and functioning

June 24, 2009 at 11:56 am · Filed under bad feelings, thinking

emily: why would you want to be a cute and crazy old woman? isn’t it nicer to be a nice sane little girl? haha thanks, but you’re not stupid!

xueling: everyone never does their homework during the holidays. yup, i’ll tell you.

huimin: HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLO back! oh no you haven’t finished your homework too? oh well. depends. sometimes i have quite a lot, sometimes pretty little. (: i miss you very much too! we need to catch up. haven’t talked to you for 1000 years.

got a comment from an unknown person and now i am feeling really worried, not because i don’t know him. i just feel puzzled and confused over what he wrote and i read the post where he commented but i don’t know what he doesn’t like that i wrote. i’m leaving the pending comment for now and i’ll probably get back to it some other time–not that i’m reluctant to approve it but that i don’t understand what’s going on. that post was a year ago! maybe i am overreacting, but…

i know comments from unknown people do not always have to be positive and cheerful and saying that i have a nice blog and all that. but this is really bewildering.

should stop frowning before head starts aching.

it’s work experience week. been pretty fun and very interesting to learn about biology. like how people need copper for development and functioning and that cancer cells are like embryonic cells when they break away and move to other parts of the body.

i will tell you more soon.

my third and fourth fingers on my right hand are slightly swollen. could it be the chemicals we’ve been using? but no one else seems to be having this. maybe it’s just some random reaction.
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i am very, very, very puzzled.

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can’t stop.

June 21, 2009 at 12:37 pm · Filed under bad feelings, school and homework

from yijin’s blog i see that tomorrow will be the last week of holidays for all of you. yes?

replies:
EMILY: oh, i wish i could repair your brain! so you won’t be so mad. yes, cute babies!

XUELING: you’re nuts. i’m rarely online. i don’t think weixuan really scolds people…or that daniel is the second zhihao. for one thing, he’s left-handed. can’t imagine you laughing and trying to play the clarinet!

YIJIN: oh well, what to do? i’ll try. you sent me so many requests! don’t mind if i take my time replying them okay? thank you granny!

ZHIHAO: hey. how’ve you been? wow, busy…DSA? all the best! i’m sure you’ll get in. take care too!

CANDY: you sound like you’re really high. hmm. producing babies. what are you, a factory!? haha. like there’s no tomorrow? ): there will always be tomorrow unless the sun and the earth die. ah sad. homework.

LAURA: hello. thanks for reading! i’m not really sure about 2 colours together on braces because i always had one every time i went for tightening. but hey, pink and green should do fine (: you have time to experiment all you want, so don’t be scared about taking colours that may look weird i suppose. have fun! your teeth will look nice in the end.

it’s work experience next week. pretty excited but nervous. for one thing, i’ll be doing cool stuff like looking at DNA or something and analysing water samples from Gardiners Creek and some Chemish also. i have the letter that the employer gave me (oh yeah, i’m going to be paid $5 a day) but i’m too lazy to take it out; stick my butt to the chair and that’s all.

i feel scared cos the stupid university campus is so big. *&;%$#@ thankfully i got my parents to drive me to see where i should go last weekend. so i know i won’t be lost or anything. and i was feeling scared because i didn’t know anyone who would be going for the same placement as me (because this placement was part of the extension programme that i got chosen for) and what if i go there and find there i don’t know anyone who’s part of the same placement?

oh well. i know someone who’ll be going there too. she’s in my Math class. no worries.

how have the holidays been? seems a bit stagnant for some of you. it’s always stagnant or choppy. oh what am i saying.

i have work experience next week and then 2 weeks of holiday. fun.

everyone should have 4 days of work/ school and 3 days of weekend. then everything will be balanced out. but if we had 3 days weekend no one would treasure weekends anymore.

i sound a bit nutty. do you think so?

have been feeling angry towards 2 classmates, but i’m not going to bring those 2 incidents up or i’ll be cursing them like mad here.

sorry that i’m a stupid complain queen. i feel pretty angry nowadays. thankfully not to the point where i will start shouting at people and then start crying and can’t stop.

okay. i am very angry now. NOW. i hate it when someone tells me to shut up.

go away. don’t tell me to shut up.

you never let me help you and you get angry with me. go away! i can’t be bothered with you.

GO AWAY. STAY AWAY.

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big spaces

June 4, 2009 at 12:27 pm · Filed under friends and family

i should update before xueling cyber-murders me. hahaha.

emily: why don’t understand? you’re living on Mars! or Jupiter. haha. need me to help you repair your brain? i will reply to your emails asap! you sent so many!

xueling: yes, cool classmates! melanie is quite pretty. she’s super comical. haha, yes. you’re right! humorous people in the smart group! i’m not playing flute anymore. apparently if you want to be in a band you need to take lessons for the instrument that you will play in the band, so…i’m only taking piano now. yeah i’m in the smart group. haha. although i’m not really smart but oh whatever. eee wearing a blazer is not fun although it looks better than wearing a jumper. haha. suddenly the haising uniform seems so simple. no tie or tights. or blazer. good for you! what are your marks? sheesh you like mr njoo? he’s so horny. wow. zariel got ‘promoted’. that’s good. weixuan got scold people or not? i can’t imagine. oh well. haha.

CANDY: everyone agrees! would be fun to be mixed. it’s cool. sheesh, haising blue tights?

Lesbian?: hello! haven’t heard from you for long. how’s life? yeah you sound old! haha. but i suppose it’s better than sounding immature and kiddy. not that you sound immature and kiddy! (: waiting for your email!

Yijin: yeah they have a farm. it’s cool (: aren’t they always burying everyone with homework? haha. i can’t imagine hot weather now. so used to autumn.

i haven’t realised that i haven’t blogged for almost 2 weeks. oh well. just finished exams. this time only the studying was crazy. the exams were okay.

just created facebook. hmm. it looks weird. i feel like sleeping now.

*random.

my dad just came back from buying eggs (i know, how strange at 10 at night). when i opened the door, he was smiling and waving at someone. turned out to be the baby next door. haha. so cute! oh well. all babies are cute.

cute baby.

anticipating the next episode of Desperate Housewives. one of them is bound to die.
i sound sadistic.

sorry for the big spaces, i’m just tired.
what makes it worse is that no one is online. as in, no one close.
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i was looking forward to seeing people online. oh well. i figure everyone is buried alive with homework.

sleepy.

sorry.

getting bored.

got music performance next tuesday. going to be assessed. bah.

4-day weekend and no homework, all ahead of me.

jealous?
oh well.

adieu.

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acting silly

May 22, 2009 at 1:40 pm · Filed under friends and family, school and homework

everyone’s busy, but i figure i’d better post. I DON’T WANT MY BLOG TO DIE.
anyway.

jwei: hey, how’ve you been? of course i remember you. it’s a nice place, very different, but still. where are your cousins living? hah, nice random comment. anyway, thanks for your comments, hope to talk to you soon.

candy: tights that are the colour of haising’s blue will be totally wrong. all right, i’ll go to your archives soon…hmm, i am making empty promises. it’s pretty cold here now. no oven. cooling sometimes, but very cold in the morning. if bimbo ever means clever girl, can i call myself a bimbo? okay, stupid question.

xueling: hey. i think latest news is a kid at Clifton Hill Primary got swine flu and they closed down the school. what does economic crises and swine flu have in common? that they affect and kill people? hope you did well! who’s the BM and DM? i suppose one of these posts is filled up by zariel. what about the other? it’s not winter now, although it will be in about a month’s time or something. quite cold now.

zhihao: what’s with the long ‘what’? it’s the same here. you get the flu and everyone goes, ‘OHMYGODSWINEFLU!’ *gasps. whatever -.- you seem to be talking as though the trees are wooden planks. ‘pieces’. so weird! nice to know your bedroom got turned into mini wild wild wet. must have been fun. was there river shiok? or the samsung slide? what on earth is that last sentence about!

yijin: yes you are. nutsy grandma! it is slightly warmer than 6 degrees now but still cold. oh well. better than 47 degrees. that almost killed everyone. oh well. don’t study anymore! yay. be lazy for once. thanks, for telling me to believe in myself!

emily: christmas is 7 months away? anyway, no, i don’t think you’re really one. hah, thanks. you have sexy legs too. haha.

pork chop: hey porky. yeah…lots of different cultural foods. i believe someone could go try everything out and get his/her tongue mixed up over the different tastes. i think you’d look super cute as a riceball, haha. my uniform has blue too. with black and yellow (school song, The Blue, The Black and the Gold, emphasises this!) in the summer dress and winter skirt. it’s not really checkered, the skirt, but yes it’s pleated. no it’s not shorter. we have to wear a blazer for formal assemblies and when we go out of school while wearing our jumpers. school has a stupid rule that we either 1/ wear only uniform 2/ wear uniform with blazer 3/ wear uniform with jumper with blazer over. we can’t wear our jumper only. ridiculous. yeah don’t worry, i’m not going to yell ‘OHMYGODSWINEFLU’ at you. it’s silly. not the swine flu but people teasing people that they have swine flu. anyway, get well soon!

there’s been a flu bug going on in school. oh well.
i played at my first ever hockey match against Genazzano on wednesday. we won 6-1. or 7-1. the only reason why i got to play at this match was because the year 9s went for camp. girls practise and go for matches in three different teams: junior (years 7 and 8), intermediate (years 9 and 10) and senior (years 11 and 12). so yes, went as part of the intermediate team for that week. it was fun and i was learning the rules while playing the game. del, being so nice, unexpectedly helped me and told me the rules while we were running for the ball or positioning ourselves. thank you del! i still feel really grateful, something that i’ve never experienced for a long time. bad of me. i don’t know since when i began feeling emotionless. sometimes i don’t even feel anything. or i feel something but i can’t sense it. i don’t know.

we have extended form assemblies sometimes on friday. form assembly is when you assemble with your form class for attendance taking and announcements. so when we have extended form assembly, it means we stay in class from 8.30-9 instead of going for assembly (where the entire senior school would go to on a normal day). anyway, 2 weeks ago, we were having extended form assembly and then the school captain, mandy, and one of her friends, steph, came in and made us go out to the corridor. they thought it would be good that they came to interact with us instead of us wasting time talking and laughing like lunatics. they gave us sheets of paper which we put onto the backs of our friends. then we got a pen and began writing stuff down about one another, because we were supposed to be writing nice positive messages to/about each other.
this was what my classmates thought of me (some of these mesages were meant to be silly):
Stacy, you crack me up. You’re incredibly nice and so smart and Hilarious

^__^ your nice! and smart!!

I [HEART] YOUR SMILE STACEY.

SO COOL!

you are super nice!

very smart.

so nice + smart!

your really nice

Hotty

sweet

U r smart

Cheers for being the polite aunt of the family!!

Always nice to everyone! =) Patient.

=) [big; with tongue sticking out on left side]

so there you go. the first one was elspeth’s. here’s how to pronounce it: el-sperth. she says i’m funny. i believe the ‘I [HEART] YOUR SMILE STACEY.’ was written by claire, the polite aunt one by gen who helped me out on my first days and the second last one by emma k., who enjoys poking me (as i her). not sure who wrote ‘Hotty’, but anyway.

i should start a bit on my first days. i arrived at 8.45 when we were supposed to be in by 8.30 and i came in to find a whole class of unfamiliar curious faces. and then rhian saying hello and introducing herself. she helped me with my locker and the lock–how weird i must have seemed, not to know how to use these locks!

then i sat in the second row. it was dark but only because the lights weren’t on. gen turned then–she was sitting in front of me–and asked me what subjects i was taking and what house i was in. everyone got assigned to different houses, not one class in one house like haising is. i happened to be in Glamis (pronounced ‘glarms’) like her and melanie and i had one of the same electives as her and emma k.–Med! how lucky i am.

in time, i came to know of the groups in our class: the smart one, the normal one that didn’t really stand out and the bold one. the smart one:

gen (a natural-born leader with sarcastic humour, a good brain, musical, an ambition to be a surgeon like her father, born to an Indian father and Western mother),
claire (sporty, musical, smart, strong, humorous, violinist, soprano, in love with goth, born to a Western father and Chinese mother),
melanie (humorous, comical, friendly, artist, born to a Western father and Japanese mother),
emma k. (perfectionist, brainy, comical, singer, born in Australia, parents from Shanghai),
jade (same Chinese class, brilliant flautist and piccoloist, coolest handwriting apart from helen, Chinese parents),
helen (lover of organ music and stained glass in churches, draws buildings, attentive to details, cool handwriting like jade, always doing Math, Chinese parents),
elspeth (funny drama queen, impractical, humorous, comical, Western parents).

rhian, elly, kara, alice, evelyn and del are in the bold one. rhian i believe is from NZ and she normally acts as the counsellor for the bold group. elly acts well and kara enjoys acting silly and giving silly remarks until the teachers start warning her. but she’s hilarious. alice doesn’t say much but she’s okay. evelyn’s always yelling at everyone to spread out and kick/pass the ball during PE when we’re playing games. we call her ee-vee. del is madeleine, but she hates being called maddy. she’s really nice and smiles all the time.

the normal one comprises just about the rest of the class: emma h., aksharaa, cassie, zoe, sarah, natasha, sheree. i may have forgotten someone, but…okay.

the new students in class other than me were gemma and heidi. gemma has been home schooled all her life in yarrawonga, where her parents have a farm. she has 4 older siblings and a younger sister. one of her older sisters is a lawyer. heidi is from finland and she moved back there. she was never happy here. she got shifted up to year 11 because she’d learned all the stuff in year 10 and then within a week she moved back. i have her email address but have never gotten round to sitting down and typing an email to her.

so there you have it. talk about multicultural.

i believe i’m more reticent now. it’s not that i can’t talk, but more like i can’t talk about serious stuff with people. i feel the connection but it doesn’t run as deep as what i would feel with best friends. i don’t really survive in a group. because people get broken up even into groups.

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in the summer…

April 30, 2009 at 11:54 am · Filed under friends and family, music and lyrics

replying…

huimin: what pun? it’s sooooo cold now! haha yes a crazy fun journey is the best thing to embark on!

yijin: you’re nuts, it’s so cold at night. it went down to 6 yesterday night and the night before i think. super scary. is singapore really hot now? ohhh you went to the Blue Mountains? haha. the walking almost killed us.

emily: hm, no, no red backside. christmas is…7 months away!? anyway, you act like lesbian! haha.

candy: yay happy anniversary! though i am super late. /: it is supposed to be 22nd april. and your birthday’s coming soon, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY in advance because i’m not sure if i will use the computer on your birthday. i’m not sure where’s the video now, hm…yes, now you know. so don’t say ‘like’ at every sentence. 1920s = bimbo = tough man? oh dear. 2000 = bimbo = dumb girl! don’t worry about me, i’m okay. just super busy! but it’s nice here!

zhihao: are you hot as in sweaty hot or hot hot? okay i have no idea what i’m saying. ANYWAY! i have to ask this: who are the new band leaders? is there a student conductor like yourself?

pork: it’s so weird when someone suddenly says ‘yo’ to me. haha. yeah i had a nice time in sydney! did you actually read everything? how unusual! haha, suddenly 37 does not seem so high. highest recorded temperature for this year’s heatwave was about 46.2 i think. gosh. but i pity all of you! it’s not nice when the temperature is so high. it’s pretty okay cos i think the food is cooked by Chinese chefs, but don’t ask for my opinion cos sometimes i can be pretty unaccurate. haha. i think you would like to eat chinese food in an asian country because you think it would seem more normal or something. there’s a lot of cultural food in melbourne. definitely has japanese and korean, as well as mexican, italian, thai, vietnamese, turkish and indian i think. so good variety. yeah, the chinese food is pretty nice. haha. yes, i will email soon…super busy right now and there will be exams and work experience and i just started music lessons this term, so…yes, you can imagine. how are you supposed to box me? haha.

heard that all of you are having mid year exams now. tell me how it went! be thankful you have exams (easy for me to say right?). the students here have never had exams and are getting stressed out because this will be the first year everyone will get exams. but…it is not the end of the world like my history teacher said. DO NOT BECOME SUICIDAL IF YOU FAIL. IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. not her exact words, but yes, you get the message.

i’ve been musically degraded, literally. my parents signed me up for 40-minute music lessons this term and my teacher happens to be mrs ellis (pronounced air-liss), the teacher who always accompanies students when they are performing for music assemblies on thursday or other music performances. she told me that the jump from grade 6 to 8 was too big and that I HAD TO TAKE GRADE 7. so here i am, degraded. i’m not sad about it, though. maybe taking grade 7 would be a good thing cos it would help to improve my foundation? i admit my foundation is really unstable. at my first lesson with mrs ellis, i played scales (‘good girl’), did sight reading (‘you sight read well–it is a great asset particularly when you’re starting a new piece’) and played the Ravel piece. she praised everything but i doubt i was that good. my mum says the westerns all praise everything. hmmm. i wonder how terrible i was!

weather’s really cold now although it’s only autumn. oh dear. what about winter? MAXIMUM temperatures these days have been around 16. in the morning it is so cold that when we breathe out we see clouds. it is cold even when the wind is not blowing. and the red tree that we always see when we come in from gate 2 is balding! it was so pretty in summer…now there are only a few leaves left. and trees that used to have green leaves now have red leaves. it’s soooo pretty when you are in a car along a street and you see a whole row of red trees. ahhh…my sister and i are going to wear winter uniform next week. yay there’s tights, so our legs won’t be so cold.

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jump shots

April 15, 2009 at 1:46 pm · Filed under friends and family

replying, from 1324 hours:

zhihao: what problems? are you feeling better? (: anyway, do you have facebook? and RELAX! SYF does not signify the end of the world. anyway, have not been hearing from you. are you sad over the results?

mn: hello! thanks for the advice! how’s life? take care too (:

yijin: granny (: yeah, i guess it’s good to believe in something…thanks! hmm, i should create facebook. but so busy! what sounds like tons of fun? the lab work? hahaha. the travelling was just so-so…i shall elaborate further in the main part of the post!

emily: act of lesbianism! *hugs and kisses back* love you too (: you talk as if i’m a baboon. hahaha. we did not travel by car in the end…what’s on my sister’s blog? haha. and yes, i enjoyed myself tremendously! the weather was a lot warmer than Melbourne’s. *more hugs and kisses*

jermain: hello! i know, no time to go online. and there’s the time difference too. no problem anyway! oh, you got the present! i was wondering if people would forget cos i left them in a rush (my mum was hurrying me like some crazy person–she was there with me). anyway, you’re always like a zombie! read your blog. haha. hope life is good there! a bit hard to email and type all sorts of things when i am, strangely, quite busy. but definitely not feeling stressed (except in sports?). anyway, take care too! study less and don’t be a zombie!

pork chop: porky! haha thanks (: how’s life? i figure you must have had some kind of a birthday bash (again) from candy’s blog although i haven’t watched the video. haha. ms shoeholic! you have been reading too many sophie kinsella’s shopaholic books! i got i-miss-pork syndrome even though there’s pork in the supermarkets. ): anyway, christian studies has almost nothing Christian-ish about it because we only studied Genesis 1-3 and then we moved on to the topic of Who Am I? haha i just finished the essay! it was kind of fun writing it.

huimin: hello mummy! yeah i’ll add you–as soon as i create an account. simply have not enough time. haha, yeah, cool (: but i’m scared of bunsen burner -.- they use matches here, not lighters. and i’ve never touched a match in all my 15 years. yeahhh it’s autumn! but cold /: goes down to 12 at night on certain days.

candy: hello laogong! you’re so random. haha. i hope that will happen to nobody! Australian government has signs on the road that say something like: ‘Tired? Powernap Now.’ looking forward to the anniversary! wheehoo (:

xueling: okay! i see your comment now. what’s this about pet society? anyway, about SYF, it’s not the end of the world. it does not mean that HSCCB is a silver band. what matters most is the effort you put in. the result comes after it. and…there’s always JC for you if you want to join band again. or the alumni one. or any other band. (: there’s never a last note.

matt: thanks!

lesbian?: hello, you’re random! hahaha. daylight saving is when they bring the time forward by one hour–like for example, it is actually 2 pm but with daylight saving, it becomes 3 pm. hmm, i will explain below, so scroll down (: don’t worry about it, i’m super guilty because i have not been replying ): busy busy! i miss you, a thousand times! (: i will try my best to reply soon.

there, whoo. in this holiday, i’ve travelled twice, once across the border to Sydney!

alright, first weekend of holiday, went to Birchip. it all started when my dad was in the OCS Portsea 25 years ago. army stuff, army training. the OCS cadets went to the Lions Club (in Birchip i think) and it was there that my dad met auntie helen and uncle keith! we’ve been keeping in touch with them. that weekend my dad was invited to go to celebrate the Lions Club anniversary and some of the people actually remembered my dad. so scary. 25 years ago! we drove there on Saturday morning (we were late, oops) and stayed there Saturday night, drove home Sunday afternoon.

this is what we did/ saw:
-opening of information centre shelter
-bus tour around Birchip
-went to see Andrew (one of auntie helen and uncle keith’s children–there’s also lockland, nonnie and mark) and Sarah and their kids: Emily (2 years old) and Charlie (5 months old)
-formal dinner (all of us, except my dad maybe, were underdressed): two year 12 girls from the Birchip school, Virginia and Elsie (the school captain), sang some songs and there were speeches.
NEXT DAY
-lunch, talked a lot to other people like we did at the dinner
-went home

auntie helen made pavlova for us. so nice of her! it’s a sweet cake, creamy. we couldn’t finish it so she made us bring it back home. it was so funny.

next weekend, with Good Friday and Easter Sunday and Monday being a public holiday: Sydney!
actually planning to drive there (and sit in the car until we had red backsides like emily said) then uncle kelvin (the person whom we were going to visit, as well as his family) told our parents that they needed to convert their Singapore driving licenses to Australian driving licenses so my dad thought it would be better not to drive. (uncle kelvin is working in the same company as my mum) instead, we took a train.

not very nice. could not sleep; drifted off and came back to reality just as fast. a guy was behind my sister and me; he seemed to have flu and was snoring. god. the lights were off around 9.30-9.40 and everyone slept then. i woke at 3 and never slept after. the trees we passed were black figures against the dark sky. we reached Campbelltown, this place a short distance away from Sydney, around 6. walked to the motel, slept until about 9.

went out, walked around in the city with uncle kelvin, auntie phoebe and their son caleb. went to Sydney Fish Market, ate dim sum and later oysters. saw the Sydney Opera House (it looked different from the one in my memory), the Harbour Bridge. went to The Rocks market, saw lots of cool stuff. then went to a RSL (Returned and Services League) for dinner. uncle kelvin didn’t let us pay at all. so he spent a lot of money. which was really bad because we were eating out of his pocket–sort of. there was buffet and everyone ate quite a lot.

went to the supermarket to get food for next few days. then went home about 11+, slept later…

…until 8. went to the Blue Mountains. stopped at a fruit and plant shop, bought fruits and 5 small plants for uncle kelvin and his family. while waiting for my dad, who went to the toilet, the boss of the shop saw the three of us: my mum, my sis and me. first thing he said: ‘are you three sisters?’ let’s hope it means my mum still looks young and not that my sis and me look old. he was nice and described Blue Mountains as ‘God’s country’. visited the Wentworth Falls, walked the National Pass (one of the paths) in heeled boots (shall show you the boots next time). haha. inappropriate footwear! there were steep steps and uneven rocks. we walked for 4 hours, excluding lunch from 12+ to 4.30. very sore legs for next 2 days. however, sights were extremely rewarding and beautiful. my dad and sis have the pictures and when i get them i will show them, yeah? (:

afterwards went to the Three Sisters on Echo Point–hey, nothing compared to us right? haha. Aboriginal dreamtime legend goes that they were three sisters from the Katoomba tribe who loved three brothers from the Nepean tribe but could not marry them. the brothers took the sisters by force and there was war. a witch doctor from the Katoomba tribe turned the sisters into rocks to protect them and wanted to turn them back when the battle was over but got killed, so they remain in rock form. sounds kind of freaky. credits to http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/thingstodo/threeSisters.asp.

bad traffic jam on the way back, stuck there from 6-8. gosh. by the time we reached the motel, it was 9+. ate late dinner, slept around 11+.

Monday: woke around 7.30. uncle kelvin came around 8.30 driving an 8-seater. we picked gail from the company’s office. she’s uncle kelvin’s boss. we nicknamed her the ‘Navgirl’–there was this navigating device called Navman which shows you where to drive to reach your destination–because she was our ‘tour guide’ for the day. we went to Manly Beach (there was this place called Manly; how weird!) and went walking around the area for a bit and seeing a ferry before heading to Palm Beach, where they filmed Home And Away, a TV serial. went to the Palm Beach RSL for lunch. they gave so much that no one was hungry when dinnertime came. halfway through lunch it began raining and continued for the whole day. there were books in the corner near the toilet and we picked some. i found this: Why Men Don’t Listen & Women Can’t Read Maps. super funny. there was this section on gays and lesbians and one heading was ‘How to Make a Gay Rat’ haha.

afterwards went to Bondi (pronounced bon-die) Beach, where they film ‘Bondi Rescue’, a TV show. only my dad, my sis and i went down to the beach and my sis and i did jump shots. then i made my dad do jump shots. we were laughing like mad people. when we got back we were wet, hair looking comical. went to pick one of uncle kelvin’s colleagues, marie. she knew my mum from when we went to Melacca a few years ago with the company. we went ’shopping’ at Harbourside, the shopping centre near Darling Harbour. discovered that caleb doesn’t like shopping as much as me. hooray!

even marie was not hungry, so we ate only a little at a Chinese restaurant called huang2 jin1 sui4 yue4. at first wanted to go to Narita Japanese Bar but it seemed to have close down. then went to find some bar starting with C but it wasn’t there anymore according to one woman working there. so went to the Chinese restaurant. why don’t the English and Chinese names ever match? it makes remembering so difficult.

because we promised to give our brother ice cream if he shut up in the car for half an hour (and he really did–how easy it is to bribe a kid!), we went to Baskin Robbins afterwards. i was horrified at the prices: $4.50 for a single scoop, $6.50 for 2 and $7+ for 3 and did not want to get ice cream at first, then my sis said she would share with me. you know how i am, i hate spending money. not because i’m a miser but because it’s not mine. she chose rocky road flavour while i picked pralines ‘n cream. sent everyone back when done.

woke at 7 am, parents were rushing us like mad people. never liked rushing. dragged luggage to train station like retarded people and were on the train back to Melbourne by 8.30 am. we reached at around 6.45 pm. it was already growing dark. went home, unpacked stuff, did a bit of homework, watched King Arthur, slept around 12.

again, no one was hungry for dinner and everyone but me ate some bread around 9+.
so yesterday was spent getting home. there was this place called Wagga Wagga and another called The Rock. interesting names.

so because my parents want to convert their licenses, we’ll all be going to Geelong tomorrow, one hour away by train. -.- except my sis, who will be working at the Royal Children’s Hospital as part of her CAS thing for IB.

daylight saving: basically it’s when the time is shifted back an hour. take for example summer and autumn. definitely the sun rises earlier and sets later in summer. okay, take for example that the sun rises at 7 and sets at 9 in summer with daylight saving. BUT, when the weather gets colder, the sun would rise later and set earlier. so maybe it would rise at 8 and set at 8 with daylight saving, but without it would rise at 7 and set at 7. so imagine, that in the summer there is daylight saving and in autumn there isn’t, so technically the sun would still rise at 7.

it is a bit confusing but i hope you understand the explanation. i have been typing for so long and it is time to go to sleep, so goodnight!

p.s. it is just horrible to hear how the girls speak: ’so, like, we do this? but, like, i thought it was the other way? uh, was it?’ *laughs ‘okay, i, like, have no idea, so i’ll just, like, leave it?’

ugh.

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i am horrified

April 7, 2009 at 4:25 am · Filed under friends and family, loved!, music and lyrics, school and homework

oh dear i have not been replying again! and have not been updating as well. all of you must be wondering what’s going on here. i’ll try to summarise everything before my laptop dies.

when we first came:
-bought a car
-bought furniture from Ikea (they pronounce it ‘ay-kia’ instead of ‘ee-kia’)
-slept in sleeping bags (the funny part)
-fixed furniture up (except for sis’ and bro’s bunk bed, which was set up by the maintenance guy who has a contract with the property people)
-waited for shipment (which was supposed to come in early Feb but came almost end of Feb)

i think about how we were when we first came, with nothing in our hands or the house. and now i look around and i realise we have a lot. we are fortunate people, aren’t we? setting up the house in a few weeks and all.

to answer huimin’s question (sorry i took so long to answer it), yes, i will continue to have piano lessons. because the school offers music lessons, sis and i will be taking it up in term 2.

oh yes, which reminds me, the music performance thing was totally retarded. after everyone performed Ms Turner asked how many times we had performed. i was the only one who had not performed in front of an audience (examiners, sadly, were not counted). and i was the only one who played a last-minute thing and managed–sort of–to get away with it. hahhaha. now that’s hilarious. anita s. played electric guitar, haley played the piano, christy played the marimba, joey played the piano and sang (her own composition!), nasa played the trombone, anita v. played the cello, ai ru played the violin. i am horrified because they sounded good. /: there’s this thing about our class: we’re all Asians, as far as i can tell.

another thing regarding music: DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE SYF RESULTS! really, it’s only a grade. it does not necessarily mean that the band’s standard IS silver. and i suppose, like everyone says, it’s the effort that counts more, eh? (: if you did your best, well done! music, i feel, after all, is challenging.

heehee, we’re having holidays now. two weeks! absolutely marvellous. last weekend we went to Birchip and this weekend we’ll be going to Sydney! 9 hours drive. my mum’s colleague actually suggested we start driving at 5. that’s nuts.

by the way, it’s autumn now. started around March? and daylight saving ended on Sunday morning 2 am. or something. so now the time falls an hour back, which means (technically) that we are now 2 hours ahead only, not 3. if you don’t get it, it’s okay cos i’ll try to explain next time. laptop’s dying! see you all soon!

LASTLY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DARLING EMILY! (: ENJOY YOURSELF!

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5th

March 29, 2009 at 9:25 pm · Filed under school and homework

hmmm, can’t log into my school email account. never mind, i’ll try again later.

hooray for the Extension programme. have gotten a work experience placement at Deakin University. i’ll be doing lab work. haha fun. i’d be dead if i don’t have a placement by now.
had House Athletics last Friday. we came in 5th hahaha.

my homework is piling up; i don’t know why.
-Geog project report due tomorrow
-Geog creative product due Friday (last day of term 1)
-Music Performance tomorrow–i learned the grade 5 song in 3 days. still very uncertain. i can’t play Ravel’s Mouvement de Menuet cos it’s too difficult and will probably bore them.
-Christian Studies: Who Am I? i have no idea.
-Christian Studies: Song assignment
-Work Experience: safe@work certificates
-Work Experience: WEAF form
-Math revision: common test today and Wednesday

homework i’ll probably do over the holidays:
-Romeo and Juliet analytical essay
-wider reading task (Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte)
-Chinese booklets
-?

i can’t remember.
thanks selene and zhihao for updating me. oh yeah, good luck for SYF! the results don’t matter. it’s the effort.

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inventing syndromes

March 18, 2009 at 9:25 pm · Filed under friends and family, thinking

events bring forth thoughts which influences your feelings.
that’s what we learn in PD! (Personal Development)
all the stuff is common sense actually, but when you are given a situation you find that people have so many (unexpected) responses towards it.

if you have negative thoughts, you will feel negative.
so BE POSITIVE!
perhaps you’re going to say, ‘it’s easy for you to say.’ and most of the time we find it so easy to blame ourselves but we should actually try to go over the bad points and look at our good points.

easy to say, hard to do. but it takes time.

when i rant, it’s not that i’m not okay, but that i need to think aloud. keeping it inside me is not going to work, like everyone always says. so do not be anxious/ worried/ stressed/ whatever if you see me ranting, just treat it like i’m a madwoman with RRS (Random Ranting Syndrome). but thanks, really.

kind of invented other ’syndromes’ as well. most parents have SROPS (Super Retarded Over Protective Syndrome). haha inventing syndromes is fun.

my dad has recently been telling me repeatedly to create Faceboook. people i know with Facebook: him, my mum, my brother (who is only nine), my sis, her friends, some of her friends’ parents, some of my relatives (some are 30/ reaching 30) and my piano teacher!

so which is the modern generation now? times have really changed.

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1324 hours

March 16, 2009 at 5:25 am · Filed under bad feelings, school and homework

who is a human? what are feelings? how tough are you? how weak are you?

if you can answer those questions, you’re probably not me.

since when did life start getting complicated? why can’t we just be like kids?

it’s because of two words:

GROWING UP.

guess that answers my questions.

am probably not going to tell you that life is good or life sucks or life is always the same (because it never is).

i care too much to not care.

if you want to dislike me even though i’m doing my best, then i have nothing to say. just make your life hell. you’re just going to suffer, if you think you’re a good person at teaching everyone.

you don’t bother about me. it’s like you’re biased against me. and i never did anything. would be best if i studied on my own, isn’t it? i know the language, anyway. not as if i just started learning it from you. thought you were a good teacher, having second thoughts now.

i’m a sucker for praises, don’t mind me, yeah?

i don’t really care about bacteria. i don’t care much for sports. (cos i’m a loser when it comes to them)

going to lose everything the next time i turn around, but that’s fine.

best for life to be easy and relaxed, best to let go of everything. let the walls fall.

it’s because of idiots and betrayers and bullies that we guard ourselves too much.

seriously, i am so serious and so confused now that i’m probably not going to take sides, not going to stand up for anyone. don’t know why i call you a friend, treat you like one but i don’t feel like you’re one.

i guess it’s just me.

have been quite serious really. still hiding all my feelings and that. less random now.

suddenly wonder what will happen if i run back to Singapore. life will probably be just about the same.

hopefully it wasn’t a waste of time and money coming all the way here.
actually, i doubt hope even exists at all.

it’s just meant to disappoint you.
why hope?

i am scoffing. in a really scoffing-ish mood.

seriously, what is life? what on Earth is it? it’s for you to enjoy, isn’t it?

life is not dramatic or traumatic or idiotic. (well, how funny, i’m making myself seem like an idiot.) so what is life? how are you supposed to be living? the way you are now? i don’t think so. there is obviously something more to everyone’s lives but we’re just so contented/ discontented that we don’t see it. or we search for it, but we don’t find it.

why do we have to strive for something everyday? why can’t we do things that we enjoy and are good at? maybe i should ask a better question: why is the world full of idiots?

i’m sorry that i’m rambling. i’ll try not to.

it’s probably 1324 hours at your side now. lunch or lessons?

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