I am turning into a shopaholic

Kay, so yesterday I went shopping at Clementi till like 8, then went home to study SMO. Today, I went to Jurong Point and shopped till like 9. Bought 1 shirt and 1 pair of shoes altogether. Yay. The shirt is like pink-pink, with one cut-off shoulder. From OP, looked really cute from afar, was too tempting. Converse sneakers rock man. :D Bought this navy blue one. Was thinking about the high-top one, but then it sorta looked weird. So now I have 2 pairs of white, 1 pair of black and 1 pair of navy blue...Yay me. won't mind a pair of pink ones though *hint hint*

Going to watch Kung Fu Panda 2 tomorrow with family :) And also going down to scape to support sec 3s. They are awesome! :)

We also grow under the sun

I guess sports fest was not bad lah. Except I was sick and just stoned on a seat doing nothing. Yeah, I didnt do marshaling nor running. Tarbet cheerleading was a bit un-synchronised, and the mascot a bit extra. Ah well. Richard won first for cheerleading but TARBET WON OVERALL FIRST FOR SPORTSFEST! :D Yeah, I know we are awesome. :DDDD

Company dinner was fun, but I left quite early, amongst the first few to leave. Wasn't feeling that well + mom was already waiting. The venue was really weird, quite constricted because it was like this pathway outside Esplanade with a nice sea view. Couldn't play a lot of games due to space limit >.< Hope next year will be better. :)

We glow under the sun

Thursday training was awesome. Did PT first, 32,30,30, consisting of everything. Did 1 set of back crunches and planks and my back nearly died. Cuz it was hurting from IMT the previous day (10/16-no marksman D:) I think sec 4s realised that the whole platoon was just raising their elbows and not their chest, so they cut back crunches for the last set.

Practised drills on our own as indiv talk was conducted. Only half the platoon has been indived talk so far, it is really taking very long. Saw Sec 3s and Part as doing CJJ together. o.O Then sec 3s did their mutuals. I caught glimpses, and they seemed really confident.

COMPANY GAMES! :DDD Ninja was really cool. First time playing it. Sec 3s ganged up against us, so we ganged them back. But somehow, our focus later shifted to part as. The game ended with only Zek Min surviving on behalf of our platoon. Haha. Really epic. Virus was tiring. Got caught by LCP Leyin quite fast. Then I caught part a syazwani (I think its her and I think that is how to spell her name). So I was in the middle and got pulled in random direction by them. Sort of ran around crazily until I was out of breath. H2o was the same as always. We were quite fail at the songs. Need to go and memorise more. Hentak-ing as a company. I got confused in the middle and osrt of mixed-up the legs. Ah well.

Came down with a splitting headache and slight fever. Slept from 7-10, did SIP from 10-11, then slept from 11-6. Going to catch up on my sleep during the dols. :)

Just for you

Lalala, Audrey complained that I didn't update, so I shall dedicate this post to her.

Dear Audrey,

We had the yuan2 fen4 to become deskmates. It was fun. But the fun is coming to an end.

You like horses. Horses are cool.

You camwhore with my Mac. The photos are still there.

You were in my group for Bio Pt. That afternoon was epic.

You are really funny. In a good way.

Regards,

Yx

Even the best is sometimes not enough

GPA 3.66.

Honestly, I am not disappointed with myself. Even though it is quite low. The thing is, it is actually an improvement from last year. But my mother is not very pleased...

I will update more about my results when I actually receive my report book.

Is hell the right word to describe this?

Hmmm, yes, ATC. Actually, ATC!!! ARGH!!!!! Yes its over, but just posting this is making all the horrible memories come back. I think I will do a detailed account of it, so that 20 years later when I come back and look at the posts, I will realize how ATC has changed my life.

Day 1, May 13 Friday

Friday the 13^th. Not a good sign already. Went through lessons without really taking in what was happening. Had a study block at the end, but somehow we managed to drag the time until there was only 20 mins left to change. Seriously, class ended at 1. We lugged our stuff to J-shared because our classroom was being used for oral. We hung around waiting for Zek Min who was running here and there, forgetting one thing or another. Revised IFC for a bit, then went for lunch. Rushed to change, and lugged even more stuff to the foyer, when actually it was supposed to be the koi pond. Smart rite. Min Yi has this super huge bruise on her arm from carrying multiple campbags at once. Seriously, I think our arms died before ATC even started.

Ran around like headless chickens refilling bottles and getting last minute writing materials from popular. Yes, we were still buying it when it was 2.55. Sec 3s were shouting outside for us to hurry up. I think their reporting went quite successfully since LCP Yunshan only took a short time. Then there was bunk cleaning. I think we still sort of screwed up even after Min Yi’s careful planning. I guess main problem was three plattonmaates were at third lang oral and nat had fallen out. That left only 6 of us to do bunk cleaning. Specialists checked 3 times before finally being satisfied.

C and C by sec 3s at cover walkway. Just drilled and drilled and drilled. Field cooking was actually sort of fun this year. Except we sort of messed up the food. Still. It was the only enjoyable meal.

Night walk was the one and only fun activity. Went around places in school searching for ‘glow-in-the-dark’ stars. Except that they didn’t glow. I think our group (LCP Shan Shan, Part A Nicole, Part A Aricco and me) came in second or third.

Slept from 11.30-4.30.

Day 2, May 14^th Saturday

PT was tiring. All platoonmates suffered elbow grazes from doing planks at the quadrangle, except me. Even tough I did all three sets. I wonder why. Even saw part As with the injuries. And they only did like 1 or 2 sets. Ran I round, with cheers. Sec 3s were really really loud. I think some of them lost their voices by the end of ATC. Had OPLP in our bunk. But the only possible hiding places were under tables and inside cupboards. So. We failed. Had some other tests which I can only vaguely remember. TD presentation was ok I guess. Part As seemed to understand most of the things we were talking about. What happened in between lunch and dinner was thee same stuff. Except we had started clearing the few thousand IPUs we owed specialists. Come to think of it, we never did manage to clear it last year.

Had a bath (FINALLY!) and supper was amusing with LCP Shan Shan and her ‘a british lady, a cup of high tea, CHING!’ Slept at 10.30 even though lights out was at 9.30 because I was expecting fire-drill.BUT…

Day 3, May 15^th Sunday

Rudely awakened by fire drill at 4.30. In the morning. Specialists were really harsh on LCP Yun Shan who was the IC. Just rebutted all her ideas and scolded her for not knowing things she couldn’t possibly have known.

Staircase circuit was exhausting. But the whole company managed to survive it. Even Part As. They are really fit. I think Part A Nicole ran 2.4km in 13 something minutes. Even I took 14 plus minutes. Had profi, which we screwed up pretty badly.

Then, finally, finally, finally, Passing Out Parade. Went up to stage to receive cert from Ms Zhao. Fake promotion yet again. I think we have all learnt to live with it already.

Came home, took a nice long bath and just crashed on the bed. Too tired to go for ballet. L Missed 2 lessons already. But I slept for 4 hours straight in the afternoon. And another 7 hours at night.

Somehow this year’s ATC seemed more ‘memorable’ than last year’s. Is it because the duration was longer? Or maybe it was the specialists? Anyway, I am really dreading next year’s…

I feel so lonely, so why don't you accompany me?

Currently lazing on my bed, really tired from open house. I don't even know why I am so tired, my shifts started at 8 and ended at 11.30. Not really that long, but I spent the whole of that time standing and talking...

This year's NCC booth is sooooo cool. Much better than last year's. There is this big green camouflage net drape and all the NCC-related stuff hung up or laid on it. Then there is also the laser rifle and face-painting. Really pretty and attractive :) But the decorations on the notice board pasted on by Zek Min and I yesterday were removed. I guess it was really that bad, huh?

RaM booth was boring. So few people actually bothered to come up to some ulu classroom on teh 4th floor and pop into that particular classroom and listen to us rambling on and on about something random thing they are not interested in.

Mummy and cousins came by to have a look around the school. Introduced a few places to them. Then me and Mummy went shopping! There is this Bossini sale at Redhill. Then we went to Clementi to have sushi, because it was 1-for-1. Really worth it. Will probably go back for more while the offer still lasts.

There is ballet later, don't feel like going. Ah well.

A refreshing new start

Ah, finally decided to change to blogger. previous livejournal was

http://8rain-bows.livejournal.com/

Haha. Pretty fail because I was still relatively new at blogging. So maybe this blog will be better? Hopefully. Still in the midst of writing ATC post, should be coming soon.

Now is History lesson and Ms Lee is away on course. And me being the fail history rep just dumped the worksheets on the class. :p

Lalalalalalala. Tomorrow is open house! Today school ends at 10.30! Because there is open house prep and since I am not involved, I will go BBP and enjoy my KFC. WOOTS! :D

Believe me, it will be we worth waiting for

This post is to make up for not posting for quite a while. Basically it was due to ATC. I won't talk so much about ATC now, but that post will be coming soon. I am writing it in between lessons now, and there is a fair bit I want to rant about. So, wait for it! Meanwhile, I may be posting more random stuff.

If you don't read this, I won't blame you

YAY!! I passed 2.4. In fact, I think I got B! Great improvement from last year. Another Gold for NAPFA! :D

Wheee...

A bit high. Haha.

Will post more later. :DDD

HAH! in your face

My piano teacher really pisses me off.
Today we were doing aural and i answered a question. She said she didnt teach me to answer that way. i explained my logic. And she was like whatever, i just dont say she taught me to answer that way.

Then, i kept quiet and she kept on mumbling to herself. Anger was already boiling up inside me, but i contained it. After that, she said" Its not worth fightting about. Thats all. We shall end here. Thank you very much." The last part was so sacarstic. I mean, WTH man, I wasnt even fighting with her She was just fighting with herself. What a strange woman. Never mind, its not my business. I shall not get myself agitated because of her.

Take it but please dont go away

I realise I forgot something. I am beginning to watch SNSD and actually like their dances. What is with me man. I dont want to get sucked into the world of KPOP. No thanks. I dont want to become like a certain someone who is so obsessed with her weight that she actually went for acupunture and are posting dieting tips on Facebook. WTH. Just accept who you are. You are never going to become someone else. Please wake up before its too late.

I am hot. I am also cool.

Me is super super cold. And I am back inside the cupboard.

Oh no! Getting chased out of the classroom cuz some random teacher is using it. Always happens. Argh! Your should be more considerate!

Sorry for the short post,

Oh, they are changing classroom. So I guess I will continue. I was so cold that I was literally shivering. but I am not having a fever. How strange. This wk was hell. And will continue to be until tomorrow. Monday was CCA, and our NCOs are back!!! YEAH!!!! I really feel like saying to them: WE LOVE YOU! <3 Seriously, they are so awesome compared to the other sec 4s. And some of them are simply terrible. Like horrible.

Yesterday was Lit PT and Malay AA. Like, two presentation in one day! WTH. At least there are no more pts and aas. Only the exams to live through.

Today there is some Project Management Workshop, which is like super boring. I just want to go home and sleep.

Tomorrow there is CCA again. Looking forward and dreading it at the same time. I just want it to be over, so that I can go home and slack my butt off on Friday, which is Good Friday. I really need a break, Going to fall sick very soon.

Anything can happen anywhere at anytime

Today in the morning, a mother and her daughter fell to their deaths from their 12-storey flat. And it is only a few blocks away from my house. Really quite creepy and saddening. RIP.

The police have labelled this double-death as unnatural death. This means there will be further investigations going around here to find out the cause behind their deaths.

The young girl was only a mere age of 7, studying at Keming Primary School. Imagine, a whole bright future lost in just a matter of seconds. Was it murder, or psychological illness? I really hope that truth will be revealed soon and that their deaths will be explained.

My heart is empty. But it is also heavy.

Ballet is getting so strenuous and tiring now. I just came back from lesson, and feel like doing nothing but flopping onto bed and sleeping with no dreams. Ironic, yes, because I am posting now. But if I don't, I will really fall asleep and I need to sort of finish my Geog AA today so that I won't have to rush on wed.

Friday was a school holiday, and I slacked my butt off the whole long weekend. At least today was more fruitful than the previous days. Went to study room and started revision for Geog and English. I realised there was nothing to study for english. Cause it is comprehension and there is nothing to memorise...

I am currently feeling very lightheaded. If I stand up, i will probably just fall over again.

I am having some very curious thoughts right now.

I need to gather and organise my thoughts. I need to pull up my socks. I need to work harder. I need to become smarter. I need to not disappoint anyone. I need to act like a normal person in front of everyone else. I need to stop obsessing over certain things. I need to do a lot a lot more things. But I also need to rest.

Why Am I Waiting?

“Why are we waiting? Why are we waiting?”
Sudden urge to sing this song. Teacher is taking a long long time to send us some documents. Thats why I am posting.

Previous post was my commonwealth essay. I think I will dedicate more posts to posting up my works. But,EVERYTHING IS COPYRIGHTED BY ME! Spent like one afternoon and night rushing in out. Right before the due date.

Will be posting up my poem written for Lit AA next.

3 SAs are over! Yeah. Still have 2 AAs and 1 PT and I am sure some more are coming.

Girl Power! Because we can

She glanced out of her window, despite all efforts trying to concentrate. The crescent moon was hanging in the sky, not a star was in sight. The annoying cries of a wailing baby and the occasional barking sounds were disturbing her. A light was still on in one of the rooms of the unit right opposite hers. Maybe another poor student burning the midnight oil trying to finish the homework that never seemed to have an end, she thought to herself. She could see the television of another unit still blaring silently; probably a football frantic watching the ever-so-boring game; or maybe a tired housewife trying to keep tabs on a midnight drama after spending the day running after her children; or a night-shift worker who had just reached home and wanted to catch a break,; it might also be a lonely grandpa having trouble falling asleep; oh! Or maybe it is…

Ring! Ring! Ring! She started awake, almost falling out of her seat, having fallen asleep in front of her desk. She looked at the time, groaned, and let her head fall back onto the table. She had meant to finish at least finish her Mathematics homework, but that did not seem to be in the range of possibility now. Oh well, she would just have to skip recess, or she could always pretend that she had forgotten to bring it to school. Grudgingly, she pushed herself up from the hard and uncomfortable wooden table. How she longed to crawl under that warm cover neatly laid out neatly on her soft and cushy bed and fall back into her sweet dreams.

But that was not to be. As always, she rushed through her morning routine. A piece of bread hurriedly stuffed into her mouth would have to make do as breakfast as she made her way out of the house, almost tiptoeing trying not to make noise. Her parents were still asleep; she had not seen them last night as she had locked herself in her room trying to concentrate on her studies. Actually, come to think of it, she had barely communicated with her parents except maybe once or twice the standard questions “Have you eaten?” and “Have you finished your homework” and the standard answer “Yes.” Were her parents showing her too little care, or did they think she was responsible and independent enough?

There were too many thoughts and worries in her mind to ponder too much about this question. The most urgent one was her Mathematics homework; would she be disciplinarily punished if she did not complete it on time? Surely not, it was just a few measly sheets of paper stapled together. The worst would be scolded in front of the class. But still, that would be embarrassing, especially since Joel, the cute guy with the brownest eyes and the most dazzling smile, had transferred to her Mathematics class. Her brain was full of algebra and operation signs and cute boys as she made her way towards the school gate.

Oh, how she dreaded that step into the school campus every morning. The momentary pause a step right before the school gate occurred every time, then the continuation of brisk walking. She needed to get to class fast. Maybe she could squeeze in a little bit of time for the Mathematics homework. Or not. She sighed softly and secretly as she saw a chatty group of friends approaching her, eager to engulf and engage her in their conversation. They exchanged juicy gossips, complained about the homework and made fun of their classmates and teachers. She did not know why she did not just walk away from those people, but she felt like she had to put on a brave front to everyone. Perhaps she was so insecure inside that she did not dare to let it show, and that she just wanted to be able to fit in with everyone else.

She barely had enough time to put down her things before the bell for morning assembly reverberated throughout the school. Students and teachers everywhere put down their things at hand and dashed for the parade square. She moved her lips silently to the national anthem, not a sound coming out from her. She day-dreamed of Joel as morning assembly carried on. In a flash, she was being pushed and shoved by herds of students who were rushing for no apparent reason, since there was still fifteen minutes till lessons began. She might as well make good use of this rare spare time. Fishing out her Mathematics homework from the realms of her messy schoolbag, she started working. Her Math had never been good; even though she could practically hear her brain juice churning, she still yielded no answer. Finally, “Ah! I give up! Wrong answers are better than no answers, so I shall just guess some numbers and write it there. I swear I will do the next Mathematics homework properly.” She mused to herself.

The morning passed by in a blur. First the Geography teacher had come in late to an unrest and noisy class; then the petite Social Studies teacher who had tried unsuccessfully to quite down the boisterous class. Both had assigned heaps and mountains of homework. It looked like it was going to be another long and late night. Following right after that was Physical Education, during which she came in last in the race and did not even bother to chase after the tennis ball. Finally, it was recess. She bought a pack of Oreo cookies yet again, snuffled it down, then retreated back to the classroom. She did not need to hang around to have people keep on coming to her and asking “Come and join our table!” to which she would always shake her head politely and say that she had already made other plans; or see flaunting couples sharing their food blatantly. Plus, she could attempt to come up with correct answers to the Math questions, killing more brain cells at the same time.

In the end, it turned out that less than three-quarters of her Math class had actually bothered to finish the homework. She felt cheated, those wasted time coming up with ridiculous answers could have been better used catching up on sleep. However, the few words of praise awarded from the teacher for finishing her work was enough to makes amends. Especially since Joel was within earshot during that time. And that he had given her a slight smile when their eyes had met.

She lived in dreamland for the rest of the lessons, replaying that scene over and over again as though her mind was a faulty videotape. Such that she did not hear a word of what the teachers’ said, not knowing what was going on in class. When the school bell rang for the end of school, she snapped out of her reverie and hurriedly copied the homework form her desk mate, before rushing off. This time from school, to piano lesson. She loved music. Music clamed her mind when she was angry. Music made her happy when she was feeling down. Music took up the space in her mind when she was feeling lonely.

She played the pieces she had been dutifully practicing at home for her teacher. When she was playing the piano, she let herself be fully absorbed into it. Her body swayed to the rhythm, her fingers moved across the keyboards fluently, looking like they had lives of their own. It was as though only she alone existed in the whole world. She, the only child of two proud parents. She, a successful secondary school student. She, the person whom everyone dreamed of being friends with. She, who would one day grow up and achieve the extraordinary. She, a girl, a lady, a woman. A female. The music she played was beautiful. Just like she is.

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Reach for the stars; Even if you fail, you will land on the clouds

I am now in this small little cupboard beneath the whiteboard of my classroom. It is cold and raining outside. One of the reasons why I came inside here in the first place. I may not have the freedom to move around so much, but at least I don't feel constricted.

People outside are now discussing Lit aa and chinese file. Aw, man. We have 4 AAs in total, but I have only done 1 and a half. Need to chiong!

Will post more from here. Bye!

We are all young at heart

YAY! First post with Mac! YAY! I think I this is really overdue, but who cares! I was waiting for a special occasion to do this post. And it is finally here.

Yesterday was 5th March. Yes, it was my birthday. And RGS's birthday. SO COOL RITE ?!?!?!? Went to school for founders day. This year the speeches were actually really entertaining. I actually listened to every speaker carefully, especially the G-O-H. She wasn't reading from a script, which made her seem so sincere and warming. Furthermore, the way she speaks just seem to attract attention. And the ex-principals were really lively and bubbly, even though they are not that young.

Founder's Day ended early enough, such that when I arrived at Jurong Point the restaurant wasn't even open yet. Had this super huge bowl of ramen that was SIMPLY SCRUMPILICIOUS and my favourite mango pudding. Following that, mum bought me a chocolate mousse cake, super uber duper nice. OMG! At this rate I am going to become FAT. Must go running today.

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. I love you guys. I am officially 14 years old. Man, that is really scary. OK, I shall start on my homework after slacking for the whole Friday afternoon, yesterday and this morning.

Bye,
says the person who is 14 years and 1 day old. :)

The Glass is Half-full, Not Half-empty

The Holidays are not even here yet, tons of homework are already coming in. Let me list them down (according to due date):
1. Lit AA
2. Commonwealth Essay
3. Bio PT
4. English PT

They may seem little, but they are actually A LOT, because 3 of them actually count towards the GPA. Today while eating KFC with mummy at West Mall, this huge feeliing of anxiousness suddenly came over me, and it was about homework. Like why was I eating KFC idly when I had not started on my homework yet. PMS much?

On a happier note, tomorrow is Be Yourself Day and I have decided to go dressed as my...(drumroll please)...MUMMY! YES, I LOVE YOU MUMMY! :DDD <<<<<3333333 Actually quite looking forward to being PT ic tomorrow. Have my leadership qualities finally decided to surface again. I surprise myself.

Can't wait for Saturday. YOU should know why. A hint: It is 5th March. :)