The house was a magnificent house. It was vast, spanning several floors - no, it was a mansion consisting of several towers. The whole place, as far as I could tell, was made of marble. Damn, what a waste it had to be haunted, or so the owner told us.
He wanted to find out what the strange occurrences in the house were caused by, and so he called in two teams of "experts". One group consisted of children like me though, and the other were older teenagers and adults. I recall an adult indignantly complaining in an Italian accent, "This is children! Let us handle the job!".
I got out my sketchbook and a pencil just in case I wanted to take notes. The juniors' (I shall now call my group the juniors and the other seniors) "base" was situated at a corner of the floor of the tower we were currently observing. The head (I believe I heard her name as Julia) was to stay there at all times with the equipment and if any of us needed a break we went there.
I set out with my fellow juniors to walk around the place. It seemed perfectly normal, no paranormal activity so far...we went one whole round around the place, until we came to this narrow passageway at the hall. It was connected to another big room that didn't have any electricity, and was thus unlit and pitch-dark.
We decided to link hands and crawl on the floor into the room, and out the other end. It was really pitch-dark, so I closed my eyes and let the leader show us the way out. When we came out the other end we found ourselves at base, with Julia sitting there atop the equipment, glancing briefly at us through her enormous jewelled spectacles.
The seniors were bustling about in the corridor just beside the base. Two of them, seeing that most of the juniors were there, stopped at the base to give us some information. One of them told us that he could sense hundreds of spirits trapped in a room, all filled with hatred. The other told us that whenever he sensed spirits, he would draw wildly on the sketchbook he was holding.
We all drank up the new information, and then set out again to observe the surroundings better. Though I told my friend that I didn't sense anything at all. We went one whole round again, coming back to the narrow passageway. Again, we linked hands and went through, although this time I opened my eyes.
The room was now lit by sunlight through an unseen source, and I could see that the room was painted green and the floor was wooden parquet. A set of mirror-and-drawers sat in the corner of the room. I could tell that there was something on top of it, but I didn't dare go and get it. Three mice were sitting still at the side of the room, one clutching a grey jewelled object. As we approached, it scurried away, but the object was flung out the room in the process. The leader picked it up.
All the juniors decided to go another last round before gathering at base. No paranormal activity again...once again we reached the narrow passageway, but this time a large crowd of juniors had gathered outside it. It seemed that no one wanted to go in, not even in a group. I wondered whether I should stick with them, or go through it. In the end, I simply ran through the passage with my eyes firmly closed.
At base, a number of juniors had already gathered near the window and were looking outside. I joined them, but I couldn't see what they were looking at. Then I noticed that the other tower that could be seen from the window was considerably tilted. Then it started to sway from side-to-side. My eyes widened when I saw this. Could it be that the strange occurrences were caused by...?
At that moment Julia came in. I quickly pointed out the tilting and the swaying to her. Her eyes widened, and she ran off, yelling that she would tell the guy-in-charge. The other juniors crowded around me and asked me what I had found out.
I told them about a similar situation I had read about in a manga book. It was a school building reputed to be haunted, as things moved in the place, glass windows shattered and ceilings caved in. However, it was eventually found out that the main cause of the "hauntings" was due to land subsidence.
There were a number of wells near the school, and one of them ran under it. Eventually the water dried up, leaving a large gap in the ground under the school. Over time, the land the school was on began to sink. The windows shattering, the ceilings caving in were all due to the school structure warping. The things moving were caused by the uneven floor surface as one side was found to be lower than the other.
As the case was "solved", everyone packed up. It was a bright sunny day as I walked out of the doors of that majestic mansion. I was wearing a skirt as part of my outfit; it would've bothered me if it were a normal day, but it wasn't exactly a normal day. The seniors were packing up their fancy equipment in their cars.
I actually referred to a manga I read before in a dream! The haunted-school-situation as I have related to in my dream is a plot from the manga Ghost Hunt, the first volume which I bought from MPH using one of my vouchers. I plan to buy the other volumes soon.
On Thursday I received a call from Dodo about some trip to Snow City with the Rosythian pupils. As far as I understand it, apparently Ms Ho wanted some Sec 1 students to accompany the pupils to Snow City. I heard from Chew Lin that the finalised list of people who were going were me, her, Yihui, Nick Quah, Gifford and JK.
I came early to Snow City, in fact, very early. I arrived at the place around 9.10, and no one was there yet except some earlybirds. I felt quite worried because I thought they were standing me up. I HATE it when that happens, because I have had enough experience from Rosyth "gatherings".
Around 9.20 or so, busloads of Rosythians came in. A teacher recognised me (surprisingly it was that teacher, I didn't expect her to know me first) and she asked me why I was here, so I told her. She didn't know either that some Sec 1s were to accompany them, so she reckoned it must've been Ms Ho's doing.
At 9.30+, the pupils went in already. So I gave up and just decided to walk back to the Science Centre, sorely tempted to swear badly. At the edge of the Kinetic Garden I spotted Chew Lin, Yihui and Gifford. The two girls immediately rushed over and hugged me. Nick was walking through the carpark. I literally sank to my knees out of sheer frustration.
Back at Snow City, we found out that if we were to go in, we would be paying the usual for less time, so we decided to give up the Snow City thing and go for breakfast at Macs. I ordered a Hotcakes meal and finished it while the rest ate their own meals and played card games afterwards.
We decided to go ice skating (for the second time that week for me!) but I didn't bring my parade gloves, so I had to buy gloves. I chose red ones, contrary to the purple and pink ones the salesperson pointed out to me.
I felt kinda awkward on the ice, being on it for the second time in three days. I soon got the hang of it again. Most of us knew how to skate, although Chew Lin tended to stick to the side mostly. Just about half-an-hour in and I fell. There seemed to be an unusually large number of small children on the ice. Reason: birthday party.
I was skating and suddenly this kid wanders in my path. And I, unable to stop, ended up falling and tripping the kid. She, who looks like she's about to cry. And she with the different type of skates, is obviously a better skater than me. I, with the horrible guilty complex. Damn it, even smaller children who fall on their own accord don't cry! They merely laugh and pick themselves up, hold their head high, why don't you?
Hell, if my kid ever had a birthday party I'll disallow skating ones. I sympathise with the casual skaters who have to deal with pro skaters and their silly twirls, and small children with their irresponsible skating and metal bars they leave around everywhere.
I eventually got over my guilt (heck, Nick said he would've laughed at the girl) and continued skating. Gifford got bored of skating in partial ovals, so we three decided to play a game of skate tag, "It" being the slowest person. We ended up playing it with Yihui and Chew Lin, and tagged everyone all over the place. We skated and slid and nearly fell about the whole place.
I had to go in 2 hours because I paid for the student one, while the others paid for the group admission. My feet cramped up after an hour, but I continued skating anyway. I stopped skating at 12.30, after Gifford kept telling me to skate another round after another round until 12.30. The rest would be leaving at the same time as me too.
All five of us had lunch at the kopitiam there, but I couldn't find anything I wanted to eat so I told Chew Lin I'd buy something for myself later. Before we went down to the first floor, the boys wanted to play Daytona racing so we went to the arcade nearby, where Nick had a card with credits for the arcade.
Yihui was the only one who didn't play. For the first race, I kept cutting across the grass which slowed me down, so I came in third. Nick first, Gifford second and Chew Lin fourth. For the second game, we all played side-by-side since some booths were freed up.
I came in first this time, Gifford second, Nick fourth, I think. Gifford complained that I was an exceptionally bad driver, since every time I went on a turn I knocked into him and sent his car flying or slamming into the wall. XD LOL! It's called strategy, or just plain bad driving! I slammed into the other AI cars too. All the while my foot was firmly stuck onto the accelerator.
Downstairs, Nick wanted a tea egg, and according to him since he paid for our games I had to pay for his tea egg. =.= He was lamenting that RI didn't have the OM programme. Argh, and I didn't get in! Nonetheless, I'm not gonna cry over spilt milk, of course. More surveys to spam the juniors with!
The downside of being in the debate club is probably that you tend to analyse a lot of things and probabilities and crap.
All of us were heading back in the direction of Marina Bay so we were taking the same train. There was much ado about sitting down. My back hurt when a certain someone pushed me forcibly towards a seat. I ended up standing when a stranger sat next to me. It's not really due to a phobia of strangers sitting next to me though. In the end, all of us stood.
I decided not to get off at Sembawang, but at Ang Mo Kio when everyone else would be getting off. Then I would take the train back to Sembawang. On the way to Ang Mo Kio we all played a game, this time the category being verbs. One would start off by saying a verb, and with the last letter the next person would say another verb, and so on.
We ended up saying verbs that started with an "e" and ended in an "e" too, making it difficult. Whoever broke the chain of "e"s, Nick would proclaim that he hated them. And that was the time when I stepped on his foot a lot of times. I should've kept count. XP
I parted ways with them at the station, all the while a heavy feeling settling at the bottom of my heart. Though, I hope to see them again. A suggested bowling trip.
It's true, I am a sentimental person. I especially value the time I spend with my friends, even more so friends I have not seen in months. It's hard for me to let go, but when I do, I'll start thinking about the times we'll have ahead of us.
Conflicting emotions run through me. I see you again, in a long time. I don't know what I feel now, instead of then. Only time will tell, of course. Whatever time will tell, I will accept readily.
No, I will not give you some long random crap about how wonderful it is to be 13, how it opens up another bunch of opportunities, and how wise I am getting with respect to age.
Hell, I even forgot it was my birthday today a few hours ago.
Nonetheless, thanks to all who have wished me a Happy Birthday, especially a very early one that made my night.
11/17/2006 06:34:00 PM
Sunday, November 12, 2006
If I were to say, which material possessions in my life were most important to me (excluding my family and friends), I'd readily answer, "My spectacles and my computer."
Firstly, I would be nearly blind without my specs. Everything would appear blurry, and I would only be able to see their rough outlines. Details? Not unless I was less than a metre away. I don't think it's my myopia worsening, I think it's my astigmatism. Astigmatism causes my vision to appear blurry, whereas myopia just makes you...short-sighted.
I wouldn't be able to tell what bus came along, because I can't see the numbers. I wouldn't be able to tell how long until the next train, because I can't see the screen. I wouldn't be able to tell my friends from afar, because they'll look just like everyone else.
Secondly, I'd be bored without my computer. It's my window to the outside world. I've never been to any other country apart from Malaysia and Singapore, but in the Internet I meet a number of people from all over the world. I know about people, places and video games I've never seen, been to or played before.
Although if I were without my computer I can rely on my daydreams for entertainment. I can make them pretty realistic in my head if I wanted to. XD Aaah, I love my imagination too.
11/12/2006 04:54:00 PM
Saturday, November 11, 2006
This is just a drawing of a random outfit I did in OpenCanvas. I originally drew it with a face, but...the face didn't look that nice >< so I erased it.
It's actually a sort of dress at the top that's slanted at the bottom, and you wear it with shorts that visible by the large slit at the side. I wanted to put in details like cartridges on those two wide ribbon-like things or a dagger sheath on the arm, but I didn't exactly know what they looked like so I omitted them. Sigh.
And I discovered Event Files too! They show you how you drew it, what you erased, and so on but in fast motion. They're pretty cool.
11/11/2006 01:02:00 AM
Thursday, November 09, 2006
316th post..
Today we got our results back!...well, not exactly back.
All of us were supposed to meet Mdm Rozanah at 1015 at school, but me being me, I left the house late and ended up reaching school at 1030. Luckily she wasn't mad or anything, I guess there was no reason for her to. She was giving out our comp-something files.
Headed to the hall not directly after that. We waited pretty long for our report files to come, even after some other classes had received theirs. Soon we did get ours. I wasn't really panicking, because when you're sandwiched in between two lunatics you don't really start caring about your impending doom, rather about your own sanity at least.
Walking to the table felt a little like going down The Path, I told myself, referring to the corridors in prison or to the gallows. The comments Mdm Rozanah told me wasn't too bad, I suppose. She told me that I could've gotten all As if I had put more effort into those subjects and not be too distracted. She also told me that since most of the girls in 112 liked me, I could use that to...convert it to leadership skills. Something like that.
However, due to a misprint in our result sheets, we had to give them back, and instead go back to school on Monday, 0800 to get our proper sheets. After we were dismissed, I went for lunch (more like breakfast, I didn't eat any) with Jazlyn, Nana, Liz, another friend of theirs, Sze Min, Nancy and JX. Though JX came later while we were at Long John Silver's.
Here's a tip: When someone's cameraphone is aimed at you, don't just assume they're taking your photo. Remember they have video capabilities as well. XD
Nancy had to go back to school after that to get some photos, so JX, SM and I followed. I don't know exactly why, but Sze Min and Nancy were acting oddly. I seemed to be their message box, more like. Nancy was asking me to tell Sze Min to stop doing things that irritated her, to keep her phone, and keep her hands to herself. I suppose she was just exasperated with Sze Min's antics to take her picture. Still.
At that point when they were asking me to tell each other whatever messages they wanted to pass, or say it out extra loud for the other person's benefit, I felt like being in the middle of things. I don't like to. It feels like I'm choosing sides. Funnily enough, I felt like laughing. I know it was a serious thing but...I still felt like laughing. I decided to keep my silence instead.
On the way, Nancy was asking me, if I had crushed (I think I begin to dislike the use of this word. I see it too often) on someone of the same gender before. With a straight face, I replied, "Not anymore now." She told me she thought it was worrying if well, someone crushed on another of the same gender.
While waiting for Ms Ong to attend to Nancy, we just sat nearby the PE Dept. and talked. About, well...stuff. I related to Sze Min what Nancy told me earlier, and she said that there are varying definitions of a crush, depending on what you have a crush on. You can read her blog or her joint blog for more details. (See, this is encouraging readers to read your blog!)
After Nancy received her photos, we decided we'd go somewhere, just anywhere. So we walked aimlessly around Orchard Road. We got accosted by this young woman somewhere along the way who was really determined to get us to buy a pen for...something. But we didn't. So.
JX wanted to go home because we were simply walking around aimlessly, but after eating her lemon gelato. She did go home in the end, though I felt slightly guilty for letting her go home alone like that, but I really didn't want to go home yet. <---Insecure! My Nohari window!
The remaining three of us went to Food Republic to sit and eat while simply talking. We bought an ice-kachang to share between the three of us (my side was the least dripped-on!). That was finished fairly quickly, so we just talked the time away. It was raining heavily halfway through, so if we wanted to leave it was troublesome too.
At one point during our conversation, Sze Min and I suddenly looked at each other and burst into laughter. I'm not sure yet why as I've forgotten. Nonetheless, it was pretty amusing. We talked about our past schools, our reaction to entering GE, why we came to RGS...
When we left, the rain had slowed to a drizzle. Sze Min and Nancy were planning to walk to a bus stop in an obscure location (hell, I have no idea where it is, and if 167 goes there I have no idea which way it's going). So I decided to take the MRT instead. It kinda pained me to go, but hey, I kinda did feel better at home. It was slightly depressing to walk out there in the rain with friends you know you're not going to see in a while.
I think I'm giving up on my Nanowrimo or something, but I'll keep writing steadily. Even if the November month is over, I'll keep writing my novel til I reach the end, and maybe I'll let others read it in all its lame glory. XD
I really hope we can go iceskating or organise a movie fest soon! Though it reminds me of my former best friends, whom I haven't seen in about half a year, and it feels like I've abandoned them. So long as I even think about them...
I like this Audsea look! I just love it to the point I'm putting it up here. LOL!
11/09/2006 05:37:00 PM
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
315th post...
Yesterday Mar invited me over for a sleepover, but knowing my mom, I just went for lunch. Or dinner. Or basically, it just turned out to be a gathering. Of, uh, four people.
At home, I SMSed Maryam and asked her if I was supposed to wear casual, but she replied back, "NO. HARI RAYA." I took that as I was supposed to wear my Hari Raya clothes, so I wore my green kebaya top with my black jeans instead. (I am not going there in my full kebaya OK. That would be so humiliating.)
Halfway through the train journey, I decided to check my sister's handphone for any messages (I borrowed her handphone and my little brother's EZLink card) and I saw that Maryam had replied to one of my SMSes. In it, she said that she was joking about the Hari Raya thing.
Fish and chips and double cream! I wrote back: "Nice of you to tell me when I'm halfway through going to your house in my Hari Raya clothes." Oh great. A joke. And her SMS seemed so serious when she said it! Argh!
At TP Interchange I couldn't decide whether to take 139 or 145, but I decided to stick with 139 just in case I happened to get lost. I got off at the right stop, and walked to Maryam's house. I was afraid I would be the last one there, but when I got to the lift landing I saw someone very familiar.
Turns out Nancy just arrived as I did. When we arrived at Mar's doorstep, it turned out Flo and Mar spent the time playing with Barbie dolls and that Flo was planning to make a Goong movie out of them. I indignantly showed Maryam what I had worn.
We spent a good half-hour or so just doing nothing in Mar's room. Then things got a little livelier when Maryam was playing with her cat Coco, and flung his spider toy into her room. Coco zoomed in the room after the spider, and Florence and I all screamed when he suddenly shot after the spider.
Argh. I don't really like touching cats because people kept forcing me to pet cats when I didn't want to, thus I sorta had a phobia of that. Although Coco kinda proved me wrong. He's so cute! I prefer him to Marble, Maryam's other cat who's fat and sleeps. =.=
After finding out I freaked out when the spider was thrown, Nancy kept throwing the spider at me in hopes that Coco would jump on me after the spider or something. Too bad it didn't work. HAHA! Coco only chases after the spider, but when it falls onto a chair or something he just sits there and waits.
Mar and Flo were playing games on the computer, namely Runescape. (Of all things!) Then Nancy decided to show Flo the game The Maze, which is a screamer. The main point of it is to maneuver your mouse through several levels without touching the walls, or you'll have to start again. We reassured Flo (or I did) that there was nothing wrong with the game, but she was still suspicious. She played it anyway.
It came as a shock when she saw the face and heard the screams. She chased both of us around the table, and finally ended up whacking me hard on the back. She and Nancy played more screamers and scared themselves silly, before Nancy decided to play...
Barbie.com
ARGH! Like the last time she played a game, and when it told her to "type your name here" she typed "Muni" in.
...
Anyhow, we spent a good deal of time playing My Scene games. XP LOL I told them I played the games before too. >< Bad move! They teased me about it, but hey, Maryam also played them with her sister too!
While Mar and Flo played the computer games, I played with Coco. He's really cute when he plays with the straw. He just flips over onto his back and starts scratching and biting the straw. Luckily he didn't try to scratch me when I petted him. Phew.
Nancy left first, at 7. Me and Flo stayed til 8.30, because the remaining three of us had so much fun playing this stupid game on Miniclip called Tribes or something. You've got to overcome challenges to become the next chief and win the hand of Princess Fabiola. I killed her during the Coconut Dropping challenge because the explosive arrow I shot hit her straight on. XP
I got a lift to Novena MRT from Flo's mom, who was also picking up her dad there. When I got back home I was pretty tired. But the great thing is, I managed to surpass the 5000-word mark that night at 1 am! I stayed up til 3.15 playing, until I thought I heard my mom using the toilet in the master bedroom, and that's when I quickly shut down my computer, switched off all the lights and pretended to sleep. Or rather, fell asleep. XD
See? Knowing me, I'm a lazy goon so I'm not going after all. And Sze Min said she didn't need one anyway. Can't wait to see everyone tomorrow, and my results, and our classes...
11/08/2006 03:22:00 PM
Monday, November 06, 2006
Me: hey, at least you get to see guys right? Jaz: huh Me: the only time I ever see people of the opposite gender near my age is on the MRT train. Jaz: damn, we're deprived. XDDDD Me: no shit, Sherlock.
Man, I like that phrase. "No shit, Sherlock". I even used it in my novel. Along with the phrase "hope springs eternal", which I remembered from the Nano FAQ. LOL!
Yeah, we're pretty deprived. The only time other than the above is probably during co-ed camps or something. Which I've never gone to as of yet. Deprivation! Somehow I can't wait to get to RJC. I can finally kick someone's shin again.
The friends were trying to guess who my crushes were, and I must say some were pretty close. But as I said, a mark for getting all right, and none if one's wrong! I told JX all though. I said to Sufyan I wouldn't tell him before Jazlyn.
I told Jazlyn anyhow. Surprising. The people I told all seem so passive. I expected them to be "Hey, you like this guy! Hahahaha!". I suppose they are like me too, with the same problem. In RGS, I think I'm opening up more. I told people a lot more things, I shared my secrets, they shared theirs...
I love this school.
11/06/2006 11:42:00 PM
313rd post...
I shall just post up an excerpt from Chapter Two and Three. But first!
"Almost." Leirei spat out the word as if it were a swear word forbidden to be said. "They were innocent. Doing no wrong, and you killed them. In cold blood!" The forgotten stiletto in her hand made a reappearance as she whipped it upwards, the thin blade pointing directly at Van's heart. He looked cocky, his eyes daring her to stab him. She took a determined step forward.
Van remained still, his eyes watching Leirei's every move like a cat. The woman continued taking sure steps forward, until she was just a few steps away from reaching out and stabbing him. Leirei paused for a moment, in mid-step. Van appeared to hesitate, uncertain if she would strike. His right hand slowly slid behind his back.
Leirei let out a war cry as she lunged forward in a swift movement, the blade gripped in her hand gleaming in the suite's bright lighting. Van ducked and rolled sideways out of her way, simultaneously producing a tiny pistol that closely resembled a dart gun. Leirei recovered herself speedily from the miss and lunged again for Van, who had managed to stand up and aim the gun at her.
Van simply stepped aside, allowing Leirei to soar past him. In a flash movement, his free hand flew out and grasped Leirei's wrist holding the stiletto. Leirei dropped the stiletto in shock. He wrenched her backwards with a quick jerk, causing her to crash into his body. Van's free arm held Leirei in a neck hold, while his hand holding the tiny pistol was placed point-blank at her head.
"I'd wish so much to kill you, right here, right now," Van whispered in Leirei's ear, his voice soft and deadly. "But, I'll hesitate just this once too, and let you live. An eye for an eye, no?"
"I'd rather die than have my life at your mercy, buckaroo," Leirei snapped. She restrained her hands with enormous difficulty, which were sorely itching to wrap themselves around Van's neck and strangle him with satisfaction. She knew better than to fight against a gang leader with many followers at his control and holding her at point-blank gun range.
Van smirked. "Too bad it's not your choice to choose, darling." Leirei winced very visibly when the word touched her ears. "Now, shall we discuss your deal, then?"
"Deal? What deal?" Leirei attempted to twist herself around and face Van in the eye, but his arm across her neck prevented her from doing so. She resigned herself to remain in that stance for the whole time they would be discussing…their "deal".
"Your deal to stay alive."
Chapter Three: Van strode behind her chair and casually laid a hand on the back. He leant close to her ear. Leirei squeezed her eyes shut; she wasn't going to witness whatever hell he was going to do to her. She felt Van's warm hand travel up her shoulder to her neck. Leirei tried hard not to think of what would happen next. She wasn't really a fan of romance novels, but she had read a few erotic paragraphs or so and didn't like what happened in them.
She suddenly felt the feel of cold metal again, the feel surrounding her neck. It seemed to be a collar of sorts, judging by the shape around her neck. Leirei heard a soft click, as the collar was clasped shut. Van seemed to have released his grip on the collar. The collar now lay heavily around Leirei's neck. Leirei opened her eyes slowly, one after another.
She looked down to see a gleaming metal collar now affixed around her neck. Several light-emitting diodes dotted the collar. She prodded the collar. Van strolled from behind her and back to his chair, sinking into it with a sigh.
"Thank God I didn't have to really rape you," Van sighed, running his hand through his jet-black hair. Leirei stared incredulously at him, a hand hooked in her collar in an attempt to pull it off. Van grinned. "What, you thought I really meant to rape you? Sorry darling, I don't do rape."
Leirei turned a deep red, gritting her teeth. "Shut your f-I mean, trap and stop calling me darling. I'm not your candy girl. What's this you've got on my neck?" Leirei tugged at the metal collar futilely; it didn't budge. Damn metal, Leirei thought. Probably Lunarian type. Bloody strong things.
"Lunarian-alloy shock collars," Van proclaimed proudly. "Almost indestructible. It's built like a stun belt, only in collar form. With this," Van held up his hand; a small watch-like gadget was worn around his wrist, "I can control the voltage of the shock administered and when I administer it. Of course I won't kill you now, the shock's only equal to that of standard tasers. I can kill you though, if I change the voltage."
Leirei's eyes went wide when she heard it. Weren't tasers outlawed in Cesalion? Upon thinking that, Leirei rolled her eyes in reply. No shit Sherlock, this guy breaks laws for a living, remember? Chances of him ever owning a taser or stun belt was awfully high.
And that's all for now folks! I think I'll surpass the 4000-word mark by tonight, hopefully!
11/06/2006 09:08:00 PM
Sunday, November 05, 2006
List of Memorable Things for 2006
1. Climbing over a Block J toilet cubicle wall to get my camera back
2. Doing my "robot dance" move in Latin Dancesport class
3. Being dared to do my "robot dance" move at Shiing and Mandi's wedding
4. Being dared to shout my deepest, darkest secret to the tree near the fence (I cheated. I shouted my ambition)
5. Squishing the cockroach in my Bio project, causing the blue inkblot-like stain near the back door in the 112 classroom
6. Beating Nancy by 13 points in bowling during JX's birthday
7. Knocking down 6 pins with my left hand in bowling during JX's birthday
8. Doing the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore (muah chee spots!)
9. Winning the Most Motivated Class during Orientation Night
10. Writing Nanowrimo with other 112ers (to date, I know Sze Min, Grace, Shiing and Liz are the others writing)
11. Figured out who Sze Min's crush was
12. Talking with Sze Min while waiting for the slowpoke called Nancy to finish her Digital Portfolio (even with help from Grace)
13. Telling Sze Min my crush
14. Telling JX my three crushes for Rosyth GE
15. Signing up for Interhouse Floorball and playing it, enjoying it enormously
16. Going for my marksmanship test and failing miserably (not as bad as some people!)
17. Auditioning for Odyssey of the Mind
18. The first time I wore a skirt in front of the whole class for Drama PT, apart from the RGS pinafore and culottes
19. Wearing a skirt to Shiing and Mandi's wedding
20. Eating the rice ball meant for Physics, and getting sick after that >< (Moral of story: never eat anything touched by lab equipment, but any sane person knows that. Except me.)
21. Netball Carn. Cheering Competition TT_TT I failed as a Cheer Captain.
22. Going iceskating for the first time with other 112ers
23. Taking my first Neoprints with my English Learning Week group
24. The dinner where I asked Nancy questions and Sze Min pinched me really hard, and I faked that it was a mosquito bite to Grace
25. Seeing an actor with dropped drawers on our way to that dinner
26. Getting wrapped up in the red heart-patterned ribbon by Gracey and Sze Min
27. Swearing my longest starting with Fish: "Fish and chips and double cream and mayonnaise and coleslaw!" while getting back for Drama Night
28. Being chased by Maryam, Nancy and Deborah while getting hit by a tiny baseball, and occasionally getting involved with sacrificial rituals and being a shield against Lisa-hugging
29. The time when me and Pearlyn were waiting for the "B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" part of the song Hollaback Girl at Netball Carn. When the pupils at the booth suddenly stopped the song just before that part, we screamed like banshees Maryam and Nancy.
11/05/2006 10:46:00 PM
311th post...
I haven't blogged since Nov 1. Ah well.
Thursday was one boring rush of talks and more talks. Although the Principal's Address and the Poetry Appreciation talk was mildly interesting, as I said, it was mildly interesting.
In the evening, all the students had to assemble in the Hall at 6.40. So I thought that, before that I would go back home and rest awhile before returning back to school. The group I was auditioning for OM with wanted to discuss the script around 2, but I said I'd be back around 3.15.
I got back home at 1.55, bathed, ate some lunch and rushed back out again. For some weird reason, I was very eager to get back to school. My heart felt like soaring when I walked back up the familiar staircase, along the familiar corridor, to 112. With a sudden realisation, the reason why I felt so eager to get back to school, was because I had come to think of it as my second home. The feeling of going to school was so similar to returning home, but it seemed more intense.
I first saw Gracey doing her Nanowrimo in class. I went to look for Sze Min and JX at the canteen where Gracey said they'd be, but they weren't there. When I returned back though, they were shrieking at my return. I can see why the feeling was so intense.
We fooled around with my camera, taking two very random videos XP and photos. We planned to go out for dinner later with Nancy when she came back from tennis. Sze Min and I saw her walking along the track with her friend, and with my 7x digital zoom (WAHAHA) I took her photos. Another sighting of another rare animal of 112!
I told her I managed to take her photo with the zoom without her knowing, and she went berserk. Tried to grab the camera from me. Sze Min tried her best to get Nancy away from the camera, and it turned into one whole running-and-tugging fest. I swear, the pupil who passed by us must've thought we were deranged.
In the ruckus my grip on the camera slipped so Nancy got the camera. She ran into the J Block girls' bathroom and entered a cubicle to view the photos and videos. There were things not to be known in the camera, and Nancy was now looking at the photos and videos. On top of that, she locked the door. So guess what I did.
I climbed over the cubicle wall and into the next one.
Dang, it's not as easy as it looks. I kept thinking I would break the toilet seat cover if I stood on it. And I was afraid of slipping, or tripping, among other things. I got the door unlocked for Sze Min. That was when we found out that the camera was under the "mute" mode.
DAMNIT I RAN, STRUGGLED WITH SOMEONE LIKE NANCY AND CLIMBED OVER A CUBICLE WALL JUST TO FIND THAT IT'S UNDER MUTE MODE?!
No shit, man.
When we got back to class she hid my camera somewhere so I had no idea where the bloody fish it was. She once asked me what were the chances I'd get my camera back. I was about to answer "100%", but waited for her answer. "50/50."
Still, I got my camera back in the end. (Hah! 100%!) We went to a place called Food Republic. I didn't really want to eat a heavy meal, so I ended up eating ice kachang. Halfway through, I asked someone a question, and got back a pretty interesting answer. However, because of asking follow-ups to that question, I got a pretty bad bite from a mosquito. IT HURT.
Couldn't finish the ice kachang even with help so I had to leave it behind. THE RED BEANS I WANT TT_TT We walked hurriedly to the bus stop where I usually take 190 and the 190 was almost leaving. It was a small bus we took, and it was pretty crowded. At the next bus stop it was even more crowded. We had to shift further in to the part where there's hardly any handrails. Sze Min and I had to hold on to Grace or Nancy just to stay upright.
During the sharp turn I know I "swore" a lot. I said, "Fish and chips and double cream and mayonnaise and coleslaw!" Heeheehee. It's like ordering at Long John Silver's! We didn't really get to school in time, but then again, nor did most people. XP
Drama Night was OK, I suppose, and it was then I finally told someone who my crush was for 2006. When I got home, I didn't get to write anything for Nanowrimo because I was so tired. But I managed to wrap my presents for 112!
On Friday, I pretty much came on time, before the singing of the National Anthem began. So I am considered on time. XP My warped logic.
Me, Gracey and Jaz played I Spy while whiling our time away, listening to the boring speeches. The only thing that interested me was the CCA Handover Ceremony, when the present chairpersons of each CCA and their future chairpersons exchanged gifts representing their CCA. It was so cute! The House Handover was funny too!
Back in class the class cleaned up the classroom, and it was then I gave out my presents. I was so happy I finally managed to do something for the class. ^^
OM Auditions were after school. I had to finish my form, and write out the poems I did, because that was a skill I ticked. "Writing Poetry". I had to submit my original copy of my Poetry Slam poem though, because I didn't have time to write it down. So sad.
Just to clarify though. I asked if anyone would like to go to the library, because I needed to copy down the poems I needed, and Nancy said that she would go with me. Not that either of us didn't want to rehearse our roles or were exasperated with everyone.
The hands-on problem I didn't like, the verbal spontaneous was OK, but I came up with some really lame answers. The main problem...er, so-so. The judges looked a bit condescending throughout the whole thing. I don't think I'll like OM now. IRS sounds OK, come to think of it.
After the audition, we had to wait awhile because Nana and Nancy had to submit their photos to the judges as they didn't affix them to their forms. While waiting, we discussed about private things, like crushes and whatnot. Since JX told me who her crush in Rosyth GE was, I told her all three of mine. Finally, in four years I have told someone. Surprise, surprise.
Sze Min, Grace, JX and I went to Far East for Neoprints and lunch. We met Mar, Joni and Angie at Burger King. The Neos came out really well. ^^ I went home by train with JX and Sze Min, with JX alighting first and SM last. I dropped my wallet on the train too, for the second time in three years I lost another wallet. I didn't know if Sze Min saw it or not, I know she's pretty observant.
(Just so you know, I got out from the station by telling the Station Manager I lost my wallet. Duh.)
I was in a rush to get home so that I could retrieve SM's handphone number from my computer and call her to see if she had my wallet. However, when I arrived home, my little brother had no key and was waiting outside. I ended up falling asleep for 2 1/2 hours outside until my eldest sister came home. I switched on the comp, meaning to check if Sze Min got my wallet and to do my Nanowrimo, but I ended up falling asleep again for practically 12 hours.
Then my mom told me that she had seen an IM on my comp, saying that someone had seen my wallet on the train. That was Sze Min. She said that she had seen it on the train after I left, but was too stunned to go after me. She later returned to Sembawang MRT to try and look for me, but I had left. She would give it to me on Thursday when we would receive our reports.
Thanks for finding my wallet, I was so damn relieved! <33333333 You shall get a belated birthday present-wish you were in my class next year present-good results present-thanks for finding my wallet present on Thursday too! XP
Saturday
Was reluctant to go Hari Raya visiting cos I wanted to write my Nanowrimo, but I was forced to go. I enjoyed myself thoroughly though. I played IT and Crocodile with my siblings, my cousin and my cousin's cousins. Also, in the rented van, whenever my father braked suddenly or took a sharp turn me and my siblings enjoyed sliding about the van enormously.
I've managed to write about 2848 words right now, starting on my third chapter. Where Van, the gang leader who's captured Leirei, strikes a deal with her to so that she'll stay alive. ^^ Maybe I'll post an excerpt from my second chapter later.
11/05/2006 07:01:00 PM
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
310th post...
NANOWRIMO STARTS TODAY!
Anyway, nothing much to say about Net Carn, except that we lost the overall competition, the cheering competition, to hell with the banner competition (we didn't participate in it) but we won the shooting competition. And that it was damn hot there. I don't think a lot of people wore the sunscreen at the First Aid post.
I've scrapped my old Nanowrimo plot (Sector VII) and now replaced it with a story about a female vigilante trying to find her real purpose in life. Her name's Leirei, and I kinda based her clothing on the main character of FFXIII, who looks way cool. I had to do research on guns so that I could get her weapons correct. Just in case you wanna know, she carries two Micro Uzis, a .308 Steyr Scout and a stiletto.
The feel of cold metal against her bare skin unnerved her a little. She didn’t see why it should; she had been experiencing that feel for over five years now. The cold, to her, seemed to serve as a reminder to her what her purpose in life was: to erase the evil in the world.
To someone else, such an ambition would sound like an impossible dream, and a ridiculous one too; after all, evil has always remained in the world for thousands and thousands of years, how could it be eliminated by a twenty one-year-old who looked barely nineteen?
She adjusted her shoulder holsters so that the two Micro Uzis tucked securely in them shifted, and the cold feel disappeared. All the while, from the top of the opposite building, she kept her eyes on the back door of the building in front of her. Her target, she had estimated, would be coming out of that very door any time now. Her job, was to deal out his rightful punishment for murder.
Leirei had entered the vigilante business since she was fifteen, after being severely emotionally scarred due to a frightening incident in her early teens. She had never talked to anyone else about it, and had committed the memory to the trash in her mind. From then on, she had sworn her life to erasing the indignity of evil in her home city of Cesalion.
Every night, Leirei would track down her target, and eliminate him or her without any second thought. Justice had to be dealt, there was to be no hesitation. She knew what would happen if she hesitated, like she did once upon finding out her target was a teenager just like her. The long scar on her back still glared an angry red.
And that would be the first few paragraphs of my first chapter. I've written about 1053 out of a recommended 1667 words. Gracey's done twice that, and so has Sze Min. Oh well. Blog you later.
11/01/2006 09:34:00 PM
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