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Thursday, January 31, 2008 @ 1:00 AM
life's like that.
LIFE'S LIKE THAT.

hope you will be okay.. because i'm sure it's only one of the only times. it somehow truly affects me for the first time to see a friend so sad. and it pains me a lot to just be an onlooker, not being able to share the pain with you. but anyhow, be okay, and get well soon.<3

Monday, January 28, 2008 @ 7:56 PM
contradictions.
CONTRADICTIONS.

hmm, so today had been a fairly busy one.

just reached my mom's office, after baking CNY cookies for more than 4 hours. it sure involved lots of mushing and squishing, plus various jokes which sent us so much laughter. its a pretty good day.

some highlights of the day are:
1) ms goh is ego, and REALLY ego. so much for the ooohhhhhs. haha!
2) mr peter fang. hes SO hilarious. math can be boring, but the teacher makes us laugh. not saying negatively or positively!
3) i kept on laughing for no particular reason, which sent all others bursting into fits of laughter, okay maybe not so many, but especially JOLENE ONG. crazy person. i never knew i was funny because of my laughter><

yeah, thats basically it. i cant find anything to do, so i decided to come post.

xxx

& sometimes i wonder, whether you are really displaying your true selves, or probably you are just getting tired of me, or even trying to avoid me; i wonder. it just seems so different now, maybe i should take a step back, because it won't look too good to ask for explanations. i still wonder...

Saturday, January 26, 2008 @ 9:53 PM
exuberant weekend.
EXUBERANT WEEKEND.

okay, maybe it was just the past 2 days. but oh wells, i shall count tomorrow in too(:

on friday after choir, waited for van at NY busstop to head towards newton mrt. and on the bus, it was freaking crowded till i had no choice but to squeeze in between two HCI guys. and i think they were trying to practice their english cos somehow, they sound so... unenglishy? hahaha.

"hey its a miiii-riiii-cllleeee that there was no oneee coming up from the acsi bussstop!"
"no, its not a miracleeee."

and van and i were having serious eye contact, even though we were quite far away from each other. after we alighted the bus, we laughed like mad. hahaha, then met audrey and jess and went to cineplex.

i promise myself, im going to go to that place again. it seriously rocks my socks. good food, good clothes, good toys, good prices. first we went to pastamania where audrey jess and van treated me to dinner(:D) and i burst out laughing over lotsa nonsensical things, then we went to surf for clothes, actually for ahems. guys. (which im so NOT part of it.) like beware, im so thankful my mind isnt polluted yet. hahaha, we checked out lots of stores like nike, plus some other random shops. and van treated me to ice cream. YAYEE nice kpop buddaye:D next stop was.. wait, i cant remember. its in orchard too, though. visited espirit and walked up and down. we went to hmv WHERE I SAW SEVEN'S CD BUT I THINK I GOT HOLD OF MY ART OF CONTROLLING AND RESISTING MY STUPENDOUS TEMPTATION SO I DIDNT BUY IT. like omg, i cant believe myself. I WAS SEARCHING THE WHOLE OF JAPAN FOR IT WHEN IT CAN BE FOUND IN SINGAPORE FOR LIKE. $30+++, AND $60+++ IN JAPAN. zomg. i was so silly. but still, i didnt get to buy. how sadD: i went out of that place empty-handed, sadly.

after numerous long walking marathons in the shopping center, i had to go home, so we went out and took pictures. dont have the pictures now, but may be posting them soon(: i think people thought we were retarded cos we were kinda smiling into space. oh but nevermind. i reached home at 9.30, my latest. :D

and so today, the WHOLE om group got to go out to get all the materials for the props and costumes. tiring but fun and of course, FUNNAYE.:D

i cant stop laughing, like seriously. hohoho. first stop was chinatown, where we had a hard time walking around trying to find suitable and not-too-pricey cloths, but in the end we kinda succeeded(: after that met shannon and we went to eat at the coffee shop. second stop was bras basah, where we got all our art stuff. spent like a total of 3 hours there, and tugged cardboard boxes all the way to audrey's house. (oh and jianing and evie left, so audrey shan jo shannon and i headed for aud's house) ate and laughed a lot first, then started on the props.

jolene and shannon went home at 7, and shan and i had dinner at aud's house and reached home around 9(:

quite an eventful day, i guess. fun, but still, productive! thats good. i think its the best weekend ever, (even though i sang horribly in front of jolene and shannon which is like. D: and they kept on calling me mamee-.-) the best ever this whole year.

YEAH.

getcha head in the game!

everything changes.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008 @ 10:22 PM
happy 14th bday!
HAPPY BDAY!

happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me-me-me,
happy birthday to me!

okay, this is what van asked me to do. its like some sort of self-motivation. hahaha. anyway, had a great time in school today. what with all the mysteries and hiding off presents etc. thanks to all who made today a very special and memorable one. love you guys<3


the sweet presents nicely laid out(:

jolene and junqi with HAMLET! shannon should have been there too, nevermind, i'll picture the imaginary shannon there.

close-up view on HAMLET?

group photo! (missing quite a lot of ppl!)

oh and this was what silly van did during LA i think. this is FREAKING cool. im so going to laminate it.
cool eh?
this is absolutely hilarious. she made seven into some blind looking guy, but oh wells. its still sweet.

the sweetest birthday cake i've ever seen(: thanks shannon!
first of all, i would like to thank all my classmates, who tried their very best to make today a very special one, and you guys succeeded(: and next to NYChoristers, who made me feel so at home during choir and when being with you guys. finally a big thank you to everyone who wished me, and gave me presents(:
yayy i love you guys.
but i still cant believe i turned fourteen. same age as abi, amanda, loyee and rebekah? omgosh.
anyway, i have loads of wishes for this 14th birthday.
1) for everyone to live happily and healthily
2) me to become a happier person
3) have a stronger focus on studies
4) improve on time management, and i mean improve big-time
5) more determination, patience and independence
6) friends forever
7) 205 to be a more bonded class
8) choir to have a successful year, especially with the competition in austria
9) have a stronger faith in God
today's going to end in an hour, and i love today, so thank you to you people, whoever and wherever you are. <3

Tuesday, January 22, 2008 @ 8:22 PM
whirlwind.
WHIRLWIND.

omgosh, i've lived for a total of 4744 days, 20 hours and 23 minutes.

its VERY hard to believe, that im turning 14 tomorrow.

God bless, for me to stand strong, unbeaten by setbacks disrupting my life.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 @ 10:03 PM
CHILL.
CHILL.



thats all i need to do.



i seriously cant take it anymore; everything's piling over me like snow pouring on top of Mt Fuji. Seeing leting cry today, i cant help but wonder, have i ever thought about how much stress nanyang is giving us?



i'll just live by God's belief, to have faith. have it as a never-ending repetition in my head. have faith, amanda, have faith.



okay okay, anyway.



today was rather dramatic.

loyee's surprise turned out to be an ICE CREAM. rather unexpected, really. unfortunately, loyee didnt see my sms to meet during lunch, so she had some troubles finding the flapping me, and she and i ended up meeting outside my class, with sam. and oh my gosh, i will never EVER forget what loyee said:

"hey! this is your surprise! CHILL!"



and the ice cream popped out of nowhere.

and since leting wasnt there, sam was given the ice cream and we were supposed to devour that ice cream in like, 3 minutes?!

as you know, im a really clumsy eater, so the ice cream was like dripping all the way. i kinda escorted sam down to the first level, still screaming with the horrid shock of the ice cream. and near the dustbin, i met loyee, and thank goodness, the first bell rang. so loyee wanted to teach me how to eat the ice cream, and she just practically lunged the icecream into her mouth, where the whole BALL of icecream GOT STUCK IN THAT OPENING OF HERS.
there were many spectators, really, and i was left with a CONE. without an ice cream.

how funny.

so, during chem i was like the only one thats awake, while chuan and van almost drooled off to sleep.

loyee, you really CHILLED me. :D

inexplicable.

Sunday, January 13, 2008 @ 11:34 PM
*much has happened.
*the simplistic ways of looking over complicated matters

much has happened over these few days.. and we've got like what, 5-6 projects on hand? so even the weekends didnt seem like weekends anymore.

well, today audrey and i went to plaza sing, then chinatown and lastly bugis to search for the prices for the OM stuffs. you know its quite surprising we're actually spending so much time on projects, because projects in primary school were totally counted as nothing.
haha, and on saturday shan and i went to rosanne's house for chem project.

so there, hi weekends, and bye.

im just super suffocated with our workload, and its only the first month of school.
but thats life, so i shall live with it:D

Monday, January 07, 2008 @ 8:24 PM
happy birthday van:D
*happy birthday van:D
wow.. another january baby.

haha, thanks for everything my funny little kpop budayyye. really, im so damn amused by the way you speak and act, your distinct choices, straightforward-ness and etc. hahahaha. but its been really nice sms-ing you all about music bank and kpop, ranting all over again to you about se7en, cos i think you're one of the only persons who listen to me do that. :D haha. have a great day today, and get the bigbang dvd you want with the hongbao money. love ya<3

xxx

anyway, today was rather.. normal.

i really shouldnt be posting now, but since i wanted to dedicate a post to van, i might as well post! so. the only highlight of today was that. during chinese lesson, wanglaoshi was ranting on and on about the first lesson, and i was listening to her rant. then, chuan asked for a tissue paper(to blow her nose, like duh) and van said the sight of chuan blowing her nose into the tissue is disgusting. seriously, just at that moment, i was DRINKING WATER. goodness me, i dont know why but when van said that, i had the sudden urge to laugh so much that, i splurted the water out, and it was like a fountain for one second?
omg la, originally it was how chuan looked that was funny(actually, not that funny) but i think it was the birthday girl's power that made me create a wonderful fountain, and the water somehow ended up on my chinese textbook and most of the ink smudge. PFFT. and i blamed van so much for it. haha.

oh then, after school stayed back with jolene jianing and junqi, and we intended to do homework, but its quite obvious no homework can ever be done, yeah but had heaps of fun.

as for now.. i cant wait for choir tomorrow.:D

Saturday, January 05, 2008 @ 11:54 PM
*the light in the dark

*the light in the dark

the choir exhibition yesterday was more tiring than i expected, what with all the aching toes and hidden misery under the scorching sun, so much that i could topple down sleeping the moment i stepped into my mum's office. hmm, anyway, it was quite a blast, from being all sleepy in the morning to being suddenly awakened by the presence of darling leting:D

catching sec 1s wasnt easy; you needed to shout at the top of your lungs without losing your cool and explain things over and over again to different people with differing opinions of choir. and of course, theres this necessary part of you which requires quite an amount of patience. i cant recall how i reacted when seniors grabbed whole of me unexpectedly last year when i was one of the sec 1s roaming around trying to find an ideal cca. which is obviously, choir. at least i wasnt those who shoo-ed seniors off rudely, or those who actually dao-ed people.

actually, it was quite a blast fooling around with leting, because we kept on talking crap, scaring all those sec 1s off, but really, with our sweet talks, we managed to grab hold of quite a few to sign up for the auditions. i didnt know it was that tough to get juniors. all was fun, tantamount to having boring lessons indeed.

and today, i had my spirits lifted when i called leting, partly because i was too tired of mathematical equations in front of me.

its a blessing to turn all things into jokes, like how i do with leting. not completely jokes, but at least a great deal of laughter over what happened. im really sorry i actually felt that way, but i think its quite inevitable. and its selfish. nevertheless, the friendship between you and me is one of the very few that i really put my trust in with a full 100%, because i know you understand, no matter what happens. even though i have been thinking evil, just one phone call and everything's resolved. come what may, i know that you will always be my side, to get things off my chest, to laugh about it instead of leaving a grudge. and therefore, its always really comforting to turn to you. its unexplicable to why my spirits are always lifted when i see you, but its natural. (maybe its because you always laugh at me and vice versa. but of course, in a positive way.) and that kind of explains why im always in a "high" state when im with you right? thanks for just being so special in my life, thats the least i can say. <3

afterwards, an out-of-the-blue phone call was received from evie, and we spent the time talking about crap. this is very unbecoming of evie, since when did she know how to crap? LOL, am kidding here! but really, its one in a million when we can laugh about each other's laughter.. right?

haha, then my family and i ate at jack's place. it was really worth it to queue for half an hour, cos nothings worth as much as quality time spent with undoubtedly, delicious-to-the-extreme food.

yay, theres so much to be happy about. im lovin' life.

Thursday, January 03, 2008 @ 10:03 PM
*evie's birthday!
*evie's birthday<3

today's the 3rd of january... and its hard to believe dancing girl has turned 14. so so unbelievable. but anyway, heres some evie's characteristics:

1) helpful, because shes always willing to give a helping hand to others
2) humourous, because of her matter-of-fact tone :D
3) weird, because shes special and unique
4) nice to be with, because she makes you feel at home, meaning, its very comfortable to be with her(:
5) being with her means being clear in the mind, since i can wake up when she barks at me
6) a good retarded partner, cos' we got truckloads of nonsense to talk about
7) interesting, because shes one of a kind
8) influential, because she influenced me to have more faith in God(:
9) high, because shes a great bestie!<3
10)funny, because of her weird laughter and unbelivable quotes
11)comfortable, because heart-to-heart talks are available with her 24/7
12)never a bundle of nerves, because im with a person who is very daring
13)intimidating, because of her extreme leaderdship potential skills which officially scares people off(kidding)
14)lovely, just because shes who she really is<3

heres 14 characteristics of dear evie, since she just turned 14(:
shes basically a person who never backstabs, who is caring and just every good points of a best friend you can imagine. so, really, thanks evie, for being a true friend.

May God bless you on this very special day! Love ya forever x10000etc.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 @ 9:19 PM
*first day of school
*first day of school

todays just splendid.

its so long no see for all those that i havent met during the holidays, and yay, i can be with you again for those that i have met.

and its really weird, because like when eg. jieying speaks, i have no idea who's talking, but i know that the voice's familiar. haha, i really have a memory loss.

anyway, today leting audrey and i went to 312. main point is, i was trying to visit loyee amanda and abigail but i visited the air instead, so we wrote junk on the whiteboard. which they died a terrible death for, and we're sorry:x we're the cause of too much trouble, but not audrey's fault though. haha.

and then after school, we had the om meeting. wanted to go to bugis, but stayed in school instead, since evie was sick. LOL and we had this surprise birthday mini-party(?) for evie, which is so totally obvious since we have been sneaking around in class. so, we ordered pizza and that was her cake. and we showed her the video! and its one in a million when she said "eh, yall so sweet leh." hahaha. well had a pretty great time.


after singing practice; leting baoxian and me. its quite dark. <3


the group photo for evie's party? <3


thanks abigail audrey and rosanne for the christmas pressies(: love them!

oh, and evie, happy advanced birthday<3

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 @ 12:37 PM
*the official start of the new year
*the official start of the new year

its hard to believe.. today's the..

first day of another year.
first day im sec 2?!
last day that ends the perfect dream of a holiday.

i really really hope that i will cherish this particular year to the fullest, cos' its the absolute last year 105 or now, 205 will be together, cos' nyc will be going to austria for the competition and cos' there are many opportunities where friends and family can have quality time spent.

yeah, no doubt, i will miss 2007(like madddd) but all good things come to an end.

celebrate for a new 2008(:

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