okaty i am stuck in the library, trying to do my ss, without my notes, with a faulty laptop whiose backspace key is not even working, starting to type in caps in MS word.

great.

good luck for Os everyone. sigh.

It's funny to think how we all belong in the same world, living on the same Earth, seperated by physical boundaries.. yet people are seperated by so many other different things. Generation. Money. Water. Food. Basic necessities that are luxuries to them, taken for granted by others.

Funny how people are suffering from malnutrition while others deprive themselves of food. by choice. what about those people suffering from obesity due to them eating too much? Why can't they share it with the people who are dying in other parts of the world? Is that really too much to ask for?

I really don't understand. Maybe i never will. But people who can't differentiate between necessity and extravagance should.

Social Studies trip was a riot.

We even went into Seletar Airbase, and i remembered the SYFC young aviator course conducted by NCC. And i realised (once again) how very very lucky I had been to have chosen NCC Air as a CCA.

(disclaimer: i am not trying to advertise for ncc air here)

Through NCC, I've attended some 10 courses, maybe more, awarded 9 badges or so (can't rmbr), and been able to enter some places where others can only dream of going. Like the simulation rooms of SYFC, riding a piper warrior (of which the pilot decided to let julie steer, and huiyi and me dying of fright at the back due to her crazy steering), maybe into the hangar of military aircrafts, joining one of the top soldiers of Singapore for training, sitting inside a military cargo helicopter then jumping off it a few years later.. There are just so, so many things that are a privilege for us air cadets.

Really, the courses make up a big part of NCC. I don't think it's so much of what the course is about, but rather the self discovery through that journey. You realise that no matter how many awards you win or do not win, it doesn't matter in the end. it's just a piece of polished dead tree with a slab of metal and some letters on it. but the journey of which you get it doesn't include just yourself but the friends who have helped you attain it.

I really miss NCC. I can't imagine what a terror we had been when we were Part As, recruits, and abit of a dumbdumb. but now, watching all these people grow into strong leaders, and i wonder if i'll ever watch the juniors do the same.

Really wish i can turn back time. Maybe i'll appreciate things a little more.

Don’t you wish you had a time machine
That way you could change history

"heh and jaslyn really looks like a guy in her ncc uniform, unlike amanda chan, who just look like a girl dressing up like a guy=/ heh."

found this from huiyi's old old lj.

oh, the times; those were the days

her blog is weird. definitely weird.

oh hm me and renci were talking the other day, about her raffles team 2 and hillary challenge. we were talking about comradeship, about how this mysterious thing really binds everyone together.

which reminds me of airborne. i was really honoured to be able to train with the commandos.. they exude a kind of comradeship and care for brothers that i've never felt before. okay, granted, they f each other and whack each other with the helmets for fun. but marching with them, training with them, i really felt that "brotherhood". such a great honour to be marching with them and hearing them shout with gusto "singapore commandos number one" (:

i'm doing a lousy job describing it. but if you feel it it's something that can never be replaced. and they really care for one another. like they will always ask me whether i'm okay and if anyone bullies me and they'll take care of it.

so i've decided, when i choose a cca in JC, it won't be an individual cca, like those whereby you compete by yourself and not for teamwork. i mean, what's the point of winning if you have no one to share your award with?

but then again maybe it's just me.

Yesterday was POP (Principles of Photonics) and me and renc were sitting beside the piano. then we were just talking when her junior grace came along.

grace: renci! talk to me. i'm so bored. it's so hot lah.
renci: you crazy ah it's very cooling here can? can't you feel the wind?
grace: don't know leh.. just know laughing too much then i felt super hot.
renci: i'm sorry! (cos shes hot, geddit)
grace: why..? err.. OH. don't need to apologize!
renci: you are SO SLOW.
grace: whatever! and yeah it's quite cool around here now.
me: i'm sorry!
grace: i geddit! i geddit! hahah.

omg she's so lame! lols.

LAVA THINKS THAT GOODWOOD PARK IS A CHURCH.


okay back to topic. then today during GP we went to the library and poor celeste wee's groupmates ponned. and we were doing DEBATE discussion and cw's supposed to oppose my team, but she felt so lonely she was sitting with our team!! listening to our points. sneaky sneaky.

then sam seah kept cracking her knuckles and driving me crazy. like seriously. if i cannot stand one sound it's that of someone cracking knuckles.

okay, that and the sound of insects' wings. but still.

then cw got this idea of stalking people and then one thing led to another and IF YOU SEE THIS YOU ARE OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS CHILDISH CELESTE. phooey.

and so sorry (if you read this ><)

okay BYE chinese prelims tmr ohwells.

bite sized updates today.

YAY I FINALLY MANAGED TO MASTER THE ART OF KEEPING MY WOUND DRY WHILE BATHING.

like seriously it takes some imba coordination and a strong core to keep balance. heheh. i think i should teach a new form of yoga.. and it's so useful(:

dinner with extended family on sunday! was at some shark's fin restaurant. my mom ordered shark's fin even though i told her so many times we shouldn't DD: but anyway i know it's too soon to decide but if i have my wedding at a chinese restaurant i won't serve shark's fin.
:
oh and my dad and i came up with this brilliant idea. since people only eat shark's fin but don't eat other parts right, we can come up with a store just like bak kut teh. except we serve shark's fin teh. menu includes:

1. shark skin
2. shark intestine
3. shark meat
4. shark kidney (do they have kidneys? not sure)
5. shark liver (ditto #4)
6. shark mystery meat surprise (includes all the other mysterious bits inside the sharks)

and the sharks used will only be the poor sharks whose fins were sliced off. ohwells we were being retarded.

netball carn! we did awesome. like even though we didn't win overall (except shooting: 2nd!!!) but we had alot of fun and the excitement was really really to the max. although i couldn't play (stupid knee-- now i find bruises all over it) but when renci/arthi shot the final goal i was super super happy until i wanna burst! :D i was on the verge of tears. poor players sustained alot alot of injuries ): and cheer team was enthu yayy.

lava has this weird thing for the phantom of the opera. like really she warbles out "the PHANTOMMMM of the operaaaa is hereeeeee" like super loudly. IN FRONT OF SEC 3S. poor kids have to go into therapy until they're 80. but nvm i love her for all the flaws she has so i'll stuff my fingers into my ears and smile at her :)

(btw she has a secret crush on mr ali. heheh)

oh and my 19 year old cousin has a 30 year old gf. someone please tell me how to tell him to wake up? it's too much like a k-drama for my liking.

oh my goodness.

"But when there's a cut.. full-strength iodine..can be toxic to skin cells, impeding healing. The chemical reaction (and bubbling) that occurs when hydrogen peroxide hits the skin isn't only cleaning the wound -- it's killing healthy cells. And that stinging from the rubbing alcohol? This stuff hurts because it's wiping out healthy tissue."

okay great i just shot myself in the foot.

(thanks DQ for preventing me from killing more healthy tissue from my wound heh:)

"cell integrity is destroyed and the microorganism is irreversibly damaged."

I AM THAT POOR MICROORGANISM.

it's so gonna scar..

"it's a boy!"
"no. that's its tail."
"it's a girl!"