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It's the first day of school after prelims. Honestly, I was quite excited to go back to school because I was dreaming of the possibility of getting good results. I always think that there's this possibility of getting good results, and I get excited all over. Then, when I think about the opposite, especially about GP, I suddenly get afraid.

Chemistry was the first period today. Tell you a secret, I thought that I would probably do not bad this time. While the papers were being given out, Mr Lim said there was only 1 A. We all knew it was Livia. Then, he asked us to guess who made the most improvement. He hinted that it was actually someone he didn't expect.

Honestly, in my heart, I was hoping that person to be me, cos I really studied for Chem this time round. But, it was Kendrick. I was quite disappointed, but maybe I didn't study that hard enough. So never mind.

After calculating my marks, I got 50.75%. I'm short for 0.5% to get D! (whatever decimal points will be rounded up) I was disappointed when I saw my marks, cos I was hoping for a B (probably wishful thinking on my part) or maybe even a C.

I definitely need to find more marks later. I can't get E! It won't look nice on my prelims results slip.

For Physics, we only received papers 1 and 2. It's still possible to get A. If not, I want to get B. Below that and I'll be sad.

Maths was good though. I still remember that I didn't do very well. And was expecting a C even. But surprise surprise, I got A. Yay!! :) Very happy about this.

Maths S later was fine too. I got 49 (out of 100), but it's not too bad considering I didn't do tutorials regularly. Besides, 63% of the students got less than 50 so I suppose my results aren't too bad. 50 is at least a merit, but the cut off points has not been decided yet. Should be able to get a merit for this one.

We haven't get back our Econs and Econs S papers yet, but I suspect I did not too bad for Econs so I'm excited to receive it. Though we can only get it next week.

We'll probably receive GP papers tomorrow. That's the one I'm really worried about. Hope it's ok.

Actually, I don't like it when people keep saying that they won't do well, but their results shows otherwise. It's somewhat too humble for my liking. I know I'm guilty of that sometimes, but it's only when I really expect not to do well, just like that maths paper.

It's only here that I confess about which papers I think I'm going to do well. Cos if I say it out loud, people may think I'm stuck up, then it's embarrassing when I don't do as well as I claim to.

Anyway, today is my brother's birthday. I bought a bottle of hair wax for his present. Haha... Cos I didn't know what to get for him, and since he's always doing stuff to his hair, I might as well get his a jar of good wax. It costs $11 by the way, before the 15% discount. Really expensive...

Monday 24th September

Sheryl can't join us again... She told us last night that she has a family dinner tonight. Haiz... Looks like we aren't fated to go out together.

Me and Jasmine went ahead anyway, and we had a really good time.

We met at Orchard MRT and guess who we saw there? Wei Yang, Kendrick and other guys from our class! What a coincidence! They asked us to join them for "class outing" but I'd rather go shopping. Haha...

Also at the MRT station, a lady approached us and said they were looking for new faces for a commercial. I bet they were looking at Jasmine instead of me cos she's much slimmer and was wearing shorts that showed off her long legs. Anyway, we just declined and walked away.

At home, my Mum said that a few days ago, outside NTUC, someone approached her to take a photo with a model, then if her photo gets chosen, she stands to win some prize. And my brother also said that there are a lot of such cases where people approach you to be a model, but after you make your portfolio that costs a few hundred dollars, you don't get any jobs (he read so from the newspapers).

So I bet it was something like that too. But then, it feels good to have someone approach you about this (though I strongly think that they were referrring to Jasmine, but I'm in denial... Haha...).

Today, we were planning to buy Amarjote's and my birthday presents. Amarjote wouldn't tell us what she wanted for her present (not like me who's so thick-skinned... haha...) so we decided to get her a purple box full of purple stuff since she loves purple. 5 of us were sharing the present and it was really nice to spend someone else's money whenever we saw nice and suitable things. Haha...

All in all, we bought a purple hearts keychain, purple handphone strap, purple lollipop earrings (that were super super cute!!!), purple handphone "sock", green ladybug earrings (this is not purple obviously, but it was cute...), purple friendship band, and a purple box to put them all in. So purple-ish! Haha... I bet she'll love it, since they're all really nice stuff, but I had even more fun shopping for them! Haha... :D

On the way, I also bought a pair of nice round yellow and white studs for $4. Nice!

Then, me and Jasmine went to take neoprint. The shop was really empty since it was a weekday, and we had loads of time to decorate our pictures. It came out really nice and we decided to include a picture of us in Amarjote's present. It's going to the absolute best part of her present! Whahaha... :D

For dinner, we ate at Subway while putting everything in the box. I made quite a big mess cos the sandwich was so gigantic. And we were so full after that.

After dinner, we went to Puma at Takashimaya to look at the bag they wanted to buy for me. But it was a pity cos we found out that it was limited edition and it wasn't there anymore... :( Sad... But never mind, I'll just look out for something else I like. By the way, the Nike bag that I previously said I loved so much, now I think it's too casual so I'll get something else instead. Haha...

After walking around there, we went to Forever 21 too, before going home.

Super fun day, since we got to buy so many things, and the best thing was that we bought using other people's money. Haha... And Jasmine's such great company too. We had a very interesting talk about dreams while we were on the train, and she got so paranoid that she almost screamed. Haha... I can't imagine if she really did.

Tuesday 25th September

Went out with Wei Qi today to Bugis and Icon. Come to think of it, I really don't know why I didn't invite her to go out with us when I went out with Si Hui and the others on friday. Hmm... But never mind that, we had fun today too.

We had lunch at MOS burger, and my meal was super expensive! $7! I should have ordered only the burger since I couldn't really finish the meal in the end. I can't stand spending so much on food. But I would have no reservations on spending that same amount or more on accesories or clothes. At least you can keep accessories and clothes. But food? It just ends up... never mind.

We went to Icon first and started at the highest floors. There were a few stores that we closed since it was an early Tuesday afternoon.

Throughout our whole "excursion" at Icon, I tried on 2 skirts, while Wei Qi tried on about 5 pieces I think. I bought only 2 pairs of earrings, totalling $5.50, while she bought 3 pairs of earrings, one bracelet and one t-shirt. Almost $40 in all. See the contrast?

For me, I usually go out shopping without planning to buy anything. Until I see something that I really like and is reasonably priced, then I buy. It's not really a matter of self-control. Rather, it's a matter of having not enough money...

Anyway, after shopping at Icon, we went back to Bugis were we looked at more stuff. We were already quite drained then and skipped quite a lot of shops cos our eyes needed to rest.

Before going back, we went to take Neoprint. Very fun! That was my first time taking neoprint with Wei Qi. :)

Wednesday 27th September

Went to Heeren with Kimberly today. I was so late cos I woke up at 11.30 when we were supposed to meet at 12.30. In the end, we postponed the meeting time to about 1.30pm.

She hadn't bought my birthday present yet, so she wanted me to choose something that I liked. Heeren was quite different from the last time I remembered it. I guess I haven't been there for quite some time. There were much fewer shops than I remembered.

Anyway, we went into this shop, called "Love and Peace" and Kim saw a white skirt that she loved so much. Unfortunately, it was a little off budget. The saleslady asked if she wanted to try it, and Kim, being very honest, told her that she didn't have enough money. Haha... Kim's so cute.

At M-industrie, there was 50% closing down sale! The clothes were really cheap! But almost everything had pink panther on it, and I don't like pink panther. In the end, I found something that I liked. It's a white shirt, with a nice cutting, and the word "freedom" in blue sequins in front. I thought it was nice. After 50% discount, it was $16.50 and Kim decided to pay part of it as part of my birthday present. She paid $7 for me. :)

We passed by a few bikini shops and joked about buying it. We even went into one shop to take a look. Haha... But bikinis are super expensive!

Then, we went to Cineleisure. We ate at Long John and talked for quite a while.

After that, we saw a pushcart selling earrings. They were going for $2.50 each, but now it's buy 4 get 2 free. In other words, it's 6 pairs for $10! Cheap right?! We talked to the lady, and she decided to let us buy 3 for $5.

And I tell you, there's something that I really must get off my chest... That pair of earrings I bought at Far East for $4 was actually available at that pushcart! 6 for $10! I can't believe it. Even without the offer, one pair at $2.50 was already much cheaper than $4! Argh! I told Kim about it, and I got so disturbed for quite a while. Can't stand it... I've almost gotten over it, but I bet everytime I see that pair of earrings, I'll be reminded of that incident. Irritating!!!

Anyway, I bought another 2 pairs of earrings while Kim bought 1 pair. We wanted to buy identical earrings, but our tastes didn't quite match so we got somewhat similar ones instead. We're going to wear them next thursday! :)

So after walking around for some more, we had to go cos Kim was going to her Grandma's house.

Today's shopping wasn't as "intensive" as the previous days' but I guess I need to rest too.

We've got to go back to school tomorrow, and receive our prelim results. I'm excited about the results, but at the same time, a little anxious.

I'm so thankful for these marking days that I got to shop around so much.

So far, I went to Plaza Singapura, Marina Square, Far East Plaza, Bugis and Heeren the past few days. And bought 4 pairs of nice earrings for myself, plus a shirt. And spent so much time with good friends too. Haha... I'm so happy. But now, time to hit the books again!

I can't wait till A levels are over.

I went shopping at Marina Square with my family today. Despite me telling them that I'll be going there with Jasmine and Sheryl on Monday, they decided to go there anyway.

My brother's birthday is this Thursday and we went to Changing Appetities to have late lunch (at 3pm!). The food was not bad, and quite cheap at about $10 for a set meal. Nice! The only thing is that the air-con was so cold that all of us coudn't stand it. Even outside the restaurant, the whole place was super cold.

I don't know why, but I've been interested in buying beauty products these few days. I bought a Meybeline concealer (that my Mum paid for. Yay!), T3 pimple cream and Biore pore pack from Watson's and Guardian. I'm thinking of buying the pantene soft and silky hair moisturiser another day too.

I think one of the items I paid for wasn't scanned properly because when I went into other shops later, the alarms started going off! It would sound everytime I walked into and out of a shop. It was really quite irritating cos people would keep staring. No one came to check my bag though, cos they noticed that the alarm sounded when I walked in too. Luckily we had already been shopping for like almost 2 hours and were going back soon.

Anyway, Jasmine, Sheryl and I decided that we would go to Heeren on Monday. Haha... Looking forward to it! :)

It's finally the last paper. Woohoo!!! :D Seriously, prelims are gone in such a short period of time. It's really very fast! JC life seems to pass especially quickly...

Maths S paper today was actually ok... It's not as hard as I expected. I haven't been doing any tutorials for the whole year, and I was expecting to not be able to complete even one whole question! The practice questions I was doing last night were so demoralising. I couldn't even finish one question that I decided to give up after the third one.

I managed to do the 4 compulsory questions and the 2 probability questions. But, I didn't know how to do the other 2! Left 20 marks blank. And I can't believe I didn't do the easy question again! I did the other 2 difficult ones (or didn't really do cos I left so much blank). There was a choice and I didn't do the obviously easy question, just like the Physics paper 3! Argh! Melissa said the 9 marks were give away. Ahhh!!! Kill me please! I must be blind!

Anyway, enough about exams. It's all over. And school reopens on Thursdays cos VJ got marking days. Yay! :D

After the paper, I went home to help my Mum with some housework before going out.

I went out with Melissa, Si Hui, Hanjie, Yuwen and Charlene to Plaza Singapura. This outing was so much better than I expected. It was truly a lot, a lot of fun!

We had dinner at Carl's Jr and I shared the meal with Yuwen. Then, we walked around and looked at all those pretty stuff. There was this shirt that I really liked but the one in brown did not have my size. Quite a pity cos it was on 50% discount!

We walked so much that my feet really ached! But it was really very nice! Retail therapy. Haha... I think it's the best way to lose weight cos we walked so much.

You know, you have to walk from shop to shop, and inside each shop, you've got to walk a few rounds to look at stuff, plus the occational toilet trips, I guess I walked more than 1km! And stood like 3 hours straight! Haha... Maybe it's an exageration. I really can't estimate the distance like that.

I really love all the stuff in the Nike shop! Just wonderful! The clothes were all super nice, and the bags, oh my goodness, I think they have new designs!!! I LOVE IT SO, SO MUCH!!!

Remember I said that the Sheryl and the girls are gonna get me that black and gold Puma bag (which is also super nice!!!) for my birthday? They haven't bought it cos of prelims and I was quite worried that that particular design won't be available now since it's been a few weeks. But no worries, now I've got my next second choice ready. Hahaha.... I think I'm just bag crazy. And super fickle too, since I keep liking a different one.

On the MRT on the way back, somthing happened. After the train door closed, I immediately leaned on the door cos there was nothing to hold and I can't stand properly in a moving train without anything to hold. But, just as I leaned back, the door opened and I got a shock. Quite embarrassing actually, cos the train was really quite crowded and a lot of people saw.

We talked a lot more on the train and it was very nice to catch up with everyone. And I realised that both me and Si Hui are dying to play pool and go bowling! OMG! We really need to have another outing. Don't know when that will be though, cos we don't seem to have any day in common to go out. TJ resumes lessons on Tuesday.

Anyway, I'm going to make full use of this period of time to play hard. All the teachers keep saying we need to get back to our studies when school reopens (which is Thursday). Cannot rest too long, if not we'll lose the momentum.

Going shopping tomorrow with my family, and to celebrate my brother's birthday. Then on Monday, I'm going to Marina Square with Jasmine and Sheryl to buy my present and Amarjote's. Excited...!!! During this period of time, I'm also planning to go swimming! I've been itching to swim. Haha... See, I've got my time all planned out. :)

The paper was 12 essays choose 3 in 3 hours. I knew how to do one question. The other 2 I just wrote whatever points I could think of and I'm not confident about them at all.

Especially that ISLMBP diagram. I kept trying to figure out which way the lines would move and I didn't know how to answer the question properly. I only learnt about all those stuff the day before you know... Cos I had swimming competition at the time it was taught in class and I haven't revised it since. Just 1 hour before the exam, I was having my lunch at McDonald's and learnt so many things that I never knew when I read the John Sloman super thick Econs book.

So, imagine learning some super new and difficult concept only the night before and a few mintues before the paper, and doing a whole essay question on it. Can die la!

Whatever... I even had time to go toilet during the paper cos I ran out of points to write. I managed to finish 5 minutes before time. But I wasn't the only one. I think no one had not enough time, and there were people just staring into space when there were 15 more minutes left.

The paper's over now, and I'm so much more relaxed. Only 1 more paper to go! Yippee!

Anyway, I'm really glad I had a good night's sleep last night. I kept dreaming for almost the whole of last week (except yesterday) that I kept having disturbed sleep. Not to mention dark circles round my eyes. Even during the weekend when I could sleep in, I couldn't sleep properly. Irritating!

Tomorrow after the paper, I'm going to play. Yay! So looking forward to it.

*come to think of it, prelims is almost over in just a flash. It's all happening so fast!*

The paper went unexpectedly well today.

I never, ever have enough time to finish this paper. Everyone else too. It's 40 questions in 1 hour! But today, I rushed through the paper and finished in time! And had 5 minutes extra to check too! Amazing...

Maybe it was because I didn't spend too much time thinking. If I didn't know the answer, I would just pick the best answer instead of spending time thinking about it, and still can't come up with the right answer. Hope I can do better this time!

I only have 2 more papers left. Econs S and Maths S. I'm much more relaxed now because the main A levels subjects are over. Yay!

After the paper, I went to study Econs S with Jia Yan.

I don't know if I should feel worried about the paper or not. There's not enough things to study because I didn't manage to copy all the notes that Mr Cook talked about. And I think everyone else don't have much to study too.

And I'm worried that I'll have nothing to write for tomorrow's essay. Haiz...

I'll just do my best and leave the rest up to fate...

The Physics paper in the morning was ok. Section A was 6 essay questions choose 4. I didn't look through all the questions properly. In the end, I didn't choose question 6 that a lot of people thought was the easiest. Wasted la! In the end also couldn't finish the paper. Left 10 marks blank... Demoralizing.

Had lunch with Sheryl, Li Yue and Hao Quan. That Hao Quan was quite crappy, so lunch was fun. :)

Econs paper 1 was ok. There was enough time to finish, and still have time to check two-thirds of the paper. Yay! Haha... Really happy with that.

Paper 2, however, was terrible. I thought it was difficult and I just didn't have the mood to do. Now when I think of it, I don't really know what was difficult about it. I just somehow didn't know that answers at that point in time.

Anyway, I hope I didn't lose too many marks on paper 3. I was expecting to do quite well for econs until that paper came along.

One more paper of my A level subjects left. It's Chemistry paper 1 on Wednesday. After that is Econs S and Maths S that I don't have much hope of doing well. Haiz...

Prelims ending soon. Yay! I got no paper tomorrow, gonna rest loads! :)

I tell you, it's impossible for me to get an A for maths.

If I get B, it'll be good.

C, ok I guess...

Below C, I really don't want. But it's not impossible.

I thought the maths paper was really hard. Somehow, my brain just couldn't click. Usually when I see the question, I can link it to an answer. But today, it was like that link didn't appear at all. The answer wasn't obvious to me. And everyone thought it was an ok paper, just that there wasn't enough time to finish.

I'm so dead... Must be never practice enough.

The good news is that the weekend's here! I'll study a bit more today, go shopping tomorrow and study on Sunday. After all, I only have a few more papers and at least one paper of every subject has been tested already, so it'll just be revision. Yay! One week down, one more to go!

By the way, Jasmine was voted out yesterday. Looks like she won't be coming to VJ today... It doesn't really bother me anyway...

This is the most tiring day of the whole prelim period. Econs paper 3 is supposed to be the most terrible paper ever. Need to study so many chapters of stuff, memorise all the factors etc. Then when the paper comes out, you realise you remember every single thing, all except that one important factor that's tested.

Anyway, I glad that didn't happen to me. I'm actually quite happy with the paper. Cos I really took a lot, A LOT of effort to go through all those factors that affect price elasticity of demand, factors that shift the consumption function etc. I made up a list that's 8 pages long, and went through it like almost 7 times! Until I got every single factor correct. It's all still in my head now. *I'm so proud of myself! Hehe...* :D

We had to do 3 essay questions in 2 hours and 15 minutes. When I first started, I quickly did the outline for each question, in case I forget any of the points later. I thought I wouldn't be able to finish. Time was really tight. I rushed throughout, with my terribly messy handwriting, and finished one minute before time was up. Yay!

I think I did really well for the essay on wages. After the paper though, I realised I didn't quite pick out the point for the last question. Hope it's not too bad. Overall, I think the paper went well. :)

Chemistry paper 2 in the morning was quite difficult for me. Maybe because I studied for econs the whole night before and didn't study Chemistry. I didn't know how to do the first question and got quite demoralised.

I still remember the paper 3 I think I did not bad. Now, I'm afraid this paper will pull me down. :( There wasn't enough time to finish too... I left about 6 marks blank.

After the Chem paper and before the Econs paper (sorry a bit messy cos this post is not in chronological order...) we had 4 hours to study for Econs. I went to the library with Sheryl to study.

Then there was this super irritating girl. I seriously can't stand her. When other people talk, she'll give that bu shuang look. But when her friend came, they talk like nobody's business. Damn irritating!

Anyway, I think the exams has taken it's toll on me or something. I don't feel stressed, seriously! But I somehow became more introverted. Like when I take the bus with Shanelle, or when I talk to Sheryl, I'll have nothing much to say, it'll be very awkward when one person just keeps talking, then after a while, the conversation dies down and we just don't say anything. Super awkward la! But I can't help it, cos I really have nothing to say...

Anyway, now that the most stressful day of prelims is over, I can finally relax a bit. Tomorrow is maths paper 2, don't have to study much because I already studied for paper 1 the last time. (That's why I've been watching tv and online for more than 2 hours. Haha...) Looking forward to the weekends to take a short break.

I wonder who will be kicked out of Singapore Idol today. Only left with Hady, Jasmine and Jonathan. Actually I kinda support Jasmine and Jon, but I don't really care who wins in the end. Yesterday's performance was pretty much disappointing. The judges all think Hady and Jon should go to the finals. Whatever... This morning during assembly, there was announcement to ask VJ people to vote for Jamine cos she was from VJ (she's Sheryl's table tennis senior). And Jamine will be coming down to VJ tomorrow at 5pm (if I wasn't imagining that I heard that... Haha...)

The paper was not that difficult. A little on the easy side actually.

I had enough time to finish too! Except for the radioactive question that I don't understand, so just anyhow write lor. Hope I do well!

Anyway, there was this irritating guy sitting beside me (not from my class cos we were all in the hall). He kept making very exaggerated actions, like scratching his head, or suddenly becoming quite frustrated or something, like trying to tell everyone that the paper is hard or he don't know how to do. Damn irritating la!

The paper was not as difficult as I expected. I'm actually quite happy cos I managed to finish most of the questions and knew how to do quite a few of them too! If I keep this up for Chem, I think I can get B! Yay! :D Considering I got E (44.5% round up to 45% for E) for mid-years, even C would be good. And I really studied very, very hard for Chem! Because... need I say again... Mr Lim is such a great teacher. Haha... :)

But I studied quite hard until I got a little depressed last night. Like half crying anf half studying. Think I was siao! Haha... But I'm ok now. I'm glad I studied.

Chemistry paper 3 is a difficult paper. Have to finish 10 essay questions in 3 hours. And I'm glad it's over. I was rushing throughout the whole paper and was on the edge of my seat throughout! My butt hurts! Haha... :)

I decided that I shall blog what about each and every prelim paper that I take, so that when I receive my grades, and compare with what I felt about the paper, I can hopefully know what I need to improve on. So pardon me if posts for these 2 weeks are super boring. Exams aren't fun you know...

I had no paper this morning, but I had dental appointment. It was to do filling for one of my tooth. Then later, the dentist said that actually there's another decay behind, on the same tooth, so I'll need 2 fillings. Argh!

The process was painful! I had to go to another dentist and she kept "drilling" at the tooth to get all the bad decayed bits out. It was not excrutiatingly painful, but was more of unpleasant pain. Very weird and uncomfortable feeling. I was clutching the side of the chair throughout!

In the afternoon was the first prelim paper after the holidays. Wait, what holidays? Apparently I was studying too much (but not enough to finish studying anyway) to even have time to play! Irritating exams. Luckily my brother's also having his O level prelims at the same time, so at least he didn't play and distract me throught the 1 week holiday.

As for the Maths paper, it was ok I guess. But I didn't do as well as I would have liked to. I didn't know how to do 18 marks. Probably get a few working marks out of those 18, but it's quite a lot, considering the paper is upon 85. Haiz... I'm aiming for an 'A'.

After the paper, I met Melissa at the bus stop. Turns out that she finished the whole paper one hour before the allowed time, and I bet she knew how to do every single question. I only managed to scribble the last few lines of the last question at the last minute! Didn't even have time to go back to the questions I skipped. *I can see my 18 marks flying away...*

For the last question, she said she did the "or" option because it seemed more fun. According to her, the "either" option was almost the same as the lecture example so she didn't do it! Argh! How does she do that? I'm aiming for an 'A' while she's aiming for full marks. I wish I had her brain!

Anyway, I don't know if I should keep comparing myself with her. Only makes me pale in comparison, a lot! Maybe I should be happy getting my average grades and do "average"ly well. Don't aim for 4A's anymore, cos it's really tiring to keep trying to climb up, achieve even higher and higher grades (even though that's not happening) and in the end make myself so tired. But then I guess I'll regret it when I don't do well, so I better do my best now. Haiz...

Studying is tiring work!

Watch this!

I absolutely love the video and the song. Too bad it's a little blur here. It looks a million times better on tv! :D

Some more birthday stuff

Also thanks to Joanne, Bernice, Cheryl, Vivien, Lujia (again), Maevbe, Norman, Wan'er and Sheryl for their birthday wishes...

I thought Sheryl had forgotten, but I received it the next morning. Seems like she wanted me to think that she forgot. Her message goes something like "you thought I forgot? No way! Happy Birthday! etc..." plus some cute pictures and stuff. She sent it at 12.37am on 1st Sepember.

Then when I thanked her for the wishes she said she had wanted to send it at 12 midnight, but fell asleep, so it was late. I got so touched! She purposely stayed up to send the message to me! And when she fell asleep, she deliberately woke up, so she could message me... Really very very touching. And she some more felt so bad for sending it late... Haha... :)

Anyway, Li Yue didn't message or call me. A little disappointed, but I guess she's too caught up in her art.

By the way, I received the best birthday present ever! It's from a guy!

Actually... it's from my brother. HA!

I was really very touched. He gave me a pair of earrings in a very nice little plastic bag. He knows I'm very excited about my birthday cos I tell him about how much I look forward to it everyday... Haha...

It was a big surprise cos we don't have the habit of giving each other birthday presents except for the occasional year when we're especially nice to each other... It was a pair of earrings, quite long, with white pearls at the end. I was planning to buy a pair somthing like that. And the weird thing is, I didn't tell him, neither did he ever go shopping with me!

I think it's the $2 type. And he said the lady gave him the nice plastic bag cos she thought he was buying for his girlfriend!

Nonetheless, I was really very touched! But I didn't tell him. You know, it just feels weird to tell your brother how much you love him. Haha... Anyway, I think our relationship has become much better this few months. Previously, he was going through that "attitude problem" stage. We couldn't have proper conversations without any tension. Now, it's much, much better. And I'm happy about that! :)

A Teachers' Day Tribute

It's Teachers' Day today! (ok, just pretend as though it's 1st September) I just wanna take this opportunity to thank all the teachers' that helped me grow throughout this whole 18 (yay! I'm 18. Haha...) years of my life... (As if teachers read my blog, but anyway...)

Mrs Chao. I will always remember my Primary 1 and 3 maths teacher. She was the one who first taught me maths, and I think it's the way she taught all of us that made me like maths so much. She really set the foundation for the way I think through maths problems and stuff like that. I think I'm pretty good in maths, and I'm proud of the way I think through problems. (though I don't say any of that out loud...)

Mr Chong. My Primary 4 and 5 form teacher. I had to change school after Primary 6 (because I moved house), so when I had to leave all my friends at the end of Primary 5, he wrote a very nice letter to the whole class, and mentioned me in it. By the way, he wrote the letter because it was also his last day teaching our class since we would have a new teacher in Primary 6. It wasn't soley because of me. Anyway, I took a picture with him and put it in a photo frame on my table. I kept it there for quite long, and I suspect my Mum thought I had a crush on him. Hah! :D

Li Li Qun lao shi. My Secondary 2 Chinese teacher. I used to hate Chinese... a lot! And my marks were seriously bad. For lessons, she split us into groups and we had to answer questions to get points for our groups. Some teachers have such systems too, but they some how fail. Li lao shi instead made it very fun! For spelling, we could get 1 point for our group if we got more than 90 marks, 5 points for full marks. At the beginning of the year, I told my group mates that it'll be impossible for me. But at the end of the year, 90 marks was becoming easy! I even got full marks once! Haha... From then on, I realised that Chinese wasn't as difficult as I imagined. It was just a issue of getting over the psychological barrier.

Mr Ong. The funny Secondary 3 Physics teacher. He's very funny, and not your average gentleman teacher. Instead, he was quite vulgar. No F words, but he used the adjective "stupid" a lot. Not referring to students of course... That always made us laugh and somehow it made Physics questions seem so much easier to tackle. Miracle! Haha... More teachers should do that. He told us he isn't very popular with the school adminstration and people in high places (like the Principal), and sometimes talk bad about them. But the students all love him! Haha...

Mr Lim. My current Chimistry teacher for 2 years now. I've actually said quite a few times that he's a really nice teacher, but I can never emphasise that fact more. HE'S REALLY A VERY NICE TEACHER! Anwyay, tell you something funny... During remedial the other day, instead of "reaction", he said "erection"! Haha... We all laughed until siao...

Mrs Chuah. Horti teacher in charge, and my Maths tutor for 2 years now. Although her very conventional thinking can really drive me crazy sometimes, I've really learnt a lot from her through horti. And I thank her for helping us with the mess during the V day flower sales. All of us really grew up a lot from that experience!

Plus thanks to all the other teachers that have taught me. I seriously appreciate them! HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY TO YOU ALL! :)

Line Dancing (1st September)

Fine, laugh if you find it funny, but I went for my first lesson of line dancing with my Mum in the evening!

Actually I'm quite interested in it, so when my Mum said she wanted to join, I said I would join too under the pretext of accompanying her. Haha... :)

It seems really simple. There are 4 sets of 8 counts of dance steps. Then after those 4 sets, you just repeat everything over and over again. It's that simple!

But, for someone like me, a dancing idiot with 2 left feet, it's no mean feat. I kept turning the wrong way, and couldn't remember the steps! All those aunties danced better than me.

Well, it's because it's my first lesson and the class is already halfway through. So we didn't learn the previous dances. But even for the one that we leant on the day itself, I had problems catching up. My Mum too. So maybe it's because we need time to get used to it first...

It was really a lot of fun, but I got quite dizzy from looking at people's feet all the time and turning so much. There was this sick feeling in my stomach.

The people there were all very nice though! There was a girl younger than me, and she danced really well! There was another slightly younger lady, and all the rest were aunties. I guess I'll become even more auntie than I am now after hanging out with them. Haha...

There was one particular auntie who danced really, really well, and was teaching the others who couldn't catch up.

Overall, there was this very warm feeling among this group of (not so young) women. I enjoyed myself a lot! :)