SYF AFTERMATH!!

The aftermath, of going into day 1 of SYF and listening to the same set piece (Overture No. 1) played over & over again is this. This being, falling sick and wanting to vomit. I'd say at least 10 times i've heard it. 10!!

Like, why can't they choose Overture No. 2?!?!?!

Gosh, when the schools were playing that, inside i'm like, play that again and i can really vomit. Imagine after this judging, how much contempt they'd have for this piece (when its not played properly, duh)

It wasn't so bad when i heard familiar pieces.

Lets move on to the REAL aftermath.

But i think i've caught a cold.

.. After being exposed to cold air-conditioning of the hall, and bus.

And i was even wearing a jacket the entire day! -.-

Everyone in my house calls my sickness 'Masuk angin' 

And er, literal translation = wind entering body.

And the cure to that, Indonesian style, would be 'kerokan' (which is to take a coin, rub an oil down your bare back UNTIL the skin turns red) And yes, thats how my back's looking like right now.

My gosh! Haven't had this kinda treatment in ages.

Its really really painful!!!!!!

(I kept whining and wincing when mum helped me to do that)

But hey! I think this is one of the better pain remedies, compared to having jabs.

Now i'm feeling much better i guess?

But still pretty weak.

Gotta wait awhile more before i can sleep, y'knw, digest breakfast first?

Other than that, the aftermath's much worst than just a mild cold.

I've got a really bad sore throat (appearing outta nowhere)

And now, stomach cramps. Yes, its THAT time of the month again.

GOSHHHHH, the magnitude of me being sick is getting larger.

Sigh.

*** 

Looking on a bright side, RWS' clinched a Gold yesterday at SYF!

I almost cried when watching their performance, and cried when they got the Gold.

After 3 SYFs of silver.

Finally.

Looks like its a new beginning for RWS.

The future's looking great for them!

***

Now i'm going to sleep, to rest.

I'll be well soon, i know it!

Its you that clears the day

I'd better stop my bad habit of sleeping past midnight.

This week's going to be tough. In terms of waking up super early that is. Starting tomorrow!

Gonna go down to Singapore Conference Hall (SCH) in the early morning to go watch the bands perform. Oh, SYF starts tomorrow, for your information.

And regent's gonna be playing at 4.15pm tomorrow.

I bet they're all part excited yet nervous.

I think i can still remember the feeling of being on that stage.

Not that scary, especially when you've played the songs for hundreds of times.

It all comes down to the concentration part i guess?

I still remember i wrote down my EXACT feelings on SYF day on this piece of foolscap paper.

Wonder where'd i put it. Hmmmmm :/

***

And starting tomorrow for a whole week. I've a new personal challenge.

& its really (very) challenging!!!!!!!

But i will do it, right to the end.

7 days, how hard can that actually be?

I'll last.

***

Okay, if i really want to wake up in time for tomorrow i think i should be getting off right now and jump into the bed.

& oh! Good luck, RWS!

P for Phenomenon

Strange things have been happening recently.

I keep on having bouts of déjà vu

Once isn't a big deal.

Twice could be just a coincidence.

Thrice? Now that's something.

You can't help but to wonder..

I think i feel satisfied now. Hah. Watched the movies i wanted to catch already over the past 2 days.



Departures is indeed a good show. But somehow i think in the middle it gets boring (maybe a little too lengthy?) Still, i was there just sitting down in the theatres, most of the time expressionless, trying to think. This show's got depth.

And yesterday, went to catch up with a few friends from pj. Just hann, mats and wm. They've finished their tests so.. It does call for a little relaxation. Hah. Went to watch Confessions of a shopaholic.



This show's not bad either. I think the plot's a little too predictable? Its the typical girl lies to boy, boy leaves her, and then at the end everyone's back together kind of thing. Other than that, you should see the animation of the mannequins. I love that one.

Movies aside, i went through a state of shock and chantings of 'omg omg omg omgs' inside my head. Reflex action? Panic! Then walk away as if nothing happened.

You can't help but wonder..

Is the phrase 'its a small world' supposed to be a good or bad thing?

And is the world really THAT small?

And how is that possible, when the area of it is 149,000,000 km²

I wonder....

Maybe it isn't THAT bad after all?

I haven't put much thought into it and i wouldn't bother to.

I think the weather's beginning to echo the thoughts in my head.

Thought #100,000

A new opportunity presents itself.

I wonder how'd i fare this time.

Time to do something, N.

Being random #1,452,419

This morning i woke up to a loud 'BANGGGGGGGG!'

And it came from the winds that blew my door shut.

Since i woke up to a rainy day, i decided to laze around a little more.
(Its not everyday you can get to do that)

Since it was a rainy day, i stayed in the shower longer. 'twas cold. Brrr..

Okay, something random i thought of yesterday.

Q: What would you do if life gives you lemons?

I would.....

Make lemonade (without sugar, says edi)

Maybe throw it back at life

Or pass it to someone else.

What about swallowing it whole?

I like figures of speech.

***

Oh now i'm getting bored. Like, really bored.

I feel like going out to watch movies.
Hint: Departures/Confessions of a shopaholic/Mall cop.

And mumzy's trying to annoy me. She watched Departures yesterday. Without me! GRRR. Just now she even took her ticket stubs out and put it right in front of me!! How sad! :(

Usually i wouldn't like stepping outta the house when its raining.

Today's just unusual.

... Or am i just feeling abnormal?

Learning to breathe

Watched street fighter yesterday with mummyoz and my gang of sistas, after shopping. Heh!

Actually we kids wanted to watch Mall cop but then mummy wasn't so keen so yeah, settled for that instead.

The show was............ judging by the amount of dots i put there... Maybe you can guess. Its kinda so-so. Neither here nor there. The fighting scenes. Gosh, too much slow-mos every single time they fight, its like i think i can see the string that they're hanging on to do the stunts. Hah! But at times it wasn't that bad either. In the middle of the show i was also left wondering... What's happening now? Its kinda confusing, too many changes of scenes, says edi.

Singapore's edmund chen was in it too. I found it weird when he spoke in english. Very singaporean-y. Hahahah.

Enough commenting about a movie when it isnt awesome.

I want to catch Departure!! (its a movie, btw.)

***

Yesterday was an eye opener. I feel peace and happiest when i'm at church. Its nice.

And dealing with the issues of the heart are hardest.

Especially when you're trying so hard to turn to a fresh new, clean, crisp sheet, yet you're forced to be stuck on the page with coffee stains and scribbles.

Sigh.

Its a brand new day

I like what jon said yesterday.

Life is not the amount of breaths you take. Its the moments that takes your breath away.

And there i was left thinking. Hmmm.. How true. And the only one that has ever took my breath away is.. Well, God! Its true. So many times he's answered my prayers. I think my fingers wouldn't be enough to count. Someone! Lend me your fingers!! Hah.

I think i'm having too much of holidays. I've already done most of the things i want to do. All's left now is for school to start. I can't wait!! New challenges, new friends to make, a brand new everything! OHHHHH its very exciting, don't you agree?

Its like my one last chance to restart all over again. And i'm going to do well this time! Wouldn't want to waste a wonderful opportunity.

Sometimes i wonder what the future is like. What's going to be in store for me. Its kinda scary isn't it? With all this talk about recession hitting us as bad as the great depression.

Just mentioning depression is depressing enough. Using bleak to describe the future's even worst.

But here, it looks as if nothing's happening. Well at least, i'm still living pretty comfortably - Thank God for that! Or maybe i'm just oblivious to what's going on.

Oh well.... Forget about all that. I'm (still) staying positive!

My grandma's still cool (Y) She asked me to go shopping with her at orchard (how many grandmas still does that? hahhhaha) Because of the magic word. Are you thinking what i'm thinking? Its the word 'SALE' !!!!! HAHHAHA That'll also mean a shopping trip with mum'll be coming up soon. HEHHEHE! YAYYYY. Another reason to be happy about.

Speaking about my grandma being cool, i remember last sunday. Hah! My mother went out for church in the morning with a batik blouse. Then in the evening when my grandma also came back from her church she was also in a batik blouse. Lol and the thing is, i also almost wore my own batik blouse last sunday. And if that's the case, thats 3 generations of mother/daughter with batik blouses for you.

For the past one week i've also been sleeping past midnight. Keeping people like jes and mum company. (My mum likes sleeping late, while my dad doesn't) Total opposites! But sometimes i just don't feel like sleeping early. Its kinda nice staying up late. With everything all quiet. But kinda eerie sometimes :/

And by the way, before i forget, Happy birthday to Randy Zhang! :)

His birthdate is so nice. 3-21. Maybe thats why i remember. HAHHA opps! Forget i said that.

I just like the date.

Ranting season

The title says it all.

This morning i woke up all whiney. Its not my usual thing to do but still, its because my whole body's aching and feeling all sour :(

'Cause of yesterday's badminton outing with the cell group!

HAHAHAH it was pretty fun!! :D

And i don't know why Fabian can play badminton just standing at one spot throughout while i had to run about so much. Is it just me or him?? Okay, i think its me -.-

Then another cause of the aches (especially my thighs and butt!) is maybe cos we all didn't warm up. In fact i think nobody warms up when playing badminton just for the fun of it.

Oh and i had quite a bad night too!

Its like, after badminton before BS at night we were all tired, so they bought redbull and i took 2 sips. That 2 sips kept me awake till 2 (when jes eventually finished doing her stuff which i kept her company throughout for the past few nights already) and thankfully i did fell asleep but then i keep on waking up every now and then! Irene also woke me up cos she came into the room in the middle of the night (or maybe 4am) opening up the cupboards but when i asked what time was it she just walked away! :(

And i pity jes and irene. I know they're aching too and yet they've got band camp today. Poor them...

That'd also mean i'll be lonely tonight... Awwww :(

Insert title here

I'm really happy right now! HAHAHH. Tell you why. Its cos i've finally (yes finally) after i-don't-know-how-many-months-of-procrastinating, i've cleaned up my desk.

My desk which according to my maid and mother, looks like a "kapal pecah" and that means an airplane crash wreck.

Honestly, i'd wanted to do the cleaning up yesterday but procrastination won the battle yet again.

Not today! HAHHAHHAH.

I wonder how long before i'll turn it into dumping grounds again.

But of course, that isn't ideal. Gotta change, gotta change!

Oh. On the topic of procrastination. Lets have a look at jes. Cos last night she showed me this really long list of homework to be completed by the holidays. And i clearly remembered her telling me this morning, i'm going to use the com until 10am then do my homework.

Now.... After 5 hours.... Her butt is still on that chair, eyes transfixed on the computer screen.

So it looks like i've gotta keep her company again tonight. While she does her homework.
(Last night i stayed up with her till 1am)

Something random: I think i could vomit if i smelled popcorn. Maybe i go to the cinemas too much. HAHHHAH.

And finally, i see the sun coming out!

Macbook!

Hello hello! As the title suggests, yes i've got my laptop! WOOHOOOOOOOO.

Its very very sexy!

And its costly i tell you! x_x

I'm still exploring around now... And i'm trying to get the hang of it.


See see! My first picture - with cessyozmyfavouritestdogintheworld!

And the awesome thing with this is that she(the dog) doesn't even know i'm taking a pic of her. 'Cause she's so camera shy. Just whip out a cam and she'll run away. HAHHAHHAHHAH

Anyway lately, i've suddenly got so many things to do. Which is a good thing really, as opposed to being bored and cooped up at home.

One of the things i've done was also to go down to suntec, for the IT show. Its madly packed! I really hate crowds (but not for church, its a different thing altogether) And its packed until you even have to queue up to go on the escalator. Madness!

I've also met new friends too. Hehehhehehe! Thats another good thing to add onto my list.

I'm going to call it God's blessing :)

There's tons of things too. But nahh, i won't mention them. Its all good things! Hahhahahhah.

I'll carry on with playing facebook! :P

Ciaociao!

ouch

This hurts.

Salted pillows, i have.

True enough, i managed to talk to someone about my situation last night that i only slept at around 2++?

So now the feeling i'm having is light-hearted.

The first thing that came to my mind to describe the lightness was like vomitting all the internal organs out and being all empty inside. Kinda icky. No, GORY! EWWWWWW i don't know why i even thought about that -.-

This morning i was actually still feeling hmm, sad?

Then suddenly, something came to my mind.

"Revenge is mine, says the Lord"

And i shuddered. Maybe revenge is too harsh a word for this? Maybe a lesson would suit better? I don't know. But i just know doing the same ol' thing would suffice. Which is, to swallow it and walk away.

When this happens it usually means i've to enlarge my capacity (for swallowing)

Its been going on for at least 2 years already.

When's it going to end?

***

On the brighter note, i've got a C for chinese. A Levels. C does really stand for chinese! HAHHHA Okay that was stupid.

Going back to pj and seeing hann and 08S11 and sec school friends made me happy. They've got good results too. So happy for them heh. I've got to catch up too. But the time isn't enough, that aisyah had to say: "You still owe me plenty of stories, nat!"

Which is true. And its good that the March hols are coming. So that = perfect timing to catch up.

So making a reference to my previous post, my heart was correct. I meant intuition.

I'm happy to get C. Its better than a D/E/U. & the most important thing! I did my best!! :)

&&& a big big thank you to gp, my chinese buddy for helping me out! I LOVE YOUUU! :D

And oh, even though its a C, i did get distinction for oral!!!!!!!

SHOCKING!!!!!!!!!

I was supposed to be better at writing than speaking.

Cause i sound funny when i speak in chinese.

Wait till you hear.

HAHHAHHAHHHHAH.

Just another moment stops

Holla! Back this time with yet another movie review? Okay i don't think it counts as a review. But more of a personal opinion? Gosh, like who cares?



Anyhow, this movie's entitled Suspect X. And its a suspense sort of movie. Leaves me only guessing and guessing.. Until the end that is. The plot's pretty good too. But i think the ending's tragic. Definitely a movie you should catch.

Before the show starts, y'knw there's this segment where they show you trailers of upcoming movies, and just now, it showed another trailer of an upcoming jap movie. I think its 'Handsome Suit' or something*

*Note to self: Must watch! Must watch!

While on the subject on movies, there are others that i want to watch too (actually, everyone does) its none other than. Transformers! And i think the X-Men Wolverine one, too. I'll definitely set some time out to go catch it, even though i know i'd be crazy busy.

& tomorrow, i'll be going back to pj. To take the A level chinese results. I'm hoping for a B. In my heart, i think its a C/D. Idk, tomorrow, we'll see.

And suddenly.

I stop and think about my favourite men in the world.
(besides my dad/relatives/whatever.)

They're Ben & Jerry!

And J. Whom i'm texting now. And he's up in the list 'cause he's going to invent an ice cream for me, in my name.

(and it'd better be true)
HAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHH!

***

Recently, i'm all emotionally messed up. Going through a pretty tough time. I can't think of who to share it with, i can't. God knows about it though. I'm just waiting for Him to send someone along the way. Perhaps someone i don't know? Or maybe someone i'm not expecting? Hmmmmmmmm.. So many voices in my head... Its giving me a headache.

The rain still pours...

Yesterday's the same drill.

Had church in the morning, then lunch then yadahyadahhh..

We decided to watch Marley & Me :D



The show's pretty nice. I realised that there's no actual plot. It does mirror the way life is. Okayyy in short, i really like the show. Its heart-warming :)

Oh but wait till you hear the story before we got into the theatres! MY GOODNESS!!

(And i think imma switch to ranting mode now)

*makes click sound with fingers*

Okay. We went to Cathay and bought ourselves some tickets first. Then we still had around An hour and a half before the show starts.. And since Cathay has nothing we decided to go to Plaza Sing to get some cardstock (to make cards duhhh) and happily we were choosing some pretty nice designs (which took up alot of time)

And soo... just when we were about to leave........ We took a look outside and BEHOLDDDDDD!

It was raining heavily. Really heavily.

Like, OMGGGGGGGG?!?!

Forty minutes before, it was soo hot & sunny & hot & sunny.

We had only two umbrellas and five people. Yes, you do the math.

And the thing is, time was ticking tickticktick and the show's gonna start soon and the rain doesn't look like its going to stop, everr!

Sooo.. Two by two we went under the heavy downpour. I still had to go back to fetch edi so it was a double trip for me and that = getting doubly soaked.

Then after that we went to watch the movie. Thank God the movie was nice, or else it wouldn't be worth it having me (and the rest) getting wet!

They should:

1. Invent some umbrella that reaally shelters people from rain without them getting wet (at all)
2. Build more underpasses from the mrt to the malls in the vicinity. Like from Dhoby Ghaut to Cathay for example! Hah!

(End of rant)

For now, i'm looking for more inspiration. I suddenly have the urge to make manymanymany blog layouts! :)

And sighhh, its raining like nobody's business again! A-G-A-I-N! The thing i don't like is the thundering sound of lighting, or is it thunder? :/ Gahh, anyway it makes me jump sometimes most of the time, actually.

Since i've predicted. No not predict, it should be already known its gonna rain again, i made a wise choice to stay put at home.

While staying put, i even managed to binge on Ice cream! YAY For B&j's! I bought Turtle Soup and S'mores (FYI, those are the flavours) And turtle soup isn't turtle at all. I wonder why its even linked to turtle. Its vanilla with lots of caramel cashew bits and fudge and caramel swirls. Teeheehee. Its nice. I like!

And i think i shouldn't throw away the tubs. Keep a collection of them or something. Hahahhahaa. I want to try all of them!

I love B&J's WOOHOO! (Y)