Knock Paper 1s Down.

19th September 2008
8.17pm

"I had plenty of pimples as a kid. One day I fell asleep in the library. When I woke up, a blind man "was reading my face."- Rodney Dangerfield

Love You Lately - Daniel Powter
You packed your last two bags.
A taxi's 'round the bend.
You used to laugh out loud,
But you can't remember when.
You lost your lies.
It's like your moving out of time,
And the whole word
crumbles right beneath you.

So, I might've made a few mistakes,
But that was back when you would smile,
And we would go everywhere,
But we ain't been there for awhile.
And this I know,
There's a place that we can go-
A place where I can finally let you know.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
We're the only one's that around,
We're the only one's that around this Babylon.

I hope you find
whatever you've been lookin' for.
Just remember where you're from
and who you are,
'Cause there's a thousand lights
that'll make you feel brand new,
But if you ever lose your way,
I'll leave one on for you.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
So, come back and you sit down. Relax.
Everything's to see
that you've come a long, long way,
And it's the place that you should be.

'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
'Cause I'm the one that loves you lately.
You and me, we got this great thing.
And we're the only one's that around,
We're the only one's that around this Babylon

I'm gonna make a vow. I will not forgive myself if I come online from tonight onwards. Which means, starting from tomorrow, I'm gonna mug hard & forbid myself from coming online. I promise I'll study hard all the way till the end of EOYs. Its the last leg of the race & I'm gonna play it right.

Mark my words,
Vivien.

Paper 1 for both HCL (hydrochloric acid) & English pinned down today. I can jolly well strike it off my mind as well as my calender. Next up really soon: English oral next Saturday. Wish me well, Sky, I've got my retainers now. Aching gum once again it feels like my teeth are caged up behind bars! Just that the bars now are removable as & when I wish :D

Special thanks to Chewy & Lewis for staying to wait for me when I got my retainers. I speak as if I've got short tongue, or crippled. Nonetheless, for a beautiful set of pearlie whites, I'm going all out! :D Endurance, its called.

CIP after Paper 1s to Simei Care Center. Worked with the members there who suffer from mental illnesses & are in their routes to recovery. Packed all the tube-like stuff into packets of fifty. Helped them count till I was seeing double so I changed to become the fastener. Stapled & stapled numerous packets of tubes accounted by the other bananas. I felt like a staple myself since I was so snappy. Got so pissed off by something I do not want to mention.

18 Chefs was visited by 13 3B students today. Vandalised the entire Cafe with scribbles & rantings. Sumptious meal before finally heading down to get my retainers. So far so good, I'm still enjoying life as it is :)

Here's one for everyone:
Do your best for EOYs, its the final boooooost before a good rest :D Endurance!

Mood Swings Like Pendulum Bob

17th September 2008
7.23pm

I pray that my regular mood swings felt recently can be shaken off if I take extra care in sparing a thought for others, or otherwise, I can predict an impeding thunderstorm about to strike its piercing lightning bolts at you. Right through your heart, sending the hefty volts down your chilling spine.

I do not know what's wrong with myself but I guess I am gonna feel better. Maybe its just one of those PMS that sometimes appeal to girls. Nevermind, just bear with me for a little while.

School as per usual today, nothing much to speculate, nothing much worth mentioning. Though I must say Lewis' good at mimicking as well as imitating. He tried Shuhao & Mr Ong & he rocked it man, displaying slight details of each identity effortlessly. Super hilarious. William was absent today so his spectacles was free for grabs.

Met Debbie after school today, was exceptionally late cos' we watched Boon's Misadventure during assembly. Made me laugh quite a bit. Lunched with Debbie, YinSoon & Lewis. Walked Debbie to block 144 to get her crotchet top for her pointe shoes. Exorbitant pricings made to kill. If Shanyi was there, he'd have chosen a more economical alternative, like sewing his own pointe shoes front. Lolz.

Pictures pictures, they paint a thousand million gazillion words.

Vivien, Debbie :D

Chippppmunk ;D

The road to my house, no editing here. Super nice :D

Mooncake Fest Part II.

13th September 2008
10.04pm

More photos to come (credits to Lewis & his phone):

William crafting his special heart.

That's Lewis, too black, not clearly visible.

Chewy with her ultra cute lantern & WeiTing

Victor with a ball of light.

Lewis' black hand.

V!





William's heart :D

Victor's 3B :D

3B

John, looks like he's gonna pray.

That's about all :D Nothing much happened today. Besides a really rare encounter with a really special person. I don't wanna talk about it, it's priceless.

Mooncake Fest.

12th September 2008
11.05pm

Happy Mooncake Festival :D

Day felt short & night loomed in fast today. Kicked off to school on a rather rushed note cos' I woke up 3 minutes late. Lessons were so-so, with Mr Ong ending the last period with his antics about Java applets. He was giggling throughout his lessons when he saw molecules vibrate from slow to vigorous. He was having much fun though we were going crazy too.

CCA after that. Muster parade whereby only 6 outta 12 were promoted. I believe all the Secondary 2s have performed relatively well since I took over, sometimes leaving me with nothing to pick on so I have to pick on the most trivial matters. Therefore, it was also difficult for me to make the cut as to who to promote but some of you just didn't perform as much as the others did. Work hard & soon you will all obtain your ranks :)

All CCAs to cut at 4pm so summoned the juniors to fall in back to NP room by then. Celebrated Mooncake Festival at 5pm in the main school hall. We got such a perfect view of Cailaoshi singing her super draggy opera showcase, which we got super high & supportive about. Learnt that Lewis had been to Sheng Siong show live before, which made me laugh a bit at the choice of live show he chose to watch. Lolz. Dismissed & allowed to walk around sch till 8.30pm. Satisfied our stomachs with a delicious spread of 4 different flavoured Mooncakes bought sincerely by Leslie. Slacked about at the space opposite the hostel. WeiTing & I had difficulty jumping up onto the ledge.

Changed our venue to the carpark outside church after that. Realised we got a really picturesque view of the almost full moon. Lied down on our backs to let the moon exhilarate us. Opened up our candles & started making shapes & lighting them up till they melt to wax. Here's one Lewis made:

The rest of the photos are in Lewis' phone since my phone died on me halfway through CCA, so I'll upload them once I get them from Lewis. Night at school's so fun with friends. Went to 85 after that for supper. Ordered BaChorMee & sambal stingray. Chewy's so magnanimous, she sponsored us with a plate of BBQ-ed chicken wings :D Slacked around till 9+ before heading home. Spoke to Chewy the entire journey back on bus 17 with a stupid accent I guess irritated the shit outta the entire upper decker passengers :\ Lewis & I alighted at my stop & waited with him for his bus. Lolz, left when 53 came cos' he can take. But when I got home he told me that it was packed so I don't know whether he board it or not :D

Okeh, that's about all for today :D G'night :D
You'll never walk alone.

Intermediate Vocational Exam.

11th September 2008
10.17pm

Yay, Vivien strikes back today, now having completed her Intermediate Examination! Now that its over I can finally have some time off but up comes Nutcracker rehearsals breathing hard down my neck but you know what, that's what life's all about, living it to the fullest :D I am going to be really objective here. To say I'm gonna fail, its gonna be easy. To say I'll pass, thanks to all that wished me good luck & those who kept me in their prayers. Just wanna let you guys know that I keep you guys in mine too :) Here's an extract from what Debbie said to me the night before my exams:

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I swear it really touched me & I was at the verge of crying cos' all the girls in my class taking the exam on a later date wished me all the best. I'm the first one amongst the five from my class to report for the exam so I felt the pressure on cos' now they are all asking me about the exam. I hope I won't let any of you down, but if I really do fail, I'll work even harder & retake this exam :D I saw Miss Wu's face change after Free Enchantment cos' no matter how hard she reinforced on the steps to be executed, we just didn't get it. I think its like fate or something cos' Junni had the exact same examination date + time as me :) Which made everything less traumatic.

Nutcracker today was better. Progressed truckloads cos' we finally know our cast & our permanent positions. Janelle & I are in Cast A so if Miss Shyamala's gonna come watch she's gonna be in deep dilemma cos' Reina's in Cast B. Nonetheless, I hope I get complimentary tix. So that I can invite as many people to watch as possible :)

I'm feeling really blessed now to be living on this Earth. It feels so good to love & be loved :D Thanks to all whom played a part in making the exam & the examiner less intimidating :) Lotsa love.

Counting Down, Less Than A Day

9th September 2008
7.26pm

Hello, yay. No school for me tomorrow cos' I'm gonna be taking my Intermediate exam when 3B's having their lessons. & When I return, it'll be O'levels SPA exam straight for Physics & Add Math common test. I'll have to mug hard tomorrow when I get home after my exams. Anxious? Well, not really, still trying to contain the anxiety within. I think they'll all just leak out automatically tomorrow outside the studio.

Eighteen Chefs with Chipmunk, YinSoon & Lewis today. Eighteen Chefs' a really hot hangout for AHS students since almost the entire cafe was loaded with us. The food there's mouthwatering yet it charges us really economically for a proper lunch inclusive of iced lemon tea & a scoop of chocolate ice-cream. Dared Lewis to suck the lemon dry. Saw his face squirm & contorted cos it was too sour. Priceless, should have captured it. He did it so I had to too but it was way better after awhile. It just turned bitter.

Popped over to Tampines after that with WeiTing cos' I didn't wanna get home so early. Admired WeiTing's sticker which she kindly decided to share with me. Saw one that promptly made me stretch my hands out to pluck it cos' it looks too much like the face on my EZ link. So, tadaa!

Miss Hafizah changed 3B's sitting arrangement. But I'm still surrounded by my friends. To my front is Chipmunk, the my right is YinSoon (now we can share tissue), to my left is Lixuan, to her left is Lewis. So they are all within my reach to talk. Lolz, just that behind me is Donovan which is a little :\ no topic.

Okay, that's all for now. Gotta run! :D Ciao.

Back To School.

7th September 2008
10.03pm

Off we go, back to school. Darn.

Damn, just when I realise holidays are here its gone now :( It hasn't been fruitful this term holiday, if I were to examine it in the academic direction. But well done, I feel accomplished in the aspect of ballet since I practically danced my vacation away. I gave in to so much of my temptations that diverted me from studying which I'm feeling darn guilty now.

Open house today. Mum sat in to watch. I felt myself smiling through the exercises since Mum was there & the exam's gonna be a performance afterall. But after the whole lesson Mum told me that I wasn't smiling. Maybe I was feeling that surge of happiness within me & thought it was written over my face but no, I guess I don't write how I feel on my face like how other people are able to do so unknowingly. Somehow I wish I was that kind of person. Then I won't be so difficult to know & understand.

I'm feeling more & more prepared for this Wednesday's exam. Though I still have butterflies flying around my stomach whenever I ponder about my pirouettes section. This reminds me, I gotta get my koyok on before I go to bed. I miss the time I spent entirely on ballet. I wish I can go back & start this holiday over again with more dancing. I dread this feeling of returning to school, facing those banal books that can successfully irk me to death.

Nevermind, I just got enlightened. A lot of people in this world don't have the education they want. So why am I complaining? Bye, I'm off.

Palais.

5th September 2008
8.22pm

Palais today. Downright disappointed with my foot. Rebutted me back whenever I go on demi. Stupid right foot I wish I can chop you off & replace you with another. I'm starting to get jittery now cos' exam's just round the corner like next Wednesday & up came this stupid backfire of my foot. So this is what we get for training so hard? An aching foot in which I can do nothing about? Even going to the doctor scares me now cos' they'll just ask me to stop dancing. Visiting a sinseh would be worse cos' they're gonna twist & turn your foot till it can't be touched. I'm getting really paranoid right now cos' I'm worried sick about this impaired foot of mine :\

So Palais shares the same flooring as SDT. The last time we went it felt so frictioned. But we're getting along pretty well with the flooring. So that's bravo for now. Not for the turns though. Janelle's daddy picked us up from Simei & arrived almost on time for an one hour class there.

Met Doongzy after that cos' he wanted to use his card to buy Levi's jeans. Lolz, according to the board I was taking bus from, I told Doongzy that I'll alight opposite Suntec Convention Centre which made him walk over from Raffles City to Suntec but I alighted opposite Raffles City so I'm feeling really apologetic now for making you walk. (But you wanted to lose your fats, didn't you?) Yeah. Bid ChenNing goodbye when she went to meet her beloved. Doongzy took his own sweet time to fit on different jeans which sucessfully made it into his "considerable list". Finally he chose one size bigger in case his waist grows thicker. Lol. Haha. Appeased my stomach after which with Yoshinoya. I was telling him that it was top priority to lick up every single grain of rice seen on the bowl since its "premium Japanese rice grains". Bought my favourite koyok/Salonpas from Guardian. Dilema on which type to buy since there's like so many varieties there. Thanks to Doongzy's recommendation I have a spicy patch of capsicum stuck to my foot now to relieve some pain.

Collected his must-alter jeans. Whoops. We came up with a nickname for someone on the MRT just randomly cos' the guy standing in front of us was wearing a "Jeep" shirt & coincidentally, her name starts with a "J", maybe just fatter. So we're naming her "Jeep" from now on. Giggled whenever we murmured the word "fat" cos' we got rudely connected back to the same person. You guys would probably be confused at this point of time cos' I'm not making any sense. Ask me for me info. Doongzy had two unsucessful attempts to pay :P

A maiden photo of me, anti-braces!

Hope Lewis' havin' fun in Batam ;D I wonder what its like there!

So Long, Braces. Forever & Ever!

4th September 2008
9.01pm

4th September's sucha special day cos'

• I finally removed my braces after 1 year & 8 months of torment.
• I had my first Nutcracker rehearsal in SDT.
• Lewis' left for Batam. (To find "haoliao").

Eureka, I can now let my shimmery pearlie whites out without fearing the blinding reflection of metallic cages whenever I take photos with flash. Actually without flash too. I do not have to check for stuck veggies between the metallic cages & I can finally eat in ease. Two weeks before collecting my retainers. I'm so curious how mine would look like. Is it the plastic one? Or the metal strip Chipmunk wears? I have to abide by the rules & regulations of this braces game cos' only then can I maintain such properly aligned set of teeth. Which means I have to brush my teeth twice a day & put on my retainers whenever I'm free from food consumption.

I minimised from a Big Soldier in Nutcracker to now a Small Soldier. But the instructor calls the big ones "little" & us the small ones "little little". I felt really out of place & oversized cos' I have the broadest shoulders but fits perfectly within their height range. Screw it, I'm too short. But today's rehearsal was merely getting us into position & space. I think I'm in Cast A. Cos' they scribbled an "A" beside my name. Went home on the train when passengers probably think I'm a weirdo cos' they kept oggling at my tights. What's wrong with you people, man.

Out with ChenNing after ballet yesterday & here are the shots:

ChenNing & I in Night Safari. I mean, unlighted ballet studio.

Library.

After class yesterday, I went home & shifted all the furnitures in my living room, just so that..

I CAN HAVE MY OWN STUDIO!

Yet Another One.

2nd September 2008
8.50pm

Ripped this off some random person's blog. Since I'm so bored, let me kill time!

01: What is the question that you haven't found an answer to yet?
Why can Miss Hafizah bend her thumb so extremely that she can draw a curve graph with it?
02: Do you ever turn you cell phone off?
Yes, besides these few days just in case they need anything from camp.
03: What happened at 10.00am today?
I was sleeeping, bobo.
04: When did you last cry?
I think a few nights ago. Its one of those emo days.
05: What is your favourite thing to eat with peanut butter?
White bread :D
06: What do you want in your life right now?
Lotsa grace from God.
07: Do you carry an umbrella when it rains, or just put up your hood?
Aye, none. Lets just sing in the rain!
08: What’s your favourite thing to have on your bed?
Granny!
09: What bottom are you wearing now?
Pink FBTs.
10: What’s the nicest text in your inbox say?
There are a lot saved in my "Others" section.
11: Do you tend to make a relationship complicated?
Nehz.
12: Are you wearing anything you borrowed from someone?
Brains.
13: What was the last movie you caught?
WALL E :D
14: What are you proud of?
My perseverance through eight years of dancing.
15: What does the oldest text message in your inbox say?
"Hey vivien! Can help me ask those sec 2s who bought unit tee to bring the money by Wenesday? :D"
16: What was the last song you sang out loud?
Qing Tian - Jay Chou.
17: Do you have any nicknames? What are they?
Boo, Vienzi.
18: What does your last received text message say? Who was it from?
"haha. nvm. its posponed to after sch reopens." From Lixuan.
19: What time did you do to bed last night?
Eleven.
20: Are you currently happy?
Hell, yeah.
21: Who gives you best advice?
WeiTing.
22: Do you eat whipped cream straight from the can?
Noooope. So gross.
23: Who did you talk on phone last night?
Nobody.
24: Is anything bugging you right now?
Stinging blister.
25: What/who was the last thing/person to make you laugh?
JueYing
26: Do you wear toe socks?
Nope, but I think it makes wearing flip flops with socks easier.
27: Who was the last person you missed a call from?
Lewis.
28: Have you ever had your heartbroken?
Yuppos :D
29: What annoys you most in a person?
His/her ability to direct all blame to another.
30: Do you have a crush on anyone?
Nope.
31: Have you ever done cocaine?
No way please.
32: What is the colour of your room?
Greeeen.
33: Would you kill someone you hate for a billion dollar?
Hahahaha, lolz. In exchange for a lifetime imprisonment?
34: Do you believe in the saying ‘talk is cheap’?
I don't know what it means.
35: Who was the last person to lie in your bed?
Granny.
36: Who was the last person to hug you?
Chewy.
38: Do you have a life?
Yeah, I photosynthesise.
39: Have you ever think someone died, when they really didn’t?
Almost.
40: What is the reason behind your profile song?
Nehz, its just nice :D
41: Who was the last person you saw in your dream?
Miss Shyamala?
42: Last time you smiled?
Just a few minutes ago.
43: Have you changed this year?
Becoming more & more heck care.
44: What are you listening right now?
Somebody's Me - Enrique Iglesias.
45: Are you talking to someone when you doing this?
Lewis online, but I think he's off to watch TV cos' he ain't replying.
46: Do you walk with your eyes open or closed?
Wth? Opened.
47: Is there a quote you live by?
Haha, tons & million quotes. Too lazy to list them all out.
48: Do you want someone you can’t have?
NO.
49: Have you ever played an instrument?
Guzheng. Omygod.
50: What was the worst idea you’ve had in week?
To do this quiz.

I'm so lazy I'm gonna stop here.

Mock Exam

02.09.2008
5.50pm

Life is just one damned thing after another.
-Elbert Hubbard

Whooops, I just got reminded. Tomorrow's Brother's birthday. I didn't realise that till I look at the bottom right hand side corner of my computer screen. I'm feeling really apologetic now cos' right now I shouldn't be sitting here rotting my ass off. I should be in school taking my juniors for their annual camp but please, sue my useless foot. There's this incessant pain that lingers there wherever I go & whatever I do to it nothing happens. It's becoming such a nuisance that I no longer feel it when I walk. After the allegro section, the pain really rang through my feet I swear I can holler at it for being wayward.

Pulled through mock exam today. What a relief. Thought I'll probably screw the entire mock exam up since my leg's being such a dumbass. Wrapped it up till it swells like 10 inches (okay, stop exaggerating) but yah, my shoe felt tight. Blister bled after mock exam which was so gross I can chop my foot off. Lunch with ChenNing afterwhich. Talked about where we're heading to after our graded & vocational exams. NAFA isn't a bad choice. But I needa reconsider.

Crossed paths with JueYing today. One of my primary school classmates. The only thing I remember vividly that she said was,

"....the majority of them are kukus.."

Which kept me laughing quite a bit. Especially since before that she said something pin pointing at a particular order of people. Hahaha. Spot on man. Didn't expect myself to talk so much to her since I've always felt awkward communicating with people I haven't met for eons.

Catching up with someone I haven't for a long time & the feeling's unexplainable. Its just, that kind of refreshing, undigging past memories kinda thing. Which feels good, really.

Oh yes yes yes yes! Freedom's round the corner with me finally GETTING MY TEETH off metal cages. I'm removing my braces this coming THURSDAY! Yay. Joy to the world.