it was on English so i had not much to worry about haha. wow proudness just entered the room.
i arrived really early. bestie hadn't arrived so that left me and a bunch of senior twos. awkwardness overflowed here. so i pretended to be busy and texted bestie to come quickly haha.
we've done this practices for so many times that i lost count.
i was sitting in the waiting room for my number to be called. when someone tapped on my shoulder.
i turned around and i saw qhan. i was shocked cause she didn't tell that she was coming that day as well.
turned out it was a really really funny story.
i think you guys wanna know, well alright then, here goes..
qhan went to school that morning, thinking that her oral trial was the day after. when she found out from her class monitor that it was that morning, she totally freaked out.
she borrowed yuan's car and rushed to the venue. with absolutely nothing prepared.
no ic, no paperwork, i personally think she was really really brave (not a sarcasm).
the story was pretty darn awesome and dramatic but she didn't write a lot in her blog.
anyway we got into the same group for group discussion session.
i remembered this particular part when we sat down for our group discussion.
we were supposed to talk about the topic that the examiners gave us. the examiners were sitting beside, listening and grading us.
and the advice is to ask a lot of questions and talk about as if you're really having a discussion and actually communicating.
the topic's about losing weight. my character was to talk about a good diet.
so i went..oh you guys should eat healthy such as eating fruits, vegetables, wholewheat bread..
and qhan suddenly asked," why are they healthy?"
and i was like..
i mean, how am i supposed to know why are they healthy. i just know they are!
but obviously i couldn't say that, cause the examiners were just next to me! waiting for me to answer.
so i just blabbered every nutrition that i can think of.
i gave her a good scold when we're done.
we waited until bestie finished hers. and qhan drove us back to school.
we did a little ponteng and went for lunch first :p
we were driving to the cafe that we wanted to go when we ran into policemen!
the police were checking vehicles beside the lane and every car in front stopped.
and immediately everything went into chaos! haha.
this is exactly qhan's expression.
haha. she was like..
OH NO! I DIDN'T BRING MY DRIVER'S LICENCE! NOOOO! YUAN'S CAR WINDOWS ARE TOO DARK!! THEY WON'T MAKE IT!! OHH NOOOOOOO! WE'RE WEARING UNIFORMS! QUICK! SLIDE DOWN THE WINDOW!!
but apparently we weren't the policemen's target and they let us passed peacefully.
and we were like..
HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH.
it was really the most most most most most most most thrilling moment i have had for the last 18 years!
haha.
i honestly thought we would end up in the police station with the police doing the paperwork and my mom would come rushing in with my dad, and they would grab me by my shoulders and asked," are you alright!?"
....
what?
that was what movies would end with okey. lol.
and this is what chocwa's post would end with. double lol.
after my previous the most absorbing moment blog post, imma do a 'the most momentous moment' blog post now that i have a reason to.
anyway, i have been on this blogging thing for about three years now.
when i first started, to be honest i just wanna fit into the group cause all of my besties were doing so.
and so the four of us all individually created a blog and somewhere in the middle, three of them stopped and i was the only one who continued.
i wasn't really an artistic person. i do draw, i do illustrate, i do it all the time. but i don't have this crazy passion for it.
i wasn't really a musical person. i like piano, i like music but erm i couldn't get myself to be persistent about practising hehe.
and so i am more of a writing person. i remember when i was really really young, i wanna be a fairytale book writer just like enid blyton. hehe
but i don't do good writing. as you can see from my blog posts, that is if you do read them.
i did grammatical mistakes all the time, and i really think my posts are boring as they are just something from my life, which is even more boring. lol.
but i like it. though im not good at it. i like writing, all my life.
so i guess that's why i could actually go on writing for so long.
at first, it was nothing really.
i started when i was 15. my blogposts then were mostly emo posts. about a stupid jerk or a boy in our class. lolol. please don't refer back, my dear readers, they were frankly embarrassing.
and slowly it turned into something like a diary that i wrote to record the things in my daily life. well obviously, that's what diaries are for-___- see what i mean when i say i was boring?
and slowly again i started writing in english instead of chinese. i love chinese, but i love english as well. and i have struggled between them from time to time.
despite of all the changes of my blogposts, it was nothing more than just a 'peer amusement', i dare say.
because no one other than my friends are reading my blog hehe. and i have no problem to that.
i actually remember the first time a friend from my class spoke to me about my blog.
it was about a blog post when i was bullied at school and i was devastating and i wrote a post about it.
he: hey i saw your blog.
me: really!? you read my blog!?
he: yea it was inspiring.
me:..omg, thanks! hehe.
it was the very first time when someone told me they read my blog. and i remembered every word that he said cause it was a big deal for me.
but it was nothing more.
for the last three years, my most supportive follower might be bestie-__- and my most loyal follower might be my dad-__-
until today.
as you know, i did my 'the most absorbing moment' post. it was just a really random post, as you can see from its double lol tag.
but someone named emma wong commented on my blogspot.
and literally i was like...
...omg..so there's actually someone who reads my blog...?
HAHAHAHAHA.
but it was really the most momentous moment in my life :) though i might sound really stupid right now.
never do i know that there's actually someone reading my blog. and i just feel so happy about it.
hehe.
so emma, yea you hehe. thank you for reading my randomness. i hope it was not too torturing :p
but ermm. you cannot believe how did one little comment make my day (: and i will continue writing.
gotta note this down: first real reader who commented--EMMA.
haha. now everyone who named Emma in this world just seemed prettier.
here's jack saying happy birthday. sorry i can't find finn hahaha.
anyway we made a little trip to Anson, one of her essential in life, for a birthday dinner haha. three of her life-long friends went too--simon, jonathan and jackson.
the dinner's nothing special actually.
just that we met besite's perennial crush. we called him 13 behind his back because he was 13 years old the time she first liked him. but i think he was 16 something now. jackson or jonathan spotted him entering the rest room. so i decided to stalk a little because erm, sadly i've never actually laid eyes on this legendary boy though bestie talked about him for so many years. so i followed him with bestie and pretended to wash our hands until he came out from the men's washroom. there's only one basin for washing hands so he had to wait for us. i peeked into the mirror and saw him standing behind. hahahahahahaha what groupie!
this actually reminded me of my first 'chance meeting' with eric. though it's not really by chance. yea i planned it. i saw him walking into the men's washroom as well -___- and yea you guys know the rest. so we'll skip that part. cause it quite shameless. lolol.
the three boys all had mixed grilled i think, i had beef and i think bestie's was..chicken? can't exactly remember but they ordered wine! no not actually wine, it's beer or something. bestie ordered a chocolate smoothie for me and she had beer -__- cause she said im still 17 lol. not officially 18 so cannot drink beer, only smoothie. lolol. and i told her to put the two cups together and take a picture to upload on facebook. the caption will be 17versus18. ahahahahahahaa. oh it's not funny? well i thought it was._.
note jackson enjoying his mixed grilled. and the two cups in the middle of the photo. the two bffs smoothie and beer. lolol.
but i did take one sip from bestie's cup. let's hope my mom won't be reading this. but it tasted horrible! like seriously it's burning my throat and even if im drinking my smoothie for the rest of the night, i still can taste beer.
oh! and a little story. two strangers/ladies came up to our table in the middle of our meal and sang songs for us. and we were like awkwardly looking at each other until one of the ladies handed us a card. they're actually gathering donations for starving children. so i asked them if they can sing happy birthday. and they were like oh sure! who's the birthday kid. i pointed bestie and bestie was like sosososo shy hahhaha. so they sang happy birthday and we stuffed a few notes into the card to help the children.
i know that some of you would argue that the two ladies might be liars or something but i tried my best not to think that way. there're still some good citizens in this world alright. and the ladies' voices were pretty amazing actually :D
oh and the spotlight of the night--the cake!! oh and they actually ordered a chocolate cake that has a bit of wine element in it-_- and it was too bitter for me so i gave my share to jackson but i did enjoyed the cream and the chocolate part and the chocolate pieces on top of it <3 yea im such a chocolate freak lol.
and that's her! hahaha, making her 3 big wishes. and we made her say the last wish and i think it was wishing everyone a good result at the end of year or stay happy or something. ^_____^
i think she looks super cute here haha.
the lightning in the restaurant made it like sunshine on us, haha, we're so pretty even the lights couldn't help to shine on us. lolol.
after dinner, we went to a park near my house for a little stroll. and i accidentally stepped into the deep drain and ruined my new shoes and got a little scratches but it's all good. bestie was like so casual haha i think she's already used to me falling down or tripping over like a daily routine :p we walked around the park or maybe just across the bridge lolol and chit-chatted. it was nice :)
and we took some photos ;) and jackson kept on saying that the one who stood at the last of the line will meet a ghost or something. ish! double ish! triple ish! and the ish after that!
haha! i was days, a month actually late for my birthday post.
a few birthday surprises this year. unexpected ones. in case you don't know, im turning 17. i don't think people make a big deal on 17th birthday. teens girls care a lot about sweet 16 and adult 18. and im now something in between. haha. so here goes..something special on this not-so-special age.
it was two days before the big event. have to write this first because this was the earliest blessing. i just returned home from tuition and received a text from gary. he said, "reached home?" i was about to reply his text when he called me and asked me to come out. and i was like !!!!! because my family were still home and what exactly does he want arr. i was about to ask him to go home because it was quite late but then he said," come out to receive your presents." waaaa. i was shocked that i dashed out of the house and there he was singing happy birthday, with a chocolate cake in his hands. awww ^_______________^ thank you
and this was a day before my birthday and it was after school. i was
walking to the school gate with yiek when suddenly yeah stopped us. we
used to called him nike in juniors. although i had been in the same
class with him for 3 years, he barely spoke to me and vice versa. and so
when he approached, i was kinda shocked. but then he said, " hey
eileen please tuck in your shirt." and then walked away. i look down and
saw my shirt coming out. ish embarrassed.
when we reached the
school gate, another voice came from behind calling my name. i turned
around, expecting to see another prefect trying to tell me to tuck in my
shirt or sth. but it was actually kelvin (chieng). i was dumbfounded
because he hasn't spoken to me for..a several months i think. almost a
year. we got really close before. i remembered once i switch my digi
package to maxis. and everyone thought it was too dear to text me and so
my phone was clearly left there sampu-ing. lol. but kelvin chieng
texted me one day and said,"haha. am i the only one who's texting you
right now?" and i was soooo touched. hahaha. too easy to impress.
i
turned around and he said,"happy birthday." waaa <3 <3 my heart
missed a beat. touched. i responded,"it isn't my birthday yet. say it
again tomorrow." haha.
ps. he did say again the next day.
at the last night of my 16th. i was sprawling on the bed, looking at her majesty calculating if she hasn't given birth to me, how much money would she had left. ish. what kind of mother like this de. and i was clutching on my phone to wait for the magical 12 o'clock. hahaha. and then her majesty asked whose text are you waiting for. i winked at her and shhhhed her. haha. pretend to be mysterious. and then her majesty said :" your friends shouldn't really text you on the dote of 12 you know. because you're actually born at 11 something midnight. " ish. dream crusher mom.
someone offered to call me to count down my birthday but i kindly refused. thanks btw. tonight i would like to be quiet...simply quiet..just quiet..
and now presents! sharing out my blessing and happiness.
first! this's from gary, the earliest bird. who didn't get any worms. lol.
the legandary birthday cake <3 haha. sweet right! so is the cake ._. my sis said your friend hate you so much that he wanna you die of high blood sugar. ish. when he reached my house, i asked vonne to help me take to cake inside so that i have a free hand when he handed me the present. and when i went inside, they've already started eating. -___________-
can you figure it out from this arch? forgive my photo-taking technique. that's a card and a glass bottle which i thought was filled with folded stars but actually it's something more valuable and..erm useful. haha. it's a bottle filled with notes (gary didn't write them of course), positive messages on every note. now, sometimes, i would dig it out and read one or two when times are hard and write them on facebook to pass the love out. thanks! haha. he must've thought that im negative with my life.
oh and the card? this i have to mention!!! remember that he gave me the present two days before my birthday? i was so excited, receiving my first birthday present <3 <3 so i tear apart the envelope to look. apparently you have to wait until your birthday just like your christmas presents but i was too thrilled. haha. but when i saw the cover of the card, there's a sticky note on it saying: you have to wait until your birthday! and i mused vehemently: how is it even possible! and when i opened it, there's another sticky note saying: hahaha. i know you couldn't wait!
ish!! am i that predictable -_______- but erm thanks for the blessingssss. good luck on your spm ^___^
and here comes my favourite from him! tadaah!
yes! its a bracelet. rope bracelet is my new favourite <3 didn't know how he figured it out.
that's "faith" printed in front. and when you turned it over, there's a versus, which make me love it more.
The LORD your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9
wore it on my road test, announcing: this's my lucky charm right now!
2. this's from vonne and shasha. i picked it out. a really small present but one of my fav <3 <3
love the cover.
used it for my english notes. you can catch a glimpse on the very left of the picture that there's some newspaper posts and some vocabulary notes under it. finally getting serious with my life.
3. received a lot of random food/gifts this birthday. showing some with the pictures.
first's from nita. as im living sibu, i never have much chance to sank my teeth in special donuts like Big Apple or JCO or Dunkin Donuts as there're no branches available here. yea welcome to my world. but this special day, nita brought one for me at school <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 i wasn't actually into donuts at first because it's a rarity (in sibu of course) and i think it's too sweet. but it's so nice for nita to bring me one, and surprisingly i didn't feel a wee bit disgusting when eating--i used to. thanks tata <3
my smiley donut ^______________________^
second. without pics. use your imagination-__-
yuki and jac brought me this canned drinks 5 minutes before recess' over!! there's a rule in our school is that you can never bring canned drink into class--that is after recess. and if you are caught doing, your canned drink will be confiscated. they are obviously trying to get me into trouble--on my birthday! said that it's a little prank organized just for my birthday. ish double bad friends. i managed to finish that canned drink just before the prefect came and question me when am i going to finish it. ish! embarrassing. they were laughing so hard that i made a mental note that i shouldn't let them go easy on their next birthday. hmp.
third. haha. does that familiar shape and design ring a bell?
haha. a day after my birthday, i received this after school. it was already there on the table when i reached home. and her majesty and shasha were giving away sneaky looks and the first thought was: gary sent another one!? (yes. the two cakes were from the same bakery and apparently happened to be from the same series) i try to made her majesty tell but she kept giving hints only. her hints were 1. he's tall and white. 2. his car's white. 3. he's handsome. and the first man flashed through my eyes were eric! haha. and i was like.. see i know he remember! he was just pretending at school oh and a cake? so sweet <3
but actually it's from...my uncle....
haha. i called him to thank him. and i said in a joking way: how disappointing that it was you. he ish-ed me ^________^ my best uncle ever.
and that's my second cake. we spent two week eating them until my friends so frustrated that i brought birthday cake everyday to school that they asked me: how many cakes in the world that you mom bought this birthday? i answered none. hahaha.
4. this's from my bestie for 5 years <3 <3
colourful rope bracelet. here another one.
cute right. all my favourite colours even ^____________^
alas, the most stupid one! and this is from edward -______-
this blog's going to have a lot of pictures of my arm -____- yea it's a bruise. thanks to edward. wanna know how did he do that?
we sit together during computer lessons. he's sitting on my left. and one day i was dozing off during the lesson (im not very proud of it) and he tried to pinch me to wake me up. but the minute he did that, i jumped and nearly fell from my chair.. and notwithstanding that, this little bruise accompanied me for the next few days. ridiculous right!? i just sat there watching the painful part became green...then...purple (definitely not bluffing!) ...then the next day--black. no idea if he's too strong or it's my skin who's too weak -_____- anyway he said that it was my birthday present. ish. oh and, it's name's emma.
and now the last and the besttttt <3 <3 <3 <3 birthday dinner. at....Tahnamas <3 his royal highness said that since i am turning 17, he's must treat me somewhere grown up. wow.
the dishes. all of them are my favourite. his royal highness ordered.
aunt kathy ordered this for me. too rich for me. but still nice
sista(s) kept on figuring out how does thing do. aunty kathy said it's like we're just out of a village or sth.
this is spaghetti. im running out of caption -____-
and this...was his royal highness's banana split. but in the end, he made me finish it.
and this's shasha's. his royal highness should have ordered this for me T____________T haha
salad! <3 <3
only now i realised i forgot to take a photo of their highnesses' dishes and mine. too busy eating perhaps. -______-
and now i present you...
..the small version of chocwa. haha. can you believe this baby has grown up to 17? excuse the saliva and i still have that blanket.
不出所料，真的是這樣。哈哈，他的題目《Did you make her proud?》讓我，不是不是，讓大家都哭的很慘很慘。嗚嗚嗚，可以有個camp是不用哭的嗎？:( 不過Muhammad Ariff真的是我見過最棒最棒最棒的speaker。能夠把演講說到人類的心坎裡，那是件不容易的事情:)
大家包括我都在哭的很慘，旁邊那個Gary在那裡講什麼廢的，害我一邊笑一邊哭。
雖然知道你的善良的原意，可是...一邊笑一邊哭更醜也拜託 -,-
ButSincerelyThanksForThePatssOnMyBack.ThatCalmedMeLotsss :)
我講什麼我已經差不多忘記了，只記得我超過時間蠻久的:( 沒算好，好緊張哦！
可是前面的評審一直點頭給我加油:) 提醒了我一句話：Smile, you never know how much does that one smile means to one.
只能說，謝謝:) A thousand thankkksssssssssssssss. For everything.
<Win or lose doesn't really matters, what matters is how you play the game.>這是我在camp裡面印象深刻的一個quote，真的。拿第幾名沒什麼在意，feedback很重要:)
Mr.Kho給我的feedback我已經不怎麼記得了，差不多是這樣：Eileen? You wanna be a lawyer? I believe you CAN be a great one. You have a voice. And your last sentence "And remember not only have a good friend but also be a good friend" is really nice. Being a giver that is.
今年Toastmaster's president頒給我獎杯，honored :)
I am a musician, by training; I am a father with two kids, by marriage; I am a husband with a wife, by LOVE. ---Uncle Thomas.
Awwwwwwwwwwwww:)
Just By Standing ONSTAGE, that makes us ALL champions ;)
接著，接著，不是令人期待的午餐；
然後，然後，不是令人熱淚的演講；
後來，後來，不是令人敬佩的講員；
過後，過後，不是令人興奮的遊戲；
是好討厭好討厭的分離:(
陪伴我度過很多個camp的小黃黃
收好行李，我們就集合到hall的前面了。大家都很不捨得的感覺:(
大家，Farewell :)
Elleen And Eileen. Teehee :D
Gary and Eileen:)
The Threeeee Prettiesss :)
CuteAxia And BracedChocWa:)
Year2012's MsSibu and Eileen:)
It was ChocWa's greatest privilege and honor to be able to camp with all of you guys.
May this camp not only be a camp, may those lessons not only be lessons;
but to be remembered in our deepest of heart till the end of the world :)
Seriously ChocWa has a great feeling that all of our buddy-ship is to be forever <3
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