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After A's, i'm going to do something to make my life awesome.

I love not having to go to school. =)

So nationals are over and i'll no longer be able to use swimming as an excuse to worm my way out of lessons. From today onwards, i'll have to do my tutorials and go for lectures like everyone else, but unlike everyone else, i'll have to go for make up lessons before and after school. Dammit! I think i'm going to miss how we'll just be hanging around the sports school, relaxing or doing warm ups till we see this:

and then head to the other half pool to continue with what we were doing.
After that, we'd go back to the bleachers and do this:



And every once in a while, someone would come straight from school to cheer us on and give us support. It would look a little like this:



Then all too soon, it would be our turn to report for our event. So we'd go off for our race and we'd do it like this:



Once we were done with all that thrashing about in the water, we got hungry, really really hungry. That's why we went for dinner as a team at New York x2. When we got there, we had to wait for the food so we tried to kill time by doing this:



Once we ordered and the food arrived, we all looked as happy as she did:


After we were done eating, we goofed around some more and then we all went home. That was all done on a Wednesday you see, and that means we all had school the next day. Because i loads of catching up to do, a CA the next day and tutorials to complete, a few of us decided not to leave the place too late. Yup, we're that responsible. =)



Now that that' all over, it's time for me to get back into the routine of going to school and getting through it. It's back to reality!


Heehee. 4 more days till i get to open my present. =)

Seriously, this week feels like the March holidays all over again, what with spending nearly every day with the swimmers and not studying or doing any homework. I like=)
I mean, i know it's my A level year and all, but hey, life's not all about studies.

Anyway, this year at school nationals, i pretty much screwed up both my events. I'd be lying if i said i wasn't disappointed, but it isn't the end of the world either, i'll get over it. Besides, there's still the medley relay and the free style relay =)
Oh, going down to the sports school nearly every day this week has been fun. Be it meeting up at Woodlands to take a bus down to the pool, or going there from school, or even traveling all the way there alone from home.

Despite everything that's been happening, i'm glad that things turned out the way they did.
You know, the whole thing about not knowing 'what could have been' and all that shit.

You guys are the best! Thanks=)

Love

Hi 5 says "you lose your heart, i'll lose mine". I didn't think Hi 5 could sing songs that had such romance laced in it. Oh right, just in case you were wondering, i only know the lyrics because Kat(she's my 2 year old sister) insisted i play that video over youtube like a zillion times.
Maybe i'll blame her for not letting me get my work done.

It's Never Enough

Can you believe it? Just one more session on monday and i'll never have to train again. I'll never have to carry my bulky pull buoy and shoe bag to school, or waste my time after school waiting for time to pass before leaving for the pool. Neither will i have to cross the overhead bridge in a hurry to catch the bus to the pool and become all sweaty and disgusting, or brisk walk from the bus stop at toa payoh all the way to the pool and become even more sweaty and disgusting.
After monday, i'm going to miss meeting up with the rest before going for training, just sitting around at the grandstand, canteen or the piano at the foyer. I'm going to miss the feeling of getting out of the pool after training, and packing up after bathing before going out for dinner. I'm especially going to miss those on times that we go out on fridays.

It's a bittersweet feeling i guess. I remember how i wanted so badly to quit the team because i didn't think i'd be able to take the training. I hated the sessions so badly and how they kept me up at night because that feeling of dread was so intense. Although i still don't look forward to swimming, i definitely don't feel as strongly as before. The people there are too awesome for me to feel that way towards it. =)



I'm going to miss hating training.

I know this happened yesterday and all, but never mind, better late than never. Right? Right.

Happy belated Aloy!
I hope we managed to surprise you=) the look on your face was classic and i'm glad i hauled my lazy ass down to see it for myself, instead of just relying on videos and photos. Anyway, here's one (i didn't take any of my own so i stole one of christine's. i hope you don't mind).





School tomorrow. It's going to be a drag, what with starting off the week with double GP and all. This week, remedial, extra lessons begin; this week we have tests and piles of homework to face. Then there's nationals in just two weeks. Gosh. I would really wish for April to fly by, just like how this weekend did.

Anyway, Happy Easter=)

Disappointed.
Very disappointed.

Today, during SD, we were asked to fill in a pink piece of paper with our scores for the common tests. I didn't have any trouble writing down whatever needed to be written down but after i was done, i looked at what i'd written down and it i got a huge shock. I knew i'd done pretty horribly before today, but i think i never really occurred to me how badly i'd done.
I guess it's what people would say it was a 'good wake up call'. Right now, the memory of that piece of pink paper and how awful it made me feel is still fresh in my mind, and maybe that's why i feel the urge to hit the books(or in my case, a huge pile of notes) and bury my head in them like i should have done long ago.

Goodbye social life, hello life with books for friends.

SCHOOL. TERM 2. TODAY. STARTS. HOLIDAYS. OVER. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

=(

Swimmers=) They're an awesome bunch of people!

We met up early today to eat and then study(yeah, that's what we were doing in the first 2 pictures) before training. It wasn't necessarily the most productive study session, but work was still done. Training was hell today. Seriously, this time i'm not exaggerating. But despite that training-from-hell session, we still made it a point to have dinner like we always do. Only difference this time was that we didn't stay at toa payoh, we ventured to a place beyond that. We went to Marina Square. We filled our tummies and then went to the grass patch and relaxed and enjoyed each other's company. A few rounds of Truth or Dare ended off the night nicely. =)

You know, we've only parted about 2 hours ago, but i miss the swimmers already. Good thing i'll be seeing them in about 8 hours from now. =)

You know, sometimes when i'm blogging, i feel like i'm having a monologue. But it's ok,i have fun talking to myself. I guess blogging's for the self-obsessed. Haha.

Anyway, it's awesome now that CTs are over. No more waking up at 3 in the morning to cram because i didn't start revision earlier, which was stupid of me. I regret not putting in more effort.

Oh, yesterday was really great! The class had lunch at Sakura at Far East (just so you know, it's sells thai food, not japanese). After that, we split into three groups. Majority of the guys went to play LAN, a few went to shop and the rest of us girls, including me, went to watch a movie. It was quite funny how we went to Lido, then Cine and then finally, to Great World just so that we would have something to do. We watched Benjamin Button (pronounced Bar-nn haha). I loved the movie! =)


Had training just a while ago. Swimming isn't fun, but the dinners after that more than make up for it.=)

Today we ran and we ran some more. After that, we walked, and then we walked some more. Now, my feet are sore. Haha but it's all good. =) From today onwards, the track will never intimidate me again! (Yeah right, haha)

I want to be like Miss Havisham. I want to be able to stop time. I don't care if it's just an illusion i use to delude myself. Because honestly, everything' s moving too fast and i can't keep up.

Oh mannnn, it's late and i'm not done with homework. Yeah, you're probably thinking that i should put a sock in it, stop complaining and get down to work. You know, i'd do that, really, i would, but for some reason, i don't feel like doing that. 

Anyway, it's the season of lent(i think)! That means i have to be on my best behavior. No bitching, no gossiping, no bumming around, etc. It's not going to be easy and i know i'm definitely going to stumble along the way but that's ok. Every time i make a mistake, i'll just have to kick myself and remind myself not to be such an idiot again. Haha i'm going to be in such a sad and sorry state at the end of this. But it'll be all worth it. =)

This week's going to be a crazy one, with the many tests and mountain of homework. It's times like these that i wonder what i got myself into, going to a JC. 

I don't know how i'm going to get through tomorrow. Right now, i'd give anything for tomorrow to go away, better yet, to never come. I want to go to sleep now and wake up to Tuesday. 

Oh god, i feel awful. I think it's because i miss you. 

Oh man, we were such awesome fantastical gothic commoners. Haha yeah, the make up was super thick but pretty gothic i think. Credits to fel! She's really good with that kind of stuff. =) We weren't supposed to be smiling, to play along with the theme and all. Hahaha it was pretty fun.



This was right after we changed out of our costumes. Haha i gave myself a fright when i walked out of the cubicle and saw my reflection in the mirror. We had a hell of a time cleaning off the make up. Seriously, it wasn't easy and we didn't manage to get everything off.

Overall, i think we all had fun. Especially when Jacq, Melvin and i went running around the school like scary idiots, looking for good places to take photos. I think i even had fun being bored out of wits watching the rather odd movie. 

Supper at Prata House wasn't too bad either, despite having to wait like, forever for them to take our orders. Haha Justin even contemplated sitting on the tables to get their attention. But when the food came, everyone became happy again and all was forgiven. 

=)

Finally, after a millions of years, i met up with yanyee for lunch! =D Haha even after all this time, you haven't changed a bit! You're still a glutton without a gram of fat and you're still as sweet as ever! You know, i would have taken a picture of the very nice present you gave me, but because i think i look funny in the photos you used, i'm not going to. Haha thanks yan!=)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's from me to you:

Haha yes, virtual valentine's day gifts!

 

Friday the 13th

I just found this interesting:

The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (meaning fear). This is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a simple phobia (fear) of the number thirteen, and is also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia. The term triskaidekaphobia was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953.

Honestly, i don't think i'll ever remember those terms, but you know, it doesn't matter. I just felt like putting that down for like, umm, general knowledge? 

So anyway, today started off pretty horribly, what with me getting up late and missing my bus. Then getting to school and having to go for PE where we had to do actual stuff, like run and jump and hop and walk backwards and do lunges. BUT. My luck changed after a bunch of little green men were magicked my way. Haha i started having fun with the class and then later the swimmers. 

The J1 swimmers this year are really quite a fun bunch. Dinner at Subway was entertaining(pink lurrvee, eh? haha) and the trip to town with Clarence but without Clarence was pointless but enjoyable nonetheless. =)

I am now at home and tired but very much contented. =)

COLAAAAAA! Haha this was us, months back. Anyway, I hope you're safe and sound in Australia! I miss you already!

Been sleeping later and later and it's getting more of a challenge paying attention and handing in work on time. But it's alright. We'll pull through, we'll push each other=)

I FEEL SO ACCOMPLISHED

I did so many things today! So many that i think i'll sum up my day in point form.

1. Met Yoke at Bugis. She was on time and i was late because i didn't think she'd be on time. Haha. Oh, Jacq was supposed to be there too but she couldn't make it at the last minute.
2. We ate and studied at Hans for a little while and Yoke used the blanket she brought from home. 
3. We got hungry after 2hours so we stopped studying and went to eat at Ministry of Food. The ramen was so good!
4. We went to shop a little.
5. We went to the hidden arcade. Haha we played Silent Hill and screamed till our throats hurt and sounded like guys.
6. We ate for the third time. Actually, we didn't eat this time. I had bubble tea and Yoke had some mango sago thing.
7. We went home. Well, we were supposed to go home anyway. It was about 2pm. See how much we did in such a short time!
8. I went to meet the Neighbourhood to celebrate PY's birthday. Haha i didn't think i'd be able to make it, but i did!
9. Fel got squashed by an impatient old woman while waiting to pay for something. She waited a really long time in that really uncomfortable position but she didn't get to buy her stuff in the end because she was in the wrong queue. Haha.
10. Fort Canning!



11. Then we went home after grabbing a drink/hotdog from 7-11. 
12. Me, Freda and Qing bounced because we wanted seats in the train and we had fun talking about stupid things and being stupid.
13. Now i'm at home and i'm going to celebrate my mum's birthday=)

CCA Bazaar

Don't you just love the word 'bazaar'? I think it's a cool word. Like, you can say 'baaazaaaarr', or maybe even 'baza'. Haha.

CHAR KWAY TIAO-CKT

CKT and teh tarik at Wisma for lunch with Yoke and Nat today! The food wasn't too bad but none of us managed to finish the whole plate because it was just toooo much. Lessons ended so early today that every time we looked at the time, we were shocked to find out that it wasn't as late as we thought it was. That made us happy. 

Oh yes, we bought Melvin a little something too. Hahahahaha.

KITTEN

I went for brunch with Allysa and my parents today. AND LOOK AT WHAT WE FOUND:

I'm not a cat person really, but this kitten was so tiny and pitiful that i couldn't help but feel sorry for it.

Me and Allysa bought some cat food for it because it look starved. Don't know if we were allowed to do it, but heck. It was in such a sad state that it would have been mean to have done otherwise.  

It's Sunday, the 1st of February.

In other words, today's supposed to be really good, because

1. it's Allysa's birthday, so                                                                          HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BRATTY SISTER!
2.       i get to collect my allowance. That always makes me happy. Don't deny it, i know it         makes you happy too!        
3. sunday=weekend=no school=wake up whatever time/do whatever you want. You get my drift. 

Although it's supposed to be great and all, i don't feel that way yet. Maybe i'm just tired. Or maybe it's because the sun hasn't risen yet and today just isn't today yet.

Today, i escaped the horror that is mass PE with the excuse of tendonitis and an MC. Again. Heh. I didn't have to walk around the track or run outside school just by saying these magic words, "but the doctor said...". Haha i'm such a slob.

Oh, i didn't swim either. I just sat by the pool and did my homework like the good student that i am. Every once in a while, i'd look up to see how the swimmers were doing and feel bad about not being in the pool myself, suffering with them. But most of the time, i was just glad it wasn't me dying there in the pool. 

I like being home early on a school day, especially when nothing's due the tomorrow. It makes me believe that i can cope with everything life is throwing at me, that i might actually make it through this school year. School, this year, has been a whirlwind of stuff to do, stuff to go to and just.. things.   

I miss how we used to take things so much slower, how things weren't taken so seriously as they are now. I miss the days in SJC where we used to sit at the bus stop, missing bus after bus after bus just to chat about everything under the sun and nothing at all. I want to go back to having so little to worry about, taking each day as it came and not planning for the future because we thought the future was eons away, we thought we'd never get there. 

I miss the SR days, where did everything we wanted to without having to think about what would happen to us. We never studied then, never felt the need to. I miss how we'd hang out after school everyday, going home and coming to mine at the oddest hours of the night/morning just because we wanted to. The easy friendships that were forged, the way we were so comfortable with each other.

I miss the first year in CJ, where everyone took things so much more lightly. Well, i did anyway. I miss going out almost everyday, hanging around after lessons doing nothing. I don't do that anymore, i just go home now, or for training. 

Well, i guess that chapter of my life's over. Honestly, right now, like that chapter of my life, i wish this one were over too.

It's my heart you're stealing; you take; you're dealing with; you'll break
It's my heart you're taking; you're breaking bit by bit; you're dealing with

Mum's on her way to Australia now. It feels odd not having her around. I prefer it when she isn't away.

Anyway, here's a video i've been watching/listening on repeat for a really really long time. 

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

From me to everyone,

I HOPE YOU GET LOTS AND LOTS OF ANG BAOS!

Anyway, i went over to one of my aunt's place last night to go have some family dinner. I got bored so this happened:

You have no idea how good i feel after not having to study, or worrying about not studying, for one whole day. 

So today started off pretty well. Went for mass with Melvin and Mark and got ourselves two Goldens each(Note, today's oranges were not oranges even though they're known as oranges and are orange in colour. They were Goldens). Anyway, after the mass where Melvin kept insisting the Goldens were spray painted that colour, we watched the CNY concert in the PAC (haha PAC *wink wink*). The concert wasn't the most awesome thing, but it had it's funny moments and i'd say it was good enough. Oh yessss, we learnt something from the skit put up by the drama people. We learnt that rolling oranges/goldens into a room symbolized wealth rolling in, SO we rolled our Goldens into our homeroom. T04, WE'RE GOING TO BE RICH THIS YEAR! 

Right after that, we went down to the canteen, to out designated seats. I tell you, the table we got was so isolated from the rest of the world! We were like, tucked into a little corner in the canteen. But i guess it wasn't too bad. We still had fun using the other table that nobody else used, doing the louhei and yumseng thing before anybody, eating the really good food prepared and brought by the class and watching Fel dance and sing in dialect for Bro. Paul. 

After all that, i went down to Charlene's place again. Spent most of the afternoon lying on her bed, snacking on all that unhealthy stuff and watching videos. Oh, we ate chicken wings too. They were yummylicious! 

OH YES! I MET UP WITH QING AND FREDAAAA=)

It was just awesome seeing them again! Walking around like idiots, talking/bitching about people and things(haha) and basically just catching up. I don't think i've laughed so hard for a really long time. I'm glad we didn't cancel! 

See, no time to think about anything awful today. How awesome is that?!

I'm at home waiting for my parents to come pick me up for the PTM that starts at 7.45 tonight. It's 7 already and their still somewhere not very near home having dinner. I think i might be late. Doesn't matter, really. They can't do anything to me because i'll be with my mum. Heh.

About 15 minutes ago, i realised i got ready to leave home a little too early. So to kill time, i called Denise into my room and this is what we did. 

Oh, just in case you don't know how old she is, i'll tell you. She's 13. 

So anyway, dad picked me up after school today to go see the doctor to get me shoulder checked. Turns out, i got my first sports injury! I pulled/strained a tendon in my shoulder. In my opinion, it's pretty cool. Not just because i get to miss training for a week, but because i actually got injured while doing something athletic.

ALRIGHT. Parents are here and so off i go!

Monday

has been a tiring but rather fulfilling day. 

I'm happy with myself for not giving up and really thankful for the people who refused to let me give up=)

So, the much-anticipated Friday is finally here. Awesome! I'm going to spend my whole weekend doing things that are absolutely NOT school-related. Don't get me wrong, i don't hate school, it's just that i like things that have nothing to do with school more, at this point of time. 

I'm aware that i haven't been mingling with the class much, these past few days. It's not because i don't enjoy the company(i do enjoy it), but it's just that i can't get myself to join in. I hope it's only because i'm tired and nothing else. I hope it's not because i've drifted from anyone, i hope it's not because i just don't want to. 

Somehow, it's a different matter with i'm with the swimmers. I don't feel like not joining in when we're in the same room or sitting at the same table. Maybe it's because it's a smaller group so there isn't much choice, maybe it's just the people.Hopefully, i'll figure myself out soon. But in the meantime, i'll do my best to not be a spoilsport. 

Oh, i have to blog about this. On wednesday, the class did the sweetest thing for me (and Melvin). They surprised us with a birthday cake and a present each! I got a float, or as Heidi calls it, Floatation Device, which i used after training. Oh, before throwing it into the pool and myself after it, the guys were being disgusting, making sick comments as i blew up the float. The photos of me and Cola playing with the thing aren't with me. 

Anyway, thanks T4, for all that=) 

TODAY. Xiu Wen popped by CJ! It was really nice seeing her again after such a long time. I'm glad she came down=) 

Shucks.

I don't like this but i'm going to pull through. 

Just a short little post before i dive head-first into that pile of homework that i have yet to do. 

You know, i planned to start this year off well. Like, get all my homework done before January, or at least before term started, but no, didn't happen. I'm rushing through it now, just a few more hours before school starts. 

Oh well.

I've got a good mind to switch back to livejournal. Not because blogger has failed me in any way, but just because the people i've been spending time with are using it and somehow they seem to be having more fun using that than i am using blogger. If i eventually give in, blame it on peer pressure.

This afternoon i went over to Charlene's place again with the intention of collecting my stuff and then going straight home but my plans got mixed up when we decided to go for lunch together. In a way, i'm glad i didn't go straight home. As always, i had an awesome time just hanging with her at her place talking about everything and nothing. Oh, i learnt how to crochet a little. I'm not good at it, in fact i'm far from good, but it's better than not knowing how to at all. 

Another night at Charlene's

I just can't get enough of Charlene. That's why i'm staying over at her place again! 

Well, that's what i'm going to tell her anyway, to make her feel good. Heh.

So anyway, after gobbling up mountains of food last night while scaring ourselves silly with a few episodes of Supernatural and nearly wetting ourselves watching Whose Line Is It Anyway, we went to sleep. I'd say that was an awesome end to an awesome night!

When we woke up bright and early in the afternoon today, we cabbed straight down to the HP place near Ikea and picked up her laptop so that we'd be able to have our IKEA MEATBALLSSSSSSS! Let me tell you, the soup and meatballs were awesome! Because we ate so much, we grabbed a trolley and pushed it around the place. We pushed, we put stuff in the trolley. We pushed, we took stuff out of the trolley. And then we cabbed back to my place. 

At my place, we looked through about a million photo albums and took out a few photos. I packed more stuff for tonight and then left to buy some stuff and then went back to Charlene's and nowwww, we're doing THIS:

I'm at charlene's house nowwwwwww. Haha we've been looking at old photos and now i feel all nostalgic and stuff. The photos are so pretty that i'm never going to show them to anyone! 

I think we're going to be baking a cake in a while but we're going to cheat. We're going to use.. something special. After we go all domestic and stuff, we're going to be animals. We're going to pig out on all that food we bought. 

See, because i'm going to be busy, i have to go now. Besides, it's rude to do this while she's watching me do it even though she pretends she isn't enjoying watching me.

Two days ago, i turned 18. I remembered and so did many of you! For remembering, thank you, for sending me all those really nice birthday wishes, i thank you again=) You guys are the best!

I've been spending loads of my time hanging out with my cousins and family just playing cards, going for supper at 2am and just talking about how we all were, years ago. It's been a long time, too long a time in fact, that we've taken time off just to spend time with each other. I'm glad we were able to do this! 

You're a human bean, we're peaple.