don't rain on my parade.

Friday, April 30, 2004 06:25 p.m.

i was happily running around after school today taking lots of photos with suzy and claire, posing with thomas quek's car, sitting on a bench looking serious and snapping away when we decided to play hide and seek (?) and take photos in some secret corner. but when i brillantly climbed the wall to get to that secret corner, i chipped my thumbnail and got it all bloody (imagine blood flowing and black dirt deep in the nail) and bruised purple. yucks.

i sure will miss suzy when she's gone. i'll have one less person to laugh at and laugh it. not forgetting one less person to play and be silly with me. haha.

did i also mention that i'm now officially a distinguished patron of the noodle king store in the canteen? the nice aunty can remember clearly what i want and don't want in my kway teow dry. she even affectionately calls me xiao mei! haha. and i discovered the little entrance to the hostel after 18 months in the school! yay! off to cell now!

Friday, April 30, 2004 06:16 a.m.

i don't want to go to school today. there's like annual awards presentation in the morning, then only one period of GP and geog and econs lecture. why can't today be labour day and tomorrow be a saturday after a holiday? aye.

Thursday, April 29, 2004 09:03 p.m.

Only twice in your life do they pronounce you anything. the first is Man and Wife. the second is Dead.

Sunday, April 25, 2004 04:12 p.m.

i don't see why some girls make such a big fuss when their boyfriends watch soccer or play soccer. i mean, my mother doesn't even blink her eyes when my father stayes up till 11 just to catch a match, neither does she make any noise when the first thing he does when he comes home from church (without even taking out his socks) is to open the newspaper and read premiership sunday. my mom doesnt' mind. all my aunties don't care too. whenever we have those big family dinners, they don't start nagging just because the boys, big and small, rush to the TV room to watch some match at 7.25 on ESPN. i know of other mom's that don't care too. i don't see why girls must make such a big fuss.

haha. maybe it's because they need something to whine about with their girlfriends during those occasional coffee house chit chat sessions. like " oh lucy! you know that Tom always leaves me alone on saturday night just to catch that Man Utd match at 9.55 on ESPN? i hate it!" or how about this, "Mary! i wanted to watch Prada's sping collection on cable but John just had to watch the Arsenal vs Man Utd match. soccer annoys me!"

maybe it's just mother's that don't care. But maybe also, we should leave the boys to do what they want to do. if they think it's so totally cool for 22 men to be chasing a ball, let them think. if they think it's glam to run around with 21 others sweating like a cow and chasing a ball, let them run. afterall, that phrase always stays. boys will always be boys.

Thursday, April 22, 2004 07:02 p.m.

oh yes, i forgot! GOODBYE YADO CHIA!! have fun at tekong and remember to slap on sunblock! if they bully you, i'll row my little sampan and scold your officers. take care!

Thursday, April 22, 2004 06:56 p.m.

yay!! i finally got back my phone from tan jeuk suan. thank God. haha, and for the whole week, my father didn't even noticed i didn't have my phone. oh, i'm glad.

my grandfather just got hospitalized again. my mother brought him to the hospital for his rehab today and after like an hour, he was complaining about his chest tightening and all. so they immediately did the ECG and he was admitted in again. quite worried for him. he's been in and out of the hospital 3 times this month. aiyah. and we were all hoping to bring him to the healing service tomorrow night. aye. i hope he gets well soon.

Tuesday, April 20, 2004 06:24 p.m.

just got home from the food fair at the singapore expo! all the food were so so yummy! mommy and myself popped into uncle nicky and aunty wendy's booth before roaming around trying so many kinds of food like caramel popcorn, sushi, teriyaki, japanese salad, kimchi, herbal tea, lipton tea, orange juice, finger food, spinelli coffee, belgium chocolates, turkey, maggi mashed potatos, movenpick icecream and tequilla! i like the tequilla! but the japanese rice wine i had was yucky. haha. i suppose they thought everyone was above 18, so they were offering free flow of tequilla, beer, wine. it was all so yummy :) they even had foie gras!

i sound like some greedy pig but it was good! you just have to walk and people treat you nicely and give you food because you're a potential customer. i want to go again! we only managed to cover 3 out of the 6 halls. haha. it's really really fun. i even saw this huge huge pear from taiwan. oh my, but my little toes have blisters on them and my entire feet hurts from walking around in heels for three hours.

Sunday, April 18, 2004 04:23 p.m.

eyecandies are eyecandies. eyecandies are not crushes.

Sunday, April 18, 2004 04:04 p.m.

at the begining of this year, the sunday school teachers asked us what our theme verses for the year would be. Colossians 3 was mine. i reviewed it again on friday and verses 13-14 stood out.

" Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you and over all these virtues, put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. "

For some of you who knew what i went through, the week was crap. throughout the week, i was simply so sharp in hearing her subtle insults and critisims directed at me. and on thursday, when i heard about her motives and all (from a friend), i was like DANG! it's a totally crap feeling. i wasn't expecting a friend to do that to me. i wasn't expecting her to fight with me. what have i done to deserve it? i'm not even the best! then what about the friend she told to? why didn't she tell me?

it seemed as if all she wanted to do was to see me down, to see me fallen, to see me lying down and her foot on my chest. i felt betrayed. what about the times i helped her? the times i controlled my anger when she was doing her mood swings? the times when her PMS seemed to last for weeks instead of days? the times i gave in? WHY ME?!? why not someone else?

BUT. here comes col 3:13-14. Thus. never mind she betrayed me. Jesus was betrayed by one of his 12 disciples. (that is far worst than this small episode). never mind she's fighting with me. never mind she's said so many things that hurt. never mind that she'll probably continue doing it. never mind all that. i'll do my best. i'll do what i have to do.

Bear. Forgive. Love.
(and to my dear friends, who stood by and listened to me whine and offered advice. thank you. it was very much appreciated.)

Thursday, April 15, 2004 08:55 p.m.

MY MOBILE GOT CONFISCATED!!!! asdifhapwuefnadvjknaeprh. was using it in class and jean yeow came walking along and confiscated it. i'll only get it back in a week's time. i hope it doesn't get lost though. it's like the second time i'm phoneless in less than a month. argh. well. call me at home till i get it back next thursday.

went to cut my hair after school today :) chopped off 2 inches and layered it alot. i like the length and all but it's just a bit hard to tie it up. oh well.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004 06:30 p.m.

mommy's birthday today :) Happy birthday Mommy dearest!!! i think it's daniel's birthday too so, Happy birthday Daniel Long!!! daddy came and picked me up and we went to get mommy's cake. really long day though. just now, miss lim was talking to me for 20 mins on overseas education, courses to study and all that. she said she can imagine me being a lecturer or a researcher. haha. me? researcher? she kept on asking me what i wanted to do, what i am studying for, what i want to be next time but i don't know. i mean, i'm just hoping to get the grades and that's all. what's the use of having such elaborate plans if at the end of the day you only get 3Cs?

well. i still can't jump the standing broad jump and tomorrow's the test. think i might just have to end up joining the mass PE group. i promised celest that i'll climb bukit timah hill with her if i jump more than 172 tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 09:17 p.m.

do you know how incredibly HOT it is? i stand in the living room for 5 mins talking to my dad and i start sweating like a cow. it's so hot, i've showered 3 times today. and even the aircon at its lowest temperature is not providing much of a comfort.

Tuesday, April 13, 2004 07:12 p.m.

during econs today, mr ang asked us to peep and read the headlines of the newspaper during a train ride when the person across holds up his newspaper. then joanna said she didn't take a train to school.

mr ang : so joanna, how do you come to school?
joanna : i canoe to school.
mr ang : how?
joanna : via the canal near cjc. ( i don't even think there's one)
mr ang : is it? then i guess, the times when you were late for school was because there was a drought!

hahaha. super funny. econs lesson somehow always end up to be talking crap / laughing alot lesson. haha.

Sunday, April 11, 2004 09:33 p.m.

just finished some sort of bible study / discussion on jesus's resurrection (and the prophecies regarding his resurrection) with the whole family in the kitchen over milk and guava juice. so weird. we never ever sat down together and dished out our bibles, flip back and forth and discuss a particular topic. daddy even brought out his matthew henry's commentary. haha.

maybe we should do this more often. not ready for school tomorrow. argh.

Sunday, April 11, 2004 04:54 p.m.

sunday afternoon and i still haven't finished the geog DRQs and tutorial 12, yet alone study for the geog and econs test tomorrow.

Saturday, April 10, 2004 09:57 p.m.

what happened to Jesus's spirit after he died on the cross and before he rose on easter morning?

Saturday, April 10, 2004 09:27 p.m.

chocolates are addictive :)

Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:26 p.m.

i thought i could have a good break this easter weekend since we just finished 3 tests this week but NO, the teachers just had to spoil everything. we've been dumped with tons of geog assignments(4DRQs, a tutorial, 500word long essay) and math sampling distribution tutorial. on top of that, we have to study for the geog and econs test on monday. how are we even going to finish that whole pile by monday and still score for the tests? tell me!

such is the life of a JC2 student. it's only going to get worst in the next 7 weeks. i want to cry.

Wednesday, April 7, 2004 11:02 p.m.

i know grades ain't everything. i know grades don't guarantee salvation and blahblahblah. but if i don't do relatively well for tomorrow's math test, i think i might just sink into depression.

Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:29 p.m.

nobody wins.

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 07:49 p.m.

grace : divine love and protection bestowed greatly upon people/ the state of being protected and santified by the favour of God/ an excellence or power granted by God.

that's grace. unmerited favour. and God in his great mercy, poured abundant grace on my grandfather during his close brush with death during the weekend. 2 heart attacks in a week, a 5% chance of survival and a ballonning operation. right now, he's recovering so quickly, he's out of ccu.

thank you lord. thank you.

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 07:31 p.m.

happy birthday sophie!! :)

school's crazy. if it's not one test after another, it's one assignment after another. and i'm super slow at math. everyone's starting on sampling distribution and i'm just begining on normal 2 and there's still normal 3 to go. aye. it's absolutely crazy.

had another pigging out session with sarah today! we went to toa payoh to get mos burger and sushi, then headed over to novena for chicken rice and got ourselves snicker bars :) haha. and we got drenched trying to run in the rain. i feel so fat now! think i'm going to try the endearance run that mr. ho is talking about. i want to see how far and how fast i can run.

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 07:18 p.m.

finally. the wireless connection problem is finally settled.

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