Hello everyone

MYAs are over. Sad. You know, it's actually been the second-best week I've had so far this year. Sleeping early sure makes a lot of difference to my mood and my level of zombieness. Plus it's cool going home early and getting to take really empty MRT trains home! They're usually so crowded I can hardly breathe. PLUS I realised I can enjoy mugging :O Call me weird.

Oh wow this is my SECOND MYA already. I'm growing old so fast.

I suppose I should stop thinking and saying that I had a bad time in SPS. I mean, yeah, there were a lot of things I didn't like about the school, a lot of uneventful happenings, a lot of other things I wish I could forget about. But there were still people I regarded as my friends, teachers I liked, and some fun times like Sing Singapore and P6 Inter-class Games.

Presenting of scripts was good. I like speaking to an audience. Even if the audience is like my class and I'm making an announcement. But the sec 2s only got to do one piece cause of that NSW International Science Competition that made us late. I liked Tiffany's "Flopsie". My monologue was utterly boring. Maybe I should try another one and email it to Michael Corbridge if I have the time. Thank you to everyone who came to watch!

"When I heard the scream, I came out of the cupboard and slipped on something wet, then I fell on mom. I thought she would catch me, but she didn't. She didn't." - Flopsie

I really really don't mean to be high. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. It's bad cause sometimes I'm not controlling it and it makes people think I'm not to be taken seriously.

I have a lot of nice sensible things I want to say. It's just that I don't always find the premise to do so. That's why I like MGMs I guess. It keeps my high down, and it's keeps my good talk UP.

I'm sorry about GMs. A lot of people= Jasmine forgets to shut up. But really I did mean the teddy bear rubber band thing. And the tape up the homework cupboard thing.

And I just get happy when I'm with the board. I just get very very very happy, cause I love what we do and I love my job and I love everyone.

Sorry world. I will try HARDER to not get too happy. It's annoying, even to me.

The yearbook is super thick. It's inspirational reading on its own. I mean, look at all the awesome award-winning people inside. And look at all the conferences and overseas trips and conventions they send all the pro student leaders and people to. It's kinda funny cause the most inspirational people aren't just those famous ones like Jane Goodall, but fellow schoolmates. Also known as seniors. People who study in the same classrooms as us, cheer in the same amphi as us, and sleep on the same desks as us. It kinda makes you think. There's more to being in this school than just being a student. There's so much more we can achieve, like these people did. And it's not just the leadership positions and awards, it's the differences they made and the legacy they're continuing as RGS girls. Wow. I feel like we have a lot to live up to. One day those people in the yearbook will be our very own batchmates. Wow.

My headache is coming back. Ow I thought it was gone. My mom says I'm gonna get sicker if I don't stop sleeping so late. I hope concert goes well.

Hello everyone. I'm sorry for emoing so much nowadays. School's just been kinda weird.

ORA ORA ORA TOMORROW! BUY PSB JELLY COCONUTS THEY'RE REALLY YUMMY! Trust me :)

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OM OM OM GO SUPPORT! The OM people worked really hard so MUST SUPPORT IF YOU CAN ok?

Goodbye long weekend. Goodbye June hols.

OHNOOO I feel like my life is screwed again so WATCH OUT GINA cause you'll be sitting next to a crazy emokid tomorrow if I don't stop whining soon.

It's not worth emoing. It's not worth emoing. It's not worth emoing.

Maybe I should go talk to a sec 3 and listen to their complaints. Then I'll learn to appreciate my life better.

#1 JoHo and Yen Yee can really rap :D

#2 I throw my rope best when I'm thinking about everything BUT gym.

#3 I'm zombie-ing through my life. It's like I'm there but I'm not there.

#4 I'm turning into an emo kid. Just ask my deskmate.

#5 I love my house. I love my house. I love my house. I love my house. I LOVE MY HOUSE RICHARDSON.

#6 I love 109 and 109 i/cs a lot a lot.

#7 I have PFT tomorrow.

#8 I have no confidence in my IPU any more. Just a gut feeling.

#9 My leotard is now my sole reason for living. And my jazzpants.

#10 I have no idea why I numbered everything.

Last PSL session today. I was kinda sad but I didn't cry. Wow. I'm still impressed. This is the second time this year when I was prepared to cry but didn't. Which is a good thing :) I mean, can you imagine me crying in front of all my niners?

PSL session was good, but I missed the discussions. Discussions were actually my favourite part of PSL sessions last year. I like discussions, I love MGMs and stuff like that. I just don't show it cause I look very dead as compared to when I'm hyper and crazy. That's my getting-seriouser look, NOT my bored look. I don't smile when I'm thinking too hard. I mean, who does?

But PSL session was still goood! I loved them last year, I love them this year. And most of all, I LOVE MY SEC ONES! They're an absolutely fantastic class, and the reason why I haven't become the petrified forest of Singapore. No, make that the petrified tree. I'M REALLY PROUD OF MY NINERS. REALLY REALLY REALLY. And they're soo sweet! They gave me this cute hallmark mug and stuffed it with notes! I added them to my note collection. (Seee, I keep all your words of encouragement okay!)

Food twister was the highlight of today! Try putting your hands in a jar of peanut butter, and your feet in a jar of kaya, and you see how it's done. Argh but it's so messy cause we forgot to put newspaper below the food! I think I would've been super freaked out if someone made me play too, because I'd hate to have to try to get rid of all the mucky stuff stuck onto me. But it'll still be fun I guess.

It was also good cleaning up after debrief. I think we (109 i/cs) really bonded while mopping the basketball courts. Like, what a way to bond! But yup, it was fun. MGM was good too, even though like I said, I look very blur during discussions. Just something I noticed today.
I WANNA JOIN PSB :)

Yay I finally got my new leotard and jazz pants! I wanted the one Ting has but they ran out of those in my size. Argh. Oh well, but mine is pretty too! Once again, COME WATCH GYM CONCERT!

What a nong nong post.

Sports Fest today! :D :D :D

And sports fest is fun, okay, Yu Jia!

Hmm well actually I wished everyone was louder and that my throat didn't hurt so much. But still, good job everybody! Whoohoo Richard got second! Just like last year. But it doesn't really matter what we get for overall, cause we know that our house spirit is there and it's super strong and VERY LOUD. Watching mass dance was kinda funny. I mean, the dance was nice but it makes you wonder if you looked like that last year. Like "Woah, people could see me all the way over there?" But still, well done sec 1s!

I'm super proud of my fellow Richardsonians for showing so much house spirit! I was kinda afraid that you guys would have become un-enthu but you all DIDN'T! And I'm super proud of the sec 2s and Dharani for going for house dinner. Sharon said that house dinner was usually a house comm- sec 1 thing, but TRADITIONS CAN CHANGE RIGHT? (Think The Whale Rider).

It was great seeing the JC 1 house comm people again. Brings back fond memories of us when we were sec 1s. I MISS HOUSE PRAC. We should be allowed to go for fun, wouldn't that be great? But the poor house comm :( Ada was totally disgusted by the oneohonenians's sick comments and jokes. I don't blame her :) but I'm used to them.

Thanks you house comm! Yesterday was fantastic!

And the only thing that matters,
Is climbing up that social ladder
Still care about your hair and the car you drive
Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 35

If you didn't know, that's from Bowling For Soup's High School Never Ends.

I guess RGS is a very different school in the sense that you don't see so much of the problems the heroes/heroines face in chick flicks. (Where there are these evil cheerleaders and geeks who wear their pants up to their armpits and rebels smoking.) But we face a very different set of problems.

No prizes for guessing what.

I remember that day Irina (I think it was her) said that when you're Sec 3 you just feel like your whole world comes crashing down. And Shze Hui says that sleeping at 1am is very normal. And that answering every question in the Maths paper is Mission Impossible 4. And a whole bunch of other stuff I hear Sec 3s talk about. I feel like I have no right to complain about workload anymore. Can I just stay Sec 2 forever?

Right now I'll just enjoy being a Sec 2 while it lasts.

Thank you 109 i/cs :)
You guys are awesome, like Rachel would put it.

PSL session was good even though everyone was all mass danced out and I was all gymmed out. Well not really, I only did one complete routine. And the synchronisation was all sala.

It was great today during MGM. We got to talk about problems PSLs face and it's good to know I'm not the only one who has sudden emo attacks. I like MGMs. They're like casual serious discussions. Thankew T & D!

JoHo is afraid of Mas Selamat but I don't think she's in danger cause she's so much taller than him anyways. Oh man I hope they catch him soon and put an end to all this drama. And so I don't have to see his face on posters everywhere I go. It's kinda freaky knowing there's a terrorist on the loose and Singapore ain't that big so you have a pretty high chance of meeting him. Not that it's a bad thing, because then it's easier to catch him. But everyone says he's already outta Singapore. You know, he's actually become like the laughingstock of the nation as well as a threat to the country. Just take a look at Actooby's tagboard.
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After MGM I went to eat ramen with Pris Chew and Jenny and Irina and we had a long conversation over lunch. Not boring but sane and interesting. Long and normal discussions are good. Random lame discussions get too lame after a while.

Example of a random and lame discussion:
A: Haha.
B: Haha.
A: Geog is so lame.
B: WHATever man you're so much lamer!
A: Don't argue with me man.
B: You're so lame you don't even let people argue with you. HAHAHA SEE, YOU'RE LAME!
A: That was lame. SEE, YOU'RE LAME!

See? I like long normal discussions, and I like lame ones only when they're funny.

I'm sorry Yi Hui I still really the blogskin you designed, I really do. I just got bored having the same skin for so long.

But I think you should be happy too cause I used it longer than any other skin I used!

Ah well today was alright. Not too tiring I guess. And I liked the spicy chicken a lot even though it killed my tongue. But I'm just not so happy about a lot of things. PSL sessions are ending soon too. Actually I think PSL sessions actually do as much for me as they are supposed to do for the sec ones. It's like while I'm there conducting the sessions for them hoping they gain something out of them, I seem to be more alive than I am the rest of the week, and it feels good. Maybe it's because when you conduct those sessions, you know what you're there to do, and you really want to do it well, so you give it all you've got and you're naturally more enthusiastic. And I'm glad that I don't speak like a bimbo in front of the class as much as I did in the earlier PSL sessions. It just happens sometimes when I feel really self conscious. Oh no I'm gonna miss PSL sessions so much. It's like even though I'm still their PSL, we don't see each other so much anymore and I'll miss conducting those sessions and everything. I don't mind doing those proposals every week for the rest of the year actually. Plus, I'll be super low without PSL session every saturday. I already missed them a lot when we skipped 1/2 weeks? Ah well but I guess I'm not supposed to be stuck to them forever right? I mean, ultimately it's THEIR class and THEY are supposed to have learnt the importance of class bonding, supporting each other, etc.etc.etc. so they can work together and all and that's the purpose of PSL sessions anyways.

Training yesterday started off terrible. I was all weak from running up and down the basketball court during PE because I have adopted a terribly tiring and lousy strategy of following the basketball wherever it goes. My kua tiaos were horrible, like I haven't trained for 20 years. Probably not even 150 degrees yet. I was FORCING myself to jump but my body was stubborn and refused to cooperate. At least it got a bit better after a while.

This post is for my favourite sec 1 class 109!

Hello niners if you guys are reading this! I'm writing this post because I'm really proud of you guys because:
1. You guys were very enthu and participative yesterday!
2. You guys have BONDED as a class which is fantastic !
3. You're organizing your very own class outing!

Yay yay yay just when I was wondering how you guys were doing (since we haven't had a PSL session for quite a while). I was very very pleased with you all yesterday that you all are very enthu about your 109-ship. It's great that you are all proud of your class because you really should be and I'm sure your other PSLs will agree too! You all have really grown together as a class since your first PSL session and I'm glad.

Have fun at your outing and keep up the good work!

Hello fellow humans!

Since my dearest Ops rotation 1 friends haven't written their tributes to Ops rotation 1 yet, I shall lead by example. (What a brilliant idea!)

My Tribute To Raffles Girl's School Peer Support Board Operations Rotation One (Nice long no-abbreviations-used title)
Operations Rotation One was a lovely bunch of people:) and it was great working with them! Our first GM started off kinda awkward and only four people turned up cause it was held during the December hols. But we've had a lot of fun working together decorating the SLAC and singing together :) and during my time at Ops I had the chance to conduct an ice breaker with Cheryl Gatot which was lots of fun (but then I fell sick the next day and the doctor told me my throat was very red and swollen). So THANK YOU Ops for making rotation 1 lots of fun! And thank you JoOu for the cute shoelaces too!

Danny Noriega's last night on American Idol 7. People think he's gay but whatever I don't need to know. What matters is the performance right? He's out, but I think he's a good performer, like he performs with lots of energy and it's nice to watch good performances right?

91st post. Which shows how little I blog. Anyways SECOND update on what's been going on!

FOUNDER'S DAY!

I think this year's founder's day was MUCH MUCH better than last year's. Not that last year's was boring, but because it's greek themed. Which is super cool, esp all those laurel wreaths. And I think our very ego form teacher did a good job :)

Seriously, what is it about RGS and foreign countries? Our motto's in LATIN, our school song's called from high OLYMPUS (which explains the greek theme) and Athena's at our gate, too. Okay so it's just that our school loves greek stuff, the latin part is started with RI and the Auspicium Melioris Aevi (?).

Back to founder's day, like I said, it was way cool this year, with all the greek statues and togas and wreaths and everything. Actually the statues looked kinda freaky, in a cool freaky way. Wu You is too tall! She was the statue with wings in the pretty dress.

Then it started raining after the opening speeches, but it was just a drizzle. The MCs told VIPs to proceed to the hall but then Mrs Hoo said we can just bear with a little rain because WE PROMISE TO GIVE YOU A GOOD SHOW like it was so cool everyone started cheering and it made me really happy. Maybe it's because it's more fun sitting in the Amphi than watching a live telecast (5 seconds late) in class.

Right I shall just summarise everything in one sentence: The performances were fantastic, the theme was fantastic, everything was good.

But I was kinda disappointed that the Arete cheers weren't scary or fierce like they were meant to be. And the Raffles cheers weren't loud enough. It started raining heavily right after the ceremony (we finished just in time!) and Wen Jun let me have a lick off her yummy Turkish ice cream during the reception cause I wasn't allowed to have any due to the fact that I'm not pro enough to perform and I'm not in PB.

I love my school :) And that's the reason why I wouldn't trade my Rafflesianship(and a lot of homework!) for the free time I had in primary school

Fine Alicia I shall update!

Ahh alright I haven't been updating for QUITE SOME TIME already so I shall start with something that happened QUITE SOME TIME ago.

Inter-house nong jump!

Ok I was kinda mad at myself after the event but I guess it's another one of those times that I get mad at myself for things people don't even notice. Like that time during PSL session when I did the life story of Oprah Winfrey, and I was guilty guilty for 2 days.

Anyways I really really miss house prac and doing RICHARD cheers. Make that really really really really really really REALLY. So I was kinda happy and scared to be doing something for the house again. Me and Lynn were freaking out while packing our bags like kanchiong people. I don't even know if kanchiong can be used in this context but nevermind. I don't know, it was kinda funny seeing everyone in house shirts at the long jump pit again, brings back memories of house prac at the long jump pit at sec one.

Well I was much less anti-social this year, and I talked to the other jumpers and we freaked out together. And I think it was great that everyone cheered for one another regardless of house. And of course it was FANTASTIC to see Lynn and Steph again. Not that I don't see Lynn like almost everyday, but you get what I mean. But Steph doesn't remember me from long jump last year, she only remembers me as a T3SL (she was a T2). Sheesh :D

Poor Steph had phlegm so she sounded croaky and she had shot put too so she was shuttling back and forth. Hah it was really fun this year, with everyone more friendly and all. And then I taught Steph and Lynn the We're All In This Together dance, but now I forgot why. I was super happy and full of house spirit :) and also because long jump is fun! Well, it won't be fun if you do it everyday and train for competitions, but it's fun as an inter-house event.

Yay I think I've jumped a personal best, but it'll be scary competing with the sec 4s next year (hah i'll be competing with the people who taught me how to jump!) and yup I hope everyone had fun jumping!

I LOVE MY HOUSE OF BLOO

SLI was fun :D Formal uniform chokes you and makes your feet hurt but it's still fun to wear it.

I didn't get to watch the wonderful items, esp the cute PSB Peer Support Family one! Oh well i'll wait for someone to put it on youtube.

So coool i met my sis's friend weiling from st nicks. It was fun begging people to take free curry puffs.

It was real fun sitting in the canteen after the ceremony looking at amanda kuan do dumb things with her stryofoam plate mask that she made by poking holes for eyes and a mouth. And yinleng is crazyyyyy about carly's brother. Who is 1 year old and very cute. She is waiting for him to grow up. Well ok her philosophy about age gaps can make sense actually. But still, she'd have to wait like at least 13 years. Ahha but she's soooo funny!

Concert prac is so fun :) i love the dance

You know i realise that i speak like a bimb when i speak in front of a big group of people without a script to read from because:
- When i raise my voice it can go really HIGH
- I say 10 "like"s in every sentence
I DO NOT normally speak like that ok!

Can't wait to get monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday over with. YAY YAY SLI on friday and i get to look tall in court shoes and say "this way please" over and over again :D

Ushering is fun!

Oh but tuesday should be OK too. I don't mind mondays and tuesdays actually. I hate thursdays because 202 has 4 blocks in a row before lunch. There's GM this tues and i like GMs :) Sure hope ____ gets the award!

And art module will be over soooon! I don't hate it, but it makes me feel lousy because i'm bad at art. Oh and i don't think i really learnt much about how to improve either. Most of the stuff i learnt is about other people's art (like Picasso and the greek statues). Whatever, i'll stick to stick figures and doodles and live happily ever after.