blogging now on the last day of 2007.

fantastic year,
absolutely brilliant.

and if you tell me last year
what's going to happen in 2007,
i would probably shit.

-.-

ya lo.

drastic changes in environment,
attitude, mindset, physique.

i couldn't have asked for more.

and firstly,
thank you Lord :)


*

and so, and so,
2007 began quite nicely,
and i met melson and zw on
semb mrt station to head to aj
for our PAE orientation.

quite excited la,
and if you know me long enough,
you would probably know that
secondary school life was kind of shit for me
(i termed sec sch as a shit-hole.)
so i was actually looking forward to jc,
and all the freedom that was coming
together with it.

so ya,
the first day at aj was quite satisfying,
and for the rest of the orientation
i began to know friends who are later
going to be my best mates :D

aurata! :DDDDD


there were quite a lot of OG outings
during jan and feb la.

ya lor,
i plan one leh.

and it was immensely satisfying doing all these,
cause all of them were really nice people
and were really sincere going about doing things.






and meanwhile,
i was posted to class 25/07.

i was quite taken aback by the
quality of the people there la.

but surprisingly,
none of them were snobbish or something.
we had good CT and assist. CT reps
and we were actually quite bonded.

embarrasingly,
i thought i was always last in class.

so ya,
i spent quite a lot of time worrying
about myself and my studies though
it was 'only PAE',
cause almost everyone was so chiong,
and always had tutorials miraculously done.

and i am always the one who have only
a quarter of it done or something,
cause i was too demoralised to find from the notes
and was always asking people for help.

i still remember there was once during
econs tutorial where i couldn't understand
a thing and that teacher was like waiting
for an answer from me.

horrible memories of econs. *shudders*

thank goodness i took back geog.





and so on the last few days of PAE
the CT gave everyone a slip of paper
and told us to write about our reflections.

i wrote, dutifully.
and i swore to work doubly
hard from that day onwards.


and FYI, that slip is still with me.

i keep it to remind myself
about my promise.







some people in yj asked why i so chiong.


i think maybe it is because
i have seen the quality in other jcs ba.

and that is quite enough to be my source of motivation.







and oh ya,
there was band.

haha.

actually it all started way back
in dec 2006 and i was over at audrey's,
and she was quite shocked to learn
that i don't take the keys and counts of notes seriously,
though i was already grade 5 at that time.

i was quite embarrased la.

i mean,
even grade 1s can count
quavers and crotchets properly.

i was that bad. really.





and so during cca day
when that girl came approaching me to join band,
i put down my details immediately.

i saw it as a way to improve my music,
and i never regretted it ever since.

i got to know a lot of brilliant musicians,
and began playing percussion.

it was really fun;
my seniors and michael were really helpful
and though i spent hours practising strokes alone
outside the bandroom while they were
having combined band rehearsals,
it was worth it la.

at least i know how to roll now -.-

and i began to appreciate the countings
and even the accidentals lurking around
in every music piece.

musically, i improved quite a lot.






















somehow,
i knew God put me in Aj first for a reason.
i think i am beginning to understand it.


*

and ya,
when the O's results came out,
i was really sad la.

and when the appeal results came back,
i was devastated.

so i didn't bother considering putting other
jcs in my choice and just penned in yj in my 2nd.

cause at least there were phs-ians
and i knew they would help me in the
process of settling in my new school.


i have got quite a bit of culture shock
and initially hated the environment,
the people, the culture.

but as time went by,
i began to appreciate them la,
albeit reluctantly.

i found studying an enjoyable process
with not much peer pressure around,
and kept on with the self-imposed pace.

the teachers were really nice too.

(and ya,
especially to ms ng la,
cause she was really thoughtful and sincere,
and i think if the 3Ps didn't exist,
i would be more slack doing my maths.)




i joined yj band also la.

at first quite reluctant one,
but changed my mind after
some consultation with the aj seniors.





band and pw really took up much of my time,
and together with the ridiculous timetable,
i was often left breathless.

(i am quite guilty of returning home
during the wee hours of the night
and i think mum grew used to it.
but the more she didn't say anything,
the more i became guilty.

subsequently,
i reduced my eating-out days to once
per week and spent more time eating
dinner with family at home.

i thought it would be better that way.)

syf and the immediate concert was really tough,
but pw was tougher,
especially when you have to carry out
others' jobs at one time whilst having a
group leader breathing down your neck
and pacing yourself to hand in the drafts early.

haha, no la,
just joking.

jk was a good leader,
and he did quite a lot of
sai kang for our group,
and i am grateful to him for that.






but no matter what,
there bound to be some troublemakers la.

OP was shit.

and i haven't quite gotten over it,
especially since we have put in so much
hard work, and all of these had to be undone
all because of one who couldn't be bothered more.

aiyah,
talking about OP makes me boil.

i prefer not to elaborate liao.

god bless that chap's soul.

*

i think i have got a problem with
major examinations.

talked about it with ms chua
and worked out a few solutions.

she talked about peaking at
the right time.

i am still trying to find out
a way to combat that problem.

*

and so ya,
life was pretty much the
same during mid-year,
with the occasional holidays and events.

had a lot of mood swings
and they were getting really bad
especially when the promos were coming,
and it did not help when almost everyone
were quite moody and demoralised.

and almost everyday we will complain
about our school,
be it facilities,
(tell you something interesting,
our air-conditioning system is quite unique)
people or the timetable.

but i got through it la.

on hindsight,
i guess all these made us stronger mentally.
and at least we learnt to appreciate stuffs
we once took for granted before.

*

my promo revision started quite early,
before sep hols.
i like to even out my revision stuffs,
not chionging during the last few weeks ma.

and i guess it did pay off then.
somehow or other la.

and i still remembered the frequent trips
to the airport for revision :)

*

and on 2nd Oct,
my life was turned topsy-turvy :D

*

the last few weeks of the J1 were used for
OP and A Chinese preparations.

and also for the release of promo results.

this year was somewhat a miracle year la.
there were rumours the massive moderation
of marks was partly caused by
the retirement of the principal,
but i didn't cared much la.

can promote then hallelujah liao lo :)

*

late nov and dec were the super-duper holidays.

(i have a nagging suspicion that
i forced myself to enjoy and cherish this xmas season
because i have a feeling that i will get
to enjoy BMT a month earlier -.-)

but anyway,
late nov started really proper,
got to the NUS for some engineering stuffs,
and by december,
the holiday mood was officially there liao :D

though band practices were still on,
i still managed to squueze in quite a lot of
activities in between la.

2nd month,
light shopping,
concert,
zoo,
band fest,
xmas,
boxing day etc etc.

and on top of it,
i finished my holiday homework,
or rather,
the bulk of it early.

but i am still quite worried about my revision.

haven't really started much.

will chiong again when school reopens :)

*

and so,
2007 was roughly like that la.

it was really enjoyable,
adrenalinical, unexpected in a good way.









quite sorry for not having enough
trust in Him during the release of results,
and now after i have seen and experienced
it personally,
my faith of course,
has got really stronger.




somehow,
i can't get enough of 2007.

but all good things come to an end, isn't?

May God bless 2008.

*

2007- A glance


The Good:
1. brilliant people,
classmates, bandmates
(percs! :D)

2. beginning to workout
on a daily basis

3. running stamina miraculously improved

4. pw (ironic, isn't?)

5. grades

6. music

7. 17!~

8. new specs+bag+violin etc etc etc etc~

9. pocket money increase

10. life being turned topsy-turvy :D


The Bad:

1. severe lack of sleep+rest

2. stress managment

3. still can't swim

4. failing to make the cut for H3 Chem
(i didn't bother to apply la.
my promos were a complete disaster.
i guess all the build-up all came undone.

o well.)

5. almost single-handely turning
mambo magic into rock genre,
in front to a sold out auditorium.

(friends who came to support
said i was awesome.

i cringed.)

6. still spending too much time
lurking around the com+net

7. leaving aj
(but come to think of it,
actually not that bad la.)

8. yj's canteen food.
yj's facilities.
yj's timetable.
yj's....

9. still not getting an e-violin.

10. i would actually prefer to leave
this spot empty,
cause there are too many things to kp about.

haha.

aiya.

actually,
i would prefer not to elaborate :X

*

and on a leaving note,
i wish that 2008 will be even better,
building on 2007.

good luck everyone,
embrace 2008 with open arms,
and savour the remaining hours of 2007.

God Bless :) *grins*