Wednesday, November 26, 2008

things to do in my holidays!

yup now that my holidays are here! i need to come up with a holiday plan cause i dun wanna waste my precious holidays just like that! furthermore, there's no holiday hw for me to worry about now! :D hahaha so did some research & it shall be my guide to my holiday plans! but number 3 and 8 is out cause mummy daddy cancelled the plans to travel cause jie still have school during mum's leave. so yup. :X oh and i have already done number 1! hahaha its my forte.

1. Sleep. If you have fantastic time management skills, this might surprise you, but catching up on sleep is in fact the number one thing students want to do during their time off. As sophomore biology major Lakeisha Davis says, "You get tired between work and school." So, much like a hibernating bear, you might want to try to stock up on sleep now before another cycle of papers and exams begins next semester.

2. Get a job. Perhaps you are tired of being a broke college student. If so, you may want to get a job during your down time off in order to improve your financial situation. For example, sophomore political science major Jennifer Potter plans to work "as many hours as humanly possible to make as much money as humanly possible," during her vacation.

3. Travel. Have you been dying to spend New Year's in Vegas? Did you leave your heart in San Francisco the last time you visited? Whatever the reason, if you like to travel, you probably have one or two exciting destinations on your holiday itinerary. Don't forget to take pictures and send postcards to all of you sedentary pals.

4. Visit family and friends. If any of your break plans are reminiscent of the song "Home For the Holidays," this one won't be a surprise. Spend some time with your family while you can, because if you dorm other opportunities are minimal. While you're at it, why not look up those high school friends you haven't seen since . . . well dates aren't important, just make up for lost time. Or you can always go back to your old high school and show everyone how cool, sophisticated and successful you've been at college (not that they would be surprised by this information).

5. Shop. Spend all the money (or all those gift certificates) that you got from whatever winter holiday you celebrate and spend it on cool stuff while you can. Do not wait until the end of break to spend this money. You will feel guilty and buy your books instead of that CD, bag, mp3 player, fill-in-the-blank, that you have been wanting all semester. This is not an appropriate way to spend your holiday cash.

6. Pad the resume. Now that you have all that partying out of your system, do something to make your family proud. Do something you can put on your resume to impress prospective employers or grad school admissions committees. Consider getting a short internship at a friend or family member's place of business. Apply for some scholarships. Do some community service. Submit your novel for publication (sorry, English major). You get the idea.

7. Party. Not that you'd procrastinate or anything, but now that you are done staying up until four in the morning writing papers and studying, why not stay up until four in the morning for a good reason? Come on, you know you want to paint the town red, grab a paintbrush!

8. See the sights. If you get the chance, don't miss out on your opportunity to be a tourist and visit all the holiday displays around the city. Check out the Rockefeller Center tree. View the windows at Bloomingdale's, Saks, and Macy's. You might even check out the Origami Tree at the Museum of Natural History or the Angel Tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

9. Reacquaint yourself with the outside world. Once the inundation of final assignments passes, you may notice that there is, in fact, a world outside of Pace, your computer and your room. Since you have nothing but time, get out there and reacquaint yourself with the world you've had to neglect. Visit your old haunts, tell your friends that you are actually still alive, and find out what happened on your favorite TV show for the last month.

10. Catch up. Since the semester is over, you might actually have some time to do what you want in the coming weeks. So make use of that time to do everything you really wanted to do during the semester but didn't because of time constraints. Read some books for fun. Go to the movies. You could even get ahead if you buy your books ahead of time and do some reading for next semester's courses (just kidding).

acknowledgement: http://media.www.pacepress.org/media/storage/paper424/news/2005/12/14/Features/In.No.Particular.Order.Ten.Things.To.Do.During.The.Holidays-1128125.shtml

Friday, November 21, 2008

Eventful week after Os.

In a blink of eye, my O's are over & my holidays have arrived! Though there were 18 papers for me (including paper 1 and 2) and the exams are stretched over a long period from 20 Oct to 13 Nov, im really glad i survived them all. Sincerely thankful to those around me because without them, i would not have been able to hand on for so long. :D

Time really flies and i've stayed at popo's house for more than a month alr! (i don't really feel like moving back home now :X) on the overall, i felt that their humanities papers are more tough. Among the sciences, physics was the most difficult one for me. Maths seem fine. Languages im not sure haha.

Really had a eventful week since the end of O levels!!!
13-15 Nov: BINTAN TRIP!

it was my first time going for this Bintan CIP trip & i definitely won't regret going, esp with all my hao peng you! :D Felt abit seasick on the way there so most of us forced ourselves to sleep to prevent getting giddy. i love the mangrove trip on those small boats! its really amazing to get the chance to go near nature and learn more about them. they are always around us but when would we slow down our steps and really look and cherish them? seldom. anyways it was an eye-opener for me to see how those prop roots, pencil roots etc look like. its surely better than only pictures in our geog textbook :D

the mangrove planting made me feel so useful! at least we're doing our part to protect our Mother Nature and save the earth hahaha. its really quite an united effort because not only us were there, but also the locals who were rather enthusiastic about going green! :) the passing of those seedlings let us have the chance to exercise also haha :D

having lessons and games and fun with the children there really makes me treasure what i have more. the condition of their school, their classrooms, its really diff from ours. there are no fans and only have 2 lights in the class. they don't have those concrete parade square but just those sandy areas, so not to mention those air-conditioned rooms like computer labs etc that we have. though they don't have those facilities that we enjoy, but they really seem so satisfied with what they have. they play those olden days game like marbles during their breaks, unlike nowadays kids who always play computer/psp etc. the biggest problem we faced was communication barrier cause we cant speak their language so we relied quite alot on the translator. how we wished we were bilingual.

they're really full of energy and playing with them makes it so fun too hahaha :D though we only have such a short period of time with them, but we hope to make a difference in them and educate them the importance of conserving the mangroves on their island because there are still many locals who are not educated and would carry out shifting cultivation etc.

the food they prepared for us was quite okay so its not that bad. and the place we live in was quite okay too :D & we became rich there because of their currency hahaha. $ many of us bought those chips like siao cause they say its cheaper than in S'pore. anw qian said i kicked her at night hahaha. & throughout the days we played alot of murderer game lol *wink wink* oh and the trip back to S'pore was not giddy at all! cause ruyi, kris, beatrice, me and some others were laughing all the way for about an hour. one of the guide was being super lame and tried to trick us those jokes la. those big fish small fish etc, cross and no cross etc. hahahahahha. kris and i laughed till our throat pain and voice changed haha. :P

so overall, it has been a meaningful and enjoyable trip! YAY :D

the 132 group!



all of us plus the students, teachers and principal

during the game of " a e i o u "! all freeze haha


their marble game during break

they welcomed us with some short performance!

4 out of 5 of Aqua Zui :D


17 Nov 08: GRAD NIGHT! :D

Prom at Park's hotel & its surely memorable and fun hahah :D did hair and makeup with qian, linda, steph at paragon :D everyone looks so diff & glam! it was just like a photo-taking session cause everyone is taking photos everytime hahaha. saw those potential clubbers because at the end was for people to dance and its really like clubbing. some teachers wore till very nice also! our table won the 2nd lucky draw prize! hahaha. we actually thought we won't get it. hehs. its 20 dollars popular voucher for each of us!:D after that we walked to cine, wanted to catch a midnight movie but realised we missed the time. wanted to kbox but not everyone was agreeable. so yeap we made our way to qian hse by foot. qian, linda, ruyi and i was so miserable can! those high heels made us feel like we're walking on our toes and it was so painful :( linda and qian just took them off and walked barefooted but ruyi and i were not willing cause very unglam. so the 2 of us were like each other's support, limping as we walked far behind from the others haha. its really 爱美不要命!:X

finally we cannot tahan anymore so we walked barefooted too :( took us quite some time to remove the makeup and undo the hair. with those styling gel, our hair was so hard it felt like wig! but luckily it was back to normal once we washed them :D then we had a heart-to-heart talk at qian's uncle house and talked for so many hours! then around 4am, we went out to look for Macs hahaha. the one at centrepoint wasn't 24h that day! :( so we had to walk to other places to look for other Macs. finally walked till near far east opp that open air Macs. then we realised we siao one, could have ordered delivery cause by the time we reached the Macs, its was about 5am alr. :X

most of us felt so sleepy! i just felt like closing my eyes and eating together. hahaha. some of us really wanted to just sleep at Macs there alr cause we dont feel like walking all the way back. then all of us went high and crazy tgt. started singing out loud and zi high :D we even walked in the middle of some roads like its ours hahaha. i even just grabbed onto wendy's arm and closed my eyes and walked lol :D took about 40mins to walk back and slept at about 6.40am. steph said i kicked her hahaha :X


love this pic! :D

with Ms Ho :D
with Mr Koh:D
the seven of us!:DD
the BFF clubbers! :)

the Aqua Zuis!=D
Ex-partner Ruyi! :D
the 132s!
the curry corporation!
with Ms Wendy Tan!:D
those with the same birthday:D shixuan!
with Mr Tan behind haha:D
some 4C2-ians with ms Ho :D
su jean!:)
liu xin! (:
ex primary sch classmates! swee & rachel :D
claudia, stephanie, ida!:D
eunice!
table 26!
uncle joe and Mel:D
yingying!:D
went to do our makeup & hair tgt:D


18-20 Nov 08: I&E CAMP 08!
so in the morning linda, qian and i went to eat burger king at great world. met joey and then went to buy the gift we needed for the gift exchange. then joey went home while linda and i went popo hse. had to pack my things needed and linda's and my plan to put nail polish failed like dunno wad! hahaha. cause she kept doing and cleaning away and when joey smsed us to go down cause she can fetch us, she only did ONE finger (or was it toe? haha i forgot) then mine not finished so we cleaned away .-. lol

it was our 5th anniversary so they invited back the previous batch of seniors too:D but sadly ms tan was sick and couldn't join us in the celebration :( played captain's ball among ourselves and it was fun! but we later all had muscle aches cause very long never exercised like that alr. the 100s challenge at night was fun as i see the juniors putting in their efforts to complete the tasks. oh and they gave us a shock! some of us sec4s were sitting on those trolley to transport goods kind and it was used for the challenge too so there was a rope attached to it. then while we were talking, they suddenly all grabbed the rope and pulled us along! pearlyn even hopped on later on hahaha. it was so sudden we almost fell and had to hold onto each other super tight. hehehe. but it made us see the innovative side of them to prank us too haha.

slept in the hall cause aircon rooms were not allowed to be used during camps to save our electricity. lucky we did not see any cockroaches in there :D linda, jesselyn and i really needed our sleep then.

the next day was the ISLANDWIDE treasure hunt. linda, jesselyn, pearlyn and i made a team with yuqi, huizhen, brenda following us. the 2 seniors shared alot of things with us about JC and it made me have a better idea of what to expect next year. :D the clues were really very well done because they were all in poem forms and its so chim we cant understand how to guess the places to go. so we went to the south, west and north area. east area did not go cause there was not enough time alr. really explored quite abit of S'pore & it was definitely tiring.

then had BBQ for the night. the juniors performed for us and it made me think back of all the times i had in this cca these 4 years. there were tough and fun times of course, and it made me feel that i've really gained alot from this cca. those hard times were surely when i took over the role of CEO in sec 3. alot of planning for everything had to be done and should anything goes wrong, its my responsibility. i could really understand the stress that limin is facing. but dont worry, it allowed me to gain alot of experience too! :) the farewell gift was nice too! oh and we're in the I&E alumni! hehe xD then we carried out our traditions such as the burning of "bad" paper etc. =)) the sec 3s have really grown when we first saw them when they were sec 1s. now they have the better ability to organise things and make changes impromptu & be flexible with things :D claps for them!*

had the gift exchange on the last day and presentation of prizes. then its break camp alr! :D super tired already.
jiamin! angel & mortal :D
e-dyl, ratna, shumin, fang min!


20-21 Nov 08: 4C2'08 class chalet!
had to rush back to popo hse cause i have not packed a single thing for class chalet haha. but firstly i took a nap when i reached home :D really needed to replenish my energy. then later on went to meet linda and jesselyn to go tgt to aloha loyang. arrived at about 4 plus and the 4 of us rented bike to cycle for an hour cause the rest of the pple were almost returning their bike when we arrived alr.

we found out that there was a stable! so we cycled there and took pics with the pony hahaha. there was one with the name "jessie"! :D quite good exercise since its been long since i cycled already! then later on went to the breakwaters there to take photos hahaha :D

had BBQ the night. later on swee, ruyi, kris, shiqi and i played the super exciting card game! made us super high and scream like dunno wad. hahahha. then there was this little girl who always came to us with her hands covering her ears saying we very noisy so her ears are painful :X went to stroll after dinner near the beach and played the "mm chi" and murderer game too hahaha.

stayed up the night with ruyi, jeannette, shiqi, eunice, wendy :D had an adventurous night. -.- esp the cat fight thing still freaks me out now!!!!!!!!! :( oh and we were locked out of the chalet so we helped jeannette to climb in the window to open the door for us. hahaha. failed to watch our sunrise cause we were trapped within the compounds of aloha loyang. :( then went to sleep at 7am this morning. woken up by linda at 9 plus and she threw her wallet at me. hahaha. felt so tired!!!

then checked out at 10 and went to take photos while waiting for the shuttle bus at 10.55am. had brunch at Macs again before heading home. linda, kris and i even alighted at eunos (i think) to meet swee to pass her the Macs lunch she was about to have. she kept asking us to go find her during her lunch break cause she very lonely to eat alone cause she is working during the holidays.

reached popo hse, showered and slept till evening :D and now here im blogging hahaha. okay shall go sleep soon and replenish my sleep for the past few days! :))
okay cya peeps! sorry for this super long winded post hahaha :D

Saturday, November 1, 2008

half way through! PERSEVERE! :D

If you were in my shoes, you would feel hurt too... though i know you din mean it the way you said. :( sorry i shocked everyone this morning again. 我也不想的。

anyways im super glad im half way through my Os alr! :D up to date, took 10 papers and im left with 8 more to go! hmm to summarise them, i felt the more challenging/weird ones are physics, physical geog! really cant wait to finish them all and playyyyy! =)) hope the rest of the papers are managable! ^^

thankful to jie & benben who called me that day and crapped with me to relieve my stress hahaha. super lame of them but its funny and nice haha! at least it made me smile again :D oooh and they came to visit me! how nice! :D mummy was nice too.. she always called me and asked how was my exams and before Os started, they even came to see how i was and reminded me to work hard. & of course buying me so much snacks and essence of chicken x)) oh and thanks to cousin T for her dedicated blogpost to me! thanks to biujie for buying snacks and sharing with me haha! & of course thanks to gonggong, popo & the lovable kids in the house! love ya all! :D

btw happy halloween! seeing the kids dress up is fun! oh and linda being tortured by nicole to wear the wolf hat! wahahaha :P but its not as fun as last year :(

joe's joke of the day: stop crying alr uh, or else Singapore's weather for the next 300 years wont be hot and humid! it will be cold and wet!
.-. super lamo but its f to the u to the n n y! hahaha ;D

okay im going back to my Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland~~~
JIAYOU!!!!!