we went for 'survival singapore' yesterday!
its a play-
and kumar acted in it-
he's super gay can!
he pulled off being a woman super well;
he has the figure! :/
should i feel jealous? lol
the play was funny :D

i went for tuition after school ended
and rushed back to school at 5
to meet kundan, tim, christopher, desiree, marcus, siling, moses, guo wei, ian and kevin! :D
we took a bus to city hall
and we were making lots of noise on the bus (>.<) it was really funny lol :D and desiree kept standing up on the seat and kundan kept threatening to spray deodorant on her LOL
and he actually did- into her mouth :D

we ate at burger king and we met 06v11!
kenneth and daphne joined us for dinner
and we crapped alot (:
then we met bob and ranon at the mrt
before going to raffles hotel for the play
everyone dressed up really nicely!
except for the bunch of us who stayed in school uniform LOL

today we changed places!
RAH
im so upset can!
i liked my old seat-
with moses, bob, marcus and yumeng :/
and i can see perfectly fine from there
and now im sitting at the corner
with moses, tim, shiyao and sharlene :/
not that i have anything against them
but i miss my old table )):
and lots of people aren't really happy with their new seat either
so moral of the story?
dont change the seats

had guitar today-
i learned to play chords!
and i got something from my mortal AND my angel
so im super happy about that-
but i had to lug the huge guitar home by myself
and im still unhappy about the seating arrangement
so just great-

i miss US

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class bbq was quite a success :D
desiree went for rockclimbing trials for *AHEM*
and siling and i stoned in the classroom waiting for her-
guowei, leonard, and menglu came in at around 3 plus!
they spent like an hour plus telling us about how to survive ip life

then we walked over to ECP for the bbq-
me, siling, moses, kuanwei, jonathan and kenneth
were singing all those childish songs like
teletubbies, spongebob squarepants at the top of our voices!
haha it was rather embarassing, but fun (:

then we were chased out of the bbq pit
and sent to play captains ball and vball by kundan-
but halfway it started raining,
so we had to stop and retreat to the shelter.

but thankfully for us,
the rain stopped after like 10 mins-
so des, siling and i went to walk along the beach (:
me and desiree were smart!
we brought slippers :D
it was high tide then,
so i got quite paranoid and all motherhen-ish
because those two KIDS were going in so deep!
lol

actually we just planned on walking in the water
and not getting too wet,
but thanks to
kundan, kenneth and tim
who snuck us behind us and pushed us into the water,
we got utterly drenched-
but needless to say we got our revenge! :D

we were playing in the sea for quite a long time,
and it was fun! :D
and we got totally wet-
but we saw a dead stingray,
cut neatly into half,
with the intestines and guts all spilling out
*shudders*
it was the most gross thing i ever saw la!
and the flesh is all gone,
leaving the skeleton behind
YUCK

after that we went to eat!
siyuan's bbqued satay were really nice :D
i pigged out on a lot
*oops*
haha but thats all i ate-

then me, marcus, cheryl and guowei sat down to play bridge!
bridge rocks :D
the rest were playing with sparklers at the side-
by about 9 plus, almost everyone went back already.
so i stayed back for awhile and helped to clean up
before daddy came to pick me up (:

BIG THANKS to kundan, lavan, tim, christopher and marcus who organised this 07v14 bbq all on their own and who thought of EVERYTHING ((:

today we had our first real "facets of the mind" lesson-
we learned about edgar allen poe/
it was interesting!
though some didnt think so-
maybe its just because i enjoy this kinda things *shrugs*

during physics, something funny happened:
miss ng: whats the common human reaction time?

marcus: its confirm 2 seconds!

moses: no la! its 4 seconds!

bob: 3 seconds la!

miss ng: the human reaction time is 3 seconds (:

bob: *punches his fists into the air triumphantly*

moses and marcus: O.O

marcus: how can! 3 seconds is so slow! we're IP kids! IP kids confirm two seconds la! (jokingly)

me: then what about moses? he said 4 seconds-

everyone at the table: starts laughing

:D

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20 Jan 07, 17:41WAYNE: hellooo.. so sian eh I got SO MUCH HOMEWORK!!! sighsigh. I read ur blog only hor sure laugh one cos all the ppl tagging so farni haha. Byebye
22 Jan 07, 19:49WAYNE: helooo! i nth to do oso den come ur blog tag!!! Enjoy the rest of the week!

me: haha the people tagging very funny meh? lol got time come tag! :D

21 Jan 07, 01:15bolong': guitar is sooo nice
21 Jan 07, 01:14bolong': WAH. you learning guitar!!! hahaha
23 Jan 07, 16:46bolong': and you went vivocity? i thought there all super branded and ex stuff one. lol
23 Jan 07, 16:46bolong': WAH. i also wan to buy new year clothes!! lol. i got no time leh

me: haha yup guitar is my cca! :D and the stuff at vivo is quite ex la- i didnt spend much there lol (:

22 Jan 07, 19:49wanyu: whoa went out with ct ahh...long time never go out with u le...haiz
22 Jan 07, 19:50wanyu: i was at sj when u go out with her!!!so lucky
22 Jan 07, 19:57wanyu: lend me yr goong vcd...thx..no hurry thougj!! =)
22 Jan 07, 19:51wanyu: anyway.hana kimi show is goin to be showed on tv le...YES!cant wait man!!
26 Jan 07, 22:34wanyu: yingsi got into choir?then yijun leh?so lucky ahh---ur cca sound so cool...guitar!!! =)

me: i want to go out with you too! :/ the last time i went out with you was during the dechols ): and when you want the goong vcd ask me kay! haha lets go out soon! very soon! :D miss you!

22 Jan 07, 21:05yi'an: ahahah...DUN WORRY DARLING! u'll have tags by me and tt will give you the ultimate POWER! : D I LOVEEE YOU!!!
24 Jan 07, 19:07yi'an: nah..total mood change cos there's ME around : D

me: -.- yes yes yi'an I LOVEEEEEE YOU TOO! :D see you tmr at tuition DARLING~

22 Jan 07, 22:03jason: haha...die die survive ip...jia you!
23 Jan 07, 21:57jason: jia you lor! i wish u gt free time! maybe sth will happen la...
24 Jan 07, 22:04jason: haha..good job! keeping ur blog alive by tagging
25 Jan 07, 21:08jason: Argh...sori if i stoned just a little too much haha...
28 Jan 07, 10:05jason: harlo! can we meet up again? i promise i wont stone again. haha.

me: haha sure :D and you didnt really stone la lol
and i want free time!

23 Jan 07, 22:55zina: round of applause for my dearest daughter! sorry but i think you'll receive the email only towards the end 'cause i've been really busy with school work >.<
25 Jan 07, 20:35zina: hahhahaaha you just told me hehh:) yesterday while going to collect costumes i saw some vj people running towards macritchie hahha! seems like you're having a great time so : ) HAVE MORE FUN!!
26 Jan 07, 22:24zina: yingsi got into choir? that's.. miraculously unbelievable sheesh hahh(: anyway wish the three of you the best in studies and your new CCAs : )

me: im still waiting for that email mummy! and school started already- so no more fun :/ and everyone can't believe that yingsi got into choir LOL! thanks mummy miss you! <3

24 Jan 07, 20:44CTing: and congrats on your pe achievement><
24 Jan 07, 20:43CTing: I TOLD YOU!!! DEFINITELY GET INTO YOUR SELECTED CHOICE ONE!!!

me: YA LA YA LA my all knowing grandmother -.- lol and lets go out again soon! then you can update me some more :D

24 Jan 07, 22:22zengan: HELLO! I am tagging on my tablet lol. SO FUN! BTW yeah i am dying now, The lumps of work and lumps of porjects. They are called lUMPS! Sticky globby things that make my life miserable!
24 Jan 07, 22:22zengan: lucky kid u got electives! I WILL ONLY have them like the 9th week! DARN IT! I am dying from stress lah...so hows VJ life? Easy, besdies the fact there are many smart alecs
25 Jan 07, 21:08zengan: HELLO! I guess VJ's electives are much more better than tJ's. Anyway, imaginerring is kinda stupid i would say but it teaches u how to quesiton things (: Thats a good thing but from what u said, it
25 Jan 07, 21:08zengan: doesn't seem to appealing and nice. BTW i have 6 projects to date...RAW):

me: YES lumps make our life miserable! :/ and my electives havent started yet too! ): and imagineering sucks majorly RAH i vote for no imagineering!

25 Jan 07, 20:09grace!: hello! (: HAHAHAHAHAAH it seems fun in VJ! (: jia you

me: haha it was fun before school started! lol :D and my letter! :D

25 Jan 07, 20:42JM: WOOOOO~ Your FAVOURITE COUSIN HERE! HEH! Anyway, i still cant believe that yingsi got into choir lorrr. anw, WE FINISHED SURDS ALRD! MWHAHAHA

me: HAHA MY DEAREST COUSIN- you're the third person to say here that you can't believe yingsi got into choir! LOL and we finished surds too- in one day -.-

28 Jan 07, 20:49sulin: hey!! you play drums?! DRUMMERS ARE SO COOL. DRUMMERS ROCK! i have a VERY VERY SOFT SPOT for drummers D theyre so darn adorable

me: haha i TRY to play the drums- because i have absolutely no coordination! but i agree- i think drummers are super cool :D go learn drums! :D

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i love bridge!
*grins*

yesterday i had my first guitar ensemble prac-
it was boring;
seriously!
i couldn't understand the teacher at all
i was looking forward to it but it wasnt as exciting as i thought it'd be :/
but nevermind-
i learned the notes on the guitar
from this girl next to me who knows how to play (:
i haven't learned the chords yet,
but i know the notes-
so i can play simple songs :D
i feel quite accomplished man!

drumming last night in ROL was horrible man-
i have absolutely NO coordination
and NO natural talent for drums
RAH
but i'll continue la (:
and try to improve!
because yesterday was just my first lesson-
hopefully i can miraculously get a feel for drums?
yea right

today we had third period pe
RAH it was yucky okay!
it's from 7.15 to 7.45.
we ran around the track 6 times
and did 20 pushups, 20 situps, and 20 jump things that i dont know how to describe
i feel so cheated okay!
i finished all 6 rounds
but alot of the others only did like 5 rounds
because it started raining heavily
RAH
but i still feel accomplished lol
i didn't stop either okay!
*grins*

we had alot of fun during IH and recess-
miss toh didn't come to school today!
so we spent the two IH periods playing bridge! :D
thats why i love bridge lol-
its damn fun playing with
desiree, tim, kundan and marcus (:
but mr boy came in and caught us playing-
so he confiscated kundan's deck of cards.
i feel horribly guilty can!
but kundan was really nice about it-
he said that that deck only cost him 80 cents,
so its no biggie

jason came to vj today!
we hung around in class with him.
desiree is SUPER crap.
thats all i have to say-

tmr we have class bbq!
amazing yea-
because i just went for OG bbq last friday -.-
but nevermind-
im sure we'll have fun :D

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we had our second pe lesson today-
ran to ecp again;
i have a feeling that we'll run to ecp every pe lesson.
its to train up for cross country they say
*shrugs*

anyway im damn happy-
because today i didn't stop at all!
last week i stopped at the overhead bridge on the way back
and that was a huge mistake-
i completely lost my momentum!
so today i was like:
don't stop, don't stop, don't stop-
especially from the overhead bridge back to the school.
and i didn't! :D
accomplishment yes? please clap *grins*

and i just found out that i gotta bring my guitar for prac tmr
RAH
the guitar is so freaking huge can!
>.<

anyway during maths today,
i was damn happy-
a total mood change from yesterday!
you know why?
because we did surds today!
and i learned surds already in tuition!
so i finished the worksheet faster than others
HAHA
i know im damn evil-
but its a great morale boost for me i guess (:

and i got into my electives! :DDDD
i got into american history for 1st sem
(so there! jingrong you can't laugh at me anymore hmph!)
and there's an error in the second sem's one,
but if we calculated correctly,
i should get my introducing isms! :D
because marcus, who's above me,
got introducing isms which he didn't bid for at all
and i got introducing chaos,
which i didn't bid for at all either!
alot of people got this problem lol
so i should get my isms! <3

im feeling happy!

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went out with daddy, mummy and korkor yesterday after church-
we went to vivocity to do cny clothes shopping! :D
it was my idea actually,
because the last time i was at vivo city,
i saw mostly clothes shops
and lots of units haven't been rented out yet-
so i thought it'd be a good chance to go there!

i was quite happy with my purchases-
i bought an espirit top-
there's a story behind it:
when i came out of the changing room at espirit,
my parents asked me to go try the lucky dip
where customers can win up to 18% off on items!
my brother and parents all got 8% off coupons,
but i pulled out a 18% off coupon!
thats the highest price okay!
mummy was super excited can-
even more excited than me! lol

i bought a nice pink collar tee at 37 degrees!
i spent almost an hour in that shop there-
mummy kept asking me to try on clothes;
she even asked me to try on dresses!
i was like O.O-
in the end, when daddy came,
he picked out a nice green halter top dress for me
and in the end,
they liked it so much that they bought it for me
and im going to wear it on chinese new year -.-
im going to look dumb can.

today wasn't much-
we had our first day of lessons and its really long.
school ended at 4.15! :/
and i had my first IH option module lesson,
'facets of the mind'
we had to start off with a diagnostic test-
they gave us a short passage
and asked us to write a 500-800 word essay on the plot, characterization etc.
i wrote more than that i think >.<

but this really means
that school REALLY starts for us now-
i dont know whether im ready for it.
i mean my class is super smart-
im wondering whether they put me into the wrong class-
a class full of geniuses and im the odd one out.
during maths,
they were all really smart and could keep up with the teacher.
my table was the scariest, because of MARCUS and MOSES-
they're maths geniuses can-
and next to them im like struggling along with my maths.
i feel so dumb!
honestly-
if this is how im going to feel for the next 2 years-
i dont know how im going to survive ip/

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i went out with cuiting today!
finally for the first time, she was early and i was late-
and the stupid $1 machine ate up my money!
i slotted in a coin, turned the dial to get those cute keychains-
and i realised that there wasn't anything inside RAH
but i found out lots of things that i didnt know-
not all good :/ but i shan't say anything!

on wednesday i went for the guitar ensemble welcome party-
it was okay, fun actually!
because the seniors are nice (:
and there's sheila from v12 with me!
so im not that sad and lonely haha (:
and guitar's only once a week!

yesterday our whole class went out of school during break
because we had a one and a half hour break-
so we went to parkway for lunch.
i was dragged to yoshinoya again!
RAH im sick of yoshinoya :/

after school i hung around being bored until OG bbq started-
it was quite boring at first-
and it started raining,
so imagine like 20 over people trying to squeeze into one teeny winsy shelter.
definitely not my idea of fun-

but it stopped thankfully-
so me, shaza, christopher and jing rong went to walk along the beach
and we saw a crab!
a teensy weeny one-
like the ones in port dickson that we caught :D
christopher was tormenting the poor crab-
bet it was traumatised!

later, sarah, me and shaza went to sit at those huge stones-
breakwaters i think?
and we talked!
then we went back to eat the bbq-
but by the time we went back, the beehoon was all gone ):
so i ate really little-
but i wasnt really hungry to begin with lol

kept walking up and down the beach with the guys from our class-
but its nice to walk along the beach at night!
but the tide comes in really fast and high-
after awhile, the path to those big breakwater things were almost gone-
so everyone had to scramble off those rocks and head back to safe ground before they were stranded there-

then we took photos with the og!
they made me take with the j2 christopher, who is 188 cm tall!
im almost 40cm shorter than him -.-
tiptoeing, im still only up to his shoulder!
but the photos we took that night was really nice!
can't wait to get them heh :D

at around 9.30 daddy came to pick me up and go home (:
i was really tired-
but the bbq was alright la (:
not as fun as i thought it'd be-
but not as bad either (:

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14 Jan 07, 16:06yijun: yo... keeping to my promise of taggin whenever i'm online wahaha =)
16 Jan 07, 22:01yijun: hey just taggin.. will tag a longer one next time.. kinda busy now =p sorry ah!

me: haha good girl! :D and nevermind about that la (:

14 Jan 07, 17:50CTing: and yes, you are huggable!! stay huggable!! +)
14 Jan 07, 17:49CTing: sorry yeah, that day sooo sleepy even when you guys came back to visit us DUI BU QI !!!
14 Jan 07, 17:48CTing: we had squishy shoes that day ><><

me: YES no squishy shoes! ha i missed the rain today- when i reached home it started raining heavily LOL ((:

14 Jan 07, 19:31bolong': lol. jk
14 Jan 07, 19:31bolong': quote "stay huggable!"
14 Jan 07, 19:30bolong': CTing doesnt want you to grow tall

me: you all are evil people! you dont want me to grow tall hmph

14 Jan 07, 20:33zengan: i for one am not. Horrid math in TA! Btw how did u noe jason?
14 Jan 07, 20:33zengan: so sry...somethings'wrong with ur tagboard. Anyway hope u're loving Ip life
14 Jan 07, 20:33zengan: hello

me: oh i knew him through a friend (: anyway cheer up okay! remeber what i said- decide whats best for you!

14 Jan 07, 20:34JM: hohoho~ I'm NOT crazy lah please . really szeying, THANKS LOTS FOR COMING BACK TO SEE IS!
15 Jan 07, 20:58JM: . THANK YOU PIKACHU!
16 Jan 07, 21:19JM: i'd miss you TONS too szeying ):. and im making friends. dont worry too much!

me: haha GOOD ((: must continue making friends okay! i miss you dazhu :/

14 Jan 07, 22:29cky: lols... i dunno wad to sae. hahahah! but anyway, it was so great to c u guys again. T_T haish....
15 Jan 07, 19:26cky: > LOLS. u dun looked excite.d. LOLS. nvm... =) come visit us again yeah? =)
16 Jan 07, 22:01cky: LOLS. =) okok. =) and guess u already noe the NEWEST joke in container classes. ALHEM:
16 Jan 07, 22:01cky: wad how do u spell retarted?
16 Jan 07, 22:01cky: YIAN
16 Jan 07, 22:01cky: =)
16 Jan 07, 22:01cky: LOLS

me: LOL everyones been telling me that joke LOL- and i'll def come back when i have time :D

14 Jan 07, 22:38jiahui: hello. yea thanks a lot for coming back to see us! miss u loads and only realised tht after ure gone! lets go out tgt REAL SOOn before we drift apart. gosh! i miss u!

me: same! i miss you tons too :/ and i STILL havent gone out with you lately! lets go out soon and lets hope we dont drift apart :/

15 Jan 07, 23:03zina: hahha yepyep i was touched by the last sentence too! meet up during the holidays!! miss you loads again daughterrr<3
16 Jan 07, 19:37zina: HELLOO! don't get frozen to death by the rain hahhaha! touchwood xD
19 Jan 07, 19:51zina: hey szeying~! look out for my email soon, decided to reply your tags in an email.. quite alot to tell you(:

me: miss you loads too mummy! and im waiting for that email! you havent been updating me these past few days :/ so hurry and send okay!

16 Jan 07, 21:17leo: boo! here u go! taggy! yea!

me: BOO! i love the photo we took at the bbq HAHA :D hope i get it soon! :D

17 Jan 07, 20:46yi'an: charged to 4 years in jail : D

me: who's charged to 4 years in jail? lol you crazy girl

17 Jan 07, 21:27WAYNE: HELLO!!!! Ur voice squeakysqueaky one leh dat day i hear. Hahaha. Ur posts all very long hor. I read two only eye blurblur oredi. haha. interesting day-to-day activities. Haha. I got no life compared

me: REALLY? my voice is squeaky? hmmm :/ well i dont know lol and im trying to cut down on what i blog! haha

19 Jan 07, 11:13ahairyturnip: tagging cuz you want me to! =D

me: you're desiree right? i think you are! :D

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this week is the bridging curriculum!
its supposed to "bridge the gap" between the ip syllabus and mainstream one
so lessons still haven't officially started yet.

yesterday was quite boring la-
but we had lots of breaks :D
and we didn't do much-
my group is stuck at imagineering!
we cant come up with any problem can!
arghhhh

oh and we had our DISC personality workshop yesterday-
it was interesting!
we played games and our trainer was damn funny.
we each got a whole booklet just based on our report!
its 25 pages detailing our personality WHOA
cool yea! :D im an 'I'!
which means im an influential person (:
those who are interested in finding out more ask me yea!

today we had our first pe lesson-
i was dreading it la
because i heard from all the seniors that they run 2.4km every lesson!
and we did run, i think more than 2.4? or less? im not sure
between 2 to 3 km la at least.
we ran out of vj, crossed the overhead bridge which is super tiring,
ran in ecp and came back through the same route.

i wasnt as bad as i thought i would be!
i managed not to stop until i came to the overhead bridge on the way back-
too tiring for me to hang on already!
so i half walked and half jogged all the way back from the bridge to school.
but im in the middle, so not bad la :D
since we were running with both ip and jc girls.

i grew 1.5cm! :D
but its no biggie, compared to the rests height-
im definitely the shortest in the whole ip cohort can!
maybe even the whole college -.-
thats a sad life man.
i can't help it if i got short genes? :/

went parkway with siling and desiree to eat!
we took bus with moses, marcus and chris who were going bowling-
siling and i watched desiree eat at yoshinoya :D
after that we went down to katong shopping centre to join the guys
they're damn pro in bowling can!
the ball makes a huge whack with the pins and they bowl hard and fast.
and our dear desiree kept saying that she cant bowl-
but in the end she got 104 -.-
and i bowled a lousy game- my luck's horrible today!

after the game, walked with the guys to parkway to meet
TEO YI'AN and daphne and leesimin at yoshinoya again -.-
yi'an and i went to tuition after that-
i like mrs ng's maths lessons!
and this yi'an la bully me all the way >.<

tmr i got my first guitar ensemble practice!
its more like a welcome thing-
i hope i wont be too akward there,
i think there are only two other ip1s than me!
argh!

anyway these are the pics zina is asking for lol-

see! this zina tan ar- she was supposed to stand normally so that yijun and i cantiptoe to be taller than her, but at the last minute she tiptoed too! hmph!

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these past few days have been COLDDDDDD!
my feet and my hands are all really cold when you touch them!
and i've been sleeping without aircon for the past few days because its so cold at night-
and i even dont turn on the fan in the day because im already freezing without it >.<

and i've gone back to playing neopets-
just the games only because they're cute! :D
and since lessons haven't started yet and i have no homework,
i better grasp at the chance to PLAY before i settle down and start mugging ):

went to parkway with the family to eat and shop after church!
my phone's due to upgrade in april,
so i was kpo-ing around in singtel, looking at all my potential phones :D

they're all so nice can! technology is super advanced now-
and looking at all the phones made me so excited okay!
i want either a flip phone or a slide phone :D
you can ask anyone- im obsessed with flipping/sliding them!
but there are too many to choose from plus not forgetting budget!
and im changing from m1 to singtel to upgrade my plan-
i need free incoming calls and more smses! X)
so i guess one step at a time! (:

talking of szeying reminds me of how much i like to hug pple (:

i like to hug dawn!
which reminds me that i hugged her tons on friday for mainly the reason cos i like to hug her :D

hugging is fun (:

you hug when youre happy, ( szeying)

when you cry ( dawn)

when you sleep ( pillow)

this is what TZUHSIANG said about me- so im huggable HAHA
otherwise i wouldn't remind this crazy girl of hugging people when she remembers me!
LOL

Ahh~ haven't blogged for a long long time (:.
Anyway,

MY DEARESTS YIJUN AND YINGSI AND SZEYING CAME BACK TO VISIT US YESTERDAY! :D.

I MISSED THEM SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO MUCH.
(((((((((((((:.

I couldn't stop grinning lah.Anyway, I'm sorry Cuiting!

I didn't wait for you to say anything before I hung up on you when you were trying to tell me that they were here!

Oh man. I had so much laughing that day and slapping backs (:.

I hadn't had that for a long time now ((((((((((((:.

I missed Yingsi's sacarsm so much =D.

When we're at the CO room, yingsi or somebody else said something which I retorted 'I think I'm gonna barf - IN MY MOUTH' and yingsi was like 'YOU SWALLOW IT RIGHT BACK AH!'HAHHAHAHA :D.

I really missed them a lot a lot a lot!
And I'm so sorry guys, for the last minutes CCA stuff ):.

MARCH COME MY HOUSE CAN??CAN LAH!I MISSED YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, they went back to my class and we crapped a while.Then a lot of CO people came to see Yijun xD.Then we talk talk talk. Then crapped around ((:.
I missed the good old days so much!
Anyway, Huimin just signed in and her nick was:
'Real friends are hard to be'i thought it was actually -
'Real friends are hard to find'
cause yijun, yingsi szeying and all pig family peeps are real friends (:.

and that was from my dearest jm's blog (:
this crazy girl la! type everything in typos and exclamation marks ((:
and she was so excited when we went back!
but we were really excited too HAHA
missed you too jm!

her last sentence really touched me-
i miss everyone back in dhs!
i didn't even get to spend time with the squad because they had maintenance day-

i didnt get to spend enough time with the 2A people
because they all had their different ways to go and ccas and all the stuff!
RAH lets go out soon okay guys!

okay this was more of a random post and stuff-
tomrorrow's the start of bridging curriculum!
which means- BACK TO SCHOOL! :/

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replies-
9 Jan 07, 19:46zina: hellooo:) i am tagging because you told me to tag everytime i came here:)
12 Jan 07, 20:38zina: yippee so happy to see you today! you never mention about ben hoping to see you taller the next time you come lol!

me: haha you'd better! :D and dont remind me of what that stoopid ben said ARGH- he has no considerations for short people like ME! :/ and i was super happy to see you too! :D

9 Jan 07, 21:45WAYNE: ANYWAY, remember yagami raito is only cute on ur blogskin. No place else and under no other circumstance he is cute.
9 Jan 07, 21:41WAYNE: HEEELLLOOOOOOO JIE!!!!! Miss u soooo much eh? Hope u enjoy ur new school ah? bye

me: HELLOOO di? yagami raito is cute no matter what okay! and i miss you too!

9 Jan 07, 21:58blike: Death Note ROX!! XP
9 Jan 07, 21:58blike: ok...sze ying ask me to tag here...i doubt anyone will noe me though ^^

me: crazy guy LOL

9 Jan 07, 22:15amanda: hello!!! hahas. u've got my link yeah. go tag me wif ur link. hahas

me: LOL okay! im finally not in the same group as you already HAHA-

9 Jan 07, 23:13jiahui: hey. glad u enjoyed ur orientation =)) have fun kae? and miss me =) guinea piggie!

me: crazy girl! betcha miss me tons right? :D

10 Jan 07, 20:26bolong': wow. thats alot of replies! haha

me: HAHA

11 Jan 07, 21:07/th: HEHE. OK NVM GTG BYEEEEEE! (: miss you >.< have fun in vj!
11 Jan 07, 21:06/th: SZEYING ARE YOU COMING TMR ?????????????????? PLS SAY YES!
14 Jan 07, 13:18/th: and OF COURSE YOU MISS US (: cos we miss you tooooooooo >.<
14 Jan 07, 13:18/th: have you watched chobits? is it nice? but anw cannot load wthwdfkljwqfujy

me: YES I WENT :D and i miss you guys tons too! i still havent forgotton bout you attacking me okay! haha dont watch chobits!

9 Jan 07, 21:38wanyu: so how was yr new sch?
11 Jan 07, 22:20wanyu: hope to see you tmr!! =)
11 Jan 07, 22:20wanyu: yo...nice pics for yr overseas trip
14 Jan 07, 12:49wanyu: look so chio in yr new uni =)
14 Jan 07, 12:48wanyu: so saddd...u came on fri and we only manage to entertain you for a while...haizz...hiope u had a great time shopping out wuith ct--u went out with her while we are cleaning rite?

me: vj is FUNN! and yup i couldn't talk to you guys properly lor! cos you got maintenance day! ): and i went out with ct, yingsi and yijun and we were damn sian because its raining -.- and thankyou! at least im glad i don'tlook that bad with the new uniform HAHA

12 Jan 07, 20:49jason: haha...nice blog...din noe u had the same taste in anime as me...haha...fate perhaps...
13 Jan 07, 15:57jason: yo new link for u..

me: haha yup! kirakirakira! :D

12 Jan 07, 21:08fel-: haha, tink i visit ur blog fer da 3rd time since? xP

me: haha you better visit more often kay!

12 Jan 07, 23:00/th: LOL I WHERE GOT ATTACK YOU? ( ok maybe lah xD hehehe. HAPPY WHATTTTTTTTTT)

me: HAHA got la you crazy girl!

12 Jan 07, 23:28JunKaii: Helos! Hope u having a great time at VJ..Jia you in the rest of ur ip activities!! Oh btw..Nice blog u haf here! Dont forget bout Icarus-Irobot ah!haha

me: HEY! haha you jiayou too okay! and icarus-irobot ROCKS! :D i miss our lame games and crapping la!

13 Jan 07, 15:18daphne: hello! new link (: and i LOVEE yr vj uniform!! damn cool leh

me: haha! i agree! :D

14 Jan 07, 10:38sulin: LOLS. hey xD i came here from manda's blog. xDDD i didnt get to taste frishi rolls! and i totally agree that helmsman week=boring week

me: YES helmsman week was boring- and i didnt expect the frishie rolls to get snatched off by all the other people from other classes la! >.< haha your group's presentation was cute! :DD

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this whole week's been really boring- helmsman wasn't much and to think that i was quite excited for it -.-

tuesday 9th jan 'o7
we had workshops and lectures all day about i&e.
it was rather boring and we didn't do anything at all.
we even had imagineering briefing after the helmsman programme at the LT.
imagineering is some sort of project? its like project work and our topic is on a problem in vj.
we got our helmsman group group already-
im working with amanda, shiyao, bob and ranon

wednesday 10th jan 'o7
we went to the national musuem! it was so unfair!
other groups went new majestic hotel and jean yip and we were stuck going to the museum -.-
but the new national museum is really high tech
the have tickets which you slide through the barrier to go into an exhibit and stuff.
and in the singapore history gallery, we even had a digital companion with us!
a digital companion is a screen with ear phones-
someone gives a commentary on the particular exhibit you're looking at when you press the number given on the floor.

its really high tech lol- but the museum was freaky can.
the ww II exhibit was all red and really dark, and we lost the other groups. then suddenly, someone started singing. a female- it totally freaked me and amanda out can.
and the guys were still like- oh what flag is this? hmm austria? -.-
the musuem is rather nice- but i dont think i want to go back there anymore- it'll just freak me out! we went back to school and presented what we did before going home/

thursday 11th jan 'o7
we went to alexandra hospital this time- it was quite interesting la.
when the doctor started talking about triage, i could understand!
HA that means that i didn't sleep thru sj lessons okay! (:
the CEO of AH came to gave us a talk and they provided us with really nice sandwiches!
we didn't really do much after AH-
we learned about metaphors and we did groupwork.

we were supposed to draw an animal to represent a metaphor and ours was all cartoonish!
and bob was the funniest- he drew a really nice horse, but he drew the eyes as one slit,
giving the horse a very ~duh look, just like how he looks! lol everyone was laughing can.
i had my audition after that and we went to bedok interchange to shop for the food experiment
and we were caught in the rain while going to my house-
it was super funny because ranon was sharing an umbrella with bob and when we reached my house, not a single part of ranon was dry!
we did the presentation and prepared the food before calling it a day.

friday 12th jan'o7
we had our presentation! my group did frishie rolls-
which is fried rice wrapped in seaweed to become sushi.
we did ours on mahjong paper while the rest prepared skits and ppt slides,
so we were feeling super mal.
ms chua liked our frishie rolls!
and the most surprising was that my group was chosen to represent our class in the competition with the other three classes! O.O

v11 did a video, v12 did ppt, v13 did video and we had mahjong paper -.-
we felt like puking while watching the other class present can!
ours was so crap compared to theirs-
we were really malu while presenting,
but surprisingly, we got second! O.O big but pleasant shock there!

then after that me, yijun and yingsi cabbed to DHS!! :DDDD
the cab fare was $13.50- really expensive and the uncle already gave us discount!
we saw alot of friends and 2A people!
and i saw the sj people too! :D
everyone was petting my head and ruffling my hair! made me feel so embarassed lol!
and a SOON TZU HSIANG attacked me can!
it was really great seeing everyone-
seeing all of them today made me realise how much i miss them!

we went to see the classrooms and the school is really big!
im kinda glad for vj's small but cosy campus lol
the sj people went for maintenance day and couldn't keep me company ):
and they tried to drag me along to do with them but i was like no way! haha
i wanted to stay around and wait for them to finish sj so that i can go for squad dinner with them, but in the end it was so boring waiting for them, so i left ):

me, cuiting, yingsi and yijun went to bugis to eat and
we sat there and talked for awhile before heading home
because our socks and shoes were all wet and squishy and uncomfortable! ):
daddy picked me up at the mrt station so i didn't need to trod home in the rain (:
im super happy today! haha (:

oh and our imagineering groups changed- we were supposed to remain in our helmsman groups for imagineering but we got switched around. so now my new group is:
me, rachna, chenxi, ranon and jingrong-

end of helmsman week now- next week bridging curriculum starts which is almost like normal lessons! :/

i miss orientation-

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replies:
2 Jan 07, 16:48zina: no lah i'm not saddd(: i was experimenting how to tag via my phonee(: hehh i will tag of course!:D
6 Jan 07, 16:34zina: hehh you have finished your shanghai and orientation posts! your orientation seems really fun- shampooing each other's hair ehh? COOL!
4 Jan 07, 20:21zina: DHS explore today was funn(: but really tiring): i never ever got to touch the MRT's seat once):
2 Jan 07, 21:47zina: hahahha i got your number from fionaa already too! fionana's our messengerrr(:

me: HAHA i bet you wanna make me into mickey mouse right? lol (:

2 Jan 07, 18:32cheryl: heyy, i want my tape! i'll pass you my elizabeth town and ur birthday present in exchange for that haha!
8 Jan 07, 16:31seow: heyy, i wanna go ur hse watch MY show! (:

me: haha crazy girl call yourself seow for what? and im free anytime la! its up to you!

6 Jan 07, 18:12cky: and yeah. COME BACK TO VISIT US!!! [ by the way, how long do u take to type all those words ar. LOLS. ur post so long. ]
6 Jan 07, 18:12cky: but actually, mai class still not bad lar. hahahhaaa. =) =) wheee.
6 Jan 07, 18:12cky: nah, is FUN DAES. shanghai v fun right. haish. mi stuck in singapore. thnn now in the small and stinky container. LOLS.
6 Jan 07, 18:11cky: whee. see that u hve a fun dae huh.. =) LOLS.

me: haha i replied on your blog :D and its fun! and i'll come back surely la (:

6 Jan 07, 18:33/th: eh i dunno why the emo so weird de. nvm! xD mm so jiayou for 2007! haha.
6 Jan 07, 18:32/th: HELLOO. haha. hehe. time to grab jnrs hor xD we're missing you >.< and you know now sizing drill damn jialat. you go then i have to move up

me: HAHA steffi was complaining to me lor! and im missing you guys too!

6 Jan 07, 23:30zengan: HAHA the vj'a anthem so simple. its the same as VS. Victoria in singapore.... Anyway mASS DANCE ROCKS!

me: of course what- you've been a victorian for two years! i've been a dunmanian! lol

7 Jan 07, 00:25CTing: and bwah!! you screwed up chior again >< hopefully you'll get into guitar though +)
7 Jan 07, 00:24CTing: 's okay anyway, though missing you already!!
7 Jan 07, 00:23CTing: blergh...my class
7 Jan 07, 00:23CTing: bwah!! your orientation was FUN!! And mine was...sunburnt?

me: haha im sunburnt too ): and im missing you! didnt talk to you that much during the class party ):

7 Jan 07, 11:28yvette: i'm so screwed for my article ): anyway your orientation sounds fun! i'm still laughing bout the hand sign thing you told me. ;D

me: haha you laugh at everything can!

7 Jan 07, 14:24yijun: yoz! sorry for not tagging that day.. LOL.. and i'm here to tag =.= i can't wait for SEA REGATTA too =)).. haa

me: it was fun! you're sunburnt too! haha (:

7 Jan 07, 14:49xunlin: =D7 Jan 07, 14:49
xunlin: oh and happy belated new year. good luck and VJC and COME BACK ON CNY WITH SILING ON MOSES HOR7 Jan 07, 14:48
xunlin: omg u blog hell lot! i cant even read it finish. lol, and i thot i wrote alot. ill email u the jnco entry soon btw

me: lol i received it already! and we'll come back on cny surely! (:

7 Jan 07, 15:34cky: wor wor wor... school ends like 6 plus everydae. T_T LOLS. cos of orentation ma... haish. mai classroom is really small u noe. LOLS. and missing u liao.. >.< lols!

me: haha my classroom not that big either- im missing you too! and school ends really late for me too

7 Jan 07, 18:52bolong': and i can collect 150 dollars for eagles award (: haha
7 Jan 07, 18:50bolong': and my classroom dun have aircon one!!! school's biased towards the double sciences ((
7 Jan 07, 18:49bolong': ty for tagging . your orientation seems so much funner than dhs's.

me: haha its really fun- and i heard about the aircon thing too! i think the school's not being fair too- and i wont complain about your eagles award- i got my edusave scholarship! haha glad you're settling in already! (:

Jan 07, 19:41zina: haha how should i put it? i miss you alottt<3 am i making you feel sad again? please don't =P

me: i miss you too! and YES you're making me feel sad- but i'll get over it LOL i hope you'll settle into your class soon- don't worry! it'll be fine <3

7 Jan 07, 21:49shen mei: hai i miss you too. there's no more cheery sze ying bouncing around
7 Jan 07, 21:49shen mei: HELLO! i'm okay with my class but i guess there's just the missing feeling of closeness, ublike the times last year.. well it's good toknow hat you're enjoying yourself at vj!
7 Jan 07, 21:50shen mei: (to bolong) yay to air-con!

me: yea ): haha there's no more shenmei to crap around with me too! :/

7 Jan 07, 21:53gf: hi! cute photos of urself and hope u will enjoy urself in VJC!!!

me: HAHA smartypantsgrace you bully me! remember our convo last night? lol (:

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i have to say this again: ORIENTATION 01 IS REALLY, REALLY OVER NOW! ):

i feel so sad saying this- because i really enjoyed orientation 01 and now its back to school- though we're having helmsman week now and no lessons la. but i'll never forgot orientation 01 (:

monday 8th jan 'o7
SEA REGATTA!!! :DDD that was pretty much the highlight of the whole orientation, though they should have put it on friday instead of monday because when we all went back yesterday we were dead tired-

we walked over to east coast park in the morning after assembly for sea regatta- stupid me thought that they chartered a bus for us to go to ecp, not realising that its only one overhead bridge away -.-

it was really hot there and the sun was beating down relentlessly- the principal made an opening speech for sea regatta and we started with the games :D the first game was beach volleyball! except that half the court was in the water- there were three sets, i played for two- my dear gracesmartypants! i didn't forget how to play volleyball okay! my team won! :DD

then we played tug-of-war. whoa, tug-of-war has bad memories for me okay! my hands still got the marks of the blisters from the rope burns! :/ but this time my team lost- we were really dragged along by the rope can! we were literally hanging on for a dear life blerghhh

we played dog-and-bone after that- it wasn't really dog and bone and my number didnt even get called at all, so i was quite bored -.- oh but the fun part was after dog-and-bone. the guys started dragging nurun into the water and each guy picked up one limb and on the count of three, swung her into the water.

that started the dunking time! our whole group went into the sea and it was just damn fun- we didn'tplay the rest of the games! we just played those three games and spent the rest of the time in the water getting dunked! lol

stupid kenneth! he was the main one responsible for me getting dunked can- he pushed me from behind, he picked me up and threw me into the water, he pushed me from all sides- he just loved dunking me -.- and the worst was when i got dunked three times in a row! first by kenneth, then by joshua and finally by KENNETH again! hmph!

but it was really really fun i think we spent nearly two hours just frolicking in the sea- we had alot of funnnn! :D ( i think i said that alot of times already!) everyone got dunked like at least 5 times or more! kenneth was impossible to dunk- i've tried almost ten times! but in the end its the guys who managed to so we got our revenge :D

after that we had some jousting thing which involved falling into the sea- it was quite unbearable because we were sitting on the sand and the sun was really hot- i thought i only tan and didnt burn, but to my horror when i got home, my arms were red, my face was red and my neck was red too- and i was in pain the whole of today! my stupid shoulders were giving me trouble hmph

we went back to school after that and during the prize presentation, nurun managed to sneak us out to go and bathe first so we didnt have to queue! :D i love our ogls! (: we went to the airport after that to eat at this place called popeye's chicken or something- my first time eating there.

the food was really expensive! in the end amanda and i ended up sharing a two-piece chicken combo -.- but lunch was really really funny. amanda and i sat with jing rong and christopher and we really laughed nonstop- people were staring at us la! the "turbulence" part was super funny can- we laughed non stop and we had alot of fun- earlier we were talking about ghost stories and horror movies LOL

we went to the viewing gallery after that and our whole og sat down to play lame games- somehow my group just love playing lame games and telling lame jokes LOL we laughed really loud and we had to constantly shush each other- the funniest was the coin game- amanda is really slow man! :D we played this for two hours before heading to suntec.

some of us grabbed a quick bite and we headed to the fountain of wealth for our mass dance- it was fun, though we spent more time trying to keep up with the steps. there were also trains of people running around the fountain of wealth and my whole og just stood there and poked people as they ran past- it was really funny!

some of us headed down to grab supper and i left soon because daddy was here to fetch me! :D i loved sea regatta and the time i spent with my OG- the mass dance was okay. i love my og! im already missing them already-i really had fun with them these past few days and i couldn't have asked for a better og to be in (:

im really glad i made the choice to come to vj-

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orientation 01 has officially ended! im feeling kinda nostalgic thinking back- it was really a fun experience and i have to say that IPO and orientation 01 were the best orientations that i have gone through- (:

wednesday 3rd jan 'o7
first day of school! we were supposed to report to classrooms by 7.40, but we didn't know where the classroom was so we were a little late. i saw sj seniors! which is expected la- looking at all the new j1 students, im kinda glad that we ip students had orientation alone before them or else we'd be as lost and lonely as them!

we met the new principal, mr chan- he's really jolly and like a huge cuddly teddy bear nice :D and the new vice principal is mr fong yeow wah- the dhs BSP teacher! O.O the one that scolded us in the auditorium because we didn't want to join BSP- that's him.

anyway we joined the j1s for their orientation! my og from my class- shuyi, amanda, me, christopher and jing rong were put in I-ROBOT, a sub group of ICARUS. this year's orientation theme is pirates and patriots. icarus is part of patriots! :D we are supposed to compete with each other to become captain V's crew and stuff- we were pretty unenthu at first, seeing that is the first day of school!

we had games and got to know each other. nurun, christopher and leonard were our OGLs. the games were pretty fun- but the first day didn't really leave much of an impression on me! oh ya! we had bandanas and my group is purple! the colour of royalty (:

we learned the vj anthem, but i still don't know the words -.- we also learned vj's most popular cheers and the mass dance! we learned two mass dances today and it was fun. the movements are rather hard but its really fun dancing heh :D

we ended off with debrief and were released at 5.30 pm. daddy came to pick me and mummy up before going for dinner.

thursday- 4th jan 'o7
day 2 of orientation! today was more fun than the first day :D we had our first whole school combined assembly followed by a talk on why we should join ccas etc. then we changed into our orientation tees and we started day 2 of orientation- there was a lot of cheering the whole three days! we had games again before going for cca walkabout. we played super lame games while waiting for our turn at the stations :D at the cca walkabout, there were so many ccas that we couldn't find alot of the booths LOL-

i auditioned for choir, and i screwed up so i didn't get in- but im not that disappointed because there are so many ccas! im currently trying for guitar ensemble now- i want to take taekwando as a second cca if i have the time! :D

we had wet games after cca walkabout- the wet games were really outrageous. but i only played two, because there weren't enough time to play all. but the first game was called foam party-
its the most outrageous game i ever played- the girls have to sit in one line, and the guys have to, get this, shampoo the girls' hair! we were all like O.O- guys and girls alike. the team to fill the bucket with the most lather(foam) wins.

it was super retarded can- the guy shampooing me, kenneth, went- oh you like pinocchio? *sweeps my hair up into a spike* pinocchio, pinocchio! so retarded! and the guys don't know how to wash our hair- the foam went into our ears, into our eyes and stuff- but it was worth it, in the end my team won! haha :DDDD

we girls immediately ran for the toilet to shower off the shampoo- we kept complaining and in the end we drenched all the guys in water so we had our revenge :D but it was kinda nice- because my hair felt really clean and smelled nice for the rest of the day HAHA-

the second game was just throwing water bombs- after that we changed into dry clothes and we learned another two mass dances. there was this couple dance and my partner was super tall- i didn't even reach his shoulders! so i changed with amanda, but my new partner is only a few cm shorter than the original one, so it was really akward-

when it came to the part where the girls have to twirl the guys under their arm to change places, we both went O.O and everyone around us started laughing- needless to say, we had alot of difficulty, so the OGLs took pity on us and got me a shorter partner -.-

after mass dance we had debrief before going home! we were supposed to go for OG dinner but everyone had too many things and were really tired, so we postponed it to the next day.

friday- 5th jan 'o7
last day of orientation! :/ we had assembly as usual and had a briefing by ms elaine toh, my civics tutor, about the bridging curriculum week while the j1s had briefing about their PW. we split up into our OGs after that again for day 3 of orientation!

i think we had station games again before going for lunch. my group was super fun, because we were playing lame games like- how many maa maa jumped over the wall, or the mrt game. it was super funny because this girl in our group, chaza was super blur and couldn't catch the games at all- so we had a ball laughing at her :D

during lunch, we sat together and played some more and there was this number game i couldn't catch- christopher and jing rong were super frustrated at me because i couldn't catch it even when it was so obvious LOL-

we had another cca briefing after that and we played games again i think- the last mass dance we learned was the hardest and we spent half the time trying to keep up lol. we had another cheering session and we played this game where we couldn't say anything. we were put randomly all over the place and we were supposed to gather together as a group under another group's banner- e.g. icarus has to gather at another group's banner-

we were waving our bandanas like mad and once everyone was there, we started making random movements as a group so we can win! i think the mcs were pretty impressed with our groups :D then we did our group cheers and the OGLs were super proud of us because they weren't allowed to help us at all and we did everything on our own- gather the group together, decide what to do, decide what cheer to do and who to lead the cheer. i guess it really made it worthwhile for them to spend this three days of orientation with us :D

then we had this slideshow of pictures which was really sad because that day was the last day of orientation and they played our squad song- at the beginning! it was the same song playing in the powerpoint mdm xinying and the rest made for us that made us cry so much during POP :/
some people cried while watching the powerpoint of orientation 01!

in the end the scores were revealed- icarus came in THIRD! :D from seventh place, we moved up to third place in just half a day! the group went crazy when the results were announced and in the end, the patriots won! :DDD im so proud of the patriots and icarus :D

after that we danced all the mass dances that we learned in the three days all at one shot! it was really tiring but fun! the fun came out of trying to keep up with the steps (: they officially declared orientation 01 closed and we had debrief.

my group was supposed to go out for OG dinner, but alot of them couldn't make it- so in the end i didn't go too and there were only 3 people left going (whoops!)

saturday-6th jan '07
collected my edusave scholarship award! i got $300 :DD

next monday is really the last day of orientation- we have sea regatta! we're going to spend half a day at the beach, before going for og lunch and dinner and finally having mass dance at suntec (: i can't wait!

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day 2 of orientation! today was fun too- now i know the difference between jc orientation and secondary school orientation! :D heh i'll tell you all later :D

day 6- 21st december 'o6
it was a really tiring day- we started of the day with a visit to lake taihu and it was really cold some more! but we got nice pictures (: we went to "Ray Pearl" factory after that and watched them explain to us about pearls- they even cut open a real oyster for us and took out the pearls- there were more than twenty inside! i took two home HAHA.

we shopped there and mummy bought a nice set of real pearl necklace and earrings, and i bought cultured pearls earrings. we left for suzhou after that. in suzhou, we visited the ou yuan. its this really big ancient house, all the traditional chinese stuff there, and a really big garden. they even have like a mini mountain! :D nice to take photos-

we visited han shan si after that- its a monastery. it didnt hold much interest for me and i was hoping that they'd hurry up and bring us to the next place! mummy didnt even go la. the nice part was the silk factory. they showed us real silk worms and we got to touch the cocoon of silk. if you shake it, there's a rattling sound- thats the silk worm inside! (gross!) we saw how they opened up the cocoon and took the silk out. the dead silk worms were peeled off and deposited in the dustbin! ewwwwwww- haha. it was really interesting.

daddy bought all of us silk blankets- they say that silk blankets keep us warm in cold weather, and cool in hot weather! we went for a fashion show after that, but it was less than 5 minutes and not very good- i took some pictures! but i think daddy deleted all of them hmph. we set off for shanghai next!

the food in the restaurant in shanghai was good- one of the best we had so far! and our last catered meal. we visited the oriental pearl TV tower- dong fang zhi zhu where we had a beautiful view of the night life of shanghai. shanghai is really beautiful at night- almost all the buildings have lights! its far grander and better than orchard road (oops!) the oriental pearl tower is the third tallest tower in the world- we went for a boat cruise down huangpu river and we could see somemore of the nightlife. its was good (:

but we reached the hotel back really late- we stayed at a8 hotel and personally i think its the second best, or the best hotel we stayed in during this whole trip! the room is really cheerful and quite big. and get this- the bathroom, is made of glass! so when i first went in i was like O.O- everyone can see us bathe! but there's a shower curtain for us to pull to protect our modesty HAHA.

day 7- 22nd december 'o6
my birthday! but not a very good one- we didnt do much that day! lousyyyy- we went to the shanghai urban planning exhibition first- its like the URA in singapore. its crazy la, you see their future plans for expanding shanhai. the future shanghai's gonna be super SUPER big. we went to some feng shui thing next and it was a waste of time- i almost fell asleep. i mean im not interested in feng shui, and the instructor's chinese is super chim la- i couldn't follow him sadly.

we watched the others haggle for the prices of some jade stuff and off we went again! we went to some street- i forgot the name! to eat lunch and shop. the xiaolongbao there is really famous and nice- we bullied our tourguide into queuing for us! poor thing- but actually it wasnt US who decided it; it was that family of 8. so we just followed along then *shrugs*

the lunch was lousy- the food was all cold! :/ but the xiaolongbao was really good- we each ate 4! we went to shop after that- there's lots of stuff to buy. the nicest was the copper-wired names we got. our whole family got our chinese names and i got edlyn's name for a birthday present- its super nice laaaaa! the guy is really talented- i decided! im going to take up bending copper wire as a hobby too! :D

the free foot massage after that was crap- we soaked our feet in herbs first and then they told us that those below 18 are not allowed to do the massage HMPH! so we just sat there and watched- but their main objective there is to sell things to you! once you show that you're not interested- they finish up the foot massage in like a few seconds and bye!

we had dinner at nanjing road- we ate ajisen for my birthday treat! japanese food is really cheap there, because everything is divided by 5! (: we shopped, but its mainly clothes and what season am i there at? WINTER- so what do we buy? JUMPERS- i feel so cheated! i must go back in summer again to shop for clothes! hmph- well thats the end of my long-awaited birthday. wasn't pretty much. didn't even feel like my birthday at all! this was one of the worst birthdays i had.

day 8- 23rd december '06
HOME SWEET HOME!! :DDDDDDDD

photos below!

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day 5- 20th deccember 'o6
that day was a horrible day because it was really cold in the morning. we went to the great yangtze river and saw the bridge that the chinese built with their bare hands when everyone thought they couldn't. it was really misty and we couldn't see a thing, which wasnt very good.

the most horrible thing was when we were informed that the nanjing massacre masoleum was closed due to renovations, so we couldn't go. i almost cried la. it was the part which i was looking forward to the most and they turn their back and say oh its closed, sorry we cant go. HMPH. i was super pissed can.

we travelled to wuxi after that and went to yuan tou zhu to take lots of pictures. the teapot exhibition after that was really good because the teapots are really authentic and very well done. i at least enjoyed myself there (:

with the master painter of the teapot- its really nice and he's really good

i'll finish my trip tomorrow! and tomorrow is day 2 of orientation go! :D

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