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 After a long, long while...
Hello world! It's been a while since my last post ~ (well.... almost 3 months lol)
So, many things happened, from school work, PW to all the little things that happen in life and class politics (to a certain extent)
Starting off, I'd like to say that all this stuff about "class politics" and "school life stuff" is just from my POV, don't flame anyone else. If you want just confront me, I'd gladly take the flame, but please be reminded playing with fire will burn you.
Anyways, moving on...
Significant events in August, September & October...
(i) Promos (and how much I screwed it all up)
(ii) PW madness
(iii) This class and all the nonsense that I've had to deal with in the past 3 mths
(iv) LIFE (of the lack thereof)
Well, I finally found time to drop by this blog to leave a post (have really been busy with all the school work and what nots...and my other private blog tooooooo)
So promos weren’t really as great as I'd expected it to be, but neither has it been that bad. I would say I'd expect that I'd screw up so it isn't all that bad. But grades really do matter especially in such a school. I don't want to say this but this school is a VERY RESULT OREIENTED SCHOOL. You can say that learning is an important part of life and we shouldn't be focusing on our grades but who can you kid, everyone just looks at that piece of paper you hold. No one is going to care how hard you studies, how much you understand or how much you learn. The main focus here in this school and even in the society is just that piece of 'toilet paper' that can get you a good job in the future.
I have people telling me that my grades are okay already and that I should not always be so result oriented and focus on the learning process, but these people have to realize that they can only say this because they are already there. Life is already stable for them.
Another thing I'd like to bring up is that classmates really make a big difference to your school life. I am really thankful for Mahboobs and all the support they give me during my mental breakdown sessions and taking all my nonsense when I'm freaking out and stuff.
14S7C hasn’t been a bad class, but I can never say that they are the best. Everywhere we go, we’ll definitely meet people whom we don’t click with or just like to be annoying. Also, there is one point that I’m not afraid to speak up on and that would be A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS CLASS HAVE NO COW SENSE WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE RELATIONSHIPS. It’s like all they care about is how well they do, or how well they didn’t do relative. They talk about things (be it results or other stuff) as if there is no one around them. Have you people ever considered the feelings of others. I don’t want to name names, but there are a few people who got on my nerves during the return of papers. These people really have to learn to STFU. Be more sensitive. All you high IQ low EQ toots.
Moving on, the end of Promos marked the start of PW crazy period. We were practically sleeping 4hours every night rushing out our WR and preparing for OP (which is next MONDAY !!!!) WR really got on my nerves and I nearly exploded on people too many times to count. Also, OP is my greatest fear. You can ask me to type a proposal and write stuff but DON’T PUT ME ON STAGE. I HATE PRESENTATIONS!!!! Stage fright + low self-esteem = failure in presentations. Now back on track. WR really took up a lot of time especially when normal lessons were on going. I couldn’t really concentrate in class and was practically dying everyday. As for OP, at least we have this intensive period to prepare. Staying in school everyday just to recite the presentation over and over again. Well, it is fun sometimes. What more, there is still the final document we have to hand in (I&R) after OP(lucky I’m done with that).
I can’t really say that I LOVE PW but after a while it starts to get fun. With all the random meetings we have every weekend and all the fun times we have together, can’t help but hope that this period would stay on forever. It’s been a great experience with my group mates and really working with them and not having enough sleep together.
Time for “CLASS”
It’s the last day of school which means I have to survive with this class for another year and wheeeee I’m gone.
I really can’t bring myself to say that I enjoy being in this class. It’s like there are always times when we have fun together and really enjoy spending the time together, but there are also times when I really hope that I wasn’t in this class. Sometimes I wonder why am I even here? Would life be different if I was in another class, another school? Maybe I wouldn’t be so stressed out by the competition in this class (Yes my class is competitive even thought they don’t explicitly show it) Maybe I wouldn’t have so much hatred in my body.(Yes, I admit, I hate some people in my class and by hate, I really mean hate, despise, want to have no relations with) I know that by saying this, people who are reading will think that I’m a 2 faced bitch who is back stabbing her classmates, well let it be. I can’t always be smiling. I can’t always be the nice person taking in all that nonsense from all these annoying people. I can’t always be the person who just pretends to be blind and cover up for you people. You have to take responsibility for what you have done (or not done) you cannot always expect the minority to conform to your behavior and join you in your recklessness and disrespect. I admit that I’m not the best student, neither am I the best person, but there is one that I’m better than this group of people I’m referring to is that I own up to what I have done. Yes, I am a 2 faced bitch, but at least I have the guts to own up. Do you? Will you? We all know why you are here and where you get everything from so don’t act as if the whole world loves you. And for the rest of the class I’m fine with people who don’t get on my nerves.
The people who know me will know that I’m someone who forgives and forgets really easily. Although when I hold grudges, I’ll make sure I hold them until they are resolved. To be really honest, when I came here, I decided that I’ll not get involved with all this class things and just live my life as a normal student. Finish my 2 years here and just leave with a few close friends. That’s the reason why I didn’t even bother go for any class positions or what not. Yet, I still end up in this pile of shit. Guess that’s the life of a JAE kid in an IP dominant school. IP kids are nice people, I know many nice people out there who are really caring and in general nice people. But there are some who are #$%&*^$ idiots. So, no stereotypes. To each his own, you live your life, I’ll live mine. (In no way am I flaming the school or the system , it’s just the character of some people that annoys the hell out of me)
Now for some life updates.
After promos I’ve been on photo spree, taking pics every weekend and spending plenty of time editing photos and stuff. Life is great but I’ll be spending this holidays mostly on studying and badminton training. (Did I mention I’m in badminton, yes surprise surprise!) Sam is in badminton, not rec. badminton but the actally school team one. Really didn’t expect to get in and be the only JAE kid there. Well, it’s an honor to be on the team yet, it gets a little lonely there with all the players from High school and NYGH. Like these people have been together for at least 4 years and some even more so it’s kinda hard to fit in especially trying to play doubles cause you really need to find that special connection to play well and not end up smashing each other on the head in court.)
Also really happy to have been able to enjoy my last few days as a J1 with Mahboobs. Laughing, eating and just relaxing. I guess JAE kids really do click well with each other. You can say that we’re exclusive but you cannot say that you are not.
On a random note, A levels starts next Monday (with GP lol) All the bets to all my seniors out there, in hwach or not. A huge thank you and good luck to my failure “tuition” teacher, may the odds be in your favour.
Labels: 14S7C, 2014, CCA, Hwa Chong, Hwachi, HWACHIE, J1, Late post, Life, Mahboobs, My Life, People skills, Promos Reindeers are better than people
"Reindeers are better than people Sven, don't you think that's true? Yeah, people will beat you and curse you and cheat you Every one of em's bad, except you!" It's Easter Sunday ! JOHN 3:16 For God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life. Amen. Thank the Lord for what He has given us and be thankful for each and everyday. Though we have sinned, God has forgiven and we shall follow in His ways. Life has been a little less drama these days but school work is really starting to pile up. Things that happened since the last update: - Council Elections !! - LOADS OF TESTS - Start of CCA sessions and plenty more Now first off, council campaign week wasn't really what I had expected it to be. It's not as "crazy" as it was in Crescent. I remember before president elections, the candidates would be walking around and giving out free stuff, but here, I didn't really see any of the candidates around. It's just so... normal... Well, campaigning sure is tough for the people and I'm glad that everyone pulled through. 3 people ran for council in my class and I'm really proud and glad to say that all 3 of them got in (CONGRATZZZZZZZ!!!!) It's not easy trying to get votes and "sacrificing" your life for the entire student body. While there were people who were celebrating when results were released, there are also those who had tears in their eyes. I guess you can't blame them, they gave it all but lost out in terms of popularity. *I have to say, council elections tends to be a popularity vote sometimes. If you don't have enough friends, say bye bye to your dreams of getting into council* Well, I find that no matter what, it was a great experience for them as well. Thank goodness I made the right decision not to run for council since I don't think I'll even be able to pull through the first phase. So kudos to those who ran cause you guys did a great job as well. Now for the cray cray school life. It's only week 5 and the tests are really piling up. Not to mention all the homework and group works. (Did I mention that PW groupings are out. I'm quite happy with my group members but scared that I'll end up being the most slack person since all of them are so on one) Now back to the tests and homework. I'd say I'm really struggling with the work-life balance thing cause work is really taking up too much of my time nowadays. Especially with all the CCAs and stuff going on in my life. Can't really understand what is being taught as well *worrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy* But on a brighter note, I can totally see why I should've gone to an Art class cuz ECONS FTW !!!! Have no idea what chemistry is all about but woohoo econs is all about da MOOLAAAAAA. Talking bout work-life balance, CCA statred in week 3! I pretty happy with the people in Photog, especially my group of crazy people. They make every photog session extremely fun and enjoyable. I'm planning on running for photog exco but will I make it, who knows? Badminton seems fun as well. There're only 6 J1s and 4 were from Nanyang. The other JAE girl, Zi Wei is planning on quitting badminton since she got in OAC leaving me the only odd one out (I'm really happy for her though, it's really hard to get into OAC and I'm glad she made it in). I guess I just need some time to blend in ... Now for some sentimental stuff... There's one thing similar about me and ma bro and that's we have this switch in us. When we want to feel something, it comes to us and when we decide that it's enough we just throw it aside like nothing happened. Being in a co-ed school now, there is no way we can hide from the fact that someday we will end up having some feels but still can't believe that it came so soon (actually it's quite unbelievable since our standards are pretty hard to match up to ) But things never end well for me at least... One thing about me is that I'll never put off for second and that's one thing that kills all my feels. Those around me should know that I'm super attention seeking and though I look strong, I need someone to depend on. Some of you reading this may know who I'm talking about when I talking about this. If you do, let's keep it that way. If you don't, then so be it. To that person who got me thinking so damn freaking hard, I think when you read this you'll know that I'm talking about you. All is cool now and I'm turning off that 'feels' switch and quack taping it down forever. I guess we're never meant to be and thank God I found that out before I fell too hard. It was nice to have illusions and since I know you like someone else (actually all along I knew but now it's confirmed), it's time for me to move on. So, friends? Moving on~ I'm SEXY FREE & SINGLE !!! with a cleared out mind :) Cheers, Sam P.S. People do leave me a comment for fun, peace, laughter, love, joy, harmony :D Labels: 2014, Hwa Chong, Hwachi, HWACHIE, Late post, Love life, Miss you, Sad Life, School Life, Super Junior Day 6 MOUNTAIN "Climbing"
*Side note: Sorry for the super duper late update, haven't found the motivation to continue writing my 14-day travel log. I don't know if anyone is still reading this but today I finally decided to continue (haha)
And so the journey continues... It's Christmas day!!! Since it's a holiday, most of the shopping area is closed so Karlina swapped our itinerary, instead of the pre-planned free time we were suppose to have, we went to Mt. Titlis. We drove for a long while before we finally arrived at the foot of the mountain (it was really cool to see the mountain up close) We waited for a while while Karlina went to sort out the tickets for the cable car ride up the mountain. We took 3 cable cars before we reached the peek (10,000 feet above sea level) The area was really crowded and we had to squeeze with all the other tourists who were there as well. The boarding area for the first cable car was super noisy (cause there were like a ton of people)
1st stop
We carried on an queued for the second and third cable car. The second cable car was like a little bus like thing that brought us further up and the the third cable car was the coolest. It's a revolving cable car and it allowed us to have a 360 view of the surroundings. It was a really foggy day so everything around us was just white but we had fun drawing pictures and writing on the windows (hehe)
Once we reached the final stop (SUPER HIGH UP) Karlina brought us to the ice caves. It's like really cool because we were walking on (or do you call it 'in') the ice.
It was quite a pity that the sky walk wasn't open since it was so windy and it's not really safe for us to be walking on the cliff. We quickly took our picture and ran back into the cover for shelter.
Day 6 was really tiring though we only went to one place. The cold really took a lot of energy from me.So this sums up the mountain climbing experience in the Swiss Alps. That night we had our Swiss fondue which was suppose to be a traditional dinner. (but it turned out otherwise...) It was a really fun dinner. Since the meat took long to cook everyone invented their own way of cooking and it was HILARIOUS! We were all cooking the "Singaporean" way (LAZY way). The staff were all laughing but they couldn't stop us so they just left us to be (we were in our own private room thank goodness, or else we'd be making a fool out of ourselves)
Off to snowy Germany ...
Labels: Christmas day, Europe, fun, holiday, Late post, Mountain, Mt. Titlis, Snow, White Christmas Prom!!!
So here's a prom post. It's really very very late (like prom was almost a month ago) To sum it up, prom was AWESOME!!!!!!! Thanks to all the teachers and principals that worked so so hard to make our grad night super awesome. Also, thanks for the MC of the night, Adam from 9.13fm for making our prom so crazily fun. We all had the night of our lives and parties like crazy. It was super fun. Especially the ending part when the dance floor was open, everyone was dancing like we were in a club. (Under-aged ㅠㅠ)   Took many photos but didn't really manage to grab a pic with everyone which was quite a pity since everyone was super pretty and the dresses were awesome. I'm soooo missing the moments. It was really fun. Once again, thanks to everyone who made out grad night possible. It was indeed a starry starry night #crescentlove |
