I've got a mild sore throat, and I hope it goes away by tomorrow. During A maths today, I sneezed a little and a huge torrent of mucus flooded my nasal cavity... God. I didn't have any tissue with me, so I just held on, and breathed through my mouth for an hour plus, before the paper finally ended. Then, just I stood up to go the ladies, the whole gooey mess flooded my throat. Yucks.

My mom's telling my dad not to send me to Canada after JC1, so I can complete my A levels. My godd. That is like torment all over again. She making it sound like that the world has changed so much that sending me to Canada would be like sending a princess to afghanistan. Hello, i'm not that pampered okay.

While going home today, this old man suddenly fell in front of Calista at the bus stop. Luckily he didn't crash into her or something. I have a feeling that he did that on purpose. Like, the tiles at that area were pretty well laid, with nothing jutting out. No litter over there too, and he was wearing pretty stable shoes, plus had the support of an umbrella. Weird guy. The way he fell was abit unnatural like he got down on his knees first before collapsing. I didn't help him out. Not a weird person like him. He wasn't hurt anyway. Crazy.

Oh man. Bio tmr. I haven't studied that and I swear I've forgotten most of it by now. I wanna play with the F1 car my dad just bought me. It's really cool. Lewis Hamilton's Mclaren Mercedes one was sold out, so daddy got Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari instead. =)

OMG I knew it. The actor who plays Will Traveler in the tv show Traveler that shows 12 midnight on tuesday, after CSI, is the same guy who played Pyro in X-men. I knew it I knew it!!

Headache, Miley and F1.

I stayed home today again. Wasn't feeling too good in the morning, like my head was going to explode. Ate some panadol and studied a few chapters of Physics. I'm going to do a bit of Geog later, if my head permits.



Miley Cyrus's new video is out. Party in The USA... Somehow I feel like the video doesn't match with the lyrics of the song. Like no link at all. But I love her boots. Cowboy boots are the coolest fashion statement EVER. Too bad the leather is hard to maintain in the humid Singaporean weather. I get a feeling like Miley's growing up too fast. Hmm.

I can't believe its like 4 weeks to O levels now. I don't know what to feel. Scared? Stressed? Or happy that all this is about to come to an end? Whatever. I can't be bothered so much anyway. I want to keep my sanity. Just study and sit for the freaking exam. I'm trying to psycho myself to think that the Os aren't really that big a thing. My dad's thinking of sending me to Canada, after JC 1. That means no A levels. I don't know, everything's a whirl.

F1 yesterday was so damn freakin cool....!!! Lewis Hamilton WON =) My heart like stopped when Alonso took the lead, but luckily Alonso hadn't refilled yet, giving Hamilton a chance to come back in to play. Nicole Scherzinger was the only girlfriend there in this race. They didn't feature any other girlfriend. Probably Nicole's presence and support helped Lewis win. It's really sad that Mark Webber's brake failed him. and Jenson button was way cool! like he upped 4 positions, if I can remember correctly, with a total of 86 points gained. If I had the chance, I would buy an F1 car. Or have a F1 driver as a boyfriend. HAHA. just kidding... lols. I doubt I'll ever get THAT chance.

wow. I just spent like my whole morning printing out A maths and Emaths practice papers. Gosh, I wonder if I have the time to finish all of them...

I've been struggling lately with studies. Like there's so much more to finish but so little time. Hopefully everything sorts out right before the O levels. I'm getting paranoid. Without doubt my brain is exhausted. I need so much sleep nowadays, and its getting harder and harder to concentrate. Maybe I should relax a whole lot for just one day, and push on again the next. But then again, there's not much time left. The last thing I want to do now is not put in my best effort, get grades that i do not want and disappoint the people who have pinned more than just hope on me.

I heard from Calista the other day that even Yishun JC's admission L1R5 has upped to 15 points. Great. I'm just going to aim for Nanyang JC and if I don't make the cut, Yishun shall have to do it. Or if worst come to worst, I'll directly audition for a place in Laselle art school.

Oh man. Everything seems to suck right now.

Send it On

I'm completely in love with this song. It's sounds good, and it's for a good cause. =)

Today was productive, really really productive. I was feeling like a washing machine on spin mode this morning during the English Paper, but somehow the giddiness and stomach pains eased off during Chemistry. I went to Northpoint after school with Khar Mei today, and helped her choose her Prom Dress. Like she scored a dress for S$37!! anyways, I saw this jacket that I really really really liked, but it cost like $53.90. Er, a little pricey. I still got my eye on it, but I'll look around for any cheaper look-alikes. We only spent like 50 minutes shopping. Luckily review sessions were cancelled today =)

Then afterwards we went to study at Starbucks. Shared a Potato Curry Puff for lunch. Man the curry puff was huge. I grabbed a Cappuccino and studied Physics. I completed like 4 chapters in an hour and 15 mins while I was there. =) I love Electromagnetism. That's the only part of physics in which I can actually score. The ONLY. I'm going to try and complete all my Physics revision today.

Well, the coffee really did its job. I'm wide awake now.

My parents have to be the most unique parents EVER. My dad asked me yesterday if I wanted a PSP or X-box or some of those game thingy. He said I could play in between study sessions. Me? I was stunned. Okay, i don't fancy those kind of stuffies, and the only games that I know how to play is Halo 1, 2, 3 and Guitar Hero. I'm a total dummy at what other games they have in the market, and not interested. I know. A normal teen would have said yes to my dad's question. Anyway, I told him I didn't need those kinda stuff. A guitar would suffice. But I know I would be so obsessed with the guitar that I would totally neglect studying, so lets just wait till after Os. =(

OKays. I'd guess i'll get going now. i need a shower.

sick. well it ain't that bad...

so i am at home right now, while my friends are in school, probably finishing lunch.

here we go again. Sick. The good part is that I got to miss those mock exams today. The down side is that I can't study much. I only managed to read up one chapter of Biology today. My head's still spinning like a top. I'm gonna drag myself to school tmr... But I wonder if I can manage the Chem Paper. Nevermind, we'll see tomorrow. It's a bit disorientating even to type, but i'm gonna type anyways.

Selena Gomez's new album is coming out in 5 days time. Can't wait!! Like it would take off some stress from my shoulders. She's a great person, so let's wish her the best for her album. Marisol just IMed me to post her music video up on my blog. I wonder what Mari is up doing so late. It's like 2.30 am in New York. It's not as if they have any homework. =( unlike us. Anyway, here's the video... Falling down.



I forgot to mention that it was Nick Jonas's Birthday last thursday... 17th of Sept. Guess it doesn't really matter saying it now, like its one week gone. I did wish him Happy Birthday on the Jonas Myspace, together with like i'm guessing a few hundred thousand teens out there.

Oh... I almost forgot. Something happened yesterday. Like Su Xue and I were walking home as usual, like walking along the pavement of a main road, Su Xue pushing her bicycle, like i said, as usual. Then there was a runner, not unusual, like people always run around there. So, we moved aside. Strangely, like this guy went the other way, like we shifted to our right, and he ran to the right also, and overtook us. I swear Su Xue's bike was like 15 cm away from him and if we had moved a little faster, we would've crashed into him. Okay, doesn't sound really interesting right? Here's the funny part. My line of thought throughout the whole thing was like. 1. Oh, a runner, shift to the right. 2. Hmmm, weird, he could've just run straight instead of almost crashing into us. 3. Looks like a middle-aged man. 4. Wait, I think I know him. 5. Looks really familiar.... 5. OMG, its Tan Qi Guang. HAHAHA. By the time my mind came to this conclusion, he was already a tiny figure in the distance. I thought he was a middle aged man. I looked at Su Xue and she looked at me. Then we laughed a little. She thought he was someone older too. Oops. =P

I can't believe that my family is actually encouraging me to skip the mocks. HAHA. okay, i'll now try and see if my head's ready for a little more revision.

Is the school mocking us?

I was actually thinking of studying non-stop once I reached home, but it has just been too long since I've last been online. And I so am addicted to the internet. But anyways, I'm going to make this quick and typing as fast as I can.

Today's mocks were okay... like I was half sleeping when I did English, so I made a couple of careless blunders in that paper. S.S was like er... I got zero marks for part a and c of SBQ. First time. Wasn't exactly devastating, but it did ouch abit. I seriously still don't get the point of mocks. They are just so tiring. Other schools are out there "resting and eating tonics" as in Study Leave, and we are here running on treadmills (mock exams). Who will have the most energy to run the last race? If I really regarded the mocks seriously, definitely not me.

I bumped into Gerald on the way home today. Kinda surprised to see him taking the bus service that takes me home. Turns out that he's on his way to tuition. Joping told me about that tuition teacher before, said he was quite good in Maths. Went home and indulged into a bag of Nachos, while chomping Physics facts. But my brain must be falling asleep. I can't seem to remember anything now. hahax =)

Wow. Looks like my tag board has become a battle of words for the two Samuels. And yes, I do agree with Sam P. You two are far far far from twins. Guys don't have a suit? God... I didn't know that... lols. Paisehs. I must be too Ang Moh... coz Ang Moh guys do have suits. In fact I bought 2 for Nick, last June. He wore one for his prom =D But sorry, I'm officially almost bankrupt after spending more than 400-500 dollars this month, so no gift suits for you guys.

There's Physics, Emaths and Chem tomorrow. A sickening combination. I think i'll just flunk. Really can't be bothered anymore with mocks.... if not i'll go crazy. Just study at my own pace, my own schedule and it'll be okay.

Mentallist, CSI and Traveler tonight. YAYs. I find that I absorb more physics while watching tv.

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sigh sigh sigh. It's finally here. The last lap. It's the final one month and 7 days, according to the class blog. Run, climb, fly, whatever, just go as far as you can people. We all have the potential to do it. The determining factor now is the effort and the effectiveness of the effort we put in. Keep those power words like FAITH, HOPE, BELIEF at your fingertips. They will help you to keep on going, even if you feel out of breath. I know we all can make it, so HANG ON and DON'T GIVE UP!!!

i've been thinking, and yeah, maybe I've been too pessimistic about the mocks. But anyways, in case at any point i get too stressed until my nerves are breaking, then yeah, i'll probably just take sick leave and study at home instead. I'm worried about my A maths, Comb. Humanities, English and Chemistry the most. Guess I just have to work harder now. My Geog has been slipping throughout the year for some unknown reason, and only now am I finally starting to get back to where I was last year. Ah, enough about studies. My brain is dead beat. I've decided to rest for today, so I'm all geared up and alert enough to work on A maths tomorrow. Puyu just smsed me, she's working extra hard too. When it comes to O levels, there are no exceptions.

Did anyone hear about the Kanye West Taylor Swift incident at the VMAs? Like yeah... that was so rude. At least Kanye West was. When Taylor was about to make her acceptance speech after receiving an award, Kanye West just sprang up onto stage, snatched the microphone and declared that he himself believed strongly that Beyoncé should be the winner. Beyoncé looked in shocked like "omg, what has this to do with ME" kinda thing. lols. The crowd booed Kanye West off stage. In the end, when Beyoncé did get another award, she asked Taylor to come on stage to finish her speech. That was really nice of her. But I really think that Kanye West is getting more full of himself and such. His behaviour lately proves it.

Today in school was our last CLVES lesson.... Sad. CLVES is seriously the best subject (the funniest, rather) in the curriculum. Ms Kaur was really kind to give us our last CLVES lesson, instead of replacing it with English. =) We watched this sexually education video thing, but seriously the actors were really er... fake? I don't know, I just didn't feel convinced by their acting. Ms Kaur got bombarded with lots of marriage questions today. lols. Somehow that felt like the last time before the O levels that we would get to laugh out loud and hard together as a class. It's kinda bittersweet.

My Aunt's listening to "Heal the World" now, by MJ. My dad is hoping to find time to upload his MJ cds onto his cellphone's music player. and me? I still don't feel like he has left us.

Su xue got sick again today. I am abit worried for her... she falls sick too often. Mr Goh said that Cal and I should donate blood to Su Xue. Apparently he picked the wrong people. We both have low blood pressure... So he asked Xue Ying instead. Xue Ying's reply was that she didn't have a clue what her blood type was. Lols. Anyway, Su Xue, take care and get well soon!

lovelovelove.

nuts.

Today really turned for the worse when I saw the mock papers timetable. I seriously can go crazy with that. I got really really really angry and full of abhorrence once I flipped through the paper. Never knew that a few sheets of white could invoke so much emotion. Basically I was going like WTF. What is the school thinking? Hell, I don't even get to come home for lunch for one single weekday for an entire MONTH. and there are so many papers in one day, with a few subjects. This mock thing is basically going to exhaust me, and seriously I'd bet I would be too damn tired to even reach my highest potential for my O levels. My mom totally agrees with me. How I wish this were America. I could gather a huge group and protest, without punishment. But this is Singapore. Argh... it so ruined my day.

I wanted to study geog today actually, but i ended up watching Michael Jackson's concert on TV instead. I did manage to cover like 1/3 of the Forest chapter during the commercial breaks. It still doesn't feel like Michael Jackson has died. Rather, its the opposite. His sudden departure seemed to have brought his music and his legend back to life again. I suppose this is how you live forever... ... in the hearts of people.

We had Physics remedial today. I only paid attention while Mr Lee was going through the 1st question. I feel a little bit bad for doing that, as Mr Lee is one of the most dedicated teachers that we have. But I just couldn't bring myself to pay attention. Anyway my Physics has let me down once again. B4. and teacher said that we should be getting As. I am already feeling exhausted. With mocks, I'll feel worse.
I know myself well enough that I cannot take too much of a certain kind of pressure. I'll fall sick again and again, and i'll get all emotional. It's no surprise that i'm already ill now, with an infection of my throat, sinus and ear. I can't hear properly or breathe on my right side. Trying my very best to keep opstimistic for now. It helped to know that I did well for certain subjects, so, hopefully let's keep it that way.

Siento que no puedo estar con ustedes, a tu lado, en este momento cuando me necesites más. Me duele verte tan perdido, tan cansado. Pero quiero que sepas que siempre estamos allí para usted. No importa lo que pase. Incluso si eso significa que usted tiene que tomar ciertas decisiones que no van con la mayoría, haga lo que usted cree que es correcto para usted. Recuerde que su destino está en tus manos. Y si usted se cae, voy a tratar de encontrarme con usted, incluso si estoy a mitad de camino en todo el mundo. Se va a mejorar, después de esto. No te rindas, no en sí mismo.

I received this note from someone. Again, I required my dictionary a lot (and I mean like almost every other word... Oh man my Spanish!!!). Callebero, la próxima vez que escriba en Inglés!!! But, muchas gracias de todos modos =)

Marisol and Nick called today. Thanks for the encouragement and prep talk. Initiation is almost over, it's been almost a week or more since school started in New York. I can't wait to meet the freshmen... haha.

I know I said that i'd work hard, and I will, but there's a limit to somethings. We'll just have to take it a step at a time. I hope that everyone around me is taking the pressure and handling it better than i am. CMH.

supposedly the last day of freedom.

Today is the official last day of the school break. After this, every single day will be spent mugging like crazy. It's the last day of sanity, the last day of freedom, as I see it.

I spent the whole day with my mom yesterday, on a shopping spree along Orchard road. I got my Prom Dress... =) It's the kind that only stick thin people like me can wear... lols.=) I kinda saw that dress, and it looked like one of the dresses that Gisélle Bundchen (that super tall supermodel) wore at an event... I remember I saw that picture of her on French Vogue magazine in a similar dress... I tried like a galore of other dresses, but out of coincidence or what, that Gisélle dress was the only one that fit me. Haha. It can be depressing to be thin, and to eat tonnes of food and never gain weight. And I made a new discovery: figure hugging dresses make me look like a "bamboo with a figure" quote mom. The dress I bought was quite cheap, only about a hundred dollars plus, less that $170. Trust me, I spend much more on clothes usually. I also bought like a pink pullover for casual occasions. Yesterday was fun =D I'm still looking for a shoe that looks like the Prada one I like. I would never spend on a real Prada shoe. It'll pinch my savings too much.

Physics is the main monster in my schedule today. From tomorrow onwards, it's gonna be a battle of will and wits. Okay, that sounded too dramatic. I'm studying English today also. My plan is to do lots and lots of comprehension practices till I get things right. Oh, speaking about English, if you'd read the papers today about the bad command of English in Singapore, you'd probably have had a good hard laugh as I have. There are still times when I can't understand Singlish at all. Well, I won't elaborate so much, if not y'all will have to read a crazily long and exhausting post.

I'm still not over that silly 18th century dream I had. Still brooding and laughing over it. Taylor Swift's new single "American Girl" is so not her best. Thought I would like it over a while, but I still find it barely okay. Oopps, mugging time.

xoxo
carmen

Te amo, y yo no. No estoy realmente seguro de si tengo miedo de amar, o si realmente no tienen sentimientos románticos para usted. Pero después de todas las cosas que han hecho por mí, yo realmente no estoy seguro si estoy listo para dar este paso. Su nombre resuena en mi mente una y otra vez. A veces, me pregunto si esta es la realidad o sólo pura imaginación. Sometimes I really don't know what to do with you.

I hope my Spanish grammar is still correct. Damn, my Spanish has really degraded a lot. In truth, I need a whole lot of help from a Spanish-English dictionary to write what I wrote above. I can't even pronounce properly some Spanish words now. Seems like after O Levels, I need Marisol's mom to re-teach Spanish to me again, so I can at least walk around in Mexico without the language barrier. Speaking of which, I do miss authentic Mexican food...

It's Friday, the last weekday of my one week school holiday. To be frank, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. Time just whooshed past like that without us realizing. It can get exasperating at times. I haven't finished most of the things I hoped to finish, so it feels like the time that just flew past was all a waste. I wish the time machine was something real, not just sci-fi. I'm not going to do so much revision today, but I'm just going to enjoy the last day of my holiday. Really enjoy.

After I reached home from Chemistry today, I fell asleep on my living room sofa. I think I must have been exposed to too many dreams today, since sharing our dreams was the first thing me, Cal, and Su Xue did when we first reached school (it's becoming some kind of routine topic to talk about among the 3 of us). So I had this really weird dream like I was in some kind of 18th century love story, the Romeo and Juliet kind. It was probably one of the most dramatic, most out of this world, most undescribable dreams i've ever had. It felt like I was watching a movie with myself as the lead actress. Haha. I woke up when the story had a happy ending (thank God nobody died unlike in R&J), just in time for lunch.

I'm listening to Rascal Flatts now =) But I wish that country music was open to more races. Like so far, all the country singers are American whites, with the exception of Keith Urban, which is a Australian white. To me, music is universal, and it appeals to everyone, even if the audience doesn't understand the language you are singing. So it should be more open and receiving, to all colours, to all faiths. So when watching the CBS George Strait special, and I saw Jamie Foxx, a African-American, and he was performing "You Look So Good Tonight" (one of my favs), and he spoke exactly about how music was for all races, it was something worth sharing. Hats and thumbs up to Jamie Foxx. He got a standing ovation.



and now, Taylor Swift singing another one of my favourite George Strait songs, Run.

4 CMA NOMINATIONS FOR TAYLOR SWIFT!!!

Okay, I know i'm so crazy... but AHHHHHH!!! Taylor Swift just got 4 CMA nominations =) In case for those who don't know, CMA means Country Music Awards... Trish, Mari and Kristen are sleeping over at Krist's and be basically watched the CMA nominations together at the same time, while on webcam. It's like 11. 30 pm there in New York... 12 hours difference. Every time Taylor Swift's name came up we would go AAAAHHHHHH!!! hahax. My grandmom probably thought i was crazy, but i'm soo estatic right now....! This is so crazy... I got up to watch this, and I still have my pyajama pants on. =X

She got nominated for Best Entertainer Award, Album of the year award, Female Vocalist of the year and music video of the year. A message to Taylor Swift fans out there... GO TO CMA.COM NOW AND VOTE, VOTE, VOTE SO SHE WINS ALL HER NOMINATIONS.

okay... this is one of the best starts to the morning EVER.

Today is my designated maths day, so i'll be doing my A and E maths for the entire day. it's going to take a lot a lot and a whole lot of concentration, but i have to do it. The next best thing to ME winning a CMA award is to get a good pretty looking O level certificate so mugging is definitely not out of the equation. My friend sent me this email the other day about what you can do with an O level certificate. Among the list was like you can chuck it in a corner, go get a job, but the 3 more relevant points on the list were 1) Go to a JC/Poly of yr choice 2)Go get a scholarship n leave this island
3)No scholarship but leave this island anyways to study abroad. I doubt i'd be studying abroad for college =( Vancouver and NYC have changed so rapidly the past few years that it isn't that safe as it was in the past. Besides, my parents are job devotees, and plus they won't whisk me off to some other country alone, even if in the company of family friends. I don't blame them. You need severe survival instincts in those 2 cities. My Aunt's moving to USA soon, after getting married in December, but she's going to Idaho. Like it's a desert (somewhat like Phoenix, Arizona) and there isn't really any fantastic Universities or colleges over there, but some really cool hiking trails and national parks. And the tax in USA is nuts. like almost half your salary or maybe more is eaten up by govt taxes. Is the grass really greener on the other side? Maybe i'll just have to settle for NYJC.

But what's important now is getting that dang Cert first. so off to revision. =(( at least i still started my morning right =))

lovelovelove,
C

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I've to go for lunch soon, so i'll make this real short and quick.

I have no idea why, but i'm hooked on Hannah Montana. I don't know, it just makes me smile, laugh, feel all better. It's probably because I grew up with Hannah Montana, she's like every little girl's dream. The Best of Both Worlds. It's great to get in touch with your past sometimes. =)

I just watched like Hannah Montana season 3 ep 18 "he could be the one". haha... guys problems. Got me laughing like crazy. It's really funny, y'all should watch if you have the time. I really don't feel like studying at all today. Maybe I should, maybe I shouldn't. Grah, i don't know. just feel like i've been wasting my holiday away just trying hard to finish all the homework.

Okay, i really have to go now... i'd be late for lunch if i don't hurry.

seeing miley and jake just makes me think of you.

back to as it was

I think all that hype about the class tee has died down now, and my blog is back to normal... that is, my good ol' blog =) The third design is the winner, btw.

I was roving around the internet for more music yesterday, and got a really great surprise. I know a really great song named "Two is better than one" and I was only introduced to it when a friend sang a cover of it not too long ago. I didn't know who did the original, and somehow, never got around to finding that out. But when I checked yesterday... It was a song by the band Boys Like Girls, feat Taylor Swift!! I was like oh my God. I'm addicted to the song right now. It used to mean quite something to me, and now it means more. I also found a Taylor Swift cover of County music icon George Strait's song "Run". To all those who know George Strait, you'd definitely know that he sang quite a number of country hit songs, around 60 over No. 1 hits, if i'm not wrong. "Run" is one of my favs of his. The other would be "Carried Away".

Today, music dominated my online time again. I checked out Miley Cyrus's new album, The Time of Our Lives. Didn't leave an extremely good impression... it was like just okaay. But the thing with her songs is that you'll have to listen to it a lot alot of times before you start finding it nice... so maybe it'll be awhile before i splurge on her album. I'm almost broke because i'm buying too much music CDs lately. Need to control myself!

The Social Studies Diplomacy and Deterrence Template is driving me nuts. I'm completely stumped, like I only can fill up the description columns. The other columns like manage conflict, ensure security and ensure survival all have like the same answers. The chemistry homework is another bummer. I didn't know how I managed to lost the whole stack of chemistry homework, but I did... Thank God, Su Xue lives near, and I managed to photocopy it from her. I haven't gone about doing the Chemistry homework yet, but I hope I do so fast, so I can properly enjoy at least one or two days of my holiday off.

Well, I'd better get going and do some homework before Criminal Minds show at 11p.m. Tuesday is the best one, you have Mentalist and CSI:Miami. One part of me feels like I'm letting my holiday slip by piling it up with revision. Another part of me says it's necessary, so I haven't got a schedule for this week yet. We'll see. I guess i'll blog often, though...

Jonas Brothers' New Video: Keep It Real, from their upcoming disney channel tv series J.O.N.A.S... Seriously I hate Joe Jonas's new hairstyle... it looks, super weird... like somekinda muffin top... lols.


XOXO
carmen

Polling results...

okays, so here is what YOU voted as the most popular design. It's the Class T Front Design one (15 votes). The runner-up would be the class t design three (11 votes). I only have a total of 28 votes (just to let y'all know, i didn't vote), so excluding PuYu and me, that's 28 out of 44, which is 63.64% of the class. For the 16 people who have yet to vote, the poll will still be open till 8 p.m. Monday night, so I can get a clearer picture of what the true majority wants.

So, I'll be doing up both the first and the third design, just in case of any changes in the voting results come tmr night.

The back design will remain as the one with the sign board that says "this is not the end".

Now, allow me to tackle the several suggestions or comments that have been put forward. I will be totally frank in this, so before I begin, I would like to apologize first, in case I offended anyone accidentally in the process of writing. (i know this will sound debatish, but pls bear with me. it's in the blood.) :

#1 Use back our class motto (and the hot air balloon thingy):
Okaay... Class motto and hot air balloon... Sounds ok, but that would mean a complete scrap and coming up with a new design, which would equate to more brainstorming, calling up lots of people and asking for suggestions, which is kinda unfeasible given the time limit i'm under. You have to understand that each design is a result of hours of threading together random ideas to come up with complete jigsaw puzzle, and I'm afraid that I am not able to come up with a new design, with this whole new design criteria in a time of say a day.

#2 Potraying the O'Levels as a Devil, might be too sarcastic:
Hhmmm... I personally don't think it's too sarcastic, but this is not my personal tee, so I'll check around with others before coming to a final decision to see if the O levels figure shld remain as a devil or be changed to something not so extreme, like maybe a black shadow or such.

#3 Front design to the back, back design to the front:
Okay, sorries but i'm really against this one, because you'll make the whole thing about the "this is not the end sign" countereffective. The message that the sign is trying to convey is to get people to know that 4H will still remain as friends at least, even long after this year. But if this is put on the front, people might get warped ideas that Hey, this is not the end, okay, but when they look at the back of the shirt, they'll see that, okay, so the end of this class would be 4H 2009 then. So 4H 2009 will cease to exist. Er... okay, i didn't put it out well enough in words, or maybe I'm thinking too deep. Second substantiative point to my argument is that the back design put at the front would look really weird. Seriously, It looks strange if you're wearing a shirt with a sign this is not the end at the front, with a long road.

#4 Use the names of the people in the class to create the shape 4H 2009:
It really wouldn't be clear, even if the background is black and the words are white, or vice versa. Trust me, I've tried to recreate it, and the shape of 4H 2009 does not come out well. It looks as if you are wearing a shirt with a mass of alphabetical letter on it, which will not pass off as a class shirt at all. And if like we do it, it turns out wrong, and ask the supplier to re-do it, we might not be able to get it free, and it wastes time too. Os are coming up, and we can't spend too much time dealing with this sort of thing.

#5 Our names on our shirts:
Yup okay, we can have our names on our shirt, maybe smaller, so people won't see from a far. That would be good. I think that the names can be put on the sleeve, see what the supplier says on this one.

OK. that's all. I just threw everything i have on my mind out.

oh, and please forgive my friend trish if she managed to annoy anyone. I apologise on her behalf as well. New Yorkers are well, as I said, different.

~C

class t shirt rough sketches.

Hey y'all, class t sketches are out. NOTE: these are just rough 10 min sketches, so of course the real one will look better... Just for y'all to comment and critique.

CLASS T-SHIRT BACK DESIGN

This idea is Gerald's, not mine, i just drew it. But personally, I think it's cool. So does the people I have asked.

CLASS T-SHIRT FRONT DESIGN ONE

okay, this design is basically like a huge piece of SBQ source like cartoon, on the front of the T shirt, a caricature of sorts. The man in the middle represents 4H, the angels helping on the top representing our teachers and the devil at the bottom pulling the man represents the devil. Then there's Ms Kaur at the bottom saying "What is the source trying to tell you?" and Mrs Choo saying "Think later, drink my chicken soup first" (the mrs choo idea credit of Gerald). I know that this sketch is not really clear, but then again, its a rough sketch. I hope you support this idea, because, seriously, its unique! I promise the T-shirt one would look much better than this.

CLASS T-SHIRT FRONT DESIGN TWO

I think the picture explains all for this one, just a car leaping over a broken highway, a.k.a us overcoming o levels.

CLASS T-SHIRT FRONT DESIGN THREE

This was my original design before the SBQ idea came along from discussion (or market survey) with friends.

okays, now that you've seen the class t-shirt design... i need you to fill in a poll (yes, more polls.) this can't wait, coz anna needs the design by monday... I need time to make adjustments, so please chop chop and vote =) Thanks. If you have any comments, please leave them under the blogger post comment section, or my tagboard. Or sms me.

Which design would you prefer for our class tee's front design?

• Front design ONE (the one with ms kaur and mrs choo and the olevel devil)
• Front design TWO (the car over the highway)
• Front design THREE (the one that says 4H'2009)

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xoxo
carmen =)

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personal stuff i have to clear...

To Trish and Marisol,
hey, you gals can comment on the stuff if you want to. Oh, and I had trouble putting up my new playlist on the blog. I know, it totally is such a blow off. Here's the URL to my new playlist, check out from here till Blogger's up and running again. http://www.mixpod.com/playlist/28945233 Hope the out-towners are adjusting to uptown New York and school. Nick's having a tough time with them, can tell. Help him out for me please. And Erik, get your ass back from your freaking holiday! Both the school and my friend needs you.=)

(one of) the best days of my life =)

AHH. Prelim 2 is over. My physics paper one was totally screwed, but I didn't care. I'm just glad that its over. OVER. As long as I can do the Ten-year series, and score 30 over marks for that, prelim doesn't matter. Bio was okay, I hope I get 35 and above.

Enough of exams... Went to Karaoke with Calista and Su Xue, it was fun as usual, despite my sore throat, still managed to crank out the notes, lols. Calista is a born singer!! hahax. Anyway, there were several funny moments, but it sucked alot since they didn't have a single Michael Jackson music video. We chose songs like Black n White, Smooth Criminal, etc, hoping to see his signature dance moves, but all their videos were like "fake". Instead of Michael jackson, there was this strange looking woman and man from the 1960s, people buying mangoes, and what nots. Yucks. The worst one had to be the music video for the song Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson. They showed this woman in a bra dancing. Obscene... We moved on to the next song immediately. Su Xue wasn't feeling very comfortable at all when Cal and I were singing Sexyback. Cal and I sang the Ah La La La La Long song also... hahaha... but we were barely a quarter through the song, before we moved on to the next song. Oh, and the last song we sang? The theme song for the Taiwan soap drama "Ai" or Love, in chinese. The song is hokkien, and although I don't know a word of hokkien, my grandma watches the soap drama often enough for me to roughly know the lyrics to the chorus of the song. "wah neng kee, wah neng kee," or something like that...first time singing hokkien... lols =)

Then we went to Jack's Place for dinner.=P I shared a Spring Chicken with Su xue, as the both of us were not really hungry. Had a soup of the day also=)
Walked around in Causeway a little, then went home. I have a couple of errands to do for the weekend, so I'd better plan out my time soon.

i'll update more tmr. came up with a couple of ideas for class t. Will be sending them to anna by tues, but will put them on this blog for "review" first. lols. Cal, Su Xue and I came up with a really wacky idea for class t, not forgetting with Gerald's help (the sign board thing?). =) Can't wait to show to y'all. =)

Nick, go highlight your hair. I don't know if you call that highlights or what, but just add a tinge of hazel brown like around the base ends, you get what i mean right? Blonde+Brown=Wow. You'll look better (you alr look great now, but still room for improvement), I swear. ;)

It's almost OVER <3

HOORAY!!!

Tmr's the last 2 papers, OMG. Finally at least we get a breather from all these papers. Going to Karaoke session tmr with Cal and Su Xue, to destress =) Although I'm having a sore throat, i'm going to challenge the difficult songs and power hits... haha=) Let's see how I fare with that one. I admit I'm not the best singer in the world, but who cares ;) We've made a pact to sing the damn difficult songs, so we'll have fun doing that =)

I can't wait till I get my guitar after O levels. Okay, I don't officially know how to play it, but I'm going to learn, by myself. No music teachers, no stupid music exams. Argh, just the thought of my piano Grade 8 exam just scares me to death. Basically I failed by one freaking mark. It didn't help that I hated the songs that the teacher had forced me to play for the exams, well ya, a just passed some portions and failed some portions. Piano is the only thing that has gotten me and my parents in dispute ever. I used to hate that thing to bits and pieces. That was before I found that exam pieces weren't the only music in the world. My dad wants me to retake that Grade 8 piano exam next year. I'm going to go against that with everything I have. That's the worst thing in the world that you can do to me. I don't know why I get so paranoid, emotional and rebellious when it comes to the piano. Maybe because it was the only thing that was forced upon me since young. Maybe the exam pieces restrict my freedom or my music. Maybe it just forces me to be someone i'm not. I just want to play my own sound on my own piano, not some weird composed whatever from hundreds of years ago, that some creepy old man wrote.

I'm sooo envious of my friend Zoe Noell. Upcoming starlet... haha. Anyways, she goes to recording studios to like record her own songs and such. She just met Selena Gomez and the Wizards of Waverly Palace cast not too long ago. She's got a VIP pass to visit radio disney soon. That is way cool. I'm not like really close to her or something, just online friends, but she is soo damn cool.

Marisol wants to co-write a song with me, again, to diss off her ex-boyfriend. Haha... lols. We'll see how it goes. I should co-write songs with Su Xue and Calista too =)