Tremors

The water in my water bottle shook, I thought it was Madeline shaking the table, but I found out that it was not when she was busy copying the notes from the whiteboard. In fact, everyone was. Then the building just started to shake. After we found out that not only our class felt it but the whole school, the emergency bell rang and who would expect that the teacher was the first one to pick up her handbag and leave the class, isn't she supposed to organize the evacuation or something? I bet Pn Linda Leong would have done that. Anyway, the feeling of the whole building shaking was just thrilling. Everybody rushed out of the building to the basketball court. Fortunately, there were a buch of teachers in front of me when I went down the stairs, enough to break my fall if I got pushed by the people behind me. Spent about half an hour at the basketball court, the teacher took our attendance to make sure everyone was there, talked about the earthquake with some friends from B class, and that was about it.

Watched the news only to find out that it was only tremors from the quake of magnitude 7.6 or something in Sumatera. Even my mother felt it when the car shook a bit when she stopped at a traffic light. The feeling is still lingering, but it ought to be gone by tomorrow. Too bad for the B class students though as they didn't get a chance to experience the 'thrilling moment', because they were having KH in the workshops, but maybe it was a good thing.

A fine day

A bit of a disappointment for me today as I got my ABRSM results today. Haha, I only scored a pass. It was a pity that I missed the merit mark by a mere 2 points. This will motivate me to work harder and practice more. I had to announce my results to my friends and this was painful as they all expected me to get a merit or a distinction. Being good at school exams doesn't mean your good at music, you still need a bit of talent to be really good. Now, all I have to wait for is the theory results, which I have much more confidence in, haha.

I felt somewhat tired during English period, maybe the lesson was boring, but I jolted back to life once Pn Linda Leong called out my name with her 'electrifying' voice. She asked me some questions about how many siblings I had and whether I want more and bla bla bla... After she turned around, I was back in my comfy napping position.

Helped my father cook the noodles tonight and I burned my hand, that's going to leave a mark. Had dinner when the doorbell rang, and in came the man really well-liked by my father, his former part-time worker. He came to give us mooncakes. They chatted and teased me how my father promised him that I would marry him someday, as if that's going to happen... -_-|| He was carrying me around when I was just born and that was when he was 21. Really a vast age difference but it's exactly the same with my parents, aged 21 years apart.

Going to drill through the mound of homework I 'retrieved' from school. Bye bye for now!

First Day of School After the Holidays

Finally, I'm not wearing the mask today, but it may not last long because I might catch a cold.. haiz.. The first day of school was quite good, seeing my friends as well as knowing how many holidays we're going to be having. Thinking of hitting the books soon, hope to improve this time, got lots of room for it. Going to have PJ this week, wonder if we're going to play basketball again. For once, I'm not looking forward to it. Ee Hui hasn't heard anything from her piano teacher about the results, most of my friends already know, some had a pass for Grade 8, while others had passes and distinctions for Grade 6. I'm only a mere Grade 5-er, wonder what I'll get.

A Boring Saturday

There's nothing much to say nowadays, hope that my days will become more interesting...
This morning didn't go quite well, both Wei Hao and Jin Xian didn't turn up. So much about hoping to avoid carrying out their duties. It was kind of boring and I had to be the lead for the taichi practice today, it was totally embarassing... ugh.. After warming up and stuff, we started to go for a jog. This time I made everyone jog in the park, well, they were grateful that I didn't make them run around the field. One of my juniors asked me whether I usually faint and she jogged with me, as if she was afraid that I would. I was puzzled why she asked me that, then she said that my face was very pale... Maybe this was because I pushed myself too hard when we were doing the basics after the warm up. Had a headache after the warming up, and Wan Jing didn't know how to be the lead for the basics, so I had to do it despite the headache. Hehe, I know this is boring. Not going to blog much after school reopens...

Nothing Special

Cut my hair yesterday just to make a bit shorter, so it won't always get tangled up. Going to practice Gu Zheng later in the afternoon, maybe I'll get to see how my ABRSM results are. I'm quite happy that I'll be able to go for taichi tomorrow because I'll get to see my friends there. I wish that I won't be bored tomorrow when Wei Hao and Jin Xian go for 'makan'. They take ages to finish eating.....-_-|| Hope I don't have to take their shift to take attendance and receive the fees from the club members while they stuff themselves with food, some sort of AJKs they are... haiz..

Listened to Taylor Swift's songs like Fearless, Our Song, The Way Loved You, liked them all. Our Song had a country style tinge in the beginning of the song but it was nice. David Archuleta's Zero Gravity(it's always on the radio)was quite good, too. Tried listening to songs by Girls' Generation, a korean girl group that Madeline likes, they were kinda' girly but energetic...Some of the group members were pretty ^^. Here We Go Again by Demi Lovato was really loud, Heartless and Live Like We're Dying by Kris Allen, yeah, that was really good. Saw an article on Jason Mraz the other day about his hit single - I'm Yours. The song's soothing somehow, after listening to the other songs. Like it!

Trying to be hardworking to stay in A class next year, please... I don't want to sit in front of the computer the whole day...

Wondering...

Made my own breakfast today, scrambled eggs with sauteed mushrooms. I wonder why food that's cooked on your own tastes so good.. : ) Anyway, I was blessed with a wonderful, sunny morning today.

Took many photos of my garden, surfed the net, played on facebook, nothing much actually. Just a swarm of over 20 red dragonflies that started to fly around my window at noon while there was a slight breeze, weird.. I hope to get back to school soon, there's nothing to do at home and sitting in front of the computer is really time-consuming..

I feel like getting ready for the final exams like some of my fellow classmates but just can't get into the swing. Wondering how I did in my ABRSM practical and theory exams, seems like my friends already know their results, I feel happy for those guys. Considering that this is my first ABRSM examination, I really have no clue what I'll get. Oh well, I'll keep wondering then...

A flash of light on a dark day

Had a dull morning today because I found out that 2 of my chicks disappeared when I was in Singapore. I had a hunch that something went wrong last night when I couldn't find the hen. It rained heavily here when the chicks went down the slope behind my house to play, I guess. Maybe they got swept away by the flowing river water, or got eaten by a monitor lizard which we call a 'biawak' in Malay.

This has taught me to value whatever you have when it's still there, let it be family, pets or even a bag or a book. It doesn't feel at all good to have lost something precious to us, so appreciate whatever you have now. Shed some tears and then came my father who, to my amazement, asked me whether I would like to buy a camera and a handphone. He asked me to think about it during the holidays, but I wonder whether it was just a form of consoling me for the loss of my precious little things.

Chickens have been in my life for practically 8 years, since I was 6, so they mean a lot to me. 1.5.2001 - this was the first day ayam serama became a part of my life. They are colourful, lively little beings, they're certainly not the type you see getting slaughtered in the market. Despite this loss, I still have to get on with my life, right?

A Food-filled Trip

I went on a trip to Singapore last Saturday to celebrate my aunt's birthday. Got up at 5.30am and started the journey at 6.30am, if you think that's early, I used to get up and leave by 4am just to reach Singapore in time for some things.

DAY 1
We arrived in Singapore just about lunchtime, so we headed to Telok Blangah's hawker centre. Had a bowl of piping-hot chicken porridge while my family, consisting of my parents, brother, as well as my aunt, uncle and cousin, had different types of hawker food. We had a big portion of chicken rice, prawn mee and Teochew fish porridge. Then, we went to the Queensbay warehouse where they sold all sorts of Western and Japanese ingredients and frozen stuff. You could find cheeses you don't normally find in other supermarkets, ham, sausages, scallops and all sorts of canned foods. However, it was a weekend and the place was packed, and the place was quite small, so I had to jostle through the crowd. Went back home, had a nap. Dinner was at Alexandra Road's hawker centre. After all the food arrived, it was obvious that the table was too small to hold all our food.. haha.. Slept at 12am.The F1 track is around this landmark.

The Singapore Flyer, changes colour at night.

DAY 2

Had waffles from KFC in the morning. Then, we headed to the Botanic Gardens. Unfortunately, the carpark was full, and there were loads of people in formal clothes. Then, my aunt spotted the sign saying [“I Do” – Garden Weddings]. Yeah, a wedding on Hari Raya, in the garden. With a feeling of dejection, we went to the Tiong Bahru Market to get some wet groceries. Guess what I saw, the ‘wet market’ was a modernized building with escalators! Don’t think I’ll see that in Malaysia for the next 10 years.

After marketing, we drove to Sushi Tei, a wonderful sushi parlour. There were all sorts of sushi and Japanese dishes. Like in Sushi King, some of the sushi were placed on conveyor belts for customers to enjoy on the spot. We ordered dishes such as sashimi salad, golden rolls, salmon on rice, tempura, fried tuna rolls and fried soft shell crab. Later in the day, we visited Borders at Wheelock Place. My, was the place big! Looked high and low for a Latin dictionary. You must be wondering why I need a Latin dictionary for. Well, my father said the same thing Pn. Linda Leong said, “ Most English words are from Latin”, he insisted on buying the dictionary. There was a big display on the Twilight series, considering the fact that my friends are so interested in the series, I decided to take a look. It was alright to me, but I'm sure there are people saying that it's great or wonderful or whatever. Dinner was at Sterling Road, the best dishes were the cereal prawns and spicy claypot chicken.

DAY 3

Bought the newspapers today, in one of the columns of the front page stood five big words, "Saying I do 168 times". Guess what, there were 168 couples that got married at the Botanic Gardens, why did that have to happen on my first attempt to the Botanic Gardens? Oh well, went to the Botanic Gardens straight after that, the wedding fever didn't seem to have cleared up yet as couples were still taking wedding photographs, big wedding canopies here and there and flower petals all over the water lily lake. Took some photos with just a 1.3 megapixel camera phone, walked till I almost dropped and had the nice Milo Dinosaur there. Hope to get a better camera some day, not being able to zoom can sometimes be really painful..

A couple of swans at Swan Lake.

The Ginger flower

A blue dragonfly on top of the water lily. Almost fell into the pond to get it!

Tiny durians perhaps?

Perfection in full bloom.

Ended the day with Thai dinner at Amara Hotel. Not really to my taste but it was ok. I played with my cousin's Samsung Omnia, a nice but boring touchscreen phone that had an interesting feature to me - shaking the phone to roll dice, to mark the end to this wonderful trip to Singapore.

Finally, my blog is created..

Despite all the difficulty I had gone through, I finally opened my blog, with the help of my good friend Mun Yee. She actually helped me through msn, she's quite good compared to me.

So my first post will go to her, a friend that's always there for me. Her full name's Choong Mun Yee, she was my best friend last year, it was kind of heart breaking that we got separated when she got into B class. But our friendship didn't fade or weaken much since we see each other every day, spend recess together and carry out some confidential matters.. hehe..

We go for all the same co-curricular activities but she's kind of lazy sometimes, to go for taichi. I know, who would want to go for taichi? Anyway, she would get up early to go for the activity. I think it may be hard for her since she considersthat waking up before 10am is very early. She can even get up at 12pm, have lunch(her first meal of the day is always lunch....-_-||),and rush to school..

I guess this is enough, I know this may be boring but it's a form of thanks to her. I hope that our friendship lasts very long.