Just watched the news...saw so many dead bodies, so much wreckage n destruction. And i saw the reports on the locals who were either missing or injured or dead. So so so tragic. And it just had to happen when there were so many ppl at those holiday hotspots... To make things worse, there had to be those selfish officials who decided not to issue warnings to the public beforehand just because they didnt want to affect tourism in the area. Really wanna laugh...who wld dare go near those damned beaches now? Worse still they ruin the ctry's reputation. Who will trust them now? Think tourists will still visit those damned places knowing tt the officials there only care abt the money n not their welfare? I think not. HOpe their conscience will prick them hard.
Aaarrgghh!! Today's a superbly lousy boring day... First i woke up with a horrible pimple breakout!!! Which probably was the result of sleeping too late these days...not to mention the 'ton'ing at SR's house a couple of days ago. Must slp early aldy... 2ndly the sec 3 fella skipped my lesson again! And all he needed to do was just to tell me beforehand n i cld have arranged to go out n meet my friends or smthg:( Oh well i spent a gd part of the afternoon just floating arnd the house n doing nilch. Thank gdness my cousin kel brought his White Chicks vcd for me:p Heh..but tt spoilt my original plan to go to the library to borrow bks though... Then i bought the New Paper n read abt the tsunami attack in Thailand. Pretty sad for the family who lost their little girl. Teared a little there:( Think the mother must be having a major mental trauma right now...probably blaming herself for not holding on to her daughter. Got a little scared imagining if this happened in S'pore instead. I'd probably be the 1st few to drown since i dont know how to swim. Now wondering if i shld go take some basic swimming lessons somewhere or smthg. Now with the erratic weather patterns happening who's to say it's not possible tt S'pore will one day be submerged? And putting myself in that mother's scenario, i'd most probably drown together with my kid. Tragic manx... Really scary just thinking of it:x
Had a gathering at Shao Ru's house ydae. WEnt there late coz my granny came to my house for a visit-cum-mahjong-session. Decided to spend a little more time with her before heading for SR's. Then on the way i went J8 to get Jac's present. My dad gave me a lift on his bike! Super cool manx! Missed the food-making session tho:( The rest watched vcd, while i hid up in SR's room to finish my unfinished stuff.heehee... And sr's little cousin was real cute! Only a tad persistent la...but kids are like that i guess. Hmm..but she likes me:) But then again maybe it's just bcoz im like a kidLater on Shaun, and Jaime came:) Shaun's new hairdo is the centre of attraction manx! but really, he still looks the same la. Didnt know Jaime wld be coming though. Only knew when jh told me when i arrived. Shucks...didnt bring her card. But luckily i brought her present tho...still it was pretty awkward i thot:( SPoiler. After dinner we went to Shangri-La to listen to the juniors sing. Err...thot they sounded pretty harsh...but it was still presentable i guess... Saw Hon Seng there too! haha...he looked like mian bao chao ren sia! So super burnt! (oh..and i heard he was toilet i/c. Heavy duty sia. haha..) After it ended we stayed on and took pics for, and with the juniors. Damn farny...the guys were molesting each other at the back. One was caressing another's butt, another stroking another guy's back, and ALL of them attacking Shaun's beautiful head.Hahaa!! We stayed on n talked after tt while waiting for Jaime's folks to pick her up...some of us sitting on the floor. Haha...super unglam in a glam hotel lah! Aborted our plan to watch midnight movie coz Sr wasnt feeling well. On our way we were talking abt stuff...reminded me of the times we walked out of sch after late choir sessions doing tt. Sweet. Back at Sr's hse jh concocted some liquer...white russian if i rmb correctly. Then binged on the konnyaku Zw's mum made while watching the RMA on tv. Felt super fat n seh... pretty tired la i guess. Ha...but stayed up with the guys and Sr's other cousin Amanda to play asshole dai dee. haha...i started suaning the guys..But instead of only the usual JY vs. HC debates, ZW attacked me as well! Woah...super unjustified. haha...but in the name of fun:p Jh's the nicest! He's the gentleman alright. Oh well sometimes the guys can be so fun to be with. Ha... Played all the way till 5 in the morning before i K.Oed. Woke up at 10.30 to watch Teen Titans. It was the last episode. Was a pretty amusing sight coz Sr's 5-yr-old cousin was watching with us too. Imagine the age-gap. Haha!! Wanted to con't watching One Piece but ha...the other girls switched the channel so i thot i'd just keep quiet:p Left soon after coz i had tuition in the afternoon---until it turned out tt bugger was uncontactable so lesson was cancelled. #$#%$^. Oh well..but i wasnt gonna let this dampen my mood! The msgs and gifts i received from them were really sweet! Everyone now...Aww...
Had theory lessons this morning which were supposed to stretch all the way to 4pm in the afternoon. 4 lessons altogether. No late-coming allowed...so i woke up extra early. But haiz...i always got the damn sickening habit of forgetting things in the last minute even though i made a pt to pack my stuff the night before. So i ended up late for the 1st lesson. Aargh! Spent the next 1.5hr dozing off while studying in the freezing canteen. Later on only during the 3rd lesson did i realise i didnt have to attend it,or the 4th for tt matter. Wat the hell. Basically i wasted 6hrs freezing myself in the brutally cold classrm, and $150 signing up for these lessons which i actually dun need, as i've come to shockingly realise.
WEnt to Sim Lim wif my cousins to buy the PS2 my bro was nagging me abt. Painfully we parted with $438 n bought the set, no doubt it was a refurbished one. But was really pissed wif the bloody salesman with the bloody stuck-up attitude. He actually dared toss my cds on the ground as he was taking out n packing them! Wat shit. Im paying for them! Shld've gotten tt moron to keep replacing the cds until he got the msg to stop tossing MY cds. Tt baboon-faced chimp will get it from me if any of the games dont work. Bleah... i still dont really feel gd getting tt refurbished set somehow:x
oh and it's Dong Zhi today. Ate tang yuans which were handmade by mum. Pity they didnt have fillings in them. Then i realised it was the same way my maternal grandma made them in the past before she died. I believe my mum had been thinking of her while she was making them i guess. But its amazing how ppl can leave us without really being gone; how ppl can con't living in the memories of their loved ones. Makes me wonder if they can actually somehow know we're thinking of them... And whether ppl can actually know, or feel it when others r thinking abt them. Heh...thinking too much:p But i guess im just missing my friends who r overseas, n of cuz, my beloved granny up there:)
Aaarrgggh! Been waiting in vain for the insurance lady to call today to tell me abt the filing job she's offering:( Then i just received this msg to meet her at 10am tmr morning. Shit. Of all times! I've got tuition wif my cousin at 10 and i cant push it back. Bleah... Just replied tt i'm only available at 12pm. Hopefully she wont be pissed and i'll get the job! Plsplsplsplspls...*prays*
This is a REALLY special dedication to my veerrrry good friend, Belinda Khoo aka Bel! She has very kindly helped me do an awesome makeover for my blog and even helped me fill in the details, which i think looks real funky! Haha... What's more she had to keep herself awake just to finish doing up my blog so late into the night. Im eternally grateful! REally i am! Thanks a billion trillion times manx, i mean it:)
Oh... and not to forget Jia Hui the dude for helping me with my previous blogskin. He did a wonderful job there too! His efforts won't be forgotten;) (I still have the pic of that pink girl!)VERY special thanks to my benefactors mentioned above once again for helping yours truly, who knows nuts about HTML:p
Woke up at 7.30 again… Had to go to the temple to pray with my mum. But she was so busy scolding the maid and meddling with everything that we only left at 9. Makes me wonder why she had to wake me up so early in the 1st place. After that my mum dropped me at Aljunied station and I went to Changi to send Xw off. That lucky woman’s going to the UK to stay with her sis. Met up with the group and went for lunch at Burger King. More crap ensues…with most of them from Jh this time. Me didn’t talk much though…Lost my voice due to excessive screaming the night before at Gwen’s bbq:p I seriously think he might be turning gay…hahaha… Atmosphere was pretty cheerful I guess. Xw flew off in excitement, and the rest of us left.
Then came the major mood switch in the afternoon. Had tuition with this pri 6 student of mine. Well it started off with his usual cheeky antics, but later on I guess he started to think of his brother who just passed away not long ago. Probably he had been wanting to tell someone about it but didn’t have the chance to, so decided to give him the time. He confessed that he was pretty worried his brother wld not end up in Heaven after all; told me of his brother’s wishes to have him do well in his studies and get good grades, and to take care of their parents after he was gone. He nodded. I saw his eyes turn red. Took the chance to spur him to work hard, and even if he feels like giving up, always remember his brother’s words and think of how proud his brother would be if he had succeeded. Dunno why, I was quivering as I said that, and I saw him quickly wipe away his tears. Both of us were trying so hard not to cry. Was pretty amazed all this came from him. For all his mischievous grins, giggles, teases, I never thot I’d see this solemn side of him. Esp for a boy of his age. It made all the grouses I have all so mundane, trivial. But I was glad tt he found an avenue to release the misery inside of him, even if only a little. And I was happy he found that avenue in me. For some time now, I’ve been thinking of being a counselor in future. But the calling has never been stronger.
Busy busy day today! Up and abt at 7 aldy…yawnz… Went to AMK branch driving centre to register for driving. Haha…was so damned blur throughout the whole process of attending the briefing n registration. I made so many farny blunders tt im too embarrassed to go into details. Maybe the flu virus took away a huge chunk of my grey matter. Went back to give tuition after that. But ended later than I shld have coz I had many things to settle with the student. So obviously I was late for the dinner at Fish & Co. with hs, Becky, Jaime, LT, Jh, Zw, Hc. Well Xw was missing in action...probably having a rendevous somewhere on the territory of S’pore and cldnt join us. Gdness knows what the heck she’s up to:p Dinner was quite funny wif all the crap everyone was throwing up. Kept laughing with the guy who took our orders. Not that he wasn’t laughing himself too. But really I still cant figure out why it was so funny though. Lolx… Left for Gwen’s party after that. Bel, Jit, David, SL, YQ, Lena, DX were there. As usual I kenna suaned left right ctr up down front back again...even after so long. But then agn I was the one who provoke them 1st la…haha.. Took pics wif them, talked crap, and even planned an outing. Albeit in Sentosa:p (My, its becoming a hot place for gatherings n reunions!) Later on it was cake-cutting. Den Gwen smeared cake cream on my face! Gosh…gonna have a breakout again!! Then some kind soul bestowed upon me a strip of plastic full of cream. Haha…showtime! Ran after David to get back at him for slamming me wif no mercy. But heck, he’s a trackker. Haha…so I got the 3 other guys to nail him down. Hahahaha!! U mess wif me, u mess wif dynamites! But I lost my voice in the battle:x Bleah…
Aaahh…Prom’s over! Come to think of it…it really seemed a waste to be preparing for it weeks in advance---getting frustrated over the choice of gowns, preparations for the makeup and hair, finding matching shoes, bag and accessories. Baaaahhh…But I guess I was still pretty happy despite all the $$ and trouble I went through. It was really the nite of many firsts---the 1st time I’ve really bothered dolling myself up, 1st time im splurging on my clothes and even the 1st time Im really convinced tt I can look pretty if I wanted to! HAha..talk abt boosting morales and self-confidence there:p Although the prom wasn’t particularly fantastic but was pretty amazing to see how ppl who looked plain and ordinary in school can look all so gorgeous and horribly gd-looking! So I guess in tt sense I still pretty much enjoyed it. And of coz I got a kick seeing how ppl can make silly fashion mistakes also. But the most memorable thing was the picture-taking. Keke…still feeling happy tt I took pictures wif the guy im currently having a crush on:p Just hoping I didn’t oversmile in there! Lalalalala… Anw decided to go clubbing wif my classmates later on. Man... I wldnt deny tt I kinda enjoyed myself there, but then again I don’t think I’d want to step into another again. Just wanted to get a feel of what it’s like and then never return again. Im swearing off clubs! Me need to get a life? Probably. But I believe there’s many other ways to make my life interesting without having to worry abt getting out-of-control and possibly making mistakes that I’ll regret for the rest of my life…so there! Still it was a gd eye-opener for me, being the very 1st time I’ve stepped into such places and being so crazy for a change from the normally-more ‘zheng jing’ me. Oh well! All's well ends well! Man... but i do really need some slp there...Zzzzzz....
Today i spent the afternoon with this close friend of mine whose going home overseas this coming Mon. Well, didnt do much...just had some coffee and chilled out for quite awhile talking abt everything, (with occasional outbursts) before we headed to his hostel---to see him play bball. Haha...sounds really absurd but i really was contented to just watch him do the things he likes without any major problems bothering him for once. Hah..and tt's how true friends behave i guess:p Later on when it was time for me to go he waited for my bus with me. Felt i aldy missed him even though he was just next to me. Haiz...i know very clearly there isnt anything to get upset abt but the both of us were behaving like he was nv coming back again. haha..but perhaps we were just scared tt things wld change later on i guess...i really have no idea. Throughout the journey home I recalled all the times when he was there to cheer me up when I was down; how he really appreciated the times I heard him out when he needed that listening ear. Haha...i even trusted him ebough to tell him abt the crush on another guy friend of mine that he knows:p Really like a big brother to me...just that there wld be times when the lines became a little blur though. It was all coming back to me and felt really sad somehow. But maybe it's just me being the emotional freak that i have always been. I wld have missed my bunch of closer friends if they were to be gg away for a long while i think. Just the difference of more or less dramatic only! Haha... anw he left his calling card no. wif me so i can call him anytime i want! cool~ Goodbye my friend:)
Just returned home from my class chalet today! Hmm.. Wasnt as exciting as i'd have wanted it to be, but i had my fair share of fun there la. Went to Wild Wild Wet...but wala...i nv knew playing oso can be so stressful!! Had to keep applying sunscreen lotion (which Jac bought kinda out of exasperation partly due to my incessant whining..hahaa) coz i didnt wanna have tanlines; then was so worried abt my gigantic tummy!!(ok la..i feel it wasnt all too bad la huh..) And wat the heck i felt so unsupported by my freaking swimsuit:x It's been yrs since i last wore it.
Was practically screaming my head off and attracting undesired publicity most of the time. Scraped myself in the toes AND toenails. alamak!! Then kinda injured my index finger during 1 of the rides. But sia-lah! Quite fun i must say...letting the inner child in me run wild (literally). But at times i kinda 'xia-suayed' myself though. Diao...
Really exhausted after it all, so much so tt i decided to go home today instead of tmr:p Damned i miss the comfort of my bed manz! Home nv felt so good!
"This is home, truly, where i know i must be..."