Saturday, 18 July 2015 @ 14:32:00
a month
moms will be the most annoying thing and yet the loveliest thing on earth
and also fried squids the size of your head wearing a circus afro gives you the triple sickness combo (sorethroat cold fever)
and hari raya period is not the time to fall sick because rendeng, all hail rendang
and i finally cried during testimonial day like jeezus it wasnt even the climax yet and i was sobbing snot already
27 days to prelims
worried about my instagram feed that doesnt feel right tho the pics are nice but they seemed to be posted in a wrong order
reasons why i cant do art
but i rlly wna travel and be calm and capture things that matter
thinking about buying plants and books
gbye
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014 @ 19:30:00
PROM @ MARRIOT
okay prom
so this year i wasnt grumpy or what hehehe
but like im curious to see what i can look like HAAHAHAA
and hehe i think im quite chio right
HAHAHAHHAA
okay kidding
but being back in this cohort was a little unsettling
cos i couldnt recognize people
and afterall, for ten days, all i saw was that 50 something people in their raw form.
but now its like bright lights, suits, imperfectly flawless faces yknow
anyway, was a little sad towards the end
this is the last meeting of my batch, formally, as a cohort
but then again if you think about it theres still next year a levels results but its just different
i think
or im just being my sentimental self
:(
uhm okay then, extremely thankful for anchi, holding me and being my personal bodyguard throughout the walk
due to my heels that are too high
but not high enough for my long dress that is too long
hahaha
back to the hotel at midnight,
it was chaos in the room,
Starbucks and Macs, and instant noodles and alcohol, but weaaak we're poor for vodka
last to bathe, inertia was at its max im just sitting on the floor trying to edit badly lighted pictures and all
knockedout at 4/5am
still knockedout at 10am when seetoh marcus vanessa already left for their buffet bfast and somehow somehow managed to dapao for us ???
finally woke up and i felt like a princess
HAAHAHA
but hey ive a reason for being the major pig cos it was my 11th hotel night
i miss my bed smell
logged out and llaollao ( i had takoyaki instead and i think i shouldve attacked the llaollao instead ???)
HOME SWEET HOME
and oh shoutout to all the people who went "omg so pretz on point bae 😍😍😍"
THEY ARE SO IMPT
okay done
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@ 18:00:00
LIJIANG THE AMAZING 10 DAYS
SO.
when the sun is sleeping soundly and the rest of the city is in darkness, the sleepy-eyed 40 something students and their parents woke up with mild excitement and travelled to the airport
okay i give up at such a way of telling the story but the above picture basically depicts how xuanzed char and i amusingly had the same passport covers coincidentally. HOW AMAZING IM REALLY IMPRESSED !!
and then, i sat beside a stranger at the window seat, so i could only take pictures when he went to the toilet (omg youve no idea how glad i was) felt like a sneaky creep tho, anddd the toilet was cool. glad i visited the airplane's toilet for the first time in my life mmm
it was an amazingly long bus ride to which i didnt mind at all. COS THIS GUY HEREEE IS MY BUS PARTNER and later on, food partner, trek partner and idk everything. and also, cos im overseas look at the scenery and all and omg the stars at night, i thought it was a wallpaper on the bus windows but that didnt really make sense but yknow its so magical.
and heres some ootd cos im cool like that. kidding, my pullover and fleece turtleneck is of the same color so its like im either that shade of green or that red coat ..... so much for being a fashionista
also, the first night, everyone got a shock as we left the bus because it was so frikking cold and we were underdressed, having worn only what we wore in sg HAHAHAHHAA but i love it, except that the teachers chose to debrief us in the cold night air and i guessed they cut it short probably cos someone is about to faint from the cold idk
and the kids oh the kids theyre just magical kids. i guess ill never forget lionel's story about how his little guy wants to be a pilot when he grows up so he could visit them brothers and sisters and i cried so bad at this ??? do they know whats for them in the future ???
and the reflections session, it screwed me, but i found an answer for myself the next day, im immensely glad. so if theyre so happy and contented with their lives right now what are we doing by going there to show them a bigger world which they might never have a chance to visit ? that sour feeling of heartache at their potential and chances.
but i visited these two schools, and interacting with them in chinese the entire day and even being a translator for salina, i was about to have a headache for using so much brain juice, trying to convey my msgs and questions and oh gosh i shouldve studied harder for chinese, at least conversational chinese, daaamn
realized that theyre pretty much content with life, they know theyre not anywhere near to the outside world, but theyre fine with that, all that matters is their chinese roots, their tribe, their family. blood. and it is precisely this pride that we singaporeans lack, that makes us wanderlust and lost.
also, i had so much fun in the teachers college, so so so lucky to have met this clique, for theyve seen us last year, and during srjc's teachers' lecture, we were just chatting and figuring each other out, and i found out they knew bianca and ms cheryl lim and im so so so impressed ??? sent my friend an email tho, but she hasnt reply. i think ive got her email wrong, so much for being penpals and i didnt even get a solo picture with all of them. but daaamn they're really fun and made me feel at home, doing nonsense like pointing middle fingers and chicken claws and games and all and aw i miss them.
allow me to mash up the experience of the trek up to halfway's guesthouse, the trek down to tina's guesthouse and the tiger leaping gorge's long long long flight of stairs, andd jade dragon snow moutain and the oxygen cannisters.
basically i was around jinheng, being the last 2 of the entire group, hehehe im happy, cos its like a frikking privilege. and it honestly wasnt even hard, except for the trek up and i had period cramps and its like wtf of all days you have to visit now, seriously ??? but yeah, gangxin gave me heartattacks about 10 times and lol im mildly annoyed but its not really his fault, so okkkkk.
visited the world's best toilet, and for the second time of the trip, im so happy to have visited this toilet, cos hell, the scenery is superb and peeing is a joy ??? the moutain wind and all, waow im really impressed hehe. saw the marker prints on the windows left over by last year's batch too !
was initially really afraid i will die at the dragon's mountain, but after a while, i was too busy absorbing the strong UV rays and breathtaking (hur hur pun cos lack of oxygen) scenery that i reached the peak feeling quite fine, and quite cheated by the fact that we opened the oxygen canister for nothing. okay kidding, i gave mine to sheryl but still, we shouldve got more time up there ?? its like a frikking achievement ?? but instead we got chased down by chang like a herd of sheeps ?? but okay at least ive a medal hooray
impression of lijiang was fabz, but it gave me the strangest mix of feelings ever. i dozed off maybe twice, but while i was awake, i teared. the explanation was that i barely slept the night before the climb, (early morning instant noodles) and that im very sensitive to such display of pride to their roots. thus the drowsiness and emotions, but srsly this two things dont really go together eh...
star gazed with mr tay and group 3 and jinheng helped to take my fave pics of STAAAAARS i swear i didnt want to leave that night.
missed our flight in the morning, and spent half the day at the airport, contacting family and friends, and got judged by chang for having ios 6
frankly i was disappointed as hell for not being able to be back at sg, but perng was like hell yeah free 2 days of holidays holy shit thats so cool arent you happy and then i realize ive all the rights in the world to be happy and yeaaaaah lifes great
back to guanfang villa, and lepak the day away. its honestly good life. except for the lack of undergarments, but thankfully i brought extra. heheheehhee. frisbee wih jeanie and jinheng, some small talks, and night stargazing. that was a day to remember
long bus ride again, to kunming and being back in a city doesnt exactly make me feel welcomed but eh the food was alright, the hotel was alright too, THE NIGHTSKY WASNT ??? but like anyway we couldnt get out of the hotel to roam, so im lucky to have done it the night before at guanfang, buggy shopping and all wew
lastly, kunming airport for a flight back to sg. switched places to seat beside jinheng again, and i secretly thought that will not be the last time we're seating together hahaha
okay thats about it for lijiang, tho undisputedly, theres so much memories that ive missed, but life's moving on.
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