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date: Friday, December 25, 2009 @ 9:44 PM

title: Silver bells, silver bells

Hello.

Tomorrow is the last Crossover service (before we become a third service next year). I am filled with this feeling of not knowing what's going to happen. Something like a cross between excitement and apprehension. Maybe it's partly 'cause I'm supposed to share a testimony tomorrow too. I am nervous!

I really don't know what to expect. But I'm sure God will show the way.

Let's see how it goes tomorrow.

Anyhow, Christmas Eve and today were fun! Can't wait for tomorrow (:

date: Thursday, December 24, 2009 @ 1:15 PM

title: Because of His great love for us

It's Christmas Eve! (:

The holidays have passed SO quickly. At least for once I get to escape the 'School reopens on 4th (or 5th) January' thing. The 5th thing is always a source of gloating for those who are in the indep schools. Haha! Still, school for me starts in mid-Jan unlike all the lucky O-level dudes who start at the end of January. I don't really wanna be reminded of school, schoolwork, projects, orientation, HP application and the like. I just wanna continue in this holiday mood of being carefree, with little to do, nothing to worry about but what I'm going to do right now, just for a while longer.

Oh dear. Time to get fat on Christmas food. And open Christmas presents. And enjoy what's left of 2009. Well, it's Christmas Eve service tonight. I hope that in the heat and festivity of Christmas, people (including myself) will not forget its true meaning and really, really thank God for sending Jesus to us :D

My cycling plans today were dashed once again because of the rain -.-

I typed this entire post quite gingerly because I just painted my nails blue last night. Because I couldn't find Christmas green ):

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

date: Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 12:13 PM

title: Business

I have been kind of busy lately. I haven't used the computer in like 3 days!

I went for the Jitterbugs classes on Friday with Sam and Deb. It was fun considering I hadn't gone for dance in lightyears and of course I got to meet up with those 2 nice (but weird!) friends of mine 'cause I haven't seen them since school closed I think.

I went to town on Saturday with my aunt again to get some stuff for Christmas, and then later I went for Nancy's friend's church Christmas concert at AC Barker.

And I spent the entire duration of yesterday at Aloha Loyang with Crossover dudes. It was pretty fun I guess!

Mu parents mentioned that whatever agreements made during the Copenhagen climate conference were not binding. I was shell-shocked.

Sometimes you get bored of not having anything to do. Then when you have lots of stuff happening and all, you just long for some peace and quiet.

Now I don't know what colour to paint my fingernails. I wanted Christmas green but I couldn't find it. ):

date: Thursday, December 17, 2009 @ 9:27 PM

title: Unease

Today I ate a lot.

I went out with my aunt (: First it was Korean BBQ, then after about 2 hours, it was dessert at Big O. After that we walked over to Far East to grab my favourite Shih Lin chicken. Haha. Next year I won't have many opportunities to eat that anymore ):

date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 @ 5:39 PM

title: Everyone

went to Sentosa yesterday with my camp groupmates for some sort of a picnic. We all brought something and found a spot on Siloso Beach where we sat down and ate. Some of us were expecting it to be an awkward session ('cause it was initially like that during camp when we first had breakfast together) but it wasn't :D The banter was quite easygoing and funny actually. HAHA!

We played a bit of Captain's Ball and frisbee before the rain started to fall, totally dampening the beach spirit (both literally and figuratively) for everyone there. Fortunately there was a shelter nearby and we moved all our stuff in there and started entertaining ourselves with lame jokes and the like. It was really amazing how we thought up (weird) stuff to do! Like building a "sandcastle", which we said was our version of Heaven. Lol.

Slowly the beach grew more and more empty. There was still a wedding couple taking photos though. It was only at 7 that we made a move to Vivo. I didn't join Wezen for dinner though. But they sent me to the mrt and said "Bye Dorothy!" in unison. HA HA!

I caught The Princess and the Frog this morning with Abi. It was really nice, charming and made me REAL happy, as all Disney movies always do. When there is a glimmer of hope, the character's face will break out suddenly into this wide smile that is so filled with pure joy and delight that your heart is instantly touched and tears spring into your eyes. Disney always manages that (:

After that we had this ultra-WEIRD experience eating lunch in TM. The waiters were SO weird. I mean yeah, they were prompt and all but they just couldn't mind their own business for nuts! Let me tell you the weirdest thing that they did: There was a huge fan nearby for ventilation and it wasn't oscillating. In the middle of our meal, they suddenly decided to blast this giant fan at us for no apparent reason. I was extremely irritated by that whole experience, and I will never ever go back there to eat again! -.-

Anyway, as a sidenote, here's pictures from Barcelona's Gothic Quarter. This is the Banco Espanol De Credito.

Beautiful stained glass in one of the cathedrals.

I think, if my translation does not fail me, this is a post office. (:

Check out the amazing selection of mushrooms...

...and sweets at the La Boqueria market :O

I FINALLY FINISHED UPLOADING MY BARCELONA PICS ON FB. PHEW!

date: Sunday, December 13, 2009 @ 11:19 PM

title: PHEW

This is the beach near where we stayed in Barcelona. And those are my sister's and my shadows HAHA :D This is also the beach where we spotted 2 (not-so-hot) men baring their all. And I mean all. ;) How disturbing.

Anyway, yesterday's floorball game was really fun and tiring and I hope we can go play again sometime!

Today I almost got knocked down by a car. I was crossing this tiny road at Katong Shopping Centre (there's no major traffic there at all) and a car was parallel-parking there. So I thought he had come to a stop, or maybe I assumed that he had seen me, so I went behind the car towards the curb. Then I realised he had started reversing again!! So I quickly skipped onto the curb, having gotten a VERY VERY rude shock. There were 2 guys sitting nearby who had seen it and they were like, "EHHHH. Aiyo!" Stupid, careless driver. I suppose I should have been more vigilant as well. I really thank God for protecting me :O What if I had been tapped my his boot or something. I'll choose not to imagine the outcome.

*yawns* See ya!

date: Friday, December 11, 2009 @ 5:43 PM

title: God of wonders beyond our galaxy

HELLEWWW. I am still sieving out pictures from my Barcelona trip to post. It's taking a teeeeerribly long time manzxz.

I feel like a good-for-nothing lately. HAHA. I mean ever since coming back from camp I have been lazing around at home without going out much. Wanted to go for a swim this morning (it's been ages!!!!) 'cause the weather was SO good but my mum didn't want me to. -.- So today I pretty much just went for a haircut, or should I say a trim, nearby. Later I shall watch the SEA games swimming finals on TV. On that note, Joshua swam yesterday in the 4x200 relay and they got a gold medal! WHOOHOOOO! Hahaha. And Calvin was like sending a running commentary via text message to the entire Crossover Ministry. But anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing Joshua and Russell swim later.

Alright, at least my feelings of good-for-nothingness are going to be somewhat abated tomorrow. I shall be having lunch with my grandpa in the afternoon and then it's floorball with cellies in the evening (:

Oh yes. I think I should get started with my Christmas notes soon too.

Anyway, a snapshot of the area near where we lived (called Barceloneta) in Barcelona :D

date: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 @ 10:58 PM

title: Yo DYC!

Came back from camp yesterday!

It was fun and I really enjoyed it for the encounters with God and of course, the company and getting to know new people from the other Anglican churches (: Now everyone is adding everyone on Facebook. Inevitable right HAHAHA.

My group was called Wezen (ya I know right, it sounds weird. It's supposed to be the name of a star or something. And we didn't get a chance to do our super-cool cheer man! ): ). But anyway, Wezen was a really fun bunch and we got along really well together :D I thought the group sharing and the sessions were really, really good. You could really see God working in all our lives and the amazing ways in which He worked - so subtle, yet so influential. Mike Pilavachi is a REALLY REALLY GOOD SPEAKER. He's so funny, and he uses analogies (complete with a million and one jokes) to illustrate his points. And then at the end he will wait for the Holy Spirit come upon us (:

The games were pretty fun too and I bet the ONE game we will remember for a long time (for those who played it) is the Frozen Chicken aka Jackson Captain's Ball! OMGOSH. It was hilarious! In an extremely gross way. The players' hands stank for a full 24 hours I think! Of course, there were the requisite water bombs too. (Oh horror! HAHA) And I totally shouted too much during the games and now I have lost my voice. How awesome. ): I hope it returns really soon!

I'd like a Crossover-only camp next year though. 'Cause I haven't really ben for one yet. Heh. And I got a Crossover lanyard in the end. HAH.

Here's Wezen with our flag :D

date: Saturday, December 05, 2009 @ 1:50 PM

title: Fire

I'm off to Combined Youth Camp later! We'll be heading to JB and I really hope it'll be a great, super-fun experience with God and everyone, from church and outside church.

Haha I finally finished The Camel Club after reading intensely for 3 days (it was gonna be returned this morning so I had to hurry haha). Oh yeah, and I really like Agatha Christie's Mary Westmacott collection. She seems to delve right into the heart of human feelings. I mean yeah, some feelings are more special when left undescribed, but her points really trike you an make an impression.

I am still in the process of picking out photos among the 19++ that I took in Spain to post up. Shall continue when I get back. HAHA!

And I really hope that I'll find something meaningful to do for the rest of this holidays (:

date: Thursday, December 03, 2009 @ 12:20 PM

title: The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plains

So I am back from Barcelona!

It's such a great place. Except for a little unsavoury encounter, the trip was cool. The weather was really nice and fine and sunny with blue and cloudless skies, although it rained on one day and got extremely cold towards the end, and the architecture and scenery there are amazing! There is this intriguing guy called Antoni Gaudi whose architecture was so modern that it's considered one of the most modern now though it was created a century ago. Wait till you see the pictures of his AWESOME architecture. Yes I mean really awesome; this word is used too loosely nowadays, even by myself!

The food was SO GOOD I tell you. No, that's an understatement. I looked forward to every meal and the food never failed to amaze me. I especially loved the tapas (that's something unique to the Spaniards). It's food that comes in small portions, supposedly to accompany the drinking of alcohol. And the prices were worth it too. Without all this good food the holiday would totally have shagged me out! I was already drained as it was after every day!

Haha another thing was the language. It was so hard to communicate with them. And then you go to those restaurants, look at the menu and go, "Um. I don't understand anything here! How'm I gonna order?!" HAHAHA. Luckily the waiters/waitresses could somehow explain, although sometimes not so clearly. It had its advantages - I got to/had to try new stuff! (: I tried seafood (which is normally a big NO-NO for me ew) and pig's trotter :O And anyway, I think cured meat is horrible!

Ok. I shall let the picture speak for themselves when I post them soon! I took close to 2000 with my camera! And my dad, mum and sis each have a camera too so I shall post nice ones from theirs as well :D

Spain's a beautiful place!

date: Monday, November 23, 2009 @ 9:51 AM

title: Jesus, the most beautiful name that I know

Hello.

I had a rather weird dream last night. Haha. I dreamt that I was shot in the head. Right in the centre! I shall not say by who otherwise it'd be even more scarrayye. I shall not mention the other details but I remember I was so scared that I would die (in normal circumstances I'd already have been dead) that I made sure that I was still thinking clearly till some medics with a stupid blue mattress came to take me away. Ha. Ha.

The scene moves to some market in Russia and I don't know why there were lots of fires that needed putting out with a fireman hose. And then I was in this salon with all those super skinny models and Heidi Klum was there too. While one model was being made up, there was another talking to Heidi Klum about having sex. Yes, I mean female model with female model. And Heidi was saying firmly that no, she would never dream of doing that and she would stick to doing it with her husband. I'm so proud of her (:

When I speak your Name, mountains move, chain are loosed

When I speak your Name, darkness flees, it has to hold on me

...

Jesus the most beautiful name that I know

You're the exalted One

The last two lines (ie the first part of the chorus) really touched me yesterday during p&w (: It was a reminder that aside from Jesus, there is no other who can be with me throughout whatever I go through and even now when I'm enjoying life I shouldn't forget to call upon His Name.

Well, I'm leaving tonight at 2345 :D. (Eh so cool I didn't realise the numbers were consecutive! LOL)

date: Saturday, November 21, 2009 @ 5:14 PM

title: Of balloons, clowns and candy floss

Today was the food fest in church :D It was pretty fun just hanging out, though there wasn't much to do.

I was tending the hoop-the-ring stall with Jiawei and business wasn't that great, but there was enough entertainment, what with the dunking machine just nearby (Even a pastor got dunked!) and Bertrand and Mingkang sitting there being useless and retarded. HAHA. The little kids who did play were quite adorable :D And there was also this old lady who refused to pay after playing -.-

Don't know why I wasn't that hungry when there was so much fabulous food around! And when I got back I started to feel hungry. Things always turn out this way! :P I didn't get to dunk anyone although Wendy said she would pay for me to dunk Kenneth muahaha!

I am going off to Spain on Monday night I can't wait manzxzxz! *jumps for joy*

date: Friday, November 20, 2009 @ 4:07 PM

title: Farewell Alma Mater <3

Well! So I'm back from FAM :D

I went to the Hilton at about 3.30 yesterday instead of 2.30 because I was held up by the stupid rain that flooded many parts of Singapore :O Scary! Our room was on the 15th floor and we had plenty of fun pre- and post-FAM chilling out in the room hehheh :D

The hairdresser came at about 4 plus and Deb's aunt came to do make-up soon after. And in the meantime the TV was showing Cartoon Network because Deb's nine-year-old cousin was there too. They had this strange anime version of the Powerpuff Girls and stuff like that. Grace was like, " Kids' shows nowadays are so bizarre." I ttly agree with her! :P

Anyway, moving on to the real thing, everyone, really everyone, was decked out SO nicely it was just awesome to see. I would wanna bet that we were the best-dressed batch ever :D Haha. Everyone looked so grown-up in their pretty dresses and super-high heels; it was quite amazing to see all the transformations hehheh (: A few of us were in theme too with the masks in our hair! ;) The whole thing actually was quite Viva Las Vegas, if you were there to see it!

The food was not bad but we were kind of like too busy doing other stuff *knowing smile* to enjoy the food proper. Our poor corner right-next-to-the-door table number 36 was kinda left out - we got out food late, we got different food, we didn't have enough chairs. But whatever! Becky Chew won an iTouch from the lucky draw! (AHHH LUCKY BECKY!) I want! Haha.

OH YES. My camera conked out on me halfway was really erratic. Sometimes I could take photos, sometimes I couldn't -.- I think it has something to do with the other type of batteries I used after my first set was low. Ah well. I'd originally thought of bringing my bigger camera but decided that it'd be weird to be carrying a big camera around with my dress. So I brought my mum's small one. Many people brought their DSLR's anyway. Hah. But oh well, no matter!

We were toying around with the idea of going to Mac's at Forum for dessert but we were too lazy and ended up taking silly pictures of ourselves back in the hotel room, dressing down (opposite of dressing up gerrit?), counting the number of pins in our hair and all. Then we watched Step Up and Koizora whilst munching away at Salt and Vinegar Lay's HAHA. Sam and I were kinda...unaffected by Koizora although it is supposed to be very sad :\ I thought it was pretty unrealistic! But maybe that's because I was, well, sleepy.

Well we slept at like 5 (this morning). And woke up at 10.30 (this morning). We went for brunch at Mac's after managing to clean up our thoroughly-messed-up room.

The whole event was filled with fun and laughter and photos and girls dressed up to the nines and well, it ended off our whole RGS journey/life with a big bang! :D And I'm so thankful for the great friends and great times I had the privilege to have.

Settling in...

The array of shoes!

And the lovely nails!

Doing my hair (:

Deb's mum bought us very chocolate-y donuts!

Finally ready. We were kinda running late. Hehheh.

My eye :D

Anna and Joni :D

My batchmates!

Talia :D

Jolyn!

Our HSSRP group (with Sherm the birthday girl on the left!)

Xinyi and Wanting (:

415 <3

This was our momento from the event. Maybe RGS is going green; Anna noticed they used Ecofont! :D

What an eventful yesterday (:

date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 12:11 PM

title: (: (:

Whoopee!

Haha hello!

Like my new blogskin? (:

I am typing this with my newly French-manicured nails. HAHA. Went to do them yesterday somewhere in Tampines. Joni recommended a shop there but when I got there it was closed (not corresponding with its opening hours -.-) so fortunately, after walking around a bit, I found another one which did it quite well, but for 10 dollars more. This is the first time I've painted my toe nails a very dark, almost-black colour. It's always been reds for me so far (: Red clashes with pink, see. ;)

Yesterday I had to wake up early merely to go to school for 45 minutes (!?!!). Yeah, to collect our testimonials and all that jazz. We'd originally planned to re-record class song 'cause of the not-so-perfect vocals, but we couldn't find the song on the desktop. Rawr.

Then I went to watch Amelia last night with Joshua. I don't get why it's showing only in the oh-so-far-off places (how annoying!) so I was quite surprised that it was actually showing at Century. I found the show a bit boring at first, but today when my mum was asking me about it and I thought about it it didn't seem so bad. Haha.

The past few days were, quite unexpectedly, devoid of idleness, considering we dashed our plan to go cycling in Ubin on Monday. I went back to SHPS on Tuesday with Anna to see ex-teachers and it so happened that it was their funfair day :D It was nice seeing the familiar faces again, but as every year passes the number of familiar faces decreases, quite considerably. Helped my aunt with money-counting later too.

Oh yeah. When you notice something, when you look at things or when something happens to cross your mind, it sets off a train of thoughts. Sometimes after that train of thoughts I find myself wondering what others would be thinking about this same thing. Would they be thinking what I was thinking? Sometimes I think that I think in too complex a way about something, but then after that I'm quite proud of myself for coming up with a complex thought. HAHA. Yes, I know I know, I'm quirky like that. (:

Well. FAM tonight! It will be fun, I hope. After that we'll have to find some way to entertain ourselves, 'cause there's no dvd player in the room.

date: Sunday, November 15, 2009 @ 11:08 PM

title: Satisfying aches

I spent the earlier part of yesterday at East Coast with my cell.

Getting there was kinda...strange though. I had to cross the flyover and since I was on the wrong side of the flyover I had to walk under it through unkempt grass after I came down. So my feet were kinda wet with dew and stuff. And when I got there at 1030 I had to wait 20 minutes for the rest to come. (Meeting time was at 1030. LOL.) But Lagoon was quiet and peaceful at that time and I was kind of enjoying the momentary solitude ;)

We walked/cycled over to the volleyball net and played frisbee for about an hour. Apparently the vball net is new and no one uses it so that area is nice and empty and free for our use (if we decide to go back there soon :D).

The hokkien mee at Lagoon is awesome! Although Mel and I ate ours without prawn or squid and I think the stall holders must be thinking what brats we all are since Kevin, too, asked for no dou ya for his. Haha!

[this was carried out in Chinese]

And then we asked the auntie, "What's squid in Chinese?"

And the uncle was like, "Sotong. Oh that's Malay!"

Then they said something like "Pu yu" or something.

And the best thing was, the auntie said, "你们在学校里没有学到的meh?"

Then we were like, "No."

She must have been thinking the kids of today are just. SAD.

After lunch we returned to that cosy spot to play volleyball after the-one-who-owns-the-volleyball aka Evan came at only 1 plus (!?!). After a particularly uneventful attempt at volleyball we decided to play soccer on the court which had no net. Mine and Kevin's slippers were the goal posts. And we actually had quite a lot of fun, what with flying sand, ankle-smacking and what-have-you!

I now have a weird sunburnt spot on the top of my shoulder where I forgot to apply sunblock! OHWELLZ.

But it felt great to be back together having fun after the O's snatched away everyone's freedom for a few weeks. :D :D

Btw I managed to get this awesome Steve Madden bag from the Robinsons Expo sale today! Don't ask me why I went there because I normally hate expo sales due to the absolutely sky-high numbers of people there, but Joni said there was something there I might like for my prom shoes. Well in the end, I decided that I'm sticking to my original pink pair of Steve Madden's. LOL.

date: Saturday, November 14, 2009 @ 6:26 PM

title: Happiness

Friday was quite a lot of fun after The Release!

The highlights of Arts Fest (the day programme): The teachers (and school technicians) performed and there was a rock and acoustic band. What sports they are! Haha. Mr Ow's and Mr Toh's voices are good! Mr Ow suddenly appeared halfway from nowhere and I don't know if that was meant to be a surprise 'cause he had been on reservist and people were missing him at Farewell. Anyway, to digress a little, Philo lessons have been fun and absorbing because of him and we seem to have this rapport with him that other classes don't. And so a very dry subject has been not-so-dry these 2 years (:

Then there was the violin-guitar duo from the Australian school and Ms Rani Singam's jazz performance. All them of them played/sang so well together; they only needed to look at one another to communicate. Guess that's how much they understand their music, and I'd really like to be like that someday (:

They were SO GOOD! I loved the music they made. It was so awesome!

Anna was going ga-ga about how cool the bassist was. Lol!

And class busking. It was quite a success because all of us were there and the feeling was really...I dunno, nice, because we hadn't really practised much, but we just sang our Christmas carols and our class song (plus other songs we did not prep for) and it all came out nicely. Those who could harmonise did so, everyone was singing, should I say somewhat with gusto, and the pianists improvised, and I just love how our class is so talented. It really is hard to describe, but I really how much I love 415 for being a place where you fit in because you are different. What I'm saying is that that's the unique characteristic of our class - everyone is unique, and no one has to worry about trying to fit an image of any sort, because we are each unique and quirky like that :D

Us 4 gypsies on Thursday!

Statue Becky! :D

The day we were Christmassy for busking!

Practising in class (:

RGS Nite (sorry but I still can't stand the way they spell it) was nice. Despite my SUPER lousy seat, I enjoyed the thing (:

Before they told me phototaking was forbidden, I managed to get some shots of my beloved RGSSB doing their thing! They were really, really awesome and I'm so proud of them! :D Eben though they were doing formations and all, they were still mostly together and the volume was good. I really love George Gershwin's music; it all started with me playing his preludes for my diploma haha :D

Anyway, during the finale when all the performers were back on stage and as I watched my juniors singing and playing along I just had this wave of fondness for them, for all the time we had spent together, for RGSSB and how I would really, really, really miss playing in RGSSB ~ Don't really know how to say it, but during that finale item I think I felt the most love for RGSSB in my whole band life...

Classmates! Everyone was looking glam! HAHA.

And so. RGS life has ended. The feelings are mixed, of course. I'm so sad that RGS life is over because they were some of the best years of my life. But there's this feeling of expectation too, of moving on, trying new things and testing boundaries. Right now the former still makes itself found, though.

*wistful sigh*

date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 7:25 PM

title: Winning the race

I HAVE FINISHED MY HP ESSAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

This has been such a huge (and I mean HUGE!) source of stress in the last three days. I wanted to start on it only after HCL O's were over and done with so I only had three days left to do because the grand deadline for it is...tomorrow. I really don't know how my essay will stand when *whoever-is-involved* reads it, but I'm crossing my fingers and waiting to be called for an interview in January 2010. (:

I wouldn't normally react this way when I finish an essay but this marks the beginning of my Freedom For The Rest Of The Year, if you get what I mean! Haha. It was originally so infuriating that after HCL I still had this THING.

So now is the time to start enjoying, hardcore!

Oh yeah anyway I have 2 new pairs of Levi's because they were having a promotion (: (:

date: Monday, November 09, 2009 @ 2:45 PM

title: OH NOZ

It is tomorrow. Wish me all the best!

date: Friday, November 06, 2009 @ 9:55 PM

title: Hmm.

Today was Farewell.

Life in RGS is ending. Or should I say, has ended. I think the worst of the "I won't have this experience ever again" hasn't really hit me yet, 'cause I don't feel extremely sad right now. I think it will only come when I actually think about whatever I've been through and how there'll never be a period like this again. I don't mean in a bad way, but whatever is going to come will be different. It won't be like this again.

All the times with friends, teachers, seniors, juniors, alone amidst the rambling school grounds, with nerdy stuff (8\), my French Horn, my camera, conducting (HMM)... There's so much more that I've really loved about my whole RGS experience. Don't really know how to put everything into words and well, I'm not going to try!

Here's to RGS (:

This is nice! (With Karmin in the background hahaha)

We gave them wings. Which they even wore throughout class party. How sporting haha!

Haha. Mr Jalleh.

CLASS PARTAYYE :D

I wish I could post more! (Argh my Preview is a bit screwed today) Alright. *switches to pensive mode*

date: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 @ 9:37 PM

title: I AM FULL OF COFFEE!

Haha today I drank the most coffee in my entire life. Because, you see, I don't drink coffee. I don't even like it, but I think after today this sentiment is kinda changing. HAHAHA. It still applies for strong coffee, but I think the lesser brews are actually...quite nice :D

Today I went to the Starbucks Training Facility (:

When we reached there we were shown into this cosy room with cool wallpaper. Then one of the women came in with a tray of vanilla iced latte (:D!) and things started getting exciting. First the latte, then mini versions of what they usually sell in Starbucks stores, like blueberry muffins, brownies, some tarts and this layered mango cheesecake thing. They were so good I tell you. We were just joking that today we consumed about 50 bucks' worth of Starbucks stuff without having to pay a cent HAHA.

Anyway, besides the presentations of coffee beans and stuff related to them, we got to do cupping! :D Which is tasting a little bit of different types of coffee with that requisite loud slurping noise! Then spitting it out after that so you won't get a coffee overdose. It was cool. My pathetic amateur tongue couldn't really differentiate the different types distinctly though (x

After that I tried my hand at making my own cuppaccino :O I actually downed (almost) the entire cup after that. Quite an amazing feat for me haha! We got to meet quite a few important people in the business too (:

It was fun! Anyway, my legs are aching :\ Ok, back to Chinese.

date: Friday, October 30, 2009 @ 11:18 PM

title: These are a few of my favourite things

Today we had lunch with Alicia! She's back from Melbourne till the 7th (only ): ) and it was really great catching up :D she's still her same slightly crazy self haha!

Anyway, nice things on Thursday!

The view from outside our class. Love it! That tree is like a mini forest HAHAHA.

Going to eat. (Look at Evan)

The golden orb spider :O

One of the jellyfish we spotted. I didn't realise it had spots!

Fiddlers (:

A mudskipper.

Some crab.

A juvenile monitor lizard! Haha we almost walked by it if not for Natalie (:

The boardwalk.

Outside the Swiss cottage.

Pristine beaches!

date: Thursday, October 29, 2009 @ 10:59 PM

title: Wide-eyed

Today we went to Chek Jawa. The place is just beautiful I tell you! And it's teeming with life. Can't wait to go Ubin to cycle man.

Pictures soon! (: (:

Ooh btw I had Haagen Dazs just now haha. SO GOOD.

date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 @ 9:01 PM

title: What He wants for me I will be

I went for the Humanities Programme Open House/tea last Friday and I've decided that I definitely am going to apply for this. Not that I hadn't already decided beforehand, but going there further convinced me to. Yeah, there are shortcomings and kind of like being afraid that you'll become elitist or something 'cause we'l be largely isolated from the rest of the school. But I think it's pointless to worry about it; after all, we're all different individuals and we can choose to take things however we want to (:

So I'm waiting for the news that we can start applying. I really, like really hope I can get in.

date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 @ 10:28 PM

title: Divided

Hello. Time seems to fly by really fast!

Went to Pasir Ris Park to see mangroves on Thursday. I like this picture very much haha.

There's a stable there, but all the horses are kept in such tiny spaces! ):

Haha.

Saturday was the BBQ for my mum's birthday which we had by the poolside (:

Wow this week's gonna be pretty busy, as it was last week. All the best all you O Level people!

date: Thursday, October 22, 2009 @ 10:57 PM

title: Naturale

Here's the juvenile (dying) Wrangler's pit viper we saw the other day at Dairy Farm ): (I had to resort to this because my phone is not compatible with my computer. Heh. -.-)

Once Talia, YJ, Becky and I went out off school before morning assembly and a storm started brewing. It was really dark and ominous :O Then I saw that that tree was the only one illuminated by sunlight and the rest of the scenery was shrouded in grey. So cool!

I really like this picture! It looks like some Japanese scene. A lot of people say it looks like snow haha! And my mum was like, "Maybe you should send this to National Geographic." Lol.

Anyway today we visited Pasir Ris mangroves! :D Haha photos some other time la.

date: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 @ 10:26 PM

title:

Haha doesn't this look like some coniferous tree in some overseas country (:

Oh btw, yesterday was coffee field studies again and this time we went to the Starbucks at Tampines. This time I sat with Nicole and we ordered Java Chip again. But this (look down) is SO different from the one at Raffles City. What double standards haha. The one at Raffles City is so much sweeter, thicker and filled with more, uh, chips. If I had tasted this one before that one, then maybe I wouldn't have such a good impression of Starbucks anymore... The importance of Quality Control :P

Today after 1 hour of school (waste-time TTM!), I went searching for my prom dress with my mum. And I finally found one at Daniel Yam. I'm quite worried that someone will turn up in exactly the same dress that I'm gonna wear since Daniel Yam is an almost-strictly night dress shop. I am crossing my fingers!

Since it's pink I can't wear my pink heels anymore ): (I feel so bad for buying it and not wearing it for prom eventually. Nvm, I can always wear them for other events! (: ) I'll have to find another black/dark-coloured pair. Visited Zara again and found another pair of heels that I liked because of their shape. So elegant! But once again, price comes in the way.

Oh well it's late see ya!

date: Monday, October 19, 2009 @ 6:00 PM

title: Cloudless

I bought The White Album on Friday based on Jolyn's recommendation haha.

Should I wear red for prom? Which means I can't wear the Steve Madden heels. Man, I wish I had all the money in the world! Then I could buy the Zara ones without any qualms :\

Anyway, today's weather was awesome for swimming. I love this kind of weather for it's look :D And yeah, I just did a bao zhang bao dao :O

date: Sunday, October 18, 2009 @ 11:01 PM

title: I believe, I believe

Went out for lunch today with Andrea, Sonia, Sly and Abi. A first in many weeks because of exams for everyone and even now all my other, uh, same-age-mates are really nervous about O's. Heh. Saturday was the last cell before "study break". OH anyway, I did well for Math and Chem and that has at least salvaged me from my entire week of mediocrity. (Haha ok I sound so depressed. I'm not!) Going swimming tomorrow. Finally!

We sang this last week and this week and it really means a lot!

Through You

I can do anything

I can do all things

I am living by faith

Nothing is impossible

And my QT today was regarding this passage in Joshua which talks about the same thing, and that God will never forsake us (: