Saturday, 6 February 2010.
Back in Action ... and then lost again.

I'm back blogging !
I missed blogging properly soooooooo much.
Let's see, when was the last time I had a proper post, huh?
TWO WEEKS AGO (those post which are filled with me procastinating doesn't count, it's not even proper in the first place ).

Hmmm, I have quite a lot of things to update on ...
During these two weeks, a lot of things happened ; sad and happy things.
Some things even set me thinking ...
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For the past 6 days , I have been revising for my test like a mad girl ...
I only get to go back at 6plus for 4 days in a week because I have trainings.
Thus, leaving me with less than 6 hours to study for every single of my test .

I really don't mind sleeping late every night you know .
It's just that, it's always during this kind of period, when I desperately need support and encouragement, that my parents (particularly my mum) pull me down.
When she see me staying up late, she will be like : "Play la, play somemore ... see now everytime late late sleep, like that even more tired. "
Contradictions to her sentence :
1) I DIDN'T EVEN PLAY.
2) EVEN IF I DID PLAY, IT'S JUST TO RELAX MY MIND FOR A WHILE, AND LESS THAN 15 MINUTES LATER, I'M BACK TO MY WORK AGAIN.
My dear mum, you see me working hard for my future don't you? So why do you have to keep harping on my misdeeds (If it was ever considered a "misdeed" for playing to relax both the mind and soul.)
3) In comparison to me in the past, I'm working doubly hard on my academics, SC and NPCC right now. In the past, I never stayed up late to study AT ALL. I sleep at 10 every night, because when I was a SEC TWO, I was not an Exco member of SC, and I don't have to carry the burdens of being an going-to-be-NCO. Now, it's totally a different case. Seniors are stepping down, and gradually my friends and I have to take over their responsibilities.
Of course we'll have to train hard ... Like what our new Sir said, as we become NCOS, we have less rights and we deserve less breaks then our juniors ...
My dear mum , I'm trying really hard to balance out my things right now . I know you're tired, but I'm tired too. I just hope that you'll just stop venting all your anger on me ... Even if staying up late studying and revising for my work hurts your eyes, you don't have to drop sarcastic remarks. I'd rather that you ignore me.

Well, on lighter note , all the above 3 points are just small matters .
When I get results I'm relatively satisfied with , she passes sarcastic remarks and I don't know how, she'll begin harping on my attitude again. Next time, I'm not going to tell her about my achievements. No, N-O; NO. I'll just keep all these happiness to myself. What's the point of achieving so much ... when people around you are not even acknowledging it? Furthermore , I don't want to create big hoohas over such matters. I shall keep all my feelings to myself.
Other than that, she's playing favouristim, yet again. She'll blame not only my brother, and me for misdeeds that my brother has done. He's being nagged at for hogging on to our new laptop for too long, and when I reached home yesterday, I pleaded for the laptop since my brother is using the desktop( again). Well, I ended up being washed by very big waves of criticism. Firstly, it's not even my fault. Secondly, I desperately want to surf the Net. Thirdly, SHE'S NOT EVEN SCOLDING MY BROTHER FOR NOT GIVING ME A CHANCE TO USE THE COMPUTER FOR ONE ENTIRE WEEK. What is this?

As for my dad, I don't really have any harsh comments. I know he's concerned with me staying up late every night because he always bring up the death of my uncle (who passed away because one of his nerve broke due to too much studying) . He speak to me in gentle tone and tries to chase me to sleep whenever the clock stikes 11. But with no avail.
Sorry and love you dad.

I know I shouldn't be complaining and complaining. But, this is how I feel . Maybe I'll feel plain stupid and dumb next time I press archive and stumble across this post.
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Next up, NPCC.
Well, I don't really have comments for my CCA. Although I hate the 4days-in-one-week trainings, but generally I think it's all worth it. Competition's creeping in anyway, so bascially it'll so us nothing but good (except for the draining-all-our-energy-out part) in near future. Well, U07 and U08 hwaiting (:
Anyway, there's this new Sir who just entered our unit ... From what I've heard, he's gonna be our permanent Sir . (ultimate shock) . All I can say is, I don't understand his theory lesson on knots and lashings at all. No offence, but in a certain way, I just cannot absorb all the knowledge he's passing down to us as easily as Ma'am Irene's. MA'AM IRENE WHERE ARE YOU ?! (winks). Maybe Ma'am Irene concentrate less on theory but emphasize more on practical. No hard feelings but I learn better that way. :X
Next, Total Defence Day is drawing nearer and nearer. As for this year, cadets have to write an ONE-PAGE essay on the theme "I Will". Unfortunately I got the honour of writing the essay. Here comes the problem; I CAN'T WRITE. My grammar's standard is low down there (points down) and my vocabulary is pathetically limited. I always have problems expressing my own feelings using proper english ! So why ME ?

That's all for NPCC, two camps during March. NCO camp and Sec 1 orientation camp.
From what I heard, Sec One Orientation Camp's from Thursday to Fryda (2D1N) ... so NCO camp's most likely from Monday to Wednesday. Adding on Student Council Camp from Friday to Saturday, I'm gonna get a really TIGHT schedule . I just hope homework doesn't haunt me .
OHMYGOSH, WHAT ABOUT 2709 MARCH'S BBQ ?!
(Screams).
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That's all for my two-weeks-worth complains.

Above everything, there have also been people who was always there for me, especially my dearest Youknowwhoyouare . (;
She's tired, I'm tired but she never fails to cheer me up completely whenever my eyes are flooded with tears of my mum's sarcasm and criticism. Without her, I think I've given up long time ago.
Thanks my dear friend, may we last long (:
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Of course, out of this two weeks, I have been going out of my house, attending concerts, BBQs, and stuffs like this. (:

22 January' 10.



The six of us (SC 2010-2011 Exco members) went to Botanic Gardens to have our videoshoot.
The whole process was nerve-wrecking, embarassing and of course, HOT ! The weather was atrocious ... But overall, I enjoyed myself even though, 1) I keep shifting my eyes to my script even though the camera was already rolling; 2) I danced like a vampire. Haha !

The greatest achievement was, I came back with lots and lots of pictures with plants and flowers in it ! (:



























































23 January'10.
A BBQ was held down @ Amanda's house, @ AMK.
I didn't know it was a advanced-birthday celebration for Amanda so I didn't went with a present ! (guilty). But, I will hand my present over to her when I visit Grandma and Grandpa @ Yishun during Chinese New Year. (:

Pictures !






3 year old cousin ! He was pressing for Elmo videos and cannot sit still ! HAHA.
















He finally stood still when my auntie told him : “I’m gonna buy a motorcycle for you !” Haha, cute. But it’s all a bluff to make him stand still and face the camera … Haaa.




28th January'10.
This day marked my (unknown number) dental appointment.
The dentist PULLED my molar to the back by putting a ring in between 2 of my teeth.
Pain !

Received bad news while I was alone on my bus. ):
Glad that's you're okay now.
Cheer up okay, I'm here (:

30th January'10.
Attended band concert down at Victoria concert hall.
The concert was pretty enjoyable, although the front part was pretty dull.

The concert was another mean of 2709 gathering .. But only 3 girls came !
I know it's pathetic but overall I did enjoy myself even though 30th also marked the (inserts event here), which made me pretty tensed up an worried throughout the whole concert .





















Memories of 17082709, deeply etched in my heart. (:
1 Febuary'10
1 month of 2010 has passed ... Time pass quickly. Counting from today (6th Feb), it's just another 9 days to (inserts event here); and 8 more days to Chinese New Year (Ah, I haven't finish buying my stuffs yet ! )

1st Febuary also marks the start of Week 5, which is hectically packed with 4 test (not to forget trainings till 6)? Plain atrocious. Stayed up till 12 every night( literally morning) just to complete all my homework and revision ...
Tired but for my future !

5th Febuary'10
I had Chemistry test this day and I got back my Chinese and Amath test ! (:
I got 2nd in class for chinese - 78/100 . To say the truth I was quite atonished because I never expected myself to get the 2nd ... I wanted to get be one of the tops BUT after seeing the taking the paper I felt as though the hope was practically dashed. Now, it's like, a dream come true ha. I truly hope I'll maintain. (:
& ! Top for Amath - 28/30 ! Although Pamela and Kenneth also got the same marks as me BUT , I'm more satisfied with my results than my class position. But I'm still a little disappointment because I have no idea how to solve a 3 mark question ): .

Anyway, the Sec one NPCC cadets officially entered the unit today. 8).
I took over them with Cailing and Yingtian at first, and we briefed through the rules and regulations of NPCC ... how everything must be standardized and every other things. Next, we played ice breakers. We made them say their name and why they joined NPCC. We got some unsatisfying answers like ; "I was forced to join NPCC," , and " I don't know". What's worse is that, out of 23 cadets, at least 17 gave "exciting" and "interesting". I still remembered, when I first entered the unit, I told my NCOs that I joined NPCC because I want to hold the gun, haha ! (:
However, there were also initiative cadets too. One joined NPCC because she liked our fancy drill performance. Haha, gladdd 'cause it's more than 24 people's effort. (: One joined because he likes marching ... Speechless (ha maybe because I like campcraft more than drills ); but I'm happy that he managed to give such good reasons to enter NPCC. Next, we let them play the "Whacko" game. At the start, it was atrocious. So I made them introduce themselves ALL OVER AGAIN. Their attitude and performance was bad so I kept on scolding them . HAHA, number 1 bad senior (: Hey, but it's for their own good and our own good ! If they aren't disciplined then WE are going to suffer when WE take over the unit.

That's all I guess.

I'm heading over to Warren later, for 2709's class BBQ and Weiyuan cum Angela's birthday celebration.

TingWeiYuan, TOOT ! The person who is EXACTLY 1 month younger than me. 15 year old already, BE MORE MATURE ! Okay that's the only message I want to pass to you, haha !

Got to go meet Amelia and gang now, I hope that there'll be picture spam later. (:

Byeeeeee.
Oh, and did you manage to finish reading this super long post ? HAHA.

I'd hold on to it ...
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