Oh yeah, I've decided to friends-lock my LJ :)

 Sigh, CNY just doesn't feel the same without my dad and Sunny :( But as my dad said, we really shouldn't be moping around since we have so many things to be grateful for now :D Nevermind, next year's CNY will definitely be a great one!

Today is really a spectacular day! It's both Australian Day and Chinese New Year, which explains the countless festivities in every single part of Melbourne.  I'm going to start school next Monday, and it's really exciting (as well as scary) to enter an entirely new environment. Hopefully it WILL be as easy as everyone else says :/ I don't know whether I want to join a music group or not since, well, band was rather taxing in RGS. 

I went for my first dance lesson yesterday, and it's not really what I expected. Nevertheless, it was really fun and enjoyable, and I'm considering doing it for one year (before my VCE starts next year) :D Oh, and I learnt the GEE dance AT LAST! Haha, it's really cute and funny - I want to show Xinyi!!

The Australian Open is getting more and more thrilling everyday, since all the lousy players have been eliminated. Roger Federer is really one cool dude - I actually thought that he was going to lose during the fourth round, but at the last minute he turned the match around and won it! Haha, I'm so going to watch it next year :D DINARA SAFINA FTW!!!!

I have been dreaming the most absurd things recently. Just last night, I dreamt that Jolyn Yeo told me she was pregnant while I was in taekwondo class. Like, what?! I don't see any link to my daily life AT ALL.

Hmm, got my summer uniform today, and it's quite nice :) But it cost $733 in total, and I didn't even buy the winter uniform! Sigh, I better make sure it can last me for the next 3 years, otherwise I'll be feeling so guilty :/

I'm HOMESICK. I miss my dad, my dog, my friends and even RGS (sometimes only) D: School only starts in another fortnight's time, which means I still have to idle away another fortnight. On the bright side, I can watch the Australian Open everyday :) 

Sigh, I don't feel like posting anymore. I still owe Xinyi that post, but it's so awfully tedious that I keep deleting it -_-

 Yay, SNSD's mini-album is finally out :D
Haha, all of their songs sound so nice! I especially like the song about Tiffany's mother (whom I never knew had passed away) - it is so emotional and touching. Sigh, antis should seriously stop bashing them. Those girls HAVE GOT TALENT :) Their song managed to top all five biggest Kpop charts within one day of its release, and that is seriously PRO!
Gosh, now I can't get 'Gee' out of my mind.

Happy new year, everyone!

Sigh, 2008 has gone by in a blink of an eye :/ It was certainly an extremely memorable year, although there may have been quite a lot of bothersome stuff. I think I have changed a lot during 2008, be it in terms of thinking, dreams, maturity etc, and I definitely won't ever forget it, for it was quite a turning point for me. Hopefully, 2009 will be a glorious year, and I wish that I will be able to move towards achieving my dream (which is still a secret). Good luck to everyone out there, too! May year 2009 be a year of hope, success and happiness for everybody :D

Well, yesterday we went to pick cherries at the cherry farm! I seriously think that I have no affinity with cherries at all :( I still remember the last time I went to a cherry farm - when I was in P2 - and I couldn't eat any of the cherries simply because I was dying of thirst. So, yesterday, we armed ourselves with a gigantic bottle of water, and guess what? I had the worst stomachache of my life, complete with dizziness and nausea -.- It started the moment I ate my first cherry, and it evolved such that I was rolling with pain in the car barely an hour later. GROAN! In the end, we had to drive to the nearest village/settlement nearby and buy some painkillers. I. am. so. pissed. The next time the cherry farm opens is in November 2009!! One more year D: I swear, I'm going to bring EVERYTHING I can think of next time, just in case something happens again.

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It’s been so long since I blogged! Somehow, even though I have more time now, I’m starting to find blogging quite tiresome :/

The past few weeks have been relatively uneventful – we were mainly exploring our new surroundings, visiting family friends and settling the minor stuff. Oh, but Dot came yesterday! Haha, at first we only planned to meet up, but my mum ended up inviting their whole family over for dinner. It was kinda awkward, having both our families there, and unfortunately we didn’t talk much :( But still, it was really nice seeing Dot again :D (She and her sister REALLY look alike) Hopefully we’ll meet up again soon!

Something REALLY good happened today. I got my very first job offer! One of our family friends’ friend needed a babysitter for her two children, and our family friend asked me to do it ☺ It’s like 5 hours a day for the next couple of weeks, and the pay is $10 per hour 0.0 That’s $50 a day!! Mwahaha, pretty soon, I can probably afford one-tenth of a grand piano :D The best is, my mum says babysitting can be quite relaxing, especially since the 2 kids aren’t THAT small and are probably quite well-behaved, so I can study/play whilst babysitting. HOW AWESOME IS THAT!

Hm, I seriously don’t understand why SNSD has so many anti-fans. I mean, they are such a talented bunch of bubbly girls, and their songs simply rock! Even though all of them are older than me, but I find them very cute and endearing :D Especially SEOHYUN! Haha, she’s like always so shy, which is probably why she doesn’t get much attention. I think she’s seriously underrated, because she is one of the best singers and is one of the nicest :) AND she’s a pro pianist too! If she were to go solo, I bet she’ll have a large fanbase from my parents’ generation, since she’s so cute!

Wow, one of the rare times I get my laptop back :)

Anyway, SO many things have happened over the past few weeks, and I really don't feel like writing all of them out. Well, I'm in Melbourne now, and it's cold. At least we already got the school stuff, the house, the bank stuff and quite a few others settled. Now all that's left to do is to BUY FURNITURE.

That night at Changi was so touching - I really love all the farewell presents I got, a lot a lot! All those letters and scrapbooks and gifts really touched me, and I will definitely keep all of them VERY safe :) I love everyone who has been in my life ever since I joined RGS very much, and I swear I'll do a dedication post SOON. There's really so much I want to talk about that I don't know where to start. But now I'm scared, because I don't particularly miss anything back in Singapore yet, and I think it's because I'm still in a holiday mood. I'm seriously wishing that it IS just a holiday :(

This post is terribly short, but I just don't feel like writing anymore.

Please don't laugh at my new hairstyle. I know it's bad. Blah.

I wish I could just shave off my fringe now, rather than walking around looking like some freak :/ It's SUPPOSED to be a neutral hairstyle that you can either grow out or keep short, but how come why does it seem that growing it out is the only option I have now?

To think it cost so much. *ironic laughter* Good thing my mum brought me shopping to pacify me, or else I'd have gone home and sobbed -_-

Oh, I realised I still haven't posted about the big PARTY! Nevermind, it'll have to wait for some day when I have the mood and time. Going for NIGHT SAFARI HALLOWEEN NIGHT later!! :DDDDDDD

I hate feeling emo :(

It's like the feeling of nostalgia just forces itself on you, even though it's your own body. I can't pinpoint exactly what caused it, but I guess HSM was the straw that broke the camel's back. It somehow made me think a lot about my unfulfilled ambitions, and what I REALLY want to do when I grow up. Like what a teacher said today at Farewell, do I want to find a job with a good pay - even if it might be boring and unmotivational - or do I want to do something I'm truly passionate about? I have a pretty good idea what it is now, and no, it is not being a doctor. The only problem is HOW? And should I? I have a feeling my parents will pop a few blood vessels if I tell them about it :(

It's weird, how I started thinking about my future so much recently. I swear, I've never wanted to do something this much before, even being a paediatrician. The moment I started thinking about it, everything around me seems to remind me of it - the 7 o'clock show, Farewell, HSM, Sabby (and her task of finding out everyone's amibitions), my parents. WHY CAN'T I STOP THINKING ABOUT IT?

I really must concentrate more on the immediate future. Like how I'm going to survive the first 2 weeks with no dog, no dad, no bedroom to myself, no familiar objects or places etc. After that, I've to figure out how to accept the fact that MIGRATION is NOT equal to holiday, and that I'll not see my friends for a few years possibly :(

GREAT, I'm feeling more emo now. Like what Mr Lim said, as the actual farewell is drawing nearer, suddenly I start noticing all the 'last's - that's not good. I MUST BE HAPPY AND OPTIMISTIC!

My mum's making me cut my hair tomorrow. My last haircut. Ok, I'll snap out of it.

On a brighter note: Night Safari tomorrow! And I saw my teeth again today :)

Sigh, I'm really stressed out about the party now!

It's like- tomorrow? And WE LACK FOOD! Seriously, Miin and I went grocery shopping today, and at first I thought we had bought LOTS of food. Then her mum said it was only enough for 30 people, and when I got home, my parents said the same thing (they said it may not even be enough for a family gathering). After skewering the fishballs and sausages and wrapping the corn, I really have to agree. It is definitely not enough for 70+ people :(

I'm gonna have to wake up REALLY early tomorrow to knead the pizza dough and go shopping at Giant. What with Sherm being sick and my brother being rather nonchalant about the whole thing, I'm feeling quite hysteric right now.

WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOOD?
WHAT IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SPACE?
WORSE, WHAT IF IT RAINS?!

I don't think we can trust our friends to bring enough potluck stuff since it IS our party after all, so I think I'd have to get drinks and marshmallows tomorrow, too.

I'm SO tired after a day of snipping away chicken fats, marinating chicken, skewering food, buying food, peeling corn, wrapping corn ETC ETC ETC :( Really love miin's mum for buying more food tomorrow, as well as my parents for making so many dumplings today! Heh, I guess we are still too young to organise a party entirely by ourselves!

I'm gonna rest now!

Wish us luck.

Today was fun :)

We had the MTV-style (??) hiphop lesson in the morning, and although it was kinda irritating sometimes, it was really interesting on the whole. I was considering taking up dance lessons a few weeks ago, but had no idea what style to take up, and now hip-hop seems really fun! Haha, I think this school-scheduled lesson was really timely :P Dot and Julia apparently want to take lessons somewhere (I don't know where), but I don't think I can do it with them in Singapore. Nevermind, I bet Melbourne will have more opportunities than in Singapore :)

Speaking of which, there are so many things I want to do before I go to university!
- Piano lessons (get diploma!!)
- _ _ _ _ _ lessons (Grade 5 at least?)
- _ _ _ _ _ lessons (because of interest and passion)
- Tennis lessons (this one I think I can do in school)
- Dance (currently hip-hop) lessons
At first, I thought of all these because I was really excited at the prospect of having a not-so-committed extra-curricular activity next year, with lots of free time AND ALSO lots of opportunities. But then the more I thought about them, the more I desired to really do them and now, I'm worried I will bite off more than I can chew. Oh well, I guess the last 3 can be more of leisurely lessons which can be done during weekends? After all, I ought to focus more on my studies for the next 3 years.

Anyway, back to today! After the hip-hop lesson was this REALLY boring talk about global warming, with the speaker constantly attempting to make us feel guilty for not showing enthusiastic response to his passionate speech about global warming. Seriously, it's not like the first time we've heard about it? Just because we didn't AH and OOH at the interesting snippets of general knowledge that he practically yelled out at us (which we all know, by the way - probably even more than he does), it does not mean we are 'indifferent youths who all think global warming will never affect us in our lifetime'. Rawr. And after all that passion he showed for the environment, he revealed his true motive - to publicise his environmentally-friendly "CORNWARE".

Lol, I didn't even look at him throughout the whole talk. Hehe, I was doing random things with Sherm's UNO cards with dee :D

ACP was really cool, much cooler than what we did last year. Although for some classes, it felt like they were using it as a chance to show off how cool their nightclub clothes were, for the rest of them, it was really creative and they managed to attract lots of S1s and S3s. I applaud the S2s for the tremendous effort they have put in :)

Oh, and today was the first time in MONTHS that I have had batch lunch :D It was fun as always! I love the batch a lot a lot <3

Going shopping for shorts and BBQ stuff tomorrow - I'm really scared for the party because we seem so unprepared :/

Gosh, I'm so sad!

Batch chalet is going to be held from 12-14 Nov (I'm leaving on the 13th). I can totally imagine how saddening that is going to be, being at the airport and knowing that I am missing all the fun and crazy batch moments :( I think if the batch goes to send me, I'll feel even worse. To top things off, Inunion is going to be on the 14th, when I'm probably emo-ing alone in some apartment in Melbourne. Sigh, why are things so coincidental?

Oh, forgot to mention that the band's Hong Kong trip will most probably be held one or two weeks after I'm gone.

AND - Xinyi told me section chalet will be during December, when I'm gone.

I so feel like crying now.

Why 13th November?? I mean, it's not a lucky date or anything and I'm STILL going to miss all the school orientation dates, so WHY?

Whoo, EYAs are overrrrrr! Tata, stressful RGS examinations :D

It ended on a bad note though :( Math made me thoroughly insecure, because there was not a single question I could say I DEFINITELY got correct, but talking to Dot and Sherm made me feel slightly better. Then WHAM came the chemistry paper. Why are the chemistry teachers out to knock and bruise the students' self-esteem with every single paper this year?! Gosh, will I ever like chemistry with teachers and tests like that?

Anyway, went out with Dot, Sherm and RX to Seoul Gardens! Haha, it was really fun 'bbq-ing' together, except that the restaurant was practically filled with students from some neighbourhood school. At first it was ok, but then they started getting kinda rowdy and they were talking so loudly about STUFF (which children should not hear) that I saw the other customers giving each other lots of exasperated looks. Ha, and they wonder why neighbourhood schools have such bad stereotypes -_- Well, we gave Sherm her first ever piece of beef that day! I can't believe that girl is SO deprived - she has never eaten steak, never watched POTC, and doesn't know who Johnny Depp is! Sigh, there is so much for her to learn still :P

Then it was MAMA MIA! It was fabulous! I SO want to buy the DVD now :D

The whole of Friday was spent at Sherm's house. At first, I thought that I would go at 9 and come back at 3 or something, but then RX only came at 12+, so I spent 2 hrs playing the piano and watching Sherm's TW drama. By the time RX came, we were STARVING, but we hadn't even bought the ingredients for sushi D: Heh, shopping for ingredients was really interesting, because I felt like RX was my mum or something, leading me and Sherm all around the supermarket ^.^

Yup, then came SUSHI-MAKING!! We were so hungry that we decided to eat as we were making, and it was so yummy :D There were lots of leftovers afterwards and we were so bloated, so we considerately made interesting sushi for Sherm's sister's dinner :) We wanted to play table-tennis after lunch/afternoon tea/dinner, but the security guard had some misunderstanding, so we talked and sang at the BBQ pits instead. At first, RX and I were planning to go home at 5, BUT THEN, we talked and sang and gossiped all the way till 7pm!! Boohoo, the MRT was so crowded afterwards D: BUT, it was a really fun day! *happy*

More activities planned for the next few weeks, but unfortunately, there is STILL school. I think the school staff love post-exams as much as we do, because they can take the chance to exercise their creativity (which is zero...no, wait, NEGATIVE) and plan boring, pointless, repetitive activities which we have to be dragged back for. TORTURE! I wish I could pon the whole of October...

I don't feel like I'm fifteen. I feel like I'm dying. Gosh, I am so sick of geography! So much mugging to do :(

Anyway, it really sucks having your birthday RIGHT SPLAT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EYAS, like what Xinyi said, because you know how I celebrated it? Mugging. Really, as much as I love my birth date, I just can't stand it always being during the exam period -_-^ Hopefully, next year it won't be during the exams anymore!

Well, thanks a lot to the lovely people who remembered my birthday and made me happy with your nice messages :D I'm afraid I don't have time to acknowledge you all right now, but THANKS SO MUCH <33 And, omg, I LOVE MY PARENTS!! They got me S.H.E's new album :DDDDDD Can't wait to listen to it after the EYAs!

Ha, no geography next year ^.^ Yay!

MY MATHS AND CHEM ARE SCREWED. Shucks...

Ha, exams have barely started and already everyone's making plans for after exams. Hmph, really don't feel like studying anymore :( My after-exam schedule is already packed, and I don't think my mum's too happy (oops!) because she thinks I should at least have one day of rest after exams. Oh well, guess I'll have to choose between sushi-making and cookie-baking! Mama Mia and Seoul Garden with Sherm and Dot (possibly ruoxi too) is a must though :D Sentosa too! Heh, like Sherm, those are the sole motivational factors for me to persist with my mugging for the remaining few days - ok, that and the fact that I don't want to see a dying GPA.

Anyway, GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! JIA YOU FOR THE LAST WEEK!!

I am getting scared. Really scared.

I thought there wouldn't be any more bad news this year, but I guess I was wrong. Why is it that every time I am determined to focus entirely on my studies, bad news crops up? I screwed up my MYAs, and I don't want to screw up my EYAs too - but it is so hard to concentrate now! 2008 is really a very trying year for me...

I suppose I can only get SHE's album after the exams, since I have no mood and no time to go and buy it now. Sigh!

1) Hello Good Morning (早安您好 Zao An Nin Hao)
2) I Love Trouble (我愛煩惱 Wo Ai Fan Nao)
3) Miss Universe (宇宙小姐 Yu Zhou Xiao Jie)
4) The Exit of Coast Highway (沿海公路的出口 Yan Hai Gong Lu De Chu Kou)
5) Dawning (天亮了 Tian Liang Le)
6) More Despicable Than You (比你賤 Bi Ni Jian)
7) Mrs. Hebe Time (喜碧夫人時間 Xi Bi Fu Ren Shi Jian)
8) Independent Girls (女孩當自強 Nü Hai Dang Zi Qiang)
9) Silent (安靜了 An Jing Le)
10) I'm a Martian (我是火星人 Wo Shi Huo Xing Ren)
11) Planet 612 (612星球 612 Xing Qiu)
12) Waiter (店小二 Dian Xiao Er)
13) All-night DJ (熬夜DJ Ao Ye DJ)
14) Moonlight Note (月光手札 Yue Guang Shou Zha)
15) Sweet Sour(酸甜 Suantian)

SOMEONE BUY ME S.H.E'S NEW ALBUM PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!

Urgh, I did so badly for AMC. Oh well, I don't take it too seriously anyway :P

Unfortunately, I may have to take it again next year :(

Math s****.