I'm too tired to blog

i found this on YouTube. What I find sadly lacking in many political figures today is their sensitivity towards major issues e.g. war. Even as a joke, it clearly revealed the under-developed maturity level that he has. Hopefully, as we have all learnt in the first chapter of sec. one history, we will take this as a lesson in political-correctness and learn from his quite unfortunate mistake.

*boo*

HEYYZ! It's me! The blog owner's SEC 1 SELF!



Yes! I HAVE travelled into my future!
Yes! I'm not that excited!
Hmm! I think I want to stay SEC 1 FOREVAANDEVAANDEVEERRR
Plus! I still want an iPod even though it would just distract me from my studies
Gasp! I wither in shock and surprise! Puayweng had actually got higher marks than yiting for mid-years'! I'm going to tell my classmates back in 2005!
Whooosh!
Look on open-mouthed as I zip back into the past where, frankly, I would prefer to belong in! =D =D =D

Unhappy, unsettled feeling

I don't wanna go to school tomorrow!

(I haven't even done my Chinese book review yet. Gah)

How I spent my holidays (part 7)

beautiful, only slightly mental



How i will be spending the rest of my holidays: spending time at a wake. Yes. But I still have to go for choir practice amidst my misery. How beautifully ironic life is. You feel numb and pretend nothing has happened but still your name will appear in the orbituary along with some other peoples' that you're supposed to know, and go for choir practice though your nose resembles a strawberry and skin like I lived through the Bukit Ho Swee fires.

How I spent my holidays (part 7)

Okay. So it's like this: my sister and mum went to ikea and bought some stuff. And they brought home two mini pillows that had some black and white Scandinavian pattern with some yarn stuck at strategic places. (Well, one of them is on my lap now.) But anyway, I realized that cushions make very comfortable decór and I suddenly got inspired to do a little drawing of my bedroom (after extensive renovations and a move to the Carribean). At least I tried to keep the stuff realistic and within my budget. (Okay, not really so for the bed.) But here are just some pretty cool stuff that I've remembered while drawing.

Love Sac
I've always wanted one! I mean, look at all those Sacs! They're so cool! Though I think I might not be able to fit it in my meagre room-that-resembles-a-cell.

B&B Italia
High-end furniture from Italy. I would like this bed. It's called Fat fat. Funny eh?
But I do like their storage units, especially this one.

I'll be going to NTU again tomorrow because I'm a basketball official for teen games! Cool eh. But I'll have to miss debate. Gnash teeth.

How I spent my holidays (part 6)

I'm quite happy.
Well, actually rather irked at first, because my mum found a box of old photographs while tidying and organizing the storeroom and there were photographs of my parents' trip to the UK nearly 20 years ago. And I'm still sore about having to miss the UK trip that everyone is at right now. (It's only 2 PM there now. I envy them for the extra time that they've gained.)
But I'm happy because they are thinking of (ergo: considering) going to the UK at the end of the year. With us. Like a backpacking trip. Isn't that cool? But frankly I'd feel safer if we stayed in a hotel like the Savoy but, you know, with the exchange rates and all, a Bed & Breakfast might be a better alternative. Actually as I type this, I'm rather looking forward to it. Not like it's super-confirmed or anything but still—they're considering. There's some glimmer of hope in there!

I went back to school at 7.30 AM today for choir meeting and then choir practice. Sadly there wasn't much improvement on the SYF song and you-know-what happened and I felt so frustrated (and ripping out some people's throats and vocal cords, but nevermind). Then, we combined after sectionals and we managed to learn for some more bars. Now the thing I'm most worried about is whether the choir will be able to remember what they've learnt. Okay, at least I see some attitudes improving, but it's true that there isn't much of a sense of urgency in the air. Which ain't good.

Sometimes I wonder whether I could look back and read this blog post a year later. Because then I'd either laugh because hey everything's over and we got a gold with honours, or feel a sense of guilt by not sustaining the Gold we got last year.

I feel so burdened by this overwhelming feeling of anxiety and frustration! Well, it's all in His hands I guess.

Anyway I've included a link to a French and Saunders clip that really, really cracked me up. But it wasn't embeddable so it can't appear in my blog... dang.

And by the way, happy birthday, Ken Ming! 15 is such cool number because its factors are 1, 3, 5 and 15, and it's a quarter of an hour. And it feels quite perfect too. I should stop here, I'm starting to ramble.

edit- the link isn't showing! Grrr! so here it is: French and Saunders

How I spent my holidays (part 5)

I've just returned from brothers' retreat! Rather tired now, and I've had quite a shock when I saw what my storeroom had vomitted out all over the living room floor. (cos my mother is cleaning the storeroom now—it hasn't been cleaned out since 1991) My dad has so many trophies (that he receieved way back in the 60's) that I've noticed he threw some away. I remember, as a child, he used to keep his trophies in the wooden cabinets under the bookshelves. Well some of you who have been to my house would know how old my shelves are. Anyway that was also where he kept his Roald Dahl books where I eventually grew to read and love James and the Giant Peach when I was 7.

So I found some quite interesting stuff. A photograph of my parents' wedding, complete with fuzzy 80's cheesiness. My grandfather's cambridge-something (the O level equivalant, i think) from RI all the way back in 1940. A picture of my grandfather when he was probably still in RI (yes, my grandmother's right—he WAS really handsome. And my grandmother's quite elegant as well). Banana notes from WWII. A funky flipbook with swimming techniques in black and white photographs from the 50s. My father with huge specs in the 70's (can you say Napolean Dynamite?). Orange fabrics with really cool retro patterns (though faded already). An antique weighing machine. Konica (or was it something else?) colour slides with pictures of Peranakan weddings and the British Royal family when Queen Elizabeth was younger. A Mercedes model car that grandfather bought for $33.80 from Metro and kinda forgot to give me. My grandfather's vast coin collection. Fathers' day/Mothers' day/birthday cards that my parents gave my grandparents when they were still childless. Very ancient receipts. A bracelet containing magnets that my grandfather bought in the 1970s (see magnets aren't just a new fad). Photographs of my parents with other babies when I wasn't born yet. Vintage Parker/Sheaffer Pens. An old photo, faded and slightly torn, of my late-uncle. A file full of newspaper clippings of LKY and WKW, and Lee Hsien Loong in 1985. My grandparents' wedding photograph (seriously, wow that's pretty old). A Doughbread maker from probably the seventies.

I felt like I was cleaning out an attic—right in my HDB flat. Surreal, yes, but cool.

Btw, in the earlier post, I did not actually spend all that money. I merely pretended I was Mrs. Marcos on a shopping spree to see how much I would have spent if I simply just gave in to all my temptations without giving a second thought—it's an interesting activity that I hope many people could try.

Something abstract that you may want to overlook——
I have realized that ignoring other people, even if they don't really care, is a mean and an unfriendly act. So I'm very sorry, all you whom I have, out of deceit and contempt, looked down and frowned upon. Especially the ones who have no idea that I've claimed to hate, avoid and criticize behind their backs. Or even if I say something nasty—just take my remarks in jest! Or stand up for yourself and refute my comments.
Thank you. You're very nice people.

How I spent my holidays (part 4)

I'm blogging at 10.57am! Isn't that early? I'm rather surprised myself.

Right now I'm doing some online shopping to see how much my impulsive Wants are worth. So far I've decided to check Havaianas, Hollister, Abercrombie, American Eagle, Blue Marlin and Apple.

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So here are the horrifying results:
I've spent $485 at Hollister Co., without shipping charges added in yet,
$254.50 at Abercrombie and Fitch,
Nearly $8,000 at Apple,

(and then I gave up because Havaianas website was too confusing for me in my shopping frenzy so it totally destroyed my mood. But I still want those flipflops. And it feels quite refreshing to keep in touch with my consumerism-driven-material-hungry side.)

How I spent my holidays (part 3)

White Chocolate Mocha Frappuccino

One of a kind and forward looking, you're the first to introduce a wacky new trend to your friends. And even if your ideas seem weird, they get adopted pretty quickly.

What Flavor Frappuccino Are You?

Thank you, Blogthigs! I have spent the past 14 years of my life wondering what I'd be if I was a Frappuccino and you have now given the answer! I weep with the joy of discovery. I've always wanted to taste like white chocolate.

How I spent my holidays (part 2)

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okay i have seem to have forgotten most of the things. So, anyway, there was this 'back to the past' night after that in which we reviewed the stuff we wanted to do, in our own departments.

There was no fire drill!! I could have broke down with relief.

and on the second day I spent most the time in the music room for the course in communication. Then there was Inflenza! And my group came up with this little skit in 3 parts: so there's this spelling test in class that's going on. And the teacher gives words that, basically, are the 5 'C's that we've learnt in the workshop. Later one of the pupils returns home and turns on the TV and Joey and Sherina pops out with the Whatever! gameshow (which is pretty freaky) After they invite people up to play Pass The Message, there's this commercial break in which we parodied that cheesy Visa commercial (the one with the birds giving us luck so more bird=more luck etc.) And it was so funny 'cos we incorporated the 'V' formation of geese thing into the 'ad'. Haha. So it was pretty funny. Really!!

And on the 3rd day (midnight, to be exact) we celebrated Miss Kuck's birthday! With some cake, and Hongyou and Tianrong did some wushu-martial-arts performance which was pretty cool. And I slept at around 2.30am in the end. Reminds me of class chalet where I didn't sleep at all. But anyway, we woke up in the morning later and everything else were basically games. Then I got my tie and handphone and we all went home.


The sad thing was, once I reached home, the first thing (that I could remember) that my parents said was 'pack your bags'. So then it hit me. Yeah, there was church camp right after that. See? My holidays are nothing but camps after camps after camps! And yet I'm still expected to do holiday homework. Gah.

Church camp was pretty fun. My sister and I had a whole suite in the hotel to ourselves so it was kinda like, The Suite Life. Geddit? Haha!

(okay. sorry about that.)

And all our meals were practically buffet after buffet after buffet after buffet after buffet etc.! I think I gained some weight throughout the camp. Woe! Though I my longing for pastries during breakfast was quickly satiated when I saw the bread bar. Although I felt the crossaints were too stale and the chocolate danish weren't chocolatey-danishy enough. But my favouite dish was the beef with chilli which had quite complex flavours and the chilli was, thankfully, chilli enough for me. One gripe though—they served unearthly portions of keropok for every lunch and dinner buffet and just to think of all that cholesterol in them makes my arteries start to clog. (ok. well, not really. I love keropok.)

The hotel resort is called Holiday Villas, Subang, by the way, and I guess it would have been quite a chic place maybe 10 years ago, but could retain its posh-factor if there proper maintainance. The wallpaper in my room was a little faded and starting to yellow in some corners, and seriously, publicity for their restaurant was at least 9 years old. But all the more, I think their service makes up for this lack of maintainance because there were 2 church camps being held simultaniously and all the rooms were full, but they could still do our meals and get stuff done, like fixing the plumbing. heh. And someone discovered that they had literally engraved my church initials on the cutlery, which was truly personalized service. Cool eh.

But the resort is amazingly huge. I had to change 3 lifts on the first day just to get from the ballroom for dining to my room on the 15th floor.

But enough about the hotel. The camp itself was very meaningful, that while doing the letters of John that was rarely done, I'm reminded of God's sovereignity over what seems like random incidents that happen to us. Plus, throughout the camp I've talked to many people that I hardly talk to on Sundays. Perhaps the fun-nest activity was playing Polar Bear at Club 1602. It was so crazy! But fun. And yes, there was bowling as well and I think the bowling balls are all conspiring against me. Grr bowling balls.

After the church camp, my family went to KL, mainly to shop and eat. (but still more of eating.) There is this feeling of disappointment that I only bought 2 tops and 2 bottoms but still, at least it's something. And I'm glad. We stayed at The Federal which was a rather vintage hotel because it was as old as my father and he stayed there when he went in 1960 with my grandparents. And there was Discovery Channel there! And I love their breakfast buffet. The crossaints were more crossaint shaped and were oh-so-wonderfully fresh. But I loved the Custard Danish too that had glaze that shone under the light. Yum.

And yesterday I had choir meeting which was a whole-day affair and today I went to SYFC for fun and games and movies with Mingting, Alanna, Zuyao and Minghao. But I have to mention that my parents' new bed and mattress arrived today it's so amazingly cosy and comfortable that I could cry! But it has to be—i could have bought a new iMac AND still have leftovers for an iPod and a big meal at nydc with the amount of money they paid for it. Grr. I'll miss the old bed though— I've been using it as a trampoline, house, padded room, playpen, daybed, dumpster for beanie babies and vintage make-believe Beetle since 1992.

How I spent my holidays (part 1)

I haven't tried to blog for 10 whole days! Because of SL camp and Church camp and another night in KL.
Right. So SL camp �� ok. This year's camp seems more relaxed then last year. I mean, as long as it doesn't have a fire drill at 3am, it's cool! I was in team Ferrari but we had to dissolve ourselves because only 5 groups could play... so I was slotted into Maserati. (or I would have been in the same group as Sherina again. Haha!) Probably the most tiring activity was the Amazing Race at Pasir Ris Park. I would have taken photos but I had to surrender my mobile. oh well, there goes the multitudes of photo opportunities. But it was pretty fun. We got wet�� not from the sea but because it rained when we started. Shao Jie managed to get a splinter from the plank of wood he was carrying before for the first game, which was to carry someone throughout the length of the hedge maze. So in the end Cassandra got 'chaufferred' on a 'sedan chair' and we all got wet and I developed a backache from bending down. Totally unergonomic.

By this time it was raining quite heavily so we ran for shelter and ended up sharing a tiny veranda with another group and another family. But we ran out to another shelter anyway, which was nearer our second station. Actually, our dirtiest station as well because we ended up blindfolded and crawling on the sand and getting sprinkled by random things and sliding down a slide that wouldn't pass a safety check, seriously. It nearly tipped me off and i got cut. so there. second station. very fun.

So far i think the third station would have been the most memorable one, because our whole group worked together as a team. Ergo�—we had to sacrifice some of our shirts. spare me from repeating the sordid details—��my PE tee now has traces of seaweed and all that goodness from the sea. (Yum! Shellfish.)

Then we spent close to 45 minutes and then we had to take the coach back. Maserati came in 2nd! Yay cool

(yawn I'm tired so I'll probably continue this over the next few days. sorry)