Sunday, July 31, 2005

Always tend to fall asleep on sundays after coming back from church. Then have no choice but to get up from nice nice warm bed to do some sort of homework or another. Irritating. I have no mood to study so I'm online trying to prep myself for the inevitable.
Mum asks why my sister has not contacted us, not even through email. so... "CO phone home!!!!" (this is in event that she actually comes to my blog)
This is lots of random bits/comments.
Noticed that the HDB flats in PAP GRCs all have National Day flags flying outside their windows? I'm not sure about those in the other areas dominated by opposition party members but if you look closely, the flags still have their creases courtesy of folding and just taking them out of their plastic wrappings. Indicates what? NEW flags. Infer? Some project to portray national pride. Perhaps it's become quite sad that we have to rely on other people to infuse us with national pride. I don't know about you but I at least still feel as though I have national pride even though a flag isn't hanging outside my window.
Had last appointment with nutritionist on friday. She was really nice, didn't scold me or anything, was even encouraging and told me this was my last meeting with her because I don't fall under the insanely fat category any longer. I think it somehow made me feel a bit guilty at my lack of effort in trying to lose more weight.
Went to NJCO concert on friday too. Tis fun. Haha, am so glad that I got to meet my friends again. Gah.
Reached church a little late today so couldn't sit with cell members. Grr. I knew I should have just gone out of the house in my pink shirt instead of changing to a white one because I thought Esther Leong won't like it. Haha. JoP's sign "Honour God, come early" always makes me guilty.
JT is complaining that I'm not practicing my piano and my soccer these days. I realised how much I'm not doing because of like homework and other things. I really am worried that I don't have enough time to practice my piano even though I've stopped lessons. I'll be even busier next week because of the S paper presentation. Sorry sorry.
I'm not sure what I'll be doing next year for the first 6 months. I know it'll be church and piano. I'm not sure I want to be involved in anything HQ-related-guides thing because I don't know if I can commit or if I'm even going to be in Singapore. But not sure if I should turn down the nomination just yet because yet again, SIGHS... i'll feel guilty.
I must have owed the world something previously. Don't know why I feel so guilty these days. Haha. Ok, will not feel guilty anymore. Will message my sister and try to get a response from her. She'll be back in 3 days. Happy? Sad? Haha... of course I missed her.
Saturday, July 30, 2005

experienced something wonderful today at cell. shall blog more in my other blog and not today since no time to give it the attention it truly deserves. love the people in my cell. teeheehee.
anyway, am still feeling not very stressed at the mo. still want to go out and have fun fun fun. not a very good thing since should be studying and doing something better with my time. my weekends are always so busy. i don't understand why we still get so much homework when the prelims are coming. i ask you how they expect us to finish our homework and not be tired after that. how to study like that? *complains* prissy.
I still feel very idealistic. Wishes can come true.
AHHHH. just got a reply that got my patience/ability to stay calm thrown out of the window. go bother someone else please!!!! this whole giving back to society has its limits!
Sunday, July 24, 2005

The Watcher's Guide Volume 3 is out!!! I WANT! Buffy-mania, Soccer-mania. Yes... I want my football and soccer boots. Blah. But even if I get them this year (my saving is taking a long time) I doubt I'll have time to get out there and have fun. I'll probably be too tired. Like how I am now.
Anyway, my sat and sun were taken up by my friends, not that I'm complaining but that meant that my initial plan of having lunch with my cell for once had to be postponed to next week, after all, what can you do when you have one history essay plus outline, an overdued lit essay and econs drqs to do in a span of 5 hours? (It's puke green I doubt I'll have to explain why)
I've decided to tell the whole world what happened on saturday morning so that people will not laugh at me secretly! I woke up at 8.15 and panicked on saturday. I had to be in church at 8.30 for ushering duty! So I grabbed my stuff and then decided to call Judy to let her know I'll be late. So I called her and asked her where she was, saying thar JoP was going to kill me. Then she said: Today's saturday, not sunday. I was mortified. I apologized profusely and my face was actually red. What a mistake to make, lucky thing I didn't get out of the house and into a cab which was my initial reaction to the 8.15 time! So this morning, when I was doing the welcome, I shook Nelson's hand (Jude's bro) and he was giving me this weird smile, like he was trying not to laugh. Then after he went in, I said sorry to Judy again and she said that it was okay but she told her brother because he was with her at that time I called. SO embarrassing. When I talked to him after service, he laughed at me! "Everyone has their off days..."-Nelson. Grr... and I had no idea he knew at first... oh my, such a funny mistake. Actually, it isn't that funny but apparently to Judy and Nelson it is because I called Judy. They keep laughing. Prisilla is so funny too... she likes to laugh at me when I have pimples on my face. How dare she! Now she has lots of mini pimples on her face as well... haha. Really glad that there's so much nice and fun people in church... though it's not very nice when you get laughed at but since it's all in the spirit of fun and I'm such a nice person, I FORGIVE YOU. haha. :) Sermon was "loving the unlovely" and Cher Hao said the unlovely were the people who don't support Chelsea. Haha.
Gah. I still have not touched the lit essay yet... I will do it soon! Why aren't weekends 3 days long? Perhaps the government should think of introducing 4 day work weeks. After all, this 5 day work week thing was meant for the parents and the children to spend more time together but I really doubt that, because the parents still have reports and work to do and the children are cooped up in their room finishing their homework. What kind of family time is that? That reminds me, I want to go to the Botanic Gardens and stone...! And I want to have a big celebration for my birthday because I'll be 18! Yicks. I'm hyper.
Say bye bye to Gladys for the week because she's going to OBS. Jetty jump I wanna do! Better give her a call later.
TEEHEEHEE. *The kind of stuff I learn from Hwee*
Saturday, July 23, 2005

Went out with Nat after that and we walked from Orchard to City Hall to get to the HMV because the HMV at Heeran did not have any copies left of the Chelsea Season Review. And now... it's finally mine. ALL MINE! I'm watching it right now and it is fantastic I can tell you. Okay anyway, Nat and I went to NYDC and just talked and walked around and talked. Haha. I really miss that girl. Can't wait to see her again. Hopefully on my birthday I can go sleepover at her house and watch the Chelsea-Wigan match--Opening match for Chelsea for the next season!
My sister flew to Denmark on wednesday. I must say that I'm starting to miss her a little. Ya, a little. My mum's busy reading Harry Potter and she's immuned to anything I do or say at the moment. But she's finishing soon and will probably chase me off to bed since it's past midnight but I still want to stay up and watch the rest of the season review. 245 minutes worth! Happy happy happy. Yay for parents giving it to me as a birthday present. I had to buy my own birthday present though.
Wee Chin is world youth number 1 for sailing. First time for Singapore to get a first! I know the sentence structure is a little weird but I can't be bothered. Proud of that guy... haha... he's damn funny. Hope he gets us something from Korea. I mean, he should since he'll probably be so happy that he and his partner came in first. =)
Monday, July 18, 2005

Poor me. I guess I'll never be able to make a good investor/analyst.
After History today, in which I was sufficently scared to death by the huge amount of topics that I was supposed to study, some of the girls in my class settled down for a talk before attending the first meeting of the philosophy club (debating about "why are we good" to which I replied "because we are not bad"). It was really supposed to be me staying back to ask Hwee if she had submitted her TEF form but it turned into a talk talk talk session that girls are famous for. Basically after all the great talking and sharing (I shall not say gossiping) I am still at a loss at what I'm supposed to do with my life after the As. Not the short term thing but the long term one. Do I really want to study overseas? Tie myself to a bond because I definitely need a scholarship to pursue a course overseas? Do I really want to study overseas so badly to even try for a scholarship?
Perhaps it's just a matter of laziness.
Mum just came in and remarked that perhaps I should consider a teaching scholarship like she did. You should have seen the wince. She laughed, already knowing my response, shaking her head as she thinks of how many more years she'll have to work as a teacher. Amazing. I hope I don't end up being a teacher though you never know. Look at my dad-- from an accountant to a lecturer on accountancy. Am i destined to become a teacher in a family with half the members already teachers??? Ms Goh told me once of a student who said she'll never take a teaching scholarship but wanted so badly to go overseas to study that she ended up accepting one. The irony of it all.
I've just watched the Buffy musical again after lending it to Quek. It's amazing how much I want to coo at the screen when Spike comes on. There spreads a stupid grin across my face when he sings (James Marsters the actor is in a band but they disbanded) and this is definitely an episode worth keeping on tape, though I'm still waiting for the day when I have enough money to purchase the DVDs. I'm trying to resist the urge to scream "Spike is so cute!!!" but my sister and dad are sick and I doubt they'll appreciate my outburst even though they like it when I'm all happy and bouncy because it doesn't really happen often. Angel should come on Channel 5. As dinner is done and mum's calling, I shall refrain from complaining about "Why no SCV so we can watch more TV like Angel and CSI and reruns and EPL?"
Fine. Spoil my happiness.
Sunday, July 17, 2005

Harry's character is not as angsty. I wish that Rowling hadn't made that decision to kill off the character but i guess it's probably a prelude to what may come in the future because the book kind of ends with a promise of war. I understand why she wrote the book that way but of course anyone would hope for something that probably had rainbows and sunshines at the end. And what i really really hope for is that the last book WOULD end with rainbows and sunshines, i know the book has changed to become darker and less of a children's book but wouldn't it be wonderful if for just that last book, all could go back to the way it was meant to be? A happily ever after fitting for a fairy tale ending?
I guess I can only hope. :)
It struck me that if we had to do an analysis for an extract from that book, i would probably pick out features of love (personal and family love and the power of it), responsilibilty and sacrifice for the greater good, the importance of friendship and family, and the need for the continued existance of the belief of good winning against evil. Above all, i see the book encompassing all aspects of that good, highlighting also that evil exists but not without some semblance of hope for the future.
Friday, July 15, 2005

listening to A1 now. they're really quite good. albeit an old boy band but i really like their third album. they should do a get together again.
GSS is coming to an end. or has it already? i'm not too sure but i still haven't bought my Armani sunglasses and my Chelsea season review yet! i still hope it's there. actually i'm not too sure about the sunglasses because they look kinda slick not to mention expensive and i'm thinking of getting a sportier looking one that's cheaper. Oakley is so expensive. sigh. i really don't mind paying for quality. people may not be able to tell the difference but i can, it's nothing to do with the brand but more to do with the quality. can tell the difference when i try on the branded ones and the ones that cost 20-30 bucks. and i think HMV might not have the season review anymore! oh no... why did i take so long in saving money? never mind, hopefully it'll still be there and i'll be getting the book on Mourinho from kino during their annual sale. it has lots of cool quotes inside. i think i need new shoes as well. oh well, let's just get me a new everything.
i think i think too much. serious. like i know i like to think and think and think about a certain issue over and over again. so that's why you might see a lot of repetition here. i also tend to overthink things. life would probably be a lot less complicated for me if i didn't overthink things. but i don't think i mind that much. okay, shall stop thinking since i want to go and watch OC.
i'm currently using my dad's laptop and our 1500 kps speed connection to surf the net. apparently there's a problem with the fanbelt on my computer so it tends to overheat. so to prevent it from frying its circuits we're using the compaq laptop to do stuff. so it's still a little new to me and i apologize to my classmates if i haven't posted our class pictures on my blog yet. the cool thing about this is that the laptop can play dvds so i can keep watching the church musical and laughing at myself when i was like 8 and tried to act.
(edit) i just remembered something. Gladys told me that X/1999 had a second artbook coming out. she said it was out already. so i hyperventilated, making noises that my sister described as "sounds like you're having asthma" i ignored her and made more sounds that can also be described as pure joy at the thought of more of seishirou/fuuma/yuuto/subaru. we ignore kamui even though he's one of the main angst filled characters. then my dear friend just had to say that it's out only in Japan. my joy wilted. hopefully it'll be here by christmas.
i just finished typing an email to her. oh what joy it was with that i typed it, outlining an incident that really makes me question what was happening during footdrill throughout the year that the sec 2s and 1s haven't yet learnt that doing starjumps (less) is worse than doing pumpings (more). perhaps the past commanders didn't give them the option of doing starjumps, smart people. first of all, starjumps are harder on the knees and ensure that your brain hits your skull everytime you jump. second of all, it's terribly hard to get it uniformed and you'll have to do them over and over again because there's bound to be someone who doesn't jump high enough or is too slow. you'll end up doing more starjumps than the offered number of pumps. i remembered learning that lesson pretty quickly. i really hope the end of year camp goes smoothly for the next batch of YAs, i mean, let's try to establish lines of communications between the seniors and the girls so that there's no misunderstandings and unhappiness and complains to parents.
Sunday, July 10, 2005

we're going to fast forward to the meeting YY part because while we find lessons for the Country Wife really funny and incredibly interesting, it's not something i would want to go through again. Anyway, met YY at Kino first where she bought a book and i wanted to buy some books on Chelsea but had no money so too bad. went to eat La Mian Xiao Long Bao. wah, i forgot how long she takes to decide on what she wants to eat. it was like, she asked, should i get this or this? then she says, or this or this or this? so now we end up with 5 options. or even more. haha. it was really great talking to her. went to Paragon later to just look see look see. i mean, it's not as if we're going to buy anything from there considering that even though there's a sale, it isn't really a sale at all since everything just remains equally expensive to me. then we had coffee at coffee club which at first i mixed it up with TCC. funfun. talking to her is always great. love me best friend.
went for prayer powerhouse after that and Priscilla is back from Australia for a few weeks!!! she didn't look any different though.. our cell seems the biggest there though... had to rush to SN for their POP farewell after that. walked to SN from AMKMC which took like 15 mins. there was some problem with the whole POP thing, cos it was combined and apparently guides made some mistakes because we weren't prepared enough. ironic. but i think cannot really blame the girls because someone kept making changes, let's not write who it was but we all know who it is. i felt quite sad cos i remembered my own but something happened towards the end that really touched me. we're year 2 YAs so i guess in some way the sec 4s farewell was like an indictation that we're stepping down too. i promise i'll be back. and i'm sorry if i made you cry because i told you this was the last time i'm coming back in a while, at least until after the As. i truly am touched by your reaction to what i said.
went home with my sis and we took a president cab! like those white ones that is like a mercedes? my first and probably only time i'll have the privilage of doing so. the driver was really nice also, he smiled when i said to my sis to enjoy the ride because it's the only time you'll ever sit this kind of cab. and when i commented that the song on 95 FM was kinda sad and reminded me of the farewell he just changed it to 98.7. and he was really really nice in sending us back. great service!
anyway, this sunday was mission sunday. the speaker was Don Richardson and i really have to highlight what he said. this is the really short version. he told us of a story of his mission trip to the Sawi tribes in New Guinea. of how they preferred Judas to Jesus because treachery was favoured in their culture. he prayed about how he would change their attitude. there came a day when there was war between 2 of the tribes. he urged them to make peace because there was death all around. finally, one man decided to make peace. in their custom, to make peace was to give a child from one tribe to the enemy tribe to show sincerity. this man that gave his child made the supreme sacrifice--he gave his only child. when i heard that, i was so touched by his actions. and i realised that Don was going to draw a parallel between that sacrifice and the sacrifice that the Lord made for us in giving his one and only son Jesus to save the world. can you imagine the pain the father must have felt? how great then was God's sacrifice? God used that man to allow Don to share with the tribe people that Jesus was the one they should admire, not Judas and they listened because they found it terrible that anyone would ever try to betray a peace-child. i really felt the significance of John 3.16 and i really thank God for his sacrifice.
truly nothing can be compared to God's great love for us.
Friday, July 08, 2005

my mum was really nice to help me wash up all the stuff i used. still remember carrying back all the food and stuff that weighed like 10 kg and more from hougang mall! thanks to those who volunteered to help out with the buying of the food and those who helped cook the food! hmm... think that this kind of class thing can help strengthen friendships...
anyway, i know it's quite late right now and i should be going to bed soon. i still have to be at VJ tomorrow for lit lessons and then going to make YY at Bakerzinn at Paragon! can't wait to see her again. i think i'll be out the whole day tomorrow so i better get some rest.
Thursday, July 07, 2005

we had PE, our teacher was still Mr Seet... yay! then we played floorball and during the first game, Ben whacked me with his stick and now my right hand thumbnail is dead. and there's like a blood clot on my third finger that hurts!!! and the thumb hurts of course. mmh... violent! then the class decided to play guys against girls and i went over to play with the guys cos there were way more girls than guys. 7-1. i think the margin's a bit wide. Lucas is again super pro. He and JianYong make a good team. the guys are not too bad. i don't know if you would count my goal as one cos i shot for the goal but Krystle from the other team kicked it in. so... that was quite funny. i haven't run that much since my last 3.2 run with JT, which was more than a week plus ago. i wanna play soccer again!!! my instep is crying out for the ball. haha... shall make do with my mini soccer ball. better be careful, don't want to whack myself again. i tend to do that...
i guess i don't really have much to say... except that i realise i like serious people but not those who are serious all the time. i'm not serious all the time either. i thought no one would be able to be serious all the time but apparently i'm wrong. haha. i still can't believe i'm back in school.
my voice lessons are getting worse! my teacher asked me if i had been shouting because my voice sounded hoarse. i told her that i was practicing too much and forgot to drink honey water. but actually it was only half true... cos i was shouting when i played soccer. haha. but she knew that cos she asked if i had shouted while playing soccer. never mind, my voice sounds okay now, just finished practicing my piece... which is like really really weird. actually lessons are fun because you just sing and sing and then cos it isn't like exam kind, i get to sing whatever song i want. so that's really cool. chinese songs somehow don't give that great a range. most songs don't have a very wide range in comparison to english songs. just an observation, i may be wrong. my voice range is pretty low though... almost can sing the part for the guy. haha. i think i still can reach the high C though.
will blog more later i guess. see ya. it's time for me to laugh and laugh during Joey.
Wednesday, July 06, 2005

Second... Chelsea bid 32m for Gerrard but no luck because...
Steven Gerrard has revealed he could sign a new four-year contract with Liverpool today - and promised Reds fans he will never put them through any more emotional turmoil. -soccernet
Dang!
According to JianYong... if we had Gerrard plus Lampard and Terry, we'd be Gods. (or something along that line. haha. true true.
Just to share something with people who think that Chelsea won't last long. or think that it was only because Chelsea had so much money to blow that gave them the win. i think other clubs have also spent huge sums of money, but perhaps they didn't spend it all at one shot so it didn't seem that much. it's the great players, great coach and of course Abramovich that made it possible.
'Chelsea in the future won't need this kind of budget. I have a five-year contract and I'll bet that in my last year we won't buy a single player.
'Next season, we'll buy maybe two or three; the season after, one or two; and the next season we'll buy one and after that we won't need any new players'
-Mourinho - soccernet
Did i mention that i want to get the Season Review really really badly????
Tuesday, July 05, 2005

i praise the Lord for His goodness and grace.
i hope that the other 3 subjects plus GP will be alright.
getting fatter. i'm eating like almost 24/7. i can't run fast and far anymore. i need to resume training. i hate my weighing scale. my stupid weight stares at me. i know i've lost weight compared to last year but i had to... the nutritionist said so, and if i didn't, she would scold me. i think i'm going to get another scolding from her again because my next appointment is coming soon and i didn't lose much weight these past 6 months. i don't know why i'm telling people this. but the next time anyone says i've lost weight, i haven't. it's reach a plateau.
feel so tensed. know that i've got to study sooner or later but i think i'll start a wee bit later. as in, not this week la! i haven't been practicing my piano or training my voice. i haven't been doing the stuff i'm supposed to do. my room which was cleaned just last week friday is getting cluttered up again. i'm getting annoyed with myself. especially since i told myself that i would stop thinking about illogical things but it apparently has a reverse effect because i think illogical things more often.
went back to HMV on monday. they only have 2 copies of Chelsea season review left! there were way more copies than that on friday. must save money quickly! i want a football and my armani sunglasses. i am so not ready for school even though i went back today. i actually have to think. WHY.
Saturday, July 02, 2005

talking to Simon again. OCS is tough. but you really learn alot and there are fun times too. He just came back from Taiwan and is going to Brunei for somemore training. the opportunities... i guess it's hard to understand for girls but i think if you go for army and you really make an effort to give the best you can offer, you learn more about yourself and who you are. so filled with awe for what he's doing.
went out on friday. first i went to Mustafa to go out with my sister. and then we went to Swenson's at PS for lunch. ate until super full. my sister didn't want to share the main course and i stupidly decided to order another one. how come that waitor didn't tell us that the lunch for main course comes with free drink, soup and dessert? i thought i had to pay so i didn't want it! grr... met Quek there with her friend. so coincidental. then bought some earrings and my sister bought Constantine and she left me alone for 2 hours to roam the streets until it was time for me to meet my class for dinner. she shouldn't have left me. when i'm alone i tend to spend alot of money. let's see... in the course of walking around town i decided i want to get these stuff.
Music Score sheets for piano (Trumpet Praise at PS)
-Hillsongs Collection 3 and 4 (40 odd bucks/each)
Chelsea's season review DVD (50+)
Anything to do with Chelsea... like a new jersey!
Adidas shirt (30+)
L'Arc~en~ciel CDs. (Ark and the best of) they're really cheap! i think they came from Taiwan instead of from Japan cos if they came from Japan it would be 80 plus instead of 18.
no money! argh! but at least i had a chance to go out and have fun. went to V8 movie cafe at bugis for dinner. didn't get anything except a mocktail that looks really pretty. too bad no alcohol. pooh. the rest of the class, YuXin Krystle Hwee Chermaine Tze Fang Quek Eldon and oh Sharon came later had actual food. it looks quite good really. i won't mind going there again. most of us brought our cameras so we were busy taking lots of photos. then later they started talking about tying a knot in the stem of the cherry and how SN girls were really good at it. like tying a knot with your tongue means you're a good kisser? haha. then Chermaine said i could do it cos i did it at Swenson's during JTS. then everyone started looking at me. our mocktails had cherries so i tried. Quek tried too. but before she did, ALL of them started looking at me. and Hwee and YuXin took out their cameras! pressure! but i did it. and Quek did it too! so proud. i took a picture. haha. i must be a good kisser. :) funfun.
oops... sunday's gonna be a rush for time. rush to church, rush to town for the Goodwood park duty thingy... must change to *gasp* YA uniform, rush to Botanic Gardens cos of the 160th anniversary bash for the Straits Times and must go support them as my role as NYC member. eeps.
i think i'll ask my parents to get me the Chelsea DVD for my birthday. my father might be against it though. he's a liverpool fan.