i must say, mr Kevin Jiang, my tour guide, is really a very hardworking, patient, fun guy. must compliment him. he is 42 years old and always helped us in everything, from carrying luggages, ordering food and looking for the 'lost' psp. he still had the energy to play snow fight with the teenagers. kept chasing us and smashing snow into our faces.

korea was fun, but i didnt like the coach rides and plane rides.. motion sickness sucks!!!!!

the most memorable thing in korea : THE TOUR GUIDE =)

Post A levels:
1-3 dec- class chalet ( learnt lots of skills haha like gaming and mahjong ) very shagged after this

3rd dec - a kiasu junior came to my house ALL THE WAY from woodlands.

4th dec- hockey match ( I MISSED THE GOAL!! ), lunch at Adam's with marian, chloe, fahima, sya, nat, bala, enru, and andy! we ordered 16 dollars worth of idian rojak. HAHA SIXTEEN! omg first time seeing this much food. ohh and that day i learnt so many malay words. NAK GADUH PE?!!! we kept saying this even when we were ordering food. probably scared the stall owners eh?

5th dec- team lunch at popeyes at the singapore flyer, fooled around at marina square with fahima, marian, chloe and ernie. followed by New Moon with stacey at 7pm

6th dec- learnt the finer tips of mahjong from grandma. went of indian temple wedding ( darn cool!! )

7th dec- movie marathon with stacey- Ninja assassin and Case 39. both of us had a headache after this movie marathon. and Cathay is a much nicer cinema than GV :D And i sort of regretted not going to prom! :( it's shangrilaaa!!! i love this hotel a lot a lot.

8th dec ( today ) - Going to meet SIN YEE with some of my teammates too! im eggcited!

9-11 dec - KL ( stayin in a diff hotel! im gna do lots of shopping since my mom is around hahaha)

12th dec - Escape theme park with classmates!! we were spd to go crabbing

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14th dec - didnt go fishing with stace n tiara =( but went to amk hub with stace instead! explored every shop in the hub.

15th dec- went to serangoon gardens with kw and dona, was spd to go orchard with stacey after that but.. heh ( hopefully stacey doesnt read this)
dona was late. was spd to meet at 2.30 at ser gardens. so kw came over. then after that we 3 went to ser gardens. found nothing then both of them suggested coming over my house to watch a movie. ( i plugged the laptop into the tv, veryy shiok) heh kkk was watching few min of saw 6. then both dona and kw cant take it? so changed to the already downloaded my sis's keeper. they didnt like the part where she vomitted blood??

16th dec- my bro and co decided very last min bbq at my house. wah my bros frens bought very fine food like portobello to bbq?! and CS spent 3 hours baking the potatoes in the oven? ok so i came down and watched movies with A cos she was feeling bored. wanted to watch saw 6. was watching halfway, then the guys were didnt want to watch cos they'll get nightmare or sth. so so we decided to change it to a comedy.. and every1 was laughing and i was like so sian. but i didnt know i looked very bored? so the guys left, i continued with saw, but since A was helping to clean up, i shldnt be a couch potato, went to help. was my first time mopping the floor of this house heh. i hardly mop but i did sweep before in this new house. heh.

17th dec - wah walked for 5 hours straight! stace needed to buy pressies so went to ion, 313. we walked every level of ion. the crowds in Mango and Topshop in ion, and F21 in 313 were crazyyyy. but f21 in 313 is biggggg and cool. wanted to walk all the way to plaza sing but cldnt take it anymore. GUESS WHAT I BOUGHT AT ION! drawing block -.- sheeeeesh.

18th dec (today) - cycling!! im sure we'll all be late!

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we cycled for 3 hours.. paid 8 bucks for rental. all our butts were so painful!! we couldnt stand up or walk straight right after the grueling 3 hours of cycling.

19th dec- yayyyyyyy pltn gathering! baking cake at stacey's house in the afternoon. then going over to georgi's house the rest of the night + next morning. im spd to bring alcohol. hahahaha omg EXCITED =)))

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so stace n i were one of the latest. my bro fetched me to stace's house, told him wrong directions so i came late again. baked banana muffins from like 3.30 to 6?!! omg but it was so good. crispy on the outside soft on the inside.. but when we ate it at 10pm, it was like soft totally.. so we went to georgis house at like 7. watched a movie, talked a lot, played taboo ( which was energy draining ). I brought dry gin (47% alcohol!!!). so we drank shots. one shot burned my throat and stomach. made my whole body feel so warm. georgi was tipsy. ok then took a lift from Tassy's mom. omg both of tassy and her mom were so cute..!!!! they are adam lambert's fans!! kwel! then i went to yvonne's house at upper bukit timah to wait for my bro, who was in the vicinity, to pick me up. yvonne was so nice to accompany me to the prata shop to wait for my bro! went home at like 2am?


20th dec- family's christmas party at my cousins' house. ( its an annual event ) haha omg good ( or really fine ) food and everything. ok so i went to shop for pressies at taka. omg the crowd is DISGUSTING. then we went to my coz's house. i find it hard to talk to my cousins.. theres like a huge age gap.. and every1's like talking abt their jobs. so my bro n i played with our nieces. ate like steak, ham, turkey, log cake, tiramisu, double boiled pear, pumpkin soup, salads, had some wine, choc fondue, fruits. then there was gift exchange. my mom got her own gift back haha (luckily)

21st dec - hockey carnival! omg now its like 2am, i need to sleep now now. need to wake up at 7am and head down to delta. then after the carnival im gg to changi village to go CRABBING! with like 5 classmates.

22nd dec -ohh fishing at Raffles marina with Tas, stace, yvonne and cherie! bowling maybe! sian we got to lug the prawns to like tuas. dunno how to take a bus there.

23rd dec- its ladies' night!!!! probably meeting pltnmates at like 9pm-ish. then we're prob leaving the place at like 4am.

24th dec- prob cant wake up in time to go to rach's church event. in the evening there's another family gathering at my house, yay with more good food and with cousins whom i can relate to!! =))

27th to 1st- KOREA! haha i know what to buy frm there already =) aiya hol will be so short.. 4 nights only =(

2010: need to complete my resume!!!! i know what i wanna work as

6C ppl : 8th jan theres a gathering! details, look for jazreel!

MARIAN, pls come back sooon! haha i'll get ready the room for youuu. omg gna be such fun with marian! and cant wait to join Crescent Club! =)

hello i'm so bored i dont know what to do.
Its amazing how eventful this 2 years have been for me.
met a whole new bunch of people, learnt more about human psychology, lots more of hypocrisy.

Ok i'm gonna list down what i've been up to since 2008.

Started preparing for Grade 8 exams since Jan.. almost have been practicing 2 horus everyday, and nearly the exams in july i've been practicing AT LEAST 3 hours everyday, for like 1,2 months?

Then theres CCA selection. Mr soh scolded me for joining house council. so i quit house council and i joined hockey. hated hockey and training like 4 times a week. j1 year was hell for me. cos its study + hockey training + piano after training. most of the breaks in between classes i had to complete my homework or study for my grade 8 aural exams. so boring.....

Then was promos. i did not bad actually. i had 25 points for common test, and for promos i had 59 points! awesome.

Then came year 2009. Training and more training. well at least i loved hockey for like o.5 years. not bad (: made gooooood friends with my teammates. Then it was seasons!!!! awesome valuable experience i gained!!! i still remember everything that happened to me, at least, during the entire season!

then after hockey, it was study alll the wayyy. Haha i'm really happy that i got Kelvin to study with me almost everyday. we had to SNEAK out of the class to go upstairs to study. we had to talk in codes abt the places we wanted to study. cos both of us felt as if the class discriminates ppl who want to study, and the atmosphere in class is really very unconducive. there were many days in the week where i had to go without breaks cos kelvin and i arranged consultations one after the other, in between lessons, after school. was hectic, but my grades improved alot. Mrs seet is a fantastic teacher!

then after block test 2, i arranged for tuition for GP, Phy and math. GP tution was horrible but at least it provided me a channel to practice my writing. i quit after 2 months. it was money NOT WORTH spending. but tuition for phy and math was really worth it. grade jumped from E to B for math prelims with tuition. Phy tuition i would say it was too ex, but it provided me with the confidence!

all in all, i think i spent like few thousands on tuition and piano alone? zzzz
siannnnn my grades better improve if not GG. Theres still phy paper 1 on monday, and its THE END OF A LEVELS. and i'd really be bored.

after class chalet, movies and fishing with close friends, christmas parties at friends and relatives houses, clubbing maybe, holidaying in phillippines, I ABOSULTELY have no idea what im gonna to work as. guys are lucky, they get to go army! they get paid for training =(

BLEAH

If your definition of friend is someone who can make one become competitve, make one push and stretch herself, then i have the best friends in the world.

Seriously, i've changed. From a person who is not affected by anyone's grades in secondary school(Li En can vouch for that.), to one who is at a competitive edge now.

I know when you dont mean it, especially when you say " I nvr study...","i didnt do anything at all yesterday", " sure fail". Seriously i dont understand the pyscological impact on saying these stuff - to make oneself feel better by whinning, pouring out ur sorrows, or thinking that your friends will study less on hearing that you havent studied? You keep saying these over and over again, and yet i found out you're at a fastfood chain mugging your hearts out, and i heard you found the paper easy (if u didnt study, how would an exam be easy enough for you to do it?), and i saw your completed tutorials,and when you told me you hated this subject and yet you aspire to be in this job field which requires that subject.( just to illustrate an example, to be a vet, you must love bio, and if u hated bio, why would u want to still become a vet?) Seriously, why cant you be more sincere in your words? Its not as if you're competing against me alone. We should work together and harder, so that we can compete with everyone else outside our school. So its Us against the Rest, and not you or me alone, against the Rest. See the big picture? You'll benefit more like this.

I've so many of these people around me -especially in secondary school- that i've actually gotten used to this phenomenon. Just ignore what these people say, they dont mean it.

Anyway, i was looking thru my diary, and i came upon this page:

24/04/09 - RJ vs SA

1) christie passed methe ball, i missed it, i didnt sweep it in.
2) ball hit the post, i didnt deflect
3) high ball came to me, hit my knee.

Reasons for mistakes :
- didnt put my stick down

lessons learnt :
-always put stick down in the D!
-pressurize the person who has the ball, even if she's not a defender.
-Before games: must relax!!
-move on

These were my reflections that mr soh said i should do so that i can concisely learn from my mistakes.

haha oh well, it just seems like it was only a month ago when we just started our season.
I certainly miss this sport and my teammates.

RANDOM

oh my hahaha i've got a lot a lot a lot more things to say to some people.

okay marian. this is for you:

YOU TOTALLY EMBARRASSED ME INFRONT OF THE BUS OF PEOPLE TODAY!!!!!!
QUIT IT!!!! ahha but if u quit it, you wouldnt be marian at all.

Chloe :

hope you're okay after the stay over. i hope you're still the chloe that we know, okay.

Jillian:

hey, pretty girl.

to *ahem* and *ahem* and *ahem* and *ahem* and... :

i entrusted you with my life with something, pls feel valued okay. :):):)

oh haha i feel very happy for christie, she still has her cherry!! :) AHAH

and cherie:

"cherieeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! *squeals*"


ok i got no more mood to type. and my bro's breathing down my neck. got to give up this hot seat for him HAHAHHA.

yesterday's hockey dinner marks the end of the season. but not the end of our CCA yet ( we still have a closing down session with mr soh on wed). I just had a sleep over at my house. jill, marian, chloe, danna and ernie came over. we had a girls talk till very late, drank some liquor. ( I'M SORRY JILL N MARIAN, I DIDNT EXACTLY DRINK. I SPAT THE MOUTHFULLS OF VODKA into the empty H20 can WHEN YOU BOTH WERENT LOOKING. and so, i wasnt drunk like marian suwono. hahaha and when marian commented that we had a lot of h20 left, i was so scared she would find out and there goes my life...OH YA, i told chloe to do the same thing in an SMS. HAHAHA oopsss. ) Then ernie n danna left, marian chloe n jill slept on my bed, i slept on my floor. we waited for jill to wake up at like 9am, talked alot more, went to ser gardens to have breakfast and back to my house to watch 3 consec movies.

Okay dinner was okay, saw many pictures which certainly jolt back a lot of memories, the time we spent together as a team ( malacca trip ), the sweat we put in, the joy and anguished we all experienced as a team.

I remember the time first time i stepped into SA hockey. It was awful. The experienced players didnt welcome us ( the six new girls ) warmly. there was a crystal clear divide between the experienced players and the new girls. It was like, discrimination. I hated hockey, i hated training so much that i was planning which trainings to skip, what excuse to come up with. I dreaded EVERY single training. The only silver lining was that i get to meet my new friends, the six of us- marian, sin yee, danna, ces and ferina. Sinyee was, and is still is, one of the nicest person i've ever met. I've never seen her angry before, except those times when she tried to be angry, but failed horribly - we just ended up laughing at her "anger". eg. "could you just quit it!"

I remembered doing a ME exercise, something about ranking the aspects of my life that i'm most fulfilled. i placed cca last. in J1, i didnt even know what i was training for, i didnt even know my purpose of being in this cca. 4 main players quit hockey last year, i guess it's their leaving that allowed me the opportunity to step up, to earn a place in the 1st team. My official career started when we signed up for the SHF u21 tournament. i remembered i wasnt often used on the pitch. i was insignificant as i always kept to myself. The coaches didnt notice me much. But i guess it was only after the UWC game we played against with that some ppl started noticing the potential i had. i was very happy i scored my first goal in that match ( thanks to a very nervous UWC defender ). Haha i totally muscled my way past her.

Then we went for the Malaysia trip. that was the turning point for me. i felt attached to the team, i began to look forward for every hockey training!! the trip was certainly very fun!!

Then A division. the 4 goals i scored - 2 in CJC game, 1 in IJ, and 1 in RJ game, must MUST be credited to christie for passing me such nice balls. I will never never forget the RJ games that we played. 1st one i gave up totally after missing 2 balls. but the next game, i totally "sacrificed" myself cos i really wanted to thrash that annoying, boastful team. It was really like a rugby game played. The collision with ugenie ( my bro's friend's sister! - hahahha both of them were sitting tog watching the game and they saw their siblings being ran into each other!) wasnt intentional, really!!! The impact of the crash was so huge - she fell ( but i continued runnign after the ball ) and after that i saw her face- her face was crunched up like a prune. it left me with a very sore jaw, and ugenie had to be subbed, and li en told me that ugenie had a plaster on her chin. Then i got a green card cos i flouted the 5 yards rule 3 consecutive times. i couldnt get it in my head. the whole team, mr soh mr danker ( i was just next to the coaches somemore!!!) were shouting at me to move back 5 yards. then finally, audrey from RJ hit a flying ball which bruised my left arm damn badly. luckily for that then i realised my mistake. HAHAH. I had to mark audrey. and its like i just followed everywhere she went, and she kept bumping into me. She went "can you stop pushing me?" in a high pitched tone. WTH. she was the one pushing me for that matter. and when she was going to hit the ball, i was staring into her eyes, smirking at her) she looked into mine and smirked back---- AND MIS-HIT! hahahahha. and there was once, her ball hit her teammate and i LAUGHED. oh the no. 20 rj girl got her team a short corner for nothing!!! my gosh i laughed at her. haha. That team.. my goodness. they didnt behave like they should have, judging frm the fact that they come from an elite sch... gosh. Oh then came the whacked from audrey with her stick. it hit my nerve, i was so stunned, i stood down and cried. in my mind was like, what if i cant run for Finals??? i cried harder n harder. christie went " BITCH!!!!!" into audrey's face. HAHAHA that was hilarious omg. i was laughing in class when i thought about it!

and we won a deserving 2-1 game. mega happy.

Then for finals.. i have my regrets for not playing as hard as i did for RJ game. oh well, we lost 2-0. it was a hard fight! we came in 2nd. hmm.

just by typing these out would definitely bring a tear down my cheek. My rough hockey jouney was certainly a valuable experience which, like what coach danker said, i wouldnt want to trade with for anything else. i felt that the sacrifices i made was worth it. I got to learn how to work with 19 other awesome hockey players. Jillian totally earned my admiration and respect. in my opinion, she's the best BEST hockey player, teammate in SA hockey 2009 :)i certainly had the BESTEST time of my life with my teammates, and i'm placing my silver medal somewhere in sight so that i'll be reminded of these 19 beauties. I'm looking forward to our $$250++ team dinner! :)

Today.. my 18th birthday!

I had many pleasant surprises! I enjoyed my day today, despite the nasty gastric i had. ( like wtfreak, GASTRIC??) yesterday, i had a very fine birthday dinner at Thavean. 50 bucks ++ for a set dinner, but they had a promotion, 1 for 1. it was worth our money!!

1) i received a birthday wish from Ong Ying Ying!! was so touched she still remembers my birthday cos i hardly got the chance to know her when she was still in the team!!

2) my classmates celebrated my birthday! ( i thot they forgot, so i didnt expect anything.) i was uber touched when i saw this humongus cheese cake that dona/rhonda/yuanqing got for me (:(: then i saw the present they bought.. a handphone chain!!! so prettty!!!!!!!!! i wasnt expecting a present either cos i explicitly told huiling NOT to get any thing for me cos i know its very time consuming. then she said" you only told ME not to get anything, so THEY got you something."
AWWW So sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!

3)after training, marian brought the cake out onto the pitch, and the whole team celebrated my birthday!!! i really wasnt expecting anything from them, but maybe just birthday wishes!! hahahahha i have such a sweeeeeeeeet team! then marian smashed the cake onto my face.. i so totally didnt expect it.. but it's marian. what do u expect?? hahahah.

4) i came home, expecting to have pizza for dinner.. but my bro got me a cake too from GOODWOOD HOTEL!!!!! (: (:

all these made me feel so bad.. cos i always forget people's birthdays, and i hardly took the effort to buy people presents!! all these must change!!

Tmr i'm playing against IJC. haha UP AND ON SAINTS!

talking abt hockey.. yeah RJ game was screwed, oh well, get over it...
we won CJ 6-0
and today i was so totally injured.. the ball hit my mouth, then another hit my right thigh which then bounced off and hit my left thigh..
and my bruise i got from the RJ girl has become sooo obvious.. every1 has been asking me abt it..

and tmr im going to have dinner at Raffles Marina! one of my last few visits to this club before my parents sell this membership off.. hahahah

btw, thanks every1 for your wishes!!!!! (: every1 counts, no matter how short the wish is. i really appreciate every1 of them!! :)