hello, dano

2008-08-02T08:18:00.000-07:00

Hello old bloggie. I've moved! hellodano.blogspot.com

2008-02-07T06:38:00.000-08:00

Happy CNY

2008-01-21T06:59:00.001-08:00

Unfortunately for a lot of people, my throat infection has not killed me but you may rejoice in the fact that I have to swallow 2cm large flourescent yellow antibiotic pills and stuff some tube down my nose once a day to clear out my throat. Well I'm getting better after5 days. Tomorrow I hit school again and I probably have to take my re-exams the moment I touch down but obviously I haven't studied a thing I can remember because I've been bed-ridden for 4 days. Not to mention I've been a complete bitch to my boyfriend in my sick frustration that I can't get well but he still says good morning and good night everyday and says he loves me very much. I don't deserve this. Yeah I don't deserve a hell lot of things. Okay maybe I do deserve my $200 scholarship money I worked very hard last year!

So much to catch up on. I'm in Orientation 2 Committee, Games Head! Wheeeee...What a pleasant surprise though I've already missed 2 meetings thanks to bacteria and germs. And everyone liked my Feedback Week video! I love my Council! I love feedback comm! I love my boyfriend! I love my classmates (well just 2 of them Fina and Pat anyways since Steph pangsei-ed us to go Poly) Haha this is called juxtaposition I better buck up on my Lit too. Haha okay very funny gonna hit the books. Byeeeeee un-updated bloggie...to think I used to update you almost everyday...18 year olds don't have time for things like this x)

2007-12-17T05:05:00.000-08:00

It's done. Grad Night 2007 is over and done with and, phew, it was such a great event thanks to the 30th Student Council! I was so stressed out on the day itself. I swear being the Night's I/C can bald me. Now we'll just prepare for Orientation 07!

ACHOMAWI tribe! :)

IM ALIVE

2007-11-20T05:45:00.000-08:00

Hello. Yes, I am still alive. Been busy with Council. Over the past month/weeks/days I was a delegate at TJC's Leadership Congress, a tour guide at Open House, and now 2nd I.C-ing Graduation Night and settling door gifts has cropped up.

Also having a HUGE identity crisis over whether to drop out of college or not.

My new camera has been my relief. Always liked film cameras better than digital cameras because you never know what you're gonna get. Hope to get some great shorts in Thailand, and if possible, save up for a Holga LC-A+. But right now I'm happy with my 2nd Hand Lomo Coloursplash and Vivitar Ultra Slim.

2007-10-28T02:11:00.000-07:00

Its people like me who help those cheena idiots score As more easily in their Chinese exam since I REALLY SUCK AT THIS SHIT

At Wits End

2007-09-25T07:39:00.001-07:00

At Leadership Training Camp, they told us about how your friends won't understand how much time and effort you have to put into the Council. When you start disappearing for duties, for meetings, for, to them (accusingly), your other friends. Welfare. Secretary. 2nd I.C. Feedback Committee. Work. Work. Work. Type. Type. Type. My work in Council only means my failure as a friend. Because I can't go for ice cream. Because I can't go window shopping. I guess I'll just have to convince myself to believe that it is true -- It will come to the point where no one's going to understand you, why you wear the badge, why you wear your tie all the way up, why your socks are only blue, why you can't have breakfast in the morning because you have to raise the school flag. Except those who broke those eggs, build those straw towers, trekked from school to Sentosa, bathed with only half a bucket of water a day, and did those one thousand push ups with you in those special five days.

To Lead and Serve with Faith and Trust. 30th

2007-09-06T09:55:00.000-07:00

About 1 1/2 years ago and a little bit more I started dating someone, but because I've had my fair share of being called a flirt and a social disaster we kept it down. We kept it under the rug till about March this year just because we didn't want any sort of comments coming from anyone. To begin with our friendship might have come across weird to some. But since we started going out this became more of a hassle than anything else. I didn't want people to know about when we fought, or when we broke up, or when we kissed and made up. I don't understand how some people stand it, but I won't do it. Some one and a half years later I have the courage, yes, to tell people that I'm dating an AC boy and we're going to have trouble at rugby matches next year. My closest friends know who he is but they are sworn to secrecy.

But aside from that, I am quite happy with my life's closure and he is quite happy with it too.

2007-08-11T09:54:00.000-07:00

Blah oh great it's time for the teams to kick off again which means I have to fight for my boyfriend's attention with those eleven guys on the field in sexy red!

ITS NOT FAIR!

2007-07-28T21:55:00.000-07:00

Well I guess it's over for me. Not specifically us cos I think I'm the only one who can't really commit any more time to debates. Let's see...I've got council minutes to type out and a lot of homework. Yeah, definitely no more time for debates. Not that I'm sad, never liked debating. But I guess I'll miss the team. Top 4's pretty good for SA, it's probably our 3rd time in 8 years or so?

2007-07-21T18:27:00.000-07:00

We won our first two prelim rounds at MIDCs, first against NJC, and then PJC. I mean who'd actually thought this team could make it anywhere? We were in complete shambles just this April and we got thrased by practically every school we sparred or in competitions. And I really mean thrashed. It is truly God's grace that we managed to do it. More importantly, it was God who provided us with renewed energy everytime we trained, and hence we could train hard. We thought ending at 8PM was late, but we reached 9, and then 9.40, and we even got locked in the school. Every single day this week.

Yet every session when we opened with worship and prayer, I feel a new drive to work and I'm sure the rest do to. Our seniors, or ancestors, have been nothing short of great. Brendon did his share of worship, and Nelson came for training the very next day he reached Singapore. Joel came too and brought a huge box of donuts, and even (useless :P) Chris came for every session. The J2s trained us despite their A Level prelims nearing. In my eyes, we are all already winners.

Oh yeah, and I guess I got my virgin dosage of being accused as a "Saint" for trying to solve all problems. Hehe. I was told to expect more to come.

On a sidenote, totally hated the admin. Report at 11 and start debates at 1? My team, kiasu as we were (e.g. spending 2 days defining and justifying criminal offences) reached at 9 and waiting for forever till we started. At the impromtu round we got called back 20 minutes into prep because someone brought Pros and Cons or something. So they had to call us back to the LT and made us surrender every research material and whatnot we had. My poor debate book had like 10 sheets left and I had to tear the other 90 out, wth! Haha funnily enough I had a book in my bag Does Capital Punishment Deter Crime and the next motion was THW Abolish the Death Penalty. Even bibles had to be surrendered. Quote Kristi: I might as well give them my brain right? And Carolyn and I were like might as well give them our underwear cos its got information tagged on them too. Sheesh.

Still made it on time to have dinner with my number seventEeEEeeNnnnN in the end but haiya they were being so anal. Bzzzz

Now a LOT of homework is waiting to be done because I asked for extensions for everything this week but it's time to go to church. Homework can wait till later...or tomorrow...or...

Here's a picture of the best LTC group Faith! Our brand new blazers and council badges. I'm Welfare Secretary bah gonna be tied down writing minutes or at least attempting to. Am also in Student Feedback and Grad Night Committee :) Council duties officially start tomorrow x)

2007-06-21T08:26:00.000-07:00

So far the highlight of coming to SAJC has definitely been the conflict over my last minute council application submission, and then getting into the 30th Student Council, and surviving four long days of council camp. I don't think I will ever live to regret that decision. It's funny how everything was so rush in council camp, and yet our investiture moves and positionings move so slowly. It'll be such an honour having our commendation in the cathedral and receiving my badge from the Arch Bishop and singing the lovely school hymn. I'm in Welfare Comm and that's where I wanted to go and I got it, and the people in council are humble and wonderful. When you're blessed like that, you think about choices you could have made. I could have gone to University of Queensland, I could have gone to IB, but I chose St Andrews Junior College, and you know how the famous saying goes - Once you're a Saint, you're always a Saint.

2007-06-18T05:48:00.000-07:00

He's still around, but everyday I wake up afraid he'll be gone.

My Holidays

2007-06-02T02:11:00.000-07:00

Week 1: GP, Debates, PW
Week 2: Leadership training camp
Week 3: Commendation rehearsals
Week 4: Rush to finish studying for terms

So week 1 whizzed by before I even knew what happened. Memorable days include Saturday and Wednesday. On saturday Kristi, Pat and I received the worst service ever at Delifrance @ Ngee Ann City. But thanks to Pat's "SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?" to the manager, we got free soup and drinks while waiting. Damn, another half an hour wait and I'm sure they'd throw in free dessert too! In the end they still got our orders mixed up but we were hungry souls. On Wednesday I went to get Paul from his football competition and we met my brother to rent a movie. We rented Click after the two boys decided that they would die watching any movie I picked. Mum made ribs and grilled potatoes/bacon for us for dinner so all was good.

This was the month I was supposed to start my term in Australia. As the days draw nearer I think about it more.

You know, I'm glad I didn't run away in the end. I just wished I had enough courage to let go of what is present.

2007-05-27T07:27:00.000-07:00

I got into council, but that means I'm the busiest that I've ever been in a long time. My June holidays might as well not exist, but I couldn't be more excited serving God :)

2007-05-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

Is it me, or is Council campaigning a competition to see how thick skinned one can get? Fine and dandy everyone's suppose to display their faces, but since when did guys do that funny piece sign thing and "act cute"?

Oh my x) this is fun.

2007-05-09T07:42:00.000-07:00

laments

2007-04-25T08:11:00.000-07:00

Deadlines and tests. I think the school's very inefficient admin is finally proving to be, well, very inefficient. Teachers are rushing CA results and even CCAs aren't finalised yet. Every other school has started or has ended council campaigning and SA hasn't even finished its interviews. Not that it concerns me lah, just an example. For no apparent reason I'm suddenly slotted as an emcee for PESA and it's next week. Not to mention how the school doesn't really care much for H1 subjects and I can't remember the last time someone actually conducted an average rated maths lecture. Oh wait, they keep cancelling them I don't even remember the last time I attended one! I mean hello, it's the end of term 2 and my Term 1 notes are still blank. Who're the ones with screwed time management and little sense of priority anyway? Leaving everything to the 6th week of term before finalising all the admin and throwing tests at us like nobody's business. Bwahaz.

Don't even let me start on how they're making some dumb ass college play compulsory for all Literature students because they want us to analyse a play. An SYF-bronze calibre of a play! On FRIDAY. TGIF I say NOT.

I should have just gone to UQ but I changed my mind thanks to my worthless patriotism. To think I just wrote a GP essay on how much I value National Identity. To hell with college!

While I was doing my history tutorial...

2007-04-15T04:04:00.000-07:00

omg i totally cannot stand pple hu spoil de eng language larz!

i mean lyk i read so many many blog

den dey all dunno how t type mans.

lyk damn irritating can knn ccb f*!

so tis week rite

many many hwk do until sianz

at least got my baby cum see miii worxxx!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i lurve him plenty plenty

Sigh you know the next 21 year old I see typing like this I will just DIE.

You know I'm this close to dropping out of junior college.

Random musing to my boyfriend yesterday:
I hope your dimple is a dominant allele...

While baby hunting at Vivo City he pointed to a kid and I said, "Eeeee." He asked what would happen if our kids weren't good looking and I told him quite seriously I'll throw them away.

Okay enough rubbish I am going back to my work...

...AFTER I online window shop.

OMG Dan just go do your work!

2007-04-13T07:00:00.000-07:00

Why hello. I'm here to answer why my blog is a white sheet of...nothingness, just so everyone would stop asking me. The other day I realised that I was seeking closure to many things and I wanted to get rid of certain blog entries, but it dawned upon me that above all it was just time to get over my self pity and denial. So I deleted the blog so all the archives would go at one shot, and I re-applied for the URL.

My days have been filled with deadlines and tests and homework, but the joyful thing about being in a Christian institution is that you are constantly reminded that God's looking after and over you. This was exactly what I came here for.

Okay, I'm also here because I get to wake up at like 7am and still not be late for school. I mean, nothing!

Tomorrow could possibly be my very last debate as a Saint so I hope all goes well, considering I missed the last 2 weeks of training due to sickness and I still have a pretty bad throat. Nothing beats debating as LYDJK! I miss you guys!

2007-04-08T02:27:00.000-07:00

Sigh. So Economics homework and 10 pages of Chinese! Save me!

At least I have a new lovely bible and Easter was nice. Children at Sunday School can be such a skeeeze but I love all of them anyway. Plus Aunty LL gave me a free egg!

2007-04-06T23:06:00.001-07:00

Be right back