Sunday, November 30, 2008
This is a belated post on our long awaited seniors farewell for choir, which occurred on Friday.
Surprisingly, what I wore was slightly more formal than others. Of course, if you're like Jing An and can't read the font on the card, (he thought the word "formal" was "journal") then it can't be helped.
We were only allowed to go to LT3 by the bottom entrance, outside which was a heart of balloons, since the theme of our farewell is LOVE. Goodness knows why the "S" for "Seniors" was in fact a " $ " sign.
Eunice and Wen Song were the MCs, with Kenneth manning the laptop and typing in random things on the screen for us to see, such as "applause".
We had our dinner first, though I thought it was rather early for dinner. Who eats at five? The seniors sat together and the juniors sat together, and it was rather quiet. I suppose our batch has rather few people compared to previous years, and some people weren't here.
Since Conan hadn't come yet, Yun Tian had to make a speech, after which there were a few rounds of Don't Forget The Lyrics.
The altos item was excellent! It had a medley of songs, and the background singers were really good, and they gave us all roses and medals. The funny thing is that the medals were clearly meant for gymnasts or sports people!
The guys item was nice, except that for the second song, the lead singers were going too much faster than the supporting vocals, who couldn't go faster without messing up, so it was all quite funny.
The video was really nice, with so many pictures of us, especially those from Italy, including the video of me egging on Eugenia to paste the aeroplane sticker on Ling Chung's face!
The sopranos item was good, and I liked the harmonization and little actions. Hence, it has dawned on me that we could consider forming a SSAA choir instead. They really sounded good!
Then Sheena, Xuemin and Caleb performed a song that was composed by Sheena, and it was really touching, except that I couldn't always hear the words.
Finally, the juniors performed Autumn Leaves, with Xuemin conducting. Some of them didn't sing, because they went to get these presents for us, consisting of a choir photo, a CD and a toilet brush that is supposed to resemble a singing microphone! The only thing is that there were very few altos, so I couldn't hear them as well, compared to the sops.
Then came the traditional sort of handing over from the person of the previous position to the current one. It's a pity that some of the previous comm members weren't there to give their gifts. And then some people like Sheena and Xuemin can just give themselves presents, LOL!
I'm very thankful to the juniors for the farewell and performances and gifts that they prepared, even though we could see that at some points the flow was a bit disorganized, and the entire thing was somewhat shorter than previous ones I've been at.
I never thought about graduating from NJChoir, since I've been in it for 3 & 1/2 years, and been an SL for 2 of those years, and had many friends, so it's quite sad to officially leave now.
At this point, some senior will pop up and say, "THERE'S ALWAYS THE ALUMNI." Haha!
Saturday, November 29, 2008
On Thursday we had our BCML outing - me, Silvia, Tse Mei, Melody and Sarah, and Justin joined us for a while. Labels: friends
It was mostly shopping around for things that we hadn't gotten yet, like shoes, earrings and stuff. And Tse Mei's wardrobe malfunction was funny!
I was looking forward most to the SUSHI BUFFET! Tse Mei is so lucky, she's already had so many sushi buffets that she knows the exact price after GST that we had to pay. I think Mel was probably the hungriest among us since she didn't have breakfast. POOR THING.
I really benefited from going with people like Silvia and Tse Mei, who know so much more about what to order. I didn't know that the buffet which only allows coloured plates, allows you to order chawanmushi! I love the chawanmushi!
Poor Sarah was sick, so she couldn't eat certain fried stuff. Mel kept on ordering unagi stuff, Tse Mei loves her cold soba and Silvia her fried salmon skin. Surprisingly I didn't eat more than one plate of salmon sushi due to the other lovely things I ate.
Another thing that I learnt, is that it's a good idea to go shopping with Silvia. She really has a good eye for things, and she's very good at convincing people to buy certain things. She can go be a salesperson now!
Yay, we should have more BCML outings! With more SUSHI!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
I just came back from our class outing, and my legs are aching! Haha. Labels: school
This morning I went to the doctor again, because my eye was still a bit swollen, so I needed to get the cream for it. I also managed to get my results from the Hepatitis A and B test from the blood the doctor took from me on Monday.
So when I left the house, I chionged to the bus stop to catch the 154, which terminated at Eunos Interchange, from which I walked to Sims Avenue to take 13 to Marine Crescent. From that point I was quite unsure how to go, ready to whip out my map, when I heard Xiaowen and Kaixin calling me, as they just arrived! How timely!
Using the map Terence provided, we found the underpass and made it to the Macs at about 2:35, to find that no one was there yet! And we thought we'd be late. Hmph. We were soon joined by Jessica, Linh and Sherrie, and afterwards by Ben, Jiayi and Justin.
The nine of us spent forever deciding whether to rollerblade or cycle, since it was going to rain, and Ben was talking about his cumulo-nimbus clouds and sea breeze. Since Kaixin doesn't know how to cycle, she went back to the Macs, and the eight of us cycled, with Xiaowen and I on the double bike!
It's harder than it looks, and it's mostly the front person in control of the direction. I didn't know the pedals are connected so that if one person stops, both people stop. We initially thought that since two people were pedaling, it would go as fast with less individual effort. But it turns out that since it's almost twice the weight, it's harder.
After about an hour of cycling to one end and then nearer to the other end, we went back for me (who is lousy and couldn't take it any more) to swap with Melody, but then it started pouring, so we went back to Macs. We were joined by Rayshio afterward.
Then Sherrie, Jess, Mel and Linh decided to go to the Expo for the John Little sale, while Justin went off for his hockey chalet, so the remaining six of us set off for Kallang. Most of the bus trip was spent talking about horror/thriller movies, which is kind of weird, now that I think about it.
Ben and Jiayi went to the squash centre, and the four of us went to the Kallang Leisure Park, looking around the shops. It has one of those Korean Marts! Kaixin also looked at the winter clothing, and I just remembered I was supposed to ask my parents whether I could lend her a jacket. Oops.
We were joined by Xin Yuan (still in school uniform), Wu Si and Rongrong (who bought a doughnut), and Terence. We loitered around in the arcade, joined by Daniel (!), waiting for the Expo people who thought dinner was at 7:45 instead of the stipulated 6:45, so it was too late to go home with my parents.
We ate at KFC (can't believe it), and Rachel joined us after getting lost somewhere in Bedok. Jess wasn't with us because she had to go to the airport, I think. Dinner was fun, including a lot of talk about Korean and Japanese stuff. More playing around the arcade, before we went home. Thank goodness Rayshio seems to know the way everywhere, so the scholars and I reached Dhoby Ghaut and took the 171 home.
We took 16 to Dhoby Ghaut, and we actually ran like crazy for the bus. Thank goodness Terence is fast. We were talking a bit about our future, and I suggested that we ought to have class reunions like five years, 10 years, 30 years later or so. I even have the perfect date: fifth of May. Guess why.
This is the last time we'll be seeing Wu Si and Rongrong before our results next year, since they're going home on Friday. It feels a bit sad that not everyone was able to come today. I still miss our traditional going to someone's house and eating dinner and stuff.
I wonder where we'll all be 15 years from now. We'll be 33 by then. Possibly people married, with a kid, stable job, whether interesting or boring. I hope we'll still be able to meet up some day in the future, though. How lovely!
Monday, November 24, 2008
A levels are officially over!! Well, they were officially over last Thursday, but I'm a little late. Labels: choir, church, dbsg, school, suju
Strangely, I didn't feel particularly joyful when the paper finished. During the Lit Paper 3 on Wednesday, I could feel this sense of excitement at impending freedom from the arts students as the papers were being counted. For me, I just felt tired, even when the teacher said we could go and a bunch of people just whooped in happiness.
So on Thursday, Xiaowen and Elizabeth came to my house to watch the Super Junior Super Show DVD, and it was 3 hours long! I liked most of it, except perhaps somewhere in the middle there were too many slow songs sung by little groups of them and it got a little boring.
We also watched the MBC Every1. I swear the number of videos XW has in her laptop is staggering. She even has some DBSK videos (such as the variety show, catch the mouse on Heroine 6), and she doesn't even follow them that much!
After that, my mum took me around to find a dress for prom. I think she's relieved that I actually like what we got, and asked her to buy it. She probably thought at some point that I was turning into a boy or something. To which I protest: I have long hair! =)
I also went out with Kai Xin and Liu Xuan on Saturday to find stuff, and it was quite fun, but extremely tiring. After about two hours my feet wanted to drop off already. I literally sat down on the floor in the department store, though I was hidden by the racks of stuff.
On Sunday we tried to find a day for our Sunday School class outing, and it's practically impossible, because people just have too many things on. Paul alone rules out all weekdays, and Nicolette and Michelle got KK, ruling out Saturday afternoons.
So for this week, I have a lineup of things to do, including getting a blood test for Hep A & B today, going for the class outing, then the seniors' farewell during choir camp (to which I haven't been invited by the way), and Shernise's birthday party on Saturday! And then the Sunday School outing on Sunday. WHOOPEE.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Yes, my A levels officially begin tomorrow at 8am when I will sit for my first exam - GP.
I've had a few more slight panic attacks, when suddenly I'll get this odd clutching pain near my oesophagus, and if I'm with other people I'll stop talking for a while to calm down.
Good grief, I sound like a nutcase.
At this point, good wishes are flying around via sms as people try to reassure each other and encourage one another to hang in and stay calm and do our best.
Many thanks to all of you who've been sending such messages: Liu Xuan, Elizabeth, Ling Chung, Kai Xin, Silvia, our teachers, Eugene and the choir juniors for also wishing me 'all the best' every time they see me, even telling me not to be distracted!
I'm also grateful to the constant prayers we get in church for us, whether it's by Pastor or by Delia or just praying for each other in our groups.
I smsed my Sunday School people: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him... Romans 8:28
Perhaps the verse might be more for when we're waiting for our results next year, but I think it's still a pretty good one to use.
Another typical one: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus - Philippians 4:6,7
This one's good for panic attacks, right? Haha.
I'm partially comforting myself as well by listing down all the stuff I want to watch when exams are over; every time I think of something I put a note in my computer. Kaixin wants to go out and "play", though. Silvia wants to go to the zoo. I have strange friends indeed.
Oh well. I'm off to sleep now. Thanks be to God for his grace and mercy.
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