I never thought I would like CJC that much.

I love my class loads now that we're all comfortable with each other. It's almost as if the class is just one whole clique by itself. Nobody is excluded (unless they exclude themselves) so I really like the atmosphere.

For example, today I came home in a NYGH skirt. We had this mass exchange session in class and the girls swapped skirts and pinafores all over. I couldn't get a CHIJ pinafore in time so I settled for Sara's skirt. I didn't know NYGH's skirts were so comfortable! THEY HAVE PETTICOATS. Damn cool, since my skirt only has a single layer. So warm. x)

Eirene took my skirt but well, apparently I'm a little fatter so it kept slipping off her waist ("Do you even have a waist?" XD) The CHIJ girls were happy with their new skirts and the other girls from schools like Crescent and SCGS were happy with their new pinafores. =D

On Tuesday, we're all gonna cross-dress in the name of GP. We're studying the topic on "Family" now so we have an excuse to "get the first-hand experience of an alternative lifestyle". The guys from SJI are gonna loan us their pants and the girls are gonna loan them their skirts and pinafores! And we're all dying the see Rishi in a pinafore. Heh.

During PE, we had our rounds and I'm really appreciative of Darren's encouragements. My leg started cramping during my 6th round and I couldn't run. I started walking and Darren overtook me like... 2 times?! (Cue: "Stupid ODAC-ers!") zzz. But each time, he'll encourage me. hahaha. So nice of him lar. I won't be so bad to him the next time I play Dai Di or Bridge with him during our breaks.

Had lunch with Sara, Milu, Germaine, Jia Yii and Lee Xian. Timothy joined us halfway and we were all shocked upon seeing his "lunch". We're girls and well, he's a guy. We're all eating proper meals and he?! He's just having sandwiches and Ribena for lunch! zomg.

Jenni takes the same bus as me to school and back. =D So we had a good chat on the way home. So hmm, the guys in my class aren't that bad after all. Oh and Jenni's a guy anyway. His real name is Jonathan but Amanda calls him Jennifer and it just sort of caught on. Timothy's called Tiffany AKA Tifi. And he doesn't minds it. Hahahaha.

Time to get my fringe cut and my maths polished! Maths test tomorrow. Sigh. Time to get cracking! Goodnight all. =)

I'm tireddd!

Nothing eventful happened after the past entry. I had mass PE on Thursday and it was HELL. So yeah. I fainted after the thing ended. Taught me never to take PE just after recovering from some sickness. Bleah.

I had choir on Friday and I got placed in the alto section. Should be quite an interesting change for me since I've been a soprano for 4 years. Perhaps my voice has gotten deeper too! Hurhurhur.

There has been plenty of hearsay regarding the release of the O level results. Many say that it'll be released on the 5th of February. And darn, I'm starting to dread that day. T__T

Nothing much for now, gonna clear up my tutorials before I lag behind again. Ciao, you all. =)

This could prove really detrimental to me in my choosing of JCs when the results come out in February.

My mum's analysis of my illness is this: Joanne will fall sick whenever she's out for too long and does not have sufficient rest. She will either have cough, fever, flu, sore throat or all of the above.

Sigh. This is really bad. I didn't go to school again today so that I could recuperate nicely and rid myself of the damn flu bug once and for all. I bet this is the aftermath of CJC's orientation, which consisted of many, many hours in the glorious sun.

If I do not prove my mum wrong by March, I would probably land up in either Innova, Yishun or at most, Anderson JC. Argh. I still want to go to SA...

To save more time doing meaningless stuff, I've decided to spend lesser time online. (T__T) It'll require more self discipline but this will definitely ensure that I'll be in bed before 11pm.

Well then, off to nap. Doing maths in the morning was most frustrating but it was fun nonetheless. Now I've got questions to bug the teacher with hahahaha.

I'm sick, with fever, sore throat, flu and cough. gg to me. -.-

I didn't go to school today cuz I had a dental appointment. It was an excuse really (the appointment was in the afternoon) but I did not expect a real reason to pop up in front of me. Sigh. And I feel damn bad now, no thanks to this throbbing headache.

I can't really think well now but I just felt that yesterday was perhaps just a lapse in my self-discipline. I'm never going to look at him that way again. I have to keep my promise.

On a lighter note, I made it through the choir auditions! LT1 (where they held the auditions) was super cold and I could feel myself trembling even as I sung the notes. Thank God I'm through. =) I really didn't expect to pass it.

For now, I'm gonna hit the bed again. Whether I wake up in time for school tomorrow is another story.

I was confused, but thank God I found a reliable source of wisdom; someone who was more informed than me told me what I should do and after some thinking, I realised I was so foolish to have even thought that way about the matter.

I'm feeling great now, though I really shouldn't have looked at that picture. Dammit it's all coming back. I really envy Cherilynn. She's in the same school as you! Maybe even same class. Ahhh. God oh please, just let me know him for who he is.

This is not going to get me anywhere.

せつな - that's the name of the game darling. says:
yo.
i'm tired
here's daotart, signing off.
goodnight!

[Mémoria] wilson S67abit not crazie xD [PaiN] wanna airchair T.T [ECHO outing 20th rmb to bring the $$] says:
LOL
daokia sends his regards
nitez

Sorry I've got a weird sense of humour. x) And Wilson finally admits to being daokia. haha!

Orientation today consisted of an amazing race at East Coast Park.

It was raining and since Maggot said there wasnt any lightning, it was "okay" to continue with the games. I got drenched in seawater at the first station! grr. So I had to complete the race WET. The temperature got really low and it really didnt help that I was wet. The worse thing is... I WORE WHITE. Well... you should know what happened. -.- Sounds perv but I wished I wore something more appropriate inside. And perhaps a darker coloured shirt.

There was this station whereby we had to get everybody in the group over to the other side of a raffia string. Cuz I was among one of the smallest in class (zomg believe it or not, I'm not the shortest!), Ryan (he's 190cm tall) just hoisted me up and carried me over. Felt a little weird but it felt safe at the same time. Well I had no choice but to trust my new classmate right? lol.

But HEY. Should I ever have a boyfriend next time, HE MUST BE ABLE TO CARRY ME. =D A new compulsory requirement hahahaha.

I accidentally got my shoes wet and so I opted to finish the race barefooted. It hurt a lot! Especially with those poke-y fruits on the sandy ground. Thank God nothing happened. x)

It was friggin cold and I was shivering throughout. The girls were very nice to me and offered to hold my hand, hug me, huddle together with me etc etc. I'm slowly accepting their culture of hugging people.

When I got back to school I was still damn cold. When I saw Andre I almost wanted to hug him but then I suddenly remembered he's a guy and that I couldn't hug him. XD So I just stood there with him and made him hold my hand. He has very warm hands. So nice.

I belong to the house Invierno, which means Winter in Spanish. Yepps, the houses are Forar (Spring), Kyuuka (Summer), Aki (Autumn) and Invierno (Winter). The whole lot of us from Invierno are called Penguinos! So cute right. But sadly, I do not make a good penguin. =( I lack blubbler and get cold easily. Sigh.

Tomorrow marks the last and final day of orientation! And then formal lessons will start. A little ironic but I'm not looking forward to having lessons now. The fun was good while it lasted but I'll miss the crazy times.

I made a mistake. Dragon Boating is on tomorrow! A nice climax to end CJC's orientation. It'll be followed by a Finale night whereby the houses have to compete against each other for best house. The only bad thing about tomorrow is that my day will only end at 8pm! I hope that I'll have the strength and wakefulness to survive till then.

Okay goodnight. I'm gonna turn in now. Damn tired. haha this is so not new. Ciao!

I went for church service in the morning and Pastor Khong said we should have goals for this year.

So that got me thinking and here's my 7 days late new year resolution list!

Physical goals for 2007:
1) Play badminton on Sundays if there is. hahaha.
2) Do jump rope every Saturday for at least 15 mins.
3) Run 2 rounds around the park on Saturdays! I dont want to flunk my 2.4km run. T_T

Goals for studies and cca:
1) Be in the top 10% of my cohort >.<
2) Take up a leadership role in whatever cca I'm in. (I used to avoid leadership roles but I guess it'll be better for my portfolio wahahahha)
3) Complete my assignments on time.
4) Practise playing the piano on a regular basis and pass Grade 8 piano asap. XD

Spiritual goals:
1) Finish the bible in one year
2) Pray for everyone within my social circle at least once a week
3) Spend at least 30 minutes each day on qt. (I tend to rush through qt -.-)
4) DON'T AVOID CHURCH SERVICE OR CELL GROUP. I think I was notorious for this last year...

Social/more personal goals:
1) Hang out with the SOS brigade at least once a month! =D
2) Clean out my room once a month
3) Help Joey get through O levels with a better score than me.

So far the year has been good, with some very unique experiences included. I'm thankful for what happened and I hope this with only serve to strengthen our relationship as friends. =)

I think I'm burning up really badly. I'm a chao ta chicken!

Day 3 was WAY worse than day 2. Flour and water is nothing compared to mud and detergent! We went to the Old Police Academy which was an overhead bridge away from the CJC campus and had our games.

The most memorable games were the DOTA, bowling and word game. DOTA stands for Defence Of The Asses and it can get really, really rough. I felt violated by the end of it, not by guys, but by GIRLS. Other teams got really aggressive and so my team hugged each other for dear life, breaking the links once in a while to grope other people for the piece of cloth stuffed at the back of their shorts. It was fun.

The bowling game was totally embarrassing for me. The objective of the game was to run towards a detergent covered sheet of canvas and skid on it to knock down water bottles placed at the end of it. I was hesitant at first but then I ran like hell towards it, only to stop right short of the bottles. Omg. I felt so stupid. Cheryl Lye did it at the same time at me and we had fun laughing at each other cuz the same thing happened to her too! By the end of the game, my front was totally soaked in detergent.

Oh and I heard MX said this: "When detergent gets into your ass crack it hurts like hell." Damn I'm getting pretty good at eavesdropping.

The word game was the last and the most disgusting ever. We had to lie in the mud to form words. Jacqueline was like pointing out earthworms to me and I got pretty amused. Seriously, the earthworms were cute! I felt sorry for intruding their land so I tried not to lie on them.

However the craziest thing that happened was that MX knew me long ago and I had no idea who he was! Turned out that we were from the same church since primary school (0___o) and he remembered seeing me then. I really find it amazing that someone can come up to me and tell me I look familiar cuz he last saw me in like... year 2000?! That's freaky.

Me: If you knew me then, how come I dont remember you?
MX: Maybe I'm just not impressionable enough (note: wrong use of word but he meant that he's not the type that leaves an impression on others =p)
Me: Oh you mean that I am? XD
MX: ...

I hope to be able to know him more since we're from the same church. We didnt talk much (I didnt talk much to the guys at all) but well it'll be fun knowing more people anyway.

I'm really tired. Thank God it's the weekends.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS OVER. =D

I wouldnt say it was very fun, but it was just, okay. I'm very happy about the dismissal time today though. Other JCs were dismissing students later than CJC! Like SAJC ended at 1830hrs, YJC at 5 plus and HCJC at 1730hrs. I'm starting to learn to count my blessings.

As usual, the day started off with icebreakers and all but I was really freaked out when I first came to my group. I'M LIKE THE ONLY PERSON FROM A CO-ED SCHOOL. Zomg. The rest of them were from schools like Crescent Girls, Nanyang Girls (surprisingly, there're a lot of them here), Paya Lebar Methodist, Methodist Girls, SCGS, St. Margarets and lastly not forgetting the 11 CHIJ convents affiliated to CJC. The guys were from schools like SJI, Maris Stella and... I forgot.

But nevermind! The point is! It was really a very weird and unique experience. The first time I ever talked with so many girls. hahahaha. I met Faris (NYGH) and Jasrin (St. Margarets) and Mei Ling (CHIJ) and well, with any luck we might land up in the same class.

CJC is going to give us the chance to take 4H2 subjects during the first 3 months so I'm really happy about that. I dont know if I should try for Knowledge and Inquiry but ahhhh. It's the more glorified version of Philo huh? XD I have the night to think it over.

As for CCA, Faris and I want to try shooting and fencing. Faris got influenced by Goong (-.-) so she wants to try fencing. I think it wouldnt be a bad choice. And if I really cant find any other CCA I like, I guess it's back to choir for me. =(

They had this dance segment and my dance partner was Daniel from Anglo-Chinese Barker Road. Kinda weird how CJC made it compulsary for guys to interact with girls and vice-versa. An event that was first filled with apprehension turned into a rather fun time. We had to hold hands and twirl here and there, put arms over each other's shoulders and dance etc etc. It was Quite Fun Lar.

The Student Council told us to bring an extra set of clothes of tomorrow, therefore I'm expecting to get wet tomorrow. There will be Dragon Boating on Friday or something I think.

Hate to admit it, but CJC's quite fun. hahaha. And Ryan! There weren't any shuai ges. You lied! Not that I care though. XD

But I still havent lost sight of SAJC though. heh.

Hope you guys out there going for JCs' first 3 months will have a rockin' time too. Take care!

The answers!

1 I would like to keep my nails long. The only reason I dont is cuz I play the piano.
FALSE. I detest having long nails cuz I'm no good at maintaining them. XD

2 I enjoy playing pool though I'm a noob at it.
TRUE. You all know this. -.-

3 I would die to have the recipe of Famous Amos' cookies.
TRUE. I love their cookies but I can never figure out how to reproduce that flavour in baking.

4 I have a crush now. (I dont mean the anime fangirling thing)
FALSE. I know this is highly questionable but I reiterate, no I do not have a crush now. -.-

5 I fall sick easily from long hours of hanging out.
TRUE.

6 I have a phone plan with 700 free sms and 30 minutes free talktime during off-peak hours.
TRUE.

7 I'm obsessed with songs from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu at the moment.
TRUE. I want to learn how to dance Hare Hare Yukai! =(

8 I'm mildy claustrophobic.
TRUE. I'm kinda scared of elevators still.

9 I prefer Haagen Dazs to Ben's and Jerry's.
TRUE. Who doesn't?

10 My family is 80% female.
TRUE. Excluding my dog.

11 I cant tie a french plait for myself.
TRUE. It's very hard.

12 I've acquired a weird liking for cantopop.
TRUE. Influenced by my mum.

13 I own a sony ericsson phone.
FALSE. I own a Panasonic, not a Samsung. hahaha.

14 My favourite colours are pink, black and white.
TRUE. I'm sorry if it's kinda girly...

15 I like wearing baggy and oversized clothes.
TRUE. I only wear them indoors though. And oh my shoes are 2 sizes bigger than my actual shoe size.

16 I've dyed my hair 2 times before.
TRUE. First time red and second time brown.

17 My back is slanted to the right 3 degrees due to scoliosis.
FALSE. It's 9 degrees. T___T

18 I suffer from eczema. (how to spell)
TRUE. Getting better though.

19 I want to drive a car in future.
TRUE. I cant always depend on my dad to drive me around. x)

20 My braces are only coming out in jc2.
TRUE. T___T

21 I wish to pursue Journalism.
FALSE. I want to be a doctor!

22 I love eating soupy stuff.
TRUE. I dont know why, but I just like soupy stuff.

23 I prefer skirts to jeans.
TRUE. hahahaha. The only reason why I seldom wear skirts is cuz I only have 2 white skirts and one pair of culottes.

24 I used to have height issues.
TRUE. Now I just gotta learn how to live with it. xD

25 I hate having small hands.
TRUE.

Well it's a new year and though it's customary to have new year resolutions, I dont have any. I just hope to enjoy this year knowing God more and having fun with my friends.

Have fun you all this 2007. =)