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Angella Sim
18/12/1991

Greenridge Primary School
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Saturday, January 27, 2007

finished up my hmwk, except for some i decided to heck care.

going to fahrenheit's autograph session tml at IMM with sayhwee and doreen and maybe daph >:D cant wait hahaha. bet its going to be full of ppl ):

and before that, breakfast with the whole family! (:
i just rmb.. some ppl tot that i was super stressed up on the second day of band camp, which i actually wasnt. it was only part of the reason lo. this shows how everyone doesnt understand me at all.
i shall try my best to be a happy person from now on (:

11:22 PM

Friday, January 26, 2007

juz received the cul pot recordings from elena. god, we sounded damn bad! and yet mr tan said its gd =/ he wants to encourage us i suppose. sigh ): i dont want to upload to net and put on nhsb blog let others hear cos it really sucks -_-

havent really been online and blogging for ages le yeah (: dead blog. maybe i shall close it down.


im really too sensitive =/ people always says things that hurt me even though they dont know it.
someone tell me. am i really that fierce?
i guess.. i shall change.
i want someone who can tell it whenever im sad. i want someone who i can speak everything to without affecting their opinions of people. is that too much?
being nice to guys is such a problem too, if im nice to a guy, rumours spread. so? you all want me not to be nice to guys ah? only when im fierce towards them, then nth between us? ...
sometimes i am so, so alone. nobody has yet broke through this barrier of mine. i was so, so disappointed and sad today, nobody noticed. i really wanted to go to nanyang poly to check it out, but everyone pangsehed me, and - was like unwilling to go even tho someone asked someone to accompany me. that someone seemed so unwilling, so i decided to forget abt it. and they too, forget abt it and treated like nth happened, im ok and everything. if i seem quiet, then only will they think i have a problem, and ask me. if i say, nth, ok fine there they go. not caring anymore. i quieten down in band alrd, did u ppl notice? no. wad was the reply when i asked? "you talk like shout liddat so i didnt notice". to think that came from someone. i didnt even talk much, pls. my talking, isnt shouting. it's kinda hurting, its like everyone treating me as someone invisible.
even my own close friends.

ha nvm.

that's one of the personal reasons. only one person knows what im talking abt. or maybe, that person doesnt even know that im talking to him/her cos that person hardly visits my blog. ha.

the past few band pracs are still horrible.

didnt go nanyang poly today, instead, stay back in sch finish up maths hmwk while daph and dacia did their stuffs. den we went to taka and had mos burger, then we went to acs barker and watched huayi concert. gold is within their reach, but i think they shud inject more feelings into the songs. the songs may sound nice, but they lack the feel, thus unable to get me very interested =X the whole hall was only lively during the encore part for dno wad reason. o.O couldnt really listen to the encore pieces carefully cos it was super noisy. and during the interval, it was like chaos everywhere with the band members going ard screaming into our ears calling people they know -_- its like.. "eeeeeeek! -name-!" hugs, and talk. -.- see someone also no need to go screaming one wad. i think pirates was played very badly, even tho i like the tpet solo part. ha. other pieces were fine, but got some not very gd. like eg, the chinese spring overture. it lacked the "ambience" that i actually lost interest in the song. even tho the notes were there, but u cant feel the hyperness/energy that they were supposed to have. more stuffs, but lazy to say. recognised lihuan and huiwen. gosh, lihuan looked so diff from the last time i saw her! =X xingxian, qimin and yixuan were there for the concert too. they played two encore pieces. funny.

simin and crystal returned to nan hua as tchrs. cool. crystal dint recognise me at first, but soon did and said i changed a lot hahaha. she dint rmb my name tho. but she rmb daph and dacia de. haha.

tired out, i should sleep soon, wake up early tml and do hmwk, and go off to see fahrenheit on sun (:

and i'll upload the pics i took of the concert today next time too.

10:38 PM

Monday, January 22, 2007

looked through the letters i received throughout my life, most of them were from daphne and some of them were from zuhui, and the rest are others. i reread everything, and i felt like crying. memories. =/

taught amelia alkanes and alkenes and a little bit of trigo in the afternn (: i am angella SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! whichs mean i kill -.- not sha! ):

went to bpp at night with family. bought two tops! :D:D:D

went home and rushed hmwk till 1am =/

woke up at 9am and do again. went off at 3 to buy taoran's present. went to lot 1 but didnt get wad i wanted, den went off to west mall. bought the glass tpet figurine which costs 30.50, and wanted to buy the one with the tpet pic inside the glass box but it left one, and just nice i saw this tpet cup! T_T i wanttt. but i bought for her (: its super nice lah, the handle is music note, then the cup got tpet and music notes too. damn i want ): costs 12.90 i think. went to watts in and got her a watch + a watch case. there were some tidbits that i bought on sat for her too. and i gave her a small little dog (:

den went off to queenstown mrt and waited for everyone to reach, den we went. got me, dacia, edward, jennifer, xueqi, caiqin and xinting.



i have a funny video of edward, who wants get from me >:D

we stoned and studied at the airport while waiting for taoran, den when we met her, gave her stuffs and took pics. she's leaving and not coming back anymore ): sigh. my heart felt empty, but i didnt feel like crying. i felt.. empty, sad, and a mix of feelings tgt. she's not coming back anymore, unless she's going another country and use sg as a transfer base. sigh ): she's migrating to new zealand and will never be back anymore. ):

we went home and i reached home at 10+ -.-

today had sch. got back chem paper, and im more than satisfied. first time i score so high for chem (: and, its more than the full marks lah :D 19/18! :D too bad i forgot to times two or i could have gotten 20. :D

cep was kind of wasted lah haha. my grp ans: when someone accidentally spills food on you, say its alright and scold vulgarities. if necessary, show some hand signals. lol. when you want to order food, click your fingers and if the waiter/waitress does not respond, take the spoon and hit the glass. if still cant, complain to the manager. totally like a sgrean (:

had band aft sch, and was super depressed. played like dno wad shit. sigh ): dun wanna say anymore lahh. thanks elena for trying to comfort me (:

im very tired of everything thats happening around me. all the sad stuffs, all the strange stuffs. i just wish i can relax for a while. i am even too busy to use the com and relax! lucky no hmwk today. sigh ): i think i'll suffer from too much stress soon.

9:40 PM

Friday, January 19, 2007

happy birthday shawn aka AH LONG! he's known as ah long to those who came to my house hahaha!

today was yet another tiring day. tgif. i wonder how i continue for the rest of the yr =/

AND, I LOVE FRIDAY WEEKLY! THEY FEATURED FAHRENHEIT! omgggggg. feature aidao, but i would prefer zhi dui ni you gan jue.

lessons again. i didnt fall aslp for maths today! :D:D well, actually cos she spent half an hour scolding us :D hehe. shuangness. aft chem spa, huimin went to tell mrs lim abt mrs wong's A.H. hahahaha. maybe thats why she's in a bad mood today? heee.

band aft sch, rushed ard like siao T_T so kan chiong, in the end, we still waited so long at the car porch -_-

went to singapore conference hall, and teck whye secondary school was before us, queenstown seconday school was after us. yupp. i think i played very lousy today damn ): then they keep calling me not to worry. but i think i pushing leh. somemore my stomach kept growling throughout the session inside the sch, and towards the end, i had to play so damn loud for sunrise, i could have almost died. i kept missing that high g note, i couldnt hit it no matter how much air and support i tried to use. not enuf ): and i couldnt sustain the high d note at the end! i sustained as long as i can le lo. but still not long enuf, play halfway my air still blowing but no sound! -.- many ppl saw me struggling to play high g and high d, cos i super tired and hungry cannot play T_T my stomach growled and growled and growled with hunger. bah. and i played really very loud le, but mr tan still wants second tpet and overall tpet section get louder. ): im like supporting second tgt with kathryn? but i play much louder than her. sigh. tired. sadness.

went back to band rm and debrief, den i went off to celebrate my bro's birthday. went to dno where somewhere near tiong bahru and had food in a restaurant. we ate a lot, for a family of six. like.. 7 dishes?! x.x and i didnt really eat a lot, but it was the most i ate these few days lol. the manager was shocked that we could finish that much. ha. didnt buy and eat cake cos we were too full. and my brothers and i were all singing a lot of songs in the car on the way home hahaha! and mind you, lucky u people werent there. u would have thought its the worst singing u ever heard. heh. :D

now im so super not used to wearing specs =/

and those who want the recordings get from me ty.

10:03 PM

Thursday, January 18, 2007

tireddd. today no hmwk den can finally come online =/ and i have bloodshot eyes and headache now -.-

past few days were kinda hectic, had so much hmwk, had chem test on wed, geo test today, and band everyday except tues. im so so tired ): and i hardly have the time to come online! and i think i want to close down my blog too. =/

and i think my trumpet skills are deproving =/ mr tan says its alright, im improving. but i keep worrying, thus screwing myself up sometimes. and my placement on the teeth not enuf when i play the first note. when he say i play correct, i still think its wrong =X bah. sth wrong with me.

oh yeah, today's shi lei's birthday. mon was vivian's birthday. tml's my brother's birthday. ha.

chem test was easy, but im deadmeat for geo test. i didnt do the last qns. damn. 7 marks gone just like that.

physics spa was crap, dead meat for it too. i did it totally wrong. damn.

AND! THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT SO FAR THIS YEAR!!! which is.......




























i didnt slp during fall aslp during maths today (:

fine i know its super -_- but its a great achievement! :D somemore today three periods of maths leh x.x everytime one period slp liao lo. whoo~ we had a little break, and we the girls were laughing at mrs wong's A.H. think sth to do with the hormones that u learnt in bio and u'll get it. hhahahaha! when we asked some of the guys, they said they dint notice cos they falling aslp alrd. ha.

lye sim caught me today ): i think i gonna die tml. i have to alter my skirt to below my kneecap (as wanted by her -.-) and change my socks. damn, the sch is super strict this yr. siao man. have to buy nh socks for $2 if u wear ankle socks -_- i told her is my socks too loose den drop down hahaha! -.- she asked me for my class and cca, and i think she gonna check on me tml =/ gah. die lah. lucky my last yr this yr or i think i may even pon sch liao lah -_-

sec 1 audition today again :D justin's brother came lol. took the chance to complain abt justin HAHAHA! the "jerry" in i not stupid thingy came for audition, he played the tbone. there were some cute girls and guys! >:D got this guy called justin too, he small small den wear those kind of big and thick specs, look so cute omg hahaha! and i got a new junior called clinton i think. he's quite cute too! heheeee. and yay, he wants to join tpet cos he say if he got transferred to other sections he want to transfer back to tpet! :D:D i think i gonna love the sec 1s this yr lah hahaha. all so enthu like my batch whoo. and there's always jasmine to bully in band >:D whoo fun~ got another girl who didnt play tpet before, but she seemed quite good. didnt get to find out her name tho =X

jane and xuewei wants to quit band... sigh ): cos xuewei was forced by ms yeo to join band when she wanna go sjab, and jane's mum wanted her to quit -.- sighhh.

going to SCH tml for rehearsal, and im super tired and just wanted to relax by using the com haha. shall go slp! (: good night everyoneeeee.

you suck and you know it! i rock and everyone knows it!

9:27 PM

Monday, January 15, 2007

i cant resist the com ): so i decided to blog, THEN GO STUDY!

i lost interest in a lot of things. now my mind is all, study for Os! chem and geo test coming up in a few days time.

sucky dayyyyy. one of the periods is pe, then mr chee keep on nagging -_- then we had to run FOUR ROUNDS in the sch!?! from the volleyball court, to the car porch, to canteen, and back to volleyball court. and, lucky he cut short to two rounds cos not enuf time -.- by the end of the two rounds i wanted to die alrd -.- i even choked lah damnnnnnnn. den still have to do warm up exercises aft that o.o

bah. dont bother to care abt other subs. hm, mrs lew wasnt here today :D and zhong lao shi see wrong timetable so came late by half an hour :D today was practically quite slack :D had to go hall for cep. last yr cdp, this yr cep, next yr cfp can?? ;D if u vulgar people know wad i mean. hahaha!

talked abt dno wad turn the other gender off stuffs. a lot of ppl target mr thomas write chest hair roflmao.

hmm. had band aft that. i played like total shit when i havent properly warmed up. mr tan kept giving a disgusted face throughout band today ): i really want a golddddd! it was only when aft the combined band prac, we had sectionals den i think i play better, but still suck. sighh ): mr tan said he gonna write the warm ups + instructions for me =X hope its going to work though. mr tan seems quite disappointed in the band ):

and yest i was lying on the bed imagining all the kind of scenerios abt band. hm. and all, have me crying o.O shant say anymoree.

chao xi huan ni by fahrenheit seems nicer the more and more i hear it. starting i dont like, but when i hear and hear and hear den it started to be nicer and now i like it. ha random.

JIAYOU BAND! YOU CAN DO IT! GOLD IS WITHIN OUR REACH!
and only with a gold, can i leave the band with no regrets.

9:15 PM

Saturday, January 13, 2007

oh yeah, bought hanakimi cd yest :D happyy~

im thinking of letting everyone write testimonials in the nhsb blog instead, SO EVERYONE PLEASE DO WRITE! email me ur testi + ur name + ur section + the yrs u in nhsb THANK YOUUUUUU. i shall collect a few, then put up. :D:D:D

maybe.. other schools one also? =X i dno leh, see first. i go consult the others den maybe let other bandmates from other sch write? heheeeeeeee.

SO PLEASE SUPPORT! LOVE YOU PEOPLE! i'll love you people more if u all spread abt it too. :D

9:13 PM

Friday, January 12, 2007

e learning day today. somehow got added into a 4/6 guys mass conver, and there was also sec 4 band mass chat. everyone busy discussing ans lol :D scully all those in the conver come out with all the same ans then die hahaha. since we were exchanging ans most of the time.

edited the nhsb blog, added in more sections. be sure to take a look!

went to bpp with my younger brother today. he bought a soft toy for his friend's birthday. hmmm. seems suspicious leh. ask me out to help him choose, and its for a girl. hmm. and spending 20 bucks. and said that the girl wants a dog, and so he insist on dog and nth else. hmmm. sms her also go away from me. hmmmmmmmm. even going to her house to give her birthday present or sth? hmmmmm. (:

been doing hmwk for the rest of the day! super guai right :D

my aircon spoilt thanks to the repairman. he came to repair then aft that got worse -_- now wad? and my printer spoil too, how to print chem? -.-

and, had a little talk with parents and got a little pissed off. they asked whether i want go jc or poly, i said most prob poly. and they say jc is better than poly, poly not good. want me to go jc. and then my dad said that he dont think i can make it to jc. i said i want to go design, they disapprove. they say i copy my couz, but hey, i didnt even know she was in design until last yr! and i had interest in design ever since sec 2? yeaaah. very nice. i have supportive parents (:

so i guess.. i have to go jc no matter wad le bah... ):

10:21 PM

Thursday, January 11, 2007

normal lessons today.. yup. but the recess is pushed down half an hour later -_- damn, thats means 2.5 hrs of lessons before recess?! damn, the school wants me to slp in lessons -.- bahhhh. and, i almost fell aslp during maths again today -.- three periods of boring maths, who can help it? diana saw my head nodding off lol! i couldnt help it too =X

band audition today. was a little disappointed at the amt of ppl that came, but at least there're some who love band like lionel, some great juniors like weisiang, and some NICE juniors to bully like jasmine >:D

tpets got two juniors only tho ): one is pearlyn, one is weisiang, but we call him pearl :D cos i was talking to pearlyn abt my couz called pearlina the name almost same, he heard, then when we asked him his name, he said pearl for fun. HAHAH! lionel got into tuba, poor thing =X saw this guy kinda cute, but he got into trombone ): i want him in tpet leh hahaha! going to get 13 more juniors i think. hm. i hope none of them will pon tho =/ or i'll personally go after them! >:D

got to stay back during audition whoo. tried to psycho them into coming tpet but failed ): talked to a few juniors, and we got nice band juniors! :D and one as evil as me called pearlyn hahahah! told them that i super nice dont bully ppl but everyone else spoiled my image ): including mr tan, saying that im the noisiest in band. bleah. ): but its true (: there's this junior who got award in violin, but on the paper it printed VIOLENT. damn, its like super funny i cant help laughing like shit lah. violent award o.o i think, more like shud award me that instead of that junior bah! ahahahah!

they intro finish the sec 4s present den they could go. but weisiang is super enthu lah omg damn good. he said he want to stay back and watch the band! :D intro weisiang and pearlyn to our section, den pearlyn left. weisiang damn nice lah, he did stay back in band, and even waited for us even tho we had a super long committee meeting aft band! and it rained too =X he's quite talkative too :D hehee. nice man. a talkative junior is always nice :D

like i said, committee meeting aft band. band u colour next time discuss, but the design settle le. haha! hope we get to wear it for syf. its super duper nice!

mass went central by taking bus cos it was raining ): bleah.

AND OH YEAH! VIVIAN TIED TWO PIGTAILS OMG SO DAMN CUTE!



hehe. im going to get killed by her now. BYEE!

9:34 PM

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

hmm. so many surprising things in just two days.

sayhwee's sis plays the clar last time, and justin's bro wants to join band o.o

hongyang and yuzhi are actually cousins! o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o o.o this one i really cannot believe -.- they seem to have nth in common for looks, and i think the only thing in common is their size. both tall and skinny. nth else. seriously, they are like two people worlds apart, hard to believe they are cousins o.o

and dor told me that yest she justin and liqiang actually talked abt me! -.- compare me with felicia -_- say wad in terms of looks, figure and who they prefer -.- thats.. -.- since i actually said it out, so u ppl know who they chose huh. -.- ok fine, this is more shocking than surprising.

and some other things (:

and i always fall aslp during maths no matter what! damn, stupid lah. i dont want fall aslp ): can anyone tell me how they keep themselves awake everyday? T_T

triple science and two languages day today, bad. i dont like.

and mr chee's pe lessons are.. bleah. the warm up exercises are funny. haha. but he's kinda strict. ): and damn, no ball playing during pe for two terms! -.-

been a super obedient girl doing my hmwk and stuffs without playing ever since sch started (: and this shall continue till the eoy. XD and i hope can luh ):

talked abt this topic with amelia today on the way home. super.. cannot-believe-it lah! but she insisted yes ): but i still think is no XD you cannot convince me no matter what hahahahah!

7:41 PM

Monday, January 08, 2007

start of a new wk, start of a new hairstyle -.- damn, i find it super weird and ugly! i would seriously prefer my old hairstyle, and a lot of ppl find it strange too. bah. only my dear old ah ma and mum and dad and aunts and uncles all find it better than last time -.- seriously, why does the sch even care so much? not like it affects my studies or sth -.- even specs, kao. me wearing contacts + short fringe = strange + stranger + strangest. damn. some ppl still say cute -_-

lye sim caught me today for my blouse. but she didnt say my skirt even tho today one was shorter o.o yuxuan said he saw me x.x

ANDD! A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT! I DIDNT SLP TODAY! partially cos i dont dare to, since im wearing contacts, and actually i almost fell aslp during maths ;P AND ROFLMAO, TALKING ABT MATHS REMIND ME OF SOMEONE'S ARMPIT HAIR! =X she raised her hands in front of the whole class and she was beside me, and i saw it totally -_- not only me, whole class saw. and me and sayhwee were laughing in class when we looked at each other aft looking at her. HAHAHA!

didnt go down for recess and lunch partially cos i not hungry, and another is because of my ugly hairstyle + contacts. almost killed dacia when she was trying to see me with my new hairstyle + contacts. i screamed and screamed at her in the toilet. LOL. i even didnt want to go band cos of it -_- but in the end i did, cos aft sch, i kept rubbing my eyes cos got sth liddat, then the contact lens in my left eye drop out. lol. den dno where, so i took out the other one and threw away and wore my specs, therefore i went band. if not i wouldnt go T_T

told everyone i would pon band today :D and none of them believe, like wad vivian said. "you would be the last person i believe will pon band." HAHAHA! went for physics make up lesson for those who didnt go during hols, but i juz wanted to revise. could hear the tpets at ecogarden for sectionals! lol. but they moved to amphitheatre aft that. joined them aft the physics lesson. i played terribly =X blim was lurking ard at first, looking at us but didnt go over cos mr tan was coaching us hahaha! if not i dead alrd, specs, earrings, skirt, socks. LOL.

combined band prac wasnt that fruitful for me, cos i know im not using enough air and support, juz playing comfortably at my own pleasure =X super super tired. and band pracs may change to wed o.o bah, stupid sch changed from 1.30 on wed to 1, from 2 on fri to 2.30. damn.

so many things are happening to so many people. i would rather wish it happened on myself than them =/

8:51 PM

Saturday, January 06, 2007

CCA EXTRAVAGANZA! :D it has been tiring, but fun! even tho i made lots and lots of mistakes in my playing ):

reached sch early, and nobody from band reached yet -.- realised the band banner nvr even put up lol. and me and amel waited outside the staff rm for so long to get the keys ): and i got caught by lye sim for wearing halter, dangling earrings, and necklace -.- she wanted amelia to go get pin and pin my ribbon down lolol.

yeah, sort of rushed in the morn cos i scared not enuf time =/ daphne and some other ppl went to put up the advertisement lol. and the little flyers we printed not enuf. ):

1/5 came in first, and the 1st shift ppl perform. i screwed up that high c blast part damn. cos everytime until there i damn tired and breathless liao -.- damn, three times, and i screw three times. damn sad lah. chris liew said the speech. she 2nd shift i 1st shift. we played two songs for two classes, den change shift. everytime we both came to the part where it is scientifically proven music helps to improve our brain, den can help us get straight As for o lvls, the whole band kept laughing at it. but its true!

Advantages of Learning Music

Learning an instrument can provide the following advantages to elementary students:

-build self-esteem
-develop initiative
-provide outlet for creativity
-develop sense of responsibility for possession
-develop sense of responsibility for being well behaved
-develop sense of responsibility for making an honest effort
-prepare foundation for drama, dance, and other arts activities
-develop attention span and concentration level
-develop visual memory
-develop aural memory
-develop time-management and organizational skills
-develop goal-setting and task-completion skills
-develop problem-solving skills
-develop confidence in facing new situations and challenge

For pre-schoolers and kindergarteners, there are additional pre-academic skills and attitudes fostered by piano study in particular:

-develop small muscle skills (writing)
-develop differentiation between left and right (reading, writing, following directions)
-develop visual tracking (reading, writing, math)
-develop aural short-term memory (following directions)
-develop visual discrimination (reading, writing, math)
-develop aural discrimination (following directions)
-provide practice in sequencing letters and numbers (reading, writing, math)

As the student continues with music education, their following skills strengthen:

-Comprehending. Learning to perceive and derive meaning from musical sounds V for example, to identify a musical theme V sharpens your childs ability to comprehend abstractions.
-Solving Problems. The ability to understand a problem and reach an appropriate solution is one of the most important skills your child can learn. Learning the basics of musical language, such as harmony, or interpreting a work through performance teaches this skill.
-Reasoning Logically. Applying particular lessons to other problems and situations requires sound reasoning. When your child learns to analyse a musical work from a cultural, structural, or historical perspective, or to improvise within a certain musical style, both inductive and deductive reasoning grow stronger.
-Making Value Judgements . Learning to comprehend, consider, and evaluate in music can help your child make informed decisions in other aspects of life. Discriminating between great and lesser works or justifying musical choices in compositions can teach your child independent thinking and how to make and uphold value judgements.
-Using Symbols. The ability to use symbols distinguishes the human race among all forms of life. Learning to read, write, and interpret musical notation provides access to a nonverbal world to thought and strengthens the use of other symbol systems as well, such as mathematics or language.
-Conceptualising. Your child learns to classify and generalize by learning to identify different types and styles of music, to recognize how different cultures use music for personal expression, and to recognize common elements in different works.
-Communication. Perhaps the greatest gift of music is its ability to cultivate our feelings and thoughts through nonverbal means. Being able to express theses feelings and thoughts V and to respond to them in others V is part of every successful program of music study and indispensable in your childs total development.


source: http://www.rainbow77.org/yiyiku/music_advantage_art.html

ANOTHER ONE! http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20040619/fob6.asp

see i nvr bluff u all lo! still laugh ):

ha. anw, i think i didnt really do great as the speaker cos i think i spoke quite fast or sth? =X and i didnt show my fierce side hahaha! if not none of them will join band =X

so conclusion is, JOIN BAND! whoo :D

that stupid idiotic yaozhong, SUPER QIANBIAN LAH! wth did he tell the class he taking care of? "when you go band must take off and wear your shoes right? so mafan, so dont join band." DAMNIT LAH U! -.-

fine. hmph. ranie kept bullying me ):<

there was a guy who played tpet and want to join band and come tpet this yr! whoo :D got one play bass clar, one play flute, one play trombone, a few play perc, and two play tpet. hahhha! thats all i rmb. hope they all join band tho, but not those with attitude ones =X got some sec 1s attitude all of us and criticize our instruments -.-

aft everything was over, went to eat at pastamaniav at west mall with edward dacia daphne xinting aaron ena cecilina yuxuan ian benedict genevieve liqiang zoelyn donna vera and one clar girl i forgot her name =X yingjie or sth? =X xinting zoelyn donna vera and that junior went off first. den tpets and perc and liqiang and aaron went walking ard in west mall. den me daph dacia went to see aaron edward and jennifer off first, den we went back. bought this tycoon game thingy which seems quite fun :D den dacia went home, and then me and daph joined the perc + liqiang and we went to the playground nearby. it was super duper fun! :D we played this merry go round thingy, and we kept laughing. got dizzy aft playing it x.x funny. den played this see saw thing. my butt will fly up then drop on the seat again. paiiin. then we went further inside the whole block of hdb flats and played swings! at first got some girls playing, and one of them helped us took photos at the seesaw :D aft they left, we went to play the swings. liqiang pushed me to super high up and i got scared -.- we took turns, and it was super funny. we all were quite high hahaha. we went off at 4+ i think. bought drinks at west mall den we went home tgt. took train with daph n yuxuan, den me and yuxuan alighted at choachukang and went to take lrt tgt.

had dinner with the whole family tgt at home, didnt have that for a long time i think. den i went to slp and den woke up and went bpp! :D bought kind of a lot of stuffs? hhaha. bought sch shoes, the same old bata one. i dno why i still like it best lol. den went mini toons and bought more ankle socks to wear to sch hahaha. den went ilt and bought more halter hahahah! went popular and bought books. went comic connections, BUT IT DOESNT HAVE FAHRENHEIT PHOTOS! damn, westmall de only left calvin -.- I WANT AARON DE! if not, the whole fahrenheit. daaaamn. why did it run out of stock ):

went walking ard, AND I FINALLY SAW THE KIND OF JACKET THAT I WANTED FOR SO DAMN LONG! even tho the colour combination isnt wad i want, i still bought it. its red and black in colour tho ): more of black, less of red. there's still gold and black, red and white, and blue and white. its those kind of half jacket? dno how to describe. but i finally own one! XD super happy hahaha. and bought choc and sweets in ntuc to eat in sch lol.

yup, then went home aft that. i want to buy sooooo many things!! T_T

10:08 PM

Friday, January 05, 2007

oh boy. im so so unlucky ever since i went to sch -.-

more than half the class had to stand in the parade square cos we didnt bring storybooks -.- well, at first ms khoo didnt really care, but lim ai tee came and made us stand! damn -.- den i was joking with mrs chang and some others, den she made 4/7 stand too T_T its unfair leh. other classes also nvr get caught when i saw so many also nvr bring -.- b lim saw and made those standing to stand in front of everyone in the parade square lol. the moment she saw me, she said my skirt too short =X den when i walked past her, she stopped me and caught me for my fringe, earrings, specs. =X she wanted me to take out earrings, pin up my fringe, and gave me till mon to change my specs o.O and all the time standing in front i was smiling :D dno why want to smile den smile looo. den she shouted at us to stop smiling lolol. aft everyone left, we had to line up in our class and listen to her talk. got 4/5,4/6,4/7 and 4/9 or 8 or 10 i forgot. she got our names and we had to give her a letter by the end of recess explaining why we nvr bring or it'll be considered defiance ): 4/6 had 26 ppl who didnt bring, and 4/7 had 29. lol. niceee.

den went back class. almost fell aslp during bio, again. and then it was physics, in which mrs chang saw me falling aslp soon, but in the end i didnt cos my eyes and head just kept nodding off and up it came again and nod off again till suddenly i wake up for no reason o.O she kept looking at me too =X

recess came and i went outside, complaining loudly abt mrs lim making us stand thus causing us to write a letter and she just nice came out of 4/5 omg x.x

went to give b lim the letter. yeah, the whole group of everyone stood outside the hall waiting for her. and had to line up den give. shucks, now she know my name ): she always dno my name when she catch me all the time haahaha. but this time she went to read the letter first, called me by my name den warn me abt my fringe and specs before she could let me go T_T damn, i hope she doesnt rmb my name =X

den had el, den chem. god, she told us only yest that we had to do that theory wkbk and revise thru the chap on alkenes, BUT NVR SAY WHEN NEED TO HAND UP. damn, and i didnt bring the bk. dno where it is too. some others in the class too, then she made us do the five yr series whole of alkenes chap. kao. even if i wanted to do that stupid chem hmwk, i wouldnt have time to, unless i dont slp at all lah. i was busy doing band stuffs till midnight! damn lah. and her class is super duper boring, god, monotone and sharp voice! -.- i think if i hadnt move towards sayhwee to look at her theory wkbk tgt, i think i would have fallen aslp at my seat.

aft lunch was triple maths x.x yeah, almost fell aslp again. mrs wong saw and she stared at me -.- her class is super boring can. she has an expressionless face and her voice is the same as lim at! she saw my head nodding off, and i saw her stern expression when she saw me almost fall aslp -.- damn lah. all lessons monotone and boring.

went to look for amelia and we went to je int tgt. she bought her textbk, den we headed to west mall. the stall moved $#^_%#(&% eat our money. den we found out that they'll only be back ard end of the month -.- gah. we went walking ard. went to uncle tidbits and we bought sweets for tml to give the sec 1s. tempt them to come band >:D went converse and bought a bag for my 1st younger brother cos he using my elder bro's sling bag -_- i use money from my angbao T_T and his birthday is coming too, wanna buy sth else for him. broke lah. den went to basement and ate at old chang kee :D den went to watts in and i bought earrings again lol. den she went to meet her sis while i went home. took some photos on the way. i made stupid faces and all captured T_T

i have to work hard this wkend, maths hmwk, chem hmwk, AND START STUDYING ALRD! no more play time ):

EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED!
ANYBODY THAT CAN TEACH ME HOW TO NOT DOZE OFF IN CLASS??

7:04 PM

Thursday, January 04, 2007

second day, over.

and, a new ah ma for maths. damn.

almost fell aslp during bio and chi lessons today =/

and got sabo-ed to do speaker's corner in front of the class by the whole gang of boys -.-

arranged the chairs for cca extravaganza. got into 1st shift with daphne edward and xinting. i have to solo second for where the river flows =/ damn, have to blast super loud at the ending cos im alone -.- played 1st for the heat is on with edward -.- and, i got chosen to speak in front of everyone while the 2nd shift ppl play -.- chris liew got chosen for my shift tho. we have to try and think of actions and have everyone relax =/

have to design the flyers for the parents, and the advertisement to be placed all over the sch.

got totally wet through cos of the big rain while walking to central ): didnt share umbrella cos didnt want the person who share with me to be wet too. hope i wont fall sick tml or sat =/

off to faster design, no more time.

10:04 PM

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

just one day in nh and im tired like shit. unlucky day for me, too.

in the morn it was just the same, meeting up and blah. the stupid 184 bus keep halting cos the engine got prob! ): spoil my slp lah.

sayhwee's sis got into nanhua, justin's bro got into nanhua, and mine went to rvhs hahaha. mum says its too troublesome to transfer -.-

you know, for the first time i felt like having ms teo back. why? she has the one and only good point which is that she doesnt really care abt my attire -.- bah. i broke almost every sch rule today. wrong socks, wrong earrings, skirt too short, nvr tuck in, fringe too long. the only thing i didnt break is that i still tie plaits and my sch shoe is white. -.- even my specs also cannot leh -.-

had a reeeeally long talk in the hall with b lim. she still thinks we're sec 3s, and i wish too. i suddenly felt as if i cannot play anymore, will be coming online less often, and have to work even much harder =/ sigh. i hate the feeling of being sec 4.

go back class, talk here and there, blah. damn you ranie. sabo me for wad! -.- not only that, ms khoo put me in a seat where im covered by guys 360 degrees, and the 360 degrees of them all guys too! damn, how can treat me liddat?! T_T ms khoo and i were like arguing the whole time for my seat aft recess =X finally, it ended with ranie going to the back to accompany stella while i sit at the front, den blah. but actually, im still unhappy with my seat cos im going to be alone! ): the girls ard me all got cliques one ok. bleah. and someone gave me this feeling that.. urgh. nvm. but it kind of spoiled my day too.
that everything, everytime, i was alone.
yeah, bet i gonna be very quiet for the rest of the yr.

and my co form is super omg lah long winded. keep telling us her da4 dao4 li3 the whole time god. dno wad prepare early for o lvls stuff, wad big things small things dno lah. if she's going to be my chem tchr, i think i may fall aslp in class and break my new yr resolution.

blah. den had band. sectionals, i kept slacking. too tired to concentrate. den went off with xinting to help her, den halfway mr tan came and coach her. and we went toilet, den went back sectionals. mr tan said that im using the correct technique! :D but i find my sound a little airy tho dno why =/

aft sectionals went back band, had to play the heat is on and third movement for where the river flows for the cca extravaganza. mr tan says that we sounded better than in cul pot lol! i think so too, but at first we were quite messy. and i felt that overall tpet improve too! :D esp jennifer, she's sounding a lot better now :D

walked to central tgt with tpets and elena, and none of us are used to being one yr older.

and i dont like this feeling of being a sec 4. ):

9:02 PM

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

bah, school's starting tml and i cut my finger -.-

damn, i want new school shoes! -.-

7:56 PM

Monday, January 01, 2007

school's starting in two days time, and im not really looking forward to it =/ but hey, LAURA KHOO IS THE FORM TCHR! thats sth to look forward to. got to know abt it last band prac. cool man :D no more ms teo~ still rmb last time 3/6 called her to be our form tchr and replaced ms teo, and it came true! XD ha. maybe this yr is going to be full of fun thanks to her, i dont know.

according to teochew tradition, today is my 16th chinese birthday, which means i officially grow up and all my relatives would give me angbao. you know wad. im so so damn rich now >:D by a few hundreds whoo. the good point of having many relatives :D

and damn, i forgot to remove my nail polish. have to do so tml. bleah. off to watch hanakimi, china leaked out episode 8! XD but that means i'll be hana-kimi-less for the next two wks ):

9:49 PM


happy new yr everyone (: im super super tired now hahaha.

yep, went to vivien's countdown party and back :D

reached clem early and went to buy my couz's birthday present at ntuc. went back clem mrt, was looking ard cos i tot caiqin reached and den suddenly edward jump in front of me give me a fright -.- yeah, then we waited for the rest. caiqin came soon. some of viv's classmates came. vs guys at macs -_- den waited for half an hour for viv den we went her house tgt.

uhs. den we ate and ate and stone till daph and zuhui came. i took daph's phone and saw her photos! >:D she came chasing aft me for it lol.

den we had to sit in a circle and intro ourselves. got me, edward, caiqin, daphne, zuhui, vivien, huiwen, benjamin, yel, shikang, daryl, qinjie, matthew, benedict, some 4/7 ppl and her church friends. then play some game den we had to pass this newspaper thing ard and when the music stopped, had to open up and see got forfeit inside not. has a few layers lah zz. yel got the first one, to act like a girl and he had to flirt with jiajun lol. wanted to take video but he's alrd done before i could take -.- den uhs. edward had to blindfold and make an animal sound? i had to tell a joke to make everyone laugh which i failed to cos i dno how. benedict had his face drawn by eye liner, and there's this girl who had to do pole dance. and there's m&m at the last layer. took some pics, upload next time.

uhs. den had to play this pair up game o.O me cq ed shikang matt and qj got into a team while the rest got into a team, so its a draw o.O uhs. bored lah. den uhs forgot. rmb we watched this funny movie called tricks or sth? didnt bother to find out the movie name. den uhs. we juz slacked ard and talked. everyone was tired =/ had sparkling juice, then had to write our new yr resolution and put into the bottle. i had three :D

1. get at least a GOLD for syf
2. 6 pointer for prelims and o lvls
3. get into the course i want (if i go poly for design, i guess.)

hope it'll all come true.

yeah, countdown then slacked ard for like half an hour more den we, the tpeters all went home tgt. the vs guys still at her house like o.o i cabbed home with cq, dropped her off at her house. hahaha. the taxi driver tot that we are pri sch kids COS OF CAIQIN! LOLOL. cos her house is near nh primary, he tot she wanted to go there for camp or sth. and then aft she left, he asked how old we were. LOL. poor caiqin.

had a little alcohol at viv's house, so im kinda tired now. off to sleep! :D

happy new yr everyone! good luck for ur o lvls this yr!

1:19 AM