prom- dread or otherwise...it's finally here tonight!
ok...so prom is finally here... prepare to feast your eyes on the colourful array of colours that will hit the Marina Mandarin Hotel Ballroom at 7.00pm tonight!
what a joke! 60 bucks for a night...and that's excluding all one has to spend on the gown/handbag/shoes/hairstyling?/makeup...i sure did spent quite a lot...heartache....damnz...i'll have to work to recoup those losses eh?
and no...i'm not going to style my 'mane of glory'...it's gonna stay the way it is!
theme: SHINE!
well...how can you shine? by putting lotsa' gliiter on your hair? shiny gown/makeup? i dun wanna be blinded...haha...
dolling up aside... what is this great big 'hoo-ha' about grad night?
to me...it's kind of a get-together b4 each goes their separate ways...it's kind of heart-wrenching...though i don't suppose i'll see any tears flowing (gals don't wanna smudge their make-ups)...ok. i kinda dread it.
haiz..all the people i've stuck out with for 4 solid years. a dinner of 7/8/9 dishes (how many exactly?) + a
probable dance...and prom will be over. till then...i'll update again on d-night...ta-ta!
my friends
this is for my friends....
- my seniors
- classmates
- juniors
1. this grp of ppl i cannot thank enough....they were the ones who let me in to a world of great musicianship....taught me what exactly team-spirit was....i've never dreamt that seniors and juniors do get along so well!!! you ppl rock my world....and, PERCUSSION RULEZ!!!! special thanks to Rui Fang... :D and Ahmad, haha...for the sweets and titbits on valentine's day, children's day...my graduation gift also..so touched... haha...
2. ppl whom i've interacted with in my four years at XM.... special thanks to: Shu Bin, 'si hui dang', Li Rong, Chern Wei, Celia [who's not in XM but still dials my no. ;D] i would be deemed inhumane to forget these ppl! thank you so so so much....the four years would have been insufferable if not for all you ppl!!! muacks!
3. my juniors...ah...this crazy grp of ppl!!!! OMG!!!! i just love you ppl....let's unite to fight that moonface!!!! carol, yeling, mich, yiang shan, ching hoon, hoiting, bao zhen, biing yih jia you for next year's SYF... i won't miss next year's concert...that's a promise. PERCUSSION RULEZ!!!!
yeah...my heartfelt gratitude for the irreplacable times we've spent together... you'll be in my heart and prayers...
' i met you as a stranger. i leave you as a friend. that's why my heart breaks...when you leave my hand.'
whee!!!!
returned from shopping today at kovan...my poor legs!! we've been walking from...let's c...1o plus to 3 plus...ha....
and finally, Shu Bin picked her outfit for Prom! hehe...
oh...and THANK YOU SO MUCH YIANG SHAN!!! though the music's a lil' too sweet...must teach me how to change the stuff and likes k? then i can change as and when i like...meanwhile, the whole layout's great! muackz!!!
anw, i gotta clarify one thing...it's soon yi zhen, not soon yizhen...hah...ok, i shan't say anything since you so kindly helped me with the blogskin.
catching butterflies...can we ever do that in Sg...ppl just get so caught up doing their own stuff....i bet they can't even find time to talk and just listen...haiz...
i haven't go dust the PM dolls....aiya!!!
oh ya, the testimonial got typo errors leh...haha...(tot teachers were more meticulous...oh well)
should i go do my hair? :D
nostalgia
i think i'll go start preparing x'mas cards... haha
time really flies huh?
four years at XM just like that... though at times it was living hell...there were some fond memories too...you've got to bear with me...the entries following are nostalgic ones....(skip this and go on to the next if you can't stand it)
year one (2001)
first day at skl was horror of horrors...the skl cpd looked creepy/old/cranky. Ms Ng(ex-vp) made it clear that XM pri and XM sec were NOT AFFILATED. she sorta screamed...all the time.
i cried when i got home....why did i ever step into this skl...i couldn't imagine living out four l-o-n-g years here! plus....i couldn't understand the timetable... :'( [apparently subs were listed out in short, eg. IS for interactive science....'chey'] didnt' know anyone in the class except for Selina, who was also a choir member at Punggol... Siew Kiang was my first new friend at XM...i didn't really choose a CCA...those on my list were well....ok...band...SJAB...and choir(which i already auditioned for but wasn't chosen)....i just threw that in to fill up the last of the 3 choices...then OMG! i got into band....haiz...i was the only girl besides 2 other guys in class? sobz...no company. someone else got into SJAB..cool...'can i change with you?'i asked. "sure...u got into percussion ah? e drums one izit...so cool~ let's go find the teachers la.." she was playing with the sticks i had to bring home to warm up and practise with. i nodded in agreement... then Tan PH explained about CCA pts and performances/concerts...my stand wavered.. 'ok,'i said, 'but after a month,if i still don't want band...can change hor?' he nodded. skl went on as usual, as more horrors unfolded...the no. of subs for sec edu was horrendous...with geog on top of hate-list. thanks heavens there was something i could be happy about---- being part of percussion was like the best thing ever that could have happen to me... as i got to know everyone better.... Steph, who auditioned me... made me feel that seniors in that sections were all nice and easy-going ppl (as i've found to be true, being a perc member) :D and she really taught me lots...along with the other seniors....all of whom really really took gd care of me (mebbe because i was the only recruit in the section)....thank you so much....i felt like i belong. it was a strong section..in terms of team-spirit/skills/everything! my frenz got quite envious actually of the nice nice seniors i got....but it was not easy to play the drums and mallets...as it first appeared to me as so... pity non-percussionists don't know that...and still cont' ranting on how blowing was so diff...and commented rather brainlessly on how hitting the drums were easier. then they would nudge and nudge for you to let them 'hit and hit' on the marimba/xylo/vibes. then came the pumpings whenever caught red-handed and the one who let them touch the sticks were also punished...we weren't supposed to touch other instruments other than your own weren't we? haha...oh well...then there was also the weekly drills on Sat...and the CCA cards at the pigeon hole....discovered later that most seniors acknowledge for themselves. there was also Brandoh Tan, who was the conductor for junior band then was so boring (clarinetists always said they needed to prepare umbrellas just in case he rained on them, which was not uncommon)....he was relatively new and didn't teach us much.... and there was no one with me then...Glenn quitted and Ismadi went to tuba...i was the only recruit in my section...seniors were always needed in the performing band...no one with me during junior band...sobx again... and i would just turn green with envy each time i see e others with seniors...haiz...finally...Ms Tan took over...and i got the xylo part in 'African Festival' and the wooden block part in another song. just those 2 songs for my very first concert ( e band's second) at Victoria concert hall...real eye-opener for me....i was exhilarated and couldn't wait for the numerous concerts that were to come my way. water bombing sessions and night practices during the band camp...i got to interact more with the seniors....whom i was closer to rather than my peers...oddly enough...i started to enjoy band-life. at skl, i made home-ec and dnt my fav subs...partly owing to the fact that i got to play with the pots and pans and the drills and sandpaper.whee!!! Mr Tan Y.S made those lessons particularly memorable...he's one of the few teachers i held high respect for. year-end...stupidly did not receive paper 2 for sci....we were supposed to have paper 2 and 3 with us....and till the end of e exam did i realise that i didn't get nor ask for paper 2....thank god Ms Pan gave me half an hour to at least complete the paper...and i broke down after completing the paper...and i passed?! wow~ miraculously survived first year!
:)
the war is finally over....
i know this will sound weird....but i feel somewhat...*lost*
no more goals...there's no more need to pour through those books...i feel like burning paper...
why is it that when we cease doing something...we'd feel as if we've lost a big part of ourselves????
the human mind is indeed hard to fathom...
anw....since it's the end of the big 'O's...well...oreos to someone out there...i shall sound happy and talk about happy things...
hm....where do i start from?
ok...the outing tomorrow....well...i shall tag along with Lin and YJ even though i've been to Kovan for the past few days....(don't ask about it) then we shall take a neoprint! ;> what should i wear? haha~
oh ya...now i can just hog the phone for as long as i like and not feel guilty about the pages unturned...hehe....thanks lotz (in particular, Lin and Celia) we'll cont' talking ya?
then fri...i haven't ask if i can go...if she shakes her head...i'm helpless too...
Mamma Mia! yeah!
ok...that sounds boring...i've talked about it for too many times on my blog.
hm...exhausted...this is getting boring....
tis' the season to be jolly...fa lalalala....la la. la. la
:D
zip a dee do da!!!!
i can't tell you how relieved i am now that i see the last few steps to the finish line! exams are so damn freaky.... nerve-recking ( add a whole lump of s**t to that too) i realise that i'm practically a living dead when i do the papers... it's akin to...having an empty shell at the table...yet, the hermit crab's flesh is like somewhere else.... = empty inside.... totally weird...
while others celebrate and while their time away during the impending weekend....poor sub-sci students would have to prepare for the sci mcq on mon... :0( oh well....
i just returned from IKEA... a place that my mym and aunt frequents actually...i kind of like that place too...hee hee....look at all the furniture....study tables....so many things i wanted for my own room...but...i'm cooped up in this 'birdnest' where there's not much free space to jump about...much less add another waste paper basket...haha...
i really really look forward to the day where we'll just shop shop and shop....and then we'll put make-up for each other...doll the others up....that will be so much fun!!!! whee~~~ :D
haha...but that would very much be unnecessary preparation....cuz Lin' got us a free makeover....!!!! haha....
i hope they won't heap foundation on my face... i wouldn't want to look like any geisha(s) and freaking ppl out during Prom... (0_O")
will cont' later...gotta go collect my lens! c'ya!
wretched...drained....
I don't know what's wrong with me!! just that i feel so WRETCHED nowadays...I just feel like burning all my books after the bLArDy 'O's...sorry for that...just needed some form of venting...going bonkers...those days when i sit at the uninviting grey table
(with the sticker stuff at the top for identification)...i seem to be in a world of my own....scribbling....scribbling...and scribbling....so desperate for time....desperate to seive through all the excessive in my grey matter to try to recall that one DARN fact....just wat the hell is wrong with me?!
this is downright weird....
just realised that i bought 5 skirts in three days....wow~
can i not wait till new year to wear them? haha....
i'm NOT looking forward to prom. rather, i look forward to those days when we'll just walk the streets...i gather they'll be shopping till they drop.
i changed my phone....it's a nokia 6230...yeAh...wait a min...i didn't change it.
it was a birthday gift...cool~ i've got 2 electronic devices for my b'dae already (though it's officially a month's time away, from today)
it's got a built-in cam...which records voices and videos alike....some of which can even be set as ringing tones! plus plus...the FMs are also available....with a headset...plus so many other stuff...i'll read up on them after the 'O's....thanks so much!!!!!!
i'm also thankful for kelly clarkson's breakaway on ______'s blog....e perfect song for now....
oh well....gotta go back to my books again.....(dread)...nvm.....3 more days...
P/s: gonna get my contact on fri....i sure hope i'm not THAT slow in getting the lens in.... hehe...peace out everyone!
oh yeah...someone teach me how to include a song in this to liven the whole thing up ya? plus someone help me include a tag-board....? many thanks!
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I just stared out my window
Dreaming of a could-be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)
Trying not to reach out
But when I'd try to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I pray (I would pray)
I could breakaway
[Chorus:]I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
but I won't forget all the ones that I loved
(I) take a risk
take a chance
make a change.....and breakaway
Wanna feel the warm breeze
sleep under a plam tree
feel the rush of the ocean
got'm on the fast train
travel on a jet plane...faraway...and breakaway
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly
I do what it takes till I touch the sky and
I make a wish
take a chance
make a change.....and breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
but I won't forget all the ones that I loved
I gotta take a risk
take a chance
make a change....and breakaway
buildings with a hundred floors
swinging around a vauldin' door
maybe I dont know where you'll take me
but gotta keep movin' on..movin' on.........fly away......breakaway
I spread my wings and I learn how to fly
though its not easy to tell you goodbye
(I) take a risk
take a chance
make a change......and breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
but I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
take a chance
make a change......and breakaway.......breakaway....breakaway
boring.
hello, since there's a week away b4 e next paper (much dreaded geog!) I decided to break away from my bks for 2dae. previous papers were quite a nightmare.seemed to be in a trance for all those papers...realised all the stOopid mistakes I made after handing up my script!!! :'( damnz!
yeah...bought syz's cd liaoz...happy happy... :D
my aunt also got me a thumb drive for my birthday... though it's still like a month+ away, haha
I wanna watch 'the champion'...(sob sob) oh well...
nvm...'mamma mia!' will make up for it after the 'O's...hee :)
any of you out there tune in to 98.7FM? esp when Jamie's on air from 8-11pm?
I find those letters and dedications quite interesting and heartwarming.... and mushy...haha... bf(s) to gf(s) and vice versa...begging for forgiveness blah...makes me squirm actually...
anyway, here's a list of my favourites:
- my happy ending - avril lavinge
- breakaway - kelly clarkson
- the reason - hoobastank
- she will be loved - maroon 5
- this love - maroon 5...again :D
- if i ain't got you - alicia keys
- guilty - blue
PLUS so many many more...but I can't list all out at the moment...so....ya...look out for those songs!
till then! peace out everyone!
