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Finally.. But no regrets!!

2008-06-14T23:45:00.004+08:00

I am so so so so SO exhausted now. But, I am still typing an entry tonight cause these are the mere few occasions in my boring life, where I finally have some substantial personal experience to share. Moreover, I am still waiting for the CitiCab-Comfort customer service lady to call me back regarding Aline's missing phone. She most probably left it in the cab which Grace, Ying Xiu and the both of us took from Ci Yuan CC to our homes. Fortunately, she is pretty sure she left it on the cab because Liting called her on the journey but, before I left the cab, Aline managed to call me while I am on it and ask me to check the entire backseat for her. Moreover, I have built an excellent relationship with the cab driver by giving him 4 Gardenia Raisins Buns I took from Ci Yuan CC cause it is about to expire in 4 days. The cab driver seemed more than happy to accept the buns from me.
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Oh no. The lady returned my call and she had contacted the taxi driver who mentioned that he had checked the taxi after I left it for 5 min but still could not find Aline's phone. argh.

But, this is not the reason why I am blogging tonight!! Seemed like I have a LONG and interesting day!

I am blogging for yet another one of my D-Days, NYEC on 14th June.

It was an exhilarating day which began at 6am, after I ended the day before at 3am plus (about 2 hours sleep that night at Shu Hui's house), and ended at 9pm. I reached home only at 9.40pm (by cab and had sent off Ying Xiu, Grace and Aline).

I think I should begin narrating my day on Friday where I went K box with my dearest friends, Cheng Luan and Shu Yu then the $127.80 shopping with Shu Yu only. Then I was an hour and a half late for the NYEC closing ceremony dry run, yet ironically half an hour early for the actual dry run. Prior to my arrival, they had been well, as always, done about nothing at all. Clever me.

After having dinner with Grace at Hougang Mall, and shopping for Natha (OOooooHHHhh... I must really narrate how funny he was!!!!!!!!!!!!!) and the superstitious rain-rain-go-away process (the ginger and chilli padi. OOOoooooHHHHHhhhh.. Here, I have to say how funny Grace was!!!)

Then the typical NYEC preparation at the Ci Yuan CC office... HECTIC!!! (Here, I wan to tell you how blind ppl can get at times in their own work and being demanding towards others. I dun blame them because sometimes, I am vividly aware of me making the exact same mistake.)

After which, another dry run supposedly arranged at 10pm cause everybody will be late and causing it to start only at 10.30pm, which yet again, we did NOTHING at all but hanging around gossiping how lousy one of the guy's pick-up line was and for me, getting to know this new very intelligent Vietnam Hwa Chong JC Scholar gal, Hong.

Then, it was back to NYEC logistics preparation, which had been ongoing for the previous few weeks, doing Quality Check (QC, not QA, reminded by Gracie) on the Piece it Up puzzle pieces, helping Yong Long and Shu Hui, the Logistics IC wherever they require it.

AAAaaa.. I gotta catch my beauty sleep now. Having tuition with Nayaggun 10am tml. Aaawww... Got work on a Sunday morning =( these days, it is so hard to earn money. and this is the price of the piece of skirt I got at Heeren. lolx. Gotta work harder to earn more money to give some to daddy on daddy's day and cover some of my University allowance.

Production of salt water is an integral process of a successful result -- tears and sweat. inspired from a memorable quote I read on a calender placed in the middle of the meeting table during NYEC debrief - got the general feeling of the debrief?

The thrid day: xiu xuan's surprise visit

2008-06-06T16:06:00.004+08:00

Road to recovery, the THIRD day.

Like the other 2 days, I was expecting to go through another anti-social day at home.
All of a sudden, this morning, xiu xuan gave me a call on my house phone. She actually sprung me a surprise visit outside my doorstep as she took a half day leave.

She brought along marshmallows, saying that cause i couldn't chew so i can just swallow them. But, gal, what you brought for me is going to get my dentist crazy. hahahaha. But, who cares about him! lolx

It is always these small gestures by my friends that warm the icy heart in me.

D Day -- Dental Surgery

2008-06-03T11:20:00.000+08:00

Numb. This is the only feeling I can describe within me when my dad drove me to National Dental Clinic for my dental surgery. Oh ya. I was feeling hungry too. I starved myself from 12am last night to 12pm this afternoon.

When i entered the ward, it was freezing cold and the silence was deafening.

While the nurse was taking my blood pressure and heart beat, I witness many beds being pushed in and out of the surgery room.

Then, I was asked to change into the surgery robe, and led into a room where a male nurse begin explaining to me the risks involved in the surgery. Their Standard of Procedure. But I was daunted by the aspect of the risks involved.

In the surgery room, I remembered clearly the doctor injected twice into my left hand. When he tried to explain that because my hand was too small, he gotta inject again, I couldn't contain a whine. Then when the anaesthesia was injected into my left hand, it is the worse experience I ever felt. I admit I was crying. The nurse had to keep wiping away the tears flowing from my eyes.

The last thing I remembered before I drifted to sleep was me telling myself to start dreaming. Now that I recalled, there wasn't even a single dream.

When I woke up, my entire body was in a seizure and my screams were reduced into incessant whines.

Somehow, I couldn't sleep at all immediately after the surgery. It was only after my dad came to visit me then I could slowly drift into sleep again.

At night, I ate cold plain porridge mixed with a little sauce.

Maybe this is only human. But to me, it is only in the presence of my loved ones that I feel safe enough.

counting down ONE more day to my dental surgery

2008-06-02T10:08:00.001+08:00

11.30am - I went for my blood test at Health Promotion Board for my dental surgery the very next day. This is the second time I am doing a blood test and I am hating every single one of them. I remembered that the very first time I did it was at NUH A&E when I fainted in NJ. But the most hilarious thing of all is that till today, I still dunno my blood type. I tried to guess mine using my biology knowledge but since my parents are blood type AO and BO, I can be any 4 blood types. lolx.

12.30pm - Dragged my cousin, Pei Shan out for an entire afternoon of budget good korean food and 记得吃 Chinese dessert at Chinatown. In such a long long time, I have not gobbled so much food at one go! We had VERY spicy Ramen (and STILL i CAN'T pronounce this correctly. lolx =P) and Sabah Fish. And for dessert, I had mango and grapefruit ice while Pei Shan had Seasame Paste and Tang Yuan (hehe. I 'koped' a Tang Yuan from her too!!)

2.30pm - At the spur of the moment, we decided to head to Grand Cathay to watch the movie, Made of Honour. Kudos to Yong Qi for checking out the movie timing for us. Made of Honour was hilarious but like many other romantic movies, it had a very predictable plot; the lead actor and actress always end up together leaving the extras flustered yet unable to react.

5.30pm - After walking Pei Shan to the MRT station, I head to the bookstore at Grand Cathay and started reading Mitch Albom's Five People You Meet in Heaven. Didn't manage to finish reading it but this book is amazing in the way it attracts readers to the book by beginning it with an end. Interesting right?

6.30pm - Urgent NYEC meeting. Meeting conclusion; MORE WORK! lolx

NTU bike rally - WOO! my butt hurts..

2008-06-01T17:26:00.002+08:00

I was so so so looking forward to this day when i can finally perform my favourite hobby, cycling! Kudos to Aline for informing me and Shu Yu regarding this annual bike rally event. Although i ran out of breath so many times, felt like quitting so so many times, wanted to just dump the bike on the roadside and just walk up the never ending steep slope so so so many times, we manage to finish it together!! Thanks to Aline and Shu Yu's motivating words and the encouraging prospects of bananas, Gardenia Rasins bun and drinks to be consumed at each checkpoint.

It was a 85km biking journey from NTU to Sungei Budat(hmm.. is it spelt like this??) to Kranji to Chua Chu Kang Farms and cemetry to Yishun Stadium to Sembawang to Hougang to Pasir Ris to Changi Beach then riding along the length of Changi Airport then finally to our finishing line at East Coast Park.

It have been an exhilarating journey, which made me realise these:
1) Singapore indeed have extremely beautiful scenery especially those near the farms and (ahem) the cemeteries which makes it extremely enjoyable to bike along.

2) You can be standing at one line where it is raining cats and dogs at one side and extremely sunny on the other.

3) the length Changi Airport is so long! When we started biking along it, I couldn't even see the end. It is an extremely scary prospect considering that your butt is already hurting and you are panting from all the 7o km++ biking.

4) Do not panic. And a good example is me crushing into a roadside bush, leaving my left arm and leg badly scratched by the branches when all I was asked to do was to stop by the roadside by the organisers. Maybe this was a self fulfilled prophecy like what Shu Yu said as I was already expecting myself to be injured in this bike rally.

Do not enter anything with a negative mindset. Whatever negative thing that turns out, may just be that of a self-fulfilled prophecy.

Me and my initial silly decision

2008-05-31T16:44:00.003+08:00

HUMPH.

Sometimes, I wonder why I always get myself involve in things that at the end of the day make me feeling pissed about my initial decision.. But, at least I comfort myself but knowing that I've learnt an extremely important lesson from this lousy experience: In future, before making any form of decisions, weigh all pros and cons CAREFULLY before diving into it.

I am definitely not blaming anyone for my joining of this project and I love my comm people very very much. 3 cheers to wanli for being such a great and understanding leader and to my comm members for being such a supportive and hardworking team mates. But the people way UP there, there have been countless of incidents, which I have been too lazy to bring it up as there are too many, where I feel that all of you could have use as much of your little EQ in your brain to realise that we are neither your employees nor subordinates. We are mere VOLUNTEERS trying to help out in this project for our friends. We do not have any purpose in doing this. So, is there a need, like during this briefing, to draw a line between us and you by wearing formal clothes while making us wear the over sized EXCO jersey, jeans and shoes just because you are giving a speech to the participants while we are not? It is ironic why the shirt is labelled EXCO when we look more like the subordinates.

But, as the first aid liaison officer, I must really thank GESS, BPGH, SCSS SJAB First Aiders who volunteered their time without any qualms, to meet at RJC for the first aid briefing even though I myself am unable to comprehend why the venue RJC when we do not have any facilitators from RJ. (Hint Hint, Mister way up there is from RJ) In addition, I would like to thank the First Aiders cooperativeness and helpfulness. Special thanks going out to GESS Emily and Valerie, SCSS Annie, BPGH Kerrisa and Anastasia. Safety of this event would have not been possible without all of your help in coordination with me and your school. Thank you.

Rather than grumbling over my silly decision, I would rather make the best out of it at the end of the day.

23 MAY, Last day of school/work/teaching, BUT the beginning of new friendships with KiKi and ChengLuan

2008-05-24T23:27:00.009+08:00

Last day of Teaching, I shall perform my Emo Checklist:

Miss Lim Pei Yi..

1. will you miss teaching??

I am not sure yet. But I bet that when I begin working in the society, I will miss teaching so so much. The desires of a typical human being towards things that you no longer have. By then, I would have forgotten all the down moments during teaching and only recall the fun I had with my dear 1e1.

2. will you miss 1E1??

OF COURSE I WILL MISS 1E1!!!

the notorious 25 1e1 guys:

(I have to post 2 photos cause some are missing from one of the pictures cause they are either playing tau pok at the back or trying to place the victory sign above my head.. Boys as always, are.. boys. lolx)

And of course, my 10 favourite 1e1 gals + VIVIAN!! + elias(blocked!):

2 days before D-Day aka release of A level results

2008-03-05T16:16:00.003+08:00

"Don't worry.. You ALL (note the subject that was referred to) will do well! In the very first place, all of you are from NJC!" Followed by the typical look of reassurance, which seemed so rehearsed for these type of situations. What did i do? "Haha... Hope I will do well then.." Yes, I admit, sounded very rehearsed too. Can you blame it on someone who have to face this type of comments almost once a week ever since starting relief teaching in her alma mater?

Of course I am secretly hoping that I will do well in my As, get into my first-choice courses, banking and finance, clinch a scholarship, (NUS/NTU?) and continue my ardous climb up the education level. But what is the probability of these dreams coming true? My mood always plummets whenever this thought crosses my mind. I have seen enough of this elitist society, everybody is judged by their results then yada, yada, yada. How I wish there is a Singapore version of JFK, provided that his only goal in life is to revamp the whole education system, awarding 'hardworking' yet born-not-that-smart-and-not-that-talented-in-any-aspect-of-my-life type of person As for all their examination subjects as their efforts are the only determining factor.

Enough said, we must still face the reality; the sun will rise and set yet again tomorrow, I am still going to wake up tomorrow morning for work and inevitably, another day closer to D-day. ALL THE BEST, peiyi, whatever the outcome is, remember you can just find another way out, be it retaking another year in NJ or MI at the very most. SMILE!

Angklung SYF

2007-04-24T00:13:00.000+08:00

Yes, I know my studies seriously SUCK. S for Physics, S for Chemistry and U for Econs. How bad can i go??? I must really reflect on my actions. Is my current study plan working? Should I compensate lost TV time with late nights? Am I consistent with all my tests and homeworks?

Angklung SYF is coming this thurs, 26 april. D-day, as our conductor described. I want to cherish every moment before D-day. I want to spend the few remaining time i still have with my angklung buddies, liting, fujian, peckyan, xinyu, meiping, vivi, evi, justine, jiatian(i know you like big bird!!!), jenny, zhiying, qiyuan and the angklung exco, most imptly, our student conductor, shuxian(you rock,gal!!). Despite being only 2 days away from SYF, I am currently in the state as if that we have already won our GWH. haha. Maybe it is partly due to the fact that I have total faith in NJC Angklung ensemble. No matter what the SYF results will turn out to be, no matter what the judges may feel of our performance which we have started working on since Nov 2006, in my heart, and I believe in each and everyone of the NJC Angklung Ensemble, we have already achieved our desired GWH... a long, long, long time ago..

Angklung, you guys rock. I cherish not of the final results, not of the GWH stated on my portfolio when I leave NJ, not of the loudness of the applause we received after each performance. But, I cherish the times we practiced together, the tears we shed, the blisters from the court shoes we suffer and most imptly, the times we had when our hearts beat as one, playing the most melodious and heartfelt music in the world. We have long done it. Now, it is our turn to rock the SYF stage, our turn to touch the hearts of the judges with Reverie and Zapin. We have done it and we can do it again. Love you guys. And thank you for all the sweet memories that will last me for life. THANK YOU!!

mind over matter

2006-01-17T21:29:00.000+08:00

great.. everyday i will
1. stay bubbly throughout the whole day
2. smile to ppl, regardless if they are the sch attendant or watever
3. try to keep our class together.. heix.. the most ununited class i ever saw..
4. keep positive thots
all in all, alwaes try to be HAPPY! =)

Pei Shan aka Ros

2005-03-25T22:52:00.000+08:00

I think it was one fine day when PEI SHAN (ROS) decided to help me create this blog.. i was a comp idiot u see.. this was wonderful... i love every corner of the blog... so, hereby, i salute ROS for her help in creating this blog for me! Luv ya! muckSSS!

wat more can i say? =P

2005-01-15T15:43:00.000+08:00

never could i ever in (my 15 years and 20 days) my entire life believe tat i will stretch my fingers and start typing for my OWN blog's very 1st entry NOW!
hmm... call it irony or watever it is.. ONCE i was the i-certainly-hate-blogs cliche. but look at me NOW! i am in the hate-it-or-love-it-i-am-stuck-on-blogs cliche. Wat more can i say? =P
todae was Swiss's Sec 1 recruitment. I had fun helping my squadmates putting accessories on their first uniform.. F.Y.I i was sweating like mad but it was really fun.. Rejoicing after every successful hole poked into the sleeve.. LoLx.. sometimes, i think, almost anything in this nowadays lifeless society can make a person, who is having a good mood, enjoy and have fun. i am one life example!
the sec 1 recruitment at SJ stall went smoothly, with some pebble-like obstacles along the way.. but we kicked it away anyway... we have got 35++ ppl! Cool!
As i was returning frm AVA room, Chokkee called me over.. i knew sth was up his sleeves.. but i played along.. i tot, WHO CARES ANYWAY! then the already expected situation occured.. he spurted water at me and got me half-wet, half-playing-along... I chased after him for a few meters and came to a dead end where i lifted my boots and threatened and i really mean THREATHEN (not throw) him... I juz dun have the courage to throw at him.. wat if he was hit by the horseshoe? Unimaginable... I hate bad endings all my life (well, 15 years and 20 days to be exact) !
Truthfully speaking, i think my life would really be very BORING without ppl like chokkee to SPICE it up... hmm... Unbelievable? wat more can i say? =P

In Process

2005-01-15T13:32:00.000+08:00

Enjoy!