_____________________never enough.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 ; 10:37 PM

if there's any word to describe life now, it has to be Monotonous. oh, today me, wanli & emily skipped chem lecture cos we thought it was boring and pointless to go.. unlucky enough, mr tan happened to pop by at the lecture and discovered that we 3 prominent students were missing-in-action. he caught us in the library but he actually let us off! he just told us to fill up the lecture notes by the end of the day and show it to him.. we even had an interesting long friendly chat with him after school (with loads of hot teacher gossips and life talks). zomg i felt damn bad luh! we've always been making use of him to get away. booo. :( guess we ain't gonna skip again! town with the 2 girls after that to take shots for our econs project.

today i have been thinking about motivation in my daily life. i find myself not trying my best in everything i do, and not because i'm always so lazy to put my best foot forward, but in fear of facing disappointment. i guess that's something that has always affected me a great deal. when you have done your best in something, you'll automatically expect the same level of satisfaction in return; just like how you reap what you sow, or get what you give. But many a times, sadly, it doesn't turn out the way you want them to. it's such a shitty feeling to have your expectations up so high, then when reality shakes you and you don't receive what you hope to from your efforts, it just brings you right down. perhaps that is why i usually do not want to try so hard. when you expect the outcome to turn out bad cause of your minimal effort, and it turns out like it's said to be, it doesn't hit you so hard. or even better, the joy you get when the outcome turns out way better than expected..

such controversies in life, they're never enough. geesh, i worry and think alot.

sister's outing day on sunday.. no one ever really believes we're sisters. haha. i still don't understand how afew can say we look alike. anyway i got my favourite fossil watch i set my eyes on that day! wheeee. love it.. got a shoe too. my 4th pointees with heels. (of which the 3 others give me a friggin hard time with them on).


It feels like the stars are getting closer and the sky is closing in
And I don't know where to begin
We're all looking for something to take away the pain

xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________dealing with unavoidable loss and moving on.
Sunday, February 25, 2007 ; 12:20 PM

THE GUARDIAN. Ashton Kutcher & Kevin Costner

(Jake tattoos his deceased friends' initials on his arm)

Ben Randall: (refering the the accident that killed all of Jake's friends) I've read the report Jake. Your blood alcohol level was zip that night. I'm guessing there was a flip for designated driver, you lost.

Jake Fischer: I guess that just makes it all go away, huh?

Ben Randall: No, it doesn't make it all right, it just makes it an accident. At least that's how it reads. You were 16 years old Jake. I'm not your priest, but if I was I think maybe you deserve a pass.

Jake Fischer: You're giving me a pass? You think you know everything, with your psychobabble bullshit. Why am I here? Why are you here, huh? You're too old to be doing this, you washed up here. You don't want to be teaching a bunch of kids in a pool, am I right? I don't give an eff what you read or who you talked to. You don't know about me. I have me under control.

Ben Randall: I can see that. The only difference between you and me is that I don't wear the ones I lost on my arm. I know where you're at, Jake. I'm there myself. I ask myself everyday why I was the one who survived.

Jake Fischer: And?

Ben Randall: And if I can't answer that for me, I'm certainly not going to try to answer that for you. Have a seat. I want you to start being a member of this team. The team you have now. You have a gift, Jake. You're the best swimmer to come through this program, hands down, by far, and you've got a whole record board to prove it. But you know what I see when I look at it? I see someone fast enough who's going to get there first. I see someone strong enough who's going to last. I see someone who can save a life maybe no one else could. You really want to honour the initials on your arm? Then honour your gift. Save the ones you can, Jake. The rest, you've got to let go.

xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________partaayyyyye
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 ; 5:49 PM

Shodown @ MOS!
chaotic and crowded like crap but things became better by 3am.. didn't expect a party to be going on. some unglam pictures we took at 5am right after all that drama. yeps, with smudged eyeliners, oily faces, cigg-smelled bodies (eew) and mad hair. but please remind us not to go on public holidays ever.

... and don't ask me why i look so mentally deranged here.
here's Alex, chris' new friend we met from last week, & also ambassador for whosgoing.sg. he got us in for free!

chris, mel and i were talking about how different people are from when they club and in real person. similar to ourselves, we're just a group of harmless single girls craving for some fun. and of course, in the process of doing so, we portray ourselves as slutty (?) and wasted (?). so like, no matter who we meet in the club, their impression of us is stereotypical. but that's of course not what we are. like, look at our everyday lives; we buff around like goofballs, roll and giggle, and guffaw at the slightest things. HAHA what the hell. sad but true. as long as we club, we're constantly being wronged by the public.

CNY photos up soon! so far collected a total of about +/- $450 worth of red packets. my julius&friends watch, wait for me.

ok bye.


xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________V DAY
Friday, February 16, 2007 ; 11:35 AM

V day celebration with the clique at Vivocity Marche on the eve of vday! nickee and beryl weren't there. :( no pics avail yet but yah. it was fun! we had gift exchange. i baked em the most poisonous cookies ever (which tasted like choco bread instead.) lol. then we talked cock like how we used to do, till it was late.
Reached home at like 10 odd, where i had to rush to bake the second batch of cookies for cjc people. this time, the cookies turned out a little weee bit better. i baked like 90 odd cookies in total of 30 packets.

on Vday itself! gifts exchange amongst T08 as well. they're so sweet. we also revealed who our angels and mortals were, and drew another round of that game. and i didn't have the chance to give to some of the 2T34 people so i gave other people the remains, and went home and ate the 3 packets left up. :(

at night was the highlight. met up with fellow singletons chris and mel at clarke quay at about 10pm. club hopped like mad! it was so rushy and exciting. :D


first stop we got to Attica and left our bags at their free bag-drop area. toured inside (crowd was few) so we went over to Gotham to check out and get our chops first. and we managed to catch a Strip show by some guys from Johannesburg. zomg! their bods were like whoa but the show was frankly quite gross for us young people to handle. lol. the crowd there were very matured, so we just went over to Club Momo. crowd was better there and music was quite good. we had to choose celeb tags at the entrance area and put em on your backs cause there was gonna be a game halfway thru the night.

Chris got Catherine Zeta Jones but she accidentally crumpled her tag! camwhored in the toilet.
Oh and our first sign of insanity started in the toilet.. the drinks already were taking effect on us. haha. stayed there for quite sometime before chris friend drove us to Zouk.. it was like full house there but we managed to cramp up and stay in for awhile. the Mambo tunes were gooood. then it was funny cos we kind of sprinted out of there after awhile cos chris and mel were running away from 2 psycho guys who were waiting outside the toilet. hilarious but damn funny. we got a cab right outside and we turned back only to see one of the guy behind the cab staring back at us. OOPS. ;D

went back to clarke quay area and we got to MOS. <3 my all-time favourite! crowd there was good. so we stayed there the longest and hung out at Smoove room. and i had an encounter with Mr Strong. shan't go into details. hah! felt quite bad, but nevermind. it was still quite freaky.

everything ended at 5am and we 3 tired sould dragged our butts back to joel's place where we bathed. arthur was sleeping there as well. we left the place by 7am and headed to school. yeah you can imagine. not having to sleep the whole night and going to school groggy and all. me and chris were sleeping like almost in all the lessons. i looked very murderous with the smudged eyeliners and dark eyerings i swear. haha but it was damn fun la. the challenge of staying up all night plus heading to school straightafter..


So since I'm not your everything
How about I'll be nothing? nothing at all to you
Baby i won't shed a tear for you, I won't lose a wink of sleep
Cause the truth of the matter is replacing you is so easy


xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________T08
Thursday, February 08, 2007 ; 10:11 PM

this is probably the first longer entry i'm blogging about T08. sakae sushi at heeren with the class today after school! probably our first official class outing, after so long. here's Mr Mayo-Man. wanli's creation-- made of ginger, tempura tail, mayo, japanese light sauce and wasabi. ooh exotic. he freaks me out though, like a replica of the Halloween pumpkins.

our table! the ala carte people. haha.
1T08 outside heeren with jonatan, our class flen cum rebel, aka form teacher. he came to eat with us too!
after lunch, some of the class people went off while the rest of us went to monstercue. the guys played pool while the girls slacked around. basically just waritta, jeannie, wanli and i. then by evening, more went home and gareth, yuiwing, clement, wanli and i went to ps starbucks to CHILL. and i thought the term "chill" was only used by toi and i. now "chill" is like t08's favourite slang cos of yuiwing. hah.

i didn't go for ig33 outing in the evening at Prata House! i told anne i was going but i pangsehed! to think i dislike to be pangsehed! eeeyer. bad jo. but i was damn full from the sakae, and i was damn tired i don't know why.. plus thompson had no straight bus home for me. :( boohooo i suck man. :( grrrr.

anyway, back to starbucks. we played the most lame Truth game i've ever played i swear. we got questions from yuiwing and clement like,
"will you ever get a Class 2 car license?"
"how old is the youngest person whom you've seen killed someone?"
"how much does your shoe costs?"
"if you murdered a person, how will you do it?"
"how did you kiss Mary (was a random unknown name!)?"

haha like OMG. what kind of random dumb questions are they! we were laughing our asses off man! anyway, i realised as days pass that there's so many nice people in my class.. i'm starting to feel more comfortable with them. ohwell! i hope most of them stay. roars.

anyway, O levels results will be out tomorrow.. i feel quite nervous for them.. the feeling of receiving the results is still so vivid!

I wanna run, but only far enoughto make you miss me
I wanna take back all the shit that I have done
But I guess you were better off without me


xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________cross country
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 ; 9:59 PM

cross country today. all was well. :) running competitive wasn't that bad.. i think our timing was like 25 mins or something. didn't hear properly.. waritta has this nice nice ex-crescent teacher who drove to cjc to pick up our belongings while we went macritchie. :) and even delivered them to us at macritchie after our run. how nice!

dinner with the ex-class. we all went to rachell's boyfriend hanqi's house at Adam Road to collect their bags cos they left it there. omgggg his house is freeeaakkkiinnnggg huge!!! there's like a swimming pool, pool table, home theatre system, jamming room with drums and stuff, 2 maids, and like about 7 to 8 bedrooms of probably 1.5 a size of a classroom. i felt like i was in a palace. i shall start investing on my dream house now. hahah. went down to adam food centre after that.. then down to town with lester and arthur.

had a short emo talk with lester in the bus. life feels meaningless? i asked. he asked me if i haven't set goals in my life, cos that may be the reason why i feel that way. but i mean, isn't everyone's goals the same in life? the dream to have good results and get a successful job, and settle down with their loved ones and live happily ever after? we all crave for the same comfort, the same feeling. the mild difference is just what jobs we wish to do, who we may want to spend our lives with, and how long it takes for us to achieve that same dream. some will take forever, some will just need to take a small step and they're there at it. ultimately, it's still the same... just feel as though the journey we take towards achieving this goal is so long and hard. gimme some motivation, anyone?

ok anyway, T08's getting better! class outing tomorrow.. the class is starting to open up and get better and we might have to separate again. always the case, isn't it? hah..

xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________weekends. the best days of the week.
Sunday, February 04, 2007 ; 9:33 PM

i find weekends my only reward for enduring the torture in school every other day.

for a start on saturday, met chrissy, joel, arthur, and 2 of their friends, coburn (unique name right) and shaun. we went to play DOTA at Speedy again for the first time this year!! damn happy. like reliving the memories of last year! i had missed that ps-to-paradiz route so much. we played one complete game before heading back to ps to watch some thai horror movie called The Unseeable. for some reason or another, i wasn't expecting alot from the movie. it turned out to have an unexpectedly sweet story behind it, with a slight pinch of eerieness. there were certain shock scenes but overall it wasn't that scary... toi is weird. she watched it before me and thought that the show was one of the freakiest she's seen; and to think we used to watch many other horror films together and i used to dig and hide behind her while she'll calmly watched the show. i thought The Unseeable was more of a joke. hahah.


today, went with my niece and ruoling to vivocity, then my sister joined us at marina square. woosh! got a tweed pink, grey, white & black designed pinafore dress from Forever21 for part of my CNY outfit. damn happy! it was the last stock there.. shopped around and yeah, bought some other little accessories.

xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y



_____________________more to life
Friday, February 02, 2007 ; 9:32 PM

i've finally watched Blood Diamond on tuesday after so long. haha. met fernie and we caught it! glad we met up. we haven't hung out for so long! loads of laughter and crap, plus camwhoring outside vivocity. (: anyway, conflicts over diamonds are so cruel. :( it's so stupid to shed so much blood just for some stupid stones!

school's been peachy. alright how do i describe that anyway? missed school yesterday with toi! we dragged our sorry asses to town and then stoned for awhile at far east's burger king at the unearthly hours of the morning. haha.

we went over to toi's house after awhile to take a nap, but changed our minds and went to play badminton at her indoor squash court instead! heee. played and talk about lots of school stuff. then she kinda lost her Tiffany&Co necklace she got for a gift. freaking ex! but we found it after like an hour of seaching. met arthur in the afternoon to get his damnnn nice lacoste shirt (cos i chose it!). then ryan & chrissy came too! dinnered then went home with chrissy.

missed hockey training today cause preena was too lazy to go and toi was unwell. zomg. and went town with preena & qianyi. haha we just walked around and sat at coffeebean to talk rubbish. was fun though! recalled the MI days and comparing both the campus (preena was from MI tohtuck and qians from MI bartley). and we concluded that toh tuck was much better. then met bay to actually catch the Clap! event at FEP.. but the event was kinda boring today. lester came down too. headed home after dinner.

anyways, my hair is getting more straight again! but am gonna do a free retouch soon. my class is getting slightly better. having this angel/ mortal game and the respective angels will reveal themselves to the mortals on Valentine's Day. wowee. yes, that awfully dreadful day! not? i've a date with the single mamas. lol.

tell me what is this thing that i feel like i'm missing,
and why can't i let it go?


xoxo -

Y Y Y Y Y




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