Since receiving Keri’s email, I’ve realised that there are just so many people I haven’t spoken to in a while. All those close friends who have gone overseas or ones I’ve left behind, and its simply so hard to keep it touch with them – it takes effort on both sides. But it sure feels great to receive a short message or a long email, knowing that someone close to your heart halfway round the world still thinks about you and cares. I will find the time to go to Canada and spend a month or so with my dear cousin – the endless talks and shopping! and food! XD And to pay Amaris a visit too! And I can’t wait till my uncle gets married, that means we’ll all be back in Manila for a proper reunion that we’ve not had in years. To go on a trip to Vietnam, with Christine as my guide ((: and to head down under to experience the future doctor Melissa’s life – honeycombs!! Hahaha, I am in serious need of a holiday, don’t you think?

the juniors I have in choir…

they can’t stop teasing me, can they? Nothing beats going home on the bus, a 45 minute ride mind you, with juniors who tease me in whatever way possible. Culprit No. 1: John See. Guilty of teasing me with obvious pleasure while we were walking out of school and that short ride he had with us enroute to the mrt station. Culprit No. 2: Mervyn. Guilty of being direct and blatantly suanning me whenever he has the chance to. Culprit No. 3: Wan Feng. Well, actually he’s not a culprit, cause he didnt say anything haha.

Interesting conversations we had, brainstorming on my biology practical. Run an electric current in a frog and see if that changes its rate of respiration. Can’t get better than that. LOL Strangely merv and I realised that our brothers are in the same secondary school, the same cca and used to be in the same class – until my brother got transferred to the ’smarter’ class. Oh and apparently they were best friends. Singapore is a small, small world.

in the holiday mood…

I find myself humming lean on me over and over again. and thinking of doing something fun and something that does not include TOK, EE, WL and IA. something like shopping. (:

yayyy holiday! (who am I kidding) this holiday season, its a mad rush to…

finish work. so as not to drown when the next wave comes in. sure, the list doesnt seem that long, but its the time it takes to actually finish them. Also, to prepare myself for the tests coming up in the next few weeks – knowing fully that I will definitely not have enough time later on to study.

yesterday was an um…interesting day. the horror of horrors – performing for the school’s chinese new year concert. Though I must admit those 2 year 1 classes had it worse off than us. poor things. the utter embarassment of standing there clapping along to this horrendous karaoke arrangement of the most famous chinese new year song, with the screen showing some weird karaoke video. thank goodness many did not notice the choir standing behind the year 1s, they thought we exited already. I quote Ian Long: where were you guys? hahahaha. and thankfully we got to wear our school uniforms instead.

On a happier note we were dismissed right then and there, so it was off to Alyssha’s house to hang around for a while. The joys of multi-tasking: polishing off 3 bags of chips, a bottle of soda, whilst watching a movie and playing bridge -  all under 2 hours. Now that’s the life. And,  ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ is really funny…especially when you’re watching it with guys. to be continued at Jeanette’s on friday! (: we love Jeanette!

Eryn’s mom kindly dropped me off at bishan, and thereafter I headed to orchard for a while. A little shopping doesn’t hurt…haha. Heading back to bishan I bumped into Albert – hope he gets posted back here! we need more people in choir! Dinner with Marilyn afterwards, Huijie couldn’t join us. (who told you to join chinese drama hmmm?) had a great time talking to her…can’t believe a whole year has already passed! I am totally amazed at how she can survive in cj…hat’s off to her! top econs next time, k? ;p

now to make the most out of this week. I wonder what will happen next week? sneaky Jacqueline has something up her sleeve…

a decision made

and so I’ve finally left xanga, and maybe i’ll still keep it. I’ll simply jack sparrow it – you know, make it up as I go along…

once again there’s so much to do, work is piling up, each task on top of another, till the last one is hanging precariously on the edge – would it fall?

one thing’s for sure, I am glad to have today relatively free, to do all the work, which, quite obviously, isn’t done yet. Still, I’ve done a fair amount of work and am indeed happy about it.

was wonderful hearing from marilyn and rowena again, a reminder of the fun times we had together in 1T13, a glimmer of light in my otherwise gloomy journey – that 2 months in cj. I was even happier and pleased to find out that there will be a class outing, hopefully I can make it. It’d be great to see everyone again, to see how people have changed in that less-than-a-year period, to do lots and lots of catching up. Please let that day be kept free.

on to the highlights of the week: that unforgettable geography lesson. on how to talk your way out of getting a speeding ticket from malaysian police – football’s the way to go. about how he has taught people who became famous: stefanie sun and nick middleton. and how he almost shot to stardom, the close fight to earn a dream job – to become a sports commentator, and losing at the beginning of who wants to be a millionaire, he didn’t have the ‘fastest finger’. Its interesting to note that I find it harder to remember what he said about rivers. Hahaha.

then there was of course, the release of o level results. so my batch got beaten, the juniors brought the average down to a 13.6. sadly for music, only one got an A1, though a 62.5% distinction is good anytime. Next batch of music students: work hard and raise that figure! joshua – the godbrother – has a final score of 13 for poly. interesting choice he has – aviation management. I was quite disappointed with the performance of the secondary 5 students of henderson though, they didn’t do as well. anyway, I wish them the best in their next step ahead and hope that they’ll give their all.

quite a week it has been, hasn’t it? and work is never far, and I am so looking forward to the next week (not)