Obsessed

Friday, June 25, 2010

10:07 PM

So many things to post since I came back from the trip, let's start from Guides Camp :D

The first day

Durga, Dana, LM, Taopang and I were at the first aid course, which I remarkably, was able to pass. So did the rest (:

There was this really annoying sec1 red cross girl whom kept on *uhem* to the whole world that she got only 2 wrong :/

I managed a 22/30. But a lot of pple got a higher score than me :(

I passed the practical the first time round though.

But ____ was being an irate ____. :(

The teacher was absolute horrid, I swear. Just ask any of the pple who took the first aid course.

And some people forgot to call the ambulance. LOL :)

After the course, went to find the other guides.

Only about 1/2 the company came, most of them the sec1s.

even the sec2s had ard 15 people only :(

I counted, there were around 40-50people only?

I played the mind-boggling games with the sec1s. Haha they loved it :)

Then I spoke to them, like one of those heart-to-heart talks with them because they were behaving like rascals on the first day.

Then I said sth I shouldn't have said in a million years :O

and I felt really bad so I went to apologise to Dana, but she said it was ok.

I hope so :(

Had night trail, which the guides found a bit boring. We wanted better games, but because of restrictions we couldn't.

Watched UP, which then a lot of pple complained that they watched it b4.

Showered, debriefed them and did night duty.

Which I kinda slacked of on the first day cos' I accidentally fell asleep and didn't wake up till morning.

Sorry guys :x

Day 2

Woke up, made breakfast for the guides. Did knots and lashes with them, I hope you've taken sth home :)

Had joint act. with the Red Cross, which didn't turn out as planned, since sec1s were a bit lethargic.

The games in the sun made it even worse, as a lot of pple chose to stay in the shade.

So we gave them a 5 min break.

And they went off for lunch.

After lunch, went to KEC, which was a BIG improvement for the whole camp, as everyone enjoyed themselves.

Valentina went along with us ;)

Played bowling, but it was kinda awkward with *uhem* there.

Some of the sec1s have really good attitudes, and I really like that about them :)

Some are really nice too, but not all of them brought the right attitude to camp.

Returned back, had dinner with them.

and then had pre-campfire games.(:

Which was super awesome, the PSes did a great job.

Then CAMPFIRE!

which turned out not as good as last year, but fairly well.

but sec1s, where is your enthusiasm!?

and not many seniors came because I completely screwed up the date for the campfire.

had supper, bathed (unlimited time for us!) and did night duty.

which I messed up again because Dana tried really hard to wake me up for it but I just couldn't get me butt off the sleeping bag.

So she had to do it alone.

Sorry Dana :(

Day 3

Normal routine, then had clean-up, which the sec1s did quite well :)

I went for the surabuya briefing.

Then had prize presentation (which I missed) and the seniors stayed back to read what they worte about the camp.

Quite a number said it was fun, and a few said it was ok and could be better.

At first I thought it was unsuccessful, but after reading their comments, I felt a lot better :)

Thanks guys, everyone and esp the PLC :D

went home very tired.

I will not post about my trip but all I can say is that I miss Seattle and Alaska very much :(

SASM then :)

Arrived in school 1/2 late, because of the jam because of the rain.

Got into groups, wasn't __________, but then it became better.

Had ice-breakers, and the sound we were supposed to make was gorilla, and I wasn't going to go around shouting ooh ooh ah ah so I just shouted gorilla! gorilla! over and over again.

Which sounded kinda stupid but I felt that ooh ooh ah ah was worse.

I groped around in my blindfold for quite some time before finding yuanjia first, whew.

Then we found all the girls but we couldn't find th boys, haha :)

We were named Mulberry!

Went off for 1st station, which we had to carry bags of water with a partner with a small piece of garbage bag over our heads. The more we transport, the more water we can splash at our opponents.

It was quite lame at first, but the splashing water part was the best :)

Got a bit wet.

The tension btw th SA boys and SM girls was near tangible at first, bt it became better.

We won this station :)

2nd station, pingpong treasure hunt. I wasn't really good at it, but it was fun, because we poured water over LukChing's group. Haha sorry guys :x

Won this too :)

3rd station, yasira's flourey station. It was fun, but gross, because I ate a lot of flour, which wasn't paradise.

Haha but I loved her station :D

Won this too :)

4th station, this throwing ball over the net game. Which I wasn't really good at it either, but it was fun (:

then sth embarassing happened. lol wouldn't say it :x

___was kinda left out but I tried my best to include her..

We lost this :(

5th station, this transferring water with our diff body parts game. Mine was the knee, hard huh?

I couldn't help noticing sth. Yea push that right out of your head Amanda.

6th station, which was super duper fun as well, was eating the apple till it came off the line station.

Haha it was super fun :D

And I bit on the apple and _________.

*uhem*

Then we had this dress to impress thing after lunch, which we went to eat at Mac's.

It was really funny, and our seniors came back, but I don't really know them so yea.

R-man rocks alright!?

But the comp was really good, they walked down a makeshift runway, and did like stupid poses, really sporting of the models :D

Ainur you're awesome awesome awesome :)

Then they had to do a dance as well.

Some of the costumes were really creative, like the high heels one.

The Monkey God was wearing a makeshift bikini, what..?!

Haha but it was really fun, I enjoyed it a lot, and I'm sure everyone did too (:

Went to learning lab for reflections and a description of the prefect board in SA.

Strict huh? We so need to buck up :D

Did reflections, presented it, wasn't reallty helpful up there, haha.

How can you not love Veno? :)

Prize presentation, where Mulberry got 2nd! :D

Food as prizes (:

Debrief by seniors, they said stuff about BGR, how we should make friends but not the worng kind, and hoped that we enjoyed ourselves etc. They said we would understand when we get to JC.

Some of trhe seniors dressed rather *uhem*.

Ended with prefects cheer.

Through the whole evnt today, sometimes I felt a bit left out and wishing that G3 or Amelia was there.

BUt overall I had fun of course, and that;s what matters :)

Besides taking sth home :D

I started to notice _________, and now I trying not to anymore.

Like how um, someone is, I didn't know she was so obsessed until I _________.

I heard _____say something about SA.

A few SM girls were *uhem* too. I could tell.

This is just the stage where the hormones start to kick in, and people just start noticing other people too.

But all of us should know that this is the wrong time to do that, your know very well, after all the sexuality talks we had and me giving the presentation about the to date or not to date thing, hahahahaah :D
Sometimes I feel as though I don't want to grow up. I like how I am now.

Parents say you should appreciate the time in school, because in the working world, its a heckload of "fun".

Seniors say that too, because once we leave SMSS, we'll miss it terribly, and I know i will too.

Now what looms ahead is just the Os,nothing else.

I don't want to imagine myself anywhere else but NJC or ACSI.

I can't imagine it and I really hope i don't have to.

The prospects ahead are dreadful, I should just enjoy my sec3 life now, because soon it will be sec4 and then the results day.

I wanna be happy on my results day, I really do.

And i know everyone else wants to too.:)

So SM girls out there, push those people out of your minds and start focussing on what is and will be important to you.

Its your future, and you can decide how you want to run it, or ruin it.

It's all up to you.
I've been thinking a lot about becoming vegetarian, esp when Sharminii told me about how she became one and I started reading articles about it. AND how healthy it is.

But parents say that it is an absolute NO-NO because "you're losing a very vital part of your protein intake and you won't be able to grow well".

Hey, who can blame a girl for wanting to "BE THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD".

which is like kinda my motto now :D

This has been a very long post and though I want to post somemore, I will stop here. :D

Buhbye :)

&the beauty.

3:37 AM

Got the rest of my results back, and everyone's going like "wow, that's great" and I feel like telling them "yea, its great only if everyone failed".
Its too horrible to say in comparison.
yippee.
My worst fear since the beginning of the year is, sadly, coming true.
Just great.
Chem by far the best, weird huh?
Biology was disappointing.
Physics was frustrating.
SS was atrocious.
English was the ultimate let down.

But considering a lot of people failed, I guess I shouldn't be complaining.
Now, I just have to shout my prayers to the sky for a miracle like Top 6 to happen.
Unrealistic, unbelievable and unthinkable.

I realised that I usually miss the next grade for a lot of subjects by 1 or 2 marks.
2 of the B3s can become A2s by 1+ mark.
So is one of the C5s.

Hoping my CA1 will pull it up as best as it can.
byebye.

&the beauty.

7:39 PM

Results came back, emath, amath, geog, chinese and chem.
Chem the best, chinese the worst. The rest are in btw.
Somehow, still not happy with the results, cos I knew i could do better.
A LOT better.
I have this inner fear that te would eventually get a higher position than me. Like seriously.
Parents say its good enough, but not to me anyway ):
oh well.
Just have to hope that the rest will be good!
Good luck to everyone! :D

&the beauty.

4:07 AM

How can you completely love and hate something or someone at the same time? Well, its possible.
Today was prob one of the worst school days in every school day.
Started off with the sexuality talk, which started the whole day off really bad.
Following that was PE, which, after the NAPFA, we were split into 2 groups with 2 leaders.
2 completely diff. emotions followed, anger and relief.
Xinni and ys were whispering to me :"we're not in the ~~cool~~ group."
WHO CARES ANYWAY, I felt like screaming!?
But I did.

After becoming a prefect, somehow I became a lot less ~~popular~~.
Does it matter anyway? Its obvious that would happen, I knew it right from the start.
Everyone finds prefects annoying, and this in itself is annoying that people find prefects annoying.

Whoa don't get me wrong, I didn't say we were in the ~~uncool~~ group!
A lot of people in my group were ~~cool~~ in itself, esp. Victoria :D
But I had fun.
This heavy, depressed weight in my gut is still present though.
Why do I care so much? Why does it matter to me anyway? Its weird.

Ever since I entered SMSS I could spot the difference btw these 2 schools.
The academic standard in SMSS is higher, but STC beats SMSS in friendship and togetherness hands down.
The bonds and friends I establised there can never be replaced nor broken, and really, its NEVER.
I could feel the closeness of my friends there, nearly everyone was nice to each other, that's why its an IJ school isin't it? (:
I miss it.
The day progressively worsened during class discussion, when 3/6 couldn't agree on the type of poster they wanted.
The *something* was dominating; fiercely, wanting their rights.
Even kris got really angry, saying that "it wasn't funny at all", no matter how many times we laughed.
I agreed.
It was the least funniest thing I have ever heard in my life.
Somehow, the ~~leftovers~~ seemed to be one side, and the really ~~"bonded"~~ side on the other.
The day improved a little when Jen made me laugh with her stupid jokes, and Xinni as well.
They are the greatest friends (:

2/5 or 3/6? I have no idea.
2/5 was split into many BIG cliques, but this time? Its just 2 big cliques.
What's the diff.? The situation is equally bad.
Somehow, when we hear the word "bonding", everyone seems to cower down and hide, as though afraid to associate themselves with the whole class.
Seriously, why is this so? Why can't we just be a big family? Why can't people be willing to sacrifice their friends and make new ones? Comfort? Security? Familiarity? Or all of the above?
We can't get along. ):
Another piece of bad news - only 4 peeps in our class passed chinese, the rest failed.
and I have a feeling I'm one of them.
Tomorrow's going to be a scary day. Frightening, nerve-wrecking and downright worrying.
Good luck to everyone.
Not just in our results, but in our improvements of bonding.

byebye.

&the beauty.

9:24 AM

Ooh ytd was great (:
Left relatively early, around 10.15am.
Me and Sharminii had changed already, so the class saw what we were wearing and they were like going, Amanda! You look so professional!. Lol. ;]
Changed into our shoes and put on the pantyhose, which I did not know how to wear @ first. When I realised that it was like wearing another pair of pants, I had a foreboding that it would by hot underneath.
Went for break, then bus took us to the cathedral.
A lot of prefects had their hair in braids, though I thought some looked weird, haha (:
Chatted with Grace on the bus, and I discovered that she wants to be an astronaut :D

Arrived there, placed our bags, and did one rehearsal with amendments and making sure everything was perfect.
We had problems with the sitting down part :/
And I was rather blur when I went up the podium the first time.

At exactly 2.30pm, I was standing at the 3rd row from the front.
When I entered, I didn't really smile, because well, I thought I would look weird if I smile and sing.
Multitasker I'm not.
Thanks goodness I didn't trip and make a fool out of myself, which is what I usually do.

Arrived at my seat, continued singing, and then sat down.
We did that part well (:
Had Singspiration first, this was probably one of the best parts, I loved the songs and they are now currently stuck in my head wherever I go.
All of them sang well!

Nicole made her speech, and then I saw Jamie wiping a tear and kw too.
I felt a bit like crying as well, because it was really touching.
The hormones are kicking in.

She thanked every single of the exco members, but ..
Tan En made her speech thereafter.

It was kinda funny when the chaplain called Yasira Yu Xuan, I couldn't help laughing, and the people around me were grinning as well.
Yx corrected him and he rectified his mistake (:

Disc went up, then EM, and Pub and finally us.
Wy you nearly turned around too early (:
Thank heavens I did not trip again.

Grace had to push me forward because i forgot we had to squeeze, thanks for the reminder (:
Maybe I didn't say ty sir loudly enough, hm.

Went back, then Pastor Joshua spoke to us about truth and grace after telling us the hilarious story of the unfortunate pastor.
Nearly everyone was laughing after that.
Then the item by the prefects!

I wasn't facing the audience, just this bunch og giggly Sec2s who couldn't stop laughing and whispering.
I didn't really smile either as if I did, I would be smiling at the window.
But Chris told me I was right beside her, and I didn't see her! ):

I did it quite well, didn't forget anything ;D
oh and I forgot to mention the choir.

Kris was the translator, but I couldn't see her or ys and they only sang one song ):
They should do more :)

The MCee was really good.
We sang the recessional hymn and once we were out, we started hugging each other, and kw and k were crying.
A lot of people were relieved and happy that they were commended and it was over.

I felt sad, because it was over.
Everything seemed to go by so quickly, maybe because I enjoyed it too much.

Gave a hugs, received them, and tried to find st. gab's, failing miserably, because in the end I found out they didn;t come.
And D didn't even know I was her partner. pfft.
So just mingled with Grace and Bartley, and introduced xt and yl to acs(i).

Tried to make small talk with bartley as well, failing, again.
And finally resorted to eating.
Well, not really resorted, but because I was hungry.

Not bad for the food (:
Parents said they enjoyed it a lot, that's good.

Wearing green collar, and some people said I look good, some said the uni is too big.
Which is true anw.

Oh well.
That's all.

Had a fantastic day ytd, will always rmb it.
Love SMPB.

xoxo.

&the beauty.

4:59 AM

Ho-am-gee so many fascinating things happened together. That's the best word I can come up with :]

Went to school, received my Junior Prefect Badge. Hm are there any more senior ones? Just kidding. (:
Went for duty, returned the earrings, was I supposed to say sorry? :/ Not sure about that.
Chinese was kinda boring, then Chem, which was a bit boring too, cos' she didn't use that random student program :/

Recess, this was when all the exciting and exhilaring stuff happened.
Then it was AMath, and the teacher wasn't here again. Which is so shocking because she missed 5 periods of lessons with us tyd, and today, another 4 periods!! ):
What a waste of a week, we could have done a lot during 9 periods..
A bit disappointed, what Bernie said was true..

Then that was when the real skocker happened.
The relief teacher sat on the broken chair that we hadn't removed and fell down and hit her head on the wall.
Thankfully, we didn't freak out.
But everyone crowded around her, and I was so stunned.
We helped her, and Kris and Yuet went to get an ice pack.
Then we came together in a united front (like 10+ of us) and persuaded her to go see a doctor.
Poor her, get well soon!!
We assured her that we would be able to take care of ourselves, and she finally agreed.
What a great teacher with responsbility, she refused to at first because she said it was her job and she can't go away.
Hope she's ok.

Then English, did like 7 CME presentations straight, cool, but a bit tiring (:

Another incident happened.
Kris told me ________. And then I saw _______.
And then Kris told me ________, and I went to 3G, and we went behind, and we found ______.
Then we went to Dana, and then she said that if we didn't see it, don't confiscate, yet.

I'll ask the seniors tomorrow about what to do.

I was really shocked, like, how can they be so daring??
Sigh.
But a prefect has to do what a prefect has to do (:

Then SS, a bit boring as well, but yea it was okay.

So as you can see, there were many "exciting" things incoporated in this supposedly boring day.

Jen got a bit pissed at us because we were playing and not focussing on the NE, sorry ):
We let her cool off and then she was ok.
Deja Vu.

Prefect Phototaking!
Thanks a million Shanny for lending me your everything. :D
The white shirt is so awesome, I'm going to Giordano to buy it.

The skirt was so tight, I could barely move in it.
Due to my thunder thighs.
I had to limp, wow.

But phototaking was fun, everyone looked great, and I felt really proud to be a prefect.

Haha ok that's all.
Bye (:

&the beauty.

10:00 AM

Campfire was great, really enjoyed myself (:

Mum's phone woke me up @ like 5am in the morning, but managed to go back to sleep, thankfully.
Woke up again @ 8am, went to republic poly for prefect seminar.
It was quite interesting, I thought that those who went up to speak into the microphone were really great, something that I find hard for me to do, esp. in front of so many pple.
Bought subway, then proceeded to SMSS, $17! :OOO

Arrived there, saw S, V and S. Went to the hall then we were dismissed for lunch. I had eaten already, so stayed in school, away from flashers. Grosss.
KITKAT. yum. (: ty Sherone!
Ate the 2 chicken pies that mum packed, STUFFED.

Haha I'm driving everyone nuts playing the bangbang game (:
Went for rehearsal for a bit, then carried benches and benches up. Tiring, but yea teamwork was great (:

In charge of gateway, so I was the one who explained the game to the different students of the schools, those gullible people believe anything, when I told them that there was points, when there wasn't, yea but senior's instructions, so yea :D

I helped out in Charades first, one guy was trying to act out the word 'flaming', and started flapping his hands like a bird, and it kinda worked, because the members guessed 'flamingo' which was close yea, but some were hilarious, but there were so many cheater pants there anyway >:(

Then helped out in the guide the blind, which was kinda funny as well, the funniest was the part where there was this student who took 4 pots of the paint and when his friend tried to take one, there was no more, yea that's about it (:

Then it was time for the CAMPFIRE! Was really excited @ the beginning ^^

Did my lines pretty well for the first time, but Mrs Yip was supposed to come up, we screwed up that part :/
And the NEWBO game was uncontrollable, what with all the wild and nutty boys trying to steal the spotlight for their school.

We ask for 10 boys, and hoards of them swarm the stage.

So that game was out of control, but don't worry, all of you did your best, it couldn't be controlled entirely.

But there were some scouts carrying the guides and 2 scouts hugging each other, like literally, so it was kinda funny.
After this it went pretty smoothly, with the Sec2 dance, and then I said my lines, and when I tried to pull the microphone to the other end, it pulled me back cos' the cord wasn't long nuf'. And some people laughed, thanks for th encouragement. o.o
I said 'OMG!' but luckily not into the mike.

The Sec3's performed, and some boys tried to copy their moves, which was kinda hilarious.
I said 'OMG' the 2nd time when Ruth dragged me down, and into th mike, darn it.
Some people heard, but hopefully the marjority didn't.

We ended the campfire with prizes etc., and that's about it.
Had a lot of fun, congrats everyone for th success of th campfire! (:

There were some boys who asked some smss guides for their no., and _______ gave _____ _______ ________. And ______ ______ ______ ________ _______ _______ ___.

Right.

Somehow I felt kinda ______? And my CME topic is based on it too, what am I thinking?
STUDIES AMANDA, STUDIES.

Alrighto.
That's bout' it.

Ate some food @ reception, then left.

OK.
Buhbyes (:

&the beauty.