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profile Walking by faith is something easy to say, but hard to do especially when things don't go as planned. But we try all the same, and I'm no exception. This blog is in some ways cathartic, in others a means for me to pen my thoughts and struggles as I walk this life and learn to trust God more with each passing day. tag archives May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 friends and credits skin by: Jane |
Monday, May 30, 2005 @ 10:56 PM
things people do for money Staring open-mouthed at fear factor; the things people will DO for those ka-chings amaze me. *shakes head like dad* My back is aching -- went to school today at an ungodly hour of 9am (hahas its the holidays, c'mon!) to help clear up the whole of the council pub room (sth like a storeroom except this one was FILLED with so much stuff) 'cos the poor room is gonna be torn down to make space for a beeger canteen. Things that we saw; sooo many banners, charcoal (huh??), aluminium foil (huh huh??) blah blah blah. Even a cute l'ill mini mouse. It was a LOT. Wasn't cleared for years, and now 38th got the job! Hmms. Not that we had a choice. So it was 1, 2, 3 carry, then step, step, step up the stairs, walk walk and dump in the available rooms we had. Poor CIA (com of internal affairs), 'cos we practically dumped everything in the council room, and they just cleaned it up! yikes. By 1 my stomach was screaming for food, and we had some pizza. lala came by to school then for a band exco interview and we yakked for some time (read her blog about her sis. HAHA) before the few of us left finished clearing the cpr. Man, I felt like a man after that big shift. Ooh! Came across this pic:  ha! Taken during Speech day where all elects had to present a group item after our own speeches. Isn't that red tie just so funky??!! Makes you wanna get up and dance huh! heh. I'm beat. I think I'm going for a nap. pianoexam commontest study pw council choir css council camp anything more? I don't know how the heck I am gonna get through these. ahh. okay I will. *congrats to mel who's now the SOFTBALL CAPTAIN! wuhuu! she's going to treat elits to dinner someday. right? ;)) *want see pics to 05s08's class outing? go to mavis's blog! Sunday, May 29, 2005 @ 5:50 PM
red bean soup you red sticky and chewy boiling with durians and a bit of lemon you get scooped up by a huge ladle scoop plop into the bowl brought to the living room put on the table scooped up a second time but by a smaller ladle then brought up to my mouth such a red landscape you flow into with white mountains which have dark caldera lakes in them suddenly earthquake! what shock when the mountains seem to fall in on you and that is the end of the red bean soup * * * This is crap. I have been drinking red bean soup for the past thress days. Daddy can you not cook them anymore???!! @ 4:58 PM
teeheehee ooohhh! yesterday was a great day. =)) Woke up thinking, yay!! I slept later that 0630 today! And felt like the most blissful person on planet earth. You can't blame me. The past week was terrible+horrible+evil. Followed by choir elections at 9am! After 10 speeches and a gazillion questions, we finally have a choir committee... A biggie pat on the back and congrats to cheryl sim, cj, pras, tammy, howie, xiupeng, xiangting, louis, roy, dewei, cherie, andrew, lemane, jiayun for making it to the com! And I want to shout this out loud: dewei is njchoir's student conductor!!! and roy is bass SL!! *grinsgrins* As for me.. I didn't run for any position, because with council, I'm really busy enough. But i have huge faith in everyone who made it, though not all were the ones I voted for. next: Watched Star Wars Episode 3 with nia and hilda. (Ha! kn I watched it already leh.. nananipoopoo) Yay!! It was not bad. Preferred the previous two episodes, probably because the endings were less demoralising. Took big steps home 'cos in the evening I had to attend Hwa Chong's choir concert, Myriad together with njchoir peeps. I thought it would be faster to take bus 75 straight to VCH, but it took a full fat hour! Reached the place and practically ran all the way up. Phew. And the concert was fantabulous! Perhaps it was the company. Or the beautiful songs they sang, like Dahil Saiyo (Because of You).. ahh so nice. After everything I went to find yidan (choruster at hc choir now) and coincidentally found out a pri 1 classmate is in hc choir too! hmmms. haha now i can add another name to my ' princess elizabeth primary alumni' list. blah ;) Then both me and yidan took a looong train ride back home - chatting and laughing away. What can I say? The day ended off on a great note. I'm so glad to have my friends with me.. =D Tuesday, May 24, 2005 @ 8:48 PM
teachers Why we love and not-love them at the same time 1. They rattle on and on and on and on.. and on on on that you feel giddy at times, but after that you realise.. it's all for your own good. 2. You ask a question, they answer it brilliantly but later go on and on.. and on. 3. They let you off for lessons early but top it off with ' hmmms since you're let off early lemme give you some work yeah... ' *groans* 4. Mood swings. You'll never know what to expect. 5. They share some really interesting info with you.. as well as some less desired info that induces drowsiness and some incapability to keep your eyes open. 6. They think they're always right. Which is true most of the time, but ahh.. you know. 7. They try their best to joke; some pass the mark, but some cmi. 8. They c-a-r-e. Different approaches, yeah, but I suppose they do. I know it's a wee bit early to get all teacher's day-ish here, but I've come to a realisation today that we do take teachers for granted sometimes. Gotta give them some credit, man! tralalas. Will be back for some serious blogging after this crazy week ends. (ok i know I keep saying that and I never get it done. so I shouldn't say it in the first place. but then again.) Everything's crazy. Common tests, homework, SPAs, council, choir, my sis, this computer. Myself??! get a grip, xiaohui. Sunday, May 22, 2005 @ 3:30 PM
some thoughts They say jc life is hectic. You go for lectures, you go for tutorials. Teachers shoot questions that require substantial thinking, the content of the subjects suddenly become more complex, more difficult to comprehend. You realise that the people around you are not as innocent, nor simple as they seem. You seem to be going through a turning point; you think so much more about your seemingly near future. Your status in this world appears cloudy, ambiguous. Birthdays and celebrations become less significant. You do not wish for things you used to as often. Life seems to become more... serious. Is this what they call adulthood? That occasional conversation, that movie, that song, that person's actions... suddenly mean more than what they seem. You sit on a swing and go back and forth, back and forth, but somehow the pure carefreeness you once felt as a child has disappeared. The mind becomes riddled with thoughts, and more thoughts. No longer like the predator of the wild: See prey, hunt, eat. It has become deeper. Perhaps that is why looking at children immersed in their world of toys and uninterrupted fun makes one smile. You recall that you were once that child, and you felt utmost joy at the simplest things. And maybe, your smile is tinged with nostalgia... But you also come to realise the importance of friends and family, which isn't all too bad. :) Wednesday, May 18, 2005 @ 10:34 PM
all i want is.. IGNIS burn burn burn burn burn. HEY!!! (x infinity) hiaks. Sports meet today! Didn't run but am worn out all the same... 'cos I CHEERED my lungs out!! The peeps weren't exactly enthu ( except 05s08 and A02!! You all rock lahh!!), but its alright i guess. For our first time! ignis ignis BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM ignis ignis BOM BOM BOM BOM BOM ignis ignis here we gooooo FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT we will we will thrash you flat like gingerbread and never let you stand BANG!!! haa. yippee~ *cheerios to s22 - they ran like, FIRST for a couple of events!! If I were still in there, i bet they would have won more loh. BAHAHA ya la ya la like real i know. okay okay i'm about to suffer from nodding-off syndrome. nites! burn on. Monday, May 16, 2005 @ 7:13 PM
college day! After college day (last performance seniors had with us), I'll miss...  Taking dear joyce's dad's car after late choir practices..  And goofing around in the car...  jjjoooyyyyccceeee!!! *wail* Okay la let's regain some composure.  Sorry for the bluriness: the sop section!! seniors.. =(  PURPLE!! I SEE PURPLE!! *faints with happiness* But before this picture was taken the 05s08 foodie com was busily preparing pasta and potato salad at sherinah's place. What can I say? We worked and worked and the food was yuMMy!  In shuqi's mum's car heading for nj from sherinah's: aini trying to freak motorists out  It didn't work so she changed her pose.  Food fair!  05s08 sold out its pasta 1 hr before the food fair ended! So we tried to cook more pasta in the hot water under the heated tray. -_- And did it! Bahahas~ It was meant for own consumption, but apparantly a customer came and bought a bowl. (I was in the hall watching the concert) And because we ran out of pasta sauce, tomato sauce was used! Shhhh. ;) tralallaas. excited for star wars!! mm hmm. Off to watch 'square pegs' on ch 8. tata! Wednesday, May 11, 2005 @ 10:40 PM
hey college day rehearsal today but let me start with the early council meeting i got into cpu! (creative & publicity unit) oh yippee yay starting to like the people in it already that is kinda fast but i really don't mind ;) lessons were mind-boggling as usual but managed to be enlightened by the always-excited chem teacher mdm lau she rocks but she'll be leaving after the june hols drats. teachers keep droning on and on about the common tests 'you guys are going to die' mm hmm. I don't need more pressure in my life loh ah well they mean well i know oh! and council investiture will be on the 25th (may) sooo css councilors if you ever come across this COME to our investiture!! cos I wanna see you people =)) I realise I kinda like blogging in this format free from the horrors of punctuation guess it kinda represents how i'm feeling lately wanting very much to clear all my homework but finding it pretty tough 'cos they keep coming and coming and coming and coming choir elections are coming up! anticipating to see who will be the future leaders digression an ant is crawling across the screen its a bit irritating but its okay as i was saying! I have faith in my fellow choir mates running because all of 'em or rather us ;) are passionate about this CCA *grin* arghs gotta catch my forty winks so that i can complete more work in school tomorrow realise that when i reach home i tend to relax but in school i get all maniac-ky 0_0 my PI was rejected twice. *wail* praying hard for the third i submitted tomorrow! a new day must be optimistic =D take care everyone Saturday, May 07, 2005 @ 10:34 PM
just love coincidents It's mama's day tomorrow!! happy happy Took a listen at the recordings of the SYF pieces and cringed at the sops. yeeowch! This week will be pretty hectic 'cos of College Day. *deep breath* mavisss's bdae is coming right up! excited excited heh i wanna sleep now. nite~ Wednesday, May 04, 2005 @ 10:40 PM
today Woke up at 5am brushed my teeth and took a bath gulped down breakfast with nana bunning up my hair put some makeup got on a taxi and reached njc lt5 attached the nice purplish sash did warmups did the three syf pieces placed our bags in the choir stall walked down the parade square driveway with practically the whole school staring at our nice costumes and clapping and cheering for us I felt good got up the bus sat next to eugene kept quiet along the way thinking about the songs feeling how i felt the last time i sang alighted the bus at SCH gathered to head into the place they told us we were second to perform 10 min tuning we went on stage rushed a little on first two songs i couldn't really reach the high notes cos of the damned throat the last song was nice i felt it my hairs stood exited the stage with a smile got all excited seeing vj perform and jj cos soo many css-ians were there later after lunch i went mad seeing cj n ys took pictures pictures and laughed most of the time results announced njc gold wasn't flying or cheering at first but i guess it was what we knew we'd get deep inside we cheered as loud as ever yahhhhh waved bye to hwa chong shouted ms lim (conductress) you rock boarded the bus again headed back to nj this time singing nice tunes i followed along with somewhere over the rainbow yay proud of the nj choir exco elections next voted voted and voted unity takes time to cultivate but i have faith in the 38th we can. can the can? (quoted from mr chin the gr8test math lecturer) CAN!! i love choir and council. Tuesday, May 03, 2005 @ 7:22 PM
the connection between sleep, sunset and mikyo nu ku shi hey it's been a long time! How are you guys? SYF's just hours away, and I am feeling pretty a-okay! But my voice isn't exactly in its best condition.. =( I can't do much at this point but pray that in the middle of the performance I wouldn't erupt into coughing fits.. which would otherwise create a not-so-good impression loh. Baha I won't la!! And the connection between our three songs are, as said by ashleigh (sth like this i think): sleep in the town of mikyo and awake to try our best at sunset. Eh it sounds weird. I think its like, sleep at sunset and dream of mikyo town. Or dream of sunset in mikyo town whilst sleeping. -_- The past week has been exciting, with the horrors of elects camp (for newly-elected councillors.. i made it! =)) and the constant practices for tomorrow's syf. I like feeling busy for now! The homework is piling up though. bleahs. Speaking of which, elects camp was gruelling, but one heck of an experience. Decided to run for hononary secretary in the council; it will be tough, but I'm willing to give it a try.. Anticipating. Tomorrow. We. will. get. what. we've. always. wanted. ahhhhhhhhh~ |