I think the most exciting part of prom for me was the part where I shopped for my prom clothes. XD On the morning of the prom, the girls and I gathered at Zhiqi's house to dress up and get ready. Putting on nail polish was such a pain. Once ready, the 7 of us(Shamira, Zhiqi, Mazi, Neeran, Ella, Jessica and I) took a maxi cab(better than a taxi but little less glam than a limo) down to the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel.
Pretty right? I didn't take this photo though!
Kudos to all the girls for dressing up so well! There were so many stunning girls :) I don't like taking photos with people that much though, so I only have a few photos (self conscious). Warning: The lighting was bad!
With the class clique <3 nbsp="">
With lit classmate, Meena :)
Why didn't I consider wearing a sari? I think there was this Chinese girl who wore a sari? Shame on myself xD
With classmate of 6 years, Jasmine(:
With the gorgeous Rinittha
Best friend of almost 6 years, Judy <3 td="">
With S20! Gonna miss u all :(
With my OG mates :)
With guitar mate Nishan :)
With Ming Sen :)
With Zhiqi :)
With the sweet Nasuha <3 nbsp="">
with Priyanka :)
With Sid :)
That's all for the pictures! As I said, I didn't take many! One thing that really affected me is the realization that I probably won't speak to some of these people that I took photos with ever again? :( Regret not being able to find Meiyi, Jiamin and some of the drama people to take photos! :(
Heard many people went clubbing after that! :D Me and my girls went straight home though!
Congrats to Mok (Zhuan Ying) for winning prom Queen!! :) We screamed damn loud for her! :D
That's all for now :)
BTW my blog readings finally crawled up to my 10000! Whoots?
Okay, I suppose I can give out more information about my job from last week. Basically I was an event helper at the 3rd Singapore Symposium on Casino Regulation & Crime. Pretty heavy stuff.
Not everyone there was serious about it. The guest speakers and some of the audience members were all sitting upright in their seats but there were some who were dozing off blatantly. I am just going to assume they were really tired and sleep deprived. Otherwise, I don't think it is appropriate as representatives of your company, to just take off into lala land like that. Some were even worse, checking Facebook, Twitter, and whatnot, playing Candy Crush even for long periods of time. Excuse me but people flew in from America, Australia and other foreign countries for this conference, and you being a Singaporean are just sitting there twiddling your thumbs and playing with your phone? I really didn't want to judge but this made me very disappointed. But like I said, this was not the majority. So I am just shocked by the few who did this. Like, take your job seriously people.
The Australian representative was really nice :) He thanked me and the girls on his way out on the last day for the hospitality. We were almost too stunned to reply.
ANYWAYS, after the conference was over, Danielle, Seetoh, Wendy and I went for dinner at Eighteen Chefs at Tiong Bahru Plaza.
It was my first time eating there. According to Wendy and Danielle, Eighteen Chefs is a social enterprise. Apparently the chefs are ex-convicts. I am glad that such social enterprises exist because it gives these people who once strayed away from the right path a chance to return to a normal life, where they can feel pride in their work and earn a living. :)
I must say the food was delicious. They provide a lot of cheesy food items. As a cheese lover...I APPROVE. I got the student meal, which is quite affordable at $6.50. You can choose between cheese-baked rice(there are various flavours to choose from) and pasta(with many different sauce toppings). I chose the pasta since I haven't eaten pasta in a long time, with spicy tomato sauce and chicken sausage. The meal included a drink (iced lemon tea for me) and ice cream(OREO!!).
The four of us also got one plate of cheese fries and shared it(because it's always good to split the calories). So all in all, it was a very filling meal and I couldn't even finish my pasta. :( Definitely a place worth visiting again and again. Oh and the cheese fries we chose was double cheese. OH MY GOSH. IT WAS SINFUL.
Woah I really think I am going to miss Danielle and Seetoh (I get attached really easily) even though we only knew each other for two days. :( Wish them all the best for their As. :)
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Went prom shopping with Judy on Saturday. In the end I didn't get the THE DRESS I found the other time because I found another THE DRESS. Hahaha. I don't think you will understand what I am talking about unless you read my previous post. Ran into Zhiqi and her mom while at H&M!
A lot of us seem to be buying the same colour of dress. Dang it :/ Oh well, doesn't matter. I swear Judy and I are going to look like twins. Just that one is shorter, darker and fatter (me). xD We even unknowingly bought the same colour clutch xD HAHA.
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Went for an interview on Sunday. Money is good but it is commission based so it doesn't seem that appealing. Maybe no. Monday was really tiring because I ran around with my mom doing annoying things like paying bills and fixing her broken phone. Don't you just hate such adult-ish errands? Get used to it Jaslin, you're going to be one soon.
Also, mailed my application form to NUS. For an admin job, not an university application xD Pay is good!!
Today, I bought my accessories for prom and went for another job interview at Raffles Place, in the Standard Chartered building. First time entering the building, it is very impressive, I must say.
A recruitment company is situated there and they promised to sign Mabel and I up for a job that can earn us even more than the NUS one! It's an admin job with Singtel. Sounds good. :)
We have to wait for them to ask us to go down for an interview though! AND we have to pass the interview. This job has a lot of competition for it. But I believe I can make it? :) Mabel too! The interview might be anytime this week!
After the interview, Mabel and I ate at a North Indian restaurant called Nalan(purely vegetarian) It seems to be very popular, the place was packed!! Got a set meal for just $5.35 and man, it was hot, spicy, and finger-licking good! Only regret is not trying the Lassi and the Laddoo. D:
Beautiful tree
Mabel eating Briyani
Me with my awesome food!
So excited for prom tomorrow! :) Although I am kind of nervous too :X If you are not yet in the mood for prom, listen to the following songs/watch the videos. I swear you will get the mood :D
JUST TRY. To me, at the end of the day, even if you don't have that special someone, prom is meant to make you feel lovey-dovey. LOL. Not lonely, but lovey-dovey.
And if you don't want to feel lovey-dovey but just excited, this is the song for you :D
That's all for now! Will update after prom :) Toodles~
It is almost unbelievable but yes, A levels are over. I doubt I would ace it but I am an optimistic person (usually) so I will work with whatever grades I have obtained and see where I can go and what I can do with that. Why cry over spilled milk right? Life's too short for that.
After the last paper, Chemistry mcq, the girls and I went to watch Catching Fire! It was AWESOME. It totally made the book come to life. It was super intense throughout and I loved the cast's acting. (even Liam's and I don't like him 'cus of the Miley thing) Sam Claflin is just SO cute and I LOVED the old woman who played Mag. She was so adorable and I wanted to cry when she walked into the fog. I didn't feel that upset at that part when I read the book but the actress playing Mag made me feel so bad for her D:
I love Peeta-Katniss, especially after realising that Jen and Josh are real life friends outside of the movies and are very affectionate towards each other (as can be seen during their interaction in interviews and they have been friends since young). Go PEETNISS. (I hope you didn't read that wrongly)
After the movie we gave Maal her birthday present, which is less fattening than a cake. We bought her The Book Thief. Hope she likes the book!! HAPPY BELATED 18TH MAAL. :)
Today, I went for my first job after A Levels. Can't reveal details 'cus it's a high-profile event, but I suppose I can reveal more details once it's over, which is tmr. :) All I can say for now is that it was an international symposium with high-fliers and even foreign delegates. Is that too much info alr? D: Hope not! Don't want to get into trouble xD HAHA.
The job is not demanding except for the fact that we have to stand for long periods of time. The pay is pretty good and we get to hang around VIPs and even talk to them ("This way, sir.") and pass them water bottles and I get to oogle at the good looking ones and we are provided with three meals so LEG PAIN can be TOLERATED.
I can't seem to write in proper English anymore :/ Will work on it, gimme some time. I am using short forms everywhere -.-
OK so I had to wake up at 4.45am this morning to go to work but luckily work starts at 8am tmr so I can afford to wake up at 6. PHEW.
The person in charge at work, Daisy, is really nice and I also made friends with two awesome JC peeps called Danelle and Jia Xing. (not sure if I spelt that write). It's quite fun when u have awesome colleagues to chit chat with. I even played shoot-shag-marry with Jia Xing and we used the foreign delegates. Since we can't remember their names we called them Singapore, Macau, Nevada, and Australia based on the country they are from. HAHA. (you can't blame us, we were bored) Danelle seriously resembles my sec school classmate Janice. :O
The tea provided to us was awesome - donuts, chocolate cupcakes, wanton dumplings, fruit punch and tea. Huge thumbs up. (Y)
ANYWAYS. After the job ended, I went to look for my prom dress and I think I found THE ONE. I have decided not to buy a long flowy gown just because the theme is Hollywood. If you think practically, what are the chances of me wearing a long flowy gown again anytime soon? Very low. Maybe the next time would be my wedding. LOL.
So I have decided to go for something simple and practical instead. :) Haven't bought it yet though. Will probably get it when I go shopping with Judy this coming Saturday. Super excited!! :D
Will use my own hard-earned money from this job to buy the dress, makes me even more happy :)
After checking out the dress I headed to JE library and borrowed a book called "How to make it to the Top" - 'cus I really need to know. Actually I could have gone to the library another day when my feet isn't aching so badly but I felt a strange pull. Maybe it was fated because while I was browsing the book sections, I heard an announcement saying that there would be a live musical performance at the 4th floor.
Now, I'm a music-lover and really like to support musicians so I immediately headed up to watch the performance. Omg, it was stupendous. Basically they were a group that does improvised performances. Any one of them would start playing any random tune off of the top of their heads and the others would join in at random places to either contradict or complement each other. They did about 5 random pieces like that and all of them left my jaw on the ground. Luckily no one stepped on it.
And at the end they did something I would never have expected, they announced that they would invite an audience member up on stage with them to play the percussion instrument (something which doesn't require experience) and do an improv with them. AND THEY PICKED ME 'cus I was sitting right in front. Luckily after seeing my horrified face they invited another random audience member to do it with me. xD
At first I was very nervous of course but then slowly I got used to it. Unfortunately I was concentrating so hard on thinking of my own improv beats that I didn't get to enjoy the whole group's piece as a whole. Wish someone had recorded it and sent it to me :( never mind~
Today was quite a perfect day in my opinion, better than any of the last three weeks of mugging. Hopefully things continue to work out this way :)
