I absolutely love being caught up in a thought that sends me thinking through various boundaries. There's this guy in my class, and WOW he thinks deep. Haha, I think even that is a just an understatement. Me and my friend spent around 2 good hours talking to him. I find it really intriguing, the things he says, somehow they really invoke deeper psychological thought. I feel kinda guilty now, because I was supposed to be studying for that 2 good hours, but we ended up just talking non-stop. Lols. But the conversation was pretty much worth it, I must say. Then me and my friend went to the MRT station, and talked more. If you're reading this: Thank you, for trusting me enought, for willing to share your feelings and thoughts with me. It really means a lot, the fact that you're willing to share. =) xoxo, you know who you are. hahax. I'm refraining from names here, to protect privacy. =X

Anyways, I finished my Chinese homework, but I'm totally overwhelmed with the amount of revision and remaining homework I have to complete. I definitely need more efficient time management for the next 2 years. I wish the Bio teacher hadn't suggested that we have a test next week. Now, I'm not even sure if there really is a test, so still must study. Or rather, memorise... =(( Still got PI for project work. My brains are already screaming at me to shut down and repay my sleep debt, so I think i'll turn in early tonight, wake up early tomorrow, then get to work. It's more productive that way, isn't it?

*yawn*... off to do some PW research before turning in...

My GOD. General Paper is so troublesome... why can't we just read the newspaper and magazines and just do the paper? The teacher wants us to set up a Blog for GP, and she'll read... we're supposed to reflect on our assignments and major events on our new blog. I already am tied up enough keeping this current blog alive, so how do I find time for another one? Okay, I admit I like blogging, but mostly about the insignificant details of my life, not some major reflection on a global issue. Can't that be put aside for the exams?

Today we celebrated a friend's birthday... Her name is Valerie, and I'm proud to say that she's one of my close friends in class now=) Kahay masterminded the whole thing, and it turned out to be a success, with the help from our superb acting skills. Lols... I took some photos, but as per usual i'm too lazy to upload. I will definitely upload on facebook on the weekends. Kahay already uploaded the photos, so if you're interested, check it out.

I find that I can't study at home nowadays, too much distraction from the food in the fridge, the computer, the guitar sitting snugly beside the piano, the plasma tv, the warm inviting bed and the fashion magazines stacked up not so neatly on the table. I'm going to stay back in school (all alone.... so sadd...) to study tmr... hopefully that works. However, i'll pack up and leave for home if I don't digest as much as I should in 45 minutes. That's the gameplan.

OMG. It's 9.05pm... gotta go do my Bio homework that is due like Thursday. Good luck with the people struggling with the Econs case study. HAHA, i finished it on saturday. =) I sound so saddist... lols. Write in another time soon...

PROUD to present NYJC's 32nd mass dance. Don't our student counsellors dance really well? =)

I'm totally out of inspiration to create any more new music, despite so many things happening around me lately. I just learnt how to play Lady Gaga's Poker Face on the guitar. I prefer the acoustic version to the song as compared to the original. Go listen to Chris Daughtry's version on youtube. The version i'm learning is similar to his cover of Poker Face.

I was at the library studying today, but I just couldn't concentrate because the air-con was causing my runny nose to become a severely blocked nose. I managed to finish at least some of my Math tutorial worksheet... I'm not even sure if I must hand that up! There are still some questions which I don't really know how to do, maybe gotta do some answer searching during the free period before Math tomorrow. Lols, and I even signed up for Math trail for sports carnival. Well, I signed up for frisbee at first, but then the people joining frisbee in our class was overflowing. SO, me and my friend ticked our names in Math trail also, so we are "reserves" frisbee. Now, I think that was a horrible mistake, but ah what the heck. If I joined frisbee, i would most probably be dodging those coloured flying discs anyway. I have no idea how to play touch rugbee, and I'm paranoid of Dragonboating, because I must be the number one aquaphobic in the world. Ok, now Math trail doesn't seem that bad after all.

I don't feel like doing anything but slacking now, before life gets too hectic....

notice for SamP and gang, message from Pu Yu. =O

To Sam P and gang,
PuYu cordially invites you to attend the Yishun JC bazaar on the 27th of Feb 2010. The bazaar will last from morning to afternoon (around 5pm), but you may leave at any time during that period. Sam P is allowed to drag as many people as he would like to accompany him, and is encouraged to do so.
Please reply to this invitation via Carmen, who will pass the message to Su Xue, who in turn will relay the acceptance or decline of this invitation to Pu Yu.

P.S. According to SuXue, Pu Yu is currently of normal mental stability. This is just a reassurance, not a guarantee. =X

HAHA. Ok, the above is really NOT a joke. Please tell me yr reply before 27 Feb, ya? =P

I'm too tired to elaborate on my day in school today. All I shall say is that we had a class debate in Geography and my team had the upperhand. Haha... But my class has good sportmanship and bears no grudges. =) Lovely people I've met here.

But there has been one awkward moment in class today. Which I really am too tired to talk about. I don't think I'll every blog about it anyways =) hahas.

a couple of frowns but all smiles XD

Lols, something happened today that TOTALLY made my day. In a good sense. I'm like in a really really really pleasant mood now. =))))))

Haha, i'm suddenly reminded of the last time I started my blog post by writing "something happpened today that made my day" or something like that. It was last year when i was having that stupid crush. HAHA. Nowadays when I think of it, I think I must have been mentally unsound. Lols.

I gave out homemade cookies to thank the guys in our class for their roses on V-day. Got good comments, so yay=) ya, and that was the plan in succession, actually (shld be plan completed now). The girls contributed to the ingredients cost, and someone else brought the packing materials and both of us went to school early just to pack the cookies. I'm still having a slight sore throat, so my mom forbids me from the cookies that I made. Everybody around me is munching into it but me... =(

Today there were only 2 lessons, and a few hours of free period. The best day of 2 weeks. Tomorrow is going to be super gruelling... Not looking forward to first period, which is MATHs. My god... I still have 2 qns of homework that I have completely no idea how to do. Realised just now that my new Graphic Calculator doesn't have any buttons for logarithms. That sucks... There's one qn in the tutorial worksheet tht requires ln, and graph sketching. I have no idea how to do that qn. And for the other qn, my classmates showed me the solution earlier today, but I FORGOT. Graahh. I don't care already, like Maths is so not my thing.

The air quality is so bad... my nose has been acting like a leaking tap. I wish people would stop burning all the incense and stuff... Like don't burn so much can? Everytime they burn, I suffer.

Going to revise maths now, and hopefully solve the 2 qns left.

It's Monday, the 2nd day of the lunar new year. I got a sore throat on Chinese New Year eve. Watching people chomp on the Chinese new year goodies is such a gastronomical torture, especially for someone like me, who loves CNY mostly because of the food.

This Chinese New Year is comparatively quiet as compared to what I remembered of the previous years. There were less guests at my house, rather, just my uncles and their nuclear families visited. Our family's pretty close, so it just felt like one of those normal gatherings that we usually have on weekends, not really the Chinese New Year reunion "feel". I played with my little cousin Kit, she's grown up and luckily she has gotten rid of most of her Singlish (I could barely understand her the last time I saw her), thanks to her new caucasian best friend. We played some of the games that I learnt during the NYJC orientation. Haha, I kind of modified the games so it was suitable for a 5-year old and a 16-year old to connect in the same language of Fun. I think i'm really crazy about NYJC. I even wore the Orientation shirts for CNY eve and the first day of the lunar new year. Of course I changed into something un-school related when I went to visit my maternal grandmother, but even there, I couldn't stop talking about how good my school was.

I didn't speak to any of my cousins at my maternal grandparent's place. Like I ever do. I'm mostly stuck with the adults, or with the TV. A few aunts did talk to me, they kind of asked me a lot of questions about NYJC. It just so happened that the children of the 2 aunts that questioned me were in Raffles Institution and ACJC respectively. At times during the conversation, I felt as if they were trying to imply that the 2 elites were better than NYJC. I used the very best of my linguistic ability to defend my school. I bear no grudge towards RI or ACJC, but I dislike it when people tend to place a halo over the elite schools and completely ignore sight of the other schools. But my place is where I am now, without doubt. I spent the rest of the day watching the latest sequel of Universal Soldier (i'm guessing it was a pirated version, because it's showing in cinemas) and some Cantonese Hong Kong drama. Almost everyone at my maternal grandparent's place were speaking teo-chew, which I am totally clueless about. The men were talking in English but about their jobs, a conversation I cannot possibly relate to. So that just left me and the TV, as it was always the case at any family gatherings involving the maternal side of my family.

Today is more of a free day, so it's me and my guitar, and more baking. No wonder Calista bakes as a hobby. It's really addictive.

HAPPY CNY.

Tomorrow is the eve of Chinese New Year. So fast. I can't believe how fast time flies when I'm having FUN. I must admit that the CNY concert at NYJC wasn't as good as the CCHY one.. But I prefer the NY one, because it seemed shorter and quicker. Haha. My legs were starting to get cramps while watching the CCHY concert.

I'm in love with my new class already. Haha. This morning all the girls in our class got a surprise. Each of us got a rose =) Like at first we thought Orson (the tall and loud guy from our class...lols... that's how he always describes himself) was the one who bought the flowers for all of us, because the card attached to the roses said it was from him. It wasn't long before we found out that all the class boys had contributed money to get every girl in the class a rose each. That was really nice of them~! Although I doubt any of them would actually be reading this blog, but "THANK YOU~!!" and the profit from the rose sales goes to charity, another good deed done. I've suggested to the girls that we give something back, and our plan is in succession already... Haha.

I'm really tired... but there's still a lot of Chinese New Year preparation to be done. Argh... headache. There's still some packing and cleaning stuff, and making of foodstuff. In fact, I shouldn't be blogging right now, but my mom's at the market buying stuff, so I'm just going to laze for the time being. Hahax.

Enjoy your Chinese new year holidays everyone. For those in JCs, life is going to get down and crazy after this, so enjoy while you can =X

Oh, I found this on wikipedia while reading up on the history of Valentine's day. I was wondering what Saint Valentine did to have a day named after him. Though I didn't find what I was looking for, I found this really cute "In South Korea, women give chocolate to men on Feburary 14, and men give non-chocolate candy to women on March 14 (White day). On April 14 (Black Day), those who did not receive anything on the 14th of Feb or March go to a Chinese restaurant to eat black noodles (jajangmyeon) and "mourn" their single life."

I would eat Jajangmyeon anyday, simply because i like it. haha.

a day in the times of JC

The new timetable is super unfriendly to the tired brain. I don't get some parts of the timetable. Like what's *eng? below that they write gp and lit somemore. Like huh? Does it mean GP and Lit? So, meaning those ppl in Lit can't go for GP because it's in the same period? I don't know... Going to bring the confusing sheet tomorrow to ask around.

There's someone in my class who is actually very interested in debate!!! I was overjoyed when I heard that. Lols. Finding people for debate seems easier in JC than in Secondary school. Hahas. So far i've got 4 persons already, in slightly over a week. Last year it was months and months of searching to find only 1. I've decided to join debate as an enrichment programme, not a CCA. I'll probably take up something new. Thinking of service learning... sounds meaningful. A lot of people are joining Student Council... or trying out, at least. The irony is that most of them are joining for the sake of their testimonials, not because they want to be involved in Council for the experience and leadership. I wanted to join Council, (for the experience...) but realised later that I have bigger plans, which need the time.

Lessons were no real fun today. Biology was suprisingly the best lesson of all 3 lectures in terms of productivity. Geography was okok only, and the Econs lecturer kept beating about the bush before coming to the main point. I wished she would synchronise her powerpoint slides with the lecture notes more. Her slides and the notes totally didn't tally. I pre-studied Supply and Demand already, so my attention only lasted the first 15-20 minutes or so. The rest of the time, I allowed my imagination to take off, while the lecturer continued her rounds around the bush.

One horror discovery today. Our school actually has H1 Art! I thought they didn't offer, so I didn't take. Argh. Wasted... Haix... nevermind. H1 bio is fine too... i guess.

i'm trying out something new today. Crossing my fingers, hoping it won't backfire......

Connor, domination. 1035 rocks too =)

I plan to be more enthu this year. Haha, unlike secondary school, where I mostly hang out with my usual pals, I hope to venture out and make MORE friends. I think i've succeeded so far, like I've tried to talk to almost everyone in my class, and am close with my OG group mates. Trying to organise a Connor One gathering soon, with OGMs and OGLs. It's hard to coordinate, especially when everyone is spilt into their classes. My friend Joleen, who's in Connor one and also same class as me, was telling me today how much she misses Connor one. Actually, same case here. Like after so long together as a group and now moving on to classes... abit sad lah...

Today I met my classmates for the first time. They are another pretty cool bunch of people, I must say... haha. We had the DISC profiling workshop today, and we had to play this game where you are supposed to create a tower with 12 feet (as in human feet of course). Being the lightest, I'm always the one that has to be carried up, isn't it? Ya, so that happened, but because I was forced to stare at the ceiling most of the time, I'm not even sure if our class completed the challenge successfully or not, by the time the person in charge shouted time's up. Lols. I heard Lingshan got into the same position as me also, back in her class. I feel apologetic to the guy who was carrying me. Although I'm the lightest, 40kg isn't exactly a light load, is it? =X

Okays, that's all for today. Tmr is back to lessons, so I'd better get ready for school. My bag's in a complete mess, and I've yet to iron my school uniform.

Live today, think tomorrow, but I can't help looking back at yesterday.

Today was fantastic. =) At least for me, and all the other Art stream students in NYJC. No lessons other than Project work. How good can that get? I got to go home today at 12.30pm, which was totally awesome. I have no idea why, but I'm started to add a little bit of accent back into my voice again. Strange, huh? I thought I should be switched to more Singlish at school, but somehow not in Nanyang.

I did lots of research on scholarships once I got home. I would absolutely LOVE to get a scholarship. Not a Singapore govt, or company scholarship, but one from the University that I hope to enter. I'm aiming for University of British Columbia, and there's one scholarship there for international students... I'm not sure whether I should approach our school's Scholarship Development Committee. I heard from my OGL (who went through the programme and dropped out) that it is super stressful and takes up a hell lot of time. Over the weekends I'll be thinking this over, I guess. Although my parents can afford my University education, I would feel better if I were to work hard to clinch it and at least they need not pay so much. Uni education in Canada for a foreign student is over-the-top expensive. Same case for USA and so on. We'll see...

AH... Just sent out a mass email to all Connor Ones (my OG) updating the contact list with our classes. Unfortunately, almost everyone are in different classes. I'm in the same class with this girl called Joleen, though our subject combinations differ slightly. This year, hoping to take up Class Ex-co, just for the fun of it. Haha. I will miss my Connor One groupmates. Orientation was tonnes better than I initially thought it was. I'm starting to miss Mrs Choo's and Mr Goh's Bio and Maths lessons nowadays. The Bio JC lecturer is super intimidating, and the Math teacher speaks like a bullet train but beats around the bush. I can still understand what they are trying to put forward, but I feel more comfortable in Mrs Choo's and Mr Goh's lessons. My favourite subjects currently are Econs and GP.

Please let JC1 be smooth sailing. (and I think it wouldn't be That bad anyway. NYJC!!)

I HEART NY.

Well, actually the title has two meanings. I LOVE new york (haha) and I LOVE NANYANG!! Over here feels so at home, and you don't really get the feeling that you're in a new school, at all. I've made quite a few new friends, and they all are really friendly. Orientation was super, especially yesterday... when we had the disco night. HAHA. I can just imagine the scene again. My group's people were like dancing like mad, and Franchaisca was the most hyper. I danced crazily also, like haha. I don't usually do that, unless I'm in the States, but the atmosphere was so alike that I just went with it. I hope I didn't make a fool out of myself.... LOLs. Above is the picture of my OG, complete with OGLs and 3 members of the student council. I think I look completely unflattering in the photo though... I HEART CONNOR ONE!

Today we had some lectures, like GP and Bio H1 for me. I like GP and what it covers. It's like debate made into a subject. No qualms about that... =) I can't wait to start GP tutorials! The Bio teachers were quite intimidating... they were like forcing us to speak up and answer questions and stuff. All they covered were discipline, and how difficult the subject is. That made me like super scared for Bio. For a moment in class, I even doubted if taking H1 Bio was the right choice...! But after the lesson, I gave it a thought, and still thought choosing H1 Bio was right.

Oh, and Nanyang Debate didn't close shop. Phew! There's another girl my OG who's also a ex-school debater. Both of us went to approach the teacher ic directly, and the teacher put our names down. We are trying to find more debaters so ANYONE IN NYJC who is interested in Debate? You don't hv to speak, we can put you as reserve, and it's like practising yr GP which is absolutely essential!!! Sorry, I can't help but try to advertise. We need like more people in debate, so come join! During the CCA bazaar today, I put my name down for Eng Drama and Service Learning also.

Tmr I have like H2 Econs, Maths and Geog, and PE (eewww.). I'm pretty paranoid for Maths, since I've been trying to figure out summation for 3 weeks now, to no avail (at all). Oh, need to get graphic calculator tmr. Damn, I'm $158 poorer. I'm quite eager to attend the Geog lecture, but not so on Econs, as I heard that the teacher will keep on bringing up the analogy of Photosynthesis, to explain how you must think deeper. (WSC notes are more fun to read...)

Feeling a bit annoyed coz grandma just "packed" my table while I was in school, again. Whenever she "packs" I don't know where the hell my stuff are. ARGH.