happy maundy thursday!
holy week is just so exciting. xD

the first week of school in term2 was alright!
better than i expected, at least.
with more entertainment, that's for sure.
incredibly, i look decent in the new uniform.
although the skirt's annoying because it looks and feels long when its relatively short.
and it'll slant to the front! making it seem even longer.
i want to shorten it further but my dear CT will just kill me.
piffle.

i really really hope i get into rocmoc!
if i don't i don't know what i'll do!
because i don't have any other cca that i'd wanna join.
apart from photography club but that's like so stereotyped although i shouldn't care if its what i love.
but still..! i'll get fat in photography club.
and once a week is just too slack for me.

i like the rocmoc people! crazy bunch hahaha.
like how kenny, justin and amos chose to run to kovan which was 3 bus stops away while the rest of us travelled in air-conditioned comfort of the SBS bus.
and how we spent 10minutes outside kovan deciding where to eat and spraying the guys in girls' deodorant.
and how we swarmed some little restaurant for dinner and proceeded to make a lot of noise.
i hope we all get to be in the same team!
then we'll bond and be really close like the j3s and go on holidays like to bangkok and hongkong. :D
fitness test on monday was a surprise!
so much for expecting to boulder after not going for so many trainings.
i think i'm so unfit ugh!
hardly hung on the beam before letting go (that was pathetic) and only did 7 assisted pull-ups.
then there was the 2.4km run! like omg how much more did i have to endure.
but miraculously, i didn't die!
i felt the usual tiredness from running long distance, but it wasn't overwhelming and i managed to complete the run without stopping once!
finished in 15.2mins if i'm not worng.
its not a timing worth boasting about but its not bad considering that it was my first long distance run in almost a year!
i spoke to some people for the first time too, on monday and wednesday.
didn't expect to ever talk but well we did. incredibly.
though i prefer one to the other.
but ohwell my impression can always change if they're nice.

saw alvin everyday of this week in school!
kinda cool, too.
i would say that the moment of the week would be on tuesday when i was suffering from cramps and was really drained and tired and on my way to sit for my GP test.
to say that i was miserable would be an understatement.
so i said to danielle, "i want to see alvin now."
and voila, the next thing i knew, i saw dear ol' alvin walking towards me!
it was like immediate you know!
haha damn funny!
and so i whacked alvin and complained a bit and felt better after that.
then i proceeded to have fun writing my first GP essay :D
hope i scored well..!

alright stupid boon is back from bangkok and got a nice (fake) le sport bag for me!
but i bet puay chose it lol.
"not too girly but still has a vintage look"
i bet puay said that about the bag too and boon just quoted her. LOL.

okie dae!
its off to church tomorrow morning for good friday service,
then its family lunch (a quick one i hope),
and then to plaza sing to meet my fellow rocmoc-ers to support the j2s at the competition there!
then maybe we'll be having a rocmoc outing. xD

i don't want to go back to school. ):
too many things to do in too little time!

the way time passes by so damn fast is annoying.
and so, its time for a new term in a new school with new friends and new teachers.
i still have yet to fully get used to this whole JC life thing.
like the lectures and tutorials, the huge pile of work that amasses so quickly, and my very tiny little class.
ohyeah, plus the new uniform!
like wth, its freaking ugly.
we look like vjc wannabes and that's one of the last things on my to-do list.
and the material is just so bleh!
scratchy material. ick.
i don't understand why everything must change, like even the college tee material has been changed from nice soft cotton to dry fit material!
and heck, the dry fit material isn't even light.
on the contrary its thick and heavy and scratchy too.
i'm starting to think that SR has a fetish for scratchy materials.
like ewwww.

okay the march holidays was hardly a holiday for me.
the main highlight of it was, let's see, waking up late?
haha okay maybe not but yeah, if didn't feel like a holiday to me.
monday and tuesday were eaten up by orientation,
wednesday by boon's bmt pop,
thursday by doing homework (or at least trying to do it),
friday by going out with my lovelies (minus joce),
saturday by cramming homework (again) with sab,
and sunday by sleeping after church.
hardly had any rest.
and before you know it, school's reopening again.
like dammit.

well okay, i shall give credit to SR for fulfilling my dream of allowing me to take part in a fun orientation.
it was fun-filled activities the whole of monday and tuesday,
although the amazing walk thingy was cancelled for my group due to the bloody rain.
but nevertheless, the games were retardedly fun.
though i somehow feel that it could have been a little more exciting.
thankfully 1s27 got 2 crazy OGLs and one of them knows benchoy!
like what a small world.
i absolutely couldn't stand the final performance,
solely because of the counsillors and their apparent lack of EQ and ability to be flexible.
like hellooo, this is orientation, not some rigid boot camp.
letting the houses finish their performances and ending the whole thing a little later won't give you AIDS you know.
the PLs put in hard work, time and effort to make this possible and without us, there'd be no ending performance.
you don't close the curtains abruptly after 8.00mins.
its not like mas selamat said, "hello SRJC i shall be taking over your beloved school on tuesday, 11 march, at 7.00pm sharp so if you want to save lives, please evacuate the premises by 6.00pm sharp. this means that you have to limit the PLs of your houses to 8.00mins per skit, and if they're not done by then i strongly recommend you to close the curtains on their sorry little faces, those poor sods."
some kind of 'leaders' our school has.
freaking ruined everyone's day.

and sadly, orion didn't win overall either.
some dope told us backstage that orion had won,
and so the orion PLs and i were like screaming our heads off at the back of the hall when they were announcing the results.
we looked like absolute losers when cetus was announced the winner.
ohwell.
i don't understand how orion didn't win, though.
many people expected us to win too.
and i lost my voice for nothing.
i was croaking away for the rest of the week, sounding like a frog.
wasn't the nicest sounding thing to hear.

boon's bmt pop was kinda cool yet boring at the same time.
i like tekong, its a nice place.
though i think to the recruits they'd probably hate it.
so anyway i was so proud of boon!
seeing him (or rather the big mass of botak heads) do all the foot drills and marching..
and i actually saw him too! i managed to spot him when they were doing the bmtc roar.
its a huge achievement okay, because everyone looks the same.
many a times puay and i mistook other guys for boon and it was really annoying when it wasn't him!
haha funny la.
and seeing boon joke around with the friends he made made me even more proud of him.
now that botak bugger's in bangkok with puay, suemay and adriel.
i'm jealous.

the rest of the week was fine,
step up2 on friday was awesome!
i freaking LOVE the last dance routine, it freaking OWNS!
haha damn cool. (:
saw that stupid dongzheng at cine too.. haha.
had fun hanging out with faith at her house!
then went to the changi chalets to recce the place for youth camp.
sab stayed over for the night and we mugged on saturday.

ohwell, gotta go get into the right frame of mind for school tomorrow!
SHEESH.
toodles! (:

and so ends the 2nd full week of school!
wow it passed so fast and i survived!
not bad hah.
it seems like eons ago when i celebrated my birthday.
funny huh.

anyway, on wednesday dear danielle had some cold-like symptoms all day long..
think non-stop sneezing, blowing nose constantly etc.
and on thursday i kena-ed the bug while she went fine.
THANKS DANIELLE! you're such a good friend.
so throughout yesterday and today i was sniffing and stuff..
could hardly breath through my nose and couldn't smell anything.
sucks lah!
and yesterday's weather didn't help one bit.
although the coldness was lovely but i didn't have my jacket with me!
so i kind of froze in school.
and now i'm sipping a nice piping hot cuppa tea and can't taste a single thing.
):

A's results were out today!
i'm so happy for boon!
because he got a freaking A for math!
H2 math at that!
like ohmygawd why is his math to freaking pro..
and he got a B for History!
ahhh! so our late night revision sessions helped eh?
haha i'm so proud of him! xD
and i'm so happy for dear joce too!
she got like, 2 As and 2 Bs?!
steady man!
hahaha now she can go to japan with a clear conscience. (:

i just love my tea.

PL meetings are alright!
we had our first rehearsal today..
and i was the director.
i must say, jaymond is a seriously good sport!
haha being a nerd and acting all gay and stuff..
respect man!
haha i hope our skit turns out okay..
hope the judges and audience like it!
orion could do with that 500 points. :D

speaking of which, we're having a proper orientation this coming monday and tuesday!
like FINALLY.
it's about time!
and this time, its 100% gonna be fun crazy dirty games etc.
AHHHH I'M SO EXCITED!
whoo! :DD
i hope 1s27 bonds well!
yay yay YAY!

march holidays are here!
and i'm up to my neck with homework, studying and outings.
God, help me manage my time well please!
loveya. (:

happy belated birthday to lil' ol' ME. (:
aww gee i'm 17 already.
so old! ):

okay well so yesterday started off as a brilliant day.
dear faith called me at 12am and i opened her present while talking to her.
and how i freaking LOVE her present!
its like, super duper uber freaking nice!
aww faith i really miss ya!
yeah so anyway i spoke to her for awhile, and then hung up because she hadta sleep.
then shawn called when it was nearing 1am.
luckily i didn't fall asleep haha.
so we talked and talked and he sang the birthday song to me!
okay okay i admit, his voice ain't that bad.
happy now??
haha then i went to sleep at 2+ in the morning.
got up for school and sat through lectures and stuff.
though nothing special happened in school,
apart from the many wishes of "happy birthday, rach!" and "it's your birthday? why didn't you tell me!!"
to be frank, my mood wasn't the best.
then came the briefing by the level head where i met my class for the first time.
and i didn't like what i saw, so my mood spiralled further down.
16 people in my class, and only 4 of them are guys!
so it's like 3/4 of the class are girls.
ohwell.
after school i went home by myself and got prepared to spend the time watching movies and sleeping.
i watched juno and felt really sleepy after that.
so i went to take a nap.
my mum came in to get me to help her with some groceries, but i told her to go away HAHA.
then she came in later to say that my grand aunt wanted to take a picture with me.
so i obliged, and put on some decent looking clothes and went down.
and lo and behold, i was greeted by the sight of sab, ivan, joce and shawn shouting, "SURPRISE!" at me.
and the next thing i knew, a birthday cake with 17 burning candles was thrust at me.
all this happened while i was still half awake and groggy from my nap.
quite an overload on my senses, i might add.
but i was really plesantly surprised and happy to have their company on my birthday.
it was what i really wanted although that happening was the last thing on my mind
since i thought that everyone was busy with their own things.
jason joined us soon after, and we had dinner and chatted.
cut the cake, chatted some more and jason left.
then the rest and i played with sparklers in the garden and took pictures..
and then they all went home because it was getting late.
it was the perfect way to end my birthday, man. (:
just wish boon was there to celebrate it with me!
well at least i got to talk to him (:

i really wanna thank all of you who came by yesterday!
especially that stupid sabrina kwang shu ming who had apparently schemed with my mum since sunday.
but that was really really thoughtful of you.
i'm so touched!
you guys really made my day. (:

today tutorials and lectures officially started!
with our permanant timetable taking effect.
and so the journey with my class started.
okay, i confess that i was being too judgemental yesterday.
my class ain't as bad as i thought it would be.
lynn is seriously INSANE.
and dongzheng is just so edward-like.
forever sleeping during class, i wonder how he does it!
danielle and max, i'm just happy to have them with me.
and the rest are okay, getting to know them slowly.
decided our class committee today too,
and dongzheng being the 'father hen', or class rep.
i'm the 'mother hen', or the assistant class rep.
haha, i gave dongzheng the name 'father hen' because i think it really suits him..
since he was bringing us around school today and all.
haha 'mother hen' was given to me by the rest of the class when i became the assistant class rep.
all in all, i'm looking forward to bonding with the class..
can't wait for class bonding orientation next week!
from the sounds of it, its gonna be a hell lotta fun. xD
ahahahahaha its about time we had fun lol.
just gotta survive 3 more days of lectures, tutorials and homework!
c'mon rach, you can do it!

i'm brain dead from doing too much chem tutorials.
if i could swear, i'd swear that chem tutorials are going to be the death of me.

okie dae!
today was uber fun!
because we went to yishun safra to boulder!
WHOO! :D

okay so my last lecture ended at 12pm today..
slacked around for 2 hours at the bouldering wall and alvin arrived with adriel.
alvin got me a bottle of 100plus!
aww how nice.
we didn't boulder anyway because we were too busy formulating plans to exchange our uniforms and eat lunch.
so when the lecture for H2 math came at 2pm, i decided to crash it in elise's geylang methodist uniform.
funny thing was that i was wearing my cedar badminton jersey underneath and you could see the words from a distance.
how ironic right! hahaha.
okay so after lecture we all made a mad rush to change back into our respective uniforms and boarded the chartered bus that took us to yishun safra.
i accidentally left the bottle of 100plus in school. ):
well we got there, signed the indemnity forms, warmed-up and got to work!
thankfully mryong allowed some of us to go to the bouldering gym.
and i gladly went, joined by elle, melissa and ona.
had so much fun in the gym!
the place is really damn fun..
soft mats everywhere and colourful walls and tiles..
the perfect place to play! lol.
we went to use the walls on the second floor, and did the warming-up route that some senior set for us.
it was really fun! and i wore sue may's shoes. (:
then the senior (i forgot his name) mapped out another route for us to do,
and we all set off to try to complete it.
but it was kinda hard for us beginners but i manged to do complete 4/5 of it!
then james and maryam came up to study and elle, melissa and i started chatting with them.
they're both damn funny!
especially james.
he's like. the epitome of muscle mass.
and its seriously damn entertaining to bully him.
he and his nerds..
and he called himself a titz! stupid guy HAHAHA.
at 6plus jolyn hadta go home, so elle and i walked her out to the station, accompanied by james.
and throughout the whole entire walk there and back james was being suaned by elle and i!
haha freaking loser.
but damn funny.
i can't wait to bully him again.

i wanna go back there to boulder!
although i got a battle scar while trying to complete the senior's route.
really big blue-black on my knee which appeared immediately after i accidentally kicked the wall.
talk about fast reaction, man.
haha and its swollen.
but alvin says that its only the beginning, so i'll be looking forward to more bruises!

i can't seem to understand the attitude of some people.
so what if they're from the first intake, that doesn't make them any better than us.
its really annoying to see them talk and act as if they're more superior than us.
like what's their problem, man.
at least put in effort to make friends and mingle with us second intake people.
after all, we're all going to be in the same team.
so like it or not they'll have to start liking our faces.
but too bad for them if they don't wanna conform.
it won't be my loss.

poor boon's unable to book out of army tomorrow!
all because of some stupid people who brought stuff that they weren't supposed to bring to field camp.
so now the whole company's been made to stay in for one more day.
poor sod was looking forward to a nice dinner of home-made popiah followed by a trip to fullerton hotel to listen to live music.
too bad.
can't wait for him to come back, though!
got so much to talk about.

i hope they find that bugger soon!