So many wonderful memories to cherish
Anyway...I've recently been experiencing delight after delight served on the conveyor belt of life, but it balances out with the horrid stuff. In chronological order:
5 Aug (Saturday)
Ballet under the Stars! My 1st time! Free of charge! Accompanied ' Nuff said.. Well, not actually, the gd stuff doesn't end here. Liling and I got to see our juniors in Chung Cheng Dance Club perform the opening itemand took lotsa photos. Later, we all got glitter tattoos!! The atmosphere was so romantic, sprawled on mats and enjoying the cool breeze, lush greenery and Liling's company. My favourite wasthe pas de deux: exotic music of the Middle East, langourous movements interspersed with bursts of energy, from little twirls (hearts a flutter) to the magnetic push and pull (testing the waters) to truly breathtaking acrobatics (full blown passion). The choreography was so graceful and fluid, bringing to mind young lovers who burn brightly in the other's eyes, their fuel never running dry.
P.S. I want an empire-waisted knee-length dress, the pleated skirt billows so softly. Simple and classic.
9 Aug (Wednesday)
National Day! In the afternoon, Yun Yun asked if I wanted to watch the Parade so I said "YES!" Thanx to Derek lao shi lah =) 5 o'clock met at the East Gate, n I still couln't believe my luck, haha... This year's goody bag is a tasteful sling bag, unlike the gaudy appendages before. Somehow, since it's the last NDP to be held in Kallang Stadium, i was kinda sad.. Got the 1st row of the upper block of seats, beside the stage. It was choped by a line of soldiers, who cleared off when we reached, wah~ PLus so many shuai guys in identical red shirts but different jeans, *drool* eye candy.. But they were busy ogling Gong Shi Jia's flawless bare back. The fireworks were spectacular, truly beyond expectation. Not to forget my idol=>LKY!!! Gosh...pls dun die, or at least promise to rise from the grave whenever Singapore needs u.
P.S. my Meme: I am Singaporean because the fireworks never fail to awe me, and I never cease to be amazed at the strong instinct for survival from this tiny bleep on the map.
18 Aug (Friday)
Another 1st in my life. Watching the Wushu Nationals at Toa Payoh Indoor Stadium. Once I stepped through the curtains, I was transported to the world of illogical fervour. It felt like a pressure cooker, at least for a nube like me. Again, it was a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Irrepressible excitement deflated by the sight of contestants, who are lean mean fighting machines, plus a few cute kiddies >,<" Rachael get 3rd in chang quan! Woo-hoo...congrats! I wonder if she felt stressed with all the cheering. Well, I would n i felt kinda shy at the stands, cuz we were attracting some disapproving gazes.
I was shaking my head at the enormity of the situation: How could I catch up with these gao1 shou3 when I've only picked up wushu this year? Our PT very slack too... Argh~flabby thighs! gooey buttcheeks! Stick thin arms! I'm extremely disproportionate -_-!! Not to forget the unwelcome distractions, thanx lah, now I dunno HOW to talk to chen shao le. I mean, PLEASE, I dun like him THAT way. I just admire his tao4 lu4, juz like wei yao and song yan quite pro too. N i alr haf great difficulty conversing with normal guy frens le, wad more with the teasing flying arnd. Arhz..
Focus on learning ba, I plan to learn 4-part sword and new version, old and new chang quan and jiu jie bian. Also wanna improve my strength and stamina, especially core abdominals and arms. Sze Ying is interested in getting a custom made sword, $58 for standard. I think I'll stick to a normal one 1st...anw the software has greater priority than hardware.
19 Aug (Saturday)
Today was devoted to art , intensive fluctuations. whew. Made a fren today, Zi Xian from 25/06, badminton de and Sze Sze's fren. It all started with tat damn UOB painting cum mini EOY coursework. Lost my USB cable so I couldn't transfer the photos to sch com. So ZX kindly let me drop by at her luxurious waterside home, play with her chihuahua Weenie, and pick out some gd shots for the composition. Was quite happy cuz we hit off str8away, and i only spent abt 1.5hrs incl travel time to reach TJC and start work proper.
Then things started to deteroriate. Mrs Neo juz HAD to rub salt into my wound. I KNOW that I've got vvvvv litle time left and that it's damn late. Plleeeeaaasse...dun stress me out le!!! Fled to the haunted toilet to cry 5 times today. NOthing seemed to go smoothly: ALL the coms and laptops wif Adobe Photoshop were occupied, I had to scrap my original idea as it was too complicated, and I've no idea WAD is the message I wish to put across. Jing Yi was so nice as usual, trying to find me in the toilet when i alr walk back to the seniors' studio, I laughed despite havin juz cried, then my eyes and nose leaked again when she sat down and discussed the stuff with me. Kah Keat, who normally looks like he's doin a huge favour to reply me, actually seriously tried to help! Boon Han was lookin intently at my rxn as usual. Yee May was sympathetic as usual. Ahh...quite touched tat seniors can sense my stress and try to defuse my time bomb to self-detonation. Jia Hui did the most crucial thing: buy lunch for me. I always binge-eat in times of turmoil.
Then I tot, ok, time to be selfish, wat is most impt to me, the anchor during turbulent times? Buddhism. It was a stroke of luck actually, Wen Jie (a sporty gal who looks like a pe teacher but aspires to be an art teacher) glimpsed this photo and liked the lighting and everything (I arranged a glowing lotus, a glass and brass ornament for buddhist relics, circled by a chain of prayer beads.) But it looked too plain and uninspired, a still life and nothing more. And so Xinlan helped me take some photos with my palms pressed together in prayer, serence and relaxed. Then I superimposed myself on 1/3 of the pic, make translucent and greenish to complement the strong warm colours of the altar items. I'm not worried that it's overtly religious, juz tat I might look like a spirit drifting abt during the 7th month, haha..
The 3rd yr seniors came in full force! Wen Jie, Chang Yang, Ying Tong, Melody, Xiang Kee, Ming Hui, Chong Wu, and the last ger 4got her name =) She's the one who invented Toilet tubbies wif her uni frens. "Stinky Winky, Deep Shit, La Shi, Pooot~ Toilet tubbies...toilet tubbies, say. hal. low. eh-oh!" and kept saying "I hate chew!" Snack time was super! Ivan offered me a chocolate cake with liquid icing which he christened "Semen Cake" then proceeded to be astonished by the fact that Jocelyn dun haf a clue of wad semen is. So i said, "Show her." muahaha.. N the mystery remains hanging: Is cy still attached to wj? Does he do CPR to her? Wei Lin will be crushed that her crush still crushes on some1 else. Haiz~
Anw, after cropping my final composition, I found tat a squarish canvas would be most ideal, so I exchanged my rectangular one with Jevon's. My mum was shouting commands like a sergeant on the complex operation of fitting the humungous canvas into the car, but the mission failed. N so, we sped to Tampinese, got the suare canvas n sped back to TJC. It was abt 8pm le...
I then set up the projecter to trace the picture frm com, but it *^%#$(%& refused to cooperate, I think it's biased to Chris. unfair... Jia Hui n Boon Han helped alot, at the expense of their own A level coursework! Woah..sacrifice... After the tricky matter was done, Isaac appeared out of the blue asking for his thumb drive. I diam diam at 1st, but quickly confessed that I might have thrown the cap away. He asked me where? I said "Nonono, let me" and began digging thru the trash. I'm truly grateful that most of the art ppl's rubbish are minimum-stink dry materials, with some food of course. Then he joined in the fray. We laid out newspapers to pour out the accumulated rubbish of 2 days, which is kinda gross, but bearable. N here comes the best part. "Ta-da!!!" Kah Keat walks out of Scope with the cap. Stunned, then laugh until peng4..
Tat Ivan, he was supposed to tear a FEW pieces of tissue paper to wipe up some spilled gravy, but he tot it's funny to pull the entire length of paper frm the guy's toilet to where Isaac was. I walked out of the Ladies and picked up the long ribbon of paper. Tell me, if u were Ivan , would u think that it was a vengeful ghost pulling at the tissue paper? In his case, yes. I wonder if he's acting.
hAHA...anw I'm realli glad overall. Even if Ivan accused me of dressing skimpily (polo tee and pe shorts lah HELLO...dun 4get, joce, zheng hui n rach were wearing high slit shorts and flirting with u simultaneously HOR) He even warned Isaac not to fall to temptation? I think there's no danger at all lah, lol..
