Nice weather. Humid. Cool. Windy. Perhaps a good signal. One that all Sec 1 express Andersonians hope for as no one has wishes to do badly for the formal letter. I appeared quite calm today, even though my insides were squirming with every second passed. Does anyone know how scary it is to be first in your tests? Since there is always possibility that someone would beat you. That was exactly how I felt. Everyone in class wanted to fight with me for the championship. Especially Shi Hui, Daryn and Wen Jie. They should be happy now. The formal letter was a letter of request, my worst. And to top it off, I did not study letters of request the night before. So here I am. Defeated.
After the paper, we were supposed to go home. But due to arranged remedial classes, our class was the only one that stayed back. Maths and Science. How cruel. At least it's not Chinese. We were taught a deeper set of algebra today on solving equations and I HACKCARE! What's the use of caring when you are the only one in class who doesn't hand in their homework on time? So I only listened a tiny bit. The tiny bit didn't help. I had better ask my uncle for help.
As for Science, we were delayed 20 minutes due to some people who wanted to have conversations then. We watched a tape recorded video. A blur and muffled-sounding one. We were covering Photosynthesis now. A deeper degree. So, tried to listen and in the end, only absorbed half of what Mrs Dan said. It's because while my toddler cousins are getting cleverer day by day, I was experiencing the reverse. This can't go on. I would fail my SA1 if this goes on.As for how this 1 hour remedial was dragged to more than 2 hours and not stop at its scheduled 1hour, its because there were many things Mrs Dan had to teach and the whole class is having a whose-voice-is-louder match with here. It was only when Sarah's mother called, that Mrs Dan stopped the lesson. Strange coincidence right? What's more, it was after Mrs Dan talked to Sarah's mum. My suspicions are starting to come true...
Monday, April 30, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
The four elements
Today was thrilling yet boring. Horrible yet fantastic. The best of irony. Horrible thing was that while doing mass workout, I left my wallet, mp3 player and handphone lyong on the curb. I was so enthu during the mass workout (talking to shi hui and trying out the new moves) until I forgot to bring back my valuables! I only realised it when I wanted to listen to music during History lesson, since the teacher was absent. I also remembered that the History teacher had given me instructions on what to do when she was not around yeasterday........so, I rushed down to the G.O and fortunately, all three valuables were in the Lost&Found! Yeah for me! But still, I had to apologise and wait for quite a while.........that's the usual careless me.
As for Fantastic, I was the best in class for my informal letter again! Yeah for me! That makes me twice the informal letter champion.........but for the other one which we were told to finish it in class, my results simply blend in with the whole class since I only got 17/30! Surprised? But I wasn't sad............
What was pretty boring today was the rest of the lessons. All the usual, nothing special. Only me being terrible in my studies.
Time for thrilling. As I mentioned yesterday, today was the day for the Student Councillor Interview............I waited for half an hour before it came to me........I think I flunked the whole test. I can only remember myself talking crap all the time.......wish I could be one! Then got more benefits!
I'm also begginning to see the brighter side of life. Not only do I want to forget about revenge, I also am striving for the best of my studies! Wish me luck! ^_^
As for Fantastic, I was the best in class for my informal letter again! Yeah for me! That makes me twice the informal letter champion.........but for the other one which we were told to finish it in class, my results simply blend in with the whole class since I only got 17/30! Surprised? But I wasn't sad............
What was pretty boring today was the rest of the lessons. All the usual, nothing special. Only me being terrible in my studies.
Time for thrilling. As I mentioned yesterday, today was the day for the Student Councillor Interview............I waited for half an hour before it came to me........I think I flunked the whole test. I can only remember myself talking crap all the time.......wish I could be one! Then got more benefits!
I'm also begginning to see the brighter side of life. Not only do I want to forget about revenge, I also am striving for the best of my studies! Wish me luck! ^_^
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Thursdays bore me...
You might have noticed that I did not post anything yesterday......reason being because Ms Tan confiscated my handphone for a day....because I was 'playing' with it in class......does flipping it open and close consider as 'playing'? I know Pearleen always does that under her desk but she just doesn't get caught........and I get another series of the major offence nightmare.....life for me just keeps going downhill.......don't know why.....so I decided to believe in karma : The action of reaping what you sow. So I had better prepare to do more good deeds and later bask in good fate.......hope so anyway.......not to mention that tomorrow is the interview for student councillor........wish me the best of luck! Today was also our final D&T lesson for the year ; that means that we have to finish our packaging by today which luckily, I did. We had Lit Rehersel today and I was the person who Mrs Kamal picked to be the SM (the one who controls the lighting). I admit that I didn't do a very good job......since there was lateness and wrong timing. IPW was boring........I could have slept throughout the lesson but didn't want to risk it. After school, there was Comic Life. Janelle and practically the whole class did a good job except me who fluked the whole thing.....so there was 2 hours wasted......what a waste of time. After Comic Life, Janelle, me, Yun Kai and Bryan were playing volleyball in the Parade Square. I was particullarly lousy at it compared to them since they are all volleyball members......so that was my day....somewhat so boring until its eventful......
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
More tests piling...
Today was ok....I guess.....Mr Koh taught us alot of maths I didn't understand since I wasn't in school on friday.....science was spent copying notes....Ms Tan kept talking about Chinese History again and I taught I failed Geography because I did such a lousy job......if not fail....perhaps worst in class.......english was dead boring and I don't want to talk about it. After school, it was when all the excitement started. Instead of rehearsing for our Drama Skit, our group kept fulling about in the hall.........like locking yourself in the PE room and spinning around in a frenzy.......yeah! that was fun! Now to tell you more about Day 2....and 3
Day2
Did you know that Hong Kong has earlier and brighter dawns? Even though I slept at 12.30 last night., I still manage dto wake up at 5.30!!! Amazing?! Because at that time the sky already as bright as the 6.30 sky in Singapore!!! I was so mad at myself that I could not slept any longer......now I know why sleep is so important. We (me, sis,mum) went to have our breakfast at 6.30. We had it at Mcdonalds and I can tell you that Mcdonald food in Hong Kong is CHEAP! at least when compared with singapore.....after breakfast, we changed our clothes and headed for the funeral parlour once more. We were the first to reach there even though it was already 9. After staying there for about an hour, we went through some rituals and my granndfather's body (which was kept in a glossy wooden coffin) was brought to the cremation centre. We ( all realatives followed the coffin too.......and finally had the chance to take off the white strips of clothing that I had to wear.....glad that's finally over.......after the cremation, we went to have our lunch in a restaurant somewhere near the City. I also got the chance to play with a Nintendo DS there. as you might have guessed, the total bill totaled up to HK$4000 (S$800)!!! and my first uncle paid for everything! ( he's quite rich). After that, we went to the restaurant to change before we set off yet again to Sau Mau Ping for dinner. We had dinner in a restaurant on the top of Sau Mau Ping, accompanied by my grandmother and first uncle and aunt. Yet again, the total bill totaled up to HK$1000 (S$200)!!! for just the 11 of us.........sometimes, Hong Kong food is really expensive........after dinner, we finally had the chance to shop! We went to Ladies Street and Gentleman's Street (as translated) and shopped for souvenirs, clothes etc. Actually, it wasn't my parents who shopped but me and my sis. I was already giddy with fatigue by then and didn't really enjoy myself.......although I still managed to buy a Voodoo doll! After the shopping, we went to a nearby restaurant to have supper before we finally dozed off at 12.....
Day3
I woke up at 6.30!!! Yay! Not so early and had my breakfast in a local restaurant in Hong Kong (my favourite!) My sis and mum went with me for breakfast since my dad is still lying in bed. After he had his breakfast, we checked out of Good Rich Hotel and bought some egg tarts from a nearby bakery before leaving off to the airport in my dad's friend's SUV! We ate abit of brunch before flying back to Singapore since budget airlines don't provide food and the new law is that you cannot bring water inside theplane!!! So sad.....
That's what happened in my little 'holiday' in Hong Kong! My mum also said that we will also be going there again during the june holidays! Yay! and this time is for holiday! ^_^
Day2
Did you know that Hong Kong has earlier and brighter dawns? Even though I slept at 12.30 last night., I still manage dto wake up at 5.30!!! Amazing?! Because at that time the sky already as bright as the 6.30 sky in Singapore!!! I was so mad at myself that I could not slept any longer......now I know why sleep is so important. We (me, sis,mum) went to have our breakfast at 6.30. We had it at Mcdonalds and I can tell you that Mcdonald food in Hong Kong is CHEAP! at least when compared with singapore.....after breakfast, we changed our clothes and headed for the funeral parlour once more. We were the first to reach there even though it was already 9. After staying there for about an hour, we went through some rituals and my granndfather's body (which was kept in a glossy wooden coffin) was brought to the cremation centre. We ( all realatives followed the coffin too.......and finally had the chance to take off the white strips of clothing that I had to wear.....glad that's finally over.......after the cremation, we went to have our lunch in a restaurant somewhere near the City. I also got the chance to play with a Nintendo DS there. as you might have guessed, the total bill totaled up to HK$4000 (S$800)!!! and my first uncle paid for everything! ( he's quite rich). After that, we went to the restaurant to change before we set off yet again to Sau Mau Ping for dinner. We had dinner in a restaurant on the top of Sau Mau Ping, accompanied by my grandmother and first uncle and aunt. Yet again, the total bill totaled up to HK$1000 (S$200)!!! for just the 11 of us.........sometimes, Hong Kong food is really expensive........after dinner, we finally had the chance to shop! We went to Ladies Street and Gentleman's Street (as translated) and shopped for souvenirs, clothes etc. Actually, it wasn't my parents who shopped but me and my sis. I was already giddy with fatigue by then and didn't really enjoy myself.......although I still managed to buy a Voodoo doll! After the shopping, we went to a nearby restaurant to have supper before we finally dozed off at 12.....
Day3
I woke up at 6.30!!! Yay! Not so early and had my breakfast in a local restaurant in Hong Kong (my favourite!) My sis and mum went with me for breakfast since my dad is still lying in bed. After he had his breakfast, we checked out of Good Rich Hotel and bought some egg tarts from a nearby bakery before leaving off to the airport in my dad's friend's SUV! We ate abit of brunch before flying back to Singapore since budget airlines don't provide food and the new law is that you cannot bring water inside theplane!!! So sad.....
That's what happened in my little 'holiday' in Hong Kong! My mum also said that we will also be going there again during the june holidays! Yay! and this time is for holiday! ^_^
Monday, April 23, 2007
What school felt like...
It was strange. Strange to do homework. Pay attention. Finish a science practical test. To meet my friends. I overslept today but still managed to catch the punctual train! ^_^ Met Shi Hui and Hui Yee on the train and listened to the new guy that Shi Hui likes....I think she is going to give up ryan.....dunno.....as soon as I entered the classroom. I was greeted by fellow classmates and homework! Luckily there wasn't much......although I still haven't finish the oracy......I think I will use 'Tuedays with Morrie'.........we played frisbee today and we lost horribly.......mostly because our team has very little co-ordination, Nicholas fraternising with the enemy and the other group being too powerful......at least we tried our best......there was our music assesment after receess. Me, yunkai, lorena ,zhi hao and jared were all in this together and we gave our best shot......we had the tune, the lyrics correct but we had little creativity.......nvm....still can pass. There was science practical later. I did quite badly, and kept wishing that I can pass after the exam......Ms Tan kept babbling on about Chinese History even though half the class weren't listening to her........CME is ok for the first time. Mrs Kumar was in a good mood and I was selected as a leader in a 'Decorating Toilet Campaign' Not fun! Anyway, I stayed back to finish up some homework after school and was quite pleased with my progress......that's all for today!
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Just touched down...
Someone plaese save me but I'm really going to suffer from dehydration. Whoever heard of not drinking water for 5 hours......haix.......I'm so tired.......tired of my sisters constant arguements, tired of all the stupid rules that Hong Kong has and tired physically, mentally, emotionally. First, let me introduce you to some terms before I start off with this 'holiday'......
Accommadation: Good Rich Hotel ( One of those brandless hotels you can find in Jordan Street, Hong Kong. )
Airline: Jet Star Asia (cos my mum want to save $$$ -_-!!!)
Purpose: To pay respests and go through funeral proceedings
People around me: My paternal cousins, uncles, aunts....and some of my father's friends in Hong Kong
My status: Youngest grandson with the surname 'Pang' ( The eldest is like 33 and is married)
Any holiday attractions: nan2 ren2 jie1 ( not so sure about the pinyin) and nu:3 ren2 jie1
Day 1 (20/4/07)
I woke up at 3.30am........ate very little breakfast in zoom off to Changi Airport. Ate bee hoon there and left Singaporea at 6.40am ( while most of you are travelling or already at school) The flight took about 4 hours and we had to waste 1 hour to clear customes. I could not sleep on the plane so I took out my MP3(repaired!) and listened to music while reading a book entitiled 'Tuesdays with Morrie' and also played card games with my sisters while they were awake. Makes sense right? Then later we took off in Uncle Joe's taxi (dad's friend) to the hotel tucked in a narrow 'Woosung Street' in Jordan. As my mum wanted to save money again....-_-!!!.....she ordered for 1 single bed room for the 5 of us to share!!! But as they were going through renovations and some rooms aren't in their best shapes......we were given a price:HK$600/ night in a double bed room. She was quite happy with the price since even these kind of hotels can cost up to HK$1000 for a night. When we entered the room, we were greeted by an unexpected surprice: the size of the room. Other than the two beds and the toilet, the floor space left was only like a tiny passage for you to walk. We were shocked not daunted and made the best of what we could in the hotel room. Later, we were whisked off to my grandmother's home, Sau Mau Ping. It was just the way it had been years back, as homely as anyone could have wished for. We ate lunch there and even had the oppirtunity to play Mahjong with my grandmother! We then later went to the Funeral Parlour. It was air-conditioned and well kept, not that kind of musty and lousy ones which I had thought it was. I met my cousins there and had a great time trying to speak Cantonese properly to then and them having to speak Mandarin back to me. We both struggled. For the next 6 hours that come, we could not get out of the Funeral Parlour and had to do odd-jobs such as burning paper money into the furnaceand folding the hell papers into cylinders. It was hard work. There were also many rituals and chants and we had to also bow to our grandfather for quite a number of times . Only at ten did we manage to have our dinner. I was already dead beat at that time and had to slog through dinner before we hit the sack at 12.30am.
Accommadation: Good Rich Hotel ( One of those brandless hotels you can find in Jordan Street, Hong Kong. )
Airline: Jet Star Asia (cos my mum want to save $$$ -_-!!!)
Purpose: To pay respests and go through funeral proceedings
People around me: My paternal cousins, uncles, aunts....and some of my father's friends in Hong Kong
My status: Youngest grandson with the surname 'Pang' ( The eldest is like 33 and is married)
Any holiday attractions: nan2 ren2 jie1 ( not so sure about the pinyin) and nu:3 ren2 jie1
Day 1 (20/4/07)
I woke up at 3.30am........ate very little breakfast in zoom off to Changi Airport. Ate bee hoon there and left Singaporea at 6.40am ( while most of you are travelling or already at school) The flight took about 4 hours and we had to waste 1 hour to clear customes. I could not sleep on the plane so I took out my MP3(repaired!) and listened to music while reading a book entitiled 'Tuesdays with Morrie' and also played card games with my sisters while they were awake. Makes sense right? Then later we took off in Uncle Joe's taxi (dad's friend) to the hotel tucked in a narrow 'Woosung Street' in Jordan. As my mum wanted to save money again....-_-!!!.....she ordered for 1 single bed room for the 5 of us to share!!! But as they were going through renovations and some rooms aren't in their best shapes......we were given a price:HK$600/ night in a double bed room. She was quite happy with the price since even these kind of hotels can cost up to HK$1000 for a night. When we entered the room, we were greeted by an unexpected surprice: the size of the room. Other than the two beds and the toilet, the floor space left was only like a tiny passage for you to walk. We were shocked not daunted and made the best of what we could in the hotel room. Later, we were whisked off to my grandmother's home, Sau Mau Ping. It was just the way it had been years back, as homely as anyone could have wished for. We ate lunch there and even had the oppirtunity to play Mahjong with my grandmother! We then later went to the Funeral Parlour. It was air-conditioned and well kept, not that kind of musty and lousy ones which I had thought it was. I met my cousins there and had a great time trying to speak Cantonese properly to then and them having to speak Mandarin back to me. We both struggled. For the next 6 hours that come, we could not get out of the Funeral Parlour and had to do odd-jobs such as burning paper money into the furnaceand folding the hell papers into cylinders. It was hard work. There were also many rituals and chants and we had to also bow to our grandfather for quite a number of times . Only at ten did we manage to have our dinner. I was already dead beat at that time and had to slog through dinner before we hit the sack at 12.30am.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Flying off to Hong Kong tomorrow!
You may think it seemed nice. Flying off to Hong Kong on a schoold day........but yet it is not fun to be waking up at 3 and that your MP3 player has to die on you during a very crucial and essential time of need! That's what happened! Now I'm so sad.......cos I can't on my handphone in the plane and I have to entertain my sisters for 4 hours!!! Not Fair!!! I really want to kill the Mp3 player for making me so depressed! Argh!!!! Anyway...I have half-finished my packing only.......and I also have to sleep at 8!!! I think I'm gonna die on the plane and probably meet my grandad in heaven........then I also have to be dressed in white for the Saturday.......what kind of reasoning is this?! How I wish I could stay in Singapore and not attend the funeral!!!! But it is COMPULSORy, as my mum said. At least someone could give me a hand in repairing my MP3 player....then at least I won't be so depressed!
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
SYF Choir today!
It was a rather nice day. Good weather, good mood and good results........good weather is because its cooling and breezy even though it rained.........good mood was because today can skip EFL and zoom off in a bus to Victoria Concert Hall........good results is because I score quite well for my HMT holiday homework......all in a day's work.
Lets start off with good results. During HMT lesson which was directly after reccess, we received our results for our holiday homework. When the HMT teacher gave us the homework back, I was surprised. There was no way I could get that kind of results........26.5/35 for the Comprehension and Multiple Choice Passage.......what do you think.......in other words, it meant 75/100, A1!!! Highest in class is 30......so I'm really quite impressed. Also, teacher later gave us a question and whoever answered it got a lolipop. I answered it and got the answer correct! I'm really begginning to love HMT!!! During English, we played Scrabble. Me and Alicia played against Wenjie and Shi Hui and in the end, we lost with a score of 253 to 287.......I was so demoralized since Shi Hui and Wenjie kept on having all the very good words, leaving me and Alicia with all the lousy words....haix....
Next is the SYF Choir. Me, Ming Zhen and Casmelin forgot that we had to leave for the hall at 12 to have our lunch so we attended EFL.....at least for a short while then Ming Zhen realised that Siew Mun is gone so we quickly asked for permission and left the hall immediately. I sat beside Siew Mun in the bus and we were all very quiet until we reached the Victoria Concert Hall. While queueing to get in to the Concert Hall, I was squashed between the wall and had a hard time getting out. We managed to listen to 5 different choirs sing, including ours. If I can remember correctly, the schools that performed are : Anderson!!! Chung Cheng High (Yishun), Zheng Hua, Jurong West and Northland. Of the 5 choirs, ours is the largest and the best (according to me)!!! The rest pale in comparison, especially Northland. But what surprised me most was that our former (juniour batch) conductor was the pianist! During the journey back to school, I was teased by 5 girls , in the process being all the junk that they saw during the journey. But I didn't care. After all, it's supposed to be fun.
That's all I have to say for today. A wonderful and enjoyable day....
Lets start off with good results. During HMT lesson which was directly after reccess, we received our results for our holiday homework. When the HMT teacher gave us the homework back, I was surprised. There was no way I could get that kind of results........26.5/35 for the Comprehension and Multiple Choice Passage.......what do you think.......in other words, it meant 75/100, A1!!! Highest in class is 30......so I'm really quite impressed. Also, teacher later gave us a question and whoever answered it got a lolipop. I answered it and got the answer correct! I'm really begginning to love HMT!!! During English, we played Scrabble. Me and Alicia played against Wenjie and Shi Hui and in the end, we lost with a score of 253 to 287.......I was so demoralized since Shi Hui and Wenjie kept on having all the very good words, leaving me and Alicia with all the lousy words....haix....
Next is the SYF Choir. Me, Ming Zhen and Casmelin forgot that we had to leave for the hall at 12 to have our lunch so we attended EFL.....at least for a short while then Ming Zhen realised that Siew Mun is gone so we quickly asked for permission and left the hall immediately. I sat beside Siew Mun in the bus and we were all very quiet until we reached the Victoria Concert Hall. While queueing to get in to the Concert Hall, I was squashed between the wall and had a hard time getting out. We managed to listen to 5 different choirs sing, including ours. If I can remember correctly, the schools that performed are : Anderson!!! Chung Cheng High (Yishun), Zheng Hua, Jurong West and Northland. Of the 5 choirs, ours is the largest and the best (according to me)!!! The rest pale in comparison, especially Northland. But what surprised me most was that our former (juniour batch) conductor was the pianist! During the journey back to school, I was teased by 5 girls , in the process being all the junk that they saw during the journey. But I didn't care. After all, it's supposed to be fun.
That's all I have to say for today. A wonderful and enjoyable day....
Monday, April 16, 2007
Math Test tomorrow.
Yeah! Another offence! This time, its because I forgot to bring my tie.........(so lame).......haix...did I also mention that today is Pearleen's birthday........Happy Birthday Pearleen! I will give you your prezzie tomorrow! As for the Math test....we had a prelim before that and I nearly failed........better prepare to die........and because it is algebra.......I think I can break down my life into statments such as.........jinhu * life = a jinxed preson or depression = lousy grades + bad records + unpopular. I would really like to type down more examples but perhaps next time. And for D&T, I had to decorate my packaging. All I did for 1 hour was to write my name and the ends of the boxes and helped Yong Yan to fold her 'hearts'. It was fun. blah to all subkects and finally, CME arrived. We had a really lousy CME lesson since Mrs Kumar kept using some class issues to imply about my major offence........as if people not depressed enough already.......and she continued reprimanding the whole class for 1 hour and at the end of it, a few boys already kana DC. Did I also day that she kept on 'shadduping' eveyone who have any opinions to raise..........what a waste of time! Then later, when I was going home, I met Joyce and we kept talking about things in School and shi hui's obsession over ryan.....-_-!!!.......how can anyone in the world be obsessed with another person in the world.......its just like another episode in any Channel 8 drama serial....I'm really getting bored from all those.......that's all I have to say for today........
Sunday, April 15, 2007
One of the craziest shopping days ever.
It was yesterday. The day where I had to shop for the funeral clothes that my family had to wear during the cremation. This was how it happened.
First, I had to wake up at 8 on a WEEKEND!!! Then we were told to have a quick breakfast and had to change our clothes before we set off to JB! I still remembered how we went to Woodlands Bus Interchange to switch to bus 950.....we were simply in a 50m sprint when the bus came. Then we went to the checkpoint......blah blah blah......and in the end, we were at City Square, JB. My sisters and I wanted to watch Mr Bean's Holiday but due to unsuitable timing, we skipped the show. So sad.......then we went around the Shopping complex to look for all the white clothes and boy it was tough! When we left City Square, we only managed to buy white tees for my father and me. Then we took the bus back to the checkpoint......blah blah blah and ended up at Causeway Point. When we reached there, it was already 3.30pm but hackcare! We still went for a tea break in Ya Kun and met our aunt there. At that time, there was a promotion and you had to spend $100 woth of things in Causeway Point to get a $5 Shopping Voucher. So with the vigour and gust of teenagers, my aunt and uncle went receipt hunting. It was an art. You had to first have patience, a knowledge on where and how to get the receipts and a 'shameless' attitude. That was what my aunt and uncle posessed. In the end, they managed to find $500 worth of receipts!!! My mum, as she continues looking for totally white costumes, managed to spend $100! She did not manage to look for white pants for me and my father so instead, she told me to buy the school's white pants instead! I must admit that my mum is still the best when it comes to finding resources! We finally went home at 6.30 and I can tell you that I've never been that tired after shopping before....
First, I had to wake up at 8 on a WEEKEND!!! Then we were told to have a quick breakfast and had to change our clothes before we set off to JB! I still remembered how we went to Woodlands Bus Interchange to switch to bus 950.....we were simply in a 50m sprint when the bus came. Then we went to the checkpoint......blah blah blah......and in the end, we were at City Square, JB. My sisters and I wanted to watch Mr Bean's Holiday but due to unsuitable timing, we skipped the show. So sad.......then we went around the Shopping complex to look for all the white clothes and boy it was tough! When we left City Square, we only managed to buy white tees for my father and me. Then we took the bus back to the checkpoint......blah blah blah and ended up at Causeway Point. When we reached there, it was already 3.30pm but hackcare! We still went for a tea break in Ya Kun and met our aunt there. At that time, there was a promotion and you had to spend $100 woth of things in Causeway Point to get a $5 Shopping Voucher. So with the vigour and gust of teenagers, my aunt and uncle went receipt hunting. It was an art. You had to first have patience, a knowledge on where and how to get the receipts and a 'shameless' attitude. That was what my aunt and uncle posessed. In the end, they managed to find $500 worth of receipts!!! My mum, as she continues looking for totally white costumes, managed to spend $100! She did not manage to look for white pants for me and my father so instead, she told me to buy the school's white pants instead! I must admit that my mum is still the best when it comes to finding resources! We finally went home at 6.30 and I can tell you that I've never been that tired after shopping before....
Friday the 13th
You must be wondering why I am only typing in this post now.......well....I have been rather busy the past few days and now, I would like to tell you about my 'lucky' friday.
It all started when I was in school. It was Casual Friday but still, I was dressed in full school uniform.......why? Because I was too busy thinking about the prospects of the day........First there was History. Unknown to us, Ms Lim was in a particularly good mood so the lesson was one of the best History lessons ever. After reccess, we had English. Ms lim ( relief englush teacher) finally handed back to us our informal letters that we wrote during the march holidays. I admitted that my letter was full of crap since I dodn't have the heart to do it during a holiday atmosphere. But lol and behold, I only lost to Daryn and Di Meng, having gotten 22.5/30and as soon as Ms lim step out of the room, I was laughing at that ridiculous letter of mine. It was really full of crap since we had to write about introducing a pen pal and his family to come to Singapore for a holiday. The rest if the lessons past on wothout anything amusing. Then after school, I played Ice and Water (still so childish) with my classmates and it was fun since we had the whole school to run. Later on in the day, there was choir, the last session for the whole of Term 2. It was also the day where our instructor had to leave. So sad......but I was already very tired out from the events of the whole day so I was singing like a zombie. While on my way home, I was blasting out music from my handphone, when all of a sudden, my hands turned buttery and the hand phone fell onto the cold hard gound. That was when it got another ugly scratch and I am proud to say that it resembles more like scrap of metal now.
That's all for my really 'lucky' friday. Bye!
It all started when I was in school. It was Casual Friday but still, I was dressed in full school uniform.......why? Because I was too busy thinking about the prospects of the day........First there was History. Unknown to us, Ms Lim was in a particularly good mood so the lesson was one of the best History lessons ever. After reccess, we had English. Ms lim ( relief englush teacher) finally handed back to us our informal letters that we wrote during the march holidays. I admitted that my letter was full of crap since I dodn't have the heart to do it during a holiday atmosphere. But lol and behold, I only lost to Daryn and Di Meng, having gotten 22.5/30and as soon as Ms lim step out of the room, I was laughing at that ridiculous letter of mine. It was really full of crap since we had to write about introducing a pen pal and his family to come to Singapore for a holiday. The rest if the lessons past on wothout anything amusing. Then after school, I played Ice and Water (still so childish) with my classmates and it was fun since we had the whole school to run. Later on in the day, there was choir, the last session for the whole of Term 2. It was also the day where our instructor had to leave. So sad......but I was already very tired out from the events of the whole day so I was singing like a zombie. While on my way home, I was blasting out music from my handphone, when all of a sudden, my hands turned buttery and the hand phone fell onto the cold hard gound. That was when it got another ugly scratch and I am proud to say that it resembles more like scrap of metal now.
That's all for my really 'lucky' friday. Bye!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Living another day...
Today is nice. First, I managed to finish the infrastructure of my D&T packaging project. I had copied the design from Janelle but failed to do it to perfection since my flaps were too small and the gap was too big. NVM.......glue will solve the problem. Secondly, we were supposed to have comic life today in the Mac Lab but it was cancelled since the instructer met with an accident.......so sad for him so good for us. What's more, the English Spoken Programme (ESP) was also postponed to Tuesday because of Comic Life! Yay! Now got extra time to finish up all that homework that we were assigned but in the end, succumbbed to playing 'bottle football' and catching. I was the catcher and boy.....it was tough.....being one of the two catchers trying to drag in as many 'POW' as possible. By the end of it, all of us were laughing and having a good time......they also said that my stamina was good although I didn't run much (sprained my ankle).......it was joy. In the end, I walked home with Shi Hui and talked about all the homework we were given........the end.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Looking in retrospect...
Yesterday and today are BORING......so it also makes me listless too........and I still got nightmares on the Sarah-insult matter......always waking up in the middle of the night, breaking out in cold sweat.......wonder who lives a life in Singapore like mine......nobody because no one would always be as unlucky as me. That's a fact and I knew it long ago. It's just a huge piece of boulder that I can't remove......blocking my road to success......my parents say that I'm dim.....perhaps so.....I've always been blind.....today is just all a recap of what 13 years of living in this world has done for me....not much I guess.....the only important ones are holidays and getting 251 for PSLE. As for being jinxed, the examples are real simple. Who would be as unlucky as me as to sit beside Sarah on the first day of school? I used to believe that I can always influence someone whom I want to influence.....its still true, except that this time I was burnt, badly. I also wanted to have everyone as my friend.......but now do my eyes really open........you have to make a really big sacrifice to have a certain few as friends.......how I wish I was as popular as Pearleen....then I won't have to worry about a thing. Oh yeah! Her birthday is in 5 day's time! I've gotten a present for her and I wonder if she likes it.......I prepared it like days ago so its most probably collecting dust now.......I suppose, if everyday is an unlucky day for me.....would Friday 13th be lucky? I've always believed in balance and I hope that it would be true......my wishes would then be: a clean record (impossible to attain) and excellent grades fro every exam......hope that all this will come true on the Friday 13th, my luck day....
Monday, April 9, 2007
Average yet unique.
Today comprises of the most average events that would happen in your lives. And for me to enjoy that. Its bliss.
We had to change seats today. The reason was because about the matter between me and sarah and also because the class is very noisy nd according to the teachers.......no class spirit. Haix...anyway, I was moved to sit beside Wing Yiu and it wasn't a problem since Wing Yiu ha salready been sitting behind me the last time. As for Sarah, she had to sit beside Wei Le......(poor guy)....I really pity him. Wish him the best of luck to withstand her........that is only a part of the majpr events that happened today. The other part was was that we did not have Higher Chinese! The Higher Chinese class were celebrating while the Normal Chinese class watched us with purest envy......and we were supposed to write a letter.......so the whole period was spent chatting or finishing homework, which I did the latter with extreme reluctance as I made plans with Alicia and Shi Hui to go to Alicia's house for a game of Monopoly.
After school, we were all waiting at the gate, waiting for Alicia's mum to fetch us to AMK Hub then to Alicia's home. Me and Shi Hui were so nervous when we entered the car since Alicia's brother was also inside and in the end, it was a perfect fit in the car. Nobody had to squeeze. AMK Hub was nice. After all, its a new shopping complex. The three of us walked all the way to Breadtalk just to buy our lunch and it was tedious since it was at the furthest end. As soon as we reached the car, We saw Alicia's brother got out. So with some some of the spare tome before we got in the car, we stood outside, munching our bread. It was a queer sight to see three Andersonians huddled together in a carpark munching bread and talking about all the events that happened in their lives. At Alicia's house, we opened the board to start playing. I think the true intention of playing the game was to destress and also give the girls a chance to defeat me after their disapppointing performance in my house. But they lost and I won again. Haha! When I alighted at Admiralty station, I could see the Pasar Malam closing down.....so sad.....I was planning to but Takoyaki Balls tomorrow.....they are so delicious....but never mind.
I've got to go now, since my stomach is growling and my Science homework is getting impatient........
We had to change seats today. The reason was because about the matter between me and sarah and also because the class is very noisy nd according to the teachers.......no class spirit. Haix...anyway, I was moved to sit beside Wing Yiu and it wasn't a problem since Wing Yiu ha salready been sitting behind me the last time. As for Sarah, she had to sit beside Wei Le......(poor guy)....I really pity him. Wish him the best of luck to withstand her........that is only a part of the majpr events that happened today. The other part was was that we did not have Higher Chinese! The Higher Chinese class were celebrating while the Normal Chinese class watched us with purest envy......and we were supposed to write a letter.......so the whole period was spent chatting or finishing homework, which I did the latter with extreme reluctance as I made plans with Alicia and Shi Hui to go to Alicia's house for a game of Monopoly.
After school, we were all waiting at the gate, waiting for Alicia's mum to fetch us to AMK Hub then to Alicia's home. Me and Shi Hui were so nervous when we entered the car since Alicia's brother was also inside and in the end, it was a perfect fit in the car. Nobody had to squeeze. AMK Hub was nice. After all, its a new shopping complex. The three of us walked all the way to Breadtalk just to buy our lunch and it was tedious since it was at the furthest end. As soon as we reached the car, We saw Alicia's brother got out. So with some some of the spare tome before we got in the car, we stood outside, munching our bread. It was a queer sight to see three Andersonians huddled together in a carpark munching bread and talking about all the events that happened in their lives. At Alicia's house, we opened the board to start playing. I think the true intention of playing the game was to destress and also give the girls a chance to defeat me after their disapppointing performance in my house. But they lost and I won again. Haha! When I alighted at Admiralty station, I could see the Pasar Malam closing down.....so sad.....I was planning to but Takoyaki Balls tomorrow.....they are so delicious....but never mind.
I've got to go now, since my stomach is growling and my Science homework is getting impatient........
Saturday, April 7, 2007
A 'GOOD' Friday
I didn't post yeasterday because well.......my mum forced me to go to bed early and even hoarded the computer. So here I am typing in a late post. Yesterday was quite 'peaceful', in a sense that there wasn't anything particularly interesting except for just one incident.
Lunch had just been eaten and I rushed to my parents' room to surf the net. It was fun, fooling around for an hour before I had to get ready and leave. Then again, who can only surf the net for 1 hour? So, naturally, I exceeded and also ,naturally, I was late. Late to go shopping.
My mother was out, my sisters were out and my father was out, leaving me with my own devices and my maid to all the house chores. My own devices include surfing the net and going shopping for the day and as soon as I found out I was late, I slammed the door behind me and head for Causeway Point. I met Shi Hui and Alicia there and in the end, had no time to shop (that's why I said I was late) since they had no mood for shopping and wanted to chill out at my house. On the way, Alicia told me that she has just been dumped by Daryn. There was silence as we head to my house. I had already insisted that there was nothing at my house that they can do but they just don't care. So in the end, we ended up playing Monopoly.......it was a way to destress and that was what all of us needed ; Alicia to recover from her breakup ; Shi Hui to stop her from thinking about Ryan ; me to bounce back from my major offence. Funny thing is, all our problems originated in school. We had the time of our lives there, purchasing property and laughing at all the coincidential things in the game, such as stealing one's property etc. However, all good things eventually come to an end. They left my house at 6. As for who won the game, it was me.
Lunch had just been eaten and I rushed to my parents' room to surf the net. It was fun, fooling around for an hour before I had to get ready and leave. Then again, who can only surf the net for 1 hour? So, naturally, I exceeded and also ,naturally, I was late. Late to go shopping.
My mother was out, my sisters were out and my father was out, leaving me with my own devices and my maid to all the house chores. My own devices include surfing the net and going shopping for the day and as soon as I found out I was late, I slammed the door behind me and head for Causeway Point. I met Shi Hui and Alicia there and in the end, had no time to shop (that's why I said I was late) since they had no mood for shopping and wanted to chill out at my house. On the way, Alicia told me that she has just been dumped by Daryn. There was silence as we head to my house. I had already insisted that there was nothing at my house that they can do but they just don't care. So in the end, we ended up playing Monopoly.......it was a way to destress and that was what all of us needed ; Alicia to recover from her breakup ; Shi Hui to stop her from thinking about Ryan ; me to bounce back from my major offence. Funny thing is, all our problems originated in school. We had the time of our lives there, purchasing property and laughing at all the coincidential things in the game, such as stealing one's property etc. However, all good things eventually come to an end. They left my house at 6. As for who won the game, it was me.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Feelings of just being blackmarked...
Somehow, I felt the chains of guilt and trepidation released. It was like being just released from prison, where the air of carefree and freedom just lingers sround you. Its nice. It was like being a bird whose cage has been just been opened and looking forward to those promising roads ahead. Its also like telling yourself never to make such mistakes and gaining experiences from them. That's nice.
My father had told me, by writing an insult about Sarah, I was only digging my own grave, since Sarah wouldn't stand to lose and the only loser will be me. In cantonese, there's also two definition of the word 'stupid'. One, it was the always-fail-exam-stupid. Two, it was the digging-my-own-grave-and-not-thinking-of-the-consequeces-stupid. I admit that I was really stupid in the seond sense. After all, only people like me are capable of being very extreme in the second sense. We just don't think of consequences but yet are still good at our studies. Haix.......how stupid can I be......so, to remind myself never to be stupid again, I put "Never be stupid" signs on my phone's cover screen and greeting message.
As for how the day went today, it was rather surprising. It was like Sarah hed turned over a new leaf overnight (I'm still rather suspicious...). She was nice to me (impossible!!!) and she didn't scold that much anymore (not counting those that she hate and I am not one of them). I really wonder, had all the lecturings made Sarah turn over a new leaf? Or was it all an act? After all, she is in drama. This is a rather dangerous situation......I had better be on my watch.....
My father had told me, by writing an insult about Sarah, I was only digging my own grave, since Sarah wouldn't stand to lose and the only loser will be me. In cantonese, there's also two definition of the word 'stupid'. One, it was the always-fail-exam-stupid. Two, it was the digging-my-own-grave-and-not-thinking-of-the-consequeces-stupid. I admit that I was really stupid in the seond sense. After all, only people like me are capable of being very extreme in the second sense. We just don't think of consequences but yet are still good at our studies. Haix.......how stupid can I be......so, to remind myself never to be stupid again, I put "Never be stupid" signs on my phone's cover screen and greeting message.
As for how the day went today, it was rather surprising. It was like Sarah hed turned over a new leaf overnight (I'm still rather suspicious...). She was nice to me (impossible!!!) and she didn't scold that much anymore (not counting those that she hate and I am not one of them). I really wonder, had all the lecturings made Sarah turn over a new leaf? Or was it all an act? After all, she is in drama. This is a rather dangerous situation......I had better be on my watch.....
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Escaped a Major Offence!
My mum had said......as she claims......that I behave more like a gamgster nowadys.......is that true? Remember the sarah-whiteboard matter, I was convicted for a major offence for slandering.......like I never slander anyone before.There was no rest in my heart as the day went by .I just can't concentrate on anything, not even english.......as I kept on thinking about that matter.....want the full story?......this is how it goes....
Me, audrey and zheng young were having the time of our lives......(after school)........decorating the class whiteboard with ridiculous stuff. That was where it all started. Audrey began writing an orbituary about this Tan Ah Kow that she said, who went with Satan. I merely continued, adding the wife as Sarah's full name and her children too stupid to be mention.......kk.......I know I was wrong but then I was already very angry with her at that time.....in the end, the teacher found out and I had to be lectured by them for 3 sessions, each taking about 1 hour. It was during Tuesday first thing in the morning that the first session started, the second session after school where we have to face the DM. The third session was today after school. Between the time spam from each session, I couldn't study. I could only think of getting canning and a very serious blackmark. That day passed on with dread. Directly after school today, me, zheng young and sarah were rushed into the conference room. Here is the punishment. Zheng Young's record was tainted with 'misuse of technology' and mine was with 'slandering'. However, I was able to purify mine with 'repentful for his actions'. Saragh got off scot-free and as soon as Zheng Young left, we were told about the importance of being classmates. In the end, we had to write 10 good things about each other. It was difficult but in the end, I managed to finish it. Now that I have a blackmark........things are going to get bumpy.....
Me, audrey and zheng young were having the time of our lives......(after school)........decorating the class whiteboard with ridiculous stuff. That was where it all started. Audrey began writing an orbituary about this Tan Ah Kow that she said, who went with Satan. I merely continued, adding the wife as Sarah's full name and her children too stupid to be mention.......kk.......I know I was wrong but then I was already very angry with her at that time.....in the end, the teacher found out and I had to be lectured by them for 3 sessions, each taking about 1 hour. It was during Tuesday first thing in the morning that the first session started, the second session after school where we have to face the DM. The third session was today after school. Between the time spam from each session, I couldn't study. I could only think of getting canning and a very serious blackmark. That day passed on with dread. Directly after school today, me, zheng young and sarah were rushed into the conference room. Here is the punishment. Zheng Young's record was tainted with 'misuse of technology' and mine was with 'slandering'. However, I was able to purify mine with 'repentful for his actions'. Saragh got off scot-free and as soon as Zheng Young left, we were told about the importance of being classmates. In the end, we had to write 10 good things about each other. It was difficult but in the end, I managed to finish it. Now that I have a blackmark........things are going to get bumpy.....
Monday, April 2, 2007
Going away to Hong Kong on a schoolday!
It still seemed sad.......my grandfather had to pass away before I could have the chance to whisper a word of goodbye. However, my mum had booked the tickets and all fo us (me and sisters) were told to prepare whisking off to Hong Kong at 6am, 20 April! That means that I can skip Friday! Haha! No choir means no sore throat and aching legs! I think we will most probably have our accomadation in my grandmother's house (I didn't use grandparents since...) Being cooped up on a budget airline for 4 hours didn't seem comfortable but my mum had to pay $2000 for the tickets! Gosh! What's more is that we will be returning on Sunday........3 days only......So much for skipping the next week of school.....my mum said that our sole purpose of going there is to mourn for my grandfather.......I also heard that my cousin's wife is pregnant (not sure if it's true).......if so, my saying on the old letting way for the young is true......I also want to visit Ocean Park (theme park) but I doubt that we will have the time to do so.......finally got chance to eat the dianxin and snuggle in the warmth of home.....
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