humanities is so my interest! But nevertheless, I'll continue and pursue my Humanities interest in JC/University, should I get into the Triple stream.

Why did it had to rain just now? Boo. Spoiled my plans. Anywayanyway, there's SINGAPORE IDOL today! <3 I'm proud to say that I know 7 out of 9 songs that the Idols are going to sing today. However, since the theme is 'For Someone Special', it's going to be quite emo, cos the songs are slow and sad. Looking forward to tonight!

Happy Birthday!