Siying's! :D

2010-07-14T14:25:00.000+08:00

Leaving class soon to go for the Samsung press event. whoohoo!

2010-07-12T21:00:00.002+08:00

Hello bloggy.

I think I should start updating my blog regularly. I mean, it could serve as a good purpose if I write meaningful stuff.

That's the first thing I learnt from the Samsung YOG Journalist Programme.

Today, I was on my way to the shuttle bus pick-up point, and I was crossing the road when a young lady next to me was texting while crossing the road.

Well that really disturbed me.

Maybe my new-found hobby of people-watching has caused this, but I realise that on the streets, quite a lot of people like to sms while booyashaking, taking their own sweet grandmother's time to cross the road.

Like hello, you are risking your own life.

So I make it a point now to keep my eyes on the road, not the phone screen, while crossing the road.

Okay, enough said.

Today, I went to school early. At around 9.30, Matt Kuek, She-ler, Theon and I took a taxi to Unity Sec for... my first career booth!

It was really fun, quite slow traffic for lower sec recess, but it got rather hectic during upper sec recess.

Then I rushed back for project work. After that, I was supposed to do filming, but we met with some problems. Chun Hui also asked me to do ambass duty last min, so I went to the CC.

Ushered some sec sch kids to Admissions Talk, then went back to Ambs room.

Late lunch / dinner with sis, Malcolm, Wei Ting, Wilson Tan and Jun Xiang at canteen 2, then went back ambs room. slack around, blah blah.

okay that was my day :)

2010-07-11T01:08:00.002+08:00

Hello bloggy.

This week has been really exhausting, mentally and physically.

On Monday, someone from Samsung called to say that I had been selected for an interview on Friday. I had poly experience then, so I told the person that I couldn't make it, could I go on another day? But nope, and I understood what he meant, like I shouldn't expect people to reschedule just for my sake.

So I talked to Wei Long about it, and he gave me really good advice and support, and with fortunately Sean allowed me to pull out of Friday's poly exp, and eventually I decided I really wanted to do poly exp, so I changed to Thursday.

Tues, we received our dreamweaver results, I scored 100% so I was feeling really good about it. And there wasn't korean class that day, so I spent time slacking in the Ambs room. Basically I like to slack in the Ambs room whenever I'm free. It's like second nature you know?

anyway wed was lecture day, blah blah. nothing much lah.

thurs was poly exp! i was really glad i was insistent in helping out, because it was a really good experience. funny how it was supposed to be an experience for the sec sch kids, but it turned out to be an experience for me.

i learnt to get out of my comfort zone, speak up, talk about what i like to talk about. it's like talking to a friend though you hardly know these kids.

and after the whole event, as if we weren't already exhausted,
wen yih, iqbal, chester, syad, jervis, amar, deborah, denise, ernest, wilson lai, ben and i went to KAP macs to eat late dinner. and as if the polar refreshments weren't already filling.

but hey, it was the company that made it really worth it.

and on friday, i headed to samsung hub for the interview. they said i had a high chance of getting in. i was really really happy for once, and i felt that this was one of the best interviews i've ever had. like that feeling of certainty that you've already nailed it, hooray.

saturday, i watched eclipse with my mom, after so many months after the last movie i watched (sherlock holmes)

and halfway through the movie, my phone vibrated.
The lady from Digital brew (the company contracted by Samsung for the YOG Mobile Experience Programme) called to tell me that I was selected. And that there was a torch relay that we are participating.

like whoa, first YOG and I'm doing a TORCH RELAY.

I'm really excited, and yeah, it seems that phone call made Rob P look a little less ugly (sorry Team Edward, I'm pro-Jacob)

so that's about it.

(:

2010-07-02T01:13:00.003+08:00

Hello wello pello.

I just filled up an application form for a Samsung Mobile Experience Programme, where 20 youth journalists from China and Korea will be coming to Singapore during the Youth Olympic Games.

I really hope I get selected, because it's a really good experience and good exposure to people from other countires!

okay, it's rather late and I have school tomo.. Good night!

2010-06-30T22:16:00.002+08:00

Hello bloggy! (:

Yes I know I sound like I'm in a good mood. Cos I am!

Heh I received a call today from Student Services Office, saying that I was awarded the NP Scholarship. And it felt like a heavy burden was lifted off my shoulder.

I realise that when I set goals for myself, I cannot take failure. I remember how depressed I felt when I thought I didn't get the scholarship.

Consequences of being a 'C' personality, I suppose. Can't take criticism and failure.

Anyway, I was having a rather emo day today.

Woke up with a slight fever, flu and a very bad cough. Lazed around a while before going to school.

Locvid was fun, as usual. Gracomm was well, boring. I thought I would at least get shortlisted for the NDP logo thing, but no I didn't get anything. Oh well.

Marcomm was okay, rather dry though. 30 pages of notes on IMC and advertising my gosh.

For medsoc, we had MDA speaking to us about Video Games classification! It was quite fun, and nice to joke around with Rachel Phay.

Then I went to the ambass room. This was my favourite part of the day, because before I went in, I saw the missed call from SS and so I called them. Then when I went in, I felt so welcome and it was really heartwarming.

We took a few Polaroid pics, really good memories.

Okay tata!

2010-06-26T13:42:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone!

Term break is coming to an end ):

But, I am back from ambass Training and Bonding Camp!
I love Group 1 :)

Well I am officially a Ngee Ann Ambassador heh. Quite excited, especially since my first event is Poly Experience.

excited yet nervous! phoooo

2010-06-19T20:34:00.002+08:00

Hello :)

I've done a bit of work, and a bit of slacking today.

Just here to share something.

Last thursday (10/6), we had our media in society debate. My group members were Louis, Dom, Carmen and Val.

Our notion was :

The media influences society more than it reflects it.

And we were the opposition!

Heh it was really fun, I thought both groups were really well-prepared.
And at the end of everything, we had to vote for the best speaker.

I voted for Louis cos I thought there were some things he said that were really interesting. Like, "by the way, if you didn't know that, it shows how much the media really influences society".

I got a few votes, which made me really happy cos I've never been voted best speaker.

So anyway, great job everyone :)

Back to doing my web gra web template.

2010-06-13T23:29:00.002+08:00

Hello.

These eight weeks have passed in a flash. I've learnt so much in school, outside school..

It's been tough juggling my time though, with school, God, friends, family.. gotta say they make up my life.

I decided not to go for CC1 and CC2 camp, cos there are major deadlines then. Quite disappointed, but what can I do. Time to strike a balance though.

I'll continue with another post when I remember what I wanted to say.

2010-05-25T22:33:00.003+08:00

Why do I still maintain a blog.

It's been five years since I started this blog. Probably why I will never delete it.

I'm supposed to be editing my vending machine video project now, but I'm just too tired. Sigh.

Hmmm okay today I had my second round of interviews for scholarship. It was really mind-boggling, because I had never considered how many interviewers I would have. So I went into the room when it was my turn, and... BOOM.

Five interviewers.

But it was still fine, they asked questions like "do journalists have social responsibility?", "is there a freedom of speech in Singapore" and "what qualities do you think a scholarship recipient should possess?"

And okay, before this..
I got into NP Ambassadors :D

And I always look forward to YWM sessions every week. They complete a long and tedious week. :)

Okay, I gotta go soon.

I miss you;

2010-05-04T22:40:00.002+08:00

Hello wello pello.

My mom keeps asking me to go bathe, but this post is most important.

To my church friends, we grieve as a church community, for the loss of one of our members.

Melissa's death has made me appreciate my life, the life that I have been given.

The news of her death came to me really unexpectedly. And till now, I cannot bear to think of how she felt that, what were her final thoughts before she... jumped.

And it makes me think, if I had known her better, would I have been able to change anything that has happened now?

Many thoughts have gone through my head, and I also thank God for keeping me alive. Ever since that day I heard of Melissa's passing, I wonder how I'd be able to cope when the people I hold dear will leave for another world, one by one.

I wonder how people will react when I go.

But like Jem said, death is not a goodbye, it is just a 'see you later'.

Thank you, Melissa, for all the good memories that we've had in the past. We will all miss you.

2010-04-16T15:29:00.002+08:00

Alright, I've been through two camps, the NPSU FOC and FMS FOC..
Fun and cheers over, now it's time for serious stuff.

Yup, school's starting next week!

Fast, isn't it.

Yesterday was induction day, and I met my classmates, all or most of them (one guy was missing). I must say they're nice people. Glad to be in T103, <3
The next eight weeks can be awesome or horrible, it depends on all of us.

First week is gonna be cool, all the activities lined up. I'm excited. :D

Alright, just a short update.
Gogogo everyone. [:

2010-03-29T14:24:00.001+08:00

Alright, so I'm back from NPSU's Freshman Orientation Camp.

2010-03-06T13:56:00.007+08:00

my gosh. last post: 24 jan 2010

well okay.seven weeks have passed in a flash, and the NPP is over. going to bintan for our learn-to-lead module this Monday.

yesterday we had an industrial visit to Mediacorp. it was a feast for the eyes, but quite scary because this might be my future workplace.

before that, I went to ben & jerry's at vivo in the morning. there's this offer to celebrate their revamped look, so if you sing a song about their flavours and toppings, you get a free scoop of ice cream! so our song was...

to the tune of O come all ye faithful! LOL.

So it goes like this:

O come all ye people
Come and taste the ice cream
O come, taste the ice cream of Ben & Jerry's
O come, taste the the flavours, lots of different flavours
O come taste Cherry Garcia
O come taste Strawberry Cheesecake
You add your favourite toppings at your own charge!

Haha.yup.

anw then i rushed to "school" in bus 61,
only to find out at bugis that i was heading the wrong direction.
but i had shannon for company (although he kept complaining)
he flagged a taxi for me outside carlton hotel..
and there was nearly a chain of accidents cos the taxi stopped when there were SO MANY VEHICLES behind the taxi which suddenly stopped.
but thanks shannon. <3
so i decided to cab straight to mediacorp, cos i thought it would be too expensive and too late to go to school.
$9 of savings gone on cab fare because of my sillyness = totally not worth it

learnt my lesson.

back at ngee ann, the bus driver was late so by the time the class reached it was about 2.30
totally crap because i had reached at 1.30. T.T

anw, i had an awesome seven weeks and will miss it a lot, when april 19 comes.
but looking ahead and moving forward. BRING IT ON!

2010-01-24T14:37:00.001+08:00

My hamster died today. RIP Cotton Candy.

I'll miss all the good times we had, and when you bit my finger.
I'll miss your hyperactivity.
I'll miss you.

No mood to continue Assignment 1 now, but I still have to finish it.

2010-01-15T20:28:00.002+08:00

okayyyyyyyy, i haven't been updating in a long time.

so. i've finished work,
gotten my o level results,
and gone to ngee ann poly.

elaboration.

I finished work on 8 jan.

my O Level score was 10 for L1R4 and 13 for R5.
so in form A it said:
you have been admitted into Ngee Ann Polytechnic via the DPA exercise. As such, you will not be allowed to participate in the JAE.

yeah. so it was:
English- A2
Chinese-A2
E maths- A2
Sci (phy, chem)- A2
Humanities (ss, lit)- A2
POA- B3
F&N- C5

quite upset with English, it screwed up like Chinese. but at least my humanities, science and maths are satisfactory. F&n is a total spoiler.

So I went for a 3D2N orientation camp from 13-15 jan, had a lot of fun, met a lot of people. reallycool. (:

lessons start next week. and for our sports&wellness module, we had a choice of dancesport, yoga, gym, sports climbing and swimming.

I chose dancesport.
ugh!!!
i'm very nervous for school..

2009-12-30T16:03:00.002+08:00

Hello peeps.
It's time to look back on the past year.

In 2009,
-I chopped my hair to a Button Mushroom on 14 Feb
-got into IN Crowd 09 and was President
-did Flag Day for CIP :D
-worked so hard for SYF but didn't get what we wanted..
-lost my paternal grandmother
-got a place in mass comm through dpa
-A2 for Chinese
-got a laptop
-had a sweet sixteen
-finished my o levels, like finally
-got a guitar
-tried beer, it sucks
-tried wine, it sucked too
-interned at ST, great experience
-screwed up my prelims rather badly
-watched an NC16 horror movie
-which freaked me out that i couldn't sleep for a few nights
-got the EAGLES award. lol.
-went to RED camp 6, which rocks
-VIKINGS rock
-missed sing out cos it clashed with prom
-but prom was awesome
-played pool, am addicted to it
-am glad i'm not so much of a nerd like last time
-though i like being a nerd
-had to support SARAH THE KIMCHI down four floors, aka eight flights of stairs, when she dislocated her knee somewhere in april. ugh.
-sold memorabilia for childaid
-which was the first event to be held at resorts world sentosa

things i'm looking forward to:
-npp!
-chingay 2010

...that's all?

2009-12-25T15:36:00.002+08:00

Christmas, Christmas time is here~
I watched Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 with my family today. It's so cute!
And yes, Xmas is finally here.
It's amazing how fast time flies, huh?

Yesterday, I went to my grandparents' house after the Children's Christmas Mass at 6pm.
had a christmas dinner with my maternal side. Uncle Martin gave me a STYLISH Converse bag, Gong gong and po po gave me biscuits, and e ma gave me an ang pao. Not bad, I would say.

Leaving soon for Fiona's Christmas party cum dinner. yay!

2009-12-08T23:52:00.002+08:00

Jervis is my new brother.
Hahaha that's rather cool. Same poly yeah!

LOL okay random.
Shannon just called.. Hmmm.

Went out with Jia An to Novena Square, cedele to buy Serl's birthday cake. It was yummy!
Hehheh.

2009-12-05T00:08:00.002+08:00

I like this video.

Today was the two Josh's last day of work..
I really will miss Josh Rong,
when I first met him it was the meeting in the ST Ops room on IN Crowd bonding day,
and I explained what he missed and needed to know cos he sat next to me..

Then the Monday of the following week, I bullied him through the Lotus Notes chat while I was in training.. And then there was lunch with all of them almost everyday..

I'll miss how he always scares me from behind, how we have super long and retarded chats on Lotus Notes, how I like to ruffle his hair, how I like to whack his head, how he always likes to play with my cow.. And then there was also the Kinder Bueno ad we discussed about..

Oh man. I'm starting to miss him already.
Josh Rong, you're a big meano. ):

2009-12-02T12:58:00.003+08:00

Alright, I haven't posted in a long time.

RED Camp 6 is over, but it ended all too soon..
I miss the Vikings, the SLs, the campers, the cheers...

Prom passed in a flash, all the photos on Facebook serve as good memories..
I won a Starbucks voucher in the lucky draw.
I really loved prom, but again, it was too fast.

And so now I'm working in the Straits Times, until 8 Jan.
O Level results tentative release is 11-13 Jan,
then the Ngee Ann DPA programme starts on 13 Jan with an orientation programme,
and ends on 13 Mar..

2009-11-17T23:35:00.003+08:00

Today was the first day of Ngee Ann RED Camp 6..
My Viking mates aren't very enthu, but I really hope tomorrow will be better.

Athan (sorry Sarah, just a little mention) called this morning, saying that he was free in the afternoon to go out. But I was in camp, so there was no way I could go out. Very sad. ):

But that aside, I have eye candyyyyyyyyyy from my tribe! Me likey me tribe leader, who has a very weird name. Oh well, it's just a crush. but he's SO FREAKING CUTE! AHHHHH.

Okay. enough spammage. I need to update my blog wishlist soon. :D

tired, gotta report at eight agaoin tomorrow. goodnight all.

2009-11-16T22:52:00.002+08:00

Alrighty, so I'm back from a five-day trip to Sabah.
Very very tired, and Facebook photo uploader refuses to cooperate. Booo.

Sabah was alright, not many cute guys there, but the steward on the Malaysia Airlines flight back was kinda cute..

I was crazy enough to go and buy a guitar at Kota Kinabalu. And carrying it back was cool, but not easy. Phoooo.

Lol. Anyway, we stopped over at Kuching, Sarawak today when we were coming back to Singapore. Nothing much there. It was raining crap when we reached Singapore=horrible pictures of the view of Changi Airport through the plane.

Ngee Ann RED Camp 6 tomorrow, I guess I'm gonna go sleep now.
more updates soon.

2009-11-12T07:25:00.001+08:00

Muahahahaha. The O Levels are OVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Three weeks of battle with Cambridge, finally done!
I feel so free, but not to the extent that I feel like life has no meaning. That will come later.

Alright, I'm heading off to the airport soon.. Will be back on Monday.
:D

2009-11-10T19:19:00.005+08:00

-WARNING: this post is all about the birthday boy, Athan Leong-

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY, ATHAN LEONG!
Yup, you're sixteen already, one day we must go watch NC16 movies.
Hohoho.
Anyway, you already have the video plus a short message on your blog, so yeah.
I had a lot of fun celebrating your birthday today, hope you felt so too.

Okay, I was like, two hours late in meeting Athan. We decided on 10am, but I reached there at 12. LOL. Then he went for a haircut, then I treated him to lunch at Burger King.

Then went to Hougang Mall, I bought him two pieces of banana cake from Bengawan Solo and we ate one each.. Mmhmm then went back to Compass Point, went to Timezone to play, Daytona I won one lost one, then we played air hockey, he won.

Then some stupid baby game which I never understood, the dumb baby lost to the opponent although the two of us hit the buttons together. Wth.
Then the kiddy rhythm drum game, is super lame but it can make my hands hurt. Ahhhh I miss my arcade drums game. Shit I forgot the name.

Going out with Sarah And Shannon tomorrow, and maybe Athan. YAY!

p.s. to Athan I don't screw POA, neither do I want to. That's really gross. Ewww.

1 more paper to end of O Levels, Combined Science MCQ! woots!

2009-11-09T22:35:00.001+08:00

last paper on wednesday..
ahhhh!
so happy siah.

f&n was madness.

going out with athan tomorrow to celebrate his birthday..

2009-11-06T19:30:00.002+08:00

Alrighty.

2 papers more to freedom, F&N and Comb Sci MCQ.

I think I screwed up POA. ):

Tummyache, stomach hurts like #$%%^%@

byebye.

2009-10-31T00:37:00.002+08:00

Here to update cos Athan Leong says I didn't "downdate".

So.
It's really late now,
I'm going to sleep,
I have chem lesson tomorrow at 7.30am,
It's complicated,
I'm doing fine for Os so far but next week's gonna be tough,
I hope 11th Nov will come faster,
I hope Maths Paper 1 will pull my Paper 2 up,
I really want and need that A1 for English.

Happy already, Athan?
Thanks for calling this afternoon. Haven't talked to you in a longggggggggg time.
But still,
NEHNEHNEEPOOPOO, YOU CANNOT CATCH MEEEEEEEEEEEE!

teehee.

2009-10-20T23:15:00.003+08:00

Okay, I'm here blogging because SOMEBODY by the name of Richard Tey said I didn't update.
So, update.

Then again,
if my blog is not updated, you can still check my tweets, which is by the side bar. Now THAT is updated daily.

So. Yesterday I went to macs to study with Ray. And Athan, who read his Halo book. Original plan was to go to AMK library but it was packed.. Studied from 11 to about 4? Then Ray left, so Athan and I walked back to the library, then went to walk around that area. We wanted to watch a movie, but my mom called so.. yeah.

We met bong at AMK Hub, and his reaction was epic. -opens eyes wide and stares-
I went home and came out again with my mom, to go down to Funan to collect the free Lenovo laptop from SingNet, which I am using now.

I like it. :D

Okay. Today, went to Bugis with Sarah, Amelia, Jody, Ray and Sof to study. But National Library was packed, so we went to Iluma instead. Iluma is huge but the shops there are so-so. Not a very productive study day, I would say.

This ends my blogpost, have to be in school at 9am tomorrow for the Maths consultation.

2009-10-14T15:27:00.001+08:00

2009-10-14T12:54:00.001+08:00

Sad, sad, sad.

1st sad: Athan's at home and he's rather moody. Over.. errr.. something.
2nd sad: Graduation tomorrow.
3rd sad: This world sucks. No one can be trusted. Not even myself.

Sad, sad, sad.

2009-10-13T21:18:00.004+08:00

Alrighty, with two days to graduation, it's time to step on the sidelines and take a short breather.

My head is pounding, after filling up pages and pages of the application form for SPH.

This year,

went to poly open houses, slipped away the SP one and went to the NP one. teehee!
my primary school friend's mom passed away
was elected IN Crowd 2009 President
watched my first NC 16 movie with my mom
SYF 2009, got a silver
my grandmother passed away
got into Ngee Ann's Mass Comm through DPA
A2 for Chinese O Levels
awesome sweet sixteenth
second in class
joseph tay got top in poa. =.=
fifth in poem competition
went to F1 with st people, Ferrari garage is super cool
hoping to go penang with the choir, not to shop, but because I love the choir
can't attend singout because prom clashes
going to intern at straits times
not going for STMC camp AND trip, camp because it clashes, trip because it's KL again, and also because it clashes
I WAS CONFIRMED CLARA RACHEL LAI SI YING. whoopie!
gained friends, lost friends
still liking the same old dude
choir graduation party was fun
prelims sucked
i feel awful

2009-10-10T12:17:00.002+08:00

I feel so dead to the world. There's a lot of things to be done, but I don't know where to start.
And my ankle still hurts.

Here to post up two vids..

Was talking to Athan on the phone just a few minutes ago and he was complaining on how sucky the music quality was for the diu diu dang video.. I really miss the HIHS Choir. And now it's not in a very good state but I still love the choir for what is has given me. And I really hope I can go to Penang with the choir. Although it's just a neighbouring country, I want to go because of the bond I've formed with the choir over the past four years.

Oh well.

2009-10-02T23:02:00.004+08:00

Lol. I just took a Facebook quiz and it says I'm claustrophobic.
That's very much true, I would say. I feel like puking or screaming or punching people when in tight spaces. Oh well.

I update my twitter more than my blog now.. There's just no time to come online and type..
And it seems like after my O Levels, I won't have much time either,
because I realised my schedule is

11 Nov, End of O Levels!
12-16 Nov, Family trip to Sabah
17-19 Nov, Ngee Ann RED Camp 6
23 Nov-8 Jan, Straits Times Internship (not confirmed)
24 Nov, Prom
16-19 Dec, Choir Penang Trip
15 Jan, O Levels result release

Then after that is the DPA Poly Prep thingy.
Okay, I made the details white so that I hope I don't sound like a real braggart. But I'm just putting the dates up here to get myself organised.
I really shouldn't complain. I mean, I'm really lucky to have the chance to intern. So shut up, siying.
I feel it's so hard to please people. In fact, it's impossible to please everyone.
I feel like it's hard to say what I want to say, cos half the time, it comes out like I'm one arrogant bitch, which I think I am. =.=
Sigh.
Even Athan says so.

Oh,
PS. to siying, your pros and cons are balanced. You are smart(Duh, like who doesn't know that?), understanding and somewhat patient. But, you are also a tad bit arrogant, your sensitivity is on over-fuckin'-drive 24/7, and when you get jealous, you like to totally ignore any person(not your parents of course.) Chillax more. Go out and have fun. And it seriously is because of me that your friendships are breaking up. I will no longer be held responsible for being a wrench in your friendship engine. From now on, we are on purely social terms, nothing more.

So.. yeah. Arrgh I wish I could stop being so sensitive, arrogant and such a control-freak. Add claustrophobic to that list. Great I just made myself feel depressed.

Chem lesson at 7.30am tomorrow. Not good.

2009-09-28T23:57:00.002+08:00

Okay, I don't know why I'm still up so late now.
But these few weeks have been really tiring,
I never seem to recover.
One week I have a flu, the next week I'm down with a fever and all,
then this week's it's a flu again. Awesome way to go, Siying.
28 days to O Levels.

F1 was awesome beyond words. I don't have the time to elaborate now, but the pictures are on my Facebook. Click here.

I love Lewis Hamilton. As in, just as an idol kinda love. He belongs to Nicole Zinger anyway.

I love Ms Ris Low. She used other people's credit cards until it goes BOOMZ.

I love.. never mind.

Athan Leong spammed my Facebook AND tagboard. He reminds me of Garfield, who has the saying, "Too much time, too little things to do".
Sadly, mine is the direct opposite.

Alright, am gonna go now. Not sure when I will come online again. Ciao!

2009-09-19T22:10:00.002+08:00

Alright, I haven't been online in a few days.

Pow Hong sent me an sms on Thursday, asking if I wanted to go for F1 on 26 Sept to cover the article for IN. So i said, of course! Yay, I'm going for F1.. I'm quite proud of myself cos I know I worked hard for it.

Athan spammed my blog and Facebook..

I don't know what else to write.
Oh well.

I'm going to sleep now, am going for 7 am mass tomorrow..
Goodnight!

2009-09-16T21:16:00.003+08:00

Happy birthday, Serene Ng aka sixteen nipples! :D

"Wahoo! Blogger is back!"
Yup, that is what Athan just told me.
Hope it stays like this.

He was nice enough to drop off my worksheets today. I've been cooped up at home for two days and it's horrible. My temp was fluctuating, highest being 39.8. And I heard that when a person's temp reaches 40 they become dumb so I was so afraid I almost started crying.. In front of my mom. =.=

Okay so yesterday morning, like really really early morning, my whole body was SUPER WARM, and I told my dad, who told my mom. Then around 9 plus I went to the doctor and I was practically whining cos I was feeling downright horrible. So much for being a sixteen year old.

Then today my fever went down to around 37.2. Thank God.

Alright, I'm in the midst of doing my poa now. no time to reply tags, sorry!

2009-09-12T20:45:00.000+08:00

Lol. Been slacking around the whole day. This is not good.

Replies to tags:
athan- LOL.
gideon- yaya, okay i heard you.
athan (again)- you're still alive. don't bother fooling me. you've got an overdose of A7X, is all.
Tan Si Ying- [:
karmen- haha, thanks! well, i do! [:

huiling`{ღ}- lol, okay. tsktsk.

siti- haha, alright

athan (yet again)- dude, thanks for tagging and for the headphones too! btw, i updated my sept 11 post. let's put your observant skills to use.

inglee- haha, okay, thanks!

2009-09-11T23:51:00.001+08:00

You don't know him as well as I do, so bug off already.

I don't know who to trust, but if what she said was true, I simply can't believe you.
Oh, but then again, sorry to make you jealous with my grades and achievements. So am I supposed to lower myself down and stoop at your level?
I get why you're doing this. Because you have all the guys you want, even the one that I like. That's something I don't have. But oh, seems like that's all you have.
And I'm sorry, but he's a really close friend to me, throughout the past four years we've been in Choir. I know him better than you do, so don't act like you've known him your whole life.

Anyway. Today was quite a good day.
Went to school for Maths Mock Exam, it was rather easy..
Then went for lunch with Sarah, Jody, Amelia, Sarah Ng, Celestine, Cheryl & Junhao.
After that, Sarah, Jody and I walked around Hougang Mall, while that slowpoke Athan was still eating breakfast at home. Then they left after that, so I waited for the slowpoke.
At 2pm, he finally showed. Headed to Compass Point, walked around, blah blah.. Went to BK for lunch around 3? Yeah then we went back to school.
My crumpler was causing a backache, so we exchanged bags. His bag was like, empty.
Met the rest of the Sec 4s at the SPACE, then we took a group photo and went up to the music room.
Huixin was standing between Athan and I, so she was like, do you want to stand here? Cos I feel like a lightbulb. Then I was like, no.. LOL. See the pic on Facebook. Haha!

Farewell party.
Played Whacko, a game where you have to shout someone else's name before the whacker whacks you. I got sabo-ed once by Athan, and another by Louis. [that ah kow Louis practically shouted LPP across the room. -.-]
Then it was peformance items by Altos, Sopranos, Baritones and then the Sec 3s.
After which, presentation of the gifts to Sec 4s!
They did a really nice file, and it came with a balloon.
I knew it was my turn when they brought out a balloon that was drawn as a cow. Haha!
Louis the ah kow edited excerpts of my blog for Athan's file.
[Sextion A: Source Based Questions
Study the sources below]
It was damn funny seeing parts of my posts as excerpts, especially when some were affirmative and others, insults. I mean, to Athan. So there was
"Last but not least, Athan Leong you dumb teddy bear" AND
"And you, Athan Leong. Go. eat. shit."
Hahahaha lol.

My file had all the moo here moo there, as expected.. Notes from Louis, Bong, Mczie.. Haha! It's quite memorable yeah. Great idea and very thoughtful of them. [:

Then we played Scavenger Hunt, the game where gamemaster asks for items like "three watches" kinda thing? And then they asked the classic one, three choir tees. The Sec 4s were one group, so technically Daryl, Aloy and Athan were pushed to this task. But Daryl was willing, Athan reluctant, Aloy ignoring. So we failed for that one. Haha!

Lastly, took a lot of photos, then headed home with Taiyang, balloons in hand. The people in the bus were all staring at us. =/

Good memories indeed.

2009-09-10T21:51:00.003+08:00

Happy birthday to Bong, Koon Tat, Tan Si Ying and me!

I'm finally sixteen, after such a long wait!

Among all the fabulous gifts I've received,
there is special mention to the
-*ahem* from IN Crowd 08
-cool stuff from IN Crowd 09
-the beautiful tumbler from Sarah and Sof
-the headphones from Athan
-the nicely done collage by Shannon,
-a card signed by many of my classmates and even Mrs Ng, thanks zhiqi for doing it so nicely..

Yup. My day was AWESOME but I thought it ended all too soon.
Phy and chem prac today seemed to drag on and onnnnnnnnnnn.
But finally it ended.
And then everyone went separate ways and I was alone. -.-
So I met up with Athan, who finished Geog lesson earlier.
Speaking of which, he wrapped my present in newspapers cos I love the Straits Times.
Then we took the bus to my house, and he helped my mom set up the chairs.

I must say my mom put in a LOT of effort and money for my party.
And yeah, then guests started arriving, and soon, boom!
The place was cramped with people, my study table cramped with presents, and yada yada.
I nearly cried when I opened the presents, cos they were just so, so nice. But you don't cry on your sixteenth birthday, do you?

Damn, time really flies when you're having fun. ):
This is one of the best days of my life! [:

2009-09-04T22:38:00.000+08:00

Alright. Been trying to stay off the comp. Rather tired lately.

I wonder if it's the wrong choice to tell Athan what I told him. But then again, I suppose he would have to find out sooner or later. Then again, why not later. Okay, I'm having the same internal battle that I had the other day. I feel so horrible, he was on an emotional rollercoaster and I didn't do anything about it. Sigh.

My birthday's coming up, I'm excitedddddddddd despite the tiredness. I mean, you only turn sixteen once, right? So I hope it will be a blast. [: Louis Wong, don't you DARE try smashing the cake in my face. My mom will seriously be very upset. It's not a cheap cake, you know.

Okay, today was First Friday Mass. I was a rattling sack of bones and no one looked very much encouraging. And I felt I screwed the whole thing up. The songs were alright, just that Heart of Worship parts couldn't be heard because Winnie went to the toilet. Although I don't know if Athan was singing parts or melody.

Am going to sleep soon, cos I have to be back in school for F&N tomorrow. How cool is that.

Prelim results are back, the first sentence of my teacher's comments in the report book is "Si Ying is an all-rounder". Try figuring out the pun. In short, my L1R4 of 13 is quite satisfactory but I think I should still work harder. Despite having secured a place in Ngee Ann through DPA.

Temporary suffering for permanent happiness, or temporary happiness for permanent suffering. Siying, you decide.

2009-08-31T20:30:00.003+08:00

This is my 450th post. My gosh.

Anyway, today was Teachers' Day Celebration cum ACES Day.
So we started off with the rope-skipping, which made me feel like I just ran the 2.4, all sticky and warm, And my hair was clumpy. Ugh.

Then was class party after that, had pizza and chips and drinks.. Oh and Daphne topped the class for Prelims.. Her level position is 40+. I'm really happy for her, cos I know she studied really really hard for this. I hope she does equally well or even better for O Levels. [:

Concert was alright, went really high cos it's like, our last Teachers' Day after 10 years? Hoo yeah. It feels rather melancholic, actually. I thought I was going to cry at the end of the concert but fortunately I didn't.

Talked to Athan for half an hour on the phone, then Louis.. About different stuff yeah. Then I randomly talked to Debra on MSN.. Gave her some (helpful, I hope) advice on poly.. If anybody requires advice or help on POLY (sorry, saya don't cover JC, too high class for me already) can ask me. Sms, email, MSN, tagboard, whatever. I'll try to help. As Sof says, I'm a walking poly guide cum Ngee Ann Ambassador. LOL.

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Sunday was total study day. Nothing much to say. LOL.

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Saturday was youth mass! The theme was HE: ART of Life.
The songs were really nice to sing to. Everyday, Give Us Clean Hands, As Bread That Is Broken, Heart of Worship and My Redeemer Lives. With God's guidiance, I didn't screw up. Haha.
Lenny agreed to teach me guitar after my O Levels. So excited! [:
Felt really great that I could use my God-given talent to serve, yet balance my schoolwork.

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Alright, that's about it. Oh, and today Mrs Ng told me that she checked with her old schoolmate, who was my DPA interviewer, about the outcome of my interview. She said that SP had submitted my name in too, but don't know why I only receive Ngee Ann's offer. Oh well, probably some internal mess-up. Hmmm.

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was bored and searched "emily dale pang" on google. amazing results appeared.

Replies to tags:
Louis- yo ah kow! [:
sarah to sofia & siying- yes, you do, sarah. remember DPA? "we'll treat you lunch if you get in!" HAHAHA.

2009-08-28T21:51:00.000+08:00

Facebook seems to be a tad lagging. And that sucks.

Alright, I actually came online to type out my Prelim essay, at the request of Mrs Ng.. But the plethora of websites to surf on the internet are just way too tempting! LOL.

Anyway, updates! [Am not about to go "Updates, updates, updates! like my twinnie. Whose youtube account is closed now, fyi]

Today was quite alright. Nothing interesting. After school, went to kitchen to get back F&N results. Ms Haymini took such a long time, we ended at 3.30. And Athan waited for me in the canteen since like, 1pm cos Mr Anba went for EL Oral and they were released early. Sorry again!

Athan said we were going "window shopping". When we went to Kopitiam for lunch [the fourth floor one, which was eerily quiet], he told me that he wanted to go check out the headphones we saw a couple of days ago, cos he wanted one for himself too. So I absentmindedly said, "oh, the IN crowders are chipping in to get it for my birthday."

Later when we went back after buying food, he said, "Alright, I'll tell you lah. Actually, I wanted to buy the headphones for your birthday." And I was like, "Are you serious!? That's so nice of you!" because I mean, it's like fifty plus bucks, and he wanted to pay for it himself!? It was supposed to be a surprise, and he actually wanted for buy a Mini Toons cow and put the headphones on it and give it to me. Oh well. We had a long talk till about seven? Yup.

And by the way, speaking of Mini Toons, this is a public appeal to avoid buying the first cow you see at Mini Toons for my birthday. Chances are, I will have many duplicates and have a hard time figuring out which cow was from who. Thanks!

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Thursday was alright too. Mass Choir practice was awesome. Went back to class for SS workshop, the teacher was friendly but the stuff was still boring. Oh well.
What was interesting, however, was what happened in the morning. As usual, I slept during the bus ride to school. So when I awoke, I was like, don't know where I was. Then I recognised the school, so I quickly stood up, carried my bag and prepared to go downstairs [double decker bus]. There was also this Sec 3 guy from HIHS preparing to alight. Who knows the bus slow down, didn't stop, then started to keep to the right. I realised no one pressed the bell. Amused, we sat down and waited till the bus reached Hougang Inter, then I walked over to school. How dumb.

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Wednesday was alright, again. After school, ended early so waited for athan in the canteen with Sarah and Sof. Then we went to Bedok to see Athan's favourite gun shop. Quite a cramped up place, but I like the gun models there. Really cool. I think that's all I have for Wednesday. The main point being I went to Bedok with Athan, Sarah and Sof.

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Replies to tags [no replies to spam, HAHA]
Elfie- Haha, you're welcome. Yes, you do. YAY.
PZQ- zhiqiiiiiiiii! you finally tagged! [:
athan- okay, then you're flattened. =]
dahlia(:- hello dahlia! (:

2009-08-25T21:57:00.000+08:00

I feel so small, so empty inside.

Sometimes I really wonder why I choose to hurt myself time and again.
Sarah has told me so many times, he's an asshole. I refuse to listen.
Actually sometimes I do, but I just can't let go.
Everything reminds me of him.

I think about all the laughter we've shared together, the good times we've had, it makes me feel like crying.
It's a horrible feeling, to like someone so badly that all his flaws are nothing to you.

I'm so sad. I'm not crying, but my heart is.

"I walk alone, I walk alone" -Greenday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams

2009-08-25T21:07:00.000+08:00

Alright. I haven't updated in a few days.
My tagboard is spammed.

First up, today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SOFIA!

Looking at her enjoy herself makes me SO EXCITED for my birthday!
Anyway, today after school we went to LJS to celebrate Sof's birthday. Took many camwhore pics. SHQ sort of crashed in, and later Athan joined in.

Athan and I went to walk around Hougang Mall, then spent some time at Macs where he ate fries and Coke, which he calls "appetizer". Sheesh, guys have really big appetites.

Walked to MRT with Athan, then I went home.

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Yesterday!
I visited the Singapore American School.
It was downright awesome.
Early in the morning, Ryan C came to Ang Mo Kio, then we took a cab to SAS. Reached there a tad too early, so we walked to a nearby coffeeshop and waited till around 7.30? Went in and met Jiawei, and later Heather. The SAS campus is hugeeeee.
We then met the Principal, a rather friendly guy who warmly welcomed us. Then after that we were told that we were going to have three different buddies. Ryan went with a guy called Alex, Jiawei went with Heather, and I went with a really cute Irish-Indonesian guy.

SAS uses the homeroom system, which means the students move around for their classes, instead of their teachers. As such, they have a half-hour break after each lesson. The number of students for each class is also about half of what we have in local schools.

First lesson,
Spanish.
One and a half hours of "WHAT!?" and "ler gong si mi?" got me really really confused. Fortunately, they spoke in English sometimes. Plus the teacher was rather friendly too.
Their morning announcements are reported live and broadcasted on TV, just like newscasters you see on Channel NewsAsia. Unlike the SL who stands up there every morning, reading from a book, pronouncing mass as "mehse", which in the case of Music Ministry and Chapel, I suppose it would be pronounced as "marse". I am still quite offended by that, and would suppose that just goes to show how ignorant that guy is.

Next lesson,
Psychology.
I shall be honest and admit it wasn't really to my liking. Psychology was dry and hard to absorb. But I learnt that people can see a person's behaviour by their body language and all. Also, horoscopes are spoofs.

And then it was lunch!
I wanted to buy the SAS shirt which costs $17, and that was all I had, therefore I had no money for lunch. Willow was nice and offered to pay for my lunch. Their cafeteria has two storeys, and there's Subway in there. Oh man.

After which, it was
English.
The lesson was really interesting. They learnt seven new vocab words, which are rather.. profound. They will learn twenty vocab words over a few lessons, and at the end, they have to write a creative essay using ALL the twenty words.
Prior to this lesson, they had done a mindmap on Heroes. So during this class, they discussed and exchanged ideas. Then the teacher gave them ten minutes to work in groups to coem out with three skits, "Traditional Hero", "Modern Day Hero" and "An Act of Everyday Heroism". In short, it was really fun.

Last lesson,
Choir.
Their choir is really small in numbers. Around 20-odd strength?
But the voices of the baritones are really deep, so it strikes a perfect balance between the higher, middle and lower voices. I had fun learning with them, and it made me want to join the Ngee Ann Choir. I'll see if I have the time.

Yup, then after school we went around the campus to get the shots we needed. And then it was farewell. I'll miss you, SAS!

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Sunday!
Went for 9.45am mass, then catechism class.
They tried to encourage more people to join the various church ministries.
I left early cos I had youth mass practice. Rather fruitful, I liked singing my best for God. [:
Went for lunch with Josephine, Lenny and Adrian at Junction 8 after.
Regretful that I bought KFC. It was SO FREAKING OILY. Ugh!
Youth mass this Saturday, very very excited!

Saturday!
Went with mom to Hougang Mall, cos she hasn't been there in a long time. After that, we decided to go to Suntec walk walk. The bus 107 was a Nokia CWM with special seats and all. Sounds cool? Far from it. The chairs were placed sideways, and it was so low you couldn't lean your head on the back and sleep. When we reached Millenia Walk, I had a horrible headache.
Anyway, there's this shop that sells really good chocolate. It's called Ch 'C' Late Research Facility. Not only is the layout of the shop attractive, the chocolate box covers make it irresistable and appealing. For example, I bought a box of chocolate with CHEESE flavour [and it was really good]. The chocolate box cover was printed with the cow's skin, symbolic for the cheese that came from the cow.
The chocolate is really really good, though expensive. Mmmmm.

Okay, that's all I have for now.
And I don't type nonsensical things like "I breathe in oxygen",
contradictory to what someone by the name of Athan said.
What I type is what I think is interesting.
Which, basically, is everything.

2009-08-21T21:13:00.000+08:00

Hello.

The prelims are officially over, with my last paper, F&N today. It's a huge relief, and it's nice thinking how this is my first and last prelim. And now, for the results. (ugh)

Anyway, I'm going to Singapore American School on Monday with Ryan Chua for a reporting assignment. I must say I'm really excited! This afternoon, Heather asked me to bring someone from Choir, as that was one of their LESSONS. And I said, I'm from choir. Does that count? HAHA!

So today after F&N, I went to slack at Macs with Shirlene and Zhiqi. Then I went home to change, buy tickets for Jack Neo's Where Got Ghost?, and then I went to Hougang to meet Athan. He finished school early cos Mr Anba had to go for O Level EL Oral.

Then went back to Ang Mo Kio, to my house put down his bag, then we headed over to AMK Hub. Where Got Ghost is really a funnily scary and scarily funny show.. But we were so spooked by the show, we went to watch Up after that. How dumb. =.=

So I went home at 8+ and my mom was rather pissed.. Athan came to pick up his bag, then I transferred the PSP game that he wanted to his PSP.. He should have reached home now.. Lol.

Anyway, both movies are really good.

Science Practical was madness. I was heating the experiment, and because I was required to test for carbon dioxide, I put the delivery tube end into the calcium hydroxide/limewater. Who knows, the limewater travelled INTO the thin tube and went into solid T, and reacted. Next thing I heard, prappppp. I was like, SHIT, MY TEST TUBE CRACKED!

Then I told the teacher, and I could see she was trying not to laugh. -.- Then I said never mind, I will pay the $0.40 later for the test tube. Guess what she said. "Oh, exam period no need to pay." HAHA!

Awesome experience lah.

I was supposed to have choir practice later, but my uncle said today don't have, take a break. YAY.

2009-08-19T19:19:00.000+08:00

Alright, so I got an A2 with Distinction for Chinese.
My first reaction was, fck, why!?

And then after much thinking, I realised that God probably gave me an A2 so that I wouldn't slack and become complacent and all. Which is fair enough.

So I'm not retaking. Definitely not. I want the time to do self-study.

And to the retarded dude called Athan Leong, who tagged as my name, you damn lame siah. Seriously.

Had a rather long chat with Gideon just now. About who he likes, who I like, our Chinese results, blah blah.

Hello Jolene, it's nice meeting you. Hope to have a great three years with you starting next year. I'm so looking forward to it, are you??? [:

2009-08-18T14:40:00.002+08:00

I never felt so relieved.
At 2pm, I logged in to the DPA Portal and the first words I saw were
MASS COMMUNICATION
Ngee Ann Polytechnic

And then I screamed and hi-fived my dad.

So it's confirmed.
I want to thank
Mr Dominic Tan- for always encouraging me and helping me proofread my application essay
Mrs Susanne Ng- for her encouragement and also helping to proofread, as well as the testimonial
Ms Serene Goh, Yen, Mrs Ganesan, Mr Lee, Ms Yee, Mdm Violet Ng- for the testimonials
Sarah and Sofia- for the never-ending encouragement, you guys owe me lunch now.
And all the other friends who have always encouraged me.

A really big thank you. [:

My goodness.
How could I have forgotten??
My parents, especially my mom- for helping me tidy my portfolio and ALWAYS SUPPORTING ME
GOD!!!!- for leading me in the correct direction

Zhiqi has also been offered by her choice, as well as Priscilla.. Congrats!
However, Shirlene and Ray were not offered their choice. Cheer up alright?

2009-08-18T13:35:00.004+08:00

My gosh! Yusof Ishak Secondary first time participating in SYF can get Slver is like, my gosh.

LOL. "I recognise the logo on the box", turn out is KFC. Haha, then he went to bluff the poor recruit that he was from the Choir.

Ryan Higa is so cuteeeee.

2009-08-18T13:26:00.000+08:00

LOL. Blogger, Hotmail, Facebook and Twitter are all okay again.
Except that Twitter needs a bit of refreshing now and then.

Alright. I'm currently trying to ease the anxiety I have in me. What's up? The Direct Polytechnic Admissions Exercise results are going to be released at 2 pm. I don't wish to be greedy, all I want is an offer from Ngee Ann's Mass Comm course. That will fully satisfy me. [:

So to distract myself, I will go search the very cute advert from Health Promotion Bord on Youtube.
Here it is:

"Anyway, got peanuts better than no peanuts!" HAHA.

Oh and I would like to announce one thing. I have patched back with Shirlene! I'm laughing over this because it sounds like the post Huiquan had when he got back with his Jamie. HAHA!

My uncle has this friend, Therese Jie-jie, who has this nephew, Jonathan. This zhuo-liao-deng gave me a hippo soft toy for Christmas in... 2002? Somewhere there. Anyway, I still have the hippo, which I called Blueberry. That's not the point. I found out on Facebook that he had a cameo role in the recent episode of Crimewatch. Although I watched both the English and Chinese versions, I forgot to look out for him. Today, I went to the Singapore Police Force website and downloaded the video. He's the one that the criminal guai-lan to. "Yes lah, my picture on I/C cannot see is it? Don't know how to read ah?" LOL.

Anyway, I miss that dude. Tsk. I still remember when I was in Primary school, he was only in secondary school. Now? Haiyo, becoming police liao wor.

I found this at Youtube too. Hilarious!

"You can feeling the tetno beat, my bass tube sibei tua". LOL.

2009-08-17T12:15:00.000+08:00

LOL. Now even Blogger Draft is screwed. Ughhhhhhhhh.

Lol. Today we ended at 9am cos POA paper was only one hour. Slacked at Macs for one hour, then went home.

So now I'm sitting here, bored cos there's nothing to do.
Plus, I have to be back at school by 2 for O Level English Oral. Which will also end soon cos I'm like, the third person on the list?

I've decided that I've had enough of some stuff. I will just ignore you. You can go act Ms Popular + bimbo for all I care. I'm just surprised the class girls are attracted to bimbos, but whatever. It's just another two months.

And for you, Athan Leong. Go. eat. shit.

Thanks Sarah and Sof.

Facebook and Hotmail are screwed too. Tsk.
Add Twitter to the list too! Oh wow.

Replies to tags:
`JOdy. HAHAHA. relink liao lah! haiyo.
`- ni hao, I think you need to learn how to get yourself a name, hmmm?
``Sharifah (: relinkedddddddd.
`jacelyn HELLO! erh, it screwed up again so never mind.
`TAIYANG lol lah sun! cos last time his primary school pic, damnnnnn nerd. you should see his ez link card photo. now act cool kia. but epic fail. tsktsk. Lol.. finefine. It reminds me of taiyang! [:

2009-08-15T22:57:00.001+08:00

First up, a video that appeals to me quite a bit.

Basically, it appeals because the boy is cute in the nerdy kind of way, and because he sort of reminds me of Athan when he was young. =X (He's so going to kill me if he sees this)

Secondly, I was talking to Eisen about my options after O Levels (as in, after the papers end), if I should intern or write for Youthink. And when I was checking out the SPH website, I found this really good paragraph:

Being a journalist is no ordinary job. It means working long hours when you are on the trail sniffing out a scoop. It means getting the door slammed in your face when newsmakers refuse to talk. It means encountering writer’s block when your mind refuses to conjure up the words that can tell your story. But it also means that you get to meet people from presidents to pig farmers. You become witness to events that move people or transform the course of history. It is a job that makes you humble as the frailties and strengths of human nature are brought home to you. Yet, it makes you proud to know that you have a key role, recording what people want or need to know.

It's not a wonder SPH produces quality newspapers.

And I found this too:

Tips on how to be a good journalist:

Have something to write about before you try writing it. If you can’t write it down, you don’t have an idea, let alone a story.

Tell your readers something new. That’s why they pay for the newspaper. Keep them in mind.

Write plain, simple English. Simple words are the most powerful. Remember, easy reading is really hard writing. If you can, make your words sing. If you can’t, at least make them clear.

Write so your reader will say, “I feel as though I have actually seen what you have described.”

Learn to edit your own copy. The easy part about writing is you don’t have to get it right the first time - unlike, say, in brain surgery. Besides, a good story does not need decoration.

Read every day - three, four books at a time and all the magazines you can lay your hands on. Read as much as you can of the best writers.

Feed your mind as you feed your body every day. Keep your mind open to new ideas and think.

Be obsessed with accuracy. It is paramount. If you don’t treat facts as sacred, you should be a fiction writer.

Learn your craft. As you learn, some grinding of the teeth is allowed, but not too much. No one puts a gun to your head and orders you to be a journalist.

Join us. All great journeys begin with the first step.

Source: http://www.sph.com.sg/careers_scholarship.shtml

Alright, my mom's nagging me to go to bed. Singing for 7 am mass tomorrow. Wheeeee!

2009-08-15T18:25:00.002+08:00

my goodness. Sharifah told me how to fix the blogger problem.

AWESOMEEEEEEEE.

2009-08-13T17:40:00.000+08:00

I officially announce that Blogger is screwed. Apparently because of some weird thingy on the internet.

Hmmph.

My prelim papers haven't been going on that well..
Oh no.

Next week is insane.

Mon 17 Aug- O Level EL Oral
Tues 18 Aug- DPA Results
Wed 19 Aug- O Level CL Results release

Ugh.

2009-08-10T12:00:00.000+08:00

Oh man, tomorrow is the release of Chinese O Level Results and I'm so, so nervous!

God, I hope that Zhiqi, Jasmine and I will all make it to excel, so that we do not need to retake, then we can study together.. [:

I hope Sarah will also make it to pass.. [:

If there's only one thing I could ask from you now, God, it would be that A1, for myself and my friends who have worked equally hard. [and for Sarah, at least a C6]

It sucks to be in a dilemma, like if you get an A2 and unsure if you should retake..

So I just hope to get an A1.

Facebook's not on good terms woth me. It seems to have screwed up. Anyone else facing that problem?

2009-08-06T20:47:00.002+08:00

Alright. I survived Day 1 of Prelims.

Yesterday was an amazing day to rebond my hair. Lol.
Smelly shampoo they use.

I like my straight fringe. [:

English Papers 1 and 2 were manageable. My composition looks quite good. (:

I'm quite happy now, because I'm going out tomorrow.
I think I've been celebrating National Day with him since Secondary 1. It's like an annual thing.

Watching G.I. Joe. Lol, don't know what exactly to expect.

Tomorrow's my last National Day with HIHS, quite disappointed that Choir is not performing, and there's First Friday Mass..
Never mind, I'd rather be with God, Sarah and Athan than.. err.. never mind. [:

Haven't been to Vivo in a long time, hopefully I can drag Athan along with me tomo.

Oh man,
11th Aug- Chinese 'O' Level results release
17th Aug- English 'O' Level Oral
18th Aug- DPA Results release
24th Aug- Visit to Singapore American School

I really need a lot of luck and God's guidance for this month,
with Prelims, plus I'm gunning for an A1 in Chinese,
AND I want that place in Ngee Ann's Mass Comm,
AND I need to do well for English which is inclusive of the upcoming Oral...

But I believe everything is planned by God,
the route that I take, the friends that I make..
All planned properly for me even before I was born.

And there are times when I feel self-conscious and pathetic, because I am anything but pretty.. However I remember that God is fair, he gave me a flair for writing and an excellent academic record.

Then you look at mentally or physically disabled people, and can't help but feel sympathetic for them.. They did nothing wrong, they do not deserve what they are suffering. And yet, they are just unfortunate, neglected by society because they cannot contribute.. Plus they have to remain dependent on people for the rest of their lives.

This also reminds me of the visit to Society of the Aged Sick earlier this year for CIP. There were so many elderly people there, lonely, neglected.. And I remember this particular aunty who was very scared, because the amplifier made loud noises when Louis and Gideon were setting up.. It was just so saddening, I nearly cried..

And it is reality that there are many other old folks' homes in Singapore. All the abandoned elderly people..

2009-08-04T22:25:00.000+08:00

After hours and hours of typing behind this computer screen, I am glad to announce that I have completed BOTH coursework A and B for F&N!

*applause*

my eyes are so tired. ugh.

2009-08-04T16:42:00.002+08:00

blogger is back to its stupid old screwed up format.
it's temperamental.

today is a good good day, because I decided it was. [:

recess was retarded. someone mentioned hold your breath, and i was like, WHAAAAAAAAAAT? hold your breasts??? and then the topic revolved to cow udders, and then zhiqi said i had eight cow udders, and my milo was actually choc milk from my udders.. LOL! retarded.

went for lunch with sarah [and the OMG, attached!? huiquan]. wanted to eat subway, but i didn't have the monetary terms to do so. in the end, huiquan ate his takeaway subway with some people he found at macs, when i was buying my medium milo. [thank God]

so sarah accompanied me to kopitiam for lunch. after which, she decided to take the train. and then i convinced her to take circle line, cos I thought it would link to paya lebar.

who knows, when we saw the cirle line board at serangoon, it showed that the link to paya lebar was UNDER CONSTRUCTION. haha! so we took the train to bishan, changed to ang mo kio. read some magazines at amk ntuc, then bought some food and she went to take bus 76.

the golden village tickets from the ngee ann HYPER magazine competition arrived in the mail. seriously, i didn't expect to win anything from that. but oh well. free tickets!

who wanna watch a movie???

replies to tags!
Thaddeus: HELLO!!! [:
gideon: haha thanks lah, gideon! (:

2009-08-03T22:51:00.000+08:00

urrngh, I'm still chionging homework now.

maths is done, still doing chinese..

arrgh, eyebags i don't like you, go away! ]:

today zhiqi took my handphone pouch and opened the zip, and looked at my ezlink card, the one with the embarrassing primary 5 picture. and then she was laughing at it, although she already saw it before. then i think daphne saw from behind too, and it was super embarrassing lah!

and then zq passed it to jasmine. then jasmine lifted it a little, wanting to take a peek. who knows, MR SIM walks past from behind, and happened to see my photo too. and then he couldn't stop laughing. he was like, (laugh laugh laugh) "seriously, it's quite funny..."(laugh laugh laugh), then i was like so embarrassed..

LOL.

2009-08-03T22:05:00.003+08:00

Alright. I forgot something.

HAPPY FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY, LOUIS WONG!

All the best for your studies.

And here's a video I did for him, along with another present..

2009-08-03T20:29:00.002+08:00

erm.. the old format for blogger is back, but it's still kinda screwed up. blogger users would know what i mean.

this sucks. blogger is like, pms-ing.

oh well.
prelims on thursday, am feeling so @@.

premium milk coffee is nice. tastes like starbucks, but it's cheaper. mmmm.

oh man, today there's a maths ws to complete, chinese, poa.. and f&n.
boo.

school was fine today, nothing interesting.
f&n conclusion was better than expected.
today, after like idk how many months, i finally got another article published.
thanks to eisen. [:

dpa interviews were alright.
singapore poly was three lecturers to three students, and prior to that we had a written test.
ngee ann poly was two lecturers to one student.

my only worry now is NP thinks SP will accept me, and rejects me.
and then SP thinks that NP will accept me, and rejects me too.

worries worries worries.
results on 18 aug.

arrgh, prelims i don't like you.
i seem to be on constant mood swings recently, i nearly fell out with sarah today.
then again, it was because i was smsing and couldn't think of a reply in time.

oh man. i need superglue. superglueeeeeeeeeee.
for my heart.
everyone's breaking it into pieces. ]:

i can't believe i'm turning sixteen soon.
sixteeeeeeeeen.
but i still choose to be lame like i am now. wheee!

2009-07-30T11:22:00.009+08:00

YESSSSSSSSS!
Blogger has returned to its old format!

Phew.

Anyway,

Yesterday was yesterday. Today is a brand new day, a brand new beginning.
- that's what I told Eisen when he asked if I was feeling better. -

Hope this thought stays with me for long.

Supposed to do SS now, but I'm blogging.
Tsk.

SIYING, GET TO WORK!!! [:

SP interview today, I really hope to do my best.
Cotton Candy was so hyper upon seeing the piece of carrot I gave her this morning.

Munch munch munch.

------------------------------------

and then it went back to the stupid format again.
if this continues i'm not using blogger anymore.

homework homework homework!
SS
~~Maths, IJ~~ TP Paper 2 [half done. teehee!]
POA
~~Maths Sets questions~~
~~Physics~~

2009-07-29T21:36:00.000+08:00

I feel so pathetic.

Sometimes it's like I've been too nice, and people take advantage of me.
Like a certain someone who was, undoubtedly, rude to me on MSN just now.

And yet, when I feel upset,
I continue to be lame.
I realised why.

I want to make people laugh, so that people around me will be happy.

Have I been too much of a nice person?

Very nervous for tomorrow's interview..
Still waiting for the person that God will send to cheer me up..

Oh God, where is the guy that I'm meant to be with?

2009-07-28T15:42:00.000+08:00

Thank God! The call from Ngee Ann finally came.

The playback:
I was blasting music on my blog, and then the house phone rang.
A little irritated, because my house phone kept ringing the whole day. [mostly from my mom]
So thinking it was my mom, I picked up the phone and said hello?

And then the person on the line said "Hello, this is [I didn't really hear this part, cos my music was still blasting, and my house phone is really soft] from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Then I was thinking, OMG. So I quickly paused my blog music.

And then she said I got shortlisted for an interview.

So yeah. That's about it.

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

2009-07-28T13:34:00.002+08:00

Having a patriotic mood right now.. [:

These songs also bring back fond memories of performing in choir..

2009-07-28T13:22:00.001+08:00

They played this song on Symphony 92.4 before the commencement of our O Level Chinese Listening Comprehension on 22 July. Yes, it was broadcast on the radio.

I love classical music. (:

This song is awesome too.

2009-07-28T12:50:00.001+08:00

First day of home elearning..
Not that much homework.. yet.

Was listening to the Hannah Montana Soundtrack when this song appealed to me..

Everything I Want- Steve Rushton

It started on Thursday
At seven or maybe eight
You crashed into my world with a boom
You came over as a guest
I said I liked you and I confessed
By ten o' clock I was making fun of you
You stayed for a while
Then left with a smile
But at least I made you happy
You make me happy too
It's kinda cheesy to say but

You're everything I want
When I'm with you all the hurting stops
You're the hand that fits my glove
And I'll never replace you
'Cause I'll never find love so true

It's only been three days
You're playing the waiting game
Been acting cool when we're not together
I drove you home from school
When I'm with you I feel so cool
I wish this feeling would last forever
And I stare into space
My heart starts to race
But at least I've got your picture
You gave me yesterday
it's kinda cheesy to say but

You're everything I want
When I'm with you all the hurting stops
You're the hand that fits my glove
And I'll never replace you
'Cause I'll never find love so true

Looking back at us
Two years and we're going strong
They say that time flies when you're having fun
I never wanna be alone again
No, no

No, you're everything I want
When I'm with you all the hurting stops
You're the hand that fits my glove

No, you're everything I want
You're everything I want
And I'll never replace you
'Cause I'll never find love so true

2009-07-27T22:59:00.001+08:00

I realised that when I'm unhappy,
I tend to be very very lame.
Probably so I can laugh and make myself feel that tad bit better.

2009-07-27T19:53:00.001+08:00

I've got something to SMILE about, as well as something to FROWN about!

SMILE:
today at the doctor's the call from SP came. my interview is this thursday at 3pm.
I applied for Diploma in Media and Comm

FROWN:
I can't believe people suspect I faked a cough so I could go home.
Do you want to
1) call my mom and ask
2) see my MC?

you're getting cuter by day. <3

2009-07-27T13:44:00.000+08:00

Alright, I'm slacking at home now.
Got sent home at around 12+ cos I told my Chinese teacher that I had been coughing all day. Then my temperature was about 37.2?
Then she was like, must exercise social responsibility.
So here I am.

It's so embarrassing to wear the mask lah. Then people look at you. Eyer.
Sat outside the general office with Jasmine [who also got sent home cos her temperature was 37.7] while Mr Sim did all the admin stuff. Then Jasmine walked back home cos she lived just opp, while I had to walk out of school and get a taxi.

Waiting for my mom to come home, then can go visit the doctor. Sian, I'm going to miss a lot of lessons..

As of now, the absentees are..
Sofia
Vanessa
Jing An
Hui Quan
Nicholas
Serene
Hong Yong

Those that got sent home today are..
Zhiqi
Daphne
Jody
Mao Sheng
Winnie
Jasmine
Siying

Class attendance now is: 20/34
o.o gg liao.

2009-07-26T21:08:00.000+08:00

replies to tags.
nothing much to blog about.

`Elfie erm, okay..
`Zie hello! thanks for tagging.
`athan hello. thanks for tagging too. [:
`huiling`ღ haha, yes. i see. alright. it's a nice story.
`taiyang my dear sun, apparently you haven't heard of the 'pause' button. HAHAHA. i miss te queiro too lah! i remember how i screwed it up last year for the sec 4s grad party.. HAHA!

2009-07-25T13:59:00.001+08:00

these videos bring back good memories from Confirmation

2009-07-25T13:41:00.002+08:00

And I found videos from the Busan Choral Conference our Choir went for last year.
Interesting.

how come we never saw this performance?

2009-07-25T13:23:00.002+08:00

Currently, the choir is learning "Te Queiro". This song means a lot to me, cos in 2007 at Hong Kong, I sang the female solo with one of my seniors. It was a performance at the University of Hong Kong chapel. This song is really really very nice. So I surfed youtube and found some vids of it..

the three vids are diff versions of "Te Queiro" at different speeds. it gives a diff feel.

2009-07-24T21:24:00.003+08:00

Just when I thought life was horrible to it's maximum, Sarah's blogpost cheers me up..
the one talking about subway and me being retarded.
it's amazing how something small can make someone really happy.

Let me just share something about yesterday. During eng, Mrs Ng tripped on my bag. and she did this little skip thing to prevent herself from falling. unfortunately, some people saw what happened. and alex was like, mrs ng, you doing hip hop? give me a beat! then mrs ng was trying to ignore alex, so she went to the whiteboard, picked up the duster, just when the sponge part fell out. then i was trying to tell her that the duster had no sponge, but I was laughing too hard.. then the rest also saw, and they were like, mrs ng, no sponge! but she didn't hear. so when she tried to erase something from the board..., yeah you know what happened. i'm still laughing as i typed this.

Today, I didn't really have a good day.
My temp in the morning was 37.4. Brrr.
10 people were absent today.
And it was raining, and I only found out today that my Straits Times jacket had a hoodie. LOL.

Today was Athenium Day. Felt really sad to see all the Sec 4s outgoing.. That includes me too, though i'm just a kuching kurau in choir, as a sectional leader.

the past year as the alto SL has been enriching. i started out being unsure of myself, not sure how to do warmups, sectionals, mark attendance, etc. but with the help of Athan and the rest, I adapted. and now it's like, everything's gone, gone forever.. all that's left are memories. good ol' memories.

ss was boring. during maths, Ms Soh came in for observation. recess. poa was the same, dry as usual. chem was practical, quite fun.. then english was some oral thingy on exorcism.. lol.

After school, I went out with Athan for lunch. Then Shannon asked if I wanted to go to the new mall, ION Orchard. And so after lunch, Athan and I went to my house to put down our bags, then i changed. then we went to orchard.

ion orchard is hugeeeee.like, idkhowmanyfloorstherearebutit'sreallyhugekindahuge. got all kind of shops.

2009-07-23T18:36:00.004+08:00

Today was horrible.
Sof got sent home early in the morning cos she wasn't feeling well.
8 people were absent.

Moving on.
Sarah says I should stop being lame, because it's embarrassing.
But I don't get it, I'm not me if I don't be lame.
Besides, being lame makes me think.
And for some reason, I like to make people laugh.

I hate it when people are upset, or disappointed, angry, miserable, agitated and all.
I hate it when people die.
I remember how much I hated the time my Grandma passed away. It makes me so sad.
Although I'm not that close to her, it was upsetting to see her leave.

But on the bright side, I hope she's reunited with my grandpa. Wherever they are now.

I miss you, Grandma.

Oh and by the way, Nanyang Poly has also started calling shortlisted applicants. Arrgh!

2009-07-22T20:45:00.003+08:00

just saw this on my cousin's blog..

A girl once asked a boy,
do you like me?
He said no.
Am I pretty?
He said no.
Then she said,
if I were to walk away, would you cry?
The boy said no.
And the girl said she heard too much, and turned to walk away.
The boy caught her hand and said,
I don't like you,
I love you.
You're not pretty,
you're beautiful.
And if you were to walk away, I wouldn't cry.
I would die.
& hey, I'm yours to keep.

Today, school was fine. Ended at 11.45 because we had to report at 2 for CL O Level Listening Comp.
So nice of the school to release us early.
Wanted to go for lunch with Athan, but his dad fetched him to Bedok for lunch. Lol.
In the end, I ate lunch with Fiona, Ondrea, Winnie and HQ at Kopitiam.

CL Listening Comp was alright, but very tricky. Sigh.
And SEAB is so cute, they used FM 92.4 to broadcast the passage to ensure accuracy.
So prior to the exam, we were treated to classical songs. So relaxing.

After which, I chiong-ed to Music Room for Choir Elections. Then the Sec 4s went outside to decide who gets what post. After many rounds of voting and re-voting, we finally settled on our "descendants". LOL, machiam we dying like that siah. However, I'm not going to post any of the results here.. You'll just have to wait until Friday. Went to mall with Athan afterwards, slacked for two hours plus? Then went home.

Still no email/call from Ngee Ann.. So anxious lah.

Tired.

2009-07-21T22:47:00.003+08:00

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

The assessment takes place in three-yearly cycles.
62 countries have signed up to participate in the 4th assessment in 2009.

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2009 - list of participating countries

Albania*

Argentina*

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan*

Belgium

Brazil*

Bulgaria*

Canada

Chile*

Colombia*

Croatia*

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominican Republic*

Dubai (UAE)*

Estonia*

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hong Kong-China*

Hungary

Iceland

Indonesia*

Ireland

Israel*

Italy

Japan

Jordan*

Kazakhstan*

Korea

Kyrgyz Republic*

Liechtenstein*

Lithuania*

Luxembourg

Latvia*

Macao-China*

Mexico

Republic of Moldova*

Republic of Montenegro*

The Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Panama*

Peru*

Poland

Portugal

Qatar*

Romania*

Russian Federation*

Republic of Serbia*

Shanghai (China)*

Singapore*

Slovak Republic

Slovenia*

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Chinese Taipei*

Thailand*

Trinidad and Tobago*

Tunisia*

Turkey

United States

Uruguay*

United Kingdom

The above countries are Members of the OECD, except those marked with an asterisk (*).

and whoa, Ministry of Education co-ordinates the tests held in Singapore.

information taken from: http://www.pisa.oecd.org/pages/0,3417,en_32252351_32235907_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

2009-07-21T22:34:00.003+08:00

I heard Temasek Polytechnic has started contacting their shortlisted applicants for DPA.
This is confirmed by Zhiqi, whose interview is this Thursday,
as well as Vivienne, whose interview is this Friday.
All the best to the both of them!

Today, I stayed back in school for the Programme for International Students Assessment (PISA). The whole thing took about 3hrs plus? We had to complete a 54-page question booklet with a combination of Reading, Mathematics and Science. The questions asked ranged from ACNE to population graphs, to chair lifts... and even some map thingy. It's crazy.

It kinda reminded me of the Gifted Programme I sat for back in Primary School.

Then we had to complete a questionnaire about ourselves, our family and home, education career, blah blah blah.

After which, I went to art room, then Athan came out and we went to Hougang Mall to slack.
Then I came home to chiong homework. Zzz.

Listening Compre 'O' Level tomorrow. Counting on it to get my A1.
Tmrw is also Choir election, confirm have Sec 4 meeting de. hmmm.

2009-07-18T23:41:00.006+08:00

Just realised I've been doing a lot of crying recently. And I think I know why. Our group has split. I'm almost becoming a loner again, except that Sofia is still my friend. I really cannot tolerate this any longer. Just because Sofia has her shortcomings, all of you decide to go poof. Then where am I supposed to go? And then you tell me she treats me like a sparetire. But at least she recognises my existence. Maybe I should just focus on my studies, and rely on Athan and Shannon and Sofia huh. Yeah, although they're an ass, it's better than this. Great, I'm writing this on your birthday. Forget it, I shall relive my lower Secondary days.

2009-07-18T22:41:00.002+08:00

Alright, I'm finally back from Confirmation mass + a long dinner.

Firstly, thanks to Shannon and Athan for taking the time to come. [:

Reached church around 12, went to 3rd floor to put down our stuff, then headed to St Mary's Room. Had praise & worship, then it got to a really emo song and I started tearing..
Then they played Five Loaves and Two Fishes, and I really liked the sentence "every single tear I cry is a diamond in his hands".

Then I started crying full-on, thinking about my current situation and all. Why I am so judgmental and self-centered. And I realised I was actually feeling very broken from my current broken friendships.. And then they gave us paper and writing materials, asking us to write down our strengths, weaknesses, talents.. (which was later offered up during mass).

After that, we were asked to fold this paper up and put it in a basket. After that, we would head to a catechist who would pray with us. So I went to Paul. It's really comforting to talk to him. [:

Then we had a bit more p&w, then it was time to change! We also had a pao to eat, and a packet drink. LOL. By 4+, we were ready. More p&w. Then it was 5pm!

At 5.15, we went down to outside the bookshop to line up. Then around 5.30, we had our procession into church. The Archbishop is quite friendly.

Yup. That's about it. [:

You're my Prince of Peace, and I will live my life for YOU! :D

2009-07-18T11:14:00.003+08:00

Alright, I am here blogging on the day of my Confirmation.
Been waiting for this day for, like, 4 years?

Anyway, I have to be in church at 12 so I better make this fast.

Yesterday at school was not fun. I was swinging between happy and super upset. Only a few people know what happened during recess.

-moving on-

The IN Crowd has a blog and Twitter!
Here's the blog link:
http://theinbloggers.blogspot.com

And yesterday we were during some eco-challenge for assembly, then Mr Sim played "Heal the World" on his laptop.
I remember in Secondary 2 when Mrs Tay taught us this song on recorder for Music, and I didn't really like this song cos I didn't know it..
But when I heard the song yesterday, I got really hooked to it..

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place for
You and for me.

2009-07-14T18:56:00.004+08:00

Whoa. Long time since I blogged.
Like, 4th July.

Hmmm.
Rather busy recently,
with POA test on Thursday,
just finished my F&N Coursework A on Monday and Coursework B is killing me,
a lot of homework,
school doesn't finish until around 4+ because of afternoon programme..

I applied for DPA on 8th July, and here are my three choices:
Ngee Ann Poly- Mass Comm (N67)
Singapore Poly- Media and Comm (S86)
Nanyang Poly- Media Studies and Management (C93)

Went to Ngee Ann Poly on 10th July for the Poly Experience thing with Sarah, Sof and Shir.
The media facilities in NP are so AWESOME! They invested about $40 mil in total.. Whoa.

Coursework B planning on 11th July, had to be in school super early. I think I did okay..
After Chem remedial, met Athan & went to Hg Mall for lunch. Then to my house.
Erh, he used the comp while I was at home tuition, then after that, I forgot to transfer the stuff to his thumbdrive. Epic fail.

This Saturday is my Confirmation.
Wheeee! Very excited. [:

Cotton Candy sleeps all day.

Today,
I was feeling unwell and drained,
but still came to school.
First temperature taking was 37.3.
Pffft.

Slept for about 15 mins in F&N,
couldn't take it anymore.
Plus my ear infection irritates me.

Wanted to wait for Athan after afternoon prog,
but he was ending late and Sarah was already out.
So I walked with Sarah to the bus stop and went home.

I hope to recover by Saturday!

Rachel, Amen, And also with you.

2009-07-04T14:47:00.003+08:00

This post is going to be all, or mostly, about Direct Polytechnic Admission 2009.

The DPA application portal will open from 8 July, 2 pm to 13 July, 4 pm.

Last year, 4,558 students applied for direct admission into the polytechnics, but only 607 were offered places during last year’s exercise, and 535 applicants (about 88%) accepted the offers.

Click here to find out more about DPA.

Okay, I summarised the whole webpage.
607 is not even HALF of the total applicants.
It's going to be so tough!

Plus,

The five polytechnics – Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic – will each admit up to 2.5% of their Academic Year 2010 intake through DPA, or about 100 students per polytechnic on average. There will also be a course-specific cap of 30% for each polytechnic course under the DPA. This is to ensure that students admitted through the GCE ‘O’-Level route will continue to have access to popular polytechnic courses.

This means that if Ngee Ann's Diploma in Mass Communication (N67) has a total number of, let's say, 20 students each year,
they will only accept 6 students through DPA.
SIX!

someone wish me luck. arrgh!

2009-07-02T18:58:00.003+08:00

tagboard is spammed. by one person.
but at least now it's alive. barely.
i screwed up my chinese 'O' Level oral. arrgh.
i'm having a slight fever. great.
my right ear hurts like %^$$%#^$
i don't like the way my life is right now.
i want 2008 back.
prom clashes with singout. wonderful.
i haven't done maths. and it's due tomorrow.
ms ang poh bee is now my teacher for maths afternoon prog.
i don't have a life.
the male examiner for oral was so scary.
and i thought he was the friendly one.
great, now i guess i probably have to settle for an A2 for chinese. or maybe even worse.
i got an A1 for CCA grade. like that helps.
mr lee passed me my testimonial today. didn't expect him to really help me write one.
DPA is starting soon.
will i screw up too?
today, the letter to collect my prize for the poem competition came. finally.
i got a $50 cheque.
one week of school is almost over.
english lesson today was weird and uninteresting.
free tuky tuky tomorrow. don't think i can go.
my parents are weird and really strict nowadays. i hate it.
but no one cares.

25 thoughts;
Athan Leong, help me.
& whoever thinks they can help me too.
Just save me from depression.

I continue to smile, but no one can see the shrivelled heart inside.

2009-06-27T17:03:00.001+08:00

OMG THIS IS SO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEE!

just barely described it to athan and he could find it..
arrgh, i have no childhood. ):

2009-06-26T18:46:00.005+08:00

loved this song A LOT after watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Replies to tags:
gideon-haha, okay. hello!
Louis(W)-no. old add/subtract/multiply
sarah-I KNOWWWW! haha, lucas till and chris pine are like so hot.. ): okay i shall stop my ranting of chris pine and lucas till cos i know someone will get upset.. :D

2009-06-26T11:26:00.006+08:00

First thing I see when I go to Mozilla Firefox is:

"Michael Jackson dead at 50" -YahooNews

And I was like, omg?
Apparently, it has something to do with the heart. Cardiac arrest. Hmmm.

The next thing I saw:
S'pore confirms 95 new H1N1 cases

This raises the total count to 315.
Sigh, I wonder if going out later is safe.

Anyway, yesterday I went to the Pet Lover's Centre opposite my house. Bought a two-storey cage, (which comes with a water bottle and wheel), bedding, its food, a box for bathing sand and bathing sand too. Yeah, hamsters can bathe themselves. How cool is that.
Total cost: $56. Not cool at all.

But I couldn't tolerate the sight of the poor hamster getting attacked by ants and flies in that small cage. And so the trip to PLC was necessary.

Going out to get Serene's letter of recommendation from someone called Kam Hoe. Also need to get Yen's letter signed. Hmmm.

Cotton Candy just woke up and it's so cute. [:

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Just came back from SPH, got Serene's letter. It's super awesome.

Below is what she wrote:

It is in my capacity as her editor that I have known Siying.

She has been an active member of The Straits Times Media Club's students council (called the "IN Crowd") over the past two years, and during her time, has been consistent, competent and responsible. She was an active participant during The Straits Times Media Club Camp last December. In 2008, she also went to Kuala Lumpur as part of the newspaper's annual study trip to visit newsrooms around the world.

She was appointed the council's president this year, a job that she has unstintingly performed despite it being her O Levels year. She has been prompt in meeting the rigorous deadlines of a newspaper, and reliable with her submissions, demonstrating to me that she is both a committed and passionate individual. She is already well on her way to her future aims - that of becoming a journalist and to mentor those younger than her - not least because she has a deep empathy for readers, and wanting to serve them.

Siying has made a deep impression on her council members and myself because of her proactive, go-getting attitude towards work. There is impressive maturity about her approach to work, and she is a natural newshound. She is also diligent, and has quickly picked up key journalistic fundamentals in the short time she has worked with the team.

Her story ideas have even appeared in The Straits Times broadsheet, where she worked closely with full-time journalists to interview her peers for a story about how teens were making money at school by selling fiction books to their peers.

I have every confidence that Siying will have no problems accomplishing her goals to study mass communications and go on to become a strong journalist. She not only has commitment, but the will to achieve.

Best regards,
Ms Serene Goh
IN and Little Red Dot Editor
The Straits Times
Singapore Press Holdings

The next one is from Yen, a full time journalist who mentored us last year:

I had the pleasure of working with Si Ying last year as the lead journalist for The Straits Times' school publication, IN.

She was one of 14 student reporters recruited for the year by our newspaper to write for us.

In the year she spent with us, Si Ying wrote several pieces, from news reports to personal columns.

Her piece on a student forum chaired by a local celebrity, ("Do your research and don't be late", pub 7 April, 2008), showed her ease with feature writing.

Si Ying is a competent writer and an assiduous reporter. Perhaps most importantly for our business, she was reliable and met her deadlines.

That she was able to juggle a full-time school schedule and a commitment to our editorial team was impressive.

This year, Si Ying was recruited again, and she now heads the student editorial team as their elected president.

I am confident that she will continue to take on more responsibilities and excel in them.

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two heavyweight letters that makes my head spin.
i smell the fruit of my labour.

2009-06-24T20:50:00.000+08:00

Time flies when you're having fun.

"My choice~~~" -athan leong

ever seen him nearly spit milo?

2009-06-24T20:28:00.002+08:00

NEWSFLASH:

ATHAN HAS A BLOG! :D

Transformers was awesome.

Today, for once I wasn't almost-late for june prog.
In fact I was early.
Chinese was totally boring.

And athan's next to me right now.
Reading what I type.
LOL.

Went to watch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen today.
Met Athan at Hougang Plaza bus stop, then took 74 to AMK Hub.
We saw Brian Bong at AMK Hub too. lol.

Transformers is just so nice.
The effects were super cool.
And the theatre was super packed.

After the movie,
we went to macs.
Then Athan came over to my house cos he needed to do his blog.
And he's still here. @@
We did like, his blog skin, music codes, tagboard, blah.
All thanks to me. [:

still have to send him back to amk hub later. =.=

Okay, that's all.

2009-06-23T16:44:00.006+08:00

move over, Chris Pine!
this is the new eye candy.
Introducing...
Lucas Till!!

From wikipedia..

Born	Lucas Till August 10, 1990 (1990-08-10) (age 18) Fort Hood, Texas
Occupation	actor
Years active	2003 - present

He's only 19 this year! ahhhhh.
And did you know Miley's 17 this year? Omg..

SARAH, YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO!

But it's impossible to get him,
so he's just eye candy. [:
Alright, time to go back to real world.

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Watching Transformers with Athan tmrw! :D

Today, serene brought the hamster that I was getting from her. it's a really cute white hamster, and sarah and i have named her Cotton Candy. because she is
white like cotton wool,
and sweet-looking like candy.
ironically, cotton candy aka candy floss is coloured.
but still.

and now CC's sleeping in her box, and she looks so cuteeeeeeee! :D
okay, that's all for today.

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Replies to tags:
Brian- lol, tsk brian! don't want lah..
Sharon- aiyoh, don't sad lah. you want i next time then give you lorh. haha..
ღ-huiling- lol. alrighty. i put it in already. haha.

2009-06-22T21:19:00.001+08:00

A very special post for my 400th post.

Dear _____,

I have always been wanting to tell you, that I really love you. No matter what you do, it may hurt me but I don't mind. It's been a good two years since I realised I liked you. And now I feel really comfortable hanging out with you. You always make me laugh, and that's what makes you so fun to hang out with. But I've fallen too, too deep into this pit of loving you, and now I can't get out. I want you, and no one else. I know all this will sound mushy and possibly cliche to you, but these thoughts are from the bottom of my heart. Really.

Love,
Siying

2009-06-22T21:18:00.001+08:00

I LOVE THIS COMMERCIAL! HAHAHA!

2009-06-22T15:23:00.005+08:00

school was alright today, i was nearly late..
gotta reach at 7.30 tomorrow.
sigh, i'm so tired!

athan's in a chalet with his family..
at least he gets to have fun. ):

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THIS ONE IS A MUST WATCH! (below)

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my mom's watching korean vids again. lol.

Replies to tags:
lynette-haha, thanks for tagging luh. you, nice? *pukes* sorry. you were saying?
SHANON-nah, just wanted to revive my tagboard. and your name is still wrong.
ღ-huiling- yo! huh? what don't love you? LOL. of course lah! i can only love one person leh! =x

2009-06-21T15:17:00.006+08:00

Okay. Here's an update for Saturday and Sunday.

But first up,
reply to tag:
Zie- haha! i have no idea how much i owe you, man. thanks for tagging.

my tagboard is getting from dead to dead-er.
but the blog is not dead. LOL.

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So..
Saturday
I met Athan at Hg inter like, half an hour late, cos I overslept.. =/
Then we took 72 to Tampines interchange,
walked to Tampines One aka tampon.. LOL.

First stop at the korea shop to buy my can of Milkis..
Then we walked around the area,
with him still finding his Star Trek stuff despite having just bought an Enterprise spaceship on Friday..
Visited the arcade, spent some money there..
I lost most of my air hockey games yesterday.. LOL.

Then we went to Tampines Mall,
played more games at the arcade.
Time Crisis 4 was fun, but my aiming sucked.
Lost to him in Daytona cos I went into the wrong lane, the pit stop lane. =.=
Went for lunch, and wanted to watch a movie but the show timings weren't good..
And so we walked around, trying to find a wallet I could buy, but to no avail. (sigh)

Then we went back to Tampines 1,
after which we took 72 back to Hougang.
Injured my toe, and ended up spending $0.20 on a plaster that wouldn't stick.
Pffft. My poor big toe was bleeding a little, and super throbbing.
Athan was laughing at me, he said I was still smiling when I was in pain. =.=

Sort of limped to Hougang Mall,
played some games at the arcade.
Again, air hockey was a chain defeat for me. Lol.
We played drums, the sound system and drum pads at Hg Mall Timezone is super good.
One stick each at first for the three stages, then after that,
Athan decided to try solo.
He did "Innocent World" quite okay,
then I tried the same song for second stage, not too bad.
Then I think we did "Russian Roulette" together for the thrid stage.

Athan then went to play the Ghost Squad game.
It. was. super. awesome.
We played Pinball too,
I took the Formula 1 machine, while Athan took Lord of the Rings. LOL.
Then we had some money left,
Athan tried to catch a soft toy for me,
but couldn't.
We were both standing in front of the toy catcher machine,
then he was like,
"I catch for you, want?"
Then I thought he meant he was going to shake the machine until it fell out, like Friday. =.=
But nah, he didn't manage to catch it.
Haha, friday's Minnie Mouse was good enough already lah.

After that, I had to go over to my ah ma's house,
because it was the day that my ah ma's spirit was said to be brought back by the guards.
We walked until the POSB bank there, then Athan went back to the mrt station to go home.
So I met up with my parents, ate a little for dinner.

We were all inside the room, waiting for her to come between 9pm-midnight.
So we played card and board games, while some played mahjong.
After midnight, we went out to observe the food and uncooked rice we left for our ah ma.
The pot of uncooked rice, indeed, had small lines that looked like a handprint. Whoa.
We then went to observe the food we left, and I think my ah ma ate a little.

SUNDAY
At around 6 am, we went to the coffeeshop opposite for breakfast.
Then we went home.
I decided not to go for CC3 Camp Facils meeting, cos I was too tired.
And I realised that Youth Mass clashed with a class that I had,
so I had to pull out suddenly, hence I did not go for rehearsal today.

Okay. that's about it.
I love this song by Kenji Wu 吴克群
It's called 爱太痛. Part of the song is this:

能不能不爱了
因为爱太痛了
我痛得快死了
却无法把你忘了

2009-06-19T22:21:00.003+08:00

Alrighty. I'm here to blog about my past two days.

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Yesterday
I met Athan at AMK Hub at around 12.30.
He was like, half an hour late? =.=
Then we took the train to City Hall,
shopped around Citylink, looked at CDs at HMV..
After that,
we walked to Esplanade.

Looked around the movie memorabilia shop,
then we walked to Marina Square.
After looking at all the hobby shops there,
we went for a "pit stop", or so he calls it
at Burger King.
After which, we headed for Millenia Walk,
looked at shops selling aircrafts, model cars..
Model cars, me like. [:

Then we walked the underpass to go to Suntec City,
play arcade.
I won him 7-4 for air hockey,
and 3-2 for table soccer.
Then we went to Toys R Us, then decided to go to Plaza Singapura.

Took 36 to P.S., then went to look at more toys.
Then went for dinner, and back to 7th floor.
He decided to buy a Star Trek Enterprise spaceship.
That cost like, $29.90. @@

Then we went to the arcade!
We played table soccer again,
I won him 4-1.
Then we went to play drums,
one stick each. LOL.
Play easy mode, cos we both noobs. =X
He played crash cymbal and low tom tom,
I played bass, high tom tom, snare drum and hi hat.
LOL.
Then we played table soccer again,
this time i won him 3-2.
Close shave wor.

After that, we went home.
Super tired!
We went to like, six places in one day?

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Today
Bong and Mczie arrived at AMK Hub at around 10.30?
Then I went over around 11+, and Athan arrived a little later.
Bought tickets for Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past,
then went for lunch.
After that, went to NTUC because Bong wanted to buy sweets for the movie later.
Before the movie, we went to the arcade,
Bong wanted the Stitch from the same machine that I got the Tigger's tail.
So I was deliberating which one to catch.

Then hor, Athan shake shake shake the machine,
don't know what he doing.
I was looking straight at the Stitches, considering which one to catch.
Then I saw something drop from the middle into the prize hole below.
Look down and see, is the Minnie Mouse on display in the centre drop down.
So I was like, OMG.
Then bend down, quickly pick up, and run away. HAHA.
Actually, that Minnie is cannot catch one lorh.
Give Bong, he ask if should return.
So I take lorh.
Lol, Athan is powerduhful.
Then after that, we play air hockey. HAHA.
Won 3-2.

After the movie, we played Daytona.
Bong came in first,
I was second,
McZie was third
and Athan came in last cos he used Manual while the rest of us used Auto. HAHA.

Then we played drums,
one stick each again.
First song was with Athan,
then Bong wanted to try.
After that, Athan and I wanted to try the Standard mode.
We, embarrassingly, didn't even make it past the first song. =X
Like that waste one dollar. Hais.

Then we went to Macs for dinner,
and then to the arcade upstairs.
We played a game of air hockey,
I won 7-5.
Then McZie and Bong went home,
Athan wanted to get another packet of Medium fries, while i got myself a Hot Fudge Sundae.
We then walked over to my house, cos my parents weren't at home.
I showed him around the house, and then we used the comp for about two hours?
So Louis and Bong, you know who spammed your Facebook and blog respectively. [:

After that, I walked him back to AMK Hub to take bus,
then I walked back home.

Hmmm. I really had fun.
But I wonder if he let me win for the table soccer and air hockey games.
I don't think I was really that good.
Hmmmm.

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End of post! [:

2009-06-17T23:42:00.002+08:00

I decided this is a good time to do a HOMEWORK count.

POA (2)
~~SS (1)~~
F&N (1)
~~Physics (2)~~
Maths (4)

Alrighty. Reason why maths is half cancelled,
is because it's only half completed. ):
damn, where did my hols go to?

and i still wanna go out and playyyyyyyy.
i'm like going out with athan to go shopping for toys tmrw,
movie outing with athan, bong and mczie on friday,
maybe another toy shopping trip on saturday.

oh gosh, i'm freaking out.
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just finished ss, so darn tired.. pheeeeew.

Replies to tags:
Brian- hello. thanks for tagging. [:
someone- oh yes, now i saw that post. apologies! and yes, my friend's birthday is on our confirmation! haha.

2009-06-17T15:10:00.006+08:00

I'm back to share some really good videos that I love.

2009-06-17T13:49:00.002+08:00

First up:

After much persuasion, my parents allow me to get a hamster.
SAY YAY!
i'm getting a 2 month old white female hamster from serene. haha!

BUT i don't know if i'm a good pet owner..
i mean, the three fishies that i got from the school mission place,
sarah got three too.
mine died like, a longgggggggg time ago,
but one of sarah's fish is now pregnant. =.=

so many considerations, so much deliberation.
it's scary.

Okay, i'm off to do homework.
zzz.

2009-06-15T22:59:00.002+08:00

Hello everyone.

So, I'm back from a rather long break, so long that I feel disconnected from civilisation. =.=
For those whom are closer to me will know, my grandma passed away on 11 June 2009.
And so for the past few days, we've been buzzing around for the funeral.
Thanks Shannon for taking the time to come.

At least, I feel more bonded with my cousins, whom I hardly see.
And I think it's better to see my grandma pass away peacefully, than see her suffering with all the tubes poked everywhere..
She was also struggling hard to breathe..

Well, though I'm not THAT close to my Ah ma, I will still miss her loads..

Replies to tags:
someone- When did I say that? I apologise, haha! You are my friend lah, jacelyn!
sarah- hello, toilet bowl roo! :D
Brian- apologies! I was probably too tired. yes, brian bong's birthday is also on 10th sept.
SHANNON- yoyo. i was left alone cos huiling went home. then i didn't want to be a lightbulb. hais.

2009-06-10T15:28:00.002+08:00

I want a hamster for my birthday.

Rhino from Bolt inspired this thought.
Hamsters are so so cute!
They run around in their little cages and drink water from a bottle.
And they're so furry!

Ohwell.