i've been MIA, busy with other stuff, namely sleeping and doing absolutely nothing.

well, in recent news: my house was struck by lightning, this is day 3 of living in darkness. only the kitchen lights + my sister's room's lights remain on, and they can't be switched off. this means severe inconvenience for me. try bathing in the dark. try brushing your teeth in the dark!!! well not really in the dark, because i have a lamp. but I spend most of my time feeling my way around the house, it gets troublesome around the stairs mostly.

mum says lights will be back FOR SURE by next week, this means next week or later. THIS MEANS WE ARE DOOMED TO LIVE LIKE CAVEMEN. AND EVEN CAVEMEN HAD FIRE. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THAT. which reminds me, tomorrow night i'm going to use a lantern to get around the house, it'll be like zhongqiujie all over again!

also, writer's fest was brilliant. got to hug gaiman, polaroid w/ him and an autograph + signed book. one of the best weekends ever, more like a small CAP gathering. 

right now my eyes are all foggy and shit because i'm thinking about next year and how i won't have friends as cool as the ones i've had for the past two years. i mean, i will. but they won't be in my class. and that's sad. i'm going to be a total wreck on the last day of school)':

TREASURING THE MOMENTS.

 I WON A RIBBON. you won't believe how exciting it is to finally win something. urgh not that i did win, i got 5cm off the gold mark. WHATEVER! i feel like a loser, everyone is staying at home- waking up late, having nice breakfasts, and i have to WAKE UP AT 640 EVERY FUCKING DAY. that would be ok because the whole "early bird catches the worm" thing applies, but my eyes feel really dry and swollen from all the lack of sleep. currently, they're in a horrible state cos i crashed on the couch after 9384923483 hours on my feet >:/

on the bright side, tomorrow's the last day. there's dining etiquette tomorrow and that's worrying; i don't enjoy sitting politely and eating like a twerp. ONLY TWERPS DON'T FINISH THEIR SOUP JUST CAUSE ITS RUDE. 

ps. as you read this, you're reading the lj of a WINNER. a DISCUS WINNER. 1st runner up is the same as winner.

 starbucks is sapping away all my money and bitchista is so BITCHY!!! harianah i think. hari something. i bet she's born on hari raya. and i bet if we give her ketupat she'll never scold us again! 3 more papers and i'm feeling good. elaine, ashley and i made friendship bracelets today. not for each other (NOT THAT LOVEYDOVEY) elaine's was disastrous. i'm pleased with mine k. ashley's was jamaican, very chic!!

ok another day of bitchista, I'M SO SICK OF HER FROWNS. and men in white has arrived, its beautiful. but someone hit my book and now its dented. LEE KUAN YEW IS GONNA GET THEM. HIT IT HARDER COME GET ME I'M GONNA GET YOU BACK DOUBLE.

ps. the cow we stole is lovely in the garden.

i feel like my life is now complete; having ti deng long, finished all my sparklers and watched lanterns burn up in my own pool. i don't think i've ever seen a lantern burn up so gloriously actually... its AWESOME. until it floated into the pool filter.

mmhm, mooncake festival is good with friends and lanterns and sparklers, sometimes you don't even need the mooncakes. (more calories.)

ps. the moon was VERY MYSTERIOUS LAST NIGHT.

 its been a good week, although my wallet is actually EMPTY. bad idea to lend shimei money, i feel very insecure without spare cash. have discovered the joys of shaken passion lemonade. i'm catching on to the study thing, i'm actually very FOCUSED! only miley can distract me.

2 papers over, ?? more to go. a week and 2 days, i'm looking forward to the end but also scared of the beginning. geog on tuesday. i think. AND MATH IS THE LAST PAPER. its like they're mocking me all the way to the end. going to starbucks to mug as usual and i'm going running tomorrow morning! i'll ask my sister if she wants to come along.

BTW, personal expo was good, i quoted paris hilton. "keep your friends close and your frenemies closer". i have this strange feeling i am going to get MARKED DOWN.

 i discovered today, that luck DOESN'T WORK. everyone wished me luck for french oral. and i still ended up sitting in a grey room for 10 solid minutes. at least 7 were spent in silence, shifting uncomfortably while the evil chinese man LAUGHED AT ME for not 1) understanding him 2) not speaking properly 3) BECAUSE HE FELT LIKE IT.

i confused cousin w/ neighbour. which led to a whole series of errors. i think he said he was a new resident. and i said OUI, THE DAY IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS VERY HOT IN SINGAPORE... that plus a whole lot of mistakes probably led to him having the best day of his life. imagine getting to laugh at a clueless and hapless 14 year old while you sit there and think: BLOODY HELL SHE SUCKS. i personally wouldn't love anything more than that. especially when his teeth need serious fixing.

ok i want to bury my head in misery. though on hindsight, it really was very funny. me sitting there in silence. and him laughing at me sitting in silence. what better way to spend a friday afternoon?

 i'm honestly getting the feeling that charmaine and shimei could end up homeless and broke if they continue with their careless spending and lack of concern for all things important! char is right about shimei, instead of deflecting such insults she laughs and nods her head. this is assertive of the future she will have!!

coffee is really getting to me, i'm going to try the rasberry blackcurrant thing that kim recommended. will also try the iced lemon tea, IT LOOKS GOOD. 

looking forward to the end of exams already. after next week, i won't have to think about french EVER EVER EVER (not as something important, anyway) until next year! shimei and i are planning post-eya activities - operation: green ketupat - for the class! laura, cherie and vivian lack faith in our abilities to come up with something normal. we also have an activity code named RED BOOMZ. that alone guarantees it'll be great fun.

sidenote: i love the show 300. so i compared RGBT to Sparta for our yearbook entry. this is what mr lim said :  Inappropriate – you all are not scantily clad gorillas and, anyway, the Spartans ended up dead.

it's nice to know that he has 1) watched 300 and probably taken in all of its graphic glory 2) a good sense of humour

 i appreciate the motivation, BUT RIGHT NOW in my chair at home, i can feel the harness pulling me upwards. i feel like i'm hanging in mid air. i bet i'll dream about rock walls tonight. its given me motivation though. ROCK WALL = EXAMS. EXAMS = ROCK WALL. it was painful (arm muscles need work) but with determination and encouragement I CAN DO IT. therefore, i can pass my exams. to put it mathematically,

uh. x = pass exams. 

its harder to write stuff in equations than i thought.

indices are also mindfuckingly painful. but i am OK. i will practise my math assessments everyday. and within 2 weeks i will be a MATHNERD.

ps. i want everyone to know, i can still feel the harness on me. as i type. yes. now. NOW. NOW.

sidenote: charmaine and i were productive x10 today at starbucks. 4 hours of intense RS. but we haven't hit the meat yet. because we haven't read the book. incidentally, our report's main focus is the book. great stuff.

EXAMS ARE FUCKING COMING. i think i'm going in horribly unprepared. which makes me doubly worried. i've drawn out a study schedule as a last-ditch attempt to save myself from 9 months of being idle. charmaine and i are going to rush out our RS report within the week, so hopefully that works out. camping at starbucks might be a distraction though. 

on a more abstract note, i really want to eat lasagna.

also, after exams : please take me out for dinner everyone. thank you.

p.s. i'm really stressed now. i feel like i've joined the rgs sisterhood FOREAL!

so on the sunday before school begins, i finally have a small pocket of time to post. FINALLY. monday to thursday was CAP PR, friday was house comm camp. had a horrid youth rally on saturday. and had too much of my hair shredded (rly, it had the shredding sound) off today. cap primary was great - in the sense that i grew closer to alot of people; people i weren't close to in cap but knew briefly. at least 3 CAP ART people there i think, brill.

i forced my group into naming themselves ben10, luckily it grew on them though the fact remains that only 4 people i know of in cap primary watch ben 10. including the 2 councillors. YES and even though my group lost everything we did very well for the performance: MY IDEA OF COURSE. little red stupid hood. :D

and the councillors' performance: OPERATION PURPLE PELICAN. it kinda stuck and became a verb. OPP-ING. love it. i don't know if its disturbing or encouraging that theo and adam actually look good as girls. but i'm glad i got to see a revival of hsm. I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.

its been a great holiday for fun and activity, not so much homework. BUT i just filed all my worksheets for every subject except chinese. (i'll do that tomorrow) i also intend to do my homework in school tomorrow. a great holiday(: