out with the (not so) old, in with the new,

and out goes my dad's savings.

*embarassed smile*

The samsonite schoolbag I bought in December got ripped on Monday... alllll thanksssss to that GP file. The gaping hole at the base is huge enough to let a GC fall through. Great quality. -_- Maybe my A for Chinese fell out through that hole too. Ended up getting a B/Merit. Damn sian. But oh well I will not dwell on that any further, because I still can get As for everything else. And I must now do my best for SSEF!

Ok the previous part was just crapping, the reason why I wrote this post is BECAUSE.....
*dramatic drumroll*

Daddy bought me a new schoolbag yesterday morning! =D WHEE! Thank you daddy! (that sounded very childish) And I love it even more than my...my... my... ermmm, ok, he's not mine. =( (hint hint. ahem.)

http://www.selectit.jp/item_acce/xpac-bag_crumpler_japan-pink.php
http://www.crumpler.jp/ginza/page/2
Pictures shamelessly koped from a Japanese Crumpler website.


*takes a deep breath*
The Barney Rustle Blanket by Crumpler! What a long, nonsensical, but cute name.
Bought the royal blue/hot pink one. =D It was a difficult decision between these 2 colours. But the shade of blue matches that of somebody's schoolbag. ;) HAHA!!! no lah, the pink one was kinda plain.

Barney is a dinosaur from our imagination

And when he's tall

he's what we call a dinosaur sensation

Barney's friends are big and small

they come from lots of places

after school they meet to play

and sing with happy faces

Oops, I'm guilty of rambling nonsense again...

Train of thought: (The logo is bubblegum pink! SO CUTE!!! MUST BUY!!! XD)

Yar it's supposed to be some limited edition bag in Japan. But interestingly, it's available in the crumpler store at raffles city. The Japanese must be feeling cheated now. But then again, how limited is 'limited'? 1million would also be 'limited' righttt...

Oh! The sales assistant there was very helpful too. =)

$163, painful but well spent. =D Will take very good care of my new love, and leave my old love to take care of himself. Hmph. (LOL)

At first it looked too small for school use, but after I went home and loaded all my academic junk in, I realised that everything fit in very nicely-with some room left! =D Happy! It's like we were meant to be together!

(Omg, crapping again.)

Just learnt that it's also built to accomodate camera equipment. Hmmm just perfect for my future DSLR. Ahh, bliss. No no no. I shall only buy a DSLR if I get an average grade of C for block test 1. (err, quite unlikely)

Btw this brand has some of the loudest velcros you've ever heard. Many people are complaining about this online. So this idea of theirs is really ingenious!

K. Shall stop gushing about my bag and get on with my sad overworked life.

Happy mugging for blocks, everyone!

senior treat junior!

The NTU mechanical engineering glider challenge turned out to be a bit of a bore at the beginning. *hint*shuai chairman of ASME in NTU.*hint* HAHA! Watching mythbusters was fun, though. But the climax came at the end, when we were building our gliders out of balsa wood (shockingly soft and light, like styrofoam!) and later went on the stage to launch it with this rubber band thingy. Had a good laugh anyway. =D

My group's plane did okay, except for my lousy launch which resulted in an embarassing 1 point for that shot. (paiseh...) Thanks to Sihao for wishing my group good luck before we went on stage... hehe. =) His group's giant plane (hmm maybe not as giant as PJC's) did really well on their last shot, which was unfortunately not one of those counted in the competition. In fact, it was one of the 2 planes which managed to smack the main door of the hall! 100 points! Simply amazing. No idea how Sihao managed to shoot the plane off so well the 5th time round. Sigh, it was really dependent on your luck la. Not a very scientific way of launching.


Later went for STJ... because Jen persuaded me to! Haha! But I didn't regret my decision. Had fun watching hongyao's antics (never fails to entertain), watching people bbq (ok actually only one person only la...hehehe...), talking to the girls, watching jingbin proposing to junlin while holding back my tears (from laughing, HAHAH! no wonder junlin looked so sad the whole night la. only got guy propose to him. haiyou.), playing the silly yet strangely entertaining shoot/shag/marry game within the "circle of trust" (or rather those who stayed till the end. about 10 of us?).

A lot of secrets revealed ya... I revealed 2, but only one of them was unknown to everyone. Hmm the other one you all know la hor. Not exciting de.Except for the other person involved. Hmmmm. ck's eyecandy. HMMM. That game really lets you know how the extent of your popularity in school. Shall stop talking about it here, because I don't want to bitch publicly. Heh heh.

And just another thing which deserves its own paragraph.

I ate roasted marshmallows for the first time in my life yesterday. WHY HAVE I NOT EATEN IT EARLIER??? XD Thank you Pearlynne for roasting it for me. Hehe =)

Did something adventurous yesterday night. Shouted BYE 'caveman' (replace 'caveman' with the name of a person) loudly as he was leaving. But he didn't even turn back. Wha lau ehhhh. Obviously ignoring me, right!? Apparently, my goodbye wasn't audible... (but I thought I was shouting!) Although I must say that it felt good. I've never dared to say bye to him for sooo many times in school. So many times, that I sometimes regret not doing it.

Now that I've tried to say it, he blatantly neglects it. Booo. Oh well, nevermind! I like doing things spontaneously! =D Shall do it more often in the future. HAHA. Oh. He was carrying a diesel sling bag la. Quite unlike him hur. Always had the impression that guys who wear Diesel are the cool/beng/shuai type. (oops I'm stereotyping) He was in a solemn mood the whole night... could my presence be causing him to feel dejected? Or do guys have pms too? Who knows?

Wahhh I just wrote 2 full paragraphs on caveman even though he is not even my friend.
I feel kinda sad for him, honestly.
What's bothering you?
I'll never find out.

What's wrong with me?

Perhaps it's just a branch of chemistry that can't be explained by Nobel laureates.

where would I be without you?

yep I had a rough day today.
a sinusoidal mood is something we all should avoid at all costs.
sorry if this post is incoherent, because it's reflecting my fluctuating emotions.

a few moments ago, I was venting my frustrations at some gwai-lou. every single detail of his face is deeply etched in the recycle bin section of my memory. I wanna delete it, bcos I can't sleep.
jiang ying said that it's not worth getting angry over such people.
hmm, she's right. he's of no significance in my life anyway.

jen, nicole, shuhui, pea, lutheng, nina, jiang ying.

now that I've listed all your names down in chronological order, I realise that there are many many people out there who care. Versus the number of people who hate me.

(The peculiar thing is that I'm crying as I'm typing this, not as I was typing the previous post.)

Thank you Nicole, for your hug. Thank you Jen, for your hug and unreserved support. (you had lots of fun today, right! XD ) Thank you Pea and Shuhui for just being there for me at that time. Thank you Lu theng, for counselling me and listening to my incessant whining. Thank you Nina, for spending so much of your precious free time with me, and sharing with me so many of your experiences. (and also the ice cream, haha =D made me feel a lot better. Sorry that everytime we meet for ice cream, I'm the unstable one.) Thank you Jiang ying, for consoling me and bringing me to my senses somewhat. And also for offering to pass up my file. =) Thank you caveman, for your chocs. LOL.

No idea why I always start my prolonged crying at home, not in public. Guess the peace and quiet of home makes me constantly rewind and play back the day's events. I'm so weak. Or maybe I just had a moment of epiphany... that I have more friends than I thought.

This must be why some say that it's good to count your blessings. It makes you feel very fortunate and contented.

I've not made many friendships in my life, but most of them are extremely close to my heart.
Some people make a deep impression in your life. One that moulds you to become who you are today. Friends do this gently and imperceptibly. Villians do this...violently, of course.

And with each experience with such people, we walk out of the situation a changed person.

I love you all. =) looking foward to the NTU mechanical challenge tomorrow. Friends aside, science is my life, dude. You can't change that.

a rough day.

what happened during GP today was my fault. Yes. Bad time planning.
I admit that I have been doing ssef and any other subject other than yours.

You wanna talk to my form teacher? You wanna complain to my parents?
I've got no qualms about it. Go ahead. It was my fault, I'd deserve that if you really wanted to do it.

But demerit points... well that's kinda extreme.
However, the thought of demerit points is not what made me break down. It was your threat of preventing me from participating in the SSEF. You got me there, gwai lou. That's what means the most to me right now. The stress piling up over the weeks... And now your emotional blackmail. It made me spill all my accumulated emotions. And I thank you for somewhat relieving my stress... and making me feel crappy in the process.

All I sought for was your kind understanding, really. I wasn't testing your patience (because you have none for me to test anyway) and I know who you are. You're my subject tutor. Period. Being head of the department doesn't intimidate me, gwai lou. Don't try that lame "do you know who I am" tactic on me, it's simply showing your lack of self confidence. Try saying that to Bill Gates, dude. People who are of a higher social status never have to say that. For people with real substance, things speak for themselves.

Besides, at this ripe age, you should have understood that the true value of a person does not depend on his social position. It's a person's heart. Mdm Seah may not be the head of the art/humanities department, but she is a great person, and we all respect and love her for that.

I thought you knew more than me. But I was wrong.
And you are wrong about yourself.

There were simply too many times you showed us your true colours.
When you verbally humiliated people indirectly.
When you told my friend to "shut up" when he wanted to raise the temperature of the air-con for the welfare of the class.
Thanks man, gwai lou. I'll prove you wrong. As I did to a few unreasonable teachers from my secondary school.
And maybe one day, you'll regret doing this me.

Wait... I'll turn that "maybe" in that previous sentence into "surely".
In time to come, you'll see. And you'll regret. Deeply. =)




I feel so much better after suan-ing you.

sleep is precious

whoa. SSEF is driving my group nuts. I'm going almonds and cashews. Help!
Other than hewei, we are the only other people who can help us. Reality check in place.
This is the craziest time in hc I've ever experienced so far.
I actually chionged the Time Tunnel while sitting in the bus, and continued to scribble furiously even when standing in the MRT.
My sanity has gone on a vacation.

Julia, congratulations for finishing your exams! Take a good break, chill out. Because you deserve it! =D

Reached home at 9.30pm, and quickly proceeded to wolf my dinner down. (howl....howl...) It was one of those moments when you're too mentally exhausted to even sense hunger. But the first spoonful of rice broke me out of the inertia. Hehe, I rarely eat this quickly. Just wanted to quickly get over with the daily chores of eating and bathing, so that I could get started on the GP homework, study for chem SPA tomorrow, and prepare for tomorrow's mock presentation at NUS.

My eyelids feel like lead.
My mind is a void.
But 2 functions still exist within it.

#define PlaySnd(x) _PlaySnd(x,(long)&SNDTBL_MYBRAIN,256)

keepEyesOpen()
{
just keep my eyelids apart!
}

keepWriting()
{
I leave this to your imagination.
}

void main()
{
keepEyesOpen ();
keepWriting();
PlaySnd(SND_yawnnn);
}

It's a loop that we all can't escape from.


P.S. the #define part was koped from our Sensory coding. Hahaha =D Don't you miss coding?

analogies.

you're a walking slurpee.
You give me a brainfreeze whenever you're near.

And suddenly, my mental clockwork comes to a standstill.
I don't know what to say to you.
You may look away in fear,
Hmm what else could happen this year?

This is not rhyming.

(I'm bored!)

My mortal has stopped replying to me. Hmmm he has probably realised the rare coincidence occurring here. =)

Nina! I can't wait to meet you... But our schedules are really packed. Sigh.

On a more colourful note, there was a huge full rainbow outside my house today.

Rainbow after the rain.

I wish you were here to see it with me. =)

tag reply

k I couldn't fall asleep so here's my reply to chuankhim!

haha our water bottles are the only 'food items' allowed... other than our packet lunch? =P
maybe can serve ice water instead.

ARGHHH I'M DAMN NOOB AT THIS! frustrating!!!! >_<

thought of printing a huge board of the teddy bear's head. And paste it right smack on top of the booth, so that it sticks right out of it, and you can spot our booth from Changi. HAHA! Science centre never say cannot stick things on top, although they did mention that we can't put anything beyond our booth.

anyway, thanks for your advice! =) Hwachong ppl are very creative indeed. And slightly annoying to judges, I suppose. =D Hehehe.


argh I'm very stressed. Want to sleep also cannot fall asleep. =/
Hope tmr will be a better day.
Can't wait to meet nina again this week. =)

and when you get it, you feel like getting rid of it.

tag reply to [not THAT Jen]:

Omg, someone free my digital neck from your merciless virtual hands! (gags and breathes for air) So do you want to have toh-paz's picture removed from my blog? hehehe...

Oh ya it's ok for me to be super obvious now, because if this doesn't work out, errm... well at least I tried. Haha! And also I am not a high-profile person in school, so my blog isn't that widely-read...I think. Anyway caveman won't read my blog also la... =) Let's hope so!


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Yes, yes... me and my hyped-up emotions about the SSEF briefing today.

I shouldn't have been looking forward to the briefing. It only made my group feel stressed, and pressured my brains into a pile of sludge. You got that right. Sludge.

The next 3 weeks will be the craziest 3 weeks I'm gonna ever have in school.

Here's the brief breakdown of what's going to happen!
(of course, if I add in all the details, it's going to be really daunting)

Tuesday, 10 March: Set-up day (2pm-4.30pm)

Wednesday, 11 March: Judging day (8.15am-6pm) AND ALSO Econs block test 1

Thursday, 12 March: Public Exhibition day (11.30am-5pm) AND ALSO GP block test 1, if I remembered correctly.

Friday, 13 March: Physics Block test 1


That's right! We only have 2 weeks to complete the gigantic poster for the presentation AND prepare ourselves for the presentation AND improve our verbal crapping skills and diplomatic skills to impress the 3 judges who will be interrogating us. AND... a whole mount everest of other tasks to complete. (including studying for the block tests, which I probably will do very little of =P) It's PW all over again!!! What have we gotten ourselves into?

We need lots of advice on how to go about doing the giant poster... It's very important in the presentation! Sigh. Ya I want to ask caveman but it might make him feel sad. Do you know anyone else who has been in SSEF before?? =/ It's an engineering project, so the conventional rules for a poster are not very relevant. HMMM maybe we could score on the creativity points that way. =D We already have some tricks up our sleeves... Such as offering the judges free canned drinks. Hehehehehe...

Weird, how I can get something I really wanted, and later have a strong urge to abandon it.

hmm. No no no no no... I must work hard for SSEF and the blocks. Lutheng's right. Let's go for the gold! =D
WE CAN DO THIS!
WE CAN DO THIS!
WE CAN DO THIS!

YES WE CAN! =D

not punk'd, but gotcha!

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.)

hongyao's artistic expressions, expressing his disdain for... the 'bird man'.

he is serenading jen from a distance. awhhh


no, caveman is not my current handphone wallpaper, this cute little guy is!

SSEF briefing tomorrow! Can't wait man. =D

ssef results - luck or what?

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?

nua...

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.

tears of... laughter

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.

interesting v-day presents

hilarious...


The fake engagement ring. Click here to find out more.



For good chemistry students. Aptly shaped as a sphere... like atoms. Click here to find out more.

Sponsorship? Anyone?

a blur squid.

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.

Ambi and us in happier times... specifically, on the day of 6c class chalet.

(it was working fine!) Thanks to Hewei for his DSLR and Qingzhong for taking the pic for us. hehe (it's a private joke only we understand.)

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

我知道.

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.

tag replies

[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

memorable quotes; unforgettable moments.

"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 =)

as promised.

The Centad Journey.

1) Rush to NUS in the morning. And encounter odd behaviour in the MRT once in a while, such as this old man hanging his blue umbrella on the metal pole to dry. Secretly take pics of such acts.

2) Settle down at workbench. Lament to everyone about how much work there is to do, and also about how difficult C programming is. Update http://ambi-robot.pbwiki.com

And then get cracking!!!

It's programming time.

3) November: Stare in awe and amazement while lutheng and hewei attempt to fix the PWM.

December: Show empathy for lutheng as she tries her very best to finish the sound localization program.

Digital oscilloscopes are an engineer's best friend!

4) Laugh at the severely mutilated teddy bear in the lab, and take pics of it.

(btw that's hewei's foot. haha!)

5) Return home at 7pm+++. Attempt to take artistic pictures while waiting for the bus.

(hmm I remember the day when we finished at 10.45pm! really exhausting.)

Repeat the above 5 steps for about 1.5 months and you get...

6) The final product! Ta-dah! =D We are all very proud of Ambi. Hehe cute right.


And as soon as 2009 became a reality...

we had to finish chionging our research paper for SSEF.

Yet another gruelling task which we managed to complete just before school reopened.

Hooray for last minute work!!!

(haha to be honest, we worked very hard on the report in the 1st week of January.)

As soon as our school reopens, we had to chiong to finish filling up ALL the registration forms and what-nots for SSEF. SIGH.

Anyways, our written report, which... again... we are very proud of. Hahahahaha that sounded really egoistic.

Picture taken by Jiang Ying, with Lu Theng holding down the papers while she took a pic. We were at the benches outside the library, and it was ridiculously windy!

(hmm it has been REALLY windy in hci... sometimes I feel my head getting displaced to the side)

Jiang ying is very pleased about the cover page which she created!

Damn professional-looking right? Right??? =D

NICE!

WHOOHOOOO!!! Done with SSEF. Kinda!

Lu theng later asked if we wanted to participate in ISYF, but err we had to create another new powerpoint for that. Eh...but we are really really sick with chionging for SSEF already la. So we decided to give it a miss. Heck with it! =D

The next step is to wait for the science centre to reply us... Hope our project gets accepted. =D Junlin said it's easy to get into the exhibition but quite hard to win a medal. Lu theng says that they will spam us with LOTS of weird questions (like hewei did to us!!!) so we have to 'cover all grounds'. The ground must be quite shy.

Hewei has really been a great mentor and friend to us throughout this journey. We couldn't have done anything to do with robotics without him! Thank you Hewei!

Haha a funny thing I realised is that the 3 of us get along well together. Which is great, because I never knew that we would become friends after this project.

Anyway if we get shortlisted, we should really go out for a celebration dinner! =)

And talking about food.......

julia's birthday party!
this thursday, 15 Jan 2009

swensens [Marina Square]

we had the heck of a time trying to locate this place! The directory in the shopping mall wasn't very helpful either. Haha... We were left with 45 mins to devour our ice cream at first... or so we thought. But the service there was kinda slow.which meant that we only had <30mins>

Didn't know that you can get free ice cream there on your birthday!

Ju fanning away the wispy trails of smoke emanating from the candle.

Happy birthday girl!

The choc ice cream I ordered. With chun taking pics in the background.

"Don't attack my ice cream!"

Jael making a glam pose with the ice cream.
Hehe
The time we spent there was short but sweet. Pun intended. =)

1st week of school. new colours shown, more undone homework.

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. =)

behold, the power of the internet.

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!

Coincidentally, I got news from my JC junior that Hwa Chong is implementing certain revamp to the school too. Our beloved students' lounge, more affectionately known as Fishtank, will vanish. Replacement is still not made known.

There will be changes to the entire canteen since there is a change of the canteen operator. My beloved eel rice from that Japanese food stall will cease to exist; ditto for Xiao Mi Mi （笑咪咪） economical rice stall; even Candy Yong Tau Foo has to go.

The bookshop auntie is evicted from the school too. She's probably the biggest loser from this revamp saga. Not only did she receive very little notification of the termination of her lease, the school did not even take into consideration of her many years with Hwa Chong.

To think that Hwa Chong has always boast itself to have a warmth and amicable environment, the sheer coldness that the administration has given to the bookshop auntie

is indeed an apt illustration of what the term "irony" truly means.

Whatever happened to 人情味？ We've lost that in this incident. We probably had lost it long ago, long before I could even realise.

原本弥漫整个华中校园的浓浓人情味，似乎早已飘散了。取而代之的，是人性里最冰冷绝情的贪婪与市侩。看来再伟大的治校使命与原则，也抵挡不过金钱利益上的诱惑。讽刺，讽刺啊！

uh ya.Just to digress a little. In case you want background info about this guy... Terence Heng. He got a perfect score for the A levels. One of the 63 perfect scorers. Wahhh... xian4 mu4 ah... (sorry can't find an IME for vista, have to stick with hanyu pinyin) Okok sorry for daydreaming about perfect scores. I don't even qualify for H3, how to get 'perfect score' huh?? SIGH, zibei. Nvm, I swear I will work my brain and tired right hand up to their breaking points in J2! Heck about H3, THAT PERFECT SCORE WILL BE MINEEEEEE!!!

and MIT will open its golden gates for me to be educated within its mythical ivory dome with other evil geniuses.

muahahhahahahaaa

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ok, reality check. the MIT part is highly unlikely to happen.

sorry ah, back to the topic.

we've all heard about the fishtank issue during the forum, so I'm not going to say much about it. and the comparison between canteen food in HC and TKGS is akin to comparing HDTV showing a blu-ray movie and the screen of your scientific calculator, so I'm going to drop that topic too.

(although I will somewhat miss xiao mi mi a little)

I've heard about the bookshop auntie's predicament a few months ago from some classmates, but never did I expect it to be for real. She has been with hc for a really long time, and it's hard to imagine how it would be like to visit the bookstore without her anymore.

This guy illustrated his thoughts vividly in the last paragraph, which was written in Chinese. I really admire how well he expressed his emotions, it made me feel somewhat ashamed of being a hc-ian.

Even though my language abilities are not of a high standard, I have found another way to express my thoughts: to let the school's values and beliefs do the talking.

Just take a look at the school's philosophy.

Underlining our mission is our corporate resolve to achieve our goals in an environment of joy, teamwork, integrity, excellence and resilience, while keeping a global perspective. Together, these form our school values.

Our Values:

Joy

We aim to make learning and teaching a joyous experience as joy brings about enthusiasm, optimism and passion for living. We also seek to bring joy to others.

Teamwork

We value people and relationships. We believe in teamwork, so as to harness the unique strengths and expertise of staff, and the potential of every student for individual and group success.

Integrity

We abide by our principles: our thoughts and actions are always guided by what is good, just and honourable.

Global Perspective

We take a global perspective while remaining rooted to our nation. In learning and teaching, we keep abreast of global developments and are open to innovative ideas and practices.

Excellence

We seek to set benchmarks of excellence. We strive for continual improvement in performance. Our performance targets are long term and sustainable.

Resilience

We regard adversity as an opportunity. When breaking new ground or faced with challenges in our learning journey, our perseverance, fortitude and tenacity will enable us to press ahead with our quest for excellence.

(shakes head)

A "corporate resolve". Can't agree more, huh. Sometimes, I think the school is being run like a business organization with a CEO, a Board of Directors, and all. But they're not entirely at fault for doing so, because...well...it can help to save costs.

To me, at this point of time in my life, 人情味 is more important than money.

But I cannot influence my ideals upon others.

Some people value money over morals.

Hope that my morals will not take flight if I ever become a high-flyer at work.

Many of us strive for efficiency and excellence. This is even more evident in the corporate world, particularly in big firms. But while we attempt to maniacally ascend the ladder of success in a state of freneticism, we should not forget those who have helped us up along the way. These people are like the rungs of a ladder; deceptively simple and forgettable, and yet undeniably indispensible. They quietly assist you in reaching your goals and dreams without asking for anything in return. Reaching the top would be a task of Herculean proportions with the termination of their existence; that is, unless you are really good at climbing up lamp posts.

When taking part in sports activities which require you to leave the ground far below you, people often tell us to not look down so as to negate the paralysing effects of a fear of heights.

But when it comes to the ladder of success, maybe, just maybe, we should take a glance down after every few steps, and thank the austere, taciturn rungs of the ladder below you.

Show your appreciation today.

should i be happy over my SAT results?

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

so... it's going to be a merry christmas for me after all. or not?

Lady Antebellum - Lookin' For A Good Time

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.

Bored

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

TAGGED!

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.

jetlag. zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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

we're all in this together~~ but hey! where's the end?

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...

If only there were potions in the world like in maplestory.

We would simply take a gulp, and feel energized again.

just some pics =)

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

what a coincidence

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.

letting you know that I exist!

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.)

this is going to get very incoherent.

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 people closest to us are often the most alien

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. :)