2013 resolutions

It's going to be a new year very soon! Lot's of hard work coming my way since I'm going to take my A Levels next year! 

I usually can't stick to my resolutions but I managed to stick to one of my most important 2012 resolutions - which was to not retain. HAHA. Here are my hopes for 2013 in mostly pictures: 

I stole this from Tumblr but this is exactly what I want! 

                            Except maybe the "sketching and painting" one, I really suck at art. 

Not gonna give up! 

Mind over Matter - A Levels ain't that hard!

Holding on to my dreams <3 td="td">

I'll try!

Until 2013, bye! Need to go and complete my homework! 

Time Flies

Time flies. It's the 28th already! So much homework left. I have only done 90% of chem. Just started on Math and since I suck at Integration I keep getting stuck and feeling demoralized by it. :X Am gonna go study with Zhiqi, Shami and Maal tmr at JP library. Hopefully i can concentrate! 

Studied at JE library with Wendy yesterday. Brielle was supposed to turn up and surprise her. But he already told her that he's coming -.- HAHA. Took a few Polaroid photos with them. Here they are :) 

Awesome 3some <3 td="td">

Brielle brought a souvenir each for Wendy and I from his trip to Hong Kong Disneyland! Thanks Brielle! :D 
The background is my chemistry homework. HAHA. I don't really have blogworthy topics at this point of  time. So I shall sign off. I will do a "My hopes for 2013" post on New year's eve! Till then, sayonara. :)

2012 Not-The-end-Of-The-World confessions

Many people on Twitter were doing 2012 The-End-Of-The-World confessions. In fact, that topic was trending! I never followed that trend though, because I strongly believed that the world wouldn't be ending. Revelations (the last chapter of the Bible) said that no one can predict when the end would come except for God. So if someone has predicted 2012, for sure it must be wrong. 

Anyways, I have decided to do some confessions too. Or maybe just things you didn't know about me :D Here goes.

1) I actually stalked my crush to his house when I was in primary school. Although I lost track of him halfway. I'd be a terrible detective. I'm really embarrassed to admit this. Took a lot of guts for me to admit. Well, if you ask the people I crushed on in the last several years, they can vouch for the fact that I'm a stalker. But my stalker tendencies have decreased over the years. I have never ever even thought of stalking a crush to their house after that one time in primary school. 

2) I am fascinated by all things weird and "unexplainable". Like crop circles, the Bermuda triangle, Area 51, spontaneous human combustions, alien sightings, the Nazca lines etc. I have read countless books on them. I however do not believe in ghosts, due to a religious reason again. 

3) I am currently insomniac-ish. Can't sleep until it's way past midnight. Either it's insomnia or my body clock is screwed. 

4) I like asking Siri silly questions. :D Sometimes it gives me really cool answers. 

5) I tend to take leadership positions given to me very seriously. Sometimes a bit too seriously. Stepped on many toes during my days as a prefect in secondary school. :/ Also, I can get competitive for top positions, like that of an Executive committee member. This is why I didn't join student council in JC. I didn't want to fall out with people because of my strictness when it comes to rule-following and my desire to be on top. 

6) I haven't even touched my maths and physics holiday homework. Only been doing my chemistry homework (because it's my strongest subject right now). Let's just say I will be doing homework on Christmas eve, Christmas day, Boxing Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's day. FML.

7) I know I only seem to post happy/positive stuff about myself. But there are many sad things going on in my life as well. The only reason why I don't mention them is because they are too personal to share. 

8) I haven't exercised for the past 2 weeks. I am so screwed when school reopens and PE lessons start. Good luck to me. D:

9) My taste in books is not as mainstream as my taste in music. Yes, I do read the mainstream stuff such as Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Fifty shades of Grey etc. But I like to read books based on the 18th or 19th century too. Take my literature novel for instance. The Remains of the Day. It's about the life of a butler in England. Many of my friends will probably be bored reading it because the life of a butler can be rather mundane. However, I actually really like the book. :D 

10) I cannot get along well with Gemini guys. Saying this from experience. Actually, I get along well with them at first and then after some time we usually can't stand each other and drift away if we're friends. :/ From now on I am not even going to bother to get close to a Gemini guy. 

11) When I was in primary 1, I was being brought to the dentist in school but I was so scared that I ran away and hid in the toilet for the next two hours until someone saw me and informed the vice principal. I had stepped out for a while to take a breather. Everyone was looking for me by the way. -.- Man, I was a coward. I am so ashamed of my primary school days. 

Shooting In Connecticut

I am sure you all have heard about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut  by now. What a depressing thing to happen. And it's not the first time it's happened in the USA. So many innocent lives were lost. It's about time the American government did something about the gun laws in USA. Normal people shouldn't be allowed to have guns without any valid reason. Maybe the American government could actually learn a thing or two from the Singapore government regarding this issue.

You don't see this kind of thing happening in Singapore, do you? It's pretty safe here. I can walk home alone at 2am in the morning and nothing will happen to me, despite the fact that I am a girl. The people here are actually afraid of the law. Makes me glad to be living in Singapore.

20 children were killed. Can you imagine dying at such a young age? So many dreams left unfulfilled. So many places unseen. So many things left to experience. I shudder just thinking about it.

Imagine if you were shot today (touch wood). If I were shot today, I'd die with so many regrets. Not having the chance to say goodbye to my parents and loved ones, not having the chance to take my A Levels despite the fact that I have already studied one year for it, heck I'd even regret not finishing the FSOG series. I guess when we read about such things only then do we not take our own lives for granted.

The kids who were shot...some of them must have been thinking of what they were going to do after school with their friends or family. They could have been waiting to go home and watch their favourite cartoon on TV. They were probably looking forward to Christmas. Maybe their parents had already gone Christmas shopping for them. Can you imagine how lonely the parents affected will feel this Christmas? It's unimaginable...the pain and the sadness. :(

Well, I pray that no other incident of such sort will happen again. The world may not end in 2012...but humanity certainly seems to be ending.

12/12/12

Happy 12/12/12 people! :D Numerology wise, it's a special day today 'cause there will be no repeated date such as this for a LONG time. I don't think my generation will be alive to see the next  millennium.

Went to school today to do some homework as I can't concentrate at home. My study partners were Mazi and Mabel. This is the second time Mabel snuck into JJC to study. xD

I wanted to discuss about 2 of the issues from the movie "The Greatest". The first issue is death. Life is the most fragile thing on Earth. Even more fragile than relationships, in my opinion. You never know when something might cause you to lose your life. What if...tomorrow never comes?

The movie made me realise that whatever I do everyday counts. And that I have to make every second of my life worthwhile so that if I were to die tomorrow I'd leave with no regrets. Gotta live like it's my last day everyday. :) And cherish every moment with my loved ones. :) But this doesn't mean I am going to party and drink and say YOLO. To cherish life means to do something meaningful with your life, not waste it away partying.

And the 2nd issue I want to discuss is the whole teenage pregnancy thing. Yes, I know people get carried away when they're in love but I think it's really dumb to not think of the consequences. If you are not able to support a child at such a young age, why get knocked up?! Like Paige from X Factor. She had a child at such a young age and she didn't marry the father of her child. I just don't get it...I will never let that happen to me. I wouldn't want my child to ask me where is daddy and why doesn't she have a dad like all the other children. :/

A good accident

Long time no post. I was on the computer yesterday when a pop up from Funshion popped up. I thought I clicked the cancel button but actually I had accidentally clicked on one of the movie they were recommending me to watch. So the movie started to load. I would've canceled it if the beginning scene hadn't been so eye catching. The movie was called "The Greatest" and indeed it was one of the greatest movies I have ever watched in the romance and drama genre. Some accidents are good :D

 THE GREATEST tells the story of Allen and Grace Brewer, a grief-stricken couple whose family has been pushed to the breaking point by the death of their older son, Bennett, in a car crash. When a young woman, Rose, shows up a few months later announcing that she is pregnant with Bennetts child, the Brewers are forced to take her in. At first, Roses presence threatens to tear the family even further apart but, eventually, her interaction with each of the Brewers proves to be the very thing that brings them back together. 

I know it doesn't sound that great from the synopsis above, but you must watch it to feel it. Cried at many parts. I would rate it 5/5. Definitely worth watching :) 

I have many issues from that movie that I'd like to discuss in my blog but not today. My mom is nagging at me to go shower and then do my homework. I'll probably blog tomorrow. Buh-bye :)

Here's the trailer: 

English and it's relevance to our society

Since I've decided to stay at home for the next few days in order to get into the study mood, I won't have much to update in terms of what I've been up to. So instead I shall talk about my opinions on certain issues. Thanks Ming Sen for suggesting that I do so. :)

I know the title of this post sounds like I am going to write a GP essay but fret not. I was watching this Bollywood movie last night called English Vinglish. It's new and I was upset 'cause I missed catching it in the theaters. One of my favourite actresses made a comeback in this film after not acting for about a decade. Also, the majority of the film was filmed in New York, which is one of my favorite places in the whole world(despite the fact that I haven't been there before). 

The protagonist, Shashi, is a housewife probably in her late 30s. Her whole family is fluent in conversing in the English language except for her and they often put her down because of it. Her daughter would make snide remarks about her pronunciation and was even embarrassed to bring her mother to her school for the Parent-Teacher meeting because the teachers usually speak in English and her mom can't. 

And then Shashi gets a phone call from New York. Her sister's daughter was going to get married. Shashi went to NY and enrolled herself in English classes. Soon, she made new friends there and also picked up English very quickly. Every sarcastic comment from her kids or her husband about her poor English would only motivate her to work harder. By the end of the four weeks, she was even able to give a long speech in fluent English at her niece's wedding. 

She said something in her speech that struck a chord with me and thus, I remember it.     " Family should make you feel good about yourself. Not put you down. They should respect you..."

Her daughter started to cry out of guilt when Sashi said that because she had often hurt her mom with her inconsiderate comments. 

This brings me to the point that I wanted to discuss. The importance of English in our society today. English is an international language. 

914,398,325

That's the number of people in the world that can speak English. I did some research. Haha. In order to survive in America and UK, it is most necessary to be able to speak and understand English. Let me give you an illustration by telling you what happened to Sashi when she went to New York before she learned English. Check out this short clip. Don't worry, it's in English :D

So if you have seen the clip, you can see how much it really sucks - the feeling of helplessness when you can't express your thoughts to another person. From young till now, I have always tried to keep my English up to standard so that I never have to face similar situations, especially because I want to live in US/UK next time. 

I am sad to say however, that my mom is not really good at English. She knows the necessary stuff and can carry out a conversation but if she was in Shashi's place in the video, she wouldn't know what to say either. :/ I made her watch this movie with me, hoping to positively influence her. 

The other day my mom and I went to a tailor's shop and asked if she sews curtains. She said yes so we asked her another question. The lady stuttered and stumbled and couldn't even form a proper sentence to tell us what she wanted to say. So my mom apologized to her and we walked away. The lady lost a customer because she couldn't communicate. I am not blaming her. I am just trying to make my point that even for those people who are already out of school, it's never too late to go back to school like Shashi and equip yourself with something that's going to help you in the long run! :)

This also brings me to something that I have in my bucket list. A few years after graduating from University, I plan to go to Bangladesh and teach the kids there English for free. You know, the ones in villages, who can't afford to go to school. I really hope that I will be able to carry this out. Helping people can be so rewarding :)

I also think that us students, who are still studying, should not neglect the English language. Yes, we can get by fine with broken English or Singlish in Singapore but what if you're sent overseas to conferences next time? Written English and spoken English are equally important! :)

I shall end my long blog post here. Till next time. 

PSYched at Marina Bay Sands

Chin and I reached MBS 2 hours before the gates would be opened to let the audience in. I wasn't surprised to see that the queue had already started. So Chin and I queued up and talked crap to spend the next two hours. Before we knew it, it was already 6pm and the bag checks had already started. After that we had to wait for two more hours for PSY to appear. By then my legs were aching like crazy from all the standing ><

But thanks to our early queuing we got relatively good standing postions!! I just envy the MBS members who got the VIP standing positions cus they were the closest to the stage. The show started with hosts Jean Danker and Dominique Lau. They introduced O School, a dance centre, and their crew performed Gangnam Style. After that one of the dancers taught the audience how to do the dance steps for the chours step-by-step.

However, it was really difficult for most of us to try it out because it was so squeezy that we could hardly move. xD And after that PSY came up on stage, the audience welcoming him with loud cheers and applause! The audience included toddlers sitting on their parents' shoulders, kids, teens, young adults, adults, and even the elderly! HAHA.

The first song PSY sang was Champion and it was my first time hearing it. It's really Catchy!! All of us were jumping up and down with our light-sticks. Mine was yellow. After that he sang Right Now. This was UH-mazing too!! Super duper catchy and club-worthy. Lastly he sang Gangnam Style. Let's just say doing the dance with him right in front of me, is way different from doing it while watching him doing it on TV. I was just watching him at the MAMA awards last night, where he won song of the year!

                                                                         Chin and I

It was an amazing night and I am so glad that I was a part of his first concert in Singapore. <3 i="i"> 

Movies, getting tickets to concert, and watching a play

Tuesday:

On Tuesday, I had to accompany my mom to Bukit Timah to buy some furniture for our house in the morning. After that, I came back home and Brielle and Wendy came over to my house to watch movies and catch-up. We watched a scary movie first, at Brielle's request. It's called The Sixth Sense. Let me rate it. 4.5/5. :) I really liked it cus the kid in the movie was so cute. I wanted to hug/squeeze him. And the twist at the end was awesome! :) Totally unexpected unless you already read the Sypnosis like Wendy did. LOL.

After that we watched Mean Girls. That movie never gets old. Anyways, Brielle hadn't watched it before. After the movie Wendy and I were like "Welcome to our world. You may finally know how it feels to be us. Stuck among all these plastics." We ate a lot of snacks while watching the movie. :( I worry that I may resemble a hippo by the end of this holiday. 

I always love it when Wendy, Brielle and I come together. 

Wednesday: 

Wednesday was a busy busy day. Had to wake up at 8.30 and start preparing to go to Marina Bay Sands (MBS). So Chin and I met up at 10am and took the train to Bayfront station and we found the Sands Expo and Convention centre really fast. We thought we'd get lost. The queuing up for the tickets for the concert would start at 12pm and Chin and I arrived with at least 10 mins to spare. Contrary to my beliefs, the queue wasn't as long as I thought it would be. We were told to queue up according to our surnames. And I was the first one starting with P. It was pretty hassle free. :) Here's my ticket. :D

After that Chin and I went to the new shopping mall at Buona Vista. It looks nice from outside but I didn't really like it inside. :/ Not a very happening mall. I still like Jurong Point better. 

And then after that I went back home to shower and change clothes and then met up with Brielle at Jurong Point to take the train to City Hall. We were like, the first two audience members to arrive. xD We had to walk around and talk crap to entertain ourselves. Wendy arrived just before 7.30pm, which was when the play 4sterhome was supposed to start. My class girls, Zhiqi, Shamira, and Mazi had yet to arrive and it was raining! Since a few other audience members where also MIA, the organizers delayed the starting time to 7.40pm and the girls made it! :D 

We all got to watch this play for free thanks to Nurul, who was involved in the play. So thanks Nurul! :) The play was really awesome. It started out really intense and it talked about issues like cutting, bulimia, depression, wanting to die etc. I'm sure it struck a chord with everyone there. In one of the scenes, two of the actors did this really intense contemporary dance that left me, Zhiqi and Shamira covering our mouths as we gasped. Haha! Let's just say there was some violence. 

Towards the end of the play, the play got more humorous and the audience had a good laugh. I am so glad I didn't listen to my mother when she told me not to go for it. xD The adults aren't always right. :P 

Afterwards, Brielle, Wendy and I bid the other girls goodbye and we went clubbing at Clarke Quay.

JOKING. HAHA. We walked around the streets of Clarke Quay and talked. And Wendy laughed like a mad person. I still don't know why. HAHA. Then the other two had dinner (I was too full to eat) and then we set sail for home. It was such a beautiful night, and the river view was so breathtaking that I honestly did not want to go home. 

Reached home at about 11.30PM. :X 

Wednesday was really an awesome day, I must say. :)

Thursday: 

Planned to go gyming and then study with Ru in the afternoon. But the plan was foiled by my mom who needed me to go places with her again. -.- So I went to Boon Lay to do grocery shopping with mom and then to Hong Kah. I HATE grocery shopping. >< What a boring morning. When I came home I could have gone out with Ru to study but in the end I had a splitting headache so I took an afternoon nap instead. 

Woke up at 5pm and realised that An's flight must have left alr! I cursed under my breath and scrambled to text him goodbye. He didn't reply so I must have missed him. Damn :/

Ok now I'm going to rant. An went to Vietnam, Brielle is going to Hong Kong this Saturday, Jessica is going to Japan with our school's guitar club, Limin is in Auckland, Quan is also in Vietnam, Rennes is in China, and Yvonne is in Perth. :X And I am stuck in Singapore. Can't wait for after A Levels, I wanna go overseas!! 

Ok, I'm done ranting now. Shall go and watch TV. Think there's a new movie on. :)

Toodles. :)

Gym and PSY at Marina Bay Sands

Went to the gym this morning with Chin and his bro Kai. Worked out after what felt like ages. Damn my weight :(

AND AND AND Psy is coming to Singapore and holding a free concert at Marina Bay Sands but only 4000 people can get in! And and and I got in! :D SO excited! And I told my classmates and close friends and the drama peeps to go for it too on FB but they were either not online or not interested. However, Chin also got in! So this Wednesday we have to go down to MBS to get the tickets and the concert is on SATURDAY. I can't wait! I love the Muttons because they're the ones  that announced how to get the tickets on FB. :)

And on Wednesday evening I am also going to watch Nurul's play Foster Home. Wednesday is going to be a LOVELY day. :)

Literature retreat

Back from Literature Retreat! 

It was pretty awesome! 

First Day:

Our drama coach was called Mitch and he was from Inward Bound, which by the way, is the same company that we worked with for our drama SYF. We started the day off by playing games which were really fun. Had me in stitches. And then we play role-playing games which was really fun too! And in the late afternoon we were separated into different groups and we started to do more serious acting.

In the evening, we went to the Singapore Repertory Theater to watch the play God of Carnage. 

I know it doesn't look that grand on the outside but it's really grand on the inside. :)

                                                     Sat with Mazi on the bus

More pictures can be found on my Facebook page. Created an album. :)

2nd day:

On the 2nd day each group picked themes that they would like to work with and my group picked Acceptance and Time. 

At the end of the lit retreat there was a showcase where each group acted out our play for all the other groups from other classes and teachers and coaches to see. My group's play was about accepting Homosexuality. 

Other plays that were awesome include Wendy's group's play. Wen Lin was damn funny!! Overall the play had me in stitches. And Douglas and Matthew were just UH-MAZING. 

So yea, the lit retreat was awesome and a big boohoo for those lit students who couldn't or didn't wanna go. :P

Ps. Adrian Pang and Lea Salonga are such awesome actors. They acted in God of carnage! I have never laughed so much during a play in my life. :D And never heard so many vulgarities on stage either. 5/5 stars man! 

Last day of school!!

Last day of school baby! :) 

Today was Ms. Aisha's last day at school so our class presented her with a board that has all our pictures stuck on them as well a personal message. Mr Ang is also leaving next year so we also prepared one for him. 

After that I went to IMM with my mom and met up with Wendy. We window shopped there and then went to Jurong POint to continue shopping. Mom went home on her own. I tried on this dress at Cache Cache and fell in love with it. I shall lose some weight and then go and buy it next month. PLEASE WAIT FOR ME DRESS. DON'T LET ANYONE ELSE BUY YOU. 

Somehow my legs are aching a lot from all the walking around. I am such a weakling. :/ Anyways, it's the Lit retreat tmr!! Can't wait!! :) 

Unlucky days, lit retreat and a play to catch!

 Hey guys. I got bad news. I didn't win the lucky draw :( There goes my chance to go to LA. :( Never mind. I will go there when I am older. I swear! 

Anyways, I can't wait for the literature retreat this weekend! It sounds like so much fun! Hopefully I will be able to act because I know this retreat will involve a lot of drama. 

And secondly, I am going to watch Nurul act in a play this coming Nov 28. Can't wait for that too! Love being involved in the aesthetics~  

General Paper lectures are so damn boring these days. I WANT MR SHERMANN BACK ><

He's the only one that can make lessons a bit less dry. 

Guess I will go and do my chemistry now or something. 3 days to Holidays! 

YesKids! CIP and The Voice USA Grand Finals

The Voice USA is having their grand finals this December and 987FM is giving away an all expense paid ticket to Los Angeles! :D And all we have to do is be the first one to call in when the cue is given. And guess what? I was the first one to call in on 16 NOV. However, there is still one more qualifying round to go. I will have to call in on 19 NOV as well. PLEASE let me get in. I want this so bad! 

Firstly, I really want to go to America. I haven't been there before! And LOS ANGELES is the city of dreams, it's Holly freaking Wood. This is the opportunity of a lifetime. And it would be the perfect end to 2012 for me.

Secondly, I am 18 and haven't done anything exciting with my life before. Traveling abroad alone would be so damn cool. :) 

Thirdly, I really love the Voice, the judges and the contestants! Seeing all of them upclose would be a dream come true. 

BUT my parents are saying that even if I DO get the ticket, they won't let me go. Some bullshit about safety issues. I think I will be more safe there then here. Because If i DO get the ticket and I don't go, I will go insane and commit suicide. -.- I am not kidding. It will be a regret for the rest of my life and I don't want to regret this for the rest of my life. 

If I get the ticket and I don't go, I will feel so f*ked up. :) 

The YesKids CIP project that we all have been preparing for for the past week, culminated in a success today! I think the kids enjoyed themselves! :) And I met two new nice guys called Wei Hao and Cynric. They were really good with the kids :))

Now...random stuff about X Factor: 

Firstly, Jennel and Lyric 145 went home from X factor!  So upsetting...

Secondly, Jennel and Drew are together! So cool! :D

Winter Time is hiring people for their NorthPoint fair again and my boss asked if we want to work again. I am considering going with Wei Chin. :) He suddenly says he wants to work. Why not eh? :) 

Well, toodles, I shall go YouTube or something :)

X Factor Live Week 5 review

Jennel's song: Proud Mary by Tina Turner 

My views: It suited her personality so it was a good choice. She totally rocked it so I feel like she's safe and definitely won't be in the bottom two. My only problem is I felt like the song is not relevant enough but that doesn't really matter I guess. :)

Tate Stevens' song: From this Moment by Shania Twain

My views: Once again, I feel that the song wasn't relevant enough. However, that doesn't really matter because Tate is awesome in his own way and he sings with such emotions it can bring tears to one's eyes. This song was a tribute to the love of his life, his dear wife and I bet she is really proud! Simon Cowell even said that he would be happy to sign the $5 million cheque and give it to Tate! So all the best to Tate, he is definitely something different and worth keeping in the competition! 

Diamond's song: Halo by Beyonce

My views: Awesome song choice! Diamond gave a really strong performance. It's not easy to live up to Beyonce's standards but she did pretty well! Like L.A said, she had "...really big shoes to fill." No bottom two for her! No way in hell. 

Ps. I liked her earrings. :D

Beatrice Miller's song: Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper

My views: Nice song choice, I liked it. It wasn't too impressive but it is X Factor worthy. And Beatrice definitely has potential. She just has to keep practicing and growing. One of my favourites. She deserves to stay. 

Girls Day Out on Deepavali

Thanks to the Deepavali holiday, I got to catch up with old secondary school friends. :)

So I headed to Vivocity to meet Fuxuan, Hao Yuin, Li Jiao and Wan Ling. After visiting shops like Forever 21 and Kiss Jane, we decided to leave the crowded shopping mall and go to Chinese garden for some peace and serenity. 

Was glad to see Wan Ling after so long :)

Besides admiring the beautiful scenery, we played truth or dare minus the dares and talked about a lot of serious stuff like relationships, school stuff, our future careers and plans. Love such meaningful talks. We also joked around too. :)

We were sitting in a pagoda when it started to rain so other visitors started to stream in too. We started playing Truth or Truth and I got the question "Who in this room would you rather date?" And I had to awkwardly look around and make my decision. Thank goodness there was someone young and okay-looking xD Otherwise I would have to point to one of the old uncles. -.- 

Okay, I am seriously in Holiday mood already. I don't feel like going to school except maybe to see my friends :(

Those people who didn't do too well for the Physics promos' will have to go for revision tomorrow after school. AND we would also have to revise beforehand. Do I look like I have the mood to revise?? Oh and I decided not to work this holiday so that I can focus on my studies and have time to relax and gym etc. If I tire myself out by working this holiday, neither will I be able to complete my revision nor will I be able to relax. This way I will burn out very easily next year :(

Task List for today: 

1) Finish reading Fifty Shades of Grey (I am in love with the characters, don't judge)

2) Revise Physics >< urgh~

Last day at work

This is kind of belated but I shall blog about the last day at work. 

I knew what to expect at work on the last day...a hurricane. And a hurricane of customers it was. They came in, touched all the scarves and created a mess that us poor things had to clean up. :/ 
The day passed by quickly. Before leaving, I managed to get my fellow colleagues' Facebooks. And I was pretty glad about that because they are quite nice. :) All the best to Javier and Angel for their O Level results! :)

Then Meiyi, Rennes, Wendy and I cabbed home. It was a pretty expensive ride so we're lucky that the Winter Time people are going to refund us the taxi fare. I reached home at about 1.10am in the morning. One of the latest I have reached home ever. 

Still waiting for salary. I DO wish it would come soon. At the end of the day, even with the aching legs, the experience was worth it. :) 

Fifty shades of Scarves

Since I have worked in the scarves department at the Winter Time Expo Fair and survived, I shall dedicate a whole post to pictures of scarves! xD Here goes:

Feelings are dumb

So I was reading Fifty Shades of Grey and I realised that minus the overly descriptive sex scenes, the plot is actually quite nice! *spoiler alert*

I was on the verge of tears when Anastasia was crying over Christian. Poor girl :( In love with a guy that wants to whip her for pleasure o.O *shudders* Someone said it's like Twilight. I beg to differ actually. This is much more easy to relate to because it's a human being and not a vampire! 

I really want to know what Christian looks like! He sounds so hot in the book. :X I wonder if they will turn this into an R-rated movie next time. And I wonder if I will actually watch it...

Anyways, going for work tomorrow. I need all the luck I can get. xD

1st and 2nd day at work

First day at work: 

Met Rennes outside JJC and we headed to Jurong East to take a train to Expo. My head was aching but I thought that it would be gone in a few hours time. Wendy thought that Rennes and I would be late but we arrived pretty much on time, thankfully. Upon arrival, I realised that I was overdressed. 

Our boss Pat, asked us to have our lunch first before starting work. The good thing about this job is that the meals are all provided and the food is quite good. Like, they had rice with egg, chicken, vegetables etc for lunch and for dinner they had 3 different types of noodles! Rennes and I were both posted to the hat department so we started work by taking hats out of their packaging and hanging them on the racks. There were a lot of them!! We finished just nice at 10.30pm. And my head continued throbbing all the way. It was exhausting. 

Originally my mom had asked me not to go for the job, and I was beginning to regret not listening to her. 

2nd day at work: 

On the second day, Wendy, Meiyi, Lapat and Sapol joined us for work. However, they shifted me to the scarves department. Standing for 12 hours straight is no joke. The soles of my feet were aching so bad I almost died. Every 3 hours I would take a toilet break just so that I could sit down and rest my feet. -.-

I was starting to get grumpy too. I have never folded so many clothes in my 18 years of life before.  When I worked at Sheng Siong and after working here, I realised the importance of studying. Because if I don't do well for my A Levels, I'm going to have to do such jobs and I swear I will hate my life. 

I guess the experience itself would have been cooler if so much physical pain wasn't involved. I'm not the only one who complained of aching bodies, I think everyone was. The best part was when I met really nice people like Angel, Javier and Stephanie from the scarf department. Angel and Javier are classmates and they are currently in the midst of their O levels. It would be so cool if they actually come to Jurong JC next time :D Steph is currently in ITE. 

The scarf department got scolded at the end of the night for slacking and talking too much. I have a point to make: Yes, we should get scolded for slacking. But as for the talking, if we kept silent our throbbing legs would make us feel horrible. By chit chatting we were able to distract ourselves from the misery. And anyways when you make new friends you are bound to chat a bit. 

I arrived at JP with Meiyi at 12.30. There were no more buses I could take home. I would have had to take a taxi if Meiyi's uncle didn't drive me home. So thankful to Meiyi and her uncle, aunt and dad for sending me all the way to the bus stop nearest to my house. 

Another lesson learned: When I grow up, I must buy a car as soon as possible. 

3rd day at work: 

Today's the third day and I didn't go. I was too tired, and my feet were aching like *insert vulgarity* So I went to the doctor's to get an MC. I'm going to work tomorrow. And tomorrow I am going to be more optimistic because it's the last day. I am going to entertain every single customer that comes my way. I am not going to slack or chit chat with my new friends. I am not going to grumble even if I have to fold the scarves a thousand times. I will be initiative. Oh, and at the end of the day I must get Angel, Javier and Steph's Facebooks. I can't afford to lose touch with such nice people. 

Ps. My doctor had bulging muscles...how distracting. :/

Holiday Job Hunting and Oral Presentation

On Tuesday, I went job hunting with Wendy and her classmates Meiyi, Rennes, Lapat and Lapat's bro Po. Actually It's ___po but I can't remember what's in front. OOps. 

All of them are such nice people so I didn't feel awkward at all. And I already know Meiyi because she was in my orientation group and Rennes was from drama. :) We talked about funny stuff on the MRT on the way to Tai Seng. Teased Rennes about An, asked Rennes who her actual crush is (she didn't say), talked about scary movies such as PA4, The Shining, Looper etc. 

And we all got the job. Hooray! :D Can't reveal too much details because we signed one of those confidentiality forms. However, I can reveal that we are working for Winter Time. 

Will be working there tomorrow, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Will blog about my experiences on Monday after school :) 

Had my Oral Presentation today! We have rehearsed a lot of times but even an hour before the actual thing, our nerves were getting the better of us. I was stumbling, stuttering and fumbling while practicing. On the brighter side, the actual one went way smoother. However, I think I may have talked too fast. 

Now, I have some complaining to do. When we were the audience for the other two groups, I don't know about my other team mates but I know that Steph and I were giving encouraging nods and giving them small smiles. And after each speaker was done, my group would clap for them. But when it was our turn, they didn't even bother to. And no encouraging nod whatsoever. Seriously? 

I & R submission is this Friday and after that, it's all over!! One of the highlights of a JC student's life. The end of PW. Haha, shall go and sleep now. Nights :) 

Choices and regrets

Ok, so I am beginning to regret not doing well enough for the O Level exams to get into Ngee Ann Poly's mass communication course. I am regretting not choosing to go to Singapore Poly's Mass communication or Creative Writing for Television and New Media. THAT is me. Not the girl who is pretending to be interested in Physics, Chemistry and Math. Lies. A facade. 

I honestly considered asking my mom should I go to poly next year. I know it's a waste of time but I am worried that I may not get the jobs I want in the future if I don't have a diploma in it. I mean what good is a degree in Physics, Chemistry and Maths going to do in the media industry? Yes, I can take Mass Communication in University but I know that Poly covers more ground while at University they are concentrating more on Journalism and Public Relations. D: 

However, I have decided to trust God, or fate (if there is such a thing). I will study in JC and take Mass Comm. in Uni and pray that I still get the jobs I want. People may wonder why am I worrying abt it so fast, when I am still in year 1 of JC. Well, I like to think ahead. Because if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. If I don't succeed in the Singapore media industry I am going to New York, I swear. 

Speaking of New York, my aunt from New York called and said that although she has been affected by Hurricane Sandy, she and her family is safe. :) Thank goodness. phew~

OMG, the new Bollywood movie Shirin Aur Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi is being shown on TV for the first time! Yay! Watching it now! :)

Anyways, my class is doing our class CIP this November. We're organizing fun profession related activities for kids from Primary 4 to 6. Since I was in drama last time, I am in charge of the Actor profession along with Steph, Jasmine and Vanessa. So we have to come up with a script so that the kids can act according to it. Jasmine decided to take a scene out from Avengers, and I decided to take a scene out of Harry Potter. I picked a scene from the Goblet of Fire. I hope the kids like it :D 

A trip to the clinic

Went to the doctor's with my mom today. We arrived at 8.58am. The clinic was supposed to be open at 9am. Guess what? It opened at about 9.15, and then the doctor came at 9.40. What is this? Whatever happened to being punctual? Time is precious people!

The worst part is that there was a woman clutching at her stomach and groaning in pain. I felt so scared for her...it seemed really serious! My mom and I had the first queue number and she had the 2nd one. But since I felt scared for her I asked my mom if she was willing to let her go first. My mom said okay so we let her go first :)

Damn, I can't write much, got a splitting headache :( Bye, will blog again soon!

Boo! Did I scare you?

Ok so it's Halloween and every year, I celebrate it by watching scary/magical movies. I know it's not very exciting. xD

Anyways, so I re-watched Freaky Friday and I watched Paranormal Activity 3 with Chin at my house yesterday. Today I watched Paranormal Activity 4 with Xiao Tian at the cinema theater. I must say I expected more...the storyline was pretty similar to PA3. The funny part is that there were only 10 or 11 people in the theatre. And all of us were sitting at the back row. HAHA. Would've loved it if An had come 'cause I invited him but he didn't check his phone. :( He only checked it after the movie was over.

So I am eating plums and a banana for dinner. And sipping a cup of coffee. Diet for the win. Problem is I can't stick to it.

Anyways, check out Bridgit Mendler. Been a fan of her since she was in Lemonade Mouth but she finally escaped from Disney and has her first album for mainstream radio. The songs Hurricane, Ready or Not, and 5:15 are must listens.

Had PW oral presentation today, in front of a new teacher so all of us got quite nervous. Not good. Will have to try and be brave for the actual one. Anyways, after the movie I was queuing up for bus number 198 and guess who joined me at the queue? Miss JUNE! She's one of the teacher's in charge of the Emcee course I took last time! And she's the one who just recently gave me my first opportunity as an Emcee! I will be doing it next year. Will update with my experiences when the time comes. I always complain that I don't get enough opportunities so I better not screw up when I DO get a chance to host!

Miss June and I were both going to alight at the JJC bus stop so I chatted with her all the way about movies, good GP teachers vs. Bad GP teachers etc. There's something about her, she's so approachable. :)

Anyways, I am going to go watch a Bollywood movie on Funshion now. Ciao. :)

Mother Tongue A Level & Hurricane Sandy

Had my Mother Tongue A Level today and...it didn't go too well. I studied the ENTIRE book of idioms and there was 120 of them. 2 were tested from there for today's paper. The other two idioms...I have never seen before in my life. The last one...I had seen it before but it wasn't from the book which I studied so I forgot what it meant. There goes my six marks. And then the vocab and sentence construction was shitty too. :(

Never mind, I just want to pass. I will get As for my PCML next year. :) I thought I would be the only Bengali taking the paper in JJC but there was another girl too! She's in J2 but she's retaking the paper 'cause she flunked it last year. She seemed so sweet, I would love to be friends with her :D Unfortunately...I didn't even ask for her name and I can't remember her class. I just know that she takes Arts.

I was supposed to watch Paranormal Activity 4 with Chin after my exam but he messaged me and said that he couldn't make it because he had a stomach ache. So there went my plans. Besides, I was looking forward to meeting Chin because I was about to disclose two of my deepest darkest secrets to him. But maybe today's plan was foiled because it wasn't meant to be. Maybe I'll just take them to my grave. The reason I chose to tell Chin out of all my other friends is because I think he is the only one who can relate..I THINK.

So instead, I went to get new glasses with mom. My current one is totally scratched. Can't wait to get my new ones tomorrow. An was suggesting that I should get cat-eyed ones. Haha, his suggestion came a bit too late. Besides, it wouldn't suit my round face. Speaking of An, he recently dressed up as a nun for Halloween, he looked awesome xD If a guy can pull off the nun look, he can :D

I don't feel like doing my I & R, screw PW alr. :(

Anyways. Watch the next few videos. I laughed until I teared. I love these people.

Now onto a more serious topic, Hurricane Sandy. It's horrible :( And I know it affected those in New York, and my Aunt stays there. I just hope she is safe!! Will ask mom to call her up tomorrow. May the Lord be with her. And the rest of America.

Sicko

SO recently my General Paper teacher Mr Shermann had shown us a documentary film called Sicko. It was his last lesson with us for the year and in my opinion, he couldn't have chosen a better film to leave us with. I know the title sounds perverted but it's the SICK they are focusing on. Guess the title was cleverly used to get attention;

Ok so what the documentary focused on is the difference between the Healthcare systems in the US of A and the healthcare systems in the Britain, France, Italy and even Cuba. This might seem boring but it really struck a chord with me. I love the UK's NHS system and no, the quality of healthcare isn't as bad as they make it out to be. Maybe instead of shifting to America in the future I will shift to the UK. We'll see how it goes. 

Perks of Being a Wallflower

On Tuesday night, instead of doing my homework, I stayed up till 1.30 am to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower because I was supposed to watch the movie with Brielle and Wendy at the cinema at Jcube the next day. 

The movie was awesome!! Totally touching and I can relate a lot. 

                                                             The heartbreaks
                           "I'm really in love with Sam and it hurts very much..." - Charlie

                                                 The friendship problems

                                                       The family issues

A very unfortunate thing happened though, and I had to rush back home immediately after catching the movie because of that. However, I felt guilty of leaving Brielle and Wendy 'cause we had been planning the movie outing for so long and we rarely see Brielle since he is in ACJC. Thankfully, they followed me to wherever I needed to go.

Ok fine, I shall not be secretive. I had to comfort a friend because she retained. :( Sigh, why does it happen to all the nice people?

But life's not over, I am sure she will come back more hardworking next year. 

                                                        The Amazing Trio :D

7 Things You Should Know About Me

1. I used to have a brother...Peter. He was older than me by seven years. He, unfortunately passed away in his infancy. My mother does not like to talk about it much, so I am unsure about the cause of his death. I just know it had something to do with milk. Choking maybe? Damn, I would have liked to have an older brother. 

2. My crushes ALWAYS find out I am crushing on them. Some find out through me, some find out through my friends. Wendy disclosed two of them in secondary school. Thanks a lot dear. At first it is always awkward, but then we become friends after that. For most cases. There are some losers that just can't bear to be in my presence after that. But to hell with these kind of losers eh? 

3. I have been in love before. For real. In Secondary school. But it was unrequited so this topic depresses me. I shan't elaborate any further. 

4. I have read Fifty Shades of Grey. Not the whole thing, just pages 77 to 94, which basically is a ___ scene. I was bored one day, and decided to read that book for fun. I had read pages 1 to 10 before and found it rather boring. So I flipped to page 77 because 7 is my lucky number. And Viola! They were talking about signing a contract between them so that no one else except them finds out that they are going to do "that thing". -.- So I was like, who the hell signs a contract about such things? And somehow I kept reading...and couldn't stop. SO whatever little purity I had, I lost it all as I read the next pages. :( Curiosity and too much time on its hand, killed the cat. 

5. I almost turned to the dark side when I was young. You see, I met this guy on Habbo Hotel last time. He told me he is a Satanist, and that he can control the four elements. And that he can tap into black magic. I don't know what got into me, but I tried to do whatever he told me to do so that I can control the elements too. I know it involved meditating a lot. Then one day I got scared and snapped out of it, prayed to God for forgiveness and stopped talking to that Habbo guy. Ps. He was my longest Habbo relationship, and I had become emotionally attached. So it was pretty hard withdrawing from him. :( Haha!

6. I want to either be a singer or the editor of a fashion magazine. I am not a brilliant vocalist and neither do I have incredible fashion taste so I wonder how and if I will even achieve these dreams. Sigh. There are other things I don't mind being either. Like, an Author or an English teacher. But it HAS to be in the media or creative industry. NO engineering or whatever for me. 

7. I REALLY am  obsessed with the idea of living in America. My aunt lives in New York so I really want to shift to her house after A Levels so that I can apply to an University over there. :) Fingers crossed that this can actually happen :)

Random post

Went to Jurong Point with Judy today after school to buy something. Shan't reveal what it was here. :P Then after that she came to my house. 

Anyways, I was flipping through the newspapers today and guess who was mentioned in it? There was an article on the comedy scene in Singapore and my emcee coach Mr Rishi was mentioned in it. :D 

"Rishi Budharani, who won the 2012 Hong Kong Comedy Competition...first comedian to win an international competition outside of Singapore" 

You go Mr Rishi! :D 

No School! :D

There was no school today, yay! Went to Jurong East with mom in the morning and bought some new clothes and stuff. :) And then Fuxuan came over to my house in the afternoon after her dance practice and we watched Mirror Mirror together on Funshion. We're late, I know. But I must say it's a feel-good movie that everyone should watch. The Bollywood themed song and dance at the end was unexpected but fun xD

Also, I watched Cocktail yesterday and I ADORE that movie. The cast was awesome, the location of the film, the storyline...everything was amazing. Totally my type of Romance movie. Thumbs up :D

The results of the X Factor TOP 16 who are going to the Live Shows was released today and I am pretty satisfied, most of my favorites got in. Except for Nick Youngerman...I was kinda disappointed/bummed that he did not get in but Willie did. Oh well, I guess Willie deserves the chance too. That being said, Nick should TOTALLY come back again next year and try to make it to the live shows. I believe he will have a big fan base. 
                                                                                                                                               

The promotional exercise results are going to be out tomorrow. I really do hope I make it to J2. Fingers crossed. I passed everything overall so I SHOULD be safe. Really hope all my friends and classmates make it out alive with me too. It wouldn't be the same with anyone missing. :(
                                                                                                                                                  

Wendy and I are applying for jobs during the holidays. :) Love the feeling of earning money ._. And of course, the experience would look good on my resume in the future. Just hope that I can manage my holiday homework and revision AND the job at the same time.