yesterday there was aesthetics and we finished off our potholders. mine turned out like god knows what. goodness. it was all uneven and crooked and whatever. aiyah going to watch korean drama now byebye. will continue later.

*--ki
*--Saturday, 31st January 2004

koreandramaserialsaresoaddictive
they are.

they are SO addictive i tell you. on saturday i stayed up till 1230 to watch all about eve. wah. damn good show. my cousin rented 20 cds for 3 weeks. at least most korean shows have satisfying endings unlike some of the very lousy local shows. for this one pretty girl ends up with cute guy. haha.=)

english commonwealth essay is due tomorrow. i've finally finished it. altho it's only 552 words.=( but heck. it's in the word range.

now ms rozanah says she will make us stand outside if we go to the toilet without teacher's permission. bah. she must be really good friends with mrs mohd. both so ngiao. ok lah they're quite nice but then making you stand outside is pretty absurd. for CLE we had to do the PMI thing[plus minus interesting] and for 'minus' i wanted to put 'mr ivan soh smells baaaaad.' heh. i'm so mean to all the teachers.^^

oh yah. must remember to remove nail polish[it's transparent] tonight. if prefect or teacher sees i kena.

piano teacher coming soon. will stop here.

*--ki
*--Monday, 26th January 2004

gongxifacai
umm. didn't blog yesterday because...dunno. too lazy. went to bai4 fang3 all my grandparents. quite boring. especially at my mum's parents' place. aiyoh. sit there for about 3 hours watching tv. can die. seriously, this chinese new year was uneventful.

went to my aunt's place in the evening for dinner. i borrowed $2 from my mum and we all played blackjack with my uncle. at first my uncle was winning most of the games. i lost $3 to him. in the last game my mum bet $2 and he called triple. in the end he had to pay my mum $24. haha.

i've been trying to learn to play the guitar on my father's 12-string guitar. it's damn hard to press the strings and right now my fingers are aching like crap.

hopefully cny will be more eventful today. going out for lunch and in the evening going to my aunt's place for the yearly lion dance at their neighbour's house. haha. our family tradition is watching neighbour's lion dance.

*--ki
*--Friday, 23rd Jan 2004

happychinesenewyear'seve
went back to rgp to visit today. was quite boring actually. all we did was watch a little of the concert, go around to all the gep classes, then sit in to liu2 lao3 shi1's class. nat, rong, ariel, xuyan and i were taking photos with nat's camera and rong and i took 4 pics of ourselves on ariel's handphone.=) then we went to the staff room to visit mr teo and ms chia and mrs faizal and ms ivy lee[who's pregnant^^]. mr teo had these two boxes of sweets which we pigged out on. he says the new batch of p6s are guai1-er than us. but then they're so un-enthu and boring and too guai1. aiyoh. ms ivy lee was so bo chup. we went over and said hi and all she said was hello and then she walked off. so boring man.

hm. i didn't blog yesterday.=) but doesn't matter. will probably blog twice today. just got an email from angeline[fencing chairperson] inviting me to join rgsfencing msn group. dunno why rechargedki and crazeeki and crazedki were all taken. so had to settle for crazeejac. aiyoh. i very the sian leh...

anyway it's lunch time now. later relatives coming for dinner. bb.

::secondblogentryoftheday::
pomelo,yamdumplingsandsesameseeds ooh. dinner looks yummmmmmmmay. my cousin and i were sitting in the kitchen watching our mothers work and we were picking pomelo off the plates. yummmmmmmay. the yam dumplings are good too, although i don't like yam. there was sauce and chicken so it wasn't too bad. it's not the taste of yam that i don't like, it's the sticky texture. eew. just like hard boiled egg yolk. mushy and gooey and gross. then i saw a pack of sesame seeds lying on the table. i hate looking at sesame seeds and anything of the sort. whatever that's small and clustered. gross. i get so freaked.

currently i'm waaaaaaiting for dinner to start. so this blog entry is pretty pointless except for mentioning the juicy and yummmmmmmmay pomelo and yam dumplings. maybe i'll blog again later. haha.=) *--ki *--Chinese New Year's Eve, Wednesday, 21st Jan 2004

escaping punishment
was supposed to bring atlas for geog today. i brought the other one instead - the new reading tropical maps. because there was only that one book on my shelf. and i thought the lady at the store gave me only one book. so that's what i told mrs mohd. but actually my brother borrowed my atlas and left it on my shelf and stupidly forgot to give it back to me. and i knew i saw it there the day before yesterday. at least i managed to escape standing outside the classroom for about 15 minutes. yay!^^ wahahahaha. i find it quite absurd that we have to stand outside if we forget to bring something. as if we're primary school students.

had psl session today. the psls let us eat in class.=) they were supposed to talk about values, but after talking for a few minutes we started talking about OBS. and shauna. but since we promised not to tell i won't talk about it.

actually nothing much to blog about. just blogged for the sake of blogging. for keeping up my record of everyday blogging. very bo liao, i know.

*--ki
*--Monday, 19th Jan 2004

p.s. sarah remembered my birthday!! yay. she hasn't forgotten me.=) her birthday on 2nd Oct. must not forget. must give her birthday present and e-card.

drifting
what damien and sine say are very correct. we are drifting further and further apart. especially with our nanyang friends. i hardly talk to people when i go on msn. it's not right. it's...awkward. with damien and sarah, i hardly talk. just a 'hi' and 'how's school' and things like that. sarah was once one of my best friends. i did her learning lab compo and cloze corrections for her. i was her secret pal for a term. in return she wrote back with so many 'thank you's and she provided me with fun and laughter. till now i still have all of her letters. but what happened to the friendship? it's shattered. well, almost.

even with natalie and rong. we hardly ever talk anymore. just a brief 'HI TOFI!' or something like that.

whatever happened to the gep spirit? is it already gone? i do not believe so. it's still there. it's becoming weaker and weaker. but it's still there. the flame is still burning. keep it there. keep it alive.

keep the flame alive.

*--ki
*--Sunday, 18th Jan 2004

saturdayisnotaveryniceday
even though there's house practise on saturdays, it's still not such a nice day. i've got chinese tuition in the afternoon...think i'm one of the latest to start tuition; this is going to be the first one of the year.

anyway, i fixed up the archives, it's not screwed up anymore. have to go for tuition soon...

*--ki
*--Saturday, 17th Jan 2004

p.s. i noticed i've been blogging every single day since the new layout arrived=) am i blogging too much?

fridayisawonderfulday|aesthetics
friday!! friday is the best day of the week. because there's three hours of aesthetics and there's CLE too. AND it's the start of the weekend!!!=)aesthetics is fun. today we were using sewing machines and we were given pieces of green fabric and i was having so much fun sewing criss-crosses all over the place. blah. nothing much to talk about actually.

today our PSLs sent us a letter and a bag of sweets. they rock!! just a few days ago miao ling sent us a letter too. chin yee also wrote. so did yu shan, our tarbet house captain. so now the noticeboard at the front is filled with letters.

yay! not much homework for the weekend. only english and history. there's the stupid narrative for english and the 'what history would you change' worksheet for history. can i just say i wouldn't change any history? there are so many reasons. ah well. maybe i'll just go do some research and write something simple. will stop here then.

*--ki
*--Friday, 16th Jan 2004

secondary school life|teachers
got the first letter from my angel today!!^^ and she calls me 'little dear thing'. argh. but i love her handwriting and the paper. i still think yushan's handwriting rocks the most though. just replied to her.

school's been all right so far. once after recess this bunch of us were running up the stairs and dashing past the corridors and we bumped into mr ivan soh at the door. and we were quite freaked. but he let us go in first so we weren't late. hee. and another time grace and i were slightly late for math, but mrs ang was giving out stuff i think so her back was turned to us. so we sneaked into the classroom and she didn't notice us. lol.

how would you feel if every single recess and lunch a certain someone is poking or tapping you and saying 'you have 20 more minutes.' '8 more minutes!' so on and so forth. argh. that's what i go through every day. i'm super sian of the phrase. if you happen to read this, no offence.

it's a strange coincidence, but it seems as if i'm ALWAYS in the same group as grace. same school. same class for four years. same geog group. same higher chinese group. even same cca. only we're not in the same lit group, and also we're taking different languages. but heck. not like i mind anyway. it's just so coincidental.

anyway. about the teachers. ms rozanah is too soft-spoken, but she's nice. mr soh and mr kenneth tan and the rest are okay. mr freeman makes me uneasy because he's ang moh. mrs shum is a great teacher. wheeeeeeeee. whatever. going to watch 9pm show now. tomorrow must remember to bring sweater. classroom so cold.

*--ki
*--Thursday, 15th Jan 2004

sheesh.
people, don't use the archives button k, because the thing is screwed. i'm screwed. because i only have one geog article, and i need to find one more. i'm very sorry about the unavailable archives, i'll try to fix that tomorrow. yes. i'm very good at procrastinating. anyway, i'm rushing for time. bye.

*--ki
*--Wednesday, 14th Jan 2004

hee.
i am currently in school. whee!=) computer studies now, supposed to go into inet, but not a single person could get in. so we're all crapping. anyway. there's nothing to blog about. whatever.

*--ki
*--Wednesday, 14th Jan 2004

woot!
i got into fencing with nat, rong, grace, muthu and jie min!! woot!! too bad nicole couldn't make it. but she would really really prefer gb i guess, so good for her. learnt some basic footwork today. quite fun.^^ and the blades look so cool. can't wait to start training in feb! woot!

right now my mouth stinks because i just had a tremendous amount of garlic.[my mom cooked garlic fish=)]

umm. so sorry for making this entry so short, but i have homework to do. ok actually i've done most of it but still have some left. blah.

*--ki
*--Tuesday, 13th Jan 2004

p.s. currently have not much time to do the archives, so might do during weekend.

formal lessons
formal lessons started today. most of our teachers are quite nice. haven't met lit, PE and geog teacher yet. oh and french teacher too. don't want to talk about it, because it's really quite boring.

i was stupid to not order anything during recess for lunch. i ended up rushing for time.
1.45pm: school ended
1.50pm: queueing for food
1.55pm: still queueing. getting quite kan chong by now.
1.58pm: finally get my food. grace makes the situation worse by constantly poking me and saying '2 more minutes! one more minute!! sixteen seconds late!'
BUT. when we got to the parade square the buses weren't even there yet. so kim tan and i started eating in the parade square because we were super hungry. then this guy teacher came up and said 'girls, if you want to eat here, make sure you don't drop anything on the floor. and when i'm almost done these two prefects spot us and say 'we just want to remind you that you can't eat here on other days.' yesyes. we know. blah. SO. unfortunate us got on the last bus. which left at two thirty three. so all of us were so worried and we were all rushing onto the bus. it was really packed. when we got there we were told that. the classes had been changed. AAAAAAHH!!! we were rushing for NOTHING! sheesh. no one told us. lucky for me huirong offered me a lift. then i had to walk home from the chinese high bus stop. was so awfully hot. anyway. looking on the bright side, i forgot to bring lots of french stuff - my conjugation book, my report card, and that thing you have to wear around your neck. so i get a second chance to bring it on wednesday.

anyway. have to go now.

*--ki
*--Monday, 12th Jan 2004

new layout again
yes. the new layout. weeeeeeeeee! this time credits go to me.XD i know it's not exactly very interesting. cat again!? super boring background too. not to worry. i haven't finished it yet. archives aren't here yet either. most probably will do them tomorrow.

anyway. i have LOTS of things to talk about. TARBET!!! TARBETTARBETTARBET. tarbet rocks!! i love my new house. at first wasn't too happy with it, but i've grown to like it after house orientation and the first house practice. whee!

orientation camp was so fun. during bath time some of us had to wash our hair in the sinks[that includes me] and bathe with buckets. i was one of the lucky ones who got the showerhead. dinner was pretty gross. especially the spaghetti which was overcooked and mushy. so i had a small plate of spaghetti and two cups of ice cream. i think the ice cream was the one that gave me diarrhoea.[correct spelling?] night surprise was basically just hunting for fish. paper fish. different colours gave you different points. was fun though. the movie marathon wasn't a marathon, because it was one movie only. finding nemo. not surprising since our orientation theme was odysSEA. but we didn't get to finish watching the show BECAUSE. ms ong came in and interrupted. 'GIRLS! GO TO SLEEP.' bah. i only got to sleep at 130 because the floor was super hard. i pity those who had to sleep in the hall. even more so i pity shauna who didn't get to sleep until 500 or so because she and her friend were freaking themselves out while running to block J to get her pencil case. and apparently the head and vice-head prefects bathed at 430. poor things.

orientation camp concert was WICKED!! it rocked. totally! i loved the cheers and songs and the orientation video. 109 was goooooood. and 113 was even better. they won the first prize. i think hannah wrote the script. what with 'CHOCOLATE CAKE!!' and all that.=) was so farni. especially the 'who says we are aunty??' part.^^ we won third prize. and also most exuberant class award. if they had such awards for the skit itself, we would have gotten the most melodramatic class award.=)

i think i know almost everyone in the class by now. still can't remember a few of them though...

our PSLs are the best!! at the end of orientation week they took pictures of us and stuck them in photo frames and gave one to each of us, together with a letter. also they got us those things that you hang on your handphone. our PIT gave us yupi gummy stuffs and a hug each no matter how smelly we were.(we hadn't bathed since the night before) i want to say a big thank you to all our PSLs, SPSLs, PIT and prefect, for all the fun, the lectures about how uncooperative we were, the ghost stories, the photos...w00t!!!^^
*--ki
*--Saturday, 11th Jan 2004