Thursday, October 30, 2008
today was an interesting day. went for PW interview to interview my grandmother on the topic of dialects. what we had to do was to get a few words where she lamented the loss of dialects in Singapore. unfortunately, for the entire 15 minutes of the conversation, she kept saying that it was ok if dialects in Singapore were completely eroded. so we ended up with a failed interview. hm.
life is stagnant. apart from reading bio notes and doing pw, i haven't been doing much. life is more or less this cycle. vicious or not, i don't know. but i do wish i could be doing something more interesting these few days. gah.
the countdown to my birthday has started again! 28 more days :D then i shall finally be 17. then again, there aren't many perks associated with being 17. except that A levels are that much nearer D: then again, at least i'm not the youngest in class, right nicole?
ah. downloads finally all complete. time to sleep.
posted @2:27 AM
Friday, October 24, 2008
I need to slow down and start listening. start paying attention to what other people say and stop being selfish. often, people have good things to say. and i pretty much ignore them when i shouldn't. I should stop shooting my mouth off so much too.
Now i'm busy with PW OP, I&R and bio O. whoever was the one that said that life after promos was a bed of roses can go and DIEEEE. or something. ah well. At least my birthday comes in one month. so that's something to look forward to. and vietnam trip!
I wish i derived more pleasure from studying for bio O, but it seems that every time I read the notes, I fall asleep. Talk about counter-productive! and counter intuitive too.
oh well.
Michael Buble - Everything
You're a falling star, You're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.
And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, When you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
posted @12:36 AM
Monday, October 20, 2008
well, it's over. I guess I shouldn't complain either. At least I improved for GP. But argh bio. Must jiayou. So now i can only take h3 chem.
ah well. Keane's new album still makes me feel happy (:
posted @8:56 PM
These 2 weeks have given me new experiences. There isn't any way that I know how to put them, but they're good memories.
Last saturday I went to IMH for the first ever time. really, I had inhibitions about going there. Like how the people there were actually like and stuff like that. I have always had the misconception that people that lived in IMH were mentally deranged people; the kind of people you get at Arkham Asylum.
Maybe i've reading too much batman. But when I got there, all my previous misconceptions were completely shattered. It turned out that the people there were actually very friendly. They enjoyed nothing more than for us to sit down and talk with them. It was a muted sense of helplessness that was felt throughout the interaction with them. On one hand, they were talking about how they had lived hard lives and wanted someone to listen to them, on the other hand, I felt as though I should do something to help them. but i couldn't. hmm next time should bring some fun stuff for them to do.
The coming thursday, I went to help out in project Illuminate, some project where we teach primary school children. I must say it was an eye-opener. Previously I have taught children english and music, so i guess adopting more a of a supporting role and helping children to point out their mistakes is kinda a new experience.
Friday was ISLE camp! haha first aid lessons were interesting. haha first aid is fun. especially when you perform CPR and crack someone's ribs. cooking too. only that bricks surrounding a fire get hot after a while.
I can speak vietnamese now! At least I know what all the vulgarities mean ha. And i bet it's cooling down there yuze >:x
Saturday we spent hiking to the treetop walk. haha for the better part of it it was really dumb.
viet: "no we didn't walk on tarmac before"
me: "duh no. I wouldn't walk on anyone's stomach."
me: "i bet the next car that passes is a mercedes"
(a BMW and a Mazda speeds by immediately) -.-
But it was fun all the while. yay pre-trip comm you rock for organizing the camp ^^
Then we went to yong-en childcare for pre-trip CIP project. we were mentoring kids and acting out 2 skits for them. the kids there were seriously nice. almost all of them were super well behaved and they all loved viet's wolf haha. But there was this guy that was super super hyper. Like he had ADHD or something. I was supposed to bring him to the toilet to wash his hands, then he ran out of the toilet before I had dried my hands. It was seriously funny because i chased him past the rest of the children that were in the middle of their icebreakers. And i was like "heyyy come baaaaack!!"
Then later as we were going home we were walking across Chinatown. And I got this really funny feeling and all the memories of going there with my mother to buy Chinese New Year decorations and stuff flooded back. And I realized that I actually missed Chinatown. Which is really strange, considering how I don't normally hold any emotional attachment to places.
Then today I went to the soup spoon to eat! And I couldn't finish the soup! haha I don't know if I'm losing my appetite or what. But never mind the soup was super thick and all. So I don't blame myself for not finishing it :D
I get my results back in about 6 hours. Which is almost the time I take to sleep, get to school and wait. Well. 3 weeks of doing absolutely nothing to lead up to a moment like this. I really have no idea what to do now except pray and sleep. There isn't much to do, though. hopefully I've done enough to get my h3 for chem/bio.
oh well. i'll have fun tomorrow. I shall listen to Keane's new album and get some sleep >:l
posted @12:41 AM
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
5 more days of bliss before i confront the startling reality that is my promo results. Seems like half the batch failed maths. Which either means that the paper is too hard or we're too stupid. Either way there's some consolation in that no matter whether you fail or pass, half the batch enjoys the same predicament as you. ah well.
my mother doesn't seem to think that half the batch failing is a nice thing. Everyday when i get home she asks whether i got any papers back. and everyday i say no. so i won't know what to say other than no when i get back my papers.
but moving away from papers, however, I have come to face the horrifying truth that I will need a new harddisk to store my stuff. It seems like 60gb of space really isn't enough to store: 3500 songs, 200 videos, 1000(and counting) photos, 40 gameboy advance games, 10 nintendo DS games and alot of other random things that I have been using to whittle the time away as i stone in front of the computer screen.
and I have been watching madTV! woohoo pizza hut and GTA!
posted @1:38 AM
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
The past week has been spent in the presence of familiar company, with familiar faces, with familiar experiences and familiar expletives. New day, new discovery, and people have gone the
distance to have a great deal of fun.
They say JC changes people. Erases stereotypes. Culture shocks and vertigo. Life changes.
Well, life does change. But sure as hell I'll be clinging on to the experiences that matter. Of course, there's no denying that JC life has its various facets of excitement, interest and fun. But you hear about nonsense that takes place around you. And you begin to treasure what you left behind.
Of course, we never really left it behind. You can't undo 4 years of stuff just like that.
So we'll continue to do the crazy things we always did, and we'll blow you away. Literally.
posted @10:09 PM
