soft grey folds in between

Anyband Samsung

2007-11-16T05:46:00.001-04:00

Talk, Play, Love:
1st title track on Samsung's Anyband Commercial - vocals/music by BoA, Xiah Junsu, Tablo, Jin Bora

2007-11-13T00:16:00.000-04:00

MOVED!

http://swirls.wordpress.com/

2007-09-28T23:33:00.000-04:00

panadol keeps me happy and alive- no, im not on drugs, i have a horrible fever again, like i really need this to happen to me,especially how my life hasnt been that smooth sailing during the past week

mel says that its like BOOT CAMP. but the truth is, i have to attend amath remedial lessons! not that im complaining, since im in a very motivated mood nowadays- it is actually very amusing to see all the teachers trying to fight for our time whenever possible

my throat feels like it has just been vaccuumed DRY

2007-09-23T20:36:00.000-04:00

life (especially exams) has a strange way of creeping up on you and jolting you straight in the bottom- like how red-hot poker does

i wouldnt say im upset, its much too a strong word to utilize.yes, disappointed is the word; its strange though, that i have lost the necessary emotions to feel sad over such failures-i dont feel the pain/ache that much anymore..maybe my mind is drifting into oblivion!

okay.but at least i've realised where my mistakes lie now- theres no way im going to disappoint myself a second time- i cant allow it;maybe im too proud to admit defeat

PS: i actually didnt do THAT badly, but being the person I am, im not satisfied easily

FITB

2007-09-23T11:50:00.001-04:00

was in the midst of deleting like at least 2GB worth of kpop videos when i chanced on this AMAZING performance again (obviously i didnt delete this one)

ahh. what bliss- just what i need in the midst of stress: nice voices singing ballads (:

2007-09-18T17:52:00.000-04:00

YAY (:
i applied to be a translator at GOESS and got accepted as a Chinese translator and editor- this is one way to ensure that I

A) actually contribute to the high-quality subtitled dongbang/suju/SM videos online and not only just watch what other people contribute
B) Mantain my standard of chinese by being continually exposed to it (especially after Sec4)

Should be working on the Rainbow Romance project pretty soon i hope

2007-09-17T20:53:00.000-04:00

its difficult to mantain discipline right now- but im trying!

today i took my ballet exam in between the other 2 papers; Ms Koh and Mrs Julie Lee were such nice staff/people, they just make you feel comfortable talking to them despite the fact that they are ex-co members of our school board..

so today, i had a
1. free lunch, courtesy of Mrs Lee who said she felt so bad that i had to be kept under such strict 'surveillence', and we talked over a lot of matter during lunch (popiah & mee siam)..
2. A bottle of NeWater: Ms Koh kept asking both us if we had rested enough and had a good lunch!
3. An Apple Pie: Mrs Hannah Kwan insisted on giving it to us after we took our amath exam in the general office's conference room

i think i shall write a thank you note for both of them;being caring/nice enough to make our arrangement so hassle-free (:
im struggling to keep my focus straight for Os,theres the usual mentality to SLACK since prelims are over.
well, we are getting some results back this week :(

that aside, im glad that Mr Aso has "verbally conceded" the role of being Japan's Premier to Mr Fukoku- If the LDP has the welfare of their country in mind, Mr Aso totally wont do because his policies would be similar to that of Mr Abe, and look where got him- Resignation and Hospital(due to stress).Idealism doesnt exactly gel with citizens you know, what they are more concerned with are bolder economic policies and pension issues. the new premier better sort the whole Pension scandal straight, after all Japan has a ageing population- unless of course, he welcomes the critism of the opposition politicians and newsmakers, which are very scary and demoralizing.
but then again, i feel so sorry for Mr Abe: he was capable you know, just that somehow his ministers in the cabinet never failed to land themselves into numerous scandals and humiliating incidents.Especially his farm ministers, poor guy.Yes, i agree to some extent that it was his fault that his cabinet was filled with scandals, but the premier isnt exactly and cannot be always in control of his ministers' actions, especially since alot of the scandals stemmed back a few year back!

Pathos- a new word I learnt today

2007-09-09T04:23:00.000-04:00

its something called the gut feeling

and therefore, my gut feeling is that: im totally doomed for prelims. no one is able to reassure me that im actually prepared enough because im aware of the amount of preparation done and what im capable of as a result of such meagre work..its something that isnt very tangible, but i am fully aware that i have not tried my best;its just a feeling that is within me. and i know that this coming week spells DOOM

the best thing to do right before a biology exam is to attempt a fresh practice paper from a reputable school and then worry my brain off about not being able to answer questions and not get my A1. great.

sorry for the sacarstic tone-but as i mentioned to cherie, im prepared to not get my 6A1s and the realistic aggregrate would probably be a 10. this is what i call early mental preparation

rhea was right. doing TYS papers does give me a false sense of confidence.after all, what school would set such simple questions as the Cambridge examiners do?

good luck to me and my brain.

2007-09-03T20:43:00.000-04:00

im not in a motivated mood-which spells a very horrible attitude towards my prelims (major papers) that commence after sept holidays.cant exactly be very optimistic right now :(

as a desperate resort in an attempt to secure the minimal 6 A1s that we need,yeyun ,rhea.rachel and I having study sessions today for the entire week- not that our lives depend on our prelim results, but esp. rhea & yueyun who realised that they've been slacking their butts off during the weekend-they decided to start getting hardworking/motivated. today's session wasnt too bad for me, manage to complete most of my biology and started on geog

and im reading again!which i really shouldnt be doing, it distracts me from studying.
title: Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
through this account of China's cultural revolution, i finally have a better understanding of communism,maoists,the red guards- which i have been dying to know about a long time ago..the best part, is that the author has written in how she prayed and trusted in GOD during the period when she was placed in solitary confinment for 6 whole years- historically rich and inspiring as well

and rhea made all of us watch the ending parts of jay chou's movie-secret & she did a real good job holding the secret in..rachel & I were guessing like crazy- like she was some ghost/spirit or his half or long lost sister.the plot is kinda confusing with all the time changes and doesnt make complete sense in some parts.but it is CLICHE.kudos for jay for improving on his pronunciation, it is now actually possible to make out what he is singing in the theme song (:

2007-08-23T13:44:00.000-04:00

1 paper down

a thousand more to go

BRAIN DRAIN :(

2007-08-18T20:25:00.000-04:00

im reading this book: The power of the positive teen

it rather impactful, i think it really applies to me and how i view the way i live and how to cope with my lifestyle. before reading this book, one of my personal m0ttos was already to stay positive and optimistic despite the circumstances..i think many people dont know that or cant tell from my actions, but being optimistic for the past few months has kept me happy and alive (i mean, yes kpop also contributed to me being happy- just listen to the SM Album songs)

but more than that, it about feeling happy with my strengths and to stop mulling over my own weaknesses.heres a short excerpt from the book:

-Be glad about our weaknesses: Because the reason why we are upset with ourselves is not beacuse the way God created us , but becuase of our own choices..We can replace our low self-esteem with CHRIST-esteem![how cool is that] Read Romans 5:3-11 for a better understanding

its time to get my bum off and start studying.

im feeling uneasy [but not depressed, im supposed to be a happy and positive teen remember?]due to 2 things:
- the fact that im missing exco meetings AND CE just to study.is that a correct choice? i dont know,beacuse its really my own choice to make. sometimes i feel as if im letting the youths down and GOD down because i m really unable to serve as wholeheartedly and joyfully as before because of prelims and O levels

- i dont want to be critical of people who get emotional and all hyped up over small matters! i feel bad for judging those who are totally different from me in terms of emotional quota: okay i mean, it doesnt exactly irritate me, but sometimes i just feel like saying:'cmon just get over it, its no big deal'..its as if i feel that people who get so emotional and worked up easily are weak in nature, being unable to suppress their feelings and get on with the more pressing things/tasks ahead in the day or week. its really mean, i know..but thats how i feel. but maybe because they're different, me on the other hand, can get over things easily without having the suppress whatsover feelings intentionally

why are people so complicated?

Shinhwa tribute

2007-08-17T05:01:00.001-04:00

Shinhwa- Once in a LIifetime MV..they are once of korea's most respected music artistes. Debuted in 1998, they're in their early thirties and they were kinda like the dbsk of the last decade! (:

2007-08-13T17:00:00.000-04:00

VEOH is the new youtube (:

its more organized, and there's veohTV!

Let's Go On A Trip! SM Town Summer 2007 Theme Song

2007-08-11T09:45:00.001-04:00

WOW (: the MV was finally released..its fun, yet rather dissapointing because all of the 28artistes were so busy, they didnt have time to come together to film a proper MV together

the MV is basically made up of shots from the photoshoots, recording studios and sm july concert

i woder how they recorded the song in the studio. the atmosphere must have been awesome!

2007-08-08T22:54:00.000-04:00

my (and cherie's, since she actually offered to share the cost with me) SM SUMMER TOWN 2007 ALBUM HAS ARRIVED in the mail! (: the songs keep me happy..Especially "Lets Go On A Trip", the main song that everyone sings together. i will post the performance video of CSJH and Suju singing the main song at music bank- dbsk,BoA,kangta couldnt make it, so they sang extra lines in place for the others who werent there that day :( i want a summer 2007 smtown mv for "lets go on a trip"

im craving for bibimbap.i dont know why either.

kpop aside,i think im getting more afraid of failure. i dont know if i can make it past Os. im not being pessimistic now, but i have this bad feeling anyway..but somehow, im glad that i pray more often than i do QT-yes, i know im accountable to do QT, but prayer IS more personal, i need to learn to strike a balance and enjoy reading God's Word

these few days are important now, the rare times where i can really concentrate and revise at full steam..i hate how studying is so important in our society.really.its too early to make a list of what i want to do after Os- my time of freedom

maybe i'll just do a short and concise one for now, its going to lengthen as Os draw near:

1. Go prom shopping with rachel and yueyun.

2. Get back 100% into YF and Ex-co, 4 months away is way to long.

3. Immerse myself in kpop (: ahah.i wanted to watch the drama "coffee shop prince" and "air city" and "goong S"and movie"200 pounds beauty" for eons, i guess it will have to wait.and dong bang's 4th korean album is coming out early 2008.and SM town winter album 2007 would be out by november! so many things to anticipate

4.Learn a new language (higher priority than learning instrument): right now, korean is top at the list [obviously]..french would be good too- i hate learning things halfway through, i still regret dropping french in sec2.

5.Learn a new instrument: guitar or flute would be good.i always want to try playing something else rather than piano. guitar would definitely be useful, esp for worship sessions!

6. Buy kimchi and gobchang chilli paste and make bibimbap or kimchi fried rice

happy national day

taken today with clarissa's camera- i had a bad fringe day :( but happy moments with friends make up for it!

Five In The Black 2nd Japanese Live Concert- Proud and Lovin you

2007-08-03T14:08:00.001-04:00

my review on the performance is written in my previous post (:

Five In The Black Live Concert- Lovin You and Proud

2007-08-03T13:54:00.001-04:00

WOW. dong bang's five in the black concert(29th July) was the best i have ever seen. And this two songs, proud and lovin you were ripped from the live broadcast and they my favourite japanese ballads (:

lovin you was magical- with the nice lighting and confetti thing. Proud was so emotional- with them crying tears of joy and gratitude after working so hard for 2.5 years since their debut in japan.

vocals were alright for a live performance, jaejoong was so poor thing, had to sing both choruses for lovin you..but he improved his live singing by a lot! and for proud, when micky broke down, changmin sang for him

Absolutely breathtaking. one performance that i can keep rewatching (:

2007-08-01T14:53:00.000-04:00

we went on for dinner at a japanese restaurant at shagri-la hotel on sunday, it has been such a long time since we went out for dinner as family, and we had great fun trying to take pictures of our food and everyone else..it wasnt typical japanese food, alot of the dishes came in small portions and were very well decorated and arranged (: it was good!

cherie and I: all the pictures are kinda dark because i insisted on turning off the flash before we actually used the camera, didnt want to be rude or disturb the other patrons!

the 4 of us: at the hotel lobby after the dinner (: i really love pictures that have all of us together, they are always wonderful memories

Fois gras chawanmushi! it was so good (the picture doesnt do it justice), only mum and I could appreciate the fusion of both flavous

my wonderful main course (: the waygu beef was so marbled-like..Oishi!

2007-07-25T13:01:00.000-04:00

aha. i just posted a new video!

the song called "Timeless"- a duet sang by Xiah Junsu and Zhang Li Yin for Li Yin's debut album.

its a live performance,so their vocals are a little shaky, but hey, Zhang Li Yin is only SIXTEEN!she looks way mature for her age though..she hails from China but is now a korean citizen because she was talent scouted by SM entertainment when she was 13. i personally think she's pretty good actually (:

2007-07-22T21:40:00.000-04:00

new song (:

Girlfriend by cheon sang ji hee the grace! another brainchild of sm entertainment..they have low, powerful voices for most of their songs and they can dance really well. people dubbed them as the female dbsk (seeing how dbsk is also from the same management company)

enjoy!

this was one of their korean/japanese single album cover (i think)

2007-07-22T09:27:00.000-04:00

let me just give an account of my busy weekend which brought a bit of momentary excitement into my structured and boring life (:

FRIDAY: SYF Dance Fantasia Night

Serenade is probably worlds apart from concerto allegro, in terms of style and genre..but serenade blew the audience that night away- judging from how we had the loudest cheers (yueyun said she didnt expect that much applause either)..it was subtly impactful, to put it that way, i think it was just the grace and technical ability that really showed the training and high standard of SC dancers! saw grace there too! she was attending the peformance with her foreign friends as part of the Asia-Pacific Youth Leaders Summit thing (in hwa chong) she's attending now for 2 weeks, which makes me desk-partnerless in class.

i liked dan's item as well, a very dramatic and refreshing performance by serangoon JC as well as St Nicholas' Chinese dance syf item- their dancers' faces had so many different expressions of bliss and joy; making their item very enjoyable.

kelly, me and joy- the three tallest dancers for this item

kelly and I

our very homely and comfortable costume room
we sc dancers are really fortunate and pampered, we get our hair, makeup,earrings all done here by our teachers, members of the dance department and parent volunteers!

me, yue and janice! (:

our dance lounge! the room where we do all our nonsense- sewing ribbons on pointe shoes, eating (although we are strictly not allowed to), doing illegal smsing [sometimes]

clockwise (from left): yue, biru,me, shanice
us eating honey joys- cornflakes baked in honey! healthy snack

our mini bridge club- main members include karina, biru,heather

our dinner! SC dancers dance alot, so we eat equally as much. 14 of us had like 5 pizzas and the box of drumsticks- mrs chan was like "girls, would you all be able to finish all?"and we eventually did, in the end

SATURDAY-at ballet under the stars(BUTS)
somehow, i felt something lacking from the sdt dancers :( the performances were less impressive and were shorter in terms of the no. of movements as compared to last year..but i like the 2nd and 3rd item, and ms clarke and toru were good!

a view of the hundreds of people who brought their picnic baskets and families to fort canning for BUTS.

cherie,charlotte, ash and me: charlotte's view was blocked,so she sat on the ice box throughout the entire performance!

oh yes, and i finished reading the 7th Harry Potter book- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (: it was much better than the 5th and 6th, seeing how there was alot more drama and suspense and yet, the book is thinner.was feeling sad on knowing that Fred Weasely,tonks,lupin and mad-eye died :(

2007-07-15T21:57:00.000-04:00

new song update:

this time its a song from BoA's 5th korean album:Girls on Top
its not exactly one of my favourites and i actually wanted to upload one from her jap album, but the file format was uncompatible :(

anyway, so this is "If you were here" sung by Boa Kwon (also managed by SM entertainment)

for today, happiness is: knowing that i will be starting to pray for the various ministries and matters arising in the YF, although its an "assignment/task" set, but its a start to a consistent inclusion of the YF into my personal prayers too! (:

2007-07-14T09:58:00.000-04:00

ysterday we went to nydc-suntec to celebrate rhea's birthday! (:

it was kind of a 'reunion' thing as well, since its not everyday we get to see yunhui and have a good time together..yesterday's dinner made me feel so happy and blessed to have such good and supporting friends.its that sort of comfortable atmosphere where everyone just talks and laughs about things and thats what makes our friendships so worthwhile (:

i met yueyun at newton at 4pm and both of us walked from city hall all the way to suntec city.the length of the entire walking journey didnt seem to tedious and tiring when i have good company to talk and window shop with..and i was wearing my killer heels which were 3inches tall-didnt even sustain any aches or blisters at the end of the day!(unlike the time when i was rushing for nick's bday party- i was complaining inside about how long citylink was)..well, yue and i got tired of walking and then so we sat down at nydc at 6.20pm..the staff almost didnt want to release seats for 7 people, seeing how there were only 2 of us there.yueyun had to frantically mass-message the others to transport themselves to nydc asap

anyway, for the 1st time in history, i brought my camera..decided i really want to keep memories of my SC sec school days:

grace and rachel choosing determining the destiny of the bday cake slice that rhea would be having! (: nydc's cheesecakes and mudcakes are really good

yunhui and grace - grace's new hair cut suits her really well

clarissa and i -it looks like we were having the sleepy-eye syndrome or something

the 2 slices of cake that grace and clarissa ate for their dinner- they claimed that we were not hungry!

our dearest head prefect with her single slice of cake and single candle

yueyun, rachel and I

ALL OF US! (:

left (from top)- grace, yunhui, rhea

right (from top)- clarissa, yueyun, rachel, me

janice is mysteriously missing from this picture- bcos she had tution which couldnt cancel :(

rachel, me and birthday girl

this very adorable mini-pillow that yunhui sewed for yue and I..the fabric is nice and soft.yunhui, im proud of yoursewing skills- really appreciate the time spent (:

what a great day (:

2007-07-02T16:29:00.000-04:00

ouch.

i hurt my lower back early last week- its an acute lower back sprain according to the doctors. i have never felt so much inconvenience while moving around before in my entire life. in a way, this injury is significant because maybe its just my body's way of telling me to slow down and take my dancing easy. i dont know but i cant dance for at least 2 weeks! and physiotheraphy sessions 3 times a week is really alot!

posts will be short in the future until Os end!

2007-06-27T09:24:00.000-04:00

NEW SONG!! (:

April Fools' Day by Cheon Sang Ji Hee The Grace
From that 1st Korean Album

i think they are not bad for a new kpop group.

CSJH The Grace is part of SM Entertainment- the management group that manages BoA, DBSK, Super Junior, Zhang Li Yin,Black Beat, Kangta, Trax, and Heebon

CSJH songs are not bad in general

Listen to the song!! (:

Its a matter of perception, really

2007-06-17T10:37:00.000-04:00

you know, there were a few times during the past 6months where i wanted to throw all my responsibilities down and just be free of everything..i guess that happened when i was exhausted and sick/tired of fulfilling what i had to do.those were pretty scary thoughts, but they never materialized anyway! haha SCHOOL, DANCE/BALLET, YF-EXCO...

then for the past few weeks, i tried to be positive about the things i had to do; like schoolwork, O levels, exco responsibilities, having to go for CCA despite being in Sec4 already.it was so so so very hard!! but it actually helped me to go through everything feeling more relaxed and yup,happy :)

heres extracts from 2 songs that i saw from charlotte's childrens' choir songsheet:

1. Everything I am,
Everything I'll be,
I give it to You, Lord
And do it thankfully.

Every song I sing, every praise I bring.
Everything I do...is a gift to You.

2. God is te giver of Life,
A priceless gift we cant repay
We are receivers of life
Its a brand new gift everydya
we are awesomely, wondrously, fashioned and made!

i think the above songs are so awesome- it helps motivate me to treasure each day He has given me and all the responsiblities that He BLESSED (not BURDEN) me with..to make sure every moment and everything I do is pleasing to God at the same time

lets start today-
Happiness was: Eating Ben & Jerry's at Night Safari with my family yesterday :)

oh yes: please comment on the song! just so that people know, im repeating this again..
Its Tohoshinki's 11th Japanese Single
Lovin' you
released in Japan: 13 June

2007-06-14T23:26:00.001-04:00

New template! :)
i like the subtleness and gentleness of the entire colour scheme, makes me feel at peace everytime i visit it

the tagboard is up but im missing the comment links real bad already

2007-06-14T13:10:00.000-04:00

PATIENCE

TOLERANCE

UNDERSTANDING

there is so much to change. unless i want to keep showing my irritation to people, which is not a good thing either.i cant believe almost the whole comm. had their Cs upped a little!pretty amazing.our world is making people like them more efficient and people like myself to influence them to become increasingly more conscientious

going to change my skin if i have the time

2007-06-09T15:01:00.000-04:00

feel like going on a hiatus!
need to prepare for Os and prelims :(

sylvie's sacred monsters tonight!! :)
LR 10th-13th :)
SGH performance :)

lotsa things to look forward to this week.

song of the week:
Lovin You (THSK)
the mv is not to my taste, but the song gets kinda soothing after a while- PERSONAL OPINION!!

2007-05-27T22:48:00.000-04:00

what is elitism?there has been so much hype about it. i found a flaw in the Straits Times' survey/article though.according to them, there are currently 11 elite schools..but shouldnt Singapore Sports School and NUS high be included too?LEE YUNHUI, TAKE NOTE!! :) logically, they are elite schools too-people who excel in sports and maths/sciences. anyway, the straits times just bluntly divided society again..but seriously elitism happens everywhere. come to think of it, an elite group is just another example of cliques.as always, tightly-bound cliques are not beneficial but the problem is recurrent one anyway.sigh.

but elite schools do not necessary suit the everyone- yunhui is attempting to fly over to RJC next year from NUS High

charlotte is the latest one in our family to learn an instrument. we have a blooming cellist! shes rather proud of her cello and she practices rather frequently..she looks VERY VERY earnest when practicing, i should totally take a picture soon. so far, 3 pianists, 1 drummer ( is that the correct term?), 1 flautist, 1 blooming cellist :)

Thank GOD for seeing Ashley through his last operation for his chest condition- God has really been gracious throughout the past 2 years in keeping him safe from complications, especially when ashley (being a typical boy) engaged in contact sports when he really isnt supposed to. He is recovering really quickly and he is feeling much better already. the metal bar that was inside him is now in a ziploc bag on his desk..cherie asked him to weigh himself and check if he became LIGHTER after the operation hahaha

im in a very productive mood nowadays

2007-05-22T21:16:00.000-04:00

Im TIRED 突然累了

2007-05-16T19:08:00.000-04:00

i just got brainwashed today- by Hwa Chong JC..if this keeps up with all the other top JCs, im going to get real confused and muddled soon.

DSA for RJ Chinese Dance is on monday! thank goodness janice informed me..i have 3-4 more days to cheorograph my solo.i need good music and inspiration soon

RJ or Hwa Chong?
why does the future for my education seem so difficult?
or maybe God has other plans for me and my future

but i really need the DSA for RJ, lest i die of stress OR/AND fatigue from mugging for Os..i think it helps to take out alot of pressure for doing well. but im not pinning too much hope on getting through the auditions, bcos at least i can say i at least tried to DSA before. i wont cry if i dont get through DSA, but you all can bet i will study like anything to ensure i have that safety net

Mother's Day celebration/Charlotte's Birthday

2 saturdays ago- dinner at ema's
i love my siblings (:

2007-05-13T20:51:00.000-04:00

there are so many things we can do for the YF, things that the new ex-co can implement so that our youth ministry can GROW! im really excited about the new structure as well as being part of exco (hopefully, if GOD willing)..so many different individuals coming together and brewing ideas to make youths enthusiastic and fervent in learning more about God..

The past term has been an eye-opener, and has allowed me to forge and strengthen friendships..can i say i didnt learn much? maybe.it seemed like a normal committee, perhaps it was bcos i felt i havent been playing an active role most of the time, always letting the more experienced youths take the lead/initiative

i suppose the sense of inadequacy wont go away for some time, even as there are new challenges set ahead for the exco 0708. Age might not a important factor but there are so many things i can have to learn. Im thankful for all the encouragement and support that friends have given me, making my 1st year in comm a good experience.

Every year is different and brings about new perspectives and frienships. Im excited and thankful for the individuals who have willingly stepped up to serve this time around. Julia and I are still the youngest of the lot, and the ' young' and 'inexperienced' feeling shall linger for a while more

But God uses everyone, no matter how great or small the task is. I thank God for opening yet another opportunity to serve Him in this area, and its really a privilege to do so..looking forward to LR in June and praying that God will continue to give a humble and willing heart to continue serving in this area of ministry (:

youtube video:
feat. Il Divo and Celine Dion
song title: I Believe
its one of my fav in their 2nd album ancora. somehow the songs are like are mostly french ones

2007-05-08T11:33:00.000-04:00

such hot humid weather. its makes things so clingy to the skin
by the first period in the morning, i want to take a shower already!
3 tests this week, 2 tests next week
and mother's day and charlotte's birthday during the weekend
not to mention Parent-Teacher Dialogue

Theres a sense of impending doom! i need someone to save me from the lecture and reprimanding look from my form teacher..[not to mention my parents nagging back home to buck up] but i decided to accompany my parents in the end this saturday only because there are exhibition booths showcasing 4JCs, 4 Polytechnics and other institutes regarding overseas education..and i dont want to risk the chance of my teacher telling my parents something strange- like my recurrent dozing-off in bio and emath class :)

2007-05-02T11:50:00.000-04:00

i attempted to sleep early yesterday- but my plan towards not dozing off in lectures failed.so here i am, at 11.38pm blogging

random thought:

i feel vulnerable especially when things/personal information that are not meant or directed to people somehow gets passed on to them. its scary how people can find things out about me so easily..the sense of privacy and security is not there already and how can people expect me to give the respect due to them?

im perfectly fine with people im close to know about my personal matters- im willing to openly discuss and share directly, no problems with that at all..isnt there a certain line where we cant cross when we are not comfortable with each other? thats quite obvious to me, rule is: dont try to prod and squeeze things out when i have already clearly stated that i need space and distance fo the time being when it comes certain friendships. how FRUSTRATING!!!!

read the music min's blog just now and glanced through the different levels of communication thing= still doesnt make much sense to me, i dont comprehend how the way people relate to one another can be so distinctly split up into levels..but level 4? i need to differentiate between harmless gossip and constructive opinions/criticsm, anyone care to explain?

BOOK OF THE WEEK!

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. so far, its intriguing enough. the style of the english language complex enough to last me more than a few days. english classics are always so fascinating :)

the youngest person is our home is celebrating her 4th birthday soon! :) need to do some present-shopping

SYF pictures! :)

2007-04-27T17:41:00.000-04:00

sec4s! :) janice, yue and myself

SYF 2007- serenade item (15 dancers)

my wonderful sec3 juniors

somehow the costume looks better and better each time i see it :)
i need need need to get hold of the SYF video- borrow from jamie!

loving sc dance always

SYF 2007! :)

2007-04-27T16:27:00.000-04:00

SC DANCE INTERNATIONAL- GOLD WITH HONOURS! :)
SC DANCE CHINESE- GOLD! :)
SC DRAMA SOCIETY- GOLD WITH HONOURS :)
SC HANDBELLS CHOIR- GOLD WITH HONOURS :)
SC CHOIR- GOLD :)
SC CONCERT BAND- SILVER :)

CONCLUSION:

SCGS' PERFORMING ARTS ROCKS MY SOCKS :)

its really amazing how the two times i represented SCGS in dance SYF both attained gold with honours..im really proud of my juniors who entered the chinese category, they worked so hard at it and made up for their weaker technique by improving on their style and artistry- and it was the first time sc entered an item in the chinese category

im happy sc dancer-somehow i think i feel more relieved that happy..maybe it was due to the intital prediction of all of us that there was a possibility that we would only get a gold. maybe we were too harsh on ourselves too; too afraid of disappointing the whole school and especially ourselves..we felt that serenade had too little audience appeal, and our item was different from the items- like 10times more technical,every single one of us were dancing en pointe- but basically not as "fun" to watch as the other schools.

mrs low called us from china (where she was choosing scholars) to wish us all the best and mrs tang went down to UCC to support us personally..of course the credit goes to hsien fa who choreographed the item.

im thankful and really appreciate the number of people who are so dedicated to SC Dance..so many volunteers, teachers, aunties who willingly came to school on monday at 6am to do up our hair, headpieces for us. especially for mrs chan, ms deans, auntie esther, ah kee jie jie, ms nonis, ms tng, mrs elaine lim, ms ong who also painstakingly handsewed and handglued on all of the many sequins on our costumes. and of course to our dear auntie joanne who did all 15 costumes from scratch (and its never easy to please hsien fa)..

SC DANCE MUST HAVE THE LARGEST DANCE DEPARTMENT IN THE WHOLE SINGAPORE! :)

random pictures of sc dance! :

from last year's concert- starlight's beginning pose

starlight costume- also handsewn skirt + sequins

evermore- first movement

2007-04-18T21:43:00.000-04:00

OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE RIVER
haha. i love this show :) its so hilarious!

firstly: DBSK is featured, so obviously its GOOD

secondly: the hosts are so funny!

thirdly: all the elderly people from the rural areas are so friendly

basically, its a variety show that DBSK took part in: they went to rural villages of south korea to entertain and help the elderly people there with some of the work. MUST WATCH: the part where they attempt to chop firewood for the old people- xiah is super funny

cherie and i laughed like anything- i downloaded all 5 episodes with eng subs of course already :)

2007-04-18T21:22:00.000-04:00

guess who tornado-ed into bio lesson today?

it was a tornado wearing 3-inch heels called mrs Low Ay Nar

amazing huh? seriously, she just burst into our class today and politely interrupted mr teh's boring lesson on sexual reproduction in animals for about 5 minutes. how timely..

never once in my entire schooling life has a principal stepped into my classroom before.

i swear Mrs Low is so COOL. anyway i was enpowered and inspired by her today.

anyway, she whipped out a register with our photos and names on it..and told us a whole lot of things, and if we were to abide by them, our life would be school+ homework+ revision of prelims/Olevels 24/7!

everyone just sat still and listened to her. i think we were all in shock la

what she said was:

1. Girls, i dont think you all need that much sleep, right? what time do you all sleep? no one sleeps earlier than 10pm im sure. Girls, make sure every single one of you make full use of your time to revise okay..

-yeah, im used to it already..I need the sleep, its just that i dont have the chance to

2. Do you all have a revision timetable already? i think it would be good for you if you did 6 hours of revision a week for the prelims

- and no, i havent started proper revision for prelims yet..mrs low totally gave us a HUGE wake up call. janice and i were so HORRIFIED to find out that its the end of april already- we have so little time left *panics*

3. Is anyone aiming anything higher than 6 points? if you are, i dare you to raise up your hand and tell me now..i expect nothing more by the way

- Duh, no one in my class wants to get higher than 6 points anyway- its already an unspoken rule

4. Girls, i hope you are dont watch Channel 8 dramas with your family on weekdays okay..that is no a relevant excuse for not having enough time to do homework.
- hah, im still gonna watch Dance Floor and Parental Guidance= 1.5 hrs a week only

the point is:

I HAVE TO START REVISING NOW!

2007-04-17T21:53:00.000-04:00

my life is so boring. literally.

school and more school

ee. being sec4 under a new principal is never too good. yeah i know mrs low needs to prove her capabilities of being SC's new principal in like 36 years, but we all know shes GOOD already..better than Ms Heng (i might add)

i thought REMEDIALS are for weaker students. i just found out that i've been proven wrong.: my class has remedial in the afternoons 3 times a week for every single subject.

bleh.

i need to go out and chill- eat, shop and watch a movie with friends

or have "study sessions"- the kind that we discussed today at the recess table, the kind that is absoutely unproductive but generates alot of fun and nonsense

i predicted that by the end of the month, at least 1/2 of my class would be staying back in the classrooms during recess DOING HOMEWORK or REVISING FOR PRELIMS/O LEVELS. *shivers*

SC's Dance entered in the Chinese category for SYF today! :) i hope they can get at least a GOLD- its the first time SC has sent an item in other that the International category..results are coming out tomorrow at 10.30!

meanwhile, 6 more days to SYF- International!

2007-04-13T07:58:00.000-04:00

i really love love love my class and the people that make it up.

4 Sincerity are the class champions for 2007 sports day!!! WHOO.

used up alot of energy to cheer our athletes on today. 4 by 100m has got to be the most exciting race ever..emelyn, daphne, charlene and carrie were really amazing, i think they were at least 7m ahead although we were lagging behind for the first 150m or so.

guess who won for the inter-CCA 8 by 50m relay race?

DANCE! :) and i was part of the team. all of the dancers who were cheering and supporting us did a can-can dance along the track and came up with a dance cheer and really funny movements aha which goes like

D-A-N-C-E
Come along and dance with me!
D-A-N-C-E
Dont you wanna dance like me

and primary dance girls got 2nd place for their pri sch division

i suppose everyone thinks that dancing is like a relatively non-strenous physical CCA, which is SO NOT TRUE..yeah i know we occupy the most space in SC for our rehearsals and have a Dance department, but still dancing is not a bed of roses..dancing is tough and exhausting- thats what dancers are for: to make the hard and tiring work looking effortless

lets see, dancers have to:
- Constantly do core and abdominal excercies
- Mantain turnout from the hips, knees and feet
- Work through our metatarsals on pointe
- Endure blistered toes and chipped nails
- Try to defy gravity and get that extension to at least 130 degrees
- Strengthen our inner thigh muscles and hamstrings and try not to use too much of our quardriceps

and do another 100 things in order to look good on stage

Dance is tough but fulfilling :)
in honour of this post, the new video features polina seminova, one of SC Dance's favourite dancers- her artistry and technique are absolutely gorgeous in this video

2007-04-10T19:54:00.000-04:00

just did the survey on prom/graduation night 2007! the most highly anticipated school event of the year. its gonna be 1 week after Os, we're planning to book a hotel room. we are all so hoping that yunhui will be able to gatecrash-shes still a true-blue SC girl, no different from all of us :)

im in a school-complaining mood today.my english teacher is a slavedriver- lets see

a) 3 descriptive essays, to include anedocte: next monday
b) 1 newsweek comprehension: tomorrow
C) 24 newspaper articles in relation to 6 topics
- read articles
- do 6 vocabulary mindmaps
- do 6 summaries on the topics
- do 6 reflective pieces on the 6 topics, approx 400 words

AHH. what am i doing here blogging? HCL test is tomorrow

2007-04-09T11:53:00.000-04:00

Phantom of the Opera was so COOL.
everyone who can afford should go and watch- see the flying chandelier! and the stage set!
longer post about sunday's performance another time :)

i definitely grew fatter since 2 mths ago..we tried on our syf costume for the first time on saturday- the greyish-halter-3layered mid-calf length skirt. not a good choice of costume, doesnt really suit the dance at all. In addition, theres a higher chance of WARDROBE MALFUNCTIONS

guessed how many people's hooks on their halters fell off in the midst of rehearsals..thank goodness not mine. yeah i know we are wearing skin coloured leotards underneath, but if it happens on the 23rd, it wont be good.

i know i gained weight bcos my costume feels tighter- not like its suffocating me la but its definitely more figure-hugging

going back to do my daily sit-ups and core excercises. maybe i should increase the number of situps seeing that i've been gaining weight and cos ive been slacking for the past weeks- only did 50situps per day

desperate situations calls for desperate measures (65 situps?)

2007-04-06T00:24:00.000-04:00

thursday was termed "Operation: Making rhea feel better" (rachel, you're a genuis! hahaha) bcos the day before she was feeling so very stressed and tired bcos of all the projects for our school and teachers telling her that shes not doing well enough as compared to last year..HELLO? she got like 94% for amath term 1. what is wrong with the teachers?

its really hard to be an excellent head prefect and top girl at the same time. rhea cried for 15mins straight at recess. so the next day, we surprised her with notes/chocos/bubble bath lotion/more chocolates/a rose/chicken's essence!! told her to take a break and relax and sleep more- she sleeps at 1am all the time doing ultra long numerous proposals and reports for the school. it was certainly a happy happy day :) share and show your love for your friends :)

that reminds me. I NEED TO FINISH MINUTES for
1. ex-co meeting. so overdue.i m drowning in guilt
2. CE meeting. and rhea said minutes are supposed to sent out the very next day oops

what a long weekend.
i can so finish 1week's worth of homework by monday

i hope you didnt just let the sacarsm run past you

2007-04-03T18:23:00.000-04:00

my chem teacher is crazy. why on earth would she put me as a CHEMISTRY MENTOR? i mean there are other people in my class who are more qualified than me. i got like 14/20 for the last QA test

never mind, besides the fact that im now a literature AND chemistry mentor just means that there are more brain drain hours..im not complaining actually, just astonished that i was chosen :) but the more important thing was that yueyun,janice and I now have the 3 most "notorious" mentees to coach. i dont know how im going to find the patience and calmness of mind to teach her chem properly without being judgemental and all irriated inside me- the chances of me showing my frustration on my face is ZERO, but i know i will still be silently irritated..how do I teach someone who doesnt have the right attitude towards studying?This is one of my prayer items this week- just pray that God will grant me the peace of mind and patience towards others, especially her so that i will give my best and both of us can benefit

this is the exact reason why im not a good teacher..even teaching cherie is a problem for me. karina and i both agreed that we can best effectively transfer our knowledge to others when they have the same speed of thinking and intellect as us: which is obviously not good, cos i cant actually adapt well to other peoples' learing styles and abilities.sigh

today rhea, yueyun, grace, janice and I walked past 4DG who was practicing their class cheer. do you know what we heard? there is actually a line that says "we hate sincerity".we were like "WHAT??", didnt actually believed what we heard. i bet the whole sec4 cohort is irritated at our class for sweeping all the possible class awards and sports day awards last year haha. well the fact that we are mentioned in another class' cheer just means that we are WORTHY COMPETITIORS that they'll have to beat :)

2007-04-01T00:27:00.000-04:00

isnt this such a nice nice picture? featuring brian and robert from SDT- Impressions: their upcoming production.

2007-04-01T00:06:00.000-04:00

my blog is currently under going serious maintainence process..or maybe not? i may decide just to use a simple template, not have a tagboard and make people use the COMMENTS link instead :) haha.this colour is alot less stressful on the eye i think, never really liked things with black background though..

everyone go check out the video i have at the left side of my blog. just click on the youtube icon!! its this new feature of blogger.i put up a DBSK clip- of them singing high pitch noises. go watch it for comic relief :)

i read somewhere that cloudy apple juices are healthier than clear coloured ones..i mean i cant really apply this piece of information, right? most juices in the supermarket come in cartons which are unfortunately OPAQUE, so how to see if the apple juice inside is cloudy or not?hahaha
everyone please please please use the comments link at the bottom of every post until i finally get time to meddle some more with the template and decide if i should eventually revive my tagboard :)

2007-03-29T18:28:00.000-04:00

My newfound most-need friend for the past 2 days:

THE EAR THERMOMETER

2007-03-29T15:21:00.000-04:00

BIO was a disaster. and so was PHYSICS.

i think it was GOD's perfect timing that i fell sick after the bio test. bcos when i came home and went to take a nap, i woke up with a fever and throat infection. so here i am at home since yesterday, not going to school and slacking around in my bed

getting a fever of 38.7 just really brings me memories when i had a fever when i was young..cos my mum had to keep sponging me and i hated to swallow tablets or the disgusting pink syrup.

i missed school for 2 days- ITS ENOUGH rest already.going back tmr and i just hope that i didnt miss out too much

2007-03-26T11:46:00.001-04:00

TYPES OF FLOWERS (exerpt from my bio notes)
1.Inflorescences: Flowers that occur in clusters
2. Incomplete flowers: Do not have all the four whorls of the normal flower
3. Bisexual: Have both the stamen and pistil in the same flower
4. Unisex: Only either have the stamen or pistil in the same flower
5. Monoecius: Have both male and female unisex flowers in the same plant
6. Dioecius: Male and females flowers are on different flowers
7. Radially symmetrical: Flower can be divided into half along more than one longitudinal plane.
8. Bilaterally symmetrical: Flower can only be divided along one longitudinal plane.
9. Superior ovary: Ovary rests on the receptacle
10.Inferior ovary: Ovary is fused within the receptacle

this is like 1/20 of the whole chapter.

Biology is getting to my head. its going to be 12am and the information is not going in. HOW?HOW? HOW?
bio takes up too much of one's brain memory space

2007-03-24T01:12:00.000-04:00

I kinda regret now that i didnt go for the BGR retreat during the march hols- school is ever so demanding..anyway, from today's followup, i brought home alot of thoughts about relationships and about my own personality as well

i think its funny when i have the opposite views from what most girls in our YF have about CERTAIN (not ALL!!!) BGR questions..i deduced that i probably think more pragmatic as opposed to going along with one's emotions/feelings. becuase i am quite sure i am not the kind of person who would read more into situations and how a guy treats me and all...a gesture is pretty much direct to me, theres nothing to read between the lines and concoct my own imaginations!

i also dont see a problem with people of the opposite gender making a comment on my wardrobe- not the complimenting kind but more of the "critical" kind.example: skirt a little short..i think its out of genuine concern and i would gladly take it as constructive feedback :] everyone's mind is made differently, but personally i rather recieve comments directly bcos of the reason that it saves more time and effort for both parties?

i suppose society is alot more liberal and open nowadays to having women being the main breadwinner of the family (their husbands have to be comfortable with this arrangement, of course)..if all the intellectual females in this world (and in my class-4SY) end up with high-paying jobs, does that mean that their chances of getting married are reduced?of course not.

it really depends what stage people are in their lives and what their priorities are. the environment you are in and the friends you have also are also a big factor on whether one is prepared to enter into a serious relationship..its pretty much clear for me and loads of people around me in SC, studies is our main responsiblity..so it really obvious that nothing uneccesary should distract us from reaching our highest potential academically..seriously, i want and am aiming to hold a good and well-respected job next time. yueyun and I have the exact same career goals in mind :]

2007-03-23T19:27:00.000-04:00

it has been a good week for me at school for the past few days..not that the workload decreased but certain things have made me happier :]

really want to THANK GOD for my friends at school,the same exact people who encourage me, the ones i laugh and talk nonsense and complain about school and O levels about, the friends who care and experience the exact same thing i am going through now at SC..Thank God for giving me such support so that i can actually go to school and find some sort of relief: for yueyun, rhea,rachel, grace tang,clarissa, grace gan, janice, huishan

I have been reading the Redemptions Series by Karen Kingsbury- the novel is so realistic and yet it speaks volumes about God's grace in our lives.i actually can read and note down things to apply from the content and lessons learnt..

So glad that dissection is out of my syllabus, not that im afraid to dissect things but its plain cruelty to just knock out a frog and slice it open and then still see its heart beating..mr teh is supposedly 'menopausal' as everyone else puts it! haha hes been really irritated at our class every single time we ask a question..saw a sheep's heart dissection yesterday and stuck my fingers into one of the arteries and janice and I keep squishing the fat around the heart and tried to snap one of the cordae tendenae..cmon we were just being inquistive biology students!

another major thing that happened this week. its academic related: i recieved 34/35 for amath test 2!!! i really cant believe it, but the moment i sat down after getting my script, grace and I just sat in our seats and said a short prayer and thanked God for our results..you people probably dont know what the grade means to me. this has been a subject that i have never ever done well for.i practiced so many TYS questions and yes, God IS Good :) it really doesnt matter that 3 other people in my class had full marks and about 6 others had the same grade as me- but im really really really happy!

guess what came in the mail?this ralph lauren pamphlet- the kids are really cute.

all the cute kids in the world :]

2007-03-19T21:12:00.000-04:00

first day of term 2 and 4SY had to face a whole hoard of disappointed teachers who used words like 'complacent' to describe our studying attitude and made it ever so clear that they are expecting nothing less than an A1- well, except for higher chinese, not that im exactly not going to study for HCL, seeing that ms tan has set an aim:

Now i have to get a B3 for HCL, which is erm kinda impossible to achieve. unless a miracle happens of course.

im getting really really really swayed by all those newspapers articles on the topic that polytechnics are no different- not that i thought otherwise all along though..bcos seriously, i am in no mood to do badly for a levels and jepordize my chances of getting in a good and preferred course in university. man. why not go to poly? but theres one prob: im still indecisive about what i wanna do in the future; probably have too many choices to pick from

but i dont see why its the better students fault that average students now have difficulty getting into their ideal courses in poly. surely everyone is entitled to their own choice and spore works on the basis of meritocracy..if you want that coveted spot, go work hard and fight for it! SO SIMPLE. why shouldnt MOE increase intake for the average students for entry into JC? if poly is seen to be a better choice for top students, the govt should offer alternative equal opportunities for the average students to excel in..otherwise, its totally not fair for the good pupils to take the blame for 'hogging' the good places in poly

oh yeah today rachel's mum said i look like COCO LEE. i went like HUH? and she said yunhui looks like QUAN YIFENG!that was so funny!i was even surprised that her mum remembered my name! shes always recognizes my face but forgets my name

2007-03-15T01:04:00.000-04:00

Just got hit by a fresh wave of tired-ness. the really severe kind where i wished i could sleep on forever and forever..like how i woke up at 7am, did some work,couldnt take it anymore and slept again at 10.30am! had minimal energy to dance today plus the fact that the colic problem/headache/dizziness is still stuck with me doesnt help..took a well-needed rest after dance and didnt go for ballet :[ my technique is deproving like crazy

Prayed and re-committed my physical health to GOD.
Lord, i need your strength and sustenence to see me through the days ahead

i think my reading speed accelerated again. because i'm suddenly able to read the whole straits times plus digital life on tues.AMAZING.bcos people like me dont actually touch digital life unless im really bored during breakfast.

2007-03-14T12:03:00.000-04:00

new skin. pink and cheery- pink's not really my colour, but the skin looks nice to me,so why not? :p

that aside, went out for to sakae at wheelock on monday with yunhui, rhea and clarissa (while Jodi was celebrating her birthday :] )..had a really good relaxed and refreshing time of 2.5hours spent at sakae, eating sushi and drinking ice water.it really never felt so good to be away from school..rhea bought this "leadership guide" thing at borders for $40+! we swear the head prefect/leader thing is seriously getting to her..talked alot to yunhui about how her life has changed after going over to NUS high, our personalities, future career options after the sakae tea/lunch/dinner(it started at 3pm) while eating brownies+ice cream and walking around paragon, takashimaya aimlessly. i felt that that monday was purposefully spent, having spent meaningful time with friends in the midst of school and all :]

i found people to study and learn japanese or korean or french with me- clarissa says shes interested in jap and french, i finally have some idea that there is actually someone who is also has an inclination to take up more than 1 foreign language..we have kinda made an arrangement to learn together once O levels are over. korean is relatively easy to pick up compared to french.or i might be learning jap with mum and charlotte since charlotte has her academic future planned out for her for the next few year, and mum is making her pick up jap when she's 7. i totally disagreed with mum on this point; i said its really hard to make people learn something they dont know or have no interest in. like how math was and is and will be the bane of my life. mum and i were having a small debate of this matter..and she's the person in charge around here, so i step aside and let her do what she thinks is best for her kids-US!

oh yunhui reminded me about something: I WANT AND NEED TO BRUSH UP ON MY SPOKEN CANTONESE.its been bugging me for quite a long time. hah. its not even my dialect.but i like the sound of it and i'm hoping that i can one day converse fluently with my por por and gong gong in cantonese instead of just understanding what they are saying and replying in chinese instead..

i have no idea how people have said that 'ignorance is bliss' bcos to me, it doesnt seem possible. i dont find myself feeling contented or blissful for that matter when i'm not in the know. which is why i enjoy reading so much :] getting hold of new and exciting (maybe not) and useful (definitely,all the time) infomation makes me intrigued- i was reading something about how our optimum sleep temperature is around 18degrees..and i tried it out, and it didnt exactly apply to me.i didnt know that theres something called electronic pollution that can affect sleep!theres something to learn everyday

my thoughts are getting random..maybe its a decreasing ability to keep my mind organized for some unexplained reason

2007-03-08T04:35:00.000-04:00

As cherie has accurately pointed out. we are both at home today. didnt go to school. can i say that its more like i didnt feel like going through 6 hours of brain drain..had MC for today which was really convenient- helped me to escape the supposed horrid SS test today. Apparently i have colic ( or so the doctor said yesterday), at least i now know that I am not suffering from randoms bouts of nausea and headaches for the past 5 days.

Nevertheless, me and my fellow counterparts at school have been complaining about how school life is so depressing. Man, its one long anti-school week. Trying hard to be optimistic about the very very short deadline for our assignments..We would think we would never survive through JC like this.

Anyway, its pictures time! Really long ago, from CNY and stuggart ballet :] Looking at these pictures make me HAPPY :] or at least less stressed from school

From left: janice, weiqin, bi, yueyun, me, shanice, eryn
Before stuggart performance! we unglamly tried to get into the seats as lady like as possible..which unfortunately didnt quite work out with the skirts and heels hah.

4SY class pic outside our classroom during CNY celebrations. everyone included except janice and eileen.

From left: emelyn, charlotte, lynne, almas, janice, vanessa, me, rhea, yueyun
After CNY celebrations! At fish and Co. i think janice kept the reciept or something..i vaguely remember that we spent quite a lot.

From left: me,grace, vanessa
During CNY celebrations!we were towering over everyone else that day since we are already so tall and we elevated our height by at least5cm! :] sat at the back of the rows and took this pic!
AHA. this is a nice one. also during CNY celebrations. MAIN FOCUS OF THE PICTURE: Mrs Low Ay Nar our principal..she was really sporting and played the station games our class put up

2007-03-01T12:08:00.000-04:00

These 3 days are slackish days-its Enrichment week!

the joy of waking up late and going to school at 1pm..went to bishan yesterday to collect newspapers.there were about 5 of us covering 2 blocks (24 stories each) and lifts that stopped at every 4th floor..worse still, there was this group of guys at the void decks who would haraass (maybe thats too strong a word, but still,) us and all of us would try to speed-walk like crazy past them to drop the stacks of newspapers at the collection point.

went to see karen ystd also..shes in the physio department at Saint Andrew's Village..my leg is aching now. She kneaded my quards so hard, it was so painful.have to go back for another session

watched Supernanny on central today for the 1st time and it was frightening and shocking to see how kids as young as three were using such extreme profanities at the parents!! Ashley and I were so shocked. I'm really glad that cherie,ashley,charlotte and myself included are somewhat alright children who were brought up in a strict-enough environment so that we are not scared of our parents and yet show respect to them as well :]

2007-02-26T00:14:00.000-04:00

i remember that i was going to church with dad in the car 2 weeks ago when we both had to go early for piano and ushering duties and i realised where i mainly get my temper, attitude towards things from...

Dad was telling me about how he sometimes sees himself in me and recounted experiences of how i deal with certain situations the way he also does..amazing. its true, because dad and I share alot of similar characteristics..

we both get irritated and annoyed when people ask too much (we think the qns are uneccessary)..we both think its absolutely important to read newspapers and wake up early most of the time- i feel really ignorant and lost if i dont read the papers for like a week or something, and dad has always told me that its important to be well-informed..we cant stand it when the newspapers are messed up (whats new? )..

that sunday dad was also telling me how GOD has really blessed our family in so many different areas and that he has alot of thank GOD for..about how God has given him the perseverence and the wisdom to continually be the sole supporter for our family of about 10 (family,grandparents,maid) for about 20 years and yet God has provided for us and His blessings never run dry..Dad was sharing about how he is amazed at how we can all afford to attend good schools, live extremely comfortably, go for extra lessons here and there (dad said its really a handful providing for us- having 4 children isnt easy)..its' all God's providence he said, and i agree..

A LIFE OF THANKSGIVING TO GOD :]

2007-02-21T11:58:00.000-04:00

i somehow managed to lose 2kg over CNY. really weird.i just know i ate alot of yusheng and popiah..vegetables are healthy :] ate a mandarin orange for breakfast today..theres a whole basketful of them in the kitchen!

had a very fufilling CNY this year around..maybe i've grown more mature and can relate to my relatives ALOT BETTER (i have how many grand-aunts and grand-uncles).had alot of fun talking to them: like how my aunty cindy paid $300 for 6 sessions of manicure and she couldnt do the dishes for a few days! really hilarious stuff we talked about and i jus really appreciate the loudness and humor of my noisy relatives..

everyone said i gained weight since they last saw me but all also agreed that i should just stay at this size..apparently i look better now haha

i obviously havent gotten over the CNY break bcos i was on the verge of dozing off in HCL and SS periods..not good.

2007-02-17T22:46:00.000-04:00

i can strike ' being a teacher' off my future career options list. not that i wanted to be teacher anyway..

i think i am totally terrible at imparting my knowledge to others..not at a peer-to-peer basis but more of a teacher-student basis..

i was trying to teach cherie logarithims last week and a shouting match ensued between the both of us..hahaha.its quite funny, bcs the shouting match ended immediately when cherie understood what i was saying..i being totally hopless at amath myself, didnt think i explained it well enough..

my left knee is killing me..kinda of.i think it partly due to the high jump finals last week..that pole kept dropping on me.i hadnt practiced since i was like primary 3 and now since there was no suitable candidate to represent 4SY, they put my name there..and guess what. my placing was 8 out of 32 :] a placing good enough to earn class points..

2007-02-14T11:39:00.000-04:00

HAPPY VALENTINES'S/FRIENDSHIP DAY!! :]

this event was super blown-up in SC today..everywhere i went i saw roses, pink and white balloons, plushie flowers, notes/letters and chocolates! think i am gonna get a sore throat after eating so many chocs and marshmallows..seeing people rushing up and down and in and out the stairs and into classrooms during RAP and break was amazing: some major deliveries around SC today haha :] Thank you to all those who gave me gifts and notes! Really appreciate your thoughts...

thanks to those many couples who were around orchard and boarding the MRT- they significantly increased the amount of human traffic and therefore i reached home at like 8.25pm (later than usual)..

anyhow, this week has been real hectic (whats new) and i have sustained SEVERAL/MANY/NUMEROUS injuries..Bleh. left knee and left hip and my left ankle keeps cracking. not to mention my lower back.AHH!i need to see a physio. ms cheah said she will observe for a week before recommending elaine her physio to me.

2007-02-13T11:45:00.000-04:00

its scary to see how high achievers are so immune to good results. being placed in such an environment stifles emotions and somehow i have become indifferent to good results, simply because nothing is actually good enough (so it seems).

people have to face it- everyone has different standards and when people in my class go " I did so badly!blah blah" with a score of 21/25, i agree with them..because its so difficult to stop exclaiming such statements when we feel that we have fallen short of our own expectations, people who are already satisfied with their not-so-high marks will give us THE LOOK. ahem. and then we automatically become annoying people who keep whining about supposedly good results. LABELLING!

SC math teachers are SCARY- both emath and amath. With the rate they mark 3 classes of test papers, TYS questions and assignements so quickly, they should be given some speed marking teacher award :]

have to go use up my vouchers-
BlueMax- $10
Sembawang Music- $20

going DVD/CD shopping soon!!! (i hope)

2007-02-05T11:42:00.000-04:00

didnt update for eons! eek.

so many things happened the past week(or two haha)..just too busy to blog :p

went shopping with cherie and mum on sat evening/night, it was such a hurried business zooming from taka to far east plaza to plaza singapura trying to get CNY stuff for the 3 of us super madness! managed to get 3 pairs of pumps from Charles and Keith and Everbest..went into Everbest at 9.30pm and managed to get out by 10pm before the shutters went out with 2 pairs of shoes..

watched Stuggart's Romeo and Juliet..the dancers were GOOD but yue and I thought the cheorography was kinda lengthy? went to sakae before that with eryn,janice,yueyun, bi, weiqin and shanice..it was so amusing! people got excited over that computer ordering system thing and bi only ate egg and miso soup and kept looking in the reflective panel thing near the conveyer belt to check if there were stuff stuck in her new braces :]

starting reading this book that uncle edmund gave to me for Christmas last year " Glimpes of an Invisible God for Teens"..really interesting so far and am learning alot from it

theres bio test tmr and i am so dead.
and geog on wed
and physics on thurs

I LOVE SCHOOL trying to be horrendously optimistic here ((((:

winning photo

2007-01-23T22:21:00.000-04:00

chem test yesterday was bad. emelyn and i found out that we both got the same question (5 marks) wrong and we both ended up singing " We fail together" to the tune of the Grease musical song " We go together" during chem practical in the lab today hahaha quite amusing how my lab partner thought of such an apt song to go with our disatrous chemistry test situation :p

okay you know yue yun send in a few SC dance pictures for some dansing.org picture contest where judges look at dance photos and give out prizes (cutting the story short)..our evermore photo won a prize :))) HOW COOL!

*credit to janice for pictures*

this is the winning picture. it was taken during concert last july.the judges probably thought it was artistic or something due to the lighting and stuff :]

yue yun and her prize!

hah. she says she shall go buy much needed rosin for our SC studio so that hsien fa can stop commenting on our rosin-less state :]

2007-01-20T09:36:00.001-04:00

really glad that this week is going to be OVER. i think its the most hectic week i had in 6months?

did 3-4 english essays thanks to mr francis. my brain is drained..but not exactly looking forward to the coming week either cos its going to be the same, full of deadlines and stuff

how else do i describe my lifestyle?

BUSY BUSY BUSY oh wells

i went for prefects' investiture on friday since i decided that its my last year at SC, i thought i wanted to attend almost all SC functions :] rhea, li shan, mrs low and ms jeyapathi were such GREAT SPEAKERS- almost natural! they are really good at public speaking, flawless prounciation and connected well with the audience

the performance put up by SC's 56th prefectorial board was really good...proud of rhea tan of her 1000+ word long speech and her amazing acting and the way she has been able to juggle duties of being head prefect and yet still emerge as top girl last year.

there are seriously many high-achievers around me in school *shudders*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRICIA!!!!

2007-01-16T23:18:00.000-04:00

this week provided a stark reminder of how GOD can give and take things from us so easily

I asked GOD "Why? " i felt that it was such an unfair situation for so many of the people left behind

yes i was emotionally affected - i went for their wedding and she was my sunday school teacher

and then i wondered if this similar situation would to happen to me, would i be able to trust in GOD's plans for me and still say that i believe that whatever God has done according to His will is for the best? i really dont know

i was shaken and it was really apt that when i did QT yesterday, i read through Proverbs 16:1-9 and learnt about how " When we trust Him with all our heart, He will direct our paths" and how His way is always best..

Thought this short poem meant quite a bit(Our Daily Bread)
written by Murray

Should mystery enshroud His plan
And our short sight be dim
We will not try the whole to scan
But leave each thread to Him

I'm praying earnestly that God will give her to strength to pull through this difficult time

2007-01-15T22:14:00.000-04:00

almost everyone asked me about the IMCB attachment today at school..apparently we were the first batch from our school.

well, i suppose that one of the best moments was when they gave us 2 whole hours for lunch each day..and the amazing thing is that we got to eat at crystal jade for about $6 per person cos caroline had $20 voucher :]

mum warned me that i better start revising for O levels really soon or else i am going to die (so she thinks). its true cos i think i am still in a holiday-slack-wasting time mood. not good

oh and i have a new resolution: alot of us sc dance girls think we are not fit/trim enough so alot of us are planning to do at least 50 sit ups everyday so that we can improve our stomach muscles and our sense of balance. so its 50 SIT UPS EVERYDAY!

and its quite funny cos when mr ang said we were going to take our height and weight next PE lessons, everyone went: "we better lose some weight within the coming week"hahaha. like that is even possible?

2007-01-11T20:36:00.001-04:00

whoa. first week at school has been real hectic...so much to settle into! and back to the crazy schedule of dancing 5 times a week, amongst the other commitments i have. seriously no time to blog

janice, nianci, indora, caroline and myself have been attached to the INSTITUE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY for these 3 days..not to mention that we are participating in a bacteria quorum sensing course, which i had no idea what it meant at the beginning...and we have JC and RGS people in the same course, so you all can imagine how inferior we felt hahaha. we are trying our hardest to learn stuff like how bacteria sensing is related to pathogenic diseases and pathogen-host interaction. ultra cheem

the new thing in my house is a DRUM SET! so cool...i was asking my sis how much it cost and she went " its cheaper than all your pointe shoes, leotard, tights and ballet things put together " and i just had to shut up hahaha

2007-01-04T09:00:00.001-04:00

THE SC DANCER'S LIFE

*Watching beautiful dance videos on youtube

*Hsien Fa's class

*Mrs Chan's luigi jazz and corner work

*Ms Deans' jumps and turns

*Xu Jie's chinese

followed by...

-ICE CREAM!! Island Creamery and Ben and Jerry's! :)

-67773777 MACS!! Hiding in the dance lounge.

-CANDY!! at candy empire of course! starburst!

then...It's back to losing weight all over again! :)

took this from our SC DANCE BLOG. it really says what we do at school...whoever said dancers are skinny and dont like eating will be proven wrong by us SC DANCERS!

Clubbox is dying on me :[

2007-01-03T06:07:00.001-04:00

was welcomed with MANY changes when i went back to SC today. a little bit overwhelming hahaha

suddenly dawned upon me that we are the 'seniors' in the school , the eldest of the lot, the ones on which the school and teachers are putting high hopes on for the O level results..oh man. it was the first day today and we already starting talking about which JC we want to go to and starting a mini debate on whether to do IB or A levels..[Budgit, if you are reading this, you will be glad to know that ACS (I) is gaining support in SC! ]

also got to know about a very scandalous incident from rachel yew about someone (guess who? :p). This very suprising news revolves around someone in my class[the smart/nerdy class] having a boyfriend...yue and I were joking about blackmailing that person. LOL.this is getting interesting..

meepok uncle is gone. ms heng is gone. nancy our school uniform tailor is gone :[

I'm just really relieved that our new prinicpal can speak well..otherwise, she is going to be critized about the use of english language by us students. i dont know how well she can relate to us students, but her opening speech sounded very much like an election rally! when we clapped to welcome her, she gave a wave(exactly the when lee hsien loong does it) to acknowledge the crowd..then she said something about working together for a greater SCGS..sounded like whatever the political members say about S'pore working together for a better and greater country.haha.

ADAPTATION.

2007-01-02T05:09:00.001-04:00

still sleepy. have alot of rules for myself this year but i cant seem to list all of them...but all alot of them are related on how i am going to manage my time and how my life is going to revolve school, dance and church. YUP.

went shopping with whole family excpt dad to takashimaya..not an easy task- having ashley as the only male was very fustrating for him! managed to get a new wallet at $19.90..that was the most urgent on my list. must tell myself this year- buy only whatever is necessary. LOOK AT GST HIKES!!

1. pack study table
2. look for new school socks
3. better set 2 alarm clocks tonight

realized that when we were talking about junior worship when we still small kids with shawn, adriel, abi, deborah and adrian brought back so many memories of how it was so fun growing up in Shalom. those experiences were priceless..about how only girls could take the songbooks with the red binding and guys blue.hahaha.crazy things we did back then-like bullying adriel..poor guy

2007-01-01T15:02:00.000-04:00

i am going to sleep early today on account that i have about 2hrs of sleep yesterday. 190 people from church came over to have a new year's eve fellowship dinner and i'm just really glad to say that i had the chance to talk alot of aunties and uncles. like uncle sia chuan and family- they're migrating to NZ this thurs!

i need motivation to study. i have the feeling that everytime i say that, people will just say its not true anyway and that i have always had the motivation to study..as in seriously, i am becoming very lazy and am still unwilling to do that pile of unfinished holiday homework..i need ENCOURAGMENT

HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR 2007 EVERYONE! :]

2006-12-29T10:07:00.001-04:00

Things still left undone:

Binomial Theorem worksheet- which is virtually impossible to finish simply bcos i dont even understand the topic
Periodic Table Worksheets
Amath Cedar Paper (1/2 left)
Heymath Circular Measure online assignment

guessed i have turned into a slacker after all. *Rushes frantically to finish homework as perfectly as possible*

2006-12-25T14:30:00.000-04:00

Blessed Christmas Everyone! :]

nothing BIG happened..Christmas this year is just going by very subtly, but in fact, i am enjoying it very much. The giving and recieving to so many gifts and cards..the Christmas dinner..the choir presentation..and the timely reminder that JESUS is the reason for the season!

woke up at 10 this morning to find my hp inbox flooded with christmas greetings..had a small brownie for breakfast..and then suddenly realised that school is coming in another week. SCHOOl is a depressing subject nowadays.

Thank you to all those who gave me cards/letters, gifts and sent me your well wishes! i really appreciate your love and thoughts :]

2006-12-23T01:31:00.001-04:00

i wished straits times didnt have so many advertisments- its terribly fustrating for me especially on saturdays..cos i normally read the whole newspaper, and flipping throught aimless pages of full-page adverts is so ARGH. never mind, its a minor issue.oh well, but i spent like 45 mins reading the newspaper this morning...

cherie is over at kenneth and hsiao yun's home now..camp comm. has sleepover yesterday, and i was betting that julia would be the first one to fall asleep :]

had carolling session yesterday at the cerebral palsy centre and at aunty jac's place..the feeling of performing songs to a completely different and unfamiliar audience was was very heartwarming..especially when they appreciate you so much. was really glad we had the sharing session later on cos i really took back alot of learning points and reflections..

Meeting my primary school friends later for dinner! primary sch definitely sound very distant. i havent seen them for 3 whole years and i am just really glad that i have this chance to meet up with them again :]

2006-12-19T05:37:00.001-04:00

the weather is crazy. non-stop torrential rain for the past 2 days which forces me to stay at home almost 24/7 cos its probably too much of a hassle to step out anyway. here I am, bundled up in a blanket and jacket typing away at the computer, having the "luxury" of hearing the heavy pitter-patter of the oncoming rain. how annoying! its true, the weather is nice and cool right now, but any weather that causes an acute shortage of dry underwear in my house is hard to tolerate (personally)hahahah

its great to have my computer back up alive :]

furiously writing (or typing) christmas cards and letters to loved ones! CHRISTmas is in 6days time :]

2006-12-16T16:35:00.000-04:00

i think the problem with me is that i keep alot of things to myself..i dont have a clear avenue to spill my thoughts. and its hard for me to share personal thoughts unless i can trust that person.someone who understands my character and opinions well. JULIA is a good friend :]

i cant truly admit that i am entirely comfortable with everyone i know-whether i have known them for years or otherwise. you know how people say there are so few people who have A BEST FRIEND? its always a group of people who we are close with..i feel that there is an empty void in my life now that needs to be filled.having too many things bottled up inside me is not exactly healthy, i'm afraid.theres always CHERIE to lean on :]

maybe this blog can be something i can pour out what i feel/think about things.i guess its still rather restrictive cos a blog is not exactly a personal journal. we were discussing the other day about the purposes of a blog..some write for entertainment. i dont even know what my blog exists for!

youth camp was very refreshing. alot of sharing and reflective moments for me..there are so many things i have thought about.after reading cherie's blog entry, i agree with her.there are numerous worries about how the yf structure will turn out in a few years to come..where is the encouragement, close bonds and the heart for service??

dancing suddenly sounds very distant to me especially during this past week.maybe it has dropped several notches down in my priority list?

still havent cleared my thoughts *troubled*

2006-12-15T04:06:00.000-04:00

my computer crashed again!ARGH.using cherie's computer.

just got back from youth camp..did alot of thinking and reflection about my relationships with friends, my christian walk..i think the camp comm. showed a good example of how closely bonded and unaffected when problems crop up.cant post details now- i'll take too long!

CHRISTMAS IS COMING UP! and i still havent thought of what presents to give.

2006-12-07T00:15:00.000-04:00

i am in need of a pedicure.NO,its more like a toe/toenail transplant. MAIN POINT IS: MY FEET HURT :]

no thanks to the weather that i was so drowsy during piano lesson today, the notes were kinda in a blur.

Random thought: i realised that one of the things that irritates me the most is when the newspaper isnt folded back to its original state, as in with PAGE 1 at the front.;not that having messy newspapers is going to create a lot of trouble or anything,but yeah, basically whoever i marry next time better not have the habit of leaving newspaper lying around where he left them. kidding

2006-12-05T21:34:00.000-04:00

SUNDAY
went to the zoo/night safari (out of all places) to have dinner at ULU ULU. no kidding, thats the name of the restaurant. was kinda contemplating to take the tram on account that charlotte hadnt been on one before- but dad realised that $120+ isnt worth it. we decided that the money was more worth spending on Ben and Jerry's. guess whose waistline thickened again.ultimate sadness :[

MONDAY
yesterday's performance was at toa payoh HDB HUB. had HF's in the morning and it resulted in 4 painful blisters. i was half-limping afterwards when we had to wear sneakers for the concert at night. we were plonked at the backstage- and watched all the stars/ celebs walk past. we become like a welcome committee and said HI to taufik, slyvester, jack neo, amy cheng, hossan leong,kaira gong.

janice/yueyun/ eryn/karina/ danielle and I deduced that the above-mentioned mr. leong has a bladder problem of some sort- he went to the gents at least 3 times during the duration of the 2hr concert. Janice claims he grande-jetes into the toilets. he wore shoes that looked like buzzlightyear of Toy Story and yue yun dared me to stand beside him cos we kinda guessed that those thick sport shoes were worn to increase his height..

oh did i mention that we wore red and green tinsel in our hair? i totally felt like a 1.7m tall CHRISTMAS TREE.
all the celebs just come and go- all accompained by a assistant/makeup artist or some sort. there was a certain NATHAN HARTONO (the young talented jazz singer) that came too.. dawn choo wanted to matchmake nathan and janice.it was all a joke of course..janice was thoroughly embarassed and i shall not go into details unless i want to be smothered by her too. i was thinking that if a relationship should ever occur, it going to improve SCGS-ACS (B) ties! hahahah.

TODAY
went for english high tea with family. the complete atmosphere with tiny pastries, eclairs, earl grey tea and dainty looking teacups and everything.

as you can tell from the previous posts, DBSK/TVXQ's HUG is the song of the week.

2006-12-05T04:50:00.000-04:00

Hug- DBSK (original)

oh wells. part 3/3. it sounds alot better in korean.the order that the guys sing individually:

jaejoong,micky, jaejoong again, xiah, max, yunho.

CREDIT:i kinda got the idea of posting the same song by DBSK in 3 diff. languages when i visited cherie's blog and saw the other HUG video there.

hah. mini-obsession! :] its now the ringtone of my phone

2006-12-05T01:23:00.000-04:00

hug (english version) dbsk

part 2/3
i suppose its important for groups like DBSK to appeal internationally- probably the reason why they have took pains to sing HUG in english!

its quite obvious that they dont really understand the language as a whole but i think they understand what they are basically singing.

i was quite surprised at their proununciation when i first saw this MV.it exceeded my expections- at least i can understand 3/4 of it unlike the chinese one.

Micky sang the best- clear diction and everything.AHA.

so much for singing in different languages

2006-12-05T01:15:00.000-04:00

DBSK-Hug(Chinese)

DBSK! :] this is 1/3 part of the 3 videos i will be posting.Chinese version- MAX's prounciation is the best here.
as usual, i cant decipher whatever yunho is singing
xiah and micky sing well together.

the only thing that probably puts people off is the weird hair

2006-12-03T01:19:00.000-04:00

cherie baked today. i am trying not be critical about her culinary skills! must resist from giving comments hehe. they are chocochip muffins- about 15 of them sitting on the dining table. i took a bite and realised how "dusty" they were..there was alot of cocoa powder in those muffins. dry and powedery. eww.

dad is in the midst of sorting out name cards that he has accumulated about the past 10 years (so he claims)..there are a few hundred name cards just waiting to be thrown away. i wonder if i might just delete some of the contacts in my phone just because i cant remember who exactly they were and how they were even related to me.

CHRISTmas is coming and i suppose its just another excuse to use the festivites to spend and wish more stuff..i am quite tempted by the sales! need to brainstorm for christmas gifts- i always end up doing them at the very last minute before hastily labelling them and giving them to friends..

RBC sent in a special Christmas daily bread edition together with the usual 3 month daily bread issue!!

-THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS GIVING SHOULD BE SEEN IN ALL OUR LIVING-

2006-11-27T18:53:00.000-04:00

mum drove the new car today..and i was sitting at the front passenger seat! i dont see why dad deems its necessary to change his car every 3 years or so..he probably sees it as an investment of some sort.

the best part is how he says that getting a mercedes benz is not really worth it.cherie, ashley and I would agree and rant on about how uncomfortable sitting at the back seats feels (its really true, only the front seats are comfortable). you can probably say: front seats= first class seats, back seats=economy class seats or worse.but then dad forgets our complaints and when he goes to buy a new car it always turns out to be another mercs..the model stays the the same, but the car gets more spacious each time..

it turned out that mum drove the new car today to fetch my brother and I. It started pouring and she didnt know how to operate the wipers! we found out that the wipers are automatic and the speed of the wipers even changes according to the intensity of the rain. HOW COOL :D

LOOK AT THIS:

Per 100g of instant noodle, around 422kcal are contained. Among which, 65g are carbohydrates, 9g are protein, and 14g are fat. The nutriments lacking in instant Noodle can be supplemented by other foods such as kimchi and egg. However, this applies to every food; there are no food that are perfect in and of itself without being supplemented. Considering the fact that meat and bread are not perfect intakes without side dishes, instant Noodle is a very superior substitute for a meal.

http://eng.nongshim.com/eng/ram/nutr_deft_idx.jsp

HAHAHA.i got this nutritional information about kimchi ramyum off the website above and was amused to see how company had cleverly used such sentence structure to promote their products.LOL

janice says that far east plaza is a good place to get shoes at really resonable prices.thats good news for me! i need pumps that dont give blisters. i dont need anything else to further aggravate my foot condition after doing pointe work at HF's.

2006-11-26T00:57:00.000-04:00

guess what arrived from spain and paris along with my mum,cherie and ashley. they bought 5 pairs of shoes, 3 bags, 5 paintings and alot of other random stuff.for more details of the trip, go to cherie's blog..

i cant forget to mention how HF totally lost his mind(in our opinion). He replaced minyi and biru which caused us to gape at him in shock. personally , i dont think it is very logical to replace the technically strong biru and the fouette girl minyi for the SYF item. it doesnt make sense.

does anyone know what "je suis fou de Paris" means? cherie bought me a stationary holder that had these words on. i admit that it is tragic that i failed to fully comprehend the whole sentence- how much french did i learn in that one and a half years?

2006-11-22T14:46:00.000-04:00

mum, cherie and ash are coming back tomorrow..while i am at ballet class.oh wells. before they left, mum was like: "you want pumps right? What size should i get?" then we were both trying to estimate my foot size..we came up with : one size smaller than cherie's but one size larger than mum's. LOL

i want to try that mentos in coke thing and then see the coke shoot up!! need to go find an appropriate location in my home first.hehe.dont want mum coming home and asking why her lamps and ceiling are stained so badly :p

today i put the dolous picture we took on sunday on my desktop.my grandma took one glance at it and she immediately said "you dont really look good in pictures.you're not the photogenic kind of person"she said it in cantonese of course.( i cant type chinese here.darn)i want like WHAT??i found it quite amusing but true anyway..

its amazing how technology works nowadays..today i found out that i can watch korean MBC channel live as well as taiwan tv channels on my computer!! i didnt quite believe the URL would work on media player at first..

need to continue to that PRIME thing on heymath tmr. it has like so many sub-modules,i sat through 3 hrs yesterday just trying to complete on whole module :[

2006-11-20T02:04:00.000-04:00

These past two days have been rather eventful, if you asked me.

My beloved computer decided to DIE on me last week and i kept forgetting to call the technician.all thanks to dad who remembered. and it so had to turn out that i lost of my files- school work, yf stuff, photos of family , yf, Uk trip blah blah, ballet photos, korean stuff. how great. i got really irritated at myself for not backing up my info! how stupid.

i suppose dad read the expression on my face and he got the technician to buy an external hardrive which has twice the storage capacity of my PC so that i can backup my files easily..really thankful for that.

cos my comp. was down, i was rushing to finish my chinese blog assignment yesterday night. writing in chinese is tedious enough for me and my post got deleted. i was like "WHAT??" i had to re-type the whole thing. sigh. yesterday was definately not a good IT-day :[

BUT: a team of 3 from doulos came down for yf yesterday. they enacted a good drama which made me think about prioritizing the things in my life and they shared about their experience as a volunteer and a servant of GOD, having to serve in HIS ministry for 2 years. i was really encouraged by their testimonies! :]

went down to harbourfront with some of the yf-ers today!! browsed through books and had a tour given by Simon (germany). got to see how stuff operates and how everything is organized inside the ship..its simply amazing how GOD can work in such wonderous ways, bringing 350 volunteers from 53 over countries together to serve in missions..overcoming language and cultural backgrounds is really not easy..

there is one thing that is absolute: I AM NOT GOING DOWN TO VIVOCITY ANYTIME SOON. that place is seriously overpopulated. its possible to get lost in there. the design of the building is wayy complicated and the items sold in stores are not suited for students..things are rather pricey. that place gave me a major headache (literally). walking around in vivocity is enough to drive me NUTS.haha. this particular experience may not apply to all though, so its better to go down personally yourself to see how it is like...

i think i better numb my big toes tmr by wrapping them in leukoplast otherwise i think my feet would collapse from pain or something.

mental note: i am dedicating this week to finishing all my homework! yay.its all about self-motivation :]]]]

2006-11-19T03:58:00.000-04:00

congrats to all the sec4s!! O levels are over :] it seems as if i will be taking o levels soon too.ahaha.

i figured that it would be better if i complete ALL of my work, so that i can R.I.P for the month of december.i am at a total loss at what to blog for the chinese blog thing.

theres a whole list of things i need to sort out:

-finish school homework
-sort out my disguistingly messy timetable: i want to go for ms cheah's class 3 times a week.

anyway, our SYF dance is getting more screwed. i wonder if hsien fa really knows what he is cheorographing is the best for us-all of us are getting multilated toes!

the best was yesterdays performance at marina mandarin. the stage was super ultra small. we were all so amused. i know i kept kicking the lights on the stage floor by accident. we couldnt grande jete properly haha maybe the ministers of agriculture and forestry probably thought we were stiff and not flexible enough. the stage was probably 6m by 4 m? and there were 16 of us!!

Bi reckons SDT is going to have to close down soon since all the good dancers are leaving. FU LIANG is leaving and going to korea! we are supposed to be happy for him since its probably a better company.Bi says any company is better than SDT anyhow :[ poor alpha. i was feeling so sad for her when i read yy's sms

there are huge chunks of tomatoes and slices of ginger in my lunch.oh dear.I hate tomatoes and ginger

2006-11-17T00:37:00.000-04:00

i wish i had a higher tolerance for slack-ness. like how i am just aimlessly going online, reading a book now makes me feel very guilty for not spending time doing homework instead.how stupid is that? hols were meant to be made used of for my own personal leisure..hahaha.

i can never do my own things in complete peace cos i know that i still have holiday homework left undone..its an instinctive thing.on the other hand, me being such a lazy thing, have only accomplished like 1/3 of my work. so, its lose-lose situation with me ending up irritated at myself.

i have a good mind to go down to orchard all by myself, to borders and spent a few hours there. i want to get a pair heeled pumps (like YEH did in GOONG)- not that i wanna feel any taller :]

off to doing more homework- a neccesary step to prevent me from being at the brink of total insanity

2006-11-13T20:33:00.000-04:00

oh poor me. i am staying in singapore while cherie,ash and mum go off to spain and paris for 10 days. well, i have to go for hsien fa's rehearsals dont I? and plus the ASEAN performance is this friday at the marina mandarin.

HAHA. its quite funny cos mum has planned all the meals for charlotte and I, and now theres alot of food in the fridges! :] and grandma made curry puffs last week and pulau hitam today. guess who is getting fat? lol.

i am going to be charlotte's guardian almost 24/7 at home except on thurs/fridays. dad felt obliged to take leave.hahahaha.

2006-11-10T19:09:00.000-04:00

lets see: almost 1/4 of our holidays are going to be over- which is obviously BAD NEWS.

got back intermediate ballet exam results. not delirious nor depressed over it. it was just okay- i kinda expected the marks. HAHA. but i'm glad i improved by a few marks from the pre-inter exam though. BIRU got 90 for her advance foundation! WOAH. thats really really good.

went shopping with cherie and mum. cherie said the whole experience sucked but i beg to differ :] with mum going with us, I HAVE SPENDING POWER!! hahaha. bought one 3/4 pants, a jacket, a blouse, a pair of birkenstocks-like sandals in 3.5 hours. now i have to go find hangers for those clothes. my home always has a constant shortage of hangers.

we were drowning in our perspiration at the end of barre today at hsien fa's class. as in DROWNING. there was one 1 fan switched on cos he insisted on switching off the rest of the fans and the air-conditoning!!

am stressing over tmr's YF activity cos i still cant think of a suitable game plan yet. have some ideas but they are far too lame/un-fun.

*scoots off to do homework*

2006-11-06T19:00:00.000-04:00

hah. i am such a genius. i predicted that i would get a toe injury or somewhat similar and i did.

i got a raw, reddish blister after pointe work at hsien fa's :[

OUCH.

poor heather had 2 blisters
biru had numb toes
karina's bones/bunions were aching
everyone else was suffering

i swear hsien fa's classes are such a torture.and the best thing is that most of us will be doing his SYF item!!(probably) the last time, he gave us a pep talk about how we should aim for excellence and emerge as the school with the highest score.hahahaha we were all so amused. but i am kinda sure we can get our gold with honours again. he says in order to be selected for his item:

we need strength, stamina, flexiblity, performing quality.WOW

here's a picture of hsien fa doing some poses for photo shoot (showing off his well-developed muscles.its so scary)

we should just boycott hsien fa and his "serenade" item with all the fouettes and hop over to xu jie's side

2006-11-06T03:57:00.000-04:00

just came back from watching the Dim Sum Dollies-Little Shop of Horrors! havent been to watching theatre recently and this was a good production!

needless to say, the trio(dim sum dollies) stole the show away with their humourous lines , facial expressions. they are so so so very good at making us laugh like crazy with their quirky accents.HAHA. emma, selena and pamela werent the main stars of the plot but i loved their parts and acting the most.

the whole production was good lah, but i personally thought the the 'romantic' scenes and lines between denise and hossan were kinda cheesy, the kind that made all of us squirm uncomfortably in our seats. yucks. but i havent seen non-cheesy ones done in our country so i suppose i have to give them credit for trying :p

oh yar, after that we got to attend the reception cos my mum's friend, uncle richard does the lighting/sound co-ordination and we had complimentary tickets. we felt so OUT OF PLACE!! the food and drinks provided were real good..dainty-looking pieces of cheese cakes, chips,salmon and beef things..all finger food.haha. then there quite a number of celebs around: lim yu beng, tan kheng hua, the whole cast, tracie pang..basically, everyone there knew each other, except us DUH. hah. we didnt care, we went there just to enjoy the food and "theatre atmosphere" i suppose.

hsien fa's tmr and its signifies the start of more gruelling sessions en pointe.

2006-11-03T02:03:00.000-04:00

Talking Cock in Parliament - Hossan Leong

this video really cracked me up! aunty jac introduced it to me first!

WATCH IT :]

2006-11-02T16:52:00.000-04:00

i need someone/something to snap me out of my current sluggish mood..not to mention: my inactive, lazy behaviour for the past 4 days.

anyone wanna help??

it doesnt feel nice to keep procrastinating.waking up at 9.30am makes me feel so annoyed- to think that i could have woken up at 7.30/8.00 and accomplished stuff in that 1hr plus. and guess what time i woke up today? 10.30!! *slaps myself*

i hardly ate breakfast and had a taco for lunch just now. i wanted to take a picture of myself making my own lunch but the taco was just so messy and gross that i just gobbled it down asap. i think its partly due to my laziness that i have gained weight. i dont know whether its a good thing or not.i am probably in the healthy height-weight range now.WOW.

going for ballet later :]

2006-10-30T10:43:00.000-04:00

heres my long over due post dedicated to ms heng:

its definately going to be a little tough for us SC girls to accept the new principal as the head of SCGS next year. hasnt ms heng always been a well-known figure head of our school? i have only known her for 3 years but she is one of the few people that i most respect :]

i think it is probably the way she is able to command the attention of us chatty and rowdy sc girls so easily whenever she speaks to us..unlike someone *AHEM*(the person holding the 2nd highest rank in scgs). she does it very naturally without raising her voice or anything..

ms heng always gives us reminders every now and then and always gently chides us for not acting ladylike and all.its really funny how she says it.

a) "girls! dont forget to excercise during the holidays and mantain a healthy weight.i want to see slim and trim girls when you all come back next term.." aha. we always laugh cos she also always tells us not to take herself as a benchmark :p

b) " how many times must i tell you girls not to sit on the lobby steps? its very un-ladylike and everyone has a view of what underwear you are wearing!" then she will go on to say how we are supposed to be kim geks and everything :]

c) during flag raising ceremony- "Sing up girls!! open your mouths and sing loudly. everyone must sing the school song regardless whether you are a singapore citizen or not" i am glad most of us sang louder than usual on friday..ms heng said she wanted us to sing loudly for her sake since it was her official last day at scgs.sigh.

d) on our uniform and general appearance- " keep your fringes out of your eyes, girls..make sure your shirts are properly tucked in otherwise you girls will look so sloppy."hahahaha

somehow she can nag and nag without sounding long-winded.its amazing la.

being part of scdance group has been something very fortunate, being that ms heng is very supportive of our dance programme and all. we are the only CCA that has an official department and everything.

this was the flag that the school got printed for the farewell. ms heng drew that caricature personally..my mum says that shes a really good artist :] it says" this one's for you ms heng! "

scgs is gonna miss her.

2006-10-29T23:16:00.000-04:00

tomorrow is the O level chinese exam!!!
And i cant pretend not to care. but then again, i cant study for it. i hope i remember to bring my Dictionary though :[ i think its unfair that we HCL students take the O level chinese exam in sec three!! MOE should change the rules..

yesterday's BBQ was so good..there were so many new friends and people like vera, alicia and chelsea came! loads of fellowship and the best part was the surprise birthday cake.it was so funny, cos jamie was so blur from the beginning to the end and the 3 birthday people didnt realise our plan.hahaha.i am hoping that more people will continue to come for yf next week too! HALLOWEEN BREAKOUT- ANGELS AND DEMONS

i am so grateful for the rain for chasing away the haze. was reading 8 days yesterday and there was this write-up thing by colin goh about looking on the bright side of the haze. there were 3 of the statements that really cracked me up!!!

1. Singapore smokers can feel less lonely, as the whole island is now exposed to lung cancer together with them
2. The haze can reduce gang violence, 'cos now when a gangster asks you,"Kuah si mi?", you can respond coolly,"Kuah haze lor."
3. The haze can provide an opportunity to try out new pick-up lines, eg "You beauty shone at me through the haze"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADRIAN, JAMIE AND CHERIE!!!

2006-10-26T08:41:00.000-04:00

Goong REALLY funny mv

*laughs*

2006-10-25T13:02:00.000-04:00

those annoying stupid lines on my links and archives that i cant seem to get rid of. hmph.