elevator love letter
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
- from IF @ 8:46 PM  S13! (:(well at least those who didn't pon Chem Lec) All guys are present in that picture mind you so yeah you can imagine the guy to girl ratio in this fine class. Haha! Come to think of it, I've really enjoyed my stay in SA thus far. I wouldn't have picked any other JC to spend my PAE period. SA's Orientation definitely pwnzzz and the people I met in OG30 and S13 will stay very close to my heart. I enjoyed their company and made ,I daresay it, friends in these people. I will certainly miss the laughs, jokes, bitching sessions, floorball and whatnot. Whether or not I will remain in SA still remains a question. Indeed I have stated SA as one of my six choices but I really doubt the chances I will be in SA for the JAE. Not that I don't qualify for it of course, it is really more of being in SA for me does not feel.. right. Yes sure. I didn't feel right being in SJI at first but that is one whole matter altogether. You see, I did feel SJI was the school for me. I just refused to accept that because I believed that I, maybe at that point of time, was too good for it and I belonged somewhere else. Do you get me? Yeah I know I'm emotionally ironic. Anyway, for SA I don't know whether I will like it there.. and its already been nearly a month. So considering this and a whole lot of other factors I have decided not to stay in SA as far as possible but please don't get me wrong Saints. All of you are awesome people but to each to his own yeah? The Councilors were great as well! (: - Alright just last Friday, I went back to my alma mater for the Sec 1 Orientation Campfire. It was so great to be back and soak in the SJI atmosphere man. Truly an experience that cannot be found anywhere else. Something tells me that I'm gonna miss SJI a whole freaking lot later this year. Ahhh! It was so endearing la seeing the antics of the newly 'recruited' Sec 1s and the other juniors running the Campfire. And while watching, I was looking out for 'tudungs' at the parents' section. Haha sorry I just can't help it but to roughly gauge the number of Malays/Muslims entering SJI. Most people from class of '07 dropped by too. Haha. Did things like we owned the place la. Fun fun nevertheless. Oh I cheered and sang so loudly throughout the whole thing that it have aggravated my sore throat/stupid cough. It is really horrible not having to speak properly without having to stop and cough OR eating what your 'tekak'(throat doesn't really fit, does it?) wants. I just hope I recover by this Saturday manzxz. Sunday, January 27, 2008 - from IF @ 11:13 PM Done. Dah habis pun. I've finally submitted my form but I have to let Kesavan do it for me. Hahaha. Reason being, I wanted a printed copy AND a way of making sure that my indecisiveness won't get in the way of clicking that 'Submit' button. So a beeeeeeeg, gigantic thanks :D Anyway, check out this awfully cute video and the genius lyrics! I'm still really sore over the Bird and the Bee thing. Haiii. we are parallel lines we’re running in circles, we're never meant to cross Thursday, January 24, 2008 - from IF @ 9:37 PM The suspense. The anxiety. The anticipation. It all ended today. Today was my last official visit to my alma mater and this time I wasn't too keen to sit in the hall. No, not at all. This time it wasn't to watch a performance/concert neither was it to listen to some speaker conduct his talk, it was to receive my O' Level Results. Honestly, I didn't really want to expect anything fearing that I will just fall short of my targets (once again -.-). So I came to school with my anxiety clearly evident. I was jumping about, singing loudly, just all fidgety and basically not keeping still. Many can vouch for this, really. Haha. I'm sorry if you were my victim today. Anyway. The wait for 2pm was really long and treacherous. None of our teachers came to look for us (unlike 421) and we did not hear any news about how our class did.. until of course when Rowland came to our table with his leaked results. My God. The panic just surged man because Mr Imperial was supposed to be the top student in our class. Then 2pm came and we got to know how our cohort did. I'm extremely proud for our batch because, in Mr Lui's words, we 'simply rock!' for finally bringing SJI to the Band 1 status. After so many many years being stuck in Band 2, the '91 batch did. We did it. As a batch, we churned 10.8 as our average L1B5 and thus making it the best result in SJI's history. Hahaha. So yes we roxxors in other words. The break down of how we fared in each subject was also announced. It all looked pretty good on paper. Anyway after that Mr Sirhan gave the green light to collect our results. Dub dub dub dub. The systoles and diastoles grew faster and faster as my Index Number became nearer and nearer. It was finally my turn and I took a look at my results and felt nothing. Well my immediate reaction was nothing (I was counting you see) but I grew freaking pissed a few minutes later. It was THE unluckiest result slip in the hall. Okay la it wasn't that bad. In fact it was quite alright actually but one thing or rather SIX things that irritated me was the fact that I got 6 A2s! SIX bloody A2s. I got 8 distinctions out of the 9 subjects I took, only missing out in Biology, and that sounded good on its own but only having 2 A1s was quite disappointing. I was this close to having 8 A1s so most probably I only missed out around 1-5 marks to get an A1 for those 6 subjects! Ugh! But syukur alhamdullilah all the same you know. At least I can make it to a decent JC and I should thank Allah for that. Frankly speaking, I think 436 sort of underperformed. I mean we could have done, we really could but what's done is done and there's nothing I can say that can or will change that. But congrats all the same to the Sixers for making it to JCs (: To conclude this entry, I want to thank EVERYBODY who has been part of my journey throughout the four years in SJI. 205'05, 436'07, besties and other assorted friends. Thank you for putting up with incessant nonsense/randomness/horrible singing/whatever shit I have been doing. Irreplaceable, that's what you all are (: Decisions, decisions. Sunday, January 20, 2008 - from IF @ 8:23 PM Alright, alright. Life is not really as sucky as I make it out to be. Haha. I daresay, there were actually more ups than downs this week. Like X-COUNTRY! :D I've always enjoyed x-countries. Maybe it is partly due to the fact that I like running but definitely because of the company I always have during the runs for the past four years though I can't remember who I ran with in Sec 2.. Anyhow, there was OG outing later. The guys cycled and the girls bladed. Haha. Not that they have the choice because most of the girls don't know how to cycle and most of the guys do not know how to blade.. Hur. We bonded, naturally and the whole session was just relaxing and therapeutic. Talked cock, played cards at BK. I finally recalled how to play Bridge. Somehow I just forgot after OBSabah.  (L - R; Desmond, Cordelia, Me, Firqin, Esther and Ming Xiang)This is what's left of OG 30 after the cycling/blading session. Ugh I hate the fact I look retarded in posed pictures. Seriously. Then we went our separate ways. I took the same bus as Firqin. For some reason, we talked alot that day. We talked about everything and anything but mostly the issue relating to the Malay language and society. Apparently, we feel the same way about it. Being from a school, so called littered by Malays, she gave me the inside scoop about how they are like there. Haha I find it amusing la because while we're at it, we realised that our bus was in Geylang Serai. THE hub for our dear race. It was an interesting ride back home basically. And as I said, I like the Malays in my batch for SA's first intake. Nothing against them at all. I kinda like them anyway. Haha. Mmm. I shall write a proper intellectual entry the next time. For now, I need to research for GP. Saturday, January 19, 2008 - from IF @ 9:22 PM My laptop charger FUSED. Can you believe that? FUSED! Monday, January 14, 2008 - from IF @ 9:30 PM I'm so drained. Lessons have been stupid. Cross country is this Wednesday. And O Level Results will be out next week, dammit! May God help me see through this week and the next. Seriously. I love the way He has been seeing me through each day/night. No I'm not kidding. Saturday, January 12, 2008 - from IF @ 11:07 AM After the many lectures and tutorials, week one of the academic year is officially over. It was quick albeit painful to go through, especially the long school hours. Seriously. School officially ends at 5 for me every Monday and it is such a bother that I have to wait for an hour or more just because it is free block for me during the Mother Tongue lessons. Oh and I really like my Malay batchmates for the first intake! Some of them don't even LOOK Malay but they are funny all the same. Haha. The past few days have its ups and downs. I don't want to talk about the downs because it will only drag my weekend mood. Alright OG Dinner was really fun. I laughed like there was no tomorrow. From hilarious and amusing anecdotes to Esther's so-called slowness and not understanding jokes. Haha that girl is just pure entertainment but hey she passed Marcus' Idiot Test so yeah she's quite intelligent actually. But in all seriousness, the jokes she told were really cold.. Haha she knows we love her anyway. Lol. I had CCA Sign up on that day as well. I'm not going with the SJI guys if there are any more of those days. I sunk to so many new lows that day that I don't want to publish them here at all. So yes, all thanks to Mervin, XY, Sam and Tong. Haha. It was fun nonetheless although I'm still fussing over the fact that ODAC does not recruit any members during the first intake. I understand their reason but it just made me fall back to my Plan B. And I dislike Plan B. Alot. Though I don't mind it at all.. Yes I'm a very emotionally ironic person. Bear with it. I'm getting the hang of being with my new class. It pales so much in comparison to 436 or maybe 205 for that matter but they're pleasant people all of them. And one thing that has been bugging me lately is how near O Level Results are. I can't even relate to you how reluctant I am to receive them. It is really more of like I don't want to receive them, fearing that I don't achieve my ideal score. I swear all this talk in school about the release of results is putting me in an emotional roller coaster ride. And I had a really warped dream about it just the other night. Funny how my brain perceive the worst in things. Haha. To the one who wants What he cannot have, The best way to get it Is to no longer want it, For what you don’t want You get I shall live by this principle! Haha. I got it from FictionPress. Well it got me thinking. Till then. Monday, January 07, 2008 - from IF @ 8:22 PM Day 1 of lessons and my mind was already quite saturated. I knew the day was going to be a long tiring one anyway judging from my attentiveness at assembly. Seriously la. I didn't process any of the announcements being read out this morning, which is rather uncharacteristic of me. Anyway we had our lectures today. Other than them being really dry, I find that the lectures today gave us a sneak preview to what the JC curriculum is like. The course is quite demanding I must say, in a sense that we have to play a bigger role in our own learning journey throughout the two years. Simply put, JC students have to practise more independence and act more on their own. I foresee challenging and unpleasant bumps ahead but I'll make do I guess. I need to find something to do during my break times man. Especially tomorrow! I think imma try running again but I need running partners. HintHint :D We got to know our classes too today and lo and behold, I know no one in my class. Now isn't that a surprise. Not even from my OG, mind you. I bet they did it on purpose but whatever. I shall take it that they want us to widen our social circle and mingle around. Haha. I swear I'm such an optimist at times, I get sick of it. Moving on.  Now this is OG30. A unique group of people from all walks of life brought together by Fate. Oh the one with the black shirt is Edmund, our GL. Haha. He did this really aww sweet thing and passed it to us in the morning. I don't know what to call it but howells. 3030303030! :D  These are the guys of OG30. I think I spent the most time with them throughout the three days. Fun fun times we had and some pretty lame ones too. Oh the girl wearing the blue vest is one of the GLs, Xiu Wen, whom Xuan Yi seems to idolise and worship or maybe it was just to spite Vivian, our tribal head. In any case, Xiu Wen can definitely scream and I think she looks alot like Tiff la. At least a smaller version of Tiff. Heh. Not that Tiff is big.. hur.  & finally the much loved, Vivian! :D Okay I think I wanna hit the sack now. Gotta prepare for my slackest day of the week. Kinda. Because I can't decide whether tomorrow will be more slack than Thursday or Friday. Anyhow, goodnight! Saturday, January 05, 2008 - from IF @ 1:35 PM Oh my Tien(no). I have been so MIA from the internet since Orientation started that I rarely have the time to blog or go online except for watching Scrubs and briefly browsing through the internet doing my usual routine. So anyway the 3-day Orientation period was kickass fun and I enjoyed almost every moment of it. I won't bore you with nitty gritty and minute details but instead I will just zero in the more important parts. Right. On the first day, I felt quite lost because I didn't know anyone in my group at all. It was just surreal not walking into SJI on the first day of school and the fact of going to JC didn't really sink in me during the holidays. I have no idea why. But whatever cos it sank in on the second day! But first, I need to thank Calvin for being such an awesome friend because he persuaded his dad to give me a lift on the day to school hence making the morning a little less awkward. Then I did ice breakers with my OG yada yada usual first-day stuffs. Apparently I had Edmund as my OGL and my group was in Tienno (which explains the first sentence in this entry, no? :D), the mighty Blue Magicians. Well each Tribe/Kingdom (just another fancy term for 'House') had a theme and Tienno had Magicians/Wizards as theirs. The OGLs had this really cool costume on and the cheers are extremely fun to do. Oh and I found my OG mates quite alright. At least they're decent and all. Haha. We were then released at 7plus on Day 1. D2 was more awesome than D1. Aside from being released at a much earlier time, 5 something, we also had the Water-based Activities. It was enjoyable and the OG was quietly but evidently getting closer and bonding as a group and we were getting to know Edmund better as well. Overall it was a good day and everyone had fun.. and got wet. We got to do more Mass Dance and one thing I found out about the Orientations is that most of them just got to have a 'Hairspray' song. Ours was Ladies' Choice by Zac Efron (yes HAZM your ultimate favourite!). I heard NJ's was You Can't Stop The Beat from 'Hairspray' and they also have Til The Dawn (which is a pretty hot track). Mm. D3 went really slow but fun nevertheless. I'll just skip to the Disco Night thing at the hall where everyone just let their hair down and partied. I really doubt SJI can ever pull a stunt like that, being the ever so goody-goody school that it is. Not complaining of course because I still love the school. So we partied and danced away. It was so therapeutic that I don't mind doing it again, seriously. Running and jumping around, dancing. Wow. Loved it. It has been three incredibly fun days and next week it is time to step back to reality as lessons start proper but then again, I'm kinda looking forward to what the JC curriculum is like. Mm towards the end of last night, I find myself beginning to really like SA but lets see how next week goes first. And The Bird and The Bee concert is so whatever kay. 18 and above only. Just because of the alcohols involved. I'm saded.
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