I LOVE TRANSFORMERS!

I really went to watch transformers yesterday. OMG. OMG.OMG. it was so damn cool. I think the best movies in the world are Transformers 1 and 2. I told this to some people and am still gonna say it again... When Optimus Prime died my heart literally stopped. Thank god Sam Witwicky brought him back to life. I love the new motorbike girl autobots. They are so classy and cool. and Mikaela (a.k.a Megan Fox) got a deceptacon-turned-autobot phrotoform as a pet. FYI a phrotoform is a young transformer or deceptacon, although I think i got the spelling wrong...

Of course Shia LaBeaouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson were great too...! Not to mention that ex-sector 7 guy... I forgot the actor's name. But he was so funny... he's the one who said "What i'm about to show you is top secret, don't tell my mother..." if you would remember. He even wears Sector 7 underwear... hahax. I'd wish they'd give Josh Duhamel more lines... I mean this IS his first movie since he'd married Fergie (Black Eyed Peas!!)... and he's a fantastic actor. Without metion, Shia Labeauf was totally awesome~

Went to eat Mexican food after the movie at Cathay Orchard. YUMMO!! Foodie place to recommend: Viva Mexico restaurant. Just walk right past centrepoint and turn left. as i said, the food there is delish =P

While chatting to some people yesterday, I remembered my fav toy when I was young. Optimus Prime. hahax... yeah, i was kinda a tom-boy. like I completely loathed dolls. I found them useless. The only girl toys i liked were stuffed animals. Otherwise, my room was filled with Toy Soldiers, Tanks, Fighter jets, Trucks, Power Rangers and Transformers, and tonnes ( i mean tonnes) of Dinosaur books. Oh, and in Primary school, there came Lego's Bionicle, that i would scramble to get. I still have my collection of boy-toys, and i still love them. =) esp my Transformers. =X I had this like flashback yesterday, and I remembered one day in kindergarten, some girl told me she had the whole Barbie collection. And I went like "Barbie has a collection? I thought they only sold one doll. But, anyway, I have the whole Transformers collection. And my grandad just bought me a remote controlled Monster Truck." in total American accent. That's the only memory of my Kindergarten days (plus that awful propaganda computer game they made us play).

Now my pride and joy is my collection of US Air Force fighter jets and stealth planes. But I still have an untouched Barbie doll somewhere at the back of my old bookshelf, behind all the Dinosaur books.

Oh, and Michael Jackson just died... it's sad. I mean, many people were looking forward to the comeback he was about to make. I'm sure his fans must be devastated. For me, I just feel sad and sorry that the world has lost another great musician, and not to mention an extraordinary dancer. May he be resting in a better place.

lovelovelove.

pocket full of fustrations.

Argh, I don't care. I'm going to watch Transformers and relax the whole day of Thursday if I have to. Can't stand studying anymore. If I go on like this, I'll seriously go mad sooner or later.

Why didn't they close schools for one more week?? Oh man... I was really hoping for that, coz there seriously isn't enough time for me to finish studying for prelims. Everything's in a mess. I don't even know what subjects to finish revising first. They all seem important, because they all are equally important. Eeewww. I hate this.

ENDURE!!!

Something that cheered me up today::

T-pain ft Taylor Swift:


Full version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59GVCCFcbfY

Taylor Swift CMT Awards "You Belong With me"


I LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT. She is soo damn cool =)

lovelovelove.

I'm back!

lols... ok, yah, I'm back in Singapore. No, didn't catch any flu or H1N1 or anything of that sort. Was in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, for those who were wondering. The resort had this extensive beach that I spent time just exploring, and sometimes, when I get a little bored, I'll walk to the end of the beach to where the groyne is, and start revising my Geography, about long shore drift and what nots. That's the best way to revise geog. Like last year when I went back to Canada, I was practically regurgitating everything I knew about Rivers and Forests to anyone beside me who would listen. Call me crazy, because I am... well just a little =)

The food at the 5 star beach resort I was staying was superb! Like I had a rib-eye de café paris on the first night for dinner, and that was one of the best beef I've ever tasted. (Though I must add that the best was the Kobe Beef I ate when I was in Hokkaido, Japan like Sec 1 december holidays. OMG that beef literarily melts in your mouth.) The second day I had a burger (beef too) and the portion for that one was so huge, even I ( and my big appetite) couldn't finish it. I hope I gained a few pounds.. hahax.

Didn't buy much, just a few keychains for my BFFs and some clothes. The things there were pretty much the same price as stuff in Singapore, and Singapore has more variety too. Besides, some of the stuff were pretty outdated. Like at the Airport bookstore, they were selling this book "Goh Chok Tong, Singapore's Newest and Next Premier"... and a Singaporean street directory that dated back to 2001. Can't blame them though. A small town's a small town.

Okay, I won't dwelve too much on my vacation. Too many personal stuff involved. Too many.

Oh, and I just read up that Miley and Nick Jonas are getting back together again. First, yes, Nick is so much better off with Miley than Jordan Pruitt. But I think that Miley's losing it. Like the fame and all, I don't think that she's controlling it well, and she's moving on, growing up way too fast. I don't want to see her become another Linsay Lohan. She's jumping boyfriends again and again, and then she does all these mature roles. Like her next role in a movie the last song, or something like that, she does this really really REALLY intimate scene with her co-star at the beach, and her fans, which are mostly little girls and Hannah Montana wannabes, can be heard like going "eewww...." and squirming in disgust in the background while they were filming that. Watched it on some leaked video. Haix... can't do anything but just pray for her.



Oh, and here's Taylor Swift's new video... my favourite song on her Fearless CD, You Belong With Me. Lucas Till (the guy in the video) is sooo cute! Recognise him from the Hannah Montana movie?? Well, he really looks like *eh-hem*. lols. Don't you agree Marisol?? Trish and Kristen totally think so. And please don't get the wrong idea, there's really nth between us.... really... although i can sense your eyebrows raising skeptically at this point in time.

Okay... gotta continue mugging now... =(

Ah well...
signing off =)

transformers 2: revenge of the fallen

WOOHOO! Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Transformers 1 was the best movie I've ever seen in my entire life. And now Transformers 2... yeah... I'm definitely watching that one. Here's the trailer above. Bumblebee is so cute in the opening. I love that Chevy Camaro to death!! The other funny part was when the man said "Its top secret. Don't tell my mother." lols. Oh, and pardon the introduction in the video above... there were like 2 diff versions of the trailer, and this version is better than the other, but I can't seem to find any video of this version which I can embed from youtube. So had to take this one, with some little "news buzz" entertainment in front.

Anyway, need to do intensive revision now, so buzzing off...

I still miss Hwa Choung Cheng and the Alpacas. Hahax.

xoxo

Carmen

P.S I'll be on vacation from tmr to sat, so yeah, don't contact me unless necessary... thnx =)

World's scholars cup RULE!

Okay.. I officially and completely take back all my complaints and regrets about joining the World's Scholars cup. Take those words and throw them into a space vortex that leads to oblivion. WSC ROCKS!

My god... I'm missing everything about the World's scholars cup right now... I felt so at home there, like there was this compelling feeling that I sort of belonged there. And frankly, I felt more at ease there than I am in Chung Cheng.

WORLDS SCHOLARS CUP DAY ONE (SATURDAY)
On the first day, while travelling to Nanyang Girls for the event, I was kinda sulky, but once I reached there and we registered, the aura (to quote Su xue) was entirely fresh and different, and I was more than eager to begin...

Like there were students from all over the world (12 countries to be exact) pouring into the nanyang auditorium. WOW. Like to be part of that was just an honor. I heard caucasian accents around me everywhere, so even before half the day, my inner "accent thermostat" auto switched. Yeah, so I ended up speaking american for 2 days. even now I still am... =)

Daniel, the program director, was the best host in the world. I would say that he's even tonnes better than Ryan Seacrest (i'm unsure if i spelt his name correctly). Well the essay bit was fun... damn fun, like I chose the one that kinda looked like Social studies combined with history, about how you would advise an empire's leader on expansion, defense, and maintanence of his empire. Easy stuff =) Cheng Hui and Darion both chose the science question, on sustainable nuclear energy.

Next up, was Scholar's challenge, or MCQ for each subject... I spent too much time on my other 5 subjects that I forgot about math. Like I had only 9 mins to the the math section, without a calculator, and I panicked so I guessed for every single question. Basically, I screwed up (not entirely, only for math) and had fun =)

Had lunch, then DEBATE!! We lost to Korea's Hangkuk Acedemy, coz of lack of examples in our case... but we won against U.S.A's Mountain Pointe High School. I like the sirname of their 2nd speaker Ian Mckloski. I not in love with the guy, I barely know him, but his sirname is really cool.

Okay, the rest of the day was more food, and more debate showcase, and Cheng Hui suffering from hyperventilation.

WORLDS SCHOLARS CUP DAY TWO (SUNDAY)
woot... First was the flag bearers ceremony, then Scholar's Bowl!! Hahax. We had fun screwing up for that one... But we did considerably well, considering that we'd only studies one or two weeks before the actual thing, and other teams studied for like a year. Our scoring was around that of everyone's average =)

Before the scholar's bowl, I ran from the 2nd floor of the auditorium to the first, to grab a few Alpaca finger puppets for our team. The Alpaca, an animal, is the official mascot of the World's scholars cup. And I have officially fell in love with those animals.

The rest of the day was debate showcase, prize presentation (which was swiped like 85% by Raffles Institution and Raffles Girls). We got photos taken, and certificates of participation, though I did win the best overall in my "school" Hwa Choung Cheng ( coz our team was made of of Hwa Chong's Darion, and Chenghui and me from Chung Cheng.. hahax).

It was wonderful to mingle around and meet people from Indonesia, Thailand, California, Britain, Australia, and what nots. The people there were super friendly -- there isn't one moment when you'll feel left out. When Cheng Hui and I left for home, (after the most wonderful buffet dinner) we entered the MRT and when people started speaking Singlish, reality struck. The feeling was like "Shit, I'm back in Singapore again".... I wish I could rope all my best buddies and friends into the World's Scholars cup and stay there forever. It was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Oopps... I didn't realize I wrote that much... okay, actually wanted to post a few photos, but maybe tmr, coz this post is way too long...

tmr's Scholar's cup. My day tommorrow will start at 6.30, and end at 10 pm at night. Damn. It doesn't sound like something to look forward to. Anyway, I'll just bear with it, see what happens.

I'm so tired... and like, i've been quite angry with Cheng Hui lately, coz to speak frankly, she's been making my life more or less a living hell... hahax. yah... living hell. Pressing for all the scholar's cup thingys, that I have not touched since like 2 days ago (i've been doing physics... more impt) but I kinda pretended I did study. =P anyway, I told her today that tmr, I was just gonna screw up and have fun, and the tensions between us kinda subsided.

My music likes just changed again recently... Now into Katy Perry. Her music videos are so cute! Except the one "Thinking of You"... I completely adore that song, that tinge of melacholy just hits you. That music video was pretty sad. But "Waking up in Vegas" is cool, and so is "Hot n Cold". But I still like "Thinking of You" the best... the first time I watched the music video, I was really emo that night, and watching that video almost made me cry. Almost.

Haha, crying reminds me of the movie P.S I Love You. That was the ONLY movie in which I cried (non-stop), after watching. It was a beautiful storyline, and the love story is something that really seems real... not like some other movies, always potraying this fairytale love story that makes everyone believe that to love someone, and for someone to love you back is the easiest thing in the world. It's not.

I still have Visual Arts II of my scholar's cup left to read, and a few pages of the History section left. In short, I'm only 10% prepared for the thing. But as I said earlier, screw up and have fun. I don't know if I really think that way, or if I'm just comforting myself, but I don't really care. As long as it keeps the stress away, anything goes.

There is Scholar's cup on Sunday too, but I don't think I'm going... it's too taxing. There's nothing important but prize presentation on that day... I doubt we're winning anything, with so many different countries participating. I'll just go there for the sake of meeting new friends, and screwing up big time.

xoxo
C

fishy business =)

^^^the fish I made today^^^

^^^The fish Cal made^^^

I feel like i'm being pushed too hard, and again, my body is not taking it well at all. My Hypoglycemia is acting up again... Anyway, it's agonising to be hit by repeated waves of nausea and dizziness during lessons. It's even more difficult to act okay. I don't want to miss out any lessons because i've to go to the sick bay.

My migranes are back too. Oh god. I hate it, completely. It feels like someone is continuously swinging a jackhammer towards your skull.

All of these problems --- stress-related. And here I am, under Cheng Hui's and Darion's indirect motivation, trying desperately to juggle my O levels stuff and Scholar's Cup. I love to study for Scholar's Cup... It's way more interesting than my school stuff, but I have to control myself to stop stop stop studying for it! It's not easy studying O level subjects, plus Visual Arts, History, JC maths, Economics and Literature. I hate Lit, completely, and the Maths too, there's things like Secant-Secant Theorem and Imaginary numbers, and for lit, I see all these alien words and phrases that don't make any sense at all. Economics, visual arts and history are fun. But O LEVELS are more important. I stick post-its all over my scholar's cup notes and my desk to remind me to stop studying for Scholar's cup after a certain time period. I still have the bulk of economics, hist, and visual arts to cover. No time to care... I'm just gonna read it, forget it, and possibly flunk it.

Oh, and I'm officially over that guy. OFFICIALLY!! Now, when you look back and think, you ask yourself "what were you thinking? it's never gonna work out" and ya, it's officially over. Not even 1%... However, I sense a tinge of weird things going on related to that matter. really weird stuff. I just wish things would be back to the before-crush-period. I already have enough on my plate so pls don't add anymore stuff to it. and Nick's been asking lots of weird questions lately. But I will not have any BGRs before my O levels. Period.

(ABOVE PICTURE) Had fish scuplturing today... initially I was kinda negative to the idea, mainly because I had too many things, too little time, and believed the fish making was eating up my precious minutes. It turned out to be really fun, and although my fish looked simple, I hope it'll survive the oven... And I so hope that nobody destroys it. Found my sec 2 artwork, that was miraculously still sitting in the same place in the artroom that I left it 2 long years ago. But I still didn't find my Sec 2 Drawing Block. Bummer! I had sketched, shadowed and painstakingly drew the potrait of Marilyn Monroe inside. It was damn nice. I spent like hours on that... was hoping to frame it, but our drawing block in sec 2 was never returned.

I have so much stuff to do, so little time. And I'm not feeling that good now... My head is spinning a little and I can't stand, coz i'll definitely black out. Happened before... and it's not something that I wanna go through again.

Argh... I still have Physics h/w that I haven't touched yet. Maybe I'll just do the CHIJ one, coz i don't think I can stand anymore thinking.

I think I may be on "Hiatus" for the rest of the week... I'm too busy!! So sorry... But I'll promise I'll update as soon as I find time... even this week... I hope.

xoxo

paranoid!

I'm stuck with the song "Paranoid". I just can't get it outta my head... JONAS! JONAS! JONAS! ok... i'm mad... hahax. 8)

Just watched Tricky TV. I like that show... it teaches you all sorts of little magic tricks that you can perform. I learnt another 2 cool ones today. Oh, and they pranked this group of students in the show, and caused one student to fall into an ice-cream freezer... haha... that was hilarious!!

just a little bored, so decided to blog... promised Cal that I would post more Hugh Jackman Oscar Videos anyway. Hugh Jackman is just so talented! Like he goes from all out hunk in Xmen's Wolverine to Broadway dude while hosting the Oscars. Cool... =) Enjoy the videos anyway... try and spot Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens in the firstvideo. Without a doubt, Beyoncé is the leading lady. The second video is just the best moments of the Oscars, compiled by somebody. It's pretty funny as well... haha...

Okay, suddenly I've run out of topics to talk about...er... let me backtrack,

Today we had an English O level Seminar, where 2 examiners from England came down to talk. I wonder what is it with me, but I always tend to feel a sense of familiarity when "ang-mohs" talk... Maybe it's due to my really really Western upbringing. Anyway, the seminar was okay, but the aircon there was really cold (ok, maybe because it was blowing directly at me...), my fingers were numb by the end of it. I asked the examiner a question today! hahax. Okay, it wasn't my question, it was Ms Teng who got me to ask on her behalf... I didn't even remember if the address for letter writing was on left or right. Lols.

But I was suffering from really bad gastric pains on the way back to school, in fact, it still hurts now. I get gastric like every school day... which is not really good, but I can't really help it, as school only breaks at around 2.40 or 2, and I'm usually hungry by 1. Blame my big appetite. Even eating loads for recess doesn't help. Gastric was the result of he hunger pangs I suffered in sec 3. I sound like Ms Kaur now... I didn't eat lunch today, which was the worst thing... by the time I got to the cafeteria, all the food sold out. Had to settle with 2 frankfurters.

Oh... speaking of frankfurters, something weird happened while I was queuing for them. Like me and Kharmei were queuing, and we were talking about the difference between Green Tea and Lemon Tea while waiting... and suddenly, Jian Sheng, who was in front of me, saw me (apparently, he had a slow reaction time for some reason, coz we were standing there for a good TEN minutes) and he looks like he got a shock or something. Then he told Qi guang I was behind him, and he too, looked a bit shocked... and... they started laughing. HUH? Seriously, that was my first reaction. Do I look like some kind of ghost that popped out in mid-air? Or rather a ghost that was un-noticed for 10 minutes... I was just talking about tea...? err... thanks for finding me shocking/startling/funny or ___"insert some strange emotion"___. although i don't think that entirely is a compliment. =.=

My BFFs all found it weird.

Okay, I guess that was the climax of the day... the rest, otherwise, was pretty flat and mundane, as usual. But Physics was interesting... I like Magnetism... and maybe only Magnetism. Humanities is still tops!! Geog!!

paranoid,
C.

Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine SINGING!

OMG this is so so so so so damn funny! In his song for the opening of the Oscars he was hosting, he sang about Slumdog Millionaire, Frost Nixon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Milk, The reader, the wrestler, and a whole lot of other acedemy award nominated movies.

I didn't know he could sing so well!! I LOVE THE ENDING. he sang "coz i'm Hugh Jackman, and I've waited so long, and no recession can stop my confessions, or silence my song..." This later part is the best "These are the Oscars, and this is my dream, I am a Slumdog, I am a wrestler, I've read the reader,.... I'm WOLVERINE!!" hahahax. I laughed like mad=)

a million kudos to Hugh Jackman!

another untitled post...

hahax. today was fun, filled with a little internal struggle... but it was fun.

Some ppl mighta seen me and Cal laughing hysterically on the 3rd floor near the IT lab area for no reason... Hahax. Well, we sorta made a lil of a spectacle by trying to come out with crazy tricks to scare Su Xue, who was in the toilet. Hahax. Just the thought of it makes me laugh... Like we came out with total stupid ideas! What were we thinking? FUN. Some eyewitnesses may have thought we were crazy. No we weren't... we were insane. =)

Today Heikern brought his guitar to school. Everytime I heard it, made me think of Nick so much. lols. Mari would laugh if she saw this but ya... hahax. It also made me think of the guitar I'm going to get once i complete my O levels... ... ... I'm so so so looking forward to that day. Hopefully I can get my hands on a Gibson guitar, the brand the Jonas Brothers use. Keeping my fingers crossed!! After the piano, the next goal will be the drums. That one's easy, coz my uncle's already got a drum set. He can teach me =) Music rocks!

Oh, speaking of the Jonas Brothers... Su Xue said Nick Jonas in the below video looks like Duncan for a second there... HUH? first Glenn and now Duncan. errr... okays... I don't see it.
at all. Does anyone second her opinion?

For those of you who don't already know, you can start voting for Taylor Swift in the Country Music Awards at CMT.com
I voted already, for taylor swift, the rascal flatts, carrie underwood and keith urban. So, if you're a fan of any of these musicians, or any other country musician, go to CMT.com and start voting now!!

I'm left with like 1% more to forget that person. Which is good, if not, i sería devastada. Si yo lo vi con ella hace unos meses, mi corazón se ha roto en un millón de piezas. Siempre hay alguna parte de mí que nunca te olvidaré, pero al menos estoy en movimiento. Currently, I feel a pinch. I'm not gonna tell you what I just said... Happy guessing! That's one huge boulder lifted off my heart. It's not very easy, forgetting someone... like how long did it take me? months? ya... and I think that that 1% would take quite a long while to become a zero.

Veronica's new hairstyle is so cute! Her hair kind of reminds me a little bit of Alice Cullen from Twilight. Makes me feel like cutting my hair short too... lols =P But I really need to cut my hair like by this week... It's getting outta hand, and hard to manage. When I wake up, it looks like every strand curls in different directions. It looks nice when I let it down, but it looks like a broom when I tie it up. That's why I haven't been sporting the ponytail lately. The weather is too hot to let down my hair all the time anyway... Tying my hair in the morning is such a trouble! But I doubt I'll cut my hair short short... maybe just layering and a 2 inch trim =)

Okay, that's all for today. The Mangosteens this year taste fantastic. I tried some after Su xue recommended, and wow... yeah it tastes good!

Cheers~
C

it wasn't all that bad, as i had expected... today i mean. it was okay...

I survived the 3 periods of A maths, which i had forcast would leave me brain dead. But i was considerably alive, brain and all. Physics was fun... I like Magnetism, until now, that is. Geog was unexpectingly boring, since it was lecture. I concentrate better in the classroom for Geog. By the time 20 mins had passed, i was like nodding off. Chem was... er... undescribable?

Now, i still have an apology letter to write, chemistry homework and social studies template. Yucks. Gimme a break. Tmr's Prelim Oral... I still don't know what to say for picture discussion.

oh man... nth to say... here are some videos to make up for the words...


Nick!!

its over.. and thank you.

finally, the chinese o levels are over. I don't even want to think about it anymore, if not i'll just find more and more areas in which i screwed up, and end up blaming myself for them, no matter how nitty bitty they may be. Well, that's me. It's over, and there's nothing I can do about it, so the best thing now is to focus on my other goals. Thank you to all who sent me their good luck wishes before the exam. It was your strength that made me believe in myself. Thank God that Camp Rock was showing last night. It played a major part in getting myself mentally prepared for the exam. Like music is everything to me...

Over the past few weeks, I've realised that burying yourself in Music, work, and more work can help you forget about somebody. Music helps you believe that you can live without that someone, work helps you focus on something else, your priorities, rather than obsessing with various fairytales, daydreams and fantasies that will never come true. This is the last chapter of the book of you and me I guess, this stupid hallucination. It's about time to say The End. I started with the first chapter, although I knew it would come to this ending. Time to go back to reality. I know there will be still reminiscence of what i felt, so now i'm taking the final step, of erasing it all, return to where we were before this all began. Hasta la vista, ichijou.

Su Xue was kind enough to treat me to a drink today, to celebrate the end of Chinese O levels. I really owe her big time! It's super hard to find a friend like that. Calista is sick, so Cal, if you're reading this, I really really pray hard that you'll get well soon!! Must take extra good care of yourself, especially with this kind of weather and the flu going around. Take more tonics if you must =) Rest well...

Yay... Mdm Samboo says that she'll personally ensure that Cheng Hui and I get a gold for our CCA. XD I really must find a way to thank Mdm Samboo and Mrs Priya for showing us so much support. I think we didn't show our grattitude enough.

Oh, I still have social studies template, and Chemistry homework to complete. The thought of extended programme is like .... eew. I would be 25 times more productive if that time was given for me to study at home. Being in the classroom... studying without music, and the hot hot weather... it sucks. Makes me zonk out everytime... Oh, reminds me, need to get a pack of sweets. I'm so over Tic-tacs already, I ate so much that i got sick of it. Mentos makes my throat feel like the Nevada. Maybe I should go with Ricola or Fruitips... hmmm... we shall see.

I miss Canada so much. I miss the scenery, I miss the people, I miss the slower pace of life. I miss the delicious Coffee Crisps, and Maple Syrup, the humongous million year old trees, the fresh air. While waiting for the O level papers to be counted today, I was staring at the Canadian flag pinned on my pencil case, and just missing the place. I have to go back and visit soon.

~carmen