Preparation for Annual Road Race, meeting a DJ, and attending Adam Lambert's concert

If anyone wants to just read about the concert, scroll down! 

On Wednesday, I found out that I was selected to be one of the road marshals for JJC's annual road race, which would be held at Chinese and Japanese Garden this year! On the bright side, I wouldn't have to run the 4km race, on the negative side, being a road marshal isn't that fun either. But I guess it's easier than running such a long distance. So after school on Wednesday, the road marshals were taken to the location so that we can check out our stations. There will be two people at each station but I don't know who my buddy is yet. I hope it's Sapphy! :) I like my location, it's near the lake ^^ But I will be directly facing the sun  as it rises too -.- Made some new friends while I was there. Ingzhe(sp?), Neha and Jun Jie. :) Nice people!
But my legs were hurting afterwards and I got this HUGE blister which hurt like crap.
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On Thursday, the day started off badly as we got back our math test results, and although I passed it, it wasn't well done. Made several stupid careless mistakes. Will try and do better for the next math test...which is actually the common test. *gulp*
Next we had our PE lesson, during which we were supposed to run 10 laps around the school track (4km). Unfortunately the PE lesson started a bit late and I only managed to run 9 laps before the bell rang and we were released. But 9 laps is already a major accomplishment for me. :) Mazi is my motivation!

The only problem is that for every step I took, I was stepping on my blister so it just got worse. 

After school, Saph and I went downtown, Scape to be exact, to pick up the stuff I won from 987FM. I won the AOS Anthem package and the Grammy Nominees 2013 Album, which consisted of a total of 6 CDS altogether. I feel blessed :D 

I didn't get seats on the MRT on the way there though, so my leg cramps and blister just kept getting worse! 

NVM, onto happier things. When Saph and I were within walking distance of Scape, guess who we saw walking around outside Scape? DIVIAN and DEE KOSH, 987FM DJs!

But Saph and I didn't feel that it was right to disturb them so we just acted cool and walked past them. -.- We went up to the 987FM office on the 5th floor and while waiting there, guess who walked in behind us? DIVIAN :D Guess our meeting was fated. Hehehe! After I collected my prizes, Saph and I got to take a photo with Div! Here it is: 

I know I look unglam. But I don't care :D

He's such a sweetheart :)

After Saph and I stopped being starstruck, we went out of scape, got some Gong Cha and sat down to chat. Then suddenly this girl came to us and said it's her birthday and asked us to say happy birthday to her while she takes a photo/video of us. Although I was quite shocked, we did it quite willingly. Why not right? :D 

And then a student from SIM approached us for help with a project. He used two different cameras to take photos of us and asked us which photo do we prefer. Here are the photos, he sent them to our emails! :) 

                                                      Saph and I both prefer the 2nd picture! :) 

After that we met up with Saph's boyfriend Kenneth and went for dinner at Botak Jones. I found him really friendly and gentlemanly. They make a cute couple! After dinner we went to Cathay Cineleisure so that I could help Keith to buy his Aztec phone case. 

Ps. I discovered the next day that I accidentally bought an iphone 5 case instead of iphone 4s case. dumb me 

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Friday: Adam Lambert's concert

Didn't go to school as I wasn't feeling well. Judy came over after school to catch up with me and Alex came over soon after! We chatted and listened to music until 5 plus. I changed into my concert clothes and we went for dinner at Hong Kah market! 

After dinner we went to Jurong Point and parted with Judy there! On the MRT ride to The Star Theatre at Buona Vista, Alex and I were already getting excited! While walking there I ran into my ex-colleague from ION, Eric! :D Said hi to him! I really never thought I'd have the privilege to meet him again! 

From the outside

From the inside: it can house 5000 people :)

The stage decorated in black and yellow

I really pity the people on the third storey at the back. I think they can only see a tiny Adam dancing around. xD But never mind, they can hear his awesome voice anyway. When he came out the crowd went wild. By the way, MDA rated the show NC16 so his younger fans couldn't come. For once I am glad I am old. I almost cried when he came out. You know how fans are. It was emotionally overwhelming. And everytime he came near to my side of the audience I screamed my lungs out hoping he would notice me, which I doubt he did, but it was still worth it. If I remember correctly, he started the concert with If I had You. I didn't video anything down as I wanted to focus on him 100% So here's a live from Youtube. It was BETTER than this! Much hotter, I almost died. 

His stripped down version of "Whataya want from Me" almost made me break down into tears. AND OUTLAWS OF LOVE WAS SO GOOD I CAN'T USE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. Check out the song:

"Everywhere we go, we're looking for the sun. Nowhere to grow old, we're always on the run. They say we're riding hell...well I don't think we will. They've branded us enough, outlaws of love." 

Adele may set fire to the rain, but Adam sets fire to the stage. IT WAS HOT LAST NIGHT. From his outfit changes, to his stroking of the mike stand, dancing provocatively with his dancers, the backup singers (he calls them the Bajayjays), the MALE AND FEMALE GUITARISTS WERE HOT. THE DRUMMER WAS AMAZING. It was all just mindblowing. I wanted to be his mike stand. If I was a fan before, I am a MEGA HUGE SUPER BIG HUMONGOUS fan now. And I swear I will go for his 2nd, 3rd...nth concert in Singapore. Now for some pics of Alex, Jiamin and I :)

Love this pic! 

After the concert, Alex and I were standing at the shopping mall waiting for the crowd to subside and while doing that we met two familiar people! Firstly, I met my doctor! I always go to him when I am sick! (Ps. I think he's hot) I called out to him and was glad he recognised me! Turns out he had also gone to Adam's concert! So hot doc and I have similar taste in music! YAY! Next we met Kaili from sec school! Was nice to chit chat with her for a while :)

I don't think I can describe the concert anymore in words. SO I shall leave you guys with some hot pics of Adam Lambert to drool over. (I know he is gay.)

How intense is this? 

There are many more but I will grow old if I put them all up! Better go now! Thanks for reading! :) 

Ps. Best night of my life so far!

A LEVEL MOTHER TONGUE RESULTS RELEASE, GUITAR CIP CONCERT, SMU OPEN HOUSE

A Level Mother Tongue Results Release:

Friday morning was nerve-wrecking. How can you relax knowing that something is going to happen to you that may either make or break you? I know results aren't everything. Universities don't even consider mother tongue. Unless of course, you want to take that language in Uni. So "Why the fuss?" you may ask. Well, my mother tongue school is all the way at Redhill. If I failed, I would have to continue going there for the rest of the year. Lessons start at 9am and end at 1pm. Takes about 1 hour to return home. That's half of my Saturdays gone and in J2, every day counts. So I am sure that me failing would be very disruptive to my studies. 

It's as if an ominous bank of dark clouds were hanging above my head. I felt like I would pass (simply 'cause I've never failed any major MT exams like PSLE and O Levels) but I didn't know how well I would do. I was expecting maybe an E or D if I was lucky because I heard that the examiners mark strictly. At 2.30pm, we were all seated at LT5, watching our seniors getting their results via live streaming. 7 people got 4 distinctions and 57 of them got 3 distinctions. (If I recall correctly) It was a drop from last year though 

And then they flashed OUR MT statistics. For Bengali it said "50% pass". Immediately my heart plummeted to the ground. Only 2 of us had taken the examination so...one of us must have passed and the other one failed. Immediately I realized that I must have failed. I studied for the exam more than I studied for my O levels so how could I fail?! I was hyperventilating in my head already and preparing my speech to my mom about how sorry I am and how I will work harder and so on and so forth. 

And then we went to a classroom and Mr Kok gave out our certificates. I took mine and sat down without looking at it. I wondered why did Mr Kok smile at me when I failed. I deserve to be shouted at, slapped even. Feelings of self-doubt and misery were running through my veins. I had already told Xiao Tian, Shamira and Mazi that I probably failed. Oh and Hansel too. After a while I decided to peek at my certificate to see how badly I failed. And to my horror/delight...I was the one who passed. -.-

Hahahah. I shed a few tears though...tears of relief. I got a B. So my effort DID pay off. I had given up hope of improving my MT but my mom hadn't. She kept pestering me before the exam to study. "Maybe you can do well, you never know right?" she would say something along that line. Mom's are always right it seems. 

This was a major hurdle I never thought I'd survive. And to those people who got an A for their MT, they wouldn't understand why I am so overjoyed/relieved. I texted my MT teacher, thanking her for everything and she said she is really happy for me. :) Maybe I will go back after the As with a gift to show my appreciation. She really was the best MT teacher my batch ever had! And congratulations to Reetz, you obviously got an A. :D

Guitar CIP concert:

On the same day itself, I attended the guitar CIP concert with Mazi, Zhiqi, Shamira and Judy and her friend to support Jessica and Jasmine. And as an ex guitar ensemble member, of course I had to go. Although at first when Daphne asked me if I wanted to go I was hesitant but that's because I was unsure if I would be free on that day. 

The concert was awesome. I particularly liked the non-classical pieces because I am a non-classical sort of person xD I loved the performance of "Sunday morning" by Amalina, "Nobody" by the entire guitar ensem, "Pumped up Kicks" and " Airplanes" by the Fedoras. OH and Gideon and Diyanah's version of "Make you feel my love". Awesome stuff! Leaving the best for the last, I loved everything with Jessica in it. HAHHAA. 

SMU OPEN HOUSE:

Boy, do I have a lot to say about this! Woke up at 7am to travel to SMU, which is at the heart of Bras Besah. Didn't really know what to expect because I haven't been there before. Upon getting down from the MRT, I realised that the campus was directly connected to the MRT. For those of you who have been to SIngapore Poly, you know how you have to walk a certain distance from the MRT before you enter the poly? The distance from the MRT to SMU was even shorter. It's like...a few steps. Mind blown. Seriosuly mind blown! I was expecting to take a bus ride or something.

Mabel arrived and then we met up and walked to the Admin building. There were gold and blue balloons everywhere! It was quite the welcome! :) We started off by going for the campus tour. I only remember the guy Ambassador's name. Ashwin I think. Not being sexist ah. I think the girl Ambassador said her name too softly or something. I didn't catch it. I think both were business students and Ashwin's CCA was horse riding  Can you believe it?! HORSE RIDING?! COOL or what?

There was some Muay Thai competition going on at SMU. So I guess that's another unique CCA they have. We were given a tour of the business school, the library, the Campus Green, and even got to sit in the seminar room! :) I personally liked the seminar room a lot because it was shaped like a horse shoe, so everyone got a good view of the lecturer. The room was also really technologically savvy. 

After the campus tour, Mabel and I went for separate talks. She went for the talk on "Accountancy" while I went for the talk by the "Social Sciences" department. Personally, social sciences was not really my thing so I got bored during the talk. OOPS :X 

By the way, I forgot to say that Mabel's OGL actually ended up in our campus tour group! :D How cool is that? Her name was Crystal. Crystal and I went for the Social Sciences talk together. 

Next, Mabel and I went for the "School of business" talk together, which was more my cup of tea because "Corporate Communications" is under it. Very coincidentally, the lecturer chosen to represent the School of Business for the talk was the lecturer for Corporate Communications!! Good for me right? :D I was impressed by him. He seems like a really good lecturer. They also let an alumni and a soon-to-be alumni tell us about their experiences in the workforce and/or in SMU. One cool thing was that they promised that by 2015, 100% of SMU students would get the opportunity to go for an overseas Business Mission or CIP trip or both. The Alumni had been to Massachusetts and the Philippines. The soon-to-be alumni had been to Milan (omfg) and Shanghai. Sounds really good to me! 

After the talks, Mabel and I had a lot to think about. Despite the distance, I would say that the Open House has made me consider SMU rather strongly. Before that I was all about NUS. But I can't speak too soon...maybe the NTU or NUS open house will blow me away too? 

Came home at about 5pm and haven't done any work since...and now I am too tired to do so. Shall go to bed and wake up early tomorrow to do work. Nights world. :) 

Run baby run

PE: 

Something amazing happened during today's PE lesson. I actually managed to jog for 3 rounds on the track without stopping!! I know most of you can do that since forever, but I have really bad stamina so this is major to me! :D Achievement unlocked. 

Math test: 

Ok so the questions for the test were EASY. But I made a careless mistake at the last question and it cost me 9 marks. -.- IT BURNS. I am so angry at myself. However, I guess this will be a good reminder for me during the common tests. I AM NEVER GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN. I think my math tutor is going to kill me. :/ Not looking forward to getting the results back. :/

Anyways, I'm going to leave the house in half an hour's time for the Drama Fest! :) Can't wait to see the plays :D Go 12S20/07!
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Back from Dramafest! WE WON BEST PLAY. :D Congrats to Mazi (Alice), Xiaotian (White rabbit), Steph (Snow White, and a very pretty one too), Chun Hao (heroic Lancelot) and Vanessa (lights crew). It all payed off! :) And grats to Xueyi and Rennes for their Best actress/runner up awards and Ngee Chia and Andrew for their best actor/runner up awards! Truly well deserved! :)

Well what do you know? It's almost March! I am happy to say that my arm is almost fully recovered (it still spasms/throbs sometimes so I am still on muscle relaxants). Muscle relaxants are the worst tasting pills I've ever had the misfortune of swallowing. One thing I learned from this experience is that the moment we feel that there is something wrong with our bodies, we must do something about it...before it escalates into something worse. I also realised how much it stinks to be handicapped. When my arm was badly swollen and aching, my mom had to help me get into clothes etc. Sigh.

Cyrena came over to my house today after a long time and we had a short Bible study. I am kind of guilty because I haven't been a good Christian these days. Not going for meetings and basically just not dedicating myself enough to doing God's work. :/ Shall try my best to go for the memorial this year.

Mom and I were both pmsing so bad today. Until my dad came home with a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for me. :)) YIPPPIEEEEEEE! Goodbye iphone 4S, it was good having you. Shall let my mom use my iphone from now on. She can play Candy Crush on it all day. (We are stuck at level 33)


Although I must question my dad's motive for getting me this. My iphone 4S is in perfectly good condition. He should have just saved the money for my educational expenses -.-

Anyways, I am looking forward to March. Firstly because I am going to go for the SMU, NTU and NUS open houses which I believe is going to be a really eye-opening experience. Secondly, because the Adam Lambert concert is on 8 March :)

Went to the library to study with Wang Ru yesterday. :) Gonna go for the SMU open house with her next week. It's so far man, BRAS BESAH.

The upcoming week is going to be hectic. Drama Fest on Thursday, MT results released on Friday and the guitar CIP concert on Friday night which I am quit eager to attend :) OH and there is a math test on Thursday. Grrrrr.

Tafn. Toodles :)

Reason for my 3 days absence from school

Last Friday, my arm had started to hurt. It's probably the kind of muscle pain you get if you pick up something too heavy or you sleep on one hand for the whole night. But it was uncomfortable and I wanted it to go away asap. The weekend went great, I did a lot of homework and was even looking forward to school resuming. Alas, on Monday night, after I came back home from studying with Keith, I think i was stretching my left arm around to get rid of the tension and accidentally pulled a muscle or something. Immediately it swelled. And I started to panic. I even cried a little. LOL. I went to put some ice on the swollen area but it just hurt more.

Next, I asked Wendy and Shamira for advice on whether I should use this Ketotop plaster. It's similar to salonpas but this can be used for swelling too. So after getting the thumbs up from Wendy and Shamira, I put it on. Only at one place at first.

I thought I wouldn't be able to sleep at night for sure because every time I lie down facing the ceiling it hurts my arm. When I tried to sleep sideways on my right arm, i could still feel the pressure on my left arm. So I decided that I can't sleep the whole night and I went to watch movies on my computer to entertain myself. I also took some Panadol extra to help to reduce the pain. After some time I really began to feel very sleepy. So I went to my bed and sat down and tried to sleep sitting down. Pathetic eh? But after a while I dozed off and fell from my sitting position, curled up with my blanket and bolster pillow. 

The next morning when I woke up I was contemplating about whether I should go to the doctor or not. But I decided to try and heal myself. So I took up Wendy's suggestion and asked my dad to buy me Counterpain. My mom massaged it gently onto my aching parts. So I repeated this on Wednesday as well. But finally when Thursday came around and I wasn't fully healed yet, I decided to go see a doctor and get some medicine. I went to a private clinic. Pristine medical clinic.  I always go to that one. The doctor feels like a friend so I feel less scared xD Haha! His way of checking what happened scared the shit out of me. (he moved my arm around)

So yea, the doctor gave me an mc for today as well so I am going to stay at home and get well first. Damn it next week there is a physics test and I have to study for it. By the way, this post was typed with both my hands. In other words, my left arm is recovering. WOOHOO. If I had tried to type with my left arm two days ago I'd be swearing under my breath. Ok, my arm is beginning to hurt again :( Better go off. Toodles~

CNY holidays

Me not being a Chinese and all, my CNY holidays are undoubtedly not as exciting as my fellow schoolmates or friends. I am spending most of it catching up on movies I have missed out on in the theatres. Watched a movie called Friends with Kids, Gulliver's Travels, Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Mean Girls 2. Which, by the way, were all freaking awesome. I think Friends with Kids is M18 though :X

Catched up on a few Bollywood movies too, namely Jab Tak Hai Jaan (JTHJ) and Oh My God. These movies, especially the former, was AMAZING. I can't even put into words how great a love story JTHJ is. I am in love with the actor's character, and the actor himself. Too bad he is already married with kids, not to mention there is no way I can meet him.

By the way I watched all these movies in very good quality on Funshion. I love Funshion!! I think it's the best invention the Chinese came up with! Joking xD I just discovered that the movie Heroine is on Funshion too and my favourite actress is in it! I HAVE TO WATCH THIS.

I went to study with Keith and Wendy on Saturday afternoon, didn't have the mood to study at home. Hope to meet up with them again tomorrow or something. :) Shall go and watch the movie now. Happy Chinese New Year people! :)

Call Me Ally, Maybe

Hey dear readers! I'd like to make a personal request here! From now on, please call me Ally if possible. I know it's hard to suddenly stop calling me Jaslin or Jas but I'd really love you if you do. I have a personal reason for this sudden change and if you'd really like to know, just PM, text, call or ask me face to face. :) I'd be happy to explain my reasons.

On other news, school's going well. I can keep up with tutorials so far and my consultations with Mr Tan have been fruitful. However, I seem to be physically weak these days. My joints are aching all day :( Applied some medication, hope it works. There is PE tmr, hope I can run with this aching body of mine. NTU gave a talk at school today! Gonna go for both NTU and NUS open houses with my class lovelies. :)

OH AND GUESS WHAT? I WON A GRAMMY NOMINEES ALBUM WORTH $100 from 987FM. :D So it has the best songs of the year. I called the Muttons and they picked up my call within a few seconds. Am I lucky or what? They played snippets of songs that were going to be in the CD and all I had to do to win is identify the singers. First they played "Wide Awake" by Katy Perry, then "Set fire to the rain" by Adele and then "Where have you been" by Rihanna. Of course, identifying these amazing singers was no herculean task for me!

By the way, I miss the OGLs from my class who have been missing for the past few days due to orientation. Especially my dear Mazi. :( Been wanting to show her something from this month's Teenage magazine since last week! I am just worried that they might have missed important stuff! :O

Oh well, need to go and do my GP AQ now. Toodles!