“Now you learn how to fly”

-Mrs Chan

x Melvin and my school bags LOL. I will throw eggs at anyone I see in school w a Man City bag roar.
x The bridge to Macs, really lovely sight (before it started pouring like mad and our shoes were soaked by the time we made it to Mountbatten MRT T.T)

Anyway we were back @ school for Chem remedial 755am on a Thursday morning and Mrs Chan was finishing up the basic Redox questions then we were ready to move on to the integrated ones w the same standard as those in the exams “Now you learn to fly” ~

HOMA LUNCH
x HOMA cookies baked by our house comm!
x HUAT AH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the year5s for planning it (especially the fishballs chickenwings currypuffs and lohei-pasta) and the “entertaining” games (albeit rather sick dances and offensive too zz but somehow the guys really love it)

x Pictionary > Dragon = Charmander
x Pardon the excessive film grain it looks almost scary aiya PAC v dark ):

x KEEP CALM AND EAT HOMA LUNCH (loving the noodle bowl) but am surprised no one added a “FOR” between “HOMA” and “LUNCH” out of mischief
x Girl with a dragon tatoo- Sam! Hat’s off to Jiamin really wonderful piece of handiwork! :O

MASS(ACRE) PE
Really killed me altho we ran faster (and this time I pushed/dragged Clar to the front w me on the way back after running w Sookwei and Xintian at the back) this week the exercises and stretches like hell can e.g. Leg/Body raises, Burpees, Jumping jacks, Push ups

x KATAGOMAI scarf which Shixun brilliantly sew into a pencil case another one w cool art skills!
x Braids by Xintian- more evidences of talented people around me hahaha

During H1 Math,
Benghwee: Nicholas the math god (or sth like that)
Nicholas: The once great Nazi will fall..
Me: Nicholas like Hitler
Melvin: Nicholas the wimpy Nazi
DAMN COCK LA HE ALWAYS BULLYING NICHOLAS

飞龙腾跃迎新春

HAPPY CNY ALL many many pictures in this post! (And of course for people like Xintian who has missed my DSLR pics dearly)

FIRSTLY, 除夕

团圆饭! Steamed fish, Scallops, Prawns, Pig intestine soup!

Dad writing the 常满 sign! 米一定要常满 (:

Traditional White Rabbit Sweets!

Traditional gold coins (including the leftover Hershey’s from Brendan!)

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初一

Karaoke Set wtf LOL my parents rented the speakers and the set and the mikes plus CDs of ancient songs from their friend

Cousinss

My bro can fall asleep in such noise..

LOVE LETTERS! Wonders why the school stop having the love letter tradition on CNY D:

LO HEI BEFORE

LO HEI AFTER

大盘菜

Abalone w homemade sauce

LOL KARAOKE

Now for some family photos w epic faces of sorts..

Oooh Farmer’s Brand peanuts I forgot..

That’s all! For a compilation of random and scattered pictures of CNY haha

“Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme”

-Beauty and the Beast

So my brother and I were listening to old Disney songs in his iMac (eh don’t see someone “dra(k)on dance” in school acting macho macho~ hor we just finished watching The Lion King together yup) and anyway this is my all-time favorite! His is Tarzan’s You’ll be in my Heart I think o.o

x Xintian’s hoodie which I wore like… once during History really oversized and comfy
x (Not so) sneaky shot of Sookwei during labbb yeah I finish dropping my beads (ok la I not so gentle as her so my beads not so round) and waiting for her to finish LOL

More pictures of the expt. Also while waiting for Sookwei, I was busy crushing and smashing the beads into clumps and making lots of extras unnecessarily

x KT broke a beaker then he had to sweep the floor like the WATI he really was *PWMEMORIES* (which are gna come out in less than 2 months time zz)
x And yet, more pictures of my yeast beads

Also, we had our first famous MASS(ACRE) PE and ran to Kallang stadium and back then did some exercises ran thr w Xintian and ran back w Clar and repeatedly encouraging her by saying “See never stop eh see touch rug and CO same eh good!!” LOL proudofy’all

x Had dinner @ IKEA spontaneous decision because of my craving and so cool we only just found out it was a mere 10 min walk from Brendan’s house! Unfortunately they took salmon off the menu >:(
x We ordered 4 chicken wings + pasta + 10 meatballs then was really filling. Brendan here still wanted to eat the ice-cream (which was just milk eh not even vanilla but he likez) Bought the hot dog bun home for my bro etc etc I would’ve eaten one if I didn’t feel like I was gna burst

x <3 THIS PICTURE!
x This coin token thingy for the ice-cream machine really cool machine which ensures that you won’t screw your ice-cream up (like I always do) LOL

Clar: Eh are you getting locker?
Me: Yeah why you wna share ah!
Clar: What share w you?? Cannot la your locker so messy!
-.-

^ We have 3 of these at home gifts from mom’s friends then my dad was so busy trimming and tying ribbons and plucking a bag full of tangerines wanted me to offer to my friends

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A MEANINGFUL 团员饭, NEXT FEW DAYS- HUAT AH!!!!!
(and don’t forget to read the History readings, finish Chem kinetics tutorial etc etc zz)

“Girls need to have that certainty..”

-Mrs Chia

While I shall not explain in what context, it was a rather surprising yet not unexpected sort of thing that Mrs Chia would do LOL. And then digress from SEA……………….

x Cheeseballs from the Jap stall that Melvin bought really sick la the mayo twist at the top. And it’s really cheesy (Brdn!) I took one bite w the cheese spurting out and gave the rest to Melvin CANNOTTAKEIT
x Hugeass HOMA banner outside the audi no idea what it was doing thr but took a picture while waiting for lecture 4 PRIDE 4 GLORY

x Souvenir from Melvin from his trip to Australia (didn’t notice koala was waving) Clar has it on her bag!
x Stats in Ms Tan FUN & EASY way eh really I’m really bad at it. I keep telling myself that it will get better it will get better and Ms Tan keeps emphasizing it’s alot easier than pure math but WE HAVE NO TIME.

Also, I just might have an allergic reaction to the mud from orientation my ankles are always randomly itching and quite a few ugly scars alr wtf damn irritating can. AND CAN MY BRUISES ON MY LEGS JUST CHILL ALR IT WAS JUST DOTA (and Gold Rush)

x Claire’s happy meal
x At William- damn cock cos he was printing stuff and both of us finished the “test” alr so just fooling around and attempting to include the guy in between us at the back but failed

Anyway, thank you both Claire and Melvin for offering advice/aid/suggestions (balancing each other’s POV) and for just being there. Especially when Claire and I were hatching a plan halfway at the bus stop when I suddenly burst into tears (in public) I have to admit, really not easy for both of y’all :/ Yeah I will listen and really really try my best because it really isn’t easy for any of us and some things in this world really are worth fighting for. Here’s to hoping it will all work out

“Für Four For”

-Luorong

Cos every class needed some vision board (?) and we were brainstorming for the name (altho at this time both Mr Loh and we srzly don’t care alr LOL) but in (weak) attempts then Xintian Sookwei and I read it as “fur four for” when Luorong wrote it on the board and laughing our heads off cos we weren’t paying attention before. I still think 4 PRIDE 4 GLORY was the best :$

x Mr Chiang’s handwriting which greeted us when we entered LT1
x 2012 Student Handbook really nubbad. Then I found out both Shixun and I took out the code of conduct from the binder and other “unimpt’ stuff at the front to make the handbook lighter thinner and more handy-dandy LOL. Great minds..

x Kikki. K discount vouchers (when you purchase over ___ min amount) from Xintian. Not really from. Just lent me to take a picture..
x Stickers because I was bored in class. And tons of other rather useless instagram ^_^

Oh and we haz our first touch session for PE and I once again entered the WAR MODE (by momentarily forgetting that I was playing w beginners and for ppl who have never held a rugby ball) and began screaming at ppl to “BACK IT UP” “TAP AND GO” “RUN THROUGH” “TAKE THE TOUCH AND DON’T RUN BACKWARDS” “TOUCH HIM FOR GODSAKE” and to Yanjun “CANNOT FORWARD PASS”

x @ Pasir Ris
x @ Paya Lebar
a spontaneous Saturday lunch!

Honestly, I think he’s busier than me altho I’m having school zz cos CNY is coming is Daniel and he needs to pack Kueh (LOL) Lapis urgently work OT somemore leh hahah tsk jiayou!

KATAGOMAI 2012

Honestly, wasn’t quite as fun as last year but nevertheless ended off on a memorable note cos HOMA WON ORIENTATION (hope we win Interhouse and Sports Carn again haha) but miss the seniors still la H-O-M-A HOSEHBO~

x In the holding room before leaving for Katong Park (wow finally a brilliant idea or else we’ll have to die walking the loooong journey to ECP again) Wanted to chase Jasmine and Amanda out cos they were so slowwww and ended up taking a picture
x Rong wanted to remind the class and ended up accidentally emailing 6C44’11 then luckily oyh smsed me

x Katong Park then we saw a “lost dog poster”
Poster: … responds to the name Chichi..
Melvin: Eh what do people say at Chichi’s funeral
Us: O.O
Melvin: Chi-bye

@ Katong Park roaming about and bargaining w Shenhao to get 300 points instead of 100 > walking over at the pull up bar station > frisbee w Mr Loh > blindfolds which are not that opaque actually

x HAIRSPRAY 5 STRIPES IZ V COOL NO?
x Fairy lights around the hula hoops haha Mount Olympus and the lighting bolt

x Sookwei’s eyes are close yet again. During temp taking,
Mr Loh: Wah Sookwei is cold-blooded 34 degrees
Sookwei: POINT 9 OK POINT 9 POINT 9
(repeats thrice defensively while Xintian and I stare at her)
x Juniors getting ready for DOTA AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT MANY MANY PPL TOLD ME I WAS EXTREMELY FIERCE DURING GOLD RUSH (capturing 5 flags) LOL AND WE WON (cos Sherlyn and I hooked our flogs thru our underwear (LOL) but no la they weren’t even close >:)
But to be honest, I only dare to be fierce cos I know got Chengkai etc 6C31 guys to ding3 LOL

* Extremely sorry to the Drakon girl who Sherlyn accidentally pushed to the ground and while she was apologising, I took her flag ): SORRY I AM V GUILTY OK I HONESTLY DIDN’T KNOW WAS IN WAR-MODE

GEARING UP FOR DOTA *spams sunblock*

Anyway all OGLs were supposed to ref la but I quickly scratch off my R paint and went to play (by being the last line of defense w the guys HAHA no mud one) and also escaped from being the human barrier and went back to play TWICE I iz greedy. Then Sookwei Jasmine and I ran to Bennu thru the mudpool and got speared so our water bombs burst.
Jasmine: Eh go back la
Me: Don’t want la roam about this Bennu area
Jinzhi (infront holding a water bomb): Eh guys this is our last water bomb, we must……plan plan plan……
Me interrupts their planning and hugs Jinzhi from the back bursting his water bomb while the guys in the plan: Eh Jinzhi- noooooo

Kaiting: Eh I got a joke that only Xintian will appreciate
Us: What
Kaiting: You soiled you pants
Xintian: AHAHAHA THAT’S FUNNY EH

x Went to Eunos w Claire and Tzelin for dinner
x Meesiam, Fish soup, Curry Puff, MR BEAN ICE BLEND I LIKEZ WE SHOULD ALL TRY IT

x Coloring the beak of the griffin on the orientation tee since we’re in HOMA and dno if it was on purpose we were supposed to use a marker to write ‘DHS’ on the back of the shirt because thr was no DHS printed o.o
x SRSLY QINGANG

x House bonding session in the morning w the 5C44 juniors (and Bernice also la) we haz nice juniors!
x Just ytd Tengda smsed some girls to apologise (on behalf of the guys) for not entering the mudpool and today they ran off to play card games leaving their bags behind (for us to carry) so we decided to hang them up here as punishment LOL

x Epic Nicholas and Tengda
x Clubbing > LOL the closing ceremony was good eh especially LINGKANGRUI’S dance / my bro’s dance / Amanda’s thumbs game w forfeits / Bang-bang-chucky / (altho I have to say the orientation mass dance was v fail for lots lots of people cos it was really hard pls zz)

Station games: Drakon
Gold Rush: Homa
DOTA: Bennu Kirin tie
Best Cheer: Bennu
Best Dance Drakon
Best House Spirit: Kirin (w Terence’s “with the best house spirit, we have the best cheer and dance” speech which made sense la come to think of it)
- at this point we were all getting worried until Jasmine was like “EH NO SEE THE LAST HOUSE IS THE BEST HOUSE COS NOW THEY GIVING OUT ALL THE SMALL SMALL PRIZES” THEN IT WAS TRUE HAHAHA

“Eye on the prize”

-Mrs Chia

First day of school went by in a flash (w the exception of the 2 hours in the PAC zz)
1. “RT @Dingadingading: Ho seh liao first day of school no tie no badge plus late.”
2. Really dislike the feeling of being the oldest/most senior in the whole school :/ it’s weird, and pressurizing, and uncomfortable. WE want the seniors backkk!
3. Couldn’t wait for Korean food and was alr talking about it in Civics class w Sookwei and Xintian and rushed down excitedly only to find it closed ):
4. Was lazying about the couch on Sat until I received the most glorious piece of news. 6C44 class was located at C41-R and I was still blur-blur asking about whr exactly was C41-R UNTIL IT FINALLY DAWNED UPON ME THAT IT WAS MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE LEARNING CENTRES. 气死我了 Climbed 4 flights of stairs for the past year in hopes (and motivationsss) that we would get the ground level this year BUT NOOO we got pushed back up to the 4th floor T.T
5. I want Gyoza

Pardon the ugly picture (was in a very awkward and inconvenient position) hence a big caption attempting to save the picture ^_^ @ Manhatten Fish Market w Brendan Daniel Xinwei

Fishing on Daniel’s ipad.
Met ard 3+ after Brendan’s church and walked around Fareast to find Daniel and Xinwei’s CNY clothes. Well, it was Brendan and I standing outside the shops talking while they go in LOL. Oh and also playing games like:
Brendan: Eh guess how much is Daniel’s shirt I guess $50!
Me: HUH Fareast not so ex ba I guess $39!
Brendan: I guess $49
Daniel and Xinwei comes out of the shop
Brendan: Eh Daniel how much is your shirt!
Daniel: Guess
US: WE GUESS ALREADY!
Daniel: $49.90
Brendan: YESSS! (and gets a smack on his arm from me)

LOL while they were trying on and walking around the shop we just stand in front of a random rack of clothes (or shoes for his case) and make each other guess which items we like. Most of times, we were righttt la hehe <3

MAYBE THE REASON WHY MY FOOD PHOTOS ARE SO PRETTAYE IS COS I LOVE FOOD SO MUCH YAY ^_^
Deciding between MFM and Korean food took us so damn long cos random ideas (like movie, Long John Silvers, Nandos, Marina Sq, Suntec, We Caught a Zoo) were thrown about while deciding omggg until Xinwei and I finally put our hands down and alighted at Dhoby Ghaut

Small Grill (which I thought I could finish alone THANKGOD Brendan and I shared LOL)
Mushroom Soup, Garlic Rice, Calamari, Potato Salad, Prawns, Grilled Fish, Carrots (which I ate), Broccoli (which I forced him to eat tsk)

x Strawberry sundae @ Macs after walking to Cathay to see the movie timings > slacking @ Sbucks (without buying) > walked back to Plaza Sing
x 1-FOR-1 Fish & Cheese deal LOL but I wanted Garlic Rice haha

AAAAND I LEAVE YOU W ANOTHER PICTURE OF FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

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OK BACK2STATS YUP

“If the person is meant to be in your life, all the open doors and windows in the world, will not make them leave.”

“A healthy relationship keeps the doors and windows wide open. Plenty of air is circulating and no one feels trapped. Relationships thrive in this environment. Keep your doors and windows open. If the person is meant to be in your life, all the open doors and windows in the world, will not make them leave. Trust that truth.”

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Here’s to a new year, a new start with less unnecessary worrying and more believing that we’ll get thru any shit together!!!

“Milo make you thirsty ah”

-Claire’s (very funny) maid (which I like alot)

Anyway the New Year has been off to a lonely start zz BUT a productive one I am proud to say I’m done w Bio, Math, (handed up) History, half of Chem and GP ^_^ but still wants Brendan back >:(

x @ Bugis looking at pretty things after studying at KLP w Clar and Serene (I rmb how painful it was for me to START on Org&Control part deux -.-) People shop for CNY clothes, I need to get CNY pjs (especially since we won’t be gng BKK this year sooo any suggestions??)

x Heroes of Olympus- The series sequel to Percy Jackson. Found it lying about the house (my bro’s) and started to read the whole 400+ pages and then fell asleep and hence was late to meeting Clar and Serene, good read. Am gna download pdf of Son of Neptune (second book)
x Ate @ BK then off to KJ and finding Tianwei’s present

Claire’s house to study, luckily she filed her Bio notes (unlike me) so I could complete Bio so quickly haha. When I entered the house, her maid was like “Ahh long time never see already ah, primary school” then Claire and I laugh and nod our heads “Yeah primary school“

x Clover Chips (that we didn’t eat cos we were too full) after lunch of fried rice and nuggets and milo. Then I went to the kitchen to get water then her maid was like ”Milo make you thirsty ah” v funny
x The last time I went Claire’s house was in 2010 then they renovated the estate and I lost my way so had to take pictures and whatsapped her trying to find 59 when I wasn’t even in the correct road LOL. I also sent her nonsense like pictures of the ground and almost a cat but it ran away before I could take the picture ):

x Cute snowman
x Claire and Adalric’s calculator which have faded numbers no wonder I took so damn long typing out the equation
Me: Eh how’s bowling etc etc
Adal: Aiya Jinzhi go bball, cannot alr etc etc
Me: Wah vice-capt like that I tell Brendan
Adal (cheeky grin): No no I captain (literally w this face ^_^)

x Claire’s tuition tchr (which ended up arguing w me ALOT) but he really damn smart la zz
x Stayed for dinner w Ziyi, Claire, Adal, Claire’s mom and ah gong
Before,
Claire’s mom: You all staying for dinner?
Adalric and me: No no aunty!
Claire’s mom: OK since you not staying, eat some ice-creams
After dinner,
Ice creams for Adalric and me again LOL then we were like *_*
Bon voyage Ziyi, study hard over there and all the best (:

“Work it make it do it makes us harder better faster stronger.”

-Harder Better Faster Stronger, Daft Punk

And so, another year has left its footprint and these are the things that I hold close to my heart in the year 2011

TOUCH RUG / I never had a group of friends called ‘team’ because Wushu in JH was well, Tianwei + Me + Ben (at the most) and I feel lucky to be part of it through the hard times in training, pushing it to become a main CCA and the spirit we had as a team as we were new (and most of the time lost at friendlies) Let’s have more than 6 year6s in 2012 yeah haha

PHOTOGRAPHY / Grateful for the opportunities to pursue my passion and the cool bunch of people because honestly I didn’t know anyone but they all turned out to be really easy-going and fun!

DHAKA / No doubt an unforgettable experience where we sat rickshaws and ate w our hands and almost got lost and sang out-of-tunely on long bus rides and lit up the classrooms and chionged preparations till 2-3am (ok actually not me I was watching Shixun and Sookwei 1-to-1 Monodeal whr Sookwei lost every round) this trip was all the more meaningful because of the friendships and bonds we formed (‘:

HOMA & 5C44 / I know that no matter how tough the going gets in the year ahead, we will support each other and make it through together, this is really the most easy-going and comfortable class I’ve had and let’s help Homa to win the house cup!

DAD MOM GLEN / Again, we’ve been thru another year together and all I can say is I’m thankful and lucky to be a part of this harmonious and stable family (‘:

OLD FRIENDS / We will fulfill the promises we made (like going Taiwain after A’s) I know everyone is leading all different lives, even those in the same classes and the hectic and tough year ahead will maybe pull us apart, but no matter what, I will meet you there~

BRENDAN / Am really lucky to have met you (and you to have made the first move) and the year 2011 has brought me the most important and the favorite person in my life. NS and A’s will probably be v stressful but I know we will make it work, we will try <3

2011- of 3.5hr free periods, a home-run for softball PE and a leap of faith
May 2012 be a fulfilling and meaningful year for everyone! Harder, better, faster, stronger and no regrets. No no no regrets.