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Getting old ... lol

nah ... just turning 17. Happy Birthday to me! XD *cough*
Thanks so much to everyone for their texts/gifts/surprises! Usually (in the past) it's just been a few wishes here and there ... but this year it was a bit different, and it feels more special ^^ haha ... Love you guys! *hugs* Feel so special and loved =3
This year it seems, is the beginning of "beginning-to-receive-jewellery" times. People are now able to have a new type of present to give, lol, because "it's that age". So begins the existance of my non-existant jewellery collection (ex. earrings) >_>;;
OMG and I can't believe you Alice ... (meh~ you don't read this but anyway, you might one day XD) .. that you came to find me at chinese school! I mean, nothing bad about it ... it was just a surprise! And you sure made it known to everyone ... my class anyway XD lool ...

bwahaha ... on the other hand ...

HAPPY 17 th BIRTHDAY ELAINE (for tmrw)! I'm 27 mins early! (according to my comp clock atm XD) Hope you'll have an awesome day, filled with fun and food and prezzies XD May all your wishes come true =)

wheeeeeee~ hehe ^_^v

:: Saturday, March 24, 2007 :: 11:14 p.m. ::
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Exams

Well. I've survived two days of exams ... Maths, Japanese Speaking and Accounting are now done for this term~ I only feel satisfied with how I went in my Accounting exam though. I suck ._. Next two days are a rest for me. (hence I am able to procrastinate right now =P) I like my schedule this term ^^ Get time to do English oral, prepare for Jap and *cough* Chinese exam on Saturday. *sigh* I need to make sure my Japanese reading and writing are really good this term ... and for the rest of the year. I need to rely on reading, writing and listening to bring up my marks. I give up on Jap speaking =o=|| Totally flunked it ... along with Maths too I think. I'm gonna laugh my head off if my Maths exam result is better than my Jap. It could go either way, don't wanna think about it now T_T Gotta focus on the exams to come~

In other news ... I'm really shocked and sad right now =( Went with a friend to find our English teacher today. However another teacher came out, saying that she wouldn't be here for the rest of the week. Naturally, we all got confused and began looking like @_@ We have our English orals on Friday and Thursday, how can the teacher not be here? Then what she told us next shocked us so much ... our English teacher's mother had passed away >< We all went from @_@ to O_O I seriously couldn't believe what I heard. Neither could the others. I was like "You're joking ..." for the next 5 minutes. We didn't expect anything like this to happen so suddenly! It was so unexpected! Ever get that feeling when someone tells you bad news of some sort? Even though this isn't directly involved with us, it's so sad hearing about it. I can't image what our teacher is like now ... must be so hard for her. She loved her mum so much, and she used to tell us all these funny and sweet stories. It wasn't until early in the term that the teacher told us that her mum was STARTING to have signs of problems >_< It was only late last week that our teacher was telling us stories about her mum again. This is so sad T_T Why do these things happen?

:: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 :: 06:32 p.m. ::
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Stress ...

BRING IT ON EXAMS! *stands in fighting position*

*textbooks come flying*

Uh-oh ... *runs*

SPLAT!

x__x

MathsB, Jap Speaking, Accounting, Jap Reading & Writing, English Oral ...

BRING IT ON! T__T

I hate you Maths. I kinda of get you now ... but you still will be the death of me this year.

(Yay for one minute of procrastination-ness! I'll crack if I don't >_>;)

:: Friday, March 16, 2007 :: 08:32 p.m. ::
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Choral Festival ...

... is now finally over! 6 weeks of hard work by all the conductors/captains and constant accompanying and whatever stressful stuff related to Choral Fest is now over. Our house sang so much worse than any other practice time == I have no idea what happened to everyone. But meh~ at least we all had a fun time and it was a fun experience. Twas teh last ever Choral Fest for us anyway ... *shrugs* I'm still happy with it. We came a long way. Congrats go to Franklin for coming 1st hehe ... then it was Gilmore ... and then Durack o_o; WE SO SHOULD HAVE GOT A PLACING *cough* Okay I'm over that now. But our hymn let us down so much ... OFF TUNE-NESS =S
It's IPT again. Joke time this session =__= omg ... so unproductive >_____>; haha ... but I'm being good and doing work =P
Man ... I'm so tired T_T My shoulders feel like ... there's weight in it .__. and ... tense @@; *diez*

:: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 :: 09:10 a.m. ::
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Bored ...

I have absolutely no idea what we're supposed to be doing atm. IPT lately has been so procrastination-y. The teacher is like doing his own thing, we're all on our comps surfing around doing random stuff and looking at our exam results lol. There's people stressing about Biology ... finishing off their assignments. It's so interesting observing the work habits of students at school, when and how they finish their assignments and the last minuteness they get into in order to complete it. With the printing and everything.

Depending on what subjects each person takes, it's interesting to see the amount of assignments they have to complete by a certain week during the term. Usually they all end up needing to be handed in all at the same time consecutively. So which one do you do first? We spend all/so much time on the first assignment we have to hand in and nearly put no time into other assignments. Then when the first one is handed in, we all cram and do late-nighters or all-nighters in order to complete the assignment by the next few days since it has to be handed in soon. Rawr ... so do we all just have bad time management, or do we just not know how to work effectively and efficiently. *shruugs* We all have another year to live though this. All-nighters to complete assignments, study ... all to get good marks to get a good OP so we can get into uni. I look around, and with a particular group of friends, they always stress and worry ... being scared about not being able to get into whatever course they want to, or not getting their desired OP actually and yeah, making a big deal out of it all the time. But I reckon, worrying and stressing our heads off for all our marks and everything won't really do much, to you or your health lol. Yes, having a goal is good, and aiming to achieve the goal is good. But if at that time you don't get what you want, and then fully kick yourself for it, will that really do you any good? I reckon you just always have to do the best you can no matter what. If the first result wasn't up to your standards, then just improve next time. You still have a whole year to improve. And if you can't get into whatever course you wanted to get into, it's not the end of your life. There's always other methods to 'get back on track'. *sigh* It's sometimes so worrying looking at everyone going on about all this stuff.

On a totally different topic. I swear, I seem to be having a lot of *no comment* moments throughout school lately. Comments, statements, gossip throughout conversations ... seriously. It's all about relationships, who's getting together with who, what guy looks hot, who's nice ... OR WHATEVER RAWR =='' Is it/are we like getting into that 'time period' where this seems to be the only 'interesting' topic of conversation within our lives. Like ... the other day A-lice was like "Don't you reckon that nowadays, it seems so much easier for a guy and a girl to get together?" Don't you think so? 'Hot' guy, 'hot' girl and then they're together. For like whatever short time period. And then they break up because they're not really suited to each other. Right? I know certain friends, and probably a majority of friends, base everything on looks. If whoever doesn't look good, they don't have to chance or whatever. (Oh man, English is getting to me) Why do looks count so much now?! We all only seem to judge the person by how they look but not by who they actually are inside. C'mon, there's tonnes of awesome people out there. Just cuz some girl or guy doesn't look good doesn't mean that they don't get a chance. Not everyone is gonna end up finding their 'perfect' person. But now, conversation all seems to revolve around such issues =o=|| aii ... I have no comment at the moment just thinking about it.

Anyway, that was just a random vent of my thoughts. Results from thinking and boredom during IPT lol. There's 15 mins til the end of the lesson. We're not doing anything. The teacher is like chatting to us. The rest of the class is like hacking into the accounts of others and going through their files == ... email accounts I see >___>; No comment for them. Is it really that interesting intruding into the life of other people? Man ... they're like giggling their heads off =o=|| They have no life themselves ==

(Whoa ... did you actually read up to here? haha ... awesomeness! You must have a lot of time ... or you're really bored ... or something XD)

:: Monday, March 5, 2007 :: 02:30 p.m. ::
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Slowly rolling along ...

Just finished BCT exam. Sixty minute exam finished in 30 minutes ... yay for simple exams! Like seriously, I didn't do any study whatsoeve =o=|| Should be alright. If I don't get full marks for this exam I'm gonna go over there and cry.
Week Five already! Two more weeks til exam block! Ok, so I guess we're not "slowly" rolling along atm. The term has actually gone by really quickly. Only four more weeks til the end of this term o_o; And it doesn't feel like Week 5. The year is gonna go by so quickly. After this week, I'm pretty much free from assessment til exam block since BCT was today, and English is due tmrw. *siigh* Then it's study study study for upcoming exams.
Much has happened over the past week ... aaand the bell just went. Update later ><

:: Thursday, March 1, 2007 :: 09:41 a.m. ::
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A day to be remembered.

Currently in BCT right now, lol.
And there's a Maths A navigation course thing going on as well.
Has been for the whole day ...
... and right now ...
... there are ...
3
students in BCT ...
omg ... x_____x
Why do all the BCT students do Maths A?! *twitch*
Walked into the classroom at the beginning of the lesson ... total darkness and silence. Realisation struck ... took a guess that there could be the possibility that I would be the only BCT student in class today. haha ... then 2 other people came ... *phew*
loool, the teacher's like "Do I even need to be here?! XD" hahahaha ....
Oh man, this is so funny. But yay! Whole two sessions to do a bit of BCT ... and then hardcore study for IPT SQL EXAM!! >< TOMORROW. Two whole free sessions, last thing in the day. Better not waste it now aye =P Back to work for me~
It's so quiet, lol. Minus the stupid Middle School Swimming Carnival cheering that's going on atm =="

:: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 :: 02:08 p.m. ::
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Chinese New Year!

Time goes by so quickly! Another week has passed, going onto Week 4 already! That means we're already like ... nearly halfway through the term! Much has happened over the past week. School/assignments ... special days ^__^~<3 And then in this upcoming week ... even more work and assignments and EXAM! x_x; and stupid swimming carnival that will take away another precious day. Thankfully, it'll be a guaranteed "I don't have to swim day" cuz I get to do the scoring up in the classrooms XD Yayness~!
Had my first manual driving lesson on Thursday! omg ... driving a manual car is so much more fun than auto. There's more things to do and control but that makes it all the more fun! XD Luckily I already had previous driving experience otherwise I'd be pretty stuffed on that day. But yeah, I wanna drive again! My next lesson is like 3 weeks away though *shrugs* oh wellz~ It was a fun first time experience =D
On a mini roll for English atm. Really interesting assignment and I really want to write a good article on it. I need to improve my English marks this year T_T Plus I actually have interest in writing this task so yeah, hopefully it'll be motivating for me. I have tonnes of ideas jumping around ... it's just a matter of if I'll be able to write it out well. So yes, have to finish that soon.
On top of that, I gotta start/finish the next part of my maths assignment. *siiigh* I wish I were smart. Then I wouldn't struggle so much in school and stuff =___=||

Wishing everyone an early HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR! ^__^ Hope you guys all get red pockets and eat nice food and have fun ^__^ hehe~

:: Saturday, February 17, 2007 :: 10:03 p.m. ::
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Free minus one

Just handed in Accounting research assignment today. Ah, the feeling of parting with a ... beloved assignment =P XD; Finally got that outta the way. Many interesting things happened over the period of completing it. Thankfully I wasn't last minute this year ^^v Basically finished it 2ish days before. But now ... more things are popping up. Full work load, really no relax time this term/year aye~ ><
*runs off to dinner*

:: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 :: 07:22 p.m. ::
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So ...

Year 12, Term One, Week One. END. So then. How has everyone been going/coping? Fully busy already ba~ I know I am already, lol. Assignments and exams coming up already. Let's see how my first week of Yr 12 classes were like
First Yr 12 Maths B class: Went right into the new work after going through semester planner
First Yr 12 IPT class: Observed that class seemed to be able to 'settle down' more, got marks (from last year ==) back, got informed of upcoming SQL exam (Wk 3 x_x) and started new work. Yay! Learning! XD
First Yr 12 English class: Received an assignment, started discussing the term's topic, REALITY.
First Yr 12 PE class: Absolutely no comment. And to the teacher as well ... and yeah >__>; no comment. Oh PE, how I hate you so. And the teacher.
First Yr 12 Accounting class: Started off with teacher scaring us abt a Wk2 exam that was supposed to test us on everything from last year. Everyone fell for that and nearly died >_>; Teacher made a mental note to never tell jokes to us again. Received another assignment. Joy.
First Yr 12 BCT class: er ... interesting maybe? My interest in BCT seems to increase and decrease over time @@; Doing banking ... seems like pretty straight forward simple stuff. I think I questioned myself sometime through class about my choice in selecting BCT >__>;
First Yr 12 Jap class: Got facinated by teacher's huge stomach, and the seemingly lost weight ... during her pregnancy >_>; No comment on that. Got introed to new Jap assistant. That was awesome. Really nice, pretty looking Jap assistant this year. As opposed to the previous cute looking ones lol.
First QCS lesson: O.M.G, they freaked us out about an exam first lesson ... turned out to be a MC exam ... and it went alright. So that was pretty good.
So yeah~ I guess that's my first class week of Yr 12. Much interesting things to do and learn. Adapted pretty quickly into the whole "Yr 12" thing this year. Not automatically thinking back to previous year level like previously. *siigh* 2 assignments, 1 exam already. Late nights (hopefully not too many ><) here we come! Been so tired in this first week ... lol and looking around, everyone looked like it as well. Man ... the effects of Yr 11 carrying over to Yr 12. Baaad.
Well ... accounting to continue with now. I'm not gonna even start on my Choral Festival rant today. It'd take forever. I'll do that tomorrow =P
Hope everyone's gone well in this first week! Keep at it! Add oil everyone~~!! ^__^ XD;

:: Friday, February 2, 2007 :: 09:35 p.m. ::
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Things that happen.

Incidents from a couple of days ago ...

Mum: Switch on the TV and check if Runaway's on.
Me: uh ... is this some new TV show or something?
Mum: *pause* ... no it's ... oh, Getaway I mean.
Me: Getaway's new name ... Runaway! XD *cough*

Sis: How does the air-con work?
Me: *shrugs*
Sis: Does it just suck air from outside ... then it becomes cool?
Me: =o=|||

Dad (to sis): Come here
Sis: ...what?
Dad: Did you drink a cup of water after dinner?
Sis: yeah ...
Dad: What did you drink?
Me: O__O;;
Sis: ... water ... @@;
Dad: How much did you drink?
Sis: a cup ....
Me: *doosh* oh maaan ....
Mum: *no comment* *laughs*

Seeriously ... don't know what was going through his mind that day.

Anyway, just some quick reflection time for me again. Another new year. Been on holidays for more than a month ... been overseas for over a month. Much seen. Much heard. Much experienced. Over the past week or so, or within the time which I've been able to space out/relax and have some downtime again after the trip to HK, I've begun to reflect about some of the stuff that's happened while I was in HK and the things that that's made me more aware of.
Walking around the streets, attending family dinners or dinners with friends ... for a full month, I've been listening and observing the things that happen around the place (HK) and the kinds of things adults tend to discuss with one another, either in depth or quick mentions. Schooling, education, life, family, future aspirations ... important things that would matter to one. I guess ... simply, all I'm trying to say is that my trip to HK has made me more aware of things ... things that should be more valued in life, the things that should be less valued, the things that we often take for granted (and are unaware of) ... and things like the obvious changes of the past and now. Also, since I lived with my grandparents during my time in HK ... and since grandparents seem to have lots of stories to tell, I've heard a lot more (than usual) about the things that have happened in the past, and the unpleasant times and events that my grandparents have gone and survived through, and the kinda of life that they had back then.
Ok, I'm not saying that I've been totally unaware of any of that. But it's just that this time, it's impacted more on me maybe? and it's just made me think more. Family seriously is a really important part of our lives. Even if you might not get along with, or talk much with your family members, you really shouldn't put your family behind everything else that you think is more "worth it". I've also realised (more) that sibling love XD and co-operation is really important. I know for one that I don't generally get along with my own sister very well ... only in the rare occassion that we're able to 'discuss' and do things together without big arguements or whatever. But after hearing family stories and stuff, in times of troubles/hardship (life-situation wise) family/sibling support is really important.
Friends are also the other important people in our lives. Some friends really do so much for you. Until that day where you think about it or someone points it out to you, you really don't realise it, and have perhaps found that you've taken their kindness for granted. Through a certain incident in HK, I've found that some of my mum's friends truly are really great friends. And I'm amazed and really proud that they've all been able to keep in touch since such a long time and haven't lost a great deal of contact. And I've found that some really want to spend all the time they can with you for the little time that you're there XD
But yeah, strong, true friendships are really good. lol ... and this probably sounds like something I'd say like, near the end of the year. But this year being Yr12 ... it's also the last year where I'd basically see my friends the most. I like comparing school life to the school holidays. During school, you get to see your friends nearly every day of the week. But then in the holidays, people are either overseas or stay at home ... but you don't get to see them often/everyday do you? I think of the school holiday time as like ... what it'll be like when Yr 12 ends. I will definitely see my friends less ... and some people I may not even see again til ages later ... or perhaps may lose contact with >.< *shrugs* Shouldn't really be thinking about that right now anyway XD First term hasn't even started. But I guess this is just making me see ... and gonna make me make sure that my friendships this year will be strong ... and that I'll make all the memories last, lol.

Bleeh~ and I really don't know why I ended up typing a whole big blog entry on this @@; I guess I have nothing else to do XD
School in 6 days! ^^ And I just checked out the school calender ... I now have an idea/know the dates for exams this year >.< aaargh~

:: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 :: 03:06 p.m. ::
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I'm back! ... and alive =P

Yes, I'm alive. Back from HK. And gotta get used to everything again. omg ... my typing is like fully stuffed. I can't seem to type properly. Maybe it's cuz I haven't typed in such a long time. Or maybe my nails are getting too long >_>; I think it's that XD Anyway, I'll do a quick update (it might turn out long lol) I'll see what I feel up to doing today.
HK was pretty fun. Heaps of lunches/yum cha and dinners with friends and relatives. So. Much. Food. x__x Um ... lots of walking, sitting, eating, breathing in 2nd hand smoke *diez*, shopping etc etc. Got sick a couple of times during the 5 weeks too so that wasn't very good >< Got a cold/really bad runny nose for like 2ish days. And then on the last few days before I came back, I kept getting a bad stomach and on a few occassions kept getting the feeling that I was gonna vomit. Only ended up vomiting twice though I think. So yeah, I think for the last 3 days, that was the time where I ate the least and felt the worst. Vomiting feeling + bad stomach + bad air + slight headache + possible lack of sleep = unwell Sally. *siiigh* But it's all good now. The environment and the air is so much better over here. I will eat right and eat less =P So yeah~ shouldn't get sick again in the near future. But omg ... the big temperature difference. Well, ok. It might not be a BIG temperature difference, but it's still a difference. HK was all cool and everything but now it's back to heat again. Luckily there's only a little while left. Not too long before Autumn comes around again ^__^ So yeah, that's basically HK I think ...
Malaysia. Ugh. One word. HOT. Like, seeeeriously. Everytime we got off the tour bus to go sightseeing, I was just counting the time for when we could rush back. The environment is soooo stuffy. Like ... heat wise. The heat made the environment seem so hot. If you just stood there for a few minutes, you'd already start melting. No joke. Fun place alright, but the weather is way too hot for my liking. Quite an interesting experience though. Wouldn't mind touring again in the future, despite the fact that it's so hot XD
CHINA. OMG. Absolutely no comment. Staying at my Uncle and Aunty's place was fun alright, and the enviroment was good. But omg, once you're outside it's a shocker. And since our family went up during the New Year season ... OMG ... SO MANY PEOPLE. And traffic. And rubbbish. And noise. And smoke. And aaaaaagh. *cough* Yes, well I knew that before, but to experience it is a totally different story. *shrugs* I guess it doesn't seem as bad as I make it out to be XD Staying over at uncle and aunty's place was great fun. Esp playing around with their 3yr old son. Ultimate cuteness. omg I love little kids. They're soooo cute =3 hahah~ my other cousin is so cute as well. And my friend's little sis is walking so she says .... cuteness~~ XDD Ok I'll stop obsessing. But yeah~ nothing much else interesting in China. Just a little shopping. Went to a park type thing with games for half a day. And yeah~ eating and all that. *shrugs* Still a good experience, minus all the traffic and people x___x It's crazy I swear, lol.
So yeah~ I guess I can say that that's basically the 5 weeks summed in a few paragraphs. My typing is really ticking me off. I shall be stopping soon XD
Hope everyone's been having a good holidays, those either overseas/have been overseas or those that have just stayed here =P bwahahahah~ kinda late now but meh~ Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and got pressies and celebrated and all that. A belated Happy New Year to everyone ... heheh it can also be an uber early Happy Chinese New Year too~ but yeah~ that's way later and no use mentioning it right now.
Aaaand I really gotta stop typing and stop typing weirdly XD I'll update again soon ba~ that'll be it for today =P Hopefully catch up with everyone before school starts again! Ugh ... school ... gotta start re-packing/sorting out things ... and unload/sort out luggage. Ok, off I go! XD;;

Ooh yeah~ I gotta mention my plane trips sometime too =P Some of them were pretty interesting XDD

:: Sunday, January 14, 2007 :: 03:01 p.m. ::
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HONG KONG!

YAAY! Going to be on a plane to HK in around about 12 hrs! So excited lol. Vonz and Heidi came over today and we were talking about shopping and all that ... what to bring, what to leave, what to buy etc XD Quite interesting conversation haha. Lunch was funny ... there was too much vermicilli so like it all soaked up the water, leaving not much to put in the bowls or whatever lol. I don't make 'bulk lunches' XD Making it for myself is different XD
But yeah~ HK! HK! HK! Shopping! Food! Clothes! Visit reles ... hmm lol. Can't waait! Haven't been back in 4 years! Seems ages >< Can't wait to bum around with Monica, Diana, Wendy, Jacky !! and maybe Yolanda and Charlane as well It's good that so many friends are over there as well this year ^^~. MORE FUN! ^__^
Packing is mostly done ... little things here and there that I might still need to pack. whee~~ I hope I don't leave anything behind >< That'd suck XD
Anyhoo~~ probs won't be updating all that often til I get back. Unless the comp at where I'm staying works properly ... with Internet *crosses fingers* Hopefully! >.<
Hope everyone's having a good holidays o~! It'll be gone before we know it >< Make the most of all the time you have! ^___^

:: Friday, December 8, 2006 :: 08:13 p.m. ::
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New look!

Yay! New layout. Made it today ... as opposed to usually dragging it over a few days. But yeah, it's NOT BLACK! =P

:: Wednesday, December 6, 2006 :: 09:59 p.m. ::
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Fashion + makeup/whatever

I've been meaning to make a comment since ages but I'm not sure if I have. I might have mentioned it somewhere but seriously ... I wanna kinda rave about it for now >_>;
on FASHION!
OMG! x__x maybe it's just me or whatever but seriously ... what is wrong with the clothing/'fashion' that's 'in' right now. I dub it the 'pregnant look' and apparently, according to my mum ... it's the 60's style o____o; Today I walked into JayJays ... the clothing in there used to be alright-ish even though some of them were a bit dodgy. However, today there was like maybe one pile of 'decent' looking clothing. All the other ones were like the 'pregnant' clothes. LOL and also ... there seems to be a weird trend of 'apples' atm ... being there are apple prints on the shirts/singles/whatever. HAHA and also there's this certain style ... I swear ... it's like a near imitation of the LV pattern >_>;; So yeah ... I think I was walking around the shop going =='' *no comment* kinda thing. Came back out and mum's like "Nothing good?" and I'm like "*no comment* I don't wanna look pregnant >_>;" But yeah, not totally dissing the fashion atm ... so people really do look good in those type of clothing. It's just that most don't XD I'm so mean >< mmm ... but I reckon everyone should have their own style ... and not just be the same as everyone else ...
on Makeup/whatever!
Mum had to look for stuff/presents for cousin's today ... and they're older than me ... So, mum decided on makeup/lipgloss/whatever. And she asks "So which one is better?" Man ... I really don't know and I seriously don't care XD ai ... what is with people and make up? I mean like ... ok yes it does make you 'look better than you normally do'/pretty/whatever. But so what? You can't keep relying on make up for the rest of your life. Putting makeup on basically ruins your skin anyway. And so what if one day you don't put on makeup? You'd look like a totally different person! Basically you just won't look like yourself either way. Full/half/little makeup ...I still reckon none is better. People waste too much money purchasing these types of products. And bleh~ whatever, that's my viewpoint ... I don't think I'm even making sense >_>;
Anyhoo~ lost the motivation to go into a full on rant/rave. Just finished wrapping a load of presents and can't be bothered continuing lol. Bleh~ and liquer/irish cream whisky chocolate tastes weird x 2 XD

:: Tuesday, December 5, 2006 :: 09:24 p.m. ::
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Holidays

Yay! Finally holidays. Bludge time, procrastination, no school, no work, no assignments, no exams.
IPT finally handed in on the Friday. The feeling of 'completing' some 4 month assignment and handing it in. 'Completing' because technically, it's not finished yet ... not to my standard anyway, but good enough I guess. No time~ and if there was ... it'd take another however long and then I'd seriously go nuts.
Thursday was some 'Bonding with the Gr9s' thing. *shrugs* Skipped the whole day doing IPT. What great fun =P Better than doing the activity XD Friday was ... bludgy. Like fully. 'Motivational talk', assembly, wander around the school time, organisation for next year, clean up, final assembly. OMG SENIORS NEXT YEAR! Can't believe it >.<
Today, spent half the day spectating/umpiring badminton comp games. Pretty fun ... got to watch crazy ppl badminton-ing and got to hang around friends etc Bad thing that happened was the rain that came in halfway through. Floors got wet and there was wind. So basically ... sound of loud rain + strong wind + wet ground + badminton = not good. *shrugs* So a 9 o'clock end probs was pushed til 10 or something. Some courts were closed off. But yeah~ congrats to everyone who played. You all did well!

The year has flown by soo quickly. And yes, I have to say that again =P On Thursday I think, the IPT class was being geeky again (as we are) and we started talking about keyboard shortcuts/buttons that we should have in life.
Ctrl+Z = Undo
Ctrl+Y = Redo
Ctrl+X = Cut
Ctrl+C = Copy
PrintScrn = lol ... print screen ... it says it all ...
Delete = well ... yeah ... delete ...
etc ...
And the list goes on. But yeah, isn't there always some things in life you wish you could change? rewind? fast forward? erase? pause ... and savour the moments? *sigh* I guess at certain times in life you'd feel that way ... if you don't then bleeeh =P It's been a whole school year ... Gr11 too ... and I've been looking forward so much for this summer break, esp since I'm going to HK and it that everyone's going back as well. Spending time with friends, hanging out with them, catching up with those who I haven't talked with for a while. It's amazing how friendship groups can be divided in such a way. I mean, you could make a group of friends within one school ... and they're all unique for what they are ... and then you go to another school and meet a whole heap of new people and form new friendship groups. Add outside school activities and there you have, another friendship group. And then at times, maybe you might not be able to end up hanging around with that group of friends that you want too ... since they probably have their own committments or have formed new groups of friends or whatever. And you're not in it anymore. I guess the thing that bums me out is the rapid changes that occur around the place. You'd think one thing is going well at one point, but then something pops up and suddenly everything changes. Or like ... what I usually experience ... some minor change happens and nothing much changes but then over time it drags on and then you begin to realise the changes happening. I mean, changes are good ... not saying they're bad or anything since they can, but yeah~ I reckon some things that change ... and reason behind it is so weird/wth/random type thing. You'd think you understand it and all but still you just end up mulling over it and wondering why it turned out that way or whatever...
*shrugs* It's holiday time again, which means it's sloth's random thought/reflection time again XD hahah *runs around in circles* Don't mind me XD
Anyhoo~ gonna go read or something. Haven't read in ages XD Hope everyone has uber awesome fun holidays ^__^ Make the most of this rest time ... esp to us Gr12 next year! Full on stress! We all gotta space out this holidays before working again XD But then again I know some of you will use the holiday time as an opportunity to study or whatever >_>; Oh wellz~ can't be helped, you smart people =P But take my advice ... do at least get relax/space out time. You'll kill yourselves if you don't >< XD

:: Sunday, December 3, 2006 :: 09:53 p.m. ::
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*joyful*

YAY! I have solved another major 'problem' in my program. Another step further to completing the program.
^________________________________^v

:: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 :: 12:26 p.m. ::
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Whoaa .... marks

lol ... first day back at school after exam block and we've already got Maths and Accounting exam marks back. hehe~ ok ok ish marks. It'll work for this year however must work slightly harder and get better next year. Maths was a surprise, I'm happy with it. Too bad my year overall is a bit ^^'' I hate it how everything is added together and averaged out. Accounting ... better than I expected since I was like kinda freaking out before. lol, but sitting in between Viana and Kimchi makes my marks seem really bad XDDD Why are they so smart and why am I so dumb?!?!? =P Extra hard work next year. Start of my summative assessment wasn't the best I could do. haha, apparently Year 12 Accounting is easier than Year 11. We shall see.
Man ... today is so bludgy. And it's gonna be like that for the remaining three days. w00t!~ XD

:: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 :: 10:20 a.m. ::
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English down, IPT to go

Finally presented English oral today. Saturday and Sunday was like totally devoted to editing/writing/practicing the oral. It's so long that's it's not funny >_>; 7 pages = 20+ mins of an oral. Never written something so long in my life. Then again it's a group oral with two other people but still! The group oral last year wasn't even half as long XD Yeah~ pretty interesting 'experience' doing an oral with Annie and Shining lol. Went way better than I expected XD
So now IPT is left. Been procrastinating the whole arvo before I felt like/someone told me to start working on it, lol =P However ... since I've started working/staring at it, nothing much has happened. I mean, yeah I've written new code and stuff but it doesn't really work. And changing all these minor things as well so yeah. *sigh* I will get through this! I know it will! Even if it'll kill me XD *drags Killua* You're going way better than I am now. You've had some major 'breakthroughs' lol and yeah~ it's running along nicely aye?~ My location/point coding is just going weird though == Oh well ... the art of coding, debugging, waiting, trying then killing it again == Up to v3/4 or something. Niice
Well ... included in my procrastination this arvo was playing around with this blog layout, changing commenting again, and jigsaw puzzle-ing on Gaiaonline >________>; Don't ask me why. I've had the account ages ago, and somehow today it just popped up again and I went jigsaw puzzle-ing. Yes I'm sad. And I wasted time XD But yeah, don't ask me why! *hides corner* XD
4 more days til holidays begin. I can't wait till they come. Time to hang out with friends and totally bludge/procrastinate/waste time (same thing I know you're saying =P), sleep, eat, relax, anything unrelated to schoolwork, lol

:: Monday, November 27, 2006 :: 09:23 p.m. ::
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Urge to procrastinate =P

Well ... all my exams are 'officially' over. Maths went well, Accounting went weird and Jap this morning was pretty good~ Go the word-for-word translating! And who care's what the question asks? Just translate the whole thing! XD Yeah~ so after that this morning, I feel the urge to fully procrastinate. *IPT and English proofreading stare at me in the face* haha~ yesterday was the funniest, going to school to do BCT competencies only to find I have nothing I need to do and only need to hand in the assignment which I forgot to bring >< Ended up wasting the whole morning laughing at people and talking and bluding around the school. Oh I do love exam block =3 This Term's exam block would have probably been the most relaxing yet stressful one o_o; Don't ask me how that works XD
IPT is still being a pain. Something stuffed up yesterday too so it's even being more of a pain. And I have what? Less than a week to complete it. My small and uber unintelligent brain + IPT programming assignment = does not work. I can make up and write so much stuff on my write up but then my program will be like dodgy. This assignment has soooo taught me a lesson T_T I hope I'll never go through this again. *diez* And this is summative too (said it sooo many times) x___x Sorry Killua, have to keep ranting about it XD Hope your one is going better than mine.
Hungryy~ noodles are sitting on the bench cooling down. man ... I've been eating so much over the past few weeks. Gonna turn into a ball of fat/flab. I so need to loose a few kgs before I got to HK otherwise I'll seeeriously turn into a ball >< =P

:: Friday, November 24, 2006 :: 12:06 p.m. ::
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From under my pile of work ...

I come out of a little hole to make a quick entry XD;; Haven't blogged in ages. Good thing too, cuz I've been so busy and if I have been, it'll mean that I'm procrastinating. *cough* No! I'm not typing this! You're just imagining it! I'm working ... really =P
Been really busy. Had a stress/work attack Wednesday MT and since then I've been working crazily ... which is basically from when I get home til when I sleep. Which would be around 1. Yes ... when exams come by, sleep doesn't really matter >_>; And for me, exams basically mean that + living in front of the computer till exams are over. But yeah, I'm probably gonna be going nuts by the time the school term ends. I wish I started things earlier *coughIPTcought* If it wasn't for that, I don't think I'd be stressing half as much ><
Year 12s last day was on Friday. They're now officially out of the school. The year has passed by so quickly >< This is gonna be us in a years time!! Time goes by so fast! >< hehe ... but yeah right now ... w00t!! We are now the Seniors! How cool is that?! (I can hear everyone going not cool ....)
Anyway back to work. Add oil everyone >< Last term!

:: Sunday, November 19, 2006 :: 02:06 p.m. ::
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Space out

Went home and basically gave myself an hours 'rest/space out' time.
And now I'm blogging ... nice. Oh well ... time for me to 'clear' my brain a bit before I stark working again.
And I have time-management issues. Why am I here?! >_>;
HAHA ... I was just going through my diary before ... then going through my IPT folder. And I realised ... we've had this IPT assignment since last term ... August. *diez* Killua please tell me if you knew that or not XD I knew we've already received the assignment for quite some time ... but I didn't know it was that long O__O; By the time we actually hand it in ... it'd mean that we actually got four months to work on it, kinda o_o; omg ... so should have done programming over the last holidays x__x
Received another BCT assessment task sheet the other day. Oh joy. Another piece of work to add in to my half growing list of things to do.
Looked through the block exam draft timetable today. Maths up first again, a day off, Accounting, another day off, Japanese (pffft XD), weekend, then English oral on the Monday. I guess it's alright ba. Quite 'relaxing' this time actually. No IPT exam ... BCT orals outta the way next week. Yeah~ I'm happy with it.
I'm still stressing though. *goes to pile self under work*

:: Thursday, November 9, 2006 :: 06:26 p.m. ::
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Baibai!~

I have finally been able to finish and hand in my IPT assignment within 3 days! w00t!~ Started writing it on Sunday, and consequently spent the whole day working on it on and off ... cuz I was doing the other IPT program assignment as well. NO PROCRASTINATION DONE THAT DAY! XD Yes. So finished the letter, proofread on Monday and handed in this morning. Yaaay! I don't think I've ever handed in an assignment 'early'. It's always a last minute opportunity to hand in type thing. But yeah~ so happy ^^ Another assessment item out of the way. Only 3 more to go ==''
Listening to the radio at night the other day. Haven't done that in ages. It's always during the day or on the morning that I listen to it. Man ... I've realised that the music being release nowadays are serious really >_>; compared to the songs released in the 90s. Like the songs back in 97 - 2000 were alright. But in these past few years the songs are really just no comment. I think I'll stick to chinese and jap music. However ... I must say that even those are changing as the years progress. What is with all the change!?!?! Damn it. My concentration levels for one lesson doesn't work ... I'm not gonna get much done this BCT lesson ...

:: Tuesday, November 7, 2006 :: 11:11 a.m. ::
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The pressure is on.

Middle of the term. Work/assignments piling up. Need to make a list of what to do.
- work in every subject, esp. from Maths and Accounting.
- English panel discussion oral
- BCT Workplace Health and Safety presentations
- IPT Letter to the Editor
- IPT summative major programming assignment
I am happy to say that after this morning's double IPT session and talking with the teacher and all that, I am way less worried about my assignment now. It is, I think, way more back on track now and I have a direction to be heading in now. I think the teacher's satisfied with what's been happening right now, even though he knows that the program isn't running in the way that we'd want it to be. But he's considering all the stuff we've already done so that's really good ^^
So much to do. So little time. So much happening as well. aiyo~ >.< I can't wait till the holidays. Like seriously. But I want to finish this term/school year well as well. Ganbatte ne!~ ^^v

:: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 :: 11:41 a.m. ::
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