Wednesday, January 31, 2007
First Test is Overrrrr!!!It was pretty easy, thankfully.
School is fun, hanging out with friends=] Went rollerblading with Kewei that day at the hostel, she fell down numerous times. In comparison with her, I rock at keeping balance. Which kind of contradicts the whole shorter people have lower centre of gravity argument. Bleah can you imagine.. tests every single day!
Jiaqi is coming back from China. Our old Sec 1/2 classmate. The Spine is going to bring her out! Even if next week = Hell, it's not everyday when your friend comes back all the way from China.
During IH today, I was jolted out of my beautiful reverie when Mr Khong said "Advanced Lit". I still don't know why on earth he was talking about it. I woke to a few people staring at me and I raised my hand instinctively. I totally disagree that we are trained to understand parts of stories (something like that).. taking Lit just trains you to be more sensitive and open-minded. We are not better than other people.. in fact, my English is going to the dogs. I am reading an English translation of Jap book. Train Man! A lot of short forms and stuff.
Desk partner and I are gonna encourage each other to speak up more in class! Perhaps only for LA. Cos i get really shy during Ih. It's hard not to feel quiet when a lot of people in your class are outspoken. You just can't help but to fade into the backgrounf. Anyway, listening to ideas is good too. We have been discussing Moral Philosophy in Class which actually kind of makes sense in a way. Except that my head was pounding like crazy right before Chem Test. I hope our class gets elected for the Moral Philo course, I definitely would love to join it. Unless there are more interesting options.
Okay will probably stop by here only occasionally.. blogging seems more and more unappealing. Keep Holding On!!
1:40 AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Tomorrow's way (Acoustic Version)- Yui
Love acoustic versions to death :D Just one raw voice and 6 strings. I've not been too busy not too blog, but just have not felt up to it. In the computer lab with Kewei now. We're going for the Jurong Island Trip later (we get to miss half a period of Math. Nothing against Mrs Ho - in fact she's the best teacher we have- but I'm glad to escape from Math!)
Am rather looking forward to Kranji Memorial Trip. The last time I went there, I was shivering with fright. I don't expect to this time, unless my body temperature suddenly drops and I lapse into a bout of hypothermia. (Bio rocks!) Anyway, we're supposed to find someone who we can identify with there, so maybe someone will have the same name as me.
We finished term paper presentation! Yay! Celebrated with Kinder Bueno and shouts of joy. I didn't stutter! =D Not that i do usually, but i was really nervous seeing as I didnt even read finish a book by Jane Austen. We have lots to improve on for the report.
During Bio Lesson, I got the inspiration for a short song.
Jolynn Jolynn
She is a girl who sighed
Jolynn Jolynn
She is a girl who cried
She died with a dent on her shoulder
Punctured by her friend
Her friend's name was Kyna
Who sang to the very end
This resulted in a lot of sighs and protests to shut up. I bet other people would be appreciative of my efforts in "songwriting". Which reminds me, my teacher wants me to try out guitar theory so that I may be able to write songs! Then I can turn those dusty poems into songs:) But I'm still very unfamiliar with most chords and notes. I don't have the gift of being able to tune my guitar by ear.
I shall go pretend to be interested in world news and politics and go read up on them=/
Sometimes, I just don't feel like talking. Sometimes, I turn crazy. Sometimes, I want to forget that there's such a thing as school.
8:42 PM
Sunday, January 21, 2007
| You Are 50% Left Brained, 50% Right Brained |
The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.
Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.
If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.
Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.
The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility.
Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way.
If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art.
Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports. |
Interesting..
An early happy birthday to Keweiii!! Thanks for being a funky, funny and baka friend. Especially for being... deprived in the physical department so we can tease you! Kidding.. Anyway, thanks for being one of my close friends in class ! XD For fangirling with me over Deathnote, American Idol, Yui, etc. Most importantly, for accepting me, esp. when I was alone and stranded with none of my sec2 classmates in this new class. Unfortunately, I can't fulfill your wish of getting a boyfriend, but I can help you with it. -hint!-
1:23 AM
Friday, January 19, 2007
Really pissed off at people. In general. I could go on for ages about all the people who've made me angry by their behaviour or just their personality. Maybe I'm on a short fuse, but I seem to see red everywhere I go. Am bothered by how people can gossip and tear people to bits behind people's back. Yes I was unfortunate enough to witness it. At least have the couage to express how you feel about her in front of her. & you... you pretend to be this intellectual person, when you're nothing more than someone who craves popularity and fame so much that you don't even remember those you made you who you are today. Nothing more than a superficial celebrity. It surprised me a lot.. cause I've had a mostly good impression of you, until now.
Thankfully, my friends don't do that so I don't have to stand away from them.
7:56 PM
Thursday, January 18, 2007
1:54 AM
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Whew! What a start to the school term. A jolt back to reality. Fine, I am not exactly busy (if not, why would I be resorting to blogging?) Anyhow, Life has been great so far.Semi- Business takes your mind off things.
Glad to be back at chen's. It's been ages since I got to catch up with old pals. Joanne the pervert and Terri the .. bikini are in my class. & I got to see Jiajun at the tuesday class. Cool! It's sad that usually (before this year) when I saw 201 people, I'd just wave casually at most of them. There are those that I keep in contact with, but not many. If we were feeling happy, a flicker of a smile might appear, but really, there'd be no connection, no remembrance of the friendship. Which is why I'd rather not walk down crowded corridors.. it reminds me of how so much stuff can be changed permanently with time. Old pals rock!
5:34 AM
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
I am determined not to let this thing shrivel up and die. Kind of
ironic when everyone else wants to stop blogging and devote their time
to studies. But when I'm old and wrinkled, I need to remember what
happened in the past :) This isn't much of a account. I should learn
from Rach C who writes in her cute little journal, but it's much more
tedious. Feel quite flattered that celia says my handwriting is nice!
She is not the first person. Yeah allow some space for inflation of
ego.
Anyway, school's been tiring. First week only and I'm zonked. Everyone
else around me seems to be busy and tired and distressed. To be
honest, I can't say I'm VERY busy. There are so many other people who
are way busier. Which is why I better do well this year. I think I
said before that I wont focus so much on studies, but after hearing so
many people say they are gonna aid oil this year, I think I better
buck up too. To make up for last year. Especially since my worst
subject is gonna be tested in the Os this year. And to focus a lot on
LA. Shit we're gonna do current affairs which is not my thing. But
I've got start sometime if I want to attain my future career goals. So
if i do as badly as last year, please slap me.
We watched Team America in the LT. HILARIOUS! XD So gonna rent that
movie. Political madness! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! NO MORE UNSEEN
POETRY/PROSE!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe they're doing this. They have
turned LA into a weird subject which doesn't have much to do with
either English OR lit. It's all about current affairs and knowing how
to debate and argue back. I Miss english. If i knew this were going to
happen, I would take Os so I could learn english. Lit separately cos
thats how it was supposed to be in the first place. Pardon my anger.
Not interested in arguing or SRQs. That bloody part was the worst part
last year. I thought i was ok at it but I ended up FAILING it for
exams. Yeah not even a lousy pass. I don't make any sense, which is
why I should be allowed to take unseen. Now i don't even have an
advantage (alit= millions of unseen poetry) which isn't so bad but I
was actually okay at unseen. The teacher swallowed what I was trying
to say, anyway.
Rach L+ Baihwee wanted to come over. To do what, I have no idea. I was
caught off guard. My house is such a popular place. Probably next
week. My teacher is not a boring old fart. She's really amusing and
patient. I'm a really slow person (not as bad as desk partner) so it's
a wonder she doesn't scream at me. Learning flamenco! :D Some spanish
dance music. & raguardo (not so sure of the spelling) where u flick
your fingers one by one. & I learnt HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So, i may just
play it for you if you come over. Wahh so impressed shaowin is sitting
for grade 2 already XD That sadist actually excels at unsadistic
stuff.
Teehee really happy about something. Whee no more getting picked on.
Wow. Mrs Westvik has met a lot of famous people. Since the computer
stuff wasn't working, she went on and on about life stories (how she
met her husband) and which famous norwegian exlorers she met. At the
end, she went," So that's your advanced lit lesson!" Which obviously
resulted in uproarious laughter from the class. AHHHH i would really
like lit if we didnt have to present. stupid term paper. I don't mind
typing ten thousand words, but I loathe oral presentations. For
obvious reasons. Or you can go and think that i'm a shy little maiden
XD
Hrm anyway, so yeah how sad those are the only mildly "interesting"
bits of my life. I HAVE NO LIFE. but at least I'm not living in the
hostel like baka. They really have so much free time. My dear friend
was thinking about CHINESE SIA for 2 hours! That's horribly pathetic.
I don't even know the author guy we are working on though he is
allegedly one of the most famous taiwan writers.
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I am determined not to let this thing shrivel up and die. Kind of
ironic when everyone else wants to stop blogging and devote their time
to studies. But when I'm old and wrinkled, I need to remember what
happened in the past :) This isn't much of a account. I should learn
from Rach C who writes in her cute little journal, but it's much more
tedious. Feel quite flattered that celia says my handwriting is nice!
She is not the first person. Yeah allow some space for inflation of
ego.
Anyway, school's been tiring. First week only and I'm zonked. Everyone
else around me seems to be busy and tired and distressed. To be
honest, I can't say I'm VERY busy. There are so many other people who
are way busier. Which is why I better do well this year. I think I
said before that I wont focus so much on studies, but after hearing so
many people say they are gonna aid oil this year, I think I better
buck up too. To make up for last year. Especially since my worst
subject is gonna be tested in the Os this year. And to focus a lot on
LA. Shit we're gonna do current affairs which is not my thing. But
I've got start sometime if I want to attain my future career goals. So
if i do as badly as last year, please slap me.
We watched Team America in the LT. HILARIOUS! XD So gonna rent that
movie. Political madness! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! NO MORE UNSEEN
POETRY/PROSE!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe they're doing this. They have
turned LA into a weird subject which doesn't have much to do with
either English OR lit. It's all about current affairs and knowing how
to debate and argue back. I Miss english. If i knew this were going to
happen, I would take Os so I could learn english. Lit separately cos
thats how it was supposed to be in the first place. Pardon my anger.
Not interested in arguing or SRQs. That bloody part was the worst part
last year. I thought i was ok at it but I ended up FAILING it for
exams. Yeah not even a lousy pass. I don't make any sense, which is
why I should be allowed to take unseen. Now i don't even have an
advantage (alit= millions of unseen poetry) which isn't so bad but I
was actually okay at unseen. The teacher swallowed what I was trying
to say, anyway.
Rach L+ Baihwee wanted to come over. To do what, I have no idea. I was
caught off guard. My house is such a popular place. Probably next
week. My teacher is not a boring old fart. She's really amusing and
patient. I'm a really slow person (not as bad as desk partner) so it's
a wonder she doesn't scream at me. Learning flamenco! :D Some spanish
dance music. & raguardo (not so sure of the spelling) where u flick
your fingers one by one. & I learnt HAPPY BIRTHDAY! So, i may just
play it for you if you come over. Wahh so impressed shaowin is sitting
for grade 2 already XD That sadist actually excels at unsadistic
stuff.
Teehee really happy about something. Whee no more getting picked on.
Wow. Mrs Westvik has met a lot of famous people. Since the computer
stuff wasn't working, she went on and on about life stories (how she
met her husband) and which famous norwegian exlorers she met. At the
end, she went," So that's your advanced lit lesson!" Which obviously
resulted in uproarious laughter from the class. AHHHH i would really
like lit if we didnt have to present. stupid term paper. I don't mind
typing ten thousand words, but I loathe oral presentations. For
obvious reasons. Or you can go and think that i'm a shy little maiden
XD
Hrm anyway, so yeah how sad those are the only mildly "interesting"
bits of my life. I HAVE NO LIFE. but at least I'm not living in the
hostel like baka. They really have so much free time. My dear friend
was thinking about CHINESE SIA for 2 hours! That's horribly pathetic.
I don't even know the author guy we are working on though he is
allegedly one of the most famous taiwan writers.
--
Chatted with Chia Jia Jun today during compo class. Yeah apparently my mum thinks that by joining this class, I can get better marks :/As good as it felt
to catch up with a 201 friend, we were shamelessly gossiping. Argh
thank god that I'm going for the sun class with beibei and joanne. If
not, I'm sure I would become corrupt pretty soon. Oh well at least I
didn't say mean things, that's really crossing the line.
8:33 PM
Friday, January 05, 2007
writer's block !=(
on a surprised note, I can't believe that 160 ppl (around there) signed their names for guides! They do not know what they are in for :D
10:43 PM
The last post was kind of uncalled for. No point moping around anyway.
It wasn't referring to academic stress, but more of people stress.
Nevermind, I'm just angry by how certain people behave. It doesn't
even concern me and I think that I'm being too emo. Shall go vent my
frustrations elsewhere instead of inflicting it on hapless readers.
Speaking of readers, I found out today that there are several silent
readers! Actually, it'd be quite cool to have an lj cos then i'd be
more erm connected with a lot more friends. Everyone's using Lj
nowadays and it feels so weird to comment on their ljs. Eh blogger
seems childish.. but i can't think of a suitable lj username-.-
Waha anyway i'm happy now 'cos i got reviews! Haha but i felt really
embarrassed when I saw them cos its humiliating when people with such
gd english comment on what i write. I linked it cos well i guess in a
weird way, i do want reviews . It's nice to have an interest
recognised instead of the label people give you in class. It's quite
pathetic how such tiny things can make me dizzy with joy. But I love
all you people who commented! :D
To take Goyla(how the heck do ya spell it!) or Loether? The peeps are
taking Goyla i think but that's cos they are smart/learnt the stuff at
stanford. If i take loether, I wont have anyone to discuss with. Oh
but there should be others taking it too right. Haha think i'll just
ask my dad which one he is better at so i can get help if the need
arises. Yeah I know someone's gonna preach about integrity but i
seriously need like full marks for SIA if I want to do well in
SOMETHING this year.
Chinese lessons are HORRIBLE! Besides not understanding a lot of
words, we have group work! Ok I usually like group work, but then if
it's in chinese then no way. I was sneakily speaking in chinese, then
baka told me to speak in chinese. Then after that, I was silent and
decided to be the writer. If there's one thing I can do, it's to write
simple chinese which I am grateful for. In terms of marks, I'm
slightly below average. But then my true ability is way below average.
Your marks don't show anything. Except if you're a dumb genius who
gets 100 for everything.
What else? Oh yeah I am totally indebted to Beni for doing so much!
Dunno why we chose Ms Austen to study cos she is a really long-winded
writer who talks in circles and has confusing sentence structure. But
she's certainly one smart woman to write satire. Really admire her.
Feel like writing about for the women empowering community essay but
she's not sporean and she's dead right? i think.
Felt lonely sitting at the back during guides today.. that's the
disadvantage of not being a pl. i know there are others but they are
all in the other company, how sad. Guess I shall be a nice senior and
ask the sec 3s about their classes and stuff. Thanks to my new desk
partner, guides passed really fast today. we spent the time talking
about nonsense. in the guides room, we had a laughing fit and shouted
loudly at a fellow classmate who shall not be named.
We're sitting in fours now. Quite happy with the arrangement cos I
have one more person to talk to and she's someone i can get along with
quite well. My old desk partner laughed evilly when i asked if she
missed me. So much for desk bonding.
LOTSA homework. I'm really going to cut down blogging even though it's
a real painkiller.
6:37 AM
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Second day of school and I feel frantic already. Over a stupid reason, but still. This can't be a good sign.
It feels really sad and demmoralising when I look at people like you. I've never felt so strangled before. It's coming in all forms. There's so much time but the clock ticks too fast. Life as we know it is slipping away and being spent on such meaningless things. Really, life doesn't hold much joy. Apart from momentary bliss at seeing your friends, it fades away quickly.
2:49 AM
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
So... first day of school. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Haha my friends are still the same old same old. I ended up sitting next to Jolynn, because my bag was coincidentally placed next to hers. I miss my old desk partner! Still, Jolynn is an interesting specimen to chat with. I was completely lost when I got to school so I called ex-deskmate and found my way to the new place. Okay it's not too bad (Heck yes it's in the science block with creepy glowing foetuses and sooo far from the canteen)
Thanks for the letter, you know you are. It really made my day. Out of all the pretenders and sea of faces I will forget, I will always remember you, my friend. Yes, it's true, the power of a seemingly insignificant object can change your whole perspective.
Basically, the whole day was about PT telling us some funny and some not-so-funny stories and Class Elections. Quite sad that Rach L did not become Ass Mon, because it would be way cool and she suits the post. But then again, Jiawen rocks too! XD
Unfortunately, we had to go for guides during lunch. But it wasn't too bad. Mingyi, Cloudie, Jolynn and I worked on the shoerack gadget thing. It was the shakiest structure I have ever seen! Probably because I had a hand in it. Valerie and I discussed the demise of L while Shaowin screamed at us for being spoilers. haha, totally love making fun of shaowin since it's a rare opportunity.
The whole day didn't feel the same without Kewei. No horny jokes or fellow American Idol enthusiast.
The canteen stalls have changed! The food tastes much better now. I'd like the principal heaps more if she did not resort to using such cheesy cliches and metaphors that have been done millions of times already.
--
What I have written is both true and not. It's the other side, the light-hearted one pretending that everything is okay. I used to wonder how people could post such angsty/emotional/depressed entries when they look so happy on the outside, going around laughing with people.
11:58 PM
Monday, January 01, 2007
i'm back! & i don't have jet lag at all! Anyway, New Zealand is now my favourite country!!!!<333333 Besides Japan and America!The place is damn beautiful i will not even try to describe how amazing it is in my horrible english. it will totally ruin the niceness of it! I shall let several pictures of scenery do the talking. Maybe next time. Or maybe I will do a sort of travel journal like Jamie has done. I typed out 16 pages for the travelogue, but its really quite boring and didn't capture how i really felt.
Oh one unlucky thing happened. we got fined! for speeding (my dad) and cos i didn't put on my seatbelt! And then my parents were quite angry but they got over it soon enough. Felt really bad. Oh well. But luckily it didnt ruin our holiday. Omg NZ has everything! We visited factory outlets (but didnt do a lot of shopping) and it has INDESCRIBABLY AMAZING scenery!!!!!!!!Ahhhh. Berry farms, jetboating, it was a DREAM! didn't see many sheep though. and didnt meet terri. I saw a few places where LOTR was filmed.. now we know why NZ is Middle Earth.
Ok I'm going out soon. Heh yeah kind of weird because school starts tomorrow but i absolutely have to watch Death Note 2!!!! More later!
5:32 PM
