Ooh wow I sound like a dorkus ultimatum talking about equations like that.

An Abundance Of Katherines is cool. Books with extremely smart people as protagonists (like in The Curious Incident Of The Dog In Night Time) are generally cool. Okay I take that back. Bindy Mackenzie was the first fictional character I wanted to murder. Haha ironic right, then in the end it turns out someone was plotting her murder all along and at that point she's become less annoying and you think "ohhh noooo run Bindy run!".

Anyways, An Abundance Of Katherines is cool. It's such a quotable book. John Green is brilliant. And Colin is brilliant. Anyone who draws graphs to predict relationships is brilliant right?

"Monotony doesn't make for painlessness. In the first century CE Roman authorities punished St. Apollonia by crushing her teeth one by one with pliers. Colin often thought about this in relationship to the monotony of dumping: we have thirty-two teeth. After a while, having each tooth individually destroyed probably gets repetitive, even dull. But it never stops hurting"

It seems cheem but it's actually very easy to read. It makes math fun. There, I said it. The maths part you can pretty much skip lah if you don't care to know the Theorem but I read it all and if you can't understand math theorems like me there's an appendix at the back.

IT'S over!!!

I feel sooooo relieved okay now finally I can get some sleep and clear my inbox of the hundreds of messages. Yeah I'm super OCD about my inbox it was the first thing that came to my mind.

SARAH SMRITHI WEITING YAY THANK YOU FOR BEING SOOO HARDWORKING AND SORRY I NEVER SEND IN DOCUMENTS ON TIME. ANYWAYS WE DID WELL DIDN'T WE?

Anyways, the deployeeeees (haha) were the awesomest people ever okay.
Hear that?

Yeappp RGS girls are seriously so helpful I don't know what I could've done without them man. And it was like we were SEARCHING for problems sometimes, but everyone was too free (because of Nanyang OH?). Oh but sometimes people just SWARMED in and everything/one went kinda nuts. (Like after Nanyang OH ended.)

Yeah and the number one questions parents ask:
Are the classrooms air conditioned?

RARRR. Whatever happened to eco-friendliness? Hahahaha. Yeah but sure, nobody can resist air con right.

Heehee and I mistook this girl's bro as her DAD. SO EMBARRASSING. But they thought it was quite funny and they were nice people so thank goodness. Oh and their older sis was Hadley captain 1996 how cool is that eh? They wanted to end the tour at the notice board so they could find her name.

Having PSB/PB juniors is awesomeee. Now I know why Violet liked talking to us smaller people haha! After everything was over and we were slacking in the Dry Lab Wanyi and Louisa tried to guess my CCA. Goodness gracious they don't know my CCA and I've known theirs since? Well they got gym right because they said I LOOKED like a gym person. But they kept guessing squash probably because the poster spams by squash penetrated their subconsciousness or something like that lah.

And the PITs are such funny people! I hope I didn't scare them too much because I'm not always this drunk!!! I think OH drove me a bit weird and alcohol fermentation occured resulting in the sugar in my blood turning into alcohol or something which resulted in me screaming RARRR at people randomly and singing Anything You Can Do which is a very very catchy song by the way.

(Starts screaming like the bimbo I am not)

Seriously, I don't know how one IHG can mean so much to me. :D

STEPH SIOW! CHENG LYNN! DO YOU HEAR ME? YOU GUYS BETTER NOT PANGSEH/PON OKAY? (Just kidding, I know you all won't!) HAHA. WE CAN DANCE WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AGAIN IF YOU WANT.

But this year we're gonna be up against all those pro sec fours tooo! Maybe we'll just cheer to death and hope everything turns out alright? Wheee yay this is gonna be fun :) Just like in sec one and two!

And and the date's real appropriate too (hint hint).

On a different note, I'd like to declare that my hot and cool friend Germaine Teo is the bravest little girl everrr. Because she tries her best. And because she'd rather eat ice cream like Ms Choo said than commit suicide. (Right?)

(Cheesiness ahead) You go girl! <3

Hello world

I'm up late again for the millionth night in a row! Not that I'm proud of it. But at least I'm not trying to keep awake by eating chili or Tabasco sauce or something like that.

Happy birthday uncle chin chow! You're a good host and so is your mom.
Vera's right. We've sorta split into RGS sec 3, RGS sec 4, and RI sec 3. But it's okay, everyone's still weird as ever!

Yay I really missed our gatherings and stuff. It's nice to have a bunch of people who don't fit into any social category (like CCA, clas etc.) but are still good friends. And I've realised that some people are so SLOW at getting jokes. I tried using the classic Joey Tam one:

Me: (slaps Rachel's shoulder) don't you hate it when you pee on your hand?
Rachel: Huh...

Me: (slaps Lin's shoulder) don't you hate it when you pee on your hand?
Lin Wen: Yeah...

Me: (slaps Ryan's shoulder) don't you hate it when you pee on your hand?
Ryan: (blank face)

At this point, Jordan and Marcus start laughing like hyenas (in a guy sort of way) so they obviously got it.

Me: Let me show you the APPROAPRIATE reaction.
(attempts to slap Jordan's shoulder) Hey don't you-
Jordan: (ducks prompty)

Like I said, SLOWWW

Yeah then a bunch of us stayed back to watch the Machinist, which is truly a psycho film for psycho people. We looked away at the -ahem- inapproapriate bits, of course. Well, most of us. Heehee and Marcus thought the Ivan guy was hotter than Brad Pitt. (Who isn't really hot anyways.) And Ben says Megan Fox is actually a guy.

NO SHE IS NOT. YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS hahaha!

Okay we'll end with a
Thank you Vera's dad for sending me and Terry to Bishan :D

WHO IS THE GENIUS WHO WROTE THE SS ESSAY?

I can't believe I just logged into Blogger to write that, but the essay is really. Really. REALLY.

Good.

http://www.abc6.com/news/41131932.html

I NEED TO GET OUT AND TORTURE MYSELF UNTIL I CRY (or come close to that at least).

You know in sec one, training was like NS (according to Christine). Hmm I can't say that considering I don't know how NS is like. But it was like almost every single training, before we start I'd be thinking I can't do this. DIE. DIE. DOOMTIME. even if I didn't say it out loud.

But now I feel kinda weird. Like I need to be tortured. Like I WANT TO DIE TRAINING. And on the gray tombstone they'd engrave:
Here Lies Jasmine. Who died when her lungs burst while she was skipping/running. Rest In Peace.

I sound like a sadist. Sorry.

I think I'm just restless. Really restless. And feeling pathetic about not running for SOOOO long.

And I think IHG Bronze is now just some weird fantasy.

SYF IS OVER but that hasn't really sunk in yet.
Shall not say what WASN'T supposed to happen just in case an SYF judge finds this and we're dead meat.
Heehee but I'm glad we pulled it off despite having only practised about 5 weeks.

Went for training on Tuesday. I didn't train, just commentated/helped Carrissa pull her leg up/watched.
I THINK THEY WILL DO WELL!
I was really nice being back at Potong Pasir even though the new coach must've felt really confused or just annoyed cause she kept looking at me. Not like she was mad or anything, just curious.

I still love rhythmic gym a lot :D

Okay I have calmed down. I am a germ factory. Now where haven't we heard that before?

Ahha and I only told Celine Chong after she gave me a big hug! Not on purpose. Anyways I still went to school for rehearsal. It was pretty good and we sang I Want It That Way 234876 times with Sarah Actions. I bet we have permenantly established the reputation of LD girls as Noisy Singing Screaming Drama Freaks. But there are RATIONALES behind being crazy! It's called voice projection, people!

And it's fun, besides the fact. I'm wondering whether we can get booked for over-projecting our voices (i.e. screaming for the fun of it). Janne has a really boomingly loud voice!

I think so far, my favourite Idol contestant is still David Cook because he's a very talented arranger. Yay!

Love is in the air

Let your love take flight! Join thousands of couples in the first ever mass releasing of love balloons at Marina Barrage as they rededicate their love for each other. Come down now and be part of this symbolic gesture and experience the love that’s in the air.

I cannot BELIEVE THIS UTTER NONSENSE.
HOW CLEAN and GREEN can you GET?




9th March
To whoever it may concern,

I am a fifteen year old student who just happened to chance upon a Real Love Works advertisement in NTUC's Lifestyle magazine and I am writing to express my concerns on the Love Is In The Air activity to be held at the Marina Barrage.

Though I have no qualms about the intentions of the activity, I'd like you to consider the environmental impacts of it. First of all, there is no way of telling how far a balloon would travel before deflating and falling back onto the ground. These released balloons could land anywhere, including nature preserves or other areas where they would pose serious environmental threats. Latex balloons are especially harmful to wildlife as animals such as sea turtles could swallow these landed balloons.

I suggest that an alternative activity be planned in place of this. I'm sure there are other symbolic gestures that are just as meaningful without the negative environmental impact. I also understand that this may take extra effort and planning on the organizing committee's part, but it is important that environmental responsibility comes first on every action that we plan to execute. I sincerely hope my suggestions can be taken into serious consideration, as there should be no need to harm the environment in any way for the sake of promoting happy marriages.

Yours sincerely,
Jasmine Liu

24th March
To whoever it may concern,

Heard the couples had a great time. The animals are dead. Too bad.

Yours sincerely,
Jasmine Liu

Koped from Deenie's blog. Because I'm bored.

MY BOY SIDE
[x] you love hoodies (I know lots of girls who love hoodies. Okay, maybe it's just an RGS thing.)
[x] you love jeans
[ ] dogs are better than cats (EQUALITY!)
[ ] it's hilarious when people get hurt (Unless it's on Zack and Cody.)
[x] you've played with boys on a team (Duhhh. Primary school right.)
[ ] shopping is torture
[x] sad movies suck (Not exactly how I'd put it, but I like HAPPY movies in general. DISNEY!)
[ ] you own a XBOX (Never touched one. Sad life, huh?)
[x] you played with Hot Wheels as a little kid (HEYYYY. They're a unisex toy!)
[ ] at some point in your life you wanted to be a firefighter
[x] you own a DS PS2 or SEGA (Not currently. But I used to steal my uncles' haha:D)
[x] you used to be obsessed with Power Rangers (Hmm do they even have it on TV any more?)
[x] you watch sports on TV (Eh, the Olympics?)
[ ] gory movies are cool (Not reallyy.)
[x] sometimes you go to your dad for advice (Yeah like "Daddy, how do I write this word?")
[ ] you own like a trillion baseball hats
[x] you used to/do collect pokemon (POKEMON!!!)
[x] baggy sweat pants are nice to wear (To sleep, yes.)
[ ] its kind of weird to have sleepovers with a bunch of people (But Tay Zhi Yuan does that!)
[x] green, black, red, blue or silver are one of your favourite colours (Right. And those are guy-ish because?)
[x] sports are fun (Yup yup they are!)
[ ] you sometimes talk with food in your mouth
[ ] you sleep at night with your socks on
[ ] you have fished at least once

TOTAL= 13

13 X 4 = 52(unreliable)percent

MY GIRL SIDE
[x] you like to shop (Sometimes. And especially if I have something to drink.)
[ ] you wear eyeliner (Eyeliner HURTS!)
[x] you wear the color pink (And so does Terry...)

[x] sometimes you go to your mum for advice (Like, "Hey Mom can I join __?" HAHA)

[ ] you consider cheerleading a sport

[ ] you hate wearing all black (HEY c'mon, we wore black leotards and jazz pants for gym concert, does that make us un-girly?)

[x] you like going to the mall

[ ] you like getting manicures and/or pedicures

[ ] you like wearing jewelery (I don't really bother.)

[ ] you cried watching The Notebook (Never watched it :)

[x] skirts are a big part of your wardrobe (But just cause ANNETTE LIU dumps all the skirts she can't wear and I can almost wear on me!)

[ ] shopping is one of your favourite hobbies

[ ] you've seen Star Wars and don''t like some of it (I haven't seen Star Wars but I don't think I wouldn't like it.)

[x] you do/did gymnastics (YEAHHHHHH. Hey wait, don't straight guys do gym too?)

[ ] it takes you around one hour to shower and get dressed

[ ] you smile a lot more than you should (Well, when I went to Taiwan Li Laoshi told me to smile more.)

[ ] you have more than 10 pairs of shoes

[ ] you care about what you look like majority of the time (If I can't see me, I don't care that much.)

[x] you like wearing dresses whenever you can (I own ONE dress. But I like dresses, they're pretty and stuffs.)

[x] you like dancing/do dancing (YEAHHHH. But don't guys dance too? Horrible sexist quiz.)

[ ] you like high heel shoes (They generally LOOK cool but I never wear them.)

[x] you used to play with dolls as a kid (Yeah, but I liked soft toys better.)

[ ] you like putting makeup on others

[x] you like being the star of almost everything (It's fun, but sometimes it's good to let others go!)

[x] pink is one of your favourite colours (I like lots of colours. Got a problem with that?)

11 X 4 = 44 (unreliable) percent

THIS QUIZ IS SEXIST. GUYS DANCE TOO OKAY? What about Maxim Beloserkovsky?

Dong is puking from sailing. Sea sickness.

I went to see the doctor today and he was really funny and stuff. But he said that I'm suffering from lack of sleep which explains my swollen gums. Ewww. So what we discussed at MGM last year was true! Dr Chan says if I don't sleep at 11pm, my liver will not get rest and I will become a toxic waste vat.

Then we talked a lot of other stuffs and he told us that the doctors of Singapore are getting squeezed for their services because of all that MediSave and stuff. So lawyers are getting the status and moolah now and people who love moolah should go become lawyers instead. Then he was like, "I've been a doctor for 33 years, you know!" so it was kind of shocking cause he looked 45 oldest and he couldn't possibly have been a doctor when he was 12. He is 61 this year!!!! Yeah so me and my mom were dead impressed that he looked super young for a 61 year old dude.

Maybe he sleeps at 10 every night or something.

In conclusion, RGS girls are going to grow up with sleepy livers and look 20 years older than their age.

Hi people

Neglected this thing for eons already. (Hmm, wonder why I keep using that same expression.) So yeah nothing's been happening, so there's absolutely nothing to blog about. Well I COULD blog about Founder's Day, but I'm still waiting for a Founder's Day video to appear on Youtube cause I couldn't see anything yesterday. But still, wasn't bad. The speeches were pretty good, didn't have any sleep-inducing side effects:)

Oh and I got to see the tall masked people on stage though, cause they were on platforms. But other than that, couldn't see anything. Too bad, maybe I'll get better seats next year!

Rarrr.

It's funny how I detest school when I'm at home, but find that my somewhat exaggerated hatred for school is gone. And when the day is over I feel like I survived and it was a piece of cake and I wonder why I was so scared in the first place.

HAHA SS LESSONS ROCK.

Yeah so anyways, Sparsh just adores her school so much she looks forward to going there every day. I mean, not that I DON'T like my school. I'm perfectly content and I think I have a real cool school. I mean I don't think I like it enough to actually be anxious about going. Maybe I just need sleep. Like now.

Oh yes and even though I've been in uniform since Kinderland, it struck me one morning in sec 2 how MECHANICAL we look trooping down to assembly in them. It's just like plain freaky, okay? And I was like WHOA, I had no idea assembly rush hour made us look like we were from The Island.

Wheeeee PSL session 4 next week!

Can't wait to do our TBC surprise! (Note: TBC= may not happen)

But I'm still sick. The sore throat evolved into cought which evolved into flu. Ick. I'm a germ factory.

Okay, dead blog. I know.

I'm sick again for the second time in a month. It must've been the CNY junk+crazy weather+not drinking enough water after runs. Oh yes, speaking of running, I really am out of shape. Which is why I'm into the new running-every-sunset craze thing. Haha and running is great! (See recent posts) It's really fun and even running slow is fun sometimes.

Sec ones, especially Zeng Yu, this is for you:

Life in rhythmic gym
Training 3 times a week at the very least. Mon, Wed at Potong Pasir. Sat at RI. CCAB on occasion. 3 hours per training. Can be up to 6 trainings at the right-before-comp month :O

Most trainings begin with mat unrolling. This is the part where everybody unrolls mats. And not those teeny blue ones, I mean like CARPETS.

If laoshi allows us to buy bubble tea, we send people to buy bubble tea. Yay! However, laoshi doesn't always allow us to buy bubble tea.

If laoshi lets us play ball games, we play. Yay! However, this only happens like, 5 times a year?

If there's a track where we're training, we'll run. Mostly about 4-5 rounds.

Sometimes, laoshi makes us skip continuosly for a few minutes. We'll do a few sets at a time. Or we'll do conditioning. Abs and back. We do more physical training after comp, I think. It's random luh. Some days you get it, some days you don't.

But a pretty normal training would go like this:
Changing, then unrolling mats (10 minutes)
Run around the mats 10 rounds. (5 minutes?)
Do splits and oversplits, backbends. (20 minutes)
Do kicks and jumps. (10 minutes)
Laoshi leaves you do practice on your own for the rest of the training. Nearer to comp, we take turns doing routine in front of laoshi, with the music.
Then we stop and do cool down splits and maybe light conditioning. (last 10 minutes)
Then we roll the heavy mats up, drink up, change, blah blah and then go home.

Most people compete, though I'm not sure how many new sec ones get to. There are group and indiv events, depending on your prowess and height. I was in group for 2 years cause Ting, Zhimin, Sarah, Claudia and I were about the same height in sec 1. (Now look at how tall Claw has become!) Yeah so I just continued that way in sec 2. Groups only have one (longer) routine to practise. Indivs have 3 (ball, rope, clubs) in C Div and the same routines in B Div + an extra ribbon routine. If you win anything in indiv, too bad, you can't do indiv anymore.

Overall verdict: Gym can get very frustrating sometimes, so be prepared to work really hard.
Laoshis will tell you you're fat sometimes! But gym is still a cool sport (more sport than dance) and it's a small CCA so your seniors aren't really very detached or anything. Plus, the feeling of relief and accomplishment after comp is like PRICELESS. Oh and it's a very happy CCA at gym camp and chalet, and even sometimes after trainings when everyone has post-training highs!

Oh and to clarify, rhythmic gym is NOT a performing art. It's a sport. Even though you may think it looks like dance from the Olympics and stuff, to me it's more of a sport than a form of dance. But a very pretty sport!

I feel like going for CCA trials just for fun, so I know what it's like being a no-CCA sec one again. HAHAHAHA:)

I LOVE 105 TO THE MAX LIKE TOTALLAYEEEE

AND I LOVE CLARISSE, JO-ANN, MIN(ce) CHIH(ken), NAN, NISHA AND ZERZER TO THE MAX-ER

AND AND I LOVE SEC ONE RICHARDSONIANS 2009!

AND AND AND I LOVE PSB/PB 2009!

Proper specific updates and photos up some other day!