Mollified...

2008-06-04T22:09:00.002+08:00

UPDATE UPDATE

First thing first, yes, I'm back from Indo!

Secondly, I got my 1st choice : chem engineering from NTU and my 3rd choice : bioengineering from NUS and I chose NUS. So, those of you who were expecting cheap dental consultation can forget about it.

Thirdly, I'm sorry if I dont reply to some of your emails n sms but I have been busy busy busy ever since I got back. The permanent doctor at the clinic is on leave and somehow the full time staff are either taking leave or are sick. Therefore, I'm working 7 days this week!!!! (blame myself for being too helpful)

Fourthly, I'm tutoring the daughter of the clinic staff. So I am double busy busy busy!

Okay!

That's all for now! I promise I'll reply ur msgs n emails from now onwards punctually!

2008-05-07T17:21:00.002+08:00

New brainteaser:

There was once a knight bold and brave. He felled countless opponents and was said to be peerless on the battlefield.
However, legend has it that there was one foe that set the knight quaking in his armored boots. The knight feared this monster because of the rumor that surrounded it. It was said that anyone who slew the beast was destined to spill his own blood in the process.
Can you guess the identity of this terrifying foe?

I got this brainteaser from the game 'Professor Layton and The Curious Village'.

2008-04-30T20:11:00.002+08:00

Explanation for the brain teaser :

E is lying because even if she is telling the truth(all 5 of them are lying), her statement becomes a lie. So E is a liar for sure.
If A's statement is true, then three other people should be saying the same thing as A. As this is not the case, A is lying.
If B is telling the truth, two other suspects should say the same thing as B. This is not the case and B is also lying.
Only C and D are left, if they are both telling the truth, their satement should correspond with each other. But this is not the case, hence one of them is lying.
Thus, 4 of them are lying and only 1 is telling the truth. This person is most likely to be D.

Conclusion: only one person should be released!

2008-04-28T22:35:00.002+08:00

Okay, now I have a skirt. But I cant find my pair of court shoes. Well done, Melissa! But I'll be going to college day after all because I realise that nobody can help me take my prize if I don't go personally on that day.

And yes candice got the correct answer but I can only write the explanation tomorrow because I need 12 hrs of sleep in order to function properly.

Go go Melissa!

Jia you jia you!

Rah rah!

Talking to yourself is not a sign of insanity right?

Nope it is not.

Oh no, why am I talking to myself all the time.

I guess it's normal.

Oh well...

BYE AND GOD BLESS!
Everything we have is by the grace of God.

2008-04-25T10:52:00.005+08:00

Ok Candice, you got the correct answer. I guess it's quite easy to figure out. I'll give you another brainteaser :

Five suspects are called into police headquarters for questioning. They give the following statements.
A: "One of the five of us is lying."
B: "Two of the five of us are lying."
C: "I know these guys, and three of the five of us are lying."
D: "Don't listen to a word they say. Out of the five of us, four are lying."
E: "All five of us are dirty rotten liars."
The police only want to release the suspects who are telling the truth. How many people should they let go?

Anyways, this is another amigurumi I have finished:

(Amigurumi means little crocheted doll in Japanese.)

And I'm not going to AJC college day because I dont have any formal skirt to wear :( which is a very stupid reason right? Who says girls have to wear skirt???? But it is stated in the invitation letter that if you are a girl, you either have to wear formal shirt and skirt or dress. Therefore, I rather not go than waste my money on a skirt that I'll most probably only wear once.

Now I desperately need more yarns to make more amigurumis!

2008-04-16T14:19:00.003+08:00

I'm finally updating!

First, a BRAINTEASER:
You and your girlfriend went on a road trip over the weekend, on the way to your destination, you drove 180 miles, and your girlfriend drove the rest of the way.
Coming home on the exact same roads, your girlfriend drove the first 150 miles and then you got behind the wheel for the last leg of your journey.
So what is the difference in miles between the distance you drove and the distance your girlfriend drove?

If you know the answer, you can post it on the tagboard.
I got this question from a game I have just finished playing on my Nintendo DS; "Professor Layton and The Curious Village". It is a SUPER game and I can't wait for the sequel.

And I really really want a Nintendo Wii!

2008-03-09T20:12:00.001+08:00

Yay!!!

Last week was my 1st week working as clinic assistant. It's a fun job! Basically, what I need to do is to register patients, call them according to queque, dispense medicine and also act as chaperone when the doctor is examining female patients (especially when they need to take off clothes).

The only difficult things about the job is that:
- most drugs have two names, the generic and company names which are often totally different
- some women like to write their husband names instead of their own and dont response when I call their own names

Yup yup!!!

Anyways, I'm very confused about what to study in uni!!!
If only Molly can speak English instead of Animalese, she can recommend me to get a scholarship to study veterinarian science, and I don't need to ask the teachers :(

And I totally agree with Sasha that GP stands for Great Pain. I hate GP!!!!

2008-03-02T19:34:00.018+08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHERYL!

Went to Novena with Shu Yi, Zi Ling, Wei Ling, Wee Ling, Pavitra, Sin Ting and Cheryl to celebrate Cheryl's 19th birthday. Here are a few pictures we took:

The birthday present I made for Cheryl. I crocheted this cupcake based on pattern from the book "Kids Crochet" by Kelli Ronci.

The birthday cake we bought for Cheryl.

The cake was from Han's

Cheryl loves her bday cake!

She's so happy, she can't wait to cut it and gobble it up!

Wee Ling, Cheryl and Sin Ting

Presenting to you the bday girl with the bday cake!

They were actually posing with the cake on the table but my camera ph was too small to capture them all+the poor cake.

Cheryl and Wee Ling, ready to cut the cake!

Cheryl was concentrating on how to divide the cake! Calculating the angles!

Once again happy birthday Cheryl! Wishing you longevity and properity.

2008-02-28T00:03:00.002+08:00

Introducing to you a new dish that me and Cheryl invented:

"REASLLY" the new pasta with parmesan and mozarella cheese topping, it tastes heavenly!
but you have to use your imagination to taste it!

Anyways,
I realised that:
I miss school! I miss lesson and all the friends but most importantly, I miss teasing Wee Ling!!! cheeky grin :)

2008-02-22T23:40:00.002+08:00

I hate parties, especially one where I don't know half the people there and I'm too lazy to know them. Isn't it weird that people invite their friends without considering whether their friends know each other or at least whether their friends might like each other?

Argh!!!

Anyways, I crocheted an octopus! But it doesn't have eyes yet so I'll only show it to you after I have sewed the eyes.

BYE!

2008-02-16T23:09:00.003+08:00

Third post of today!

Yes, once I'm an expert in crocheting and knitting, I'll make something for each of you!

TV shows to watch:
- the Hong Kong serial on channel 55 which starts at 9 o'clock is great, I think the title is something something feng yun and its about gambling and there is this very funny fat guy!
- Heroes on channel 5 ( I think )

Nintendo DS game I recommend:
Puyo Pop Fever! Its addictive

And I finished Touch Detective already! Hurray!

2008-02-16T23:01:00.002+08:00

Hello!

I've a new blogskin! And no, I dont make this myself! I found it on the web...

Anyways, I discovered some facts:
- people are more willing to reply to sms than email immediately
- people are less willing to reply to mass email or sms

Therefore, if you want quick response from a lot of people you can either threaten them (which is violent and I dont condone violence) or pretend that you are messaging them individually (which is a more peaceful measure)!

Random fact: I tried to crochet a cupcake today but it turned out looking like a round ball :( Maybe because I used the wrong yarns and hook size...)

2008-02-16T14:37:00.002+08:00

This is a hat that I crochetted yesterday!

2008-02-14T12:58:00.008+08:00

Hello blog,

Sorry for abandoning you for so long that you are now covered in dust, rust and spiderweb. I havent been able to blog because the internet connection in Indo is very very slow. I'm now back in Singapore, and I'll give you a short update

An update:

1. I have been learning how to crochet and knit. Here is the first decent object that I crocheted:

Its called Ellie and it has no eyes cos I still havent figured out how to make eyes!

2. I'm still jobless and thus I have lots of time with Molly.

molly is perched on a table!

3. I have a new phone with which I took the pictures above! I love Nokia!

4. I'll be going cycling with "some" classmates on Sun!

Thats all for now!

2007-11-26T14:12:00.000+08:00

Touch Detective

I'm currently playing Touch Detective on my Nintendo DS.
It's a really cool game where you have to use the stylus to touch on the items on the screen to collect evidence, talk to different characters in the game to collect clues and solve the cases. The characters are real cute too! The main character is called Mackenzie and her partner cum bestfriend is Funghi. She has a butler called Cromwell and friends called Penelope and Chloe.

This is one screenshot:

Mackenzie

Funghi

2007-11-21T20:48:00.000+08:00

HIP HIP HURRAY...

Exams are OVER!

Now I can play with Molly all day long!
She is LEAPING with JOY

Oh ya, MATHANGI you better not call me to ask chemistry questions (like what you did directly after prelims) Even though now I know how to draw the structure of penicillin with my eyes closed, I choose not to! Nobody can make me memorise the electromagnetic spectrum or the zillion reagents and conditions for organic chemistry! Now I dont need to bother with how many people died due to Mt St Helens eruption or that soil creep occur on upper convex part of slope!

HURRAY!

Goodbye graphic calculator and scientific calculator! Hello computer and NINTENDO DS LITE!

HELLO WORLD! HOWDY!

2007-11-13T11:54:00.000+08:00

THREE ... TWO ... ONE!

Books to get
His Dark Materials Trilogy:
The Golden Compass; The Subtle Knife; The Amber Spyglass

I have the first one already. So someone buy me the second and third. Thank you very much!

2007-11-07T13:27:00.000+08:00

FIVE MORE PAPERS TO GO

I think I have REALLY SHORT term memory; after every paper people would ask me what's my answer for this and that questions and my mind just went blank and I have to strain my brain to remember the question.

I think they should give us two tables for every single paper, not just geog, cos I need a lot of space for all my things. So that they wont be buried under all the writing papers, data booklet, question paper and etc. That's why I was really happy that we got two tables for geog exam even though geog is the most terrible paper as compared to others. (I like the shading question though! Three marks just to shade the map!!!)

I cant wait for 21st Nov (I'm the first to begin and last to end exams in my class), for Nintendo DS Lite, for swimming everyday and sleeping 12 hrs each day (at least I dont hibernate like the polar bears)!

I love polar bears! They are so white and chubby and adorable except when they are killing their prey...

2007-10-27T18:04:00.000+08:00

If you see the way I'm studying geog, you will be APPALLED!

I think studying makes me stupid!

But still I need to... Sigh!

2007-10-03T18:39:00.000+08:00

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens.
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.
Brown paper packages tied up with strings.
These are a few of my favorite things.

Cream colored ponies and crisp apples strudel.
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles.
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings.
These are a few of my favorite things.

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes.
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes.
Silver white winters that melt into springs.
These are a few of my favorite things.

When the dog bites,
when the bee stings,
when I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad.

This song is from The Sound of Music.

2007-09-28T19:56:00.000+08:00

Volcano case study for geography :

http://lissa3105.googlepages.com/volcanocasestudy.doc

2007-09-23T14:20:00.000+08:00

Hi hi,

The following is the link to my own summary notes for periodicity, group 2 and group 7.
Pls tell me if there's any mistake!

http://lissa3105.googlepages.com/ownnotes.doc
I did this before prelim and since I just discovered abt googlepages.com, I thought might as well use this summary note for trial.

And now, I better start doing my geog and gp essays! Sobs...

God bless!

2007-09-22T11:46:00.000+08:00

An interesting article from MSNBC.com

Dog's got the back-to-school blues
Pets can get down when their favorite people spend time away
By Kim Campbell Thornton

Daniel and Luke were inseparable. The best friends spent the summer outdoors, playing ball and tag, and going inside for a snack from Daniel's mom when they got hot and hungry. But when Daniel, now 11, started back to school a couple years ago, Luke had to stay behind.

“That puppy was depressed!” says Daniel’s mother, Ginny Guidry, of Spring Valley, Calif. “He was only 4 months old when Daniel first went back to school. At first he just laid around, but after he figured out the program — Daniel’s leave time and return time — he seemed to perk up.”

It’s not unusual for dogs — and sometimes cats — to go into a funk when the kids go back to school in the fall or off to college for the first time. They may even mope around when your work schedule changes.

When we got Darcy as a puppy, my husband, Jerry, and I were working at home all the time, so she was used to plenty of attention from both of us. A few months later, Jerry began traveling extensively for work and Darcy’s life was turned upside down. Jerry would leave in the morning and she’d lie at the top of the stairs for hours, waiting for him to come back. She followed her to school one day...

Some dogs take their unhappiness with separation to extremes. Our Old English Sheepdog, Sugar, used to jump our stucco wall and follow me to school when I was in the sixth grade. She’d show up at the classroom door and refuse to leave until my mother came to get her. That’s not an unusual problem with protective dogs such as the herding breeds, who view kids as part of their “flock.”

Cats can be quite emotionally attached to caregivers, too, and become distressed when their normal routine is interrupted.

“Part of that emotional attachment is a behavioral expectation that the two are going to do something predictable,” says John C. Wright, an animal behaviorist and professor of psychology at Mercer University in Macon, Ga.

...........

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20625584/

2007-09-18T17:47:00.000+08:00

PRELIM IS OVER!

HOHOHOHOHOHO!

I thought I can play and play and not touch my stack of notes
then Mathangi called me to ask me a chemistry question which is so anticlimax!

And its from last years' promos!

Oh well!

Mathangi better not put me on speaker phone again! But I'm afraid she did and will always do!
And Hui Xin, stop being so lame!

Let me tell you a joke:
What do brain cells use to communicate with each other?
Cellphones!

The randomness of being random...

2007-09-14T18:17:00.000+08:00

Five more papers to go!
Chem paper 1 and 2 on monday
Physics paper 1 and 2 and chem on tue
sigh...

And today I did something really STUPID!
I didnt do an entire 11 marks question for maths just because I didnt see it!
This proves the fact that when I'm careless I can be REALLY careless...
Argh! I really need to bang my head against the wall!

At least prelim is going to end soon!
And my granny is coming to Spore on Sun which means sweets and chocolate supplies!
And my aunt gave me a whole box of KitKat today which I'm not going to share with Cheryl! (jkjk)

Mc Vitie's Digestives biscuits are NICE!
Me and Molly loves them!

Molly often refuses to eat nowadays... I think she is feeling down because its raining most of the time and I cant bring her downstairs for walk!

And Molly's doggy bestfriend Buffy is ill... There is something wrong with her pancreas...
So me and Molly are wishing her GET WELL SOON...

Now, I need to (like Sasha said) start saturating my brain with information such that the ionic product is equal to Ksp ...

I need to stop slacking or information will be emitted from my head and lost like the spontaneous emission of photons when electrons fron higher energy level transits to lower energy level!

This is a really random post and I think I really NAQed!

2007-08-31T21:59:00.000+08:00

HI!

Things to rejoice about:
1) GP prelim exam is over!
2) I had ice cream today
3) I met Steffi, Jorene, Xiao Yuan, Yue Xing and Esther today!

Things to dread about:
1) Getting back my gp prelim paper ( I only spent 15 mins on AQ! Terrible terrible! )
2) Prelim exam is next next week!

Well, there are more things to rejoice about than those to dread about! So REJOICE AND BE HAPPY!

Oh well, I realised that I learnt a lot (really a lot) when people ask me qns and I teach them! So thanks a million to all who always ask me a lot of qns and I apologise if I ever sound irritated (sometimes I have to repeat saying the same things for at least 3 times to different ppl so please please understand and empathise with me). All I want to say is that I'm honoured that u ask me out of all ppl!

God bless!

2007-08-14T20:57:00.000+08:00

I need to stop demanding or expecting that people think the way I do because it is IMPOSSIBLE for them to do so. (It would be scary if everyone think the same way, even in communist state they dont.)

Anyway, I added a link to Molly's dogster page on the right hand corner. If you click on it you can see her profile and please leave her a bone or give her a star . She joined dogster and made this page last year but nobody really knows about its existence so she asked me to put a link to her dogster's page on this blog. Yup.

It is highly curious that nowadays people always give me pink stuffs. Last year everyone give me blue coloured things. It must be thematic. Maybe next year, the colour is green and everyone starts giving me green things.

All right (my secondary sch english teacher said that this is the correct spelling for 'alright' and you should write this in your compo), I shall start working on the post it that Cheryl passed to me today. If I dont do so, she will stage another "anti-melissa" day.

Yup yup, cya all in sch tmr!

I cant wait for end-of-year holidays!

2007-08-12T17:09:00.000+08:00

Books to read after the A levels

"Tunnels" by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams
"The Black Book of Secrets" by F.E.Higgins
"Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer
"The Other Side of the Dale" by Gervase Phinn
"Stone Soup The Comic Strip" by Jan Eliot
"Marley and Me: Life and Love With The World's Worst Dog" by John Grogan
"Woman on the other shore" by Mitsuyo Kakuta

Things to do after A levels
sleep and sleep and sleep and never touch any of those ten year series!
and of course eat, watch tv, play and play and play

2007-08-09T11:34:00.000+08:00

I am TIRED!

2007-07-18T20:21:00.000+08:00

why does time gallop away during breaks and drag its feet during lessons?

2007-07-06T21:10:00.000+08:00

Did the H3 mid yr common test today. And I realised that I must be really careless or worse blind... argh.... I made so many careless mistakes... I can't even calculate the Mr of a compund correctly (worse still, you don't actually need to calculate it as it is GIVEN in the question)....

Oh well, at least I have no more exams till prelims.... Yippeee!!!!

Still, I need to STUDY like a house-elf starting from TODAY! Gambate!

Molly had her bandage removed today. She has 10 cm long suture on her leg. cosidering the size of Molly's leg, that is really long!

2007-07-01T19:30:00.000+08:00

O God you search me and you know me,
All my thoughts lie open to your gaze.
When I walk or lie down you are before me:
Ever the maker and keeper of my days.

You know my resting and my rising.
You discern my purpose from afar,
And with love everlasting you besiege me:
In every moment of life and death, you are.

Before a word is on my tongue, Lord,
You known it¹s meaning all the way through,
You are with me beyond my understanding:
God of my present, past and future, too.

Although your spirit is upon me,
Still I search for shelter from your light.
There is nowhere on earth I can escape you:
Even the darkness is radiant in your light.

For you created me and shaped me,
Gave me life within my mother's womb.
For the wonder of who I am I praise you:
Safe in your hands, all creation is made new.

Bernadette Farrell. Based on Psalm 139

2007-06-30T13:56:00.000+08:00

I really really want the Harry Potter 7 book! But I have already spent so much money the past three days that I can't afford to pre-order the book... Sad, sad...

Cheryl, you will lend me the book after you finished reading it rite? Haha...

I love Cheryl Seah Jia Yun because:
- she is very funnnnnny
- we can talk about anything under the sun!
- she loves Molly
- she is weird in a positive way
- she went with me for the CSSP Challenge V camp during the last week of the holidays

Talking about the CSSP camp, I really enjoyed the camp even if I didn't have enough sleep and time to study for mid yr common test because the camp was 5 days 4 nights! The people are really fun and nice and basically FUN! And of course, me, Cheryl, Jorene and Ying Tung gossiped a lot and found lots of things to gossip about...

And thank you Pavitra and Ziling for the box of quotations on happiness, Cheryl and Chingy for the tamagotchi, Candice for the jigsaw puzzle, Ariana and Joce for the red pouch! I am really touched. You all are really great friends! I think I have not been a good friend to many, so I must start being one...

" If you want to be happy, be." Leo Tolstoy

2007-06-29T10:18:00.000+08:00

Mid yr common test is over! Yippee!

Anyway, Molly had surgery done on her left hind leg last Wednesday because her kneecap is loose and when she walks, the bones rub against each other and cause inflamation and tremendous pain.

Now, she is hopping around with only 3 legs because she can't use her left hind leg yet. So, I must help her move about and take really good care of her! Because she is the bestest friend and dog in the whole universe!

Hope Molly will recover soon!

I LOVE MOLLY!

2007-06-11T16:20:00.000+08:00

Happiness..
she loves to see men at work.
She loves sweat, weariness, self sacrifice.
She will be found not in places but lurking
in cornfields and factories;
and hovering over littered desks;
she crowns the unconscious head of the busy child.
David Grayson

2007-06-10T20:19:00.000+08:00

I updated my blogskin!
Hope you like it...
Yes, I agree that the picture is GARGANTUAN... I'm trying to resize it!

And we should take more class photos so I can make a nicer blogskin for the class blog (When I have more free time after mid year common test. As for now, I need to study like a house elf!) So if you have camera pls bring them everyday and take pictures like crazy and send them to me ok!

Anyway, to Ching Yee's mother who is currently hospitalised: Get well soon!

To Ching Yee : I love you like crazy! Haha!

To Cheryl : Jia you, jia you!

2007-05-23T20:41:00.000+08:00

This is what me and Ziling learnt during the civics elective course (digital art). We used photographs of Jorene and pavitra during the lesson itself so the two of you are going to be famous!

2007-05-22T18:28:00.001+08:00

Hohoho!

Yesterday, I was absent from school for the first time this year.
And I found out that:
- watching discovery channel is a wonderful way to kill time as you recover from your fever
(and it is really highly educational, teaching you things beyond the textbook such as the fact that you cannot paint your house using explosives like Mr Bean)
- Molly is very happy about the fact that she had someone to accompany for the entire day!
- Ching Yee misses me and my homework (cos she had nobody to copy homework from hehe!)
- by taking turns to be absent, me and Cheryl have not seen each other for one week

As me and Cheryl are still coughing furiously today, everyone kept telling us to isolate ourselves by sitting together at the back of the class. And Zi Ling gave me this postcard about the campaign to "Be Flu Free. Keep viruses away!"

Thanks Ziling for the postcard and Cheryl, Sin Ting, Pav for lending me your lecture notes. Ching Yee for collecting handout for me. Sasha for cheering me up by just being your very funny self.

Cya!

2007-05-20T10:36:00.001+08:00

Hi all,

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I love Hoops and Yoyo!

Cya!

2007-05-12T20:31:00.000+08:00

Next week should be a good week because
- there will be no h3 chemistry lesson till the end of the term which means no need to listen to lectures about diastereisomers, bioassays, zillion types of different mechanism and weird rearrangements that organic compunds do to themselves (well I have to admit they are very interesting but too much of a good thing is bad!)
- me and cheryl will be (finally) going for our first shopping trip of the term!
- so far, there will be no test next week
CHEERS!

Also, our class is becoming more and more fun! Well, except for some people who continue to be obnoxiously annoying and rude. However, I will try my best not to be irritated by them even when their behaviour is extremely atrocious. I must understand that they can't help being annoying sometimes (well, that's an understatement as in fact they are annoying all the time)

This is random but I used to really hate it when people call me Mel because I think that "Mel" sounds very disgusting. Now, I'm fine if you decide to call me "mel". This shows that people change over time.

Anyway, Cheryl asked me whether I would be able to live alone yesterday and I answered her with a resounding yes. However, after some careful contemplation, I realised that I would die of hunger if I live alone as I would not be able to find food on my own (even if I can, I can't cook it).
I would also lose all my belonging in less than a day seeing how careless and forgetful I am. ( This week alone I lost and found my poor water bottle around 5 times alr!). I would also lose my direction as I have ZERO sense of direction. (I don't even know the difference between room 124 and 133.)
So I certainly can't live alone! I need
- Cheryl to remind me to take my water bottle
- Shu Yi to remind me to take my handphone
- Sasha to show me how to go to room 133 for phy lesson
- my aunt to cook for me
- MOLLY to accompany me
- Ching Yee to be bullied by me!

Cya!

2007-05-06T09:59:00.000+08:00

"Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words can never hurt me"

Adults don't make sense, so why become one?

2007-04-28T20:41:00.000+08:00

I need to learn:
- to be more patient
- to care less about others
- to not demand (or expect) that everyone think or do things the way I do
- to be content with what I have!

Top of the world
by The Carpenters

Such a feelin's comin' over me
There is wonder in most everything I see
Not a cloud in the sky
Got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear
It's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Something in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

2007-03-31T16:58:00.000+08:00

Maybe you'll find this picture hilarious (as Cheryl does).

2007-03-16T21:17:00.000+08:00

Please please please....Give me back my holidays... or just give me holidays without homework and ccas and extra lessons!
(just your wishful thinking)

2007-03-12T18:30:00.000+08:00

The ODAC camp was fine... Not as tough as I expected... And I am certainly very happy to have Ying Tung in the same group and tent... I love my girlfriend!!! Thanks girlfriend for everything you shared with me and the GUMMY! I also glad that Sin Ting, Esther, Ariana and Jocelyn joined the camp! At least there are some familiar faces around!

PS: Cycling in Pulau Ubin was fun. We should have cycling as class outing! Shall we?

2007-03-02T22:44:00.000+08:00

This post is to especially remind Mathangi about the outrageous thing she promised to do if she gets an A for MT A level!

But I wont be so mean. Thus, I forgive her if she cannot fulfil her promise. Anyway, I would not dare to watch her doing so!

Ms Tay asked us to write our vision and mission during civics today... This is not what I wrote and handed up.. But I think it is more real than the one I wrote during class.

VISION : to be happy everyday

MISSION : to worry less and to laugh more, to complain less and praise more , to study less and play more!

Oh yes... How can I forget! ONE reason to be happy today is the fact that I will not have to go for anymore mind-numbingly boring and dreadfully horrible MT lessons. Well, this also means that I'lll have less sleeping time for MT lesson = Nap time!

Hope I can get an equally good result for GP (well, this is as impractical and unlikely to succeed as the attempts to discourage people from using Singlish)

2007-03-02T06:07:00.000+08:00

HAPEE BELATED BDAY TO MOLLY

AND HAPPY BDAY CHERYL!

Thank you for being such GREAT pet and friend!

Love you like crazy!!!!

2007-02-17T11:04:00.000+08:00

OH NO!!!!!

I am addicted to folding cranes after folding more than hundreds of cranes.... Haha.... Thanks everyone for helping to fold the cranes and hope that the needy get lots of bowls of rice...

I LOVE 23/06! Thanks people for being such wonderful classmates!

I am so happy!!!

Ho ho ho!!!

Yes, I am very very happy!

Oh, ya, Cheryl asked me to show her the photo of Molly in her doggy cheongsam... So here it is:

2007-02-07T19:34:00.000+08:00

mollify - to make someone feel less angry and upset about something or to placate

2007-02-06T19:28:00.000+08:00

Another nice poem..

Learning

Today I learned
how a spider
wraps its silk
around a fly,
makes the web bounce
with urgent tread -
forward, wrap and back
forward wrap and back.
I watched until
the fly was glued,
the spider still,
the web less taut.

Today I learned
the ringdove's call,
the morse code
from our rooftop,
cuk-cuk-coo -
two short one long.
He kept it up for
ten neck-jerking minutes -
cuk-cuk-coo,
then dripped away
without a backward glance.

Today I learned
that daisies smell
like stale milk.
I picked one,
crushed its hairy stalk
between my fingers
and the fatty stink
lingered rancid
on my skin.

Today I learned
that cats have
tongues like sandpaper.
This tabby gave me
friendly licks
thatrasped my fingers,
sent the shivers
spiralling
around my spine.

Today I would have learned
a lot more
but I had to go
to school.

by Barrie Wade

"Today I learned
that I have
many wonderful friends
who laugh with me
listen to me
wait for me
accompany me
support me
in everything I do.

Today I would have learned
a lot more
but I have to go
for Mother Tongue class.
by me"

2007-02-03T15:41:00.000+08:00

I found this poem very interesting.

Days

Days fly by on holidays,

they escape like birds

released from cages.

What a shame you can't buy

tokens of time, save them up

and lengthen the good days,

or maybe you could tear out time

from days that drag, then pay it back

on holidays, wild days,

days you wish would last forever.

You could wear these days with pride,

fasten them like poppies to your coat,

or keep them in a tin, like sweets,

a confection of days

to be held on the tongue

and tasted, now and then.

by Brian Moses

2007-01-18T20:02:00.000+08:00

Hi!

It's only January and I already wish for the December holidays.
However, I also have a short term target which is to survive till March holidays!

Anyways, I bet you all miss Molly a lot since I haven't been writing about her for quite long. She's great and she wishes to send her greetings to all her fans. Any present for her is deeply appreciated( especially if they are yummy snacks like chicken or beef jerky!)

I also wish to apologise for my bad tempers. I get really bad headaches rather often nowadays but I know this is not good enough an excuse to be bad tempered. (especially when I have nice friends like my beloved classmates in 23/06 and my girlfriends)

JIA YOU!!!!

PS: 23/06 ppl, pls visit our class blog more often ok!

2007-01-14T20:30:00.000+08:00

I love doing CIP! I never know that being praised and thanked can make me so happy... YES!!! I'll do more CIP and not complain about how it wastes my time... Because it doesn't waste my time at all!

2007-01-09T19:34:00.000+08:00

Mathangi asked me yesterday why I am always so cheerful. Well, I hope I can always be cheerful. And I should be cheerful because I have everything I need even if I might not have everything I want. This reminds me of an article I read a few weeks ago. According to the article, people who have won a lottery before were surveyed and asked if they were happier than before. Surprisingly, they were not. Similary, people who were just stricken by a disaster were not more unhappy than before. This shows that happiness is relative. We can be happy if we choose to be. So let us be happy, shall we?

2006-12-31T14:05:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hope you enjoyed your holidays and hope to see you soon!

PS: ALSO hoping that the holiday is much longer

2006-12-11T18:57:00.000+08:00

You HAVE to visit the following websites:
1) http://www.thehungersite.com
If you click on this website everyday, the sponsor will donate food for the hungry.
2) http://www.lightamillioncandles.com/
This website is dedicated for the victims of online child pornography.
3) http://www.gocomics.com/
For comic relief...

2006-12-10T22:16:00.000+08:00

Ziling just suggested to me to use Indonesian newspaper and translate it to English for GP homework. Sadly, Indonesian newspaper are extremely ..... (no words to describe). The hot news in Indonesia is about
- how Taufik Hidayat won ONE gold medal in the Asian Games (It's big deal because Indonesia only have 2 gold medals so far)
- scandals between local singers and politicians
- a Muslim religious leader who decides that one wife is not enough and now has two wives ( apparently with the approval of the first wife)
Oh well.... PPL dont make sense sometimes...

2006-12-10T21:59:00.000+08:00

My right upper third molar (wisdom tooth) was removed the day before yesterday. The process itself was not painful but 2 hours after the extraction, it started to hurt. And next week, my right lower third molar will be removed. The dentist said that there's not enough room for all my teeth. Thus both the already-extracted and going-to-be extracted molars grow sideways. Worse still, the lower molar cannot emerge at all from the gum and a surgical procedure will be needed to extract it. Scientifically, this problem is called mesioangular impaction of the third molar. Sounds cool... Hope I can get rid of the molar and the pain soon....

2006-12-08T09:51:00.000+08:00

I want to be a mythbuster in the show "MythBusters" on Discovery Channel. It is a really cool show where the hosts get to experiment to verify myths or urban legends like whether a rotating ceiling fan can decapitate a person or whether we can create a hovercraft using household items. Isnt it fun?

2006-11-25T09:55:00.000+08:00

I'm so jealous of ZILING who can watch so many movies and trailers!!!!!

2006-11-20T13:38:00.000+08:00

Helloooooooo.......

I'm in Indo now. I've been wasting my time by watching TV, cycling around, doing a jigsaw puzzle except doing homework. Well,well, I shall start doing homework TODAY!!!

As usual, all my cousins, siblings, and friends here are having exams. Sad, sad... I only have my mommy and grannies for company most of the time.

Hope they finish their exams soon...

See you all when sch reopens...

2006-11-08T22:12:00.000+08:00

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

had a very shiny nose.

And if you ever saw him,

you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer

used to laugh and call him names.

They never let poor Rudolph

join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve

Santa came to say:

"Rudolph with your nose so bright,

won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then all the reindeer loved him

as they shouted out with glee,

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,

you'll go down in history!

2006-11-03T13:14:00.000+08:00

five golden rings

YiPPEEEE... From today onwards i will not need to write any malay essay....

I really don't like mt lessons. MT lessons are always at the last period when my battery is low and I just feel like sleeping (and sleep and sleep). I still don't get why I need to study a mother tongue that is not even my Mother tongue (strictly speaking my mother tongue should be either Indonesian or Mandarin). Oh well, at least it's all over!

Next, OP rehearsals rehearsals practice and practice and exam. I dont really mind this though cos I like my PW group. Sasha, Cheryl, Jia Liang and Jocelyn are really nice people. No wonder Mathangi always wants to be in our group. She always follow us around, singing "the TWelve days of Christmas" when we are doing our powerpoint slides in the computer lab. Sometimes it gets a bit annoying for she only sing this line "FIVE GOLDEN RIIINGS". But, Mathangi is very comical. I LOVE MATHANGI....

Anyways, I found the full lyrics of the song. Mathangi, pls learn this by heart so that you won't keep repeating the same line...

The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me

Twelve drummers drumming,

Eleven pipers piping,

Ten lords a-leaping,

Nine ladies dancing,

Eight maids a-milking,

Seven swans a-swimming,

Six geese a-laying,

Five golden rings,

Four calling birds,

Three French hens,

Two turtle doves,

And a partridge in a pear tree!

I also found out that every line of the carol means something:

True Love refers to God

1 Partridge in a pear tree means Jesus Christ

2 Turtle Doves refers to the Old and New Testaments

3 French Hens refers to Faith, Hope and Charity, the Theological Virtues

4 Calling Birds refers to the Four Gospels and/or the Four Evangelists

5 Golden Rings refers to the first Five Books of the Old Testament, the "Pentateuch", which gives the history of man's fall from grace.

6 Geese A-laying refers to the six days of creation

7 Swans A-swimming refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, the seven sacraments

8 Maids A-milking refers to the eight beatitudes

9 Ladies Dancing refers to the nine Fruits of the Holy Spirit

10 Lords A-leaping refers to the ten commandments

11 Pipers Piping refers to the eleven faithful apostles

12 Drummers Drumming refers to the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostle's Creed

The song is a kind of memory aid to help children remember the things I mentioned above. When I was in primary school I learnt an Indonesian song that is created to help us remeber the books int the New testament. Sad to say I can't really remeber the song.

I think this is the longest post I have ever written.... I can't wait for Christmas...

2006-10-15T15:55:00.001+08:00

HAPPY BDAY STEFFI

This entry is dedicated to Steffi... I love Steffi like crazy...

Me, Lynne and Steffi....

2006-10-07T10:06:00.000+08:00

An Attempt to Prevent My Blog from Growing Mushroom

Really sorry blog, for abandoning you for more than a month!
I think i'm not a very good blogger. Cos I very rarely blog.
Exam is finally over!!!! Dont ask me about it please.... Dont ask me which question i do or what's my answer for this this this question!!!
And dont ask me who i think is normal and abnormal!!! Cos u'll tease me after that.

Anyway, i have thought of ten reasons why molly like me:
1) I bring her for walk most often
2) I dont eat chicken skin and always give all the skin to molly
3) I accompany her to the vet
4) I wipe her face clean evryday
5) I accompany her when she eat her dinner
6) I dont shout at her
7) I dont scream "I'm scared of dogs!!!" like some girls do
8) I dont get disgusted when she lick my face
9) I love her
10) She loves me!!!!

Well, this is random but i dont like to read the news nowadays. Do u realise that newspaper is getting more and more depressing evryday? Bombs, hijacking, massacre, rape, assaults and more.... Therefore, I shall try not too complain about PW or mother tongue lesson although both are very boring and troublesome.... Because it is better to wake up to a pile of homework and very difficult than to a disaster...

God, please bless people who are planning a crime right now, so that they'll realise that they re hurtung you and others... Pls bless ppl who feel that the world is cruel to them.... Pls help me not to make this world an uglier place...

Ps: Sorry for making this post exam post so solemn instead of cheerful...

2006-09-01T12:42:00.000+08:00

Studying at Kane's House

As Mathangi has reminded me, it is time for an update. Teachers' Day celebration in AJC is plain boring. Luckily, after that me, Ai Ping, Jolene and Yi Han went back to St Marg's. As expected, St Marg's Teachers' Day celebration was so so much more fun than the one in AJ. The girls were playing a huge pink ball with the teachers. I think if you plan the same thing for AJCians, most people will just stand around and try to look "cool" by not being enthusiastic at all.

Well, actually, AJ is not that bad. The only bad things about AJ are :
1) my maths tutor,
2) some weirdos and irritating people
3) the fact that on rainy days we will always get drenched (the walkways to the school are sheltered but funnily the walkways IN the school compound are not)
4) the massive amount of homework
5) the very long school hours

However, I love my friends in AJ. After visiting St Marg's, me and Ai Ping went to Kane's house to study. Ying Tung also went there after she visited St Nick's. We really studied, ok! I think we are quite productive. Of course, we played and gossiped. But only a little bit (grin). Anyway, there's a lot of food at Kane's house. The only bad thing about his house is the fact that it is not located near our house. We took one hour to reach his house from St Marg's. Later on, Wei Kang joined us for dinner at Chomp Chomp. The dinner was as fun as the studying. I love my girlfriends and sister!!!!

Well, I think this is the longest post I have ever written. Hope Mathangi is satisfied with the length of this post!

PS:
-Ying Tung girlfriend, don't forget to wake up early to take the bus with me when school start ok!
-I love Sasha!!!!! Thank you for forming ionic bond with me. I love both your Indian and British accents.
-I love Cheryl too! (because if I don't write this she will get jealous and "hate" me)

2006-08-22T19:30:00.000+08:00

Steps to deal with irritating people

1) Pretend you are listening
2) Let your mind wander freely
3) Nod at a regular interval

However, the best solution is to stay far far away from them.

Why can't I learn to be more forgiving and patient?

2006-08-19T15:01:00.000+08:00

The Retardedly Evil Smile

According to Anusha, my smile is retardedly evil and according to Ziling, Sasha looks funnily fierce. I think our class is weirdly fun while my PW group is horribly crazy mainly because Sasha ans Cheryl are in my group. Cheryl and Sasha are similarly different pair who love arguing with each other. Mathangi is interestingly unique as she is the only person I know who calls teachers,"cher". Ching Yee is bloodily cute because she was the cute "blood-drop" mascot during the blood donation drive in AJC. Ziling is annoyingly lovable because she loves arguing with me about anything under the sun. Pavitra is the self-declared beauty of our class while Shu Yi is the widely acclaimed brain of our class.Wei Ling and Rama are our highly entusiastic class leader. Last but not least, I should learn to be patient from the wonderfully compassionate Sin Ting. Well, I am running out of adjectives. Therefore, shall stop here and continue when my other classmates give me more inspirations.

2006-08-09T19:05:00.000+08:00

My patience is wearing THIN

I find this cartoon very true. You'll always meet annoying people wherever you are.
There's nothing you can do to change that. You just have to make sure that you don't behave the way those annoying people do and try to be really patient with them.
Lynne, you have to be proud of me because I have tried my best not to be so direct and tell those annoying people how irritating they are. (which I always do last time and Lynne, you always said that I'll get punched because of it one day)
Although when I cannot take it anymore I might just tell them directly how irritating they are.
Anyway, I realise that weird people is better than irritating ones.

PS: Jia you Cheryl!!!!

2006-07-26T19:30:00.000+08:00

Speech Day

St Marg's speech day was spectacular! I enjoyed every moment of it.
For all of you who are curious about how me and Ai Ping would look in the green robe, I have uploaded some pictures.

Me and Ai Ping

Me, Lynne, Mdm Suhana and Steffi

Me and Ai Ping

I will upload more photos soon.

Bon voyage Ying Tung and Ai Ping! Hope you enjoy your trip!!!!

2006-07-08T17:10:00.000+08:00

Drinks with tall glasses and black straws

Cheryl is crazy. I think a lot of people know that already. But they might not know to what extent she is crazy. From the following incidents you can infer how crazy Cheryl is. First, she often ask me to go to takashimaya after school with her because she wants to buy a pancake. Then on Friday after school when we were on the train, she suggested that we go to Changi Airport to buy a cup of "very nice mocha drink". Lastly, during our lunch on Friday, she kept mentioning that she loves drinks with tall glasses and black straws. Here is a specimen of the kind of drinks that Cheryl likes:

2006-07-03T16:16:00.000+08:00

This post shall have no picture of Molly. I'm sorry Mol Mol!
Anyway, I would like to go back to St Marg's. I would like to see whether my $25 star is up yet. And I can't wait for speech day! I miss St Marg's.

2006-06-30T21:03:00.000+08:00

I really hate having to take exams.
Exams are really horrible thing. Exams are bad, really bad, extremely bad, super duper bad thing. I am really envious of Molly. She does not have to sit for any exam. That's so unfair.

Molly can sleep all day long.

Molly can play all day long. (She loves playing 'house')

Well, at least the mid-year common test is over! Time to play! (before we start doing our mountain of homework)

2006-06-06T15:22:00.000+08:00

I miss my mum, dad, grandma, cousins and siblings. Fortunately, I'll be flying to Indonesia soon. Yippy!!!!!!! My mum has an (almost) endless supply of tidbits, sweets and all other yummy things. I love my mum like craazy!!! I love my dad, siblings, cousins and grandma too. They are the bestest.

2006-06-04T15:37:00.000+08:00

Molly went to the vet this morning. The vet said Molly could not have too much snacks.
Poor Molly, she can only have pork liver and cheese once a week.

Molly and her cheesecake on her bday a few months ago

2006-05-31T09:13:00.000+08:00

Steffi tagged me, so I have to do this. =(
Instructions :
1. The tagged victims have to come up with eight different points of his/her perfect lover.
2. Have to mention the gender of his/her perfect lover.
3. Tag eight other victims to join this game and leave a comment on their blog.
4. If you are tagged the second time, there's no need to do this AGAIN.
5. Lastly, most importantly, HAVE. FUN. DOING. IT
Gender: I'm not lesbian
Eight points [no order]:
- can talk with me about evrything under the sun
- honest
- likes me for who i really am
- someone who can feel comfy just by sitting next to me, even if we don't speak
- likes my dog and other dogs
- patient with me
- funny
- someone who's comfy being himself
VICTIMS
1. Ziling
2. Cheryl
3. Steffi
4. Majella
5. Grace
6. Ying Tung
7. Kane
8. Mathangi

2006-05-30T20:09:00.000+08:00

Tuesday
Woo hoo!
I passed my standing broad jump! and I might get silver for Napfa.
I won't need to go for PE remedial anymore. But there are many other remedials to attend.
Sad, sad.
Monday
Went to Woodlands Library with Ziling and Pav to do CIP but in the end we borrowed some books and comics and walked around because we have to register before we do the CIP.
And I got an ice cream from ZiLing. I love ice cream but I don't think I will be able to eat ice cream without dirtying my whole hand. (I'll try to learn though) Thanks for the ice cream Ziling.
Sunday
Went to church. I love church, hymns, communion, and everything else. God is so great. He loves me although I'm just a kid ( an annoying one sometimes).
Saturday
Mostly sleeping at home. I wish I'm a polar bear. Then I can hibernate throughout the holidays.
Friday
Thanks Ying Tung, Cheryl, Kane, Majella, and Daphne for the flowers. And Candice for the chocolate. Thanks Cheryl for taking care of Karin so well.

2006-05-27T13:15:00.000+08:00

Molly

2006-05-27T00:34:00.000+08:00

This is my first post ever in my very own blog. Thanks Ziling for creating and beautifying this blog! I love you like craazy. Please don't flood the tagboard. I'm extremely sleepy now, so that's all for now.