unexplained warm, fuzzy feeling deep within after Dry Run 2 and B&B. spent a good amount of time talking about SR with 2 other ex-SRJCians, and they somehow brought back good memories. come to think of it, i hardly have bad memories about the place. all i can remember are good moments. 2009-2010 were really the best 2 years of my education.

supper with the Bishan kids thereafter, and we ended up at an amphi-theatre talking. more of bitching i'd say. i missed hanging out with the Events'13 people, i still remember our bitching session at KFC after our weekly meeting last year. ah, memories.

'twas a good day :))

8th August 2012; a truly happy day. Met bb for lunch after sooooo long! Plus it was after the much dreaded SOC 211 paper. Love you loads bb! I anticipate more frequent meet-ups in the near future :)



Back to SR later in the evening! Thanksgiving Concert was a blast. Met Nelly & Rahul earlier and we walked around campus; it felt good to be back.


The performances were superb as expected; we really had a good laugh. Mr Ong was laughing at how ridiculously hilarious the teachers were; I think he forgot that he used to be one of them up there hahaha. Epic moment when the teachers went up and we were trying to make him go up too.

Missed the sing-along sessions so badly. National Day songs and If We Hold On Together :')
The latter is a song truly SRJC-ian. And you should have heard how loudly the College Anthem was sung. Really so proud to be an SRJC-ian. SRJC ALL FOR YOU ♥ ♥


Caught up with Mr Wong at the concourse thereafter and I have no idea why I ended up called him Mr Ong. I went, "Mr O-" before realizing my mistake and I decided to shut up after that. He realized it obviously and kept harping on the fact that I can only remember Mr Ong even tho he taught me in J1 heh. Sour grapes much ahahaha. I was asked to talk to his elbow ):
Later on I saw Miss Ong.

me: eh Miss Ong, 你越来越漂亮 leh!
Miss Ong: thanks thanks.
Mr Wong: aiya she can only remember the Ongs. you and Mr Ong.
Miss Ong: you also Ong what, just that there's an additional W in front.
Mr Ong: i think she only remember the pretty and handsome people.
Mr Wong: (smth that I can't rmb)
Mr Ong: (to me) eh i think he doesn't get it leh. HAHA

Dinner-ed at Upper Thomson, and I got a shock when we reached cause the Council juniors were there too. Massive load of orders, and when the guy wanted to repeat all the orders, Kuang Jie went, "I think even if you repeat we also don't know." I think he's secretly a part-timer at The Roti Prata House.


Udders-ed thereafter and zomg, try having Rum Rum Rasin and Tira-miss-u together in a cup. The alcohol content will totally blow you away. Nelly turned red, as usual HAHA. But still nom-nom nonetheless!  I totally forgot that one of the items on Nelly's to-do list after returning from Brunei was to go to Udders. Whoopsy. Had to be reminded of my upcoming exam when I said that we should all go home cause Mr Ong went, "oh yar, you have an exam on Friday!!" Sighxz.

Got a lift home from him and hahaha the car ride was uber epic. I'd do anything just to relieve that 6 hours all over again, really. Haven't really been so happy happy for a long time. The happiness I experienced a week or two ago is on a totally different wavelength from what I'm still feeling right now.

Yes, things might have been different if I had stayed on in the Student Council. We were talking over ice-cream and they were saying that I'd most probably be in EXCO and all. Nonetheless, I'm glad I left Council but met 'em all. Ever so thankful that they accept and treat me as one of their own members. Initially I felt a lil weird cause it was just me and all the councillors but after a while, I kinda got used to it. Feel like an honourary member of the SR Student Council sometimes.

Through the SC, i met the most awesome friends, especially Nelson and Rahul. Thanks for everything, really love y'all deep deep! ♥


Actually, there are more things that I'd really love to pen down regarding 8th August 2012, but I cannot do them here for obvious reasons. All I can say is that I'm glad certain things did and did not happen :)

What I'd do just to relieve the past 6 hours all over again. From walking around the campus, to the Thanksgiving Concert, to supper and even the epic car ride home. A night I'd never forget. Unexpected moments and memories.

It's true that when you do not have any expectations, you're more likely to be taken by surprise when something happens. Pretty much sums up my experience tonight.

I ♥ SRJC; nothing can change that fact.

Maybe I just don't show it. I guess to a large extent, I'm good at masking my true feelings. I don't pour out my deepest darkest thoughts to everyone who asks.

Maybe that's why some people say I rank my friends. Subconsciously of course. Yes, when my friends ask me how I am, I tell them the truth. But not everyone gets to hear the nitty gritty details, all the pain and anguish masked by my constant happy and cheerful disposition. Just like how some people cannot appreciate nature, not everyone can see through my facade.

Sidenote, I miss seeing familiar faces everyday. Yes, I still do now. But it's just one in (maybe) hundred? Gone were the days where I recognized almost everyone I saw; the days when warm smiles and hugs greeted me all around school.  
Okay, don't misinterpret my rantings and conclude that I don't adapt well to changes. I am fine and well where I currently am, just that I miss the past. Yes, I've long accepted the fact that no matter what, things will not go back to how they were back in 2009 and 2010. The last time I checked, it wasn't a crime to miss a particular period of your life.

Last day before school reopens. Can't remember when was the last time I actually dreaded going back to school (for reasons other than undone holiday homework), if there even was such an occasion.

Summer 2012, please be good to me. I need to pull up my GPA.

Met up with the Council clique today! Haven't seen Nelly since late last year, and he's gonna be banished to Brunei for the next 2 months ):
Hurry come back so we can go for Strictly Pancakes alrighty!

Caught American Pie, and it was pretty hilarious. Hahaha during some parts Rahul turned to me and asked me to cover my eyes. Ironic much, since I'm the oldest of them all.
After the movie, he was asking Reg how the movie was. Couldn't catch her reply, only caught his next comment. "ohh, better than this one, sit there and laugh laugh laugh."
WALAOOOOOO >:(

People should stop MIA-ing. Sigh. But also a bit hard luh, we've all moved on in life, it's hard to juggle your current phase and previous phases of life all tgt. Sometimes, some balls will drop out in the process, and are picked up only later on.

In spite of it all, meeting these people always brings a smile to my face. :)

TSKKKK.

And I think I got owned by the Stats paper today. I stared at the MCQs for frigging long. Seriously.

Sidenote, my beloved MacBook's coming home tmr! Gonna bring it home after school tmr :D

My MacBook is another epic story. My life right now sucks. I'm just hoping that someone will help me to recover all my data. I can't afford to lose so many things, esp all the photos. Sighhh. But one thing's for sure: I have to re-type my annotated bibilography cause I know there're bound to be changes in my source list. And I have to re-save all my current sources again. WHY OH WHY. Why can't my Mac be ready soon? Or rather, why must my outline be due this week. Tskk.

Fridays are sucky days. Lessons are freaking boring, seriously.

Prinsep-ed to mass photocopy SOC 294 and NTR 108 textbooks, Minds Cafe-ed to pass time. Ugly Dolls was hilarious, seriously. Mindless game but highly entertaining :D

Books were freaking thick, thank God I randomly asked Rahul if we wanted to go back to SR tgt since we were running late. Train-ed to City Hall to meet him and he drove to SR! Else I'd have died carrying all 4 books back, really.


Felt kinda out of place in SR, it's been a while since I returned. Oh and we didn't even pay for the ticket, haha we told the security guard our tickets were inside and he lifted the gantry :D
Didn't even watch the movie anw, haha we were more busy talking and catching up. As usual, they were all bullying me. Esp that stupid Ryan Koh!>:(

Met Mr Ong, Miss Liu, Vanessa and Reese though! Happy happy <3
Chomp Chomp-ed and Udders-ed, Rahul dropped us off en-route back home, Ryan walked back home with me and helped me carry all the books teehee. Returned home to see my purchases from Gmarket waiting for me! The person called me in the afternoon cause no one was home, haha. Said he'd put it in the cabinet outside, and I texted my mum to bring it in.
Yayness! Should have gotten the Wine one though :/ Freaking nice!

Now I shall await the arrival of my Polaroid camera :D
And I have no reason not to study anymore, I have all my books now ):

What was the occasion yst huh, so many people asked me to go out. First came Nadia's call on Monday night, then Nelson's tweet and Rahul's Whatsapp.

Combined the 2 meetups today! Along with Regina, Michelle and Kuang Jie! It's been ages since I last saw Rahul and Michelle! So nice to see them again after such a long time! Randomly decided to catch We Bought A Zoo. Totally laughed when that movie was suggested seriously. Hairy, seal, hippo, snail, Mickey Mouse, Chicken Little watching such a movie tgt. Joke ttm, machiam watching our own lives being portrayed on screen.

Shared a drink with Nelson but he barely touched it. Midway through the movie I freaking had to pee from excessive drinking lol. After a while, Kuang Jie started saying he needed to pee too. But the movie was ending, so we controlled. And chiong-ed out as soon as the credits came on. Epic shit, Michelle kept laughing at us afterwards.

Anyway.

Rahul: eh Mickey wants me to help him buy popcorn and drink! (cause he came late)
me: I want drink! buy the perfect 10 combo luh, I can share the other drink with Nelly.
Rahul: what drink you want?
Nelson: coke lor.
Rahul: (to the cashier) okay uh 2 cokes please.
Nelson: (to me) eh you're okay with coke right! sorry forgot to ask you.
me: uh, anything lah. aiya I very 随便 one.
Nelson: why are you speaking in Mandarin, be considerate luh.
me: what's 随便 in English uh; shucks I can't rmb.
Nelson: I know! Uh, cheap.
Michelle & Regina: sounds like the prostitute kinda cheap.
Nelson: yes yes cheap is the word. :D

WTHHHHHHH. Stupid idiot. >:(


Monopoly Deal-ed with them at the Sky Garden, we had a good laugh. Nelson and me were as poor as shit, the rest kept using the stupid "It's My Birthday" card to extort money. But we turned the tables around in the end; it all depends on luck eventually.


Felt like the old J1 days all over again, when I visited the Council Room after the Promos. Guys, we should do this more often! :D

Oh and yay I finally returned the $40 Gillian and me found! Went to the DBS Bank and queued for quite a while, witnessed some woman being a total bitch. There were 2 queues, the counters and the other one. This woman blindly queued for the counters, apparently she queued for about an hour before it was her turn, when she was told that she was in the wrong queue. Guess what, she totally took it out on the staff and said that it was their fault that their signs were not clear. And that when the bank is crowded, the signs are 'hidden'. She DEMANDED to be slot into the long list since they had wasted her time, going on to say that she needs to take care of her mother or some shit. Wth please, I totally went into bitch mode after she walked away. At that time it was only Nelson and me in the bank, and he had the honour of telling the rest what happened afterwards. Please, if she was stupid enough not to check the signs, at least she should be smart enough not to blame anyone else. Even Nelson and I had the brains to check the signs before joining the queue -.-"
Or even if the customers blocked the signs, as she claimed, wouldn't she be able to ask around? What's with deploying people to guide customers during peak periods? Freaking waste of resources, shouldn't these people be deployed to serve customers in order to minimize waiting time? And I don't see anyone else kicking up a fuss about being in the wring queue; why must we cater to the needs of the minority?
Hate these kinda people who end up doing smth wrongly and finding thousand and one excuses to blame other people for their actions, seriously. Take some personal responsibility will you.
Sorry but my bitch mode was totally turned on. To the maximum. Think Nelly got shocked ahahaha.

Anw Nelly, thanks for queuing with me! Had no idea why they made me fill in the form anw, not like it has anything to do with my account. I'm merely the good Samaritan who returned the money.

Met the ODACians afterwards for JiaWen's 21st! Hotel Re is freaking cool please! :D :D :D
Insisted on taking the uber cool bigger Guest Lift (out of 2) down and they said 最小的很麻烦. Teehee sorry luh :D

Happy 21st JiaWen! :)

Gonna sleep early and wake up early tmr to prepare the Christmas/New Year cards I've been meaning to start on since forever, esp since I'm meeting the workmates for dinner! :)

Finally met them today! "after Thanksgiving" became "during Promos" and it has finally materialized!

Dim Sum-ed and hahaha we realized that W hates durian. Their durian mochi is oh-so-good. Laughed till my stomach hurt, really. All about puke, dirty toilets and all the random stories hahaha. Oh we had an epic conversation about dying hair.
We were Whatsapp-ing otw and L was telling me that W has outrageous hair.

me: yeah I saw FB photos! my hair's also different.
L: omg why you dye hair! Chicken Little I'm gonna scold you later!
W: haha she (L) belongs to the TTH School Of Thought, Chinese hair must be black not angmoh
L: later see who is more havoc, W or Chicken Little.

Obviously, W won, hahahaha. They couldn't see my hair colour under the dim restaurant lights.
Was telling them about my 1st (disastrous) hair dying experience, and how I did it again myself after one month.

L: Oh, no wonder not even. See this part, colour so red!
me: oh, no lah. I did extensions. 2 strands!
W: Extentions very fun meh.
me: having a patch of red hair at the top very fun uh?
W: *speechless*

Walked around, shopped a bit. Wait, make that a lot. Esp W!
But I really had a great time today!

L said she wanted to cab home.

L: we shall all cab home tgt!
me: huh how to; Serangoon Hougang and Ang Mo Kio leh. I'm in the middle of you 2.
L: can lah can drop you off otw to my house!
(after quite a while)
W: eh I drove.
L and me: -.-" 没早讲!

Thanks for the ride, W :')
Haha he was quite shocked that a small carpark entrance led to 19 blocks. Actually, I didn't realize that too. Hmmmm.

Happy day, missed the 2 of them to bits!
Till we meet again! Idk when that will be, haha. Esp for W.

Was talking to W just now and sigh, I miss SRJC.
A year after leaving the school, nothing has changed, I still love the college a lot.
After my exams okayzx! I can't wait.

Timetable for Spring 2012's out, but I'm gonna make a few changes. 6 modules is a total no-no for me, I'll die. And I'll prolly change one of my lecturers for one module, which means I need to change my entire timetable.
Which also means I can say goodbye to having friends with the exact same schedule as me. Sigh.

I remember all the panic attacks one year ago;
I remember the moment of desperation when my brain could no longer absorb anything on the eve of History Paper 2;
I remember the intense angst when the essay question that came out was the exact same essay outline that P had confiscated from me 'cause I was too stressed', which resulted in me not being able to answer it;
I remember crying after the paper cause I was so disappointed in myself;
I remember feeling so dumb cause I left out an impt word in my GP essay which might result in me failing the paper;
I remember breaking down while revising for History Paper 1 and Math cause I was so bloody stressed;
I remember the moment of desperation when I realized I was at a dead-end cause I couldn't do one compulsory question during History;
I remember walking out of the hall and telling Miss Liu/Mr Ong that I wanted to re-take my A Levels;
I remember feeling so screwed after Lit Paper 1 cause Mr Ng told the J1 H1 kids that the paper was an easy one when I couldn't even do it;
I remember not submitting one sheet of my answers for Econs, thank God for Sadiq;
I remember feeling on Cloud Nine after walking out of the hall;
I remember the extreme jubilation after Lit Paper 5.

A year on, I can't say that I'm glad I chose not to retake the A Levels. But I can say that I'm quite happy where I am. Was I glad I allowed W to psycho me not to re-take the A's? Well I'm not sure. Since I didn't, I'm living with the guilt that I screwed up my best 2 subjects.
But through all of these, I have learnt to look beyond the imperfections in life. If we keep looking at what we didn't do, we'll always be trapped in our past. I have mastered the skills of appreciating what I have right before my eyes, instead of harping on what could have been.

Everything happens for a reason. :)

School pride: SRJC, winner of Nike SG 10k run for the 4th year running ❤

Didn't train a single bit, slept for less than one hour (insomnia at its peak), brand new shoes, no proper socks. Had blisters, asked for plasters. But they kept coming off cause of the sweat and for the last 2km or so, I forgoed the idea.
Bearable, until i realized the blisters bled and stained my shoes.

Honestly, thanks Wan Ru :)
It's been so long since I ran, and the 10km felt freaking awesome.



Right now, I just have to anticipate tmr's aches.

SRJC's History Unit's unique. One day after Mr. Ong's birthday, Mr. Yew turns another year older. Oh check out what I found in my old phone! Taken 366 days ago (since it's already 7th October 2011)


So cute, Miss Liu Whatsapp-ed me this morning to ask if I had anything to say to him, she'll write it in his birthday card. The 2 of them never fail to amuse me.

Anw, seeing as how it's already the 7th of October, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MR. ONG and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. YEW!

before the run!


after the run!


HAHA we actually pulled the trigger and Miss Liu got wet!


I love this picture!





Charlie's angels much?


<3










KahMin and Jasmine!


Hip and Huilin! :)


closing ceremony!


the place I love.


Michelle <3 <3


:D


Alice!


Sang Nila Utama wannabes :)






NianDeng made me hold there for superduperultramega long and he refused to take the photo. hmph!






evilguy91 and nicegirl92




ODAC-ians with Miss Lam!


bb! <3


Nurul :)


GIRLFRIENDDDDDDDDD! :D


>:(


waiting for Gwen and WanRu!


Pfft he loves bullying my Eeyore!


JunQiang!

LOOK AT MY SHOE >:(


Miss Liu! <3 the polaroid xE99!


WanRu :)