You're Most Like The Season Winter ...
You're often depicted as the cold, distant season.
But you're incredibly intelligent, mature and
Independant. You have an air of power around
you - and that can sometimes scare people off.
You're complex, and get hurt easily - so you
rarely let people in if you can help it. You
can be somewhat of a loner, but just as easily
you could be the leader of many. You Tend to be
negative, and hard to relate to, but you give
off a relaxed image despite being insecure -
and secretly many people long to be like you,
not knowing how deep the Winter season really
is. Well done... You're the most inspirational of
seasons :)

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Hey hey hey! I'm in a rather good mood. :) Spent an extremely enjoyable evening out with the ichee family. Oh ho ho ho ho ho! :) It was really fun, we had dinner at Brewerkz (is it spelt like that?) and for once, I am actually the earliest! Bwhahaha that usually happens once in a blue moon but I think the NEL played a big part in resulting my early arrival. Had good food and beer, and great company! What else can we ask for? :) I went a little crazy after drinking some strawberry beer (?) but it's not because I was drunk! It was because I was happy! Happy happy happy! :) Like I said, I always get amused very easily and I like to make others laugh. :) Of course I made quite a big fool out of myself (resulting in many concerned questions on whether I would be able to make it home in my current state) but rest assured, I was never drunk. Really! Half a glass of beer won't make me drunk lah. But then again I don't really like the taste of beer, it's too bitter for my liking. -_- Had a short stroll along Clarke Quay, oh the night scene there is really nice, took many pictures, (can't wait to see the pictures!) stopped for some coffee, and then went home. Would have loved to stay on later but there's always another chance next time. Hahaha. Anyway, a very important date is coming up.

Been a rather hectic two days, went searching up and down for birthday presents yesterday, went to trim my hair (although I know, it doesn't seem as though there's any difference), had to drag myself out of bed today to go to school for Chem prac, had tuition, and had a very successful birthday dinner. Hmmmm. I'll have the whole of tomorrow to myself. Wanted to do some more shopping but my current financial status is really very dismal. Need to swim. Exercise. Oh and I haven't done anything on my to-do list. Bahhhhhhhh.

Also, been having sleep-related problems lately. My biological clock is really really screwed. Now, sleeping at 2am is considered "early" to me and my normal sleep time is 4am. Of course, this spells D-O-O-M when school reopens, having to drag myself awake at 6am every morning. But I'm hoping that once the week starts I'll be able to get back into the cycle of not sleeping so late. Because everytime I can't fall asleep and I'll end up tossing and turning in bed for an hour or more. Tsk tsk. I have disgusting sleeping habits. It's so easy to fall into a sleep-late-wake-up-even-later routine. Maybe I have a sleeping disorder and I should go see a psychiatrist.

Other matters aside, on Monday we'll most probably be getting back our Prelim papers, which I am looking forward to but yet not looking forward to. Very contradicting, ain't it? I dare not have hope nor confidence in myself that I'll do exceptionally well, because getting 3 As to me is out of the question for now. But at the same time I feel that I've done my best in my papers and I have the ability and knowledge to complete certain parts. Sigh sigh sigh. So I suppose the good will cancel out the bad and I'll just get mediocre results, which will be like EEE. Which is all I'm hoping for, really. I'm a simple girl who knows her limitations.

Restructured timetable starts the following Monday. Then it'll be BOOM the mad rush to the finishing line. Sigh. :( It's really sad how our lives revolve round getting good grades but that's the way of life.

Woah really long post. I just feel like a granny, rambling on and on and on... nagging non-stop. But I'm still a happy girl :)
And I think it's time for me to go adjust back into my sleeping routine.

Things to do after Prelims

Exercise. The preferred forms are swimming, jogging or cycling.

Update the SO page.

Re-do the REHK blog

Attempt #2: Bake brownies

Meet up with friends

Watch TV to my heart's content

Sleep to my heart's content

Shop! Haha

Pack my table

Categorize my MP3s

Have fun!

Wine

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Prelims are over!

Yay yay yay. Sing a happy song! :)

For now, I shall rest and enjoy my 4 days of break before it's back to the books again.

Anyway, I had a nice day out today. I love getting amused over the silliest, stupidest things. Hahahaha Saint and Empress. :D Now I feel relatively unburdened and can be my silly little self again. :)

Oh but I'm very broke. Any ideas on how to spin money in, 2 days?! Hmmm. Besides going to rob a bank that is.

It's raining it's raining it's raining!!! :) Perfect weather to sleep. :)

For my own amusement

My name (and personality) in Songs:
Staying Alive - Bee Gees
It's My Life - Bon Jovi
Yi Ge Ren Sheng Huo (一个人生活) - Freya Lin
I'm Like A Bird - Nellie Furtado

My name's too short. I'll throw in some others for free --
Numb - Linkin Park
Unwell - Matchbox 20
Runaway - David Tao
Low - Kelly Clarkson
Eine Kline Natchmusik (A Little Night Music) - Mozart
安静 - Jay Chou
Fighter - Christina Aguilera


A- Appetizer of Choice: Whatever they serve
B- Best Friend: Myself
C- Choice of Meat: Chicken
D- Dream Date: Romantic
E- Exciting Adventure: Being on The Amazing Race, haha
F- Favorite Food: Oh lots. I love food :p *drool*
G- Greatest Accomplishment: Living for 17 years rather happily without any major breakdowns or incidents
H- Happiest Day of your life: That would be my 17th birthday I guess
I- Interesting Fact: I'm a living specimen of an interesting fact :)
J- Joke: Hahaha. Come everyone let's laugh.
K- Kool-Aid: N.A.
L- Lover: YOU! Bwhahahahaha ;)
M- Marriage: Never
N- Name: Please give yourself a kick from me if you do not know my name
O- Obsession: I'm hardly obsessed. I'm just wildly enthusiatic.
P- Pizza toppings: Pineapples! Woohoo! Pineapples pineapples pineapples!
Q- Question asked to you the most: *thinks* "Why are you so quiet?" I hate that question.
R- Radio Station: Depends on what my lousy receiver happens to pick up on the radiowaves.
S- Sex: Female. Gender -- also female. Sex and gender are different, dears.
T- Television Show: The Amazing Race hahaha. And others. Holland V? Those Hongkong serials that I used to watch.
U- Underwear: What about them?
V- Video: None really
W- Winter: Vivaldi? Hahaha. Nah, I like winter :) Too bad Singapore doesn't have winter.
X- X-ray: Once -- my right arm. Or was it left? Hmmm.
Y- Year born: Nineteen eighty five. Eighteen years ago.
Z- Zodiac sign: Scorpio. Or Ox.

1. If you could be any animal, what would you be? Nah I don't want to be an animal.

2. Fantasy or Sci-Fic? Fantasy.

3. Your ideal story ends with... ...happily ever after. Yes, cheesy, I know.

4. Preferred element? Those noble gases. Unreactive. Stable electronic configuration. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6.
Or, silver. AgCl is a ppt.

5. First thing that comes to mind at school/work Whether or not I'll be late for school.

6. Fav colour(s) Purple/orange

7. Games Bridge. Hey ichee, we haven't had a game for really long. Oh and mahjong.

8. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I dunno.

9. A time when you cried When I was watching a sappy movie on TV.

10. Philosophy in life Know your limits and be happy.

11. If you could go back in time and change the past, what would you change? Drop Econs instead.
On second thought, maybe I won't change anything.

12. What ability would you like to have? Nothing really. I'm quite happy with my "abilities".

13. What do you think is the ideal group size in outings with friends? 2 or 3

14. What do you like about the opposite sex? No idea.

15. What would you do if you knew that you would die in 10 hours? Enjoy my last 10 hours on earth and tell everyone that I'm going to die, so please come and attend my funeral. Hahahaha I'm such a narcssist.

17. Bedroom wise Bed and cupboard. And annoying little sister.

18. Five songs you know the words to, without the music: I hardly remember lyrics. I remember the tune.

But if you are dying to know, then --
a) ABC song
b) SN's school song
c) NJ's college anthem
d) My primary school's school song (I can still vaguely remember the words)
e) Erm... yah. And various others here and there.

19. Five albums that have changed your life I don't buy albums.

20. Five things you can't live without:
a) food
b) water
c) handphone
d) money
e) entertainment/music

The list is non-exhaustive.

21. Five things you would buy with $1000:
a) Printer/scanner/copier
b) Discman
c) That 1/8th sized cello
d) The Sims Expansion Packs
e) A digital camera

Oops. I think $1000 is not enough to cover all that.

22. Top Five Locations I want to run away to:
a) Australia
b) Korea
c) Paris
d) New Zealand
e) Antartica, haha

23. Five Things you love about yourself:
a) My happy-go-lucky-ness
b) My ability of not being too upset over bad grades. Or setbacks.
c) My hair
d) My musicality
e) My big stomach

24. Five qualities of your perfect mate:
a) Tall dark and handsome, haha. Maybe with a white horse and a carriage attached too.
b) A wacky sense of humour
c) NO SMOKING! I hate cigarette smoke.
d) Common interests.
e) _________ (and insert whatever that comes with being the perfect guy. Which we all know, doesn't exist)


25. Name five of your favourite pig-out foods:
a) Nissin Chilli Crab cup noodles
b) Marks and Spencers Chocolate chips
c) Ferrero Rocher (OK I do not know how to spell)
d) Potato Chips?
e) too much to list down

26. Have you ever had a makeover? Nah

27. Name all members of the Beatles. John something?

28. What's the longest time you've stayed out of the country/where? 6 days or so in Korea

29. One thing you are grateful for, today. My friends

30. What is your favourite high school memory? High school is equivalent to JC or Sec school?
For sec sch, it's almost everything
For JC, it's alomst everything after the 1st 6 months.

31. What is the most insane thing you've done for/to your crush that he/she might not/might know about? Put his face on my computer desktop as wallpaper. :p Ian Thorpe's face.

32. Describe your dream wedding. I do not plan to get married.

33. Would you ever join temptation island? Nah

34. Name three teachers you liked in high school/elementary
Ms Tan (MEP teacher)
Ms Zhao (Cello teacher)
Mrs Yeo (Maths teacher)

35. Do you have a favourite quote? What is it? The OBS motto.

36. My first heartbreak happened when I was: My heart is still in one piece, thank you very much.

37. The school picture you buried in the bottom drawer? I removed it from the bottom of my drawer.

38. Do you have any weird preferences? What are they? Not sleeping till 3 or 4am and not waking till 1 or 2pm. Assuming that there is no school.

39. What is one thing you will never understand about the opposite sex? N.A. They're humans just like us.

What do you think of the three words "I Love You"? Over-rated and used too commonly.

40. Who is your best friend? Myself. I don't like the term "best friend".

41. Name one TV character you'd most want to be? I'd appear as myself on TV.

42. If you were famous, and were to be a guest on a talk show, whose show would you choose? If I ever become famous, the cow will jump over the blue moon.

43. Do you have any weird sleeping habits? Sleeping late and waking late.

44. What do you plan to do this summer? Work. Get spending power. Be more independent. Be braver. Have fun.

45. What is your favourite song right now? Where Is The Love by Black Eyed Peas and Justin Timberlake.
And Low by Kelly Clarkson.
And 遇见 by Sun Yan Zi.

46. Write a line from any song. I'm not crazy I'm just a little unwell.

47. Fo you know at least one Disney song by heart? Which one? Nah I don't know any.

48. Describe your dream house. Big, windy, airy. Without mosquitoes or any irritating insects.

49. Your typical sleepwear: T-shirt and long pants

50. What's in your bag? Tissue, wallet, file, keys, notebook, thermometer, other stuff

51. What's in your wallet? Money, IC, EZ-link card, the old student's pass, a lot of bubbletea cards (which I assume would be redundant now because all the outlets would have all closed down), a few neoprints, library card, calendar, the old transit link card, phonecard, perfume samples, lots of receipts, stamps, and other miscellaneous stuff.

52. How much money do you have in your wallet right now? $15.40

53. What is your favourite pair of shoes? I don't have many pairs of shoes.

54. If you could've gone to your senior prom in a different outfit, what would it be?Something that is not borrowed and not so obiang. And better shoes.

55. How was your senior prom? Not bad. I expected it to be more weepy though.

56. Tell us about any of your birthdays Last year, I got a gigantic and humongous attraction seeking Snoopy balloon, flour and water thrown all over me, a green cheesecake, and surprises for the whole day. :)

57. Would you rather be a hobbit, an elf or a dwarf? A dwarf. I'm Sleepy.

58. What are the first five things you would splurge on if you were a billionaire?
a) A digital camera
b) A printer/scanner/copier
c) A Beetle. Not the insect, the car.
d) A computer?
e) A grand piano

59. What is your daily before-going-to-bed ritual? For school days: fall asleep all over the place, wake up, pack my bag, fill my water bottle, brush my teeth, attend to ulcers (if any), sleep.

60. What is the weirdest/funniest nickname anyone has ever called you? Ugh, nickname? I hated it when teachers mutilate (whether delibrately or not) my name.

61. Name three of your favourite cartoon characters: Was never really very excited about cartoons. Tom and Jerry?

62. What are the magazines you read on a regular basis? Seventeen

***

I have too much time to waste.

And the label on the bottle says -- Dircection for use: 2-3 capsules daily, preferably on an empty stomach. Best taken before retiring at night.

I'm at the NJC website now. Surprisingly there are a number of useful links for various subjects. Hahaha. And the website looks much better now.

I just checked out how to get PEARLS points and darn, I didn't know it was so difficult to get an A grade for CCA. (Haha, blame myself for not paying attention during the PEARLS talk in year 1) The figures are rather depressing. Sigh.

Haha I just realized when you rearrange the letters of "National Junior College" you get "Uncool or inelegant jail".
Is that an apt description? You decide. :p

I have a 4 day break before my next and last paper.

Gotta try to study before I just waste all that hours away doing absolutely senseless, unworthwhile stuff. I realize I can only study the night before the paper. It's only then when I start to sit down and read through my notes, do papers, and work through the entire night. So that's gotta change. I resolve to sleep early on the night before my Econs paper.

Let's see whether that'll work.

The Prelims have been rather energy-draining. The outcome for Maths doesn't look very positive. Oh well.

Yeah, need to add on a point to my list of How not to catch a beetle. In this case, it's how to catch a beetle properly.

If the beetle is resting on a bag that you hung up, do the following:

Get a bamboo pole with a hook on one end.

Stand as far as possible as you can away from the beetle, but making sure that the hook is able to hook onto the bag handle properly.

Lift the bag up using the hook and slowly shift yourself to the nearest window. NOTE: This process has to be done extremely carefully because you wouldn't want to disturb the beetle while it's sleeping on your bag or it'll cause pandemonium.

Stick the bamboo pole with bag attached out of the window. Of course, you have to make sure that your bag doesn't drop 10 levels down. That requires great skill.

Get your sister to help you fling the beetle out of the window.

Ta-da! You are now in a beetle-free environment. :)

How not to catch a beetle

Do not take a 3-metre bamboo pole and jab at the surrounding areas where the big, fat yellow beetle is resting.

Do not attempt to lure it out and trap it using an overturned cup. Beetles most unfortunately can fly and they like to land on uneven territory.

Do not make a lot of noise at 2am at night.

Do not scream in fear when the beetle shows signs of shifting position or when it moves 1 millimeter.

Do not drop the bamboo pole on the floor. Having irate neighbours at 2 am is not a good idea.

Try not to agitate the beetle. When provoked, the beetle when provoke you.

Do not stop thinking of ideas on how to catch the above-mentioned pest. No matter how ridiculous or absurd the idea sounds, it may work in the end.

Conclusion

The best way to catch a beetle is by using the trusty household appliance – the vacuum cleaner. Team up with someone and hold the nozzle close to the beetle before the power is switched on. Once activated, the beetle will be sucked in and you can now watch the big, fat, ugly, squrimish, and yellow beetle swim the in vacuum cleaner (assuming that you have a vacuum cleaner that works using water). Now enjoy the peace and quiet after the capture of the beetle.

I'm so happy. :) 3 papers down, 5 more to go. We're almost halfway there!

Anyway, they are NOT showing TAR3 every weekday. Darn. They didn't show it yesterday, and neither did they show it today. Bleah. Maybe it's just on Thursday and Friday.

Going off a tangent: my baby littlest nah, baby sister has decided to make her disgusting constipated noises when she's asleep again. Especially in the wee hours of the monring when all is quiet and I'm feverishly skimming through my notes. Bah. My sister says that it's because she has an active mind which won't even let her rest at night. And it seems like all her dreams are nightmares or it can't be anything good, coz she always sounds as though she's (a) irritated/annoyed/pissed, (b) trying to run away from someone or some monster, (c) giving a loud piercing shriek that irritates the hell out of me. Bah. Nobody in my family sleep-talks except for her. And when I'm trying to get some rest at 5am she keeps tossing and turning and making all those noises, I feel so 辛苦 and in the end I end up listening to her mumble mumble shriek groan cry until my pillow turns warm and and flat. Gah.

I haven't slept a wink since 35 hours ago (not counting the small nap I took on my way to school on the bus) and now I'm extremely sleep deprived. Forgive me for spouting all sorts of nonsense. The gray matter is rather drained from absorbing (or the lack of it) and regurgitating Chemistry stuff. Lecithin and emulisifiers, Ksp and Kc. What the Le Chatelier's principle says, and what Organic reactions require Lithium Aluminium Hydride in dry ether for reduction.

Now I don't feel like sleeping. Bah.

Oh yeah and they are repeating the Amazing Race 3 on Channel 5, 3.00pm, every weekday.

So of course I'm gonna waste 1 hour of my afternoon watching it. Hah.

My inner child is sixteen years old!

Life's not fair! It's never been fair, but while
adults might just accept that, I know
something's gotta change. And it's gonna
change, just as soon as I become an adult and
get some power of my own.

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Been getting a little bored with my daily routine. Besides studying there's really nothing else to talk about, which may explain the lack of coherent speech lately. Oh well.

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There, nothing much to say. Good luck everyone, for your prelims. :)

Happy Mid-Autumn festival!

It's raining! I love it when it rains. When it starts to pour, especially. And the wind! Haha :) I think I've said that at least 5 times in my entire blogging career.
Most unfortunately, my father wants me to close the windows. :( Bleurgh.

There's chui kuey to eat for breakfast tomorrow! You know the white thing with cai por? *grins at Empress and Saint* Haha :) Anyway, I hope to drag myself up bright and early in the morning (i.e 9am -- that's considered terribly early for me) and hopefully manage to accomplish something tomorrow.

Woo. The battle starts.

340 more days to the 2004 Athens Olympics! 13 August! Woo! I have been eagerly awaiting this day for 3 years already. One more year to go! :)

And I'm now on the lookout for any nice Ian Thorpe desktop wallpapers. Hahaha. I'm crazy.

Neutron -- You don't take sides, you just sort of
hang out and blend into the crowd. If someone
lets you loose though, you can cause some
serious damage. If you are arround too many
other neutrons you get bored and start to
decay.

What kind of subatomic particle are you?
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Wow. :) But even without other neutrons I'm already decaying.

Oh the audacity!

Our dear junior Exco has decided that they don't have enough funds for their senseless squandering, and have started running to the Queen and babbled out that we spent too much money on purchasing SYF photos. Please start rolling your eyeballs.

Well firstly, they don't even know our side of the story at all. What right do they have to demand more money from the teachers? Or from us? We earned that money. Therefore we have the right to spend it in whatever way we wish. If they want more, they can jolly well go and think of ideas and earn it themselves. WE are NOT going to spoonfeed them and we are not going to be treated as money trees.

And why on earth do they need a TV in the room? Are they trying to turn it into a holiday resort or a love nest for certain people?

They can all just burn and rot.

Now I'm in trouble. Gotta meet the Queen together with my ****** junior and I have to bring all my records and receipts. Wanted to give them all a chance, but I suppose it's not time to play nice girl now.

Irritating.

GP and Chem practical prelims are over! I'm rather happy/relieved. At least it's over. But part of me was hoping that this is the real thing, so that I won't have to go through these horrible exams again. Ah. On the other hand, I'm glad that there will be a second chance for me to (hopefully) do better and to learn from my mistakes. How contradicting.

I came home today and took a nap. Was quite tired today, and I had an annoying headache that kept bugging me during my GP paper. Well at least I didn't fall asleep during the paper.

3.30am now, and I don't have school tomorrow. It's Physics practical for the rest of the cohort tomorrow. Will be staying at home and hopefully I'll get down to doing some work. I'm feeling a little hungry now. But there's no food at home. Arrrrgggh.

Looking back, I guess this term passed very quickly. Hm. In fact, I think the whole year went by just like that without me even realizing it. Was just reading about the July Common Tests -- seemed as though I just sat for them and now I have to sit for the prelims. And then SYF, and then the funfair, and then all the nitty-gritty useless trival stuff that is probably of no interest to any of you.

And around this time last year, I was in Genting Highlands.

Oh well. Why am I even thinking so much anyway.

Hah! 2 more months to my birthday!

Chem awaits... SIGH.