Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:44 p.m.
Just came back from the musical, Mamma Mia! Whoa whoa wow!! It was aweeesoommmee!! Truly amazing! The cast was bursting with energy, the ABBA songs were catchy and the crowd caught the energy from the cast and so everyone was clapping along and dancing in the end! It's amazing how the producers managed to weave the ABBA songs into the story! Excellent musical! I suggest you go catch it before it ends its run here in Singapore! You won't regret it! We had circle seats so we had a really good view! It was truly awesome! Really really awesome. (awesome is the only word I have for the musical right now). There were 3 American women sitting behind us ( I suspect they are from the ABBA era) and they were just kept singing throughout the show! haha. The cast was really good! it is such a simple plot and they had very little and simple props too but the cast was just bouncing along, singing and acting with their whole hearts! You could really sense it! AWESOME! Met lots of people from Barker Road at Mamma Mia too! When we were walking to the hall, we bumped into Melvin and Denise! During the intermission, we bumped into Selena and her mommy at the toilets so Mommy and Daddy were talking to Selena's mom while Sarah and myself and Selena chatted about the show. Then, Ashley Liew came along too! haha so that's 4 people we met! Caught Melvin again before going in for the second half of the show. At the end of the show, while the parents were talking outside, we all bumped into Cheryl Lee! Haha! What a small world indeed and everyone was from BRMC!! Had Dinner at the Japanese restaurant at Citylink before going for the musical to celebrate Sarah's birthday. Not a bad place to have dinner! Went down town shopping in the afternoon today! Bumped into lots of people too. haha. I saw a forever 21 skirt which was absolutely nice and so I've decided that when I've saved up enough money, I'll get it! Walked around abit more before coming home. Yesterday was "Meet the Minister for Education" day! We had the Green wave prize presentation at the Goodwood park hotel and so LiQing, Michelle and myself went there to recieve our trophy and cheque from the Minister for education. We were the only JC to win the award in our category. The ITEs totally swiped all the top 3 prizes. But they deserve it anyway. The ITEs and all had models to show while we only had our write up and a video. Super embarrassing! The minister for Education came around each booth to ask us more about our project and I was panicking! I haven't even seen the project in such a long time, I almost forgot everything we did! He started asking me questions like whether our findings can be applied to all schools, how our school population took to our campagins and all that. Scary scary but nonetheless, very good experience! Met Brother Paul this morning to pass him the trophy and cheque! I think he's quite proud of us! I think it's one of the few times that the geography department actually won something! haha. Anyway, our names appeared in the Strats Times yesterday! On Page 13 or something like that. Sembawang Shipyard had an advertisment congratulating all the winners of the competition and our names were there! Super cool! Anyway, tomorrow night is prom! Not totally that excited but I think I'll get excited once I start dressing up and fussing around with my hair, my dress and everything! Sure hope my camera battery lasts me all night! haha. I'm afraid that the hairdresser can't do alot with my hair. She has already told me that it's neither here nor there. Hmm. haha Miss Lim says it doesn't matter what we wear and all since youth is beauty. oh well. haha Tomorrow night is also the Singapore Idol finals! Now everyone, vote for Taufik! Vote for Taufik! I'm going to get everyone at our table to vote for Taufik. haha. No way is Slyvester the cat going to win Singapore Idol! He cannot sing english songs and his diction is way bad! So vote for Taufik! Vote for Taufik ok? Happy Advanced Birthday to my little sister too! (I'm sorry I won't be celebrating it with you!)Monday, November 29, 2004 09:49 a.m.
Sunday went by in a blur. Everything was moving so fast! There was almost no time to stone! It started out with church in the morning, chit chat with Jacq in the canteen afterwards, cell leaders meeting at 1, subway with sarah and daddy, grandmother's house, another grandmother's house and finally home. Last sunday was so different. Right after sunday school, I came right home to start my econs MCQ. and the whole day was spent studying econs, spotting questions and reading keynes. I'm glad that I had an activity packed sunday though. Beats staying at home and studying.Saturday, November 27, 2004 08:18 p.m.
I am sleepy and tired! Debbie came over last night after cell to stay the night and we stayed up talking till like 4.15AM this morning! Gosh. Haha. And she wanted to wake up early since she's Miss Early and hence, we woke up at 8.30AM. That's only 4 hours of sleep! We were like going to sleep and my dad was just waking up to go for BSF. So funny. My father actually thought we were having morning devotions at 4AM because Deb was playing the guitar and we were still awake. Haha. Lazed around a bit more and we went down to town to meet Jacq before meeting everyone else at Subway for brunch! Went to meet my aunt and Sarah for tea but the place was fully booked so we ended up having steamboat which was very good! On one hand, I would like to lose all the exam fats that have accumulated but everytime someone wants to go out, it'll always be for food. I mean you can't just go out and do nothing without eating right? We sat and talked and ate alot from like 3 till 5:15PM. We had smoothies after that and then walked around abit more before coming home. I'm going to stay off food for the next 12 hours! Going to try to not eat supper and breakfast tomorrow. haha. Saw quite a few nice stuff today too, so I'm going to ask my dad to bring me out! I got 3 letters today! I am so happy! Honestly, I don't think I've ever recieved that many letters in a day before. I like my letters too because they're proper letters and not bills! I think the postman is starting to know me. haha. I mean, for the past few months, I've been getting prospectus and so he should really know me because the prospectus don't come in boring envelopes! haha. Well one letter was from the MOE and I won the edusave merit bursary again this year! yay! Praise the Lord! it's a nice start to the holidays. Doubt I'll be able to recieve the money because they have some limit to your household income. So students with household income below a certain amount will get it only. I'm going to try for it anyway. Celest told me last year that it really depends on whether your community centre is stingy or not. haha. I hope my community centre is generous!Friday, November 26, 2004 11:47a.m.
I logged on to MSN and my friend immediately messaged me and went like "OMG!!! u r alive!!!" I really wanted to die laughing. It's so exaggerated! of course I'll be alive! What was he thinking? I had God with me during my exams plus I have a prom to attend, plenty of applications to complete, movies to watch, clothes to buy, holidays to go to, camps to attend, sleepovers to organise etc. Why wouldn't I not be alive?!Thursday, November 25, 2004 09:21 p.m.
Ask anyone wearing braces and they'll tell you that the whole process can be very painful. your teeth hurts for a minimum of 2 days after the orthodontist tightens it and changes the wire, you can't bite apples whole and you can only eat kway teow soup with fishballs all cut into quarters when your teeth's hurting. Don't forget the hurt and pain involved in the extraction of tooths even before you can have shiny brackets on your teeth! But you know, nobody ever tells you that taking the braces out can also be painful. Everyone just talks about the process and not the end job. I had mine taken out today and I was yelling at my orthodontist in between swallowing my saliva and wiping the blood that was flowing out from the sides of my mouth. They apply so much pressure on your teeth just to scrape out the glue that is used to hold the brackets and while the orthondontist is scraping it, that stupid knife (whatever it is called) always cuts your gums, and so you end up bleeding. I didn't know I was bleeding that badly till I rinsed my mouth and saw that whatever water I spat out was bloody red. (think thickend ribena) Disgusting. Besides the bleeding, there was so much pressure exerted on my teeth, it felt as if he was pulling them out. I was so afraid my teeth were all going to drop! I kept on going like "Stop it! take a break! Don't do my top yet! Stop it! Do you hear me? My father's coming!!" I bet the nurse wanted to slap me. haha. But well, all that said, I have nice teeth! Hooray! haha. Took 2 X-rays too and realized that I have 2 wisdom tooth at the bottom that has to be extracted soon! Darn. I'm certainly not looking forward to it. Went to the hairdressers too and my hairdresser's daughter didn't do too well for her PSLE which got me thinking about exams, grades and all, but I'll write about it another time. I wonder how I felt when I was taking my PSLE results back. Did I spend sleepless nights thinking about whether I'll make it back into SCGS? Did I fret about whether I'll get into SCGS? Was I afraid I'll score only 200? What was I feeling?Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:42 p.m.
And it's all over! No more horrible theories to study from men who died long ago and whose theories have haunted our lives the past year! (Think Keynes, Malthus, Burgess!) HORRAY! REJOICE! THE A LEVELS ARE OVER!!!! Went down town to prepare a powerpoint presentation for the prize giving ceremony on Monday with Aveline, Celestine, Michelle, LiQing and Miss Lim but we ended up sitting at Burger King, laughing and talking non stop about everything under the sun from 5.45 to 8.30! I didn't think that it would be actually easy talking to teachers but I guess when you've graduated and all, teachers just become friendlier and definitely nicer. Miss Lim wasn't picking on my socks or skirts (for once!) Walked around a bit more after that and Aveline and myself tried helping Michelle and Celest to find their dresses! Celest is coming for prom! And so from tomorrow onwards, I'll be busy busy busy running errands and doing the things I want to do and can finally do! I am excited! My Decemeber holidays are packed with activities! My dad's going to pay me to sit at home and do nothing! And since my dad's word is law in the house, my mom can't nag me to find a job! haha! I don't know if I'll get bored once the new year starts but I'll find a job when I've played enough and decide that I should move about a bit more! This is exciting! I'm happy and definitely feeling much much lighter! I actually started humming when I heard the man, who stations himself outside the Novena MRT station, play Jingle Bells! Can you even feel the excitment of the holidays and everything just oozing out from your computer screen? :) I wonder if all this fun and laughter will just freefall downwards when I realize I've performed so badly at the A levels. (I'm such a party pooper, am I?) REJOICE!Monday, November 22, 2004 01:41 p.m.
12 marks gone. I think if I add up all the marks I've lost at the A levels, it'll probably be more than full marks. It's over anyway. Like Yado said, the grades are next year's concerns. One more paper left on wednesday! (And then Debb, you can come stay over! I'm sure my family can handle a crazy woman. haha!)Saturday, November 20, 2004 03:43 p.m.
The things we do at cell, besides having bible study.( I don't really know how to downsize the picture)Friday, November 19, 2004 01:58 p.m.
Do you know when to stop? I don't.Wednesday, November 17, 2004 07:47 p.m.
As it is right now, I am 100% done with math, 45% done with economics and if you do some simple calculation, I've still got 55% of economics and 100% of geography to go! I've majorly messed up 50% of math and 45% of econs and I wonder why I like talking about math and percentages now that it is over.Saturday, November 13, 2004 02:34 p.m.
During our daily midnight chit-chat sessions, my sister told me that she has a friend in guides who has 7 other younger siblings! Imagine! 8 kids in the family! WOW! 8 kids! I'm still in a bit of a shock. How do they go out for dinner? They'll probably need 2 cars right? Which kid goes into which car? How many rooms do they have? How many toilets do they have? do they ever fight over the toilets? Does her mother get all mixed up with their names? (5 of them have names starting with the letter 'B') 8 kids is ALOT! Did you read the article in the newspaper today about the South Korean youths taking the do-or-die national exams? it's so scary! they have to take 5 papers in a day and it stretches from like 7 something in the morning to 5:06 in the evening! How do they even survive? I think if we ever have exams in Singapore that stretch on for the entire day, all the parents will be yelling their heads off at MOE. Come to think of it, they might even stage some sort of protest like "release our kids!", "Give us our kids or we'll storm your headquarters!" haha. I think the South Korean exams are way scarier than most of our exams here. I didn't know it was so so important in South Korea that during the listening exams, all civilian and military flights are banned and working adults are told to start work only at 10AM so as not to contribute to the traffic and allow the students to get to school on time. WOW! And many of the South Koreans study till 1AM everynight in the library just to make it for the exams. wow wow wow. Why am I so glad I wasn't born in South Korea? Do you ever notice the front covers of the 'O' and 'A' levels question papers? Right at the top, in the centre, it reads, " Ministry of Eduation, Singapore, in collaboration with University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate....." Notice that they don't put University of Cambridge Local Examinations Branch/Board or something but they write syndicate? What do you immediately think of when you hear the word 'syndicate'? A drug syndicate right? That really goes to show that these Cambridge people are part of a very bad gang, a syndicate. They just want to set difficult papers and torture students. ha! I don't care what UCLES say anymore. their name says it all!Thursday, November 11, 2004 06:37 p.m.
Whoa. Yassar Afrafat is dead. His death could just well be the start to peace and stability in the Middle East, especially in Israel. Was Arafat a peace keeper and a peace lover? How come he won the Nobel peace prize? Did anyone read the article in Today's newpapers a few days back about how Bush might endorse the building of the Kra Canal in Thailand? Scary article. If that actually materializes, Singapore's port will definitely lose its importance and we will all be in alot of trouble.Wednesday, November 10, 2004 08:54 p.m.
Math was horrible. really horrible. I made several mistakes and I thought the paper was very difficult. You wouldn't believe how many marks I lost. Almost everyone else I know thought it was ok and do-able. If it's difficult, it's because they can't get an A and might have to settle for a B. My math is really terrible huh? I am almost dead right? No one gets a C for math right? I think I need at least full marks for paper 2 just to secure a A. Yes! Full marks! Do you think it's impossible? I don't know. I don't know what to do. I don't know how to go about studying for math anymore. I don't know how my the examiners will grade me. I don't know whether I'll get a better grade than what I expect from yesterday's paper or I'll do even worse than I predict. I don't know anything about everything anymore. I am still sore about it. Who wouldn't? I thought I screwed up my math prelims too. Sure, I didn't fail but I had miserable grades. But the prelims are just prelims. An exam before the real test. Yesterday was the real test and I screwed it up. I don't doubt that God showers his grace and he can work something out. I still trust in God and put my faith in Him but I am sore about my math. I told my grandmother about my math yesterday. This are her exact words : " Zai Kao lor" Zai kao, for those of you who don't even know what ni hao means, zai kao really and really means, REPEAT! repeat and do the test again. Maybe she doesn't know the significance of the A-levels. The only time she knew my father failed his exams was when she saw red marks on his report book. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Please don't laugh at me if I do badly at math.Friday, November 5, 2004 11:32 a.m.
One paper DOWN! GP was.. general. I lost 5 marks in the comprehension paper because the wind brought the clock down to sweep away my time. My essay was lame-pek, that's the word. It was too soft, too watery, too whatever. I felt it somehow lacked that X-factor. that crucial X-factor. But nevermind, it's over! I'm trusting God with my results and so I'm not going to get all worried about it. There was one thing I was so proud of myself yesterday! My handwriting. Omg. you cannot believe how neatly I wrote. no fancy curls, scribbles and whatever. Just nice, black, words. I really wanted to take a picture of it. haha. We won $200! yes! Michelle, LiQing, Aveline, Celestine and myself won $200 for the Sembawang Shipyard Greenwave project! I don't know what prize we won but it's $200! After all the long wednesday afternoons, cramped up in the geog room writing and rewriting the proposals and doing all sorts of research like how many KGs of paper the photocopying lady throws away each week, we deserve this $200! haha! but being all noble, we're donating it all to the school. Anyway, since Sembawang Shipyard said that we must give 60% to the school, we calculated it and realized that each of us would only get $16, so we might as well just give it all to the school! We'll be recieving our cheque and trophy after our A levels from the Education Minister at the Goodwood park hotel and we get a treat from Miss Lim! haha. I don't know if she's treating us but I should think so since Michelle said we're going out for dinner after the presentation! Our testimonals get rewritten too! haha. this should be interesting! I can't believe all those wednesday afternoons actually paid off! Bush won the US elections! Good! I don't think we could all survive with a important world leader endorsing abortion, gay marriages and homosexuality. Not that I'm totally for Bush going into war with Iraq too but I'd rather Bush than Kerry. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------