Pictures of You

Xuan, the birthday boy, with his homemade cake! (27 Dec'09)

Ruth, the birthday girl, with our pretty board for her! (8 Feb'10)

The 6 birthday tarts.

Mei qi (or in other words, Ray_ _ _ )!

Polka-dotted Cheryl!

My favourite one of Azryl&Zeph!

Qi hong, the birthday girl, with her cake!

Our school really has very nice sunrise views.

Vanes, Esther and Ruth!

“And when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair, remember: it’s only in the black of night, we see the stars, and the stars will lead you back home. So don’t be afraid to make mistakes, stumble and fall, because most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most.”

-Whitey, One Tree Hill

I’m going to have a veryyyy good sleep now, happy april fool’s and goodnight(:

Believe in the small things.

Today spells the end of February and tomorrow, the first day of March. Look at how fast time flies and before I get to rub my eyes, eat my food and sleep for a minute, Term 1 is over. It sounds exaggerated but the fact that time can fly this fast is exaggerated to begin with.

Neway, since February’s coming to an end, we picked lots to decide on our March sitting partners and I will be sitting with Joni!:D Mei Qi and Yvette are behind us! February was spent sitting with Ali Choobs, Esther JKHJ, Younice and Simin and I’m going to miss sitting with them! We always had so much fun together, but it’s okay, these wonderful memories will be kept!(:

Last Wednesday, 24 February 2010, a study session date with Younice, Ali Choobs and Esther JKHJ, is to be remembered! I must say the study session was quite successful, though most of the time we were trying to control our laugher because we were in the library and we were just laughing our heads off at everything, but we still managed to get some work done. Ali Choobs was taking pictures of young couples, while Younice looks at them in envy and admiration, Esther was pretending to study because she was on her phone the whole time, sms-ing J~ (nehmind, esther, we understand your needs very well) and of course I was the most studious one who fully concentrated on my work. I even made “The Agreement” to keep us from getting distracted and to be really focused and we all signed on that but, into the next minute, we broke most of the rules since, we were laughing so much. Hahahahaha!

Pastamania for lunch!
Finally, we could laugh the way human beings laugh, unrestrained and not whispered laughter. Even when we were eating, we were laughing throughout and the stomachs just keeps vibrating, a total good workout for stomach muscles. Come to think about it, I can’t remember what we were laughing at that was so funny, it seemed like everything to us was just so funny.

When it was time to part, outside J8’s Breadtalk, Younice, Esther and I imitated Ali’s bimbo-flinging-hair action for many a times, trying to irritate her. That day was really good and awesome and fulfilling and relaxing(:
Thank Ali Choobs, for always doing those bimbotic moves with that english accent making us laugh non-stop.
Thank you Esther JKHJ, for allowing us to have a collection of your unglams and being, what younice calls it, “You, a fan of that chicken ah?”.
Thank you Younice, for being so nonsensical with all your nonsense. your crazy monkey laughter/roar and being the self-acclaimed “best and glamorous and dazzling” girl.
In short, thank you to you 3 for making me laugh so hard and have so much fun on that lovely Wednesday(:
We’ll all wait for Ali Choobs to learn how to transfer pictures into her computer and then send it over to us, so in the mean time, here’s another picture, which Qihong sent it to me and I thought it was really cute!

Awwww:D

A home full of people I love.

Zeph, Xuan, Azryel(:

A family love that will never ever be replaced by anything in the world<3

Chinese New Year really makes me feel very blessed and fortunate. As usual, we went to chinatown (what we do every year on the eve night of Chinese New Year) and it was wonderful. The fireworks were small scale and the fire crackers were a tad too loud but nevertheless, I was there with my family and that’s really all that matters(: It was when I saw this really old woman, probably in her seventies or her eighties, she was standing beside a table of newspapers under one of the void decks. Then Des asked me why she was selling papers here, late in the night (it was around 1, close to 2 am) and not at home with her family. At first, I don’t know why, but I didn’t know how to answer her, but in the end I said, probably she’s alone, she doesn’t have a family here and well, to her, Chinese New Year is still a working day, she still has to earn her keep. But for us, we are lucky to have our reunion dinner with our loved ones in the comfort of our own homes and for that, I must say we are very blessed and something for us to be thankful about(: So, shouldn’t we always constantly thank our family for always being there for us whether in times of rain or shine? Happy Chinese New Year(:

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

ERVQM(:

HELLO EVERYONE AND EVERYBODY!:D I actually thought of only blogging again once O’s are over, but I started reading my archives and it brought back so many memories. Time really flies, January would be over once tomorrow’s over. I’m dreading this man, then after CNY February is coming to an end tooooo): Okay, since I’m already here I shall not bother about this. yet, for the time being. Since I’ve to get back to doing work, revision, etc, I shall make this quick!

Let me see, I just wanna do a short update of what has happened so far just to remind myself in future that I’ve been through these times:D CCA Fair, January seating partner (Yixuan!), How Esther and I knocked our heads (HAHAHA, NEO, DOESN’T THAT BRING BACK GOOD MEMORIES?), Esther’s great birthday,our invest, scgs invest (Esther, Joel, Zheng yee, subway, delifrance, buses, cabs!), heh, what else, okay I can’t really remember right now. Of course this list is not exhaustive ’cause there will ALWAYS be the existence of tests:D

After reading the post about the baking day at Ruth’s I really missed those good days with them, when we can just sit around, tease each other, laugh till our mouths and stomach starts to ache; just talking from morning to night and from night to morning. Yesterday’s recess was great ’cause it was like the first PROPER recess we had together since the start of 2010! It was really nice going back to old times, just buy our food seat in the canteen, laugh and laugh over the funniest things(:

❤

Boxing day (Tsunami 2004)

5 years ago, on this very day, the 26th of December, the tsunami in Indonesia broke out. It left it’s trail in another 13 plus countries and killed at least 100 000 people. As we all sit in the comfort of our homes watching tv or shop away in the busiest streets or have a little nap, family members of these victims are most probably mourning and remembering this tragedy that took away their very own loved ones. There was this documentary on history channel which just ended. It was talking about the 2004 Tsunami and what happened. 5 years, 5 years has just passed in a blink of an eye. A day after Christmas, a day when we can all admire the lovely Christmas presents that we got from our relatives and friends but to think that, others out there are still struggling over the huge lost of their sister, daughter, mum, dad and many more. This just shows how fragile life is. In just minutes, people were washed away in those powerful waves and that was probably the last time anyone is ever going to see them again. The feeling of losing a loved one, someone so close, so dear to you is terrible. Even the most cold hearted man on Earth would start to feel and tear over the loss. I’m not typing this to bring back any unhappy memories of these horrid disaster but just to pray for the survivals that they’ve regained hope and faith to continue to live on. Well, Boxing Day is really a day for us to give back to the community and to contribute to the needy and those who aren’t as fortunate as us to be able to celebrate Christmas and get presents. So why not do a little something more, reach out a little more(:

Grown-Up Christmas List(:

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

That was the song title of the most touching Christmas song/carol that I’ve heard(: Hope everyone’s having a great deal of fun with their family and their friends! Like every year, on Christmas, my family would go to my aunt’s house, have Christmas dinner under the stars, play games, have catch-ups, give presents and of course, get into the festive spirit. But this year’s slightly different, we just had Christmas dinner with ah ma and dua yi. That was equally nice too, small, cozy, family-ish kind of small-scale gathering(: ‘Cause da gu and xiao gu’s family are still overseas so we’ll be merging 2010’s countdown and Christmas together! So that’s like double the fun:D I’m really looking forward to that day!

Italy was really great and now I’m missing it, quite badly.
Horses, bicycles/bicyclists, green activism, roundabouts, pasta, very small and narrow and winding roads, snow, skiing, BIG dogs, fat pigeons, cosy family restaurants, Clementine oranges, colourful houses stacked neatly but somehow crookedly on the banks, piggybacks, 3 Sing dollars toilets, farms, tractors, washing dishes, crazy cold weather and a lot more which I won’t list. It’s just crazily awesome, fantastic and magnificent over there.

Roundabouts are probably one of the most inventive things that Italian people could come up with! In one roundabout, I thought the most, there would only be 3 exits, but we actually went into one that has 6 exits! That’s really mad. My brother and I love it when the GPS says “Enter roundabout and take 3rd exit” but we love saying it more. The voice ends the sentence in this funny accent that Xuan and I will always imitate then laugh over it. Stupid but we got loads of laughs out from it.

Clementine oranges are pure sweet. It’s a type of mandarin oranges that you can get anywhere and at anytime. It’s a healthy snack that my whole family have learnt to be so dependent on it that we have to have at least one each day. We easily bought more than 5 bags of that orange.

Bicycles were so fun to ride in Italy. The second place that we stayed at was so modern, almost all their furniture were from Ikea and the rent was rather cheap. Neway, they had a garage and one sunny afternoon, my dad found bicycles in the garage!:D Xuan and I were so excited to get our butts on that bicycle seat! So, Mum stayed at home reading her book while the trio of us rode off in our bicycles! We cycled from one town to the other and in fact, it was the first time that Xuan and I got to ride on a main road, with many many cars and also on a highway! WHOOO, THAT WAS DEADLY COOL. & I tell you Italy’s really bicycle friendly. On the road where cars drive, they have this area at the side of it that is rather wide just solely for bicycles. Isn’t that so thoughtful! On our way to the next town, Treviso, we came across a…ROUNDABOUT! Can you believe it?! & then Xuan and I immediately looked at each other, wide-eyed, and did that “Banana in Pyjamas ” thing, “B1, are you thinking what I’m thinking?”. It was a roundabout that was linked to a big patch of grass so the human and traffic flow was clearly of no issue. We rode round it so many times, cycling out of every exit and shouting at the top of our lungs “Enter roundabout at take 1st/2nd/3rd exit” Gosh, that was really really satisfying! I knew Xuan and I were waiting for such an opportunity to come by. My dad just waited for us patiently at the side. I think he got enough of roundabouts on the roads when he’s driving ‘cause the GPS always confuses him with roundabouts. Hahaha!

On our way to treviso and roundabouts!

Piggybacks started on the very first day. When we got tired of walking and when there’s not a lot of people around us, we would take turns to piggyback each other, scream at each other about how heavy we are then almost toppling down. That was really cute and ‘cause when we piggyback each other, we’ll start laughing uncontrollably and again, we had stomach discomfort from those peals of laughter.

Horses were just sweet. I see horses almost everyday and I took photos with almost everyone of them and that made me really happy. But some of them were chained up ‘cause they are suppose to give rides to people who are willing to pay the exorbitant price, and that was really sad, it feels cruel. In the mountains, we were exploring the towns and my dad drove up to this place and guess what we found! We found this horse on a blanket of snow with 2 other donkeys but of course, there were fences around them. The donkeys didn’t really seem very interested in us but the horse was! When we stroked it, it just stood there silently and stilly to let it pet it. The donkeys were getting a little jealous ‘cause when I stroked the horse affectionately, they kept staring. Hahaha, too bad for them! I think the horse was so lonely that when my dad was slowly driving away, it actually galloped after us and his eyes were pitiful. That was sad, if only I could stay with it. That motivated me more to have my own farm and farm animals(:

ONE OF MY FAVOURITES!

It's like we're fated to meet(:

I realised I explained so much about the little things about the trip and not really the main, big things like the places that we went to but you know, I think this little things really made a great impact of me. Of course, the places that we visited had an impact but they were all captured as photos, whereas these little things that usually goes unnoticed, no matter how many pictures I take of them, the real, emotional memory would be in my mind and not in those photographs(:

Leaning tower of Pisa!

In Florence with the brother:D

You walk through streets after streets and this is the pretty sight you get(:

(That would be the last picture! I think WordPress’s taking a break too since it’s Christmas, ’cause the photos are taking decades to load)

Really, I’m a lucky girl with great parents to bring me to such great and far places and a great brother who shares with me my joy! Also, I read the papers today and there was this article about snow storms, icy roads all over Europe and there were many plane delays at the Milan Malpensa Airport. We were there probably a week ago, taking the plane back to Singapore and thank goodness we weren’t caught up in any delay. It really feels good to feel blessed on a day like Christmas(: Hope that on this Christmas that everyone, whether poor or rich, homeless or family, naughty or nice, they’ll all be able to experience the Christmas spirit and have their very own Christmas celebration. Well, I’m not a Christian, but May God bless all(:

It’s the brotherrrrrrr’s birthday this Sunday, so mum and I will be baking a cake for him! Tan Xuan, get ready for a surprise!:D

Shape of my heart

by Back Street Boys. Their songs never ever fail to make me impress. Listening to their songs make me feel warm. Isn’t that feeling nice?(:

Since a long time ago, I’ve self-created this sleeping process. We all have one set of eyelids and when we sleep, and close our eyes, it means that the eyelids cover our eyes. And for me, I’ve imagined myself to have 3 eyelids, 1 real one and 2 imaginary one. The first eyelid that covers the eyes, like all humans have the eyelids function in this manner, tells my brain that I’m going to sleep, so probably the brain prepares itself to be less active. When the second eyelid comes along, my brain has completely shut down and all activity ceases except breathing and other necessary activity. When the third eyelid comes along, I’m in deep slumber and I hear nothing from my surroundings. This is my own assessment of how I sleep and the terms use aren’t those formal terminologies that doctors use, but who cares, it’s my assessment. Yeah, neway the main point is, when it’s all school and exams and tests, each time when my head hits the pillow, my third eyelid is already on, like I’ve reached the final stage of sleeping. But now, during the holidays, I find myself having difficulty reaching the second stage. It’s not that I’ve nothing to do, I’ve loads of revision to do, but I’m to lazy and not motivated at all to start on them, so I guess I just let time pass by me uselessly. That’s how I end up not feeling worn out after a day of holidays. This assessment of sleep may sound dumb and useless, but in fact, I think it’s pretty useful. I feel good when I’ve reached the third stage. HAHAHA.

Yesterday, was just like any other holiday night, but what was more of keeping me awake was ’cause I’ll be flying off to Italy today till the 19th, and this year, I feel excited for this trip. I feel like I need a getaway from Singapore. Not that Singapore isn’t good or anything, but I just want to be far away from school&stressful stuff. I mean, who doesn’t? This year, was something big, something unexpected, something different from what I’ve experienced last year and when I’m looking back now, I actually do wonder how I’ve got past this year. Of course, there were good things and bad things, but whatever it is, I’m glad how things turn out to be now. For now, I just need to breakaway from “this year”&let loose. No matter what rubbish things happened this year, it was a great one. I discovered much more things of myself that I would have never, if I took a different path. So, face it, accept it and I’m happy!:D I’m gonna spend good time with my family during this trip, since all year round we are all so busy with our own stuff and it’s already a blessing that my parents are able to bring my brother and I to such a faraway place. I’m very fortunate, and I’ve my parents to thank(:

No matter what kind of nasty things happened between us, after hearing that piece of news, I guess I should do a little something. It’s going to be a rough lane down the road, but get hold of yourself and don’t self abandon yourself. Losing someone so special to you, isn’t going to be easy but life still goes on yeah. There are many friends out here that is willing to give you all support, care and concern that you need. It’s alright to ask for help, don’t feel bad about doing it ‘cause we’re all here to help. I’m sorry for what have happened and I do hope you’re coping well.

Take care, my friend(:

They always will be the best in my heart(:

Man, does it really have to end up in this way? I didn’t know I would be so affected by this whole episode. Each day, seeing the school and the people, I get reminded of everything. Even though my grumbles and whines and pleas would not change anything but I really don’t want such a thing to happen and if possible, if it could work, I would grumble till my tonsils swell, my voice goes haywire and my jaws getting all numb with all the pleas, just to get them all back, to be with us once again, like a big family. There weren’t all happy moments in this big family, but we got to know each other better through the trials that we’ve gone through. Now, I can see and understand why people always say that we only treasure those around us when they start leaving us slowly, one by one. And like what I said before, I’m only treasuring this special people now, at a time when they’ve decided to leave.

One teacher said “I’ve facebook. Don’t look so shock, girls. I was already a member before you girls knew the existence of it.” There was this sudden urge to add them all in, to always keep in touch no matter where they are. It’s like a feeling of losing such good and dedicated teachers at one go and I don’t want that feeling to persist. Honestly, it pains me, looking at them go, telling us to work hard, bring glory to the school and then probably give us a hug then turn their backs and walk out. I’m sure they are feeling sad too since they’ve been in this school for so long and it’ll definitely hold some kind of sentimental value. They walk out of the school for that one last day and we know they will not be coming back to hurry us to class, teach us things out of our textbook, rub all the marker writings on the horrid board and for us to bow at them, saying “Good Morning” or make small talk each morning when we see each other.

But I guess, they had their reasons and they made these decisions that were most probably the best for themselves and for us. Life consists of so many opportunities and they, are just going to fly off a little while and then they’ll come back, check on us before flying away again, finding a wider horizon for themselves to spread their wings widely. I’m glad that they were once there for us, for giving us all the knowledge that we had to acquire, to be patient with all our questions and to always put our hearts and minds to ease whenever we are feeling down. It isn’t exaggerated at all, they were good and I’m so proud for having them as my teachers. We’ll embrace this changes with all our courage and heart and do them proud.

Teachers of St Nicholas Girls’ School, you are the ones that made our education journey a much better and enjoyable one. I want to thank you for all the efforts that you’ve put in and I’ll definitely miss the ones leaving. It’s gonna be hard but no matter what, I’ll wish them all the best for what the future holds for them. As for the other teachers, I’ll appreciate and treasure each one of you even more.

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.
~Henry Brooks Adams”
All the way, lovely teachers!
I love all of you(:

Fourteen in the eleventh month.

Yesterday night, after reading something a strong surge of mixed emotions came over me and somehow I didn’t feel good. Many things of last year came flooding back and I felt so troubled and terrible inside. It was like this monster devouring my whole soul. It wasn’t something that was of sickness but it was something like many strings tugging at my mental soul. As gross as it may sound, but that was how I felt exactly. That made me feel like a person that wasn’t me, like I just changed my soul or something. I didn’t know what happened and I can’t find myself an explanation for how that happened. Certain unhappy things that I once thought that I’ve long forgotten and just kept at a very very teen weeny corner of my mind, came out of nowhere and popped up like a big image filling my whole brain. I couldn’t look at it positively like how I’ve always done so. But I’m glad to say, after waking up this morning, I felt so much better.

Sometimes it’s inevitable that people are sad or unhappy; all those negative feelings. We are all made in this way, to allow us to feel different emotions. Imagine yourself being happy all your life, well it may sound like a good thing, but if you don’t ever feel sad or depressed or angry etc, your life is just a bed of roses with absolutely no excitement at all. And that isn’t realistic, it doesn’t happen in real life, it’s just a figment of a fairytale writer’s imagination.

People go through one of those bad days in life and for me, yesterday was probably by far one of the bad nights since ages ago. I can’t remember myself being so troubled and terrible before last night. I might have learn it the hard way to know how and when to let go of certain things and to not let it bother me anymore, but I guess yesterday might just have been a reminder, a memory that I know will never be erased. But so what, it can affect me for a day, but it will never bring me down for weeks. That’s stupid. As for the other things that were troubling me, like what vanes said, it’s really out of my control (except for my results), so I might as well just accept this fact and think about what I can do about it. It was some disheartening news but I’m sure we’ll all get over it in a matter of time and to remember them for how much they meant to us.

Sim Vanessa:
Thanks for telling me all that in the sms-es that we exchanged last night when I wasn’t feeling good at all. I really do appreciate the fact that you’ve always been so encouraging in all the things and decisions that I’ve done and made. During the toughest periods in st nick’s, you were always ready with all your hugs and a valuable listening ear. Though you’ve moved on to a different school, but till this date, to know that we are still in contact and maintaining our good friendship, it heartens me. I’m also thankful for you, for letting me know that whenever I’m in need of a listening ear or when I’m in trouble, I can just give you a phone call or a sms. You’ve definitely made tough times easier to handle, because of your presence and willingness to help me get over whatever I need to. I may not have told you this before but, Vanes, you’ve been a very important friend to me that I treasure a lot. Right now, I’ve so many things to tell and thank you for but somehow my brain isn’t working that well and those words just don’t come that smoothly now, but just know that in every little way that you’ve helped me, I see it and I’m glad that you did it.

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
~ Helen Keller
Thank you, Vanes(:

When the sun shines, we’ll shine together(:

(Put on the records, replay, we’re now living the day of 20th October 2009)
HELLO HELLO HELLLLLO!:D
I’m in a relatively quite good mood ’cause I had a good laugh watching the korean drama with my mum while munching on my favourite sour thingy(:
I just completed the NE survey and seriously, it’s really one of those rare surveys where I could relate so well to it! & know something, it’s all thanks to social studies. The survey was mostly ’bout total defence and racial harmony which really brings back all that information that I’ve memorised for social studies exam! There was this statement which says “I know when Total Defence is commemorated” and like lightening, 2 BIG words appeared in my brain: FIFTEEN FEBRUARY. It seems like a small thing but before I studied social studies in Sec 3, I can’t remember when we commemorate total defence day so it’s considered as an achievement! But of course, I know more pro and cheem stuff like the third generation SAF yada yada. WHOO, all that studying is surprisingly still surviving in my brain. Not bad, brainie:D

Heh, so let’s see what I’ve done with my time so far.
1) Sleep.
2) Eat.
3) Watch tv.
4) More sleep, eat and tv.
Oh my geese, I feel guilty somehow. Though exams are over but I think, I might have overly slacked and overly misused my time. HAHAH. I don’t feel as happy as I thought I would be when exams were over, which is really weird. I know that I should start practicing for chinese O which is really nearing, but I can’t bring myself to pick up the pencil, sit down dilligently at the table, open my eyes widely, and be determined to finish up the practices at a certain time. And piano too, it’s just makes sense to use my short-lived free time to go brush up my pieces. I know that’s the most sense-ful thing to do now, but howww now brown cow? It’s always the most sense-ful thing that we end up not doing and the most sense-less thing that we end up spending the whole day on. Nehmind, I’ll take comfort in that by sticking my butt to the chair and fingers to the keys in a few minutes(:

Okay, I don’t wanna talk about such boring things anymore so I shall talk about SATURDAY!:D It’s going to be very, very lengthy and it’s not ’cause I’m long winded or I’ve no summary skills, it’s just that there were so many things that happened that I’ve to type all of them now to preserve this memory:D
WE: VANES, RUTH, ESTHER, MAAN AND I WENT TO RUTH’S HOUSE! How cool is that! very cool right. I’m so glad that we managed to meet up before we get our papers back (you see, I can never seem to detach myself from exam/studies-related stuff, tsk. Too faithful a student.):D Since my house is quite near to Ruth’s which is near serangoon gardens, vanes, esther and maan 136-ed to serangoon gardens circle to meet me there. We decided to go to the temporary NTUC nearby to get our ingredients but we couldn’t find the cookie mix so we went to cold storage. Ruth wanted to make muffins and her house doesn’t have the necessary equipment so I carried them along with me. Oh, and I brought the self raising flour too, which was leftover from making vanes’s farewell cake. At first, vanes, esther and maan weren’t really keen on doing the muffins but I was so bu4 gan yuan4 since I actually dragged all the stuff from my house, so in the end they just relented(:

We had some really funny conversations while buying the stuff and I saw this really prettily wrapped fruit bar, so I was thinking whether to buy it or not. In the end, I did! But it’s so true that we can’t judge someone/thing by it’s cover. The fruit bar tasted awfully weird? Actually, it’s not that bad, so I convinced ruth to share it with me, ’cause I knew I wouldn’t be able to finish the whole thing by myself. I stuck that pretty wrapper in my diary(:

The minute we stepped out of the air-conditioned cold storage, sweat drenched us. We were sweating “madly, deeply, truly” (This song’s really funny. I still remember when esther and I heard it over Tracy’s phone we were laughing our heads off). hahaha! Took a super duper long walk to ruth’s house and we were a little lost, like we didn’t know whether we had to cross the road or not, so ruth just told us to walk straight till we see her. While we were walking, esther and I got into this heated arguement ’bout how it’s only right that friends like each other in a friend way and not hate their friends. I mean, if you are someone’s friend, obviously you like your friend and not hate her/him, since he/she is your friend! Then esther said that for my case, it’s an exception ’cause she hates me even though we are friends. ESTHER NEO WEI SHAN, how bold of you, nehmind, you are forgiven since I like you(: (ai4 de4 li4 liang4~)HAHAHA. So we were quarreling ’bout that which made all of us laugh in the end:D After much bright glares from the sun rays, we saw an even brighter ray of light-ruth, meaning that we were near her house, the end of the torture from the red, hot sun.

According to ruth, her mum wasn’t in the mood to fix the oven so the pro ones, maan and I, helped to fix it while vanes and esther were enjoying the cool air in the living room, tsk, but actually, the oven didn’t need any fixing at all, ’cause all those extra stuff wasn’t needed for baking anyway:p So, vanes, esther and maan made the cookies while ruth and I made the muffins. Ruth and I were happily getting the things ready and cracking eggs and sifting flour in the hugeeee bowl, when we suddenly realised, “OH MY GEESE! We are suppose to put the butter and the sugar in first!:o” In the end, we just put all the ingredients anyhow-ly, we didn’t care which had to go into the bowl first. At first, I was a little worried ’cause we are suppose to follow the steps, to see which ingredients have to be mixed first etc, if not why are they there. Then ruth made this really stupid/cute but make-sense comment “It’s all going to be mixed together in the end what.” hahaha! Isn’t that true? Well, we also not pros mah so we just laughed it off and add in whatever we wanted without any order! On the other side of the kitchen table, vanes, esther and maan were preparing the cookie mix then somehow we started playing with flour and with the mixture that we were mixing. Flour on the faces, mix on the shirts and our muffin mix was all so gooey and so we concluded, if the recipe said to add in the eggs first and the milk second, we have to add in the eggs first. BUT, the muffins still turned out rather nice in the end!:D We found ruth’s mum’s blender beside the sink so we decided to use it to make our very own fantastic fruit juice. The clever maan managed to figure out how to operate it when the rest of us were scratching our heads! We put in star fruit, kiwi and orange and it turned out really delicious. OH WAIT. I just remembered that esther and I put in a cup of this juice at the back of the freezer and we forgot all about it:o I think it’s still there now, hahahah! I better go tell ruth.

After all that playing and washing, we put the cookies in to the oven to be baked first and we went to watch this Jap movie “Sky of Love”, which was so funnaye! There was this scene which actually happened in the library and it was gross and brazen. Fine, we all laughed at the inappropriate moments but it was so sad when the male lead died in the end due to cancer): Thank you, ruth’s daddy for buying back lunch for us!

After the movie, some went to check the cookies or muffins, while the rest of us just started lazing on the sofa. I felt a little tired, so I hugged this huge cushion and closed my eyes. Everything was just right; the air-con was on, I felt happy, the chair that I was on is so comfy, for a little good sleep. Then, vanes had to spoil it all. She let her hair down and pretended to be a female ghost, with an ill intention of scaring me when I open my eyes, but ’cause I was too smart, that didn’t succeed. So, she took other cushions and started throwing at me. Isn’t she mean? Torture a sleeping girl, vanes ah. But, I started throwing cushions towards her too and we had a pillow fight, which was so relieving! It brought back so many childhood memories, childish it may be, but what matters is that we had fun doing that!:D Ruth and maan went to check on the muffins or cookies, so I decided to hide behind the sofa, which was a really small space so they wouldn’t find me there and when they seat on the sofa, I’ll slowly and very carefully sneak up behind them and give them a good scare. But again, vanes spoilt it! She kept shouting “Min’s hiding behind the sofa. Min’s hiding behind the sofa.” Tsk, I wanted to play a good game of hide&seek, but in the end, I couldn’t):

Around 6, vanes had to leave for her hotel stay so the very nice us decided to walk her out to the bus stop and wait for the bus with her. The sun was blazing and scorching but I took this opportunity to get myself burnt. I really wanted to be sun burnt and see the redness, but to no avail. Though it’s damaging and harmful for the skin, it’s actually a once in a life time dream/wish. Which I guess would never be fulfilled. After sending vanes off, we went back to ruth’s house and while ruth was having a shower, maan, esther and I were thinking about what we could do. I suggested to go to East Coast Park or some place to watch the sun set ’cause I’ve never seen it on land before and it would be so exciting to witness one of nature’s wonders! But, maan and esther said that by the time we get there and back, it would be too late, so there goes another dream/wish not fulfilled. Nehmind, there would be another time right!(:

So the next thing we decided to do was to play cards!:D
We played cheat, heart attack (with cards), stress and something else. I haven’t played all 4 before except stress and guess what I was the first to win! The three of them were so amazingly impressed with me and therefore I had such a fun time playing cards with them. It was coming to 7 and ruth had to go for dinner with her family so we all decided to pack up and make our way home. Now, here’s the problem. Outside ruth’s house, in her garden, there was this thing, a living thing. It was furry, had eyes, nose, ears, mouth with sharp teeth, short/long tail, stripe-ful and last of all, it possesses the ability to M-E-O-W. Therefore, the problem is THE CAT. Since esther and I are scared of cats, ruth carried it while we quickly took our slippers and ran out of the house. Once ruth locked the gate, the cat started sticking it’s head through the space between the gate and the ground. It really looked like it could crawl through there.

Esther: It’s head! Can it come out?
Ruth: No no! It wont. -Smiles-
I: Are you sure it can’t squeeze through ’cause…
[Cat decides to push it’s head further out and was having this ill intention of crawling out]
Esther: Ruthhhhhh~
I: It’s going to come out, it’s coming out!
Esther and I: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH -Screams and runs-
We screamed so loudly that after we stopped, we could hear the echo! But thankfully, the cat went back in. What a sigh of relief.

There! This kind of sums up what happened on that really beautiful and fun day!
To esther, vanes, maan and ruth:
Thank you for allowing me to have such a wonderful saturday and letting me laugh till my stomach was aching and my cheek muscles from numbing. Our friendship goes quite a long way and we’ve gone through so much together, despite rain or shine. We’ve been standing by each other for everything that we’ve experienced, being there for one another no matter how hard the times are. Every single thing that we’ve done together has so much sentimental value to me and I’m really very thankful for all of you for being such good friends to me. Each one of you have taught me a lot of different things in life and how I should treasure myself, my friends, my family and those around me. You, you, you and you is a chapter of my life that I believe will never close because we’ll have this endless friendship that will connect all of us in tough, happy, sad times.
Thank you for always being such a good friend and for being who you are(:

We'll all come back together; in times of sadness or joy(: