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in chem lecture. thanks to yiting (paparazzi for an hour) and my iphone for the photos, haha
blissfully oblivious
(notices paparazzi, seeks shelter behind lecture notes and sniggers.)
When lutheng told me the news yesterday, I was in the bus on my way home. Just 3 stops away from my house. I was really hoping hard that we would be shortlisted, because we put in super alot of effort during November and December. Not to mention the first two weeks before school reopened... we were all chionging for our final research paper. But something in my logic bugged me. I kind of knew that we wouldn't be chosen, looking at all those pros, like the SRPians and 6K/7B people who were vying for the same spots as us.
Our chances were bleak. But my abrupt scream in the bus wasn't.
Yeah, we were shortlisted.
Disbelief. Shock. Amusement. Elation.
And disapproving glares from the bus driver and my fellow commuters. I was at a loss for words.
Then I bought chocs for my team! Haha... girls and impulse purchases...
For now, we will concentrate and work hard for ssef! =)
Well... This may seem weird to say, but I haven't been entirely happy. A part of my conscience chides me for celebrating, because I think there are groups who probably deserve our spot in the ssef 'finals'. (dunno what to call it) And ya lah, one of them is in my class. Which makes me feel damn guilty. I think his group worked A LOT harder than mine did, no offense to my group. The more I reflect, the more I feel that I don't deserve to be in the position I am in today. It doesn't feel right. Don't get me wrong; I'm not mocking my classmate, I simply don't understand why things turned out this way.
Could it have been luck?
Or did my group really deserve to be in the finals?
What were the judges thinking?
Come to think of it, do they even have a list of criteria for shortlisting projects?
Haiya, I think too much.
I should just accept the reality and get on with life...
why do I bother to care so much?
very guilty...
my entire saturday was spent nua-ing at home. Reading up on DSLRs, taking a 2.5 hour nap, and then reading up on photography again. ohnooo I never study enough again. =P But all the sleep compensated for the weekdays. When I sleep at 1am and wake up at 6am. Damn terrible.
http://www.photoxels.com/digital-photography-tutorials.html
great website, great way to waste time... kind of productively.
the tutorials I've read so far seem kind of simple. But I guess I'll never really experience any joy/challenges in photography until I get a DSLR.
I find it a lot more fun to put effort into making sure that I take nice pics... Rather than just mindlessly snapping away at camwhores.
It's an expensive hobby, no doubt. Each of these cameras cost around 1k. Some 24megapixel DSLR from Nikon which was advertised in yesterday's newspaper costs 13k! OMG!!!
Shall buy a good one if I score at least all Cs for block test 1. Of course, that's very unlikely la, looking at how much effort I put into my studies.
=p
Anyway, I thought of something weird yesterday night.
You know that Jesse McCartney song, "Because You Live"?
There's a part which goes, "Because you live, girl. My world has twice as many stars in the sky".
It's paradoxical!
When people talk about their gf/bf, it's usually about them brightening up their lives.
But in astronomy, the reason why you don't see many stars in urban areas like Singapore at night is because of light pollution- the uber bright street lamps illuminate the sky, outshining the dimmer stars. That's why you only get to see brighter stars, eg. the orion constellation.
Then, it brings us to the conclusion that if Jesse's McCartney's world has "twice as many stars in the sky" because of the girl being alive, then this very girl is actually MAKING HIS WORLD A DARKER PLACE! (so he can see more stars at night!)
omg! whoever wrote the lyrics obviously knows nothing about astronomy! =O
or maybe the person who is writing this blog post should stop being overly critical of some mushy lyrics, and just enjoy valentine's day by mugging for econs instead.
I laughed so hard at Wayne's self-introduction to our juniors today afternoon that my eyes started tearing.
"Hi. I'm Wayne, and I'm leaving."
(promptly leaves room with innocent expression on his face)
Met up with Jeannie today to pass her testimonial to her... and ended up at macs for my super uber delayed lunch. (nuggets and mcflurry. hmm, healthy) School administration processes and receptionists can really be a royal pain. (e.g. 2 of the receptionists blatantly ignored my greeting and adamantly refused to acknowledge my presence)
Thank you Jeannie for giving me so much advice! Haha I now know that my CIP hours are really... pathetic... But I will continue to work hard. Good luck for the scholarship, and take care in your school k! Press on! =)
Assuming that collegeboard is hardworking too, my SAT results should be released in 20mins. Shall bake choc cake for the class if I score >2200, haha! =D Very scared get below 2100. Aaaahh the wait is so agonising!!!
K lah, wait for my good news. Or bad. Or uniquely TKGS shrieks of joy, I hope.
That's about all I can do now. Wait.
Just did something really dumb a moment ago.
Stuffed the memory stick pro duo from my dad's digicam into my laptop's SD/memory stick slot without much thought (and with considerable force) to transfer the pics and videos inside to my computer.
..........
And why of course, it got stuck inside.
As Pearlynne would have said with disdain,
"You win lor."
*embarassed smile*
Alas, I found a suitable pair of pliers to extricate the object of my desires and...for that moment... horrors. The 4GB memory stick pro duo escaped relatively unscathed, with the exception of some fashionable inconspicuous abrasions on its body.
Memory stick pro duo, grunge style!
phew.
Conducted Ambi's user test today; Jiang Ying and Lu Theng came over to my house.
Thank you to Hewei for bringing Ambi over!
Unfortunately, our furry electron-blooded contraption decided to malfunction as soon as we introduced kids to her... Although I must say that it was not entirely her fault, because the P3 boy who first interacted with her was disturbingly violent towards her. Furious, I decided to stupefy him with some SAT vocabulary... but to no avail, as he could not comprehend my words.
(the boy didn't even know what a 'contraption' was, and couldn't even pronounce it properly. He should really spend more time with good old books, and cut down on his caveman-style fighting habits) And yes, I admit to having a femtosecond-long impulse to kill him.
Ok I was kidding about attempting to stun the boy with vocab. I was just trying to shoo him away as lutheng looked for loose connections in the circuitry.
Somehow, the wire connections from the microphone got yanked out by that miniature male menace. Fixed it back somewhat, but the bear is now suicidal and repeatedly 'hangs' during gameplay. The response time is also pretty ridiculous now. Sigh. What went wrong?
Later, my neighbour's P2 son and K2 daughter came along. Must really thank this neighbour for being so helpful... Their mum kindly allowed them to play with our robot! Her kids were well-mannered and provided us with plenty of feedback. Ohh- and the girl, Adeline, has such adorable eyes. Not overly big, with lusciously long lashes. (like her mum) So cute!!! =)
And the boy couldn't get enough of Ambi... Hahaha... He kept coming back to my house to ask if we were done with fixing the robot. Fact was, we gave up on trying to fix it, and were working on the report. (yay, they like Ambi!)
I didn't do any homework today. Immense guilt has been encircling my mind... and it's likely to continue doing so even as I drift on to dreamland in a few minutes' time. Shall pia schoolwork tomorrow. Cannot lose to my 'enemy'!
Not posting pics of the user test, in case the kids' parents get unhappy over it. So here are some photos I took of my mum's new plants during CNY. Happy viewing!
Flower pics taken with sony cybershot N2 on manual mode. No photoshopping at ALL!
Love this camera to smithereens.
When one has weighed the sun in the balance, and measured the steps of the moon, and mapped out the seven heavens, there still remains oneself. Who can calculate the orbit of his own soul? -Oscar Wilde
Mr How's words just can't be more true than they already are.
Focus on your studies; don't let irrelevant relationships affect your studies. Because the A levels are your ultimate priority.
That's how it's phrased in my mind. And I acquiesce to his advice.
I know what I want to score in the end. Straight As, no doubt about that.
After all, it's called the "A" levels... (which is likely deemed to be a misnomer by most long-suffering JC students)
But 老天爷 has a few tricks up his elusive sleeves that he seems to enjoy playing on me.
I didn't stay back to study in school yesterday while harbouring any... err... clandestine intentions. Just for the sake of understanding the r=a + lambda d equation better. Then, for some reason I can't think of, you had to finish your... 'tritium' lesson at the same time.
(what's tritium, I hear you ask? My reply is http://www.wikipedia.com/ hehehe love that euphemism. Anyway if you're good at chemistry trivia, you should be able to guess.)
"Thanks, fate!" exclaims the impulsive portion of my blood pumper, which contains 4 chambers and a dorsal aorta, among other biological contraptions.
"This is a spectacularly absurd situation. You dolt! What the heck are you doing???" assails my brain.
It's confusing. My blood pump and brain have different opinions. Wait a minute. What's happening?
When I do something, nothing much happens.
When I don't do anything, things happen.
But I pretend I don't care.
It's good that you don't do anything to demonstrate receptiveness. It's a reality check, a strong reminder of what my ultimate goal is.
I'm too immature for another commitment.
[jeannie]
thank you once again for your encouragement! GP can get unbearable... but I will hang in there while you happily hang out with your friends! hahaha happy holidays!
[elain]
hey tjc is a good jc! dun be sad... i heard of alot of 2 pointers who got rejected from hc... this year competition for the places is really very jialat. i couldn't believe it.
you know what. go to tjc, and make the best of everything you experience there. make the most of your time. work hard throughout your time there. don't rest on your laurels and end up like me. i mean... top jc so what? it's really what you do with your life in jc that determines your future. your jc won't determine your future.
All the best to you, I have faith in you! =D
"How can the... FEMALE teachers not stare at you if your skirt is so short?"
- Mr Ken Yeow (discipline master), during the first CT session of 2009
"...your vocabulary is woefully inadequate."
-Dr Robert Wilks, during today's GP tutorial
Mr Yeow is an interesting discipline master who has the idiosyncracy of making hilarious jokes, and then asking us to stop laughing because it's a "serious matter", and we would be able to laugh when "I (he) tell you to".
hahahahahahahahahaha
Mdm Khoo and Mr Yeow would make a dynamic discipline duo, pun fully intended.
Just got spammed with a copious amount of GP homework today, including the daunting task of learning the entire SAT vocabulary list. I've never taken GP so seriously before!
But I must say that Dr Wilks has been a good teacher so far. (well... not many teachers would have the guts to tell us the pathetic level of our vocab in such a caustic tone) In 08S6C's GP life, he is the deafening wake-up call. And I'm thankful for that. (plus his sarcasm)
Had a wonderful gathering with SLS today at Plaza Singapura for dinner! =D
Met up with saccharine Samantha Lim... whom we haven't met in a loooong time.
we had a looooooong chat, but it was heartwarming and enjoyable.
SLS wan sui!
xin nian kuai le =)
The Centad Journey.
Staying back in school to study today has given me the opportunity to get to know some people in my class better... much more depth than last year. Some people whom I had a bad impression of last year turned out to be nice people. While the bad impression which I had of others have just changed for the worse. Take this guy for example, who makes a conscious effort to sit next to the academic high-achievers in class- daily. I'm not going to try to prevent myself from sounding as cliched as those typical drama serials, but don't you all think that his motive is obvious? He's really just being a fake "friend".
I'm glad that my dad has been cautioning me about such nefarious, contemptible people ever since I was a cute and innocent primary school girl. And I must say that I have never realised the sad truth behind his warnings to me until this year in hci. Must people resort to forced, artificial friendships in a desperate bid to achieve academic success? I doubt so. What goes around comes around. It does not pay to commit evil. Hope this guy realises his mistake quickly and gets his life back on track soon.
Oh ya. And I've been chatting with Jen over the phone more than ever now! Haha it's really rare for me to find people whom I can happily talk to for hours. =)
I originally planned to post up some recent pics, but I'm too sleepy to wait for all of them to upload.
Btw I'm extremely happy to have Lina as my chem lab partner now! She does titrations really fast and accurately. And I can talk to her, unlike my previous lab partner. Hahaha
Jen, I don't wanna swap lab partners with you anymore! =D I work better with girls. HAHA.
So everyone, stay real. =)
Was googling the names of random friends when I came across my grandsenior class' blog. 06S6C. And then I just clicked on the link of this guy's blog.
http://millionaireterence.blogspot.com/
hope that this guy doesn't mind me koping some stuff from his blog. but here goes... it may be of interest to hc people... and jael too. btw this post was dated 31st december 2008, so it's definitely not outdated!
results just in! hot from the oven of www.collegeboard.com, so don't try touching the area of your computer screen where my scores are. You don't want to risk burning your fingers before christmas, do you?
(all scores are over 800)
Chemistry
760
Mathematics Level 2
740
(I'm a wee bit sad about this but it's my fault again for not studying)
Physics
770
Came across this song while playing Tap Tap Revenge on my handphone. =D
Don't have much time to blog... sorry ah. Gotta go do some homework. My centad group has been way too engrossed in ambi for the entire holiday so far. But we enjoy every minute of it! Maybe except for programming the servo. =p
Looking foward to the next shijia meeting! =)
And btw! thanks to Julia, all SLSians can now post on SLS. Just log in as per normal, using shanliangsociety at gmail dot com as the username.
No one tagged me to do this,
but I'm just going to be a non-essential-extra.
THE RULES :People who were tagged need to blog about their 10 weird habits/little facts. At the end , you have to choose 10 person to be tagged and list their names.
1) I love cute furry stuff and anything which is a nice shade of pink.
2) I'm somewhat afraid of talking to guys
3) I think I'm a geek
4) I have an odd habit of counting the number of syllables in short sentences or phrases, and then grouping them into 'mini palindromic groups' of syllables. Bet you don't understand what I just said, because I found it abstract too. =P
For example, let's look at the phrase on the post-it note stuck on my table which says "Do 1 physics SAT paper by Wednesday"
total: 13 syllables
Then I'd break it up into groups: 6syllables-1syllable-6syllables
note that 6-1-6 is a palindrome!!
So it'd go,
'Do 1 physics SA ---T --- paper by wednesday'
Gosh, I'm so weird.
5) I learnt how to use the desktop computer at the age of 4. Mentor? My dad!
6) I don't like to have my picture taken
7) I have my dad's eyes, nose, mouth, hands, and even palmprints. Along with my mum's jawline and my auntie's ears (kind of).
8) My mum's gynaecologist initially told my parents that I was a boy while doing an ultrasound scan, because at the very tender age of 5 months or so in my mum's tummy, I positioned my index finger at an especially strategic part of my torso... for reasons I do not know.
9) I can stretch and isolate my smallest toe from the rest of my toes - no hands!
10) I was born with one eye open and the other closed, which horrified my mum. That is, until I was brought into the room where newborns are placed in those plastic cots. My mum claims that I opened both my eyes from then on (which calmed my parents down significantly) and refused to sleep, staring at some angmoh baby boy next to me. =p
Elain requested for photos taken during my vacation... But I'm too lazy to upload them now.=P Besides, I'm bogged down by the SATs and centad. Hehe. So I'll upload them this Saturday night, after my SATs on SATurday k?? =D
Oh ya. I kena-ed a flu virus from the US. Nice souvenir huh.
Anyway I kena-ed a tag from Jael to do this quiz. I caught some sleep from 10pm to 12.30pm, and woke up again to do research. (note: originally intended to wake up at 11pm. oops)
And since it's 3.22am now and I'm tired of doing research on servos, I'm gonna do this quiz! Whoo!
Pardon me if I sound very blunt, because I'm gonna type whatever that pops into my mind first to spice things up a little. hehe.
1. Your relationship with him/her is?
Jael: my non-biological-family member! ie. shijia
2. Your five impressions of him/her?
-cute! haha =)
-very talented in art
-patented way of eating, yes.
-quite worrying when she is emo-ing
-nice to chat with
3. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you?
She made me a hot pink picture frame with our NJRC photos on my 16th birthday. It was handmade by her using wood, strings and other magical artsy stuff I will never know of.
4.The most memorable thing he/she had said to you?
Her laughter!
5.What kind of guy does she like?
That's a tough one. I'm not sure. I'd suppose a decent guy who loves her for who she is.
6.If he/she becomes your lover, you will?
UMM. That wouldn't happen. But if it did, I'd dedicate a room in our house for her to express her artistic talent.
7. If he/she becomes your lover, the thing he/she has to improve on will be:
to be a happier girl
8. If he/she becomes your enemy, you will:
BURN ALL HER PAINTINGS!!! MUAHAHAHA
k just kidding ;)
9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be:
either one of us has become a schizophrenic
10. The most desired thing that you want to do for him/her now is:
go shopping and have lunch with her!!!
11. Your overall impression of him/her is?
Cheerful, artistic, fun-loving girl. Who can cheer anyone up. garfield and doraemon. But I get very scared when she is moody.
I LOVE WATCHING HER PAINT!
12. How do you think people around you will feel about you?
Slacker/antisocial =O/always catching the flu bug/quiet girl/'why you got so many cute cute stuff?'/pink pink pink
13. The characters of yourself which you love are:
errrr. I'm good at lame jokes. And if you want to rant, my ears are open to you! Note that the amount of ranting I hear is inversely proportional to the quantity of earwax deposited in my ear canal, so... =p
14. On the contrary, the characters you hate yourself for are:
-hate to socialise. seriously.
-quiet
-slack at the wrong time, unless it's a very official exam like the O or A levels coming up
15. The most ideal person you want to be is:
What I am now, sans the above characteristics in Qn 14.
16. For people that care and like you, say something to them:
Thank you for all the times we had together!
Hope you like my cookies?
17. Pass this Quiz to 10 people.
uhh. ok. they won't have to do this quiz.
1. julia
2. chunling
3. nina
4. jael
5. jen lee
6. junie
7. mr yong
8. jiang ying
9. lu theng
10. hewei (?!?!?!!)
(hehe 8 9 and 10 were reserved for my centad group and mentor. hahaha =D Just for the fun of it!)
18. Who is no.6 having relationship with?
friends and family.
19. Is no.9 a male or female?
female
20. If no.7 and 8 are together, will it be a good thing?
dang, I should have put mr yong as no.10 and hewei as no.7. HAHA
No it would not be good since no.10 has a girlfriend!
*** hey where is no.21?
22. What is no.2 studying about?
the A level syllabus for PCME?
23. When was the last time you had a chat with no. 5?
The week before my overseas vacation.
24. What kind of music band does no.8 like?
pop?
25. Does no.1 have any siblings?
1 elder sister
26. Will you woo no.3 ?
ya she is my lover.
OH NO DID I JUST SAY THAT!
28. Is no.4 single?
yep
29. What is the surname of no.5 ?
Loh
30. What's no.4's hobby?
Painting, watching TV
31. Does no.5 and 9 get along well?
They don't know each other.
32. Where is no.2 studying at?
RJC! My school's long-time arch nemesis. aherm.
33. Talk something casually about no.1?
Hey this question wasn't phrased properly!
Ok. It's nice to have deep conversations with her. And she is a really nice person who loves milo.
34. Have you tried developing feelings for no.8 ?
no, I'm straight, although saying this contradicts my statement made in Qn. 26 =o
35. Where does no.9 live at?
AMK
36. What colour does no.4 like?
Bright colours like orange
37. Are no.5 and 1 best friends?
they don't know each other
38. Does no.7 like no.2 ?
Hold on while I purge the half-digested remnants of my dinner in the washroom.
39. How do you get to know no.2 ?
In the British Council class I went for in P5. It was from that class that I came to know she was also from my primary school.
40. Does no.1 have any pets?
Don't think so.
41. Is no.7 the sexiest person in the world?
No, another guy in my class is. =S Although his girlfriend or some tkgs/chinese high students may beg to differ.
42. Is no.10 tall?
Slightly above average height of guys I think.
yay! done with this blog post at 4.06am! Looks like jetlag is still a friend of mine.
Arrived in Singapore at some terrible time... around 1am yesterday from vacation in USA! It was an 8.5 hour flight from San Francisco to Narita Airport in Japan, a 2 hour transit time, and then another 10 hours or so from Japan to my dear home. The second flight was an unexpectedly choppy one, so I skipped dinner in the plane.
This trip was filled with fun, mirth, adrenaline, and shopping highs. Sigh... I think I spent wayyyyy too much money this time buying a lot of branded goods in factory outlets. Heehee. ^_^ I rarely spend money like how I drink ice water, so I suppose indulging once in a blue moon is fine?? =D
Oh. I decided to let my sanity go on vacation too when I was in disneyland. i.e. I went to take some pretty crazy rides which my dad adamantly refused to accompany me for. I had to go alone, sob sob. The most memorable? Definitely the Tower of Terror:Twilight Zone in California Adventure Park of disneyland. It brings you god-knows-how-many-storeys high up in this tattered old haunted Hollywood Hotel in a lift, then drops you all the way down without warning.
And just as I thought that was the end, the lift started to accelerate upwards at a very worrying speed, then abruptly fell down again. This repeated for several times. Later, the lift door opens suddenly to present to all the pale-faced thrill seekers in the lift a very scenic view of disneyland from high above. It politely allows you to take in the breathtaking view for a few delightful moments, and then ruthlessly grabs away whatever breath you have left in your lungs by plunging down again. Biang eh, scream until no more breath to scream. I couldn't walk properly after the ride. hahahaha =D but it was fun!!
SAT subject tests (phy, chem, math lvl2) coming right up in my face this Saturday! Gotta go practice! =D
And Jael don't worry I will do that quiz of yours from your blog! And thanks for your sweet mms! =D
watched high school musical 3 with nina today! =D Quite a dreamy movie, with random bouts of happy songs. Hehe. Relatively enjoyable because it made me happier!
arrived practically 3 hours late at NUS today for centad... I feel really bad. Guilty guilty...=( Sorry everyone.
Hewei was very disappointed in our research, for it lacked thoroughness. It lacked depth. It lacked specific considerations pertaining to our robot.
meeting with mrs loh tomorrow got postponed because she has a meeting.
what to do about SSEF now???
Haiya! I am damn sick of doing research online already!!! >=(
Just don't comprehend what's going on, having to search for the meanings of acronyms on google every 2 or 3 lines, trying to learn something which I think is beyond my ability.
or is it?
"we live and we learn, to take one step at a time... there's no need to run...it's like learning to fly..."
- Jordin Sparks [one step at a time]
Taking one step at a time is comfortable. But time doesn't allow for it. We do need to run. Or rather SPRINT! Or even TAKE FLIGHT... Very soon.
Sorry Hewei, we have disappointed you time and again.
jiangying, lutheng, let's CHIONG ALL THE WAY IN DECEMBER! We can do this! =D
Hmm. Thinking about it, I still have to mug for SATs. Who ask me geh-kiang take 3 subject tests in 1 day huh. Doubt I would have any time left to finish the holiday packages. Sighhhhh...
usagipon from sanrio, melting you with her kawaii-ness.
a very sparkly necklace from nina's parents. They bought it during their holiday in malaysia if I'm not wrong. Thank you so much! =)
and what in the world could boredom compel me to do to my athena pullover?
it's clean and green... with two matching sleeves!
the new sleeve's over here!
check out the matching collar!
omg I can't believe the cheesiness of my captions above.
Yup. Anyway I just cut off the ends of the sleeves and part of the collar. I've wanted to do that for a really long time... ever since I bought the jacket, because it's so oversized.
Had to sew everything by hand, since sewing machines are too expensive. Hence the messy, unruly stitches splattered messily all over the edited parts of the jacket. Yeowch. But at least... wearing it is a more comfortable experience now. =D
I've been eating so much unhealthy food (cupcakes, cookies, strawberry milk ice, ice cream, oh the horror) lately that guilt has overcome me. I WILL RUN AT LEAST 2 ROUNDS OF THE SCHOOL TRACK TOMORROW MORNING TO BURN THE CRAP OFF MY CLOGGED ARTERIES!
hope y'all have fun this week! =D
Was about to view the video Jen's group made for PW OP because I was damn bored and having insomnia. =p
And when I just clicked the play button, the "check yes juliet" song which was used in the video started to play at the EXACT SAME TIME on the radio.
(btw, I'm listening to perfect10 98.7fm. and no, the DJ did not announce beforehand that she was going to play this song)
muting my computer's speakers, I let the video play with the radio playing the song instead. Every word, every beat, every tune fit in perfectly as they did in the video. (kudos to jen for the editing, haha)
wah biang, so zun4!
is this merely a coincidence?
like shuhui and nina said, just 'shun qi zi ran'.
things will all turn out right in the end.
jen, don't worry too much about it. Hmm... I think you're just confused about your feelings. Give yourself a few more months to sort them out, feelings are intangible,invisible, and incredible stuff. I've got no experience at all in such stuff, so I can't help you either. I'm so sorry... But everything is going to be all right. =) Take care of your throat and don't go for training yet k.
tag replies in chronological order...
[jy] I hate programming in C too! So freaking complicated. But we must jiayou!!! We can do this! =D see you and LT on saturday!
[jen] as your friend it is also my duty to take care of you to the best of my abilities. do inform me of your health status k? =)
[shuhui] yay you're baking cookies!!! =D and omg you can bake apple pie? BAKE IT K! =D The whole of 6C will be waiting... hungrily.
[yiting] Erm I'll be baking cupcakes leh. But I will bring some cookies for you don't worry k!
biang, I miss programming in HTML. C and C++ == hell at this moment.
printf( "programming in C stinks big time!"\n);
see la, what C programming does to people.
Sorry jiangying and lutheng, I woke up with a debilitating headache today morning. Couldn't really walk properly because my head was spinning. =(
Or was it?
Anyway, I took a panadol and promptly went to sleep after an improper breakfast at 10am. Woke up later at 11.30am, groggy but not as dizzy as before. Just... the stone feeling.
Dragged my iron head to tampines mall at 12.30pm to meet julia and chunling! =D Had lunch at mos burger and then headed for the cinema to watch Quantum of Solace... an interesting movie for action-lovers but boring for storyline-lovers like me. Oh well. $6 for a ticket! Being a student is great! What more could I ask for? =P
Oh yar. I felt very weird in the cinema, because I was sitting next to this teenage couple. The two of them were... erm... communicating to each other physically very frequently.
euurghhhhhh! Don't spread your love to strangers sitting around you. It makes my spine shiver.
Jael couldn't make it today because she had to take care of her sick cousin. Haiya... our shijia reunion imcomplete. She is such a nice girl, right? Nevermind Jael, we can always meet up another day! =D
We had ice cream in macdonalds after the movie, and had a very long chat which brought up a lot of fond memories of our life in TKGS.
After that, I was telling chun about what happened to me on monday.
As I was lugging home some baking ingredients in the evening, this cute little indian girl who was playing near the swimming pool in my condo gazed up at me with her huge sparkly eyes and exclaimed, "HIE JIE JIE!!!".
Awhhhhh..... she always does that when she sees me.
My heart just melted faster than how it would liquefy when I see this person. (ya la you ALL know who it is already) ahhhh she is so cute! >_<>
Remembering that I still had to return home FAST to have dinner, I told her "sorry ah, jiejie need to go home first k? Byebye!!"
She replied silently, staring blankly at me. Maybe I was talking too fast for her to catch anything? I decided to just smile and wave goodbye to her.
As I walked away, I heard something like "bye auntie!". Thinking that the girl was just saying goodbye to someone else, I continued to walk.
"bye auntie! bye auntie! bye auntie!!!!!!!!!!!! BYE AUNTIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I couldn't stand it anymore, and turned back to see the adorable little girl waving frantically at me and saying "bye auntie!!!" with a big smile on her flawless complexion. No other women were in sight.
Oh crap, I AM the auntie.
nevermind, I don't mind kids calling me auntie. But if it was someone above the age of 10, I would personally kill them with verbal abuse. (ok, just kidding)
BUT I WAS WEARING THE 'I LOVE HC' SHIRT!!! Very auntie meh?!
Maybe my back looks older than my face. hahahahaha
anyway, ju and chun were kind enough to help me find a suitable pair of shorts to buy after the movie. We went to the 'CK department store' place at first... although it's some super auntie place. And no, we did not visit the shop thinking that it is owned by chuankhim. We had fun laughing at how auntie some of the clothes were. And JULIA had a PARTICULARLY good time giggling at me. Hehehheehe. =D I am NOT an auntie yet okay!
Hai I had so much fun with you two today. She bu de li kai.
On a random note, clean&clear deep cleansing mask and biolyn shampoo are working wonders on me. Go check them out if you have some spare cash. And can anyone recommend me a pair of headphones with good sound quality which costs
Off to mod my athena pullover and exhibit my (incompetent) sewing skills in the process of doing it! Will post up pics of it soon when I get my hands on a digicam. Hehe.
(crap did I just call it "mod"? I'm turning into a nerd.)
Outings, outings, centad, mugging for SATs, C++, sphinx and whatever.
centad centad centad.
my mind and life are now preoccupied with all these stuff. And I think my brain is really going to explode forcefully out of my oddly-shaped skull into smithereens with all the stress starting to snowball and pile on me again. You can say that I'm now part of this snowball of stress. But if you went for the 6C class outing today, you would have noticed (?) that my head is still intact. Why?
Because BAKING keeps me alive.
Baking melts away the thick, maliciously icy layer of stress encapsulating me.
Baking liberates!!!
ya lah, enough of my english powder. Sharks, I've been baking so many random stuff these few days.
monday morning (i.e. ytd): choc chip cookies
monday night: white choc chip cookies
tuesday morning(today): choc chip vanilla cupcakes
Mrs Jambu's vanilla cupcake recipe is imba!!! Not only easy for noobs like me to make, but also very delicious. Thank you Mrs Jambu! =D shall upload some pics of the food later to make you all hungry. muahahahaa!
On my way to Plaza Singapura today, I saw Mrs Ong Han Nah entering the same MRT as me. Hehe. She still looks the same. Why do I keep seeing her whenever I step out of house???
I have a lot of expensive stuff on my wishlist right now!
1) iPhone 16GB
2) new headphones
3) SLR digital camera (minimum 10Mpx)
ahh... that's the great thing about blogs. You can crap as incoherently as you want, and nobody will tell you off.
nina, jiayou for I&R
jen, get well soon!
=D
the study session with nina today was not as intense. We spent more time reading our storybooks I guess! =D But nonetheless, it was a refreshing change compared to our usual routine of talk/mug/lunch/mug/talk abit/dinner. haha it was very fun too!
Mr Tan Yang may sometimes crap a bit in class, but one of the old chinese proverbs he taught us really provoked me to think deeper today after nina and I were discussing about school life, and she brought this proverb into the conversation.
Lu4 yao2 zhi1 ma3 li4, ri4 jiu3 jian4 ren2 xin1.
(literal translation: you will only know of a horse's strength after a very long journey, and you will only come to know a person's heart after a long period of time)
sorry my comp has no chinese IME.
If a friend teaches you how to screw up the lives of others... and you know that it's morally wrong...
can you still trust and love this friend with all your heart and soul?
If you can, will you be able to live with the fear that this friend may just use that evil technique against you?
Is it possible to fully understand/know another person? Won't there be certain fractions of him/her which you may never come to know of?
What can be defined as true friendship? How much sharing between friends would be considered enough to keep the bond of friendship strong?
In my life, I have not made many friends. And I regret not making more friends..... though I find it very difficult to socialise.
is it just because I only consider people I am very close to my 'friends'?
Then what term should I use to describe 'friends' who are not as close to me?
Acquaintances???
Fellow Humans???
Is there a lot of room left for my concept of maturity to grow? Am I being too idealistic in my life? Am I too obedient and credulous? Why is my view of the world and people around me so simplistic?
The world is full of evil. And we can't do much about it.
zao3 zhi1 ru2 ci3, he2 bi4 kai1 shi1.
(hmm ok that's enough questions for today. shall go sleep.)
night night everyone. :)
"Why do you call us chao muggers even though we bathe DAILY?"
I just thought of that a few days ago.
Studied with Nina at T3 today... was doing mainly Chinese exam papers. The A level Chinese exam is coming right up this Thursday! Yaaaarrgh!
Gotta learn C++ with my centad friends soon. And I'm not confident about it, haha!
As abovementioned, this post simply consists of rantings, so I won't blame you for not reading it. =p
Complaint #1) SCREAM at school today.
Things didn't turn out like how I was hoping they would. In fact, I felt really anti-social today because I have been sleeping at past 1am since wednesday this week. So tired lah. And I'm disappointed in myself for being such an introvert today, you know?!
Dinner with the class was quite fun. And I think the way the guys share food is revolting!!! :/
(But very entertaining to watch. Haha! Especially how they fought over cheese fries, and how kenn siang's dessert got koped every everyone.)
The screening of the movie Shutter failed to get me in the mood for trail. Instead, I was actually laughing at the girls/Poon who were screaming away in disgust/horror during the movie. hee!
Unfortunately, I felt that the Halloween Trail was kind of a waste of my money because it also did not freak me out at all. I started off in the middle of our gargantuan 15-strong group with the girls, felt bored and strayed to the back to get a taste of it, went back to the middle with the girls, and finally proceeded right smack in front with the very adventurous chuankhim just hoping to get freaked out by something FINALLY. (hahaha) But it didn't happen lah. That is, until we were approaching the end of the trail in the LT, and ck opened the now-mysterious door, only to see everything pitch-black and barely visible. Haha that freaked me out, because it seemed like there was no exit.
Not trying to show off here, but I was not freaked out that much. You know what I mean? NO KICK!!!
(Sorry ShuHui, hope you are feeling ok now.)
Well... at least I learnt something new about myself today.
Haiya, I should have been born a guy.
Julia said that sometimes, girls have to act scared. But I can't act!!! Jen help me.
Nonetheless, the councillors have still done a GREAT JOB because majority of the people were zonked out at the end of the trail. I'm just an anomaly, ignore me.
Oh oh oh. I wasn't allowed to go for the maze today, so sad... =( I heard that it's really really scary. Parents wanted me to get home early. Can't defy their wishes, can I?
Complaint #2) my stupid stupid stupid dolt of a handphone
It's only been with me for 11 months or so, and today, it screwed up! For now, when it's turned on, only the keypad lights up, leaving the screen in a pitiful shade of dim, muted black. And not to mention that it just got repaired 2 months ago. ROAR it was such a waste of money.
$*^%$%*&^%$#@#$
(I do not like to use profanities and vulgar language, so there you have it. My anger and frustrations with myself all summed up in a line of commonly-used symbols, which make no sense whatsoever.)
My luck has gone for a vacation this entire week, I'm so miserable without it. Hope it comes back next week. =) And I sincerely apologise to everyone who has seen me with an acrimonious demeanour today. I did not mean to insult jingbin and junlin when I told them the pizza which they BOTH took a bite out of "bu shi ren chi de"/not for human consumption. Really meant it as a joke la, since it was quite a disgusting sight to me. (Heheh.)
Now, I have a habit of recalling every single thing that happened in each day before I go to sleep, so that I will be able to realise if I have hurt anyone unintentionally, or even what I could have done to make my day better. It's a long and tiring process, but I hope it eventually works out.
Will continue working on my personality flaws to become a better person.
Hmm must start chionging for centad very soon. C++, here we come.
and the building of the robot.
and the written report.
AND the much-discussed-and-fantasised-about SSEF next year.
SSEF MEDAL, HERE WE COME!!!
Enjoy your weekend, everyone! =D
When I first saw this video, I was expecting to hear really great singing.
But this guy just blew me away, man.
I mean, I found myself on the floor after watching/hearing him sing. Must be the wind la.
For your viewing/auditory pleasure!!!
" A Whole New World" by Nick Pitera
"One Sweet Day" by the same guy.
note: original singers were mariah carey & Boys II Men. One of my favourite songs. =)
But this is just appalling.
"Part of your world" by the same guy AGAIN.
It's a song from The Little Mermaid, I guess?
Hmm disney songs are quite nice, ya. But this is sick!!! Oh my.
THIS IS JUST RADICAL!
AMAZING!
or even nauseating, if you abhor androgynous people.
When I started this blog in sec 3, I only told it to around 3 friends. Later, I told my blog address to a few more close friends.
My initial intention was for this blog to be... uh... only known to a very small, selected group of people. So that I would be able to post anything I wanted. Even secrets.
But for some reason, word has spread, and now a super whole big load of people know of this blog.
Crap lah. Thanks to my previous post, almost half of my class knows of some clandestine thoughts of mine.
If you're trying to figure out what it is, TOO BAD! I've deleted a section of my previous post which has caused a barely noticeable undercurrent of commotion among the girls (and some guys) in class.
Dang. Should be more careful in the future.
hahaha shuhui please don't feel bad! I'm not referring to you. But other people. K, cannot mention who, in case I offend YET ANOTHER person.
Really really hope jen's twin brother still thinks that his life is running as per normal.
On another note, I am going to feel very out of place in my grouping for the SCREAM halloween trail this saturday at 10pm.
there's going to be
-hongyao
-hongyao's girlfriend, jasmine
-chuan khim
-junlin
-the super uber don't-belong-here-xinyi
wahlau. Who am I going to clutch on unforgivingly to without any reservations when I see a fake councillor-ghost? None of the 6c girls are in my group la. Oh noooo.
these 2 days have been horrible for me and my psychological health. (LOL GP compre.)
but some people have brought much-welcomed happiness/laughter/fun/ice-cream/butter toast into my life when I felt like crap... and I don't care if they have done it because they knew of my emotional state or simply out of nice-ness. I just want to thank them for making my life better this week.
In chronological order, thank you...
08S6C
for eating my cookies, haha. Hope most of you enjoyed it. And hope Shu Hui doesn't taste any more ghost raisins in them.
Chuan Khim
for playing Puzzle Freak on http://www.y8.com/ with me during PW after I got back the %$$%# physics paper. Hahaha hope you didn't get addicted!
Yi Ting
for... you know what you did on Monday. hahaha I don't think it will work out in the end, but thanks for your help. =D don't be too sad about what happened today k? I will try to help you when I can. Hee.
Mr How
For telling us that "it is not what you CAN achieve, it's whether you WANT to achieve it.". I will work hard next year and pwn the rest, man. Whoo! hope you will still be our CT in 2009.
Jen Lee
for consoling me and being by my side when I broke down in school today. And for the very long and enjoyable dialogue (ie bitching session, HAHA!) we had before our Chinese lesson. Thank you so much for being such a great friend!
Nina
for treating me to ben & jerry's and the hk cafe toast today at white sands,(which already cost a bomb) even though you had tuition at 8.30pm. And for window-shopping for hair accessories with me today. (even though I didn't buy anything in the end to save $)
I feel very bad for taking up so much of your resources... ie time and money. Thanks so much for what you did for me today, I really appreciated it, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell you how much I wanted to thank you just now, because I am really very moved. I'm actually sobbing out of happiness as I type this paragraph, you don't know how much it meant to me, even though I know I looked very dao when I was with you... and didn't have much to say. (was quite sian and disappointed with my grades) Sorry Nina!!! But I was forcing myself to NOT CRY in front of you just now. Thanking you was all I could manage without shedding a slightest drop of a tear.
As I walked past the ez-link gantry thingy in the MRT station, I couldn't bring myself to turn back and say bye to you again. And I regret that, for that, I am sorry. I was on the brink of tears at that instant.
In spite of the fact that I got A1 for O level English, I'm bad with words, especially spoken ones, for I lack courage and emotional strength to tell others how I really feel.
Hence, I wrote this post. So that I wouldn't have to cry in front of you.
And thanks so so so much for enlightening me about how our parents feel and think.
Our parents usually want the best for us.
I'm so immature. Sharks.
There is so much more to life than grades.
Our grades are not the only determining factor of our worth.
Wah biang, since when I become so emotional ah???
Still crying.
Wo hao gan dong.
There isn't really another word in the english language which can replace the word 'thanks', so I'm gonna use chinese!
Nina, XIE XIE NI!!! =') <-- smiling while crying, lol
I must also have done something very very good to the society in my past life to be worthy to be your friend.
aaaah the tears just keep flooding my eyes like the Niagara Falls.
hmm the rivers seem to have run dry now.
Oh ya, we must not forget my 2 seniors who have helped me pull through these 2 days with their smses. Hehe.
Jeannie
Thanks for your encouragement!!! Paiseh, I kept spamming you with sms rantings about my lousy promo results. Shall stop irritating you already, hehe. I failed to continue your legacy this year, but I will fight very hard to get a hc diploma next year! Jiayou for A levels!!!
DO TKGS PROUD!!!!! =D
Philip
Sorry for bugging you with smses everyday, haha.(hmm I doubt you are going to read this!!! I should really stop irritating you, too. =P) But it is really interesting to learn more about J2 from your smses. And not to mention your awe-inspiring hobbies! As you mentioned, it's full steam ahead from now until 20th November. Jiayou for A levels!!!
It's an arduous journey.
But I believe that the both of you have what it takes to complete it. =)
Press on, you can do it!
Was expecting at least a B for physics, because I thought the paper was manageable. But I ended up with a measly 53/100.
WAHLAUUU
History repeats itself; the same thing happened for my math promos. (53/100 too.)
WAHLAUUU I am damn sad and angry at myself. I came into HC with big dreams and a good O level score, I wanted to do H3 physics/econs. That dream has now been obliterated by my laziness this year.
That's why... I only have myself to blame. Sorry Jeannie, I let you down.
I let TKGS down.
I let my PARENTS down.
I let MYSELF down.
You've heard about yo-yo dieting, right? Well, I perform yo-yo mugging. (ever since sec 1)
example:
term 1: slack
term 2: slack
mid year exam: study 2 weeks before
term 3: slack LESS
term 4: slack LESSER
final year exam: pia 2 weeks before
This method, which is EXACTLY what sane teachers and friends tell you NOT to use to achieve good grades, has served me pretty well... That is, until the O levels started looming over us. Ok, I usually do okay for internal exams. Not anything fantastic though.
Out of laziness, I have also employed the same tactic for JC1. Whoops, looks like it didn't work out!!!
*splashes self with ice water to remove steam fuming from ears*
Will emulate chuan khim's behaviour and start studying for some J2 topics as soon as I am done with OP and chinese.
