I GOT MY SECOND PHASE!!!! I finally passed the test! Guess 3rd time lucky does work:) Now, all I have to do is clock up 25 hrs then I can get my license for REAL!! Am super excited!!

I can't wait to go home!! Can't wait to see you all!! Am going to go for that AJ & CJ combined concert since I'll be back. Lots of rehearsals to go for speech night AKA grad night. Okay, nothing much to do now. Better go back so sleep because I woke up at 5:45am this morning for the test...zzzzzz

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MY TEE EXAMS ARE OVER!!! YAY!! I've been waiting for this day for SOOOOO LONG!!!! (Caps lock abuse muahahahaha)

Sorry this took a little longer to post. Am currently leaching off the neighbour's internet so it's not very reliable and therefore I can't be online so often:(

I can't wait to go back to SG!!! Can't wait to see all of you~!! I can come and stay over for X'mas! YAY!! GGX, Shrek and Katamari!!!! Can't wait for that~~ Just 3 weeks more~ I'll be back on 10th dec and staying right through till mid feb this time yay:)

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PRELIMS ARE OVER!!! But my main exam is starting in 2 weeks!! NOOOOOO! And I'm getting my exam papers back on Monday too. Not good at all. I can't wait for my exams to be over. 4 more weeks! I've been counting. So near and yet so far...

Well, I actually decided to blog today because:
1. I have updated in some time
2. Something unfair to my poor mum at the eating place today *pat pat*

We were at Spencer village having dinner with Nicola and her mum. My mum went to order her beef noodles (which she ALWAYS had whenever she came here to eat). They told her that she had to wait for half and hour. That's not too bad because they're pretty good. So, after what we thought was half and hour, the food DID NOT come and I was actually getting really suspicious about it and told my mum to go and check with the person she ordered with whether they forgot her order. APPARENTLY then delivered the food TO THE WRONG TABLE. That table DID NOT even order that and they were happily eating away. I felt like showing the middle finger. What kind of freaking ARSEHOLES are they?! They didn't even pay for it and YET THEY ACCEPTED THE FOOD!! Where are their manners? Usually if you didn't order it, you'd say that it is not yours. Bloody idiots. They didn't deserve a free meal. THOSE ARE THE ASIANS THAT GIVE NICE ASIANS LIKE US A BAD NAME!! (Sorry about the caps abuse. It's like an outlet for me) I felt pretty bad for my mum. Luckily she managed to get her noodles though. So dumb. Guess we won't be going back there for some time now. The people there don't seem too nice. And since it's a hawker centre, you'll end up smelling like what you eat anyway. Meh, they're many more places where we can eat - like Taurus.

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My dad's absolutely obsessed with sinks. He makes sure that we HAVE to dry it or else we'll get watermarks which make it look ugly. Sheesh. It's just a sink. It's going to get dirty anyway. How strange and weird. He can't bear seeing TINY scratches in pots as well. I guess it's all in the 'package' of getting new stuff for a new house. We've got a house in perth where I am currently at the moment. Don't wanna go back to the BH(boarding house) unless I really have to. We just need furniture. Good thing the neighbours have wireless or else I would be SUPER bored for 2 weeks without the internet:(

Mocks are next week. SO not ready for econs. I don't even know why I'm still doing it. All my other subjects are so much better than it (even English-and that is saying something) Not much longer. Hopefully I just pass. That'll actually be the BEST day of my life. Nov 7th - Econs TEE. I will be GRATEFUL once the exam is over. Just teng juu until then...

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What is wrong with the smell of fish? Fish is BRAIN FOOD!!! No wonder some Aussies aren't as smart as they think. It's so freaking insulting!!! I can't even eat my meal in peace where people are acting as if they're gonna die if they smell just a whiff of it. Stupid bitches (excuse the language). I can't wait for school to actually end so I can get out here. These people really don't know what they're missing. I just feel like going home now... The end of the school year seems so far away. Just 2 more months but that's 8 weeks which is 56 days!!!

Some idiotic boarders. I used to think they're okay. Guess I was right about some of them being complete bitches (pardon the language. I'm just really upset right now). What's wrong with fragrant food? That's what makes food smell nice!! Just because they're not used to the smell of seafood... doesn't mean it's like poison. No wonder they say that one man's meat is another man's poison. Except it's not really poisonous. FREAKING IDIOTS!!! I JUST WANT TO GO OUT AND STAY OUT!!!! FAR AWAY FROM THESE PEOPLE!!!! AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!! I CAN'T STAND THEM ANYMORE!!!!!!!

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It's been so long since I last updated. Just don't really know what to say anymore. School's been really hectic and we've just been having lots of tests and preparation for the main exam in Nov. We're supposed to finish the course by the end of the month but I highly doubt that is actually going to happen. We've finished almost all for Calculus but that's about it. Almost done for Econs. I LONG for the day I have my Econs final exam. I want to CHUCK my books out the window!!! Except that I've got one of the year 11s buying my books. Have got a year 10 to buy my old year 11 books. Shall find more year 11s to buy my current books. Don't know what I'm going to do with them if I don't get rid of them...

I can't wait to actually leave school!! I actually want to come back and do tutoring next year to earn some extra pocket money. Maybe charge $25/hour. At least it's half the price of the current maths tutors which are $60-70/hour. I'll come back and tutor chem and maths. Sounds good:) Hopefully uni won't be as stressful as this. Applying for uni is SO tedious. Every decision I make is crucial because I came here to save a year so I don't make up for it, there's no point. What a life!!

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This week has been so packed. I've been practising my titration for the competition next tues. Need all the luck I can get. It's individual and we need to find the EXACT concentration after standardising a know NaOH formula and then find the correct mass of Potassium Hydrogen Phalate(sp?) (KHP) Too confusing for my brain and the titration is killing me. We're using phenolphthalein as our indicator and I keep imaging the pink when I'm not supposed to... It affects my end point SO much.

I just want this term to be over!! I don't mind having the exams now. At least I'll get them over and done with. Apparently I now have a high Young's modulus because I'm not showing visible signs of strain. Most people will be stressing about simple tests. Have been numbed by the education system of Singapore. At least they're good at SOMETHING - Increasing our Young's moduluses haha. I feel like a physics freak. Our teacher told us once that it would be so good just to look out of the window and NOT think about physics. He said it's due to the fact that he's been teaching for too long. I was thinking: I'm not even teaching and I already think about the physics behind everything!! ARGH!!! I feel like a super-freak:(

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I'm glad the power is back on. We had a blackout yesterday. For at least 3 HOURS!!! WTF???? That is pathetic efficiency. How can they allow houses to go without power for that long? From 6:45pm all the way till 9/10+ Had to eat in candlelight and shower in the dark. At least they water was still warm. I've never been so bored in the LONGEST time. Borrowed Nicola's guitar and I realised how BAD I've become at guitar because I haven't been playing for the past 2 years. I really need to repractise my notes. Shall try to start playing solo pieces during the december holidays. Need to find good songs so that I can practise more strumming. I don't want to lose my guitar skills!!!

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I need to continue undating so I can keep you all informed. Or else I'll seem like I'm cutting myself off when I'm not...

Waitressed at a school rowing dinner on Saturday. It was kinda fun: Saw other rower-friends. It wasn't a hard job. We just had to bring out the food without spilling and then clear up the tables. The best part is, if there was extra dessert, we could have it!! The apple shroudel(sp?) was DELICIOUS. I really pitied those who were on the 40-hr famine that weekend. Poor kids... Didn't want to tempt them with all the good food. The pay was pretty good too - $10/hr so in total we got $40 even though I bet we were there for only 3.5 hours. We got ice-cream after as well. Shall consider doing this again. It'll help me in my plan to save up to buy a new phone and save so that one day I'll have enought $$$ to buy a car (the latter will take at least a year I think)

Sunday was UWA (Uni of Western Aust) open day. Got there in the afternoon and bolted away from the group. It's SO much easier to move around alone. If you stay with a group you'll have to agree where to go and it'll slow you down especially since I only have 3 hrs and 9 talks of 45 min each to go to. How I wish I could clone myself. Have decided to do a bachelor of science in UWA. Though I'd still prefer to do biomedicine in Melb Uni though. If I get a scholarship in Melb Uni then it'll probably be a yes to melb but it's too distracting there that I'm not sure. Besides, we have a house in perth so I guess I might stay here. Shall just study and let fate take its course. God will decide where he wants to put me. I remember once in Sec 2 when Aya did some palm reading for me. She said, "Your palm has many branched out lines so your life will be very eventful". Yeah... My life IS getting very eventful at the moment. I have NO idea where to go for Uni next year. Accomodation is absolutely HARD to find. Mum will NOT let me stay with a friend cos it'll be too distracting. Aya-san, if you DO happen to go to Melb Uni, could I convince my mum that I live with you and your sis? But I don't want to be too much of a hassle. That seems to be one of my very common phrases nowadays. When I need to go to church on weekends - I ask family friends to take me out and see if I can stay over IF I'm not too much of a hassle. Guess no one wants me. I don't even have a proper place to stay. I get KICKED out of the boarding house every 5 weeks and I have to find a place OR become a squatter for the weekend. Not a good idea cos I'll freeze outside in the presence of this cold winter air.

This is getting to be a VERY long entry. I've still got more to write about though:) I've been having a few driving lessons lately. Learnt how to reverse park today. Not too good but it's my first lesson doing reverse parking, what do you expect? I'm getting better at head-in parking. Hopefully that'll help me pass my practical test. Need to book a test. It takes so long to get through and my phone bill is going to SOAR like crazy. Maybe I'll see if I can get some reinbursement somewhere.

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What's the best way to start an entry? I'm not really in the mood to go and crack my head to decide on the best way. It's so much like English. You have to write an introductory thesis statement THEN go into detail and explain the rest of your essay. We're doing viewing for our task now. Focussing on documentaries and how they use discourse to persuade viewers to have resistant reading and dominant reading. Chimonology... I haven't used that phrase in SO long. I miss the random use of singlish at times. Remember the last time I told a girl to 'choop' the computer for me? That was the highlight of the moment.

Revisiting organic chem again. Luckily I still remember some of the more important stuff like naming and stuff. Got to practise empirical formulas. Apparently we'll be having more of the predicting equations in the upcoming test. I hate predicting. The equations get too complicated. Why would I want to know that hydrolysis of aluminium can form [Al(OH)(H2O)5]2+ ???? WTH?!?!?! So complex. Hopefully that's the hardest that it gets. The exams are getting harder especially now that we are allowed to put notes on our calculater. Note: This is NOT cheating. It is ALLOWED by the Curriculum Council.

My parents went back last night. Might be seeing my dad again at the end of the month but not too sure if he'll be busy on his business trip since he's only here for 2 days. Luckily my mum will be coming at the end of Sept to give me a conducive place to study. As long as my sister, whom she HAS to bring, doesn't make too much of a racket of else I will WRING her neck. Just joking.. I'm not THAT evil:) But seriously (siriusly), I need absolute SILENCE to be able to concentrate and study. Music just can't provide that silence. Not even baroque music.

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Realised that I needed to update or else the rooftop gang won't know what's been happening to me. I shall enlighten you all:)

I got a HUGE surprise on Monday after school. I was just walking back, thinking about what I planned to do later in the evening when I saw someone in the backseat of a blue car waving to me. Note: It did NOT look like a rented car. I thought: who is that weirdo waving to me? Maybe she's waving to someone behind me. The next thing I knew, it was MY SISTER in the car and MY PARENTS were in the car!!!! SURPRISE!!! They were in town and came to visit me. How exciting. We went out for dinner then they sent me back to the boarding house cos I had a physics test the next day.

I have a chem test tmr - electrolysis. It is the reason my parents are NOT coming to pick me up today for dinner. They gave me food though. At least I get to see them on the weekend and spend my birthday with them!! How exciting. Will be having cake in class tomorrow. Nicola is bringing it since it was supposed to be a 'surprise' that her mum was going to bake a cake. So sweet. Am going to stay with her during the long weekend - 24th to 27th Aug - since the boarding house is CLOSED and I then become homeless...

My dad sent me back to the boarding house last night. I drove all the way back!! I have my L-plates and can drive as long as an adult is next to me. The rented Camry(sp?) is really nice to drive. It's got a really smooth pickup but brakes really easily so I got to step on it really slowly. My instructor's one needs a HUGE force to require it to brake so it's really different. I'm hoping to learn my parking better so that I can pass my test - hopefully in october then clock my hours and get my P-plates then I can drive by myself. Especially since I'm leaning towards studying in Melbourne Uni and it's better to drive there BUT it's quicker to get my license here. Apparently my license is NOT allowed outside Western Australia. Sheesh, I thought it was NATIONAL. Guess not.

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Decided to update cos Aya wants me to (can't come online since ALL possible msns are blocked). If I DO happen to come online, I'm probably using a proxy so please remind me that I WILL get in trouble and should log off. Damn school, they're just eradicating our social lives.

School's kinda boring. Wonder if I mentioned that last Sunday, we had a false fire alarm that went off because some STUPID year 9 BURNT TOAST!! We had to get out then later the fire engine and firefighters came!! Really interesting for a Sunday night. Then the rain was insane on Monday. We had our sports day then and it was raining so hard by 11am they had to send up home. I'm talking about gale/strong winds/uprooting people's makeshift tents. The weather is really going nuts. Maybe we're due for another Ice Age. Global climate shift!! That's probably the most interesting thing happening nowadays.

I've suddenly taken to liking Grey's anatomy. It just interests me - though the blood when they do their medical procedures DO absolutely make me want to puke. Therefore, my MAIN reason to be a pharmacist compared to a doctor. Besides, the medical field is very competitive and I need to do really well to be able to specialise and I'll also need to build up my reputation. No one's going to go to a first-time doctor who has NO experience. Internship will be a start.

I think I'm ranting too much. I need to focus on my TEE (Tertiary Entrance Exam) for the time being. Got to sleep early. I've got a make up netball game at 6:45pm tomorrow. Then an Atomic Physics test on tues. I really need 30-40 hour days... For sleeping and revising

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Haven't been updating much lately. Blogging has sort of just lost its charm. Tests have just been popping up like mushrooms. Got about 3 next week. Although it's NOTHING compared to back in Singapore... Poor kids. Suffering because of the STUPID MOE who created that system.

I can't wait for school to end... Last exam is on 16th Nov. BUT, if I dropped physics, I'd be done by the 9th. DAMN PHYSICS!!! I have an ENTIRE week just to study for it when I can be sleeping in and just lazing around for 3 months!!! I could have gone to get a JOB!!! Oh well.. shall stop ranting and focus on studying. It'll all be over in 3 months and 2 weeks.

I wonder when was the last time I said, "I love school". I don't think I ever said that. Education is good I guess. Nothing is easy anyway. Easy things make them boring. Difficult stuff pose a challenge :)

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ARGH!!!! This is so SHITTY!!!

The school has blocked fanfiction.net - MY LIFESOURCE!! I have been living on that website for the past 5 years. 3 months at least without it is going to KILL my brain. What's so bad about that site anyway? Luckily I have ONE good one on WORD doc for future reading. Have to settle with that for the time being I guess. They've also blocked ALL msn sites!!! Our lives as boarders have been ruined!!! They've also blocked danradcliffe.com - a fansite I have likened to keep visiting.

If I suddenly stop updating for more than 2 weeks, you'll understand that pitas is then blocked for me. They've also blocked most of the tagboards so I can't tag anyone. Hopefully they didn't block my tagboard!!! LJ has been blocked a LONG time ago... PITY ME!!! I've suddenly been cut off from the rest of society!!! =(

However, one method is still possible. The school email - sohm07@penrhos.wa.edu.au will forever be assessible so if you want to know how I'm doing, just email me and hopefully the school-bloody-network doesn't screen my emails. What's happened to privacy?

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New Layout!!! I decided that I'd better make a new one because I won't have time when I'm in perth with all the tests and exams coming up. Also decided it's time for a new change - I was getting sick of the lake house anyway...

Cedric Diggory love!!! Robert Pattinson probably just looks hot as Cedric (the pretty boy haha) His flushed cheeks are so gay!!! Oh well, enough of ranting. I need to complete my econs essay drafts before school starts. Shall rant about the stuff they missed in OOTP another time - How can they NOT mention that Ron & Hermione were PREFECTS!!!! No quidditch too!! *Weasley is our King!!*

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