The year is ending ... next year shall be a new beginning ...

In a flash.. we have finally came to the last day of the year... This has been a rather busy year.. for me and I guess for everyone as well.. Everytime I do my tutorials ... research work ... and mug like crazy for the numerous tests in the week.. I had been wishing for this day to come.. But now when I look back at my life in J2 .. and how we spent tutorial and lecture times together as a class.. I'm beginning to miss it ..

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Yes... and I agree that I'm the least seen classmate ... probably spending half my time in the labs etc.. in class.. I was always trying hard to finish my work so I could conc on my research when I get home.. I hardly have time to mix around and talk to more pple in class.. it's hard to foster strong friendships like those I've made in crescent... sometimes... when the guys are making too much noise.. I would juz listen to music and block off the noise... haha..
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I guess spending my time in NJ has really made me a more independent person... less reliant on friends and more on myself... unlike in crescent where my closest friends will juz follow me wherever I go...
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oh.. and I'm really touched when I read the messages from the guys... I never knew how significant I've been in their lives till I read the messages.. I guess making pple around me feel happy itself made me a happier person.. and the video... it's really nice.. it captured most of the memories.. and I think daniel did it... =)
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Next year I'll be back in NJ again ... but not as a student .. It will be an entirely different feeling... a new experience for me I guess... I juz hope I dun get to teach in 07S23 classroom... it will be so empty without the laughter and noise.. I think i'll cry..

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Having had such wonderful classmates and friends.. it really gave me more resevations about pursuing my studies overseas... I'm not sure if I'm strong enough to survive alone overseas.. leaving behind those wonderful times I've had in Singapore... Ahhhh!!! I really dunno... hmm... but now that there's a class video... I guess that can keep me company if I was to go overseas...

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Anyways... here are my dreams for next year:

• Continue keeping in touch with all my classmates and friends
• Hope that my cousin can go to school again
• Take up a fulfilling and meaningful job
• Find my direction in life
• Opportunities to share about science with pple and inspire them..
• Happiness
  

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Alright.. time to reflect on my past week =D

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Sat [27th dec]

Class party at lynette's house! =D ... Thank you lynette for preparing all the food and the gift exchange activity for the class.. =D .. thanks to wendy, vanessa, and lynette too for baking such a nice cake!!! =D playing pepsi cola with the girls was really fun and vanessa was soo pro at it... haha.. unbelievable =D but when she jump on you very painful!!! =D ohh... and I learn how to play a new game - cat and mouse.. at first I thought it was a running game where the cat chase the mouse or something... in the end turn out to be rather lame.. =) ohh.. and thanks to those who gave me presents that day too!!!!!! =D the guys as usual ... found it fun getting real wet.. haha.. It was a fun night indeed =D
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Sun [28th dec]

Gotta forced myself out of bed early.. to go for outing with my research friends and teachers... I thought I would be the latest... since it was unlikely that I can wake up early after sleeping at 1am plus the last night... in the end... HHC was the latest.. hahaha! Thanks Mr Lim for treating us to Sushi Tei =D Spend a really long time there coz we keep talking... but I forgot what we talked about already... lol... went for the 8km walk later with them... oh man!! that was a really tiring one... we walked from vivo to hortpark to kent-ridge... but it was kind of fun though =D ... enjoying nature and talking and expanding my knowledge.. HAHA!

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Went to my cousin's house later in the evening.. apparently my brother was there.. so I went.. I waited like crazy for bus 73 to come and gave up in the end.. so I took another bus and had to walk super long.. lol.. I think I'm getting so immune to walking long distance already.. arrived at his house... feeling so hungry coz I only took one meal that day... which is lunch... watch a movie there... and played pool with my brother... he became so pro... after being trained by either my cousin or his friend or both for juz one day... wa.. I can't believe it! Reached home late that day again..

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Mon [29th dec]

Went out with Jared in the evening.. we had dinner and talked... I was feeling so sleepy that day after taking overdosage of medicine.. coz of my mom lar... she made me take too much cough mixture.. supposed to take 1 tablespoon I think... she ask me to take 2 ... so I was really sleepy... no mood for shopping..

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Went to the doctor and the dentist later at night... 3rd time I'm seeing the doctor for cough or tonsillitis or watever.. I don't know why all the medicine are not working... anyway... hope it works this time.. my dentist drilled a hole in between my teeth.. he said that's the only way to close the gap smoothly.. lol.. so he tell me another 2 more visits again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(((( [ He has been telling me 2 more visits since before prom =( ]

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Tuesday [30th dec]

Time spent at home.. preparing ppt for the one hour presentation... ok.. that's like hard.. how to talk for 1 hour and not make the audience sleep.. man!! I really gotta think hard about this.. haha!

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Wednesday, or rather today [31st dec]

Marvin's birthday... so happy birthday! =D went out to play badminton with ngiam in the morning... wanted to ask my brother to wake up and go play also but end up getting scolded by him =(( ... lazy pig.. haha.. don't want to wake up.. luckily when we went there.. there were 2 more pple to play with.. so the game was not so tiring for me.. haha..

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I wonder if there'll be any last min activities today... like either with my family or my cousins.. otherwise I guess I'll have to spend new year's eve at home.. resting.. lol.. sad..

Christmas was spent at my cousin's house.. I woke up.. only to find that half a day was already gone.. after wrapping the presents... a terrible headache struck me again... ... I think it's time that the dark genes get into play.. since I was young... my relatives always commented that I look a lot like my father.. I go to school.. to realized that I shared his passion for maths and science too.. I inherited his sporty genes as well... but now.. looks like I've gotten his migraine genes... =(

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Ah!! I have been increasingly reliant on panadols these days.. over things like fever, cold .. and now.. headache.. It's really making me very frustrated! I can't wait to fully recover!

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Party at my cousin's house was fine... :) .. watched TV a while.. played pool.. played piano.. and eventually... I turned to MSN.. HAHA! I think there's really a lot of entertainment in his house... wii, karaoke, pool, piano, com etc.. it's almost impossible to find nothing to do there... except maybe that day.. where all the entertainments were busy entertaining all his friends!!! well... but luckily.. the piano [or rather keyboard] was not occupied.. =D [but sadly I didn't bring my scores =( ]
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Still.. thanks for all the food and the cakes =D .. and the presents too haha!! [I'll see what I can do with it lol!!! =) ]

Alright.. got caught using MSN!!

Friends who were STILL around before we were about to leave..

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Since we were back late on Christmas.. we woke up late too.. But ... I was sooo elated to find that my other cousin's maid brought us free turkey!!! =D [left over from yesterday's party coz we didn't go haha.. ] so lunch was yummy! =D
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Suppose to be playing badminton today... but change of plans... so went to the botanical gardens with my family.. my father and brother went off to play basketball.. didn't join them coz I wasn't feeling too well.. so I went to walk with my mom... It was evening time when we started walking... but the skies were already a little dark... partly my fault coz I spent too long eating the jumbo hotdog at the Kidz Cafe... HAHA!
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Anyways.. my mom was actually telling me scary stories while walking... and I can't believe that came from her!! .. We heard funny sounds along the way... the violent rustling of the dense bushes... and the tall canopy only allows a shimmer of sunlight to enter.. then she suddenly asked me if I know tai qi [HAHAHA! .. lol... I know wu shu though.. ]
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We then saw this huge tree with white tree trunk... scary.. especially when she has scared me enough on the way already.. lol! Eventually.. we reached this lake... the sound of waters calmed me down.. and..... I saw the swans!! [or is it goose?] I don't know... But I remember the last time I went the swans were white!! [lol... change colours!]
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My mom brought me to this new part of botanical gardens that I've nvr been before.. The research labs... I didn't know they have that there.. haha.. Interesting..
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After all the hectic and busy days... It's not a bad idea to visit nature and relax our minds... Yet... I think it's better if one do not go there at night.. ... Imaginations may run wild.. Haha.. with all the trees and shadows etc.. ... ...

It's Christmas!!! =D

I love Christmas!! For it's always filled with so many activities... meet up with friends etc.. PRESENTS =D yeah! .. Maybe someday I'll spent my christmas in a Church... Just to understand the TRUE meaning of Christmas =D

• 23rd Dec:
  Day out with liang and jess... =D we've known each other since crescent... when we were all in dance =D ... and I was glad that liang pulled me in to join chinese dance in NJ! =D .. and Jess!! stretching time was sure fun =P ... [haha!]
  
  We went to vivo... lunch was at Kim Gary [zhao ye's recommendation - and I find it really really nice =D so we went there] ... we then went to my fav place in Vivo.. and I felt so stupid jumping in the water coz I should have known that I'll get wet!!!!!!!!!! [you know the splashing effect...] luckily I didn't fall.. otherwise the end result would be disastrous!! :/
  
  That day was sure fun... talking about stuffs and all =D

• 24th Dec:
  Woke up with a sore throat again =( .. bad start for the day.. must be the Hai Feng yesterday at vivo that made me unwell.. Still.. I survived on unfinished medicine.. and went out with my cousins [just like how we celebrate Christmas together every year =D] Dinner was at err.. some heritage place?? [I'm seriously bad at remembering resturants names!] but nvm.. wat's important is that the food is nice!!! =D
  
  After dinner.. we went to cine leisure for k box.. the human and traffic jam at orchard was super bad!!! made me feel even more sick.. =( .. was soo glad when we arrived at the k box place coz at least there's sofa there for me to rest...
  
  This reminded me of the times when my cousin is well.. going k box very frequently and fighting for the mike when we were younger.. haha.. but yesterday... I guess I was too sick to sing much.. Still .. it was fun.. just being there =D
  

Party at my cousins house again today... I better go wrap the presents =D .. and my mom's calling me down for brunch! =D

BiRtHdAy!!!!!! =DDD

hello!! =D

I'm feeling extremely extraordinary happyyyyy today!!!!

This is really one of my best birthday ever =D ... Yesterday.. I was already feeling sooo excited a few minutes before 12... =D In the past.. I'll usually be asleep at that time.. haha.. but yesterday [or is it today??] ... I stayed up till about 2am!! haha.. and kevin and nic goh still come and tell me ghost stories la!!!!!!!!!! so terrible right??? lol!! luckily I could slp... otherwise the two of them will get it!!! hahahahaha!!

I felt so touched too.. when everyone started calling, smsing, msning, and (facebooking) me at around 12 o'clock yesterday.. =D ... I really didn't expect so many pple to remember my birthday... my cousins, my classmates, crescent pple, church friends, dance friends, and everyone else!!!!!! thanks so much for remembering!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D It means a lot to me... loveeeeeeeee all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D

haha.. well.. since I slept late that night... I woke up late too.. !! lol.. by the time I was awake .. it's already like noon time.. haha.. took breakfast at 1pm .. coz my mom prepared something nice =D .. and lunch cum dinner was at 5?? =D haha... it was really really really nice too =D ... ate all kinds of meat.. at the steakhouse... and I'm quite sure I've put on a few kg???!!! =D

Met up with alyssha, eileen and mish for movie =D ... watched twilight.. and it's reallllyyyy nice.. Amy was so right!! =) ... had supper with them too... at nydc [if I dun remember the name wrongly..] thanks to eileen for giving me that big bottle of wine!!!!!!!!!! haha.. I drank it juz now... [so now cannot slp... funny...] and thanks to mish and alyssha for that lovely necklace too!!!!!!!!! =D thanks for the cake ... =D thanks for everything!!!! =D

Reached home few minutes before 12.. to cut my nice cake =D

Some pics =D

at the steak house..

my cake =DDDDD

Drinking my first cup of wine =D [from eileen soh shi min!]

Today was family time again..

Sent my brother for badminton training in the morning... and we all went to LOT 1 for shopping while waiting for his training to end... LOT 1 is a really nice place to shop! The stuff there are not only nice but also very affordable too =D ...

Went to Marina Square after that for more shopping! ... haha... but then the stuff there all so ex... so nvr buy anything... save $$$ =D ... There was this public performance there... It was a piano and violin performance performed by some very small children... They are all so adorable!!! They dressed up like the little princess and prince... holding the little violin... and playing with so much confidence... those that played the piano were so small that their legs could not even reach the pedals when they sit on the piano chair!!!

It kind of reminded me of the times I had piano lessons when I was young too... I remembered the time when I took part in the piano competition... back then I think I was only 8 years old.. and in the semi-final round.. it was held in the auditorium... there were so many pple watching and I was very nervous.. So after I played finish the 3 pieces that I prepared... I bowed... and ran down the stage to hug my mom .. Sometimes.. I wished that I had been braver and took part in more concerts.. It's like my piano teacher always ask me to perform in the annual concert.. but I always turn down the opportunity.. oh well.. but now... I guess it's a little late already...

Playing piano is so relaxing.. right now... without exams and all... it's even better coz I can play those pieces that I like.. Sometimes I wonder if I were to persue my studies overseas.. I'll miss playing piano... coz I can't possibly bring it along with me.. so maybe that's why I want to learn guitar... coz I can always bring the guitar with me =D

I really can't imagine life without music!