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2009-02-15T21:25:00.002+08:00

Figured i had to update sooner or later, sooooo..

UPDATE.

Haha okay that was lame. Actually i just couldn't find the time to blog, you know, amidst all the homework, tests, studying. Lazy to post up photos, but i assure you guys there'll be loads coming in soon. (:

Anyway thanks to all who took effort in making gifts,
And for other reasons and purposes,
thank you lydia
thank you corney
thank you yingxuan
thank you jemimah
thank you kingkong
thank you bei
thank you loads more other people (names i shan't list for certain reasons, but you guys know who you are :D)

And thank you __________. Really, thanks super super alot. :D

P.S: i'll try to blog, but no promises!

2009-01-29T19:54:00.003+08:00

1st DAY OF CNY
Hmm.. where to start, where to start. Seriously couldn't be bothered with what to wear this year, anyway my relatives only see me once a year right? Nevertheless, i'll have you know i wore one of my highest pumps on the first day and i didn't get any blisters! Hahahaha. Okay whatever.

Just super glad no one actually commented that i grew fatter or any other insulting remarks. Why? Because i actually made myself shed 1kg before CNY so i could happily eat to my heart's content and still gain back that same 1kg! SO it's a no-loss-no-gain situation which i am pretty happy about :D

Visited mostly relatives on my dad's side today, as well as other close friends etc.

PHOTOS FROM VISITATION AT UNCLE DERRICK'S.(who is the father of my lovely two god-siblings)
my brother, duh. i forced him to buy that shirt 'cause i thought it was pretty cute. heh.

Personally, i think my brother's quite a good camwhoring partner. That is, when he feels like it or i actually manage to catch a picture of it. (which i often fail to :/)
SHOCKING NEWS: What you're about to see next, my brother came up with that, not me! :D

It's amazing what you can do with oil-blotting paper.
Unfortunately, you can't see it but he was doing this really gay expression with a peanut or sth, thus earning my 'disdainful' reaction. (:
My adorable godbrother AYDEN!
And the huge mosquito bite on his cheek which he went to scratch :/
Cheeky smile :D
Cute picture, don't you think?
It all happened when my dad looked through a hole in his own cracker and AYDEN tried to follow suit. Classic.
Getting excited while watchig some kiddie movie

And of course, the love of my life:
RISSA, my godsister

♥♥♥

AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
From left: my mom, me and my 大姨/oldest aunt (she'll kill me if she sees that i wrote this)
Alot of people say i look more like her than my mom, really?
My family!
Okay it's pretty obvious who's who so no need for introduction.
My mom's side of the family, unfortunately not everyone's inside.

Okay that's all for the first day, i think. (:

2009-01-29T10:02:00.005+08:00

HAPPY SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY,
LYDIA.

Wasn't sure if i was able to post this up on today, so i'll have you know that i did this post yesterday and scheduled it for today. So please thank me when you see me! Haha.

Anyway, i have loads of things to say, but don't know where to start. But the good thing about you being sixteen WAAAYYYYY ahead of me is that i don't ever need to force you to sneak into NC16 movies with me again! :D

Just wanted to say thanks for being such a great friend/confidante, and yes we will still continue to be friends all the way until.. I don't know, forever?! Haha. And yes, we'll still definitely go for our fisrt botox session together, if that ever happens!

Okay i shan't say too much right now, shall leave some heartfelt words for your card! (Oops, did i just mention your present? Maybe not.)

Anyway, photos from the other day when we went out.

Only true friends like you stand the test of time.

2009-01-27T22:12:00.007+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

I'm so not gonna write 'niu' or '牛' or whatever people can actually come up with.
(and i just realised that '牛' is the first chinese word i've written on my blog! EVER. And of course this is the second. Haha.)

As for the adorable 1-year-old baby's picture, you'll find out soon enough who SHE is! :D

Chinese new year this year was well, really really fun. And memorable. And nostalgic. And definitely narcissistic, since 90% of my family is so.. ~~photogenic~~ vain.

Shall post again later, when i sort out my huge load of photos and red packets! (:

BTW, i'm still pissed about the whole cutting-my-hair-by-four-inches-when-it-should-have-been-only-two-inches-instead incident.

2009-01-13T22:39:00.003+08:00

Was chatting with clement and debra on msn, and then clement suddenly reminded me of all the hilarious photos of us last time. So now i've gathered a few rather amusing (memorable?), retarded photos, and show you what silly ideas we used to have.
Sigh, i feel nostalgic already :D

Disclaimer: whatever you are all going to see next, if you actually do spot yourself please don't kill me; everything's just for fun yeah? (:
(i can see all my ex classmates getting worried already. hehheh.)

Then again, there are a certain few which will make you laugh your socks off (if you're wearing any), but for the sake of my face, and more importantly, my friends' faces, i'm sorry i'm not gonna put them up. Of course, i could always describe to you what the picture looks like, but the person/people shall remain anonymous. (:

P.S: I don't care if you see my unglam photos! Just so you know, in case people come and *ahem threaten me with them.

P.P.S: these are just the more memorable ones, not exactly very funny. But the really awful/funny ones i shall ask my friends for permission first, i don't want to get in trouble with them!

me, yijing and grace (when we're sec 1), laughed ourselves crazy over that cute fat thing. And if you're thinking why the photo is so weird, that's 'cause that supposedly 'cute' thing whacked us just as we were gonna take a photo. Evil.

flour fight, anyone? :D

Yes our first ever flour fight, in the field while we were supposed to use the flour for our project! Haha

jaycelyn's 'floury' hair

sigh. no i'm not short, its just that clement's.. well, FREAKING TALL.

AND AND AND THE ULTIMATE...

Enjoy and goodnight! :D

Sorry i can't put the more funny ones up yet! Maybe after graduation or sth, when they all can't kill me! (:

2009-01-12T19:44:00.004+08:00

I was just spending the last hour looking through my old photos, and well, i guess i felt more than just nostalgic.

It's funny how you could be so close to a certain friend, and then the next moment you're just worlds apart. Not talking about anyone in particular, but mainly in general. Shall stop here. I don't really want to digress too much. Just a thought.

Anyway, i know this is like, one week late but anyway yes i'm sure you'll want to see our new sunday school class! (:

this was last year's

And then presenting..
class sec 3&4 2009!

Sorry my photos look bad, i had to rush through them etc.

2009-01-11T23:38:00.005+08:00

Just got back from tmt gathering just now. Guess it was nice to finally meet up with all the team members plus prayer partners, families, etc.

But i guess my purpose of this blog post is to actually thank 3 special friends right now, namely LYDIA, VALERIE and DAESIREE.

Thanks lydia for thursday, for staying up with me while i was waiting for my dad and then we both ended up not having enough sleep etc! Haha, also for all the things we talked about that night. It really felt like a sleepover even though it wasn't. :D

Thanks valerie for yes, that day when we 'gossiped'/spilled many many things out and just well, caught up with each other! See you tmr btw. (:

Thanks daesiree for just now when we were shaking in the cold outdoors talking. You've made me come to realise alot of things and i guess if i never found out then i would just be handling everything wrong. All the best for results tmr, remember to call and tell me! :D

There. I just wanted to say all that for no particular reason at all. Just felt like it i guess.

At uncle patrick's condo. (:

P.S: other blog updated! CLICK here PLEASE.

2009-01-08T22:49:00.002+08:00

Yawn. It's like 11pm now and i think my dad has decided to desert me for tonight. /:
Just ended tuition like, 2hours ago (at 9pm, if you can't do the math) and now i'm blogging from lydia's house! :D

My dad had/is having meeting now, so lydia's mom fetched me to their house first. Goodness knows what time i'll reach home today. Anyway bathed here and now i feel so clean (except for bobby who was super friendly and gave my leg a lick, shall show his photo another day)! It's a good thing my synthesis shirt and *ahem* other-unmentionable-stuffs are here at her house! Seriously, sometimes its just so great to have a best friend who is about the same size as you and can share clothes here and there. (:

Yes we do ~~trade~~ lend/borrow clothes here and there; why? FUN MAH. Haha.

Anyway guess i won't really be blogging in the near future, its only the start of term 1 and i'm drowning in the amount of tests and homework already. We'll see.
P.S: everytime i say i won't be blogging i most probably still end up blogging, so yeah. Patience people! (:

2009-01-08T22:38:00.003+08:00

URGENT!

PLEASE READ THE PREVIOUS POST CAREFULLY!
Repeat, CAREFULLY. Especially the last part okay! SHEESH. If you were my friend or if you know me, i'm sure you should have figured out i'm not THAT kind of *ahem* person.

And i meant that post in a realistic, sacarstic tone! (Can't you all tell by the obvious cliche mimicking?!) Tsk, seriously.

This is the last time i'll ever do such a retarded thing. It's no fun fooling with people with no sense of humour and apparently no IQ/EQ either. HAHA :D

Repeat, i DON'T EMO. As i previously said, i do not emo, i give INSIGHTFUL THOUGHTS. Period. End of story. Byebye.

2009-01-04T20:22:00.007+08:00

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS YOU.

Sigh. It's been days but i seriously still can't get over it okay. I doubt you'll read this, but i guess i still am going to say it.

I want you back, i really really want you back. It really feels so weird to not have you.

Its true i once survived without you, but then when i finally met you, everything changed. I loved the feeling that you gave me; you made me feel so safe, so secure. And when you touched my arm, i knew i wanted you there forever.

I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to make my decision so rashly, but my mom thought it was for the best. I thought things wouldn't turn out so bad, but i guess i was wrong. Yes its true sometimes i get so fustrated with you that i don't know what to do, and yes i admit sometimes i wished you were there. But the moment i listened to my mom and decided to do it her way, i instantly regretted my decision.

Do you realise how empty i was without you? Or how uneasy i felt without you?

I guess i myself didn't realised it too. For my sake, would you please come back?

Sigh. Right now, i guess i can't do much either, except to wait.

I MISS YOU, MY LONG HAIR.
Maybe i should just spend a few hundred and get permanent hair extensions. Maybe.

P.S: Of course i was talking about my hair, what else did you think it was huh?!

2009-01-04T19:42:00.002+08:00

Well. I'm suddenly at a loss for words and i forgot everything that i wanted to type! Okay maybe except this: I'M BACK!!!

Haha realised this is my first post for the new year, but i'm not gonna post up my new year resolutions blah blah blah, 'cause in the first place they're only for me to know right? :D

Anyway i am kinda happy at the moment. 'Cause our sunday school class has expanded! Yay, now the sec 3s have moved up and joined our class; and you know what? It's now SUPER CROWDED in the classroom! Haha but i like it i guess. (:

Class outings now will be so much more fun (i hope) since there's many more people!

Anyway of course, i didn't forget to take photos, i just don't wanna upload right now. BYE.

2008-12-28T23:37:00.006+08:00

Gosh. Enjoyedu.sg is such a lame excuse for a website, especially since its chinese- one of my not-so-favoured subject. Tsk. Anyway, just went to that website to get info on chinese homework (yes i'm doing it! suprise suprise), and for a split second there i forgot my username and password!

Thank God there was information on how to sign in at the side.. guess even the website people (i forgot what they're called) knows that students rarely sign in too.

Suprisingly, after such a hectic holiday i guess i kinda miss studying.. KINDA. Am actually really looking forward to doing chinese homework! Oops can't believe i said that but yeah. AND I AM CURRENTLY READING ONE OF THE CHINESE BOOKS! Please clap for me; i haven't touched a single chinese book that we had to read for the past two years :D

Anyway IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! I have created a new blog to house my tmt photos (and other stuff if i want to), 'cause they we taking up too much space on this blog! So yeah, please follow this link!

www.simplerealisations.blogspot.com

I was at a loss for the blog name, so let's just make do with this one for the time being!

2008-12-25T22:32:00.003+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
(okay maybe not so merry after all)

Not quite in the christmas mood this year, can't figure out why but anyway i still dutifully gave out christmas cards! Anyway felt so bad today in church 'cause i only made a limited amount of cards (i did them all last min and slept at 3am last night), and then this year many people decided to be SO SUPER EXTRA NICE and i recieved loads of presents but had not much to give out. I'm so pissed at myself right now.

Whatever. Am currently drowning in the pile of year-end cards/gifts i'm making for all my loved ones.
P.S: its a tradition i follow every year so DON'T QUESTION IT OR YOU'LL DIE!

Choked on vodka yesterday btw. It burned my throat! I am SOOOO staying away from alcohol for a while.

Oh, and to king kong: 'sorry i came over so straightforward about the dieting thing, but i was just concerned, you know?'
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Please don't cry. :D

Sigh. Right now am currently missing a lot of things/people/etc.

I miss tmt.
I miss sentosa.
I miss lydia.
I miss daesiree.
I miss prineh boyfriend.
I miss my darlings (I refuse to call them my daughters or whatsoever!), you guys know who you are.
I miss choir.
I miss my long nails.
I miss cycling.

And the best present obviously came from you. :D

2008-12-24T23:05:00.002+08:00

Christmas party just ended. Phew. At least the good part was Selene and Clement came. The rest are relatives, friends and such.

Anyway.. I'M GONNA BE A GODSISTER (AGAIN)!
Finally gonna have a godsister tmr! (okay not counting godsister-in-law, haha.)
All along i had four godbrothers, so its really a great relief to finally get a little sister! She's such a wonderful cute bundle, find out soon who she is! :D

2008-12-24T18:12:00.009+08:00

Was supposed to go sentosa with the rest today, but it rained so.. plans got cancelled. Oh well. And ching was so cute when she smsed me yesterday! HAHA.

Blogging was the last thing i opted to do, but i was lazy to help put up the christmas tree for the party; seems like the 'christmas feel' didn't get to me this year. And posting about TMT is such a bore, so i did this just now for my new destop background.

~~Uploaded on photobucket so you guys can have a bigger and clearer look of it.~~
Photobucket screwed up, so i used blogger instead. click to enlarger and see if you can spot yourself! :D

Its amazing how photoshop can make your photos look so much clearer. Didn't really edit much though, i can't really be bothered :D

P.S: if you see a lot of empty spaces, its actually for my destop icons (DUH).

By the way, a lot of people still don't believe that the icon on the right ('simply charis') is really written by me. Fine. I shall now be very nice and show you what i did.

Here's the original:

And here's the edited one:

How i did it (don't think too hard 'cause its freaking easy):
Mainly i just wrote 'simply charis' on a blank sheet of paper, take a photo and upload into the coputer. Then, i just
1. crop the image
2. adjust the lighting on the picture
3. darken the words
4. set the focus on the words (thats how i got the 'glowing' border around the words)
5. put in the border

See? And to think you thought otherwise. *shakes head exasperatedly.

2008-12-22T14:54:00.000+08:00

Okay shall blog today since i finally got my butt to stay at home. Why? Because i have endless amounts of homework to finish. GAH. I mean seriously, 300++ amath ten-year series questions?! I better get an A1 for amath next year. Anyway, shall hurry post and hurry do my math.

TODAY :
1. Pre-Christmas celebration
2. Outing with Lydia
3. December Outreach: Ribbons&Boxes

1. Pre-Christmas celebration

Haha okay we didn't screw up the skit as badly as we thought. Anyway walked about taking pictures after sunday school so here they are!

attempt at a class photo, but selene isn't inside yet!

YAY SUCCESS.
Lazy to do major editing, i didn't even bother to use photoshop okay! haha.

Daesiree's christmas card to kingkong.
So apt, don't you think? :D

Snacking in the privacy of our classroom.

that fatass finally agreed to a photo..
nearly died trying to chase him down.

Me and Yup acting 'bimbotic', but the camera got blurred :/
P.S: i'm wearing heels and he's bending down, and finally we're about the same height! this is majorly unfair.

Sigh.
What more can i say? A pig will always be a pig.
(Btw, that was her second serving!)

The apple pie was good!

2. Outing with Lydia

Went to Orchard 'cause i wanted to buy new heels/pumps, but then we decided to watch a movie. Nearly succeeded in persuading Lydia to watch Nick&Norah's Infinite Playlist, but that girl didn't want to try faking our way in.. Oh well. Haha, shall ask someone else then :D

Anyway Lydia brought me to the newly opened Fish&Co. at Heeren. Super pretty ambience!

hehheh got bored while waiting for food.

And we ended up spending more money than we actually decided to just on lunch alone. Sigh, why does that always happed to us? Haha but i guess it was pretty worth the money. (:

their fish&chips is surprisingly good!

Took a photo of Lydia when she wasn't looking, and she saw it so i edited it for her. Just some minor edits to lighting and the graphics, lazy to use complicated stuff. (:

In the end we watched Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging. Verdict? It's BAD :/
Okay fine, it wasn't that horrible but the lead actress was so short, not very thin and not pretty! Haha, and there were weird bits here and there in the show. Ending was sweet and touching though. I think reading the book would be better.

random photo taken in wisma's toilet :D

Was nearly late for the outreach in the evening, but made it just in time. Haha, i thought the food was good and programme was really interesting. Of course, we took more photos.

Me and Edward the comical
haha he's super sacarstic (in a good fun sorta way)
If you still can't figure out what i'm pointing at, read his shirt!

Edward's *ahem* himbotic shirt.
Like, totally!
haha oops i hope he doesn't kill me.

Lecherous much? :D

'creative genius' aka Alvin.
Tsk. Can't believe i'm related to him.

Typical conversation between me and kingkong:

KingKong(upon hearing me and lydia were going shopping) : tsk. two bimbos going out. *shakes head disapprovingly

Me(glares at kk, starts to insult him) : hey, better than two FATASSES going out right?!

KingKong(retaliates) : huh?! where got two fatasses huh?! huh?!

Me: there! (*points at kk) aren't you two what?!

KingKong, unable to retaliated further, remains silent.

P.S: okay, now i'm 100% sure kingkong's gonna kill me.
:D

2008-12-18T22:38:00.000+08:00

Found this really old but still a timeless classic song, and it's sung by my one of my favourite artist! Haha. It's very different from the songs she usually sings but i think it is nicely done up and equally refreshing as the original. ENJOY! (or die!)

2008-12-18T22:16:00.000+08:00

TOPSHOP has made me a very happy girl today.

After months of persistent trips to TOPSHOP outlets and coming out feeling dissappointed, i finally took a chance and went in today. And i actually came out with two new tops. Goodbye to the days where TOPSHOP clothes were boring, uninteresting and overpriced. Okay, actually, i don't quite mind the 'overpriced' bit (my motto is to just grab whatever's nice regardless of cost. hehheh.). But, my point is, TOPSHOP was really really dissappointing then. Yay to the new range of overpriced nice lovely clothes. HAHA. TOPSHOP has now once again regained it's position under the column of 'I Like' on the side of my blog.

Haha okay i think i just wasted all of you people's time. But i just needed to say all that somehow right? :D

P.S: if it isn't obvious enough, my colour of the moment right now is TEAL, and yes i was flaunting it as shown above. (:

P.P.S: no, teal isn't midnight blue.

P.P.P.S: sorry i just wasted all of your time, i knew you guys are waiting for my thailand post. Three words: lazy upload photos!

2008-12-18T00:00:00.000+08:00

Did some minor changes to my blogskin. Not very obvious, but spot them if you can! haha anyway feeling very satisfied now, after catching up on all my shows/news/tv-ing time just now. (:

Shall most probably blog tmr, but got piano and then rehearsal. Hope i'll get time tmr to buy new pumps/heels! :D

GOODNIGHT. GO SLEEP. THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SEE.

2008-12-17T11:47:00.000+08:00

I'M FINALLY BACK! so much to say right now, so much to think about too. will post soon on the trip once i gather my thoughts and garner my emotions back again. right now, i just want to sit in front of my tv and catch up on all the stuff i've missed. haha.

Shall post my whole thailand trip in different parts 'cuase i got too many photos! (actually, close to a thousand photos, hehheh) shall write it in a journal style if i can, must practise my deteriorating english! :D

Oh, and yesterday at DUTYFREE before coming out to the departure hall to meet my 'adoring fans', daddy bought me a new perfume! Still can't believe he actually just bought it for me; he's always disapproving of the amount of money i spent on perfume. haha.

Anyway it's from victoria's secrets and has this super super sweet girly smell! honestly i think it's better that VERA WANG's princess (sorry lydia!). never actually pictureed myself a victoria's secret girl;

Even though :
1. I receive frequent email updates on their latest stocks and stuff
2. I spend quite a bit of time admiring the victoria's secret fashion show
3. I nearly went on impulse and bought a victoria's secret bikini online

Yep. Other than these few reasons, i'm not a victoria's secret girl. HAHA. :D

And, here's pictures of the said perfume:

It has a blend of mandarin, cherry blossom and vanilla!
The box is EXTREMELY PRETTY! so glittery and all. ♥

Meanwhile, the day before i left for thailand, went out with EUGENIA! (:
Saw some really pretty watches and we bought one each!

My self is back in Singapore,
but my heart is still lost someplace else in Thailand.

2008-12-07T23:47:00.000+08:00

Since i know you guys will be bored without me (or my photos), i shall post everything in advance, or at least, try too. (:

PHOTOS from random events and from WAAAYYYYYY BACK. No captions. just use your brains and figure out what's what and what's not. :D

CLEAN&GREEN FASHION SHOW'08

WEEK BEFORE LYDIA WENT EUROPE

LAST WEEK I THINK

I FORGOT WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN

TODAY

mordern day version of david and goliath (godbrother ayden and my brother justin)

ayden was exceptionally adorable today.

That's it. It's 1am now, and i still haven't packed my tmt stuff! got to pack my room too! tmr daesiree's coming to overnight :D

Shopping with eugenia tmr! don't be late again okay! HAHA.

2008-12-07T23:30:00.000+08:00

Okay this post is specially for my friends and those who love/miss me so read on if you're one of those who fall in the category :D

WILL BE LEAVING FOR THAILAND (CHIANGMAI) FROM 9th TO 16th DEC.
DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT call/text/mms/email/whatever me for the following dates above.

And for those who are willing to get your ~~asses~~ lazy selves out of bed, here are the details for my departure:

TERMINAL 2
7.15am sharp
belt: not sure yet, give me a call

yeah that's about it. Anyway..
I LOVE AU HIU SHENG! ♥♥♥
haha the dear girl of mine just got back from hk not too long ago, and she got me all 3 cds that i wanted! love you girl, shall get you a HUGE HUGE present from thailand (if i can bring it back!) and i won't forget your birthday present too! ♥

AND to valerie:
shall get you a BIG BIG present too dear! haha have fun in phuket, too bad we won't run into each other! :D

YEEYING: yeah yeah i will get you bangles lah! (:

2008-12-07T23:02:00.000+08:00

BUSY BUSY BUSY.

Ahhhh i just came online, and then next i was greeted by two fellow tmt members on msn.
"have you started packing?" or "finished packing yet?" seems to be the language that's really popular these days. goodness. and to think i came here to slack and push away responsible thoughts of packing. AHHHH.

Packing packing. i think i shall forgot about sleeping tonight.
Still have to:
1. pack my huge huge bagpack
2. do/ finish up storybook for children's ministry
3. devotion
4. blogging
5. some other time killer

Be back later. have to entertain bored tmt members online. HAH.

P.S: i dug out my last year's cargo/three-quarters/berms and guess what? i can still wear them without any hassle! that means i didn't expand horizontally! YAY. sorry for rubbing this in your faces, too tempting to resist. hehheh. (:

2008-12-05T17:47:00.000+08:00

As promised, KUNMEI! i'm blogging about you now! HAHA. That girl 'complained' that i never reply her tags so she won't tag, and so i said i would reply her tags BIG BIG and OPENLY in a post, and i'll throw in a complimentary unglam photo. and then she pinched me. tsk i can't never understand child geniuses.

Anyway here you are KUNMEI! enjoy and don't forget to thank me! :D

Your tag:
5 Dec 08, 02:57 PMKUNMEI: ermm hope you can come on tues :O hahah ;D
5 Dec 08, 02:57 PMKUNMEI: HELLO CHARIS

My reply:
haha as i said, if i come on tuesday, then you'll all be REALLY pretty on thursday! *wink. But be prepared that i don't come okay, prepare ALOT ALOT of tissues for yours/the rest's tears. :D haha or you could always come to the airposrt to see me off. (:

AND AND AND...

the said unglam picture...

TADAH.

Me and my darling junior kunmei.

if i catch anyone bullying her or disturbing her smart lil mind, you get it from me okay?

i sure kill you one.

(ohgosh singlish much? :D)

Not so unglam afterall huh? i'm being really nice to you okay KUNMEI! i bet i look more unglam than you in the photo. HAHA.

Anyway see you tmr girl, don't kill me please.

2008-12-05T15:23:00.000+08:00

Discovered this really nice sweet song the other day when LYDIA was at my place. lyrics are pretty meaningful, take a look if you have the time. (:

P.S: it's called LIGHTHOUSE by HOPE btw, in case you still don't know.

I wanna sing
While the ocean sleeps
I wanna feel
What it's like to be free
I wanna see
What you see in me
I wanna to know how it feels to believe

I feel lost somehow I'm drifting away
Was almost gone, you brought me to life again

So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find the way out
Of here

I see the tide is coming
Don't let it take you away from me
there's no way I'm jumping over
I know it's your love that saved me

Cause I was lost
Somehow I'm drifting away
Was almost gone
You brought me to life again

So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find the way out of here

I can see the light
From a far away out
But it's slowly drifting away from me

Cause I was lost
Somehow I drifted away
Was almost gone
You brought me to life again

So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find the way out of here
Let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find the way out of here

A wave of emotion hit me as i saw that picture.

Something i never will and don't want to comprehend.

2008-12-04T22:06:00.000+08:00

I have sth to annouce:

HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY EUGENIA!

I don't care if you kill me after seeing this. HAHAHA.
Sorry i wasn't able to edit amd make it nicer! No time lah.

hahaha you're finally 14! take so long.. tsk tsk. :D anyway hope you had a great day (even without me) and i haven't got your birthday present so WAIT a LITTLE WHILE okay? but i promise you it'll be AMAZING. anyway just want to let you know you're a real special friend, and always be that cute cheerful darling girl that you are to me yeah? ♥♥♥

P.S: since you now officially 14 going onto 15, you better stop slacking during choir and sing sing sing okay! blast away the audience during the orld choral fest thingy while i'm not around. :D

2008-12-02T22:35:00.000+08:00

Went out with LYDIA today! she was late (AGAIN) as usual. why don't more people have the puntuality disease like i do?! haha kidding. anyway we went SENTOSA (as if it wasn't obvious enough)!

construction work being done on the way to sentosa, its the building of the IR/casino. BOO hope it NEVER completes.

I'M FINALLY HOME! ♥♥♥

my artistic photo of the day *reminiscing*

photo with a random ugly thingy

tsk. so ugly :D

how much is the thingy in the window?

goodness. pardon the retardedness thanks.

awkward lets-hurry-and-pose-dont-get-caught-sitting-in-the-sand-bar pose. (:

picture of the vacant/not yet open sand bar

i forgot where this was taken

new chalet/restaurant/bar/i dont know (in the making)!

my neccessities ♥

Didn't really stay long on the beach; when this weirdo construction guy started settling RIGHT NEXT TO US, we figured that was our cue to scram. So we headed to NEW ZEALANDS ICE CREAM for our ever so traditional ice cream! only, we broke the tradition and had drinks instead. (:

my drink

the 'real fact' thingy found on the botle cap. COOL. :D

other scenery while waiting for the monorail

We decided to eat at COFFEE BEAN for lunch since we were planning on finding a nice place to study and finish our amath homework. SERIOUSLY BIG MISTAKE. there are SOOO many weirdos there! no wonder everyone goes to STARBUCKS. but i think COFFEE BEAN's drinks are nicer. (:

photo of LYDIA trying to figure out how to use my phone. HAHA.

was playing around wih my camera feature and i did this! :D

2008-12-01T18:41:00.000+08:00

SIGH. had so wanted this week to be my so-called 'rest week', but by last saturday, my whole week was BOOKED.

Take a look:

- not available anymore-

decided i didn't want to put all that up, made me feel uneasy hahaha. TOO BAD :D

busy busy week ahead again.
P.S ~~i don't want to shop anymore.~~ i want to shop MUCH MUCH MORE.

P.P.S i am not taking any more makeup jobs for the next two weeks. sorry.

2008-12-01T18:13:00.000+08:00

Just got back home and its like, raining?! darn. I so had my heart set on cycling. /:

Anyway had choir today in the morning, then later went to meet DAESIREE to finish up buying all the tmt stuff and such. And guess what? SHE.WAS.LATE. haha i'm just writing this to make her feel guilty. (:

So instead of standing against the wall and 'acting cool' and wait for her (like many people would do), i decided to go window shopping by myself! and went to TIMES where i got engrossed in some fashion and glamour magazines. up 'til today i still admire how fashion is so highly-respected by mostly caucasians; seriously the contents of some magazines (e.g vogue, glamour) are really too in-depth to digest.

Finally met up with DAESIREE and we went shopping for tmt stuff, blah blah blah. then in a hasty decision we ended up watching WILD CHILD! Ohmygosh i thought it was actually really nice, not really a typical bimbotic plot (as we had expected) though it does of course, have a typical ending.

And sth seriously funny happened to DAESIREE, or more likely, she did sth really funny. but that's a whole other story and its more for us to know only. (:

2008-11-30T23:05:00.002+08:00

Today after church went out with DAESIREE, BENNY and TIMOTHY to get tmt stuff and such. DAESIREE wore a fedora (or so she calls it, haha) and it was so cute! JOSHUA wore the one that LYDIA got him from europe and snap; photo taken.
UNFORTUNATELY.. daesiree the evil one hasn't bothered to send them to me! haha.

So just make do with mine:

My mom insisted on a photo with 'celebrity' DAESIREE when we were walking out the church! HAHAHA.

the three of them made me do this. HONEST! :D

While waiting for bus (we didn't take BENNY's car in the end), DAESIREE and BENNY were like discussing about the charis's bimbo cycle or sth like that. sheesh another attempt to suan me. but it was kind of interesting, like BENNY was saying at one moment i would be acting normal, then i'll start ranting on into the bimbo mode or sth, then back to normal mode again. and the cycle repeats. i REALLY didn't know i was like that! Am I?

Haha okay fine i'm just digressing. (:

daesiree taking a photo of me taking a photo of her. decipher this and you're smart. (: oh course, i *ahem have YET to recieve the photo of her taking me taking her. :D

aiya don't know what the girl is doing lah. candid shot.

hehheh we kinda forced the guys into taking this. can you believe the age gap between us? hardly noticable to me. they still behave like 'little' kids! (:

Oh, and i FINALLY got to eat my beloved pasta which i was craving for almost a week!

Anyway on a super super random note, you know the song 'check yes juliet'? yeah i used to think it was 'jackass juliet' and kept thinking why would someone sing such a stupid song.. until i found out recently the real name. OOPS.

2008-11-30T20:27:00.000+08:00

recap of my messy week:

MONDAY 24th NOV

Woke up for choir, though not due to the irritatating alarm i had set; was actually woken up by a sms from VANESSA saying she wanted to come my house that afternoon to try out makeup for her prom. WOW. haha so i 'tidied' my room a little (actually i didn't :D) and then in the end, VANESSA, ALVINA, JOLIN, YEEYING, RACHEL came over to my house and we all stared playing around with the makeup.. AGAIN. (:

Alvina was like astonished with the amount of makeup i had(p.s i don't bring all my makeup out at one shot, ever) and she said this which made me laugh and laugh:

"if i was a thief, the first thing i would steal is your makeup lah."

Haha i think she's super cute(because i know she'll never be a thief). Anyway 'perfected' VANESSA's prom look for her, and sorry no pictures but i think JOLIN should have so bug her for them, not me. (:

P.S i'm so sorry eugenia i didn't know you didn't go away afterall. /:

TUESDAY 25th NOV

Had tuition in the morning with LYDIA, then after that headed to Plaza Sing. finally managed to force LYDIA to watch a movie (i didn't have energy to shop anymore!), and we caught BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA! i thought it was actually pretty nice; straightforward, retarded and brainless. haha, i just finished amath tuition then, excuse me. you can't possible expect me to continue using my brain.

No photos 'cause i feel the photos are a little screwed so i'm not gonna show you! :D

WEDNESDAY 26th NOV

Woke up really early and headed to church to help out with the packing of clothes for tmt. started with sorting out the males, females, kids and unwearables. then, the whole room underwent an earthquake- it was SOOOO MESSY!

P.S: in case you're wondering, the hulk in green is really daesiree. :D

oh, and guess what? someone actually donated a pair of JEANS panties! HAHAHA

And of course, daesiree HAD to try them on! HAH.

Later, we got kinda bored halfway and then we started trying on random clothes and such. here's my dad helping daesiree into a pair of overalls/jumper. yeah i know its looks wrong.

almost there...
almost there...
TADAH.

And daesiree never feels to pose for her signature act-cute picture. (:

After finishing up everything, went off to orchard to meet ALVINA, since she was helping out with prom and i was going to do makeup for her and some seniors. and i tell you, that girl is seriously dumb (haha) okay, she said she kind of knew how to get to orchard hotel when she smsed me but in the end, she also don't know. haha so we spent about 10 mins staring at the directions board trying to locate the stupid orchard hotel which looked very far away on the board.

Finally made it to the hotel quite easily (all we had to do was keep walking straight :D) and met up with CHERYL and VANESSA first, but had to wait a ~~little while~~ 1 hour more 'cause the person who was supposed to check us into the room hadn't reached. GAH i swear i seriously panicked over the little amount of time that i had left to do makeup.

But the hotel room was FREAKING NICE and PRETTY!

P.S i discovered these few unknown photos in my camera, but its OBVIOUS who took them right?

CHERYL's gonna kill me when she sees this. but its not like i took the picture! :D

Me doing CHERYL's makeup. I'm sorry i look so unglam but who said i had to look glamorous right? :D

Some candid shot VANESSA took.

AND I'M STILL WAITING FOR MORE PHOTOS FROM ALVINA, CHERYL AND VANESSA! *ahem ahem*

THURSDAY 27th NOV

Had tuition again today 'cause apparently i didn't finish the homework on tuesday and had to come in again. TSK.

After that me and LYDIA went to meet GABRIEL to go watch MADAGASCAR 2. Btw, i hadn't meet GABRIEL in many many years, he was my primary school classmate and its through LYDIA that we actually mangaed to keep in contact. AHH its too complicated for you to process. haha.

Anyway me and LYDIA got so bored on the way there and we started to video call each other while sitting side-by-side. seriously retarded but video call is SOOO cool! (:

(ahahah now you know what my new phone looks like! btw, its the pink one, if it's still not obvious enough!)

P.S: no photos too, all really screwed. (according to me) anyway, the movie was pretty good too!

LYDIA came over to my house later for dinner and i actually fell asleep while we were discussing some skit for some christmas church thingy. I AM THAT TIRED.

FRIDAY 28th NOV

had choir, then rushed back to my house with EUGENIA. packed up all my stuff, then rushed out again to meet VALERIE. the rest ahd already set off for VJC so the three of us caught a cab there. and we were earlier than the rest!

Doing makeup for all three cca groups was seriously mind-draining, i bet i did for make than 50++ people! don't really want to go into details, basically everything was a blur and that's where i decided i had reached my limit.

On another note, VALERIE later came up to me and told me: "now i know how you felt when you did makeup for us"

Haha i'm glad at least she realises that its not that easy! (: many people don't realise how tiring it actually is- running around, bending at weird angles to get certain effects, straining your hand to stabilised its posture, etc. Try it someday, i guarantee you won't find it as easy as you think it is, especially when you're working long hours.

NO photos. i was already rushing, you still think i've got time?!

2008-11-27T23:30:00.000+08:00

Sorry guys really busy these days, will blog soon when i have time. maybe i'll just blog once a week. sigh.

It's the second week only and so far all that's happening with me right now is only:
1. choir practices
2. tution (duh yes of course i study, i have 'Os in less than a year)
3. makeup jobs
4. shopping
5. church

AND... THATS IT.
You must be thinking "ohmygoodness this girl is so shallow", and you know what?
It's true.
There's no more meaning in the things i do already. Sadly.
Photos? Nah forget it.

Btw, i heard that the CHIANGMAI airport had just been closed down, meaning there is a chance i won't be going thailand afterall. Christians out there, please pray for me, as well as the rest of the team and for the situation there in thailand.

I really really want to go for this and it means a lot to me.

I miss the fun spent there.
I miss the experience.
I miss the gratefulness i feel for the things i possess here.
I miss the strong bonds formed between the team.
I miss the scenery.
I miss the carefree feeling felt there.
I miss the mountain air.
I miss the villagers.
I miss the kids.
I miss the look of grattitude in those people's eyes.
I miss putting down everything for God's purpose.

And lastly, I miss being close to God because i backslided and neglected him.

Pray pray pray for me. Thanks.

2008-11-26T23:48:00.000+08:00

Its been days and i'm still thinking. How come it affects me so greatly i don't know. I can still hear Siew Chien Hui Li's voice still ringing in my head, "treasure your parents before its too late." Her short sharing last Saturday really strucked me. i know sometimes i take advantage of my parents, and often i take them for granted. Shouting at them, screaming at them, sometimes i can be so out of hand.

Do i really want to wait until they're sick and can't move then i'll realise how much i need them? Or when the time comes for them to move on then i'll start to treasure them? Just thinking about this makes me feel so guilty, so remorseful, so afraid. I don't want to end up realising my mistakes at the last moment.

Leading worship on sunday too was even more meaningful then i had expected it to be. As much having a horrible shock when Lydia was sharing her experience and such, her words actually affected me too, much more than i expected it would. But then again, i didn't expect such a reaction from Lydia.

Seeing Lydia starting to waver made tears spring to my eyes too, only i didn't quite understand why. All i could do was put my hands around Lydia and comfort her, plastering a weak smile on my face. I realised then how fortunate i was, when the topic of concentration camp and treasuring what you have came about. And the song we sang next,

From the highest of heights to the depts of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom

while singing this song i was so touched i started to hear my voice crack through the speakers and i realised, i takes so many things for granted. maybe because sometimes things come so easily to me that i have forgotten the value of every gift that God has given me. learning from this mistake was hard.

So my message for everyone today is:
Don't take for granted the things you own and possess, 'cause one day, they'll be taken away from you and by regretting then, it could be too late. Treasure everything you have, be it big or small.

2008-11-24T23:54:00.000+08:00

Fine. i'm back. ya'll happy now?! haah just kidding. anway sorry to my blog for abandoning you, i just had the busiest (one to two) weeks of the holiday! okayy actually only about two weeks has passed but whatever. :D

Here's just a lil' update of things that happened.

MONDAY 17th NOV: CHOIR FAREWELL

Bidding farewell to choir sec 4 seniors today! ): the dinner was held at this really nice unassuming restaurant at HarbourFront.

BUT... earlier that day,while i was still in my not-so-glam oversized shirt and fbts and doing the finishing touches to my farewell gifts (yes sorry i was THAT slow), i received an sms from CORNELIUS which said:
"Are you coming?"

Since it was only 6 and the meeting time was 6.45 in school (or so i assumed), i wrote back:
"i thought the meeting time was 6.45?"

After sending the msg and thinking back, i decided to play safe and check the sms containing the details and guess what? the meeting time was actually 5.45! Of course, next i received Cornelius' urgent (how not suprising haha) msg:
"NO! 5.45!"

Instead of freaking out (which i actually was inside), i decided to act calm and cool, replying Cornelius with this msg:
"Okay nvm. send me address of place i'm make my own way there."

AND next i changed into my dress with mega speed, touch up here andthere, and i was out of the house! (followed by my panicked parents)

AND my dad fetched me there, and i was only late by 10 mins! *cue audience applause*

AND now i shall stop beign so lame and hand the time over to the photos to do the talking. (:
P.S: didn't have much time to take photos so just a selected few.

Receptionists: Me and Ada!

WEDNESDAY 19th NOV:

Anqi, Manjing, Jolin & Valerie came over today! Anqi was used as my model to teach the
other three the basics of makeup aka SUPER SUPER CRASH COURSE! photos with jolin, go her blog see lah. :D played around with a lot of makeup later on and saw Anqi and Jolin go SUPER HIGH, with Anqi pretending to be a rockstar and Jolin ransacking my wardrobe to finally try on my cheerleading outfit complete with pom-poms! HAHA.

-forgot what i did on the other days of the week. SORRY! -

TODAY 24th NOV

shall elaborate tmr! its 1am.. :/

2008-11-18T17:04:00.000+08:00

Today is UNOFFICIAL ~~SPRING~~ CLEANING DAY!

Which of course, i'm not really ALL THAT excited about but, mummy has been pressing, and i really mean PRESSING me to clean up that pigsty of a room that i own. Apparently she does not share the same sentiments that a pig(namely me) stays in a pigsty so now i have to clear up and make my room neat again. ARGH.

Oh well, anyway the girls are coming over tmr! So might as well clean up and leave a*ahem nice nice impression. (:

PHOTOS FROM FAREWELL will be up later! (i hope)

2008-11-17T16:45:00.000+08:00

MY.HOLIDAYS.HAVE.OFFICIALLY.STARTED.

Things to look forward to (not in order):
1. SENTOSA! (DUH) :D
2. choir practices
3. piano lessons
4. guitar lessons
5. Harmony Concert by AHS
6. Thailand Mission Trip
7. math tuition
8. chinese tuition
9. chem tuition (by benny!)

Things to do (not in order):
1. feeble attempt to study
2. part-time makeup jobs
3. go THAILAND!
4. tourist-ing :D

That's all i can actually think of at the moment.
Anyway, have farewell later on, shall blog tmr or sth!

2008-11-13T23:16:00.000+08:00

Mummy has been so nice recently, because:
1. On tuesday, she offered, repeat, OFFERED to bring me to see doctor (on wed) and get an mc so i don't have to go to school.
2. I was issued a two days mc and she really allowed me to not go for two days!
3. She said she knew i would most probably not listen and sleep in school, because my heart wasn't there anyway, might as well sleep at home. :D

WOW. Anyway, went out with Eugenia today to buy stuff/clothes for farewell at orchard! I was looking for a new dress and heels, but i came home with a new bag and shorts. haha. went to ARAB STREET after that, and we bought loads of charms and diamonds! rushed back for my piano (which is super near eugenia's place), then met her AGAIN after that to go to my house! haha, we spend most of the night to make charm bracelets(we fixed the charms, hook, chain ourselves okay!), and we finally finished 4 each! super fun, i am SOOO going to do that again.

P.S sorry no photos of the charm bracelets yet, but here's a few shots of us walking to PASIR RIS MRT from eugenia's house. (:

doesn't eugenia look cute? :D

Finally for once, i know i made the right decision.

2008-11-13T22:52:00.000+08:00

Corney wants me to spread the word about the 2E (or is it 1J?) outing, so i'll just announce it here since i'm too lazy to figure out those he hasn't msged. (:

Please go to Corney's blog and do the poll that he has NICELY and PAINSTAKINGLY put up for you guys. and in case you don't know his blog, its
http://www.corneliuskoshy.blogspot.com/

Anyway.. my dear friend LYDIA is now all the way in europe! I MISS YOU ALREADY! especially during tuition, 'cause you know BFF will never take your place! HAHAHA.
Girl you better bring european wine back okay! (don't care what you teacher say, you are legal! :D)

2008-11-07T21:13:00.000+08:00

HARMONY CONCERT 2008 by AHS

Wow i never thought i would ever be posting on that since:
1. I'm not from dance/harmonica orchestra/guitar emsemble
2. I'm not quite sure what it is about
3. I honestly didn't really plan on going (hehheh sorry)

BUT...
Mrs hudd smsed me today, asking me to help out with makeup AND to call others who are interested to help too. SOOOO obviously, contact me if you're interested to help out with makeup/hair and such.

Details to take note of :
1. concert is on the 28th of november (its on a friday night)
2. you have to be free the whole day
3. i don't know how many people is need to help out, so its a first-come-first-serve basis
4. you don't have to have any experience with makeup, there'll be a crash course

That's about all, so contact me asap by monday (leave a msg on the tagboard, i'm not leaving my number/email). please let me know if i have missed out any details whatsoever.

P.S: Jolin Chen (jojo), you have a SPECIAL request from mrs hudd to help out too okay! haha :D

Anyway, about the clean&green fashion show thingy? yeah, WE.ARE.THE.CHAMPION. shall further elaborate that another time. meanwhile you can check out other people's blogs about it! (:

2008-10-30T14:32:00.000+08:00

Hahaha i just heard the most HILARIOUS thing ever yesterday and today.
Someone(seriously i really forgot who) told me that Corney said that i was having some sort of BLOG WAR (yeah right, like i'm THAT immature, let alone FREE ENOUGH to go start one) with another person. and that people are spamming my blog and stuff like that.

My reaction?
ME: HUH?! but if i'm having a blog war with someone, shouldn't i know about it?!

Sheesh. honestly, the power of gossip is so great that even such retarded things can happen. Anyway saw Corney today so i decided to sort of clear this up with him. All i got from him was the i-have-no-idea-what-you-are-talking-about look and that he only said he thought i was fighting with someone 'cause i wrote something like "i didn't want to go to school today because of you" . Tsk. Seriously, that was SOOO lame. and guess what, being the not-so-smart (i'm not stupid) me, i went to carefully check my tagboard for any spam messages. WASTE MY SUPER PRECIOUS TIME.

Sigh. Moral of the story?
Cornelius Koshy should stop reading my blog and misunderstanding the contents of it.
(Corney, please don't scold/lecture me for this post. :D)

Oh, and if i ever remember (hopefully i will) the super genius who told me the news about the blog war thing, yeah i'm coming after you! I can't believe i forgot who it was even though it only happened yesterday. SIGH. signs of ageing i guess.

2008-10-27T21:43:00.000+08:00

I am not ready to go back to school.
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I am not ready to go back to school.

ARGH.

2008-10-27T21:38:00.001+08:00

Simply numbed/irritated/annoyed to the core.
Sometimes you think you affect me GREATLY, but you know what?
You are SO WRONG.
I can't be bothered with you
I don't wish to talk to you
I don't want to see you

I DON'T CARE ANYMORE.

Oh yeah it is SOOOO over.
Wake up will you?
Oh, and while you're at it, grow up a little please?

2008-10-26T22:24:00.001+08:00

I told myself that i'll sleep early today, but here am i (AGAIN) blogging. sigh, i shouldn't have taken a nap in the afternoon!

Anyway these pictures were taken during the EOYS period, and i went to study with EVAN, PRINEH, LYNN and KAREN! yes i know these photos are like from a super long time back!

AT CHANGI AIRPORT! (p.s i know we don't look like we studied, but we did!)

we are like, so emo?! HAH.

from left: karen, prineh and me

lynn is super hardworking!

EVAN is happy to be at popeyes 'cause i bought her lunch as part of her birthday present!

my love note to prineh! ♥ (which i think she threw away D:)

we're all imitating prineh, btw. :D

stupid prineh refused to smile and sit with us at the top!

i just realised sth about this photo.. EVAN! you're hugging MY BOYFRIEND! HANDS OFF!

*shakes head, look at prineh (black jacket)

*shakes head again at prineh

this must be one of the silliest things i ever saw.. a statue of a SAGA SEED?!

see those 4 orange/beige dots at the top? that's us. (:

Olay that's it. i'm officially off to bed. GOODNIGHT to those who are still reading! better go and sleep if not you'll have ugly eyebags and dark circles like me. ):

2008-10-26T17:00:00.001+08:00

The long awaited PHOTOS from sentosa outing with SELENE&CHING! ♥

took this photo on the way to VIVO to meet selene. not bad right? RIGHT?! :D

met selene first then head on to SENTOSA!

picture i took on the monorail.

After roasting for about 3 hours, it was getting cloudy so me and selene moved to the EMERALD PAVILLION shelter when we coincidentally met ching! then it started pouring really heavily, so we sat there and ate our subway lunch. (:

my second artistic shot of the plants and the rain (if you can see it)

Went sightseeing around sentosa after playing a while more when the rain stopped! :D

climbed this wall thingy to get to the IMBIAH station place or sth.

the nice view from up there!

SELENE!

ME!

CHING!

this photo wasn't easy to take okay! i had to set the camera on timer, then climbed up the wall/fence/whatever like some sort of monkey while the other two just waited happily up there! haha.

selene likes this photo so i'm putting it up. :D

a guy working at sentosa helped us take this photo, how nice. haha. but i still like my timer okay, more fun and exciting!

When we reached the top, it was seriously freaking NICE!

WELCOME TO SENTOSA!

another shot at the beautiful scenery

selene and a the sprout of water above her head.

SIGH BAD MEMORIES *shudder

haha ask me and i'll tell you, lazy to write.

(ching and selene should know! :D)

i honestly have no idea what we were trying to do. :D

nope we didn't get wet!

yeah i know. what an ugly statue of a mouse.

see those 3 small things at the bottom? well, that's us! (:

this photo is so contradicting 'cause the smallest(shortest) is at the top! hehheh sorry CHING! :D

Walked about VIVO for a while, then got tired and thirsty so we went to slack and get a drink!

i forgot what's the cafe called but the name's on the cup so read it yourself. (:

overexhausted

ching's still happy though!

random shot we took when we were walking about

DINNER TIME!

Later went up to the open area on top of VIVO to slack and talk and chill.

i like this shot 'cause its super random! (no one planned anything!)

And to end off, this very last photo we took before we all parted:

Up on my pillow, safe in bed
A thousand pictures fill my head
I cannot sleep, my mind's aflight
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
- SLEEP

2008-10-25T15:20:00.000+08:00

BEAUTIFUL; SERIOUSLY, SIMPLY BEAUTIFUL.

Went for choir today in the morning feeling forced and slightly irritated 'cause i didn't get enough sleep yesterday. actually was quite annoyed at the start of practice with all the talking and the fact that we kind of pissed mr toh off because of our not-up-to-standard singing (shame on me for such negative thoughts throughout the practice). i admit going to choir practices is not one of the first few things i would look forward these few days, perhaps its the lack of choir practices recently that left me so bitter all of a sudden.

But today's practice was really a big wake up call for me. haven't quite learnt the songs SLEEP and LUX AURUMQUE(both by Eric Whitacre), but when i heard the choir sing them, i finally realised why i love choir so much. the resonance of the song really gave me goosebumps, and i was really touched by how beautiful the song sounded. finally, the passion i once shared with AHS choir is found again.

Lux Aurumque (Choral) - Goose Creek Bands

This is the song LUX AURUMQUE that i found on imeem. when i first heard it, seriously i felt my goosebumps forming and i honestly felt tingles on my skin.
P.S: give it a listen, it seriously is the work of a genius.

If choir can produce even 50% of this, i'll honestly be contented already. but we have much more potential than just 50%; we just have to find it.

Anyway, hopefully i'll be back later, can't really blog now. (:

2008-10-24T22:34:00.000+08:00

Went out today with GRACE to get make up and stuff for the clean&green show thingy. Anyway we went to watch MAMA MIA! and i think it's kinda WEIRD honestly. not saying its really bad or anything, mostly i love watching those broadway/musical shows like these but it was suprisingly crude and really had that 'roughin' it out' look in a not-so-good kind of way. ohwell, songs were nice though! :D

Anyway went for dental at night and my dentist commented that my teeth were moving really really fast so she said most probably i could remove them soon! YAYYYYYYYY. (: but its still gonna take about a few more months.. argh i'm getting really sick of having braces, its SOOOO NOT fun anymore! my mom was so happy today that i could remove my braces realy soon so she agreed to let me have teeth whitening done after i've removed my braces! i'm like SUPER HAPPY okay 'cause she's going to bring me to a professional. :D

Anyway i'm like wrecking my brains thinking of ideas for make up right now so sorry i have no time to entertain you guys with my BEAUTIFUL pictures. HEH.

2008-10-21T22:15:00.000+08:00

Fine. i just can't help myself, so here's a few edited photos i did of the sentosa trip! :D

Anyway its just some simple editing stuff lah, just touch ups here and there with change of lighting i guess. (:

Oh by the way, all the shots were taken ourselves (a few by helpful tourists etc.) with my camera's WONDERFUL 10sec timer!

2008-10-21T21:08:00.000+08:00

Just got back not too long ago from the modelling course thingy at dunman, i'm like munching on a donut and feeling super drained. haha. anyway today mostly slacked at dunman, 'cause there was choreography for the opening show/mr and ms clean&green/few schools appearing first for the fashion show. oh well, anyway was chatting/laughing/crapping/slacking/talking with the other models from our school (hehheh i lazy write name), and it was actually quite nice. got to know them a lot better too. :D

Anyway i know you'll all kill me for not posting up pictures yet, but i'm like super lazy lah. even my fingers ache okay!

Sooo i'll just leave you guys with this photo, and its up to you to try and figure out where/when/the theme of the picture/characters we were acting out of this picture! :D

oh btw, did you guys hear Christina Aguilera's new song KEEP GETTIN' BETTER? Its seriously just rocks. (:
here's her song btw, couldn't find it on other music players 'cause its not really officially out yet. ):

Some days I’m a super bitch
Up to my old tricks
But it won’t last forever
Next day I’m your super girl
Out to save the world
And it keeps gettin’ better

2008-10-20T21:20:00.000+08:00

Just got back from piano lesson. Now i feel so inspired and euphoric, yet tired and discouraged. grade 7/8 scales are getting harder (yet easier) i want to faint. RAH. yeah so contradicting i know. and scales obviously isn't my forte; i just can't play for nuts. haha.

Anyway realised something. i always, always emerge from piano lesson feeling so inspired and refreshed. i tell myself, "this is it charis, practice hard and you'll be just as fantastic."

But then, i disappoint myself and my piano teacher by not practising my pieces/scales and go back to class the next week. sometimes i feel so upset with myself; its all so mind-draining. i'm no piano prodigy that's for sure, and sometimes, that very thought urges me to give up playing the piano and just quit. sometimes i really wonder how i put up with this. grade 6 wasn't all smooth-sailing for me and grade 8 would not be any better. am i good enough to take grade 8 as a challenge? am i even up to mark?

But, music is such an important aspect of my life. Choir, worship team, piano, and even, guitar. Music is how i express myself; how i release my feelings, my emotions, my thoughts. ever since young, i was always amazed at how even fingers can make music. i remember the first time i saw a piano was when i was about 3+ years old, and i couldn't take my eyes off it. next thing i knew, i had begun piano lessons; and honestly, i loved every minute of it.

Everytime my fingers touch the keys of the piano, i feel revitalised, energised, euphoric. i feel comfortable and relaxed. Making music is so fulfilling sometimes i lose track of the time i spent on the piano. hours i could spend there, playing songs from Mozart to even, Justin Timberlake. but the challenge still lies: can i make it for grade 8?

Have just begun 3 weeks into learning different kinds of grade 7/8 pieces to widen my horizon and to help me improve as i go along. though its great to finally know some great new songs, its really trying and its really really hard. this is a lot harder than i expected, a lot harder than i prepared myself for. i only have one shot at this, and if i miss the target, there goes my arrow.

SIGH.

Anyway, on a more cheery level, went out with DEBRA today in the afternoon after dental. (sorry i missed choir 'cause of my teeth! :D) it was really to finally catch up with her and i guess it was really fun to just chill, hang out and chat. i missed her SOOO much since last year! Anyway we went to Orchard first and saw something/someone that was so suprising, cute and funny at the same time! Later on went to VIVO 'vause there wasn't really much in Orchard. went forever21 and took this super long time choosing and trying on dresses! i nearly bought this really nice black top but to cut a story short, someone else took it! ): oh well i wasn't THAT sad anyway. (:

PHOTOS! (p.s sorry no edited ones, i just took them today!)

yeah i know the dress is freaking short. HAHA.

that's about i think. anyway debra, now you can gleefully right-click the photos and save them! HAHA

i need a pep talk/wake up call/a friend.

and as she strives to overcome greater challenges,

may the melody of her soul play on.

2008-10-19T21:05:00.000+08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHH i was posting about the sentosa trip halfway and suddenly everything just disappeared! I AM SO PISSED I'M NOT GONNA POST ANYMORE FOR TODAY! ARGH.

2008-10-17T14:12:00.000+08:00

sigh. i am hugely disappointed/disgusted/speechless/irritated/fustrated.

sometimes you can be so pretentious you know that?

2008-10-17T11:07:00.000+08:00

didn't go school today for a few reasons:
1. to be with my family/relatives
2. because of you yes you know who you are
3. school is SO boring

anyway on a brighter note, on my dad's birthday not too long ago (about end september), went to CHANGI HOTEL (or sth like that, i forgot) for a buffet dinner! the hotel was really really nice despite its not-so-glamorous name and the food was so good i think i ate like kingkong. :D

oh yeah did i mention there was a live pianist playing fantastically while we ate? (:

anyway the food! actually, only the dessert part; i was too busy stuffing my face before that. heh. (:

anyway i think my parents were a little too high that day and kept wanting to take pictures!

my dad&mom attempting to act cute or sth.. i don't know. haha

candid shot: retarded brother, act cute mom, spastic sister :D

me and my mom!

dad and justin

i think they're trying to look sian or sth. HAHA!

me and parents

this was like a toally random shot my brother took for us. haha i think it came out kinda of nice. :D

random shot i took of my mom. i think it looks so much like a photoshoot picture! haha. i didn't edit a single bit okay!

sigh. days like these when justin is so willing to smile for photos is SOOOO RARE.

later on went to the toilet and i was so fascinated with the toilet signs! fine, call me crazy/stupid/lame/bimbotic, but take a look at these:

entrance of toilet. left: male, right: female

i saw this in the female toilet its so pretty! too bad i didn't get a chance to sneak into the men's room to see what they have in their toilet. HAH.

later after dinner continued walking and exploring and such:

dad and justin

dad and mom!

actually when i first saw this picture(of me and justin), it suddenly struck me that my brother is ALOT taller than me now! you can't really see the difference in height 'cause he's actually slouching. haha.

dad and mom again!

anyway walked around somemore and i came across this door:

looks normal doesn't it? but it has this which caught my eye:

so pretty♥

other random shots

and to end off,

2008-10-17T10:40:00.001+08:00

Went back to school today, was SOOO boring i think i could just rot while stoning there. today was such a complete waste of my time; i spent most periods SLEEPING at my desk. ARGH. could have saved the effort of getting ready for school and just sleep at home right? sheesh. anyway my results are really really bad i felt like slapping myself.
Anyway after school went for the course thingy at DHS and then after that went to ARANDA COUNTRY CLUB to join my crazy family/relatives! had fun mooching around and slacking with them! (haven't seen them for quite a period of time)
oh yeah, and i saw this cute sign somewhere:

anyway lazy to post, so i'll just end with this spastic/fantastic/crazy/hilarious/totally random picture of me and ~~my brother~~ the bottom half of my brother!yeah yeah have fun laughing at me, i know i'm hilarious. :D

p.s: stay tuned for the sentosa trip!

2008-10-17T02:12:00.000+08:00

3 things i currently feel about myself:
1. i'm stupid
2. i'm stupid
3. i'm stupid

why did i go and screw my EOYS up? i studied i studied i studied. i really really did.

2008-10-13T23:23:00.000+08:00

Something happened today, and it seems that actually even the bestest of friends can fall apart. it's actually kind of scary, especially since they're both grown ups and role models; always have things under control. its just that you two are the ones who really have built me a beautiful picture of what true friendship is all about. now that such an incident has happened, i can actually feel my life crumbling to bits. and i know this wasn't just because of a small misunderstanding; i know it has been happening for months.

I can't remeber the last time that i have felt this upset in months and because of all this, i think it is also affecting my friendship.

Why did we grow apart? why are things suddenly so bleak and everyone's so affected? what actually happened? what wrong step did we take?

There's so many questions circulating about i feel so drained just thinking about this. i've had enough and i think its time to clear the air and end this drama act that we've all been putting on, at least, between me and you.

Sometimes, i just feel like everything is always about you. when we meet up or see each other, its always about what you did, your friends, and mostly, just everything that involves you. sometimes i feel like you don't know what's happening in my life and you don't bother to find out. i tell myself time and time again that i must not be short-tempered with you and i must learn to accept you the way you are but sometimes, i just can't help it.

what happened to us? we used to inseparable, and we never run out things to talk about. you're the person i can always count on to be there for me and i'm always the most comfortable around you. i feel as though i don't have to act and pretend to be something i'm not when i'm with you, because by now you know all my flaws and weaknesses and i know i don't have to hide anything from you. sadly, i guess things changed.

Yes, we have drifted apart, i'm sure you know that too. but i want you to know i really treasure our friendship. i'm really sorry if i hurt you with my words sometimes, i really don't mean to. you're my bestest friend and you know it. but sometimes, i feel that your mom doesn't want us to hang out anymore and that hurts me a lot. i guess that could be one of the reasons why sometimes i'm so horribly unreasonable and resentful towards you. i know its not your fault and i'm so sorry. i guessed i messed it up.

I really don't wish to lose you as a friend and i hope you understand that i'm writing all this to let you know my side of the story because our friendship is important to me and i don't want any misunderstandings to stand between us. having a friend like you is really God's blessing to me and it is the best blessing that i have received in my entire life.

And no matter what happens in the future, i just want to remember this:
Just like the times when you stood through thick and thin with me, and comfort me when i was at my lowest, likewise be sure i will do the same for you, even in years to come.