HELLO

IDOLS

2010-02-16T17:51:00.005+08:00

since i am recently quite crazy about idols, i shall dedicate a post to them. (partly because i am bored)

Chinese:

JJ LIN!!
haha, recently released his ever-so-marvellous 7th album. sometimes, i wonder how someone can have so much inspiration to write soooooo many songs and still maintain or improve in standard.

Fahrenheit -
they had not released an album for quite a long time since 2009. but i can say that they did improve quite a lot from the previous album (vocally)

Korean:

Lee Jun Ki -
watched a few more of his shows, and felt that WOW, he is such a good actor (although he is quite girly in his looks sometimes)... he has a new album J-Style also, and the MV is wonderful.

DBSK, SS501, Big Bang, ShiNEE, FT Island, Super Junior etc -
recently, kpop is soooo crazy with so many new groups. one word to describe the industry--> MAD

Family outing -
SUPER SUPER SUPER FUNNY. can't stop laughing while watching it. seriously.

Japanese:
Takuya Kimura -
don't really follow Jap entertainment, but he is one that i admire for wonderful acting skills. watched Mr Brain, and was fascinated how the Japanese always use so high tech stuff in their shows.

hollywood:
twilight was mad previously, but i seriously dun see anything good in it.
then Avatar, which earned billions of dollars.
but i think the best movie for me would definitely be Sherlock Holmes. very good chemistry between the leads, and their acting is so natural!

I'm Back...

2010-02-16T17:27:00.003+08:00

after dunno how long, i have finally decided to continue writing in this long dead blog. so i shall do a brief summary of how my life was like in 2009.

Acedemics:
HORRIBLE! it was the first year i failed so many subjects. school was kinda boring and i just did not have the motivation to work hard at all. and because of my horrible results, i have decided to drop art which will give me extra time to do other stuff. however, the only thing i am pleased with is that my History improved Tremendously! from like a constant B or C or if i am lucky a just nice a2(that happened only once), i finally got A1!! haha, 80 marks, and the top in class for EOY. this was probably the only motivation i had to study harder.

CCA:
i absolutely hate my CCA now without my seniors. it is so boring that i am falling asleep almost every session. it used to be very noisy and cheerful, but now it is like DEAD! i sometimes regret not going to a better CCA...

Art Action:
we launched a one year project called "Share a Bowl of Rice" where we paint and sell the artworks for $200 per piece. initially, i thought that it was too much given that earch artwork was quite small, i was in for a huge surprise when i managed tii sell 10 out of the 12 paintings i did, and earned the distinction award!! all the proceeds went to the needy and i learnt a lot when we gave out daily necessities to them. i was an enriching year in terms of doing my part to give back to charity. took part in a TV production for this project and had a chance to be interviewed on TV. haha. then, we went on two art trips to Hangzhou and Penang. this definitely bonded the entire art group closer together. tried many water sports i did not dare to do berfore at hard rock hotel penang. sports like parasailing, jet ski, banana boat etc. only bane was that i dropped my spectacles in the sea while parasailing...

took grade 8 violin exam and got a surprising 79/100! i thought that i would fail (seriously). glad that i am actually finally taking real interest in violin now given that it has become easier and that i can play so many more songs than before.

performed at Columbia's graduation concert. they were celebrating its 10th anniversary. i felt that i had to go because i was their 1st graduating batch. glad that i agreed to go as i saw many teachers that i have not seen for years. Teacher emily, teacher amy (about 7 years), teacher Avalin (about 5 years), and teacher erin (9 years!!) felt really happy.

doing the life saving course now for swimming. it is rather tough but i feel it is essential as it is a life skill. several funny incidents happened. i was supposed to save this guy in the pool and had to ask him "Hello? are you alright?" and he was like "obviously not! if not why am i struggling!" then i had to ask "can u swim back?" and he was like "if i can swim back, i would not be here!!" then i had to say "dont worry, i can save u" [......]
*note that all these questions were compulsory and if i did not say that in the test, i would fail...
then we had to test the water (it is to ensure that there are no holes in the water) BUT... the stupid thing was that all these testing was done in... out of all places... the swimming pool. [.............]

rugby

2008-08-04T17:42:00.001+08:00

had been playing rugby during pe this few lessons. SO FUN!!!
won every game we played... haha. and we came in the ULTIMATE CHAMPIONS with the most number of points.
Game 1: 13-3
Game 2: 9-5
Game 3: 11-1
Game 4: 6-1
Game 5: 5-2
Yay! totally love the game. even though we were like falling down so often on the grass every other minute. haha

interclass captains ball this wed! looking forward to it.

day 8

2008-06-22T11:55:00.002+08:00

DAY 8

so sad... it is the last day of the trip.
went to the airport.
had trouble checking in cos our teachers had loads of paintings (which were by us for the exhibition, could be easily 80). and paintings are HEAVY.
sowe split up the weight and eventually managed to past through. there were boxes and cartons of stuff. so imagine.

bought tokyo bananas which are super famous and sayed good bye to gigi. i think that we will really miss her cos she is so fun and entertaining and nice. fortunately, cos she is a singaporean, she will be coming back for a while soon. and we all exchanged contacts.

sat the new airbus on the way back. it had a main deck and an upper deck. it was huge. and individual space was SLIGHTLY larger.
however, the turbulence during the journey was CRAZY throughout. and the plane, being a huge one, was rocking and jerking a lot during the whole 6 1/2 hours... :(
many people puked. i think, easily 20 out of the 80 people from our group. i didn't. i puked on the way there... there was also a lot of turbulence and it was a midnight flight...

anyway, school reopens tomorrow and i dun want to go back to school! sigh... just have to bear with it. and everything will be alright once you see your friends.

day 7

2008-06-22T11:49:00.002+08:00

DAY 7

went to the museum of arts today. all the art exhibits were beautiful! although it was only 1 storey, we took 2 hours to go through it. (partly because we spent a lt of time at each one. ^.^)
then we went to this toyota factory and a shopping mall.
we decided to try this hybrid car. you pay 200 yen (about $2 sin) then you get to sit one round.
thought we could drive the car and hence went for it.
in the end, it drove automatically at between 6km/h to 15km/h. and you just sit in there... :(

then we went to the arcade. and one of my friend won a middle sized stich soft toy. (you noe... lilo and stich...) while the other won 2 HUGE ones!
so lucky!!!

day 6

2008-06-22T11:39:00.003+08:00

DAY 6

OHAYO GOZAIMASU! oh... it should be KONICHIWA! :D

i am in such a good mood today.
cos we went to disney sea! & there were not many people there.

1) indianna jones
2) storm rider
3) raging spirits
4) tower of terror
5) 20000 leagues under the sea
6) parade

1)indianna jones was ok...
2)storm rider was a stimulator...and...we got wet.
3)raging spirits was cool!!! it is a roller coaster that goes 360 degrees. sat it 3 times.
4)tower of terror was fun too!! but sitting it once would be enough. heehee. the whole ride is just full of vertical drops indoors in the dark several storeys high. it feels as if your guts are coming out and you are flying off your seat.
5)20000 eagues under the sea was quite boring. you just sit is this "submarine" and go around in a slow ride.
6) the parade was magnificant!! unfortunately, cos it was performed on water, an alternative was performed due to wind conditions.

BEST DAY EVER!
P.s. i guess the tour guide was sad cos she said that she wanted to see us coming out of the roller coaster weak in the knees cos it is very funny to her (lol, sadistic). unfortunately for her, all of us came out bouncing up and down happily, saying that we wanted to go again. :D then my friend's mother pretended to be weak in the knees ad the tour guide said that she could be the best actress of the year. :D

day 5

2008-06-22T11:30:00.002+08:00

DAY 5

took the bullet train today. so cool! 280km/h. itis so fast but you can't feel a thing. in the near future, the bullet train is going to be able to go at 500plus km/h!!! and it is already on trial.
after that, we visited the wine factory. adults tested many different kinds of wine (about 10 types).
and my friends and i tried 2 types of wine and grape juice.

then, we went to a waterfall. is was very scenic and beautiful. took loads of pictures.

being on an art trip, we visited the shadow pictures museum.it was so intricate!!

following, we went to this rose garden which is SOOO beautiful and huge. i would want to live in such a place! there was a playgroung there with lots of stuff. boys, girls and even our parents started playing! the adults looked as if they had gone back to their childhood days. lol...

at night, we wore the Yukata for dinner. (it is a japanese summer robe) it was a little weird but fun though.
then we played fireworks which singapore doesn't allow. nice but loud.
sleeping on tatamies are going to be so comfortable!!

day 4

2008-06-22T11:28:00.002+08:00

DAY 4

went to the morning market today. saw some sweets that are decorated so nicely like in the shape of sushi and flowers! :D

then, we visited the bamboo forest. beautiful. we had to climb up many slopes and it was tiring.

forgot what else i did today. :O

day 3

2008-06-22T11:21:00.002+08:00

DAY 3

went to the world's biggest aquarium in osaka today. it was unbelievably 8 stories tall! all the marine animals are Sooooo cute!!! KAWAII!!
after that, we went to the Osaka castle. nothing much though. went there mainly for lunch. usually, me and my friends get high only during dinner. but we were crazy during lunch today. :)
anyway...
ate ice cream after that. it was grape flavoured which tastes like f&N grape. IT WAS THE BEST!
went shopping AGAIN after that. most puzzles and technologies are cheaper in japan than Singapore. and their stuff are all so cute!
ate pork and vegetables for dinner today. it is like steamboat. so full that felt like sleeping.
P.s the tour guide Gigi is really SSOOOOOO funny!! she can talk for hours on the bus and everybody is still wide awake. haha... not like bus B, they fell asleep once they got on the bus. (there are 2 buses, bus A and B and i think our bus is super bonded)

Day 2

2008-06-22T11:11:00.002+08:00

DAY 2

Art exhibition + shopping was all we did today.
Not fair! me and my friends all wore skirts and dresses while the others just wore t-shirt and jeans. :(
the teache had told us to wear formally cos the Japanese will be very nicely dressed.
they were severly underdressed in the end though.
their opening ceremony was super formal.
then we proceeded to view all the art pieces. both from us and the Japanese artists which i reckon were about 3 times our age. :p
and YAY!!!!
I WON THE NEW SHAN ART AWARD!!! Lol.
it is given to the top 20 art pieces in the exhibition! Haha!!!
can't really believe though...
i painted a pomegranade and my teacher titled it "fruit".

anyway... we went shopping after that and of course i changed my skirt to jeans b4 setting of with the group of 84 people.

dinner was buffet style of steamboat.
we are really eating a lot! buffet after buffet...

after that, we went shopping again. realised that some stuff in japan are actually much cheaper than Singapore.

walked back to the hotel ourselves (of couese with a few other friends and their families). and...it sarted raining... =.=
we had no umbrellas and could not really find the way. so we ended up walking in the rain for about 1/2 hour...

DAY 1

2008-06-22T11:05:00.002+08:00

DAY 1

Yay! Today was fun! but tiring.
the whole day was spent at universal studios.
it is a saturday, so there was an overcrowding of visitors. for every ride, we had to wait for at least an hour, sometimes 2 hours. >.<
sat "spiderman", "ET", "Terminator" abd watched "Water Works"(which i think was the coolest).
did not get to sit any fun roller coasters though cos of time constrain. :( :(
dinner was buffet. and i ate like 5 servings of food. i think at this rate, with all the delicious food, i will at least put on a few kg before heading home. =.=
oh! forgot. played 2 carnival games at Universal studios too! and for both games, we won a soft toy each. :D
one is a giraffe which looks like a monkey.
the other is an elmo which i helped to win.
tomorrow is the art exhibition! i dun want to wear a skirt!!!

I am back

2008-06-22T11:02:00.002+08:00

Hi! i am back from japan!
And i enjed myself a lot!

1) ate lots of yummy japanese food
2) bonded with my art class friends
3) learnt about the japanese
4) loved the tour guide cos she is super funny and nice. (she is from Singapore and so understands us better and is able to communicate better rather than just facts)
5) ENJOYED MYSELF especially at universal studios and disney sea.

HOLIDAYS!

2008-05-26T17:24:00.002+08:00

Holidays are finally here! ^.^
Remember on the last day of school, everyone was carrying loads of books and files back home.
Even saw some people carrying boxes! :D
Geog was the last period of the day, and everyone was looking at the clock at the last minute and some went "Summer...Summer..."like that in HSM. >.<
Then the bell rang and the teacher was still teaching. So, we waited.
When he finally went out, they rewinded the clock to exactly 1.39pm.
Then they started saying "Summer" again. Finally it was "1.40"pm then they shouted "What time is it!?" and went crazy.
It was kinda funny to see and I think that everyone was too stressed with school that they sort of lost their minds when the holidays begun. Lol...
Have lots of homework and i will try to finish it earlier like in 1 or 2 weeks. So i don't have to worry about it.
Hopefully i will be able to do some revision. O___O

Second last day!

2008-05-22T18:17:00.002+08:00

yay! holidays are coming NEAR!
ok... >.<
CCA today was super slack...like always.
me and my 2 other seniors were like going HYPER and XIAO.
cos the coach was focusing on the violin 1 and we had nothing to do, they started gossiping and cracking all the funny and stupid jokes. :D
anyway, have to clear my table by tomorrow. Arghhhh.
under my table had a humongous pile of stuff and i cleared half today making my bag super heavy. :(
don't plan to bring everything back. can leave all the magazines and home ec and art stuff in school. but still, i have so many TB!!!! like every subject...
hope i can lug everything back tomorrow.
listening to JJ's KO now. he is like beatboxing.
ok, i was just being random.

introduction to media literacy

2008-05-21T14:52:00.002+08:00

attended another enrichment: introduction to media literacy on 20th and 21st.
it was quite interesting as we learnt to analyse different kinds of media like advertisements, comics and videos.
went to ngee ann poly on 20th and visited their mass com and other similar facilities. very nice. :D
watched a lot of funny videos and enjoyed myself.
ok, there is nothing much now... so i shall sign off!
p.s learnt to analyse how one advertisement may be contradicting like: promoting lenghtening of asian lashes but using a spanish actress as the model.
and how and advertisement can be quite insulting like: saying that NATURAL make up can bring out the REAL YOU, BUT BETTER. :(
anyway, lots were learnt apart from this!

Understanding Jap and korean culture enrichment

2008-05-15T18:16:00.002+08:00

attended the enrichment today.
Understanding respectfulness to Jap and krean culture.
on the whole, i felt that it was quite interesting especially the part on korean culture. (guess cos i was more interested in that. :D)ate lots of different types of cultural food like kimchi [korean] (love it!), notta [Jap] (hate it...)and other tibits which are all delicious!
then learnt about the odd habits of these cultures, the interesting facts and their practices like bowing, etc...
learnt quite a lot from this half day enrichment.
1) differences and similarities between Jap, korean and chinese cultures
2) tasted different kinds of food
3) clarified my doubts and queries on the culture.
4) learnt loads of facts and interesting points on jap and korean culture
5) had fun! :D
looking forward to the no-school day tomorrow to public holiday on monday. :D
then it will be the next enrichment for 2 days - Media Literacy

RANDOM

2008-05-13T11:15:00.003+08:00

In the imac lab in school now.
its music and there is no teacher in the class yet. everyone is surfing the net and i have nothing to do. >.<
Enrichment is this thursday and friday and part of next week.
for type 1, i got into Understanding Korean and Japanese culture. :D
then for type 2, i got into media literacy.
they are not my first choices but i think they are ok lah cos quite a few people from my class got into the same program. so i guess it will be fun!
plus there is no school on days where there is no enrichment. YAY! and we don't have to wake up so early. :p
then there is a few more days then JUNE HOLS!!!
looking forward to it. cos i dun think i have to go back to school that much.
ok, someone needs the com so i shall sign off!

Deadline

2008-05-09T17:57:00.007+08:00

WE FINALLY COULD IMPORT THE SONG FROM OUR MP3 TO GARAGE BAND! Lol...

it was so simple, just drag the file onto the program. >.<

but we tried it so many times before also cannot what. anyway...

we sang so horribly and slowly that we couldn't find a beat to go with our singing. :0(can't blame us for our singing... :p)

intro to the song was so nice!!!!! and i really mean it.

but when we started singing, DISASTER began. :(

drew on the CD for the design. it turned out nice! Yippee!!

Yay! Got 35.5/40 for the latest lang arts test! HAHA! i am kinda pleased. cos i IMPROVED. although not sure by how much exactly. hightst in class was 36. o__o. and i am PISSED!:D *ahem*

anyway, next test in line is maths. ALGEBRA!!!!

bleah.

MPP

2008-05-07T17:30:00.003+08:00

now the deadline is really drawing near. but we can't import the songs from MP3s to the Garage Band! arghhh...
heard 翅膀 on the radio today after school. :D
recently, many Fahrenheit and JJ songs on the radio. it seems more than last time. (or maybe cos i was paying attention, not sleeping.) =.=
my iPod is like disfunctioning... sadly. now i listen to the music on my phone which is like random chinese pop singers.
or sometimes, when using the com, will listen to music also.
Lol... this is all about music.
2.4km was ok... (which i took last week) anyway i only needed a pass since i will only be getting bronze... BECAUSE OF MY SIT-UPS!
nvm, shall just train hard for next year.
talking about training hard, i think that i have been SUPER lazy recently. haha.

MPP

2008-05-05T18:08:00.002+08:00

well, there is good news cos the deadline of MPP is extended to 9May! now we have more time. yay! Lol. tried to post the photos but couldn't but will try again. :D ok, i shall sign off!

PW MPP

2008-05-01T17:58:00.001+08:00

MPP was such a mess and a rush. initially we thought that the deadline was in mid may, so we planned out the timeline that will allow us to complete the project by mid may. who knows, suddenly the deadline became like 2 may.

so we rushed through the end product which is like a song. 3 days for recess, we were racking our brains for the melody. :( with not much progress unfortunately. than we decided we had to meet up during labour day.

we went to luo shuang's house and thought of the remaining chorus and pre chorus. then when everyone arrived, we started learning the song and recording it. meanwhile, while the rest of the team were recording their individual parts, me and luo shuang decided to work on the rap. we thought of a rhythm and recorded it before BENA HEE finally learnt how to sing her verse... =.=

but i think that the rap sounds the most horrible among the whole song. oops.

all of us had our own individual parts which was kind of scary.

but on the whole, i think that it still turned out ok.

then we went down to take pics for the booklet. it was so hot and we were like jumping and posing under the hot sun with jackets! Arghhh... almost thought we would get heatstroke. anyway, took many ridiculous photos over and over again, not as if we could look nice like real bands anyway. but when we finally found one that we were ok with, bena was complaining and whining and we decided to call it a day and went for lunch at 3pm.

ate pizza hut. when all of us finished 2 slices, bena had not even eaten her first! we were SURPRISED.

after that, we went home.

now we have the report and the addition of the drums and special effects to the song which we are going to do tomorrow cos we need garage band.

well this is a fun project on the whole. cos we learnt a lot of stuff. felt especially accomplished when we finished the song. never had we known that we would be able to do that (even after wrecking our brains until i think we went xiao). i think we would feel happier when we have completed the whole "album". :D

at least hope we can ask for extension. :p (for the report) Lol. will post pics we took soon.

ok, i shall sign off!

P.S all of us look CRAZY.

Carnival

2008-04-21T18:28:00.002+08:00

carnival was like WHOA!

i thought that we will be sitting there BORED. with no business.

but it turned out that business was so good that we wished we could take a break.

probably due to its strategic location (reminds me of history) and decoration of stall.

we used like 70plus bottles of 1.5litre of sprite and 10plus bottles of F&N grape. plus 20plus trays of eclaires.

we started off with 30plus bottles but it ran out in 1.5 hours. then some people went to buy some more. it was another 30plus bottles. and it ran out in less than 2 hours. so we decided to focus more on the eclaired and it sold out in another 0.5hours.

after that, we found a bottle of orange juice not used. so instead of mixing it with sprite, we mixed it with plain water instead. people loved it. =.= then when everything ran out, we came out with a "WONDERFUL" plan that was so ridiculous:D

we went to the water cooler to collect plain ice water. we came back and sold it as plain water and guess what! WE MANAGED TO SELL THEM AS PEOPLE ACTUALLY CAME TO BUY! $1 per cup. LOL!!! why would they want to buy it for $1 when they could get it for free at the water cooler lah! that surprised us and we went into a laughing fit. :D but of course we decided not to be so evil and stopped selling it after 3 cups.

the whole day was so busy. we initially thought that we could take shifts. but even when the whole group worked together, we still were busy.

after standing for the whole day, i just had to have violin straight after. talking about standing for another hour playing your exam pieces even when your legs are like jelly already. totally knocked out after that.

the next day, i had swimming. WOW! we swam like 3 sets of medleys and laps of butterfly, freestyle, sidestroke, backstroke and anything under the moon you can think off. just enough to make me tired out during the first 1.5hours of the day.

after that, the next day was Napfa. talk about the testing-your-stamina-and-physical-fitness-days. such a good way to spend the weekend. (in case you didn't realise, this is DEFINITELY sacarsm)

luckily we didn't have 2.4km run. if not i will be sleeping now.

(such time when you just feel like just slacking off and listening to music)BUT there is common test! ARGHH.... and homework and project. enough to keep your brain cells working HARD.

Napfa

2008-04-21T17:49:00.000+08:00

Napfa was a DISASTER! i am so PISSED...or maybe more disappointed :(

i can't believe i only managed 16 sit-ups! which is like ARGHHH!!!

it is like an E. there goes my gold... Bleah. sit-ups had always not been a problem in primary school. like a constant A was expected everytime. but this time is a 20 short of another very lousy practice.

the rest was ok lah! like the sit-ups had just to blow my chances.

anyway, i just hope that i can do better next year. so many people say that it is already quite good given that i didn't do PE for 1 year. but still i feel that my standard has dropped DRASTICALLY! and now my PE grade is not gonna look good. plus sports day was so not-achieving-anything state.

but nevermind, there is always next year.

i am always telling myself that i have to train to get my stamina back but guess what? no actions done. :p

wanted to do dumbells everyday to improve hand muscles for inclined pull-ups but in the end only did it once week which doesn't have any effect.

wanted to do more sit-ups so that... i can do more sit-ups >.<, but in the end didn't do a single one. Sigh... i will just have to find the determination and the peserverence to train.

there is still 2.4km which i am so lousy in. haha...

After that, no more sports and it will be study all the time.

ok... there is all the complaining and hence i shall sign off.

P.S working on the PW end product is getting interesting! although it is going to damage millions of our brain cells trying to come up with the tune, its FUN. :D

This week

2008-04-15T17:25:00.000+08:00

This week was boring... nothing much in school that all the fun for sports day and spirit of the class is over. Now everyday in school is just studying. Sigh...
However, CARNIVAL is coming up! my group is making drinks. Quite common but i bet our drinks will be so nice... (*ahem i hope so*) anyway, each group is like given so little space. 3m by 1m and 3-4 chairs?! i guess cos there are too many stalls.
NAPFA (i hope i spelt it correctly...) is coming up. arghh... my sit-ups are so lousy and my seat and reach just managed a C. Bleah... inclined pull-ups shouldn't be a problem as well as shuttle run. standing board jump used to be my best but now I CAN'T JUMP! arghh... last week i jumped like 18plus and 19plus which is ok. but this week i can only jump 15plus and 16plus! anyway, i think a problem should be the shoe cos this shoe is so slippery and i won't dare to jump far. cos cannot be 1 week deprove so much. Nvm, i will just continue to practice jumping, building arm muscles (not bulging ones!) and build up my stamina and sit-ups and sit and reach. then i would secure a gold! sounds so easy (i hope it was). but everytime i tell myself to practice, i will be too lazy and not do anything. Sigh...
got 27/30 for my maths test. Yay! Haha...
ok... i shall sign off. :D

Random

2008-04-10T18:10:00.000+08:00

Ok... I have promised squirrel that i would thank her in this post for helping me with the wallpaper. And 'THANKS' to her, she put up what "Elizabeth aka Maggie Mee, Magbeth"............... Sigh... but thaks anyway.

Moving on, just got some of my CA1 results.

I won't say its bad and i won't say its good either.... though I improved from last year, it is still "bleah..." A1 for maths, A2 for Lang Arts, probably another A2 for History... compared to the other members of the FA5, it is like LOUSY in capital letters....

But anyway, for Art, the teacher said that he would count our two best marks! YAY!!! Cos my 2 best marks are FULL marks! Haha, so my art grade will be A.

NAPHA is coming...though i like running, I just hate 2.4km. I just can't run long distance. Short distance is fun and trilling but not long, it is so tiring! anyway, i shall count on my other stations to secure a gold which I hope won't be a problem. Heehee...

Enough of dreams and hopes... I shall sign off. :D

New blog

2008-04-09T17:55:00.000+08:00

In case you wonder where my previous posts went, i have created a new blog with the same url. anyway, thanks to emily p! :D