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-best known as May Ching-
-09/01/1990-
-19 years 1.2 months-
-mugger/slacker/writer-
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Saturday, January 10, 2009, 7:34 pm
Post-birthday review:Be careful what you wish for. Seriously.
I thought it was a good thing that JJ set a senior facillitator meeting on my birthday because I was dying to get out of the house and get busy. And of course, the universe heard me and made it worse. Soon, I had a badminton game and a tuition session lined up.
Let the games begin.
JJ forgot about the senior fac meeting, partially because they were already busy with the OGL camp and partially because so few of us turned up: there were only 5 orange shirts there instead of the projected 30. As though that wasn't bad enough, Priscilla, Brenda and I were kept waiting for the next 3 hours. (The meeting was at 9am and we left at around 1.30pm.)
We sloped around for most of the time then ended up at McDonald's. They sneaked out to buy me a birthday cake so I got my birthday cake after all. :) There was still some leftover cake so we went back to school to get rid of the rest of the cake (no place to carry it around on my super-packed day) and to check whether the school still wanted us.
Tommy and some other grand seniors were helping out with the wet games, setting up what looked like a massive maze. He obligingly had a piece of cake. Desmy was there too but she pretended not to notice anything. Anyway, it's like no big deal. I just told her we senior facs were going to bugger off due to lack of appreciation. The rest of the cake was disposed of with thanks to the junior OGLs (they were nice enough to sing me a birthday song despite the fact they have no idea who I am).
The cake!
I get to eat the special impaled strawberry.
I have attained enlightenment.
They pose with their handiwork.
Aftermath.
Shuffled off to Jurong Point to have lunch at Long John Silver. The portions are getting smaller and the price is still increasing. No wonder so many people are looking for jobs, otherwise they'd be too poor to eat. We unfortunate people waiting for A Level results are also forced to pay adult fare for public transport which is roughly double of what the concession fare was. Tragic times indeed.
Anyway, I had to dash off early to meet my secondary school friend at Serangoon (!) for a game of badminton. Turned out I wasn't the only invitee, there were a few others whom I didn't know. We had a great game, I haven't played badminton in yonks (squash doesn't count).
It took me an hour to get back to Bukit Batok from Serangoon and then rush rush off for the tuition session. Xue Xuan, who gave me the contact was off though: the student's English wasn't as good as she said it would be (far, far worse) and we all know how horrible my Mandarin is. So no go. I was fired before I could quit so that was the end of that.
Another tuition session today, this time with a student who speaks English. Not a bad session, though I would have wished for an older student with whom I can declaim the finer points of writing award-winning English essays.
So, in a twist of irony, the people's birthdays whom I celebrated last year did not celebrate mine. Happy nineteenth to me!
So, definitely the most exhausting birthday I have had.
Labels: birthday
Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 7:02 pm
Whooh, long time no update.The main reason for this is because of the lack of things in my life which are blogworthy.
Anyway, went to watch 'Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging' with kak Radha the day before yesterday. We were actually supposed to watch 'Twilight' but eventually decided it was too cliched and picked this other movie. I think it was worth it, it was hilarious. Personally, I LOVE British accents and the sound of everybody speaking in gorgeous and sexy Brit accents was fantastic.
To cut a long story short, go watch it. If not for the plot, (which is kinda impossible towards the end), at least for the sex gods and the 'nunga nungas'.
Incidentally, the past few days have been quite my days for meeting people. On Sunday, I met up with ah ma Angela to disturb her at work. While there, I happened to meet my camper, Jiarong, who's now in NJ.
The next Monday, I went to the gym at Redhill with kak Radha (a mistake my muscles still regret) and guess who we saw there? Nerrine and Webster. Nerrine gave me a strange look, partially because we know each other (very slightly, I might add) and because I was working out in a gym (I think). They left before Radha and I did.
We dillydallied out of the place, dropping by Ikea for a hot dog and I managed to persuade her to go to Orchard for pasta. Which makes it two milestones! One, getting the both of us fat and getting Radha to go to Orchard without dressing up. (Of course, I wouldn't expect to live long after that.)
We saw them at the bus stop outside Queensway and we took the same bus there.
Once at Orchard, after a massive meal which surely must have replenished the calories we lost in the gym, decided to go to HMV to browse before going to watch the movie. It was a LONG walk (from Orchard MRT to Somerset MRT) but it was definitely worth it. I wanna go blow an inordinate amount of cash on impractical merchandise from that place. Bury me there, please, so my ghost can go on browsing FOREVER. MUAHAHAHAHAHA.
However, I sobered up on browsing in the Japanese music section. Did I mention that I bought an Inuyasha CD while in KL recently? It cost me RM20 (about S$8) and I thought it was quite reasonable. Well, I saw the exact same CD in HMV going for S$72. *faints* This is NOT a typo. An astronomical price is being charged for the same miserable CD.
Eventually, we got to Dhoby Ghaut MRT and Cathay. I met Kannan while buying tickets and he ended up watching the same movie as we did. (The fricking movie title is so long, I'm not going to bother typing it in.)
Much to my dismay, I saw Nerrine and Webster there too, browsing in one of the shops. The amazing thing was that they'd changed clothes, meaning they'd worn a different outfit each time we'd seen them. Intriguing or what?
Again, browsed happily in Gramophone. I seem to enjoy going to media shops rather than bookshops nowadays. Is it because I spend my days plugged in?
Got a proposition now though. My old man wants me to hurry back before the 5th of January to start writing lecture notes and begin the new term with more English lectures. Thankfully I got the senior facillitator call this morning or I wouldn't have an excuse to linger here in Singapore. If not, I would have ended up spending my birthday in a place where nobody cares.
Mind you, I don't even know whether it's a wise choice to want to spend my birthday here in Singapore. All the friends I made here, without exception, let me down in some way, big or small. I wasn't even supposed to be attached to the damn place, it was supposed to be a stopover on the way to pursuing my dreams.
Bloody sheesh, I hope next year's celebration is better than this one.
I will be staying in Singapore for Orientation, but I do wonder whether it is the right decision.
Labels: birthday, senior facillitator, work
Monday, January 21, 2008, 10:36 pm
Happy 18th birthday monster Desmy!Last year, we only knew each other after both our birthdays had passed. Both from OG4, but different camps (CAMPER!!!). Though you're a self-proclaimed monster who bites, you're still my good friend.
Attacked with cake.
Literally having your cake and eating it too.
Labels: birthday
Thursday, January 10, 2008, 9:34 pm
I so do not enjoy Maths.Supposed to be mugging for a Binomial and Poisson Distributions class quiz tomorrow, courtesy of Mr Leow.
I spent about 2 hours in school studying but for some mysterious reason, I can't get the answersto the simplest questions but yet am able to solve some of the tough ones. Go figure.
The design of this year's Orientation shirt isn't half bad, I feel like getting one for myself. Bit sad though, I heard they're going for $10 apiece and J2s can only buy them only after Orientation 2.
Speaking of Orientation 2, the response to the call for leaders has been pretty lukewarm from what I've seen so far. I was personally shocked when my friend said that not just OGLs were wanted, but Shadows as well. Um, hello, I thought that my batch was the last batch.
At first, I thought none of my campers who took the leader applicant forms actually filled it out, which is kinda depressing. Until later, I found out that some of them actually did put in application forms. That's good, because that means I and my fellow OGLs don't suck at our job.
I can't help but wonder: did my batch of OGLs really suck? I remember last year, after Orientation 1 when the call came out for OGLs the hall was packed with people. The leaders now are certainly numerous, but not in the droves that was during my time.
Anyway, my birthday came and went. A lot more attention this year, and the first time in a long time that I had to make a wish and blow out the candle(s). Happiness abound, though hardly any presents. :P
Labels: birthday, leaders, maths, orientation 1