The Clarissa Chronicles

The Greatest Thing of All.

2011-01-01T23:07:00.000-08:00

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,

I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love,

I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
but have not love,

I gain nothing.

Love is patient.

Love is kind.

It does not envy,

It does not boast,

It is not proud.

It is not rude,

It is not self-seeking,

It is not easily angered,

It keeps no record of wrongs.

Love does not delight in evil

but rejoices with the truth.

It always protects,

Always trusts,

Always hopes,

Always perseveres.

Love never fails.

- 1 Corinthians 13: 1-8

Day Camp 2010

2010-08-20T05:32:00.000-07:00

Okay I now I haven't posted in like forever....

But I would like to promote something :D

WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH

SSS DAY CAMP 2010

Come, come, come! It's a 2 days 1 night thing and it's only RM 50 including food, lodgings, etc, etc. We'll have loads of games and fellowship time and it'll be uber uber fun! :D Don't worry, you don't have to be a Christian to come so just come to hang with some friends and maybe get to know God if you're curious about how He's like.

It's on the 9th and 10th of September in my church. It's during the Raya holidays so come!

....Please?

Joy, Joy, Joy!

2010-07-25T07:00:00.000-07:00

CONCERT IS FINALLY OVER!!!

No more feeling exhausted. No more putting on thick makeup. No more practising dance steps over and over again.

Don't get me wrong; concert has been fun. And it's pure bliss not having to sit through 40 minute lessons, but it gets too much when you go home and have to sleep off your tiredness for 2 hours straight.

Ah, I can finally relax.

Oh but what's that? I sense something... an impending doom... It's...

Evolution Night.

When will all of this ever end? :O

The Obsession.

2010-06-03T05:34:00.000-07:00

Ahhhhhhh! Exams are finally over. It seemed to have gone on forever, and my happiness is being slowly sucked out. If the exams had continued for another week I think I would be a zombie.

Thank goodness for all the people I've been hanging out with. Haha. You guys know who you are. Especially Jon. I have no idea why but today he made me laughed so hard.

Sara and I share a common interest: Robert Downey Jr.

That was random.

Anyways. Will be gone for prefects camp for a few days. Au revoir.

All I Ask of You

2010-05-14T04:36:00.000-07:00

This week has been pretty craaaaazy.

I was working with Hannah, Aarathi, Sam Lim/Ng and Audrey on....

BROADWAY MUSICALS.

Our group is supposed to be doing broadway musicals for Lidra on Evolution Night and we decided to do a medley of 4 famous Broadway Musicals.

It was really tiring and very stressful because we were all really busy and we didn't have time AT ALL to discuss. So it's a miracle that we even managed to have a basic storyline.

And even though we hit a few road blocks along the way, I think the storyline's pretty cool :D Late night convos are awesome for brainstorming. Haha.

"Raoul, I give you my heart!"

"I am not Rao-- your heart? I would like a heart!"

[Christine faints]

I love Aarathi.

Random.

2010-05-05T07:13:00.000-07:00

A certain someone was doing his ELRP on a book about dinosaurs.

"Do I put Dinotopia in the category of animal stories?"

Hmm. That sounded funnier in my head. Oh well.

I was bored so I wrote this.

2010-05-04T07:28:00.000-07:00

Went out with Gwen, Layin, HuiYi and Looi Ling last Thursday. HuiYi, LooiLing and I decided to watch Ip-Man 2, which of course, I, being an almost-banana, wasn't very thrilled about...

At first.

I watched it.

And it was awesome :D

Go watch it now!

Yes, this post is lame :)

P.S. HAHAHAHA. SSS Day Camp was so funnnn. School seems so boring now.

Psshah.

2010-04-23T05:39:00.001-07:00

Madam Tasdeeqa: Now, what is Invois? Invois is ... *explains*

Whole class: Whut?

Jonathan P. James: Madam, you lost me at Kunci Kira-Kira.

...Sorry if you're a Science Stream student and don't get this. Kunci Kira-Kira was taught like 2 months ago and is in chapter 2. We're already halfway in Chapter 3.

*sighs* When you have to explain a joke.

And Thehresh found a dead lizard during Accounts and JPJ squashed it. That pretty much threw the whole class into havoc.

Ah, 4M.

Falling.

2010-04-21T07:28:00.000-07:00

I was having a rather rough time on Monday. I would even go as far as to say that that was my worst day ever. I cried a lot, quite often in public and I had a rather strong disagreement with a very close friend (I'm glad to say that we've settled everything and we're still as tight as ever). I'm not going to disclose iwhat happened, but I just wanted to say thank you.

Thank you to all the people who have comforted me, consoled me when I sank into the deepest depths of despair. Thanks to the people who were there for me when I needed help, thanks to the people who listened when I was pouring out my feelings. I have no other way to express my gratitude but to say thank you so very much.

I really appreciate you guys sticking by me. Words cannot describe how touched I felt.

A special thank-you to Hannah, who stood by me through this ordeal, and who understood quite clearly what I was going through. And I'm not only saying thank you for comforting me on Monday, but I'm also saying thank you for the talk we had on Saturday. It helped me a lot, truly.

Another thank-you to Rachel, who took time to write me a note, giving me the strength and comfort I needed. Thanks.

Thank you, Amber, Gwen, Brendan, XiaoYi, Looi Ling, GeeKeat, Ananda, Xin Ying, Susan, Javeny, Charissa and pretty much everyone else for being so concerned and for being there to listen.

And thank You, God. For helping me realize where I went wrong and for being the source of my strength and hope. For that I praise you.

I've decided to let it all go. The frustration, the resentment, the anger. It was really consuming me and it turned me into something horrible: this bitter, unhappy beast that does awful things. I felt like such a monster during that time. So I'm going to take all my negativity, and channel it into something much more healthier, much more joyful. Granted, it wouldn't be an overnight sort of thing, but I'm learning. And I'm letting go. Slowly.

Help me God.

2010-04-09T04:29:00.000-07:00

Ugh.......................

Sports Day.

That was said with much disdain by the way :/

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Miss you Gwen! Hope you get better! :(

At the Cross

2010-04-04T03:15:00.000-07:00

Oh Lord You've searched me

You know my way

Even when I fail You

I know You love me

Your holy presence

Surrounding me

In every season

I know you love me

At the cross I bow my knee

Where your blood was shed for me

There's no greater love than this

You have overcome the grave

Your glory fills the highest place

What can separate me now?

You go before me

You shield my way

Your hand upholds me

I know You love me

And when the earth fades

Falls from my eyes

You stand before me

I know You love me

At the cross I bow my knee

Where your blood was shed for me

There's no greater love than this

You have overcome the grave

Your glory fills the highest place

What can separate me now?

You tore the veil

You made a way

When You said that it is done

At the cross I bow my knee

Where your blood was shed for me

There's no greater love than this

You have overcome the grave

Your glory fills the highest place

What can separate me now?

Oh Lord You've searched me

You know my way

Even when I fail You

I know You love me.

O Rly?

2010-03-28T02:50:00.000-07:00

Guess what? The last post was my 150th post! Woohoo!

Yes, I know I've not been a very faithful blogger lately. But hopefully I'll stop being lazy and start writing stuff already.... yeap. I don't think it's ever going to happen.

xxx

Last week, we had the most wonderful, most inspiring talk ever, instiling a sense of patriotism in the hearts of all students: yes, my friends, I am talking about the Nation Building Talk. In fact, this talk is so memorable that I would like to share with you the wonderful moments of that talk. To avoid writing a post that would make Virginia Woolf proud, I shall just post up snippets of said inspiring talk.

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"Good morning SMK Wesley Methodist School." was how the speaker greeted us. She then proceeded to explain to us the importance of English and reading. Ah.

She said the theme of the Nation Building Talk is transformation. Whoo. Impressive. She then played us 3 video clips that shall forever be imprinted in my heart.

...First Video Clip...

(2 people sitting)

Guy & Girl : Hai, long time no c!

Guy (randomly): Eh, do u noe wat is transformationz?

Girl: Transformationz? We do not tok abt this word anymore la. Wat is transformationz?

Guy: Let me give u an example. My sister has very horriblez skin, lot of pimplez. So she always use cosmestics. Then, 1 day, she saw this skincare specialist. So she went inside for facial.

Girl: Facial?

Guy: Hei sister! U kan perempuan. U dun noe wats facial? So anyway. She went inside and it was a long and painful process but in the end, it was worth it bcoz her skin become so pretty already!

(shows a girl standing, with sunlight pouring on her face)

Girl: O u meanz 2 say that, transformationz is not about covering up, but dealing with d root problem?

Guy: Ah, sister. U're so smart!

....Second Video Clip.....

It is set in a mechanic's workshop. A man drives up into the workshop, gets out and attempts to strike a cool pose, or so he presumes.

Guy: (obviously lip-synching) I would like to think of transformation like maintaining my "baby" (pats car absent-mindedly). They require constant maintenance and ...blah blah blah.... something about replacing old parts with new parts.

After that, I pretty much forgotten about it as I was very much distracted by the man's bad lip-synching and unnecessary gestures.

....Third Video Clip....

In a school. It is all black and white. This video is akin to a soap opera.

Girl: (sitting very emo-ly) It had been 3 months since my friend committed suicide. One day, she couldn't take the pressure of exams and killed herself. I now have a phobia of heights.

(next scene shows a teacher dragging the poor girl to look down from the balcony)

Girl: I began seeing a guidance counsellor. She tried to help me.

(as soon as the girl look down from the balcony, she screamed and ran away, flailing her limbs wildly)

(next scene shows both girl and counsellor near the balcony, the girl looks down but she has been cured!)

Girl: But soon under her constant care, I began to grow better. All thanks to the guidance counsellor.

(girl left the guidance counsellor, who was supposed to look contemplatively into the distance. None of that. She merely looked into the camera, smiling goofily.)

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After that, Gabriel who greeted us with a "Do not be worried!" asked for volunteers for a game. Needless to say, half of the boys in our school ran up to the stage while a few girls trickled in. They split into two groups.

They were supposed to extend their index fingers and let a long pole rest on the fingers. They were then meant to pass it to the other line of people in their group. Jonathan P. James did not feel the need to do anything xD

Later...

Gabriel: So what did you learn after playing this game?

JiaWen: I didn't play the game.

Gabriel: (grabs JPJ instead) So what did you learn after playing this game?

JPJ: I learned that you have to touch the pole.

Gabriel: Anything else?

JPJ: Uh. Teamwork.

Gabriel: Anything else?

JPJ: No that's it.

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That's it for now. Hopefully this post has amused you greatly. Tata!

Help?

2010-03-26T02:45:00.000-07:00

Dear God,

I'm sorry. Sorry that I haven't trusted you. I'm sorry that I've let you down. Hurt you. I'm sorry that I resent the problems that I have to face everyday. I'm sorry that I was angry at you. It was hard for me to acknowledge that problems are there for you to direct, inspect, correct and perfect me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I thought I could solve it all on my own. I'm sorry.

Help me now? I really need you there. I'm really stressed and I'm tired and I'm just so sick of feeling so down and disappointed all the time. I lay all my burdens on you Lord and I give it all up. And I won't have to worry because I know that you're there, waiting for me to surrender my woes so that you can make the best decision for me.

I trust in you now, Lord.

Thank you.

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To the reader, I'm sorry if this has dampen your mood or whatever. But I really needed to get this out of my system. Please don't ask me what it's about. And don't worry, the next post would be much more lighthearted. :)

My Wish.

2010-03-12T19:33:00.000-08:00

I honestly, truly wish that I was ambidextrous.

Ah, the joy of using two hands! You would wish it too if you spent a whole day writing freakishly long essays for English, English Lit and Ekonomi Asas.

I was pretty certain that after Ekonomi Asas that someone would have to wheel me to the emergency room to amputate my hand. And you know that bump on your finger that you obtained after YEARS AND YEARS of writing? Yes, mine seem to grow twice the original size.

(I didn't even finish writing the last two essay questions of English Lit, which is worth twelve marks each D:)

The Incident.

2010-02-20T00:47:00.000-08:00

I would like to share with all of you... a very memorable, very weird incident that happened this Monday, during Chinese New Year. It began like this...

The four of us, (and when I mean the four of us, I meant Samantha, Shani, Christopher and I), were peacefully asleep in the living room after we have watched Saw II (deliciously gory but also very disturbing).

Suddenly, we were awakened to the ruckus that the adults plus Selia were creating. It seems that Uncle Tim has left my mum's car keys on the table, but they have disappeared! LE GASP! A mystery in the Chung/Yong household!

We have searched high and low, and low and high and interrogating everyone. Yet the keys were not to be found. Alas, what had happened?!

The severity of the situation was soon addressed. "Guys," Dad said. "We need everyone to pitch in their efforts in order for this search and rescue party to be a success. That car is blocking the rest of the cars in the driveway. So, as long as that car remains to be keys-less, no one will get out of here alive!"

A pause.

"Well. I suppose you can use the side door."

Mum took over the speech. "RM50 will be awarded to the person to find that bunch of keys. Get moving!"

Again, we looked for it high and low. Suspicion filled us, soon we even began to doubt ourselves. Was it me that took the keys? I prayed not.

Hope was soon slowly ebbing away...

Fatigue inundated us, discouraging us from going any further...

Suddenly, a cry of delight resonated. "We found it!" Selia exclaimed, as Dad and her entered the house from the porch. They said they had found the keys on top of Ah Yee's car. How did it get there? An even funnier story was recounted.

Dad was the culprit.

"I think I took it from the table and... I left it on top of the car when I went out to play with Mocha (the dog)..." he said sheepishly, his face red.

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Disclaimer: This story was much exaggerated and dramatised.

Author's Note: You might not think it's funny, but to us, it was the key highlight of that day (pun totally intended)

2010-02-12T18:10:00.000-08:00

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

-Please don't forget my ang pow :(

Peter's Evil Overlord List

2010-02-12T01:20:00.000-08:00

This Evil Overlord List is Copyright 1996-1997 by Peter Anspach. If you enjoy it, feel free to pass it along or post it anywhere, provided that (1) it is not altered in any way, and (2) this copyright notice is attached.

My Legions of Terror will have helmets with clear plexiglass visors, not face-concealing ones.

The artifact which is the source of my power will not be kept on the Mountain of Despair beyond the River of Fire guarded by the Dragons of Eternity. It will be in my safe-deposit box. The same applies to the object which is my one weakness.

I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them.

I will be secure in my superiority. Therefore, I will feel no need to prove it by leaving clues in the form of riddles or leaving my weaker enemies alive to show they pose no threat.

Despite its proven stress-relieving effect, I will not indulge in maniacal laughter. When so occupied, it's too easy to miss unexpected developments that a more attentive individual could adjust to accordingly.

No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head.

I will maintain a realistic assessment of my strengths and weaknesses. Even though this takes some of the fun out of the job, at least I will never utter the line "No, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!!!" (After that, death is usually instantaneous.)

I will dress in bright and cheery colors, and so throw my enemies into confusion.

All bumbling conjurers, clumsy squires, no-talent bards, and cowardly thieves in the land will be preemptively put to death. My foes will surely give up and abandon their quest if they have no source of comic relief.

I will not turn into a snake. It never helps.

Once my power is secure, I will destroy all those pesky time-travel devices.

I will only employ bounty hunters who work for money. Those who work for the pleasure of the hunt tend to do dumb things like even the odds to give the other guy a sporting chance.

If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?", I will reply "This." and kill the advisor.

If I learn the whereabouts of the one artifact which can destroy me, I will not send all my troops out to seize it. Instead I will send them out to seize something else and quietly put a Want-Ad in the local paper.

If I must have computer systems with publically available terminals, the maps they display of my complex will have a room clearly marked as the Main Control Room. That room will be the Execution Chamber. The actual main control room will be marked as Sewage Overflow Containment.

I will not agree to let the heroes go free if they win a rigged contest, even though my advisors assure me it is impossible for them to win.

If I have a fit of temporary insanity and decide to give the hero the chance to reject a job as my trusted lieutentant, I will retain enough sanity to wait until my current trusted lieutenant is out of earshot before making the offer.

If I'm eating dinner with the hero, put poison in his goblet, then have to leave the table for any reason, I will order new drinks for both of us instead of trying to decide whether or not to switch with him.

I will not use any plan in which the final step is horribly complicated, e.g. "Align the 12 Stones of Power on the sacred altar then activate the medallion at the moment of total eclipse." Instead it will be more along the lines of "Push the button."

If I ever talk to the hero on the phone, I will not taunt him. Instead I will say this his dogged perseverance has given me new insight on the futility of my evil ways and that if he leaves me alone for a few months of quiet contemplation I will likely return to the path of righteousness. (Heroes are incredibly gullible in this regard.)

Any and all magic and/or technology that can miraculously resurrect a secondary character who has given up his/her life through self sacrifice will be outlawed and destroyed.

I will see to it that plucky young lads/lasses in strange clothes and with the accent of an outlander shall REGULARLY climb some monument in the main square of my capital and denounce me, claim to know the secret of my power, rally the masses to rebellion, etc. That way, the citizens will be jaded in case the real thing ever comes along.

I will make the main entrance to my fortress standard-sized. While elaborate 60-foot high double-doors definitely impress the masses, they are hard to close quickly in an emergency.

No matter how much I want revenge, I will never order an underling "Leave him. He's mine!"

Since nothing is more irritating than a hero defeating you with basic math skills, all of my personal weapons will be modified to fire one more shot than the standard issue.

All members of my Legions of Terror will have professionally tailored uniforms. If the hero knocks a soldier unconscious and steals the uniform, the poor fit will give him away.

The passageways to and within my domain will be well-lit with fluorescent lighting. Regrettably, the spooky atmosphere will be lost, but my security patrols will be more effective.

If I have children and subsequently grandchildren, I will keep my three-year-old granddaughter near me at all times. When the hero enters to kill me, I will ask him to first explain to her why it is necessary to kill her beloved grandpa. When the hero launches into an explanation of morality way over her head, that will be her cue to pull the lever and send him into the pit of crocodiles. After all, small children like crocodiles almost as much as Evil Overlords and it's important to spend quality time with the grandkids.

I will instruct my Legions of Terror in proper search techniques. In particular, if they are searching for escapees and someone shouts, "Quick! They went that way!", they must first ascertain the identity of this helpful informant before dashing off in hot pursuit.

I will allow guards to operate under a flexible work schedule. That way if one is feeling sleepy, he can call for a replacement, punch out, take a nap, and come back refreshed and alert to finish out his shift.

I will add indelible dye to the moat. It won't stop anyone from swimming across, but even dim-witted guards should be able to figure out when someone has entered in this fashion.

If I ever build a device to transfer the hero's energy into me, I will make sure it cannot operate in reverse.

I will not make alliances with those more powerful than myself. Such a person would only double-cross me in my moment of glory. I will make alliances with those less powerful than myself. I will then double-cross them in their moment of glory.

I will hire an entire squad of blind guards. Not only is this in keeping with my status as an equal opportunity employer, but it will come in handy when the hero becomes invisible or douses my only light source.

I will not wear long, heavy cloaks. While they certainly make a bold fashion statement, they have an annoying tendency to get caught in doors or tripped over during an escape.

Whatever my one vulnerability is, I will fake a different one. For example, ordering all mirrors removed from the palace, screaming and flinching whenever someone accidentally holds up a mirror, etc. In the climax when the hero whips out a mirror and thrusts it at my face, my reaction will be "Hmm...I think I need a shave."

Mythical guardians will be instructed to ask visitors name, purpose of visit, and whether they have an appointment instead of ancient riddles.

For more... http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html

Hanging out in the Avatar fandom does have its merits xD

Leadership Camp Pics.

2010-02-03T00:27:00.000-08:00

The Anonymous Poet.

2010-02-02T06:29:00.001-08:00

You're such a wonderful, beautiful teacher

The most loveliest creature.

You love cheesed onions

Your words are brilliant.

We love your stimulating presence

And your backbreaking errands.

You're naturally just friendly,

In short, we love you Madam Stanley!

-The Anonymous Poet.

Guess who's my new favourite poet now? xD

xxx

P.S. Literature class is made of pure win.

2010-01-30T02:22:00.001-08:00

I feel OLD x)

*tired tired tired*

BTW, thank you everyone for the wishes and the gifts! :D

High School Never Ends.

2010-01-17T23:20:00.000-08:00

The second week of school has come and passed.

It's not that bad, really. And M is a nice enough class, though I really do miss W. I'm not exactly really comfortable in M as I have been in W but I'm warming up to the people there...very slowly. Haha. At least I'm getting there :D

The homework load is awesome. I'm not saying that we don't have anything to do, it's just that it's not as nerve-wrecking and stressful as the Science stream workload is (so I've heard).

So far, Arts has been pretty cool. I really miss W though :(

(Reunion, anyone?)

3W No More.

2010-01-15T08:24:00.000-08:00

No more Madam Mano going "shoo!"

No more hastily switching off the fans when it's Madam Faridah's period.

No more Li Yang convincing the Sejarah teacher not to assign us homework through the power of his fake!tears.

No more lion dances in class.

No more guys acting corny TVB Drama-esque scenes.

No more guys pretending there's a terrorist inside the class when we come up after break.

No more guys ... doing their usual shenanigans in general.

No more Layin yelling at us to be quiet.

No more dance offs for class party.

No more playing Werewolf or Signs.

No more Madam Mano's Army.

No more singing "Satu Suara".

No more cheering for 3w during post exams using quotes from "Facing the Giants".

No more Alistair Amber KhaiLi Tzi-Hua Brenda JiaEn JunShern Victor CuiYi GeeKeat Gilbert PJames JonOng Kerrissa LiYang KimWoon LooiLing JiaJun JiaXin ZhiPei Mervin Naveena Nicholas Samantha KwanSheen Layin HuiYi HweeNee BoonLing GwenYi TzerChyuan

No More 3W :(

(I honestly miss you guys.)

:)

2010-01-10T00:22:00.001-08:00

Flash Mob

2010-01-03T01:37:00.000-08:00

Hey everybody!!!! Guess what we did in church today?

FLASH MOB.

We did this bit in church today! Except we altered the lyrics so it goes like "Let's praise the Lord!" and stuff like that.

Most of the people who went to YCC Camp gathered at approximately 11.30 am outside the church and we were just acting normally; no one suspected anything. Then, the music came on and we all pretended to be confuzzled (confused + puzzled)

Veronica started dancing like that first girl and I saw my mum having this O.o look when she saw Veronica wildly flailing her limbs. Then we all came and started dancing to it too! Haha, it would have been extremely awesome if it weren't for the fact that I was so nervous I could feel my legs turning into jello. Everybody stared and started taking out their cameras and stuff to record it. Man, it was nerve-wrecking.

Haha, it was fun. Everybody started clapping :) When the song ended, we dispersed like nothing ever happened. And my mum was like "whoa" and my grandpa was like "how do you get this camera phone to work?!!!" and my grandma was like "I was so excited I wanted to jump up and start dancin too!"

I'll post the video if I ever do find it. Meanwhile, enjoy the one up there :D

Happy 2010!

2010-01-01T06:10:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

It's the start of the new year. With it comes new reason to be joyful, happy, contented. For that, be grateful. Live everyday as though it's your last and never take anything or anyone for granted. Love as you breathe.

With the new year also comes trials and tribulations to overcome. But don't worry guys. Look at it, and know for sure that these troubles are only going to make you a stronger person. And when you feel down, look beside you and you'll find me there :)

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the 'present'."

Feliz Navidad.

2009-12-24T23:57:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, everyone!

And Happy Birthday, God :D

I have much to be grateful for. Firstly for my awesome family. They're not perfect, but I'm still grateful that they love me just the way I am. Secondly, for the friends any girl would be lucky to have. You crazy people xP

And most importantly, for Jesus, who died to save me.

Do I hear an amen?

YCC CAMP ’09: Let Your Light Shine.

2009-12-21T07:01:00.000-08:00

V. Long Post coming up.

Mum has a quota for the number of the camps I can go each year, and apparently, I was about to exceed the limit of the number of camps I could go if I went to CF camp this year. This is largely due to the two compulsory prefect camps and also due to the fact that I’m a, to quote Mum, “social butterfly flitting here and there”. So yes, I was lacking in spiritual camps this year so when the Senior Sunday School said they had YCC Camp for us, I immediately signed up without even checking if anyone I knew was coming.

I regretted it initially. Because I never stopped to think that my family and I would be coming back from our five day vacation in Langkawi directly before the day I would be setting off to camp. Which means I came back from the airport at around elevenish, pack up new clothes and then slept, thinking about how exhausting the camp would be. I’m ashamed to say that I secretly hoped that the camp would be cancelled.

Thinking back right now, I’m glad it wasn’t.

I arrived at church by 9 (ugh. Too early for my liking). I’m glad to see that I knew quite a number of people. My roomies are Veronica and Lydia and I belong to a group called Lighthouse.

We left for Gua Tempurung and arrived at 1. Had very cold lunch and then travelled into the cave, which mercifully didn’t reek too much like guano. It was okay, though it was uber hot. We then proceeded to the Grand Kampar Hotel and discussed about the cave. Yes, the first day is uninteresting, so I’m just going to leave it at that.

Then Saturday came. We had Mr Selvaraj as our camp speaker and he started talking in Session 1 about Shining and our Mindset. We then broke into groups for Workshop 1 to apply whatever he said … with a game. It involves carrying people’s feet and cramped muscles so I’d rather not talk about it. We then had group dynamics, and where we had to carry out various tasks in 8 different stations, doing stuff like push ups, jigsaw puzzles, passing on the flame of a candle and other forms of torture. Haha I exaggerate, it was fun and each game has a different message that basically means one thing: to be a good church, we had to stick together, work hard and uphold one another.

I love free time in the camp; the camp itself was stretched out for four days so you can imagine how much free time we had. I didn’t go swimming like the others because frankly, I’d enough of that in Langkawi. So any free time I had I usually spent it with James playing Snap until I became pro at it :D

We had Steamboat Dinner that night. I think there was something in the soup that night, because Veronica and Shaan got really high and started laughing hysterically. We later had worship and then Session 2: Shining and Maturity. Then about 10 of us went and played Mafia and Snap till really late at night. Later that night, I received a phone call…

Person: Hello, this is the reception. I would like to inform you about something regarding your room…
Me: Oh um okay. What’s wrong?
Person: Yes. I would like to order 2 large pizzas… [the rest of the sentence was drowned out by the voices of people laughing in the background]
Me: [realization dawning] Oh okay sure.
Person: Who’s this?
Me: I’m Monica (A/N: too much Friends)

And we pretty much left it there. Apparently James blurted out my room number to the guys and Sharan told Albert to prank call us. Yes, for the rest of the camp, both them and the Girls Brigade girls (A/N: these GB girls are not from our school, FYI) tried to prank call us.

The next day, we had the usual workshops and Session 3: Shining and Ministry. We then had group dynamics, which unfortunately didn’t involve games, but we all gathered to watch ‘The Guardian’, starring Ashton Kutcher. I wasn’t really looking forward to it, truth be told, but by the end of it, I found it to be an inspiring movie. I would totally be a coast guard if I weren’t afraid of drowning in the middle of the ocean.

Then night came. And this is the highlight of the entire camp. It was night, and our last major activity was the Spiritual Spa. I’m going to explain about this the next post because it deserves a whole post to itself.

SO. Later that night, we all went out to makan outside the hotel because I was complaining that I was hungry and who could blame me since the hotel only serves cold food? So about twenty of us went out to the Fire Café (or something like that) and ordered food. I patiently waited for my garlic bread even as seemingly more complicated dishes arrived first. Then as everyone was about to finish, Shaan checked on my order and we found out that there wasn’t any garlic bread left. I was left instead with an unclaimed plate of French fries.

Shearn: Wow. Jesus turned water into wine and now the garlic bread turned into French Fries! It’s a miracle!

….I don’t even like French Fries.

After we went back, we played more card games, then I went back to my room to sleep with my growling stomach demanding for some garlic bread.

We had evaluation the very next day. And I’m glad to say that the only thing that I dislike about this camp was the food (if it weren’t for the amazingly awesome waffle in the rest stop on the way home, I think I would have died). We took a group photo and went on home.

As we journeyed back, I thought about how I was dreading about this camp before and now my mind can’t even wrap around the idea of not being here.

In conclusion:

YCC Camp was the epitome of awesome.

Hey Form 3s...

2009-12-19T20:43:00.000-08:00

Unless you're living under a rock, you would probably know by now that the PMR Results are set to be released on the 24th December.

So I'd just like to wish you all the very, very best. If you've gotten the results that you hoped for, then, congratulations! I'm happy for you! If you haven't, then it's okay. Try harder for SPM. The world doesn't stop spinning and the people around you will continue to uphold and support you.

I was so sad when I missed out on an A for UPSR. It was Chinese and I'm pretty sure that this time round, the same subject would probably bring my PMR results down as well. Anyway, I lost an A to Chinese Pemahaman and was so upset about it. Then I came to secondary school and what seemed like the most important exam of my life seem to fade away and I came to realize....

NO ONE CARES.

No one who truly cares about you will care about the amount of A's you've managed to score. They'll only care about who you were, are and will be.

So there. Stop freaking out! In the end, this exam would be gone from your memory. Bear in mind, I'm not trying to ask you to stop studying and drop out of school. I'm just saying that while it's important to study to the best of your abilities, there is more to life than exams and tests and A's.

The secret to happiness is not about having the best day everyday but making the best out of everday.

Carpe diem! :D

Liberated.

2009-12-16T04:58:00.000-08:00

I'M SO HAPPY

:D

I can finally sleep soundly tonight.

On Hiatus.

2009-12-05T03:38:00.000-08:00

Sorry I haven't been blogging very often this past week. Was very lazy. Going off to Langkawi tomorrow! And I'm going for YCC camp on Wednesday till Saturday. So yes, safe to say, I'm not going to be around for awhile.

Au Revoir!

The Drinking Game: Not for Those with Taste Buds

2009-11-30T23:25:00.001-08:00

Ah yes. So my cousins from Singapore came over on Friday and guess what we played?

The drinking game.

This revolting game has the potential to kill someone. Or blow up their colons. Whichever comes first. Lucky Selia didn't have to drink anything because she doesn't sleep over at my place.

WARNING.

Yeap, it's not meant to look pretty. It's milo filled with chunks of butter, oreos, cornflakes, gummi bear things and muruku.

Shani was the first one to drink it first. What an honour.

Then we went flying fox-ing the next day in Skytrex at Taman Pertanian Bukit Cahaya (kudos to anyone who remembers where this is). I don't have pictures so yes, sorry. But try it sometime! It's really fun and some of the obstacle course there are challenging...in a good way.

And if you're planning on doing it, do stick to the safety rules. There were a bunch of overexcited, hyperactive kids there who just barged in without thinking about the consequences. Things got way ugly.

WARNING. PART 4.

2009-11-30T18:49:00.001-08:00

You know someone's great at procrastinating when she's still posting up pictures of the class party.

WARNING. PART 3.

2009-11-24T19:38:00.000-08:00

3W-ers (and by that, I mean anyone who danced during last week's class party) have created a bunch of new dance moves. Even as we drift apart and fade away, we will still leave behind *dramatic pause* a legacy.

The clap-clap.

The...flatulence?

The show-off.

The robot.

The almost embrace

The shocker.

The longing.

The "Hell No! I'm not going out with you!"

The Persistent Proposal

The Skipping JunShern and Sweeping JiaEn

The Circling-As-Though-We're-Gladiators

The Clarissa-Can't-Think-Of-A-Good-Name-For-This.

The Obsolete Austin Powers Move

The Running Around in Circles.

Heh. Commercial break? Use Nav's camera. It's pretty! :D

The Sumo Pose (Amber's Suggestion)

The handstand.

The swirlie whirlie twirlie.

The wheelbarrow.

The ... square dance?

The... texas square dance?

Yeah, I think that's pretty much the amount of names I can churn out for the moment.

WARNING. PART 2.

2009-11-23T06:05:00.001-08:00

Camera’s shutter speed sucks. Again, you’re welcome to steal pics.

The birthday boy.

P. James and his entourage?

LOL. Random Layin.

Dance off?

Staring contest?

Sam's face = priceless. For everything else, there's MasterCard.

No comments on the face plz.

Jun Shern breakdancing. Show-off.

Looking down

Looking up.

More to come.

WARNING. PART 1.

2009-11-21T23:09:00.001-08:00

Your computer might black out just trying to download all these pictures! Feel free to steal, though the quality is…horrid. ARGH! The pictures didn’t turn out quite as nicely as I’d like, so expect loads of blurriness. =(

Serenading Madam Mano

Thriller

Ring around the rosy!

JUMPING SHOT. EPIC FAIL.

Jia En should sue 'em.

Our whole class!

Food, glorious food!

Nav's awesome specs went missing ):

2009-11-20T06:59:00.000-08:00

I'LL MISS YOU, 3W!!!!

:(

I'll blog about the class party tomorrow, I promise!

2009-11-18T02:20:00.001-08:00

School today was.....

V. V. V. BORING

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2009-11-14T00:16:00.000-08:00

This is my Grandpa, who has a Facebook account, who plays Warcraft and has road rage whenever someone is "being stupid" on the road.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRANDPA!

ILY even though you think I bully you all the time. Haha. Thanks for everything (:

2009-11-12T02:51:00.001-08:00

Ah, darn. I'm feeling guilty all the time today.

I'M TRULY SORRY! :(

FAQs and the Head Cheerleader of W

2009-11-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

Answers to frequently asked questions concerning the skit we put up yesterday:

Q: What is HaoZhe?!
-HaoZhe is supposed to be God. I don't know why he wore a striped Linkin Park shirt, but perhaps God is a fan of stripes and LP?

Q: What is Susan?!!
-Susan is supposed to be my boyfriend, the emphasis being on "boy". Her cap flew out and thus, she sorta pulled a Mulan. And no, she was never intended to be my lesbian lover.

--

Thank You, God

for the High Distinction in the ICAS English exam. I don't even know how I got it when there are so many more people in my form who deserve it more than I do. But thanks for pouring your blessing on me. (:

--

Yesterday, we were watching "Facing the Giants" (a movie which my Sunday School would also show, whoopdeedoo.) Overall though, I thought it was a very inspiring movie, considering the plethora of dark, pessimistic movies that only paint a very bleak picture of the future, this movie was quite refreshing. And maybe some of you think that it's very cliched, but it's exactly this sort of cynical thinking that prevents miracles from truly happening.

I have no idea what an impact it would have on the entire F3. Directly after that movie, everyone started quoting the movie to give support and inspiration to their respective teams (or maybe just to add humour, okay I concede, mostly because of that). But well, at least they got the message of the movie xD

But I tell you, the worst "fan" of that movie is undoubtedly, Gwen.

Everytime she starts cheering for W, she'll pretend to be David's dad. You know, the one that's paralysed and during the climax of the movie, he rises from his wheelchair to show David his support. Yes, Gwen will rise up haltingly and someone will try to touch her (namely, me, sorry to say) and then she'll go "Don't touch me, that's my class!" and she'll fully stand upright and raise her hands to the heavens.

And you try playing handball with Gwen shouting stuff like:

"Prepare your fields for rain!"

"Stone wall!" (I'm guilty of using this one.)

"One more down!"

"They are like little puppies yapping at your heels!"

"Prepare for a freakin' thunder storm!"

Yes, I'm embarrassed to have a friend like Gwen.

QUOTE OF THE DAY!

"I don't get American football. They can just headbutt your crotches and you wouldn't even get a foul!"
-Susan Yee

Scrabble, Badminton and BK Drama.

2009-11-09T01:34:00.000-08:00

Okay, I never would've admitted this to Hannah (or Naomi...or Gwen..) in person, but......

That was, by far, the funnest (is there such a word?) round of Scrabble I've ever played.

Yes, Hannah, laugh. Laugh it all out.

You know what was the first thing she told me when I sat down?

"Eh, why you wear yellow? Remind me of the Happy Meal."

Goooooooosh. I'll never meet a more hyper person than Hannah Khaw Huey Mei. She shall be called Hannah the Hyper.

W won for mixed doubles! I'm so proud of you, Amber and Nicholas! (: And Amber don't ever say that you can't play badminton. Jia Jun didn't make it for boys' singles because apparently he didn't get enough sleep, but still he put up a good fight. I got thrashed at girls' singles to Xiao Yi.

"Now, you tell me what's impossible with God."

So... there was BK Drama today.

MCK went first. Kudos to them because their dance is really amazing, and Audrey's expression is just...wow. (Yes, that's probably the only word that can describe it.) And yes, I was one of the people that LOL-ed at Raphael getting attacked. You would think me sadistic for laughing at someone else's pain, but rreeeally, I couldn't resist. (: And extra kudos to Xin Yuan who could carry Raphael + bag on his back.

Then, it was us. Words couldn't describe how nervous I was and my hands felt so cold. I was worried the timing would be off, or that we would start giggling or the props would fall apart. But if I must say so myself, considering the lack of practice and how hard it was to mime the song and how everyone was laughing at us, we managed to pull it off.

Thank You, God!

And also thanks to:

HaoZhe, Susan, Dylan, Rachel, XinJie, Sam (haha, Sam, haha), XiaoYi, Brendan and Javeny!

You guys rock socks. (:

Werewolf goes Woof.

2009-11-05T00:49:00.000-08:00

Layin

Tan Layin

Lay Yin

Jennifer

Jemmaline

(I forgot your Indian name)

LayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayinLayin

There you go! (:

---

I *love* HuiYi's new card game! It's called Werewolf and we were all playing it! So fuuuuuuuuun. Where d'you buy all your card games, HuiYi? They're all really awesome. (:

Form Five School Leavers' Service was okay. Madam Norita sure can sing (and no that wasn't sarcasm). But my favourite part was at the end when anyone could go up on stage to make a speech. And *ahem* someone went up and made a truckload of confessions...

*cough*

Moving on....

It was raining today so yes, no games. Spent practically the entire day looking for a teacher to supervise us in the chapel so we can practise for BK drama but no one was available, sadly. We then decided to practise on Monday.

Oh gawsh. Malacca trip tomorrow. As if I haven't been there a gazillion times. Never mind, chicken rice balls are always worth the 2 hour journey!

2009-11-04T02:23:00.000-08:00

Lately, my days always seem to end on a bad note.

Don't ask. Seriously.

More Than A Little Scary.

2009-10-30T08:24:00.000-07:00

I never knew PEA can incur such volatility.

It's really scary.

Baking Fest!

2009-10-21T00:58:00.001-07:00

Anyways, on the day our entrance exams are over (HALLELUJAH!), I went home with CuiYi to bake cupcakes. Stopped at MaxValu to buy us some ingredients and bought this caramel ice blended thing from Coffee Beans. Ah, sugar rush hurts so sweetly.

Then, her mum fetched us to her house (in the most coolest car) and we started baking. Lol, at first the batter was like really chunky so we added the milk so it got better. Then, we stick it into the oven and DAYUM. It tasted like heaven.

(Unfortunately, I don't have any extra cupcakes so yeap, sorry guys.)

^playing with the self timer.

So yes, on Wednesday Sam and CuiYi came over my house to bake a pie, which if far more ambitious than the cupcakes that I usually bake. And since mum's at work, we pretty much had to figure everything ourselves. Thank god we at least have my kakak there so she knows how to work the oven a bit.

We made apple pie and it was so fun making it! Yeah, though we were pretty much clueless and were winging it 80% of the time, it turned out quite delicious I should think, though the apples kept falling out of the pastry...

And my baking fest ends here.

Julia Roberts or Angelina Jolie?

2009-10-19T08:06:00.000-07:00

You might think me heartless for doing so, but...

-While watching Notting Hill-

Grandpa: Hey! *points at screen* I know that actress! She's Julia Roberts!
Me: *smirking evilly* No, don'tchu know? She changed her name to Angelina Jolie!
Grandpa: What?! Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie are/is the same person?!
Me: *nodding vigorously*
Grandpa: *turns to Chris* Is that true?
Chris: Of course lah!
Grandpa: Why would she want to change her name?
Me: *shrugs* Ah, who knows? You know these actresses always need the spotlight to be on them.
Grandpa: *after some thinking* You know, what you said made sense... No wonder I always get confused. Those two are actually the same person! Thank you for telling me that!

HOW THE CAT GOT OUT OF THE BAG.

-Still watching Notting Hill-

*Mum walks over*
Grandpa: Look! It's Angelina Jolie!
*Mum looks at him weirdly.

Do you really need details?

Signs.

2009-10-16T18:35:00.000-07:00

After the hellish, torturous entrance exams we had to endure, we're finally free!!!

After the Sejarah exam, all the F3s left for the canteen, and I must admit, we were high. We were all noisy and then someone started singing Happy Birthday for Esther. Then, it turn into a chorus of Happy Birthdays as the whole form started singing for her. Ooh, but you know what was the best part?

It wasn't even her birthday. Lol, she turned as red as a tomato.

We head back to class where we began to partay. So a whole bunch of us got together to play "Signs", a game the prefects learned last year, and it was so much fun! You see, all the players have their own signs and there would be a person standing in the middle of our circle. The person in the middle would close their eyes and the sign would be assigned to one person. The person in the middle opens his eyes and the person with the sign would pass the sign to anybody in the circle while the person in the middle would try to suss out who has the sign.

Basically how the game works. Yes, I know I didn't really explain it very well, forgive me.

MY FAVOURITE PART

Brenda: *tries to pass the signal to Zhi Pei, looking frantically around the circle for him*
Tzer Chyuan: Brenda, he's the one in the middle!

...Yeah, you had to be there. It only grew more fun as the group grew. (: I laughed so hard.

DON'T READ THIS LEST YOUR MOOD WILL BE SPOILT. I'M WARNING YOU.

There were stuff that happened when we were playing Signs. I admit, the whole thing is our fault, but that didn't mean you should do something as drastic as that. I'm not blaming you or anything, because I admit, we were being noisy. But now that you're diong this to me, I feel like a piece of crap okay. Do you know everytime you pull this sort of stunt, it makes me feel smaller than a grain of sand? I'm not mad at you, but I hope you're glad that you made me hate myself. I'm not trying to diss you or anything, I'm just hurt because I know you're purposely trying to hurt me.

Ehm. Moving on, thanks Nav and Gwen for listening rant on incessantly about my problems. I know I was very upset, but thank you for hearing me out! <3

I'M FREE!!!!!!!!

2009-10-16T02:40:00.000-07:00

Merdeka!

Merdeka!!

Merdeka!!!

Merdeka!!!!

MERDEKA!!!

MERDEKA!!!!!!!!

MERDEKAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

If You're Interested...

2009-10-13T05:49:00.000-07:00

In case anyone's interested to know about my trip to Egypt last year.

Hello Cairo

Excited, Crazed and Scammed in Cairo

A trip to Mt Sinai

The above is taken from Mum's travelpod blog.

OVER.

2009-10-13T05:38:00.000-07:00

OVER.

Yes, this bit of news is so epic it is worth taking up one whole blog post.

I'm Addicted to You.

2009-09-27T02:15:00.000-07:00

OK...this is hard for me to admit but....

okay, it's not really that hard to admit but still.

I'm an online-holic.

(or whatever term you may call it)

And this is becoming a huge problem because of the exam-that-must-not-be-named, or rather, spelt out.

So yeap, I'm going to go completely cold turkey until at least the exam-that-must-not-be-named is over. Oh and the other one following that too.

As much as it pains me to stop, I have to, because I'm getting really distracted and I'm not studying hard enough. I'm not going on MSN and I'm not going to blog, well, not that I blog a lot anyway. And yes, don't flame me if I haven't been commenting on your blogs!

Ah, let the withdrawal syndrome begin.

Update!

2009-09-23T19:57:00.000-07:00

So I went to the GB High Tea thingamabob on Saturday. I thought there would be speeches and stuff, but turns out we just hung out at the restaurant and talked.

FOR FOUR HOURS.

Madam Shirley was there, along with Mrs Peters and her daughter and most of the F3s, F4s and F5s.

It was okay. Food was good, and thank God I had Amber there with me. She kept laughing and choking on her food though, lol. Oh, and I found out that Elena is an Avatar fan as well. So we just kept talking about Avatar until the rest of them grew fed up of our excited chatter.

Yep, that's pretty much what happened over the span of four hours.

Then, Mum came and picked Amber and I up. We went back home first because Amber's mum would be picking her up at my house. I daresay Mocha really likes Amber because she kept licking her face, hahs.

2009-09-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

Just adopted a dog from SPCA. Her name is Mocha and she is the cutest little thing (:

Will blog about that High Tea thingy tomorrow, I suppose?

I'll Go Crazy if I Don't Go Crazy

2009-09-18T02:19:00.000-07:00

Me: (at the girl jogging in the TV screen) Get out of that scary forest! You'll die!

Christopher: Don't worry, Jie, can't you hear it's the good music time?

-While watching Solstice yesterday

Help me! I'm drowining!

2009-09-17T06:28:00.000-07:00

As the title clearly says, I'm drowning...

IN THE PILES OF HOMEWORK THAT THE TEACHERS HAVE ASSIGNED US.

Okay, so maybe I should be doing my homework right now instead of being glued in front of the computer, but I can't help it. If I see another trial exam paper, I'll crack. I need to go online and de-stress, lest I start screaming and pulling my hair out.

Seriously, you should see the amount of homework they gave us during the holidays (though it is nothing compared to 3M/3L, who has Madam Kumari. I salute you guys), it's the size of a novel. I think teachers derive joy by sapping ours.

Now, I'm just a walking, talking and oddly enough, breathing zombie that roams this earth without purpose in sight. I'm just an empty, hollow shell with a void inside me that can't be filled. Yeap, you read that right, PMR does that to you.

Form 2s, I urge you to be mentally prepared next year.

I don't work well if people give me lots to do and start stressing me out. Okay, I'll rephrase that. I don't mind if I have lots to do, but I can't stand doing the same thing over and over again. I'll get bored and I'll just underperform. I don't do well under pressure. Leave me alone and I'll do it better. I just can't stand doing anymore papers... I'll die.

=.= UGH.

...

...

...

OOH! I MADE A SONG THAT PERFECTLY DESCRIBES HOW I FEEL!

"I'm gonna do my homework, yes I am!

It's really terrible to be Form 3

Can't imagine what SPM will be like

It really sucks to be me!"

But don't worry, it's a happy tune (:

Anyone has a good idea for a chorus?

--

I WANT TO THANK AARATHI, WHO MADE ME LAUGH LIKE I WAS HIGH AFTER SCHOOL.

Me (extraordinarily high): HAHHAHAHAHAHA! We're like compounds! Only separated through dialysis!
Aarathi: Dialysis?
Me: Oh wait, not dialysis! What's that thing called again?

^ The Above is a good example that stress + insurmountable amounts of workload = student who underperforms.

Hmm. Funny. I recall the conversation being much funnier than that. We laughed so hard that Susan looked embarrassed to be next to us and we made WenChuan run away from us.

Christopher's Resort

2009-09-06T02:01:00.000-07:00

So, 1W/P set 2 English was asked by Madam Anne to do a brochure. And my brother made a brochure about a hotel on the moon. His was not particularly attractive, but it was funny! That boy has imagination.

CHRISTOPHER'S RESORT

Feel tired after the long journey to the moon? Go to Christopher's Resort!

Sites

-Neil Armstrong's Footprint
-The wreck of Apollo XX

Food

Delicious moon rock served by our gourmet chefs!

Things to do

Space Golf (See your golf ball fly away!)
Go skating on the moon
Throw moon rocks at other people

AND MORE!

Cost: US$ 1,000,000 per night (not including flight there)

WHY MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY, RICH PEOPLE? COME STAY HERE!

For more information, call NASA at 992

1(5)Malaysia

2009-09-04T05:48:00.000-07:00

So there's this short film project which is entitled 15Malaysia, where 15 Malaysian directors will make 15 short films that have something to do with Malaysia. Some of them are poignant, some are meaningful, and some are downright, flat out hilarious.

Watch and you shall laugh, guaranteed.

If you want more... go here.

xxx

I'm going to watch Spectacular. I know I sound like some prepubescent teenage giggly fangirl, but I can't help it, I can watch Nolan Funk do backflips all day.

He's the only reason I'm watching this, it's true.

The Scariest Thing Happened.

2009-08-29T01:37:00.000-07:00

The predator lurks at a corner, unseen by anyone, waiting for its prey to show up. There it is, an unsuspecting, oblivious girl! And it knew her too. The creature rubbed its hands in satisfaction, this was going to be fun....

Slowly, it edged its way to the girl, stealthily, tentatively. One wrong move might scare her away, and that's not what it wanted. Then....

IT POUNCED. Right in front of the girl, so she had no means of escaping!

"HI CLAR!"

"ARRRRGHHHHHH! GWEN. STOP STALKING ME!"

Word of advice, if ever you're missing someone during the hols, just call / sms them,

DON'T follow them into the supermarket

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

2009-08-27T23:26:00.000-07:00

First off,

Prepare to LMAO.

For realz.

xxx

So instead of boring you with long descriptions of places I have been in Thailand, I'll bore you with short descriptions + pictures =)

Tourist Attractions

1. Gypsy Village

Like a normal fishing village. Nothing much to say about this.

2. Phang Nga Cave

This was quite interesting. It had some statues of Buddha inside but further up there was another dark cave in which there were some cool rock formations. It smelled distintively like guano though.

3. Elephant Cave

No pictures here because we're not allowed to take our camera in. We got into the cave by boat and it was very creepily eerie. If it weren't for our torchlights it would've been completely dark. Haveto admit, this was quite a different experience because we get to wade through some water and go rafting in the cave and see some of the weird limestone formations that look like an elephant trunk.

4. James Bond Island (I'm dead serious.)

This is the place where they filmed that James Bond movie, The Man with the Golden Gun. The place was really nice (and clean! ) and the weather was breezy so yeah.

5. Khai Island

It was like something out of a postcard. Honestly, it resembled a paradise, the only thing is...it was terribly congested.

Yeah, practically millions of people were there, which kinda takes away that"idyllic, secluded island" feel, but meh. The water was so clear and the sand was so white and fine. It was uber hot there though but the water was really, really cooling. If you're going there though, be careful because the water can be pretty choppy and dangerous in the late afternoon.

OH AND DID I MENTION I SAW FISHES ?!!!

(Yeah la, I know my hair looks horrible. The sea salt makes my hair look all sucky. Grr)

6. Phuket Fantasea

It's sorta like a Thai version of Disneyland or someting, with the absence of Mickey Mouse patterns everywhere. At first, I wasn't really looking forward to it but honestly it was very elaborately done and I really had a good time!

Then, we went for the show at 9. I tell you, the effects were jaw-droppingly amazing. HONESTLY. If you ever drop by Phuket, I strongly recommend you go there.

Shopping there is totally not worth it. Honestly, just go back to Malaysia and buy stuff there because of all the foreigners in Phuket, the locals upped the prices.

Beware of Bangla Road, it has scary pubs and girls/transvestites dancing in them O.o

THAI FOOD > THE WORLD.

That's it for now. I miss mango rice and pretzel dogs with wasabi mayo :(

Back from Thailand.

2009-08-27T03:41:00.000-07:00

I coulda been the one you noticed
I coulda been all over you
I coulda been like all the others
Is that what I'm supposed to do?

It woulda been really stupid,
If I woulda went home with you
To give you everything you wanted
It woulda been way too soon

I try to be sensitive
I try to be tough
I try to walk away...
I try to be innocent
I try to be rough
But I just wanna play

You're my daydream,
you know that I've been thinking about you... lately
And every time I look at you
I can't explain I feel insane, I can't get away
You're my daydream

And you know, and you know, and you know, and you know,
You're making me insane
And you know, and you know, and you know, and you know,
You're doing it again

If I tell you what I'm thinking,
If I let myself trust you
Can you give me what I'm missing
Can you make my dreams come true

Managed to dig this up (:

Will post about Thailand later. Cuz these photos take a damn long time to upload. GRR.

Sawadeekap or however you may spell it.

2009-08-22T01:49:00.000-07:00

Leaving for Phuket tonight! Ta! Will be back by Wednesday

I'm really sorry I can't make it to the prefect movie/lunch thing on Monday. Believe me, I really wanted to go. HaoZhe and I have been planning this thing since camp. Haih.

Never mind, you guys just go have fun!

The Final Goodbye.

2009-08-21T05:53:00.000-07:00

I owe Jia Xin a birthday post!
x

I never expected prefects' farewell to be so...teary.

As Madam Anne said, it was practically flooded.

No one even cried last year. The only time I remembered the board members doing anything last year was when the pick up those little silver star decoration things and said "heh, star wars." and started to throw them all around the place.

So before we left, I wanted to pass my bag to Chris but I couldn't find him anywhere until Daniel said "Why don't I give it to him?" and he took my bag and carried all the way upstairs in the Form One block. Thanks, Daniel! I really appreciate it.

Went to the LRT station, sang silly songs with Aarathi. Hannah's gift was THE coolest. I wish I was her junior. In the LRT, HaoZhe tried to offer a seat to a "pregnant" lady but she refused. *inside joke*

Then we finally reach Novotel, which looks uber fancy. And lol, Chris Chiam was standing at the staircase rather bored/awkward-looking. Walked up to the room and most of the juniors were all lined up and they started clapping. And me, being the jacoon-ted person that I am, wave that idiotic Miss Universe wave thing.

Safe to say, Aarathi was embarrassed to be beside me.

Made a lot of noise, signed a book saying good luck to the new board, made a lot of noise, took a cupcake which is numbered 42, made a lot of noise, tied that purple Christmas decoration thing on my hair, made more noise and waited for the double doors to open.

Then, when it finally did, it was all dark inside, and there was some slow, sentimental song playing. Then when we went in, it turns out more juniors were lined up inside, saluting us while trying their hardest not to giggle. The teachers were already seated inside, and the lights were still turned off, so we kept on knocking into chairs.

Then, the lights mercifully came on and we all sat down. Then, there were the speeches by Madam Mathews, Russell and Esther.

Then, of course the makan. The food was quite okay but the dessert was exceptionally WHOA.

WARNING: The following conversation has non-halal elements:

Me: Sam...what's that? Is that bacon?
Sam: OH yeah.
(looks at each other)

Hannah: What about the teachers?

(pause)

Sam: ...It tastes good though.

There was that lucky draw thing, which uses the numbers that were attached to our cupcakes. Our table which consists of Aarathi, Sangkir, Sam, Hannah, Chuck, Susan and I didn't win a thing...yet.

Then, there was the Lower Sec sketch which I must admit, was awesomesauce!

They were all so funneh. At first, I didn't think they can beat last year's sketch, but they definitely did! Calvin, Kai Zing, Zhi Ming, Niki, Jing, Sue Anne, Zhi Xuen, Emily, and Melissa, if you guys are reading this, just wanted to let you know, that sketch totally rocked. And I'm not saying that to be nice.

Emily (senior): Ok, we're doing announcements. Tell the students that the Chinese class teacher said there wouldn't be any Chinese class today. Oh and remember we have a spot check later, but don't tell them that.
Zhi Xuen: What do I say?
Emily: Everything I just said just now.
Zhi Xuen: Hi, students. My senior told me to tell you that that the Chinese class teacher told her to tell me to tell you that there won't be any Chinese class today. And my senior also told me not to tell you that we have a spot check later.

AND DAYUM. Nur Melissa and Kai Zing are lethal together. They stole the whole show.

Lots and lots of games. There was this totally awesome crossword puzzle that has all the names of the prefects and juniors and they gave us clues at the side:

e.g.

Montana
-Hannah

100 acre wood
-Winnie

So yeah, really cool. Probates' one was harder because a few of them basically said the same thing "I don't talk a lot". like whut? Then there was this auction game, where they randomly select a probate/prefect and they auction them off. LOL. Sorry Winnie, we didn't fight harder for you. Yeah, we were running really late, if you can't tell.

Then there was Jasver's video presentation that was the thing of legends. Honestly, it was total. Epic. Win. You are my sifu, Jasver, I am willing to learn. I won't elaborate on that, because honestly it's too cool.

And...

the board members started crying buckets. Just crying crying crying. And it almost made me cry. Yes, everyone cried, including the dudes. Um, won't elaborate on that either.

Upper sec sketch. LIKE LOL. It was about prefects from around the world. I liked the beginning.

Caveman no. 1: "Unga book you with ROCK!"

But it was a bit short though.

We had more lucky draws and by the third round, the only table that didn't win anything was our group. And the very last lucky draw, we were all rooting for Aarathi (don't know why, but yeah) to win something for the group. Then the number was....

42.

And I was wondering who was that?

And I realized that it was me! I stood up and started screaming (yes, I'm idiotic) and I went up and took the gift which was a kit kat. Ah well, at least our table won something. And after last year's lucky draw in which I didn't get to win anything though I really wanted to, that kit-kat counted as something.

Took a break because board members were all emotional. Then, when they were ready, they all did their sketch which was about previous camps. Obviously, I liked the middle section, which was about trekking through the dangerous wild jungle in our camp this year.

Camper1: (passing message to the guide in front) Number 68 is missing
Camper2: Number 59 is missing
Camper3: Number 42 is missing
Camper4: Number 15 is missing
Camper5: Number 8 is missing
Camper6: Number 1 is missing
Camper7: (t0 guide) I'm missing!

LOL, they apologised for being so syiok sendiri.

Then, all the board members came to the stage, and presented the cards to the prefect teachers. The prefect teachers said some stuff, and Madam Noor and Mr Naresh were really emotional.

MORE CRYING.

Took a lot of pictures, gave presents to the juniors, hugged almost everyone, almost cried (but didn't!), then I went to Pavilion to meet mum and emo-ed for the rest of the day.

OH YEAH. Thanks to all the juniors for the fantastic presents! I really liked them! :)

I'm gonna miss you prefects, probates and teachers.

The Big One Hundred

2009-08-15T09:15:00.000-07:00

100th Post!

Wow. I think it was about a year ago that I started this blog. And in teenspeak, that's really long. LOL.

So...

Just want to say thank you to all those people who read my blog! (and kudos to you if you've commented). I really appreciate you guys slugging through all my rants and random thoughts (:

I'll try to keep my blog more alive.

The Adventures of G.I. Joe

2009-08-15T09:02:00.001-07:00

Just got back from watching G.I. Joe. The effects and action sequences were nearly flawless. But gah, the acting was so...corny. I only like the comic relief characters, the rest were all...meh.

Seriously, is there no awesome villain in Hollywood anymore?

Like, Hannibal Lecter. He was so whoa. Now it's like watching Power Ranger bad guys go up against the good guys. Maniacal scientist with evil diabolical plan. Big whoop =/What happened to all the character development eh? I suppose they were just born that way?

Alrighty then, bye now!

I need JiaXin. I should never have made this mistake.

Everybody do the Dance!

2009-08-14T02:43:00.000-07:00

TRIALS ARE OVER!!!!!!!!

-does happy dance-

Can you taste the freedom? Cuz I can. Now, all we have to do...

is worry about the results. o.o

Here's my evaluation on the exams:
-BM: Overall, okay. Finished Kertas 2 in the nick of time so you can imagine just how horrid my novel would be.
-Sejarah: Harder than I had anticipated. A lot of the questions were confusing.
-Science: So-so but it was also quite...challenging.
-KH: Okaylah but kinda tricky.
-English: After 2 years of WMS higher english, this was really easy. Everyone in the hall was having a snore fest.
-Geografi: Easier than expected actually.
-Maths: DEFINITLY BETTER THAN LAST TERM, but it was quite tough on its own, IMO. But overall, this was quite okay too.

For some odd inexplicable reason, I was seriously high this whole week (not counting my nervous breakdown and the late nights trying to cram whatever I could into my brain). IDK la, but yeah. Especially yesterday. Studying with Sam, Gwen and Hui Yi is really fun xD

Sam: What's kaolin for?
Either one of us: Tembikar
5 minutes later...
Sam: What's kaolin for?

Sam: Ok, padi and tembakau are usually planted at the same place.
5 minutes later...
Gwen: Padi and tembakau are planted together? O.O

Yes, things were slipping from our brains...and really quickly too. And I suppose we were really noisy because a lot of people were staring at us, and no one wanted to sit next to us.

Me: Where's Kulai?
(Everyone starts to look frantically around in their reference books, shouting about possible locations)
Hui Yi: I wish I never sat with you guys.

Indeed, it seems like we were getting more perplexed than we are enlightened.

There were a lot of shouting, shushing from Sam and frantic searching for answers as we ask each other questions that probably wouldn't come out in the exams anyway.

LOL yeah. It was fun though. And hey! Gwen, if you had never sat with us, you would have never found out about the Green Dot.

And there were a lot of "You stop this!"s from Gwen and me because we...*shudder* share a LOT of the same answers. Once, we ... *shivered* said something...AT THE SAME TIME. OH THE HORROR! *flees*

Then, the guys decided it would be fun to jump over the tables in class. I would've stop them, I guess, but it was just so hilarious when Jon attempts to jump (and most of the time, failing).

OH AND AFTER THE EXAMS, I LAUGHED EVEN MORE.

Susan and I were talking about dreams. And I was talking about my disgusting dream last night which I shall not disclose here, but her dream was ... kinda interesting. So for the entire lunch, I decided to intepret her dreams, coming out with hilarious conclusions, in which I also shared with Hannah and Sam. However, due to some reasons, I cannot reveal it here: it's private and confidential *nudges Susan* x)

So that's it. My crazy exam time.

Bible Knowledge Zero Nine

2009-08-02T03:08:00.000-07:00

This was by far, the funnest BK quiz I've ever taken.

Sorry, Kerri, I don't mean to sound ungrateful. Last year, I had so much fun hanging with you, but this year it was crazy. Lots of funny things happened. LOL.

Went with my brother this year. And the first thing he said when we entered SMK Assunta's canteen filled with students was this:

"Easy meat."

Birds of the same feathers congregate together. That statement is really true, so we all just kinda grouped together. Met up with Madam Nithia and she gave us a green sticker tag which is not sticky so it keeps falling off the top of our name tags and Hannah made an inappropriate joke which I'm not going to repeat here xD. Oh Hannah, you're turning more like Gwen.

You know what? Everything that I want to say has already been said by Hannah in her blog. Go there lah. (Not so free advertising. Hannah, you owe me xP)

Oh yeah, and for being insanely funny about the whole prefect's retiring thing, I'm going to advertise HaoZhe's blog too. (I only receive cash, btw.)

Ooh, trials.

Bittersweet Symphony.

2009-07-31T05:40:00.001-07:00

So...

I'm done being a prefect. We all unofficially retired, apparently. O.O It feels... kinda weird. What can I say? If I could honestly summarise what I'm feeling today in one word, it'll probably be this:

Bittersweet.

And yes, I know a whole lot of you are rejoicing that you are free and I'm overjoyed too but well yeah, I'm also sad. I mean, yeah there were A LOT of times that I wanted to *cough* "ambil tali leher dan gantung diri" but there were times when it was fun too. Like, my first time doing flag. Yeah, Hannah can tell you about all the worst case scenarios I've pulled out of my head.

Plus, if I were never a prefect, I wouldn't have made as many friends as I did now.

To all the Form 3 prefects, you guys are a crazy bunch and I think you guys know that. xD I'll seriously miss you guys and for half of you, I'm going to miss annoying you guys. >:) I would NEVER even talk to half of you guys if I weren't nominated. Thank you for making duties enjoyable for me and for all the good memories. You guys are a funny bunch, you know that? (:

To all the Form 2 probates and especially my juniors, I wish you luck in your journey to be prefects. Don't be discouraged and don't let things get in your way. (: Honestly, I see you guys more as friends than as juniors and so yes, don't be afraid to come up to me and talk to me about retarded stuff.

To my crazy 1P class, YOU GUYS CONSTANTLY DRIVE ME UP THE WALL AND I CAN TELL YOU MY HAIR STARTED TURNING WHITE AFTER I WAS ASSIGNED TO JAGA YOU GUYS. But strangely enough, you guys grew on me and you guys are a really awesome class. You guys sure know how to make me laugh and yes, I do hope we can still be friends. :)

To the prefect teachers, thank you for this opportunity. There were times that weren't so pleasant, but I've gained a lot of experience and I've learned a lot of things and I grew into a different person. Hopefully, a better one at that.

I think that's pretty much it. So thank you guys for the memories and the crazy times. I won't forget it :D

---

31st July

It's Susan's birthday today!

Susan, I meant what I wrote in the card. I thank God that I know you, because you're one of my closest friends and you're one of the most nicest, sincerest, trustworthy person I've ever met. I'm glad that I can tell you stuff and that you are nice enough not to judge and you're always willing to lend a listening ear.

Thank you for coming into my life and being such a good friend to me. I just hope I can return the favour. :)

---

Planning the surprise party was such a hassle. But of course, we did it...for Susan.

We wanted to do it on Friday but the BM seminar thing and chinese class rescheduling things cropped up and then there were A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS. So we just said "what the heck" and decided to do it today anyways. Looi Ling planned this whole thing. Ah, crazy girl. Yes, I said it. xP

The plan was that Wen Chuan and Hooi Yeen were to delay her after the BM seminar, while another bunch of us prepared the cake downstairs, then Mr Naresh would talk to her, distracting her, saying how disappointed he is about her and yada yada. Then later, he would lead her to the cake. And ta-da! Sounds simple? It's really not.

We were in such a hurry, we just left the cake on one of the tables at the back, never contemplating the fact that it would have been much more appropriate to leave it in the homework room and close the door.

Everything was in position. While we were lighting up the candles though, Susan came waltzing down, oh and here's the ironic part -- she walked past us, seeing the cake and candles, totally unfazed. SHE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THAT WAS HER CAKE. Sir sat her down in the very first table. And apparently, their convo went like this:

Sir: A girl was complaining about you...
Susan: *after thinking it through* I don't think I have any problems with girls, boys however...
Sir: Oh, oh...I'm not sure if the student was a boy or a girl...

And apparently, he burst out laughing twice, but Susan, again, thought nothing of it. All the while, we were trying our best not to look too conspicious at the back, trying to group together so that Susan would not notice the cake ... er... again.

Sir was talking to her so long, the candles on her cake melted to about 1 cm tall. So Looi Ling decided to blow them out. And then, sir decided it was the most excellent time to come over there. Looi Ling quickly re-lit them and Mr. Naresh pointed at the cake. "That's for you," he said.

Susan's reaction when she saw the cake was...interesting.

At first, her facial expression was like "Okay, a cake."

Then it turned into something like this "Oh. My cake."

Then it transformed into this "So what do you want me to do with this cake?"

Then she went "Ohhhhhh........" and she started laughing her Susan-ish laughter. Then she proceeded to say "Sir, you can become Hollywood actor."

Then there was laughing, singing, blowing of the candles, eating, the taking of the pictures and the making of the memories. (:

Happy Birthday, Susan!

Hope this was a memorable birthday for you!

RAWR. I'M WEIRD.

2009-07-26T04:15:00.000-07:00

There's something wrong with me, honestly.

Trials are in 2 weeks and I'm not freaked out as I should be.

And no, it's not because "I'm prepared" or anything, 'cause I spent the whole of Sunday going to church and sleeping (and watching The Man in the Iron Mask! xP) .

Yes, something is very, very wrong. OK, btw I won't be blogging till trials are over. I don't need distractions right now.

(I really don't.)

Quick Before She Comes!

2009-07-24T03:16:00.000-07:00

I caught the ball in my hands, and seeing all my other teammates blocked, I knew my only chance was to throw the ball to Gwen. She caught it and at that precise moment, like the devil hot on Gwen's heels, she swoops in.

She may not look particularly intimidating or frightening, but a sudden chill went down my back. It was inexplicable. She was one of my closest friend, one of the people I laughed with, joked with...and yet now, there was a certain glint in her eyes that scares me to my very core.

She was Hui Yi.

I've noticed that whenever Hui Yi plays netball, she transforms into a whole nother person: determined, powerful and scarily so. She plays with cruel precision, ruthless grace and an evil beauty.

Back to the game, Gwen caught the ball, and she might be able to throw it into the net but then Hui Yi raised her hand up, causing Gwen to lose focus. Gwen took a bit of time to steady herself, looking slightly nervous (who wouldn't be, with Hui Yi's hand right in your face?) and she throws...

And misses.

There were soft groans from my teammates while the other team cheered. Everyone started heading back to the centre court. Staying back, I spoke to Gwen.

"Hui Yi's your kryptonite."

Gwen agreed.

The yellow-green team once again gained possession of the ball. Once again, the ball was thrust unto me and once again, the only player that was left unmarked is Gwen. I could practically hear Hui Yi's footsteps, rushing in to defend her net. Hurtling the ball at Gwen, I screamed

"Quick before she comes!"

Gwen quickly threw the ball into the net...

And it went in.

---
Basically what happens during every PJK period. I'm serious! Gwen can only score if Hui Yi's not around. (:

I like how all the girls in our class plays netball together. It makes me feel happy. Whee!

You're Leaving me in Lieu of this Song.

2009-07-19T01:28:00.000-07:00

Finding my own words, my own little stage.

My own epic drama, my own scripted page.

Send you the rough draft, I'll seal it with tears.

Maybe you'll read it and I'll reappear.

From the start it was shaky and the characters rash,

a nice setting for heartache where emotions come last.

All I have deep inside to overcome this desire

are friendly intentions and fair-weather smiles.

The title is from a song called "Rough Draft" by the old Yellowcard band.

Speaking of Yellowcard...

They've disbanded! O:

Okay, so they've not exactly disbanded. But they're on an (reads wikipedia) "indefinite hiatus" and they "insist that they have not broken up, and that in the future, the band may reunite."

Well. It's just a polite way of saying they've disbanded eh?

(Yes, I've only just realized this. I was wondering why their album was taking so long. =.= Then I wiki-ed it.)

I see your face with every punch I take,

and every bone I break, it's all for you.

And my worst pains are words I cannot say,

still I will always fight on for you.

*emo*

HaoZhe, as co-President of the I Love Yellowcard club, I demand that you emo too!

ClarissaC. says:
yeah
ryan key left to join that band
Lenix - Empathic Mimic says:
he joined a band called Big If?
...
he has no taste in band names..

ClarissaC. says:
i know
what the heck is the big if?
~Lenix - Empathic Mimic~ says:
apparently some sad excuse of a band

I'm sorry to say, I kinda agree with HaoZhe. I'm not sure about this band. =/

I remember the look in your eyes,

when I told you that this was goodbye.

You were begging me not tonight, not here, not now.

We were looking up at the same night sky

pretending the sun would not rise,

so we'd be together for one more night, somewhere, somehow.

This is so sad. This is my favourite band. (I kinda didn't like Simple Plan anymore ever since their new, so-called "cool" look). I remember I was kinda okay okay with them since I heard Only One when I was twelve. Then, I was surfing around youtube and I heard Gifts and Curses.

And instantly I fell in love with them.

Yellowcard Trivia

Albums

(Old YC)

Midget Tossing

Where we Stand

Still Standing

The Underdog

(New YC)

Ocean Avenue

Lights and Sounds

Paper Walls

It's okay to be angry and never let go

It only gets harder the more that you know

When you get lonely if no one's around

You know that I'll catch you when you're falling down

I'm actually pretty glad that Ryan Key came, because I liked his music style. And he's a very talented songwriter I must say. The drummer, Longineu Parsons III (with his very awesome dreadlocks) apparently, is one of the fastest drummers currently. And can I just say I now love violins because of YC?

That I'll be fine

Cuz when I die I will die loving you

It's alright, I'll be fine

When I die, I will die loving you

Loving you, loving you

Goodbye, Yellowcard. You've been one of the most talented bands around actually, and it's sad to see people who don't appreciate you. I love how you collaborate and used both traditional and rock instruments to create amazing music and your lyrics are nothing short of pure epic win.

And say what you really feel

You know I need something that's real

I wish there was something inside me

To keep you beside me

Your fast, rockier songs are really upbeat and so terribly addictive. And it just gives me a fresh surge of energy. (Believe me, I really do need it) and I also love your slower love songs because the lyrics are just so sweet and the instruments there are also awesomesauce.

Stop, turn, take a look around

At all the lights and sounds.

Let them bring you in.

Slow burn, let it all fade out,

Pull the curtain down.

I wonder where you’ve been?

Adios, Yellowcard. Keep on making fantastic music no matter where you are.

So many nights, legs tangled tight

Wrap me up in a dream with you

Close up these eyes, try not to cry

All that I've got to pull me through is memories of you

2009-07-18T00:49:00.000-07:00

OH NOES! Playing the keys for Sunday School tomorrow and I haven't been practising. Oops.

LAST NIGHT OF CONCERT. I'm glad it's finally over.

There were times where it was fun.

There were times where I laughed so hard.

There were times where I wanted to kill myself.

There were times where I wanted to cry.

So yes. You can imagine it's a bittersweet sort of feeling?

Good luck, guys! Let's make the best of it, I guess.

And hopefully the microphone won't get screwy again.

Catch me when I Fall

2009-07-16T23:44:00.000-07:00

Life really knows where to hit you where it hurts.

I'm praying for a day when I don't PMS. Honestly.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME LATELY? UGH.

It's so infuriating.

Just to be Clear...

2009-07-12T00:02:00.000-07:00

About the previous blog post:

is not directed at anyone in particular
I was just pms-ing, honestly
I'm okay now
Thank you for all your concerns :)
Gwen, your karate skills are laughable.

xxx

I'm going to write happy things now :)

Since I rarely write about my Sunday school. I think I shall write about it today.

Jason, the ex-president came back today. WHoo! He plays wicked guitar I tell you. And a few funny moments in SSS occured:

Teacher Binny: Today, we're learning about feeling good about ourselves. Do you feel sad when there's someone smarter than you? Do you know anyone who scores straight A's all the time?
Me: No...*
Fiona: Yes. Me.

*to clarify this, Sam doesn't have an A in higher english.:P

Teacher Lesley:You know, the women are always the one who are giving in the ideas but in the end, the men have the final say. *I nod my head vigorously and was like all "Yeah, that's true!"
James (indignant): That's not true!
Teacher Lesley: Of course it is! Go ask your daddy!

*Teacher Lesley discusses about the possible future President of SSS*
Teacher Lesley: (turns to Jia Wen) You know you have lots of potential but you don't want to try!
Jia Wen: Aiya, don't need President. We should all follow communist!

How Could this Happen to Me?

2009-07-11T00:58:00.000-07:00

EMO/ANGST POST AHEAD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

For this past week, it seems as if the whole world’s determined to tick me off. Perhaps they like doing that to me, well, if they do, they would absolutely ADORE me now.

Honestly, do you enjoy making me pissed off? Because I am, I seriously am. There are a whole bunch of people who I’m seriously mad at for many different reasons, but I’m going to shut my mouth about it because other than being mad with them, I’m also friends with them.

BUT JUST BECAUSE I tolerate almost anything, doesn’t mean I can tolerate ANYTHING.
Watch your limits. I seriously mean it. I’m one notch away from a killing rampage.

Maybe I’m overreacting. Or maybe I’m being silly. But I don’t know why, I only have rage inside my heart right now and I honestly can’t bottle it up anymore.

I’m not going to mention names though. I don’t hate them or anything because they’re still friends but that until I cool down, I’m not going to stop being mad at them. Sorry to anyone reading this. I’m sure that you’re all horrified because I don’t usually write this sort of stuff. But I can’t take it anymore; it almost seems like I’m mad at everyone and everything.

And yes, I am emo this past week. I’m sorry if I was curt or bad tempered but I was really in a bad mood. And sometimes I feel as if no one’s listening. Do you guys even care what’s happening to me? Or am I just a shadow on the wall? Sometimes, it feels like the only person who I can tell my feelings and the only person who actually understands me is Jia Xin.

I don’t know what’s going on with me. I seriously don’t. So don’t ask. I’m just so angry at everything and I’m just so sad and I don’t get why.

This is one of the most truest posts I’ve ever written in my entire blogging life. If you had actually bothered, you’d see that I don’t write that many posts about the problems and fears buried deep inside my heart; it’s mostly about the emotions that are reigning my being at the moment; the feelings that are the most obvious but not the feelings underlying it. I’ve always felt this need to hide away my feelings or to block it out, because I’ve always felt that I didn’t want to bother you guys with trivial things. But in the end, I can’t bottle it up any longer.

I don’t expect you all to understand or to sympathise; I just need to be heard.

Hungry Like the Wolf.

2009-07-04T00:14:00.000-07:00

I've watched a whole bunch of movies lately, so I think I'll just share my opinion:

The Silence of the Lambs

An FBI agent in training, Clarice Starling, was assigned to interview a psychotic psychiatrist-cum-serial killer called Hannibal Lecter in order to further the investigation of another serial killer who is called Buffalo Bill. But soon, she gets involved in the investigation a little too much...

This movie is a bit gory and eerie, so yeah. If you spook easily, maybe it's not so wise to watch it alone. Perhaps in it's heyday it was quite an awesome/scary movie, but now a lot of this psychopath-serial killer movies overshadow this one; there wasn't a really complicated mystery or plot. However, in my honest opinion, the one unique thing about this is the creepy Hannibal the Cannibal and the conversations between him and Clarice Starling.

NOTE: According to mum, I was named after her o.o

xxx

Blind Dating

A movie about a blind man trying desperately to find "the one". His brother tries to hook him up with a bunch of girls, who turn out to be total losers. Then, he finally met a pretty, smart and funny Indian girl who sees him as who he really is, instead of "another blind dude" and he fell for her, but little does he know that she's actually engaged to be married...

The beginning of the movie was really hilarious cuz of the loser-like girls his brother tries to fix him with. The confession is actually quite sweet and it makes you want to go "aww" but the ending was kinda corny. =/

P.S. Chris Pine should totally be Cyclops in X-Men than that James Marsden. GRR.

xxx

Across the Universe

Set in the 1960s. A British guy called Jude went to America to find his long-lost father and met an American girl named Lucy and they fell in love with each other. However, a lot of obstacles stand in the way of their love...

Especially recommended if you like good music/the Beatles. It's kinda like Mamma Mia! except that it's a whole lot edgier and with the Beatles songs. The plot is actually quite clever because it fits in with all the songs. It's a really good movie and they are all awesome singers but sometimes, I don't understand exactly what's going on, but yeah, you'll get the gist of it.

The Man in the Mirror.

2009-07-03T02:42:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. Michael Jackson, the King of Pop.

You'd be sorely missed. You're the Elvis Presley of pop music.

Anyways...

New junior is Niki! Yay! Quieter than I had imagined though...

I am really uninspired, so I'll shut up right now.

And please, no comments on the singing flower thing, I totally humiliated myself and I really don't need anymore reminders about my awful singing.

Words, Hands, Hearts.

2009-06-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

So...

My junior is Ashley now! Yay! She's awesome. :)

Bye, Chee Yi. I miss you. I'll upload the pic we took on Coco night soon.

I don't really have much to say except that I can't really post anything up during this weekend because I'm going away to Johor for awhile.

Concert practice is okay I guess. I think I totally humiliated myself today. It wasn't so bad but still. Singing off key in front of a bunch of pros is definitely not one of my favourite pastimes. -.-

ARGH. My blog posts are getting shorter and shorter and it's annoying me. So I'm just going to write a whole bunch of random nonsense.

Shaneal (during concert practice):

Do you know that we eat a total average of 6 spiders when we're asleep? Oh! And do you know in our entire lifetime, we will step on an average of 25 cockroaches?

Thanks for the info ---- not.

Hao Zhe is Sue Anne's Bob. :O Yeah, but now they're getting a divorce. TSK, HaoZhe and SueAnne. God isn't happy. :P

I've forgotten what I wanted to say...*thinks*

OH YEAH. The Last Airbender teaser trailer is attached to Transformers the movie. I watched it on YouTube (thanks weyyin!) it looks okay-ish la but I'm not exactly leaping for joy, don't want to get my expectations too high. I'm still not so sure about Shyamalan, however you may spell it.

I'm quite happy with my results this term, though I'm certain that my Maths will be below average due to smart geniuses in the form. I'm just really, really grateful cuz I didn't deserve any of the marks I've gotten. Thank you, God! He's blessed me a lot. Yes, I'm also grateful for Maths cuz I honestly thought I was going to fail. Trufax. So yes, God is good all the time!

Go watch the "Everything" vid on HaoZhe's blog. It just left me shaken.

And yeah, go watch Hannah's retarded video too. You'll laugh, I swear. :)

P.S. MJ passed away! RIP, Michael Jackson. You've been one of the best entertainers the world has ever known.

P.P.S Aiyo, please vote on the poll thingo la. I want to standardize my nickname because I don't have a life xP

Happy Dad Day!

2009-06-21T03:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Dad,

Happy Dad Day!

(Get it? Dad Day? Sounds like Daddy? Never mind.)

Moving on...

Thanks for always taking care of me and Chris and helping us buy stuff that we need and never complaining about it! Thank you so much for loving us and guiding us. You rock! ILY <3

Love, Clarissa.

And not to forget our Heavenly Father, God. Happy Father's Day too! :)

Untitled.

2009-06-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

So...back to school again. And as you all know, I can only blog during weekends whenever school's open.

In this just one week of school, there was a whole lot of drama. Just drama everywhere. Left, right and center. I can't really elaborate for certain reasons, but yeah. Drama.

Neways, coco night was alright. That Guard of Honour thing was really weird. I was wondering who was our VIP, then I saw Madam Matthews walking down with a bunch of Form 5 prefects with the kompang people, then I'm like "where is the guest of Honour?" it turned out that it was Catherine Kok? o.o

They should really let the Coco fusion banner/balloon thing fly. It'd be so awesome.

After the Guard of Honour, Sarah Wong came to me with a most perplexing problem:

Sarah: Clarissa, I think I lost my hat. I can't find it anywhere on the ground? How?

Clarissa: o.o Maybe because you have it on your head?

Yes, Sarah. I'll never let you forget this x)

At first, I thought the Girls' Brigade thing was going to be epic fail, but it turn out okay. Our puppet show didn't attract loads of attention or whatever, but I'm not complaining cuz apparently it hurt when they had to move their puppets around. I wouldn't know la, cuz I'm the narrator, LOL. xD

Surprisingly, towards the end, the sand art thing was attracting a lot of people's attention. Some form 3s also. And we had face painting and stuff and Sarah was balloon sculpting.

Overall, not bad la.

But.....

Before coco night started, all hell broke loose. Again, I can't elaborate for certain reasons, but I'm pretty sure all the GB members would know what I'm talking about. It was seriously pissing off. Seriously.

I hate being someone's punching bag. I absolutely HATE IT.

The last airbender teaser trailer is with Transformers the movie. Aaagh! *cries with Weyyin*

Runaway.

2009-06-11T20:55:00.000-07:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I needed somewhere to scream. Really loud. I'm really stressed out and nervous. Don't ask why.

OMG. I'm Weird.

2009-06-08T06:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, I've known that for years, but I've never really realized the extent of my weirdness until now.

I absolutely loathe doing Chinese homework honestly. I find myself unable to express myself properly and end up sounding like some 6 year old. But today, I was struggling with my long neglected Chinese essay and hohoho! The result totally pawns all the other lame compos I've ever tried to spew out.

1. My parents are divorced and I'm sad and angry and hurt and yada yada.
2. I start acting up, hang out with a bunch of delinquents. They're a bad influence to me and whatnot.
3. (OOH THE CLIMAX) I brought a -- get ready for this -- butcher knife to school one day, wanting to scare all the other kids. So I was running amok with the butcher knife (yeah I know) and then I accidentally stabbed the teacher with it. YEAH. With a butcher knife.

That's going to go into my permanent record...isn't it?

There's Nothing Much to Say.

2009-06-07T20:52:00.000-07:00

The talk was quite good actually, better than I expected. Tash Aw was our speaker and I didn't feel sleepy AT ALL. (Like whoa, right?) and what he said really inspired me to be a better writer so now I'm going to read and write more (I even had my book signed by him! Whee!) I bought his book, it's called the Harmony Silk Factory and it's set in Malaya and it's internationally recognized. Go read, I think it's really interesting. :)

Terminator is made of sheer win, (though my dad says the Dark Knight is better). It's a general consensus, however, in our family, that the movie was focusing more on the Marcus Wright story arc than John Connor's, not that we're complaining of course. Marcus Wright is awesome too. =) Oh yeah and the whole philosophy about humanity was pretty great. I won't say anymore cuz I don't want to spoil anyone, so yeah. But go watch go watch. It's really good, you won't regret it and I felt the ending was quite satisfying actually.

FFAR was le cool! Though when some of the guys starting ... er...hitting each other, it was kind of scary. (They were obviously joking but I was scared that they would crush me or something). Neways, all the bands were really awesome and I really mean that honestly!

Nav and the crew, you guys really did a noble thing and the thing is, you had fun doing it. Congrats guys! :)

OH YEAH. My mum went inside the Kiara Room to pick me and the brother up while Ashwin and Zhi Pei were performing, and in the car...

Mum: "Who was that singing?"
Me: "Ashwin? O.o"
Mum: "Oh. He could really sing."

ZOMG pretty much sums everything up.

LOL. I'll go now.

The Hobo And the Loser.

2009-06-07T02:01:00.000-07:00

This is a story that was spawned during computer class. Madam Shamini allowed us to do whatever we want and so I wrote this story while Gwen guffawed beside me.

WARNING: EXTREME CORNINESS. Not suitable for people who have an aversion to such nauseatingly open displays of affection.

NOTE: And yes, Gwen in the story is inspired by Wong Gwen Yi.

Gwen will never forget that moment.

The way she felt, how everything just froze and the world just stood still for them. It was raining and she was crying, walking on the grey pavements, the raindrops mingling with her tears.

“Oh, why me?! Why doesn’t anyone want to go to the prom with me? All my life I’ve been a loser and now even my loser friend ditched me for her loser boyfriend! Oh, woe is me!” she yelled in anguish to the skies. She dropped down and sat on the pavement, crying her heart out, when suddenly two figures appeared from the dark alley behind her…

“Hey, cutie…want someone to make it all better for you?” one of the figures snickered, while the other gave a wolfish whistle. Gwen gasped and, almost against her will, turned around. “AAGH!” the both of them gave a shout of horror for Gwen was unlike any other girl.

She was extremely…ugly.

“Ew, that is one ugly zit!” one of them said, squinting harder to get a better look at Gwen’s face. “You’re worried about the zit? Her fat body’s more disturbing…” said the other guy, looking away, wishing that he didn’t notice her at all. Gwen sobbed even harder “Even thieves don’t want me!”

Disgusted and clearly disappointed, the thieves said “Look, er, girl -- if you can even be considered that -- just drop the purse and we’ll leave you alone, ‘kay?” Gwen nodded dejectedly. She was about to hand them her purse when…

“Leave. Her. Alone.”

The instruction was spoken in a quiet tone and yet it had a ringing tone of authority. They looked around. Someone else was in the dark alley, hiding in the shadows. Gwen was in awe: no one ever stood up for her before, no one ever cared. The thieves laughed in derision. “Oh yeah? How you going to make us leave her alone?”

“Because…” the gruff, raspy voice continued, “I… am your worst nightmare!” He stepped out into the shadows and Gwen gasped in wonderment.

There standing before them was a ridiculously filthy man, wearing a worn out trench coat with his unkempt hair framing his sallow, haggard face. The place started to stink of his dreadful stench and the grit and dirt on his face and hands did not improve his appearance. He was clearly a homeless; a hobo, but he wore an expression that clearly showed that he was bored and that he was not afraid of these bullies.

Gwen sneaked a glance at the bullies. They were frightened. “Gerald! I…I didn’t know that this was your friend. We’re sorry! We’ll go now…” they mumbled, hurrying away.

“Leave. Now. You know what I’m capable of,” Gerald said coolly.

“Yeah, we know of your stinky breath. We’re as good as gone!” said one of them as the both of them fled. Gerald stared after them, shaking his head.
He looked down at Gwen and was taken aback by the numerous number of zits and scars that were scattered across her face, but he masked his shock well, and looked down upon her with a kind face. “Hey, you need help? I’m Gerald, by the way” he said, offering her his hand. She looked at his stinky hand, which has attracted a number of flies. She’s never seen such wonderfully sturdy, strong hands such as his. She took it and he helped her up.

“I’m Gwen. Thanks,” she murmured, “for saving me.”

“It was nothing. Carl and Dud do this sort of thing all the time. Not to worry, it’s nothing serious.”

“Yeah, but still…thanks. No one’s ever stand up for me like that before,” she said, her eyes glistening with tears and filled with gratitude. Gerald started to feel uneasy. “Again, it was nothing. Uh…I better go now, I have lots to do…and…”

“Can I meet you again? You know, just to hang out,” she said, interrupting him, shooting him an imploring stare. He flushed hotly, hating to admit – even to himself – that he was flattered that she asked. “Uh…” he was about to decline the offer when his eyes met hers. It was the only part of her that was even remotely pretty. They stared into each other’s eyes. “Sure,” he heard himself say. “Of course.”

“Great,” she smiled and skipped away, breaking the eye contact they had held. “I’ll see you tomorrow!” she shouted back, walking away. Gerald the hobo could feel his temperature rising and his heart beating rapidly. His legs felt like jelly and he could barely think. “Who was she?” he thought to himself, “to have mesmerized me like that?”

That night, Gerald couldn’t sleep in his little…er…den.

Prefect Camp '09

2009-06-04T20:32:00.000-07:00

Greetings fellow bloggers. So I guess I'll start cracking on the prefect camp post. If you want a more detailed version, go to WenChuan's blog. (HAHA, free advertising). Yeah, I used his blog for reference.

I don't know why, but I wasn't really looking forward to prefect camp this year :/ Yeah. I don't know, maybe because it's the fourth prefect camp I attended and I was getting kinda sick of it.

ANYWAYS. All the stuff and activities were....

So. Damn. Fun.

And now I'm extremely glad I went. :)

So, I was bus partners with Sindu. And I must apologize to her because I wasn't really a fun bus partner because I slept most of the way. The resort was quite nice actually, what with the river and stuff though the swimming pool was under reconstruction or something I guess cuz one of the swimming pool was empty and the other one was filled with this green liquid. Yeah.

After that, we have briefing.

Then the fun really began. I was in group three which consists of:

Zhuo Wei (faccie)

Catherine

Vanessa

Vetton

Esther

June

Ping Hua

Dhirren

Sek Wai

Wen Chuan

Shareena

Ashley

Wye Zjian

Niki

Sue Anne

Ooh, ooh! Guess what we're called!!!!!!

Get ready for this:

THREE BLIND MICE.

-.- OMG WEIH. LOL. Apparently Zhuo Wei came up with this. OOH OOH! Guess what's our war cry! While other groups proudly declare their group's awesomeness with boisterous gusto, our group is singing:

Three Blind Mice.
Minus the Blind Mice.
What do you get?
Niki: Two Blind Mice?
Wye Zjian: NO!
It's Three!

I don't know who made that up, but I have a nagging suspicion that it's also Zhuo Wei. -.-

LOL, Alright. All jokes aside, I think my group rocks la. Although in hindsight we may look like we tak de tu perpaduan, I think it's safe to say we all gotten quite close. (Spending every free moment we have practising our sketch brought everyone closer, dontchu think?)

Everyone: NO.

LOL yeah. But I really felt we had team spirit, even though it doesn't show in our lame war cry.

So anyways. First activity we had was the Explorace thing, which was kinda cool but not unexpected. It was so-so ish until the grand finale where we had to eat sardines mixed together with raw eggs. Which turned out to be quite tasty.

After that, we went jungle trekking! Yay! (It's the only sport that I'm even remotely good at) We had these code names and stuff cuz we're not supposed to call out other people's names in the jungle so I'm kambing batu no. 37. It was dark so it was harder to trek and people at the back kept sending messages to the people in front to slow down. But apparently, the guide didn't want to slow down or something. So, now there were messages like:

"63 is injured!"

"82 is missing!"

"82 till 100 are missing!"

Yeah, I was kinda worried for them at first because the guide DID NOT SLOW DOWN AT ALL. But then, it was nothing serious. CHEH.

You know it's really silly to put one airconditioner in one corner of the dorm? Chee Yi was on the top bunk and directly underneath the airconditioner. For the most of the night, something was wrong with the fuse box so we didn't get much airconditioning. Then, when it started working again, Chee Yi told me it was too cold so I offered to switch with her. I WAS FREEZING.

The next night, she just turned the airconditioner to the other direction, which she should've done earlier. -.- x10000

The next morning, we did morning exercise. Then we did the obstacle course. It was so awesome, I wanna do it again. =) At first I was kinda dreading it because of the 5 feet wall that we had to climb and as I'm sure you all know, I'm barely taller than 5 feet 1. So yeah, really dreading that one.

But it wasn't so bad. The first two tries I failed and I swore and Mr Naresh had to warn me about my language (LOL) but the third time I managed to get over the wall. Then it was the belly crawl. So-so. Then we went abseiling (sp?) and it was okayish. Tak begitu syok. Then we had to cross this moat with either double rope or single rope. Double rope is easier but if you cross single rope then you will get more points or something like that. I was like 3/4 of the way and I thought I was going to make it until my legs slipped from the rope and I fell into the moat. Very frustrated I was. And besides that, my white socks turn brown. Went to that grizzly hole thingamabob. Tak begitu syok juga. Hanya climb up je.

After lunch, went to the spider web thing. There were a lines of ropes intertwined, you know, like a spider web. So the objective is to get all the team over the other side through the holes. This was kinda fun, cuz it was like delivering babies. You know, people coming out from the hole, and other people guiding their way out? See the similarities? Yeah, never mind.

Then we went up to the river. We were meant to put a ping pong ball into a tube with holes and fill the tube with water until the ball rolled out. So a bunch of us covered the holes (in the first few minutes, I was so very wet) and someone else poured the water in. WenChuan tried to cover up most of the holes with his whole body by hugging the tube. Then after the ping pong ball rolled out, we started playing in the river and splashing each other. OMG. I had so much fun, I feel like sucha kampung kid but I was laughing so very much.

At night, we had the duo drop, where we leave 2 people behind and then after 45 mins or so, the guide will come back to collect us. My partner was Vanessa who I didn't really talk to before this. But after spending some time alone with her in the woods made me closer to her and I started talking to her and stuff. And now we're good friends! :)

Then next morning, did morning exercise, then took a group pic. Then the water sports began. Yay! First we had to swim across the huge pool thing. Okay la. Then we had to make a boat and row around the pool. Group 3 and 4 teamed up. And I went during the 3rd round with a bunch of other people (we gladly called ourselves the leftovers LOLs). I was rowing at first and it was really painful then I had to go down into the water because the boat had to go underneath the bridge. Then I started swimming whilst pushing the boat. It was better like that but my crotch really started to hurt.

They gave out the prizes. Group 4 won. Congrats guys! Then Zhuo Wei was looking emo....

Me: Hey, Zhuo Wei? Are you emo because we didn't win?
ZW: No...it's just that this is my last camp.

Do I hear an "aw"? xD

Yeah, then we went home. Sat with Sindu again. And slept...again. Sorry Sindu! =(

My Plan for the Holidays!

2009-06-04T02:06:00.000-07:00

Other than just lepak-ing around, I do have plans for the hols too you know.

Tchah! I do have a life!

....it's just not as interesting as yours. xD

Anyways:

Talk - Going to a talk by this Malaysian author (Tash Aw, I think) that wrote an international bestseller.

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Terminator: Salvation - Going to watch Terminator tomorrow with my family. Sorry Hao Zhe, I know you wanted everyone (who is everyone by the way?) to go and watch Terminator together but when I told my mum about it, she basically told me this:

"Terminator time is family time."

Ah well. Sorry yeah. Maybe we could watch Transformers then?

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Fight for a Reason - After much uncertainty and discussion, Mum decided it was okay I went to FFAR! W00ts! The brother is going too. LOL.

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Just bought the latest (and last installment) of the Pendragon series. Chris read the ending and told me about it and I was so disappointed. I won't ruin it for you fans of the books, but honestly, to me, it was a total let-down. To me, there are 3 categories for endings of all my fave series (not counting movies).

PERFECT ENDING
Avatar
Friends

SO-SO ENDING
Harry Potter
Teen Titans

TOTAL CRAP ENDING WHERE YOU JUST WANT TO SEND A FLAME LETTER TO CREATOR OF SERIES
Pendragon
Monster Allergy (not the cartoon series because that's even more crappier than anything else, I meant the comic)

^but at least the MA comic ending was very bittersweetish la.

PENDRAGON'S ENDING WAS PLAIN CRAPPY.

Alright, I'll go now. Tcheh. Oh yeah, anyone interested in pimping my blog? (Nav?)

Happy 15th, CuiYi!

2009-06-03T07:35:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday, Cui Yi!

Sorry, I meant to do this earlier, but it slipped my mind.

You’re crazy and an outspoken fashionista who loves to dance and I thank you for being my friend weih. You’re an important part of my life, being Butt or Chloe or whoever we decide to be at the spur of the moment. =) LOL.

But mostly, you’re an important part of my life, just because you’re Cui Yi.

Thanks for being there for me and for being an exceptional Maths buddy! I wouldn’t be able to go through a single Maths period without seeking wisdom from you. And yes, although you have dirtied my sacred blue tie with your potato chips, I overlook that tiny transgression and you’re still one of my closest, most funnest buddies ever.

Thanks for inviting me to your awesometastic birthday outing. It was fun and I had a bundle of laughs being the suckiest bowling player ever. LAWL. Also, I really do hope you like the pressie I bought you. :)

Don’t be afraid to tell my your problems, cuz I will always be there to listen.

HAPPY 15TH! :)

My Biceps Hurt...

2009-05-31T06:46:00.000-07:00

Like seriously.

Streamyx is slow.

I cropped the pic and yeah I know it's really blur.

Squish.

2009-05-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

Squish, squish, squish.

Yeah, only Jia Xin would have the slightest clue as to what I'm talking about, don't bother asking. Jia Xin, I need to talk to you, mmkay? Kaythanks. =)

Sorry for this really weird post. Post about prefect camp will be up, hopefully soon. (we all know I'm a slacker lols) okay bye.

Update! Argh, the frustration.

2009-05-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

You know what I really wanted to do after the exams?

I really just want to sit in front of the computer till the end of time. I'm practically craving for internet time.

But when I got home, the accursed internet wasn't working. Got me really pissed. Yeah, but after that 'twas okay la. Hehs.

Haih.

I just want to lepak tomorrow, but nooooo, we have to go for prefect camp. I'm okay with prefect camp, honestly, but is it too much to ask to be a lazy pig and sit around the house watching TV while packing pounds? Apparently it is!

OK, neways:

1. Church camp last week was le awesome. The games and stuff were okay-ish la, but Pastor Kent Reynolds (from the USA, whoa!) and his thought provoking, powerful, inspiring sermons were really worth missing out 2 days of studying. No seriously, it was wonderful. I've never felt closer to God than those 4 sessions with him.

2. Concert practice is okay-ish. I have to sing and kinda dance too. OMG. Wait, that's not the worst part, you know what else I have to do? Wear a flower costume. Gloria and Kertna had really great ideas for the costumes but Madam Cecilia didn't want it. So..yeah. -.-

3. Exams were also okay-ish. Moral and Maths paper 1 all sucked. Whoever studied for Moral? I sure didn't, and all the stuff came out from the textbook. You know, I would rather cram all that nilai stuff just to have a guaranteed 10 marks. I cried after taking Maths paper 1. Yep, I admit it. I cried. Mr Naresh wanted us all to get at least an A, but right now, I'm just worried whether or not I'll even pass. I'm serious, I totally blanked out during paper 1. Paper 2 not so bad la. But I tembak-ed like 90% of paper 1. Hate this wei. GRRR. (A special thanks to Nav and all those other people who comforted me. You guys are awesome!)

4. Going to prefect camp tomorrow, will be back on Sunday. Till then, no more updates. Yeap.

Buh bye.

Clarissa Won't Go Online till Exams Are Over.

2009-05-11T04:22:00.000-07:00

ANNOUNCEMENTS: I'm not going to surf the Internet till the midterms are finished.

So, guys no blog updates (everyone: yay!) and sorry I can't read your blogs either (everyone: boo!) So yeah, don't get mad and say that I don't read your blog, mmkay?

NO, seriously. I can survive.

...

I think.

Blasted exams! I'm pretty sure the withdrawal symptoms would start right after I publish this post. Neways, yeah. Good luck in your 'xams everyone!

P.S. The ending of Monster Allergy was like so..AW... (the comic, of course cuz the cartoon really sucks!)

I think that's all. Bye now, see you in 2 weeks! ZOMG, it's so far away.

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-10T01:06:00.000-07:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Although we sometimes have our fights and sometimes we hurt each other, I know that you really care about me and you should always bear in mind that I ,too, really care about you.

Happy mum's day, and I love you!♥

Love, Clarissa.

Post about the sleepover at church will be post next week. Man, I had a blast ! Though my feet were killing me.

Photograph.

2009-05-08T23:11:00.000-07:00

"Yo mama's so dumb she bought a gun to kill time."

-Christopher

Going over to church for a sleepover tonight. We're having like, this special event for mother's day and we're taking over the main sanctuary just for tomorrow! Woo!

This year's concert is going to be a slightly different cuz it's our first Malay production (but the dialogues are going to be in English though). So we're doing Puteri Gunung Ledang this year, which is pretty cool, though I was kinda wishing we were going to do Mamma Mia! cuz let's face it, it's awesome.

So I'm going to be some Bunga Melor chick, who I think is suppose to be like the jesters last year, you know, speaking in rhymes during the scene transitions. My fellow bungas are Kertna and Gloria. Gloria and I started talking to Yagnesh and he was cool and stuff. Mmm-hmm.

Hey! You know what I noticed:

Gloria

Kertna

Clarissa

are the three bungas!

Yeah, I'm random like that.

Buh bye now! -Clarissa

Don't Have a Title for This.

2009-05-08T03:42:00.001-07:00

"Stop emasculating me!"

-Ananda

So this is going to be a random post about nothing. How interesting mm?

Lemme think about what I should talk about...

Oh, right! I have a junior now, and she is so very very pretty! Low Chee Yi! Yay! I like her a lot. Or maybe I'm just very excited for my first junior. Hmm. I think it's a mixture of both. Well, anyways. I think she's able to make an excellent prefect. Go Chee Yi! You're awesome! =DDDDDDDD

Gah. I'm so hyper. All your fault, Lulu! When we hyper charged during lunch it lasted throughout the entire day. (Well, actually, except for Civic and Moral. Couldn't keep my eyes open)

Oh yeah, you know during lunch, Jasver dropped by to chat with us. Lol, he warned Chee Yi that I "will prank you one day." HAHA inside joke, inside joke.

Guess I'll sign off now. Ciao, people.

P.S. WenChuan uses eversoft facial cream xD

Happy 13th Birthday, Chris!

2009-05-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

You're such an insane little kid, I hope you realize that.

But you get that from me, so I forgive you. :D

Happy [Belated] 13th Birthday, Chris!

(Really sorry this took so long to post up, but ah you know. On your birthday, I was sick and you had to fetch me tissues and medicines and I'm very grateful for that!)

You're officially a teenager now, welcome to the world of pubescent angst, pimples and raging hormones! It's a fun world, once you get over the three I listed out just now. I'm sure you would do okay during this time. Well, of course la, you have me as your big sis.

Anyways, dude, thanks for always being my brother and I'm really glad that we have a tight relationship and you'll be glad to hear that you're one of my best buddies and one of my most awesome-st confidante ever. Sure, you don't exactly dish out ..um..good advice, but it's nice to know that you're listening and that you're supporting me. =)

Thanks also for the crazeh times. You're crazeh, you know that? You're so funny up to the point of being downright hilarious and our sense of humour is uncannily similar. I think it's pretty cool the way we click and we can talk about irrelevant nonsense for hours.

Okay, sometimes I nag you and annoy you to no end, but that's what big sisters do, right? It's good to know that I'm doing my job right. And yeah, sometimes, I feel like ripping off your head when you're lazy and irresponsible, but ah, we always work it out in the end.

Have a good one! =) Love you loads.

*For some strange reason, the paragraphs are always being squashed together after I post it! Damn blogger.

Oh, America!

2009-04-30T03:22:00.001-07:00

America, you are so, so weird.

OK, perhaps not a lot of people know this, but I watch American Idol every week. He has the ability to make my heart stop everytime he sings, each time he appeares, I have this fangirlish scream emitting from my mouth. I admit, I don't usually fangirl for just anyone, but come on!

He's Adam Lambert.

Oh yeah, he's fine.

He has a incredible voice (which can belt out THE MOST AWESOMETASTIC ROCK SONGS and sing the most tender, emotional ballads), versatile music style (did you hear him sing "Play that funky music, white boy"?!!), amazing talent, stage presence and it doesn't hurt that he has a pretty decent fashion sense either. The only downside to all this is that he's gay (and that's okay cuz he hasn't met me yet LOL XD) and that very strange arrangement of "Ring of Fire". But still, I went into cardiac arrest last night when he sang his number. '

The way he walked down those flight of stairs... DAYUM.

And now, this fantastic singer is now in the bottom two.

OK, OK. Now, what. the. hey.

America, America, what the *#&%A*@ are you doing? Throwing away fresh talent like that? This is exactly what you've been doing to people like Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson, who end up popular recording artistes.

I suspect foul play. It could also be American Idol, you know, trying to kick some drama into the competition or something. Which is pretty pathetic in my opinion. Adam gives nothing but his very best into this competition and has done everything right to win American Idol. He doesn't deserve to be given a scare like that.

And well, if he gets kicked off or something, then whatever, he'll just pull a Chris Daughtry and be one of the most successful singers alive. It's only a matter of time.

Alright, I need to go now. Chris' (belated) birthday post will be up next.

P.S. Mum and I made cupcakes for my 5 year old cousin just now and it was deelish! Yum. =)

And It's Alive!!!!

2009-04-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

My lame attempt at reviving my dying blog.

So first off, I really wanted to say how much I enjoyed last Friday's (which by the way, is Good Friday) service. Mum said there would be a lot of meditation and stuff, and at first I was kinda like "rightttt...." and thought that it was going to be boring. Mm, yes, as shocking as that sounds coming from me. x)

But it wasn't boring AT ALL! I didn't fidget around, or felt the urge to sleep. We started off with clips from "The Passion of Christ" to the music of Via Dolorosa (spelling?), the two things that always have the potential to set me off to tears. I didn't cry though, I held it all in cuz I didn't want the entire church to see me bawling. LOL.

So yeah there would be a short sermon, some prayer and then a short meditation followed by a small break every half hour. Each sermon was about the seven sentences of Christ when He was on the cross. And yeah, it was pretty good.

Went to the Saturday Night Prayer Vigil, a tradition we have in church. A prayer chain that would be continous from Saturday to Sunday morning. So each small group would have a selected time, and we got 5.00 to 6.30.

Church on Sunday.

And that was how I spent my Easter. I'm looking forward to next year's Good Friday service. This year's was sooo good.

That's pretty much it. I'll upload the photos from Sports Day next. Buh-bye!

xxx

I'm Just so Tired.

2009-04-18T02:22:00.000-07:00

I want to write a really long post but I'm too tired......

So much to say but no time to say it. Maybe I could post a long one tonight.

My posts are getting shorter and shorter each they, eh?

xxx

No Time.

2009-04-12T00:09:00.001-07:00

Sorry guys. Easter post still has to wait. Lotsa things to do.

Good Friday.

2009-04-09T06:07:00.000-07:00

Sorry people, I can't really update right now. My cousins and and relatives from Singapore just came for a surprise!visit. So I'll prolly update 'morrow or something.

Happy Good Friday/Easter!

Buh-bye. =)