Phail !!!!! (Fail)

Happy belated new year people. (yes yes my blog's gone stale and you'll probably start yakking at me like "are you dead?" or "new year's long behind you Rachel! Update yourself!") Whatever. This year's still new to me whether you like it or not. The previous post was a final attempt (albeit a desperate one >_<) to make sure my blog doesnt go TOO stale but i guess it didnt work...

Well lets see. What do i expect from this new year? Hmmm... Checklist time!
- Grow taller (done... by 1 cm)
- Meet new classmates and make some friends! (done)
- Mug more (ermmm...)
- Go crazy with seniors during CCA (done)
- Build up a better spiritual life (in progress but failing miserably)
- Resolve personal issues (...)
- Pick up a skill OTHER THAN talking garbage (*nervous laugh*)
- Go to Malacca (still waiting...)

Okayy, so i guess i dont really expect much from this year... other than the huge amounts of homework that can bury me and stress that will drive me nuts.... yeah i guess i'll survive (i hope)

In any case, I've taken a liking to this song!

Just Eat It (A parody of Michael Jackson's Beat it)

How come you're always such a fussy young man?
Don't want no Captain Crunch, don't want no Raisin Bran
Well, don't you know that other kids are starving in Japan
So eat it, just eat it (prrr)
Don't wanna argue, I don't wanna debate
Don't want to hear about what kind of food you hate ooh
You won't get no dessert 'till you clean off your plate
So eat it, don't you tell me you're full
Just eat it, eat it , eat it
Get yourself an egg and beat it
Have some more chicken, have some more pie
It doesn't matter , it's boiled or fried
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat iteat it, eat it, eat it, eat it, ooh
Your table manners are a cryin' shame
You're playin' with your food like it's some kind of game
Now, if you starve to death, you'll just have yourself to blame
So eat it, just eat it (prr)(burp)
You better listen, better do what you're told ooh
You haven't even touched your tuna casserole ooh
You better chow down or it's gonna get cold
So eat itI don't care if you're full
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Open up your mouth and feed it
Have some more yogurt, have some more spam
It doesn't matter if it's fresh or canned
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it
Have a banana, have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you have for lunch
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
If it's gettin' cold, reheat it
Have a big dinner, have a light snack
If you don't like it you can't send it back
Just eat it, eat it, (woohoo) eat it, eat it
Get yourself an egg and beat it
Have some more chicken,(woohoo) have some more pie (woohoo)
It doesn't matter , it's boiled or fried
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it
Don't you make me repeat it (oh no)
Have a banana,(woohoo) have a whole bunch
It doesn't matter what you had for lunch
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it

Sigh.. no wonder people are over eating...

Man, its pretty fast, I'm already in Sec 3 and O levels are like what, next year? 1 year aint a long time, and i'm already beginning to feel the stress coming in. Also, some of the seniors that i have had fun together with during CCA or competitions are stepping down soon. Meaning the computer lab will have much less laughter and drama. Also, many ppl are going to army, meaning choir will soon be quiet and kinda puny in size. Sian.... oh well there are some things in life that you just cant change, and that you only learn to cherish the times you've had when they're gone or gonna be gone. Oh well like they always say... Diarrhoea and flu wait for no man!
Er wait... oops. Time and tide wait for no man. Once its gone, its gone.

Enough of emo talk. TIME FOR.... (drumroll please!) DUMB PHILOSOPHIES! (These are the funny ones)

. Always take the time to smell the roses...and sooner or later you'll inhale a bee.

. It's always darkest before dawn...so if you're gonna steal the neighbors newspaper, that's the time to do it.

. My father always said laughter is the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us ended up dying of tuberculosis.

. It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown...and fewer still to ignore someone completely.

. Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked up into jet engines.

. If at first you don't succeed, don't admit you ever tried.
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Whats the world coming to these days?

APPLAUD! Here comes the post that shall waste your time!!!!

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Haha. Now wasnt that a waste of your time?

Im Back! (sadly)

NOOOOO!!!!!! THEOLO IS OVER!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!! (takes knife and slashes neck and watches as the blood spews everywhere)

Ok relax im not gonna kill myself (as tempting as it is really). Well the long awaited theolo has sadly ended. I reaaaallly miss it and frankly speaking, it feels weird not waking up at 5.55 am, not seeing a big dark dormitory, not dragging myself outta bed and going off to take a shower, not brushing my teeth super fast and not tramping down to the hall for morning prayer, not sharing crazy jokes while eating bread and pledging alliegance to vegemite, not rushing to class and trying to stay awake (for the ones who were tired) or marveling at the interesting lesson, not washing lunch trays whilst watching that disgusting yellow sticky ribbon becoming black with dead flies, not deciding whom will be clearing the trash or not scrubbing toilets. Sigh, it seriously was the funnest experience for me and yet those beautiful 22 days just breezed by just like that. Really found all the lessons very interesting and all the duties were really fun! But, this epic chapter of my life will surely stay as a precious memory in my head (and the fact that I have a textbook, a messy notebook and a random songsheet file will prove it) And just today, we sent off 4 of our friends (2 to Perth, 2 to Taiwan) at the airport. (While I must say that saying goodbye was what we went there for, we spent like what, 2 hours sitting on the floors of T3 playing Uno and Dai Di and not to forget, sleeping to pass time to send off the Perth passengers whose flight was a long way off) In any case, I would gladly go back to theolo anytime rather than stay out here. Sigh....

Now.... LETS SING!! (to the tune of Mary had a little Lamb)

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

This is the song that never never ends,
never never ends,
never never ends!
This is the song that never never ends,
and this is how it goes:

Ok fine I'll stop. Sheesh. Seriously, this is a work of literary art! Though it is not composed by me, BUT IT IS STILL ART. AGREE WITH ME. NOW.

Gah I'm just tired so yeah... (Who wants pi?)

Here's a song (its a real one I assure you) that I like:

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL;
Oops not this one.

Its this one (this is the REAL one. No seriously it is. Trust me.)

You are my strength when I am weak,
You are the treasure that I seek,
You are my all in all~

Seeking You as a precious jewel,
Lord to give I'd be a fool,
You are my all in all!

Ok im not gonna type out he whole song so... hahahaha. (forgive the randomness of the post for I am half asleep now)

Preparing to leave

Hmm ok, how should I even write this post? I seriously am at a loss at what to write. Hmmm, fine I shall start with what happened over the past few days or weeks. Fine, over the holiday.

First of all, I helped out in the Pre-teens camp A.K.A JY camp. Well I must say, it certainly feels different to be back at that camp as a mentor and helper and not as a camper. The hours were very free and mostly I spent it listening to their lessons and also joining in the activities (like the human knot game in which the brothers took a REALLY long time to complete since all of them joined in the knot) But on Sunday I joined in the visiting during youth service since I couldn't follow with the outdoor activity. Me and Amanda went to visit a fellow member along with a lot of people (well i can only remember Jean, James, Emmalyn, Samantha, Jonathan, Yun Feng, Bro Han Hua, Bro Guo Hua, Bro Derek, Sis Mag, Sis En Hsin...) Ok fine that was almost everyone but I can't really remember. After that we came back to church and we (Jean, Samantha, Emmalyn, Amanda, Yun Feng, Teacher Zshen Chou , Betty and others whom I also can't remember) went to Turf City for lunch. Well Teacher Zshen Chou missed an exit on the PIE so we took a nice trip around Bukit Timah before arriving. Lol. After lunch we went back to church and met with Julia while Yun Feng, Robin, Jonah and Teacher Ben went to scrub the preacher room cupboards with turpentine. And when I went in to see, I was sent to get drinks since I was a "helper" (what on earth la I don't see the logic in THAT) So I bought 'em, came back, got "high" on turpentine (so-called high, im NOT a inhalant abuser), poked Teacher Ben and Yun Feng with a bolster from the preacher room and drank the drinks with 'em. Wheeeeeee... then they went to somewhere la. Back to the camp. It feels sorta weird that you're older and the younger ones are...how should I put this... always wanting to be your friend.(well most of the sisters) Something like that I guess. However after the telematch day, most of the helpers got "evicted" because they could not support so many people, so yeah I left. End of camp.

Then came the homework rushing time. Now I had A LOT of homework. Considering it was already the 19th of November and I had made a promise to finish everything before my cousins came or at most before theolo (which would be 23rd Nov and 2nd Dec respectively) and the fact that I'm VERY easily distracted and spent most of the first part of hols slacking and am VERY lazy, you could say I was doomed to be dead. (Well thats what I felt. And for those crazy ones who say a math paper, math assesment book with dunno how many questions to do, 2 english and 4 chinese essays, a comprehension, a summary and 2 book reviews are not a lot within this short time period, give me a call or tag me so I can knock some sense into you) So I tried my "very best" to concentrate on homework which consisted of doing a few questions and then running off to check the fridge or turning to use the computer. Using this routine and not counting a few days in which 85% of the day was spent going out with my cousins or attending spirtual meeting (which was very fun and enriching by the way), I finally finished off the last of those dumb, irritating, annoying, life-draining, fun-stealing, pieces of nuts which makes you simply marvel at the fact that teachers put you through so much just to make sure they need not refill our rotted brains at the start of school. End of homework phase.

The somewhere in between I went to get my Sec 3 textbooks. Self explantory and not eventful other than my visiting cousins wow-ing at my not-so-glamourous school building. They are so cute sometimes. (What? They're younger than me)

And now I'm here typing this post awaiting tomorrow and still not packed. Oh well I guess I'll slack a little more before I take my own sweet time to pack later. AND MY BIRTHDAY'S COMING!!!! WHEEEEEE! Well I'll just celebrate it during theolo I guess. Wonder what I'll get... Well theolo will be from 2nd December to 24th December and then I shall rest for one day berfore going off for a Youth trip to Batam on the 26th to 28th! By then I guess I'll be very tired but it will be fun I guess since the whole December has been taken. Then I'll come home and die waiting for school. In fact, I don't even know when school will re-open!!! XD WHEEE..... Randomness forever!

Okay its just because I havent eaten lunch yet. Whatever, see you guys (whoever you guys are) in '09! (btw, when you see that this was posted at 11:40 pm on 30th Nov, dont believe it. It was actually posted on 1st Dec at 5:00 pm. My comp's clock is messed up)

Ok the picture was taken from here (and I edited it):

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What? I like Pikachu.

Ok some quiz...

So I got tagged by Amanda and she says write some weird stuff:

"Rules and regulations: Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own 10 weird things/habits/little known facts as well as state the rules clearly. At the end, you need to choose 10 names to be tagged & list their names."

Ok that was copied and pasted from Wyz's blog but nevermind. Sooo... lets start listin some points then!

1. I used to have super good memory when I was little. I could memorise an entire speech. But now I'm your average person that forgets things very easily.

2. I have a superiority complex. I find being belittled EXTREMELY irritating, like someone trying to treat me like a little girl. That I hate. Except if its from my family that I don't really mind I guess...

3. I'm actually a fish!!! No wait a dog!!! A sheep!!! NO I AM.... *sleeps*

4. I love creating things. Be it in-animate objects or digital objects I just love making things. That's why I like handicraft.

5. I like to torture people >=D

6. I like to kill Wyz and Yun Feng. (In a figurative sense ppl im no mass murderer)

7. I don't like soap operas.

8. I don't KNOW what a soap opera is.

9. Im better at talking rubbish than eating chicken.

10. I LOVE MAGGI MEE!!!!!!!! XD

11. I AM IRON MAN!!! (Iron= Fe, Man= male) THEREFORE I AM FEMALE (what a surprise!!!!!!)

12. Im too lazy to tag anyone right now so yeah...

A Meaningful Poem We Should Consider

Ok lemme explain the situation now.

I was packing for my class chalet tmr when I started to feel lazy and the need for music caught me. So I went to my *ahem* not-really-that-trusty-but-still-trustable-enough desktop and got it out of its screen saver. Bored, I proceeded to look through someones blog and saw an interesting link. It said "Making Time for God". Curious, I clicked on it USING THE MOUSE AND NOT MY HAND and it was redirected to an article on the TJC website. It well talked about making time for God (duh) and I was well looking at it. Then when I scrolled down, I came across a very meaningful poem that I feel I should learn from and share with all of you.

Here it is:

I got up early one morning,
And rushed through the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
That I didn't have time to pray.

Problems just tumbled about me,
And heavier came each task;
"Why doesn't God help me?" I wondered,
He answered, "You didn't ask."

I wanted to see joy and beauty,
But the day toiled on gray and bleak;
I wondered why God didn't show me,
He said, "But you didn't seek."

I tried to come into God's presence,
I tried every key in the lock;
God gently and lovingly chided,
"My child, you didn't knock."

I woke up early this morning,
And paused before starting the day;
I had so much to accomplish,
That I had to take time to pray.

I feel that this poem reflects very well what happens to us every day be it school, work, toilet cleaning, laundry washing, banana peeling etc. And that it also shows us that all the time, try as we might, we just can't seem to make the day better and everything just keeps messing up. Why? Because we did not pick out time to pray. Yes throughout the whole 16 hours we spend awake we always can't seem to be able to just reserve a few minutes for prayer or Bible reading. Yet when we do pray, we expect that everything must go our way since we prayed to God. Thus this is one thing we all should keep in mind: Prayer is the most important aspect of our life and doing God's will is a task we must undertake and understand.

Ok I know I may sound like I'm suan-ing people and I'm sorry if my tone offends anyone but I really feel that this should be shared. Btw theolos coming! XD
The link for the article is this: http://ia.tjc.org/elibrary/ContentDetail.aspx?ItemID=513

The End??

Well we all know i have left my blog empty for some time (again..) but thats not really the point here. Ok. Its nearing the end of 2008... and my sec 2 days in 2S2 causing chaos and making ourselves famous in the staff room at school are (sadly) over. I must say though, we have made ourselves quite famous seriously! We constantly irritated teachers but we also became the dark horse with our math EOY results. Oh well. There goes my lower sec days... from here on its gonna be very very siong. My habits of procrastinating and cramming must go. Its like those stinking houseflies around drains. No matter how much you try to shoo them off or even spray a huge can of CFC at them, they still stay there buzzing around that metal cover. (Dont ask me why I used this analogy but it just came to mind) But I really am glad that i got to be part of a really great (but noisy) class. The only thing I regret was that I never opened up to anyone a lot during these 2 years and never wanted to get to know anyone better. My role in the class through these 2 years can be likened to being a social butterfly or whatever its called. I am just going about the class, socialising with any group I happen to be with at the current time. Or sometimes I go to a corner to get some quiet time.

Well i know I've learnt one thing: CFC = chlorofluorocarbons! =D

Now this picture is taken from my most recent trip to Malacca. Which just ended 2 days ago =.= those are my cousins and I miss them... Well that trip was a nice closing to '08 I guess