"New year, new start"

Camp Aspirations at Bintan from the 9th to 11th was a great opportunity for 4E to bond. Really glad that by the end of camp, I got much closer to Ching, Vidhya & Tricia. Going to the children's school and helping them cement their courts and painting their walls made all of us really happy. Seeing their smiles and hearing their laughter gave us motivation to carry on although we were incredibly tired and sweaty. Not to forget smelly. HAHA.  Rooming with Kelly & Valerie was pretty great. It's a good thing the 3 of us are pretty light sleepers, and we all got up really quickly in the mornings. Woke up at 4am on the first morning because we forgot to set the time to Bintan's timing. Kelly and I ended up watching Unbeatable Sazuke and making fun of every single contestant. Went Mangrove planting on the 2nd day and back to the school we visited the previous day to continue our work. Reflections during the night was pretty emotional. Everyone started apologising to each other, and even I did. Well, that did not go as well as I expected it to....But I'm glad I finally got the courage to do it. Headed for a 1 hour drive to the water village to see how the people in Bintan lived on our 3rd day, and my apologies for drooling on you during the bus ride Vidhya. HAHA. That was basically what we did there. It was my first time going to Indonesia, and it was definitely an eye-opener. 

"And we're not as lonely as we were before"

How has it been close to 3 months since I last blogged? HAHA. Been really busy lately (in other words, I was just plain lazy) So I shall just do a quick recap on a couple of significant events that happened which I didn't blog about yeah!

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Shannon&Uma tied the knot! It was a great oportunity, being able to be one of the speakers for their church wedding @ St. Mary's. The Lunch which followed @ Fullerton was just incredible. Haven't eaten so much for a really long time. Plus, the caramel biscuit mango pudding is something everyone should try if they ever have lunch at Fullerton. What an unforgettable day with the Jacobs. The temple wedding was the following day, and just like the day before, the food was great! #TeamIndianFood. HAHA I'm so lame. Can't wait for them to move to Punggol. Expecting Ben & myself to spend most of our time at their place once they move in. HAHA.

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All dressed in white and got confirmed at around 630 with the 4 girls who've stuck with me since Primary 1. I remember how we'll all dread going for classes, but now that they're finally over, I sort of wished I appreciated Cat. classes a little more. Dinner @ The Quartz after mass was incredibly good. Thank you Kelly, Angela, Vidhya, Pei Shuyuen, Naomi, Ching, Evelyn, Justina & Francesca for coming. Joining IOS with Sheriann tomorrow. And hopefully, Megan, Sheriann and Bronte would join soon, so we'll all be able to have breakfast every Sunday again, just like how we used to.

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Went for a holiday and Shannon&Uma's reception in India. Overall, I enjoyed myself because the food there was just amazing. However, the perpetual horning coming from vehicles and how we'll have to risk our lives everytime we cross the busy streets, reminds me of how I'll never want to go back there. Seeing many poor people begging on the sidewalks also made me realize how fortunate my life here in Singapore is. Came back to a very pleasant surprise at 630am. Angela, Pei Shyuen & Vidhya were at the airport to welcome me back! That was an incredibly sweet gesture since it was so early in the morning. Headed to Ikea for some window shopping before going home to get some sleep.

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Got woken up by an incredibly bad abdomen pain and having major difficulty breathing. Silly me, decided to keep quiet about it till around 930, when the pain was unbearable. My mom and brother rushed me to the hospital and after 5 hours of tests and scans, I got admitted. My relatives visited me first thing in the morning and they all brought balloons because they know about my weird fascination with things that fly HAHA. Vidhya came to visit too, which was pretty sweet since she had to run in the rain to get to KK. Got discharged on the 6th and from that day, my parents kept a close eye on me, making sure I eat regularly. But everything's fine now, the pain comes back sometimes, but it'll go away within minutes.

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CHRISTMAS! Went for 9pm mass @ SFX. Pretty proud of myself since I was able to fit into the dress I got 4 years ago? Headed to the grandparents place for a Christmas countdown after that before heading home and keeping the best friend awake, telling her that sleeping during Christmas is not allowed, but ended up falling alseep before she did HAHA. Lunch @ Jacq's was pretty good although the food's the same like every other year. Dinner @ The Quartz is always the highlight of every Christmas for both the Jacobs & Michales. Had a great time with all the cousins and Shannon&Uma's friends that dropped by too! So at around 10 plus, Angela, Vidhya & Pei Shyuen popped by for about 15mins. And although it was so late, they made the effort to come over. That  simple gesture of theirs made my Christmas :)

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New Year's Eve! Spent the morning having prata with Vidhya and shopping for last minute Christmas gifts. Headed back home and died in my room thinking about how unproductive I was being on the last day of 2012. Everything got better at night when all the Jacobs headed to Uncle John's place for a countdown party. Best party of 2012, I swear. Everyone was pretty high and drunk, and for some reason, I found it incredibly amusing how the Jacob brothers get all emotional and start hugging each other. HAHA.

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"5...4....3...2...1...HAPPY NEW YEAR....CRASH." Yes, on the 1st second of the New Year, a wine glass slipped out of my father's hand and came crashing to the marble white floor of my uncle's flat. Glass was everywhere, and unfortunately, my aunt's foot got injured. What a great way to start the year :'( We all stood in a circle and said a short prayer after that, as (for superstitious reasons) it is bad luck to break any form of glass on a special day. Everything was fine after that, and the party carried on. And just like every year since 2009, I made my first New Year's call to Krystle. What a great way to start 2013 :o)

"It doesn't hurt at times. It hurts all the time"

Let's go back to last weekend:

Due to the heavy rain after camp briefing on Friday night, most facils fell sick on Saturday, BUT I DIDN'T. Felt like a great accomplishment because my weak immune system usually gets me falling ill almost every other weekend. So moving on, faciling the p6s for their first ever church camp was more fun than I expected it to be. Hope I managed to deepen the faith in at least one child, and hopefully my own too. Things started getting pretty awkward when a girl from my group asked me for N.W.'s facebook name. She looked so in love and innocent, so I just gave it to her. HAHA WHOOPS.

The last week of school was pretty short. Didn't go on Monday because the rain, obviously didn't spare me, and I fell sick immediately after camp ended. Oh, thank you Angela & Vidhya for the packet soup. HAHA It's still in my cupboard, I'll make it soon yeah! Pretty glad that 3E's going to get promoted as a class. YAY. Haha, no more fooling around next year!

"We've been friends too long to pick, but if we could pick, I'd pick you"

Had an incredible weekend.
Lunch + Book Shopping with Jean on Saturday.
Mass + Cat class with my favorite pals on Sunday. And I swear, I'm gonna miss waking up before 8 on a weekend and rushing to church once the year ends and cat class is over. Really hope I get into a ministry with Bronte and Sheriann. So anyways, Bronte is the worst person to lend my phone to because she has a tendency of commenting on people's instagram photos with my account. Bronte, I'm forever gonna use this against you. Oh, and for the sake of my poor memory, last week, Bronte apologized to me for blasting at me the other day. #GreatestAchievementOf2012. HAHA.

Moving on....

Gym session with Angela, Pei Shyuen and Vidhya on Friday. Played Slender after that, and it's not that scary but I obviously got a shock when Slender suddenly appeared. Spent the rest of the time watching videos on YouTube and eating chocolate pillows. Haha what a great way to ease the worry of getting results back the following day.

So the past 3 days have been pretty bad because for one reason or another, I did terribly for my EOYs this time, despite actually putting in effort. Looks like it's time to change my studying methods... But one text from Mr. Wu yesterday evening saying that I'm "not in danger if being retained" immediately made my day better HAHA. Inter-class tennis with Valerie, Kelly, Sab and Heidi was better than I expected it to be. 4th placing isn't that bad...Atleast we got into the semi-finals right? HAHA. One more day to go, and hello weekend! 

I've had enough of you. And I've had enough of this family. I'll never want to be like any of y'all.
Hypocrites. 

Hello! So it's been a really really long time since I blogged. HAHA BUT HELLO I'M BACK. Okay let's get down to business...

1) Hello Kelly. I'm sorry for not keeping to my word, again. And again. And again. I'll stop making promises I can't keep. I was just not feeling very well yesterday. I'll start updating my blog more frequently now since SA2 is over! Sorry, hope you're not angry :'(

2) Had a great day yesterday with Rebecca, Kelly & Valerie and Town shopping for Evan's gift. Rebecca and I spent most of the time choosing clothes for each other which we know we'll never buy. Oh, and thanks for the Lion King Pullover Kelly! I'll Pay you back once I have enough, you're the best! Attempted, but failed to bump into Angela, Pei Shyuen and Vidhya at Orchard, so we ended up planning to meet HAHA. Krystle came over at night because we were planning to go to the gym...But that obviously didn't work out. Ended up ranting and complaining to her about everything, so that was pretty good I guess? And well, today was pretty good too. Breakfast with Officer Pinto @ Wendy's before she headed to work and spent the rest of the day lazing around at home watching HIMYM, drinking soup (Thanks for delivering the soup + Strepsils), and sleeping... Absolutely hate it when my dad's overseas because my mom thinks she's in charge which sucks because she gets all authoritative. Oh well.

3) So it's pretty good that SA2's finally over. Positively sure I'm not going to do well this time, but let's just hope it's enough for me to get promoted! Facil briefing + Lunch with Jean tomorrow! :)

Now Let's see....

THINGS TO DO:

1. Find confirmation shoes + Alter my dress
2. Go ice skating 
3. Try to watch Perks of being a Wallflower
4. Get boxes from Ikea
5. Bake pasta/cupcakes
6. Get new piano scores for next year's practical
7. Clean my room
8. Buy 1Q84
9. Update my playlist
10. Stock up on stamps and paper