why does it always rain in the afternoon! this weird weather is honestly freaking me out. D:

but okay, apart from (not-so)interesting meteorological observations, 2008's been really good so far! (: RAs/RA teachers have been infinitely amusing, and as much as i have to admit that i still haven't fully grappled the technicalities of bose-einstein condensates, the lessons look to be enriching and engaging and nothing short of fun. :D and my favourite quote so far happens to be from bio: "you can always outrun a snail any time!" xD lit screams 'controversial controversial controversial!' all the way, but i loved how mrsleslie enunciated the essence of literature, and what literature held for each and every human being. as in, the analogies used might be slightly extreme, but there's just so much truth in them, and when juxtaposed with ideas so peculiar it really gives you an even keener insight into what literature is. like the idea of literature being voyeuristic: very O: i know, but if you think about it, it more or less is true, because literature is so personal, and reading literature just about puts you into the author's head and lets you see through his or her eyes. ss is good, hurhurhur. (: math is well, somehow i find it less engaging than usual; it's as if i can no longer connect with the subject, or the lessons, very well. i don't like that feeling.

but i also think that upper sec life is awesome. :D even though it's kind of sad that i'm almost perpetually away from 314's homeroom (i have taken to calling it that!), but there's just this really liberating feeling as you walk around school to get from class to class and everything. you feel like you've finally grown up and are no longer stuck within the confines of 4 walls, or something! (: it's hard to qualify, i guess; i just get these random aww feelings all the time. oh, but i think i need to curb my excitement a little; i've been flouncing around school a bit too much, and i've got a very bad feeling that i talk way too loudly / way too much in class. (i almost want them to start hurling heaps of homework at us without too much of a break so that i can revert to being serious and more disciplined, but okay, i think that such a situation would arise in time to come, so i'll just enjoy life as it is for now. :D) and yes, i need to start reading up on physics because people like stacey and charmaine are so scary in class that i feel inadequate. :/

oh and i need to add how my first session of choir this year was fantabulous. :D i never knew we sounded that good, hahaha. (: fine, ego's kicking in, but really, i'd missed the blending and the emotions and the feeling of unity during the holidays, so i'm glad to have found it again! te quiero and diu diu dang a (i will follow mich and abbreviate it as DDDA!) are such amazing songs, hahaha. i like the impressionstic-avant garde feeling of DDDA, and te quiero reminds me of dahil isayo, what with all the harmonies and stuff like that. unfortunately, i detest that jump of a 7th with a passion. but it would be interesting if i could conquer it! and O: first performance coming up in february, i never knew! we also need a busking group.

no connections, whatsoever, but ahh ahh ahh orientation08! ♥ somehow i've never felt so, so glad for orientation before; this one has been nothing less than awesome. others might be inclined to disagree, but i think this year's batch is really quite enthusiastic. and really, just being down for raffles initiation, badge initiation and stuff like that makes me so awfully proud to be a rafflesian. (: i don't know, but when you hear the hall resounding with cheers and songs, frenetic (i ignore the negative connotations) clapping and being filled with just a whole lot of people shouting with one voice, as one whole rgs/raffles family, it really feels me with so much love. :D (okay i know i'm weird, but still!) and gosh, they actually asked to do more cheers during orientation concert! that in itself is really rare. and i felt so much more touched during badge initiation, what with the sec1s putting on badges for each other and stuff. plus the passing of the flames! and because i must continue gushing about orientation, i'll also never forget station games. :D i mean, when you look at the sec1s shouting in unison the numbers from 1-100 one after another as each and every one of them flips over the corresponding plates, it just makes you feel so proud of how much they've grown and how much they've bonded together as a class (even when you're not a class i/c)! and that, truly, is what rgs is all about: the people who are there to hold you when you fall, the people whom you can have a lot of fun together with, the people who have gone through this really special rafflesian experience as well. (gosh i sound like a hopelessly evil propaganda machine, hahahaha.)

hmm soon (read: tomorrow) i'll be going off for a mini-orientation of my own, more rightfully known as obs. a little bit of me's apprehensive of course, especially with the heights stuff, but generally i'm raring to go and also excited at the prospect of eventually coming to terms with my acrophobia, hahaha! :D hmm i think i'm being kinda mean to myself, but i've been resisting my dad's ideas of bringing an old handphone along and stuff like that. i think it'd sort of defeat the most fundamental purpose of obs? as in, i'd really like to see how i'm going to survive sans handphone, sans chocolates, sans proper sleeping place, sans mummy's food, sans safety net (figuratively, of course) and stuff like that. i'm trying to force myself to get to a higher plane of existence, HAHAHA. okay grand plans like that aside, i just want to be more tenacious and more resilient so that i can go laugh in the face of stress and all that jazz once i get back. i'll try. :D

and of course, i want to appreciate the little things in life even more. i remember shimin once said i was easily amused, and i think that's good. (: life would be ten million times more interesting if we could find joy in every single little thing that comes our way, especially since our life will only be made up of so few big exultant things but a lot, lot more of those small tiny everyday occurences. and if ever those everyday occurences became routine and boring, life would be truly miserable. and so sometimes i don't mind acting childish and doing things like, uh, flouncing around the school, because it allows me to be true to who i am and not harden up against the world, because it reminds me not to forget about all the joy there exists in this world and in existing itself, because it makes me happier to be able to do things like that without too much inhibition. so i'm learning to be thankful and happy for every single good thing that presents itself to me, and also not wallow too much in sad stuff. :D i'm glad this epiphany came around the end of last week, and it was just because i was thinking about this: would i even recall this thing that i'm all upset and depressed about when i've lived my life through and am on my deathbed, thinking back on the past? is this really life-defining? and since i've found myself saying 'no' to these questions when i think about the events that i've been rather illogically hurt by, i've also learnt to move on. because hey, my life isn't made up of just that one thing! there's so much more to it, and it seems awfully stupid to give up on everything else just because of that one small thing. of course, michelle i want to tell you that this is no reason for you to think that you can start being sloppy and loserly in school, and this is also no reason for you to think that you can get away without trying your best. (i think that shift to 3rdperson persepctive was uncalled for and really confusing, but now i can officially tell you that i'm just being childish, nyaknyaknyak. :D)

to lighten (oh ouch ouch i cringe at this eeuch pun, you'll find out why) the mood a little, i'll just add in the random fact that i've been observing light fittings recently! (see, the pun is like, argh, and it wasn't on purpose.) as in, how it contributes to the overall ambience and feel is just so fascinating, hahaha. :D gee, i amuse myself. i also think theatre studies is a horribly interesting option, and directors / cinematographers are really brilliant people!

like i said, things like that don't really justify my taking triple science and my RAs (though no, i'm not at all regretting my decision!), but well, off i go to attempt to understand bose-einstein condensates. wheeeeeeee. (:

or zongmin, in english, chinese or - okay, not really otherwise.

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lives, writes, sings, plays the piano, and attempts to sound intellectual at times (conclusion: fails rather miserably).

loves music (almost strictly classical, hurhur & inclusive of faziolis!), literature (& also the sciences - no they are not in conflict), making hopelessly lame puns, laughter, white/milk chocolate, cheesecake, the world & the people in it. list not exhaustive, by the way.

wants the world to be filled with peace, joy and love, and also wants (perhaps a little more selfishly) to be happy, plus lead a life of purpose. that would be more than enough. (:

oh, and she likes embarking on her own 'free hugs!' campaigns after exams and the like; not really sure why. D: (at any rate, you can tell that she's random enough.)

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darrell
deborah l.
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weite
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