.:wE gOt sOuL:. 40103:the best time of my life! =)

2006-11-20T09:12:00.000+08:00

hey! here's an attempt to make sure de blog's updated constantly... must prevent it from becoming stagnant all over again! haha...

anw, most of us are hving exams now... including myself actualli... so u might wonder wat i'm doing, choosing an exam period of all times to start dis blog going again! hahaha... but well, decided dat i shud stop procrastinating... & juz post smth... like how long wld it take rite... =P

oh yah! when do u guyz haf ur hols? for those in ntu, i suppose de latest date of exams wld be 1st dec... wat abt those of u in nus or smu? & as for de lucky peepz abroad, wld u all be returning to sg in dec or anytime soon...? haha... i shall start planning for a nxt 401 class gathering! yep yep... so i'll need everyone to let me noe when ur hols begin, or when u might be going abroad... perhaps for a start, u cld inform me abt it thru dis blog! haha...

look forward to seeing more posts on de class blog... all de best to those of us having our exams!!! =P

2006-11-19T23:42:00.000+08:00

okay i'm here. but guess what.. it took so long to log in! hmmph. hahas thanks celest for e pics! u know what... little did i know that just a month or so down the road after taking those pics at the reunion.. i would be working at STARBUCKS! hahas. it's ssuper fun and i'm super enthu. please come and visit me at my store! crown hotel at orchard rd! right now w'er having our christmas drinks and all that and we have to wear the red shirt everyday.. with the green apron! totally like a christmas tree. come visit!:)

surprise surprise!!!

2006-11-18T12:56:00.000+08:00

hey everyone!!! haha... dis class blog has indeed been stagnant for a long time... & not to blame anyone, i myself am guilty of not making time to post smth, even if itz juz a short one... i'm sure everyone's still interested to noe how one another's getting on dese days... juz a few short updates wld be sufficient i guess... i shall make an effort to blog more often from now on! haha... previously, always felt dat each time i finally get down to blogging, i tend to spend a lot a lot of time coz i seem to haf tonnes & tonnes of stuff to share wif my beloved 40103-ers!!! haha...

anw, thanx mingernie for dat pic! omg... haha... hilarious pose lah... certainly brings back a lot of fond memories... datz like 1 of de rare pics dat i actualli take alone... in case de rest of u dunno wat dat pic is abt... it was actualli taken at esplanade, when mingernie & i went to watch saturday nite fever! haha... we took turns to take photos in dat all-famous pose! haha... & baka mingen happily posted mine but not hers... how evil... -_-

oh yah! uploaded 2 pics! haha... both were taken during our last gathering at suntec... 1 at dome, another at starbucks, after some had left for another appointment... we did quite a lot of catching up... haha... but too bad quite a few cldnt make it on dat day... letz hope our nxt class gathering will be more successful! =P

haha... i decided to upload ANOTHER pic... hope u guyz rmb when dat was taken!!! haha... ^_^

2006-10-30T22:35:00.000+08:00

check this out pple. this blog has been dead for ages but oh wells. hahas! it's celest doing her thang!!! hahahas! miss all u guys. meet up soon kays? :)

2006-07-08T20:44:00.000+08:00

hello everyone! this blog has been stagnant for so long! was great catching up with everyone last monday and friday! cheers~

2006-05-03T20:35:00.000+08:00

hey sorry havent checked this in a long time. haha yah i didn't turn up for prom after all. expensive and frankly cant be bothered lahs. troublesome can - make up dress blah blah blah. think i went out for a good dinner instead.

2006-02-06T17:03:00.000+08:00

hello all! i'm breaking the silence here so come on.. update more often!

Anyway, toni and i are in l.a. with charlina now! hee hee. we're at her house and it's 1am now. hi charlina! do you still check our blog? hee hee. seriously you all should have come. hrmmph. oh well. just wanted to say hieeeeee... :)

2006-01-04T20:04:00.000+08:00

hey y'all! happy 4/01 day!

2005-12-24T23:18:00.000+08:00

have a grEat Christmas everyOne!

2005-12-06T14:41:00.000+08:00

hey yuxuan i was just wondering.. haha would you like me to design something for you for your prom? haha. i'm serious! i should have asked earlier. okay people keep blogging!

2005-12-04T22:40:00.000+08:00

wow okay our blog's alive again.. haha.. prom's like the only thing pple talk bout nowadays..except yuxuan of course. i'm kinda looking forward to seeing her turn up in jeans. heh.

yes ernie i'm blogging i'm blogging.....

welcome me back! mwahaha...

2005-12-03T09:36:00.000+08:00

heyz everyone! haha...itz been a long time since i last blogged rite? other than de reason dat de blog's been pretty dead since my last post, itz also bcoz my darn com crashed! argghh... of all times, it had to crash during my As...causing me to get withdrawal symptoms...and couldnt concentrate on de last few papers! =( well, or perhaps it crashed coz i was using it too much...was online all the time from morning till nite every single day, whenever i was home... haha... waste electricity also...

anw, enuf crap for now... move on to smth else... our gathering!!! first thing i saw when i viewed de class blog again was 'YOU CELEST!!' scared de hell outta me... i thot i offended someone without knowing... haha.. oh yah, initially i was thinking of hving de reunion on 14 or 15 dec, coz charli barney will be back on 13th, & yuxuan's going abroad on the 16th, while i'm leaving for japan on the 18th... but the thing is poor mingen wun b around... so wat do u guyz (excluding mingen) think? hahaha... =P mingen pls dun kill me... coz i dun think charli barney's gonna be ard during xmas, she'll be going japan after a short stay in s'pore... so perhaps when u're back for xmas, we cld haf ANOTHER gathering! ^_^ perhaps like wat u said, a bbq at ur place or smth... =P

oh yah, i think de new template's a pretty refreshing change.. and gd dat the font size is bigger... haha... easier to read long posts, this one for eg... haha...

okie, let me noe wat u guyz think abt de 14/15 dec reunion k? mingen, dun b too sad... we'll take more pics when we're out & i'll update u on wat we did when we meet in nagoya (hopefully)! haha... take care & haf fun, everyone! =P

2005-12-02T13:47:00.000+08:00

hey everyone!! how were the a's?? haha IT'S OVER!! so now everyone should blog more! i have been whisked off to japan yet again so i'm currently stoning in front of the com. nothing to do at all other than eat. i want snow. they forecasted snow this coming week so yayy... come to japan!! celest is coming i know and i am so going to meet YOU CELEST!! hehe... :D

anyway! let's plan a 401 reunion! like maybe sometime around Christmas. charlibarney's gonna be back too so we can do something really cool. a nice, warm, summer Christmas. weifernie go plan!

oh yeah i can suggest going to play with that luge thingey at sentosa! haha and ride the skychair.. we can have all the fun wwe like now since the crap exams are over and we have a few months free. how do you like the new template? i just chose it cos it was plain haha and the old one was seriously screwed up.. there was a big space at the top and i didn't know how to fix it. oh well. after this i am going to send out an email to everybody to tell you to blog. please bloggg!! :)

happy holidays!

2005-11-30T23:18:00.000+08:00

aiyohs wats this hideous thing abt prom and everyone getting all excited abt dresses and hair and makeup. gracious. and to start with the dinner's daylight robbery. horrible rj jacking up the prices, dunno wat the councillors doing lahs. and anw i nv knew pple paid tt much for hair and makeup. kinda got a shock when xinjie was telling me abt her big headache. but who cares lahs. im just going for the food! =) hope it's good. and wats it with gowns! crazy pple talior-made theirs for a few hundred bucks for 1 night! i shall just go in jeans. hahaha. ok wateva. i haven't decided and i've been too tired to! haven't heard from u all for a long time! hope to see u all soon.

2005-11-24T21:39:00.000+08:00

hey everybody! our blog's been dead since august!! how's everyone? let's meet up soon to catch up! :)

2005-08-07T18:08:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone! Where's everyone?
Wait. Strange that I should be addressing this to 'everyone' when at the same time I'm asking where that same 'everyone' is...
Hello! Everybody too busy burying their heads in their books to post a short message here? Things sure are heating up aren't they.
Anyway, today is pretty hot so I'm wondering if anyone else is also feeling the same. I'm back in Singapore by the way. Am getting extremely caught up in this exam heat as well.

2005-07-17T12:54:00.000+08:00

Hey!!
Finally! Blogging! Been staring at the computer for long hours (but not the internet) which explains why I haven't really had the time or mood to blog. Where's everyone? No entries for a month?
Hmm. I'm in Japan now... Anyway, how's life? Busy mugging? We have less than 4 months till the final exams. Aurgh... And I'm at a loss of what to write. Usually I have tons of rubbish to say but not today. Hmm.

details of our class gathering! ^_^

2005-06-06T14:45:00.000+08:00

heyz! i'm so happy that quite a lot of pple will be able to make it for our 401'03 class gathering! haha... ok, here're de details in case anyone forgets...

meeting time: 12pm
meeting venue: somerset mrt
activity: lunch at marche + chatting session, other activities to be decided on that day itself... =P

yep, if there's ath u wanna clarify, feel free to contact me k? 24 hr hotline: 91187863... hahaha...

~celest~

class gathering...?

2005-06-03T23:08:00.000+08:00

hey...bad news...charli barney's leaving dis sunday for jakarta...but she'll b coming back after dat, though she isnt sure when exactly she'll b back in singapore... but i guess we cld still haf our class gathering...though it wun b veri complete without her ard! *sob*

anw...de 2 possible dates for de class gathering are 6/6 & 10/6...we're juz going marche for lunch & haf a nice chatting session after that... from wat i noe, some pple cant make it on 6/6, for eg. yin2 & tse min went shanghai on a sch trip...so dey'll onli be back on 9/6. so cld u guyz pls contact me at 91187863 to let me noe if u r free on any of de days so dat we cld choose to haf de gathering on de day when most pple can make it... it'll be all de better if u can make it on both days... ok, hope u all can sms or call me asap coz itz not easy for me to contact every member of de class coz many pple haf changed their contact nos... pls help pass de msg around to any of de 401-ers whom u're still in contact wif k!

so happy!!! ^_^

2005-05-22T18:20:00.000+08:00

hey all!!! i'm soo soo happy!!! hahaha... de tkd comp was held yesterday, & we did very well! haha... i was so relieved that my hard work didnt go down de drain, coz after de gruelling preliminary round, quarter-finals, semi-finals & de grand finals, i managed to clinch de gold medal for de indiv black belt category!!! i was simply over de moon!!! haha... all my days of rigorous training haf at last paid off! haha... =P anyway, i wasnt only happy coz of my personal glory, but it was also bcoz hc managed to clinch an overall 2nd! haha... last yr, we managed to get bronze (3rd/4th placing) out of 5 schs...wch wasnt realli a feat...but dis yr, we managed to get overall 2nd out of 9 schs! haha... *yay* hc tkd rox... ^_^

ok...so perhaps hc sports isnt exactly on a losing streak after all...de bball girls & tkd pple are de anomalies... de bball girls were realli superb in de finals where dey played against vj & ended up thrashing them 68-34...exactly twice their score... & de mvp was also from de hc girls' team... i guess vj did try to put up a hard fight, & i admire them for their fighting spirit...but perhaps there was juz too significant a difference in their skills... as for de bball boys, i felt so disappointed for them...dey were losing by almost 10 pts in de 1st quarter & dey managed to close de margin in de 2nd quarter...by de 3rd quarter, dey were actually leading tj by quite a few points, & in de 4th quarter, it was a veri close fight coz dey juz kept overtaking each other...& 3 mins before de end of de match, hc was still leading by abt 6 pts, so most pple thought we were most prob gonna win...but before we knew it, tj suddenly fought back & scored a 3 pointer...although our players wanted to widen de margin, luck was juz not on their side & perhaps it was also bcoz dey got a little frantic when tj seemed to be catching up...so in de end, dey cldnt score even though they tried to shoot, & tj ended up gaining possession of de ball & managed to get it into de hoop... *sigh* but well, it was such a close match & both teams were definitely on par wif each other in terms of skills & teamwork...

anyway, enough said abt hc's stories...hope u guyz can share urs on our next gathering... are u all free on 6 june, monday? wanna go for a nice meal & haf a proper get-together...? perhaps we cld visit our lao di fang, marche?? haha... ^_^

Boo!

2005-05-14T22:38:00.000+08:00

hey.. forgot all abt the blog until recently i saw u-hwee at vj and realized how much i miss everyone!

amazing how i still rmb my sign in username and password.

anw we won the hc softball team (last yr's champs!) by a whooping 10-4! haha. and we're 2nd!!!! feels darn good man. finally we can walk arnd school with our heads held up high instead of always being cast aside as dirt (esp comparatively to the guys) by the pe dept. HA.HA. see who has the last laugh. us of cos. it's not like we won the game by fluke we were so psyched up and fought so hard (celest why weren't u there!).. but i actually felt kinda bad for the hc girls.. we kinda broke their confidence and all.. they were so quiet on the field it reminded me of the old days in rg.. sigh..but i guess mental strength's really impt, and they cracked too easily. anw glad they'd be 3rd after us instead of 4th after nj (who'd have been 3rd if we had won hc by another run).. hc's definitely the better team..dun even know why we lost to nj. prob screwed up real bad..or maybe cos i wasn't there (haha.kidding.. not tt indispensable)..

hmm..yah celest i agree with u. wat's up with them changing the name man. maybe u all really r on a losing streak..aiys haggar's so upset abt the loss to vj. i mean, they were going for a tough fight against rj for the gold.. like wat they do every yr.. it's like vj was nv really a contender and nbdy'd have ever tht they'd lose to vj. haggar's like so stunned, he's taking it quite badly. sigh. dunno. heard the hc pitcher jus cracked the last inning. think it's v sad..but guess it's just one of those things tt happen.. i feel so bad for haggar..n annoyed. n worried. aiys okay shall kp the rest to myself.

anw, good luck and all the best celest! and psyche up! =) im sure u can do athg long as u put ur heart and soul and mind and wateva else u need to it! jiayou.

blog stagnant for a long time...

2005-05-14T20:56:00.000+08:00

hey all! wat've u guyz been up to?? i guess everyone's probably too caught up wif their school work, ccas, love life, etc etc...

anyway, de june hols are coming...& perhaps itz time for us 401-ers to meet up again? haha... charli-barney, when're u coming back?? i heard u'll be back sometime soon...be sure to inform us so we can haf a nice gathering okie? =P

well, juz to update u guyz on myself...i'm currently busy preparing for my comp...wch is a mere week away! haha...quite stressful coz of de responsibility i hafta shoulder...i realli hope to win something, but i guess de chances are real slim. if u wanna noe de reason why, u'll hafta ask me personally, coz itz not veri convenient to post certain stuff here...on a blog, where nth's realli private! u guyz heard abt de psc scholar incident? haha...must learn from other pple's mistakes & make sure we dun follow their footsteps... anyway, i think hc has been on a losing streak! *sigh* realli sad case...we've been losing in every single sport so far! eg...softball girls lost to vj in de finals, softball boys lost to vj (even though they were leading by quite a lot in de 1st few innings, onli to lose eventually in de veri last inning), tabletennis boys got disqualified, volleyball boys lost in de semis though they were leading at first, squash girls lost their champs title to rj (if i'm not wrong), & waterpolo boys lost to ac in de finals... *big sigh* i'm not sure wat exactly is wrong...but some pple juz complain that itz probably a curse dat we've been under ever since we changed our sch name from 'hwa chong junior college' to 'hwa chong institution'... 'hci' is a name dat i can hardly identify wif...i simply see it as a sch for chinese high boys to enter after they finish their 4 yrs of sec sch education...itz like an extension of their tchs sch life & environment...i realli wonder if dey'll be able to get out of this integrated programme if dey ever get sick of it.. anyway, de music grps on de other hand, are enjoying better luck i suppose...strings ensemble & choir managed to get gold wif honours, harmoc & guitar managed to get gold, MAD (music & dance) and band got silver... de sch was happy abt de awards clinched by de various musical grps...except for band i guess. it was realli sad for de band members coz all of them were expecting something better! my classmates, 1 of whom is de band major while de other's holding another exco position, were especially disappointed coz dey felt dat de band had actually performed quite well on de syf judging day, so de band members were actualli expecting at least a gold...but things definitely didnt turn out as dey had hoped...for some unknown reason, dey ended up wif a silver...many of de band members were so affected dat dey ponned quite a no. of lessons de next day & they were in veri low spirits for a couple of days after de syf central judging...

okie, enough said abt my sch's misfortunes...hope better things will come our way... wish me luck for nxt yr's comp... hope i can get thru without any mishap... most importantly, hope my injuries dun worsen any further from now until de comp...my knees are alredi on de verge of breaking, & my left shoulder (dislocated previously) has also been giving me lotza problems, not forgetting my left ankle (torn ligament during bball for pe in sec 3) wch sprains itself veri easily...hahaha...am i scaring u guyz? okok...shall end off here, hope to meet up real soon...in de meantime, hope we'll all enjoy each & every day of our lives & face all challenges wif lotza courage & optimism! ^_^

2005-04-03T18:44:00.000+08:00

woah time sure flies.
and to think the last time i saw her she still had a flat tummy.
oh yes celestine... keep us updated!!!
i can't wait to meet up.

heyz!

2005-04-01T22:25:00.000+08:00

helloz!!! haha...did everyone miss me?? hehe... anyway, hvent blogged recently coz i was hving some probs wif my blogspot a/c...glad to be back again! oh yeah, a huge piece of good news to share wif u guyz...ms wong has delivered her baby!!! haha...her baby girl's called janelle...ms wong sms-ed me on gd fri...so i'm not sure if janelle was born on gd fri or b4 dat... ms wong also said that she was still in quite a lot of pain, so she wouldnt be able to receive any visitors...so she'd rather we visit her at home after she gets discharged... shall inform u all once i arrange a date & time wif her...so exciting!!!

hallo!!

2005-03-18T16:47:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone~!! How come only toni and charlina have been blogging? tsk tsk... my com has been really pathetic, not being able to open this and that... including blogger.com that's why I haven't been able to write. But I've been faithfully visiting! haha. Now I have my father's laptop that's why I can finally blog... whooohoo~

So anyway.. how have things been? Charlibarney's coming back soon...wheeeee heh heh. But have I mentioned that I'll be going away this April or end march and coming back in August? hehz. I'm gonna spend my spring and summber in Japan!! Yea!! :D But actually I have this feeling I am going to be really really bored there, so hopefully I will get more drive to study... hmm come visit me okie! If you've been reading the papers there's the WOrld Expo so I will be there.... there're cool woolly mammoths and dinosaur robots there... and Singapore's chicken rice. How amusing... but the mammoth is something not to be missed!

haha toni, I like that photo tooo!!! Except that I think I look retarded.. but that's just 1/28 of the class so.. harhar. Very nice... keep posting photos... I'd have posted some too but too bad this is my dad's laptop I don't have any here... grr :(

Anyway, I think RJ's common tests are coming up or smtg right? GOOd luck~!! And for the hwachongers, vanessa, victorians (imagine at graduation ceremony they'll have to announce "here's our victorian valedictorian.. ahaha), and what other JCs.. good luck! and of course our dear charlibarney having exams and all too :D i hope your chinese is doing good.. heh. Take care everyone!! we should meet up soon.

2005-03-15T12:04:00.000+08:00

my favourite photo of the class!

2005-03-15T12:01:00.000+08:00

classroom

2005-03-15T11:59:00.000+08:00

whee..a trip down memory lane.

2005-03-15T11:42:00.000+08:00

heyall....

guess everybody's busy eh? no exciting happenings?
charlina!!! how's driving like? i can finally get a license. bah but "the parents" are only going to let me have lessons after the 'A's.

uguh. the holidays are downright boooring. gotta mug for the up-coming common tests.

oh anyway, i was wondering... did anybody borrow my jeffrey deaver --"stone money" in sec4?? haha, had originally intended to re-read it over the break... but i just can't seem to find it.

okay better hit the books.
-toni

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2005-03-10T13:42:00.000+08:00

How come nobody's blogging anymore???? :(

2005-02-13T15:11:00.000+08:00

meeting up at good ole rgs...

2005-02-13T15:01:00.000+08:00

ahhhhh you own a car!
I'm so envious. hais and to think I still have to depend on public transport to get around.

photo courtesy of celestine...

Hellloooo

2005-02-08T08:19:00.000+08:00

hey everyone!! sorry haven't posted for so long..hahaha...i checked a couple of times in december and there weren't any new posts for quite some time...anw...how are you all doing???
Don't be stress over A's ok..hehe..keep the cool 401 spirit!! hehehe...well for me bday my friends at school made a little surprise for me...and then my church friends (with my sis) surprised me on the weekend by covering my car with chocolate syrup!!! crazy of them..but also sweet!! hahaha
Things are ok here...but i'm still kind of having problems adjusting to life at school...i can't seem to be completely happy here...i'm not very sure why i don't like it either...it's so different here...i miss you guys :(
Oh and i watched this movie called Coach Carter.. (all must see!!) And it reminded me so much of badminton training back in RG...or rather...my absence from badminton training! haha..sorry weifen...i always found excuses to escape training...but i kind of regret it now...i missed running and doing strokes.... :(
Well yeah..that's life here...it's still pretty cold but winter's supposed to end ini a couple of weeks...oh yeah...and just so you guys know...i'm takingChinese now!! hahaha..crazy toO!!
And if any of you are thinking of studying abroad...come toLA!!!!! hehehe...

Miss you alL!! mmmmuach!! :)

2005-01-25T17:33:00.000+08:00

charli barney!! gomen ne! haha...veri veri sorrie... here's wishing u a happy belated bday!!! so how did u spend dis special day abroad? anyone there to celebrate it wif u? ur sis was around rite? wat abt ur parents? did dey specially fly there to hold a mini celebration for u? hehe...

anyway, i'm glad to see a few more new posts...at least it doesnt look like my personal blog... school has been pretty fun these days! i've been hving a great time hanging out wif my juniors, who are veri cool, funky & havoc pple! haha... feel relieved dat we didnt end up getting a junior class full of nerds or muggers... there're 2 rg gals in my junior class, liqin and yanling...any of u noe them? there are 4 st nicks gals, 2 rv gals, 1 scgs gal & 4 ny gals... as for de guyz, 3 from ri (1 from ri bball), 1 from sji, de rest are all from tchs... i dun think dis shud come as a surprise rite? haha...

well, sch life has been filled wif much fun & excitement so far...tkd has also been an outlet for any of my frustrations or anger...haha... i'm like trying to enjoy myself as much as possible b4 de sch work starts piling up...

oh, almost forgot to mention smth else...i met mdm yeo yesterday!!! i was at the temple at waterloo st, guanyin temple...den someone suddenly tapped my shoulder! and i looked up and saw mdm yeo standing rite b4 me! haha...it was a pleasant surprise of course... den we went outside de temple to continue talking... den while chatting, mdm yeo told me she's now a buddhist (she used to be a free thinker), and she has also become vegetarian... she follows a rather strict vegetarian diet so she doesnt even take eggs... datz y she was actually out looking for vegetarian pineapple tarts to buy for cny... and well, mdm yeo told me to contact her in advance if we wanna go back to visit! i guess she probably wants to keep herself free if possible, so we wun hafta wait a long time to talk to her, like after de tchers' day celebrations last yr...

take care everyone... ^_^

2005-01-22T13:12:00.000+08:00

hello!oops charli barney i forgot your birthday!!!!but HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TOO!!!

my most favourite song for now:

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

ALL TO DOWNLOAD SONG AND LISTEN TO IT!!!

WHERE"S MINGEN?!! I MISS YOU!

2005-01-21T15:36:00.000+08:00

Happy belated birthday Charli-bunny!
Hope that your year ahead will be filled with joy and excitement. God-bless!

2005-01-18T18:18:00.000+08:00

wow...yin2...itz gd dat u've turned over a new leaf! haha...gd dat u're not ponning sch YET... must continue to persevere & aim to achieve at least 20% attendance this yr k! hahahaha...

anyway, seems like it isnt that gd to haf such a huge sch after all...itz nice to be able to bump into new pple along corridors or spot a familiar face somewhere in the crowd...so i guess u guyz are deprived of such a luxury now...? and...itz super scary to hafta climb 7 floors up to get to ur classrm! haha...we used to complain so much when we onli had to climb 3 or 4 storeys to get to our classroom...so, i can hardly imagine anyone not grumbling as they make their way up...or shud i say, crawl their way up...

toni...you're super suay! haha...so yucky to haf a classroom that overlooks the columbarium! so morbid...hahaha... so, haf you spotted any special sights so far?? =P and...meishi's wearing contacts now! haha, datz probably why you couldnt recognise her...

everyone else is juz so so quiet...pls blog k... i also feel quite lazy to blog at times, but dis class blog will be pathetically stagnant if no one blogs!!! so...lend a helping hand! hehe...

~take care~

2005-01-14T21:54:00.000+08:00

eh, i feel so yuan wang ok, i nv pon sch AT ALL, not since the first day of sch... haha.. neither has yuxuan... i'm going to be guai n do work n get my four 'A's... *grimace* .. anw i think we nv run into each other cos the sch is juz too humongous... my class's on the 7th floor... haha... its terribly agonising to climb so far up esp. after we did conditioning for PE... hehe... but nvm will get nice sexy legs.. haha.. anw 7th floor got a damn good breeze and a damn good view.. you can practically see the whole of bishan, n can look at the mrt train chugging away when the teacher starts talking about useless things.

jia you celestine, jia you everyone! & happy chinese new yr! :)

cheers n god bless...

2005-01-14T15:51:00.000+08:00

haha the campus is really big... relative to the old one anyway.
but i don't like the location!!! it's so far away. plus my classroom overlooks the neighbouring columbarium!

the new library is similar to the HC one-- circular layout, but can't be bothered to walk there cos it's on the 4th(or 5th) floor.

speaking of which, i haven't seen kok yin yin around. bet she's ponning sch like nobody's business. oh, i ran into meishi opposite beauty world shopping centre on tues... well actually she ran into me, and gave me a fright cos she looks sooooo different.

hello there!

2005-01-12T20:52:00.000+08:00

haha... hi, wondering if you peepz haf been dropping by to check out de blog every now & den... i haf been, but cldnt quite find time to blog...

anyway, alrite...maybe i am still as kancheong... but cant help it rite? hahaha... i was such a super slacker last yr, doing so badly for every single exam! so dis yr hafta wake up alredi, must open my eyes big big & start trying to complete at least half of my tutorials... this is a huge improvement as compared to wat i did last yr... doing 4 out of 20 tutorials! hahaha... unexpected of me rite??! =P

so how's everything in sch so far? is de new rj campus damn cool...? i'm super envious of ur location...so near j8...can juz catch a movie whenever u feel like it!

~luv, celest~

celestine you're still as kancheong as ever!

2005-01-02T13:23:00.000+08:00

Don't worry, I'm sure everything will turn out alright this new year. (must be a littttleee bit more optimistic eh?)

anyway, just wanna wish you guys a peaceful and fulfilling year ahead!!

-toni

(p.s. thanks for the christmas/new year cards! haha I'm such a bum, couldn't bring myself to send out cards this year.)

~happy new year~

2005-01-01T11:34:00.000+08:00

hey! here's wishing everyone a happy new year! 2005 shud be quite a tough year for all of us... (wif de exception of charli-barney, who doesnt hafta take de 'a' levels!) well, i hope we'll do well for the exams & enter the university of our choice... any of you thinking of going overseas? have you all made any plans for the future? like...have you considered what to major in when you enter university, or what kinda job you hope to get when you step into society? haha... i feel really lost at times coz i've absolutely no idea what i want to do...no clear goal ahead...makes studying all the more difficult! *sigh* what about you guys?? please post something k?

2004-12-25T02:41:00.000+08:00

Happy Christmas everyone!
Sunday's gathering: not confirmed. Please call me or I will call u (which isn't as bad as it sounds)... I think there ar 3 pple who can make it so far. Can't remember. Do try to come... or I will postpone it if there are too few pple because that wwld defeat the purpose.
Merry Christmas =)

2004-12-22T19:41:00.000+08:00

tut tut.. hey ya everyone how come nobody has written for so long? anyway, i'm back! with regards to this sunday's lunch thing right, yinyin and toni (so far): i may postpone it and make it a new years eve thing since there are so few people. and for new years eve will prob invite the whole class. hey i thought we were supposed to have a chalet. so sad...

same here...

2004-12-11T22:22:00.000+08:00

hey, i went orchard de other day, & when i saw mandarin hotel, known as meritus mandarin now, i suddenly thot abt our stay there during alma mater! such great memories... i also rmb us taking lots of pics in de rm, and also at the hotel lobby! i rmb how we were amazed at the glamorous charli barney who looked like she had a professional makeover, mingen's batwoman-like costume wch threatened to drop off any second, vanessa's last-min grand entrance into the ballroom...and mdm yeo using our bathroom! hahaha... all the fond memories still at the back of my mind... i'm also looking forward to another gathering...are you guyz free nearing the end of the dec hols? or perhaps we can celebrate xmas together??

2004-12-06T23:46:00.000+08:00

hey charli barney!! funny thing i was just thinking the exact same thing!! except that im a little later than u. heh heh... so i came online to find your post! :) hows things? and hows things with everybody? im surprised to see that the blog has been so quiet since fernie's last post. ya know, i was looking at my junior's prom photos and it indeed brought back so many memories of our hey-days. sighs... true that time will never reverse.. but then again, we have paris! today i was lying in bed thinking how my premonition could possibly come true at the rate im going- that i'll have to buy two airtickets for myself by then as i'll be taking up an awful lot of space with my fats. and by living in winter here (in japan btw) i will probably live to be like... 5kg heavier when i get back. please tell me youll be able to recognise me... heh heh. charli barney any chance you:ll be coming backkkkk :( a reunion is not a reunion with one missing person :(

well looking forward to meeting up again.. as soon as possible! :)

This day...last year...

2004-12-03T07:37:00.000+08:00

Hey you guys!! I wanted to write this earlier..haha..but didn't have a chance to..so anw..imagine that today is DEC 1st 2004 ok?? hahaha
Yup..so on this day last year, we were having our alma matter night. Can't believe how fast time flies...I can still remember Ming'en's CRAZY costume..hahaha..Celestine looking ever so elegant...Vanessa coming late from her mom's saloon and then later loosing her camera battery...yin2 complaining that I gave her my autograph book too last minute...walking across the street to eat at taka...having a late night snack in Swensens...i could just go on and on and on and on...but basically the point is...,i'm really missing every one of you...i know that we'll never be able to turn back time... (i wouldnt want to anw cos that means i'll have to go through so much work all over again..haha) ...but i really do hope we'll stay close forever...and then when we get a chance to, let's build new memories together... :) LUV YOU ALL!!! MMMMMMMMUUUUACCCH!!

bloggin twice in a row!

2004-11-16T18:12:00.000+08:00

hey ernie! wow you check the blog rather often huh?immediate replies. hahaha. i didnt know you'd be so interested in the mamma mia cast and even resort to buying the mag! haha. but just a little warning. they only feature like 4 guys from the cast, cause they're supposed to be HOT guys. heehee. pepper is GORGEOUS.

in case you're wondering why i'm blogging consecutively in two days, i'm at another friend's house.haha. we're sort of having a stayover at diff houses. we're gathering in honour of the last episode of THE CHAMPION. (which i got ernie addicted to. teehee)

okay nothin else to say. tata!

2004-11-16T17:31:00.000+08:00

OMG!!! FERNIE! I wasn't planning to blog because I'm so tired and busy with packing and all that... BUT! CAST OF MAMMA MIA! haha :) no, you wanna know who I crush? The girl who played Sophie! Her voice is so... cool! I think one of the best parts was the 'jamming' at the end... I wanted to stand up and dance! Just that we were too high up, I would have gotten all dizzy and fainted from the height... Yeah, mamma mia is one of those more memorable musicals cos now I'm like so totally into the music and all that... but Singin' in the Rain was still the best eh! =D

okok, I'm going straight out to buy the CLEO magazine! It better be good!

boo

2004-11-15T23:13:00.000+08:00

hihi!
i'm at my friend's house now. haha. so i pounced on the opportunity to use her com. heehee. anyway i havent bothered to read the blog to update myself. its just too wordy!

mamma mia really rocks! altho i think singing in the rain was still the best. just bought this month's CLEO mag. o my GOSH ernie. you should get it! it has like pictures of some of the male cast in mamma mia! and they are SO BLOODY HOT. haha. esp the one who acted as pepper! his body's like WHOA. hahaha. i know you wont be interested in that part, but more the 'cast of mamma mia' part. haha.

okay gtg now. are we planning any gathering soon? sorry i couldnt go over to chow's the other day. was really really tired after training. hope to see yall soon.

updates!

2004-11-08T10:00:00.000+08:00

hey..ms wong called me dis morn to tell me dat she juz found out dat she wld haf some stuff to do tmr morn. so she cant meet us at 12pm at kembangan. she said dat 2pm at kembangan mrt control station should be ok wif her.

so everyone, please meet at 2pm at kembangan mrt control okie? and...ms wong's bday is this fri, so we cld buy a cake & get some snacks to haf a mini celebration wif her on tue! mingen suggested we buy a mango cake from dis cake shop at siglap wch, according to her, is damn nice! haha... yeah, so i was thinking...mingen & i will go siglap to buy de cake & go straight down to ms wong's house after that, while de rest of u meet ms wong at kembangan mrt & she'll take u all to her house.

well, there shud be ard 8 pple going for this gathering, so pls bring $5 to share de cake & snacks okie? btw, de name of her condo is "Coasta Delsol" in case u all wanna noe.

looking forward to a day of fun and excitement tmr! hahaha... so rubbish...cyaz!

~celest~

2004-11-07T14:50:00.000+08:00

oh btw do you think we need to like buy a little sthg for the teachers.. since we're crashing thier house

like more polite ... dunno larh.. haha

huh?

2004-11-06T22:52:00.000+08:00

huh wats happening.

im like totally irritated with pw. cos i feel like i shld be lounging in bed w a gd book now and not doing some useless ridiculous pw. blahs. annoying.

hmm..wats tt i see abt shoes and watches???? hahaha. tell u wat, my maemae (read mom) refuses to let me buy any new shoes cos she says im taking up too much of the store room space! but too bad, i saw a pair tdy tt i just had to have. heh.'d love to ve a watch collection too, but cant afford it man. nvm, i shall start on my bags collection first! m going on a hot date with yin yin after op on monday for some bag hunting! haha.

heh, ok, i can prob stay for the whole stay over (wateva dates they r just hafta tell me!) but dont mind if i stink ya.. have like 5-h trngs mon wed and fri. disgusting. hope we thrash everybody next yr.

wat expect more from a rafflesian. if ur laoshi said tt and she marks my compo tt i happily wrote abt for tt stupid cl pp she's just so gonna faint. sigh. m i glad its over. besides, i guess c6's not tt bad for a start wat. GP's hard! wat application qns, and the summary was hideous. but still, essays are much better when the marker's not tofu.

anw, u-hwee wat do u want for ur birthday? ve been shopping quite a lot but still dunno wat to get for u. athg in mind tt u've been eyeing?

btw, celest: yup, m going for both chow and wong. so it's 12 at kembangan on tues?

2004-11-06T21:58:00.000+08:00

oh yeah! mahjong! gd stuff...hahaha...must play through the nite or smth, though we must make sure we dun cause such a din that the neighbours start knocking on de doors of mingen's hse or worse still, call de police! hahaha....anyway, gd suggestion, yin2! so who can bring a mahjong set??

anyway, why r de tchers all staying in de east?! i guess de more urgent outing is de one to ms wong's house...itz on tue, most probably afternoon till evening or so... all those who're interested, pls contact me asap! need to confirm some details abt de gathering... i'm sure we can do lotza stuff, tennis, cards, chatting session, vcds, etc... most important of all, must take more pics of her bulging tummy! hahahaha... i'm realli looking forward to seeing ms wong's "figure"...hehe! wat a huge sacrifice to make for her baby! ^_^

2004-11-06T20:55:00.000+08:00

oh my gosh, all 4 teeth, are you sure... eeeks, so pain! :S :S :S i also have leh, i dont want to pull out anymore.. heh... gd luck for your ordeal, sounds damn damn painful. :S

i want to go mingen's house too! will be quite broke esp after mamma mia.. hehe, need to save money... yeps, can we play mahjong too, really miss it ever since our chalet last year i havent yet touched a mahjong tile! cant wait to see everyone next tues!

cheers!

2004-11-05T22:00:00.000+08:00

bayshore = in the east! near weifernie's place!
hmm... anyone for tennis?? it'll sure remind me of last year's tennis pe where all the balls went flying out... heh heh. how fun!

yeah PRINCESS DIARIES 2 was DAMN LAME but SUPER FUNNY! it's a must-watch, especially for those who watched the first one.. otherwise, ya may not understand some of the jokes. heh. funny funny

2004-11-04T22:39:00.000+08:00

where's her house? which part of singapore?

aloha!

2004-11-04T19:57:00.000+08:00

hey everyone! i'm in a super gd mood today! haha...my pw's over at long last!!! had my op yesterday, and had to work on my gpf late into the night... i slept at 3am this morning, and woke up at 7am just to print the stuff for gpf! sighz...den rushed to sch and started shoving more stuff into our gpf, which was pathetically thin just a few days ago. in the end, we managed to stuff quite a lot of our documents into the file, and had to remove the metal thingy in case the file burst! but well, it was a huge load off my mind right after we submitted the gpf!

hehe...and well, though i hardly slept last night, i went marche for lunch with my fren and watched "princess diaries 2" after that! thankfully, "princess diaries 2" is a comedy, or i would probably have dozed off within 10 mins! anyway, it's a must-watch! haha...real funny...had a good laugh while watching the movie...

oh, u noe wat...rg sponsored de batch of sec 3s to watch "shark's tale" at eng wah toa payoh!!! i saw damn a lot of rg gals at toa payoh earlier in the evening, and i suspected there must have been some major event...then i met a junior, who told me that the sch sponsored them to de movie!! omg...this is so so unfair! but anyway, before meeting my junior, i smsed ms wong to ask her if there was any event held at toa payoh, but she onli called me after i met my junior. oh, then ms wong asked if we would like to go her place next tue! haha...i didnt ask for her to invite us or anything...she just suddenly popped the question... yep, she said her new place is at this condo opp. bayshore or smth liddat. then there's a swimming pool, tennis courts, etc. so if you guyz wanna go, do contact me by saturday nite okie? coz i've gotta inform her how many pple will be going...

as for the sentosa outing or the stayover at mingen's place, must count me in! but i'll onli be able to go sentosa if itz btw 11-13 dec... coz i haf an op on 14 dec...gonna remove all 4 of my wisdom teeth! den de doc said after the op, the cheeks would definitely look swollen. and since my face is quite fair (according to the doctor, i personally do not think so), my face might look bruised after the op, and the blue-blackness may spread to the neck! doesnt it sound disgusting??! haha...that's why i dont think i'll be able to go out soon after my op.

yep, looking foward to seeing everyone again! gd luck to the rest who're still pia-ing their pw! jiayou!!!

~celest~

2004-11-03T21:07:00.000+08:00

hey lets stay over at your place on the 12th shall we? then on 13th we can go to clara chow's house for lunch!

2004-11-03T19:00:00.000+08:00

haha yeah troop down (eekk bad pun.) to my place too. the monkeys here are currently going into overdrive... they're everywhere and are constantly raiding the neighboring places of worship. you should see the monkeys making off with oranges and other offerings they leave at the temple. hilarious.

and all to best for your math paper ernie!

2004-11-03T18:36:00.000+08:00

yuhui's so WIse and WITTy now! haha.. yeah your ct sounds so funnyy!!! heh heh. PUH-LEESE. I got like... TWO Es!!!!! and i'm a 3 sub-bber too.. i mean.. what do i expect of myself? 4 subs? nmo way man!! heh heh. YAY pw is OVER! and op was pretty good too. i freaked out during the dry run.. i froze on the spot... but after much practise of speaking to the doors and walls at home, i managed to actaully SPEAK out...

okay okay! come to my house!!!!! :) we could go... HIKING! at bukit timah hill. OH YEAH. remember what we said last year? stay at my house, then troop over to toni's! okay u pple just decide on a day between10-14 (night) to come k! cos i'll be ABSOLUTELY ALONE! i'll also hv to tell my mother... in case the house... the state of it that she comes back to... she'll be prepared.. hahaha... actually, anytime between 5-14 also can... but my brother may be around on some nights.. so not very fun... come come come k!! :) guess what. i have to take the o'level a math paper!!! so thats like right after this friday's cinese paper i'll be locked up.. and then they just had to prolong my... agony... till the 18th! SIGHS...

okay remember to tell me the dates u all wanna stayover.. (more than 1 night also can!!!) we could bbq, swim... play board games(??!!)... walk to and fro toni's house, go to the hill... and what not... just tell me the dates!! :)

2004-11-02T23:21:00.000+08:00

haiyah!!! i hate whining and being angsty but pw is annoying me immensely! today my group just got shot down by ct for a horrible presentation. hahaha and my speech was shit cos there was no speech to begin with. so now i'm trying to come up with some stuff to say now. PW, be gone!!

but well, life is fair and i am looking forward to tomorrow. haha very excited. tomorrow i'm meeting the producer of the short film and she's bringing us to cut our hair and take measurements for wardrobe and pick out costumes!!! superly exciting! my very FIRST experience with acting for film....incredibly looking forward to it. though quite scared too.

don't know if i've mentioned it but let's go mingen's house. more homey...eh? think i've said it already. new reason: must save moneyh! hahahahaha...planning to get lotsa stuff and time to start saving for christmas gifts! hohoho!

TO ALL TAKING CHINESE ON FRIDAY: all the best and may all lao shis be with you. hahahha.i quote my ct, "i expect a lot more from a rafflesian".

Yes, my MAD and horrible and naggy yet intrinsically kind ct who has a fettish for shoes and watches (note: she has a COLLECTION of both. literally HUNDREDS of shoes and watches, she told us. she is a damn rich tai tai from RGS--people like yuxuan, WATCH[pun intended] & LEARN).
she is insane. she spoke to angela and i about promo results and told us, "these results are not good for an rgs girl. i expect a lot more. You are a rafflesian and should be proud of your heritage! look at your GP! you barely made the grade." To angela, "c6 for GP is shit!" see what it is like to get a mad teacher from RGS, just like the crazy principal. oh well...in fact, i honestly thought that a CDDD for promos was not THAT bad considering i didn't study THAT hard. sigh.

shall scoot to do pw now. hate saying that, "bye, have to do pw now." makes me feel like an idiot doing such a contrived and useless project. ok yuhui, don't complain!!!

2004-11-02T19:00:00.000+08:00

Hey hey, looks like everybody's liberated after the promos, with this influx of posts and all.
I'm for mingen's place too! sentosa's just sooooo far. besides it's the company that counts and don't worry ernie we'll promise to behave ourselves ;)

O.o

grRRRrr chinese, the bane of my existence! pw, the thorn in my flesh.
can't wait for this week to be oVER!!!

2004-11-02T09:24:00.000+08:00

hey happy belated halloween to all!haha kinda lag cos my comp's down.whole hard disk crashed.sobz.so did anyone celebrate halloween?deprived me hasnt celebrated 1 b4.ooh but i heard godiva's selling halloween chocs.wenqing,hear tt?!heh.er anw i'm oso a 3 subber!k 3 slackers eh!haha.took 3 subs right fr e start,cos i cldnt imagine taking lit.juz not cut out for it:(thou some ppl tink it's weird for an arts student to not take lit.hmm.sadly i cant make it to ms chow's hse:(but i'll try to go for e rasa sentosa thing!!!haha.hmm betta go back to preparing for op cos my grp members r doing so now.it's tmr!cant wait for it to be over.kk cya~

2004-11-01T23:03:00.000+08:00

boo!

ha, trying to study for my chinese on friday now.. and really aiys dont know wat to do with it. cant do a single tian tian blanks thing..

hmm. im all for the idea of going sentosa! haha. i like the romantic part.. =) heh..and i kinda like the idea of crashing mingen's house too! haha.. why don't we have both..

hey know wat? don't know if u all think disney on ice's kiddish but know wat? im gonna watch sleeping beauty on ice! so exciting! haha.

anw, sock pls post sthg on here to tell us u aint upset with us anymore.. come join in the gatherings kay? got sentosa know? very romantic..

2004-10-31T22:40:00.000+08:00

yoooHoOO! looks like i'll be the first to be done with pw! i finish on .. the 2nd! :) but then again, i am one of the few who still has chinese. eh WEWLCOME YUXUANNY! :) hmm i was hoping to have a little stayover at sentosa after just going there tonoight... its so nice! the sushi by the beach.. like OMG!! its so... romantic! and there are like tiny little surf shops... and the whole hut place is like made of wood and all that... exactly like those beach side surf shops in aussieland!
oh wells...
they found the little huang na girl... poor girl... sighs...okie okie everybody confirm with me when u r free! esp when AFTER the 17th of DECEMBER... yeah?

2004-10-31T22:00:00.000+08:00

hey! i propose we go mingen's house! very much more comfortable and clean than chalets! tell you i always get foodpoisoning after that k!! last year too. then i just came back from tsd chalet and now i can't stop shitting! hahahahaha.

anyway yuxuan thanks for having much hope in me. yes! i heard 2046 is brilliant! have yet to watch it though...anyway wong kar wai is SUPERLY BRILLIANT. he directs with NO SCRIPT. amazing right? mad i'll never become like him. or at least almost impossible. thank you for having so much faith in me ah. hahahhaa.

looks like the next time we meet will be at chow's house right? exciting. hope i can make it. plus it's 13th Nov? what better way to spend that VERY SPECIAL DAY than with friends? hahahhaha GET THE HINT!hahhahahahaha...so shameless yah?

yes yuxuan perfect you have FINALLY made your way here after a long year. well done!

my PW ends next mon on 8th. can't wait.

Yuhui

happy halloween!!!

2004-10-31T19:00:00.000+08:00

heyhey!

wow. i havnt been here for ages and yup like the rest, i got a big fat shock at wateva's happening. know it's not gonna be that easy forgetting this incident in a jiffy but, im sure we'd bury any unhappy thoughts and start afresh ya? :] think happy thoughts and we can fly. [quoted frm yuhui :]]

haha and yuxuan nope u're not the only 3 subber. i am too! haha. frm next yr onwards that is. yup im dropping econs. :] quite sad cos i liked that subj but i juz sux at it. hehs.

guess everyone's pretty busy with pw. my oral presentatn's coming soon and greedy me juz got a bad sore throat from eating chips and chocs and loads of junk food. haha. that's why these few days gotta control myself frm sneaking into the kitchen.

yea that's abt it. have fun chionging for ur pw.

and happy halloween! :]

yay im finally here!

2004-10-29T23:20:00.000+08:00

.:wE gOt sOuL:.

yay! im finally here. so excited i had to post sthg. it's my first time on a blog! hahaha. and it took me donkey eons to figure out how to blog this thing.. gracious. i must be living in some ancient era. hahaha.

heh. don't know wat's going on here. everybody don't be upset with one another anymore kay? aiyahs, nobody despises anybody lahs. if it's anybody it's gotta be me. think im the only slacker here that's a 3-subber right from the start of the yr huh. i just know u people r all gonna be bigshots next time! (provided u all don't go crazy stressing urselves with the As and the S pps and the wats-not) yup.. so keep smiling =)!

don't know who's angry with who.. but doesn't matter cos im not angry.. just know i miss all of u alot alot. rj's just so not the same - an understatement actually. it's still the 401 friends that are the best! (yah.. plus xinjie, amanda, layming.. and of cos my haggar..hahaha) aiys. just miss the pinafore, the classroom, the everything (not some particular tofu whom to date im still reminded of when i see my many rolls of brand new rg socks though)..

yup, i think it's really a very special thing that each and every 28 of us came together and formed a nice little class (or more than tt i hope?) - it cant just be a mere coincidence right? i really really treasure the memories frm those 2 years, and of cos all of u who made them possible in the first place. please don't let such a misunderstanding undermine our friendship. it's not about who's right and who's wrong.. cos there's prob no right or wrong in the first place.. guess where human disposition is concerned, there's prob nv an absolute black or white, only diff shades of gray.. and dark gray or light gray.. it's really essentially the same thing right?

yah, anw, i was talking abt bigshots right.. eh u-hwee.. how's ur tsd coming along? gd? u know tt day i dreamt u became some big shot director like that.. is he wong kar wai? (must ve been reading too much pps) wateva lahs.. u know the really artsy-fartsy guy who direction 2046.. the one tt nbdy caught any ball about. yah..but who cares, he's internationally-acclaimed - that's the big thing. haha. u hwee u must jia you kay! one day u're gonna grace some bigshot events like cannes films festivals!

everybody don't fret too much ya.. things'd turn out just fine.. they always do =).. and u'd all always always be my friends.

2004-10-29T21:45:00.000+08:00

yeap done.

yay

2004-10-29T21:39:00.000+08:00

heyz...at long last, de hols haf arrived! haha...although we still haf pw next wk, & some of us haf other papers sometime in nov, eg. chinese ao, jap ao for me, etc... but well, i guess itz still great to noe dat we wun hafta wake up early every day to go to sch for some pointless stuff! oh yeah, we must definitely haf a gathering sometime soon! i guess if we cant get a chalet, staying over at mingen's place would be a great idea! haha... can wreak havoc...in her rm, dat is... heheh.. yep, so it's time for mingen to train up her organisational abilities this time round! let's sit back & watch her do her thing! haha... =P

take care,
~celest~

2004-10-28T21:39:00.000+08:00

mingen!!! you are the administrator of this blog right?can you invite yuxuan? hahahahahahah after so long she finally decides it's time to join...hahahhahahaha mad.

2004-10-28T15:52:00.000+08:00

i wont be late! anyway...MEET UP! i waz thinking.. book a chalet or something.. somewhere between the 5 and 10th nov... or if we cant get anywhere because its fully booked, u all could stay over at my house!crash and burn! no parents, no siblings around :) tell me soon.. and arrange a day to meet!

good luck with pw ya'll

and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

wat;s happening to us?

2004-10-28T09:37:00.000+08:00

heyhey! this is like the first time i've blogged since exams started... so... i'm obviously not updated bout wat's been going on here... wat's with all the negative vibes??? sock? i tot the teacher's day thing was really trivial.. okay maybe not to you sock. but we've gone thru so many similar situations and overcame them. so why cant we do the same for this? its not like we purposely stood you up or anything. everythin was just a mess that day. isnt our friendship more impt than such things? it takes two hands to clap yes, so could u try forgiving us and we'll try not to be late ever again? i tot it was over a long time ago. i was so shocked to come online and see all the stuff you guys have been writing. wat with all the "shallow friendships" and "insincerity". i mean, come on you guys! shall we meet up soon?? we've had so many good times and no doubt we had our quarrels more than once. but after that everything always ends up okay. and wat's going on with the vanessa and celest thing??? omg guys, its after exams! we've all been looking forward to meeting up and having fun again rite??? so let's do just that k? and ernie, try not to be late! cheers!

2004-10-27T23:43:00.000+08:00

Fun and laughter, Peace and joy!

BTW i feel pathetic because ever since end of promos i haven't met up with ANY of you. madness right? but for strange reasons, the fact is that i haven't. WHYWHY??!! is it cos of PW--
DAMN TO DEATH!

Yuhui's right :)

2004-10-27T21:55:00.000+08:00

as everybody's darling Clay Aiken sang this classic:

When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
When you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind

2004-10-24T19:04:00.000+08:00

hey friends,

it's been some time since i've visited this page and i am shocked by so much that has happened. don't really know what happened and can only roughly guess from the posts here.

Let's not point fingers and blame one another for what was said in a fit of anger. I'm sure all hurtful comments were not meant serioiusly and we ALL have the potential to misjudge or judge others. All that was said that gave an impression that our friendship was not genuine or to disregard our friendship in any way is no doubt untrue. i'm sure that none of us were hypocritical enough to maintain a friendship we did not treasure. i can almost definitely say that sock does not genuinely mean she despises us, nor did we on our part laborously and unwillingly put up with her. we all accepted each other despite....

As the uninvolved third person, i do see that many of us seem to place the blame on sock and all but we know she is the way she is and deep down she does treasure our friendhip a lot a lot.

let us all put aside our pride and whatever that is preventing us from sincerely apologising and making up with one another. let's not use provocative or defensive tones in our posts and things shall be fine. ALL OF US want things to go back to as it was, don't we? YES WE DO!!!! haha, so shall we stop arguing further for it will only aggravate the situation!

much much love and HOPE,
Yuhui

2004-10-21T19:21:00.000+08:00

hi... as much as i would like to forget about this matter, i feel obliged to make clear my side of the story so that vanessa dont have to get accused for anything, just because she blogged, in an attempt to defend me. firstly, you said that i caused you to be distracted when you were playing a game, causing you to miss a stroke, that's why you were agitated. but i am very very certain i called you only after you finished that last stroke, which you had missed... my friend was with me, and she told me to call you immediately when i saw you...but i told her i didnt want to, in case you got distracted. that's why i specially waited till you finished your last game before calling out your name. this i am extremely sure. so i believe you shouldn't use that as an excuse to say "what de hell" out of a moment of irritation. and anyway, that game you were playing was not a serious game in the first place, so would missing a stroke be so serious that you had to react in such a way? do you dare say that you didnt react that way cause you were simply angry with me over the teachers' day incident, when it wasn't even my fault? why do you think i sms-ed you over the past month or so, after dat incident? it was because i wanted to check if you were still angry with us, and wanted to try to appease your anger. although you didnt reply to a single message, i just took it as you might have been too busy to reply or had forgotten to reply. i can cross my heart & swear to that. the reason i wanted to keep in contact with you was because i treasured the friendship and hoped that over time, you would forget about that incident and not feel as much anger about the whole incident. the whole purpose of going for nj's open house and to look for you at the squash courts was to say a friendly hi and i was hoping to have a nice chat with you or something...but things certainly didn't work out the way i wanted. after the squash courts incident, i smsed you and tried to explain things further, but you told me that you look down on us for accepting mingen's nonsense. i've the msg saved in my hp, so if you want evidence, i can definitely show you that. in another of your sms, you asked me why i was getting so worked up over this...let me tell you, i was feeling more hurt than anger. why do you think i would be so greatly affected by what you said if i didnt give a damn about you, as you had put it in your sms.

you wanted us to read our previous posts and reflect on what we have done... i have done so, and my truthful conclusion is still that i did want all our friendships to be everlasting, and i did make the effort to salvage the friendship. but well, it takes two hands to clap...any effort on my part would be in vain if you do not acknowledge it, and if you perceive it to be aimed in making you seem problematic, i dunno what else to say...

2004-10-21T15:58:00.000+08:00

hey sock... i'm really glad you clarified stuff here, because now at least i get to understand whats going on. please, we have mentioned that none of us were ganging up against you, and nobody despises you... but it is naturally human nature to defend the one who shares with you don't you think, so without truly understanding why you said 'what the hell', that wouoldve been how itd appeared. so, id say sorry, especially if i said anything wrong in my previous entry, just that nothing was meant to hurt anyone whatsoever, if its so then i have lousy ways of writing to express myself.

yinyin is right that we should all just stay happy, but it is often through such incidences that we learn to understand each other better, and stuff like that that tests our friendship. i'll honestly say that i have, as in have appreciated our friendship, like you said, we shared really good times that i honestly won't forget--some of the best times of my life. if that punctuality problem was directed at me.. you could have been direct because its pretty obvious i do have that problem and i dont deny it =P im working on it.. and hey, i was the earliest to meet that morning okay!!!

sock, like you clarified the recent incident, i'd like to clarify what exactly happened on teachers day so i hope you'll understand... we were all in school, and i do distinctly remember telling you that we were unsure of how much longer we were going to spend in school, because we were waitig for people, for teachers... i did tell you that you could choose to either meet us in sch, or go to town to wait for us, and since u took a 174, you went to town first. what followed was a delay in sch, and a major, major misunderstanding...miscommunication. whatever it is, lets just heck about it, you may blame me for being irresponsible, i'll just take that, and we'll just laugh it off, not at the expense of you having had to wait in town for nothing, im really sorry, but like i said, it was a miscommunication...sighs.

can we just forget about this whole matter, and be the friends and laugh and go to chalets and what not.... because ultimately i'm sure we all value one another (even if we may not be the only friends we all have). so lets just end this here yeah... enough said about this matter.. forget it... no hard feelings ?

2004-10-20T17:22:00.000+08:00

i'm juz here to clarify stuff.
firstly. i didnt thought that a "wat the hell" would lead to such a big hooha. personally, i say wth at least three times a day so.. yaa... futhermore, IF u havent noticed wat exactly i was doing in the courts that day, i was playing a game. and that distraction has led to me missing a stroke. so thank you.
secondly, vanessa. please quote from which part of celestine's story did i ever said that i despised or insulted you guys? or was it from any of her comments. i only mentioned "friends" in the context of "why would i need many friends who do not give a damn about me? when i can stick to a few close ones" yes. can you please infer from the part of this sentence where i hinted that i despise you people? it's just a statement on friends.
it might be true that i have no friends in this class cos no one really knows me. i had fun and laughter with you guys. but that's it. only fun and laughter. no one to share the pain and sorrows with. you're in no position to comment on the happenings on that day as you were not present so dont try to speak in a tone like you know everything. thank you.
i know how people behave. when you go off with a complain to share, it'd usu comtain 70% facts and 30% personal comments that you add in for better persuasion. i do that too so go ahead and get the whole class to turn against me. but personally, i am not committed enough to spend my whole life waiting for people who are late. it's basic manners. once or twice is still acceptable. but it's been one time too many. it might be my hurried nature or it might just be the lack of responsibility. many times haf i went home complaining to my parents bout being stood up. and many a time have they told me to stop going for these outings. but i still did. only to be stood up more. so enough is enough. i have other things to do besides waiting. if waiting yields quality time spent, i dun mind. but the opposite always happens.
i'm sure i know myself alot better than anyone of you cos i dun really reveal much to you guys. i know i haf a bad temper. and THANK YOU for tolerating my nonsense all these years. but i must say. you are oxymoronic in your entry. how you cant stand me since day one and to save yourself at the end, you'd like to salvage this friendship. what friendship when it was never a genuine one? it's just a way to make yourself look good and not appear harsh. wow. good gp skills i must say. how am i ever to trust having a new friendship when i just read how you "despise" me? and how can i ever be so sure that i would never be stood up again?
i want the friendship with the class to stay but if mob-psychology works well in this class, then too bad. there are a few pple whom will not be affected by all these so thank those people. i'm sorry to tell the couple of you that i do haf friends outside this class. as u said, this is a two-way thing. bitching doesnt help to strengthen relationships. all the cliche of
"i'll be your friend if you'd change" portrays me as being problemetic. why dont you read through your entries again and do wateva u told me to do, urself. like reflecting. if you really cannot find any faults. i wouldnt mind admitting that everything bad, unfortunate or sad that happened to you in the past 2 years are all my fault. so then, there'd be zero use of you bridging this gap in the friendship anymore rite? and yada yada yada... i still hope to remain friends with the class as there are many unforgettable memories that i shared wif u guys. this is all i haf to say. yes yin yin, happy is the main goal of life. and somehow, i feel quite happy now.

2004-10-20T16:58:00.000+08:00

Oh dear...

please don't feel upset anymore about what happened so long ago, everyone! it's only a minor affair (i thought?) and we should let bygones by bygones and not let it escalate so, right... i want everybody to be happy like we all once were! hahaha...

everyone forget what's happened and concentrate on being good friends and happy people again okay?

sounds naive and simple-minded but i think that's the best way to be happy and maintain a high quality of life. hahaha

am really looking forward to the chalet! where we can be our crazy selves and do crazy things. hahaha...

take care everyone!

hugz, yinyin. :)

2004-10-19T17:16:00.000+08:00

hey
nobody means to be against you, we have all been trying, but at times like these your temper and behaviour really gets the better of you. so please try to change, we'll accept it if you are trying.... you may hv blamed me for whatever happened almost 2 months ago now, i'm sorry if you are still angry, but it is important for you to acknowledge that it is not always everybody else's fault but yours, i'm not saying it wasn't completely my fault, let us not look back and dwell on the past. please do what's right and recognise who your true friends are, who cares for you, and who you've hurt, it will definitely mean alot if you apologise to her... and we will be your friends always, if you only want to make it a mutual friendship...

take care and God bless y all...

disappointment

2004-10-18T21:37:00.000+08:00

didnt expect tt minor incident i heard of on tchrs' day to drag on till tdy!!!thot it's a joke initially.but no.it isnt.i'm not taking sides w anybody.looking at things in a rational manner.i really tink u shldnt haf displayed tt kind of attitude.not when she sincerely wanted to patch things up.we noe how hard she's tried n is trying.dun blame her for being exasperated.anyone wld be.she's tired.she's quitting.but she's not alone.pls stop living in disillusion.tt u're always right.e cold hard fact is u arent.i'm sorry.we've been giving in to u e past 2.5 yrs.u might b enjoying all dis attn.in a negative way ,however.i tink she's really fed up.she's agitated.yes she sounds like she is.n she has every reason to be.but fortunately for her,she has frens ard her to support her.she'll be ok:)but u.i dunno.i really dunno...anger's bottling up inside u.ready to explode any moment.it isnt healthy u noe.oh yesh n wat right do u haf to insult us?u despise us?i'm sorry but we dun need tt.we're glad tt we haf one another for company.tt's sth tt cant be measured in monetary terms.we luv ourselves.n r so proud of one another.so forget abt despising us.it's e last thing we need fr u.save it.nth can describe e disappointment i feel now.like hello?!everyone of us haf been tolerating these nonsense.yesh since day1.we've been hoping for a miracle to happen.to see a radical change in u.but no.but of cos we fervently hope tt u can reflect on ur actions.e wds u used haf hurt us deeply.but more seriously haf u considered e fact tt u've hurt urself more by using e hurtful wds on ppl who so dun deserve it.i really hope tt e situation wld improve.n tt e friendship can be salvaged.we noe tt u arent a bad person.juz tt u express ur feelings in a diff way.we'll be more than willing to accept u.provided tt u r willing to accept our suggestions.take care...dis isnt meant to put u down or anything...juz my two cents' worth.

i give up

2004-10-16T23:58:00.000+08:00

friendship is a two-way affair...you give and take... if you're only waiting for others to give so that you can take, let me tell you, you are very selfish... please do not focus on venting your frustrations on others, do repent on your own mistakes. you should know who you are, please stop indulging in self-pity and think the whole world needs to beg you for your forgiveness... i did treasure your friendship, and did put in the effort to get you to join us again, but you turned me away and pissed the hell out of me. go ahead and take me for granted, i'm used to it. but i just hope you will stop being so self-centred and learn to appreciate the kindness from people who cared and still care about you.

well, the rest of you might not know what i'm talking about, but don't worry...it's just my way of venting my unhappiness...i personally feel this is better than saying stuff like "what the hell" in front of a crowd of people...

~celest~

2004-10-12T23:25:00.000+08:00

hello! hahaha today marks the day of END OF PROMOS!!! yay!!!

ok!let's have chalet again....but when when when?! very busy in nov with tsd public performance, and i'm acting in a short film and making a short film too! haha v excited. but i'll DEFINITELY try to make it for class outings...i have one of the most consistent attendences ok!hahahhaha...

VERY SUPERLY looking forward to meet ALL of you soon... after all of us end promos and open house is settled. madness, this saturday, tons to prepare!

well, everyone that is done with promos forget the results for the time being! haha i shall do well just enough to get promoted, hopefully...

ALL of you are LOVED & MISSED by

YUHUI!!!

heyz

2004-10-09T21:25:00.000+08:00

hey... realised dat itz been real quiet here...i guess itz bcoz most pple r still hving their promos... hc's promos started early & ended early...datz y i'm slacking ard like a lazy bum! haha... well, i did real badly for promos...especially physics...i doubt i even did enuf to pass! sighz...i dun wanna drop any subjects, but to promote wif 4 subs...we need to get at least EEEO, wch means dat 1 F wld mean dat we'd hafta drop dat subject! arggh, realli not confident of passing physics.. *sob*

okok, enuf of de irritating stuff abt promos...juz wanna ask if u all are interested in hving a get-together dis hols? i've tried applying for a chalet for various dates & at various places, so dat we wld haf a better chance of getting one... so, juz wanna noe who wld be interested in going for de chalet? we cld have a bbq & have as much fun as we did last year!

meanwhile, take care & enjoy every second of your life!~

~celest~

2004-10-09T02:09:00.000+08:00

Beauty

And a poet said, 'Speak to us of Beauty.'

Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?

And how shall you speak of her except she be the weaver of your speech?

The aggrieved and the injured say, 'Beauty is kind and gentle.

Like a young mother half-shy of her own glory she walks among us.'

And the passionate say, 'Nay, beauty is a thing of might and dread.

Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.'

The tired and the weary say, 'beauty is of soft whisperings. She speaks in our spirit.

Her voice yields to our silences like a faint light that quivers in fear of the shadow.'

But the restless say, 'We have heard her shouting among the mountains,

And with her cries came the sound of hoofs, and the beating of wings and the roaring of lions.'

At night the watchmen of the city say, 'Beauty shall rise with the dawn from the east.'

And at noontide the toilers and the wayfarers say, 'we have seen her leaning over the earth from the windows of the sunset.'

In winter say the snow-bound, 'She shall come with the spring leaping upon the hills.'

And in the summer heat the reapers say, 'We have seen her dancing with the autumn leaves, and we saw a drift of snow in her hair.'

All these things have you said of beauty.

Yet in truth you spoke not of her but of needs unsatisfied,

And beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.

It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,

But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.

It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,

But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears.

It is not the sap within the furrowed bark, nor a wing attached to a claw,

But rather a garden forever in bloom and a flock of angels for ever in flight.

People of Orphalese, beauty is life when life unveils her holy face.

But you are life and you are the veil.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

Kahlil Gibran

Miss You all soooo bad!!

2004-09-22T07:48:00.000+08:00

My dearest bestest friends in the entire universe!! I miss you guys soooooooooooooo much...even more than before. Well everything here is actually really good..my room, my roommate, food, classes (yup i got into drawing and psychology)..i couldn't be happier!! but i'm not!! ok i really don't know how to explain it..but basically i'm just not feeling very happy here lately..especially this week. I actually cried infront of a few of my bible study friends..i just feel so sad..i don't know..maybe it's because it's different here..or i miss LA (where my sis is)..lots of stuff..but don't worry k..i'll be fine..i guess it's all abt adjusting..pls keep me in your prayers k!

And i'm really inspired by ur messages..YU HUI, thanks for the poem, because life indeed is beautiful!! And Yin2...i really can't wait for Paris too!! I miss everything about US..RGS..401..everything!! Cant wait to meet you guys!! Come visit me soon k!! :)

also..just to add to what YuHui was saying..religion is all about faith. Ofcourse you shouldn't just follow blindly..hmmm..im also not sure how to explain this..but basically, just ask God to show you that He is real. He still does miracles today. Infact, have you ever thought that the very fact that we are breathing right now is a miracle..look at the trees and flowers and fruits, dont you think their existence is a miracle..we are surrounded by miracles..!! Well, i'll be praying for you, Yin2...and just one more thing: God will draw near to those who draws near to Him! Dont worry about anything ok..just take one step at a time and know that your faith in Him will be stronger each day!!

Luv you all!!! MMMMMuuuuuach!!

helloz

2004-09-21T17:01:00.000+08:00

hey everyone...how's ur mugging getting on? firstly, wanna say dat when i was reading de last few messages, i sorta felt as if i was reading thru some lit text! haha...everything sounded so philosophical, complicated, insightful, etc etc... it felt really weird picturing in my mind how some of the full-of-jokes pple suddenly sounded so serious when talking about stuff like religion and sociology... haha! anyway, i do agree wif toni dat most singaporeans juz luv to complain abt everything around dem...gd or bad...there's always smth to complain abt... but i guess constructive criticisms will help a country improve and progress, but those rubbish comments made for de sheer sake of attracting unnecessary attention are things we can definitely do without. oh, recently...this permanent secretary, a senior civil servant, went to our sch to gif a talk...dun ask me wat it was abt coz i wasnt paying attention at all. i juz realised she was standing on de stage for abt an hr, talking non-stop though there were few pple actually caring abt wat was going on.. she showed some ppt slides, abt 3 or 4 to be exact...but de slides were hardly related to the gist of wat she was talking abt. i guess de highlight of de entire session was de q&a, when surprisingly, quite a no. of students had qns to ask de perm sec... i realised dat whenever we had q&a sessions, 80%, if not 90%, of de gals who posed qns were from rg...haha! does dis say smth abt rg gals?! oh yeah, & there's dis j1 guy who was from tchs...he also luvs asking qns after every single talk during every single assembly... at 1st i juz thot he must be one of those super enthu pple who like to make their comments heard by everyone...but i realised to my horror dat he's a pervert!! my classmates who were also from tchs told me dat when he was sec 3 or 4, he went over to 1 of de female toilets in hcjc & hid in a cubicle to peep at gals!! *argghh* sick rite! after he was discovered, he was punished & received public caning in front of de whole cohort or smth... but wat sickened me further was dat my frenz said he didnt even look remorseful or anything after de caning. he juz sniggered & rolled his eyes at de discipline master before walking away! he shud haf received harsher punishment to teach him a lesson he'd nv forget... i wonder if he actualli still has de habit of hiding in de female toilet... ...

newae, best of luck for promos!!

2004-09-15T19:55:00.000+08:00

OUR LAST SUMMER

I can still recall
Our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the Seine
Laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Mem'ries that remain

We made our way
Along the river
And we sat down
On the grass
By the Eiffel tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regret
Oh yes
Those crazy years
That was the time
Of the flower-power
But underneath
We had a fear of flying
Of growing old
A fear of slowly dying
We took our chance
Like we were dancing
Our last dance

I can still recall
Our last summer
I still see it all
In the tourist jam
Round the Notre Dame
Our last summer
Walking hand in hand

Paris restaurants
Our last summer
Morning croissants
Living for the day
Worries far away
Our last summer
We could laugh and play
And now you’re working
In a bank
The family man
A football fan
And your name is Harry
How dull it seems
Yet, you were the hero
Of my dreams

I can still recall
Our last summer
I can still see it all
Walks along the Seine
Laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Mem'ries that remain

think 9 years down the road... =)

2004-09-08T20:50:00.000+08:00

hello peeple!!!guess wad!!!!! im in aussieland now.. hahahah. flew down here on impulse and this time its REAL k!!! heh heh. i hv pictures.. heh heh. i went to movieworld yesterday somemore!!! haha i tell u.. this silly girl celest... called me on monda... happily asking me.. "eh are you free tomorrow?" then i was like.. eh im in australia la the call is gonna cost me ALOT then she ewas like..."wad? youre sick? take care ah..." and i was like NO IM IN AUSTRALIA and .... sigh.. haha so silly...
oh well.... hope i can go bungee juping tomorrow.. haha
i dun hv much time online here... like 2 bucks for 20 mins.. so nvm... talk again .....
see ya later..

2004-09-08T15:10:00.000+08:00

hello! it's sept hols and today is the only day i'm home. mon and yesterday i reached home at 9 or 10, but i'm happy cos i FINALLY finished my painting!
anyway, yah toni-pony i agree that singaporeans, sometimes myself included, are really whiney complaining idiots. all we can do is sit around and put down the system and blame the government but when we are asked what can be done to change it, NO ONE knows how. i'm not pessimistic, just that things cannot happen overnight. but eventually, one day when we are all old or dead, change might come. i just think we are too apathetic and self centred. we choose to rather migrate and leave the problem behind. come to think of it, i'm convinced the problem lies not totally in the govt but mainly in the people. if we were courageous enough really, we would do something about it, perhaps even demonstrating or rioting, whatever. it's just that we are not willing to sacrifice our grades, future etc...so instead of complaining, we either think of a solution or shut up.
Yinyin ah....i think that religion is something that cannot be fully comprehended while we are on earth. That's why it is based upon faith, which is believing what we cannot see. Religion needs no concrete logic nor evidence. it is because humans are overly rational that we try to question and outsmart God. No one person, even missionaries or pastors can answer all the questions, but one day when we all go to heaven things will be put in perspective. of course we all have our doubts but i have learnt to put it aside since in the whole of the world, religion and God (despite it's many questions), is perhaps the only thing i can rely on and only source of stability. Life is so much easier with God because we know our purpose, which is also His. It is so much easier to decipher right from wrong, know what to do and what not to do, to see the bright side of life. it is essentially the big picture that governs our life and keeps us living with some direction.
i'm just saying that there is really no need to question because presently we can never get the answer, and it is not the solution to stop believing because deep deep down, you know there is God. Things will work out just fine. Push aside doubts, for it is the devil trying to waver your faith.
Funny how life can be so complicated when we try to analyse everything but seeing the big picture, life is in fact so simple, and the little things that matter don't matter anymore.
hhaahaa we are becoming such pondering creatures. but i think it's interesting.

2004-09-06T11:12:00.000+08:00

wow, i didn't know that my rubbish-talking classmates could be so philosophical! haha.. yuhui, that quote was really applicable to me, and i think to almost everyone cos to about everyone JC's not as nice after we've shared such good times in RGS...

I went to church yesterday and was listening to Rusty Russell (an American missonary) ministering to the church.

You know, even though i've attended church ever since i was young, i've never really totally believed in God. i've always felt that religion is just a means for people to find emotional support and comfort. what makes us think that a God really exists? but, if there were no God, how can the earth, the galaxy, the universe be formed? then again, how do we know if our God is real? why not Islam's Allah, or Buddhism's Buddha? i think and think until my head aches and then i decide that it's all too complicated for me to understand.

you know Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code? one of his ideas of history being written by the victorious? what if history were really so?

anyway, yesterday at church, Rusty Russell was talking about God wanting to fellowship with us. he was a very inspiring person; many people came to the front of the chapel to receive the Holy Spirit. a lot of other people were gathered around these people, praying for them. suddenly some people just went stiff and fell to the ground, unconscious and stiff as a board. they just lay there so stiffly. after a while they suddenly regained consciousness and woke up again as though nothing strange had happened. other people were crying and shaking uncontrollably.

after i saw that, i just felt... weird. i dont know how to describe my feelings. why do people just suddenly blank out? how do they suddenly regain consciousness again? does that mean that they've received the Holy Spirit? is it wrong to question the source of your religion? then again, if you question the source of your religion, it shows that you don't fully believe in it, and how then can God speak to you?

aiys. i dunno larh. after seeing all those "supernatural" things happening yesterday i feel really confused, like all my previous opinions about religion being make-belief is shaken. i don't know larh.. just felt really weird and confused after yesterday's service. maybe some of u could shed some light on this...

2004-09-05T21:11:00.000+08:00

Well said... Perhaps if we complained less, things wouldn't seem as bad.

yesterday I attended this dialogue session conducted by an MP for jc students. (as usual I was just sitting there, trying to remain inconspicuous.)
it was then I realised that instead of sharing the aspirations they had for Singapore (which, by the way, was the topic of dialogue), the jc students were just whining about how PW, SPA, CIP and the education system in general sucked.

seriously, since we're already in this crap, we might as well try to do whatever we can given the current situation. SO what if our work-load is inhumanely heavy, and we're made to go through a tedious and ridiculously rigid education system, get over it... Move on.

I don't want to sound too preachy here... infact I doubt I'm the best person to say all this-- considering I'm one hell of a whining brat.

But take heart! things will only get worse :) yeap I'm the pessimist.
taking into consideration that the current situation isn't going to be any better, we might as well enjoy what's left of jc life.

ahhh.. But if you really feel like crap... Don't worry! We can always get together and watch love actually, (yeap yuhui I lurrrrve that show too) and laugh at billy mack hideous rendition of "Christmas is all around".

cheerios!

2004-09-05T20:43:00.000+08:00

Hey Everyone!

haha what just happened...my unfinished post got published. anyway, apart from Charly-barney, all of us should start WORKING HARD! haha i really want to do well, esp since i like most of my subjects a lot.

oooooh charliney....so how? did you manage to get psychology and drawing? what are the people like? kind and friendly? or superly act cool? hahahaha... hope you are fitting in well. how come dear skinny skinny is not with you...no one to keep you company.

the rest of us, do NOT DESPAIR! i'm tired of being unhappy with JC life, i feel significantly happier nowadays, apart from spurts of moody days. let's just make the most out of what we have. here's a very beautiful quote that i experience on some days. how aptly it describes my feelings on those days.

"But it's hard to stay mad, when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes, i feel like i'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst...And then I remember to relax, to stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life..." (Lester)-American Beauty.

Well, words can sometimes be so inadequate, yet at times so appropriate. what a hopeful quote isn't it? the world is indeed beautiful, i think, even on horrid days. Yesterday night at the TSD party we watched Love Actually, another one of those really heartwarming shows that fills my heart with love and hope. "LOVE is ALL AROUND!" everytime i watch it (about thrice), i feel superly duperly happy, i want to smile and kiss everyone! hahahhaaha.

Funny how right now i feel so happy i want to embrace life, yet a part of me is dreading what's about to come, all the studying and exams, and VOILA!, A levels next year! which is why when people say i can't wait for promos to be over i have much to doubt, cos it means next year is coming. hahhahaha...what ridiculous thoughts.

well, got to get going now. looking forward to the next time we meet up again! :)

2004-09-05T20:42:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone!

2004-08-30T21:52:00.000+08:00

man! celest, dat's font size 1!!! i had to cut n paste it into words n enlarge it to read dat "julie koh's performing"... -shock- ... it's gross.. i really wanna see... but hafta go back to stoopid sch cos got the monsterous dm down our necks n u see, it's in the school atmosphere not to pon or do anything bad... or u'll stand out like a sore thumb... boo... cant agree more... school sucks... school life = no life... ... yup yup yup... cant wait to tmr!!! n celestine lee! u cheat our feelings... say wat got jap exam... boo you!!! bleh! aniwae, i gotta buy a new hairband cos the old one snapped while i was doing smth stoopid... heez... n i gotta catch the garfield movie tmr!!! -point to self- fan of garfield here... heeheez... n there's this really cute metal thingy dat looks like a pencil box which i MUST haf... mwahaha... see you guys tmr!!! everyone of u!!!

2004-08-30T19:04:00.000+08:00

yeap its a date! charley barney can fly here and join us for lunch then fly back.. heh heh :D sooooo coool your curriculum and all that so far sounds great! i mean like... twenty times better than what we have here! betta enjoy yourself and workhard okies charleybarney! make us proud.. when u come back as a psychologist.. heh. and yeap, no worries, will keep ya in prayer! :) you shud haf no prob lar right. heh heh. i'm drooling over wadeva.. just trying to imagine the food u get. heh. my sch food is... SUCKY! ha ha.

sock.. u and i are along the same line lar. both hate our schools. heh. and guess wat. i'm becoming a social outcast in school. not that pple ostracise me, but very soon they might. i'm just withdrawing myself from everyone, couldn't even bother to make the slightest effort to talk when i dont feel like it. prob come across as a terrrible person with heavy mood swings, cos at times i still go REALLY MAD. sigh help me help me. at least i know i haf u guys to count on... unless... u abandon me too. SOBS!! :(

okok i trust u all wont. anyway, flying's great, except for the latest sortie where i totally screwed up the checks. but thankfully weather was bad.. so we went up in the air for 10 mins then landed and the sortie wasn't graded. PHEW! OH YEAH!!! peixian's in the flying club too! sh'es in the course after mine... so i think her course starts flyihng this tues, but she's not flying yet... heh heh. SO FUN :D

okay... SEE U GUYS TOMORROW!! CAN'T WAIT! COS U LITE UP MY LIFE! looking forward to tomorrow like crazy. hope it wont whizz by too fast :)

helloz everyone!!!

2004-08-30T18:49:00.000+08:00

heyz... so letz meet tmr okiez? those of u who r thinking of ponning sch, do meet at wisma macs at 8am, den we can haf breakfast together b4 going back rg for de tchers' day celebrations!! but for the others who are gonna act guai & attend sch, rmb to meet us at rg asap! *hehe*
btw, do try ur best to make it for de performance...coz i think it shud be quite interesting & farnie, like de past years'... oh, think julie koh's performing!!! hahaha.... so must watch out for her beautiful rebonded hair... i wonder if she realli looks aniting like fann wong... *gag* newae, heard frm mingen dat ms lim sk, aka tofu, is also back but she looks juz like tofu-ish as ever! hehe... so letz pay all those tchers a visit tmr okie??!!

p.s. charli barney, u're making me super duper jealous!!!! argghhh.... how i wish to be outa here asap, & join u over at wonderland & enjoy my life... *sob*

lotza muakz,
~celest~

2004-08-29T17:15:00.000+08:00

cool! ultra cool!... so envious of u charley barney!!! good food, good fun... and no classes... yet... haha... darn! wish we were all there wif u... den can juz skip sch n go tour the whole of america... mwahaha... yup yup... decide on a time.. n make sure u peeps go back rg... scarly i go back n see no one... heh... wat's more u guys can go in grps... n poor ol me hafta go myself cos i'm the only fool in my yucky school... wow... it rhymes! heez... i'm so sick n tired of everything now... n new discovery... my class sucks... they're all but juz a bunch of good for nothings... totally individualistic peeps who are selfish n irresponsible... blech... hate this school... cant wait to graduate... toodooloo for now! see u guys on tuesday!!! it's a date!!!