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"an attempt to make sense of and articulate the thoughts running through my head."



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megan: the minister will make an announcement tonight that the school holidays will be extended.

ha. i wish. but the reality is that it isnt going to happen. part of me wants to go to school. the other half wants to stay at home because i know i'm gonna get into trouble for not completing my holiday assignments.

on a different note, i'm glad to say my leg muscles aren't that stiff anymore, although they still are. at least i can walk straightaway after i stand up. and. I CAN MOVE MY RIGHT LEG PROPERLY ALREADY! whee~ haha thanks to those who told me to take care. i'm much better now! :D although there's still blood in my blister :S
somehow i dont feel like going for PE tmr? my muscles are still pain. i can't walk properly yet, much less run, what? 5km again? gah.

oh anw, thanks jasmine, charmaine and grace for listening to me, in one way or another helping me to sort out my thoughts. i was msg-ing charmaine early this morning and i fell asleep halfway. heh. sorry char! but thanks for helping me to put my thoughts into words. but idk how things will go. we might have misread the actions in the first place. cause as literature students, we were all taught to read deeper. so did we read too deep? idk. lets just see how things go on when school reopens.

same lunch breaks on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, same free period on friday. good or bad, for God to know, for all of us to find out.

went to study at compass point's starbucks with jasmine just now. wanted to complete my essays. but, i somehow forgot to put my pencilcase into my bag. smart ain't i. ended up doing my lit essay after i found a black pen in my bag.

JASMINE WONG, I MISSED YOU SUPER DUPER ULTRA MEGA LOADS!

ate at LJS and caught up tons. idk why, i had loads to tell you but when i saw you i forgot what i wanted to say. haha i realised that everytime we're together, we spend alot of money.
went to her house, cause she said she had tons of thermometers at home and had no use for them. so she gave me one. thanks neighbour~

anw, shawn! cheer up okay? stop emo-ing. and please don't try to create external pain. seriously. it ain't good for you. if she comes to know about it she'd feel guilty too. and yeah, i'll try to sort out my feelings. thanks for everything. i love you, sister! :D

shucks luh. i can't walk properly now. right leg still cant be lifted. i thought it'd be okay after i slept. but no. gosh. and i dont know why, but i keep thinking about it. after she asked me on the way home. i must say i was surprised at the question you asked me and what you said when we were leaving.

you know what? i think i shall stop thinking. i don't want grey hair that soon. heh :D

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back from camp ASPIRE. and i'm super duper ultra mega shagged. 20km run/walk/jog in the middle of the night.

imagine being woken up at 1.14am, and hearing that those in the sports group had to pack up, bring their bags along and report to the track o.o passed cecilia some of my stuff cause there wasnt enough time to re pack my bag. boarded the bus, left for east coast park. ran 5km. in converse. my legs were hurting like crap, blisters, blah blah. thanks ming xuan, jeremy and eterna for pushing me and making sure i dont walk. although i did. heh ;)

we were given jerry cans filled with water later. and we had to carry one per group. plus a casualty. although i was the casualty. yunjia was one too and later she commented,' we not casulty they carry until become casualty luh'. i totally agree. my legs turned jelly. and my group started complaining that i was damn fat. lol. 43kg isnt fat okay! anw i think its a misconception that being a casualty's good. wen bin was commenting,"wah chicken little, luxurious lifestyle ah?" like, no? lol.
my thigh muscles are hurting now, cause jeremy and some other guy locked their arms when they carried me. and it hurts now. but thanks everyone. (:
ming xuan, i'm sorry that your girlfriend's lighter than me. i'm sorry that i asked mr tan to let us join the sports group. and i wont tell your girlfriend that you carried me. heh.

haha when we reached ecp,
ming xuan - eh! who asked for odac to join the sports group ah!
me - eh you're supposed to be the fittest luh. stop complaining haha
ming xuan - its not the fitness. its the freaking time!

later he said that it was easier to walk in front of everyone, so he helped those carrying me to bring me to the front of the group
ming xuan - eh my girlfriend know you die ah. so cannot tell anyone okay?

LOL LOL LOL. anw i think i kinda had fun along the way. after the casualty thingy stopped. running once in a while to catch up with either ming xuan or jeremy when they carried our jerry cans, and walking with shawn and yunjia later on when we were supposed to jog. and mr tan can talk alot. LOL. seriously, his debriefs are long. but full of content. haha at one point they said that we had another 2km to go, and we were to jog along. i was with ming xuan, jeremy and e jon, and somehow when they told us we had another 800m. i heard it as 100m. so after a while i was, 'eh how come 100m so long!' haha then they told me it was 800m. felt retarded.
while waiting for the bus i realised the blister at the back of my left leg burst and it bled like crap. damn gross luh. my shoe was bloody too. good thing that was the plastic part, so i didnt have to wash my shoe. hahah jeremy and mingxuan kept scolding me for wearing sneakers and ankle socks. you know what guys, i've learnt my lesson. the hard way.

clocked a total of 20km plus, from east coast park all the way to changi jetty :D

when we got down from the bus, cecilia saw em and me. "so you believe me now?" hmph. haha she told us we would have to go run at 3am in the morning. but i didnt believe her. she told me on the first night that it'd be later on, and on the second day she said she got the dates wrong, it was that night. and i didn't believe her. rawr. okay i'll have to start trusting people a little more now. showered and omg. it was super difficult, cause my right leg was super stiff and my blisters hurt upon contact with water.

the first day was torture. sat through SIX HOURS of talks in the hall. and my butt hurt. had some lame games at night. second day was a little better, the games were more fun but gross! imagine one station where there was a rafia string with 2 socks filled with bananas at the ends and rambutans and longans tied to it. we were supposed to pass the string through the sleeves of our shirts. damn gross. hahah a lot of us ended up removing our sleeves, and passing the string theough. easier. ming xuan and jeremy were the last and idk how they got the strings tangled up. haha had to untangle for them and jeremy started cursing and swearing lol. so much for wanting to be the last person, heh.
anw mean mingxuan had someone sent home.
mr tan - who's not feeling well?
ming xuan - (points to jackson)
mr tan - why?
jackson - (or was it mingxuan?) sorethroat
mr tan - come up here
and so, he got sent home. mingxuan felt uber bad. lol.

the food was catered, so it wasnt that bad. and we had to sanitize our hands before and after meals. and some sanitizers suck. uber smelly. my group always picked the non smelly one. (:
and A4 has a sleeping queen : mei ee!
on the first day she kept sleeping. understandable, cause it was boring. but at night she slept LIKE A PIG. lol. next morning, after i woke her up and all, 'i still very tired' !!!!!!!! and so. the whole camp, she complained that she was tired. -.-" pig luh. haha

supposed to go out for buffet after the camp as a group, but i didnt feel like. after camp e jon was asking me to go, and said that the rest were going, except michelle and hui ting. turned to take my bag and jeremy was, 'going? you go then i go. depends on you eh.' went to retrieve stuff from the lockers and we agreed to go somewhere cheaper. but on the way down, he asked his friend to go home with him. ass! lol. in the end, i didnt go too. home-ed with jaslyn in the end, and we agreed to go for our buffet on tuesday after school.

OH. AND IN THE RUSH AT 1.14AM, I LOST MY THERMOMETER. gah.

dumb. on the second day, i lost my phone while packing after waking up. yunjia called my phone, but she called my prepaid number and was,"unavailable leh" i seriously panicked until later serene called then it starting having the dial tone. used mingxuan's phone to call and i realised it was in my sleeping bag. gosh. dumb sia.

the joint between my right leg and my hips hurt like crap now. couldnt even lift it up this morning. had a hard time showering and picking up stuff from the floor at home. heh

and i realised alot of people go for ASPIRE only cause we want our white shirt. haha

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you know what? i think that singapore's freaking small. i keep seeing XXX everywhere. a few sundays ago, i saw him/her at kovan. the next day, i met him/her in school. today, as the mrt entered the lorong chuan station, i saw him/her seated in the mrt. and i walked to another door. and walked quickly when i alighted at bishan, cause so did he/she.

tell me, is the world really that small?

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CG dinner over at pizza hut just now.
i'm super duper ultra mega full.
imagine this: 8 people, eating 6 LARGE pizzas.
it was alright when the first pizza came, we ate it happily and were thinking that eating 6 slices would be alright.
halfway into the second piece, started feeling a little jelat.
imagine the third and forth piece.
gave one pizza to brandon's table.
but they returned 3/4 of the pizza to us.
ended up taking away some of the pizzas.
total amount spent: $153.XX

thanks daniel and caprina! (:
i'll miss this current CG.
wonder who our new CG members and leaders are.
and also which YAs become our mentors.

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ODAC dinner at chin huat seafood restaurant over at novena for the 20th to 22nd batch.
my table was super high and noisy, alot of gossips revealed. and wanru and ona told miss liu about XXX. when there's nothing in the first place. lol. we dont even talk to one another o.o
cam-whored like no one's business, and on the way back, we realised that nian deng's shampoo leaked and his whole bag was wet. wahahahaha. uber nice smell luh, but the timing was just wrong. hahaha we were laughing at him the whole time and the smell was simply overwhelming. circle line-ed home with many other people. wan ru and i got off at lorong chuan, walked to my block and sat on the benches, talking for close to 3 hours, until 1.35am. LOL

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SCUBA DIVING DAY TWO!


ONE WORD TO DESCRIBE IT : AWESOME.


met up at vivo for brunch again. tania joined us afterwards cause she OVERSLEPT. piggish tania haha. ate superdog! uber nice. i wanted to satisfy my chocolate cravings. and vanessa suggested candy empire. and we all agreed in unison :D went candy shopping and cabbed down to the yatch club. waited for over and hour again, and i fell asleep. super tired. and i think mr lim couldnt wait to go luh.
mr lim - okay get ready, the morning session is back.
(2 mins later) okay lets not waste time, we shall take a slow walk to the boat.

and he started walking damn fast -.-"

went for 2 dives, same as yst. when the first pair was getting ready, faith asked tania and me to gear up too. we geared up quickly and sat down with our equipment and all. shangyang and mr lim came down after a while and were shocked to see us all geared up. "see luh, get ready so early, now nothing to do" then when stephen came onto the boat he got equally shocked to see up all geared up. went down early, performed our skills, and we went swimming. and we saw a sea horse! :D we lost track of time and ended up diving for 50 mins, when it was supposed to be for 20 mins. heh. stephen seriously got a shock when he saw the time upon arrival at the surface. oh and he said my blue nail polish glows underwater. 0.0

there were roti pratas waiting for us up on board. :D as usual, tania and me ate alot. haha. i ate 3 and 1/2 pratas. heh.
when we went for our second dive, we were swimming to the white ball when one of my fins suddenly came off. told faith, and we swam back to try to look for it. but we couldnt find it. got another fin from the boat, and stephen went down to locate the missing fin, but to no avail. >< size="5">
JESSICA IS NOW A CERTIFIED SCUBA DIVER! :D

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SCUBA DIVING OPEN WATER DIVE 1 TODAY! :D

tania, nina, vanessa and me arranged to meet at 10am at harbourfront mrt station. but. we were all super duper ultra mega late. and we all arrived in consecuitve trains. haha. brunch-ed at the food court in vivocity, went to shop a little and cabbed down to singapore yatch club. waited for over an hour for the morning group to return.

got on the boat, had some briefing and the first pair went to change. at that time the current was uber strong, and the instructors were like, oh dont leave their bags like that, the winds's strong and the boat's rocky etc. open up the seat cover and put them inside. tania and me stood up, and before i could open the lid, i fell. HAHA. and my hip's bruised. stupid wind. lol.
went for 2 dives, and the people cooked food on board! i think tania and me ate the most. heh. we ate alot while waiting for our second dive, and we returned famished. tania ate about 8 sausages? GREEDY GREEDY. hope she doesn't see this :D

took loads of photos and went back to the yatch club to shower. shangyang, yao yang, nina and me wanted to cab down to some mrt station. haha and it was as though we were walking aimlessly, just walking and waiting to see if some cab would come. we were crossing the road at NUS, when we saw a cab. we just flagged it and got on. in the middle of the road. haha and the cab was in the middle lane to. heh. mrt-ed from clementi to city hall with nina, wanting to change line. we got a shock when we saw the massive amounts of people waiting to get on the train to jurong east and decided to take the mrt to marina bay so we could at least have a seat. got off at bishan to get onto the circle line.
had a massive chocolate craving back at home, but i was too lazy to go downstairs to buy. had to content myself with some peanut M&Ms found in the fridge.

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  • ica-ed with yun jia to collect our biometric passports today! (:
  • went to bras besah complex later, wanting to fix her graphic calculator. but the place was closed for a week. opening only tmr -.-"
  • we had alot more time so we shopped at bugis street! and i saw vanessa tay too.
  • yun jia and we both bought wallets and belts. lol.
  • mrt-ed down to bishan to meet serene and cheryl for lunch at cafe cartel.
  • serene was almost one hour late !!! hahaha
  • cheryl was on time for once. cause she thought it was 1pm instead of 1.30pm.
  • i saw this dress at outfitter girls.
  • normally priced at $48, now selling for $15. but they didnt have my size in the colour i wanted.

haha i feel like typing alot of things. but all of a sudden, i dont exactly know what to say. so point forms are the best! :D


scuba diving pool session 2 today! (:

i overslept and only woke up at 7.20am. i suddenly jerked up with a shock. originally, i planned to take 853. but since i woke up super late, decided to take the MRT then bus down to the swimming complex. thank goodness for the circle line! :D

met claris and reginald at the bus stop, waited ages for the bus. reached the swimming complex just in time (:

i think today's lesson was more fun than the first pool session. haha partly due to the additional instructor. i think there's smth wrong with me. i couldnt sink to the floor of the pool. and i kept floating away and someone had to pull me back to the group. initially there was smth wrong with my BCD too. it was super loose, and the tank kept hitting my head :X but the instructors changed it for me during the break.

anw there was this extra instructor today, and he drifted between both groups. he was super retarded? lol. in a good way. we had a lot of fun with him around. he entertained us while we were waiting for the rest of our team to perform the skill, etc etc. oh! and we took pictures too. underwater! (:

we were supposed to deflate our BCDs so that we'd sink to the bottom of the pool but somehow, i kept floating about, and someone would have to pull me back to the group. the other instructor kept delfating my BCD but after kneeling for a while, i'd start floating away again. haha. i didnt know he actually removed his weights and stuffed them inbetween my BCD and tank. no wonder i kept feeling smth tugging me. i pressumably assumed that the kind soul was pulling me back to the group. and no wonder after a while, i finally managed to sink at stay put at the floor of the pool.

lunched with the other people, and vanessa and me headed to plaza singapura, supposedly to study, and shop for A WHILE. but. we got hooked after a while, and she had a fantabulous suggestion. 'you know what, lets forget about studying!' and of course, i agreed readily. heh.
bought 3 bottles of nail polish! (: 2 from The Face Shop and the other from this newly opened cosmetics shop from Korea. anw there were PINK FLUFFY pens at the counter for us. haha. we both took one each and when we paid up, we were given some moisturizers too. loads of freebies. sales tactics.

walked around, bought long sleeved shirts from cotton on for scuba diving. and. it seems as though cotton on is turning into a major discount store. their prices drop incredibly. our tops were originally priced at $15, but we got them for only $5 o.o

mrt-ed home and went to take passport photos for the scuba diving cert. and the photos were super ugly. lol so i bought only 4. the minimum haha.

I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY'S OPEN WATER DIVING AT PULAU HANTU! (: (: (:

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Aaron Shust - My Savior My God

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed, what God has planned
I only know at His right hand
Stands one who is my Savior

I take Him at His word and deed
Christ died to save me; this I read
And in my heart I find a need
Of Him to be my savior

That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior

Chorus (2x’s)
My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior’s always there for me
My God: He was, my God; He is
My God is always gonna be

Yes, living, dying, let me bring
My strength, my solace from this spring;
That He who lives to be my King
Once died to be my Savior

That He would leave His place on high
And come for sinful man to die
You count it strange, so once did I
Before I knew my Savior

My Savior loves, My Savior lives
My Savior loves, My Savior lives

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Here I am a sinner
Broken and in need of you
Take my life and wash my fear away
For you are the great I am
Rest assure I feel your hand
Holding me until the darkness clears

Father to the fatherless
Redeemer of my soul
My life is yours forever
My heart will always know

Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me called me as your own

Well
Here I am a sinner
Broken and in need of you
Take my life and wash my fear away
For you are the great I am
Rest assure I feel your hand
Holding me until the darkness clears

Father to the fatherless
Redeemer of my soul
My life is yours forever
My heart will always know

Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me called me as your own

Your mercy saved me mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me called me as your own

Yeah

Ohh

Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me called me as your own

Your mercy saved me
Mercy made me whole
Your mercy found me called me as your own

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wanru says:
you finish your e learning alrdy huh?
JESSICA ♥ - wouldn't it be nice if the world was cadbury? http://pieces-of-cake.blogspot.com says:
left history and chinese.
JESSICA ♥ - wouldn't it be nice if the world was cadbury? http://pieces-of-cake.blogspot.com says:
must type out one zuo wen -.-"
wanru says:
come on, chinese is really fun!
wanru says:


:D
wanru says:
its easier to score than content subj rights?
JESSICA ♥ - wouldn't it be nice if the world was cadbury? http://pieces-of-cake.blogspot.com says:
true. but i still hate chinese.




lol that's the first time i heard anyone saying that chinese is fun.

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night cycling last night was more fun than i had expected. although plans for our food trail fell through, i think we all had a great and enriching time.
the bicycle rental shop kinda sucks. we pre-booked our bikes so the helmets etc were already packed for us. there were supposedly 36 helmets. later we realised we were short of 2. went in to get and they confirmed that one person took out 2 from the bag. replaced them and after distributing all, we were still short of 2. did head counts and realised we were only given 34. told them but they said its impossible. asked for another 2 on the pretext that we had misplaced 2 helmets. everything settled, we set off.
when my group was on the way to the first station, yao yang called ming xuan and asked him to head back. and apparently the woman realised they made a mistake and we were indeed given 2 helmets less. -.-"
LESSON LEARNT: count the helmets before leaving the shop

and. i didnt really test my bike etc. after setting off, i realised that the bike was too big for me! ended up struggling through the entire night. mr tan saw what happened and he switched bikes with me. according to him, his was lower. i wasnt too sure, but i knew it was still too high. lol.
LESSON LEARNT: check the height of the seat before setting off

we were on a food trail, and at each station we gave them clues and they had to decipher the food item, purchase it, and consume. our group met up with sky's group at one of the stations and they were ahead by 2 clues. haha they mistook 2 previous places as stations. anw, the four excos there were disussing and my group heard that the next item was H20. at sunplaza park,
ming xuan - okay. since you all know that the next item is H20, we're gonna make it harder. we will not bring you to the vending machine. you guys will have to look for it yourselves.
and they all believed that we knew where the machine was, when actually, we had totally no clue. haha so while they went on a H20 hunt, ming xuan, miss liu and myself sat on the benches to rest.
LESSON LEARNT: be creative :D

stopped over at pasir ris park for part 0ne of our debrief. the j2s who came along were wating there for us there. i saw wan ru's injuries and i seriously got a shock. her knees were still bloody, and her face swollen. and the surface area of her injuries were huge. oh my goodness. mr tan didnt allow her to carry on and he rang up miss sharon yeo to send her home. during the debrief, many people were only half awake lol. so ming xuan, yong siong and me ended up answering most of the questions mr tan threw at us.
miss liu- i know many of you are falling asleep. so later, if you see any of your friends falling asleep, just box them to keep them awake.
ming xuan and me- (turns to one another) later we shall box her!

we cancelled the rest of the food trail and the surprise challenge partly due to time constraints and the physical state of everyone in general. lol. riding along the 'endless road' was both torturous and easy. easy cause it was a straight path, the wind was blowing, and i got to see the airplanes. torturous? i was kinda sleepy. and we were all spread out, cause not all of us cycle at the same speed. i was in front of ming xuan and miss liu, behind samantha. at one point it time, i THOUGHT i saw an additional shadow next to mine that looked like ming xuan. but. there wasnt anyone. later, i heard miss liu's laughter. TWICE. heard from ming xuan later that miss liu didnt laugh. OMG. and i got freaking scared.
ming xuan- i think you're just tired. just shut up and continue cycling.
anw miss liu dozed off every few minutes. good thing ming xuan was next to her to wake her up all the time.
LESSON LEARNT: its better to cycle next to someone when you're tired.

overtook other groups along the way and we were the first to reach east coast park. rested while waiting for all the groups to return. yong siong went around taking unglam shots of people.
yong siong- this photos will come in handy for graduation!
me- -.-"
LESSON LEARNT: yong siong is a meanie.

the exco had our debrief session with the teachers after dismissal.
mr tan- do you all understand the map?
rest- (shakes head)
me- yes (cause i did the programme,etc)
ming xuan- (whispers to me) you're supposed to say no.

mr tan- i chose not to look at the programme. why?
ming xuan-cause no good.
mr tan- eh. why do you like to put down the exco and yourself?
me- he's just trying to give politically correct answers.

anw, we stayed till 8plus to wait for the bicycle shop to open and cam-whored with nian deng haha. he went night cycling with his friends too.
cleaned up and walked to the 135 bus stop with yong siong and vanessa. the 2 sweet people accompanied me to my bus stop, although they could take bus from a much nearer stop. thanks dearies! :D talked along the way and oh wells. we can all see history repeating itself. but i could see that yong siong got pretty pissed. upon arrival back at east coast, the first thing he did was to complain to me abt XXX. well. vanessa and me felt it all along but we didnt dare tell others. but now i guess its pretty obvious that some of the rest feels that way too?

135-ed home, showered and accompanied my brother to AMK hub to buy paint. i felt high the whole time. didnt feel like sleeping. laid on my bed supposedly for half an hour but i fell into deep sleep and ended up not going for my youth service. i only woke up at 10pm haha.
as i'm typing this, JESSICA IS HUNGRY!

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i dont know i'm saying this, but. I MISS TUTION! both the teacher and the company. urgh why doesnt mrs ong teach JC math?

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"wouldn't it be nice if the world was Cadbury?"

haha i've been singing that song the entire day. no no. make it that line of the song. serene and yun jia got super fed up. tried to stop but after a while, i started singing again :D

met willy wonka at the tau huay shop before going to school for our exco meeting. out of 8, only 4 turned up. 3 arrived after the PE lecture, 1 MIA-ed. but we had fun anw. haha the super nice ming xuan went out for lunch and bought food back for vanessa and me. :D he wasn't surprised that i was still hungry after eating one packet of chicken rice lol. can't blame me. i'm a growing girl! and i realised i ate a lot today.
1 packet of chicken rice
1 subway cookie
1 bowl of tau huay with 3 tang yuans
4 chicken wings (from 1S11's bbq)

vanessa and me tried doing hmk after the meeting but we both ended up sleeping. she accompanied me to wait for yunjia to finish her physics e learning in the library. thanks dearie! ILY (:(:
went swimming with serene and yunjia later. in the changing room, i saw smth super obscene. this woman stripped and changed into her swimming costume out in the open. and it wasn't as though the cubicles were occupied or smth. after dinner, yunjia and me walked around serangoon central and we suddenly decided to speak only mandarin. cause our oral's coming. and it sounded super weird, as though we were 2 tourists from china buying snacks. and seriously, our mandarin sucks.