Vanessa

I seriously have no idea what to write, especially after my morning training. =.="'

2009-04-04T10:39:00.005+08:00

Anyway, today is quite a good day, or I'm not really sure, if it is. The day started off with a 6.00am wake-up call to pray at the temple, then rush to AMK Pool for my morning swim. We started off with lots of kicking, then, we started swimming properly, with hand strokes and all. While doing the backstroke swim, we stopped abruptly and started to do some kicking. I nearly hit the wall with my head! Ow. My hand hit the wall first. Luckily, or else my head would have broke. Haha. Gotta go now. Times up for my blogging time. Might post on Monday or whenever I'm free; most probably on Good Friday. Everyone will have ~~SCHOOL~~ on Good Friday! XD

A trip to the Dentist, with horror back and a new handphone number and plan! AT LAST.

2009-03-30T19:48:00.003+08:00

FINALLY! Oops, but I'm really happy that I received my 2 year plan from Singtel today at 5pm. But the bad news is, I have to extract 4 teeth (fully grown adult teeth) if I want to continue putting on my braces. T.T I feel so sad! I have to extract my healthy teeth, not to mention fully grown ones, ADULT TEETH THAT WILL LAST ME THROUGH MY LIFE! Waaaaaaa! I'm not really that scared of the pain but, I don't want to make a huge sacrifice about my teeth. I'm sure anyone wouldn't want that, do we? Obviously not right?
Now the big announcement on my PPR 1 Results. It really looks horrible, but I'll say it anyway. Here goes!
-English: B4
-Higher Chinese: C6 (I know that score's horrible)
-Geography: A2 (Looking good)
-History: C5 (I suck at it)
-Literature (E): B3
-MEP: B3
-Mathematics: A1 (I'm pleased)
-Science (Biology): A1 (I'm pleased)
-Art: B3 (Still okay)
Anyway, wanna say a big happy birthday to someone------ LYNN!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Lynn.
Make a birthday wish once you see this.
May all wishes come true!
Happy Bday!
I forgot to buy you a present, so sorry! :(

Short Quiz... (Not very short) from Denise!

2009-03-29T15:14:00.002+08:00

Thanks Denise, for the quiz! It's quite funny, though. Let me try it then. :)
The 21 people I think of (all friends)
1)Denise
2)Joanne
3)Tiara
4)Faith Lim
5)Faith Cheong
6)Yifan
7)Tingfang
8)Huishan
9)Jasper
10)Ziyang
11)Dominic
12)Nicholas
13)Carmen
14)Natalie
15)Xiaofang
16)Sharon Yeo
17)Kayan
18)Jasmine
19)Yanyi
20)Lynn
21)Zhijie
P.S: If I didn't think of you, don't take offence!
How did you meet 7?(Tingfang)-In St.Nicks.
What would you do if you and 15 had never met(Xiaofang)-I won't know her, duh.
What would you do if 20 and 1 dated?(Lynn and Denise)-NO WAY! Denise and Lynn are not les.
Have you ever seen 17 cry?(Kayan)-Yeah, after her PSLE results.
Would 4 and 16 make a good couple?(FaithL and Jasmine)-They don't even know each other, and ther're not les.
Do you think 11 is attractive?(Dominic)-I don't know. He's shorter than me (no offence).
What’s 2’s favorite color?(Joanne)-Black?
When was the last time you talked to 9?(Jasper)-Since the gathering? Haha.
What language does 8 speak?(Huishan)-Huh? English, Chinese, Hokkien and Singlish.
Who is 13 going out with?(Carmen)-No one currently.
What grade is 16 in?(Sharon)-Sec 1.
Would you ever date 17?(Kayan)-Never in a million years. >.<
Where does 18 live?(Jasmine)-Near my Grandma's house, AMK.
What is the best thing about 4?(FaithL)-Helpful, Graceful, Friendly. :)
What would you like to tell 10 right now?(Ziyang)-Good luck in studies and don't be so lonely.
What is the best thing about 20?(Lynn)-She's tall. That's an advantage. :D
Have you ever kissed 2?(Joanne)-NO WAY!!!
What’s the best memory you have of 5?(FaithC)-She's still with me in class, not just a memory.
When’s the next time you’re going to see 4?(FaithL)-TOMORROW! We're seat partners. =.=
How is 7 different from 6?(Tingfang and Yifan)-No difference? They're more or less the same.
Is 2 pretty?(Joanne)-Haha. Obvious. Everyone in OneLoyalty is.
What was your first impression of 3? (Tiara)-A quiet girl?
Is 15 your best friend?(Xiaofang)-good fren. :D
Do you hate 12?(Nicholas)-Sometimes when he is so IRRITATING. XP
Have you seen 18 in the last month?(Jasmine)-Yeah during the gathering.
When was the last time you saw 16?(Sharon)-Friday.
Have you been to 5’s house?(FaithC)-nope.
When’s the next time you’ll see 10?(Ziyang)-I don't know! Never met since last year.
Are you close to 11?(Dominic)-No... But 6 year friends already.
Have you been to the movies with 4?(FaithL)-Nope.
If you gave 14 $100, what would he/she spend on? (Natalie)Shoes, clothes and handphone blingies. Haha! That's what she always buys.

I have to cut short because I've no more time. Gotta go!
-Signing off...

Swimming Photos

2009-03-29T14:14:00.003+08:00

Hooray! I finally got my photos of me swimming... Haha. Here are some... But I look so weird.

Kaiyi already commented that I was super charcoal black.....

Can you find me? Haha. Guess not. See the person with the white cap (nearer) in the pool?

THAT'S SO ME! :)

Anyway, I love swimming! Perhaps I'll post a few more pictures with my swimming mates next week after training. Haha! Happy weekends! And remember to finish all of your homework (to 1L)

March Holidays! Malacca! Weeeee~~~

2009-03-22T17:29:00.003+08:00

The March Holidays... How fun and wacky can it get? It was super fun for me, having spent 2 days and a night in Malacca, Malaysia. Starting off from my home in Singapore at 6.30a.m in the morning, we set off to the causeway, which was located near my house. We didn't get into a traffic jam on the way to Malaysia, even at the new Malaysia Checkpoint. We sat in the car for about an hour (fast without a jam, I didn't have time to sleep) before reaching my cousins' house. They lived in Taman Putri, Kulai. We went into their house and watched a little of 终极一家 (The X Family) before setting off for the 2-hour long drive to Malacca.

My dad drove at a 135km/h on the Malaysia highway. The speed limit was only 110km/h, but we didn't care, as we so eagerly wanted to get to Malacca and party the whole day. My brother, Brendan, together with my cousin Lexin and me, we sat in the car, snacking on potato chips throughout the whole journey. Suddenly, we saw cars on the opposite side of the highway flashing their headlights repeatedly. On and off, on and off. I was curious why they were flashing their headlights in the middle of the day. It was an extremely odd sight.

Not long after, my mum (who was sitting in the other car with my uncle) called my dad on his handphone. She told us to slow down (we were going at top speed) because the cars at the opposite side were giving us a warning. That warning meant that we had to slow down - There was a road block by the police up ahead. We were taken aback and we gradually slowed down. After about 3 minutes or so, we sighted a road block. Extremely thankful to the warnings, we remembered to look out for those flashing headlights on our return journey back to Singapore on the next afternoon.

We reached Malacca half an hour earlier than the expected time. We decided to go to 'Mini Asean' to take a look at how the Asean Village was like. I found it quite boring because we only walked around the area, exploring houses made out of bamboo sticks and watching people perform with traditional instruments. I went back to the car to sit in there and snack on chips once again. After waiting for the rest of the family for 10 whole minutes ( it seemed like 30 minutes), we set off to check into our hotel. We reached the hotel in 20 minutes, and guess what. You wouldn't believe what I saw. I saw a super-duper dirty and creepy hotel in front of my eyes. I was so shocked when they said that we were going to stay there for the night. Ergh!

We went in to the rooms to look at the situation. In the end, we saw that the bath towels looked more like floormats (they were realy super black!), a TV that looked like an antique that was going to fall off any moment, and 1 small and 1 big bed. I stared at the room in horror. The toilet was so narrow! One corridor that looked like a small, narrow alleyway. We went out of the hotel to have lunch at a chicken rice stall and spent almost $70 there on lunch.

I won't linger on the details for now, so I'll describe the trip to the Crocodile Farm now. I'll post a few pictures here, and a video in the next post.

6.9 Class Gathering

2009-03-14T18:06:00.005+08:00

Today really rocks; and one sms is making me laugh like crazy.
But I really shouldn't say it cos' it's an sms that is quite insulting to China's famous poet. though I have to admit that it is really funny.
Another thing, one more sms is making me feel a little insulted.
Someone is making me mad with one sms. But I don't want to let that one affect my mood. Today's trip was cool! :)
Our outing was so incredible. Some of them went to watch the movie Push, but I didn't like violence.
So, I didn't watch it with them.
Anyway, we had lunch at FoodFare. Then Huishan went to Mac's to have lunch, because it was too crowded.
She eats Mac's almost everyday, and won't get 'sianz' de. So weird! And it's so fattening. Ewwwww.
Then we went window shopping, with Jasmine, Xiaofang, Carmen and Yinton.
We went into a few video shops, looking at DVDs'.
I'm webcamming with Kaiwen! Haha.
So fun! But she eats chocolate in front of the webcam, makes me hungry. *Growl*
Heehee. :)

Boys.... All the boys.... Class gathering TODAY!

2009-03-14T09:47:00.002+08:00

Yayy! Class Gathering today. I'm soooo excited!
Again, boys but I dunno you guys' register number, so paiseh if I got it wrong.
-Arjun.
I dunno which scondary school you're in, but jiayous.
-Benjamin.
Good luck in Mayflower Sec, don't keep getting into trouble, yeahh?
-Gerard.
Good luck in Deyi, obvious.
A whole lot to write! But I have no time already. Gotta go meet up. So I'll just add in a few more bestiees.
-Ziyang.
Thanks for helping me, lending a listening ear. Good Luck in Zhonghua Sec!
-Jasper.
Jiayous in Xinmin Sec, and Guzheng. Thanks for helping anyway. Good luck for exams!
End of Posts. Obviously, I've no more time, so I'd like to thank all the guys in 6.9 Anderson 09'.
Thanks guys! you all made my life more colourful for the past 2 to 3 years.

Special thanks to all of you guys.

2009-03-14T09:02:00.002+08:00

Heyy guys.
I've wanted to say it for a very long time, but never got a chance to say it to all of you since we separated.
So here goes what I wanna say to all of you, starting from register 1 in 6.9...
-Anusha.
Thanks a lot, although we weren't very close.
-KaYan.
Thanks a lot too, and be a little more outspoken!
-Cheryl.
Thanks for sitting with me during recess.
-Denise.
Artistic Gal, jiayous in SOTA! Strive to be an architect
-Jasmine.
Jiayous in Cedar, class No. 1 champion! Strive to be the best there.
-Keryn.
Jiayous in your secondary school (I won't say), with basketball!
-Carmen.
Thanks a million, Carmen, for being there for me as a great listening ear and a comforting friend.
-Hui Shan.
Thanks for being my best 6 year friend, since 1.6 till 6.9. Jiayous in Deyi Sec!
-Xiao Fang.
Jiayous in Zhonghua Sec, strive for excellence!
-Merlissa.
Must work harder in Mayflower Secondary, don't get into fights again! Work harder~
-Megan.
Jiayous in Cedar too, same as Jasmine, gogogo for band!
-Ai Ling.
Jiayous in SOTA, same like Denise, and be a great artist of the century!
-Charlotte.
Jiayous in your secondary school! And work much harder.
-Wei Fen.
Jiayous in Yio Chu Kang, work as hard as you can!
-Li Ying.
Jiayous in Zhonghua Sec, be the top in chinese again!
-Natalie.
Jiayous in Yio Chu Kang, work hard in netball for your school! Thanks for msning me for so long~ XD
-Yin Ton.
Jiayous in Zhonghua Sec too, and CO!
-Karyn.
Jiayous in Punggol Sec, work hard in Volleybal team~
-Teo Ting.
Work hard in AMK Sec! Don't finish your homework at the last minute.
-Wen Ting.
Jiayous in Presbytarian High, work hard for the A1 and A2's!
BOYS NOW. But I'll do it in the next post, otherwise it'll be very long winded. :)

North-Zonal Netball Competition

2009-03-12T14:54:00.003+08:00

Yayy! SNG NETBALL TEAM, YOU ROCK! We managed to secure at least a 3rd place in the competition. Special thanks to Carolyn! Our PSL for OneLoyalty. You did great in the competition with complete goals. We screamed and cheered as the SNG Netball Team scored goal after goal. At first, we thought that we were going to lose to St.Joseph's Convent (SJC). Carmen no offence though, my school won. We were so delighted to go there to support the team. We missed the special assembly dedicated to Mrs Cheong because we went to support the team, but me and Rachael managed to hear the ending song - the IJ spirit. It was so touching. Balloons were in the air, friends hugging and singing the song together, and Mrs Cheong on stage, holding the microphone and singing the song together with the students. After the song ended,colourful streamers were in the air, and everyone cheered as Ms Chan said something to the Sec 1 to Sec 4 cohort. I left the area after that becuase I had to prepare for training which is going to start at 4pm, so I'll be going there soon. And I would like to say a specail Jiayous to Brittany! Jys for tomorrow's NAG! Good luck for all 5 events!
Signing Off-

CIP at Christalite Methodist Home

2009-03-10T20:11:00.003+08:00

We had a nice time at the Christalite Methodist Home today. Singing and clapping..... We were having such a great time there. We sang 老鼠爱大米; Pass It On; 童话. We sang the songs very loudly. And we were joined in with great applause (from ourselves). Haha. Oh yeahh, and we also sang 月亮代表我的心. Heehee. The piano accompaniment was by me! (: I don't know how, but I managed it to play it from memory, cos' no one had the song in their handphones to amplify the sound. We talked to a few old folks', we sang to them, and we talked to them. One the men in the old folks' home told us that he was from China, he climbed the Great Wall before, lots of adverntures just about China. We were quite amazed at his stor. The World War II, how he escaped, how lots of people were killed. We also felt much better after talking to other old folks'. We realised how much they cared for their children, bringing them up painstakingly for so many years. Instead of reapying their parents, their children threw them in a home for the destitute. Unfilial children! We should take good care of our parents, even now, till the end of their lives. They brought us up painstakingly, worked very hard to support our family. I WILL NEVER EVER THROW MY PARENTS IN AN OLD FOLKS' HOME IN THE FUTURE! I hope most of us never will, be an unfilial child.

Today was quite an excellent day, except for the fact that I was a little bored during maths class...

2009-03-09T16:10:00.004+08:00

To say the truth, I got back my Literature Essay. And guess how much I scored. 10/15! That wasn't a really nice score, but at least I didn't fail it, right? So in overall, I scored B3 for Literature. An okay score for me though. Luckily I like the subject, so I didn't flunk it. During Maths today, I was so bored. I was spinning with my pen because everything teacher taught was already taught by my dad. So not a worry, but a boring session to me. So I'm okayy with my Maths and my Biology, which both I scored A1's. Here's a little tally:
-A1: Maths and Biology.
-A2: I think none so far.
-B3: Literature.
And I forgot the rest, haha! Anyway, I gotta go. I'll post again whenever I have free time.
Signing Off~

Science Centre LJ

2009-03-07T19:35:00.004+08:00

Today's Journey, as compared to yesteday's, was much more exciting. But too bad Weiling didn't go with us. But I would like to say something to Weiling. THAT IS............................

JIAYOUS WEILING!

OneLoyalty supports you!

Weiling rocks!!! (:

Oh.

And lemme explain about the journey today.

We were experimenting with DNA. It was so fun! We managed to see the form of DNA in cobwebs.

From the Bacterial Culture we experimented with, we added 99% ethanol solution to see the DNA.

And for the next experiment, we were like forensic scientists.

We tested out some DNA samples in "agar".

And we used some high tech machines like the agar tray connecting to a special machine.

We had lots of fun with the micropipettes and droppers to measure chemicals and solutions.

Now I just learnt about micropipettes and microlitres. So it's something new to me that I learnt from the Science Centre so far.

It has been a very long time since I'd picked up something new.

[From the Science Centre]

Thanks OneLoyalty! And St. Nicholas!

For the wonderful trip to the Science Centre!

-Signing Off Now-

I'm BORED. Very BORED. Super BORED!

2009-03-01T16:14:00.003+08:00

Okayy. I'M OFFICIALLY BORED!

I don't know why, but I'm so bored.

With the history assignment finished 1 week before the deadline,

and the Ecology assignment finished 3 days before,

I think I really have nothing to do now.

Absolutely nothing!

Except for playing the comp, and training for Nationals.

Nationals are comin' real soon.

Oh yeah, and I forgot something.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELISE!!!

How was my present? Some chocolates, but you like Ferrero, right?

Your party was super fun and hyper! I had a fun time there.

Joanne, Sharon and Mildred were so hyper with the Wii yesterday.

Haha!

Oh, and good luck for the Maths CT coming up 2 weeks later!

Remember to study hard and score another A1 like the class test.

And WEEEE!

I scored A1 in the graded class test. I'm on cloud 9!

Time to stop writing now. Good luck: SixPointNine and OneLoyalty!

I'M SO FREAKING OUT....

2009-02-28T14:16:00.002+08:00

I'm so gonna freak out.

You think I like this feeling? No way!

I'm so sick of wating.

Nationals are coming up.

And I doubt I'm training hard enough to beat my competitors.

I just joined my club last year, 3 months ago.

And I can win someone who has 3 to 5 years of experience?

I doubt so.

How am I going to win?

Train everyday?

No time.

I've got violin.

Piano.

Studies.

ARRRRRGH!

How? What's my solution?

I don't want to let St.Nicks down!

I'm sooooo damn worried.

2009-02-07T15:21:00.004+08:00

Oh My GOD!!!
You all wanna know why?
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, no use spamming a post.
I'm soooo dead tomorrow.
I wanna pray, I wanna win!
I'm gonna lose, to Kwah Ting Wen's sis.
And she's only 8 years old.
8! An 8 years old!!!
I guess I'm gonna lose. But anyway...
I'd better work harder if I wanna win tomorrow.
Just because her timing is a few seconds faster than me.
Doesn't mean I should give up, I guess.
So...
I should just...
GIVE UP.
LOL.
The OPPOSITE, in fact.

Swim Training

2009-02-01T12:59:00.004+08:00

Haha. I had swim training today. Not tired, but got scoldings from Coach. Not me! But all because of a few irritating people who did not put in 101% effort into their training period. So, in the end, everyone in my group got scolded. T_T. Anyway, I had fun today with my timing. We did the following in the sequence...
Warm Up: 400m Freestyle
1000m Swim
100m Freesyle Sprints: 2 Sets
Somersaulting: 5 Sets of 15m
Warm Down: 100m
Lol. Not that hard right? At least it is not as tired as compared to on weekdays, when I have school the next day. Nowadays, I must put in more effort into my training because of the upcoming competition next Sunday. Well, that's all for today! I'll write tomorrow after piano lessons.
P.S: Oh yeah. Timing for 100m sprints - Both sets were 1min 38 sec. Yayy, I didn't slack.

ACE Age Group Competition

2009-01-31T13:16:00.004+08:00

My competition is coming next week. Next week! At Raffles Institution, with my ACE friends, 8 February 2009. I'm dead. I'll have to compete with Chrystal. Siao. She's so fast. I think I'll be the last. But nevertheless, it's worth a try. My dad signed me up for 3 events: Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle. LOL! So many. The last time I took part in a swimming competition was in December last year. And I didn't win anything, because my competitors were all so fast. This competition is for my swim club to select swimmers to represent ACE against other clubs for the inter-club competition. I wonder if we would get the most medals? Every year, our club is either 1st or 1st runner-up. Good achievements. Luckily, my timing has improved over the last month of training.
Backstroke 50m: 45 seconds.
Freestyle 50m: 39 seconds.
I don't know a bout my Breaststroke and Butterfly, but I know my butterfly is so lousy. 50 over seconds to a minute. Slow right? Anyway gotta go eat my lunch. Will post on either Monday or Tuesday after training. Byee!

CNY Stay in Malaysia

2009-01-27T19:08:00.002+08:00

Heyyo! I just came back from my CNY stay in Malaysia. I stayed there for 2 days and 1 night. Although this year's CNY stay was extremely short, I loved it because I could get together with my family members from afar. Like my cousin Lexin, who scored 7A's in Malaysia's PSLE (which is called UPSR) and she is the top student of her primary school. Her younger sister Lexuan, whose chinese compositions have been posted onto Malaysia's top newspaper (like our straits times) for many times throughout the year 2008. The youngest of the 3 sisters, Lebei, is the naughtiest yet the most adorable one of all. Her temper is very fiery but when she is happy, she can be very cute and adorable. I don't really like her 霸道 attitude, but I still have to put up with it though. I don't have any pictures to post, so I'm really sorry. Perhaps I could put her picture when I return back to Malaysia! Okay, got to go eat my dinner. Wish my classmates a happy 牛 year!

CNY Eve

2009-01-25T13:51:00.002+08:00

It's CNY Eve today. Everyone will be having their reunion dinners tonight. Tomorrow morning, I'll be setting off for Malaysia to visit my grandparents in Kulai. I'm sure the new Causeway near my home (Woodlands) will have a massive traffic jam there. I guess I'll have to wake up at 4a.m tomorrow morning. Sigh! So early. Many of my friends are already in Malaysia visiting like Natalie, and who else? I don't know, but I know that there are lots of 6.9 ex-classmates that bear relations in Malaysia. I wish everyone in my ex-class and my present class -1 Loyalty a very Happy Chinese New Year! 恭喜发财，年年有余，学业进步，身体安康！Happy CNY for all!♥

24 January 09

2009-01-24T14:08:00.001+08:00

I went back to Anderson Primary School yesterday and guess what. I found my best friends there! Not surprising, actually. I was very elated when I saw my best of friends - Carmen, Merlissa, Jasper, Jason, Denise, Ailing, etc. Merlissa and Jason entered Mayflower Secondary School, Jasper entered Xinmin Secodary School, Denise and Ailing entered SOTA, and Carmen entered St. Joseph's Convent. Me? I entered St. Nicholas. obviously! And I entered St. Nicholas' Swimming Team! I was so nervous before Mrs Teo announced the results of the CCA Posting Exercise. Luckily, I managed to enter the Swim Team.

My parents put me into ACE Swim School during the November school holidays to try my luck for the school team. And I managed to enter! I met Mr. Koo, and he has been promoted to the HOD of Chinese! The ex-HOD of Chinese is going to retire soon, as she is already very old, but full of teaching knowledge.

Well, that's all for now! So all 6.9 ex-Andersonians, if you see this, please tagg!♥