Archive for May 2007
Worn Me Down by Rachael Yamagata
This is one of my favourite songs.
Feels like home.
The last week of Term 2 was a very tiring week. Well not to say that the entire term was fun and breezy, but yes, it was really more tiring than expected. Well my Mum had to go to KL to work in the last week. Not perfect timing. Because it meant that my sister and I had to take care more of my pesky little brother. This meant that I had more work to do, meaning I slept later, so I DIED!
For starters, I had two meetings every recess from Monday to Thursday. Which meant that I had no time to eat. Which meant that I either went back to class starving or I illegally ate in class (which really isn’t a good example) before the teacher came. And I had to be constantly on my guard because I say that ‘class stand’ command and it would be really obvious if I said it with food in my mouth >.<
Come Wednesday I had to take my brother for his piano lesson at Tampines Mall. And my brother just irritated me with his hyperactiveness and noise, well maybe I already was very worried that on Thursday I would have tests to study for (what irritates me the most is that we not only had lessons on the last week of school, we also had tests while that lower Sec pupils enjoy their enrichment week). To make matters worse my Dad was working late. GRAH. I died. I was tired so I didn’t study properly. I fell asleep within 5 minutes of lying on my bed.
Thursday: it was a special day. It marked not only the end of the term, but also the end of the journey for the Sec 4s in SNSB. We had a Chem test on Mole, and a Math test on Coordinate Geometry. I screwed both up, especially Math. I AM GOING TO GET TUITION FOR MATH. I NEED IT REALLY BADLY ):
After school we went for that presentation on Energy, where I wasn’t listening (I wouldn’t have understood anything even if I did, what bioethanol etc.) because I was rushing to finish writing letters for both Enid and Simin. After that, Joy and I rushed to the toilet to change and there I squatted down next to the bench to complete my letters and seal the envelopes! After that, we ran to the Band Room again to get our ribbons, change our shoes, get our blazers…it was a MAD RUSH. Then we hurried to the Netball courts, where our PassingOutParade would be held. After being fell in by Pamela for the last time, we waited for Ms Sia to come before the ceremony started.
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After the formalities, everyone started walking (okay, running) around to draw on each other’s faces with Clean Colours (only the Sec 4s drew, haha), hug, cam-whore, cry, talk. I got ASL! and a big smiley across my forehead, a tic-tac-toe and a star and a heart and a SC across on my cheeks. After that, Jess Ling and I commanded the Sec One squad for the first time-to fall them out.
Then we Sec 3s and Sec 2s played Shrek for the Sec 4s, then evolved the song into Greased Lightnin’, it was an interesting mix but we screwed it up a little. The Sec 4s played the Phantom of the Opera soundtrack for us. It was lovely.
After that, we packed up our instrus and headed to the canteen-time for presents and cake! We met Huiqing. Everyone went around receiving and giving notes and small tokens and presents for around an hour, before we were shooed out of school.
We took Enid and Simin to Crystal Jade at Suntec City to eat. They were shocked-’We say we want to eat Crystal Jade for fun…you all really brought us here?!’-before we took an unintentionally long walk from Suntec to Esplanade to Cavenagh Bridge. We were meaning to take a cab actually. We were going to give Enid and Simin a second surprise; we were going to stay at Fullerton! So instead of cabbing there, we walked. In front of the doors, we went, ‘Hey, let’s have a look around since we’re here’ and we pushed open the doors bursting with excitement and in awe of the magnificence of the place. We met Valery’s parents and younger sister and Enid and Simin were really really really shocked; they couldn’t believe it.
We entered the room, dumped our bags. We made them look at the scrap books we made for them. We had snacks and sweets, took baths, talked and basically had a lot of fun.
Friday: Around 2-something in the morning we went walking about in search of batteries for Huiqing’s and Enid’s cameras and only returned close to 4. We slept at 4. When we woke up, Huiqing already left and we tidied up, packed up before we left, me for my lunch with Eunice then to ushering duty for MTP, them to go and watch POTC 3! GAH.
But while duty was really tiring and I almost missed the bus stop at Parkway Parade, we met up again and had dinner at Swensen’s, before rushing to VJC for the Band concert. Damn, they’re GOOD (: It was a great concert, but I was really tired and I kept falling asleep during the Third Symphony >.
I need sleep.
Damn, I’m so beat.
Someone come and kill me so I don’t have to study for Mole or Coordinate Geometry.
Screw up.
Ho, Band Camp was on Friday and I think we screwed it up. Especially at the food part. But we must learn to see it as a learning point and not repeat the same mistakes for the next camp. Noms at night- I totally screwed that one. Drills went fine, but my commanding was not firm, and my question answering was totally haywire. And Jessie and I wrote the total opposite for the written question. DIE DIE DIE. And I didn’t even play Merry Widow with expression, and Part 12 was supposed to be the easiest in the whole song ): And that American Graffiti sightreading, sigh it sucked really bad and I stopped a few times because I thought I played the wrong notes when I didn’t. Guess it just sounded weird |:
And I’m sure Joy played really well and Valery played really well too. Enid says she’s so proud of us, but I can’t help but keep thinking that I could have performed better, and SHOULD have performed better.
ARGH ):<
I left after Noms and my parents sent Louise home! It was very very nice for Louise to come back and support us during Noms, thank you Louise (:
The next day I was late for the first 13th HC SLC briefing >.< But we had a lot of FUN doing the games and walking about at Orchard for the Orchard Orientation even though it was tiring and our legs really felt like breaking after that. And our Yahoo groups is really updated! And everyone’s really cooperative; we already have a Facs shirt on the way (yay!) and I can’t wait for the next meeting tomorrow, even though it means I am going to miss band on Tuesday, which is tomorrow, because the meeting lasts from 2-6 |:
I can’t help but think if my priorities are all wrong. My recess meetings are clashing, CCA clashes with HC SLC… Squad talk or Mexco? CCA or HC SLC briefing?
Are they right to be angry, with me. Am I wrong, to think this way?
Hmm.
This week’s been a mix of ups and downs, well mostly downs ):
Monday was BAD, we got back 5 tests and one graded assignment. I failed both Math tests and the graded assignment. And I was going to cry ): Yes that was how bad it was. The tears were at the brim and if I did cry it would be the first time I cried over results for this year. Last year…well I cried everytime I failed.
Well, everyone cheer up, we’ll get through this together.
Last Friday we had our Napfa 5-items (: It went well, except for Standing Broad Jump for which I got a B (170cm), but that was expected because I can’t jump for nuts. After that, Eunice, Jasmine Chua, Tan Cheng and I took the bus, then train to Dhoby Ghaut MRT. There, we had KFC for dinner. Horribly sinful but good 2 piece crispy chicken we had (: We met Shanna there, then we walked over to Fort Canning Park, getting lost in the carpark at Park Mall on the way >.< But we managed to find our way there and we enjoyed the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by the Singapore Repetory Theatre.
Saturday. We had Flag Day in the morning, for the Special Olympics. The same group of us went for it, from 9 to 1 at Causeway Point. We stood around the entrance of Causeway Point and the MRT area. Our tins got really heavy! The organisers were impressed at the end, haha. After that, Tan Cheng came with my family and I. We had lunch at Burger King, then went to watch Spiderman 3 because we had free tickets. We met Renee and Claire at Lido and we missed a small part of the movie because Claire was late, but that’s okay!
Then the whole week passed in a mess. We had a gazillion tests and lots of homework and our 2.4km run (I clocked 13:47, yahoo! A 2-second deprovement from last year) and I was freakishly tired. Then on Friday, we had our school concert Jubilate, where Band played The Merry Widow selections. It was the last concert that our Reds would perform at. Which is very sad. Let the 24th of May come as slowly as possible. By the way, I put the flowers I got into a tall, green-tinted glass bottle and it is now sitting on top of my piano (:
Today is Saturday. We took my brother for his swimming lesson in the morning, then we went to my grandma’s house, then we went for a picnic with my aunts on my Dad’s side. Woo hoo. We had fun. I played with bubbles. Childish, admittedly, but when all you ever do is about studies, bubbles just make you feel happy (: Even under the heat of the sun.
There you go, a brief account of my week!
