megastores! + new blogshop!:)

hi ppl!! pls visit http://glam-garden.blogspot.com! its a blogshop opened by me and minqi!=) we're currently juz selling earrings and bracelets, but will be expanding to include necklaces, anklets, bagcharms soon:) haha go visit now k!!

anw recently visited the two new megastores in tampines! IKEA and Courts! vv fun la:):) but its not for the faint-hearted nor for the bad tempered impatient person lol. its v crowded so u've gotta be calm and juz be optimistic ya? so taking tt into acct, it was vv fun! i still love IKEA's Swedish meatballs! yummm:) but unless u've got plenty of time and patience to spare, don't go to Court's Box Bistro! system is quite screwed though concept is gd enough. queue was damn long and by the time u sit down to eat ur food wld've gone cold. so yup, just go Courts for their mega deals! realli v cheap! got a cheap phone for my room and a all-in-one USB card reader finally=)

and my room is finally (almost) done! room warming anyone??=p

ps: go visit our blogshop k! =)

busy!

haha okie i'm not busy with jobs per se, but i'm rather busy having fun! lol. i'll prob take my job next year jan for abt one month, then another after my overseas trip. (I'm going to US! whee!! i'll blog abt tt another time)

so far been going out almost daily.. going shopping! getting my prom stuff, helping ppl get prom stuff, recceing stuff for my room etcetc.. lolx.. so yar, all in all feeling quite busy.. in a good way! =)

cant wait to finish doing up my room! shall haf a room warming! heeee. anw got 4C chalet this week! frm 30nov to 3dec.. no need to pay thx to fio=D yay so fun!! but i've got SATs this sat and i'm so unprepared pls! quite dead. kinda regret signing up for it..=x lazy study lar.. plus i dun really wanna go into the tj library to study.. bleargh.. lol..

tjchoir concert was last fri and it rox!! love esp all the christmas carols, and O Nata Lux! so christmassy.. mmmm i cant wait for christmas=) then after tt some of us went for supper.. including our seniors timo and shisong! so fun la.. too bad its not more ppl.. totally miss all the seniors k.. but i guess guys in ns and girls in uni so not much time ba.. but i enjoyed the supper alot! laughed alot alot! lolx.. hopefully the tjchoir alumni will be an actual occurrence then i'll be able to meet them more often! haha.. but tt'll prob take a long time la.. since the guys will be gg into ns soon.. ohwell.. i'll wait=) haha..

anw rmb last time i recommended Pandora for listening music? well i found another one! this one's better in a way, cos it offers some chinese music too! its called Last.fm so try it now! Note: I am not a promoter of any of these products! lolx.

kk.. i shall get down to making up my room now! cya~!

OVER!!!!!!

IT'S OVER!!!! Like, really really finally finally overrrrr!!! whee!!! The nightmare has finally passed!!!! woot!!! If you still dunno what i'm talking abt, well, the A Levels are finally over! heeee!!


ahhhh. the feeling of not having to study. ooooh. yeah man. wheeeee! i can finally do what i wanna do le=)))))))))) so much i wanna do!!!

haha shant say anymore le, shall go n relax.

oh just one more thing, celebrated my mum's bdae today! haha. lalalalala. :)

cya ppl!! for those who havent ended, jiayou jiayou kampate! ending soon!!!!

il divo.. live!!

today i juz had my gp a's.. okay but that's so not the point right now.. the thing is, i'm going to il divo concert nxt yr when they come to singapore!! wheeeheehee!

more showing off.. lol=p


A's levels are ending! (i'm looking on the very very bright side. lol)

ta~!

Bug Zapper!

i chanced upon this website that's super duper cool! Here's an extract:

An actual ray gun would be my preferred method of spider extermination, but unfortunately, the Bug Vacuum just looks like one. An ecologically friendly device, the handheld vacuum sucks up stray bugs and secures them in a chamber to be released unharmed into the wild. For the naturalist in all of us, a built-in magnifier lets you get a close-up look at the bug while it's trapped. I've always leaned to the tissue-grab-and-flush method for insect control, but I guess I could learn to be a bit more green for 25 bucks. — Trevor Noren

The Bug Vacuum, via The Red Ferret Journal

yup go here! and, if u're taking the A levels like me, i suggest u see it after A's actually.. i laughed like a million times while reading, and ya, i spent quite a while.. lolx.. well.. enjoy!

farewell assembly

okie so today was our final final assembly in tj! well it wasnt as emotional as i expected it to be, but still, it was pretty touching to see my schoolmates go up on the stage one by one to thank teachers and friends. these are the people to whom tj meant something to. i'm sure, like i've said before, most of us have complained loud and often about the various restrictions, practices, and even certain people in tj, but ultimately, there are some of us (including me) who have grown to love the school and the people, as most of them have said today. Can any of us really forget the friends we've made throughout these two years? Busy we may have been (well, some ppl at least, lol), but these friends who have been by our side during tutorials, lectures, pdp times and outings.. surely we have forged some measure of friendship with them. For those who will not miss TJ, i do feel some degree of sadness for them.. they would've wasted their time in these two years. Sure, they may get their A's, but personally, I feel that my jc life was enriched mainly due to choir, my classmates, and some of the teachers who have been particularly inspiring and caring.

okay, as u can see, this post in gonna be rather reflective and somewhat emotional, so just a warning here.=)

Choir, especially during my first year, was indeed my main source of recreation especially during busy periods. Rather than complain about the busy schedule of choir, i was thankful for the solace it offered. Truly, a day that ended with choir practice could turn a lousy day into one that bore remembrance. Each choir practice was one that i looked forward to. We were lucky to have such nice seniors who welcomed us warmly into TJChoir.. I'll always rmb them=) It was only when my batch took over that i actually really got to know them - we were so close to the seniors that we actually hardly mingled with one another! but then began the budding friendships within my batch.. within the comm, i made great friends, and though we had some disputes with ms lau, she did call us adorable in the end k! haha=) and within the altos, u guys were great! i wasnt a great sl, but thx to ur support, i pulled thru=) then, the year1s came in this yr.. a great bunch with plenty of potential, and i believe they'll do us proud again nxt syf=) all in all, TJChoir is one i'll never ever forget, and whose concerts, carolling, even cip, and especially the San Francisco trip will be precious memories i'll take away with me as i leave TJ.

and there's 06/05.. i may not have been as close to them as i would have wanted, esp as compared to sec4c, but they have been beside me all through tutorials, lectures and civics.. well they probably wont read this, but anw, to shurong weiwei melissa xiaoshan wendy jiayi, uall were great friends! muz totally keep in touch kk!! to the rest of 06/05, i may not have been extremely close to u, but i think each one of u (yes, really! everyone k!) have contributed much to the class. seriously, i'll miss all my classmates, and the times we've spent sabo-ing cedrick=p, talking abt a certain Mr Cold=), and eating tgt in the canteen..

my 'morning' group will of course be one i'll miss and think back fondly upon.. the spot nxt to the student lounge where we gather daily.. zoe danny yuxuan jojo.. we've not only had shared memories in choir, but also during the numerous lunches, the few kbox trips, and all the other outings we've had.. this very special bunch of people were funny, caring, and altogether made my life in tj so much more interesting. I'll miss the daily morning meetups, the weekly wednesday lunches and of course, just these people themselves.

well, perhaps i'll also dedicate a short paragraph to my maths c class.. though we hardly know each other, it was truly a memorable day when it was maths tutorial and we were all studying at scope. hmm. lol=P

to a special person.. its been impossible to forget, and those fond memories will be cherished..

tj has given me so many things to cherish and remember.. how can i not thank her for these gifts? i love my friends. i love its teachers (well, at least some of them). i love TJChoir. truly, i love tj.

well.. though it was the 'final assembly' today, at least its not the last time we'll see each other.. there's still the A's, grad nite, and of course, collection of 'A' level results. nevertheless, today's so-called farewell concert somehow gave finality to the fact that i will not attend lessons anymore in tj very very soon.

okay, here's some photos i took today!!=))

my morning spot!=)





me and xiaoshan after our last lecture!

with shurong in our favourite spot.. toilet!=p

3 of the bball guys acting serious.. LOL





yup, thats it! gd luck everyone for A's!

vivivivooo!

okay haah i went to vivo today! i know i know.. its exam period and i'm supposed to be studying!! yeah i know.. i'm feeling guilty too k, so dun rub it in=x well i had an excuse, we celebrated my dad's b'dae in advance! haha.. since he's going overseas nxt wk ma.. so yea.. lolx.. okay so vivocity is BIG! its not totally done yet.. so still looks pretty raw.. but it's grand opening is on 1st dec! i'm so going there man! maybe not on opening day.. but sometime soon after=DD n i took some photos for fun=D

memories of san francisco come flooding back!

this 'cop' was making funny actions the whole time; super funny!

alright, enough of vivo.. =)

anw, yest i went to ngee ann sec to take my SATs exam.. kinda for fun la lol.. if gd den use, no gd throw away lor.. lolx.. hopefully its gd la.. haha.. and i took some photos here too.. (hey, i was bored what)

scene before taking the paper

here was carol um, looking to the future..? okay, maybe she was just ignoring me=x

i met junqi, ziyu, taojun and rakesh there too.. and quite a few other tjcians.. haha.. oh man, i feel quite out sia.. they're more of like the top in results type, while i'm.. hmmmmm.. lol.. well at least i managed the paper.. wonder how'll the results be.. esp for maths level 2 and physics! hahaah.. quite funny lar, maths level 2 they came out polar coordinates! haha, fmaths sia, but i rmbed mr ng talking...... long long long ago, while i was still daydreaming in class.. but i rmbed! haha.. and basically made some sense of it and probably got it right=D oops.. heh=)

oo btw i took abit of break just now and i drew an overview of my room makeover for after A's! hai, i cant wait!!!=))

okay, time to mug!

study pls!

i must study! damn i'm such a slacker. gotta slap myself manz. oh well.

okay anw i was at national library making myself study today, then i went to bugis to get lunch and i saw some realli cute stuff! (Warning: strong hint ahead=p) i was just walking ard looking for a nice n cheap strap to attach to my hp pouch, then i went into Gift-A-Name and i saw a bunch of fur balls!! hahaha, okay they're not really furballs but they're actually called Rainbow Pompoms or sth.. haha.. vv cute! n soft! so nice to touch=)) heee=) then i walked ard somemore.. and i went to Action City, and i saw a Mini Water Dispenser! haha.. here's a pic:

cute right??? heee.. so.. strong hint k! haha.. kidding la, i doubt i'd drink so much water anw.. haha.. tt amt of water will last me a week at the rate i drink water=x lol.. i'll probably die of dehydration one day.. lol choychoy.. haha.. but its cute anw! haha.. maybe can consider when i redecorate my room after A's!!! whee~~~ so much i wanna do after A's man.. =)

hmm.. time flies isn't it? okay tt's v cliche.. time is like the hummingbird then.. okay tt doesnt make much sense.. but.. u get the point=) well.. there's only one day left of actual school, discounting the farewell assembly.. which really makes me think alot.. i love tj. i really do. i guess i knew tt b4, though i always had some complaint here n there.. but over the past two years, i've grown pretty attached to it.. and i can hardly believe there's only one day left.. just one day left for me to appreciate normal life in tj.. well, i swear i'll finally pay attention in whichever lesson i go on mon! i really will! and i will not almost fall asleep. i will listen to the lecturer without daydreaming. i'll even take down notes(if any)! well, i'll try my best not to daydream ba, u know, old habits die hard.=x

anw, i hope nobody will pon monday and tues!! gotta take lots of photos.. hopefully i'll blog on tues, with lots of photos! lalala.. okay i shant say any more sentimental stuff le for now, save them for tues!=)

ta~

i'll miss everything. so so much.

Ig Nobel prizes

okay this is interesting, this is the first time i've heard of the Ig Nobel prize.

Here's an excerpt:

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- The sound sets teeth on edge, makes skin crawl and sends a shiver down the spine. Just thinking about it gives some people the heebie-jeebies.

But what is it about the sound of fingernails scratching a blackboard that elicits such a universal reaction?

Randolph Blake and two colleagues think they know -- the sound's frequency level.

Their research has earned them an Ig Nobel, the annual award given at Harvard University by Annals of Improbable Research magazine for weird, wacky and sometimes worthless scientific research.

The winners honored -- or maybe dishonored -- at a raucous ceremony Thursday at Harvard's inappropriately opulent Sanders Theater include a doctor who put his finger on a cure for hiccups; two men who think there is something to the old adage that feet smell like cheese; and researchers who discovered that dung beetles won't tuck in to just any old pile of ... well, dung.

Read more here

It's interesting u know, if worthless.

blabla.. things can be so hard. blaaaa. blaaaaaaaa. so much i want to say, nothing i can say.

cheers everyone.

whee!

so happy=) haha i got it!! like.. i got my phone! hee=D i'm so totally in love with it=) wheeheehee~~~

anw mr peck was discussing our prelim qn abt blogging today ("Blogging is nothing more than idle chatter and self-indulgence." Is this a fair comment?) haha, yeah i guess this is partially true, so.. warning: my blog contains idle chatter & self-indulgence! ppl who do not like to read such content are welcome to leave. i recommend google - u can simply create ur google homepage with only content that u want. no more idle chatter!=) anw, as i was saying before the warning, we were discussing the qn, then mr peck asked: Does anyone in the class have blogs? well, i admit i raised a finger.. then swiftly put it down again. lol. let me just name who has blogs in my class (at least, those i know of..): me(duh), weiwei, daphne, rakesh, nishanth, thiamkee.. that's 6 at least. naturally, 'no one' had blogs at that moment. naturally.

i totally love Goodwood Park Hotal durian mooncake=) yummmm.

oh, and i love my phone.=D

alright, that's enough idle chatter and self-indulgence for now. (and not to mention showing off.=p) i apologise.. not very sincerely.

blah!

hmz so far got back my maths n physics results.. v disappointing lar. dun wanna talk abt it.

anw, i saw this quote:

"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite."
- Paul Dirac

haha i totally agree with the second line esp! ahhah tt's why i dropped lit! (haha lit students dun kill me k!) i mean, not tt its a bad thing, i guess i enjoy a tiny amt of it, but i just dont get the point of writing so much abt a few lines of poems n blabla. lolx.. though neither do i totally agree with the first half of the quote.. like, okay those scientist tried to unravel the mysteries of the scientific world. yes, they tried. but its not like everyone can understand it lar. again, its debatable. as long as u work hard enuf, i guess u can. then again, for what? passion? yeah. right. not me though, not for science in GCE 'A' level anw.

kk enough of the cynic in me. guess i was going off topic le lol. anw, this period is a damn nightmare. cant wait to wake up. blah. gotta survive. give me strength man. lol.

anw i got a dream phone!!!! hee. i predict i'll be getting it soon! wheehee! cant wait! shant tell u which one i like=p though my msn nick does give a clue. heeee. lalala. i love the phone=)

focus.

pandora!

i just discovered this website www.pandora.com tts sth like a personal radio station. first u create a station (for best results go create an account, its v fast=D), then u tell them at least one song/artist that you like, then they'll play other songs that they think you'll like. on the way, if u particularly like/hate a song, just indicate so, and they'll customise the 'radio station' accordingly. and even me being so fussy, so far i really like the songs they've played!=)) they even have abit of chanticleer and il divo! and obviously most of the pop songs as well=) the only drawback is that it doesnt have chinese songs, but well, i can deal with that=)) (my favourite songs in Pandora is listed in my 'links' section, go see!=P) and if you're interested in the songs i listen to, u can go to [Holiday]! -this is the station i created for myself, with songs tt are kind of lighthearted, sometimes romantic, abit christmassy sometimes.. well, u gotta listen to really know la=) this is my fave station as of now, but i've also created a rock station at [RockOn!] =)

okay gotta get back to studying! i havent been concentrating much yest AND today!=x=x well, guess i needed a short break anyway, but not too long!!! okok, i really gotta go now=)) cya!

ps: go try Pandora k! its called the 'Music Genome Project' btw, cool rite? hee

pps: gd luck for everyone else tt's studying out there!

ppps: hmz i really really gotta go=x=x

hapi (early) teachers' day!

haha we celebrated tcher's day during second break yesterday! quite fun sia, invited our tutors to the canteen, where we had reserved 5 tables for our own use! hee.. and we also had a 1.5kg cake which was yummy~! so we gave them their cards, and let mrs leong cut the cake! hmz.. then we took pics!



rest of the day was pretty fun too, cos after tt break was physics! n since mr koh aka mr cold was there le, of course we took the initiative to extend our break=)) haha.. then after physics was actually maths tutorial, but i ponned la lol, and since the fm ppl had their lesson postponed too.. guess what we did! take photos! hahah.. so fun la, took alot alot of pics v funny de.. esp cedrick lol.. damn crappy.. hahaha.. have a peek..=)


ced with jiayi's bag! LOL





look for more pics over.. here!

n more pics wif val! cant wait to get frm her=))

so all in all generally a pretty nice day.. oh n it was the first time i ate kway chap all by myself too!=)

okay so tt was our 'last' day of school.. meaning 2 more weeks to prelims! how scary is that man.. much of my optimism is gone by now, but i've still gotta do what i have to do.. focus! focus! focus! in fact that's the only thing i shld be doing now. well jiayou man! been a really bad week, but i guess the only way's to smile and hope things turn out better soon..=) smile n be happy everyone!

3 weeks

3 weeks to prelims lo. Hmm tts fast sia. Nxt week will be last week of school le. so fast sia, soon we wont have so-called 'fixed' lessons le, uni will be such a different experience! lalala.. but anw, been really trying to studying la, but interestingly, i dont feel overly stressed. stressed, yes, but not too much. somehow, i've been abnormally happy lol but i suppose that isnt a bad thing. We've all gotta learn how to move on. been studying in the national library regularly, n i think it's really the best place for me=) hee feel quite happy there, considering its my study place.. maybe its due to the 'happiness' radiating from bugis (equivalent to shopping n having fun=D) so ya, gonna continue gg there!=D

anw, i love my frens and am infinitely content. =)) with the major aspects of my life. whee~

and here's a pic of me n carol on national day! not one of our more glamourous, but probably one of the more patriotic=) lol (hint: do note the colour of our attire=p)

laaaah

ohwellz. things arent looking good. but ANYWAY gotta be optimistic!!! lalala, sometimes just gotta deal with things as they come. lalallaa.. =))

but national day was fun!! went out with carol=) she wore red polo tee, n i wore white! hahaha then i wore red accessories, n she wore white=DD heeeee. then at first we wanted to go haagen daz for their chocolate fondue cos it's supposed to be v niceee, BUT we went to the one in front of the hilton hotel n its like so coffee shop la! lol its juz a fan blowing at the tables n its like only abt 4 tables pls. diaooo. so we took cab(!!! lol) to cineleisure and watched the Lake House! (before that we took neoprints, might post it nxt time=p) lake house rocks la, keanu reeves n sandra bullock okay! so niceeee=))))) my fave actors of all time man! =D hahaah.. n its like super sweet la, man, super duper sweet! wheeheee`` then we ate at maestro bistro at cineleisure, tried the choc fondue there! haha, quite fun la, we ordered the fondue for 4 cos its more worth it lol hahaha, PLUS a pasta, i swear the waiter was so laughing at us k! lolx, but it wasnt that much la seriously, cos anw it was kinda our dinner ma, whereas other ppl prob eat it for a light dinner onli, but in any case it was highly fattening! but still nice hee=))

nil

when things go bad, they usually become worse. then maybe, just maybe, it gets better. well, u dont have any control over what's gonna happen. but at least u can control how u wanna handle it. of sorts.

damn.

lala~~

now in hub wif weiwei n shurong!!! lolx~ juz saw our grad nite details=)) so cool! at fullerton on 6 dec! yay=D got sth to look forward to le=) hmz lucky me n carol has our plan le *evil laughter* but i shant tell u what it is=D wahaha~ anw realli cant wait, den my A levels end on 15nov i think, so ive got abt 3 weeks to shop for prom stuff!! whee~~~ n do whatever i wanna do to myself=D hahaha~ lalalaala~~ it'll be so fun! the dessert looks nice too la, "truffles in rum sauce" mmmmmm yum! the view from fullerton is wonderful la! yayayayay~ i hope the SC pulls this off, it looks gd for now!=D ps.: maybe i shld learn to dance. hahhaaha. though i'm quite hopeless, but if everyone else is dancing den shld be quite fun=DDD okay tts added to the list of things i gotta learn! hee~

i shant blog now abt lousy stuff. things like studying perhaps.ewww.

anw i have three skins in blogskins in total now, u can take a look if u like=) and rate me okay! i'll be v happy de=D hee~ go here: http://www.blogskins.com/me/fusion8 my skins are under "fusion8's submitted skins" =) i've stopped making skins for now due to the disgusting A levels, but i wanna start again after A's! gonna learn vector art=D

hmz kk gtg~ shall try to blog slightly more often=)) cya ppl~!! lalala~

*muz be happy*

support me? =)

i've recently made two blogskins n submitted them to Blogskins.com! hee ppl interested go see k?

1. the beautiful game feat. Cristiano Ronaldo //cp^}

2. cloths of heaven //cp^}

whee!=) go see n rate n comment k!=))

anw the second template 'cloths of heaven' was inspired by the song TJChoir sang in sanfran! so yupyup go rate me!=))

n abt World Cup, how can Brazil lose!!! ahh.. n how can France win!! well hopefully Portugal can win France then=p tt'll be nice=D

rabbit in cup!

cute rite?? =D

jcts half over!

sometimes, life just realli sux. if onli i could start over. then again, it'll probably turn out the same way. wish i could quickly get it over and done with.

anyway, gd news is jcts are halfway done!! wheeheeeee! yesterday was econs n gp, tml will be maths n phys then its over!!! woot!

hmm. but then, even though i finish on wed, practically everyone else is having jcts! including those frm other colleges. bah. i shall find my own entertainment.

someone please entertain me.

i'm extremely bored. and sian. and irritated. and annoyed.

i need to save me from myself.

hmm i might be schizophrenic.

whateverrrr.

entertain me please!!!

anyone who's free on wed evening or thurs contact me!

pronto!

bleargh.

Cristiano Ronaldo!

its half time for e match b/n portugal n iran! n u know what? i juz decided i like cristiano ronaldo! looks so cool sia~ =D esp when he's tackling n all tt.. hahaah~

CounTeBas

oh n i found some mp3s of a choir called "Mens Vocal Ensemble CounTeBas".. juz thought i might share=)

	Mens Vocal Ensemble CounTeBas _ Christmas Carols
	Hosted by eSnips

pics / =x

firstly here are some neoprints tt me n carol took on her 18th bdae=) oh n btw, i beat her in pool! wahahahahahah i'm not tt bad after all sia!=D love u still carol=)) n i know u love me=))






on e heavier side, jcts are coming!!!!! isnt tt like such a disaster? i just finished tuition which successfully brought me down to a new low this hols what with whatever stuff tts been on my mind.. seriously this is so not one of my happier times. at least my maths is roughly on track. physics is a completely different matter altogether. my tutor just wrecked whatever illusional concepts i had n poked holes in whatever i thought was correct. just goes to show how much i understood it huh. plus i have 5 topics to cover in a week, and tts not even including those previous topics i've gotta cover cos i still dun get them. how perfectly wonderful. as for econs.. lets juz say i havent got much hope. reminder: it was worse than my fmaths last yr, and thats realli as low as it go n i have an extremely high chance of maintaining that position.

so i'm not in such a gd position. oh n may i remind myself that i actually wanted to do relatively well this exams? uh huh. i'm worried of course, n i'm stressed at times.. just not stressed enough for me to actually focus and study. yet.. bah i dunno what to say.. i just seriously feel like spouting profanities about a million times more than usual.. its about constantly in my head nowadays.. oh whatever.

GSS is here n i dont get to shop. wish i could screw the whole Alevels n toss it out of e universe. crap.

screw everything la. so not worth it.

k bear with me i juz wanted to rant. i guess everyone else in yr2 wld be feeling some degree of stress whether little or not. gd for u if u're not, relax if u are cos me n plenty others are in the same hell of a situation as u.

ciao~

why?

hmm.. my tuition juz ended a few min ago.. well, other than making me feel more stressed up abt e tonnes of stuff i still dont know.. he also asked me why i seem different today.. am i? i dunno.. i wouldnt have expected him to say that.. i wouldnt have noticed it myself.. ohwellz.. blah.. maybe i juz get different before exams.. he actually asked issit i study too much? like study from early morning to evening tt kinda stuff.. siao lar, ppl like me so slack how would i ever do that.. bla.. but still, the fact tt he actually asked why i seem different.. i didnt even know i appeared different.. lol.. maybe i am..

whatever, i probably juz typed out a paragraph of rubbish..

i wish i could. really. but i'm juz the way i am.

okay juz ignore the above, they're juz rants. on the other hand, i had a great time on 7june!!! hee, celebrated carol's bdae!!! lolx. that toot. forever late la. wahahahaah.. and i gave her a wonderful white card!!! woot! =ppp initially. shant tell u what i got her for her actual present. but it rocks okay. wheehee. then anw, we ate lunch at wisma food republic, actually its e korean restaurant inside there. and its vvvv nice! muz try the Bik Bim Bap, some mixed rice wif vege n egg n special korean sauce.

then we went to far east to look for carols skirt! waha, thanks to me, the first shop that i pulled her was where we found the skirt! wheehee=D so proud of myself lar. hahaah.. so fast forward abit, den i found her a pair of earrings too! at bugis=D hee y am i so pro?? hahaha.. so basically at bugis we went to do manicure! woot~ haha..

then we went to meet kent n wt for our National Youth Challenge entrepreneurship programme.. haha.. they were v impressed wif us lar can=D hahaha.. esp carol crapped like damn interesting la.. =PpP

after tt, we went for dinner!!!!! damn nice place.. as of now my favourite place for dinner!!! the Ma Maison restaurant, at the Edge.. super duper nice! hahaha.. =D thank me carol! =D

then we watch She's the Man! this movie vvvvvvv nice!!!! got chance go watch!

after tt, was already 11plus, then we took taxi (sponsored by my mum=D) to my house, where i celebrated wif a yummy-licious tiramisu cake!!! super high quality de, dun tell u where its frm=pp wanna know come ask me personally=pp its like soaked in the coffee liqueur la.. yummm! then i gave her the present, da chang jin style! hee, i wrapped it in scarfs like the way the koreans did it in da chang jin.. waha~~!!

whee tt abt sums up tt day=DD wheeheee~~ happi bdae carol~~=))

slacker!

oh help. i'm such a slacker. can someone slap me a million times n shout 'jct is coming!!' n in.. what? 3 weeks?? how could that possibly be enough for one who cannot sit down for over 15mins just to study? bah. first i sit down for like 10min, den e lure of e computer.. u know what happens next. and the next time i garner e determination to get back to my notes, maybe 15min later the same thing happens.

i must study! e next best solution: go out n study. okay so i'm gg out to study tml.. hopefully i do study. if not.. i dunno.

everyone says ppl gain more stamina to study as they grow older. seriously, that so does not apply to me. my peak was probably in primary school. i seem to have gained nth frm being a student for 12yrs (excluding kindergarten) except learning to escape the tutors attention when u havent done ur tutorials, pretending to pay attention when u're actually thinking of stuff that are of complete irrelevance to whats on the board.

sian. i hate myself now. but i love myself too.. lol.. whatever.

i wanna shop! like shop n shop n shop! n buy things of course, its nv satisfactory if u walk n walk n dun buy stuff.. lolx.. argh. i wan sunglasses, new clothes, a haircut maybe.. basically i juz wanna spend money lar. blablabla..................

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

someone grant me e art of focusing. even better, give me a brain filled with whatever i need to know thx.

...action!

did this online here and it looks quite cool=) reminded me of our handover=x

tata~

xmen!

haha xmen was nice!! yay enjoyed myself wif weiwei shurong wendy mel yest! hahah.. wont blog much la.. but here are some pics!=))

trying on various sunglasses at bugis!! ::








at world of sports, millenia walk=) ::




n bought lots of stuff=)) wheeheeeee~~

shall try not to think too much

thx shurong for e zocard=)) love uall!

hmz. muz study! ahh.

start of hols

yayyy i cant wait for choir chalet tml!!!! so fun! ahha=))

anw we juz handed over to the brand new choir comm on friday! it was with such mixed feelings manz.. firstly felt sad (duh) cos it meant choir had ended n i technically had to leave tjchoir le=x then, i was partly relieved, cos i had after survived a yr of choir cum studies! no doubt not very well.. but passable=) i'll really miss choir n all my altos n my frens with whom we went through so many tough times.. all e long practices.. e 'crazy for you' choreo grp=), where we had to practice under a void deck!.. altos! each one of u has contributed to e alto spirit, i will miss uall so so much!! n ms tham, she'll always be my source of inspiration.. realli realli respect n admire her.. for all her achievements n brilliance.. the way she thinks n does things.. i realli wanna continue learning from her.. all in all, tjchoir has made a big difference in my life, and i'll always always rmb it. =)

ah.. choir chalet tml=) so happi=) hope it'll be as much fun, or hopefully funner than last yrs=)

ahhh

missing tjchoir~~

hmz choir's coming to an end soon.. i'll miss it alot alot.. all e times tgt.. esp e sf trip=) it was completely unforgettable.. e ppl, e songs we sang, e music we created, e joy we felt when singing.. i'm glad i joined choir in sec1 n continued up till now.. i wonder what my life would have been without it.. i could have been in some ulu club & society.. i wouldnt have met e ppl i know now.. n i wouldnt have learnt as much.. some are already thinking of joining external choirs eg SYC and e like.. i dunno abt me though.. blablabla~~~~

anw, tml's officially e start of sports carnival~ hmm i cant say i'm particularly happy abt it.. sports isnt exactly sth i enjoy.. but whats gd is theres no lessons! so tml basically theres just two more lectures n it'll be (informally) the end of the school term! however what i particularly dread tml is e 2.4km run of course.. i seriously wish i dun have to go.. =x=x=x argh.. anyone who knows me shld know that i particularly hate running n wld choose practically anything over having to run. bah.. perhaps tts y i'm so fat.. =x=x nvm there're other ways to exercise at least..

hmm.. pretty much had alot on my mind recently.. dun realli know what to do.. but nevertheless..

choir chalet nxt wk! yayyy=))

CALLING OUT TO PPL WHO ARE BORED: i wanna watch over the hedge!! tell me if u wanna watch=))

in fact, i feel like a movie marathon! anyone interested?=D

san fran trip.. honeystar=))

okay this'll probably one of e happiest posts possible! =DD i'll try to give as detailed a recount as i possibly can, but well, me being my forgetful self, i'll prob haf forgotten quite a few things already=x so anw, here's about our wonderful san francisco trip! ps: thx to my dearest honeystar whose presence made it even more fun! love u lots n lots n lots! muacks=) ps.2: the following is gg to be realli realli long, so take ur time to read it=p

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Day 1
met at 11am singapore time at e airport, whilst everyone in school was studying! lolx=p said e goodbyes, mine as well as his parents=) n we took a group photo with e choir banner! then we checked in, n slacked ard abit, n some ppl got sth to eat..

okay then i must admit was not one of e better days in e trip, cos we first had to take a 4 hr trip to taipei, n then transfer to sf from there. e 4hr trip was still bearable, though we were already beginning to get cramps here n there. apparently we all thought e trip to sf would take abt 20 hrs, but we were quite wrong, n it was 'only' 10hrs. even so, it was realli torture enuf.. i was super tired but somehow juz cldnt get to slp.. anw, these 10hrs passed by vv slowly cos i was constantly trying to slp but juz cldnt la.. n e meals were soso i guess, cant expect much frm airplane food.. some of e chicken was nice enuf.. but tts abt it.. e breakfast scrambled eggs were juz powdered eggs i think, took quite a lot of getting used to.. lol..

so anw fast forward to when we reach sf!! haha rocks manz!! e feeling tt u're out of singapore, out of school, no studying, and generally e feeling tt u can do juz abt anything u want le!=)) so we got our luggage n went to wait for our coach to e hotel. phew, e feeling when we went out juz b4 boarding e coach.. we felt e cool wind blowing on our faces! whee super nice k!! super duper happy=) anw we got onto e coach, n tts when i found tt my hp was still not getting a network. so i borrowed yx's hp to msg my mum tt i'm safe, n later my mum found tt my plan didnt incl auto roaming so had to activate, so for e rest of e days i cld use my hp=)

then we reached e Ramada Plaza Hotel ard 4plus, n we had to assemble at e Ghirardelli Room (its juz a room in e hotel) by 5 for a rehearsal. (btw, time diff in sf is 16hrs behind s'pore.) after tt, we went opposite our hotel for dinner.. me, yuxuan, zoe, danny, daniel, michelle n joseph went walking ard abit to explore e area.. n jojo bought his dinner frm Carl's Jr. soon there wasnt much time left, n e rest of us went to Burger King opp our hotel to eat. but seriously, e BK in US rocks k!! i ate e big fish burger meal n they realli meant what they said! its like almost twice e size of singapore's burger n their fries seriously rock manz! its crisp, n not too salty! i dare say its even better than our mac's fries!

evening time, e select choir ppl, which comprised me, yuxuan, zoe, danny, mich, daniel, jojo n audrey (which apparently was almost all of us who ate dinner tgt lol) had a rehearsal in e ghirardelli rm for e three songs: the Awakening, a medley of 3 jap songs (of which we juz sang two in e end), and Wana Baraka (a kenyan song). though we didnt realise it when we went thru it initially in singapore, when e conductors (who were also our judges) went thru e songs, all of them were seriously vvv nice!! haha.. n ppl frm other choirs sang like super well, so many ppl wif vibrato n what-not de.. lol.. scared us a little since they were to be our competitors.. lolx..

at nite, we were all damn tired le, so mostly juz unpacked some stuff.. i shared e bed wif zoe tt nite.. n slept early for our competition e nxt day..!


Day 2
we were a little late for our breakfast at e Whitcomb Ballroom (juz a ballrm in e hotel), but well=x breakfast was pretty nice, scrambled eggs, super crispy bacon, pastries, cereal, oats.. lol daniel actually thought e oats n raw sugar was porridge n pork floss!! lol we all got a gd laugh out of it, incl ms tham n ms lau who was sitting wif us (no offence to daniel!=p) breakfast was fun.. lol as usual danny n yuxuan were entertaining us=p

den after breakfast, we thought we'd be practising our songs, but apparently there was no room le, so we went sight-seeing lol.. saw the grand city hall, then walked ard looking at e streets n e colourful buildings.. lolx.. n went to a nice park n took pics=) den had to go back le, so went opp our hotel to grab a quick lunch at BK again.. lolx=)

after lunch, we then gathered at the lobby to go to the Mission Basilica for our soundcheck rehearsal. it was super windy there, esp since we had to stand outside n wait.. so we played this game tt ms tham came up wif, which went sth like this: we stand in a circle, then ms tham claps 5 times in rhythm, then e nxt person must also clap 5 times in e same rhythm, n it goes all ard e circle, such that it sounds like 5 counts in a bar liddat.. until it reaches ms tham, then she changes it to 4 beat, then e same thing, goes round e circle, then 3 beats.. n so on. n seriously, i was so malu-ated! lolx, my rhythm isnt one of e best liaoz, plus nervous, plus cold, lol esp my 5 counts de was like quite out of e rhythm la! =x=x den so malu can=x lolx.. den anw soon we cld go in le, but e interior was onli slightly warmer than e outside, after all since there wasnt much wind inside la.. but it was still cold k! den we started to practise.. ran thru all e songs.. but it was realli v crappy, n all of us ended up realli stressed up after e practice. esp for e last part of karimantanu.. all e clapping still wasnt tt much in place. i myself wasnt stable so i was realli stressed up la.. somehow juz cldnt do it all tgt properly.. was feeling quite toot lar.. well, anw went back to e hotel, rested awhile n got e altos to change into their gowns n we practised karimantanu last part for a while in my rm. sort of got it fixed la.. den released them, n did e rest of the preparation for e competition.. makeup n stuff.. didnt haf dinner lar.. nt much appetite.. so yar, juz got mentally prepared n all tt..

e bus came to go to e basilica.. n seriously! it was even colder in e nighttime.. by this time, it was abt 7.. then after putting our stuff in jonathan's bag which was looked after by ms lau, we went out into e cold(!!!) n took off our jackets (our only protection from e cold!!!! esp for e girls=x) n it was realli damn cold lar.. lolx.. girls were juz wearing a gown!! at least e guys had e whole suit la.. lolx.. so we ran (at any rate as fast as i could) to the warmup hall. ms tham brought us thru a series of stretches to warmup n body, n thank gdness after tt our bodies were v much warmed up n we didnt feel as cold anymore.. den e canyon high sch ppl were laughing at our stretching la dotz-_-''' n look at what they got. hmpf.

anw when we were finally waiting outside e hall, we were damn excited la.. haha.. den finally! e performance itself=) damn cool=) haha.. well it was both cool n literally cool la.. lol.. but anw it was much better than our afternoon practice n it was obvious tt we all enjoyed performing=) whee n after amor we were damn happy la, cos we successfully pulled off e 'chemai' part=pp hee.. n after karimantanu e back row ppl were like standing ovation for us=DD haha rocksss can! our performance totally rocked la=D haha.. den we got back to our seats, people were like turning back n saying 'That was a MARvellous performance!' heh=) muz imagine in e american accent de.. haha.. den we juz say like thank you thank you.. haha.. same thing went for when we went to e toilet in e middle of e concert.. haha.. some ppl saw us n were like praising us in e similar way=D e rest of e schs kind of neglible la.. onli Tawa College (i'm not too sure of e name) was realli gd! haha.. they were strong n were realli blended.. all of us were realli like 'wahh' la.. haha.. oh n he let me wear his jacket during e competition concert even though it was realli cold la, so sweet! =))

den we went back to e hotel.. n gathered at e lobby for debrief.. lolx we were all damn happy lar, lol.. we were all pretty high by now=) haha.. n we got even higher when e judges came out from their discussion n came to us n Donald Kendrick said 'CongratuLAtions! That was a MARvellous performance! I met Ko (which was e composer) last yr n attended his masterclass.. n that was a really.. phew! performance!' okay tt might not haf been entirely accurate, but it was realli sth liddat.. =)) so we were in even higher spirits=) haha..

den when we went opp bk to get some dinner, some ppl were like, did u perform just now? when we said yes, they were like oh that was a FABulous performance! CongratuLAtions! hahah.. n of cos=) we were even happier=p n when we went back to e hotel lobby, while waiting for e lift, some guy frm another choir was like that was a FABulous performance! really fanTASTic! e choir before u was *ahem* pretty out of tune, then when u performed, it was like phew! realli WONderful! haha.. sth liddat la.. den we happy happy went back to e hotel rm lor.. haha..

tt nite went to bed pretty early.. most ppl were pretty tired le since it was a pretty long day.. but i cldnt realli get to slp la.. was realli vv tired, but somehow juz cldnt slp!! dunno y la.. but ya.. lolx.. so didnt get much slp.. haha..

Day 3
today was quite a zombie day la.. lolx.. due to e lack of slp.. lol.. after breakfast was select choir rehearsal.. during which i kind of stoned n sang at e same time.. lol.. n immediately after tt was 2 masterclasses by Dr. Stephen Kingsbury n Anna Hamre respectively.. realli tried to concentrate=x but it was also during e masterclass when we caught this phrase 'MY PIsaI give unto YOU' lol.. 'pisai'.. it was supposed to be 'my peace i give unto you' but onli we knew what 'pisai' meant la..lol so felt quite bad when we tried to suppress our laughter la.. lolx.. cos he didnt understand n ya=x then anw i felt pretty glad when e masterclass was over la.. was realli dying liaoz.. mind pretty much cldnt focus.. n spent all e energy trying my best to do so during e masterclasses la..

then e rest had lunch while me yx zoe danny went back to our rms to get slp.. lol.. damn tired la..

after e gd nap, i felt v much refreshed le, wasnt as zombie-ish le=) but yx apparently didnt slp as well=x den anw we had to go to e basilica for a Q&A session with the Grammy-award winning choir Chanticleer! they seriously rock k! unfortunately they didnt sing yet; their performance wld be in e evening during e awards ceremony=) then after e Q&A, e select choir stayed back to rehearse=x nt tt it was boring, it's actually nice to sing tgt, but its hard to enjoy for so long if u missed an entire night's sleep=x lol..

then while e rest went for dinner.. me yx jojo stayed in e warmup hall.. where jojo got a nap.. n yx tried to slp.. lol=) love u lots btw=)) den anw the others came back pretty wet cos it rained.. zoe n danny brought back some fries for us la, haha.. muz give abit of credit.. lolx.. anw we werent too hungry esp yx cos he was stuffed to e max for e breakfast=x

den soon was time for our performance.. quite luan lar.. wont say much abt it.. den there was a few other performances.. stephen kingsbury's choir was pretty gd lar, but den i think their consonants realli abit too much la lol..

then was time for results!!!!!! haha.. was soooo nervous k! it was in alphabetical order la.. den 3 of 4 Canyon High School choirs got silver, e last one got bronze.. den was a series of silver la.. den Tawa got gold(duh!).. den........ Temasek Junior College.. GOLD!! heeee.. hahaha.. rocks can!!! We were all like screaming like crazy mad ppl, n cos we were sitting wif select choir ppl, den those frm other choirs were like congratulating us=DD hahaha..

then e nxt most impt thing is Chanticleer's performance!! they like totally rock la! each one a soloist, yet totally blended.. even ms tham says they're fantastic k! they got like 3 standing ovations!!!( or was it more i cant realli rmb) esp e bird song was damn cute la! they're like acting+singing out their music.. its quite indescribable la.. they're realli damn pro.. so after e thing, we all rushed to buy their cds! haha.. ms lau bought 3 for e choir.. den me n yx bought 3 more tt she didnt buy=) lolx..

then was back to e bus to e hotel. haha cos we usually share bus wif Tawa de, which is like so qiao can=) cos both of us are quite small ma, so will share bus lor.. n both of us travel far far to take part in this comp de, n of cos, both of us got GOLD=DD hahah.. then we were like so high, n cheering for each other during e journey back=) haha..

back in e hotel, we gathered in the lobby again.. where ms tham read to us our results n e comments. hahahaha.. rocks k! stephen kingsbury gave us 86/100, n e other two gave us 92/100=)) haha.. n donald kendrick used like 5 'Bravo!'s in the comments sheet la.. hahaha.. damn happi lar, n e moment we entered e lobby, e ppl upstairs were also like Congratulations! hahah..=)

at nite we played cards abit in daniel's room.. i didnt play much lar.. cos v tired le lolx.. den went to slp lor=) slept considerably more=)

Day 4
(phew finally i'm writing day 4, fingers quite tired le=x)
okay today is our first real day of sightseeing! first we went to Golden Gate bridge, one of e most well-known tourist attractions in SF.. actually it wasnt much lar.. lolx.. juz a bridge lor, quite noisy somemore, all e cars passing.. haha.. okay it was nt bad lar, took quite alot of pics there.. took one wif e whole choir plus banner de=)

then we went on to go to Lombard Street, e most crooked street in e world.. firstly, before tt, we had to climb like damnnnn high!!! e slope was super steep la.. n i was dying le, if not for him=p den anw when we got to e top took a few more pics, n me yx regina miaomiao n daniel were kind of lagging behind le.. den we somemore took a few more of e crooked winding down street as we walked down.. so in e end, we totally lagged out - meaning we lost e group. lolx.. so we called ms lau, n she said from lombard street, turn left n go all e way down. so tts what we did. n guess what? when we called again when we felt tt things werent rite cos we didnt see a museum anywhere (which was where they went), apparently we went wrongly.. it wasnt all e way down, it was juz a bit down then turn right. lolx, so we had to climb up again!!! n we'll all nv forget reclimbing tt leavensworth street! like, ahhh! was damn sick of e slope le lar.. lolx.. so anw e few of us missed e musuem la, according to e rest it was quite nice la, but e few of us werent tt interested in musuem's la, anw they took pics, so it was okay la=D

soon we went to union street for shopping!!!=DD haha.. rocks la, haha.. first went to Macy's for lunch! lolx.. yx bought spaghettini AND bbq chicken wif fries, n i got macaroni n cheese=) haha.. it was crazy la.. totally cldnt finish can.. cos danny oso bought e fries n chicken, den in e end we had lots of fries left over la=x k den we left e place to shop! walked abit.. came to Cody's bookstore.. it was super big de.. lol.. but didnt realli see much lar.. wasnt tt interested in buying books.. lol.. den we went to a CD store.. again v big de.. walked ard, n yx managed to get a pair of earphones=) den went opp to Ross's Dress for Less (if i rmb correctly) but didnt look much there la.. cos cheryl, kiki n grace came over n were like 'Old Navy has a lot of stuff!!' so me n zoe immediately rushed over there n see what we cld get=) yx n daniel were there first cos they left us at Ross to find a toilet.. lol=p den me n zoe went to look at second level, n saw some guy's stuff.. so we both bought sth=)) i chose a v nice tee for him k=)) muacks=) den still had some time left so we looked for some nice stuff for ourselves, like shoes n slippers n i bought one tee for myself as well!

den it was time to go back le, actually we were allowed to shop abit more la.. but e guys were tired le, n mainly bored frm nt doing anything la.. lol.. so some of us, namely me yx danny zoe jojo daniel yaoguang slowly walked back to e hotel.. on e way stopped by at a supermkt.. den went back le..

at e hotel rm rested abit lor.. was wif yx=)) den after some time, was time to get ready for e nite's Dinner & Dance le.. which was part of e whole Choral Festival de.. i wore my black n white skirt.. n a pink tshirt.. nt exactly tt formal la.. but i survived la lol.. yee chuin wore a dress tt she bought tt afternoon, damn nice lar! plus she forever so slim de! look nice in anything=) haha.. dinner was soso.. mainly e dessert was nice la i guess.. i didnt even realli try it.. lol.. then was e dance.. as usual, we being S'poreans werent used to this kinda stuff.. so me n yx stayed at e side to watch for awhile den after tt i go wif him to e internet cafe for awhile, den we met up wif some others to check out e Swan Lake performance for e following day, but unfortunately e place was closed le..

we went to daniel's rm n played cards for awhile again.. got tired.. n night ended soon after=)

Day 5
this few days went by super quickly! esp frm day 4 onwards, time went past like damn fast..=x

okay anw today we went to fisherman's wharf! rocks manz.. took bus (actually it's known as e tram, namely, e F tram.. lol.. courtesy of yx=p) to pier 39.. den we were free to walk ard e place.. unfortunately my camera spoilt la=x so in e end decided to juz kope pics frm other ppl lor.. lolx..

kind of lost e rest la.. so me n yx walked ard abit.. den we went to GAP to shop.. n i managed to get an orange jacket there!=)) n i tried to find some jeans la but cldnt find oso.. lol.. den anw left tt place n walked somemore.. walked on n we met michelle, walked somemore.. den came to this small shop, n i got a pink furry trench coat which i wore immediately!=)) or rather, is yx buy for me de=D hee.. its v nice lar!! love it alot alot.. onli prob is cant wear in S'pore, but love it anw=))

den we continued walking n called e rest to see where they were.. n went to In N' Out to eat n meet e rest(ie daniel jojo yaoguang, cos danny n zoe were MIA as usual), which was recommended strongly by ms tham.. haha.. n it was realli vv nice!! haha.. me n yx shared a double burger meal.. which totally rocked.. e burger was nice n juicy, unlike e dry burgers we haf in singapore.. lol.. then cos yx wanted to use e toilet, we went nxt door to hooters.. lol.. where e girls wear super short shorts.. so i sat down n took care of e stuff while he went to e toilet, den while waiting one of e girls came to me n was like 'hii, i'm jessica' in tt flirty seductive kind of way lol.. n 'can i help u?' blabla la.. den i juz say i waiting for a fren lor.. den yx came le, i wanted to quickly siam.. but too slow le.. she came back.. den repeated e procedure.. so yx juz bought e cheapest thing on e menu - curly fries. lolx.. so when we left e place, we had leftover fries frm In n' Out as well as hooters.. lol.. den he pei me quickly see a super big accessories shop.. but in e end nv get anything frm there la, cos it was quite ex.. den we went to buy clam chowder n some shrimps/prawns..

den as we were walking back to e meeting place (cos it was near meeting time le) we realised we didnt have e GAP bag wif us! so we narrowed down e place to hooters, n ran all e way back there, appeared looking super flustered n crappy, but managed to find e bag=) haha.. quite funny lar.. hahah.. den ran all e way back, carrying lots of plastic bags, all our fries, e bowl of clam chowder, n e bowl of shrimps! hahahaha.. think we might haf looked quite a bit of a joke running thru e tourist place wif all our stuff.. ahahah.. but it was quite fun lah hee=)) den it was like yx carried e bowl of prawns all e way to hooters de lar, n it survived all e way to e meeting point de leh! den.. climax was.. 'hi danny!' den promptly dropped all e prawns on e floor. lol. =pp super funny la.. ahhah..=DD

den we met up, den we took a ferry to alcatraz! its an island v near pier 39, so e ferry ride was quite short=x n it's super windy there la.. anw last time alcatraz was a prison island.. so tt (technically) prisoners cant escape.. we went up to e cells themselves, n each person had a set of headphones n a 'player' wif a commentary which we cld play n pause tt brought us thru e place.. it was a pretty gd tour la.. den at e end there was this confinement cell, which was super scary.. lol.. once u're locked in, den it realli pitch dark.. damn scary la, me n yx tried it la.. of cos wif him nt so scary la=p but den imagine u're alone n u're trapped there for days=x=x

den after e tour we went out, n siao it was super windy n cold k!! my teeth were like chattering n shivering liaoz.. lol.. somemore ms lau went to see some historic gardens.. lol.. den e rest of us went back to e deck.. n me n him were like sitting on e bench there, quite nice=)) then we went back on e ferry, which was v nice.. both of us sat along e side where there was less ppl.. n was v nice la.. haha.. got alot n seagulls de.. den he was like trying to take pic of e seagulls haha..

den back at pier 39, we went to hard rock cafe! me n yx shared a pulled pork burger.. which was actually quite nice, but after awhile cld get abit sick of it la.. den while waiting for e others to finish.. both of us juz kinda fell asleep, n were slightly annoyed when e others finished n woke us up.. haha.. it was realli quite a nice slp k.. lolx.. den anw took a bus back to e hotel, while some of them alighted at Union Street to shop somemore.. haha.. i wanted to shop la, but at e same time was tired oso, so went back to hotel rm le.. rested awhile.. den me n yx went down supposedly to get subway n seesee a discount shop nearby, but unfortunately both were closed le=x by this time it was ard 7plus or 8plus le i think.. den both of us wasnt tt hungry lar, so we juz bought some snacks frm Starbucks back to e hotel rm..

so as usual, went to daniel's rm again. played cards then slept..

Day 6/7/8
this is our last day in SF!!!!!!! so fast rite!! =x=x=x anw for breakfast, most ppl didnt want to haf breakfast in e hotel le.. lol.. incl me n yx.. but we still gave them some face lar.. haha.. ms lau was there earliest, followed by me n yx, n we pei her awhile lor.. n got sth to eat.. haha.. den we wanted to go subway to eat de.. but it wasnt open yet!=x so too bad la.. did our final round of packing.. den met up downstairs..

went to a conservatory.. n this place was v beautiful! took pics at a place wif sakura-like flowers.. vvv nice.. both of us took my favourite pic here! n yx got to practise his photography skills too.. haha.. =)

went to a flower conservatory, which realli had lots n lots of vvv colourful flowers.. took lots of photos here.. haha.. had lots of fun too=) yx was like so cute=D haha..=P

den walked abit more, to e Japanese tea garden.. where can tell tt americans cant tell v much diff b/n japanese n chinese.. lol.. anw it was nice lar.. there was this super curved bridge, tt u haf to climb like a ladder liddat.. lol.. then me n yx walked ard abit.. e place was quite peaceful n nice la.. ya.. den we came to a souvenir shop, n there was a machine where u cld insert one 1-cent coin n two quarters, n it'll squash e 1cent coin n press it into a small souvenir wif 'Japanese Tea Garden' n abit of decoration on it=) haha.. made two wif e coins tt i had left.. haha..

then we visited e tea house, which actually sold chinese tea la..haha.. lame sia.. which came with a plate of crackers, incl fortune cookies.. lol.. which is acty chinese too.. anw ours was e same=) got abit sick of e tea after awhile though.. haha..

then e choir had lunch at a cafe ard there.. n i ate chicken tenders, while yx had Pasta n Pesto, haha.. mine was nicer=)) his was alright la, abit tasteless though.. lolx..=pp

den we finally took bus back to Union Street, where we were supposed to queue for a cable car ride! haha.. acty e cable car isnt like tt kind in S'pore, its jus sth like a bus wif cables on top.. lolx.. den at first some ppl were kind of arguing say dun wan take cable car cos its quite ex.. den in e end say wanna take la.. den me n yx went up le lor.. den apparently not enuf places le.. haha.. so we juz waved gdbye to e rest first lor=D haha.. n ms lau juz say wait at e end=) so we happily took e cable car, juz both of us=)) hee.. vv fun sia.. n we somehow escaped buying e ticket! heeee.. we're always so heng can!=p cos e conductor was like making us go to e other end of e cable car, where he had already collected e money.. so yea, we escaped e paying=) lolx.. den we wait, n wait, n wait, den somehow things didnt feel so right le.. how come like e journey so long leh? so we decided to call ms lau, den she say juz take to e last stop n wait for her.. lol.. so okay lor, we took all e frm frm Union Street, thru Chinatown, all e way until Fisherman's Wharf! lol we were like, eh? go Fisherman's Wharf again? lolx..

but anw we tot still got lots of time, so we walked abit to a nearby hotel, cos we both needed e toilet, so went into this high class hotel n used their facilities=) haha.. den we decided to call ms lau again. apparently they'd already reach e 'last stop', but when we looked ard, they were nowhere in sight la! so we checked location, n they were in some Barnes & Nobles a few streets away! lol.. so whatever lor, we asked for directions n after numerous ppl, we finally found e Barnes & Nobles. haha.. ms lau was pretty glad we managed to find our way la.. haha.. oh well, it was quite fun la, another adventure for both of us=p

haha.. den yx managed to get like 4 bks here.. chosen by his v unique ways=pp wont elaborate here la.. but realli quite unique.. hahaha.. n i got quite a few bkmarks for my classmates there too.. then it was time to go le..

we took a bus back to Union Street, where we all had dinner at Macy's again! haha.. this time me n yx juz shared a spaghettini n a bbq chicken wif fries.. haha dun ask me y we ordered e same dishes.. but i guess we both liked them so ya=) den ms lau said after dinner we cld shop abit more if we liked n juz be back at e hotel by 8.30pm, so i got him to quickly finish by 7.30, n he pei me go to levi's to take a look! unfortunately i didnt manage to find anything la..=x was quite sad de..=x den we juz walk lor.. den yx say wanna take subway, den at first like quite hard, cos dunno what to do de.. den finally managed to find e control office tt acty had a person inside tt we cld ask.. so we managed to get a fare card frm e machine.. n e subway's quite nice manz! haha.. its like our mrt, but with our bus type of horizontal seating arrangement.. haha.. plus it was realli cushioned! like, gd quality nice cushion k! nt like our bus tt kind lousy de.. lolx=pp unfortunately it was juz one stop la, so didnt enjoy a long long ride la.. haha.. n btw e fare card is like s'pore's old fare card b4 ez-card came into existence.. n e fare gate is like exactly e same as ours.. or rather ours is exactly e same as theirs=p hhaha..

so it was v fast frm there to our hotel la, it stopped sth like opp our hotel onli=) den it was abt 8.15pm le.. (we left levi's at 8pm) n we went to subway to get our footlong sub! which we wanted to get since Day1 n didnt manage to..lol.. so anw quickly bought it n rushed all e way to e courtesy hotel rm where we put all our luggages n where we were all supposed to meet.. then apparently ms lau was gg to bathe, so me n yx decided to run over to Walgreens (a supermkt) to get more stuff to bring back=) so we ran over, he bought some chewing n bubblegum.. n we got some chocolate marshmallow 'eggs' for our classmates, as well as some mini easter eggs for e rest of TJChoir back in S'pore=) after which, we ran back to e hotel rm (my) top speed. haha.. n ms lau still hadnt finished bathing! lolll.. hee.. =)) so obviously i wasnt sad le lar, though didnt manage to shop much.. haha=pp

then, after much waiting n talking n stoning n slacking, we finally got onto e bus to e airport! during e journey, yx was like super funny la.. hahaha.. he was entertaining all of us wif all his imitations of Donald Kendrick, Anna Hamre n Stephen Kingsbury.. hahah.. super funny lar.. haha.. =))

den at e airport, security was vv tight.. even had to take off our shoes la lol.. den anw there was alot of time left.. so after finding tt there wasnt many shops open, most ppl juz sat down in e sitting area near our gate.. yx continued entertaining abit.. n i juz kind of slept abit.. cos it was abt 11+pm le, den our flight wld be at 1.10am..

den it was time to board e plane lor.. quite sad la, haf to leave sf le, after such memorable days there=x anw e plane ride this time wasnt as bad as e first time somehow=) partly cos i was quite slpy la, n managed to slp easily when i wanted to.. lolx.. den at taipei airport transit, we tried e noodle place tt ms tham recommended.. which was nt bad.. haha.. onli prob was tt yx had spent all his money, n i didnt haf any small change left=x cos they didnt accept large notes de..so danny lent us some money la n we survived.. lol..

then on e plane back to s'pore they screened rumor has it la! its actually nice de.. but i juz cldnt keep awake!! so i juz fell aslp while yx continued watching lor.. haha..

den.. finally.. reached s'pore le.. so fast la.. =x=x its like, in a flash, e whole trip was like over.. =x so anw we collected our luggage, den me n yx walked out tgt.. hee..=p den both our parents were waiting for us la haha.. den my mum acty bought a bouquet of flowers for me! lol so sweet la, but abit funny oso.. ahhaha.. den he left le towards e carpark, den our family oso went.. bad news was, it was 31deg outside!!!=x=x was melting as we stepped out to e carpark la.. lolx..=x he was also walking to his van la, den we were waving again, haha=) den we both walking in e same general direction la.. den keep waving.. haha.. was v she bu de la=x

ya den my family had lunch at eastpt, i ate abit onli lar, cos i ate one breakfast on e plane to taipei, plus e noodles, plus another breakfast on e plane to s'pore.. lolx.. so was pretty full lor..


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ya so this is e end of e whole SF trip!!! wah.. took so long to type finish can! hahaha.. yayyy!! i've done it!!! though its like a week after it le.. lol.. it was realli a trip to remember.. sth i'll never ever forget throughout my whole life.. there was a whole lot of memories during e trip which i'll never want to forget.. some with e choir.. n some wif him=) i realli feel so lucky la.. ya.. now feel v thankful somehow.. haha.. okay i've typed enuf crap le, ur eyes muz be damn tired le bahz, haha.. okie end of post!

note: i'll try n post some photos up as soon as i can!=))

yayyyy=DD

i'm vvv happi today!! (acty it was yest but i'm still happi anw so nvm=p) ahhah i promised in my prev post tt my nxt post (which is this post) would be happi n i'm keeping to tt promise=) haha, i've got a vvv gd news! hee.. i've told my parents abt me n my dearest yuxuan!!=DD yayy! i was super nervous yest, but thx to my essay-like planning (i considered my parents perspective, tackle e different areas of concern tt they'll haf.. etc) n of cos muz set e proper mood n environment=pp needed alot of planning de k! so anw now they generally approve! yay! of cos they had to talk abt studies n all tt la, but of cos since i pre-empted that..=) i shant elaborate too much on my planning le la, but i was quite impressed by myself=) oops..=p e point is, now they know n i'm more or less guilt-free!!=D

n also, on tues afternoon me n melissa went to weiwei's house!! haah we watched Yours, Mine & Ours (which hadnt even come out yet!=p) n Monster-in-law which was super nice!! realli enjoyed myself=)

n on tt same day, tues nite, me n mich met up wif e alto yr3s! so nice k! we went to swensen's for dinner.. n even though some couldnt make it, it was nice meeting up again after so long!=) n realli hope they're all happy, n go on to do what they want to do=)

n lastly, i juz finished helping nelly design her new blog template!! see it here! haha.. juz before doing hers i also did tpjc's climbing club blog, which i have nearly completed, juz tt i'm waiting for some of their pics so tt i can include them in=) n i'm pretty satisfied wif nel's blog!! v long nv do le, so feeling pretty refreshed after doing it, made me happy=)

and choir rocks! ko-ra-sa-ssa! hai! hai! hai! =) (tt's our funky new jap song=p)

luv u yx=)

n carol! hurry up n meet me! okay fine go mug, but meet me after ur cts!!

okay, hope my next post's juz as happi as this one=) cyaZ~!!

chinese ao

got back chi ao results today. nt surprising. nt particularly sad nor happy, juz.. soso. didnt work for it la, so i cant say anything for myself. n considering there're ppl who did worse anw.. there's nth i can say; whether i'm disappointed or not. its juz.. like tt. well, great! i'm finally dropping chinese for eternity. though i lose one extra break in my timetable, this shld mean a better timetable for our class since i think we're all dropping chinese le.

i'm always juz blogging when i'm feeling low huh. lolx.. i shall try to make sure my next post will be a happy one! after all isnt tt e theme of my blog? happiness. hopefully.

to feel like there's so much u wanna say, yet u juz cant say it. oh wellx.

lalala! smile n be happi everyone! anw i'm sooooo proud of my seniors! did so well manz, my dearest buddy liling got like.. 7 distinctions! plus benedict too! so pro manz=) n everyone else in general did pretty well too whether they think so or not.. tjchoir rox! u can say its my only salvation in jc.. lolx..

okay before i start thinking abt my own A levels.. cya~~ =) here's to a happier nxt post~

P(?)=?

hmz.. ohwellz.. sometimes when u juz suddenly get sad when nth in particular happened, tt's e worst.. cos u juz cant blame it on tt.. e situation is juz like tt, it was ok.. it seemed ok.. but issit realli? all u can do is juz wait.. wait till u realise nth can be done.. so all u muz do is see what happens next..

bla..

okie this is quite a fei post.. lol.. lalala.. cya~

lala~

juz read my 'dear' carol's blog, and she says she misses me!!! wheehee~~~~ =DD

anw choir yesterday was fun as always, and we sang witness n chacarera! haha.. before that was soundcheck, which was quite fun=pp lolx.. n grp3 was so jianded! i swear daniel did it on purpose.. the only comm members left testing them was me n danny! hmpf~ lolx anw after e soundcheck we sang amor n shenandoah n corrected some mistakes for our 'performance' nxt week, during the 'activity specially arranged with particular consideration to the students of TJC' (thats another story i might touch on later). after that, we tried combining chacarera without very much progress, but thank god ms tham came in time n she kind of salvaged the situation. was v fun la, but regrettably we didnt know our parts well enough so ya..=xx

anw i dun feel like telling the story now so ya, cos i wanna watch tv=p cya~~

btw, miss u!=pp

bah

2nd day or yr1 orientation today.. ran ard bedok area for abt 5hrs.. quite fun bahz.. esp e 'honk! if u think i'm hot part', where they had to stand by the roadside n get drivers to honk at u.. lolx.. quite funny la..

other than tt it was also our pdp exhibition.. performed abit n tried publicising ard.. n managed to get some to sign up for our auditions.. hopefully we'll get a gd batch=)

anw, been feeling abit low today.. dunno y, juz feel i cant seem to do anything right.. seriously.. i dun even know what i'm gd at.. and like i can say i want to do well academically, but i juz realli cant.. yet.. i wish i cld juz.. i dunno.. 'give up' seems rather dramatic.. but if i cld juz stop trying.. yet i cant.. its not a choice.. and its not juz academic stuff.. ohwellx.. cant exactly say what i'm thinking either.. bleargh.. and i'm yr2 already.. its my a's this yr.. i already kind of screwed up my o's.. and i totally wasted one yr in yr1.. screwed up my promos so badly.. ended up in this horrible crappy state that i juz deserved.. n i'm left with a's as my very last chance.. yet now, even though i had certain resolve to work during the holidays.. here i am, brains empty hw untouched.. nth done at all except for choir, playing maple, and pure slacking.. plus i'm now missing at week's work due to the orientation.. which, given my situation, i so shldnt have joined.. and i'll still be missing yet another week's worth of lessons in term 2 for our choir san francisco trip, though i'm vv looking forward to that.. all in all, i'm pretty screwed this yr again, unless i somehow manage to become a totally different person and actually start to mug. which, i say again, i cant! i cant concentrate. i cant focus. i get distracted by the slightest thing. in the end, nth goes into my head again and despite me realli realli wanting to do well this yr, i dunno if i can achieve that. i'm realli vv scared of this yr. i fear that once i screw my a's, i wont know what to do. so much, realli alot alot depends on my academic results this yr.. so much that i'm realli afraid i cant make it, then what happens? i dont know..

gd luck everyone~