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It's been a crazy year.
Going to VJ was all right for me.. i wasn't as excited as i thought i would be.. i guess it was cos of the dsa thing. Then i met my class.. and i thought.. oh okay.. so here are the people whom i'll be spending the next two years with. Orientation was great fun! Nobody can who's been there can deny that. The Victorian spirit was crazy! VJ's just the most happening and cool place on earth!! Choir practices were extremely time consuming and draggy cos i didn't identify well with the year 1s.. And then of course, all the ups and downs with friendship issues and stuff.. who can forget that eh? Haha. And i thought "oh man, what am i doing here?! I want out!" And i remember considering quiting choir.. changing class..

But..
Now, i'm glad i hung in there.
Cos choir's really brought me memories and experience I doubt no other CCA in VJ can offer. A chance to sing to a vast international audience, in Italy, Riva Del Garda, so generous with their applause! A chance to meet seniors and friends without whom, my life wouldn't be that blessed. And of course who can forget? CHEAP GELATO!! haha!!!! The very classmates whom i couldn't stand became my bestfriends and 06s33 will never be the same without them.

The entire year was a spiritual rollercoaster for me as well, falling in and out with God so often i thought what's the point of running back to God.. But now i know, each time i come back to him, i'm stronger, more refined cos God's been moulding me all this while and will continue to do so till my transformation is complete and i'm ready to return to him for good. He's brought many people into my life along which came trials and testing.. but in all this, he's never given me more than I could handle with his grace. He's thought me to trust in him to provide cos he knows the plans he has for me, plans to prosper me and not harm me. So that in all things, i can give the greatest glory back to Him. People come and people go, people change as they get older but God's is unchanging and his love endures forever. I think friends are Angels in disguise, sent by God as a physical display of his care and concern for us, a listening ear in times of grief and a shoulder to cry on when we are sad.

I've changed to the point where i look at myself a few years back and i think "woah, i'd never thought i'd be like I am today.." go figure out for yourself what i mean. Hopfully i've changed for the better.. only God knows what 2007 has to bring.

If i were to rate my social life in choir.. it'd be a 1.. that's 1/10 mind you.. Farewell basically sucked.. JTS too.. wait let me set the record straight. I really enjoyed myself with the people who turned up for JTS! I played lan with them.. lol first time =p kena owned... The Ex-co did a fantastic job organising the farewell and all! everything went smoothly according to plan and there was more than enough food! They packed the leftovers into styrofoam boxes for people to take home.. 10 points for that ingenius idea! OK so why did it suck so bad? Haiz.. cos the seniors are leaving! And the batch of juniors, namely US, who are taking over the responsibilty of upholding VJChoir's legacy? We're a real let down i think. Mr Kwei said something today during the tea-light session aka sit in a circle with a tea-light in front of you and hear what the year 2s have to say as a farewell speech. He said "If anything, you (year 1 cohort) are not half as united as the year 2s" I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HIM. I mean.. how can you expect us to be united with people like ... around?

Here's wat happened.. VS GUYS!! PAY ATTENTION.

So it was dinner time.. i got my food and sat down with them to eat.. immediately, as in, before i managed to take my first mouthful of food immediate, they start criticising VS GUYS in general.. i mean wat the heck.. "i felt so welcome to sit with them?" What a bloody freaking generalisation! And not like they had anything nice to say about us! It's really hard to lead a life God calls us to lead.. especially with such people around.. i'm pissed.. and really hurt. Some people can be so mean!!

Believe me when i say, I'm really sad to see the year 2s go, especially the VS GUYS!!!!!! Thanks to the ... people my loyalty to my alma mater just went up by a gazillion times.. anyone wants to criticise her, for goodness sake take a look at yourslef.






Ok.. so much for that.
Man I'm really gonna miss singing with this choir. As in 1988, 1989 batch of choir members. I realise there's never gonna be another chance for this choir to sing together like we did in Italy ever again. The videos of us winning the GRAND PREMIO in Italy really gave me goosebumps and it was like we were doing it all over again. A few of us stood up and cheered when we saw oursleves claim the grand prize again on the screen. Suddenly all the memories of Italy come flooding back through my mind, the joy and honour of receiving a standing ovation coursing through my veins once more. What's next year gonna be like? Nothing's gonna beat italy i think. Irvin's said we ought to find our place in choir.. for that balance. People think that once you have a com position, you're happy in choir cos you got something to do. Yea right.. I ought to get off the scale incase I upset the balance.

All ready for school? Haiz.. gone were the days my fringe swept across my face when the wind blew.. LOL! Sounds so gay.. kk STOP. Terry said this pic super emo.. Hehe! really ar ? cool! Time to do ome reflections on 2006 man.. Been a crazy year.. but i'm not gonna reflect here and let everybody see!! :) Shall write it somewhere more private i think ? Hey who's free on 31st? come my church for countdown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh! I got locked out of the house today! Haha! First time! I took out my keys from my wallet as they were making ugly imprints on the leather. Mum bought me this really nice billabong wallet for christmas! Haiz.. makes me feel guilty and appreciative all the same.. didn't get my parents gifts.. and recently i realise i've been really rude and impatient towards them. But sometimes i just can't help it! God gimme patience and grace!!! ARGH! I think i'd be really sad if i were my parents.. :(
Aniwaes.. i was sitting outside the basketball court eating my donut while waiting.. lol.. some picnic. But this mozzie ppl gotta come and do fummigation.. eh.. chocolate donut is enuf.. no need extra DDT or something. Haha. The look on Dad's face when he saw me with black hair again was so funny.. his mouth was so round.. haha!! But den.. haiz, again i disappoint myself. I'm too cool, too pushy, too impatient, too angry for him for locking the door.. stupid reason. FRED!! Who ask u never bring key! Not Dad's fault lor.. Haiz.. and so i missed out on a chance to laugh and joke with Dad and Mum about my new haircut. Wat's wrong with me.. I complain ppl are snobbish.. when here i am thinking i'm too cool to tell my parents how much i love them. :(
Teenagers nowadays ought to behave at home, like they would with their friends. Weird way of putting it but, i think it's really true in alot of families. Ppl often say teens need to behave outside like their under the watchful eyes of their parents but i dun think that's all encompassing. Bleh.. why am i blogging about this.. haha!

Oh another sickening thing to blog about! Bass JTS. Though it's not till tmr that i will actually find out how many ppl will turn up. It's still damn freaking irritating when ppl confirm with you that they are coming, den after u book the bloody table, they tell you they cannot come. And it's like i book liao, send out sms to confirm with them that the table has been booked, den they reply cannot come.. so if i didn't sms you all, i'll get a surprise tmr morning when no one comes issit? %$*&$^&%$(^% Thanks God at least Daniel agreed to go shopping for the farewell gifts.. Den i went home to pack it properly and write the cards, signing them with "BASSES 06-07" Should just write from me and Daniel eh.. but den, likedat cannot claim money.. All of you owe me $7.70!! I hope none of the seniors read this.. lol. Was sposed to go for the campus crusade thingy tonight.. but had to do econs project and pack the farewell gifts..

TMR is JTS.. hmm. Bleh.. i dun like this.. this sux..

WHERE IS MY TAGBOARD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a day!!!

In the morning i went to school to do econs project.. due on the 8th.. this is unbelievably the first meeting since the holidays.. Haha!! Actually it's quite believable.. i wouldn't even have bothered if fritzi hadn't bothered.. Haha! =p

Next, went for some camp thing by Campus Crusade for christ at.. NUS.. wah, so far. And it was raining. So i an attempt to rush from the bus stop to paya lebar mrt without getting drenched.. I DROPPED MY PHONE!!!! By the time i realised it was gone.. (I had crossed the road and reached the station), doubled back to see where it was.. it had magically grown wings and disappeared.. so there i was, standing in the rain, searching for my phone in vain. At first i was worried about the leg of my jeans getting wet as it was way too long and i was stepping on it most of the time as i walked. Now i was totally drenched.. ar.. one less thing to worry about i guess?
As a result, i had one long mrt ride from paya lebar to clementi to mourn for the would be lost phone if not for the kind soul who picked it up, called my home and arranged to meet my parents at aljunied this evening to return it!!!! THANK GOD for people like her!!! Imagine the inconvenience of losing all the contact numbers.. somemore i'm trying to organise JTS this sat.. and THANK GOD i managed to meet john without having to call him to ask where he was. That was when i called mum to tell her the bad news and received good news in return!!

Aniwaes, the conference was really good! I realised that even blogging can be a means of evagelism!!! They showed a video of this guy spreading the gospel while on a boat, cruising down a river to another boat beside him.. it's like those kinda sampan cum gandola type of boat.. and the way he was evangelising was so funny! straight to the point.. "dun believe in Jesus, ur gonna DIE" quite blunt.. but 3 of them who heard turned their hearts to Jesus after that!! super cool lah!! sheesh! GOD AT WORK man!!

On the way home it seemed that there were more couples den usual on the mrt.. initially i was leaning on the side panels beside the door.. den.. eh no. I was sitting down. Den this guy with really bad body odur sat beside me.. wah! sorry, really cannot stand it.. sour musty smell. BLEH!! so i stood up and moved away as discreet as i could. Den along came the first couple, and stood beside me. You know how couples love the side panels near the doors? er.. dun think i need to explain. So i pretended not to notice their sideway glances at me at first. But after a while, i decided that i'd give them what they wanted and moved away. I looked back and.. wah! so fast ar! already in position.. sheesh! den i noticed 2 other couples in the mrt too!! lol sorry.. got long journey.. nothing to do. Den as i was standing there trying not to stare.. a family came and stood beside me.. the mum and kids on my left, the dad on my right.. rrrrite.. so am i sposed to move away again?? OKAY.. i'm nice.. sheesh!!

WHAT A DAY!!

ARGH!!!! Can u imagine the frustration when u've been playing PS2 the whole morning and all ur characters in the game level up by 8 times liao and den suddenly die without saving! alwiuebf;OUEB!!*%#%*@(@!!! GRRRR.. stupid sia.. crap crap crap!! oh wellssssss...

Was writing christmas cards this morning.. mum was like "now den u write??"
Hehe! well, better late den never i guess? Den i received news that we gotta get gifts for our seniors on farewell which is in 4 days time.. Minus today cos relatives coming over for christmas, i have 3 days, how am i sposed to go hunt for a standard gift for over 10 ppl in such a short time!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just came to realise something... school starts on wed.. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why so fast!! And now i wish i had signed up to be an OGL. I envy elroy.. get to lead my old OG. I wanna do those stupid OG cheers again!! haha!! the fight-kill one was so vulgar! but funny.. Hehe. And den cheering sessions.. standing on the chairs helping my fellow OG mates cos i already knew most of the cheers.. seeing other VS ppl on the chairs too! Haha! Super funny. Haiz.. it feels like the year's starting all over again and i'm gg to VJ for the first time. Suddenly i think about all my OG mates.. some have gone to other JCs.. lost touch with them.. i remember gg with them to airport for dinner once.. aww.. the memories!! Shucks man.. orientation was really fun!! Mass dance!! though i still can't do a complete dance without cues.. it's still the most enjoyable part of school events i think!

Am i ready for the new year.. no way man....