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Sunday, June 29, 2008 @ 8:24 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
The trip to Peacehaven was okay. It was quite awkward at the songbird [is that the name?] ward at first. Because of communication problems, it became difficult to understand the people there. Our singing was also, I would say, nice, but still not really great to listen to and I don't think our audience could even understand us. We brought fruits over and made origami for them too. After that, I went off with Pamela, Sihui and Jolene directly from Peacehaven. We took a bus to Pasir Ris MRT station. I didn't know that Downtown East changed so much - as in the entrance area.
I then spent quite a painful evening at home with my poor knee. It took quite a while for me to get to the shower as I was afraid of the pain. Never did I think that I would trip over a loose drain cover [again]. Drains are dangerous, aye.
Today's guitar lesson was good. Jason [ I think that's his name ] was suddenly so hyper and all - he kept volunteering for everything. And he shaved his head 0-0 I thought he became a monk or something. Turned out that he shaved for a cancer donation drive. He was asking Brandon why he didn't shave too [they are from the same school] and joked that Brandon doesn't have any sense of humanity. When teacher asked him to write out the rhythm on the board, Jason got it all wrong - except for the first beat. And teacher asked us, "Who thinks this is correct?". Only Jason raised his hand,"ME!". LOL.
We were given a new piece to learn again and Tammy and I were wondering which note should be sharp. We didn't ask the teacher so it was only until Eugene asked teacher that we knew. It seems to be quite a good thing to sit next to him as he would ask the teacher or if he knows, he would just do a demo. But in the class, there's still no conversation - unless you count those between Jason, Brandon and Nathaniel, or Tammy and Eugenia. And it has been almost eight months.
I then spent quite a painful evening at home with my poor knee. It took quite a while for me to get to the shower as I was afraid of the pain. Never did I think that I would trip over a loose drain cover [again]. Drains are dangerous, aye.
Today's guitar lesson was good. Jason [ I think that's his name ] was suddenly so hyper and all - he kept volunteering for everything. And he shaved his head 0-0 I thought he became a monk or something. Turned out that he shaved for a cancer donation drive. He was asking Brandon why he didn't shave too [they are from the same school] and joked that Brandon doesn't have any sense of humanity. When teacher asked him to write out the rhythm on the board, Jason got it all wrong - except for the first beat. And teacher asked us, "Who thinks this is correct?". Only Jason raised his hand,"ME!". LOL.
We were given a new piece to learn again and Tammy and I were wondering which note should be sharp. We didn't ask the teacher so it was only until Eugene asked teacher that we knew. It seems to be quite a good thing to sit next to him as he would ask the teacher or if he knows, he would just do a demo. But in the class, there's still no conversation - unless you count those between Jason, Brandon and Nathaniel, or Tammy and Eugenia. And it has been almost eight months.
Labels: guitar
oh, you worry wart.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 @ 9:11 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
People who know their dream and what they want to be or achieve in the future are truly admirable in my view. They have already gotten this resolution and will set out to achieve it. The feeling of knowing just what you are going to get is definitely better than just ambling along life's paths, wondering what is in for you next. They say that the teenage years are the rebellious part of a person's life. What they left out in the saying is that the teenage years is when someone actually carves out their ideals and learns the ways of the world. True, many would agree that when you retire from your job and slowly age, you will definitely realised that your perspective of the world will greatly differ from what you had expected and thought of it when you are just an ignorant teenager. But the things that you were influenced by through the environment you were in when young has proven to be a huge impact on your personality and thinking. Does that mean that the choices made when you were a teenager would also affect what you will be in the future? These thoughts would swim around my head when people talk about how far they have gone in their life, their career paths, their families, and how much has changed since they were my age.
Maybe it's just normal to feel insecure at my young age. But what about friends who have already decided to be doctors, mothers, lawyers, and even where they want to work in? When I hear people talking about what they want for their career, I get this scary feeling. How do people have ambitions? How do they find their life's true calling? Even if they do have ambitions, how do they get the confidence and courage to be able to take pride in it and know that they will not fail their own expectations?
Last Saturday, I went with my mum to Auntie Shirlene's house. The adults were discussing their own topics as usual and suddenly, the topic of my school life was brought up. Questions about what subjects I am intending to take started to pop up. I was then suddenly struck by how aimless my life was. In my life so far, I had never really taken the idea of 'long-term' planning seriously. To me, I never really wanted something very badly - unless you count the times whereby I desperately didn't want to fail a subject or be embarrassed. Even getting into my school was quite a spur of moment decision (I changed my first choice the last minute). As my answers to the well-meaning questions asked by the adults were inadequate, I guess, they just got kinda concerned for me. Advice and stuff about how the subjects you choose would affect your career prospects next time got me worried then. Who knows, maybe most teenagers feel the same way as me.
Tomorrow will be the overdue farewell party for Ms Tham and Mr Albert Tay. I wonder what song are we expected to perform tomorrow. I got a bad feeling about singing Alleluia and Mighty Wonder though. I really hope my premonition will not be worth caring in the end.
Labels: School Days
And whose smiley is that
Thursday, June 12, 2008 @ 10:02 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
This year's class outing was quite a success - fortunately. The only thing was that many cancelled on us (some with the strangest excuse).
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This is of course, by me too. =]
From Tampines to Harbourfront, each time I end a call, another would come in - and that's excluding the text messages. That was why I was not reading any sign or looking carefully when I stepped out of the ticketing barrier. I just got swept along with the usual morning working adults who were striding to their workplace. And clever me just followed like a lost lamb and ended up in Harbourfront centre without knowing and even followed some tourist to some lobby and then to some taxi / cruise thingy. I was shocked to see so many tourists all lined up. And I had to call Ching Han to ask where on earth I am. Yeah, I didn't take notice of my surroundings. So, Ching Han said that I was in Harbourfront Centre (I haven't been there since Primary five), and I had to walk back to the station and walk into a different opening to get to Vivo.
We got to Palawan beach without any problem and met up with the rest of the organising committee there. While sitting on the Andro's canvas with Ziyu (keeping an eye on the water bombs as well), this boy came over and did the "Chicken Dance" right in front of us. I think he was playing truth or dare with his group of friends. It was quite funny. Oh yeah, I wrote a message on the sand there:
The "& TESSA" part was not done by me. After seeing my "I love myself" message, Tessa Sim decided to add that last caption underneath. A tourist saw my message and said, "I love myself? How nice." LOL. Some scribbled that they love their idols - like Sihui...who wrote Miyavi and reita -.-
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This is of course, by me too. =]Anyway, we climbed to the side of the bridge nearby and most of us took photos like that. I didn't take part in the first few games as I went with Tessa S and Jessie to collect lunch from the station. We discussed on Jessie's "special flavours" that she added to the food. And I will not reveal Tessa S's secret - she did something on her way back. We came back and I went to play in the game they were playing then. XinYi's water bomb got my shorts completely wet. Lunch was a very casual affair and all of us just stuck around to eat and drink. Since there were extras, some wanted to have seconds. Deborah let me have two bites of the cheeseburger - which was stuck onto my teeth and Deb had to pull it out.
The pail balancing game was fun. My team was the best! We managed to balance the pail even with water being poured on us. The only disadvantage of the game was that our whole body will be wet and sandy - a gross combination. Oh yeah, the other team's balancing skills were pathetic XD And after that game, it was random water bombs. I just realised that it hurts big time when someone throws a water bomb at you nearby. We had to clean up the mess afterwards.
Ziyu, Krystal, Andro, Evangeline and I were the first few who went to the shower to clean up. Unlike the others, Evange and I chose to shower in the open shower at the back. Of course, we wore our clothes while showering. We dried and changed in the empty cubicles next to it. Ziyu joined us at the shower thingy too. Oh, and there was a banana peel stuck onto the door of my cubicle. Jessie thinks that a monkey must have been inside to shower too.
It was quite boring after that and we just cleaned up, wait for some missing people, pack up and go. I waited for SiHui to blow-dry her shorts first. Then to Vivo we went!
We fooled around at the Toys R Us.
Deborah and I. The hats were too small for our heads actually. I think the hats were meant for 3-year-olds.
We went to Burger King to eat after that as most of us were starving and went on to the children outdoor play area nearby. That was when Sarah discovered that she had lost her phone. Deborah and Yvonne then searched through the dustbins and the play area while I searched the bags. And the dustbins were foul. Really. FYI, Sarah's handphone was not found. Tessa S joined us at Burger King while Pamela left for her tuition. Sihui and Andro left us long before that for their quest for the blu-tack.
All of us went up and played at the Sky Park water area. Yvonne and Deb were throwing slippers. We proved that my pair of slippers are the most buoyant too.
We walked around the shops after getting bored by the water. And Tessa S bought A LOT of things. Well, at least she was the only one buying. Then somehow we got to the subject of what will we wear on prom night. Yvonne was saying she will be wearing a tuxedo and she will never wear a dress. Oh and talking about dress, there was this bridal gown display and the gowns were awesome. And back to the subject. Seeing that there are still two more years to prom night, we still have plenty of time to decide what to wear anyway. And I think gowns are pretty actually ^^
Labels: classouting, School Days
summary
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 @ 5:34 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Tomorrow will be the first day I am able to stay at home. I have been going to school since the start of holiday for rehearsals and the science workshop.
The concert last Saturday was quite good, I guess. But some of the audience didn't seem to like us at all. When I was taking the bus to Clementi MRT station after the whole thing, there was this guy who was with his girlfriend. It was obvious that they were from PJC and he said that we were awful and had no stamina. Oh well. How I wish I didn't hear that...it was so...disappointing. But it's quite true that during the combined songs with Wild Empire and PJChoir, we were kinda drowned out by them. My mum couldn't even see us onstage. Oh well. I kinda prefer combining with Secondary schools choir ^^ The other two choirs are really good BTW.
This time, the sopranos and altos were given separate dressing rooms too. Anyway, as per normal, it was mass change and every one was running around trying to put on make up and do their hair. And Juniper almost lost her gown tag, her rose choker, and her skirt. Tsktsk. Tabitha had to bring the skirt back for her.
The environmental science workshop was relatively interesting... just that I fell asleep. Well, I wasn't sleeping the whole time of course. We went to Sungei Buloh Reserve on the first day. The bus was so jerky that I kept having the urge to puke. As we were sitting at the back of the bus, Anna shifted to the other side so that she wouldn't get puked on. We were saying that if I really puked, Juniper's head would definitely get it coz she's right in front of me. The trip was really short and we only had time to get the water samples and do the broad walk. Before going, I borrowed Anna's mosquito repellent but wiped it off later as it felt disgusting. Oh, and surprisingly, I didn't get any mosquito bites from that place! I think it's because I stuck close to the human mosquito repellent: Juniper. Serious. I know my blood attracts mosquitoes somehow, but I didn't get any bites for the first time!!! But Ziyu and the others got them. Wahaha, Juniper is a repellent! Or maybe she is just a good luck charm. ^^ Hahas. Ziyu mentioned that the bloodtype B+ attracts mosquitoes the most, but I don't really believe in that and I'm not a B+ though I still attract mosquitoes in the Bio lab anyway.
On our way back, I had enough of sitting on that bus and it was so warm. That's why I sat right on the floor of the bus, where the air con ducts were blowing. Yeah, it was quite weird and every time the bus braked, my head will be thrown forward against the back of the seat in front. Oh, and I brought my hippo on Monday and Tuesday too! Hahas, I still think my Hippo is cuter than Juniper's sheep. She brought this yellow-green striped plushie today. Only Anna could remember the name of one of the characters in the show the plushie was featured in - the rest of us can't even remember anything of it.
The concert last Saturday was quite good, I guess. But some of the audience didn't seem to like us at all. When I was taking the bus to Clementi MRT station after the whole thing, there was this guy who was with his girlfriend. It was obvious that they were from PJC and he said that we were awful and had no stamina. Oh well. How I wish I didn't hear that...it was so...disappointing. But it's quite true that during the combined songs with Wild Empire and PJChoir, we were kinda drowned out by them. My mum couldn't even see us onstage. Oh well. I kinda prefer combining with Secondary schools choir ^^ The other two choirs are really good BTW.
This time, the sopranos and altos were given separate dressing rooms too. Anyway, as per normal, it was mass change and every one was running around trying to put on make up and do their hair. And Juniper almost lost her gown tag, her rose choker, and her skirt. Tsktsk. Tabitha had to bring the skirt back for her.
The environmental science workshop was relatively interesting... just that I fell asleep. Well, I wasn't sleeping the whole time of course. We went to Sungei Buloh Reserve on the first day. The bus was so jerky that I kept having the urge to puke. As we were sitting at the back of the bus, Anna shifted to the other side so that she wouldn't get puked on. We were saying that if I really puked, Juniper's head would definitely get it coz she's right in front of me. The trip was really short and we only had time to get the water samples and do the broad walk. Before going, I borrowed Anna's mosquito repellent but wiped it off later as it felt disgusting. Oh, and surprisingly, I didn't get any mosquito bites from that place! I think it's because I stuck close to the human mosquito repellent: Juniper. Serious. I know my blood attracts mosquitoes somehow, but I didn't get any bites for the first time!!! But Ziyu and the others got them. Wahaha, Juniper is a repellent! Or maybe she is just a good luck charm. ^^ Hahas. Ziyu mentioned that the bloodtype B+ attracts mosquitoes the most, but I don't really believe in that and I'm not a B+ though I still attract mosquitoes in the Bio lab anyway.
On our way back, I had enough of sitting on that bus and it was so warm. That's why I sat right on the floor of the bus, where the air con ducts were blowing. Yeah, it was quite weird and every time the bus braked, my head will be thrown forward against the back of the seat in front. Oh, and I brought my hippo on Monday and Tuesday too! Hahas, I still think my Hippo is cuter than Juniper's sheep. She brought this yellow-green striped plushie today. Only Anna could remember the name of one of the characters in the show the plushie was featured in - the rest of us can't even remember anything of it.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, School Days
