Yup, that summaries what happened on Saturday. And the following will be almost pure narration, ie. nothing much to read.
I went running with Jia Yun before band. I had felt very tired after I woke up and I thought about how I felt during the Maldives trip. I never felt the sense of tiredness I sometimes feel when I am in Singapore - some sort of a feeling of weakness, perhaps due to lack of physical activity. The only kind of tiredness I felt in Kudafari was exhaustion due to work. Still, I managed to run 5 rounds at a faster pace than I had during PE. Dency joined us for the first 3 rounds and her pace was so much faster than both of ours. Such an all-rounder girl - do sports well, good clarinet player, a leader, make great friends, have good family relations.
Then the juniors (Dency, Regina, Jing Wei, Anni, Curvy - I don't know if I got his name right) were playing 'soccer' with an empty plastic bottle. Quite amusing.
Qing Yang did send my instrument for repair! Yay, thanks alot! I reminded him quite a few times before I left for Maldives and he finally did get my instrument repaired! I had been playing it with the cork of the lower joint connecting to the bell being stuck on with scotch tape and there's something wrong at the part connecting the upper joint to the barrel causing me to be unable to connect them properly. Now it feels so great to be able to set up my instrument with everything fitting in correctly!
There's a new girl, Siew Han, who joined third clarinets. She's from Anderson, in RJ for 1st 3months. She already didn't want to be there during PAE, but went 'cos of the distance (she stays at Serangoon), then now she really doesn't want to stay there so here she is at NJ. There are three new trombonists - all male. Increases the percentage of male J1 trombonists out of all male J1s in NJCSB by quite alot- considering that there are very few male J1s and only 1 J1 trombonist during 1st 3months.
Mr Ho was very kind to say "its nice to have you back" when he called me to play (he needed one on each part to play to illustrate how soft he wanted that part to be played and I was the only third clarinet J2 present - Adeline was absent). This happened during the later half of the practice. He had said that to Dency at the start of the practice, then at that moment, I looked down 'cos most of the time he doesn't say my name (usually during practices he would randomly say people's names, like to make us feel more involved).
Pauline, Dency, Siew Han, Jia Yun, Christina, Jing Wei and I went to a chicken rice restaurant opposite Beauty World for lunch. Lydia and Wei Ting had wanted to join us but it was raining too heavily at Orchard (where they were at) so they cancelled the plan. Hmms, I think the section lunch wasn't very successful 'cos the only two j2s who went are the quietest of all clarinet J2s. But I guess its better than nothing. Hope it'll be better the next time when Lydia comes. She's really good at creating a cheery atmosphere.
Then after lunch, I rushed down to Chinese Garden for Green Link outing. Even though the turn-up for J2s was better than expected (twelve! - Pei Ling, Hui Ling, Joyce, Zhi Xiu, Wei Bin, Cheng Yang, Ken, Ming Jun, Bao Rui, Adeline and a guy whose name I forgot - despite the fact that many of them had Physics S test on Monday), only 2 pathetic J1s (Jun Ying and Hui Min) came. A J3, Wei Jian (not the s08 one), also came. I think its quite enthusiastic of him to come alone (as in no other J3s). I had never ever seen him so I believed when Hui Ling introduced him to everyone as a new J1 but when I started asking him how he joined GreenLink ('cos its quite weird for a 2nd intaker to join Green Link so soon), Hui Ling immediately told me that he's actually a J3 (as she couldn't stand lying to me 'cos her perception of me is a hao ren) after briefly suaning him that he looks old for a J1.
I miss the days when Hui Ling and I were still close friends back in NY. She's a chao hao ren and 'cos of my mirror way of treating people as-much-as-possible the same way they treat me, she finds me a hao ren too. Then now in NJ, we rarely get to speak to each other. Fortunately in July last year, she pulled me into GreenLink.
Since there were so few J1s, which I think is because of the cancellation of the PEARLS system, we couldn't play the planned games so we ended up playing cards for awhile before playing zong ji mi ma cum truth-or-dare to finish up the food. Everyone who kana had to eat two slices of bread (there's optional peanut butter spread..) and do truth-or-dare. Though I didn't kana at all, there were so much snacks and I still hadn't gotten completely off the craving so I kept on munching...
Okay, I forgot this part, shall quote from Wei Bin's blog:
"As usual I gena again. Twice today. Peiling is the best lor, gena at the first number. And the punishment is to shout I love greenlink and to eat bread. Stupid la, make me unable to eat my dinner. Chengyang have to spell zhi xiu with his butt and zhi xiu sang a japanese song. And her sound is not bad, able to sing rather high pitch."
I was quite surprised that Cheng Yang was so sporty as to do the butt spelling. 'Cos I know him as a serious guy who doesn't do anything crappy.
Then it started to rain, so we finally moved off to Jurong Point to watch a movie. Hui Ling and Hui Min wanted to watched "The Eye 10" but Adeline, Pei Ling and I strongly refused to (we don't want to scare ourselves) so Joyce and Zhi Xiu joined them while Jun Ying joined us for "The Wedding Date", a romantic comedy.
I don't know why but Addie and Pei Ling thought that I found the movie very boring. Pei Ling found it too draggy and thought that there wasn't much plot. Actually I thought it was quite okay. There were some parts that was quite funny, and I like the male lead (Dermot Mulroney)'s ability to protray the male protagonist's so well. When he first appeared on screen, I thought that he wasn't very good-looking but as the movie progressed, I thought he expressed the attractiveness of the character very well. The female lead (Debra Messing) portrayed her character extremely well too - with all that facial expressions.
Just checked out some reviews. Someone commented, "sure it might be cheesy but we need more feel good movies without all the violence and foul language". I don't know what the person meant by "cheesy" but I agree with the rest of the sentence. I watch a movie to enjoy it, to "feel good". Though $8.50 is quite steep for a short (88minutes) simple movie, I guess it making me feel good makes up for that. But I think maybe frequent movie-goers wouldn't enjoy it so much? - the critics' ratings were rather bad. Maybe its because I've learnt to appreciate simple things more?
It seems quite weird (please tell me a more appropriate word to use) that I survived the eleven days without missing my computer at all yet I have been stuck to it for three out of the five days of 'holiday'.
Do appreciate simplicity when complexity isn't needed.
Oh ya, something very important.
Do appreciate more of what we have - do appreciate Singapore.
haha, I just remembered I had this same feeling about appreciating Singapore after returning from Endau Rompin.
"Blogging addict" - Just look at the length of my posts and the time now. Look at the time I started on the previous post. I spent almost the whole of my Sunday blogging! Other than going over to my maternal grandmother place (just next block) for lunch and showing Ah San Uncle and his daughter my collection of photos taken on the trip. He said our trip looks like we had more fun than we did volunteer work, and I had to explain its because I only got to take photos when it was time to have fun. Mom thinks its because the trip was more for our exposure than for us to help them. And I had to wait from 11pm till 1+ 'cos my bro wanted to chat with his female friend (whom he says isn't his girlfriend). I think she is a huai ren. 'Cos sometimes my bro already goes to bed but she messages him at like 1+/2+ am. I know 'cos the computer is in the study room which has no doors and is right beside the living room where he sleeps on the sofa. And I don't understand why my bro is so committed to this 'friend'. I suppose its because he likes her. His msn account is like specially created to chat with her. (He doesn't chat and I had to help him create the account).
You may find it weird that I blog about such private things but again, I blog to help me remember my life. Hees, so just skip all the private stuff. Usually, I won't be interested to read entries about other people and stuff that doesn't involve me either.
"Periodic" - I don't do this all the time. Mainly during holidays/'holidays'.
Wow, I feel so happy. An elated grin just appeared on my face when I saw the tags and a comment (in the Kudafari post) left by my new friends from the Maldives trip (not that I'm not happy that my other tagged too). Shall paste them (shun bian paste the other post-Maldives trip tags too) in this post to help me remember =)
weiling: heyhey!!!!!!!!!! leech: hi fenella! i will link u k! haha 04s09 counterpart! Tekko: if u really feel like joining, go on mon lor, got so many ppl u noe. worst come to worst, u can look for me! i will b there.. wenhao: ah! why nv tell mi you got a blog?!? hahax...HELLO! nice blog! and you linked mi...hahax christine: ahhh fenella!!! u rock! u've got a penpal?! that's so extremely cool! UR MIDI ROCKS! dot: I have non stop cravings for snakc too! anyway! jus to say hi! meltee: I FOUND YOUR BLOG!! heyyy! ((: fenella: haha, its just yi shi de gan shou ma, but now my hair not that soft liaos. muffins see when i got the mood again ba. haha. i oso want to join orientation2.. but will feel awkward.. Tekko: tis yr's mass dance RAWKS k... its so cool.. join their orientation nxt mon lor, they havin it... Tekko: nice muffins...yum yum~ when u wanna bake for ur frenz in NJ?? lolz~ Tekko: i think u shld go for shampoo ad, or write the script of wad to say...lolz~ glad to noe u've become stronger! fenella: thx amanda! organising a class gathering soon? take care too! thx weijian! fenella: hellos clarice! haha, i think my reply super lag. anyone, do tag =). ya, i admire people who can advocate a good cause well. christina: how did u get here?! ya, i think im stronger now! weijian: hey fenella.juz happenned to c ur blog here. hmm feel great to read ur blog.esp bout 09 stuff last year. wa. memories.=) cheers !! mAndA 4/10: YO FENELLA! haha... chanced upon your blog! Haha... hope all is fine for you! khris: hello!! christina here. clari sectn? yah. haha. hope you're having fun in maldives!! mayb can build strentgh for ipu in pft.. =Pp Tekko: i m sure we all tried to ans doubts raised by our frenz.. advocating is not ez, take it slow... i agree wif wad u say in ur entry. we must do well for our pptn to convince them k? work hard!! Tekko: wa~ i didnt noe u felt so strongly for nkf, i admire ur spirit...but we shld b glad qns r raised, cuz thru qns, doubts r cleared clarice: i was here =)
Oh ya, to explain why I am so happy about it. 'Cos I hadn't talked to them much (like usually when they are chatting away and playing I would be quiet or suddenly laugh. haha, I have this weird sense of humour) so I think its really nice of them to tag! To anyone who visits this blog - do tag! Though I'm guilty of not tagging on others' blogs. Really sorry.
Shall reply here: meltee: Heys! Thanks for being the first 'new friend' to tag! dot: haha, i was thinking how come u have craving for snake then i realised its snack. hees. Hi! christine: thx!! hees, my penpal isn't the kind i think u think. the person is actually someone in NJ whom i got to thru a trip, but we don't talk in school. so we became penpals! haha, u must b quite disappointed wenhao: hees, actually i don't tell anyone abt my blog. can see i started it in july'03 but i only told ppl abt it towards the later part of 1st 3mths when i was persuaded to. most of the time i tell only when ppl ask - v bei dong. but i like it when ppl tag - zi xiang mao dun. oh ya, i link ppl without telling them, hope everyone doesn't mind Tekko: i noe many but extremely few r close friends leh leech: i noe who u r! luckily i went ard reading ppl's tagboards. haha. didn't noe for like the past yr when u tagged rard.. aiyo, feel so wols. weiling: heys! hmms, r u tin or tay??
Oh no, I suddenly feel so sad. Just visited the 05s15 blog for the first time (I don't concentrate on blogging when I blog). The diagram of their family tree is so cool. 04s15 and 05s15 are both very well bonded classes.
I think this is so adorable:
ATTENTION ALL 05S15-ERS!!! we're gonna have a class outing at the airport this sunday, 20 march 2005!!! all in favour, please breathe!! ok, seems like everyone is fine with the idea. :) we're gonna pick our darling classmates who went overseas up. dency, zhimin, zhiyuan and christina. ms chen went maldives too right? so we can pick them ALL up. so nice of 05s15!!! :) as well as to bond as a class???
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so not to worry. *grins* bring along things to do? like ur mouths so that we can talk and talk and talk. class bonding time is really valuable u see. :) maybe cards to while our time away there? i dunno. up to u pple.
Oh, I haven't explained why I got so sad just now. Some 05s15ers left some posts about the breaking up of their class because of the new posting results. Then I remembered that yesterday Dency told me that Zhi Min, Calista, and Augustine have left NJ (ten-pointers had to go to AJ because of stiff - gosh, I just forgot how to spell stiff... had to check dictionary.com then I realised the spelling on my own - competition as they were born in the Year of the Dragon). And yesterday, Mr Ho was also announcing, during band prac, those who couldn't come back. Colleen, my direct third clarinet junior, is in NYJC now. I had already known she would leave when she told me her L1R5 on the Wednesday morning when the J1s came back to school after a day of break ('O' levels results day was on 28 February, a Monday). She appeared her usual self, very cheery but when I asked her what she got in the bandroom while warming up for assembly, she just told me how well Regina and Kuan Yee (my two other thirds juniors) did. It was only when we were outside the hall waiting for assembly to start that she suddenly told me she what she got, still appearing very cheery. I didn't feel the sadness immediately (I have this delayed feeling thingy), then my heart began to sink. After a while I realised we were quite similar in that we wouldn't want to appear sad in front of everyone because of a sad news and make everyone feel even sadder for us than they would already feel. But it seemed that she was indeed trying to be stay cheery. I think she's a simple hao ren. She's extremely enthusiastic about aqua house, and about Christopher, aqua house councillor and Jia Yun's classmate. Although people sometimes find her enthusiasm too excessive
The cruelty of truth.
Sigh, the closest junior I had (though not all that close) is the only clarinet junior to leave (out of the nine clarinet j1s)
Though I wasn't close friends with Zhi Min, Calista and Augustine, I feel sad because they are such nice people. Amongst the J1s, I think Zhi Min is the most hao ren guy and Calista is the most hao ren girl. The first time I got to know Zhi Min was through Dency during the first meeting at Buona Vista CC since they are in the same class, 05s15. Didn't have much of an impression of him but during the trip, I could tell that he went for the trip with the good attitude to really help - he does work hard, and he helped with the housekeeping and dishwashing (on the night we prepared food for the locals). Quite matured for a J1 guy. and he jokes and craps at the right times. Calista also went with the same good attitude. Other than working hard, she and Sharon utilised their ability to talk to people easily to mix with the locals. Augustine mixed well with the local kids too, though he didn't work very hard.
Gosh, I suddenly feel like worshipping the existence of blogs. [Is that a right way of using those words?] Anyway, I'm not joking. I just visited Mel's blog and I got that feeling. Why? 'Cos you see another side of people (usually Mel is "insane" - quoting Mel herself - and stuff but in her blog, you see insightful thoughts) and their recording skills are so good! Really. And it feels great to see a record of a shared memory.
Got this off from Mel's blog:
I miss passing by the phone booth in Maldives. Don't you guys miss it too? Its like, everytime you walk pass it, or you are trying to make a call, the phone starts ringing on its own. Terribly like the Matrix.
I still recall the first night when we went to make our calls home. One of us chatted happily inside the phone booth, while the rest of us queued outside for our turn.when suddenly... "ring ring"
part of the conversation i remember: "What on earth?"
"Shall i answer it?"
"I don't know"
"Don't"
"Its like the Matrix. What happens if you get sucked in?"
"Just pick it up!!!"
-picks up phone- "Hello?"
On the line: "HELLO (Insert foreign language)"
"Erm. I don't understand you. Can you hang on?"
-turns to people outside- "What do i do?"
"slam it?"
-returns back to call- "sorry. I have to make a call, can you call back later?" -slams phone down without waiting for reply-
mmmhmmm.
Our stupidity rocks (:
The form of presentation is so neat and it really helps me remember that particular incident.
Gosh, I suddenly feel like copy-and-paste-ing from all the blogs of people who blogged about the Kudafari trip. I want to keep those memories - through my blog. Its like different people recall and blog about different things in a different way. But these memories will only be shared by the 35 of us - Colin, Jo Lynn, Melissa ["Mel"], Zhi Rong, Alexander ["Alex"], Dorothy ["Dot"], Li Yan McCurdy, Mae Yue ["Mae Yee"], Michael Ryan ["Michael"], Tay Wei Ling ["Wei Ling"], Tin Wei Ling ["Wei Ling"], Wanda, Augustine, Bernie, Calista, Zhi Min, Christine, Dency, Devathas ["Dave"], Edwin [some of them call him "gong jiao" - abbreviated Chinese name of Catholic High], Eleanor, Eugenia, Jia Li, Prashanthan ["Prashan"], Ruth, Sharon, Yi Chuen, Keefe [Mae Yue calls him "keef-fee">, Jia Cheng, Melvin, Yida/Jim, Richard Andrew ["Richard"], Wee Pin, Fenella and Wen Hao.
During the first few days, when I still didn't know how to called a few of them (or rather I don't know their names), I would get scared if I called them wrongly. Sometimes, people will simply create a cute nickname for people whose name they can't remember, but I don't do it. At the beginning, for don't-know-what-reason, I thought one of the Wei Ling's is called Wee Leng (I think I saw/imagined-that-I-saw a Wee Leng on some namelist). I called Dorothy "Dorothy". Then I didn't know Wee Pin's name though I knew him by face as the guy in the class with alot people I know and as Teck Kuan's friend. I finally asked him for his name when he borrowed scotch tape from me one day during the trip. haha. so silly. And I got Eugenia, Eleanor and Calista's names wrong (see post on March 5). And I kept thinking that Wen Hao is the IP councillor until one of the meetings at Buona Vista when I saw the actual Weh Hao. And somehow, before the trip I kept thinking Yi Chuen is called Yida. haha.
Okay, that's quite a few names that I got wrong.
I think I should feel sorry for myself when I don't blog due to the need to do homework and such or simply because I am too tired. As have been mentioned several times, the main reason for me blogging is to help me remember my life. I am a person who is unable to remember things that have happened in the form of them happening. At most I can only remember them as facts - that they did happen. [I hoped you get what I mean.] I can't recall most of my childhood. If someone tells me about a memory that we share, I might be able to say that I can remember it did happen but I can't tell stories of what happened. That's why nowadays when people ask me how's my Maldives trip, I give very short answers, unless I am able to remember at that moment one of the answers to give (from having written it down in my journal).
I guess this is also why I do badly for essays. I think my memory works in the way that I can recall things if given the catalyst, but I can't simply pull things out of my memory/mind without any catalysts. This also explains my quietness towards most people unless they start saying something to me that I can respond to. Rather sadly, usually when people see that someone is quiet, they won't talk to them/know what to say to them. But of course, there are times when I really want to be quiet, times when its not just that I have nothing to say, its that I wish to be alone. Still, most of the time its that I have nothing to say. Then again, amongst a group of people, even if there's a catalyst, I wouldn't dare to speak up , 'cos its like people will be 'shocked' when a quiet person suddenly talks. --Hmms, this paragraph is quite mainly post-Kudafari feelings.
Ah, I suddenly thought of a name of my type of memory. You know like the different types of files eg for music files there are mp3, wav, mid etc. My type of memory is *drum roll* a catalytic memory. haha. Actually its not as exciting as the *drum roll* seems to make it. Anyway, I got it from catalytic reactions. Organic Chemistry. hahas. Only year 2 chemistry students would understand.
I like my relationship with my mom. Most of the times we talk like very good friends, no formalities, no awkwardness. Then you ask, what about the rest of the time? Answer: I will be quarrelling with her and be pissed, ie the usual teenager-parent relationship. haha. but after the Maldives trip, I think I can reduce the second kind of relationship and improve on the first kind. Like today, we talked about our views on certain issues. She was saying some people treat friends of the same religion so well and neglect others so she wasn't very acceptable of that. Oh, by the way, we communicate in Mandarin, so I'm translating everything to English... Okay, so to continue. I told her I understand her 'cos she gave birth to me! haha. Its wonderful to have someone to discuss such issues with, and its even better when its with someone who thinks alike you. So I agreed. I also think that we should always treat everyone nice, as in you shouldn't be so biased towards certain people. So I said its a people-pious-towards-their-religion thing. Its good that they have something that they believe in; it helps to push them, but sometimes they become over into it.
Oh yas, the health post in Maldives was much better than I had expected, 'cos the floor was tiled! haha, the floor of the house that I stayed in on the Endau Rompin Trip was just cemented, and I remember the hundreds of mayflies.
I just keep feeling like smiling. I guess this is what will make me not regret spending those long hours (many a times into the wee hours) blogging. I was complaining one year ago about people saying that my Chinese is good though I got C6 while they got better grades than me. That time I chose to take Chinese 'AO' even though its supposed to be for those who didn't take HCL. Yay, now I am glad that I've gotten an A1 for it! haha, this is old news. We had received our result slips on the day 'A' level results were released.
Before I got my result slip, I kept on trying to not allow myself to think about what I will get. Even for the hour before the critical moment, (it was math tutorial), I was sitting with Yuxian and we were both very scared. I still didn't want to think about it so the few times she voiced her nervousness, I told her not to think about it. haha. Then when she got her result slip, I didn't seem to observe any reaction in her (I was also quite calm). It was only later on that I found out she was the only other person (from our civics class) to get an A1 too! (We got our result slips from our civics teacher instead of Chinese teacher.) Quite a few others got A2 - Jie Yu, and even the supposedly English-people Estelle and Terrence. Their reactions were much stronger than mine or Yuxian's, and Lao Shi (by this I'm referring to our civics teacher Ms Lim) was telling them they have to treat everyone to ice-cream (I think 'cos of the Englishy image they gave so Lao Shi didn't expect them to get A2). but I guess they had hidden their abilities. Actually it should not better so inexpectable - Estelle spent a few years in China before returning to Singapore for secondary education; Terrence is from Catholic High which I think is more Chinese than NY.
It was at about 1.30pm that day (math ended at 1.20) when those of us who took CLAO when down to the area near the main entrance of the staffroom. While we were approaching the staffroom, our S08 counterparts (many people from S08 and S09 were in the same CL and GP classes - B02 and B04 respectively) had already collected their result slips.
I am reading Weiling(hockey girl)'s blog now, and I realised I forgot to blog that I was late on Monday! Oh, now I remember. I had actually blogged it in the post that went missing. Anyway, I felt so totally exhausted when I started to study at 8+ and went to bed at 9pm on Sunday, and wanted to wake up at 4am to study but I was so tired I fell asleep at my desk after munching some food. Then I finally woke up a little past six, but I was feeling so sleepy I was very slow in getting ready for school so I ended up arriving in school when assembly was over. This A01 dancer (I don't know his name) and his friend were on the same bus as me and its really coincidental that I saw him again on Tuesday when walking into the school at 1+pm. (I don't know if he was on the same bus again 'cos I was sleeping). Ya, I was still suffering from travelling fatigue on Tuesday - I got out of bed at 7am but only really started studying at 9+ 'cos before that, I was either dozing off or asleep - I even left a deep highlighter mark on my Inflation notes...
Hmms, I don't know if its another of my post-Maldives syndrome or what but I keep craving for snacks. On Monday afternoon between the GP and Physics papers, Xin, Jus and I were studying Physics but I kept feeling like eating then I finally couldn't resist and went to the canteen to buy Sour Power and finished it all by myself. Then after the Physics paper I bought myself ice-cream from the drinks stall. And that night I got Mom to buy me my favourite Calbee potato chips and also finished it all by myself. On Tuesday night I kept asking Mom for sweets and any small foodstuff. Similar things happened on Wednesday and Thursday. I am like super 'yao gui'.
Read Richard's 1-month-ago post. "i was thinking about mass dance ... ... i wan to go through orientation again suddenly. :)" I also want to go through orientation again, actually just the mass dance part. I read Wen Hao's blog too - they formed this OG33 comprising people who went Maldives and joined in NJ orientation. I'm so envious and happy for them. haha, I suddenly feel like an old grandmother watching her grandchildren playing and recollecting her own good old days; I feel like patting their heads, smiling at them and nodding my head slowly. haha, my thoughts are maturing too fast.
I really want to dance NJ orientation 2004's mass dance! S Club Party, Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps, That's the Thing you do.
Here's one of 2005's mass dance song. I'm happy I learnt the dance. hmm, I think our 2004 dances are nicer! (though I can't remember the dance steps...) haha. Our senior batch's choreographers rock!
Accidentally in love
So she said what's the problem baby What's the problem I don't know Well maybe I'm in love (love) Think about it every time I think about it Can't stop thinking 'bout it
How much longer will it take to cure this Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love) Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love
Come on, come on Turn a little faster Come on, come on The world will follow after Come on, come on Because everybody's after love
So I said I'm a snowball running Running down into the spring that's coming all this love Melting under blue skies Belting out sunlight Shimmering love
Well baby I surrender To the strawberry ice cream Never ever end of all this love Well I didn't mean to do it But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning Mean we're never alone, Never alone, no, no
Come on, Come on Move a little closer Come on, Come on I want to hear you whisper Come on, Come on Settle down inside my love
Come on, come on Jump a little higher Come on, come on If you feel a little lighter Come on, come on We were once Upon a time in love
We're accidentally in love Accidentally in love (x7)
Accidentally
I'm In Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, I'm in Love, Accidentally (X 2)
Come on, come on Spin a little tighter Come on, come on And the world's a little brighter Come on, come on Just get yourself inside her
I was kind of worried last night when I couldn't recall how to play the short version of "A Whole New World" that I had memorised. Fortunately now I have remembered. Phew.
First time baking muffins! From Cadbury Fruit and nuts muffins mix. Baked them at about 12+, after I woke up at almost 12. A few months since I last chatted till the wee hours and end up waking up so late
Although I was very serious and mostly quiet throughout the trip, I totally do not regret going.
I don't mind not being within the fun and laughter, as long as I get to be with the fun and laughter.
Oh, I must note down that the feeling of seeing something on video is not the least bit the same as experiencing it. And whatever you feel when you hear someone else describe something to you, is never the same as the real thing either. For the very simple fact that you were not there. Photos actually don't tell as much as people seem to say they tell. In fact, I think photos hide from those who were not personally at the site, what is truly going on, especially the sounds. I think photos serve those who were there best and much much more than they do serve anyone else, because when we (ie those who were there) see the photos, what comes to our mind are memories of what really happened; but when someone else sees the photos, what comes to their mind are imaginations and fantasys which rarely, if ever, comes close to the truth.
Most of the time its the human imagination running wild that creates unreal things. Like when there were white spots appearing on the photos in our digital cameras on the night of the procession that the locals did for us, some became frightened 'cos someone said that those were "orbs". I didn't know what "orbs" are then someone told me they are something like ghosts.
Hmmmmm. I just looked at the photos of the first two days of the trip and suddenly so much emotions and memories fill me. My innocence/ignorance and unfamiliarity of Kudafari, the fresh 'tourist' feeling you have when you first reach a new place. I had forgotten about that feeling after the first few days, after ease through awareness sets in.
I am deeply glad that we have these five days (today till next Monday) to do anything we want, especially things that I do alone like blogging. I think these five days are especially valued by those of us who have missed spending our March holidays in Singapore, at home.
Before the common test, I had wished so much that the papers would be spread out throughout the whole common test week so that I would have more time to prepare for the subsequent papers. Throughout the trip, during our free time (at night and on the plane), I hadn't allowed myself to really have fun or simply totally relax because I had been held down by the mentality that I can't afford it 'cos common test is immediately after we return to Singapore and I would feel extremely guilty if the reason I did badly for CT is that I had played so hard I hadn't time to study at all. Now I am not guilty that I didn't study well ('cos I couldn't concentrate since everyone else is playing during the free time), since I didn't fang kai de wan le (sorry I can't express what I mean in English).
Ahhhh, I feel so great, listening to music that I like - songs from The Phantom of the Opera and Someone Elses Star (playing on my blog now). I had found it irritating when I visit my blog and the song starts playing; but when I listen (not hear - if you know the difference) to it, I enjoy it. I guess even if its things that you like, you have to be in the mood then you'll find pleasure.
Still looking at the Kudafari photos, and remembering the times when we were having fun. Then I realised that photos do not serve us fairly either. They are unable to help keep memories of us doing hard work, the times when we didn't take photos.
I don't know why but looking at some of those photos brings sweet happy feelings even though I didn't feel that way at the moment when the photos were taken. I guess that's what you call beautiful reminiscence? Edited to add after looking at more photos - oh, I know one of the reasons now. Its because at each of the split moments that each of the photos were taken, within each of those particular frames you have captured actually contain such amusing things that you hadn't really look carefully during each of the scenes when you took the photos. Of course, the delightful sensation is also brought about by the joyful memories that flash in my mind. I think its a wonderful thing that I remember the happiness more than the 'sian' moments though the times I was doing nothing was more than when I was happy. Or maybe it wasn't, maybe its just the perception - 'cos you feel that time passes slower when you are doing nothing.
I love it. I mean knowing that I should take alot of photos and having taken so many during this trip after past experiences of regrets when I didn't take photos. Videos are even better.
I feel like making a video of the photos that I took. I think there's a need for me to add captions to the photos and videos that I took while I still remember what was going on, especially for those blurred ones.
Guess how many photos I snapped. 309+123 photos and 63 + 3 videos! It sounds like such big mad numbers. That's what's so great about having a digicam and large memory cards.
How I wish I had more videos of the mass dance. I only have one of 30 seconds, and I watched it over and over again. I like mass dances, especially when the people dancing are people you know. Though I can't dance. I think people who can dance and look good when they dance should really appreciate themselves for it; and people who can sing too. Oh ya, Christine's voice is really great, though they say Mae Yue's voice is even better. Hmms, maybe I can't tell. Its like I often think that people sing well simply because I think I don't, although when it comes to serious judging, my standards suddenly become much higher.
Choir is the most common CCA of those who went for the trip. Christine, Mae Yue, Ruth and Prashanth are in NJ choir, and Eugenia and Edwin were from Choir. And I just get so envious when they can project their voices when they sing. But Edwin always tries to sing on an awful pitch. haha.
Its already 5.10pm. Got to go play badminton soon. Mom couldn't book any court at Civil Service Club so I can't go there to swim so I'm joining her badminton gang which is playing at Whampoa today. and I'm gonna be late!
Gosh gosh. It has been one whole year since Wei Jian was forced to leave our class for S08 and today is like the first time I'm really chatting to him (online). I found out that he's a very lame person, and he's addicted to his laptop (frequently blog, chat, surf for song lyrics, funny news and jokes), wants to pick up html, finds that "blog is a v gud way to record evrythin. in case u forget in the future". I think we are very alike.
He also played The Sims and even noted exactly what they say. This was what he replied when I asked him for the origin of his blog add.
ĶőŋĜăŻĀĿą - (-.o) kongaznala.blogspot.com rrrriiiiggGHT ???? says: "ppl in that game speak their own language one ma then i think they will say kongaznalaa whenever they meet each other then babagucheeia is when the childern go to sch then say bye bye."
That's so lamishly funny.
I also found out more about the real S08. 'cos I thought their class is very fun and united but actually, they also have cliches and dao people.
Ohs, I think he's very right in describing me as "v geng" (if you can get the right meaning).
Suddenly, everything's over! I mean for now, of course.
I'm pissed my 2 hours worth of blogging on Monday was lost. I shall blog about today first.
I went out with Pam after Math ended at 5pm! I'd expected more people but they either went home or had CCA, but I enjoyed the time (having the cheerful feeling) though usually I had always preferred to go out in threes. I think I had the post-long overseas trip syndrome 'cos I actually did window-shopping and felt like a tourist! Like what I told Pam, its extremely rare for me to window-shop; I had always went shopping with something in mind, but today, even though we were supposed to shop for Sand's present, my mind wasn't focused on that task at all, I was just looking around as if I was in a foreign land. I guess its also because I had tried to be focused and serious too much during the trip such that finally, I just felt compelled to relax.
Oh ya, I don't understand why but my hair feels even softer than before I had left for Maldives even though I haven't been washing it properly at all when I was there. We used 'hard' water (ie. contains alot of salt - sodium chloride etc) to bathe so the shampoo couldn't be completely dissolved in the water and washed away. I had been using hair conditioner during the pre-Maldives days and was abit worried that ten days without it would cause my hair to become frizzy or whatever its called but instead, its softer now! zhen qi miao! Though of course, while I was there, my hair was most of the time in a mess and most of the time I couldn't be bothered to make it look neat since there were no mirrors and I didn't go on a CIP trip to Maldives to look pretty (though I quite admire people who can continue to groom themselves well without proper facilities).
There's this IP1 girl, Jo Lynn who's I think the funniest girl I know but I think there's some clarification that I have to do which I haven't been able to. There was once I heard her resenting that people laugh at her and I think that she sort of included me 'cos most of the time I'll laugh whenever she does funny things but I don't say anything so it gives the appearance that I am treating her as a 'laughingstock' though it isn't the case.
My ranking of my performance level of the common test of the various subjects (starting with the worst): Economics + GP, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics.
but I am quite glad I managed to finish up all the questions I could do for Maths, 'cos usually I can't finish the papers. I also managed to finish writing what I could remember that needs to be written for Chem SPA Skill A with about 7 minutes to try and recall the things I couldn't remember! Though it still wasn't complete in the end...
I met Cleopas on Monday and he told me he's mugging now in preparation for handling explosives in time to come. wow! but he still speaks as softly as always.
I enjoyed myself, seeing the seniors back again and ever so unreserved in doing anything that will create laughter. Shu Hui and Benson were the only j3s among the 7 (one representative from each table) who were playing the finale trival game. Someone suggested that the first to finish drinking a cup of ice water gets to answer a question, and it was modified to drinking less water but having to grab for a cup since there were only 3 glasses used. Water was soon dripping all around as both of them were very enthusiastic about winning.
Before the commencement of the game, Shu Hui had to tell the story of her saying "F-U" to Ms Sharon Phua (our discipline mistress who's currently on course), and nothing beats a funny person telling a real-life story of such great interest to everyone.
Mr Ho said, in his very short opening speech, that we were to talk, eat and laugh, and he was really not any bit strict about discipline at all. Even when an IP1 flautist (I don't know her name) wanted to take a photo of him with her handphone, he posed for her and when she showed him that she had added a frame in the form of tabloid news headlines, he simply said, "horrible".
We were supposed to gather at HarbourFront at 6 while Mr Ho was supposed to arrive at 7 but he was half-an-hour late and everyone was already very hungry. The Clarinets were given the frontmost table, which was quite detached from the others, we felt. Then someone suggested playing zong ji mi ma and Kuan Yee suggested that each of us add anything into a little bowl and the person who gets the number the most number of times has to eat the contents of the bowl. Almost everyone added green chilli (which was originally supposed to be the only ingredient), and Colleen went to the extend of adding pepper, orange juice and even the left over snack peanuts and peas. There was also vinegar, chilli sauce, soya sauce... Though in the end, we only play one round and Regina got the number, she wasn't forced to eat it. Some of us tried and it was so hot I drank so much orange juice.
We were in the function room and could go out into a big open space where the view was rather good. We could see Sentosa - the bridge, the cable cars, the Merlion, etc. I was a little puzzled when I saw the unpresentable state of the floor of the open space - dirty and sticky.
The dishes were quite worthy of the price. It was a birthday set and there were "shou tao", which was actually 'lian rong bao' shaped into 'shao tao'. I found the best on the cold dish the spring roll. There was sharksfin soup, which Han Jie and Kuan Yee were against eating; Broccolli with crab pincers (the seasoning was good but the meat wasn't); Thai style deep fried fish; roasted chicken with the Thai chilli sauce too; cereal prawns; sweet and sour bacon; "shou mian"; white fungus with red dates (dessert).
There was one part when the emcees, Jasmine and Sixun didn't have much to say so Shujun tried to help out by telling some very common lame jokes. The funny thing was that people tried to tell the answers even before she was done saying the story.
Shushs. I don't have much time to blog. I've to prepare to leave for band reunion dinner soon. Just came back from Maldives meeting cum shopping for it. I was supposed to blog last night but my brother was hogging the computer - burning songs for his friend/s. Fortunately I was in an okay mood, and even helped him write down the han yu pin yin of a few dozen words. For the past few times I got very pissed, especially when he enters my room without even knocking when the door is closed. But actually I am secretly grateful to him 'cos most of the time I was dozing off at my desk instead of doing work. haha.
I think I'm the least cooking savvy person in the whole food com (comprising Dency, the com head, Christine, Ruth, Sharon, Alina, Regina, Callistor - none of whom I have prior acquaintanceship with expect Dency). We were shopping in Cold Storage and I was assigned to make almond jelly but I didn't know how to. I don't even know what's Gelatine, and didn't dare to ask. haha.
I was really shocked (though I didn't really express it on my face) when Christine correctly guessed that I am from NY! And Callistor also agreed saying that I sound like one.
Wednesday. I was quite hurt when people just put the NKF CEO's talk as pure propaganda. Do you how hard it is to be the CEO of a charitable organisation for so many years, especially when you and the whole organisation are under public scrutiny and criticism all the while? I think with his leadership capabilities, he can easily set up his own enterprise and earn much more for himself without having to go through all that he has gone through. I know I've being on the general public's side previously, but after being exposed to the organisation's PoV, I believe that his reasons for the things he has done are sufficiently convincing and logical. But it was quite disappointing when he didn't manage to present his side as well as he had done during our attachment.
I was actually on the verge of crying during GP when Amanda made her statement about NKF wasting public donations on the building that they have now and I attempted to tell her the truth - that it was the corporate donors who wanted the building up - though I had previously had such queries too during our attachment.
Thursday. They moved the entire percussion from the right to the left of the conductor because that's the arrangement for SYF though according to Mr Ho, its not the correct one... Then it was a bit funny when I entered the band room on Friday evening and instinctively turned towards where the tables used to be.
first time I didn't commit any stupid mistakes for SPA
Yay, I think having SPAs on consecutive weeks is beneficial to me - the silly mistakes are still fresh enough in my mind to prevent me from committing any again. And I am scared (of not finishing the paper) yet confident enough to do things as fast as possible. (Usually I know I am slow but I don't increase my working speed enough.) I actually had time to check through my answers for the first time since don't-know-when, and I didn't realise I had made any blunt errors after time was up. So hopefully I really didn't do anything wrong. Expect that I had closed the switch to test out the circuit before I got the invigilator to come and check my connections, when we were supposed to let him check before closing the switch at all. And it was evident 'cos the current reading was dropping.
I think its a great thing that we have GP lessons with people of different classes. There's expansion of individual social circles and new circles are formed!
This is really thought-provoking:
"if life was a stage. wad happens to those wif stage fright? is tt y so many ppl commit suicide?" -- Sing Yin's blog.
I've just started reading Singyin's blog (which I realised is a shared one) and its the type I like to read - very amusing sometimes, highly insightful at other times.
Yay! I've just gotten an email pen-pal! How interesting! haha.
Okays, some study tactics as promised:
(1) actively take notes during lectures/tutorials (2) revise lecture notes on the day that the contents are taught (3) make concise revision note cards while doing (2) (4) test yourself after doing (3) (5) note down any queries while doing (2) to clarify when you have the chance (6) carry some of your note cards around so that you can study them whenever possible (7) practise on TYS (8) relax and exercise
but different tactics work for different people. In fact the only steps I do are steps 1 and 8. haha. So basically you have to first set down time to study instead spending so much time on blogging like me! hahaha. Going onto MSN on a daily basis is also quite study-sucidal.
My mom pointed out that I'm becoming very irresponsible when I told her I left the present Hui Ling gave to me in the canteen yesterday during break. (Fortunately when I went to school this morning, it was still there! NJCians are really honest! Thanks to everyone who saw it but didn't take it away!) Furthermore, just a few months ago I had lost my wallet by leaving it behind when the thought of forgetting to take it had actually passed my mind at the moment when I placed my wallet down.
Have Read
'04 year-end holidays (highest number of books read in a long time)
-The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (gd read)
-Princess Diaries: Third Time Lucky by Meg Cabot (fun read)
-Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (must read - inspirational)
-Slab Rat by Ted Heller (full of office politics and R21 stuff - not for kids)
-The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (makes u want to finish it)
-A walk to remember by Nicholas Sparks (simple but meaningful)
-The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (can identify with)
-The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (romantic love story with too much R21 stuff)
-Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks (even more R21. ugh)
-The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery
-Unstrung Heroes by Franz Lidz (autobiography about his four uncles and father)
-The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks
-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (very unique POV of an autistic boy)
-The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (love the breadth of the plot, one of my favourites)
-Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux (alternating between two first persons' view - unique, but don't like e plot)
-Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder (philosophy tb in a story; gets abit dry though plot saved)
-forgot what i read...-
-Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan (story of an urban planner)
-Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (impressive intelligence with bits of great humour)
-Just between Us by Cathy Kelly (thickest bk i've ever read-600+pg, too long for me but not bad)
ha, started a few bks but didn't enjoy them enough to read more.
'06
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel (novel based on true story; a lot to learn from the book - animals, religions,
survival, appreciation of simplicity; marvelous descriptions of both the tangible and the intangible,
such that I could feel their realness; bits of very enjoyable humour; a must read)
-The Complete Analects of Confucius, Volume 1 - Asiapac Comic Series (some good teachings.
didn't read everything though)
-The Parable of the Pipeline by Burke Hedges (lent to me by Shujun; like she said, its a short version
of Rich Dad Poor Dad - good financial tips)
-The Alchemist by Paul Coelho (simple story with deep meaning)
-Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
(hai, doesn't seem to be working for me - cos im not applying..)
-haven't been updating from Jun'06 to Jul'07-
'07
-Take a Chance by Sarah Webb (very interesting twist towards the end)
'08
-A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer (very saddening. made me realise how significant family is in how a child behaves)
-Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite by Paul Arden (refreshing book with many pics)
-The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Rui Zafon (amazing how people can think of so much plot to pack into one book, wld b a gd tv series)
-The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (the story is interesting but i think the ending cld hv been better written)
-This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes (a bit thought-provoking on relationships but i didnt like e abrupt ending)
-Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (gd knowledge but partly qte repetitive)
-For One More Day by Mitch Albom
-The C Words by Mark Mason (made me keep wanting to read on. light & funny)
'09
-Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (another good read from Deveraux)
-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (gosh such vivid descriptions! very well written book. i liked d theme of friendship and the realness of the story)
'10
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (a must-read!! i love the expressed thoughts of the protagonist, esp those about friendships, and the writing style - it seems like she's telling me her story specifically to me)
How to Save Your Own Life by Michael Gates Gill (an inspiring read, for emotional liberation and greater joy in life)
Reading
on hold
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Waiting for chance to get hold of
The Little White Car by Danuta de Rhodes
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Le Scaphandre Et Le Papillon or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Gotai Fumanzoku or An Unsatisfactory Body (Translated into English as No One's Perfect) by Hirotada Otatake
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Other Recommended Readings by Marc
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin – Few books have had as significant an impact on the way society views the natural world and the genesis of humankind.
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell – Gladwell looks at how a small idea, or product concept, can spread like a virus and spark global sociological changes. Specifically, he analyzes “the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable.”
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens – This is a tale that lingers on the topic of attaining and maintaining a disciplined heart as it relates to one’s emotional and moral life. Dickens states that we must learn to go against “the first mistaken impulse of the undisciplined heart.”
Lolita – This is the kind of book that blows your mind wide open to conflicting feelings of life, love and corruption… and at times makes you deeply question your own perceptions of each. The story is as devious as it is beautiful.
Getting Things Done by David Allen – The quintessential guide to organizing your life and getting things done. Nuff said.
How To Cook Everything by Mark Bittman – 900 pages of simple instructions on how to cook everything you could ever dream of eating. Pretty much the greatest cookbook ever written. Get through a few recipes each week, and you’ll be a master chef by the time you’re 30.
Honeymoon with My Brother by Franz Wisner – Franz Wisner had it all… a great job and a beautiful fiancée. Life was good. But then his fiancée dumped him days before their wedding, and his boss basically fired him. So he dragged his younger brother to Costa Rica for his already-scheduled honeymoon and they never turned back… around the world they went for two full years. This is a fun, heartfelt adventure story about life, relationships, and self discovery.
Self-note: Tip for my future business =D
give employees reasonably high pay to keep them- otherwise they are unlikely to stay loyal.
treat employees not according to how well they treat me but how conscientious they are at work
(of course, musn't expect them to only do work throughout the entire working hours -
give some breathing space too, we are humans, not machines) Movies watched(listing started on 6jan08)
in cinema from VCD/DVD
1Sep07: "Hairspray" w TK, GH & SH
14Sep07: "Ratatouille" w mom & extended family
28Dec07: "The Pianist" w Jus & Pam (heartbreaking but good lessons; i recommend!)
2Jan08: "I Am Legend" w Sherm (scary! but good acting; thought provoking; i recommend!)
5-6Jan08: "A Good Year" alone (excellent show! i like the acting; funny; good lessons; touches my heart; i recommend!)
11Jan08: "Le Grand Chef" w WLing, JT & Irene (good! funny, very touching, :) nice; watch if like humour+meaning+food)
7Feb08 (CNY 初一): "Ah Long Pte Ltd" w parents (pretty hilarious - but u gotta understand dialects, some teary parts. wells typical of jack neo movies but with diff content)
11Mar08: "The Leap Year" w Sherm (so sweet! :) and apart from couple relationship it touches the theme of mother-daughter and best friends too)
6Jun08: "P.S. I Love You" w Sherm (don't know if its coz we watched it on laptop, coz it didn't impress me as much as it did for him in cinema)
8Jun08: "The Forbidden Kingdom" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (ums..guess i'm really not into kungfu)
8Jun08: "What Happens in Vegas" w Lisa, Karen & Sandy (simple,relaxing show)
7Jul08: "我和狗狗的10个约定" w Sherm, his ma & sisters (very simple,touching but actually not my type of show)
10Jul08: "Before Sunrise" w Sherm (hmm maybe watchg on laptop really affects appreciatn of movies..)
30Sep08: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" w Sherm (i didn't like it as much as i thought i wld when i saw the ads)
31Dec08: "Yes Man" w Mom (inspiring and funny)
11Feb08: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" w Mom (not as impressive as i thought it wld be)
1Jul09: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" w Yumei, YY & Matt (the best thing was the soundtrack. heh.)
14Aug09: "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" w Joyce (it was awesome! best action movie i've ever watched)
17Aug09: "Food, Inc." w SYL & RuiQ (learnt some stuff abt the American food industry but it was a bit boring and not worth the $10)
22Sep09: "The Time Traveller's Wife" w WB, VanD, WLing, CHL, Irene, VanQ, Mf, Pg (i liked it. having read the book really helps w udsg)
21Nov09: "Gokusen" w Mf, Eva, Tony, Sarah (funny inspirational movie)
24Dec09: "十月围城" w Tony, WLing, VanQ (action action and a bit funny? tony criticised the plot. my fav scene was the running n jumping through the crowd along the five-foot ways w/o cuts)
30Dec09: "Sherlock Holmes" w Irene, Tony, Sweetee (my favourite genre of books made into a movie - what else can be more cool? acting effects humour excitement suspense all in)
12Jan10: "Avatar 3D" w Mom (didn't appreciate the digital effects which everyone wowed about. content etc was so-so. cathay's 3D glasses were too heavy for me)
8Feb10: "The Truman Show" w Ky n sis n Yuhshin (a must-watch. very thought-provoking, funny. reminder to be spontaneous and create your life the way you want, instead of falling into a typical routine
14Feb10: "New York, I Love You" w Mom (I loved it! a good couple movie with meaningful pointers to keep it going. but i think some stories could be more developed)
16Feb10: rewatched "The Pianist" (still find it good, tho i still feel first viewings are the best)
17Feb10: "Valentine's Day" w CHL n WB (laughed throughout - a feel-good movie; liked the fact that the various stories binded tog so well with the little surprises here and there, vs NY ILU in which each story was separate)
20Feb10: "赤壁二" w Addy, Karen, Sharon, SJ (should have watched the first one first cos i ended up not knowing who's who and what's happening and had to keep asking :/ and couldn't pay attn.. if not i think it should be a pretty good movie..)
4Mar10: "Alice in Wonderland 3D" w Mf (i found the 3D effects of this @ CCK Shaw SO much better than Avatar @ The Cathay =/ and the movie was much more enjoyable too! - cheered a sad me up :)) favourite quote - the Mad Hatter: “You used to be much muchier before. ... You have lost your muchness.”)
18Mar10: "Nodame Cantabile" w Irene, Mf (i thoroughly enjoyed some of the orchestra pieces - SO impressive! the expressions of the actors were really amusing :D)
23Apr10: "Ice Kacang Puppy Love" w Mom (funny, touching and meaningful - about love between friends and family. i cried 3 tissues! cos some touching parts i could really understand the feelings of the characters involved)
Inception
Letters to God (very simple Christian movie)
22Nov10: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" w Ame, Irene (they loved it. pretty good, i guess the main problem i had was that im not familiar with HP :X)
13Dec10: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" w Sj (not bad, could follow the story unlike HP. like the meaningful teachings, too long - in a post)
2Mar11: "The King's Speech" w Ame (hilarious, inspirational, tho it doesn't impress me that much to understand why it's the Oscar winner)
Mar11: "10 Things I Hate About You" very funny. silly sweet high school romance. just right for having breaks in between doing homework
23May11: "Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides" w Wb Yl Ame Pg (pretty good - scenery, freakish parts, fighting scenes, dressing, humour, bits of Christianity like when the Spanish said "only God gives life")
6Jun11: "Xmen First Class" w Wb Ame Pg (i was very keen on watching it and it was really good! intellectual, makes sense, cool action, some humour)
9Jun11: "Legally Blonde 2" w Irene (seems like some dumb blonde movie but kind of meaningful too - speaking up for yourself and what you stand for)
17Jun11: "Something Borrowed" w Sandy Lisa (quite funny, somewhat meaningful wrt friendships. they didn't like the lack of sense for one part tho)
16Jul11: "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" w Irene, Sweetee, Kw (not bad. i didn't understand some parts again but the humour and effects were pretty good)
Aug11 "Horrible Bosses" w Ma (she fell asleep! gosh. the movie was very crude i must say but there was the humour)
25Oct11: "The Three Musketeers" w H (i would rate it 3.5 for humour/intellectual language and 4 for action. it's by the same producer or director as Sherlock! but a bit less awesome albeit a good chill out movie)
5Nov11: "Real Steel" w Hl (action packed but not too hardcore for me. i liked that there was the father and son element and how the father eventually softened his heart and especially the part when charlie was having trouble telling max sth and max was so understanding saying "Don't worry. Your secret's safe with me." touching and demonstrates true fighting spirit)
12Dec11: "50/50" w L (adopting her words - a heavy topic put across in a lighthearted way, but not taking away d meaning. most of it was rather hollywood-ish trashiness but there were a couple of punch lines "u can't change ur parents, but u can change d way u respond to them.")
25Dec11: "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" w KY (ultimate action packed! super tense almost throughout the movie, and interesting Tom Cruise made it such that not everything happened smoothly - he would jump and misland and get all sorts of injuries..it's really the courage to jump without hesitation even though you are not sure you'll be alive after that. KY loved d movie and said she would watch it again!)
3Jan12: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" w KY (i love mystery (: and the witty sarcastic dialogues. good level of excitement with the action. didn't understand some parts as usual. i like Holmes and Watson they depict such a true pair of buddies ;D)
23Jan12: "You are the Apple of My Eye" w mom (now i understand why guys like this movie so much - the anxiety of chasing after a girl and the acts schoolboys do to get the girl's attention and hopefully affection. the initial fluttering and the subsequent quarrelling)
22Mar12: "The Iron Lady" w KY (really love Thatcher's sharp words. inspiring and thought-provoking, tho i was still left uncertain of what to do with my life, the movie is definitely an encouraging one)
29Mar12: "Barney's Version" w SJ (a funny movie of a screwed up life of a man who had 3 wives, smoked and drank but very heartwarming at the same time, the relationships with the dad and the 3th wife - quotable quotes!)
27Apr12: "The Hunger Games" w Mom
4May12" "Avengers" w MF n PS (funny, action-packed)
7Jul12: "The Amazing Spiderman"
21Jul12: "The Dark Knight Rises" (fantastic depth, loved the twists)
20Aug12: "ParaNorman" w Mom (simple funny animated movie, heartwarming support)
Performances watched (listing started on 25Apr10)
20Jan10: Patrick Marber's Closer by outoftheBLUE, NUS Science w Pam (
13Mar10: The Rain Came Down Like Pearls the Night I Died... The New Musical - Sing & Tell by Mark Chan w Addy & Jy
21Mar10: Quintessence by NUSCO w CHL