haha happy day!:) went to venezia w lijia n joon.. msged chris n got her to come along.. met tinky candice n sheila there who were ponning college day rehearsal [tsk] it was really fun tho like a mini 413 reunion:D yay!
and of cos the ice cream reminded me of italy. sigh.
talking abt uni/scholarship apps = superbly depressing. plus i don't noe wat i wanna do in uni either. very vague. nvm.
haha yesterday was fun too got to meet relatives i haven't seen in 8 years. or possibly more. and another cousin who's a scholar here. she's so cute:p n looks so much happier/prettier. its a wonder what taking off braces/putting on contacts does. haha.
din listen during bio lect at all! ahh. somehow its so easy to slack in the back row. although its super cold. thanks jan for the chocolate haha:p
okay in a crazy mood i ended up walking home from the mrt. instead of taking bus. i figured since i made a wrong decision [to take mrt home frm orchard inst of bus] i shall have to bear the consequences. okay that sounds ridiculous but nvm. and i figured i didn't want to take another bus/wait for the bus/still wud have to walk even after taking e bus. and i thought it wud take the same amount of time but boy was i wrong... overestimated myself/underestimated the distance.
nvm i am now very thankful for a car haha:p started regretting halfway when i realised there was still such a long way to go.. and when i had to walk up that slope.. ugh. haha. anyway.
farewell! it was really good seeing everyone again:) i was like 2nd last to go haha came back too tired to do anything. given tt i slept only 3 hrs the previous night cos i slept in the aftnoon and was writing my numerous notes at night. wanted to sleep as early as possible but i ended up rereading all my notes and the journal..
ahh yes denise's house is really lovely. i was wondering if i'd stepped into the wrong house or sth.. it looked so posh and like sth u'll see in a magazine.. words can't describe it.. and i was wondering where the doorstep is cos i cudn't see any shoes anywhere. haha.
anyway.. got there early.. talked to hk.. then pple started coming.. i realised i don't really noe the j1s v well.. except for a few:) sigh. later on the sharing session.. and the song.. the lyrics were so sad.. and it's such a beautiful song. and when hp started singing his solo part.. reminded me of so many things. oh and kp's piano playing.. 1st time i've seen him play a full song.. really impressive:) go take ur frsm la:p
yeah but really must thank the j1s for such a wonderful farewell:) i don't think we were that nice to our j2s last yr hmm also don't think we were as close to them though.. the trip really did a lot. thanks for the presents and the notes and all:)
watching the video brought back somemore memories.. and hearing the songs.. =big sigh= am glad i stayed for as long as possible anyway. somehow it seems so final once there's farewell. i dunno. hopefully not lar. anyway being me i'll probably crash a lot of pracs n be super extra haha
ah i better go do work finally.. haven't done work since wed this is so terrible:s
ahh. nice day:) nice enough anyway.. had lunch w choir pple.. missed italy plus choir all over again hais. but anyway it was a funny lunch.. jan's new fren is now her chai tow kway.. cos she was saying/doing sth stupid [i forgot wat it was.. anyone care to enlighten me?] so jh me n alvin all decided she wasn't our fren anymore so she sed she still had her chai tow kway.. so alvin was like yeah.. say hello to it and then it goes into ur mouth rite..
various silly things today.. while waiting for jan who was waiting for whui for her biotech bk she was calling whui i think n decided that i shud become her elbow rest.. so i've upgraded from being a pillow to an elbow rest hmm. or downgraded? and tiff being too lazy to go to the toilet to change.. and jan arguing w alvin over where tiff put the stuff she photostated..
and while mugging aft lunch.. jan "how many l's did i write? i can't see!" [she wrote "it'lll" n i took a photo of it with her phone haha:p]
and she was happily twirling my scrunchie with her pen.. likening scrunchies to doughnuts: "doughnut holes must be put there for a reason! its to twirl them!"
yeah well. it was fun:) and jan went to get her fav pencil back frm caroline.. so heard them practising the barber of seville overture.. its such a lovely song.. so unfair we dun get to do it! hmph. nvm. like chernise says must go for concert nxt yr then.
woo~ i love freedom. haha. just can't savour it enough. like yesterday i wasn't doing anything constructive at all [well except for that 2 hrs or so at night which gave me a neckache] ah. and finally i can take my time eating breakfast without worrying about what time i'm gonna start studying. yeah... n i still feel like playing pool.
anyway. haha. let me post hc's bio essay qns here. i'm so thankful our bio dept isn't that creative.
Q1a) "lala and her friends were crossing the road. suddenly, the green man turned red. lala decided to beat the red light. describe what happened all the way from when she saw the red light to when she ran across the road." [u're spposed to write about nervous system, how the signals get transmitted]
Q1b)"what if lala was on drugs which prevent neurotransmitter breakdown? what would happen?" [apparently some pple wrote she'll go on running forever, some wrote she'll go into convulsions]
Q2a) "tom dick and harry are good friends. they all go to a restaurant to eat. tom orders fish and chips. while harry orders a chocolate milkshake. describe how tom's body carries out cellular respiration after a meal of fish and chips."
Q2b) "harry is diabetic. do you think his choice of food is correct? if you are dick, what would you advise him to eat/do?"
am really thankful our qns are normally phrased and stuff.
yeah! last paper today! whee~ happy clar:) chem was okay i guess. really needed the revision last night tho i'd forgotten everyth in 3 days.. quite horrifying.. and i looked at the nmr qn "freak! why're there so many c's and h's! wat crazy cpd is tt?" but luckily i think it was alrite..
hmm.. walked around.. had lunch.. i really really want to see everyone's photos again! talked about italy for a bit:) oh when i read the article on the non-stop flight to new york and the place for passengers to gather i was thinking of our flights there n back.. we'll meet pple at the toilet actually. but sigh.
yeah went heeren n borders. wanted to buy cds but cudn't decide which one to buy so din buy. actually i dun even noe wat i want. quite confusing.
oh yeah spiderman was quite gd actually.. even though i dun really like spiderman. but yeah. little jokes everywhere.. a few cheesy lines though esp for mary jane.. and the theme was a bit cliched even if it may be true. overall not bad. yup.
oh!! on the way back.. this guy behind me was french.. it was like.. suddenly i hear a "t'es ou?" behind me and i turned around. super cool. reminded me of anne-laure's [my french corresp] house and everyth abt immersion. bcos of the slang i guess. yeah. it was nice tho:)
bio was okay for the amount i studied i guess.. at least i sort of knew wat they were asking.. it wasn't as bad as the lecture test anyway. which isn't saying a lot since i barely passed that one but well.
math! ugh!! i can't believe myself.. somehow my mind managed to fool me into thinking that i'd finished qn13.. like i just saw it as part of qn12 n i finished it already or sth.. so i went straight to qn 14 n din realise until time was up and they sed "arrange ur script in order of qn" and i saw "qn 12" then "qn 14" then huh? did i write wrongly? -truth dawns- crap. well. will teach me a lesson i guess.. ugh.. 7m wasted... stupid..
humms. didn't like physics. probably cos i can't do data analysis/am too lazy to think. its quite terrible. i remember looking at the qn and thinking "can i give up?" and then scolding myself for wanting to give up before trying. really. i think i need counselling. and then din learn the gold foil/spectral lines thingy so i was crapping on the spot. started panicking during mcq, can't remember why. ahh. i just hope i do fine.
and bio. feel like giving up too. its crazy.. i mean i noe the general idea but if u ask for details.. i'm a goner.. and bio is all about details if not u don't get marks. everything is "be specific!" and how do you "be specific!" if u've no content in ur brain! ugh. ... sorry to all those pple i whined to, thank you for putting up with me:)
haha i just got back frm mugging w jan chris tiff alvin mz. missed everyone lots esp cos of italy.. then when i was walking to macs i saw ronnie [aka chris' ex and jh's current] outside and cudn't stop laughing cos i remembered all the descriptions they gave to enlighten kp.. "in desperate need of a tan" and such.
surprisingly quite serious actually until after lunch we took a break and were crapping for a while.. and then tiff was whining abt not wanting to study so i told her to look at e giraffe on her animal-printed tissue paper [which chris kindly gave to us] and be happy.. then she realised there was no unicorn on hers [but there were 3 on mine so i offered to donate one to her] and started whining somemore haha. i like the tissue paper:) okay i sound quite demented here. oh yes n i had a surround-sound system cos on my right jan was singing and on my left mz was doing percut/singing.
oh yes i became jan's permanent pillow once again. quote her i'm "comfy". if i get another shoulder ache tmr i noe who to blame:p
and on the bus i fell asleep [reminds me of all the long bus journeys] and then almost missed my stop luckily e person nxt to me was getting off too haha:D if not i'd have to walk a looong way.
haha i was watching the bonus features for cirque yesterday and this is like the quote of the day frm one of the acrobats.. "its the best job in the world.. u get paid to kick ur bro's ass!" cos he n his bro are a pair doing this acrobatic stunt thingy.. he lies with his feet upwards on this special chair and the bro sits on his feet and does somersaults. okay its kinda hard to describe.
its the last week. i hope i finally get that firmly imprinted in my brain cos all my stuff is really half-baked. want to buy cds frm HMV! sigh.
right. i think i fell asleep at 9+ yesterday. wat a pig. therefore i effectively didn't do much work yesterday. hais. oh well.
anw. yesterday. bday lunch w peiying lijia n chris! [afterwards ting came] was fun meeting them again:) felt like sec 3/4 days. oh.. my new preferred mode of buying pple presents is to go shopping with them. haha:D advantage: pple get sth useful/sth they like. disadvantage: no surprise. well well.
and i went to run again heh:p maybe that plus walking around for 3 hrs made me v tired. though tt sounds quite pathetic.
dinner with bao n chris n tinky.. quite interesting.. all the reminiscing and bao's new anecdotes.. really funny:p can't believe mrs prama believed baoyi's explanation abt her dyed hair.. tt was really hilarious.. its amazing how she can crap up stuff on the spot like that. and hmm lou's giving stace math tuition tt's new..
mugging is so tiresome and boring. how i'm going to last until november is a mystery to me.
haha yesterday i had mushroom soup and was thinking of room 234. hais. and i was watching cirque du soleil! so lovely:) though actually i got a bit bored later on. but overall i think their shows let u bring something away from it. i haven't figured out wat. but anyway i think the reason why i like them so much is cos their performances are really seamless. like all the difficult stunts and all.. they make it seem so easy. and everything is really in unison. i bet their director is perfectionistic too haha. oh and i love their soundtracks!
hmm. i've never been that angry before in my life i think. at least i don't remember feeling that furious. like just sat there and could feel my temperature rising. very interesting. though on retrospect i wonder why i was that mad. hmm. maybe just keyed up or sth.
the good thing which came out of is that i got so frustrated [not just with one person/event but everyth on the whole cos the aircon pple came n my mom was arguing with them n making a whole freaking lot of noise] that i went to the gym:) haha. and ran. and ran. and ran. so i guess tt cleared my mind too. and gave me exercise. [which i rarely do]
am now slowly cooling off heh decided the fan makes me too cold! shall go bathe. and cool off somemore. have gotten a scolding for not doing much work the whole day.. sigh i never feel like waking up in the morning
hmm. just back frm class dinner. it was gd seeing everyone again.. pity lijia n pam weren't there tho:( and like the one of the 1st few times ser was actually around.. haha.. silhouette photos are fun! peiying n chris quick send me:)
oh and watched harry potter! the overall tone is quite dark. really wonder wat the show's going to be like by the 4th/5th books hmm. anyway.. i didn't really imagine dementors to be flying all over the place.. i thot they just glided on the floor. and the sucking thingy was overdramatic imo. found the image representing the soul interesting.
let me see wat else i din like.. oh lupin looks quite ugly. and the werewolf too. i thot werewolves look like real wolves hmm. this one looked like an overgrown gollum. k i shall stop complaining.. the show was quite okay.. maybe 3 or 3.5 stars yah ser:) oh yeah the patronus also din look like wat i thought. but anyway i guess i've learnt to take a step back frm my own imagination n appreciate wat the movie has. after LOTR. haha.
ah my aircon's finally working:) yay! kinda miss sleeping in my own room.. though surprisingly bro's room isn't that musty. okay i guess i haven't got that much to say so off i go
hmm. i think i'm romesick too. and was addicted to photos last night b4 sleeping. and today i was trying to get some stuff done but didn't succeed particularly well. :( at least tmr i get to see my sec 4 class:) plus one/two tchers:) and watch harry potter:) yay!
oh and i was watching e video my mom/dad took frm concert [though like half of it is kinda messy n cannot see faces] but can hear.. hais. i should really realise there's no more time left.
n i just koped this frm shenting's blog in a moment of boredom.. hilarious.. have a gd laugh.. haha.. its like everything i'm not..
C Charismatic L Legendary A Adventurous R Refined I Irresistible S Stunning S Spunky A Awesome
Name Acronym Generator
From Go-Quiz.com
hmm.. went for the church singing thingy today.. was a far cry from chorale.. like duh rite but well.. i guess i'm conditioned to serious practices and high expectations from mr toh's drilling.. which i really am grateful for:)
anyway. i got my photos! woohoo~! yay yay yay:) was at the fujifilm shop and checking for anyth wrong cos of my screwy cam.. was so scared half the photos wouldn't turn out but but they all turned out fine! yay!!!:):):) yeah.. anyway so i was looking thru and laughing to myself.. the woman must have thought i'd gone mad.. o well:) lovely memories:) kinda regret not having taken more photos.. but got quite sick of it after a while.
the only problem was that the last few photos looked like they were taken by a contractor or someone who'd found sth wrong with their house toilet cos those photos were of room 234's crazy toilet:p [which jiahui tiff chris jan had to put up with.. any mushrooms growing yet? i'm sure spore's hot n humid climate is more conducive for mushroom growth rofl]
haha.. was just looking at all the photos pple uploaded.. feel happier somehow:) oh kudos to jan the gown looks really good:) but hope my photos turn out man.. stupid screwy camera:( and then i was looking at the photos chernise took for concert programme.. feels so weird to see choir pple in sch u after seeing them in long sleeves/jackets for the past week.
okay i kind of revived after sleeping a bit in the car on the way home. i have become v good at sleeping on moving vehicles [excluding planes] after going to italy. on boring bus journeys just end up sleeping. [and that happens quite a bit]
rather sad about everything. like. haha. coming home is supposed to be a happy thing n we ended up coming home crying. hais. that journal is really heartrending. esp when reading all the memories. n personal notes. so on the flight frm hongkong to spore when i read the book i started crying. n finally realised how everything is over. guess it didn't really seem that real until the last flight. and even though i kept telling myself that life is kind of full of meetings n partings n still has to go on it didn't work v well. just was wallowing in misery i guess.
just feels so weird to not have choir pple around anymore. that week didn't seem like a week at all.. more like a month. i don't know why though. maybe bcos each day was so packed full of stuff:) the 1st 4 days full of late night concerts when we were all falling asleep [but luckily not for the last night!] and the rome extension days when we took horrible public transport n the late nights in room 234:)
wish we had this trip in the early part of the year.. i think it did a whole lot for bonding that nothing else could have done.. so then i was thinking oh next time when we're having break outside lt4 it'll be more fun.. and then i realised.. those days are over. i've just grown so used to lt4 and choir it seems so weird that it's all over. i guess at least now's holidays.. so it won't be much of a difference.. but when sch reopens.
yeah. and i got to noe kaiping n darryl my dearest buddy whom i'm "super bad" to haha. n jinjie with his primary-coloured caterpillar with 2 heads:p they really provided a lot of amusement in rome:) spent a lot of time w tiff chris jan candice jiahui ben.. v amusing time:)
really hope my photos turn out fine. and we must make sure we bring photos to j2 farewell to order frm each other.. i'm quite sure there're quite a few photos tt i din bother taking with my lousy camera..
okay this is like a really mopey entry but can't help it. there's this sense of inevitability.. everything's over. and all we [j2s] have left is to mug the rest of the year.
oh i wanted to add something. which i suddenly forgot. bah. nvm. another time will do. oh i think our food is infinitely nicer than italian haha. everything is pasta/pizza. or maybe cos of wat we chose but o well. ohh! i remember now. it was like a retreat.. no internet n hardly any smsing.. okay. i shall finally bathe n sleep.
haha woo~ rugby won! well done! haha i don't think i've ever felt that happy.. was trying not to overdo the screaming though but i think everyone's going to end up not being able to sing properly tmr:p am really happy for them anyway:)
yeah. finally we're flying off tmr. seems like i've been waiting forever. anyway hope we've a good time there.. hope it'll be as fun as immersion [actually i already kind of have my doubts about that heh think immersion was quite different] nvm.. still can be fun. better go pack soon.
haha i'm quite happy i'm missing the qa test tmr;p seems like everyone's studying for it now. it sounds quite crazy.. 100 marks in dunno how many minutes. good luck to u pple heh.
i love the troy song.. remember me by josh groban. and the shrek song holding out for a hero. i think they illustrate wats happening in the movie v well.. somehow when i listen to them i think of achilles and shrek on mungo.