Saturday, January 18, 2014

Throwback: Results Day / Catch Up w/ Teammates :D

13 Jan.

The day most of us were scared of was officially over.

It has been 5 days since I received my results! And I've also submitted my JAE :') Before I go deeper into my JAE's life story, let me start with the results day ba!! HAHAHA. (I'll really be typing wtv that happened on that day so that I can revisit the past when I read this post in future. It's for memory sake so bear with me if u want to read on cos I swear it's gonna be grandmother story again hahaha)


So I've received good results and I'm really elated cos I didn't really expect myself to do THAT well!! (Not boasting here ok lol) Porbably one of the best birthday presents I have ever received ;-)

On that very important day or wtv u called it, my heart was palpitating like mad. I was walking around in my house b'cos I just couldn't sit still. Finally, it was time to head to sch! Met up with chia and coincidentally, dino, dx and xr who waited for me with chia. Reached school, saw many many maaany students, heart began to race even faster, legs turned jelly - whatever symptoms you'll see on a student who is panicking and worrying about their results la ok. We (the girls) hugged one another before going up to the hall. At the hall, we became even more panicky, esp. lynn, liann and I HAHA. It was kinda hilarious la now that I think back. Then, we settled down according to register number in rows with the big big screen in front of us. It started later than 2 and then the vice-principal began to have his short speech. Soon after, it was time for the results. The screen showed the names of the students with 7 distinctions and then those with 8 or more. Initially, I couldn't find my name so my heart kinda dropped. But I continued to look out for my friends' one as well!! Hehe, dino (I'm so proud of him!!! Cos a bit unexpected hehe), dx and liann appeared! Liann immediately cried with joy when she saw her name xD Later on, I saw my name!! Omg, I was so happy!!! Then, I continued to glance through and saw lynn and jj's names up there too! Lynn was the next one who cried with joy hehe. Idek how it happened, the 3 of us just went to hug one another since we sat quite close to one another HAHAHA. I bet people sitting behind us judged us but it's okkk. All of us made it to the screen due to our hardwork and I believed we deserve a hug :D Went to collect our results slip after that and I was jumping with joy when I saw my english and hcl hoshit. Not trying to brag or anything, but omg, it was my holy first time getting an A for eng and hcl in my whole freaking life!!! T-T This time, our cohort did pretty well I feel! And, I must say that all of us in the clique did well too!!! Those days where we mugged together, worked hard together, are totally worth it! I've seen some of 'em working extremely hard and it's really heartening to see them crying with joy while receiving the fruit of their labour! :-)

Well for those who didn't do expectedly well/well enuf, it is okay! Now that 5 days are already over, I believe yguys aren't that upset anymore right?? Good then! Move on and focus on what's ahead of you now. I know that said is easier than done but who knows what's planned ahead of you will be so much better than now? Fear not! When one door closes, god will open another one for you - that is if you're willing to stand back up and find more opportunities for yourself! Whatever's done is done. Don't dwell on your past and concentrate on your future! I believe all of us have considered really carefully and submitted our JAE! So it'll be a brand new route for us now. Strive even harder if you do not want to history to repeat itself! :-)

And for all of us, be it JC or poly, it'll be a brand new environment - new school, new teachers, new friends. What's important is to work hard and play hard! I believe everyone's here aiming to go uni so this is another challenge we have to take now! So lets put in our best and welcome the challenges future has installed for us!! Hehehe, all the best and good luck everyone! :-)

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Here comes my life story regarding JAE....


I am one who is damn indecisive and can take forever, like literally forever, to decide on one thing. Lets say a simple thing like if I should go run in the morning or evening? Lol. I can take quite long to decide on just that. So I think u can imagine that it's even worse when I was trying to make up my mind on which JC I should go - VJC or MJC. Initally, I didn't expect myself to do that well so I didn't even thought of going to vjc, let alone attending their open house which was before the results day lol.

WHY IS IT BEFORE THE RESULTS DAY AND NOT AFTER, WHY??? T-T 

So at first, I already sort of planned to go mjc b'cos it's near my house and my future house which is at punggol. Later on, when I received my results, vjc just popped out in my head, probably b'cos someone advised me to go there ba.Yes, vjc is good and fun, definitely a better sch than mj academically wise, but then again, it takes me around 1h 20 min (freaking 80 mins) to get there when I move to Punggol which is during my J2... The distance I need to travel played a huge part in making me so extremely stressed out. If vjc is located nearer, like 30mins ride? I DON'T MIND VJ LIKE SERIOUSLY. And with my results, it's kinda wasted to go mjc... SO I DON'T KNOW. But then again, as what my father said, it's not about wasted or not. Rather, it's about if I can study well in the school - if I can't and have to suffer travelling so far, what's the point of going to a good school? Instead, it may be so much better if I go to a nearer school and work hard to maintain in the top few classes/among the top fews to secure the chance of going to a uni! I had been thinking all day, all night since the night on that day I received my results, making me moodless to do anything else - which explains my inactivity these few days. Everyone told me to choose the one I like more but I DON'T KNOW WHICH I LIKE MORE. Both seem the same to me, be it the environment or the people lol. Idk how to differentiate such things. So my mind kept revolving around 'mj or vj, vj or mj' since monday night until thursday night where I finally made my choice. I had been asking a lot of people around me for their opinions (and there was this time I actually considered RJC but put that off quickly cos my friends and myself, feel that I don't suit such an atas school hahahaha) but after all, it all comes back to how I feel or whatsoever. It all comes back to me, ME. But being ME, I don't know. I don't know what I like, what I prefer, what kind of env I will be comfortable in, can I bear with the long travelling time. I don't know. Idek how many times I've answered idk to the qns about the jcs I/my friends asked myself/me - probably zillion times? I'm not even kidding, I don't even know how to choose lol. Maybe if I didn't move to punggol, I would have chosen vj... But J2 is a crucial year and 80 mins ride from punggol is not a joke. I'm not very confident in myself to be able to tahan it, studying till late at night and waking up early in the morning. And most of my friends (and my father apparently) advise me to go mj since it's convenient and I suit mj. But then again, if I love the school, I won't mind. So questions like these revolved around my mind for like 3 days? I WENT CRAZY I SWEAR. I couldn't take it anymore, and there was this rash feeling in me of going to mj so I didn't want to think that much anymore (I think I really think too much lol) and clicked the 'submit' button. Tada, I ended up going MJC. I hope I won't regret my choice... I really hope I don't regret not going to a better school sighs.

Oh well, the choice is made and I'm kinda excited for mj now, esp. the orientation camp!! Since I'm going there with dino and chia as well ;-) Buttt, I haven't decide what subj combi I should take - another decision to make... I HATE MAKING DECISIONS LIKE THIS MAN. H A T E. HATE. T-T Sighs, why so many decisions... They're srsly draining me :-( Sighhhs, 2 weeks + more for me to have serious thought on this!! For now, I shall just relax a bit maybe 1 week more then continue to ponder on it ba :/

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Something not that solemn now!! (Heh, sorry for the huge chunk of words up there) Went to have late lunch/dinner with my teammates after collecting our results on that day. At first, we planned to have lunch de but rafizan had not finished her shooting drills yet so she couldn't leave :-( Being her good teammates, we decided to wait for her hahahaha. While waiting for her....


















These pics should be enuf to compensate your boredom while reading what's above just now ba HAHAHA. We (or rather jazz HAHA) spammed a lot of pics and these are just some of 'em hehehe. Headed to Pizza Hut after zan's finished with her trng! :D


Ordered this hehe, it doesn't taste good to me probably b'cos the cheese's quite little and the pasta's a bit hard :-(

So we spent our time at pizza hut eating, chit-chatting and catching up with one another!! Actually, I couldn't remember what exactly we did while eating la but those should be it! I was kinda tired then with my eyes almost closing hahaha. But I remembered that we had lots of laughters - it happens whenever we're tgt!! xD Definitely had a great time with 'em even tho it was just a short period of time! Hopefully, we'll meet up with one another soon? Not sure tho since nat and zan are having school :-( Anyways, I'm glad that our team spirit or wtv u called it is still there even though we hadn't met up together for very long already since idk when! Miss those days where we trained hard together, encouraged one another to persevere on, got scoldings from coach and all... B'cos of yguys, I acutally miss bball trainings :') Really hope that all of us will still be in contact even if we go to different schools and separate ways!!!



 All the best girls!!! Will always be loving and missing you guys! #weisteam ftw ;-)

Mindcafe / Shadow Recruits

Went to the Mindcafe located at tamp's Safra yesterday with the usuals! (except for lynn and liann who couldn't make it, while cheryl met us later.) It's my first-time going there and since I heard that we'll be learning and playing new games, I was kinda excited wooo. Before I met up with them there, I went to find wy to pass her her belated bday present! (I hope u like it wy heh :p)

Everyone was late again (as usual) but this time chia was the earliest HAHAHAHA. Let's take this moment to congratulate her (most of the times, she's one of the latest) LOL. Ok so we started at around 3+ and we got till 6 to enjoy some of the games there!! (It's 2pm to 6pm ah the game hour or smth we were playing) The staff there brought to our table a few games and then taught us how to play 'em! I couldn't rmb all the games but we played around 5 games which were... 'I Know', a 'hand' card game, a 'durian' card game, 'Sequence', 'Jenga' and 'Ugly Dolls'!


See those bones there? Used 'em for the 'durian' card game heh.


Took pics of these chips (used for 'Sequence') cos I think they're pretty :p

After playing 'Sequence', we took a rest by going to toilets and stuff! Chia and I bought our own share of desserts too - she bought some choco brownie while I bought apple crumble, each topped w/ a scoop of vanilla ice-cream!!! Mhmm. Each costs around $5 ++ with GST included! The portion is quite ok la plus there's ice-cream and it tastes good so the price should be worth it hehe. While enjoying our desserts, we played 'Jenga'! Soon after Cheryl joined us and taught us 'Ugly Dolls' since she knows how to play. This game is really violent HAHA. It involves us snatching for the cards when it's time! Can u imagine the scene of us snatching the cards until some of 'em tear in the process...? Hahahaha yup, it's THAT violent until our fingers either got bruised/cut a little xD But, it's very fun I will say!! (That is if u don't mind those minor injuries ofc :p) All of the games we played are very fun, each has its level of challenge and competitiveness. The game hour we played costs $8 with free flow drink as well! If you go there at 2, you can spend 4 hours playing! Moreover, there's free flow drink so I think it's pretty worth it? Best is to go with your favourite bunch of friends and have fun altogether!!! (We made A LOT of noise playing certain games, luckily there was only us there hehe) I had definitely enjoyed myself there hehehehe, hope that I'll have a chance to go there with the usuals, including lynn and liann who didn't get to join us, again! :D

Left the place at around 6 and headed to the bowling place where dx and xy played pool while the rest of us planned to bowl. Yea, planned lol. We initially wanted to bowl and at the same time, we didn't wish to pay for the shoes as well since we wore our covered shoes already but the person-in-charge didn't allow us to bowl without the proper bowling shoes which costs $1.50. Plus, the bowling fee is $4.80? We wanted to play badly but we also didn't want to spend so much money on just one game ahaha so we ended up not playing lo and just chit-chatted.

After dx and xr were done with their pooling, we headed to E!Hub to have our dinner @ BBQ Chicken and catch 'Shadow Recruits'!


Grilled Chicken with Omelette (Olive) Rice!!
It's students' meal so it costs around $5.90++!! You can top up $2 for cheezy fries, mushroom soup or any ice-blended drink. Whoaaa and the portion is big ok! I was so full after having the mushroom soup and this xD Was wondering why this outlet has more choices of food than t1's outlet sighs :-(

Caught the 910's movie instead of the 740's one cos we didn't want to rush and wanted to have a good dinner hehe. Ty went home after the dinner cos if he watched movie with us, he might not catch the last bus at tamp inter so left chia, cheryl, dx, dino, xr and me! Honestly, I find the movie boring at the starting but not anymore it started to get action-pack and all hoho ;-) Really love it when it got so exciting, making me so nervous and tensed up!!! Oh and, I had been mesmerized by the main lead, Jack Ryan's blue eyes, so gorgeous *-* He's quite good-looking too ah I feel HAHAHA, esp. his eyes ooooo *-* Went to slack at mac afterwards and then headed home! Had another great day with 'em and it's really sad that we are parting in like less than half a month which will be very soon... :-( Gonna make use of wtv time I'm left with to spend and have fun with them, I hope!!! x

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Tomorrow: Olevel results

It's tomorrow. I can't freaking calm myself down. The nervousness and all just keep kicking in after my dinner just now :-( This whole chunk of words is full of rants I'm warning uuu lol.

Today, I woke up having a bad feeling. I dreamt of myself getting a single digit for my olevel. But, some of my friends around me actually dreamt about bad stuff happening to them. And normally when people are scared of smth, they'll dream smth bad about it isn't it? Why is mine so different???? People say dreams are opposite... I really hope mine isn't this way. 

Everyone - my friends, my teammates - tells me that I sure can do it ; I will definitely do well ; I confirm will get 10 and below, I do not have to worry or be afraid. Thanks for being confident in me guys but really, it sort of makes me feel even worse. I really can't help it to feel scared, to feel worried. What if I disappoint you guys??? What if I disappoint myself... By telling me all those means giving me more hope... I really do not want to feel disappointed :-( Tbh, I have high expectations of myself which means higher risk of getting disappointments isn't it... 

Idk. Idk how I'm going to survive tonight. My nervousness, my anxiety, my worries all escalate as the time ticks by. I don't feel tired at all. How am I going to sleep T-T and when I can't and don't, I'll just keep thinking about tomorrow. All the 'what-ifs' will just flood my mind.  

Luckily I have this blog as an outlet for my feelings haha or else twitter will be flooded with all my tweets le ahahaha. Will be having lunch with my teammates after the release of results tmr!!! Finally, miss them a lot :') Hope that everyone will do well and meet their own expectations so that we can party and celebrate like crazyyyyy. 

Idk what else to say already. Whatever I want to say is just about the same old worries and fears so I'll just keep repeating the same thing if I continue hahaha. So, good luck and all the best for those who are taking back their results tomorrow!! :-)