Helllo. I'm back to school now. Giant sigh.
Right. So. Urm.
Let us begin with the beloved H1N1. It is still a big issue here in Singapura, the stupid country which thinks that they could still stop the spread of the flu by quarantining people who just came back to countries which are considered "danger zones", like the US, UK, Japan, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, and so on. What a lot of smart people (like me) would say, is that why don't they check the people in Changi airport? Well, yes, the virus need like a week to show symptom and to actually be active, but still. I think it's very foolish to quarantine people, especially in this hostel, where they can go around very easily and without proper watching and all? I mean, one of the hostelites went to Thailand and she was quarantined on the 4th floor, and no one was to interact with her. What did she do? Went to a walk up and down the slope out there, studied in the common study room, and went around the hostel as if nothing happens. Right. So much for cautionary quarantine.
And then, some schools in SG have been closed or extended the holidays because a lot of the students from that school have been infected with the virus. (Un)Fortunately, CHIJ Secondary Toa Payoh does not. Instead, to prevent the spread, they cancelled the assembly, the cross-country event which is actually the sports day (I just knew it today), meaning we bought the house t-shirts to not be worn on any events at school, and also they cancelled the Youth Day mass, or you can say all the meetings and gatherings. Right. And they did not close the canteen, where people gather to eat and a lot of other people would be sitting on the chairs and the tables which have been used by other people, and don't you think that will be a grreat place for the virus to go around and find other victims?
Singapore is a very weird country.
Hmm, and then I can say that I have begun to be a little more diligent and hard-working than before, which is good, cos I know that I've been slacking during the first half of the year and now I am very very afraid that I won't do well in the O's. Cereally. So I'm trying to revise everyday, at least for an hour or so. Let's hope I can hold on to this.
Then, I am really really missing my fam now, which is quite a big problem.
Yeah, so that's it I think. Oh and I am really loving twitter at the moment, I am updating very often there cos it's like, I've got nothing to do, and it's really fun to stalk other people and get updated with stuff like the news and health tips and discount infos. hahas.
Oh and lastly, Rest In Peace, Michael Jackson, your Heal The World is now one of my super favourite song which got me crying on the day you passed away. You are a great man, and the title really suits you. I also want to live in Neverland, I am sure everyone do, and thank you so so much to try to make this world a better place for us to live in. All the best for you, wherever you are now, I am sure you are happy and free, and know that a LOT of people are missing you here. GOD bless. AMEN.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
h1n1. twitter. bosan dan banyak lainnya. DENGAN BAHASA INDONESIA
sudah lama tidak mengupdate. ini semua dikeranakan malas. aduh malas pakai bahasa inggris, jadi menggunakan bahasa indonesia saja ya.
di sini sedang heboh h1n1. si flu babi itu. banyak yang baru kembali dari luar negeri. ada yang baru kembali dari jepang, sebagai contoh, salah satu negara dari banyak negara yang terdaftar sebagai negara yang sudah terinfeksi dengan virus h1n1. lalu orang-orang tersebut pun dikarantina, tidak diperbolehkan keluar dari kamar atau berinteraksi dengan orang-orang lain.
sekarang indonesia telah termasuk ke dalam negara-negara tersebut. padahal baru ada 2 kasus orang yang telah positif terinfeksi dengan virusnya. singapura sudah melaporkan ada 220 kasus. bagaimana pendapat anda tentang hal ini?
sekolah-sekolah di singapura banyak yang memutuskan untuk memperpanjang liburan bulan juni ini selama seminggu, untuk mencegah penyebaran virus lebih lanjut. namun, sekolah saya, sekolah menengah chij toa payoh, tidak memperlakukannya. mereka hanya mengatakan bahawa apabila anda baru pulang dari bepergian setelah atau pada tanggal 22 juni 2009, barulah anda tidak diperkenankan masuk ke sekolah. saya kembali ke singapura pada tanggal 13 juni 2009. menyebalkan sekali, bukan? jadi saya harus masuk sekolah, deh.
hmm. khabar lainnya adalah saya jadi senang sekali bermain twitter. seru sekali, lho. saya menggunakan aplikasi tweetdeck, yang mempermudah mengupdate dan juga menerima update dari teman-teman yang anda ikuti. saya jadi mengupdate setiap lima menit sekali atau bahkan lebih, sehingga saya merasa saya seperti orang yang tidak punya kerjaan. memang sih saya tidak punya kerjaan. saya malas sekali mengerjakan pe er. bosan tahu mengerjakan pe er.
hmm. lalu saya juga menjadi suka sekali menonton nigahiga di pipakamu. dia lucu sekali lho. video-video paporit saya ialah mengapa chris cokelat menghajar rihanna, si pura-puraWUHU, anak-anakBop, dan masih banyak yang lainnya. ayo nonton ya, lalu beritahu saya bagaimana menurut kamu.
aduh saya merasa tidak penting sekali nih, menulis dengan bahasa indonesia yang baik dan benar seperti ini. tapi menyenangkan juga. oleh itu saya akan melanjutkannya terus.
hal lain yang ada dalam fikiran saya pada masa ini ialah pesanan disk kompak McFly saya yang berjudul Radio:ACTIVE. pada tanggal 16 juni 2009 saya memesan disk kompak tersebut di ebay.com, seharga GBP9.5. cukup murah, bukan? saya akan mendapatkan dvd (guwa kaga tahu bahasa indonesianya apa), disk kompak berisi lagu-lagunya, dan juga sebuah buku. aduh saya berharap isi bukunya adalah poto-poto tampan daripada anggota McFly. kerana saya sedang jatuh cinta dengan kakak Dougie Poynter, yang tampan sekali ituh. oh iya, kelmarin disk kompak Motion In The Ocean (saya tidak mengubah judul albumnya kerana saya menyukai McFly dan apabila saya ubah itu bererti saya tidak sopan. lain halnya dengan chris cokelat kerana saya tidak terlalu suka dia). saya senang sekali, sampai-sampai saya melompat-lompat dan dilihati oleh orang-orang yang ada di dalam ruangan makan.
aduh, apa lagi ya. ah iya. akhir-akhir ini saya merasa sulit tidur. menyebalkan sekali. saya tidak boleh tidur apabila suasananya terang atau berisik. oleh itu saya mengenakan penutup mata dan penyumpal telinga saat tidur.
jijay sekali ya post saya kali ini. peduli amat ah. sampai bertemu di lain masa. emuah.
di sini sedang heboh h1n1. si flu babi itu. banyak yang baru kembali dari luar negeri. ada yang baru kembali dari jepang, sebagai contoh, salah satu negara dari banyak negara yang terdaftar sebagai negara yang sudah terinfeksi dengan virus h1n1. lalu orang-orang tersebut pun dikarantina, tidak diperbolehkan keluar dari kamar atau berinteraksi dengan orang-orang lain.
sekarang indonesia telah termasuk ke dalam negara-negara tersebut. padahal baru ada 2 kasus orang yang telah positif terinfeksi dengan virusnya. singapura sudah melaporkan ada 220 kasus. bagaimana pendapat anda tentang hal ini?
sekolah-sekolah di singapura banyak yang memutuskan untuk memperpanjang liburan bulan juni ini selama seminggu, untuk mencegah penyebaran virus lebih lanjut. namun, sekolah saya, sekolah menengah chij toa payoh, tidak memperlakukannya. mereka hanya mengatakan bahawa apabila anda baru pulang dari bepergian setelah atau pada tanggal 22 juni 2009, barulah anda tidak diperkenankan masuk ke sekolah. saya kembali ke singapura pada tanggal 13 juni 2009. menyebalkan sekali, bukan? jadi saya harus masuk sekolah, deh.
hmm. khabar lainnya adalah saya jadi senang sekali bermain twitter. seru sekali, lho. saya menggunakan aplikasi tweetdeck, yang mempermudah mengupdate dan juga menerima update dari teman-teman yang anda ikuti. saya jadi mengupdate setiap lima menit sekali atau bahkan lebih, sehingga saya merasa saya seperti orang yang tidak punya kerjaan. memang sih saya tidak punya kerjaan. saya malas sekali mengerjakan pe er. bosan tahu mengerjakan pe er.
hmm. lalu saya juga menjadi suka sekali menonton nigahiga di pipakamu. dia lucu sekali lho. video-video paporit saya ialah mengapa chris cokelat menghajar rihanna, si pura-puraWUHU, anak-anakBop, dan masih banyak yang lainnya. ayo nonton ya, lalu beritahu saya bagaimana menurut kamu.
aduh saya merasa tidak penting sekali nih, menulis dengan bahasa indonesia yang baik dan benar seperti ini. tapi menyenangkan juga. oleh itu saya akan melanjutkannya terus.
hal lain yang ada dalam fikiran saya pada masa ini ialah pesanan disk kompak McFly saya yang berjudul Radio:ACTIVE. pada tanggal 16 juni 2009 saya memesan disk kompak tersebut di ebay.com, seharga GBP9.5. cukup murah, bukan? saya akan mendapatkan dvd (guwa kaga tahu bahasa indonesianya apa), disk kompak berisi lagu-lagunya, dan juga sebuah buku. aduh saya berharap isi bukunya adalah poto-poto tampan daripada anggota McFly. kerana saya sedang jatuh cinta dengan kakak Dougie Poynter, yang tampan sekali ituh. oh iya, kelmarin disk kompak Motion In The Ocean (saya tidak mengubah judul albumnya kerana saya menyukai McFly dan apabila saya ubah itu bererti saya tidak sopan. lain halnya dengan chris cokelat kerana saya tidak terlalu suka dia). saya senang sekali, sampai-sampai saya melompat-lompat dan dilihati oleh orang-orang yang ada di dalam ruangan makan.
aduh, apa lagi ya. ah iya. akhir-akhir ini saya merasa sulit tidur. menyebalkan sekali. saya tidak boleh tidur apabila suasananya terang atau berisik. oleh itu saya mengenakan penutup mata dan penyumpal telinga saat tidur.
jijay sekali ya post saya kali ini. peduli amat ah. sampai bertemu di lain masa. emuah.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
back in SG :(
hellooo. I am officially back in SG now, and will be until around mid Nov I think? Sighssssss. :(
on the last day in Indo I spent by EATING BUFFET at Keyaki restaurant in Sari Pan Pacific Hotel. It was greeat. I ate:
tempura, beef & chicken teriyaki, unagi with tofu (the tofu was not nice though), sushi (only the tamago one), prawn (a big one, but I don't think it was a lobster), the grilled thingy where we can choose what we want and wait for the cook to cook it for us (consisted of 6 slices of beef, 3 slices of chicken & 2 slices of fish. didn't finish it, I went to toilet and when I got back it was gone. someone ate it. oh well), and ICE CREAM. too little for Rp170k-worth buffet? Oh well. My dad & bro ate a lot so it payoffed.
And on 13th I went back to SG with Ate & Icha, and when we got to Changi, GM joined us cos she went to send her mom off (her mom was going back to Indo, we met her in the terminal, she was going in and we were going out). Then we wanted to eat Carl's Jr., or Delifrance cos it's been a long time, but all the fast food restos were having renovation, so we had to go to the 3rd floor and eat at the foodcourt in which the food were super ex. dammit. Ate & I had spaghetti chicken afredo (cream one) for S$8.5 each and only bought 1 drink cos it was free-flow. The regular drink was S$1.6 and the glass was so small. But whatever, it was free-flow anyway. We shared it among the 4 of us. So stingy right. Hahah.
Then when I got back to the hostel, our room was dirty, cos the fan was cleaned when we went home and a bit of the dirt dropped to the floor and onto my bed. Argh. So Icha & I cleaned our room first before unpacking. We wiped the floor and all, I considered changing the position of my desk but it was not successful. I also wiped the floor traditionally ok, on my hands & knees. Cos if using the mop thing it was still quite dirty and I couldn't stand it, so yeah. haha.
And today I'm gonna have tuition at 2.30-4.30pm. SIGHS. :'(
on the last day in Indo I spent by EATING BUFFET at Keyaki restaurant in Sari Pan Pacific Hotel. It was greeat. I ate:
tempura, beef & chicken teriyaki, unagi with tofu (the tofu was not nice though), sushi (only the tamago one), prawn (a big one, but I don't think it was a lobster), the grilled thingy where we can choose what we want and wait for the cook to cook it for us (consisted of 6 slices of beef, 3 slices of chicken & 2 slices of fish. didn't finish it, I went to toilet and when I got back it was gone. someone ate it. oh well), and ICE CREAM. too little for Rp170k-worth buffet? Oh well. My dad & bro ate a lot so it payoffed.
And on 13th I went back to SG with Ate & Icha, and when we got to Changi, GM joined us cos she went to send her mom off (her mom was going back to Indo, we met her in the terminal, she was going in and we were going out). Then we wanted to eat Carl's Jr., or Delifrance cos it's been a long time, but all the fast food restos were having renovation, so we had to go to the 3rd floor and eat at the foodcourt in which the food were super ex. dammit. Ate & I had spaghetti chicken afredo (cream one) for S$8.5 each and only bought 1 drink cos it was free-flow. The regular drink was S$1.6 and the glass was so small. But whatever, it was free-flow anyway. We shared it among the 4 of us. So stingy right. Hahah.
Then when I got back to the hostel, our room was dirty, cos the fan was cleaned when we went home and a bit of the dirt dropped to the floor and onto my bed. Argh. So Icha & I cleaned our room first before unpacking. We wiped the floor and all, I considered changing the position of my desk but it was not successful. I also wiped the floor traditionally ok, on my hands & knees. Cos if using the mop thing it was still quite dirty and I couldn't stand it, so yeah. haha.
And today I'm gonna have tuition at 2.30-4.30pm. SIGHS. :'(
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
NOISE. late for school. mass practice, immunisation tmr!
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE CANNOT STOP TALKING AND START THINKING ABOUT DOING SOMETHING.
ok, today was quite a nice day, except from the part where we got late to school, because of the stupid side gate (or back gate, whatever). We weren't supposed to be late ok, the juniors were only like 5 metres in front of us and they could still get in! The hell with it. So we had to sing the National Anthem and The Pledge, which are not even ours, because we're not Singaporeans. The other people sang with the minimum volume lah. We can even sing better than them. Louder. With correct pronunciation. We even memorise it better. STUPID.
And then, after school we had Founder's Day mass practice. I'll bring the offering of portrait of Father Barre. Rather queer, don't you think? (do I use the word queer correctly?) But whatever. Then we had to go earlier cos of the stupid higher malay. SIGHS.
Oh I'm gonna have immunisation tomorrow after school. I hope it won't hurt very much. I mean, I think I'm ok with needles now, because of the 12-days in hospital last last year (wow, time does go very fast). But Jenni said immunisation hurts more cos it's like, deeper. I dunno.
AND THE NOISE LEVEL HAS GONE UP LIKE, 55 TIMES. DAMMIT. Just go largh, who cares.
ok, today was quite a nice day, except from the part where we got late to school, because of the stupid side gate (or back gate, whatever). We weren't supposed to be late ok, the juniors were only like 5 metres in front of us and they could still get in! The hell with it. So we had to sing the National Anthem and The Pledge, which are not even ours, because we're not Singaporeans. The other people sang with the minimum volume lah. We can even sing better than them. Louder. With correct pronunciation. We even memorise it better. STUPID.
And then, after school we had Founder's Day mass practice. I'll bring the offering of portrait of Father Barre. Rather queer, don't you think? (do I use the word queer correctly?) But whatever. Then we had to go earlier cos of the stupid higher malay. SIGHS.
Oh I'm gonna have immunisation tomorrow after school. I hope it won't hurt very much. I mean, I think I'm ok with needles now, because of the 12-days in hospital last last year (wow, time does go very fast). But Jenni said immunisation hurts more cos it's like, deeper. I dunno.
AND THE NOISE LEVEL HAS GONE UP LIKE, 55 TIMES. DAMMIT. Just go largh, who cares.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
THANK YOU EVERYBODY (post-birthday)
hohoho. yesterday's birthday celebration was grrreat. THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO'VE ORGANIZED THE EVENTS, BOUGHT THE PRESENTS & CAKE, MADE THE GREETING, COME TO THE CELEBRATION, AND DONE ANYTHING CONCERNING THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!
ok let's recap. SO, May 11 was Bernadette Natalia Pekerti's sweet 17th birthday. We didn't celebrate it because it was still during mid-year exam, and we still have to study. So her birthday celebration is merged with mine (16.5.09). I knew this.
then on May 15 in the evening, before prep time (so it was like around 7pm), I went up to Talitha & Gisela's room on the 4th floor, to ask for money (hahah) from the 2 of them because in the afternoon I paid for them first when we ate at Seoul Garden (it was very nice, the meat & ice cream were super delicioso). Then I also borrowed Talitha's The Sims 2 & Encarta DVD to later install it in my laptop.
Then after prep time (1opm) I went out of my room and there was nearly nobody on the 3rd floor. One of the people left was Bernadette. Oho. Something was not correct.
Then I felt bored, cos there was no one to bug, so I decided to just go upstairs to return the DVDs to Tata. I went up, and guess what I found upstairs?
EVERYBODY.
HAHAHA. They saw me and they screamed. Damn funny la. This meant that I screwed up my own birthday's preparation for 2 years in a row. Cheers. :D
AND THEN, (I'll just ffwd) I went back to Adet's room and I told her abt the thing and we laughed together. Then I taught her guitar. Then at 12 am, the people came barging into the room and they sang happy birthday for me. Hahah.
On May 16, me, Athe, Jenni & Patty went to Far East to shop. I got a $30 vest (very ex right? but I couldn't find anything nicer & cheaper so yeah :( ) & a $15 white shorts.
in front of Carls Jr., Far East taken by a nice ang moh :)
Athe screwed up again by telling her mom that she was gonna have a birthday celebration that night at 10. hahahah.
So at 10 I was supposed to go down and celebrate the birthday. There was a quiz of guessing a person with 5 clues given. The person was Marson. Goh Chok Tong, the colour of Rwanda in the Social Studies text book & PM Lee Hsien Loong were involved, by the way.
Oh and these are the presents I got:
the greeting
the 3 dresses
ok let's recap. SO, May 11 was Bernadette Natalia Pekerti's sweet 17th birthday. We didn't celebrate it because it was still during mid-year exam, and we still have to study. So her birthday celebration is merged with mine (16.5.09). I knew this.
then on May 15 in the evening, before prep time (so it was like around 7pm), I went up to Talitha & Gisela's room on the 4th floor, to ask for money (hahah) from the 2 of them because in the afternoon I paid for them first when we ate at Seoul Garden (it was very nice, the meat & ice cream were super delicioso). Then I also borrowed Talitha's The Sims 2 & Encarta DVD to later install it in my laptop.
Then after prep time (1opm) I went out of my room and there was nearly nobody on the 3rd floor. One of the people left was Bernadette. Oho. Something was not correct.
Then I felt bored, cos there was no one to bug, so I decided to just go upstairs to return the DVDs to Tata. I went up, and guess what I found upstairs?
EVERYBODY.
HAHAHA. They saw me and they screamed. Damn funny la. This meant that I screwed up my own birthday's preparation for 2 years in a row. Cheers. :D
AND THEN, (I'll just ffwd) I went back to Adet's room and I told her abt the thing and we laughed together. Then I taught her guitar. Then at 12 am, the people came barging into the room and they sang happy birthday for me. Hahah.
On May 16, me, Athe, Jenni & Patty went to Far East to shop. I got a $30 vest (very ex right? but I couldn't find anything nicer & cheaper so yeah :( ) & a $15 white shorts.
in front of Carls Jr., Far East taken by a nice ang moh :)Athe screwed up again by telling her mom that she was gonna have a birthday celebration that night at 10. hahahah.
So at 10 I was supposed to go down and celebrate the birthday. There was a quiz of guessing a person with 5 clues given. The person was Marson. Goh Chok Tong, the colour of Rwanda in the Social Studies text book & PM Lee Hsien Loong were involved, by the way.
Oh and these are the presents I got:
the greeting
the 3 dressesThe 1st & 2nd dresses are the ones given by the babelu people, and the last one is from Sil, Poch & Cumi. The 3 of them also give me a halter & a pink frilly skirt which I may use in not-near future. Must prepare myself to wear such a thing. hahahhaha sorryyyy :'( Why do people give me dresses for this birthday, you may ask. I also dunno. Hahahah.
THANKS AGAIN PEOPLE!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!! <3
THANKS AGAIN PEOPLE!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!! <3
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
irritation. TWEET
I have been hating this person. Always disturbing me. But I can't do anything about it. Hmphhhh. It's getting on my nerves. Never understanding my needs, when I have been the other way around. HMPH.
Oh yeah, been very happy twittering, cos got McFLY members in there, and I'm following them. Tom & Dougie updates the most. Harry nearly never updates I think. Hahah.
Oh yeah, been very happy twittering, cos got McFLY members in there, and I'm following them. Tom & Dougie updates the most. Harry nearly never updates I think. Hahah.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
chemistry tests & forgotten textbooks
happy 16th birthday to yohanes lim! :D
on monday I had a chemistry test on electrolysis. I only knew it on sunday. and I forgot to bring the textbook home so I ended up borrowing chem textbook from my friend. thank goodness for living in a hostel.
the test went smoothly. I forgot a lot of things, but I managed to get an A in the end. :))
then on the next day, at the hostel, I asked a classmate (she also lives in the hostel) what hw we had for tues. she said we have a chem SPA skill 3 test. I just knew that moment. and dammit, I forgot to bring the notes home again. what I brought home was the electrolysis notes.
yes, nadia, you're the greatest. muack.
so I borrowed an SJI boy's chem SPA skill 3 notes.
the stupid thing is, on mon, Necha forgot to bring home her chem textbook, and on tues she's supposed to have the electrolysis test. aren't we just meant for each other? hahah. so I lent her my electrolysis notes.
then at night when I was about to sleep, I asked my roommate who's also a classmate if we have a chem SPA skill 3 test tmr. she said, "no, it's on wed right?"
hahaha. thank goodness I didn't study very hard.
then on tues I made sure that I bring home the chem SPA skill 3 notes. (even so I didn't study very hard also, I just remembered the steps)
and today, I just found out that today we also have lit test on unseen prose/poem. fortunately it's lit, or else I'm doomed.
the chem SPA skill 3 test turned out to be very similar to the one given to SJI boys, and thank God I read a bit (well, ok, skimmed) of the notes I borrowed. so it was quite ok, except for the fact that I forgot the names of an apparatus, mortar and pestle. I wrote it as bowl and pounder. hahahahhahaha.
get well real real soon! I hate hearing you having sore throats & headaches. :( God bless!
on monday I had a chemistry test on electrolysis. I only knew it on sunday. and I forgot to bring the textbook home so I ended up borrowing chem textbook from my friend. thank goodness for living in a hostel.
the test went smoothly. I forgot a lot of things, but I managed to get an A in the end. :))
then on the next day, at the hostel, I asked a classmate (she also lives in the hostel) what hw we had for tues. she said we have a chem SPA skill 3 test. I just knew that moment. and dammit, I forgot to bring the notes home again. what I brought home was the electrolysis notes.
yes, nadia, you're the greatest. muack.
so I borrowed an SJI boy's chem SPA skill 3 notes.
the stupid thing is, on mon, Necha forgot to bring home her chem textbook, and on tues she's supposed to have the electrolysis test. aren't we just meant for each other? hahah. so I lent her my electrolysis notes.
then at night when I was about to sleep, I asked my roommate who's also a classmate if we have a chem SPA skill 3 test tmr. she said, "no, it's on wed right?"
hahaha. thank goodness I didn't study very hard.
then on tues I made sure that I bring home the chem SPA skill 3 notes. (even so I didn't study very hard also, I just remembered the steps)
and today, I just found out that today we also have lit test on unseen prose/poem. fortunately it's lit, or else I'm doomed.
the chem SPA skill 3 test turned out to be very similar to the one given to SJI boys, and thank God I read a bit (well, ok, skimmed) of the notes I borrowed. so it was quite ok, except for the fact that I forgot the names of an apparatus, mortar and pestle. I wrote it as bowl and pounder. hahahahhahaha.
get well real real soon! I hate hearing you having sore throats & headaches. :( God bless!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
great weekend.
last friday my mom came to singapore to check on me. she got here at around 12 maybe?, then at 2 she went to my school and then we went to toa payoh to eat & also buy some things. then we went to the apartment (tan tong meng apartment), rest for a while, then go back to the hostel to put some things, take a bath, then go again to school, to have the parents' night.
parents' night: a repetition on 2008 O lvl results, points needed to go to JCs, and a lot of other stuff we already know. which moms don't seem to be interested in. I ended up borrowing a pencil and play games with my mom. :) and also sms-ing during the talk with Steph, who sat just behind me. hahah
then after that we were on our way back to the hostel & my mom to the apartment, we waited for taxi at toa payoh. IT WAS SO LONG. it was like an hour or so.
on the next day, at around 10 I walked to the apartment. then we went to vivo to eat & shop. I got a new jacket from esprit. :) my mom bought 3 shirts from clubmarc and 1 sleeveless from marks & spencer. the sleeveless was S$110 but because she was a tourist she can redeem or something like that, so we got a S$20 voucher which we used to buy a bodylotion (for my mom) & deodorant (for me). and I just knew that if I bring my passport to vivo I can get a lot of discounts from many shops. we just need to get the tourist pass from the customer service & there you go. discounts everywhere. woohoo.
after that we went to church in the cathedral (we arrived late; we came when the priest is giving homily), then later we had dinner in bugis, crystal jade xiao long bao. thus on that day I had xiao long bao twice. which is so nice. :)
on saturday night I stayed out with my mom at the apartment, then that night when we were sleeping I did the thing which I do everytime I'm going to part with her. :'(
on the next morning, I woke up at 9.30. hahahha so nice to at last wake up late in singapore. then we went to novena to have lunch, then rush back to the hostel to prepare for hostel performance.
at 1 we had the performance. I was a total bimbo, and was so disgusting (I was holding a lollipop mirror, & I attached a pink paper-flower to the badge. I also wore a hairband with pink things stuck to it. eww). hahahhaha. then after the performance I accompanied my mom to get the taxi, then she went by herself to the airport. on the way up to the hostel I did the thing again. :'( but only a little. hehe.
then for dinner we had pasta, with 2 sauces, cream & bolognaise. then we had ice cream. :D and took a lot of photos. I don't think I'll post it on facebook.
then I just knew today that tomorrow I'll have a chem test on electrolysis. I didn't knew that we're having it, so I left the textbook at school. and dammit, I just don't understand electrolysis. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
parents' night: a repetition on 2008 O lvl results, points needed to go to JCs, and a lot of other stuff we already know. which moms don't seem to be interested in. I ended up borrowing a pencil and play games with my mom. :) and also sms-ing during the talk with Steph, who sat just behind me. hahah
then after that we were on our way back to the hostel & my mom to the apartment, we waited for taxi at toa payoh. IT WAS SO LONG. it was like an hour or so.
on the next day, at around 10 I walked to the apartment. then we went to vivo to eat & shop. I got a new jacket from esprit. :) my mom bought 3 shirts from clubmarc and 1 sleeveless from marks & spencer. the sleeveless was S$110 but because she was a tourist she can redeem or something like that, so we got a S$20 voucher which we used to buy a bodylotion (for my mom) & deodorant (for me). and I just knew that if I bring my passport to vivo I can get a lot of discounts from many shops. we just need to get the tourist pass from the customer service & there you go. discounts everywhere. woohoo.
after that we went to church in the cathedral (we arrived late; we came when the priest is giving homily), then later we had dinner in bugis, crystal jade xiao long bao. thus on that day I had xiao long bao twice. which is so nice. :)
on saturday night I stayed out with my mom at the apartment, then that night when we were sleeping I did the thing which I do everytime I'm going to part with her. :'(
on the next morning, I woke up at 9.30. hahahha so nice to at last wake up late in singapore. then we went to novena to have lunch, then rush back to the hostel to prepare for hostel performance.
at 1 we had the performance. I was a total bimbo, and was so disgusting (I was holding a lollipop mirror, & I attached a pink paper-flower to the badge. I also wore a hairband with pink things stuck to it. eww). hahahhaha. then after the performance I accompanied my mom to get the taxi, then she went by herself to the airport. on the way up to the hostel I did the thing again. :'( but only a little. hehe.
then for dinner we had pasta, with 2 sauces, cream & bolognaise. then we had ice cream. :D and took a lot of photos. I don't think I'll post it on facebook.
then I just knew today that tomorrow I'll have a chem test on electrolysis. I didn't knew that we're having it, so I left the textbook at school. and dammit, I just don't understand electrolysis. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
busy week. sighs
hello.
another quick update, just to take note of what's happening in life.
yesterday I had my chem SPA. I forgot to rinse the burette with the solution & I read the graph wrongly. it's supposed to be 17 but I read it as 15.4. so I got 66.7 for the Mr of HX, where if I've used 17, I'll get 74. but oh well. nothing can be done anyway right.
then this week is like a totally busy week for everyone.
mon: well, ermm, got nothing, but still it's a monday.
tue: supposedly the 5-items. but the stupid selfish old single female PE teacher very stupidly made it unable for us to complete the 5-items on 1 day. so we have to repeat again next term. AAAAAA
today (wed): tuition. I'm not supposed to come today but mom's coming on fri so I want to move to another day so I'll have a complete day with her on fri. we didn't do much, mdm tee did 1-on-1 oral with 5 girls who wanted to do & later near finishing we paired up & bring the topic to higher level.
tmr (thu): I just knew that tmr got the stupid hhf. have to bring cap but I don't think I bring my cap here. so just don't bring. and have to do the model thing for singapore poly earthquake challenge. dammit.
fri: mom coming. after school go out with her I suppose, then in the evening go to school, parent's night. sleep at hostel cos BP doesn't allow me to stayout.
sat: spend whole day with mom. stayout.
sun: hostel performance at 1.
OH YEAH. I'LL BE THE BIMBO DURING THE HOSTEL PERFORMANCE. HAHAHAH.
another quick update, just to take note of what's happening in life.
yesterday I had my chem SPA. I forgot to rinse the burette with the solution & I read the graph wrongly. it's supposed to be 17 but I read it as 15.4. so I got 66.7 for the Mr of HX, where if I've used 17, I'll get 74. but oh well. nothing can be done anyway right.
then this week is like a totally busy week for everyone.
mon: well, ermm, got nothing, but still it's a monday.
tue: supposedly the 5-items. but the stupid selfish old single female PE teacher very stupidly made it unable for us to complete the 5-items on 1 day. so we have to repeat again next term. AAAAAA
today (wed): tuition. I'm not supposed to come today but mom's coming on fri so I want to move to another day so I'll have a complete day with her on fri. we didn't do much, mdm tee did 1-on-1 oral with 5 girls who wanted to do & later near finishing we paired up & bring the topic to higher level.
tmr (thu): I just knew that tmr got the stupid hhf. have to bring cap but I don't think I bring my cap here. so just don't bring. and have to do the model thing for singapore poly earthquake challenge. dammit.
fri: mom coming. after school go out with her I suppose, then in the evening go to school, parent's night. sleep at hostel cos BP doesn't allow me to stayout.
sat: spend whole day with mom. stayout.
sun: hostel performance at 1.
OH YEAH. I'LL BE THE BIMBO DURING THE HOSTEL PERFORMANCE. HAHAHAH.
Monday, April 13, 2009
d&t @ ij
just a quick note.
we just had another meeting, & STUPID people didn't come AGAIN. FILTHY PEOPLE UNWORTHY OF NAME-MENTIONING.
oh and today at school I went to the D&T section of the school, which was quite cool. I met the teacher who I've never ever seen at school before, & I think he's Malay, which means that he understands what we'll say. we'll see tmr if it's correct. haha.
OH and I did a stupid thing of SHAKING HANDS with the teacher when I introduced myself. IT'S COS HE WAS LIKE OFFERING HIS HAND OKAY. not my fault. hmph.
(Mrs Tan & the teacher himself looked a bit taken aback & amused by my action. stupidddd)
TOMORROW IS THE 5-ITEMS! God, please let me pass everything, enable me to do the incline 3x, just 3x is enough. AMEN.
OH YEAH the oral was quite ok. the teacher was a bit like, creasing her forehead at the beginning, but later on near the end she seemed quite interested on what I said. hope that I'll get fine. :)
4/1 people, I'm sure y'all'll get a justification on what happened to you. DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY! :D
we just had another meeting, & STUPID people didn't come AGAIN. FILTHY PEOPLE UNWORTHY OF NAME-MENTIONING.
oh and today at school I went to the D&T section of the school, which was quite cool. I met the teacher who I've never ever seen at school before, & I think he's Malay, which means that he understands what we'll say. we'll see tmr if it's correct. haha.
OH and I did a stupid thing of SHAKING HANDS with the teacher when I introduced myself. IT'S COS HE WAS LIKE OFFERING HIS HAND OKAY. not my fault. hmph.
(Mrs Tan & the teacher himself looked a bit taken aback & amused by my action. stupidddd)
TOMORROW IS THE 5-ITEMS! God, please let me pass everything, enable me to do the incline 3x, just 3x is enough. AMEN.
OH YEAH the oral was quite ok. the teacher was a bit like, creasing her forehead at the beginning, but later on near the end she seemed quite interested on what I said. hope that I'll get fine. :)
4/1 people, I'm sure y'all'll get a justification on what happened to you. DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY! :D
Saturday, April 11, 2009
hostel performance rehearsal, church of st Mary of the Angels
Yesterday was the hostel performance rehearsal. It was HIDEOUS.
Hostel performance is a hostel event where everyone is grouped and each group must come up with an item to be performed on a certain day. You can do whatever thing you want to show, i.e. skit, dance, choir, etc.
From the beginning we are not looking forward to this event at all. What to expect anyway? Our number is (slightly only) less than the sickening people down there and thus we’ll be the (a bit of) minority later in the group. None of them are nice, so it’s not possible to feel good about doing this. And our fear (well not really. We prepared for it, just that it’s still not very nice) came true. The stupid people are so annoying and even from the first meeting they nearly were not contributing at all. Only certain people would say anything relevant to the topic. SOME people would just talk among themselves and not say their suggestion loudly and when we asked them, “Is
So yes. Our group decided to just do a skit, a revised version of the story Snow White. Yes, the one with 7 midgets but in our case they’re not midgets. And the Snow White is an emo as well.
After more or less 3 meetings, in which THAT STUPID ANNOYING PERSON didn’t come at all (much to my relief), we decided to divide the tasks to make it easier to work. The sec 4s would write the script, and sec 3s would do all the playing. Later then sec 4s would make the props as well. As a result the casts (sec 3s) never meet us (sec 4s, the props people). Which is good.
But later on, during the rehearsal, it turned out that our skit is so SO hideous. None of the casts brought the script down and a lot of them haven’t memorized their lines. As for the props, we haven’t finished with all of them so we didn’t use them. There were a bit of confusion in the lighting but it wasn’t very major because we’ve never practiced with them.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY DIDN’T LOOK AS IF THEY GAVE A BIT OF EFFORT TO MAKE THE SHOW GOOD. Ok some people at least tried to memorize their lines, like the Ah Beng and the Queen, but the rest? Especially THOSE STUPID SUPPOSEDLY 7 PEOPLE BUT ONLY THREE CAME UP. What the hell.
On a lighter note, last night we went to Church of St Mary of the Angels (is it in Jurong or Bukit Batok?). It was so cool; it was more like a villa than a church. The body of Jesus was suspended in air by wires rather than attached to a cross, as if flying. I thought that there was no cross, and the symbol of Catholic is the crucifix, which is a cross with Jesus’ body on it, but if it’s only Jesus’ body, it means that it’s not Catholic’s symbol right? But if you see it closely, there is the cross. I think it’s drawn on the wall, but it’s still there. It was damn cool.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
thou who knows that thou art hostel-irritater, READ
As a ‘scholar’ (a term used by nearly everyone around us, much to our distaste, as it portrays us as if we’re aliens from other planet that shouldn’t be treated the same as other people. And despite the fact that we are scholars, we don’t like being called scholars, especially by locals, friends and teachers alike. We prefer international students. It’ll be nice if there’s another term which can classify us even better. Please, not foreigners. We don’t feel foreign to you guys anymore.), I live in a hostel, boarding school, dormitory, whatever you want to call it.
Living in a hostel means you live with a lot of other people who is not your family. Ok maybe some people have a member of their family living in the same hostel, if said kin is also a scholarship-receiver. Hostel life is fun. Really, I sincerely feel that it’s fun living in a hostel. Whenever you need help with your schoolwork, or what to wear to the musical at some school tonight, you can just knock the door in front of or next to your room and there’s your friend, sitting at the table playing with her laptop, laughing at the Korean TV show video they’re watching, or sprawled on the bed sleeping soundly, or laying on the bed Cleopatra-style reading a novel, ready to answer your queries. There’s also no parents who constantly chirps at your ear on what to do and what not. Living together with your friends also means that you can save money on clothes, story books, food and many more. :p
However, of course, there are downsides of everything. In a hostel full of people not related by blood to you, you can’t do everything as your belly likes (get it, Indonesians?). When it’s already late at night, you can’t make noise that exceeds your bedroom walls, as there are people who want to sleep. You must ensure that you don’t break your friend’s heart, as living together under the same roof with them makes it hard to avoid them, and you’ll end up being uncomfortable every 5 minutes, cos you can’t help but meeting her when you go to the toilet or go out to drink at the water cooler. Furthermore, you have to keep the shared toilet clean, so that other people can use it comfortable as well. A lot of cases have happened where there is private clothing or various ‘private’ items are displayed publicly, causing great discomfort to those who see it, and this results in that certain cubicle or toilet not used, and this results in long queue to use other bathrooms. So irritating.
(omigosh, since when have I been writing an argumentative essay?)
So yes, hostel life is, when you leave out the bad things, fun.
Oh yeah, the people you live with also determine if your hostel life is fun or not.
Last year, I feel very happy living in the current hostel I live in. The seniors are nice, very helpful and extremely approachable. They shared a lot of things with us, and this made us feel close to them and thus we develop good relationship (in general) with them.
HOWEVER, this year, much to our great disappointment, is worse than our 1st year. A lot of people are not very pleasing, not considerate enough to meet the fact that they live in a hostel, with a whole lot of other people who’s been here longer than them, for goodness’ sake, to whom they must be respectful.
Yes. You know who you are and please, please behave yourselves better and make yourselves likable. LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT, DAMMIT.
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