post-prelims

so thankful for the days of post-prelims.
i finally got a chance to relax, unwind and just, take a good break from all that studying.
not that this was a well-deserved break but i guess it was a good temporary escapade from the reality of a levels.

brunch at lola's that morning after chem paper 1 and i finally ate my mushroom brioche again :-)
i was rather disappointed though because the bread was a tad too burnt and the portion size shrinked a little (but i was still really full)...
:(
maybe i'll learn to make brioche on my own after a's to save on the costly meals at lola's!!!!!

after the shittiest bio paper 1 ever sr20 kids changed out after executing our mission take-bag-run.
had dinner at settlers' and had a great time chatting over dinner and taking selfies with fish-eye lenses.
headed down in the direction of city hall after buying my favourite hokkaido ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stopped by the oldest church in sg (chijmes is it?) and was pretty amazed by the sounds that were produced when the lights were shone on to the flowers!
walked on to armenian street and stopped by the peranakan museum!
was totally excited about the instant prints and the whole museum experience all over again! :)
loved the whole atmosphere along armenian street also because of the live brass band that we followed down the street to sing 'when the saints go marching in'!
there was this whole london feel to it omggggg :)
watched the earth harp too and wow that guy is amazing!
love the whole accompaniment of the drums and synthetic piano!!!
overall it was a great night with the best company i could ever ask for.
shall now let the pictures do the talking :)

at settler's while playing with fisheye lens and complaining about charles' drug-peddler bag HAHAHA

these were taken while we were waiting for the traffic light to turn green...................

only to find that there was no pedestrian crossing for us HAHAHAHA.

so we decided to jaywalk and took a selfie while crossing midway because the traffic was just too heavy hahahaha.

yolo man.

beanie vanvan and i hehehe so cute right 

happy patz and i with our hokkaido ice cream that melted within 5 minutes so we drank it like soup hahahaha

we got 'dem wefies!

while taking family portraits...

you've got the fierce family.

and the fun family.

HAHAHAHA

xoxoxoxoxo

another one of our attempts at group shots so as to have our instant print photos heheh.

we're gonna be the next fashion models yo hahahaha. #ootd

and yes this was my record-breaking post for the number of likes lol i sound so materialistic but who cares.

deal with it, kids.

us after making the paper hats lulllll i bet the whole world was judging us

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thanks guys for such a wonderful night.

you don't even know how much i miss 1sr20 and sigh it would have been so much fun if we were still together.

love you guys to the moon and back; thank you all for being my strongest pillar of support and my deepest source of encouragement throughout this tumultuous journey of shitty exams.

x 

count your blessings

it's been so long since i've been here.
amidst the downs of life it is only human to say thank you and be grateful for the little things and the great people who have been there for you throughout.
it might not be anything big but yes it's always these things that matter the most :-)

1) gold for gef 2014

we are so so so blessed :')
no amount of thanks can i put into this because our hard work as individuals and a group have really paid off.
seeing the section practise so hard and coming to where they are today really makes me feel so heartened and growing together as one really made me feel like the hard work for the ensemble is worth it.
especially everytime i think of my section i feel like a proud mom lol.
weird, long-overdue feels but yeah.
exco deserves all the love and appreciation too, for all the effort that they've put in to make gef a success.
our student conductors nigel & jasley deserve great recognition too :-)
and rouz for getting by all sorts of weird happenings during practices (i.e.: STANDards, playing wrong notes etc.) with me :)

^ this is to date my favourite exco photo *inserts hearts for all of you*

thanks guys i love y'all so so so so much :)

it's that same feeling how i know i will always have my excofam behind me whenever i am feeling disheartened.

it's the constant reassurance that i get from you guys that really keep me going in jc despite all the shit that i'm facing (mainly academics).

thank you guys i really appreciate it a lot :')

2) the pl-sr morning gatherings

it may not be big, but thank you guys for starting my mornings right.

it feels weird not to gather with y'all, it's like as though you guys are the last bit of my memories of secondary school.

life really sucks but then again you always know that the fond reminiscence of the past will always ignite that little warmth in your heart to fuel you to get through the daily motions of mundaneness.

i hope these little morning meet-ups mean quite a lot to you guys too - especially since we still celebrate each others birthdays and (used to) fight for our morning bench but failing so we ended up getting displaced eh.

3) my family

i really have the best family one could ever ask for.

i have really understanding parents and an intelligent and talented younger sister.

they are the ones who keep me going at times when my school life gets tough.

the encouragements don't cease despite doing so badly for common tests.

thanks mom and dad, though i might not say it but i really am very thankful for you all.

i know i can be temperamental and snappy and that at times i don't say much but really, nothing can replace family in this world because your love for me goes way beyond the mere superficial needs.

it's sad how our car rides and dinner tables have turned a lot quieter (especially because i'm in this growing up phase), but please know that i am not any less than thankful for you both and jan. :-)

you both are really the role models of my life and seeing you all work so hard for the family and grandparents only deepens my respect for you.

thanks mom and dad you are the best :')

and then there's my grandparents who've taught me so much this month.

first, the value of life.

seeing my grandpa struggle to battle multiple illnesses for a whole month but yet conquered and is now on the road to speedy recovery makes me cherish them even more.

seeing my parents rush over to the hospital day in day out to visit him and yet i could only visit once a week and merely ask them everyday "how's grandpa?".

seeing my grandpa on a sunday afternoon barely able to open his eyes with all the tubes wired around him and being in no position to read the get-well card i wrote for him.

all these little heart-wrenching moments over this past month has really taught me to cherish life, and my grandparents too.

they're not young anymore, and i ought to show my appreciation while i can :-)

so so so so thankful that grandpa is well on his way to recovering!!!!

:')

second, love.

my grandma, immediately upon hearing that my grandpa was well enough to eat solid foods again, cooked up a simple yet lovely meal for him and brought it to the hospital.

and how she would make him finish the food even though he claimed he was "full" and had to feed him the remaining mouthfuls.

they might bicker on a daily basis and there's always this "aggressive" scoldings my grandma gives but then again you know that's love.

nothing big, but so beautiful and priceless :')

4) my playlist

music is really food for the soul.

i love listening to music all day every day.

so grateful for the latest/mentionable additions to my baby: sweater weather, come back home, charlie brown, treasure, find you there, art of war, demons, learning to fall.

thanks for keeping me going especially when i'm faced with giants like freaking organic chemistry or like bloody foreign exchange rates that don't make much sense to me at all.

5) pw results

not that i was very happy with my pw results or anything like that.

but i am quite thankful that it happened because it taught me that sometimes in life hard work just doesn't pay off.

you might be the slackest ass in the world but yet something good to you happens.

and vice versa.

meh i'm not that affected anymore but i would just like to say that life is seriously unfair????!!!!!

and we just have to accept it.

screw it, screw those that didn't deserve it.

what matters the most is you know you did your best and don't despair because this is obviously not the end :-)

being able to meet maria for that short 30mins or so really lifted my spirits nonetheless.

but then again it just rekindles a sadness in me that i didn't cherish the times when she was still in school enough.

hope life is doing you some good this year :)

will blog again soon if i can find the time.

countdown to myes: 26 days left

HOLY.

damn k bye.