Today marks the end of J1, and it is also the birth of 'My SECOND world'. No more PW... no more Chinese!!!! Yay.. that's like the best i can ever wished for.. There's so much to say about life in J1... ... so much thoughts and feelings within me that is so hard to express... Orientation 2007My first step into a mix school... totally not use to it i must confess. I was rather scared though... and a little lonely too... considering most of my friends went to ACSI(B). I missed life in Crescent so much.. the games we play.. the laughter we shared... the endless outings we had.. and even the fun we all had studying for o's... EVERYTHING... it all juz shattered in front of my eyes suddenly. Well... that will have to become memories i guess.. Now... i have found myself a new class.. Another new lap of my study life...
Orientation 2007 was indeed memorable... The amazing race esp... that is when our class had a chance to bond.. then comes the cheena cheers... which till now i have absolutely no idea how it all originated:) nevertheless... it is a good source of laughter to all of us... and a distinguishing trait that only we possess over the other groups... someone created the 'banana' song too... lots of imaginations... that's when i found my class really creative... well... i really wished our class can be more bonded.. but its juz tat i dun really know how... coz there always seems to be a distinct line drawn between the girls and the guys...
Dance nite marks the end of our J1 orientation.. can't really remember how it went... coz it's like a few months back already... but there's one particular thing that i remembered... The guys were up to mischieve... ... kailing and i were suppose to meet the rest of my class at the grandstand.. upon our arrival... some pple juz popped out of no where and scare the hearts out of us!!!! hmmm... kevin is one of the culprits... haha... that day was Kailing's last day in NJ too.. she cried.
STUDIES, CCA, then Everything else!This is the period of ultimate stress!!!! it's time to get back to study... i tot it would be like a breeze... since there are only 4 subjects this time.. but i was totally wrong... !!! There were other things that stirred up this terrible feeling... perhaps i've caused all this myself... signing up for too many things at a time... YFC CIP project was my the first commitment in the year... then came SYF... i always enjoy dancing SYF.. it's like a time when all of us in dance shared the 'torture', the joy, the pain, the tears... and most importantly... the friendship and the presence of all of us in dance... But this time... it was the first time after sooooo many years that i have to dance CHINESE DANCE SYF... the last time i had C.D. SYF was like in primary five... and lynette was there too:) hmm... but in NJCD.. it's kind of different.. everyone was so good and when i started to learn my first few steps in dance... everyone else has already perfected theirs... honestly... i dont really know how to dance chinese dance though... coz crez C.D was very slack=)... i learned a lot through the SYF period... it was the first time i discovered how to incoporate breathing with dancing!! My dance mates were very nice (love you all)... they tried to help me in every way.. But i was still stress.. coz i didnt want to let down the dance group.. my seniors... my instructors... everyone... Somehow i was juz unable to smile when i dance... my brain tells me to smile... but apparently i juz cant=( ... i felt as if i was overuled by the stress within me... everytime i dance... i will bound to make mistakes... i have nvr felt that way before... for i have always loved dance... there must be something wrong with me... ... In addition... i soon found out that i've gotten a place for H3-STAR... should i be happy, confused or stress then? i really dun know... i wasnt even sure whether to accept or not.. but my mom told me to try... well then... that'll be my third commitment of the year.. Studies.. dance.. YFC... H3... that's enough to really stress me up!!! sigh... wished i had been wiser then....
Research Life
A time i spend away from school. Perhaps it is also an antidote for me to cure my stress... It was an irony indeed... i thought this would be quite a stressful journey... having to understand extremely complicated chemistry theories in Chinese... i read tons of research papers... conducted experiments.. wow... a lot of work indeed... But am i stress?? well... i really dun think so... perhaps staying away from the stressful NJ life for a short period of time really helps me to sort out my thoughts.. My lab mates taught me many interesting life lessons... whenever i frowned at my supposingly 'lifeless' June hols... they made me see things in a different light... having a lot of things to do... being busy in the hols does not equals to 'no life'... on the contrary... it is actually a situation where one is 'full of life'... i have nvr thought of it that way... but somehow it began to make sense to me.. i started to see everything in a positive light... instead of complaining endlessly about my stressful 'chores'... i began to accept it and find some fun out of it... it did make me a happier person... i was utterly grateful... 'no life' is a common phrase we all use when feeling down or stress... but 'full of life' was often left unheard... let alone spoken.. but i must say... that is the most ideal way of looking at things...
Time in ICES past quite fast... Before i know it ... 2 mths was over and it was time to return to school again..
Sentosa Trip
i must say this is the most enjoyable class outing i've ever had this year... And that day was lynette's birthday too!!! :) We started off by playing volleyball.. while the guys played soccer... soon after... we have lynette and marrissa being thrown into the sea.. thx to the 2 strong girls... wan ching and shalom... Yup... and cycling was fun too (oh... thank you marvin for helping all of us keep our valuables..)
The sea water was sooo inviting.. and that day was the first time i've ever swam in the sea!! i could feel myself floating in the sea water... and wow... it was totally relaxing.. =) jamie joined in too!! Together with vanessa.. we swam to a small islet across the waters to join the guys... i have juz defied my mother's orders!!! for she warn me never to swim in the sea... but i guess it should be alright.. since she didnt scold me after finding out=)...
Then... the highlight of the day... captain's ball in the sea!! Almost our whole class joined in (girls VS guys)... it was a rather deceiving game i must say... coz when all of us was 'half-standing' in the sea... we all seemed so short and little did we know that the guys can juz suddenly 'spring' up to catch hold of the ball... it was really fun.. the 3 defenders (wan ching, shalom and marrissa) attempted in vain to keep the ball away from zac... kevin was literally running from one end to the other several times throughout the game... and i was constantly being blocked by daniel...
Dinner was taken at THAI express in VIVO city... and guess wat... it was the first time i ate at THAI express!! the food was not bad... juz that it was freezing cold in there... and i was shivering half the time while eating... hmmm... that day past quite fast.. Time always flies when we are having fun... looking back... i really wish we could have more of such class outings.. but CCA and our hectic school life always seemed to hinder ... Well.. i believed that our class can have fun together... It's juz the matter of whether or not we are given the opportunity=)
