Dreamweaver
Your average girl.
Christian
TNS: 6J'07
RGS: 107'08 || 207 '09
RGS (contd):
Guides
1st Coy Orchid (:
Tribuner
Part of the Mamarazzi!
Hadlian
Smile :)
Hello world,
Today was the combined class party for the whole of TZ, and also a farewell party of sorts for the Sec Fours. :D
We played Elda's highly violent game of Reverse Whacko. HAHA, it works this way: When you're holding the stick, someone calls out a name. Then, the guy holding the stick (Guy A) must drop it, and try to take the seat of the guy whose name was called (Guy B) . Guy B must then try to whack Guy A before Guy A manages to sit down and call out a name. :D
Okay, seriously, it's kinda violent. But it was also really hilarious. :D For some reason, I always manage to whack the person just at the same time they call out a name, rendering all my efforts void. Why do I even try xD It's always the same people being sabo-ed, including but not limited to John Ho (Jenny Ho?!), Martin, Elda, Cephas, Zeph, Gavin, Edward and Samuel. The game ended with me calling Joyce's name and still being whacked pretty hard by Xu Wei. Told you this was a really violent game. xD
The forfeit was that the people involved would have to go to the SKY room. Everyone would have to go, "Hello, this is Elda. You know, Elda - Elder?", and Elda would have to say, "Hi everyone, it's me, Elda! *little wave*". Needless to say, it was a riot (of laughter). x)
Hmm. Will miss the Sec Fours' presence. Gotten closer to some of them this year, specifically Glad-Glad xD (I'm sticking to 'Dee', Glad-Glad.)
Year 3 next year for me. Yeesh, that doesn't sound all too encouraging. Soon, I'll be in JC/SKY before I know it, too. :/
BREAKINGNEWS: Special unit activity for Guides tomorrow! I'll never have a moment at home, will I. xD
BREAKINGNEWS2: We're having a barbecue with my mum and dad's old friends (: Sherine's coming along, but she's going to be leaving halfway -.- And all that after she said that I'm not allowed to 'pangseh' her. Ahh. xD
Well, it's coming to the end of the year. I will always remember the TZ outing to East Coast Park; it was real fun (: I still can't believe the advisors tried to teach me how to cycle, and that my seniors were all nice about it. I also can't believe someone crashed into me, and then it culiminated with me sitting on a mat and trying to get out of shock. But it was good fun. :)
Okay, me, out. :DxX ~ It's closure for me, closing another chapter of the book of life ~ Xx
Saturday, December 26, 2009
she picked up her pen at 8:10 PM and she wrote;
she picked up her pen at 6:18 PM and she wrote;
Labels: Carolling, Church, Merry Christmas, Writing
she picked up her pen at 11:21 AM and she wrote;
Labels: Holiday
she picked up her pen at 11:00 AM and she wrote;
Labels: Tribune
Labels: Holiday
she picked up her pen at 12:05 PM and she wrote;
Labels: VBS
she picked up her pen at 11:41 AM and she wrote;
she picked up her pen at 3:54 PM and she wrote;
1. "Have you been UNKIND to my net?" Labels: Off on the holidays, VBS
Live Like We're Dying
By Kris Allen
Sometime we fall down and can’t get back up
We’re hiding behind skin that’s too tough
How come we don’t say I love you enough
Till it’s too late, it’s not too late
Our hearts are hungry for a food that won’t come
We could make a feast from these crumbs
And we’re all staring down the barrel of a gun
So if your life flashed before you, what would you wish you would’ve done
Yeah… gotta start
Looking at the hand of the time we’ve been given
If his is all we got and we gotta start thinkin’
If every second counts on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
To turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
Well if you plane fell out of the skies
Who would you call with your last goodbyes
Should be so careful who we live out of our lives
So when we long for absolution, there’ll be no one on the line
Yeah… we gotta start lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
This all we got and we gotta start thinkin it
Every second count on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
You never know a good thing until it’s gone
you never see a crash until its head on
All these people right when we’re dead wrong,
You never know a good thing till it’s gone
Yeah… we gotta start lookin’ at the hand of the time we’ve been given here
this all we got and we gotta start thinkin it
Every second count on a clock that’s tickin
Gotta live like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
Like we’re dying oh…
Like we’re dying
We only got 86 400 seconds in a day
to turn it all around or throw it all away
We gotta tell ‘em that we love ‘em while we got the chance to say,
Gotta live like we’re dying
Hello world,
Been away for quite some time now, so let me give the general breakdown of things:
CAROLLING! >> I'm grateful that my throat held out. I was pretty hoarse by then, you know. We went to Alexandra hospital by way of Cherlyn's car, who supposedly drives a little dangerously. (She joked that 'call your mother/loved one to tell her goodbye'! xD) And it was all good, really, even though the speakers conked out on us halfway. I think that we could feel God's presence among us, and it's the most important part. (: And I think we brought cheer to some people, who smiled when they heard us singing, according to Jia Min.
A few people took pictures/videos of us, and one guy even came up to us and told us that we sang really well and our voices blended together well :D That was encouraging.
All of us went to the Anchor Point to eat, and of course the food court was most convenient. I ended up eating Mixed Mushroom Noodles, but it wasn't as nice as I hoped. Ah well.
CHRISTMAS >> Lee Chin and her sis, Wan(g?) Chin, came (: We had to sit at the sides because there weren't many seats left though :/ Eh, just like we sang Christmas isn't Christmas, I realise that yeah, it's pretty much true. It's the joy of Christ and salvation, rather than the gifts and lights, that we celebrate Christmas, isn't it?
Today was a really busy day, meh. I went to Geri's birthday party (my baby cousin xD), and then later my dad, my mum and I went to welcome Auntie Bee Cheng from the hospital. :D And now I'm back in the comforts of my home, typing this blog post, though I'm pretty bushed.
I just found out something, actually, that I suppose shocked me a little. I can't say I'm neutral to the whole thing, but I guess there's really nothing I can do about it, so I'll leave it. Anyway, it doesn't quite involve me in a way, so...
Annddd I realise I've been slacking off on writing my story. It's been almost two months, probably, such that almost everyone has forgotten I even write. Not that I'm doing this for the readership, but I remember that I told myself that I have a dream, and that is to finish what I've started - for once in my entire lifetime, to wrap up a story with perserverance. SO I'm officially back in business, and I'll be writing as much as possible, because a passion isn't a passion until you take it as far as you can bring it :D
BREAKINGNEWS: Nothing much.
Me, out.xX ~ I faintly, blindly trusted the wrong person -but I know now. You can't tell me untruths and thinkI'm naive and simple and absolutely innocent,Because though the truth hurts,It sets us free. ~ Xx
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
she picked up her pen at 5:19 PM and she wrote;Hello world,
Whoa, I can't believe this blog is in the region of the 400+ posts (: That is so, so cool. I hope that this blog will survive till forever. I'm such a sentimental person, so I don't think I'll delete this anytime soon.
I think I have said my reasons for keeping a blog a long time ago, even though doing so may be a tad tedious (which is why some people stop blogging after awhile; the 'coolness' factor drops when you have to type a gazillion words). :D
Reason Number One
It's to practice writing. Well, I'm making it sound really technical, aren't I? Truth is, if you don't use it, you lose it, and anyway, I'm always looking to improve my writing somehow. I guess it's like cultivating your voice throughout your writing (which I hope I'm doing!). I believe that every time you write, you leave a piece of you behind, and that's so cool :D So, since a blog makes me write and write and write, I'm keeping it, alright.
Reason Number Two
This is really the most important reason of all - you see, I keep a blog so I will remember. I can look back and see all the outrageous - and fun - things I've done, all the embarrassing acts I've subjected myself to, and so on so forth. All my thoughts, changing and shifting in accordance to the sands of time... I want to see the younger me even when I grow up. Hence the main reason why I keep the blog.
Yup. So, now I shall move on to the Tribune camp details!
Wow, waking up at 7 doesn't become me at all. I was bleary-eyed and everything, and then I had to take the MRT down to Pasir Ris. I was half an hour early and the only one there, till Karen came along about 15 min later. Az was late. xD Then we took a bus down to Downtown East, to find that we were unable to check in yet, so we played icebreaker games and everything and waited.
We ate lunch, and then we waited. Again. For a very long time.
....
Did I mention it was a very long time?
Finally we could check in and the Sec Fours came (: Hence began our Amazing Race, in which the purpose of the station mistresses were to torture the 'Gaming Elite' (they called us that, I think, to fool us into thinking that we are epic! xP). Oh, and humiliation too, don't forget that :D
I was with Wen Xin (Sec One), Lilian (Sec Four) and Shi Ying (Sec Four). We were in Group 3, which we horrendously termed the 'Genre Belles' and went around singing a ghastly version of Jingle Bells. Lilian kept repeating that she did not create it (even though she did). xD
STATION ONE: FANTASY
Uhm, pin the wand on the wizard? I AM SO FAIL D:
(I pasted mine somewhere off the paper - but oh hey, at least it was close to the paper! I've seen worse - in other places, though, but it was still bad okay.)
The others were pretty good actually. I feel bad. x)
STATION TWO: HORROR
Oh great, Lilian's invention - put-a-sleeping-bag-between-your-legs-and-walk - has reincarnated. :/ We had to be blindfolded, and then we had a sleeping bag between our legs -.- Then we waddled around with the direction of Shi Ying (she was our appointed direct-or xD). We had to follow the steps of Crystal exactly. -.- Oh, and Karen and/or Crystal would randomly splash water on us.
The rest could adjust their sleeping bag, but then since I was the second last, I COULDN'T. And like two steps before Crystal was, it dropped. -.- And that means re-start.
So, SO fail.
STATION THREE: SCI FI
Meteorites in the form of marshmallows are crashing to the earth and therefore, we are supposed to eat them to save the world.
Uhh, that work out much? O_O
HAHAA, okay, so we stuffed our face with marshmallows (five, in fact), and then we had to say a dastardly tongue twister. I got the Denise one, because, well, that's my name. I wonder why in the world they used my name in one of the tongue twisters, but ah well. The answer will be inconsequential, I'm sure.
The rest were okay, Lilian was super duper fast, and Shi Ying couldn't say a word because she almost choked on a marshmallow. Scary D:
STATION FOUR: CHICK LIT
AHHH. You really don't want to know what happened.
...Okay, finee, I'll spill. (I sound like a melodramatic child! O:)
We had to paint as many nails as possible in the shortest amount of time. So, we would spin the bottle, and then whomever it lands on would have to put it on quickly.
Maybe I shouldn't mention the fact that I don't put nail polish on, ever, so my painting was horrendous - and plus, there was a time limit. Oh, my poor, sad, sad nails.
Shi Ying was good with the nails, and Wen Xin enjoyed painting her own for some reason. Lilian, uhm, Lilian, she mostly got black and she painted them in the scariest way possible :D
So, in order:
Started with my right hand (thumb onwards) - dark pink, glittery pink, BLACK, glittery gold pink (whatever that is!) and magenta.
Left hand: magenta (but painted such that there are black swirls on it, for some reason!), pink, glittery dull pink, blue, and my pinkie was left unscarred.
:/
OHH AND THEN THE HORRIFIC PART:
Chick-lit-ify some lines from Merchant of Venice.
I AM NOT A STAND-UP COMEDIAN.
I am funny actually, apparently to some people, but only when I'm pretty close to them and all. And not when I'm acting. I just can't act. I get stage fright, and whatever. D:
):
Uhm, so I mangled the paper when I was talking. :/ Not a good sign in the first place. Because I just don't know how to act okay. D:
Ah well.
And then, barbecue! It was raining at first, but then it stopped after awhile. We had satays, loads and loads of well-toasted marshmallows (yum!), crabmeat, non-spicy otahs, bloody chicken (no, I'm not swearing), potatoes, etc. We were doing more cooking than eating, actually. LOL. I only had a couple of satays, some honey bacon and tons of marshmallows, if I remember correctly. :D
Dressing up in our genres - zomee. I was the malevolent tooth fairy as I've previously said. I come with a jar full of sad-looking teeth, fake Monopoly money, scotch tape (to stick on my wings! xDD), and a tooth pendant, a drill, a penknife and wings.
(Nah, in case you were horrified, the tooth pendant was a really cute cut-out, not some ugly rotting tooth.)
In my genre (fantasy) was Jessie, who was going as Susan from Narnia, and Wan Sim, who was going as a witch. Oh, and Chew Lin joined us as some fairy princess-like thing with a wand :D When we had to introduce myself, the wings amused everyone. I wonder why? (:
Ahh that was about it, after batch gifts. I had to leave, and I gave Yoon Jong a lift to the MRT station (:
Okay, now for today - the Guides initiative!
Not many people showed up, a lot were busy with stuff in school (like Reporting Day) and CCAO and whatever. There were only two Year Twos, Amelia and I. xD A lot of Sec Ones and three Sec Threes, though. :D
It was pretty fun. We started off with Captain's Ball and it was awesome. I was actually half-stoned, though, because Tribune camp probably tired me out at the end of the day. Long day, after all. Haha, I still managed to catch the ball though, Joey said, so hmm, that's good! :D
An autistic child came to snatch the ball out of my hands and played with it. I was like, uhmmm...? So we were playing with him too, until we gave another ball to a guy who was looking after a group of autistic children to play :D
And then we went cycling. Joey and I double-biked but then we couldn't make it -.- Aheh, you know me, I can't really cycle. So I doubled with Kim and Joey doubled with Christine (: Kim was really cool - and nice - about it, ahahaha. But then we found out that a couple of people were missing :/ So Kim and Christine had to turn back to find them while the rest carried on.
Then I double-biked with a Sec One (oh man, I had her name just now and I forgot it suddenly -.-) for the rest of the way (:
We also dipped our feet in the sea and a lot of them got splashed. But the problem was, all I had on my feet were my shoes and socks, so I decided that getting wet and everything wasn't worth the wet feet and socks, which would suck. xD
Lunch at Macs! :D
BREAKINGNEWS: Carolling tomorrow! I have no idea how to get home from the hospital, though.
Okay, I've got Christmas preparations to do.
Me, out!xX ~ I'm thinking that it's precious to matter to the people that matter the most ~ Xx
Monday, December 21, 2009
she picked up her pen at 5:49 PM and she wrote;Hello world,
I must be bored or something. I read the November 07 section, the first month when this blog was started, and I saw this quiz. And then I wondered how many things have changed since then, so I would do this again just for the fun of it. xD
So here I am, and here I go again. -.- Those that have been highlighted orange denote a change, but that doesn't mean that I feel differently. Sometimes, I'm just bored with what I wrote last time, or horrified at my immaturity/bad grammar/lousy usage of the language that I decided to do away with the previous version. (: Hee.
[one] What is your natural hair colour?
Brown. Oh, and now that I mention it, white, too. Hereditary. x(
[two] Where is your default picture taken?
If you mean MSN, right now it's the Labyrinth (ballroom) clock. Therefore, it's in Labyrinth, or the studio, or whatever. Yeesh, I wonder if my language has even improved at all since 2007. (Hmm, on second thought, it has.)
[three] What is your middle name?
Ng. (Pronunced as "Mmmm". Yeah. Don't laugh.)
[four] What is the colour you hate most?
When you mix purple and gray together. Don't ask.
[five] Does your crush like you back?
-raises eyebrow-(Couldn't resist being snarky and all ambiguous about this. Remember, I do know reverse psychology, and reverse reverse psychology and all that zany nonsense, so trying to figure this out won't really help you one bit.)
[six] What is your current mood?
As fine as can be.
[seven] What colour underwear are you wearing now?
Uh... That's personal. (That was my previous answer, and it still is.)
[eight] What makes you happy most?
There's really not much a question of it - WRITING. It's not really often I say this, but: Duh.
[nine] Look at a poster/picture in your room, what is it?
Now I don't have a poster or picture in my room anymore ):
[ten] If you could go back in time and change something, what would you change?
I would say that there's a lot of things I regret, and my previous answer detailed going back to change everything I regretted, even for a remote bit. But now I'm thinking that if I changed those, I wouldn't exactly have learned the precious lessons I did now, and sometimes in the long run, the embarrassment, sadness and/or hurt is worth it. So yeah, I guess I won't change anything after all.
[eleven] If you could be an animal for one day, what would you be?
Uh... A whale! I love whales! (Same answer xD). Oh, but I can add that whales are the deepest diving creatures ever, and I was thinking to myself when I heard that, "Wow! All the secrets of the sea exposed!" Yeah, additional reasons besides the gracefulness and melancholy feeling you get off a whale. xD
[twelve] Ever have a near death experience?
Uh... I almost drowned many years back. (Same.)
[thirteen] Something you do alot.
WRITE. Sleep actually, too, if you think about it. Did I mention writing?
[fourteen] What is the song stuck in your head?
Felly's going to do a -.- expression on me, but no prizes for guessing that I'm STILL incurably addicted to AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN. Oh c'mon, the background sounds are so charming and pwetty that I can't resist. x) Andd the unique blend of rock and some classical/romantic sounds is amazinglyy appropriate and cool. I'm not usually some fluffy romantic person or whatever, because I actually don't dig songs like Love Story simply because it's illogical and not really quite so love at all, but... This song just about satisfies everything, and even warns about the illogical nature. Any song like that with both the warning and the love bits has got to be unique, right? (Though most people end up finding it freaky. -.-)
[fifteen] What is your desktop background of?
A picture of a sunset and the sea and the lonely nature of shadows.
[sixteen] What are you wearing?
The Outrigger Island VBS'08 t-shirt! :D Oh, oh and a pair of dull red pants. (That doesn't sound very appealing, does it. xD)
[seventeen] When was the last time you cried?
Misty-eyed counted? Then yesterday.
[eighteen] Have you ever sung in front of a large audience?
LOL church choir. Once. But carolling this Thursday would apply to this question soon.
[nineteen] If you could have one super power, what would it be?
d;sjf;lfjggd;j TELEKINESIS. Same answer. It's still incredibly AWESOME to me xP
[twenty] What's the first thing(s) you notice of the opposite gender?
Hmm his face I suppose? I really don't focus on any specific part. Yeesh, and why they single out 'the opposite gender' is beyond me. 'the opposite gender' happens to be made up of human beings, too. -.-
[twenty-one] What do you usually order from Starbucks?
Not interested.
[twenty-two] What's your biggest secrets?
If I told you, then it wouldn't be a secret anymore, would it?
[twenty-three] Your favourite colour is?
BLUE :D
[twenty-four] Who was the last person to make you cry?
Uh, the person who set this quiz is a little bit narrow-minded. (First with the 'opposite gender' thing, and now this!) Must it always be a person to make someone cry? How about an experience, a dilemma, the loss of an sentimental object, or something? (I'm nit-picking again because I'm a tad bored, so don't mind me.)
[twenty-five] Do you still watch kiddo movies or TV shows?
Oh why not? xD UBOS! Class of the Titans! BB! The Adventures of Shirley Holmes! LABYRINTH! (: But of course, these shows, though they are catered to kids, they have a refreshing take. I don't just watch any kiddo show for nothing. x) Zomee, specifically BB and Labyrinth. They're like, FEEDING GROUNDS for analysis.
[twenty-six] What are you eating and drinking at the moment?
I'm eating up a lot of electricity currently. (Ooh, I like my old answer :D)
[twenty-seven] Do you speak any other language?
ENGLISH has my love. (: I speak Chinese, specifically Cantonese (no, I'm not a Canto, but I learned how to speak it by myself :D), and I used to know a bit of Japanese and Spanish. Now, I can't really get words out for the latter two, but for Japanese, I can actually understand people talking in the lifts and just about anywhere (just a little/some). Which is kinda cool.
[twenty-eight] What's your favourite smell?
CURRYYYY :D
[twenty-nine] If you could describe your life in one word, what would you be?
With-lots-of-ups-and-downs. Okay, so that's considered as a word right? (Haha I like my old answer again!)
[thirty] When was the last time you received a hug?
Yesterday - parents (:
[thirty-one] Have you ever kissed in the rain?
Huh...? No. Never will. (Same answer!)
[thirty-two] What/who are you thinking of right now?
My dear friend, I am thinking of this question right now.
[thirty-three] What should you be doing?
Ohh, I don't know, writing maybe, or the Reader Badge stuff? Or my fairy wings. Hmm, not forgetting reading the Bible now... Oh hey, is this quiz designed to make me feel bad or something? o_O
[thirty-four] What was the last thing that made you upset/angry?
Calling my mother's handphone for about ten times and she not answering my calls, leaving me with a bunch of gifts in Popular with it about to close. (It didn't make me angry, more of upset and agitated and freaked out.) xD
[thirty-five] How often do you laugh?
Count the number of the stars in the sky. There, that's your number. (This answer might backfire because Singapore skies are essentially star-less, for the most part.)
[thirty-six] Do you like working in the yard?
Neutral.
[thirty-seven] If you could have any last name in the world, what would you want?
NG. :D Because people keep making puns on my name ('Goh' for 'go!'), which can be a little, well... But I'd keep my surname just the way it is, thank you very much. Father's parentage and all, you know.
[thirty-eight] Do you act differently around your crush/significant others?
My significant others happen to include my friends and family, and yes, I do. I'm a lot more wacky and noisy and perhaps a little snarky at times when I'm with them. :D
[thirty-nine] name one song that reminds you of an ex.
None. Don't have an ex, so don't have a song. (Same answer.)
Hmm that was pretty unfulfilling, but whatever. I've been clogging up my blog with relentless entries so I'd better stop now! D:
BREAKINGNEWS: Reading Frankenstein now, and finding it both intriguing and disturbing at the same time. And I must be doing something right I guess, because I'm sure that's the intention of the author. x)
Me, out.xX ~ Old memories alight, burning crisp in the starkly dark night -And then we're stamping out the flames, trying to fight the fires,But they're aflame, and there they go,Burning and burning and burning and burning -Until the whisper of the wind hushes them with their cool touch,And the ashes dissipate tonight. ~ Xx
Hello world,
I was thinking, what better way to have a 400th post than...
...Post the New Zealand pictures!
I must admit that I was pretty caught up in other things that I forgot that I said I'd post the New Zealand pics. -.- I'm kinda forgetful that way.
So anyway, here they are. They took 3 - 4 hours just to upload, because you know Blogger. x( Pretty pictures, here they come ;D
Connie lupins! The one that my mother loved so much and insisted on taking a gazillion photos of.
Taken from inside a church, and outside the window is a stupendous view of the lake and the mountains, and the cross adorns the inside of the window (: My dad said he wondered how anyone could concentrate on a sermon being preached if there was such marvelous scenery right outside. xD To which my mother replied that to them, it probably is a normal occurence so it wouldn't really bother them much. And she's right, I guess.
Lake at Queenstown (:
Lake Tekapo (:
Church at Lake Tekapo - you saw the window just now, remember. xD
Taking the helicopter to the top of the mountains to see the glaciers - and here we are, taking pictures on the snow. 
Helicopter!
More glacier mountains.
A lake of which the name escapes me at the moment (they all have Maori names you know, and as you know, I'm not a Maori, thereby rendering me unable to remember every Maori thing I've come across). The blue is so surreal that I stood there, having a hard time trying to believe that the lake was that light, light blue.
Mt Cook! We used zoom-in lens, so actually we were pretty far away when we took this, aheh.
View while in helicopter!
Glacierr~
Queenstown - up the mountain from a gondola ride (: Luge was up here, too!
Another shot. Amazing view, don't you think?
Lake Wanaka (:I love the weeping willow lookalikes, they're so beautiful. My mum said that it had some kind of "lonely beauty". Hmm, maybe she's not such a non-writer after all. xD
Pancake rocks!
Kettle lake! Formed when a glacier gets stuck inland and melts. Almost free of impurities - and therefore, very, very clear. You can see the glacier mountains' reflection in the water, after all. This is in Franz Josef.
Abel Tasman National Park - here we are, cruising the waters along many beaches and the coast.
Golden sand and an array of green and blue in the sea. Absolutely warm and inviting and so, so beautiful.
Split apple rock! See the resemblance?
A spring that we had to run like crazy to get to, before the sun sets and my dad has difficulty navigating the very winding and scary roads around the mountain to get back to town. (:So clear that you can see the seagrass - is that what it's called? - floating gracefully in the stream. Amazing (:
A sleepy New Zealand fur seal (:
Kaikoura - where we went whale watching! (:
Dusky dolphins :DThey swim so fast it's almost scary.
The whale! Admittedly, this isn't a very good picture. Now why didn't I upload a picture of the tail? Oh well, not that that will help matters much more (: But yeah, a rare sight, so AWESOME.
Dramatic skies (:
More dramatic skies. (:
Ooh, it's getting more dramatic...And then, this: 
WOW. xD Yup, as you can see, we had a blast (: BREAKINGNEWS: The fairy costume and prop stuff are almost donee (: I have a drill, a jar full of cut-out teeth with sad faces and fake Monopoly money (yes, not REAL Monopoly money, and this makes it even more evil, doesn't it?). :D I need a pair of evillll-looking wings now. -.- Me, out.xX ~ We're just one tiny grain of sand on this immeasurably huge beach ~ Xx
Hello world,
399th post (:
I'm rather bored actually, which doesn't make sense because I have a hundred and one things to do and I haven't quite gotten around to doing them yet.
I've decided what I'm going as tomorrow to the Tribune Camp. It's going to be really stupid and everything, because I'm so un-creative it boggles the mind, but at least this one comes with a title and a caption to go with it, so I'm running it through here:
The Malevolent Tooth Fairy
She who drills off children's teeth and leaves Monopoly money behind
I'm currently thinking of whether to put in a pun - MALEvolent - which would indeed make me a guy, so probably no.
I've never been so flat out on creativity before. Or maybe I never had any to begin with. Yeesh.
And I have just ONE day to churn a malevolent costume out. Wow, how epic-ly sane of me (and procrastinating, too).
Since I feel so, so incredibly random today, here is bits and pieces of my conversation with Gladys on MSN. I talk to her so rarely, but when we do, we are plain, starkly mad.DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
See ya Xmas
gladys (: says:
see you no
carolling
haha
bye!
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
Oh yeah
Carolling zomee
gladys (: says:
haha
practise singing at home
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
I do
gladys (: says:
in the bathroom
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
I am [doing
that]
Everywhere
In the car
gladys (: says:
while showering
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
Down the hall
gladys (: says:
haha
haha
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
In Popular
bookstore
gladys (: says:
same
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
:D
gladys (: says:
what
no
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
I hummed
gladys (: says:
haha
That's some diabolical secret of all carollers, I'm sure. Or not.
And this:gladys (: says:
we both know he's not the one
comeon
-poke-
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
My pet rock!
:D
gladys (: says:
it's a guy?!
why is your rock a guy?
what's his name?
are you going off?
GOOD NIGHT!
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
O_O
Nah,
my pet rock is androgynous
It reproduces on its own
(By chipping it)
gladys (: says:
cool
Really. We have nothing better to do.
And speaking of pet rocks...gladys (: says:
i want to chip it too!
bring it on thurs
i'll
chip it for you
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
Yeah, but you
see, only the wise can see it
gladys (: says:
so you have many baby rocks
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
I'm not sure
if you can
gladys (: says:
and then they'll be called uh stones
right
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
Yup I'm
serious
gladys (: says:
serious about what
your baby rocks?
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
About how only
the wise can see and touch the rock
I sure can
I'm not sure if you can
If you can, it's either you're wise or you are just good at miming
xD
And finally, all the talk ends with pet rocks again, as usual:DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
I'll get you an
invisible pet rock this Christmas
gladys (: says:
okay
i'll get you baby ones
DREAMWEAVER(: 309 (: but i'll miss all of you. says:
You'll love
it, because it's so light you can't feel it at all
Goodnight!
gladys (: says:
the babies are too small you won't feel them too
haha!
good night!
Yeah, it's pretty obvious that we aren't quite so normal as you think we are.
And hence ends the talk about pet rocks (:
BREAKINGNEWS: Kayal didn't show up for the Christmas party because she thought it was on Christmas! -.-... And yeah, my fault for not making it clearer, though I did mention 'today'. Miscommunication! I wonder how different things would have been if Kayal had come. D: Oh well.
I did warn you - I'm random today. Didn't I?
I did. I think.
Me, out.xX ~ If I'd turn to you, what would you say? ~ Xx
Sunday, December 20, 2009
she picked up her pen at 4:11 PM and she wrote;Hello world,
398th post. Coming close...! (:
So yesterday was an eventful day alright. Let's see what happened - oh yes, carolling, and then that Christmas party. Today wasn't too far off either, what with church and 14 people getting baptised and all that, and Lee Chin coming. :D So, break-down is what I do when there's a fair bit amount of stuff to recount, and break-down it is!
CAROLLING >> It was pretty alright, though since I've only been back and it's my first time hearing all the carolling songs, it was a little stressful trying to get everything right! 8 or 9 songs - I can't remember - that all needed synchronity and I can't read notes, so I had to rely on mimicking :D I catch on fairly alright though, I hope :/ And yeah, I'm a sop as usual. Alto sounds really really hard o_o Sop is more or less singing the melody line and it's high and I sing high (can't really sing all that low) so it suits me fine (I wouldn't be able to cope with alto because it's a totally different tune altogether!). xD
XMAS PARTY >> Louisa, Damini and Pan Yu came! I don't know what happened to Kayal, I think it's because I don't have her number or anything and I forgot that tidy fact D: It was okay and everything, yup :D Had fun and we even volunteered ourselves for the telephone charade - Lou suggested and kept prodding; and you know Lou, always outgoing and everything! xD - so yeah, we went up and did an epic fail. Nah, but that's okay. The food was delayed because the caterer was stuck in traffic and Pan Yu had to leave before the food came. D: And I forgot that Dami was a vegetarian and it so happened that all the dishes had some form of meat in them! DD: I AM SO SORRY DAMI! ):
But other than that, I think we had a decent time (:
And now for today, but there's not really all that much to say;
CHURCH! >> Lee Chin came! We picked her up, actually, and she had her questions about baptism when it was going on. I did my best to explain ;D Oh, and congratulations Gladys, Wan Ting, Leanne, Ian and all who were baptised today :D Happy day, happy day, when Jesus washed my sins away~
After church, I went to visit my granddad :D
BREAKINGNEWS: Okay, so I'm supposed to go as a fantasy character for the Tribune camp. WHERE IN THE WORLD will I get a costume?! D:
I NEED TO DO CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TOO!!
I still have a lot of Christmas presents to be bought, oh no. :/ But I'm so incredibly busy with lots of other things; this week will be exceptionally killer and I'm already feeling tired, yeesh.
Well, much ado about nothing, so I shall leave. We're coming close to the 400-post mark! :D I wonder if we'll have it on Christmas? But I hardly think so, because there's so many things before that that I'll have blogged about already!
Dates & Activities
21/12 - Christmas shopping
22/12 - Tribune Camp Day 1 (9 am - 9.30 pm)
23/12 - Guides Archaeology Workshop (9 am - 12 noon)
24/12 - Carolling (10 am - 1 pm)
25/12 - Christmas celebration!
26/12 - Swimming lessons (tentative)
29/12 - CCAO Prep!
30/12 - Sub I/C for CCAO Guides Presentation
And then school will be starting soon! D: NOOO.
-.- Me, out.xX ~ But the very next day, you gave it away ~ Xx
Friday, December 18, 2009
she picked up her pen at 12:53 PM and she wrote;Hello world,
Okay, so let's see what tales need to be told for the New Zealand trip. As I was writing to Cui Qin about, here are the absolute highlights of the trip:
* Saw a sperm whale!
* Took a helicopter ride to the top of the mountain to step on a glacier!
* Had a jet ride down the river with 360 degree turns!
* Did a luge ride with scenery for the win!
* Went on a gondola ride up a fantastic mountain!
* Did a cruise around many islands!
And much, much more!
[Now why is this starting to sound like an advertisement?]
But anyway, I shall begin! (:
001. Saw a Sperm Whale
That was the whale-watching tour! Originally, my mother planned for us to go for the Dolphin Encounter, but we had just missed it, and I begged (just a little) because I've never seen a whale and whales are my favourite animals (haha, just like Auntie Clara, who has tons of whale figurines because she loves whales, too!). And they agreed :D
I was worried that we wouldn't be able to see one, though there was a 90% chance that we would. You see, Kaikoura has a continental shelf, which means loads of plankton and nutrients, with very deep waters so tons of marine life flock there to stay.
And we did! We saw a whale that frequented the area, called Manu (: First we saw the sprout of water, and then the whale surfaced for a pretty long time for a whale. It was really cool :D Apparently, whales are the deepest diving creatures in the world, and also the ones that can hold their breath underwater the longest (: They are highly solitary mammals because they eat tonnes of food. If more than one whale is in the area, well, I'm not sure there'll be much plankton left when they're done for the day.
When it dived, the famous tail shot came up :D We then went to see some Dusky dolphins, which were incredibly playful and all. After that, we returned to the spot where the whale had dived, and it re-surfaced again to breathe! And when it dived, it did a surprise splashing out of the water (I don't mean it flew out of the water, but it came out more than usual) and it was a rare occurance :D
Problem was, my mum and I didn't quite catch it -.- My dad did, though, and he took more ambiguous photos of the whale :D
Thus ended the entirely fruitful Whale Watch tour.
002. Zomee GLACIER!
We missed it in Franz Josef because it was raining and was way too cloudy for any helicopter to take to the skies. But another chance arose when we reached Glentanner Park! On the spur of the moment, we decided to go, and then we got all trussed up like turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner so that we wouldn't be too cold on the mountain. :D
Getting onto the helicopter was actually quite scary. I don't know about you, but having rotor blades so dangerously close your head rubs me the wrong way. I've heard horror stories, you know, and they aren't very pleasant, so I was keeping low to the ground like the hunched back of Notre Dame when I got on xD
The hum of the blades was pretty loud, but it wasn't as bad as I anticipated. I could actually hear my parents, still. :D We put on those mufflers to reduce it to a dull hum and off we went.
The view was spectacular. There were so many glacier-tipped mountains everywhere, and an expansive valley with the Tasman Lake (made out of melted ice). And when we got onto the glacier, the first foot I plunked down into the snow sank so deep I almost landed on my face due to the shock. :D Aheh, utter fail in balancing, I know. So there we were, all sliding and sloshing through the snow - oh, and my first time touching snow, too! - and taking photos crazily and smiling for all what's worth and yes, admiring the scenery... (This is one mangled sentence, I know, but who cares?)
Snow is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Some parts were softer, but others were absolutely rock solid. Hmm. One might go into a concussion if you tried a snowball fight with a not-quite-ball of snow that seemed more to be made out of iron than snow. x)
Then coming back saw my mother and I in the front seat, which of course offered even more AWESOME views of everything. Much-loved, glaciers are <3>003. Jet Ride - One Place where You'd Better Hold on Tight!
It was real fun, the jet ride - I was a little worried when we first set out to sea because it was so choppy and we were bumping along so awfully that my mum likened it to riding a horse! Let me add that that would probably make it a very wild, out-of-control horse. Now you get the idea.
But it smoothened out after a while, though the ride is designed for the thrills and to scare. You'd zoom so near the rocks, so near the beams of the bridges, and duck under the overhanging trees by the bank, which is so obviously too close for comfort :D And then the 360 degree turn - wow!
It's like zoom, bank hard left, and then suddenly, RIGHT!... And then the whole boat goes whoosh and you swing hard to the left and then the right, and that makes me slam into my father every single time, no matter how hard I grip. :D Lucky that didn't send my father overboard, because he was sitting at the side, but he always gets wet with all the water the boat kicks up. (:
It gets cold when you're zooming really speedily, so I'm glad we were once again trussed up like turkeys for Thanksgiving x) We even wore gloves, and that looked pretty idiotic I'm sure, but later the cold began to seep through and into the core of our fingers, even! So it is really pretty cold. (:
004. Luge - You Just Got to Love it (:
I'm not sure whether the luge is something that everyone loves, but I sure do love it (: Especially when you have an A-rate view of sweeping blue, BLUE lakes and the towering mountains draping itself gracefully in the background.
This luge had a lot sharper bends and everything, and apparently, if you suddenly let go, you're going to fly from the force, so I was trying my best not to loosen my grip when we went rattling down on the road.
And if you thought that the above description meant that I was going slow, I was not! It was precisely because I was going fast that the handlebars were rattling like crazy. It's my secret - and possibly innate - desire to speed at a luge ride. I do that in Sentosa, in a buggy, really, anywhere, so I was zooming too (: Aheh, for the bends I had to slow down, but for the most part, I really literally left my mum in the dust. She was chug-chug-chugging down slowlyyy, just because. (She doesn't like speeding in luges. And her excuse was that she was enjoying the scenery xP)
It was real fun, yes it was :D
005. Mt Cook!
I didn't mention it in the above, but I'll mention it here because it's definitely worth a mention and much, much more. (:
It was subten when we were there, but it was absolutely amazing. Glaciers everywhere you turn. Sloping mountains fashioned only by one hand that could have - God's hand. They touch the clouds, and pierce them, going beyond into the sky with sharp pointed peaks dotted impeccably with a touch of powder, ever-so-clean snow. Even words can't do them justice.
We stayed in a small little chalet there that was part of a huge hotel (: It was real fun, and real cold, but worth it. Even walking behind the hotel (a 5-minute walk up the hill to the water tanks) and you can see an absolutely magnificient view of the mountains and the glaciers and of course, Mt Cook, called the "cloud-piercer".
Total distance covered this trip: 2442 km (:
All driving done by my father
:D
Oh, and for the record, my father is our resident chauffeur, cook, porter and handyman (since no one else can make sense out of how to work the heaters). He rocks xD
There are a lot more things that happened on our trip, but then there are only so many words a poor hand can type with its counterpart, so I'm going to leave that in our travel journals. You see, every trip we have one travel journal which we take turns to write in. It's pretty awesome when you look back, though as our family's resident - and only - writer I end up doing most of the work because apparently, my parents really enjoy it when they read my writing. -.- (My mum called it "insightful" and "funny" yesterday and I really have no idea why, since I rushed everything out and it feels pathetic to me xD)
Okayy, that's about it.
BREAKINGNEWS: Was talking with Az yesterday and she introduced to me this really hilarious site called Demotivators, which has all sorts of funny quotes in a cynical sense. But it's really hilarious, and totally Az's kind of humour. (:
[Az's example:
GOVERNMENT
If you think our problems are bad, just wait till you see our solutions.]
[[Edit: Just saw something new - this:
CREATIVITY
helps artists to die young, miserable and penniless -
so their art can have meaning to the old, satisfied and obscenely rich.
xDD!!]]
We-ell, that's about it, so on to the pictures for another time!
Me, out.xX ~ Only knew loneliness as my friendAnd then I learned how to dream ~ Xx
Hello world,
It's pretty self-explanatory when I say:
VBS PHOTOS! (:
VBS Missions team! (:
Watching the Missions video :D
Our viewing table! A lot of parents looked at their kids' stones and a few even took pictures of them. Hahaha, proud parents (:
The deco that was supposed to look like a lot of people waving the ship (Missions Discoverer) off in the distance, the one that Steph and I did for the longest of time :D I think it's pretty cute. And the memory verses are pasted below, and we had to keep on covering them when we were testing them in the daily questions -.-
All aboard the Boomerang Express! :D And that's about it (: Next on will be the New Zealand blog post! Me, out. xX ~ Timeless memories, always cherishedLoved and treasured for what fun that we've had ~ xX
Hello world,
I'm back! To be truthful, I was back yesterday. 13 days of not typing on a computer is making the keyboard feel a little foreign. I can still type pretty fast, just that when my fingers are in contact with the keyboard, they feel sort of funny. o_O I'm sure I'll adjust though, because there are a million and one things to be done in this very little time we have left!
When I came back, I realised that for CCAO, I am now the sub i/c for the presentation part of Guides' booth, so I better get to it. Oh, and memorise the details of Guides too, and look through and familiarise myself. I'll be in 3rd year next year, so there's no excuse for not knowing! xD
Damini is coming for the Christmas party tomorrow! :D Oh noo and I need to get a Secret Santa gift, like now. D: If not I won't have anything to bring for tomorrow and that would make me pretty much dead. Hmm, and there'll be carolling before the party tomorrow, 1.30 pm - 3.30 pm if I'm not wrong. I wonder where exactly in church we'll be meeting. Oh wells, I can find out from Casandra.
Oh, and verdict's out -
I'll be in 309 with HILARY, PAN YU and JIAO!
Zomee that's a lot better than I hoped for, I must say. I hang out with Hilary and Pan Yu the most in school, after all. x)
Nevertheless, I feel so, so sad when I scroll down and see 207ners' names that have been posted to other classes. Jia Le's with Joan, Cui Qin and Nan, lucky them too xD And then the whole shebang of our class is thus split up into 15 different classes. Now this really is goodbye ):
We-ell, I guess it's time to move on. Keep old friends, make new ones, right? :D
Cheers to the future 309!
I'll admit I will miss the number 7. My favourite number, now, and it's my register number, too. I've grown so fond of it, and I was hoping I'd be in 307 too. But time's come for a change, I guess.
CHEMBIOLITHIST!
I will work hard for you :D
So I'm going to post VBS and NZ photos soon. We've got a really high-powered camera this round, one that can zoom 80 times, so the photos are pretty good quality. My dad was going around and testing the camera during VBS showtimes, so I have the VBS!Missions pictures! (:
BREAKINGNEWS: None really, I've spilled out everything as it is. Will spill more about NZ later! (:
Me, out.xX ~ Leaving the past behind to create our future ~ xX
Saturday, December 05, 2009
she picked up her pen at 6:53 PM and she wrote;Hello world,
I am posting from the internet kiosk in Terminal 3, Changi Airport (:
We've just went into the lounge, haha. By right, only one guest is allowed, but then the woman made an exception when my father asked, so my mum and I could go in. We ate quite a lot of food, actually, hee. (: The food is pretty good, yup.
We're flying in about an hour. Then it will take about 10 hours for us to get to the other side. That's pretty long D: I guess you know what I'll be doing - yup, movies, writing, sleeping and probably more writing. I really dig writing, even though I'm not too good at it :D
I was looking through this year's school pictures back at home, and I really realise how much I'll miss 207. Every time I remember something, it does link back to 207, in a way. I really will miss 207 a lot. D: I know I mention that every chance I get, but then it hits home harder each time.
Oh wells. You won't see me back in Singapore till the 17th. That's a long way to go. And then it will be close to Christmas, then the whole bunch of Guides initiatives, Tribune camp, carolling, etc! :D And then there goes the holidays, oh-so-fast. I'm not even sure I managed to take much of a breather! And then there's a slight worry for next year's classes. And then the Sciences I'll have to take - I know RG won't go easy on us, but oh well. I'll try my best (:
BREAKINGNEWS: As usual, none. (: Except that I'm still singing VBS songs, they are so incredibly addictive!
Alright, better go soon. The timeout for the usage of the internet is approaching.
Me, out. xX ~ But the treasures are buried somewhere you can't findEven if you dig through, it's intangibleBecause they're deep in my heart ~ Xx
Hello world,
VBS is officially over!
):
So saddd....
Between raising my voice to lower the kids' volume, to worrying about how to teach the lessons, to Auntie Clara's quotable quotes, to getting the snacks and everything, VBS really was a blast. It was different this year, because I was in Missions, which meant I spent most of the time in the same room and listening to the same lessons 6 times over, but then it was still really fun.
It seems to pass so very fast! ): Last year, too, and now this year as well. I MISS VBS ZOMEE. I miss the Missions team, too. It's been a blast working with Steph, Auntie Jane and Auntie Clara. (: At first I had my reservations about being in Missions, because then I'd have to teach those relatively difficult lessons and you know how I am about these kind of things. But God carried us through everything.
I'm also really happy that tons of people came to look at our Missions exhibition because we did put in effort to prettify it, if there's such a word (I know there isn't xD). And then the best part is that the kids' parents all said that their kids really enjoyed VBS and they want to come back next year! It's pretty rewarding to hear that. God really works through the church to reach the kids. (:
And not only do the kids benefit, I think the teachers really benefit the most. God teaches us faith throughout it, because we never know what might happen, but God helps us through the tough things that we have to do. (:
And now for the list of Auntie Clara's quotable quotes, right here:
HAHAHA okay, well I'm going to leave for New Zealand later today, so farewell friends, and see you only on the 17th, when I'm back!
2. "I am apologetic. For no reason at all."
3. "All eyes on me."
4. "I am NICE, and STERN, and BEAUTIFUL."
And etc, etc. x)
BREAKINGNEWS: None (:
Me, out :DxX ~ Our heart in the right place ~ Xx