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Saturday, January 24, 2009 @ 8:17 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
It's a pity that I couldn't find the NJC people after the Chinese New Year celebrations in school yesterday. They took the the trouble to go all the way to Tanglin Road and I missed them!! D:
I think it was because I was also rushing to open the classroom doors before the rest of the class need to wait outside. Oh well.
Like the past two years, I gave out angpows to the rest of my class. And likewise, Yimin finished all the sweets and junk in her angpow in less than an hour. Some just can't wait.
We were late for Physics SPA as Ms Chua ended her lesson late. I could barely keep awake during E Math though. Thank goodness Ms Chua didn't say anything - or maybe she didn't notice. I really hope that is the case. I've been trying very hard this year to keep awake for all my classes. However, I dozed off during Geography this year. I am really sorry to Ms (Magdalene) Sim. I really need more sleep. I'm sleeping three to six hours now.
Anyway, as I was nodding off during E Math, all my inking on my second word document worksheet that Ms Chua prepared for us is in a mess. That's bad. It's good that it isn't some unknown topic.
Ms Chee was angry that we were late for SPA but gave us a Gotcha ticket in the end. It's a CNY gift to us. I got a better micrometer yesterday too. One with no zero error, making my life so much easier. I was the first to finish the experiments at my table too.
Chemistry was really rushed as we had to assemble in the auditorium in the middle of our lesson. Ms (Jerene) Sim went through the slides with great speed and I was inking the slides furiously.
This year's CNY celebration was alright. I realised that our school is pretty biased. Once the little boys came onstage with their young partners and danced their item, many of the girls cheered of them. In fact, when the boys went up first, they got one of the loudest cheers. Their performance was really good though. Although I find that the poor little girl in the middle who does not have a dancing partner looks pretty lonely amidst the rest of the dancers.
Zhuo Min and Rosi were amused by my amateur attempt at lip-syncing. I think I still have a long way to go with that. Overall, the concert was fine, with the usual dance items and stuff. My leg muscles went stiff like they do every year during school concerts.
This year's secondary ones need to improve on their school spirit. Everyone agrees with that. When we had our customary school cheer after the concert, everyone took part in it except the Secondary Ones. In fact, this is the first time the Secondary Ones didn't take part. When it was my batch, we had no qualms about cheering and this year's Secondary Twos didn't have any problems too. That is bad. Maybe they just need a lot more time.
I think it was because I was also rushing to open the classroom doors before the rest of the class need to wait outside. Oh well.
Like the past two years, I gave out angpows to the rest of my class. And likewise, Yimin finished all the sweets and junk in her angpow in less than an hour. Some just can't wait.
We were late for Physics SPA as Ms Chua ended her lesson late. I could barely keep awake during E Math though. Thank goodness Ms Chua didn't say anything - or maybe she didn't notice. I really hope that is the case. I've been trying very hard this year to keep awake for all my classes. However, I dozed off during Geography this year. I am really sorry to Ms (Magdalene) Sim. I really need more sleep. I'm sleeping three to six hours now.
Anyway, as I was nodding off during E Math, all my inking on my second word document worksheet that Ms Chua prepared for us is in a mess. That's bad. It's good that it isn't some unknown topic.
Ms Chee was angry that we were late for SPA but gave us a Gotcha ticket in the end. It's a CNY gift to us. I got a better micrometer yesterday too. One with no zero error, making my life so much easier. I was the first to finish the experiments at my table too.
Chemistry was really rushed as we had to assemble in the auditorium in the middle of our lesson. Ms (Jerene) Sim went through the slides with great speed and I was inking the slides furiously.
This year's CNY celebration was alright. I realised that our school is pretty biased. Once the little boys came onstage with their young partners and danced their item, many of the girls cheered of them. In fact, when the boys went up first, they got one of the loudest cheers. Their performance was really good though. Although I find that the poor little girl in the middle who does not have a dancing partner looks pretty lonely amidst the rest of the dancers.
Zhuo Min and Rosi were amused by my amateur attempt at lip-syncing. I think I still have a long way to go with that. Overall, the concert was fine, with the usual dance items and stuff. My leg muscles went stiff like they do every year during school concerts.
This year's secondary ones need to improve on their school spirit. Everyone agrees with that. When we had our customary school cheer after the concert, everyone took part in it except the Secondary Ones. In fact, this is the first time the Secondary Ones didn't take part. When it was my batch, we had no qualms about cheering and this year's Secondary Twos didn't have any problems too. That is bad. Maybe they just need a lot more time.
Labels: New Year, School Days
Agar Agar Sea
Monday, January 12, 2009 @ 9:38 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
This will be my first post of year 2009!
A few people have been waiting for this post... well, actually only one person who is my most loyal reader and 'tagger', Ching Han!!
There was choir practice everyday last week. It was tiring but it felt fun to go for choir practices after zombifying myself with lessons. Mrs Lim's exercises are really tiring - I actually do them in hope of attaining a better body figure.
Secondary One orientation campfire was better than I expected. Although there was a mistake in the start, it turned out well.
My class G1 is also really great. Our first Social Studies lesson last week was kind of a Q & A session. The teacher asked if any of us have gone to India for a vacation before and only Dominique answered.
"Anyone been to India before? Any part of India."
"Yes! Me!" (Dominique)
"Which part of India?"
"Dubai"
"Oh, Dubai is not part of India..."
Haha, I didn't know that too. But the expressions on both parties' faces were really priceless.
I also attained a higher level in my so-called sleepy-state-craziness. I actually went out of my house this morning without my badges. At least I was not late.
CCA Open House 2009 involved many balloons. Teryne has this strange force that attracts all the balloons on the table to her. Haha. Most of us went to the mini forum to sing a few songs and played the BALLOON GAME. Which gave me a neck ache the following day but it was great fun nevertheless.
Saturday's farewell BBQ party was a success. Save for the fact that I was really tired at some point and introduced myself to the satay sauce - much to the amusement of Claudia and whoever that was present. Yi Bin, like her usual carefree self, managed to take a few candid shots of me that were really bad. I didn't even notice her camera. I must also thank the Alto Two Secondary Twos, Winnie, Grace and Pei Pei for pushing me on in East Coast. I think I would have just given up and waste money on taking a taxi if not for them. I saw them at Bedok Interchange and decided to follow them since I have no idea where I'm supposed to alight at. Turned out that we overshot and walked past thirty BBQ pits and four large sectors of East Coast Park. We were shouting out the number of the BBQ pits as we walked past them. =D
Saturday also proved that the Sopranos are better at sliding ice cubes into other people's shirts. It was really fun and we dirtied the ice with our dirty hands. Juniper also revealed her special fascination to BBQ. She tried to barbecue a wedge of orange and a piece of sugared gummy.
Oh, and the sea looks like agar agar to me at night. And I got to ride in Ms Ong's mini cooper to Bedok MRT station as I was stranded at the beach. =D I had a minor headache after the ride though.
A few people have been waiting for this post... well, actually only one person who is my most loyal reader and 'tagger', Ching Han!!
There was choir practice everyday last week. It was tiring but it felt fun to go for choir practices after zombifying myself with lessons. Mrs Lim's exercises are really tiring - I actually do them in hope of attaining a better body figure.
Secondary One orientation campfire was better than I expected. Although there was a mistake in the start, it turned out well.
My class G1 is also really great. Our first Social Studies lesson last week was kind of a Q & A session. The teacher asked if any of us have gone to India for a vacation before and only Dominique answered.
"Anyone been to India before? Any part of India."
"Yes! Me!" (Dominique)
"Which part of India?"
"Dubai"
"Oh, Dubai is not part of India..."
Haha, I didn't know that too. But the expressions on both parties' faces were really priceless.
I also attained a higher level in my so-called sleepy-state-craziness. I actually went out of my house this morning without my badges. At least I was not late.
CCA Open House 2009 involved many balloons. Teryne has this strange force that attracts all the balloons on the table to her. Haha. Most of us went to the mini forum to sing a few songs and played the BALLOON GAME. Which gave me a neck ache the following day but it was great fun nevertheless.
Saturday's farewell BBQ party was a success. Save for the fact that I was really tired at some point and introduced myself to the satay sauce - much to the amusement of Claudia and whoever that was present. Yi Bin, like her usual carefree self, managed to take a few candid shots of me that were really bad. I didn't even notice her camera. I must also thank the Alto Two Secondary Twos, Winnie, Grace and Pei Pei for pushing me on in East Coast. I think I would have just given up and waste money on taking a taxi if not for them. I saw them at Bedok Interchange and decided to follow them since I have no idea where I'm supposed to alight at. Turned out that we overshot and walked past thirty BBQ pits and four large sectors of East Coast Park. We were shouting out the number of the BBQ pits as we walked past them. =D
Saturday also proved that the Sopranos are better at sliding ice cubes into other people's shirts. It was really fun and we dirtied the ice with our dirty hands. Juniper also revealed her special fascination to BBQ. She tried to barbecue a wedge of orange and a piece of sugared gummy.
Oh, and the sea looks like agar agar to me at night. And I got to ride in Ms Ong's mini cooper to Bedok MRT station as I was stranded at the beach. =D I had a minor headache after the ride though.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, School Days
Dum Dum Di Dum
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 9:35 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
It's just hours away from year 2009 now.
After reading Teryne's blog, I still can't understand what's so interesting about a beautiful name. A few people went quiet after that remark was made and had a shocked expression. Was it that strange?
This year has been a great year for me. I think.
I will miss the girls from 2C1 2008 and their wackiness. I will also miss Ms Li and Mr Tham. Ms Li has got to be the first teacher to stand on the table to introduce herself. Maybe it's her height.
I have also given up on growing taller as I think my height is quite alright after all.
For this year,
Our class had the absolutely crazy Amazing Race that took a long time and a huge effort to plan.
Thank goodness it was successful although the participants came back all tired and hungry.
There was also the trip to Sentosa where we had the water bombs and games.
Then there was the memorable kueh-gorging session I had with Deborah during the Learning Journey trip.
Singing Christmas songs in the middle of the year with Pam.
Falling down on almost all the slopes within the school compound - I only have the service road left to trip over.
Learning the African Pantsula dance. I really miss dancing actually. It was really fun.
I will also remember History lessons. Whereby I will just stare blankly at the screen, till Mr Tham had to ask if I'm alright as I looked really blur.
Suet Yi and me sleeping through Geography lessons. Ms Sim would always knock on our tables as we were sitting right at the front. She didn't really get angry since I did well for the subject though.
A new school rule was made, stating that no girls are allowed to use the Gents in school.
I grew 2 cm taller.
There is now wii in the canteen.
The plastic spatula melted while I was frying an omelette. I kind of forgot that it was made of plastic. My mum got me a new spatula since then. And my cooking is actually quite nice, just that there a minor accidents every now and then.
I had a great time with the people at WYCF. Yibin and Evangeline will say this too I suppose. And I still have the songs playing in my head at times. I also managed to embarrassed myself there too. From choking on water during a workshop to hyperventilating over a trivial matter.
The choir managed to find out something from Yibin. At least they are enthusiastic in learning the set piece 'The White Horses' now.
After reading Teryne's blog, I still can't understand what's so interesting about a beautiful name. A few people went quiet after that remark was made and had a shocked expression. Was it that strange?
This year has been a great year for me. I think.
I will miss the girls from 2C1 2008 and their wackiness. I will also miss Ms Li and Mr Tham. Ms Li has got to be the first teacher to stand on the table to introduce herself. Maybe it's her height.
I have also given up on growing taller as I think my height is quite alright after all.
For this year,
Our class had the absolutely crazy Amazing Race that took a long time and a huge effort to plan.
Thank goodness it was successful although the participants came back all tired and hungry.
There was also the trip to Sentosa where we had the water bombs and games.
Then there was the memorable kueh-gorging session I had with Deborah during the Learning Journey trip.
Singing Christmas songs in the middle of the year with Pam.
Falling down on almost all the slopes within the school compound - I only have the service road left to trip over.
Learning the African Pantsula dance. I really miss dancing actually. It was really fun.
I will also remember History lessons. Whereby I will just stare blankly at the screen, till Mr Tham had to ask if I'm alright as I looked really blur.
Suet Yi and me sleeping through Geography lessons. Ms Sim would always knock on our tables as we were sitting right at the front. She didn't really get angry since I did well for the subject though.
A new school rule was made, stating that no girls are allowed to use the Gents in school.
I grew 2 cm taller.
There is now wii in the canteen.
The plastic spatula melted while I was frying an omelette. I kind of forgot that it was made of plastic. My mum got me a new spatula since then. And my cooking is actually quite nice, just that there a minor accidents every now and then.
I had a great time with the people at WYCF. Yibin and Evangeline will say this too I suppose. And I still have the songs playing in my head at times. I also managed to embarrassed myself there too. From choking on water during a workshop to hyperventilating over a trivial matter.
The choir managed to find out something from Yibin. At least they are enthusiastic in learning the set piece 'The White Horses' now.
Labels: Birthdays, choir, Christmas, classouting, Crez chorale, New Year, School Days, WYCF
5am
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 9:22 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
After today's choir practice, I suddenly feel like I have become a source of entertainment for the choir.
Thanks to Yibin, the whole choir committee now knows something really unnecessary. I can't really blame Yibin though, since she was confused by Teryne and blurted out a very untrue statement about a personal topic. I guess as long as this matter isn't known by any other choirs it's okay.
With such over-enthusiasm over this certain matter, I think it has become something that the whole choir knows. Oh well, at least majority are bewildered by the term 'White Horse'. And how is a horse attractive? I still find Yibin's analogy hilarious.
I also think that there could be something in my personality or outlook that makes me a very tough person to communicate with. I have lost count of the number of times a person said that I am a cold person or that I take too long to know a person. D:
And I made a big discovery today! A dragon fruit’s flesh can actually be purple instead of white. I did not know that! I had to ask my cousin Ivan many times to make sure that it’s actually edible. =O
The year is coming to an end so I guess I should post some New Year resolutions?
I don’t think the slimming down part will be successful. Sure, I did lose 2kg before Christmas. But I think after eating so much and not exercising at all, my 2kg has been returned to me. That’s bad.
Thanks to Yibin, the whole choir committee now knows something really unnecessary. I can't really blame Yibin though, since she was confused by Teryne and blurted out a very untrue statement about a personal topic. I guess as long as this matter isn't known by any other choirs it's okay.
With such over-enthusiasm over this certain matter, I think it has become something that the whole choir knows. Oh well, at least majority are bewildered by the term 'White Horse'. And how is a horse attractive? I still find Yibin's analogy hilarious.
I also think that there could be something in my personality or outlook that makes me a very tough person to communicate with. I have lost count of the number of times a person said that I am a cold person or that I take too long to know a person. D:
And I made a big discovery today! A dragon fruit’s flesh can actually be purple instead of white. I did not know that! I had to ask my cousin Ivan many times to make sure that it’s actually edible. =O
The year is coming to an end so I guess I should post some New Year resolutions?
The standard ones will be
- To do well in my studies
- To slim down
- To be more focused
I don’t think the slimming down part will be successful. Sure, I did lose 2kg before Christmas. But I think after eating so much and not exercising at all, my 2kg has been returned to me. That’s bad.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale
Deck the Halls
Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 11:28 am leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Merry Christmas!
I don't really feel the Christmas mood this year though. Maybe it's because I've just painted my house and the furniture is in quite a mess. Or maybe it's because I have yet to complete my homework. I'm working on it, thank you. 陈老师may have said that this year's homework is easy as we only need to type out a minimum of four substantial journal entries on the Koobits software. Sure, it does sound better than book reviews and such but as I was trying to do my Chinese homework on Christmas Eve, I realised the standards of my Mandarin. Oh well.
My mum got an Ipod nano-chromatic for me! Plus a little soft toy chick. It's just really great of her to get me such nice things. =D
I bought her perfume and gave her a hand-made card plus a drawing which I took two and a half hours to do. I had to use so many markers, pigment pens and colours to just draw that Christmas tree. Thank goodness my mum loves the Christmas tree piece. I haven't been drawing for some time and I was worried my designing skills have all but drained away.
Thinking about it, this Christmas has not been that bad either. Sure, my best friend is currently ignoring me. But I made new friends from the festival this December and I became braver so much so as to add people online.
The 6/9 gathering was made up of seventeen people out of the past forty-three. Anyway, I met Jolene and Chan Qy at Simei MRT station and we were walking towards some faraway bus stop when we had to backtrack to the station once more. Daniel suddenly called up and asked to meet us at the station. Somehow, we managed to find our way to Kelly's house. Jolene was leading the way most of the time.
We also found out how vain Daniel and Benedict are since they just can't stop worrying about their hair. Once we reached the house, they zoomed to the mirror and arranged their hair once more. It was also hilarious when Daniel actually mistook a shaver for a house phone.
We were the first few to arrive so time was spent just sitting around to wait for the others to come. Next came Avelene and after Christel, Tabitha, Beth and Priscilla reached the place, we started to pool the DVDs together and choose which to watch. Prisicilla declared that we should watch the NC16 movies since she doesn't get to watch them at home.
We started with Wall-E which is so much more innocent compared to the rest of the shows. While we ate the pizza, Iris, Cally and Kai Ho arrived. Some people left during the second show I think. Next up was Wanted and Tropic Thunder. Wanted was kind of nice if you exclude some parts of the movie. Tropic Thunder was funny in a really sadistic way. Both movies were really bloody.
In the end, only the girls and Kai Ho were left. Our Movie Marathon only had three movies and lots of junk food. But at least the gathering was kind of successful since almost twenty came.
I don't really feel the Christmas mood this year though. Maybe it's because I've just painted my house and the furniture is in quite a mess. Or maybe it's because I have yet to complete my homework. I'm working on it, thank you. 陈老师may have said that this year's homework is easy as we only need to type out a minimum of four substantial journal entries on the Koobits software. Sure, it does sound better than book reviews and such but as I was trying to do my Chinese homework on Christmas Eve, I realised the standards of my Mandarin. Oh well.
My mum got an Ipod nano-chromatic for me! Plus a little soft toy chick. It's just really great of her to get me such nice things. =D
I bought her perfume and gave her a hand-made card plus a drawing which I took two and a half hours to do. I had to use so many markers, pigment pens and colours to just draw that Christmas tree. Thank goodness my mum loves the Christmas tree piece. I haven't been drawing for some time and I was worried my designing skills have all but drained away.
Thinking about it, this Christmas has not been that bad either. Sure, my best friend is currently ignoring me. But I made new friends from the festival this December and I became braver so much so as to add people online.
The 6/9 gathering was made up of seventeen people out of the past forty-three. Anyway, I met Jolene and Chan Qy at Simei MRT station and we were walking towards some faraway bus stop when we had to backtrack to the station once more. Daniel suddenly called up and asked to meet us at the station. Somehow, we managed to find our way to Kelly's house. Jolene was leading the way most of the time.
We also found out how vain Daniel and Benedict are since they just can't stop worrying about their hair. Once we reached the house, they zoomed to the mirror and arranged their hair once more. It was also hilarious when Daniel actually mistook a shaver for a house phone.
We were the first few to arrive so time was spent just sitting around to wait for the others to come. Next came Avelene and after Christel, Tabitha, Beth and Priscilla reached the place, we started to pool the DVDs together and choose which to watch. Prisicilla declared that we should watch the NC16 movies since she doesn't get to watch them at home.
We started with Wall-E which is so much more innocent compared to the rest of the shows. While we ate the pizza, Iris, Cally and Kai Ho arrived. Some people left during the second show I think. Next up was Wanted and Tropic Thunder. Wanted was kind of nice if you exclude some parts of the movie. Tropic Thunder was funny in a really sadistic way. Both movies were really bloody.
In the end, only the girls and Kai Ho were left. Our Movie Marathon only had three movies and lots of junk food. But at least the gathering was kind of successful since almost twenty came.
Labels: 6906, choir, Christmas, WYCF
Oh Jungling
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 10:16 am leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I just read this forum that was on 'Which section is the best?'
I definitely will always side the First Soprano since we are the usually the melody and a song wouldn't sound nice without us most of the time. We are also always heard and hit the high notes. The question is kind of common (Mr Terence Toh asked us that question during the bass-soprano sectional) but there can never be an absolute answer. Mezzos can sing both the high and low notes, altos are really strong since they need to sing harmony for their part. Tenors are really good since they are superb in singing falsetto, basses are the lowest and like altos, are really strong on their part and they are like the foundation for the higher voices. Baritone is also considered great with the same reason that was stated above for the Mezzos.
In the end, I think everyone asks the question because they just want to tell others how proud and how much they love their sections - not because they want to prove themselves to be the best. Ironic isn't it? It is a question that doesn't even need an answer but gives you an opportunity to tell others how great your section is. Every section also makes up the choir; therefore each can be counted to be equally wonderful. I think.
My house was in the midst of being painted last week. However, my skin is a tad sensitive to the door paint. I was painting my room's walls last Thursday and the door of the room swung back, hitting my arm. Since the door had been newly painted, so my arm had a blue imprint on it. It started to get red after a while.
My fourth aunt, uncle and cousin Ivan came to help us paint our house too. It's really nice of them to help, especially when I have a penchant for getting paint onto myself instead of the walls.
I realised that I only gave a very broad idea of WYCF in my previous posts after reading other fellow WYCF people's posts. Therefore I decided to edit my posts in order to give a better description.
There is also the 6/9 gathering later at 1pm and I still don't know where on earth Kelly’s house is. I think I will just get on the bus and ask the bus captain later. However, I will have to miss TK's Christmas party since it's starting at 2pm and I guess it will end quite early.
I think Sean was the only one who noticed that the date set for the gathering was wrong since Kelly said it was 23rd November instead of December. He was telling me that it's impossible to go for the gathering unless the time machine has been invented. Well, I admit I can be quite slow at times but I don't think anyone spotted the little blunder in the month.
Yesterday was spent on the recording of Mama Mia for next year's campfire. Juniper was trying to get us all fired up so that we can attract more than half the level next year. Well, I think it will be fun to sing at the campfire I guess. I'm hoping that it will rain though since the smoke is really suffocating.
After the break, all of us got down to business and our section managed to learn the whole of The White Horses. I take back what I said earlier about the song as it actually sounds nice to me now. Unfortunately, I have no idea why I kept singing in minor key. I felt so guilty for singing wrongly.
I definitely will always side the First Soprano since we are the usually the melody and a song wouldn't sound nice without us most of the time. We are also always heard and hit the high notes. The question is kind of common (Mr Terence Toh asked us that question during the bass-soprano sectional) but there can never be an absolute answer. Mezzos can sing both the high and low notes, altos are really strong since they need to sing harmony for their part. Tenors are really good since they are superb in singing falsetto, basses are the lowest and like altos, are really strong on their part and they are like the foundation for the higher voices. Baritone is also considered great with the same reason that was stated above for the Mezzos.
In the end, I think everyone asks the question because they just want to tell others how proud and how much they love their sections - not because they want to prove themselves to be the best. Ironic isn't it? It is a question that doesn't even need an answer but gives you an opportunity to tell others how great your section is. Every section also makes up the choir; therefore each can be counted to be equally wonderful. I think.
My house was in the midst of being painted last week. However, my skin is a tad sensitive to the door paint. I was painting my room's walls last Thursday and the door of the room swung back, hitting my arm. Since the door had been newly painted, so my arm had a blue imprint on it. It started to get red after a while.
My fourth aunt, uncle and cousin Ivan came to help us paint our house too. It's really nice of them to help, especially when I have a penchant for getting paint onto myself instead of the walls.
I realised that I only gave a very broad idea of WYCF in my previous posts after reading other fellow WYCF people's posts. Therefore I decided to edit my posts in order to give a better description.
There is also the 6/9 gathering later at 1pm and I still don't know where on earth Kelly’s house is. I think I will just get on the bus and ask the bus captain later. However, I will have to miss TK's Christmas party since it's starting at 2pm and I guess it will end quite early.
I think Sean was the only one who noticed that the date set for the gathering was wrong since Kelly said it was 23rd November instead of December. He was telling me that it's impossible to go for the gathering unless the time machine has been invented. Well, I admit I can be quite slow at times but I don't think anyone spotted the little blunder in the month.
Yesterday was spent on the recording of Mama Mia for next year's campfire. Juniper was trying to get us all fired up so that we can attract more than half the level next year. Well, I think it will be fun to sing at the campfire I guess. I'm hoping that it will rain though since the smoke is really suffocating.
After the break, all of us got down to business and our section managed to learn the whole of The White Horses. I take back what I said earlier about the song as it actually sounds nice to me now. Unfortunately, I have no idea why I kept singing in minor key. I felt so guilty for singing wrongly.
Labels: choir, Christmas, Crez chorale, WYCF
Grow Up
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 9:49 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
The year is ending soon, and I suddenly felt very old today. There will be new juniors next year, and OBS camp - which is what I have been dreading since the start of Secondary school life.
I went shopping with Evangeline on Monday, and we were talking about how insanely high the stilettos are these days. Then came around the idea of slipping on a pair and managing to skip OBS camp since I don't think we can even stand with those spikes. Seriously, stilettos can actually be used as weapons. Just remembering how punctured Valetta's bare toe looked like after Sahana stepped on her with her stiletto heel is enough to send of warning signals in my head. Maybe that's why I get somewhat cautious of people whose heels are potentially sharp.
Our new conductor came yesterday. Mrs Lim, wife of Mr Lim Yau, is a very pleasant lady. Unfortunately, the Soprano Ones were kind of 'scream-y' with me included (sadly). Mrs Lim's breathing exercises are quite interesting: I've never felt so much like a balloon. And I still can't hold for twenty counts. Inflating yourself with so much oxygen sounds easy but it's tough. Teryne was the first one who got 'deflated'. I was trying so hard to keep it in but her influence was too great and I just let everything gush out right after she deflated herself.
Choir practice ended at four but somehow the committee meeting took longer than expected. There was the planning for next year's activities and stuff. We also gave our opinions and reasons about many things.
It was also due to yesterday's very interesting session about the set piece White Horses that I realised how great Teryne's oratorical skills are and how intimidating Ariel can be. They are a very scary pair. It's really bewildering just how Ybin compare people's appearances to animals too.
I went for a hair trim this morning. The hair stylist is pretty good since she isn't like other hair stylists. Usually a trim means cutting a huge chunk of hair in the normal hair stylist's context as they want to let you feel that it was worth your money.
The movie Twilight was not as bad as I thought it would be. Robert Pattison isn't that bad. He's actually kind of...nice-looking? Or maybe it's because of his features. My tastes veer towards fair-skinned people with beautiful eyes. Don't ask me why. In fact, I found the cast quite reasonable with the exception of one person. The character Jacob Black was a HUGE disappointment. Imagine: the next movie will feature Bella with Jacob for a good two thirds of it and he is so ordinary looking? I'm kind of disappointed. My mum just said that I'm biased since he looks the opposite of Edward. And the movie was pretty good by the way.
My mum made a peculiar remark just two days ago. She said that I am always attracted to people who look like vampires. That is a funny thought. Watching Twilight reminded me of it.
For the record: I don't think any of my eye candies looks like a vampire.
I went shopping with Evangeline on Monday, and we were talking about how insanely high the stilettos are these days. Then came around the idea of slipping on a pair and managing to skip OBS camp since I don't think we can even stand with those spikes. Seriously, stilettos can actually be used as weapons. Just remembering how punctured Valetta's bare toe looked like after Sahana stepped on her with her stiletto heel is enough to send of warning signals in my head. Maybe that's why I get somewhat cautious of people whose heels are potentially sharp.
Our new conductor came yesterday. Mrs Lim, wife of Mr Lim Yau, is a very pleasant lady. Unfortunately, the Soprano Ones were kind of 'scream-y' with me included (sadly). Mrs Lim's breathing exercises are quite interesting: I've never felt so much like a balloon. And I still can't hold for twenty counts. Inflating yourself with so much oxygen sounds easy but it's tough. Teryne was the first one who got 'deflated'. I was trying so hard to keep it in but her influence was too great and I just let everything gush out right after she deflated herself.
Choir practice ended at four but somehow the committee meeting took longer than expected. There was the planning for next year's activities and stuff. We also gave our opinions and reasons about many things.
It was also due to yesterday's very interesting session about the set piece White Horses that I realised how great Teryne's oratorical skills are and how intimidating Ariel can be. They are a very scary pair. It's really bewildering just how Ybin compare people's appearances to animals too.
I went for a hair trim this morning. The hair stylist is pretty good since she isn't like other hair stylists. Usually a trim means cutting a huge chunk of hair in the normal hair stylist's context as they want to let you feel that it was worth your money.
The movie Twilight was not as bad as I thought it would be. Robert Pattison isn't that bad. He's actually kind of...nice-looking? Or maybe it's because of his features. My tastes veer towards fair-skinned people with beautiful eyes. Don't ask me why. In fact, I found the cast quite reasonable with the exception of one person. The character Jacob Black was a HUGE disappointment. Imagine: the next movie will feature Bella with Jacob for a good two thirds of it and he is so ordinary looking? I'm kind of disappointed. My mum just said that I'm biased since he looks the opposite of Edward. And the movie was pretty good by the way.
My mum made a peculiar remark just two days ago. She said that I am always attracted to people who look like vampires. That is a funny thought. Watching Twilight reminded me of it.
For the record: I don't think any of my eye candies looks like a vampire.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale
Ah, dolente partita
Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 8:16 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Much as I don't want it to end, WYCF did end this afternoon. It was pretty sad. I made a lot of friends over there. With the duration being just a mere two weeks ... the whole camp was not long enough!!! Especially not with so many fun people.
It really is kind of an empty feeling - knowing that the whole two weeks of hard training and crazy moments have ended. Although I'm always sleeping during the break times in the auditorium since I only go out if I want to eat or meet Evangeline and Yibin, I still had lots of fun.
There's Michelle bunny who is always so hyper and cute. She's also the most friendly actually.
Kim, who can be considered one of the most rational of us and is my 'uncle'.
There is also Sarah, the really friendly person. Unfortunately she had to go overseas so didn't see her after the first week.
Agnes, my 'mother' and 'grandmother' of Ms Yin, I think. I still remember what she said: “因为我要子孙满堂”. And I think everyone from SSA knows her birthday.
I will always remember Alyssa as the girl who draws great manga sketches. She was also one of the first few that I introduced myself to on the first day of the SSA soprano one sectionals. And also the one I'm always standing next to for all performances.
Sheena, who is always really friendly and has the Elmo keychain.
For the slightly more senior ones, there is Yvonne, who is our section leader. She is also the willing 'wife' of Melvin, who is at least four years younger than her.
Amanda (Yar-mahn-dah) the senior one but she doesn't need to worry since she looks young. Haha, she will get sad if someone talks about her real age.
Yee Ching, the next SSA Sop One section leader who is also our dear soloist for Mieli. She is a really great singer.
Shirley the considerate person who will wake me once practice starts otherwise I will just sleep on. But I will wake up once someone plays the piano so that doesn't happen often actually. =P
Wendy who always offer to take photos with her phone
Samantha who is quiet but will talk to you if you take the first step.
Zi Xin, I'm sorry that I sometimes get you mixed up with another girl and you're a really nice person.
Melvin, the only boy in SSA and is doted on by the Soprano Ones as he's the youngest too.
Then there is Josselyn, who is really helpful.
Aisha and Charlotte who are always together and they really take a lot of photos with almost everyone.
Melissa, Wan Xin's and Agnes' friend from SSA alto who is as friendly as Agnes too =]
And there's our Ms Yin who has helped us incredibly during the pre-festival period. She saved the Soprano Ones from giving up on ourselves for Ah, Dolente Partita. Ms Yin also made the Sop Ones refrain from 'attacking' all the high notes with warm ups in the dance studio that include singing insanely high notes in pp. Ms Yin and Ms Angila pushed us on everyday and yet never hesitated to show their support for us.
Ms Angila who did the Mary had a Little Lamb and Happy Birthday exercise with us. Not to mention the German pronunciation for Shreight or something. I just remember the three fingers for the Shi-righ-teh thing. And the posture classes including the bending down part which you asked us to do with SATB too. It was kind of tiring doing the posture thing but we know you just wanted us to look good. I think.
Mr Turunen helped to lessen our phobia of Ah, Dolente Partita and challenged us with all the dynamics in all the songs - especially for Der Wassermann and Mieli. There was also the emotion part whereby we had to think of our feelings for the song since three out of four of the songs were related to love and passion. There was this girl from Alto that asked him about it. Since we were too young to know what is really love, he said
"Just think of the boy you like. How you want to be near him, and see him. But you don't have the courage to tell him or talk to him."
"Sir, what if the boy doesn't like you and wants you out of his sight?"
"Erm, but you still want to be near him, don't you?"
Well, we did manage to do the songs well during the real thing. Except for Joiku. It was interesting singing a different version of Joiku. We had to change our voices to sound like five-year-olds and sound like forty-year-olds at the end. Our clapping was shaky but it was really good considering that crescent choir took one whole month to do the clapping perfect without a single mistake from everyone. I think the Um-pe-e-ci-ka part was also nice since I taught the Sopranos how to do it =DDD
And thank you Juniper, for shouting that I rock after the SSA choir performed. I was really surprised but happy. Thanks! I don't know if I missed out anyone but there were really many people who were really great from the festival. Most of them are from my section though.
I love all the songs that we have learnt in such a short amount of time, with so many other great and passionate people. We learnt vocal techniques through the lectures and workshops. We had combined rehearsals in the morning with Mr Bob Chilcott and our own SSA, SATB rehearsals after lunch at CCAB for the whole week. SSA was conducted by Mr Kari Turunen who, like I mentioned, helped us a lot for Ah, Dolente Partita. He's a great conductor who gave us all the confidence to tackle the difficult songs.
Mr Chilcott is also a fun conductor who stresses on the importance of dynamics. He will do anything just to let us sing better, from dancing to trying to express the gentle feelings in The Goose and the Swan. That was my favourite song by the way.
I really like all the different conductors. It was really fun getting to know different conductors and their different styles. I got to make so many friends and got lucky this year. I really hope we can get together again to perform or at least meet up once more. If you ask me to describe how this experience has been for me, I would just say that it has been incredibly wonderful, and I shall cherish the memories of the past two weeks.
It really is kind of an empty feeling - knowing that the whole two weeks of hard training and crazy moments have ended. Although I'm always sleeping during the break times in the auditorium since I only go out if I want to eat or meet Evangeline and Yibin, I still had lots of fun.
There's Michelle bunny who is always so hyper and cute. She's also the most friendly actually.
Kim, who can be considered one of the most rational of us and is my 'uncle'.
There is also Sarah, the really friendly person. Unfortunately she had to go overseas so didn't see her after the first week.
Agnes, my 'mother' and 'grandmother' of Ms Yin, I think. I still remember what she said: “因为我要子孙满堂”. And I think everyone from SSA knows her birthday.
I will always remember Alyssa as the girl who draws great manga sketches. She was also one of the first few that I introduced myself to on the first day of the SSA soprano one sectionals. And also the one I'm always standing next to for all performances.
Sheena, who is always really friendly and has the Elmo keychain.
For the slightly more senior ones, there is Yvonne, who is our section leader. She is also the willing 'wife' of Melvin, who is at least four years younger than her.
Amanda (Yar-mahn-dah) the senior one but she doesn't need to worry since she looks young. Haha, she will get sad if someone talks about her real age.
Yee Ching, the next SSA Sop One section leader who is also our dear soloist for Mieli. She is a really great singer.
Shirley the considerate person who will wake me once practice starts otherwise I will just sleep on. But I will wake up once someone plays the piano so that doesn't happen often actually. =P
Wendy who always offer to take photos with her phone
Samantha who is quiet but will talk to you if you take the first step.
Zi Xin, I'm sorry that I sometimes get you mixed up with another girl and you're a really nice person.
Melvin, the only boy in SSA and is doted on by the Soprano Ones as he's the youngest too.
Then there is Josselyn, who is really helpful.
Aisha and Charlotte who are always together and they really take a lot of photos with almost everyone.
Melissa, Wan Xin's and Agnes' friend from SSA alto who is as friendly as Agnes too =]
And there's our Ms Yin who has helped us incredibly during the pre-festival period. She saved the Soprano Ones from giving up on ourselves for Ah, Dolente Partita. Ms Yin also made the Sop Ones refrain from 'attacking' all the high notes with warm ups in the dance studio that include singing insanely high notes in pp. Ms Yin and Ms Angila pushed us on everyday and yet never hesitated to show their support for us.
Ms Angila who did the Mary had a Little Lamb and Happy Birthday exercise with us. Not to mention the German pronunciation for Shreight or something. I just remember the three fingers for the Shi-righ-teh thing. And the posture classes including the bending down part which you asked us to do with SATB too. It was kind of tiring doing the posture thing but we know you just wanted us to look good. I think.
Mr Turunen helped to lessen our phobia of Ah, Dolente Partita and challenged us with all the dynamics in all the songs - especially for Der Wassermann and Mieli. There was also the emotion part whereby we had to think of our feelings for the song since three out of four of the songs were related to love and passion. There was this girl from Alto that asked him about it. Since we were too young to know what is really love, he said
"Just think of the boy you like. How you want to be near him, and see him. But you don't have the courage to tell him or talk to him."
"Sir, what if the boy doesn't like you and wants you out of his sight?"
"Erm, but you still want to be near him, don't you?"
Well, we did manage to do the songs well during the real thing. Except for Joiku. It was interesting singing a different version of Joiku. We had to change our voices to sound like five-year-olds and sound like forty-year-olds at the end. Our clapping was shaky but it was really good considering that crescent choir took one whole month to do the clapping perfect without a single mistake from everyone. I think the Um-pe-e-ci-ka part was also nice since I taught the Sopranos how to do it =DDD
And thank you Juniper, for shouting that I rock after the SSA choir performed. I was really surprised but happy. Thanks! I don't know if I missed out anyone but there were really many people who were really great from the festival. Most of them are from my section though.
I love all the songs that we have learnt in such a short amount of time, with so many other great and passionate people. We learnt vocal techniques through the lectures and workshops. We had combined rehearsals in the morning with Mr Bob Chilcott and our own SSA, SATB rehearsals after lunch at CCAB for the whole week. SSA was conducted by Mr Kari Turunen who, like I mentioned, helped us a lot for Ah, Dolente Partita. He's a great conductor who gave us all the confidence to tackle the difficult songs.
Mr Chilcott is also a fun conductor who stresses on the importance of dynamics. He will do anything just to let us sing better, from dancing to trying to express the gentle feelings in The Goose and the Swan. That was my favourite song by the way.
I really like all the different conductors. It was really fun getting to know different conductors and their different styles. I got to make so many friends and got lucky this year. I really hope we can get together again to perform or at least meet up once more. If you ask me to describe how this experience has been for me, I would just say that it has been incredibly wonderful, and I shall cherish the memories of the past two weeks.
the short bout of peace
Monday, December 08, 2008 @ 8:43 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
This whole week has been about choir. And I can say now that I really love WYCF 2008. Especially the pre-festival camp period.
Somehow, I even got a family there. Agnes is my 'mother', with Michelle (bunny) as her husband and many other people being tied into it. XD
Everyone was great and spontaneous and made new friends. I think after this ends I will be at lost with what to do with my time.
It's the first time I've been crammed with nine songs to learn within a week. Each morning will bring a new song to learn and scores to read. It was also really great meeting so many people who are passionate about singing and so friendly to each other.
Although it was only until Thursday that SSA needed to combine with SATB for the combined songs, I didn't really get to mix with Evangeline and Yibin. We go for lunch together though. And Yibin has developed this strange fascination with mayonnaise.
Saturday's combined rehearsal with SNYO for the theme song was cool. We got to see their own rehearsal with Mr Lim Yau and they are really good. Their discipline is also the best I've ever seen actually. Anyway, for once I could sing my very loudest as we were all trying to sing louder than the orchestra. Ms Ong always asked me to sing softer so it felt liberating to sing so loud.
Sunday's guitar lesson was fine and I did some advertising about the festival. Somehow I don't think anyone understood what I said though. Kai Ming just had this really amused expression on his face while the others just looked blank.
After that my mum and I shopped for my concert attire. I managed to get a white blouse before we met Auntie Shirlene and Auntie Clara for a dinner buffet at the Holiday Inn. The buffet was somewhat limited unfortunately. After dinner, we went to look for my skirt and managed to find a black skirt pants at Robinsons. I still find that skirt pants a little weird since I'm not used to such...wide pants.
By the way, if anyone is interested in watching us perform, please get the tickets at $11 from Sistic. I heard that visitors can drop by to watch us rehearse at VCH in the mornings too. =]
Somehow, I even got a family there. Agnes is my 'mother', with Michelle (bunny) as her husband and many other people being tied into it. XD
Everyone was great and spontaneous and made new friends. I think after this ends I will be at lost with what to do with my time.
It's the first time I've been crammed with nine songs to learn within a week. Each morning will bring a new song to learn and scores to read. It was also really great meeting so many people who are passionate about singing and so friendly to each other.
Although it was only until Thursday that SSA needed to combine with SATB for the combined songs, I didn't really get to mix with Evangeline and Yibin. We go for lunch together though. And Yibin has developed this strange fascination with mayonnaise.
Saturday's combined rehearsal with SNYO for the theme song was cool. We got to see their own rehearsal with Mr Lim Yau and they are really good. Their discipline is also the best I've ever seen actually. Anyway, for once I could sing my very loudest as we were all trying to sing louder than the orchestra. Ms Ong always asked me to sing softer so it felt liberating to sing so loud.
Sunday's guitar lesson was fine and I did some advertising about the festival. Somehow I don't think anyone understood what I said though. Kai Ming just had this really amused expression on his face while the others just looked blank.
After that my mum and I shopped for my concert attire. I managed to get a white blouse before we met Auntie Shirlene and Auntie Clara for a dinner buffet at the Holiday Inn. The buffet was somewhat limited unfortunately. After dinner, we went to look for my skirt and managed to find a black skirt pants at Robinsons. I still find that skirt pants a little weird since I'm not used to such...wide pants.
By the way, if anyone is interested in watching us perform, please get the tickets at $11 from Sistic. I heard that visitors can drop by to watch us rehearse at VCH in the mornings too. =]
tanz
Monday, December 01, 2008 @ 9:17 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I was kind of apprehensive before going for the WYCF pre-festival camp today since I will be the only Sop1 and girl from my school. But I think every choir's soprano ones are always the crazy group because my section is made up of really great people. Somehow I find that our section is the noisiest.
Michelle and the other Sec3s got a shock when they realised that I'm not a sec3 student. They said they thought I was older since I am tall. Haha, and when I said that I'm considered short in my class and told them the height of the tallest person in my class, they were like, 'woah!'
Sectionals were okay. It's the first time that I encountered a boy in my section and in a SSA choir. I know that there are male sopranos but I'd always thought they would go to SATB (not that there is any huge difference) but it's just strange since SSA choirs are usually female choirs. And Melvin's first reaction could be heard in the whole auditorium I think. He looked so freaked out when he realised he's the only boy in our choir. Anyway, he sure can sing in falsetto well.
Der Wassermann is a beautiful song - however sadistic it is. German is really difficult to pronounce though. I still pronounce 'tanzten' as tungsten.
Michelle and the other Sec3s got a shock when they realised that I'm not a sec3 student. They said they thought I was older since I am tall. Haha, and when I said that I'm considered short in my class and told them the height of the tallest person in my class, they were like, 'woah!'
Sectionals were okay. It's the first time that I encountered a boy in my section and in a SSA choir. I know that there are male sopranos but I'd always thought they would go to SATB (not that there is any huge difference) but it's just strange since SSA choirs are usually female choirs. And Melvin's first reaction could be heard in the whole auditorium I think. He looked so freaked out when he realised he's the only boy in our choir. Anyway, he sure can sing in falsetto well.
Der Wassermann is a beautiful song - however sadistic it is. German is really difficult to pronounce though. I still pronounce 'tanzten' as tungsten.
what colour is the horse?
Thursday, November 27, 2008 @ 10:06 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
We started on the 2009 SYF piece this morning. We had to get into pairs and Ms Ong asked me to teach Jorina how to count since she didn't understand. I was really worried that Jorina didn't get what I was trying to tell her... after all, I am bad at any music theory. The song still sounds weird to me but I guess it's just a matter of getting used to it.
Ms Ong also bought us cakes. And Cynthia just had to feed me. Yeah, she loves me too much. She insisted on stuffing my mouth with the cake since I couldn't reach it. Anyway, thank goodness Juniper warned me about the brandy butter - I almost took it. Hahah, I don't want to break out into rashes.
Oh oh, and Teryne and I are now the managers of the 'Fist- rubbing' club. Cynthia was trying desperately to get warm since the PAT is like a freezer and I still can't understand why she should rub her fists and not palms together to keep warm. So Teryne and I thought that she was trying to start a fire. It was really funny and we tried to imitate Cynthia. Then Ms Ong was talking about using some primitive way of communication (which was using the phone to call the other party personally). But somehow I thought of the paper cups and string method and the smoke signal thing. Teryne then said that was what Cynthia was trying to do. Although I think if it was an emergency, it would be a decade before Cynthia can even get a fire started.
Lunch and Tiong Bahru Plaza was just funny. Anna and Zhuo Min couldn't stop laughing and somehow everyone laughed when I said I felt like a walrus and after that, a mammoth. Well, I was that full.
The rest of the day proved that I am really bad at shopping alone. I spent five minutes walking around Bugis Junction before giving up. Then I popped into Kinokuniya and read a whole novel within thirty minutes and then left since I felt bad reading a whole book there instead of buying anything. With more than two and a half hours left before my mum can end her work, I spent the time stoning on the seat outside Kinokuniya. I slept half the time sleeping though. I also saw a man cross dressing as a woman...he was wearing this low back dress with a V-neck with his chest hair sticking out.
I think Miyavi would do a better job however. Since the guy was in his mid-forties and it's just unusual to see chest hair sticking out of a dress. I've seen a few cross dressers on the MRT trains and stations before and I have nothing against them since they are actually nice people but this is seriously the first time I've seen someone who didn't even bother to shave. -.-
Ms Ong also bought us cakes. And Cynthia just had to feed me. Yeah, she loves me too much. She insisted on stuffing my mouth with the cake since I couldn't reach it. Anyway, thank goodness Juniper warned me about the brandy butter - I almost took it. Hahah, I don't want to break out into rashes.
Oh oh, and Teryne and I are now the managers of the 'Fist- rubbing' club. Cynthia was trying desperately to get warm since the PAT is like a freezer and I still can't understand why she should rub her fists and not palms together to keep warm. So Teryne and I thought that she was trying to start a fire. It was really funny and we tried to imitate Cynthia. Then Ms Ong was talking about using some primitive way of communication (which was using the phone to call the other party personally). But somehow I thought of the paper cups and string method and the smoke signal thing. Teryne then said that was what Cynthia was trying to do. Although I think if it was an emergency, it would be a decade before Cynthia can even get a fire started.
Lunch and Tiong Bahru Plaza was just funny. Anna and Zhuo Min couldn't stop laughing and somehow everyone laughed when I said I felt like a walrus and after that, a mammoth. Well, I was that full.
The rest of the day proved that I am really bad at shopping alone. I spent five minutes walking around Bugis Junction before giving up. Then I popped into Kinokuniya and read a whole novel within thirty minutes and then left since I felt bad reading a whole book there instead of buying anything. With more than two and a half hours left before my mum can end her work, I spent the time stoning on the seat outside Kinokuniya. I slept half the time sleeping though. I also saw a man cross dressing as a woman...he was wearing this low back dress with a V-neck with his chest hair sticking out.
I think Miyavi would do a better job however. Since the guy was in his mid-forties and it's just unusual to see chest hair sticking out of a dress. I've seen a few cross dressers on the MRT trains and stations before and I have nothing against them since they are actually nice people but this is seriously the first time I've seen someone who didn't even bother to shave. -.-
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, window shopping
Babaa Black Sheep
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 9:52 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I almost got burnt this evening while cooking. In order to wipe off stain for the stove, I used a piece of tissue paper. And it caught fire since I forgot to turn off the gas. The best part was that I didn't even realise it... I was wondering where was the smell coming from. The flame also got pretty big so I just threw it in to the basin where it continued to dance wildly. So I flooded the basin and was left with black stuff and some residue. Well, I didn't get burnt, which is definitely good. 0-0
Choir did really well for Musical Evening. We were much better than our Happening Happenings! concert performance.
I managed to stomp and clap in time for The Joiku and remembered all my moves for the ABBA medley part. For Chiquitita, my painful expression was genuine since I actually "tore" my wound while kneeling down for the first verse. Thank goodness I did remember to paste a plaster on it since it was bleeding horribly when I took it off once I reached home.
Everyone had fun that day I suppose. We did warm-ups in school for the morning. Also asked Evangeline for help with my tying of hair although my hair needed a lot of help since I really have so many layers with different lengths. I used three types of hairspray. Ms Seow also insisted that I tidy my fringe and show my forehead since it covers my eyes. It was good that I didn't die from the smell of it all.
Once we reached NUS, we went to one of their many canteens for our lunch. Mr Tan told us why it's called the 'Central Canteen' when we arrived. Everyone expected a sophisticated explanation but he just said, " It's called the Central canteen because it's in the center of the whole campus. "
Hahaha. Anyway, I ate my Italian butter bread there since my mum already packed it for me.
Once Ziyu finally finished her big bowl of noodles, everyone went of to Yong Siew Toh. We got the same dressing rooms as the ones we had for our last performance there. People then began to tidy their hair and used the hairsprays like there's no tomorrow. And they chose to use the Sopranos dressing room for the hair spray thing specifically. Therefore I decided to become a temporary alto and went next door to put on my make up and breathe in human air instead of inhaling that vile stuff.
By the way, I just read this article on hair spray this week. Apparently, hair spray can affect pregnant women with sons. There is the high possibility of the boy getting some genital defection. This article was found in the Today paper FYI.
I'm not at all prepared for next week's WYCF sessions. Why must I be isolated from the rest of the girls. My mum is also sympathetic - but it's for a different reason altogether. She wonders why I don't get to be with the boys and have to be with the SSA choir. -.-
At least Christel is in SSA too, although I couldn't find her name in my WYCF section name list.
Cheng Meng's ( I don't know how to spell his name ) chosen pop song, 童话 is really difficult to play. Sure, it sounds nice, but I seriously cannot change key in right in the middle of the song. I just get confused and play some gibberish. Hopefully, next week's Christmas songs will be easier to comprehend.
I was actually too lazy to post something but I wanted more people come here for tag-tags. D:
Choir did really well for Musical Evening. We were much better than our Happening Happenings! concert performance.
I managed to stomp and clap in time for The Joiku and remembered all my moves for the ABBA medley part. For Chiquitita, my painful expression was genuine since I actually "tore" my wound while kneeling down for the first verse. Thank goodness I did remember to paste a plaster on it since it was bleeding horribly when I took it off once I reached home.
Everyone had fun that day I suppose. We did warm-ups in school for the morning. Also asked Evangeline for help with my tying of hair although my hair needed a lot of help since I really have so many layers with different lengths. I used three types of hairspray. Ms Seow also insisted that I tidy my fringe and show my forehead since it covers my eyes. It was good that I didn't die from the smell of it all.
Once we reached NUS, we went to one of their many canteens for our lunch. Mr Tan told us why it's called the 'Central Canteen' when we arrived. Everyone expected a sophisticated explanation but he just said, " It's called the Central canteen because it's in the center of the whole campus. "
Hahaha. Anyway, I ate my Italian butter bread there since my mum already packed it for me.
Once Ziyu finally finished her big bowl of noodles, everyone went of to Yong Siew Toh. We got the same dressing rooms as the ones we had for our last performance there. People then began to tidy their hair and used the hairsprays like there's no tomorrow. And they chose to use the Sopranos dressing room for the hair spray thing specifically. Therefore I decided to become a temporary alto and went next door to put on my make up and breathe in human air instead of inhaling that vile stuff.
By the way, I just read this article on hair spray this week. Apparently, hair spray can affect pregnant women with sons. There is the high possibility of the boy getting some genital defection. This article was found in the Today paper FYI.
I'm not at all prepared for next week's WYCF sessions. Why must I be isolated from the rest of the girls. My mum is also sympathetic - but it's for a different reason altogether. She wonders why I don't get to be with the boys and have to be with the SSA choir. -.-
At least Christel is in SSA too, although I couldn't find her name in my WYCF section name list.
Cheng Meng's ( I don't know how to spell his name ) chosen pop song, 童话 is really difficult to play. Sure, it sounds nice, but I seriously cannot change key in right in the middle of the song. I just get confused and play some gibberish. Hopefully, next week's Christmas songs will be easier to comprehend.
I was actually too lazy to post something but I wanted more people come here for tag-tags. D:
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, guitar
I beat Sean in reversi!!!
Thursday, November 20, 2008 @ 3:16 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I feel like my life revolves around choir now. Most probably because we have been practising for almost every day. I really hope the concert will be a success for us since we practised a lot for it.
Thank goodness Ms Ong gave us a day to rest - I think I will just lose my voice if we had to rehearse again today. Tomorrow will be a shorter rehearsal too, so as to keep up our momentum till Saturday.
My legs are full of scars and I have yet another one from my fall on Tuesday. My mum came to buy next year's books while we were in the hall having our combined rehearsal. She had to wait for a long time since I had to get scores for Ms Sim and had to wait for her while she took my scores to the staff room to photocopy.
Had to carry the books home with my mum. While walking down the slope from the school gate, I tripped over the curb and in order not to bang into my mum I swerved my body, tripped over the books I was carrying and fell down the slope. My mum then proceeded to scold me since this is what seemed like the thousandth time I fell down this year. Well, I may not have fallen and got my balance if I didn't change my direction so fast. Yet I got a scolding instead D:
We then had to rush to get my contact lens. Since it has been a year since I stopped wearing them, I had to go through some training again to re-cap on the techniques. I still need about twenty minutes to put those lens into my eyes. =/
My mum and I also had to get new plasters and dettol solution since I finished the supply at home with my little accidents every now and then. D:
Yesterday's rehearsal was painful. Ms Ong made us smile through all the songs and my face felt like plastic in the end. Cynthia suggested that all of us go for botox injections so that our face muscles will be frozen into a smile without us even trying.
Dancing was slightly difficult with my wound but I managed just fine since it's just a minor one compared to the rest of the falls I had before.
I went to school earlier to meet up with the QMs, Anna and Zhuo Min since they were also going to the Communicative Arts room. I then took the opportunity to do my score stock-taking which is really hard work since the previous librarian didn't have a system to follow. At least I managed to finished all of this year's scores, the old scores and the 2009 SYF scores with Zhuo Min, Evangeline, Anna and Zi yu's help after they finished tidying up the gowns. =D
Everyone brought back their gowns yesterday too. Pearlyn gave an update on her love life while everyone was bored with waiting for the gowns. I really wonder how she gets her boyfriends. XD Got Cheryl's help on the train home to arrange my gown neatly since it fell from it's hanger in the gown cover. I think I'm too fat for my gown D:
Played reversi with Sean just now. I have not played that game for ages...
Thank goodness Ms Ong gave us a day to rest - I think I will just lose my voice if we had to rehearse again today. Tomorrow will be a shorter rehearsal too, so as to keep up our momentum till Saturday.
My legs are full of scars and I have yet another one from my fall on Tuesday. My mum came to buy next year's books while we were in the hall having our combined rehearsal. She had to wait for a long time since I had to get scores for Ms Sim and had to wait for her while she took my scores to the staff room to photocopy.
Had to carry the books home with my mum. While walking down the slope from the school gate, I tripped over the curb and in order not to bang into my mum I swerved my body, tripped over the books I was carrying and fell down the slope. My mum then proceeded to scold me since this is what seemed like the thousandth time I fell down this year. Well, I may not have fallen and got my balance if I didn't change my direction so fast. Yet I got a scolding instead D:
We then had to rush to get my contact lens. Since it has been a year since I stopped wearing them, I had to go through some training again to re-cap on the techniques. I still need about twenty minutes to put those lens into my eyes. =/
My mum and I also had to get new plasters and dettol solution since I finished the supply at home with my little accidents every now and then. D:
Yesterday's rehearsal was painful. Ms Ong made us smile through all the songs and my face felt like plastic in the end. Cynthia suggested that all of us go for botox injections so that our face muscles will be frozen into a smile without us even trying.
Dancing was slightly difficult with my wound but I managed just fine since it's just a minor one compared to the rest of the falls I had before.
I went to school earlier to meet up with the QMs, Anna and Zhuo Min since they were also going to the Communicative Arts room. I then took the opportunity to do my score stock-taking which is really hard work since the previous librarian didn't have a system to follow. At least I managed to finished all of this year's scores, the old scores and the 2009 SYF scores with Zhuo Min, Evangeline, Anna and Zi yu's help after they finished tidying up the gowns. =D
Everyone brought back their gowns yesterday too. Pearlyn gave an update on her love life while everyone was bored with waiting for the gowns. I really wonder how she gets her boyfriends. XD Got Cheryl's help on the train home to arrange my gown neatly since it fell from it's hanger in the gown cover. I think I'm too fat for my gown D:
Played reversi with Sean just now. I have not played that game for ages...
Labels: choir, Crez chorale
it's an annual affair
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 10:17 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
This year's birthday had been the usual I guess. Ching Han and Juniper were the first to wish me a happy birthday. Thanks!
I didn't get to celebrate much as I had my choir rehearsal the whole day. Juniper and Ariel paid for my lunch though. Teryne, Jollin, Lixin, Juniper, Ariel and I went to McDonald's for lunch. I kind of felt apologetic to Anna but I did promise that I would go with them for lunch and Juniper asked me in the morning to go with them. Anyway, lunch was nice and somehow everyone raced back to school, trying to outdo each other. I gave up halfway as my chest hurt.
While crossing the road, I saw the band members going home and Livia wished me happy birthday across the road. What better way to wish a person and let the whole street know. Hahas =D
Suddenly I saw this yellow umbrella over my head. The rest had already moved up ahead so they didn't see me. There was this girl who insisted that she sheltered me since it was raining and my clothes were kind of wet. She is a private candidate for the O' level examinations. Based on her accent, she must be from China. I must say that she's really kind as to shelter me from the main road to the school. 谢谢你!
Thank you for all the birthday presents. Anna gave me Ponds, a soft toy frog. Juniper, for the cute nici mug with the leopard. Ariel, for helping to pay for part of my lunch. Ziyu, for the breadou thing that Teryne has fallen in love with. Rui Ting, for the pink case that you bought during lunch. Most of all, my mum who gave me so many presents and the dinner at Eatzi.
The committee had a dance workshop yesterday for the Mama Mia moves. The Sec2s and Teryne were late as we were looking at the Sec3 placement results.
That was also when Teryne saw the bread thing that Ziyu gave me. Hahas, she's really fascinated by it. In fact, my poor bread was in the danger of being bitten that I had to warn everyone who tried to bite it;
Hahas. We did a series of warm ups with the guy although I had no idea what I was supposed to do half the time. He taught us how to do the wave thing too. After that, we spent the rest of the session doing the new moves for the ABBA songs. Mama Mia was really confusing at first but it got easier after a while.
After lunch at Esso, we had to teach the rest of the choir the new moves. It was tiring. Really tiring. I finally realised how tiring it is to dance and yet sing loudly for the whole day with a smile pasted on your face. From 10am till late afternoon, everyone felt worn out at the end of the day. But I think our efforts will pay off next Saturday. I can't wait to show the audience what the choir is capable of. =]
I didn't get to celebrate much as I had my choir rehearsal the whole day. Juniper and Ariel paid for my lunch though. Teryne, Jollin, Lixin, Juniper, Ariel and I went to McDonald's for lunch. I kind of felt apologetic to Anna but I did promise that I would go with them for lunch and Juniper asked me in the morning to go with them. Anyway, lunch was nice and somehow everyone raced back to school, trying to outdo each other. I gave up halfway as my chest hurt.
While crossing the road, I saw the band members going home and Livia wished me happy birthday across the road. What better way to wish a person and let the whole street know. Hahas =D
Suddenly I saw this yellow umbrella over my head. The rest had already moved up ahead so they didn't see me. There was this girl who insisted that she sheltered me since it was raining and my clothes were kind of wet. She is a private candidate for the O' level examinations. Based on her accent, she must be from China. I must say that she's really kind as to shelter me from the main road to the school. 谢谢你!
Thank you for all the birthday presents. Anna gave me Ponds, a soft toy frog. Juniper, for the cute nici mug with the leopard. Ariel, for helping to pay for part of my lunch. Ziyu, for the breadou thing that Teryne has fallen in love with. Rui Ting, for the pink case that you bought during lunch. Most of all, my mum who gave me so many presents and the dinner at Eatzi.
The committee had a dance workshop yesterday for the Mama Mia moves. The Sec2s and Teryne were late as we were looking at the Sec3 placement results.
I got into my first choice!!!
That was also when Teryne saw the bread thing that Ziyu gave me. Hahas, she's really fascinated by it. In fact, my poor bread was in the danger of being bitten that I had to warn everyone who tried to bite it;
'You bite that bread, and I will bite you'.
Hahas. We did a series of warm ups with the guy although I had no idea what I was supposed to do half the time. He taught us how to do the wave thing too. After that, we spent the rest of the session doing the new moves for the ABBA songs. Mama Mia was really confusing at first but it got easier after a while.
After lunch at Esso, we had to teach the rest of the choir the new moves. It was tiring. Really tiring. I finally realised how tiring it is to dance and yet sing loudly for the whole day with a smile pasted on your face. From 10am till late afternoon, everyone felt worn out at the end of the day. But I think our efforts will pay off next Saturday. I can't wait to show the audience what the choir is capable of. =]
Labels: choir, Crez chorale
oops
Wednesday, November 05, 2008 @ 10:00 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
My giddiness finally subsided today.
My mum just brought me to the clinic this evening to get more medication for me.
Monday was an absolute nightmare. Right after I woke up and got out of bed, I felt really giddy and had a pounding pain in my head. It took me some time but I managed to crawl to the hall to get the phone. I felt bad for my mum though - she had to take leave from her job and come back to bring me to the doctor. After breakfast and taking my medication that morning, I vomited all the food and medication out again. My mum then gave me some bread to eat when we got home but I puked it all out once more after that. Even water made me nauseous. Spent most of the day in bed with my head on the pillow.
Besides my head, there was also my phlegm and sore throat. Therefore my mum took me to the clinic once more since the painkillers did not work at all. I got stronger medication for the giddiness and cough mixture.
I think I should be able to go out tomorrow although I will not be able to sing. Hopefully, I will be alright by next week. I really want to perform and I'm afraid that I will not be allowed to if I miss any more rehearsals.
Oh, and I found a good drama-loving friend in Jessie. She is watching Hello! Miss now I think. There's still the In Soon is Pretty drama to complete but I think I should do my holiday homework and watch Bleach anime first.
Jessie also tagged me to do this meme:
The Rules And Regulations
1. Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself.
2. People who get tagged need to write on their blog 10 weird things/habits/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly.
3. At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.
4. No tags back !
5. Leave a tag on their tagboard saying that they've been tagged
1. I admit that animals are cute but I’m afraid of them. Unless they are out of a 5m radius.
2. No matter how little I sleep, I will never get eye bags – only pimples. Maybe it’s in my genes.
3. I like to sleep on my right side but wake up on the left.
4. I love vanilla ice cream
5. I love reading 8days but dislike other magazines.
6. I prefer rice to noodles.
7. I do not have green fingers and I do not know how to take care of pets.
8. No matter how mature I look, nothing will stop my love for soft toys.
9. I’m truly a friendly person(if I like you).
10. I don’t like people who speak loudly and use crude language all the time
Tagged:
Sihui
Deborah (when she comes back from Beijing)
Yimin
Andro
Victoria
Ivan
Pam
Ching Han
Anyone
Everyone
My mum just brought me to the clinic this evening to get more medication for me.
Monday was an absolute nightmare. Right after I woke up and got out of bed, I felt really giddy and had a pounding pain in my head. It took me some time but I managed to crawl to the hall to get the phone. I felt bad for my mum though - she had to take leave from her job and come back to bring me to the doctor. After breakfast and taking my medication that morning, I vomited all the food and medication out again. My mum then gave me some bread to eat when we got home but I puked it all out once more after that. Even water made me nauseous. Spent most of the day in bed with my head on the pillow.
Besides my head, there was also my phlegm and sore throat. Therefore my mum took me to the clinic once more since the painkillers did not work at all. I got stronger medication for the giddiness and cough mixture.
I think I should be able to go out tomorrow although I will not be able to sing. Hopefully, I will be alright by next week. I really want to perform and I'm afraid that I will not be allowed to if I miss any more rehearsals.
Oh, and I found a good drama-loving friend in Jessie. She is watching Hello! Miss now I think. There's still the In Soon is Pretty drama to complete but I think I should do my holiday homework and watch Bleach anime first.
Jessie also tagged me to do this meme:
The Rules And Regulations
1. Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself.
2. People who get tagged need to write on their blog 10 weird things/habits/little known facts as well as state this rule clearly.
3. At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.
4. No tags back !
5. Leave a tag on their tagboard saying that they've been tagged
1. I admit that animals are cute but I’m afraid of them. Unless they are out of a 5m radius.
2. No matter how little I sleep, I will never get eye bags – only pimples. Maybe it’s in my genes.
3. I like to sleep on my right side but wake up on the left.
4. I love vanilla ice cream
5. I love reading 8days but dislike other magazines.
6. I prefer rice to noodles.
7. I do not have green fingers and I do not know how to take care of pets.
8. No matter how mature I look, nothing will stop my love for soft toys.
9. I’m truly a friendly person
10. I don’t like people who speak loudly and use crude language all the time
Tagged:
Sihui
Deborah (when she comes back from Beijing)
Yimin
Andro
Victoria
Ivan
Pam
Ching Han
Anyone
Everyone
the chicken wings broke my heart
Sunday, November 02, 2008 @ 3:48 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Class chalet was fun but tiring.
I met the rest of the planning committee at Pasir Ris MRT station in the morning like on Monday (when we were doing the trial run). This time I didn't see any 6/9 people though. I saw Christal and Tabby the other time. Anyway, we went to White Sands' McDonald's to wait for the rest who were late. When Jessie, who was carrying the money, arrived, we went to Fair Price to shop for food.
It was pretty fun shopping in the supermarket. Everyone stared at our trolley, which was piled high with junk food. Liz and I dumped our bags into the trolley as they were really heavy. We both got stares from strangers on the train because of our bags. Well, I did try to minimise the number of items to bring.
After buying all the food, we went to KFC to eat our lunch. Jessie took what seemed like a decade to eat her burger. Cassandra went up to Kopitiam to eat though. The rest of us just talked about the weirdest things while finishing up.
Pam later went with Cassandra to find out where is the shuttle bus service while the rest of us were left stranded at the interchange. Thank goodness we went to look at the map and found out where the chalet is. We had to run for the bus though. And we somehow got off at the right stop but didn't know how to walk there. With Pam and Jessie behind, Liz and I discussed on which sign post to follow. Both said "Costa Sands Resort Pasir Ris" but the one on the left had a walking sign. So we decided that the one on the right was for cars and we should follow the walking sign.
It was really tiring. With our overnight huge bags and the food for the class, Liz and I were close to giving up halfway. In the end, we walked one big round around the resort before realising that we could have just taken a shorter route. Anyway, Pam and Jessie were wandering around behind.
Since we needed to check in first, we made poor Tessa S and Cassy to wait with the class at the station before coming over. Haha. After Pam's mum came to help us check-in, we looked around the two rooms we booked. All of us were initially worried about the space but it seemed fine if everyone squeezed around.
Amazing race was tiring for both the station masters and participants. The groups had to run around all between Pasir Ris and the Esplanade. Tessa, Liz and Pam seemed fine with it - only Jessie and I were bored with the waiting. I made do with walking around the two shopping malls but gave up after a few rounds. I'd even walked around the male underwear section. Sitting quietly outside Burger King and Cafe Cartel seemed to be the best idea. However, I forgot about the smokers there and had to suffer in silence for two hours before the first team even showed up.
While sitting, I was wondering if I would get lung cancer after this and there was an old man who came to ask me, 你还好吗? I was kind of embarrassed. Maybe he thought that I was so depressed that I did not want to leave the place. Jessie also called me to ask why the teams were taking such a long time. I told her to chat with the security guards at Kinokuniya.
Our room did not get much sleep that night. The neighbouring rooms partied till 4am. Meanwhile I familiarised myself with the ceiling. In fact, I did not sleep at all - I was the only one who answered Ching Han's question while the rest were sleeping away. Finally at about seven, I saw Yimin went to bathe. I decided to bathe too but Yimin didn't even warn me about the cold water. =/
Part of the day was spent in Escape theme park where I spent most of the time wandering around like a zombie. Since I was close to collapsing due to the lack of sleep the night before and the night before the chalet, some of us went back to the chalet first.
Barbeque party was quite a success. Pam's mum's spaghetti and potato salad was great. We went to Pam's house to peel the potatoes before that.
I went back right after that as I was feeling very sick.
All in all, the chalet was kind of successful, I guess.
when you feel old
Saturday, October 25, 2008 @ 5:47 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
My mum and I went to watch HSM3 today. The whole cinema was full of KIDS. Halfway during the movie, the three little punks on my right decided that their bladders could not hold for another second and had to squeeze past to reach the toilet. Unfortunately, the same boy had to step onto my toes each time he squeezed past me. I promise to never wear flip-flops to movies again.
My mum agreed that Lucas Grabeel looks better than Zac Efron. I love Sharpay and Ryan. Anyway, the movie was fun to watch even though I dislike Vanessa Hudgens. Unfortunately, the drink wasn't covered properly and it spilt onto me. How great: my mum poured pop corn onto me the last movie and now I get iced lemon tea soaking up my white shirt. Just lovely.
I also got two dresses today. They are really pretty and I love them. Well, I love dresses generally. Anyway, one is for my retro look for the Musical Evening. My mum initially wanted me to wear another black dress with big buttons but I found that it was difficult to take off and it was warm. And I didn't really like it, plus we will need to change fast after performing so I decided on a bright purple dress and a sleeveless dull grey dress. I think I shall wear the purple dress for the concert! Although I have the retro flower print dress that I wore during the May concert, I think I should change and that dress belonged to my mum anyway. =D
My mum also bought some clothes for herself. I decided to stay right outside her cubicle at the fitting rooms after five persistent sales assistants approached me to promote their items. I mean, sure, you may do your job by asking me to try on those clothes, but don't give me that kind of black face when I say that I'm not interested. It's just not polite, you know.
Grocery shopping involved my skills in steering the trolley through the big weekend crowd. There was also the usual headache that comes with being in the stuffy supermarket.
I'm worried about next year. Will I ever get into my first choice? Juniper is popular now: the girl who is the third in the level and yet chose double science instead of triple. You're famous, Juniper. =]
That aside, I find that everyone wants to get into triple science because they want the status that comes with it. They want to be called the best. However, my reason for letting it be my first choice is because I don't know what to choose. I don't know what I want at all. I chose it because I don't know whether I should take Biology or Physics. Maybe it will be the wrong move after all. How do people know what they want anyway?
On to dedications. To those going to NJIP, well, it's the usual well wishes. All the best for next year. May you all enjoy the weekly horrible PBL projects that you will continue to do and miss our school. There's also Sean who is going for VJIP. I bet that guy will be too busy insulting people to even talk to me anymore. By then, with all the new friends in a new school, it will be tough to keep in touch so may I just take this chance to thank you guys for being such great people. =/
It's funny, this is the fifth year that I'm in the same class as Jolene. Both of us have changed a lot since Primary Three. From our cute chubby selves to ... taller people. Oh, and I remember people called you chipmunk in 5/7. If we get into the same class next year, we will be classmates for seven years in total. And we have never been in each other's circle of friends before. =D
Oh well, I wanted to do individual dedications but it will take up too much time. Anyway, it was simply great being in the same class for the past two years. Hahas, this is like saying good-bye in Primary Six.
My mum agreed that Lucas Grabeel looks better than Zac Efron. I love Sharpay and Ryan. Anyway, the movie was fun to watch even though I dislike Vanessa Hudgens. Unfortunately, the drink wasn't covered properly and it spilt onto me. How great: my mum poured pop corn onto me the last movie and now I get iced lemon tea soaking up my white shirt. Just lovely.
I also got two dresses today. They are really pretty and I love them. Well, I love dresses generally. Anyway, one is for my retro look for the Musical Evening. My mum initially wanted me to wear another black dress with big buttons but I found that it was difficult to take off and it was warm. And I didn't really like it, plus we will need to change fast after performing so I decided on a bright purple dress and a sleeveless dull grey dress. I think I shall wear the purple dress for the concert! Although I have the retro flower print dress that I wore during the May concert, I think I should change and that dress belonged to my mum anyway. =D
My mum also bought some clothes for herself. I decided to stay right outside her cubicle at the fitting rooms after five persistent sales assistants approached me to promote their items. I mean, sure, you may do your job by asking me to try on those clothes, but don't give me that kind of black face when I say that I'm not interested. It's just not polite, you know.
Grocery shopping involved my skills in steering the trolley through the big weekend crowd. There was also the usual headache that comes with being in the stuffy supermarket.
I'm worried about next year. Will I ever get into my first choice? Juniper is popular now: the girl who is the third in the level and yet chose double science instead of triple. You're famous, Juniper. =]
That aside, I find that everyone wants to get into triple science because they want the status that comes with it. They want to be called the best. However, my reason for letting it be my first choice is because I don't know what to choose. I don't know what I want at all. I chose it because I don't know whether I should take Biology or Physics. Maybe it will be the wrong move after all. How do people know what they want anyway?
On to dedications. To those going to NJIP, well, it's the usual well wishes. All the best for next year. May you all enjoy the weekly horrible PBL projects that you will continue to do and miss our school. There's also Sean who is going for VJIP. I bet that guy will be too busy insulting people to even talk to me anymore. By then, with all the new friends in a new school, it will be tough to keep in touch so may I just take this chance to thank you guys for being such great people. =/
It's funny, this is the fifth year that I'm in the same class as Jolene. Both of us have changed a lot since Primary Three. From our cute chubby selves to ... taller people. Oh, and I remember people called you chipmunk in 5/7. If we get into the same class next year, we will be classmates for seven years in total. And we have never been in each other's circle of friends before. =D
Oh well, I wanted to do individual dedications but it will take up too much time. Anyway, it was simply great being in the same class for the past two years. Hahas, this is like saying good-bye in Primary Six.
Labels: School Days
lead me home
Thursday, October 23, 2008 @ 4:04 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
Although it's the last day of school, I don't feel particularly emotional or anything. I think I will feel sad during the class chalet. Our class has the most number of people leaving for IP. Eight, in fact.
Quite a few didn't attend school today. It's Clean and Green Day and some decided not to come and get stuck cleaning the school compound. I had to scrub the walls. For most of the morning, I was running around, trying to settle the class admin stuff. After which I had to finish cleaning and packing up the things that were lying around.
Most didn't have CCA and went out together after being dismissed at 9am. Since there was choir at ten, time was spent idling around with Juniper, Claudia, Evangeline, Ziyu and Anna. After accompanying Claudia to the TA, we managed to be in time. The Monet Lab is simply fantastic after its renovation work. All the gadgets are new and really cool. It's mainly for those who are in the Computer Club. Those digital artworks.
Anyway, we decided which ten songs we are going to sing for Musical Evening. It's your loss if you decided to just go for the first day and not the second. The first day will only feature the band playing. Whereas the second day is power-packed. Choir will also have our own dance moves for those fast beat songs. So people, those who are like Sihui, it's really your loss to miss the second day.
However, I feel kind of unprepared and afraid to go for WYCF in December. I mean, almost all of the people participating are section leaders of their own choirs. Since Juniper will be in Australia during that period and Lixin did not take part, I guess they chose me and I'm happy that I get to go for this festival. But I never had enough confidence in my voice. And it's no joke to learn eleven songs within two weeks. I'm also the only one from my school to be in the SSA choir while the other three are in the SATB choir. Seems like I have to wake up early for those two weeks since I have to be at Bukit Timah by eight thirty.
It looks like I will only be able to rest during the Christmas period. The first part of the holiday is used for the preparation for the class chalet, next year's reunion if possible, and rehearsals for Musical Evening. Next up would be the festival then. Wow, I will be singing twenty to twenty-one songs this holiday. The most I have ever sang in two months was ten =O
Next week will be hectic with the class chalet. It's tough being on the planning committee, I guess. But it's the last thing I can do for the class this year, therefore I must do it well. Ms Li and Mr Tham are now proud owners of our class' mascots: Pinkie and Blackie. They are for stress-relieving purposes, exclusive to 2C1 people of the year 2008!
Shall start on the holiday homework tomorrow. I'm too tired to do it today. Thank goodness I woke up in time just now - I'd almost missed my station while dozing on the train.
By the way, I will be making dedications to people in my next post, till then.
Labels: choir, Crez chorale, School Days
Over the moon, down into the morass of gloom
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 @ 10:15 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I think Suet Yi didn't know what to do when she saw that I was about to cry today.
I PASSED MATHEMATICS!!!
I was so relieved and overjoyed that I really felt like crying. I did cry later and at least I cried for the right reason this time. Haha, I never knew I can cry so easily too. Maybe it's because I feel that my diligence is finally recognised. All the late night muggings, memorising, correcting finally paid off. I was really wrecked during the Mid-years when I failed even after the amount of effort put in. At long last, I finally got a good score after so much hard work! Hopefully, the overall score wouldn't be pulled down drastically. Oh, and I got a 80 for Math by the way.
For the rest of my subjects, it was the usual average. Except for Literature. Macbeth seriously killed me. I was really disappointed but I did my very best. I think I will have to take up core Geography next year since I got a distinction for it. I dislike Geography though. I can see that I will be unable to take Literature as a pure subject next year even though I really love the subject.
I realise the true importance of Chinese Listening Comprehension now. It really pulled up my marks for Chinese. And once again, I couldn't get that A1. I was just 2 marks away from A2 too. At least it wasn't as devastating as Science, which toyed with my feelings: It is just so close to an A1! D:
Anyway, I hope PBL will pull up my score, not pull it down. =/
Yesterday was kind of long. I found the mass dance very fun and better than mass run =]
Keller didn't win the Cheer competition but it's okay I guess. After all, Fry's segment was really nice.
The wayang show in the morning was difficult to understand. They gave us a brief introduction in English before the show. In any case, it was only after half an hour that I realised the person on stage was Nezha and not the kidnapped kid. I could not tell why they said that the show will show us the dire consequences of gambling, drugs etc. There wasn't any reference made to these topics in the show since it was about Nezha fighting some bad spirits. The music was also deafening. At least there were back flips.
The Secondary Three Bridging Course was tough. It was on the seven laws of indices. I am really proud to say that I paid close attention to the lesson till the fifth rule. With the air-conditioner turned on to such low temperatures, I felt really drowsy with the cool room temperature. I survived till the sixth and seventh rule. That was when I pretty much gave up trying to solve any questions. Brain processing time slowed down to that of a snail. Therefore it was a struggle to even make sense of what I was jotting down. I managed to complete one page though it was full of ink blotches. My brains were between the state of reality and Lalaland.
Deeparaya concert was kind of fun to watch. The guest performers and the dancers from our school were really good. Especially the guest performance by the Indian dancers. The women were totally in-sync!
I love it when school starts at 8.10 instead of the usual 7.10am. I managed wake up at 5.30 instead of 5am. There was no rush this morning and it was really good to be able to make my way to school slowly instead of rushing for the train. Car-free day is definitely good. =]]
On towards a meme:
1. What was the first thing you thought about when you woke up?
That I shouldn’t have opened my eyes.
2. What did you do last night?
Trying to teach my mum how to play neopets and sleeping.
3. What is the most important thing of your life?
Oxygen. Without it I will die and there won’t be any family or friends to speak of.
4. What would you rather be doing right now?
Draw. Dance. Do Sudoku puzzles.
5. What did you last cry over?
HAHAHA, my math results!!! =D
6. What always makes you feel better when you’re upset?
Chocolate, sleep, chrysanthemum tea or Chamomile tea with honey.
8. What’s the most important thing you look for in a significant other?
No clue.
9. What are you worried about?
Next year’s subject combination.
Friends.
10. What are you looking forward to most in this week?
Nothing.
NINE HAVE YOU’S:
1. Have you ever liked someone while you had a girlfriend/boyfriend?
I never had and never will have a girlfriend in that manner.
As for boyfriends...I've never gone out with a boy alone so I guess this question is not for me?
2. Have you ever had your heart broken?
Hahas, yeah. I even had to help a boy I like to get the girl he likes.
4. Have you ever been out of the country?
Yep.
5. Have you ever done something outrageously dumb?
Of course.
6. Have you ever been back stabbed by a friend?
Yes.
7. Have you ever had the cops called on you?
Being the good girl I am, of course not.
8. Have you ever dated someone younger than you?
Nope.
9. Have you ever read an entire book in one day?
Yes.
EIGHT WHO’S:
1. Who was the last person you saw?
Actually, I can’t remember.
2. Who was the last person you kissed?
No one. If you asked WHAT I last kissed, that would be the volleyball then.
3. Who was the last person you texted?
Juniper.
4. Who was the last person to call you?
Sean, I think.
2. Have you ever had your heart broken?
Hahas, yeah. I even had to help a boy I like to get the girl he likes.
4. Have you ever been out of the country?
Yep.
5. Have you ever done something outrageously dumb?
Of course.
6. Have you ever been back stabbed by a friend?
Yes.
7. Have you ever had the cops called on you?
Being the good girl I am, of course not.
8. Have you ever dated someone younger than you?
Nope.
9. Have you ever read an entire book in one day?
Yes.
EIGHT WHO’S:
1. Who was the last person you saw?
Actually, I can’t remember.
2. Who was the last person you kissed?
No one. If you asked WHAT I last kissed, that would be the volleyball then.
3. Who was the last person you texted?
Juniper.
4. Who was the last person to call you?
Sean, I think.
5. Who was your first crush?
Hahahaha, no reason to reveal anyone’s name here.
6. Who is the last person who texted?
Juniper.
7.Who is the last person you freaked out on?
Hmm…I don’t know. But the situation today was pretty freaky.
8. Who did you last hug?
Suet Yi ( we were overjoyed by our marks ). And my mum.
SEVEN WHEN’S:
1.When was your last shower?
A few minutes ago.
2. When did you last see your mom?
Morning.
3. When was your last time u saw your dad?
-
4. When did you last dress up?
Too long ago D:
5. When was the last time you cried?
HAHAH, TODAY!!!
6. When did you last go to the movies and with who?
Sunday: Mama Mia the Movie with my mum
7. When did you last listen to music?
Currently doing that.
Say (All I Need) by One Republic and moving on to Sentimental Spell by Five Times August.
SIX WHERE’S:
1. Where does your best friend live?
On Earth, a sunny little island.
2. Where did you last go?
School.
3. Where did you last hang out?
School.
4. Where do you go to school?
Somewhere on a sunny little island.
5. Where is your favorite place to be?
Home Sweet Home.
6. Where did you sleep last night?
On a bed.
FIVE DO’S/DOES:
1. Do you like someone right now?
HAHAHAHA, yes.
2. Do they like you too?
I wish.
3. Do you ever wish you were someone else?
HAHAHA, maybe at times.
4. Do you know the muffin man?
?
5. Does the future scare you?
Often.
FOUR WHY’S:
1. Why are you best friends with your best friends?
Whatever possible definitions that can be produced for the term, ‘best friends’ I guess.
2. Why did you get a myspace?
I didn’t and am not intending to get one.
3. Why did your parents give you the name you have?
My father wanted my current name whereas my mum wanted me to be Hui Jun. So, I guess they found my current name easier to read and write?
4. Why are you doing this survey?
It’s due to my boredom.
THREE IF’S:
1. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Reading people’s minds!!!
2. If you could go back in time and change one thing, would you?
Maybe but not the major stuff.
3. If you were stranded on a deserted island and could bring one thing what would it be?
A helicopter with a suitable person to handle it and enough fuel to go back to wherever I came from. It's a three-in-one package.
SIX WHERE’S:
1. Where does your best friend live?
On Earth, a sunny little island.
2. Where did you last go?
School.
3. Where did you last hang out?
School.
4. Where do you go to school?
Somewhere on a sunny little island.
5. Where is your favorite place to be?
Home Sweet Home.
6. Where did you sleep last night?
On a bed.
FIVE DO’S/DOES:
1. Do you like someone right now?
HAHAHAHA, yes.
2. Do they like you too?
I wish.
3. Do you ever wish you were someone else?
HAHAHA, maybe at times.
4. Do you know the muffin man?
?
5. Does the future scare you?
Often.
FOUR WHY’S:
1. Why are you best friends with your best friends?
Whatever possible definitions that can be produced for the term, ‘best friends’ I guess.
2. Why did you get a myspace?
I didn’t and am not intending to get one.
3. Why did your parents give you the name you have?
My father wanted my current name whereas my mum wanted me to be Hui Jun. So, I guess they found my current name easier to read and write?
4. Why are you doing this survey?
It’s due to my boredom.
THREE IF’S:
1. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
Reading people’s minds!!!
2. If you could go back in time and change one thing, would you?
Maybe but not the major stuff.
3. If you were stranded on a deserted island and could bring one thing what would it be?
A helicopter with a suitable person to handle it and enough fuel to go back to wherever I came from. It's a three-in-one package.
TWO WOULD-YOU-EVER’S:
1. Would you ever get back together with any of your ex’s if they asked you?
No ex-boyfriends.
2. Would you ever shave your head to save someone you love?
HAHAHA, I don’t mind…the person will owe me one though.
ONE LAST QUESTION:
1. Are you happy with your life right now?
I guess so =D
Labels: School Days
Oh, what a night!
Sunday, October 12, 2008 @ 7:57 pm leave a comment? | 0 shed some light
I think my mother is the only one who can watch a movie after shopping at NTUC. Well, she didn't buy any food - just the necessary paper napkins etc. Still, it should be difficult watching a movie with those plastic shopping bags isn't it? Not to mention that my dearest mother actually emptied half of the popcorn onto my lap when she laughed. We were watching the movie 'Mama Mia' and yes, it's a great movie with many funny lines. With the box of popcorn wedged between us, she tipped the thing over while laughing and I found my lap covered with the popcorn. I sort of gave out a little shriek but I think the music should have covered it. Oh well.
By the way, 'Mama Mia' is a really good movie. =]
My mother is keeping a tight control over the number of soft toys I have now. Mummy even said that I should not get any soft toys for this year's birthday since my bed is invaded by them. I don't sleep on my bed anyway - there's no space for me anymore. There's Eeyore I, Eeyore II, Eeyore III, Pooh bear number 30 ( I think ), Piglet III, Baby Tiger, Rilakkuma, Mr. Green Bear, Mother bear, Baby bear, the key chain that Sheree gave me as a souvenir from her trip to Switzerland. There are still a few others but I kind of forgot their names. And the rest have been squashed inside my toy boxes by my mum. I don't mind any new additions to my little family though. =D
This is a failed attempt today
By the way, 'Mama Mia' is a really good movie. =]
My mother is keeping a tight control over the number of soft toys I have now. Mummy even said that I should not get any soft toys for this year's birthday since my bed is invaded by them. I don't sleep on my bed anyway - there's no space for me anymore. There's Eeyore I, Eeyore II, Eeyore III, Pooh bear number 30 ( I think ), Piglet III, Baby Tiger, Rilakkuma, Mr. Green Bear, Mother bear, Baby bear, the key chain that Sheree gave me as a souvenir from her trip to Switzerland. There are still a few others but I kind of forgot their names. And the rest have been squashed inside my toy boxes by my mum. I don't mind any new additions to my little family though. =D
This is a failed attempt today
Me:You know, mummy, that doggy looks so cute!!!!
Mummy: You have enough soft toys to last you a lifetime!
Me: Come on...
Mummy: Any one's birthday coming up? Then can buy for them.
Me: Yeah!! There's mine!!
Mummy: No. You have enough toys.
Me: But my toys need to have friends too.
Mummy: Yah, they have enough friends already!
Me: No, they should network more. Networking is always good for your social well being. And they are so lonely at home.
Mummy: ...
Hahaha, she still didn't let me have the dog though.
Today's class was alright, I guess. The teacher said that I should try to stick to the technique he gave us although my way isn't wrong. Well, I can't play harmonics as well if I use his technique. Eugene took a pretty long time just to produce a sound from his guitar when playing the harmonics today. So much so that Kai Ming had to ask for permission to step outside - to stop laughing. Well, it's kind of funny maybe but not to the extent of laughing to hard...Maybe he breathed in some laughing gas. =D Oh and we got another piece to learn : 'Fly Me To The Moon'. Apparently, only two, including me, out of seven (three were absent) have even heard of this song. It's Juniper's favourite song XD Even Yibin will sing it at random moments. And it's quite a well-known song. And I'm the only one who heard of the song 'More Than Words' in the class. Gosh.
Neopets is starting to be a popular source of entertainment for my classmates. Haha, I find it fun too. I was kind of coerced to start an account. Anyway, I must admit that it's fun and amusing.
Labels: guitar, School Days
